Recently, I wrote a blog post reviewing I product I own called RSS Bot, and of course my affiliate link is in the post making me money from referrals.

That blog post is now an asset of mine. It is getting free traffic and will continue to get free traffic for a long time.

For instance, looking at my website stats program (I use Piwik and not Google Analytics so as not to give Google more information), a couple hours ago someone searched for "rss bot review" and...

This is not some theoretical post based on stuff I read online. I have hundreds of websites and continually test and retest to try and improve SEO rankings - especially in Google.

What I have found that works:


On Page Factors

The starting point for SEO is what is on your website.

1. EMD

Contrary to reports, the Penguin / EMD update did not wipe out EMD websites. OK, maybe yours, but not mine. My EMD sites are some of my best...

Here is an indirect method to get links and traffic from Amazon to your website

Step 1: Create a valuable report and upload it to Amazon using Kindle.

Step 2: Use your keywords in the title of your report.

Here is an example of a report I recently uploaded:

California Non-Compete Agreements - Employee Survival Guide: Brian Kindsvater: Amazon.com: Kindle Store

Step 3: Include links in your report back to your website.

That...

This post is about a concept and not specific methods of getting traffic - although methods are discussed. If you understand the concept then you can apply it to get traffic.


What is Traffic Anyway?

"Traffic" is people who may be interested in buying your product, clicking on your affiliate link, or reading your content and clicking an AdSense link.

To be more specific, traffic is eyeballs. You want eyeballs on your material.

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Many IM related review pages are junk that never make a dime, so I wanted to illustrate a sample page I just put together: This is my review of RSS Bot.

A few things to notice about this blog post:

1. Unique Content.

The post passes when analyzed through Copyscape. Not because I spun some text, but because I wrote the post off the top of my head, using my personal knowledge. This will give it a better chance of someday getting a good search ranking.
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