How YOU can REALLY reach $100/day + w/Adsense!

[dv8]

Originally Posted by internetmarketer99

Sorry I missed your question dv8.

No, categories are very different than pages. Also, where you have a single category entry, you've actually created 'duplicate content':

http://www.mydomain.com/categoryname/article-title

is a duplicate (different URL's, same content) of:

http://www.mydomain.com/article-title

Mark

Ok. So should we never use categories then? Are they bad for SEO in general. My apologies if these are stupid questions. I have a good grasp of SEO, this is just the first time I've heard about the difference between pages and categories.

Thank you.

[internetmarketer99]

@vema - regarding your lowered CPC, I assume you are referring to your EPC (how much you're getting per click). Are you saying your EPC site-wide has dropped, or just on the URL for that post?

There isn't enough information in your post to really tell. Depending on your layout and theme, one post shouldn't alter your EPC site-wide. Also, it's entirely possible, again depending on theme, that you're getting "low-block" clicks, meaning clicks on ads lower in the auction (bottom ads, 2nd or 3rd adblocks, etc.).

It could simply be an anomaly. I would set up channels on that URL, your homepage, and some other URL's first to try and isolate the issue.

Mark

[lifesshort]

I have been following this thread with interest but just get a little confused over keyword research and would appreciate some clarification.

When I read posts (not just on this thread alone) about keyword research against competing websites and which ones to go after, I get a little confused because some refer to go with the [exact] keyword phrase term, (doesn’t MNF use Exact?) and others refer to going with the “keyword phrase” results. Now which one is the correct one to apply and go after, as they both can’t be right?

For example I was looking at a keyword and I find that this can happen a number of times that when I put that keyword in to Google.com search, the results were as follows, both Broad and Exact returning the same number of competeing sites:
Broad - keyword phrase Results 1-10 of about 1,860,000
Exact - [keyword phrase] Results 1-10 of about 1,860,000
Phrase - “keyword phrase” Results 1-10 of about 3,090

Checking with Google’s tools for the search volumes resulted in:
Local Search Volume for June
Broad 2400
[Exact] 720
"Phrase" 1300

So my question with this example, would this particular keyword be worth going after looking at the phrase results?

[internetmarketer99]

@lifesshort - keyword research, in many ways, is more art than science, particularly when it comes to interpreting numbers.

For gauging competition especially, there are many different metrics and many different methods for determining those metrics and for interpreting their meaning.

On top of that, different tools use different source data, extrapolate results differently, even differ in terms and definitions.

Eventually you'll start developing your own intuition. There isn't a 'right' answer when it comes to competition since there are so many variables.

As a starting point, I prefer using 'phrase match' for measuring competing pages, but with an understanding that it is only one variable. I've found that when trying to rapidly gauge my chances of success, it gives me a good baseline for comparison.

In terms of your example above, I would look at the top 3-5 results and try to determine how strong they are. If they don't look too tough, I would consider it ok to go after, but with the search volume just at the point of being worthwhile, I would be hesitant tying up time and effort that could go to something with more potential.

Mark

[lifesshort]

Mark thank you for that explanation, I’m sort of using some of what you explained as my own starting point before moving on from that first initial dipping of the toe in to the water.

I just have one further question then please if you don’t mind: Taking my example above again, what do you then consider to be worthwhile phrase search volume starting point minimum to a maximum number before moving it up a gear?

[internetmarketer99]

@lifesshort - it would depend on a few factors. I have some sites where I found a number of ideal keyword/phrases that I wanted to take advantage of, but less than enough to build a whole site around. In those cases, I'll drop my 'minimum requirements' somewhat.

For example, if I find a good keyword phrase group with 6-8 high-volume, low-competition keyword/phrases, I may dig deeper to find another 5-10 that 'fit' but don't quite enough search volume (I'd rather bend on the side of search volume than on competition). In this case, I still want to see as much search volume as I can find, but would 'settle' for numbers over 30/day.

Mark

[madmagician]

Originally Posted by dv8

Ok. So should we never use categories then? Are they bad for SEO in general. My apologies if these are stupid questions. I have a good grasp of SEO, this is just the first time I've heard about the difference between pages and categories.

Thank you.

No, two plugins fix that problem:
Permalink redirect plugin
Top Level Cats (cats for category)

[homebse]

Thanks for your reply.

What is your experience with adsense on pure HTML sites vs. Blogs?

[dv8]

Originally Posted by madmagician

No, two plugins fix that problem:
Permalink redirect plugin
Top Level Cats (cats for category)

Thank you!

[driller000]

Hello , it is my First one here
any way , i have took a long time to Read this thread
and Still Wondering :
1-R U will make post/page/Group each site and after finishing ur Phrases keep linking to pages as many as u can ,,,after that u will not add any content ?????

2-R U sorting K.words descending with highest Traffic Volume ?(or descending with highest Advertisers competition )and take that between 1k-10k and neglecting those k.words with (high advertisers competition+less PPC cost) ???

3-Is this Strategy work with Blogger blogs and static pages(not blogs) ,notice that blogger has no static home page and also no pages or posts manners like WordPress blogs??

4-to measure competition in Google we put the k.word among Quotes,but Searchers type that K.words without quotes ,r we wrong ??!!

5-What is the difference will made when I build my culculations on Broad Search Volume or Exact Search Volume,and when i put the K.words among Quotes and without quoets ?
thanks alot for ur efforts .

[internetmarketer99]

@madmagician - yup, good resources, thanks!

@driller000 - Yes, I will continually add posts in support of the target pages. Once the site is up & running, I try to add a new post at least every other day. This 'trains' the crawlers to come back frequently.

I don't go by 'advertiser competition' - that is for Adwords. I'm looking at SERPS competition, pages that I have to beat in order to rank well.

Yes, this strategy will work with static sites, and I have many of those. However, I've found that I can rank better and maintain a high ranking more consistently with a blog.

As for using Blogger, I don't recommend it. Find a way to come up with $15, get yourself a shared hosting account, and buy a domain name.

Mark

[angelah]

Originally Posted by internetmarketer99

Yes, this strategy will work with static sites, and I have many of those. However, I've found that I can rank better and maintain a high ranking more consistently with a blog.


Mark

Hi Mark,

Do you use Wordpress blogs? If so, which template do you use?

Thanks
Angela

[TyBrown]

Great info. I've already copied it to a doc to use later

[Laura B]

In answer to a question asked by someone back on page 1, the reason local search volume can often be higher than global is this: Global is a monthly average based on a "recent 12-month period," according to Google. Local is based on the most recent month for which there is data. Therefore, you can see why a recent month's searches may be higher than the average for the last 12 months (or whatever 12-month period they're using). And often they are exactly the same, which tells us that we should take all these numbers with a grain of salt the size of say, Rhode Island.

[driller000]

thank u alot:
but when I search competition I use Quotes but Searchers do searches without Quotes around the term they seeking to , iam Confused ,what about u ?!

I do that :
select niche via Google tool >>search related phrases with G tool and SEObook tool>>>sort them in categories ;every similar group of phrases in interest in one Set>>I make each Set as one Category of my site,i.e as mini-site to group of K.phrases>>>write content article/Keyphrase >>I do long Links Farm >>2 articles/week each one support one group or phrase in any group and contain 2 links ,one to home and one to the Article in same sort of Phrase<<<

that my whole way , is it wrong at all or any part wrong ???plz tell me
but i found , supporting articles may be relevant in SE's than the Original Article !!!
and some phrases I cannot find Content to Write in it, How could that solved ???
If I chose Conent as description to product from ClickBank or Commision Junction ,I copy some paragraphes from the landing pages of products and put them into my content ,that right?
thanks again

[firstpagewebsearch]

nice post mate, very interesting. might try some of your stuff.

[lh1234]

thank you Mark for so generously sharing your knowledge with us.
OK, so from what I've read so far no categories get used. So the RH sidebar of the bluesense theme will just have your contact, about and privacy pages; your 10-20 pages (your keywords) listed: then a list of your posts that you will link to your pages, listed under "recent posts" I'm gathering. Is that correct?
A question about the posts you have linking to the pages. Do they have to have one of the "page keywords" somewhere in their title or that doesn't matter so long as we link the post back to one of the "target" pages?
Many thanks
lh1234

[Ryan6]

You don't see many great threads like this on other marketing/webmaster forums. This is why it's great to use Warrior. Cheers.

[Amenda Jessera]

I never tried, but I heard there are successful stories...... You can check some other threads here for advice. However, All of them are getting more clicks via promoting their sites. So, they are getting more backlinks and getting more visitors.

[mixmastermidori]

This is a great post!

I'm wondering if anyone can give an example of text for the Resource Box in ezinearticles. If we're supposed to write an article unrelated to the keyword we're trying to get ranked for, how do we incorporate this into the Resource Box? I apologize for the question. I'm new at the whole article marketing thing.

Thanks for the help!

[Cosmo Demopoulos]

Originally Posted by mixmastermidori

This is a great post!

I'm wondering if anyone can give an example of text for the Resource Box in ezinearticles. If we're supposed to write an article unrelated to the keyword we're trying to get ranked for, how do we incorporate this into the Resource Box? I apologize for the question. I'm new at the whole article marketing thing.

Thanks for the help!

Simple, how about something like:

If you enjoyed this article on bald eagles and hairloss, please come read some of my other articles on Spam Recipes for Vegetarians and Nonalcoholic wine.


Obviously "Spam Recipes for Vegetarians" and "Nonalcoholic wine" would be links to your sites, and no, neither of those are niches I'm involved in

[andyj00]

Originally Posted by internetmarketer99

...."list of weight loss programs" - appx. 300 daily searches, under 30k competing pages.

Mark

Thanks for the interesting thread, very informative.
Just a quick question, what tool are you using to find the 300 daily searches for "list of weight loss programs"? I've just tried the keyword in MNF and got 880 per month (or 30 a day)??

Thanks.
Andy

[mixmastermidori]

Originally Posted by Ted Demopoulos

Simple, how about something like:

If you enjoyed this article on bald eagles and hairloss, please come read some of my other articles on Spam Recipes for Vegetarians and Nonalcoholic wine.


Obviously "Spam Recipes for Vegetarians" and "Nonalcoholic wine" would be links to your sites, and no, neither of those are niches I'm involved in

Thanks! I just submitted my first article.

[triplex]

i think content is a king
keep your site updated with fresh unique content
your adsense earning will increase

[AdamWB]

Originally Posted by triplex

i think content is a king
keep your site updated with fresh unique content
your adsense earning will increase

Nah, not true. I've got several adsense sites that I haven't updated in a couple years and are still doing extremely well.

Also, do you really find that article directory backlinks are worth it for you? I've never really had success from them as far as "link juice" is concerned - however direct referral traffic from places like ezinearticles/buzzle/goarticles can be decent.

Say I submit 200 articles for a specific niche (mass submit using UAW and goarticles), I may have a pr1-2 in a few months and be on the 3rd or 2nd page for a decent search term.

However using a few other linking methods (angela's,paul's,etc), a few hundred links usually gets me not only on the first page, but usually position 1-3, with a pagerank of 4. Plus, that aspect can be outsourced easily, leaving you with more important things to do - like finding more money niches.

I've tested this many times and I get the same results. Article backlinks just aren't what they used to be unfortunately.

[SoundsGood]

Originally Posted by AdamWB

Article backlinks just aren't what they used to be unfortunately.

What do you guys think of Linkvana?

[JRLiem]

Hi,

Thanks for the post.
How many sites you have to get $100/day & is that stable ?
I developed a site for adsense 4 months ago and just get $15

btw. I created a post about 2 days ago & today I still can't see in the search result even I entry the url in search box. Something wrong with the url? How to fix it?

How about backlink, does Google recognize it as soon as you create it or it takes some days?

Cheers.

[Jaspworld]

Google adsense used to sort of work for me few years ago. The highest I ever got to was $15/day but honestly I never really tried too hard. I don't know why I gave up on it.

[JakeDaly]

Originally Posted by internetmarketer99

@mrtrance - you bring up a good point. I create a homepage that incorporates all of my target keyword phrases, usually a 400-500 word page. I then set WP to display that as the home page.

How do you set WP to display a Homepage of your own creation?

Best Regards,

Jake

[sridhar]

The option to set your own front page can be accomplished via your Administration > Settings > Reading panel.

[vema123]

Hello Matt,

You mentioned in your post that we shouldn't worry about no follow links. Can these links give us link juice to increase us in the SERP?

If other search engines aren't affected by these no follow links, therefore, can we rank high in other SERP by using these no follow links?

thank you, Matt

[bigcat1967]

Instead of having mini-sites, could you have one site w/ many sub-directories or sub-domains?

[hipnol]

its too lengthy to read. bookmarked it for now, will read later on, thanks for this useful content, everyone want that

[basmin]

yeah earnings of my adsense start increasing after using bluesense

[Kappa]

Thank you for not making us pay for this information! Very good post!

I am an utter newbie, answer me this: Where do you buy domain names where it's not a scam?

[Richard HAN]

Kappa

NameCheap.com has a very good reputation as a domain registrar. I have been using them for the past 5 years at least and on the 2-3 occasions that I have to contact their support, they have been very prompt.

Highly recommended!

[runner]

This post is so full of professional facts, that it takes a little bit time to digest that all. You give us vey valuable information. I liked your post mostly, because this is a 100 % business idea to launch a site, with guidance and tools. ( I think, we can buy them also).

1. You said , that you prefer outsourcing. If you have used phantom article writers, do you give them a topic plus the keyword or what? What about the length?
2. Secondary keywords. Do you mean long tail search term, which includes the root term?
3. Keyword research. 50 searches a day, 40.000 competing sites, huh! Sounds hard to find, so the tools must be very effective ones. Do you use typos or other "special" terms?
4. Your traffic was based on organic traffic and you said that it comes in a week or two. Most of it must come from the social bookmarks or article directories, or?

Mark, thanks for this post. It really made me to think. And special thanks for the tip about WorPress Blue Sense. I must try it.

PS. One more, is $ 1 per click really realistic figure?

[runner]

Along Google`s algorithms the backlinks play the most important role. Google sees these as votes from other sites to your site. And if the linking site has a high PR, the better.

You do not seem to put so much weight to this issue. However, if you want to rank high at Google, the backlink amount and the quality must be higher than the site, which you want to beat.

According to my experience to get first page rankings with the keywords like yours, it takes a lot more time than one or two weeks.

[Kappa]

So, does Google care what your domain name extension is? The .info on namecheap is only $2.98. That was how much I wanted to pay!

[internetmarketer99]

Originally Posted by andyj00

Thanks for the interesting thread, very informative.
Just a quick question, what tool are you using to find the 300 daily searches for "list of weight loss programs"? I've just tried the keyword in MNF and got 880 per month (or 30 a day)??

Thanks.
Andy

Hi Andy,

As per my OP, I primarily rely on Nichebot.

Mark

[internetmarketer99]

Originally Posted by JRLiem

Hi,

Thanks for the post.
How many sites you have to get $100/day & is that stable ?
I developed a site for adsense 4 months ago and just get $15

btw. I created a post about 2 days ago & today I still can't see in the search result even I entry the url in search box. Something wrong with the url? How to fix it?

How about backlink, does Google recognize it as soon as you create it or it takes some days?

Cheers.

Samuel,

I have a few sites that do $30-$50/day consistently, but most are making $5-$10/day. If you follow the outline in the OP, you should be getting appx. $5 for every 100 visitors. Then just do the math: more, lower-volume sites, or fewer, higher-volume sites.

The basic idea is to find relatively 'undiscovered' keywords in high-EPC niches, that have a minimum search volume, and aren't too hard to rank for. There are literally hundreds of thousands of these. Then use a format that gives you a high CTR.That's it.

Mark

[internetmarketer99]

Originally Posted by vema123

Hello Matt,

You mentioned in your post that we shouldn't worry about no follow links. Can these links give us link juice to increase us in the SERP?

If other search engines aren't affected by these no follow links, therefore, can we rank high in other SERP by using these no follow links?

thank you, Matt

Matt,

NoFollow links still give you a backlink who's value is dependent on the page it's coming from, it just doesn't pass any of that value along to your page. So for this scheme, they are still viable backlinks.

Mark

[internetmarketer99]

Originally Posted by Kappa

Thank you for not making us pay for this information! Very good post!

I am an utter newbie, answer me this: Where do you buy domain names where it's not a scam?

You're welcome

I use Namecheap (Namecheap.com - Cheap domain name registration, renewal and transfers - Free SSL Certificates - Web Hosting - Free URL Forwarding, e-mail forwarding and DNS services are included with our cheap domain names registration service). They aren't the cheapest (you can search "Godaddy Coupons" and find .com domains for around $6.99) but Godaddy has been known to 'kidnap' domains if they receive complaints, and for me the Namecheap interface is quick and easy. With a Namecheap coupon (search "Namecheap Coupon") I pay around $8.81 with free 'Whois Guard' (private registration).

When you're doing this on any kind of scale, the easy & comfort are far more important than saving a buck on each name.

Mark

[internetmarketer99]

Originally Posted by runner

This post is so full of professional facts, that it takes a little bit time to digest that all. You give us vey valuable information. I liked your post mostly, because this is a 100 % business idea to launch a site, with guidance and tools. ( I think, we can buy them also).

1. You said , that you prefer outsourcing. If you have used phantom article writers, do you give them a topic plus the keyword or what? What about the length?
2. Secondary keywords. Do you mean long tail search term, which includes the root term?
3. Keyword research. 50 searches a day, 40.000 competing sites, huh! Sounds hard to find, so the tools must be very effective ones. Do you use typos or other "special" terms?
4. Your traffic was based on organic traffic and you said that it comes in a week or two. Most of it must come from the social bookmarks or article directories, or?

Mark, thanks for this post. It really made me to think. And special thanks for the tip about WorPress Blue Sense. I must try it.

PS. One more, is $ 1 per click really realistic figure?

runner,

Thanks for the kind words.

I have a few freelancers that I found through Getafreelancer (GetAFreelancer | Online Freelance Jobs | Employment | Design | Outsourcing | Programmers | Web Design | Freelancers) and Amazon Mechanical Turk. When I post a project, if I get a really good bid, or in the case of Aturk a really good result, I email the provider and ask them if they're interested in doing ongoing work.

This has gotten me a 'stable' of good, reliable, writers.

Some work with me on an ongoing basis where I have them working 4-8 'topics' (niches) - I give them the keywords and they provide x number of articles per week. Others I simply give them 'random' keywords.

Mark

[internetmarketer99]

Just wanted to add a plug:

If you've been following Xfactor's thread - who's generosity inspired me to do this thread - I've purchased and examined his course, and it is perhaps one of about 3 business model products, out of at least 100 that I've looked at, that I would unhesitatingly give a 5 star rating to.

Particularly if you're a relative newbie, either to IM or Adsense, and want a complete blueprint to a workable and sustainable business, you couldn't ask for better.

Mark

[StephenDavies]

Originally Posted by internetmarketer99

one of about 3 business model products, out of at least 100 that I've looked at, that I would unhesitatingly give a 5 star rating to.

Mark, thanks for a fantastic thread. I have purchased Xfactor's course.

Out of interest what are the other 2 business model products that you rate?

Steve.

[Flyingpig7]

Hello Mark,

I'm with StephenDavies I too would be interested at looking at the other business models that you rate.
I'm a little concerned in putting all my eggs in one basket regards adsense. However having said that I know that Xfactor says there is a way around that wtih his model.

Thanks
Keren :-)

[internetmarketer99]

Hey Steve, Keren,

One is Kneb Knebaih's public domain WSO: http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...ain-works.html

The other is SpeedPPC. If you're interested, PM me and I'll send you a link to an article about the particular business model using it.

Mark

[Flyingpig7]

By the way thanks for a brilliant and informative thread some interesting ideas there and you clarified one or two things for me regarding posts and pages vs categories.

I too use MNF and swear by it as I no longer have to slog so much over Google external keyword tool and Gsearch. Although I do use the Exact match never having analysed the phrase match at all that is new to me. Still I am getting a few clicks and am learning all the time particularly with the help of Xfactor's course.

Cheers
Keren

[internetmarketer99]

Originally Posted by Flyingpig7

By the way thanks for a brilliant and informative thread some interesting ideas there and you clarified one or two things for me regarding posts and pages vs categories.

I too use MNF and swear by it as I no longer have to slog so much over Google external keyword tool and Gsearch. Although I do use the Exact match never having analysed the phrase match at all that is new to me. Still I am getting a few clicks and am learning all the time particularly with the help of Xfactor's course.

Cheers
Keren

Thanks for the kind words, Keren.

MNF is terrific; the only caveat is that it's easy to be too hasty, too comfortable, or just plain lazy. Always, always, always double-check before spending your time and money on a new project.

Mark