3 Weeks old Blog/$70 daily - ranks 1st of 11 million Google Search Results

[Ivancho]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

Quite an investment for a blog but I'm glad blogging worked out good for ya!

Lol I could say is nothing if we look at the ROI I am getting here.

[jimmidwest]

Great post Ivancho.
I bought couple of site flip wso and none talk about how to get some traffic. I will definitely try your method...

Thanks
Jim

[Johnnyboy83]

Wow, Congratulation

300 visitors every day is real good

[peter gibson]

I have a few questions:
How much did you pay to get those articles written for you? I've always done my own writing, but now I'm curious to see how much it would cost to outsource.

Am I correct in assuming you took the articles and without retouching them submitted to 20 directories? As well as having the same content on your blog? I was told a few times here and there that so much duplicate content like this is a big honking no-no to google. ?

BTW, very nice job and I'll keep following your progress.

edit: forget the question about what is on the blog, I just read back and saw that it's not the same stuff on your blogs :-)

[TeamDW]

Yeah, I agree. But thanks for the information! the sites dont perform well

[gavinking]

ok, ready for the rabbit trail? What is the general opinion on WP MU? I am looking for someone with more technical confidence than I who would be willing to install WP MU for a SMALL fee on my domain hosted with go daddy. Any takers? I am interested in knowing if Ivancho or anyone else has tried anything with MU and if so, what worked?

[dlinden]

Great post.This type of success gets me going even harder.Thanks

[Ivancho]

Originally Posted by peter gibson

I have a few questions:
How much did you pay to get those articles written for you? I've always done my own writing, but now I'm curious to see how much it would cost to outsource.

Am I correct in assuming you took the articles and without retouching them submitted to 20 directories? As well as having the same content on your blog? I was told a few times here and there that so much duplicate content like this is a big honking no-no to google. ?

BTW, very nice job and I'll keep following your progress.

edit: forget the question about what is on the blog, I just read back and saw that it's not the same stuff on your blogs :-)

Hi their, I payed little over $300 for the articles them self. I could easily got some indian to write them for me for $50 but here I want quality not quantaty... I have a different content over my website, is around 7 articles toghether talking about a clickbank product ...

Have a great one. btw: also I done a review area and I will track and see if it converts... in the next few days

[AndyCamden]

TO all newbies. Ivancho just laid out a nice blueprint. Follow it and see if you to can produce the same results. Thanks for sharing and adding value to this board man!

[Bujuk]

Thank you for the share. Really helpful. honestly traffic is my weakest link. your post help me a lot.

I've few questions though, hopefully you can clarify.

1) how do you come up with the niche for the blog. is it based on top key word or are you targetting for the long tail?

2) for the articles topics, do you use only long tail or just any keyword from the niche?

thanks in advance

[Ralf Skirr]

Ivancho, congratulations for your success and your excellent post.
:-)

Some people stated above that a site would vanish in google (or lose it's good ranking) if it isn't updated regularly.

This is not true. It's a myth.

I have sites where I rank on SERP #1 since 2003 and I rarely update more than the year of copyright.

While most people declare blogs+plus regular updates to be the holy grail of SEO, they're missing out on important opportunities. There's more to SEO than fresh blog content.

Ralf

[Experimental]

I have begun to implement these ideas in my marketing. Hopefully, I will see positive results as well. Thanks for sharing.

[peter gibson]

Originally Posted by Ralf Skirr

Ivancho, congratulations for your success and your excellent post.
:-)

Some people stated above that a site would vanish in google (or lose it's good ranking) if it isn't updated regularly.

This is not true. It's a myth.

I have sites where I rank on SERP #1 since 2003 and I rarely update more than the year of copyright.

While most people declare blogs+plus regular updates to be the holy grail of SEO, they're missing out on important opportunities. There's more to SEO than fresh blog content.

Ralf

I have to agree with this, even though so many people tell me to expect to get buried after initial success. I essentially did what the OP is doing now over a year ago - I was number 1 in my phrase match but since it wasn't pulling in enough profit for me I stopped updating the blog completely as of December 2007. It's still ranking exactly the same and it is a pretty competitive niche.

[vicone]

Some people stated above that a site would vanish in google (or lose it's good ranking) if it isn't updated regularly.

This is not true. It's a myth.

I have to agree. I have a site which I hadn't updated for years and it has remained at the top of several competitive keywords.

I only started improving the content and doing some promotion when I decided to tackle some related keywords where I believed I could rank better. I also noticed frequent visitors from one of the keyword spy services, so thought it would be advantageous to do a little promotional support.

As a result, that site is still well-placed despite opposition and my traffic has doubled.

Ivan

[peter gibson]

Ivancho - James (back a page or so ago) was offering some serious gold for you as well, should you want to really increase traffic and potential rss subscribers. The text to speech for use with an Ipod, Mp3, e.t.c... is a potential windfall of new traffic.

You have had such good luck by submitting directories and posting articles, if you were to get a little more agressive social bookmarking and utilize audio on your site - well it could be off the charts cool. :-) Just my 0.02 cents.

BTW James, everything you said in your post here is sheer brilliance and I'm off to incorporate it all in a few of my blogs.

At any rate, it's inspiring to see this working for you Ivancho. Keep us posted.

[xlfutur1]

Originally Posted by Ivancho

Hi their,

Yes I do build my very own blogs, and one thing which is important for a wordpress blog is the All in One SEO plugin. I really recomend this plugin to anyone who wants to start a blog on a wordpress platform. I belive that this plugin have done 30% of my work it self...

If you like All in One SEO, check out Headspace 2. Its more powerful in my opinion.

[stephperez]

Yes..I just want to congratulate you and I know it will probably just get bigger for you!

And thanks for sharing your formula...very helpful!

[Ivancho]

Originally Posted by Bujuk

Thank you for the share. Really helpful. honestly traffic is my weakest link. your post help me a lot.

I've few questions though, hopefully you can clarify.

1) how do you come up with the niche for the blog. is it based on top key word or are you targetting for the long tail?

2) for the articles topics, do you use only long tail or just any keyword from the niche?

thanks in advance

Well I done a research via google. I was looking for a product, that I wanted and decide to bloging about this niche which this product was related to. I cant say it is the top keyword but is very competitive.

Any keyword for the niche.

Hope this helps.

[Teo]

Can I know what directories you have submited your site to? I pm'd you about it

[ccmusicman]

There is gold in this thread....a lot of it!

[dail]

Congratulations!

[Bujuk]

Ivan, thanks for sharing.

[KimberlyAWallace]

That's really great! Thank you for sharing your story. I guess everyone reading this would be excited to try out your method. I know I am.

[Ivancho]

Originally Posted by Teo

Can I know what directories you have submited your site to? I pm'd you about it

Hi Teo, As I said previouslly I dont want to share my list but I got it from google. Just do a little search for "Directory submission list" and you would come up with something you were looking for

[Louis Raven]

Congratulations but beware the massive traffic surge and high keyword ranking could be a fluke.

For some reason Google like to give my new websites a page rank of 1 sometimes 2 for the first few weeks with only a few backlinks and if I catch the PR update. I used to get excited but quickly realised this isn't the norm and like clockwork they go back to the correct PR0 within a week or so.

Again this is just a FYI bro.

In fact, has anyone else noticed this lol?

Louis

[Louis Raven]

Originally Posted by Ralf Skirr

Ivancho, congratulations for your success and your excellent post.
:-)

Some people stated above that a site would vanish in google (or lose it's good ranking) if it isn't updated regularly.

This is not true. It's a myth.

I have sites where I rank on SERP #1 since 2003 and I rarely update more than the year of copyright.

While most people declare blogs+plus regular updates to be the holy grail of SEO, they're missing out on important opportunities. There's more to SEO than fresh blog content.

Ralf

If he loses backlinks his site will lose Page Rank which will affect his positioning and therefore his income.

So you're right in he doesn't have to update the website but the outside SEO part does have to be fresh and constant.

Louis

[Ivancho]

Originally Posted by Louis Raven

Congratulations but beware the massive traffic surge and high keyword ranking could be a fluke.

For some reason Google like to give my new websites a page rank of 1 sometimes 2 for the first few weeks with only a few backlinks and if I catch the PR update. I used to get excited but quickly realised this isn't the norm and like clockwork they go back to the correct PR0 within a week or so.

Again this is just a FYI bro.

In fact, has anyone else noticed this lol?

Louis

Lol this have nothing to do witha Google PR buddy. My website is PR1 after the curent PR update, but again search rankings have nothing to do with page rankings.

Have a look at google to find more information about search rankings and page rankings.

[WinsonYeung]

That's great! Congratulations on your success !
It's seem simple, but it's harder than done

[Louis Raven]

Originally Posted by Ivancho

Lol this have nothing to do witha Google PR buddy. My website is PR1 after the curent PR update, but again search rankings have nothing to do with page rankings.

Have a look at google to find more information about search rankings and page rankings.

Page Rank has nothing to do with search rankings????

This forum (Warrior) has great Page Rank (around 4 I think), you create a title with 123456 here and I'll do the same at my marketing forum (Page Rank 2) and I'll guarantee you the Warrior forum will show higher than mine for the term 123456.

Alas your success has everything to do with both Page Rank and search rank. If the directories lose Page Rank your article will be lower in the search ranks thus resulting in fewer visitors and less sales.

I didn't mean to rain on your parade and I seriously wish you the best of luck. I just didn't want you quitting your job or anything some time soon lol in case big-G does another funny turn like they do with me.

OK good luck.

Louis

[Ivancho]

Originally Posted by Louis Raven

Page Rank has nothing to do with search rankings????

This forum (Warrior) has great Page Rank (around 4 I think), you create a title with 123456 here and I'll do the same at my marketing forum (Page Rank 2) and I'll guarantee you the Warrior forum will show higher than mine for the term 123456.

Alas your success has everything to do with both Page Rank and search rank. If the directories lose Page Rank your article will be lower in the search ranks thus resulting in fewer visitors and less sales.

I didn't mean to rain on your parade and I seriously wish you the best of luck. I just didn't want you quitting your job or anything some time soon lol in case big-G does another funny turn like they do with me.

OK good luck.

Louis

Sorry I dont agree here, This is all depending from the quality inboord links that site has and how google love the site.

I have got a site which is PR7 and i got nearlly 100k backlinks to it but guest what other site with PR3 and 30k backlinks is ranking higher than me.

And guest what I know why my site is not ranking high that his, its because of the quality of the backlinks

[dndoseller]

That's great to know because its exactly what I am doing, and making some money, and I think I just need to keep doing it until I get the right niche for a "hit" like this. Thanks for sharing that's a huge confirmation for me.

[60MinuteAffiliate]

Awesome post.

congratulations.

colleen

[Adam Bshero]

Can you give us an update on how your blog has performed over the past week since you wrote this post?

Thanks!

[palger]

That's awesome.

I appreciate great information and it's nice to get it from the "horse's mouth", so to speak.

Phil

[Angela V. Edwards]

Originally Posted by Ivancho

Lol this have nothing to do witha Google PR buddy. My website is PR1 after the curent PR update, but again search rankings have nothing to do with page rankings.

Have a look at google to find more information about search rankings and page rankings.

You're right. Search rankings and page rank are not the same. Most people want good Page Rank because a lot of High PR sites are also high in the search engines. Also, high PR sites often get a great deal of respect. But those two things are not the same.

[Global365]

Ivan,

Quick thought to make some quick cash. There is obviously a lot of interest here on what you did, and obviously you don't want to give away the niche. but why don't you write a report based on a generic niche and give people step by step breakdown of what you did including all the links to the directories, and bookmarking sites, your breakdown on articles and such and then offer the report here for $7-12 dollars?

You have everybody chompin at the bit...take advantage of the interest.

I am sure it would be a hit and a chance to pick up some quick cash....

Regards,

Barry

[cynmax]

Thanks Ivan and everyone contributing to this thread (and Colleen Slater for telling me about it!)
It's like reading a treasure map.

[Ivancho]

Originally Posted by Global365

Ivan,

Quick thought to make some quick cash. There is obviously a lot of interest here on what you did, and obviously you don't want to give away the niche. but why don't you write a report based on a generic niche and give people step by step breakdown of what you did including all the links to the directories, and bookmarking sites, your breakdown on articles and such and then offer the report here for $7-12 dollars?

You have everybody chompin at the bit...take advantage of the interest.

I am sure it would be a hit and a chance to pick up some quick cash....

Regards,

Barry

Well Barry thanks but I have think about this and I am not planing to do this as I want to provide some information to the warrior members for free, yea you are still right I can disclouse my niche and someother things here and their, but that is not the point. In other hands I may do it but still not to sure .

But thanks for the great idea anyway ...

[Rainbow_Warrior]

Congratulations Ivancho, your blueprint outlined is just the sort of info I need right now to start my IM career.

Thanks man!

Zippy The Rainbow Warrior

p.s Thanks Colleen for the email tip off about this thread.

[millionebook]

Well done. Article marketing is the way to promote.... it just works! You have proved that taking action provides success

[lloyd7]

Very useful information! I really appreciate you sharing what you do with us to give those that are struggling hope to keep on pushing! Thanks!!

[ptwain]

Originally Posted by Ivancho

Well Barry thanks but I have think about this and I am not planing to do this as I want to provide some information to the warrior members for free, yea you are still right I can disclouse my niche and someother things here and their, but that is not the point. In other hands I may do it but still not to sure .

But thanks for the great idea anyway ...

Ivancho,

Congrads on your success, and keep up the good work. But if I was you I would follow Barry's advice and strike when the oven is hot. Many people are interested with your systematic approach. Also, I going to let you in on a little secret that most internet marketers know and that is:

You could provide the entire step by step process how you made money on your niche, and I would dare to say 80-85% of the people who bought your WSO would probably barely or never use your techniques.

The reason for this is that most people refuse to put the work in following the process, because it takes consistent action to be successful. Most people will just file it away, and just wait for the next infomational product to show up that strikes their interest.

Believe me I know from experience and spent money for years on info products waiting on that ultimate product, tool, or ebook!! Until I realized i was the problem why I wasn't successful, and started to do something about.

As I'm reading this post, I see I went a little bit off on a tangent, but all in all you provide us with some great methods to start off with. You should continue that with a detailed report.

Hey maybe it will be the ultimate report I've been searching for!!

[Fran_C]

Congratulations Ivanchoe!
and thank you for sharing - I am going to follow your methods because I
have read about them before and getting your story makes it more real!

I gather from several things you said in the different posts that you have
other projects going... so I think you are getting rewarded for putting a
lot of steady work in your business...

Good luck to you,

Fran

[Richard Whyte]

This is a great thread. Lots of good stuff in here that people can take and run with. Even you want to go a different way, it teaches you how to drive traffic to a site.

Thanks for all the time you have spent and the questions you have answered.

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by ptwain

Ivancho,

Congrads on your success, and keep up the good work. But if I was you I would follow Barry's advice and strike when the oven is hot. Many people are interested with your systematic approach. Also, I going to let you in on a little secret that most internet marketers know and that is:

You could provide the entire step by step process how you made money on your niche, and I would dare to say 80-85% of the people who bought your WSO would probably barely or never use your techniques.

The reason for this is that most people refuse to put the work in following the process, because it takes consistent action to be successful. Most people will just file it away, and just wait for the next infomational product to show up that strikes their interest.

Believe me I know from experience and spent money for years on info products waiting on that ultimate product, tool, or ebook!! Until I realized i was the problem why I wasn't successful, and started to do something about.

As I'm reading this post, I see I went a little bit off on a tangent, but all in all you provide us with some great methods to start off with. You should continue that with a detailed report.

Hey maybe it will be the ultimate report I've been searching for!!

Boy that's the truth!!

[Ivancho]

Originally Posted by ptwain

Ivancho,

Congrads on your success, and keep up the good work. But if I was you I would follow Barry's advice and strike when the oven is hot. Many people are interested with your systematic approach. Also, I going to let you in on a little secret that most internet marketers know and that is:

You could provide the entire step by step process how you made money on your niche, and I would dare to say 80-85% of the people who bought your WSO would probably barely or never use your techniques.

The reason for this is that most people refuse to put the work in following the process, because it takes consistent action to be successful. Most people will just file it away, and just wait for the next infomational product to show up that strikes their interest.

Believe me I know from experience and spent money for years on info products waiting on that ultimate product, tool, or ebook!! Until I realized i was the problem why I wasn't successful, and started to do something about.

As I'm reading this post, I see I went a little bit off on a tangent, but all in all you provide us with some great methods to start off with. You should continue that with a detailed report.

Hey maybe it will be the ultimate report I've been searching for!!

Sure I know, the thing is I dont really want to share my blog URL or anyof my website URL, simply because their are many .... thease days that goes and click on adsense for example and all this nasty stuff. I don't really mind sharing the niche if I do a WSO, my problem is sharing my websites URL...

[Adam Bshero]

Ivancho,

Do you think posting 20-30 web directories a day is a bit much. I mean that is a lot of inbound links coming to your site each day. What is your opinion on just doing 10 a day and spreading it out over a longer time period?

[Ivancho]

Originally Posted by Adam Bshero

Ivancho,

Do you think posting 20-30 web directories a day is a bit much. I mean that is a lot of inbound links coming to your site each day. What is your opinion on just doing 10 a day and spreading it out over a longer time period?

I would say yes is too much, but if you doing in the right order and google don't get your site as a spam then is no problem. I actually mean you need to do it in the right order example: submit your website to 20-30 directories every day for 1 week, then stop and wait for other week and do the same .

Hope you get the IDEA...

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by Adam Bshero

Ivancho,

Do you think posting 20-30 web directories a day is a bit much. I mean that is a lot of inbound links coming to your site each day. What is your opinion on just doing 10 a day and spreading it out over a longer time period?

Google wont penalize your site for the amount of back-links you get but
rather the consistency. Some authority sites gain thousands of back-links
per day and do just fine.

The best way to stay safe with google is consistency...If you gain 50
back-links today, make sure you gain 50 more tomorrow and so on.

The only time you may have a problem is if you gain 500 back-links one
day and 5 the next day and the next week because this looks unnatural.

Just try and stay as consistent as possible and dont over use social
bookmarking sites or directory's ect...Generate back-links from many
sources.




-paul

[Angela V. Edwards]

Originally Posted by Adam Bshero

Ivancho,

Do you think posting 20-30 web directories a day is a bit much. I mean that is a lot of inbound links coming to your site each day. What is your opinion on just doing 10 a day and spreading it out over a longer time period?

How many backlinks do think that Matt Drudge got in one day when his Drudge Report broke the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal? I can guarantee, it was a whole LOT more than 20-30 sites.

It's when you get thousands and thousands of "relevant" links of the same type in one day that causes the red flag with Google. 20-30 won't hurt you.