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Traffic experts help needed please.

by marcus passey
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Hi everyone

So far I have had four sales from a product that I am promoting that have come from two ezine articles I wrote.
I have now set up an advertising network which is as follows:

I have set up a page at blogger, which links to a page at wetpaint,which links to a page at weebly, which links to a page at hub, which links to a page at sqidoo, then finally links to an ezine article.Then I have a link on all these pages that points to my sales page.

I have joined a few social bookmarking sites and submitted my main sales page to some rss feeds.

That was a few days ago but no additional traffic.

I keep reading up on here but not getting anywhere then I just get lost in the information overload and not getting any work done so I guess I am after some direct help please.

So I have my network what do I do next?

How many rss feeds should I be submitting to and do I submit the url for all my pages?

How many social bookmarking sites should I submit to?

How long untill I see an increase in traffic?

I just need to get that traffic flowing I need to know that whatever I do is right to get the traffic flowing and does work, I dont want to put effort in without results.

Any tips would be great.

cheers

Marcus
#experts #needed #traffic
  • Profile picture of the author yesacpow
    hey Marcus,

    firstly let me tell you traffic generation is an ongoing process and some of the stuff takes time before you really start to see the influx of traffic.

    You said you wrote two ezine articles and that very far from enough. You should be writing at least two articles per day. Rewrite thema and then submit them to the other top directories with a link back to your ezine articles plus one to your landing page.

    Make sure you are targeting specific keywords so that your website can rank very high in the search engines.

    Other methods:

    Yahoo answers
    Forums related to your niche
    videos
    press releases


    Very Important- capture your prospects email address so that you can send them offers again and again.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dave Z
    This is the way i set things up, lets say you do only one keyword what i do is buy 20 articles around that keyword and use the next sites to promote it

    Squidoo-> Hubpages-> wetpaint-> clearblogs-> blogger-> lifejournal-> Quizilla-> vox and linkback to Squidoo (-> = Link)

    Then i get the other 10 articles and i submit those articles to the top 10 article directories, now what i do is this i use 2 links in the resource box one will go to the
    money page(that could be your domain or offer or what ever) and one will link to one of the Web 2.0 properties like:

    Article one, will get one backlink to your money site and one backlink to Squidoo
    Article one, will get one backlink to your money site and one backlink to Hubpages and so on.

    Article Two, will get one backlink to your money site and one backlink to Squidoo
    Article Two, will get one backlink to your money site and one backlink to Hubpages and so on.

    That way all your web 2.0 properties wil get 10 goodbacklinksfrom the directories which is good for rankings.

    It is a lot of work if youdont outsource, maybe you could use a article re-writer like power article writer or something to get you the content, if you hit it, hit it hard

    That is how i do it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
    Hey Marcus,

    It's great that you're adopting a methodical approach.

    The main problem with your current strategy is that the links you're create having virtually no value.

    This is because:

    a) They come from your own new and non-traffic sites - so they're not going to provide you with any new traffic

    b) They come from pages with virtually no incoming links, so they're not going to pass any useful Page Rank.

    Since those are the two main reasons for getting links - yours are not likely to help you much.

    You'd be much better off finding some forums in your niche and having a decent forum signature pointing to your desired destination, or posting in places where the link will be useful for PR or traffic, reviews, blog comments etc. are an easy way to start.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dave Z
    The main problem with your current strategy is that the links you're create having virtually no value.
    I am sorry but hat is not true because the sites these pages are build upon sites that have authority by themselves, and don't get me started about PR (because PR has nothing absolutly nothing to do with rankings).
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    • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
      Originally Posted by Dave Z View Post

      I am sorry but hat is not true because the sites these pages are build upon sites that have authority by themselves, and don't get me started about PR (because PR has nothing absolutly nothing to do with rankings).
      Ok, you want to get into the semantics - fine.

      Those links have VERY LITTLE value.

      The site having some 'authority' does not make anything you put on their suddenly valuable.

      The strategy of stringing together little pieces of property with arguable value and not giving them proper promotional attention is just clutching at straws and 'hoping' for something to come from it.

      Maybe you like that model and are happy to defend it, but I have no such inclination.

      As for PR - I have no interest in it and it's not something I give any real consideration to, I just used it since it's a label people can relate to and reflects the issue of incoming links and their individual 'weight' (consideration given by the search engines depending on their construction, numbers and location). Having a few links from places that have zero or very few other links is not likely to do much for your traffic - I'm sure you're not intending to argue that. (I'm certainly not interested in arguing the point around such trivial stuff).
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  • Profile picture of the author chewie49
    Could you please elaborate about the re-writer software? Doed that really exist?

    i have a TON of PLR articles i need to re-write. If there is a software to do that, that would be awesome.

    Also I would like to know, when you talk about "Squidoo-> Hubpages-> wetpaint-> clearblogs-> blogger-> lifejournal-> Quizilla-> vox and linkback to Squidoo (-> = Link)"
    All those pages have different articles, right?
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    • Profile picture of the author Dave Z
      Originally Posted by Andyhenry View Post

      Ok, you want to get into the semantics - fine.

      Those links have VERY LITTLE value.

      The site having some 'authority' does not make anything you put on their suddenly valuable.
      That is not the way Google looks at it.

      The strategy of stringing together little pieces of property with arguable value and not giving them proper promotional attention is just clutching at straws and 'hoping' for something to come from it.

      Maybe you like that model and are happy to defend it, but I have no such inclination.
      My accountant is happy, my bank is happy, my GF is very happy that is what counts in the end right, the money that you make for the work that you do, at least it is for me, i am not in this game for a hobby i am in it to make money and your bank account is always right either way

      As for PR - I have no interest in it and it's not something I give any real consideration to, I just used it since it's a label people can relate to and reflects the issue of incoming links and their individual 'weight' (consideration given by the search engines depending on their construction, numbers and location). Having a few links from places that have zero or very few other links is not likely to do much for your traffic - I'm sure you're not intending to argue that. (I'm certainly not interested in arguing the point around such trivial stuff).
      I have several digg bookmarks for highly competitive keywords in the top 10 of the serps, and all i did was giving them some backlinks from other bookmarksites to keep them up there, is it because of the backlinks, i believe it is not, i believe it has to do with the authority of digg. com


      Originally Posted by chewie49 View Post

      Could you please elaborate about the re-writer software? Doed that really exist?

      i have a TON of PLR articles i need to re-write. If there is a software to do that, that would be awesome.
      I outsource the article writing for clients but i use "power article re-writer" when i want to test a niche if there is any value in it to go and hit it hard.

      Also I would like to know, when you talk about "Squidoo-> Hubpages-> wetpaint-> clearblogs-> blogger-> lifejournal-> Quizilla-> vox and linkback to Squidoo (-> = Link)"
      All those pages have different articles, right?
      I have tested it with 10 keywords a while back (5 unique content and 5 re-written article) and i still can't say if unique content or rewritten content (so you rewrite one article with a 50% difference for all the web 2.0 properties) has better results, the results i had where totally random, but when i work for clients i always use unique content in the end that is the best route to choose i guess.
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      • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
        Originally Posted by Dave Z View Post

        That is not the way Google looks at it.
        We can agree to disagree on that then.

        I think our versions of 'valuable' are where the difference is, rather than whether Google gives preference to some sites. You only have to do a few searches to see what web properties Google seems to like at any one time.

        The issue here is - THIS IS NOT WORKING for this guy. So the fact that you and I can do it on a scale and in a way that makes us money is irrelevant.

        His evidence is that doing it in the limited way he is - is NOT having the desired result.

        This is not surprising to me given the scale of implementation, so I'm not sure why you seem to think it's a great idea and makes money - despite his evidence to the contrary.

        Like you said - all that matters in this case is whether it makes money, and for him - it is NOT.

        You do well, I do well - that's irrelevant.

        Telling someone who's not making any money that they're not doing anything wrong doesn't help anyone. Who cares whether you make money or not - this is about him and his strategy.
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