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Forum: Search Engine Optimization 24th August 2011, 09:35 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 893
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: monetizing google news site

The aforementioned tips on finding trending news, employing high paying CPC keywords are all legitimate ways to get you there. Over time, you could gradually shift the focus of your general news site...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 17th August 2010, 03:53 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 852
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Googles just emailed me to let me know i`m missing out on money and need to add more adsense uni

I did a little bit of testing earlier this year, using one block as the baseline. After inserting additional google ad units, my bounce rate increased, according to google analytics. So I went back...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 17th August 2010, 03:45 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,288
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: SEO Help! Image ALT Tags??

Place the keyword in the alt tag as you noted above. If you have several images in one post and you're optimizing for a specific keyword, then add the qualifier. For example:

alt="refrigerator...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 24th June 2010, 01:04 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 737
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Backlinks?

Find a few blogs in your niche and ask the blog owners if they are open to guest posting. If they agree, they get free content which you have written and you get to insert your affiliate links. ...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 24th June 2010, 12:57 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 801
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: How To Deal With SEO Clients Who Do Not Listen?

Locate some POV or whitepaper, even video, that supports your position and forward those to your client. One of the most important, yet subtle things consultants must do is to continually educate...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 24th June 2010, 12:37 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,102
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Question about link wheels

OP noted that she/he was "only looking to increase PR not get new visitors."

One way to increase PR is to have one-way links from high-PR sites point to your site.
The backlinks have to be on...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 16th June 2010, 11:23 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 5,350
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Do Follow links on Squidoo?

Four modules, If I recall correctly, are needed to prevent the links from turning into nofollow. And the intro text module does not count.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 14th April 2010, 11:21 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,140
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Building backlinks to micro niche sites - waste of time?

There was a time when I pondered the same question, when I was looking at three sites, two of which were showing up on page 1 for their respective keywords, and the third lost in the back of page six...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 8th April 2010, 03:09 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 18,888
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: IMEye - the next big IM tool?

steve, thank you for taking care of your customers! received the PM and already bought it! wow! i had been considering NB2 for a while, and your offer was simply outstanding that i pounced on it...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 8th April 2010, 02:30 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 18,888
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: IMEye - the next big IM tool?

steve, picked up imeye this morning, and so far so good. with imeye, i was able to find a couple of decent keyword phrases, and fortunately was able to pick up the exact match domain as well. i was...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 19th February 2010, 01:54 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,091
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: 50 FREE Blog Dofollow Niche Backlinks

Mike,

Thanks for the generous offer. Just signed up. Anxious to get the package. Thanks again.

Stacey
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 13th December 2009, 03:02 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 913
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Google Adsense changes "Earnings" to "Estimated Earnings"

The explanation is here: Adsense Blog (http://adsense.blogspot.com)
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th December 2009, 04:16 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 797
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Gaining back links through dofollow blog comments..?

Following the principle of link diversity, it would be prudent to get a link from a diverse set of dofollow blogs, even if you are unable to use an anchor text of your choosing. Not every link...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th December 2009, 04:09 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,053
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Get a Dmoz Listing

Submit and forget. They seem to have their own agenda over at DMOZ.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th December 2009, 02:26 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 645
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Google delay on registering links

In my experience, google never fully discloses links that it is aware of. Thus, in webmaster tools, not all links will show, even though google knows about them. I say this because time and again,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th December 2009, 02:09 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 972
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Cheapest Domain Purchase Sites

1and1.com gives you free private registration, which normally costs almost ten dollars extra elsewhere (unless you buy domains in bulk, in which case most registrars throw it in for free).
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th December 2009, 01:59 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 610
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Purchasing a PR4 domain not listed in google?

A site with a high PR (which is suspicious at best) that is not indexed in google may not be worth it for the many reasons mentioned above. If the worst case scenario is true, that is the domain is...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th December 2009, 01:31 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 610
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Registered a domain, was live site 5 years ago, any rankings benefit?

Was there continuity in registration? I understand the site was active many years ago, but between then and now, was the domain name continuously registered? When you check whois, for the field...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th December 2009, 03:31 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 626
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Ezine Articles For Same Keyword As Micro Niche, counterproductive?

I always make sure that the content on my micro niche sites are better (that's subjective, I know) and more voluminous (that should be a given since my ezine articles are always 400 words or fewer)...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th December 2009, 03:25 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 554
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Stick to what you know or go for it?

Have no regrets. Move forward and Learn. That's how we all do it. And we get better with time. So, I encourage you to do it. And as Clive says, TODAY. Good luck mate.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th December 2009, 03:21 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 2,063
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Domain Names - .net or a dash - What is best?

dot net or dot org. If you're building micro niche sites, a-la xfactor, move to another keyword if you can't get the com/net/org tld.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th December 2009, 12:04 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 658
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Google Real Time Seach Results

The implications of this implementation are mind numbing. Here's another perspective on the matter of real-time spamming and child endangerment: Google Enables Real Time Spam...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 9th December 2009, 11:57 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 910
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Should I drip, or flood articles for SEO.

We have found that by dripping articles on a daily basis consistently over a period of three weeks, google began indexing our new content much quicker. Of course, you need a mechanism to advice...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 9th December 2009, 11:41 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 715
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: New SEO site need some help

I did a quick check and stopped when I saw that your web site has no title in the title tag! Umm, pretty fatal error for a site focusing on SEO.

<base href="http://www.backlinkssite(.)com/" />...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 9th December 2009, 11:22 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 667
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: I noticed something odd in my robots.txt

The NOODP and NOYDIR are directives to the search engines to show the contents of your meta description instead of what it has found in the Yahoo or DMOZ directories.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 9th December 2009, 11:14 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 845
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Adsense Application for same address

You should be fine. Here is a link to the adsense help page that clarifies questions about multiple accounts. It mentions that the payee should be different, but says nothing about address: Adsense...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 9th December 2009, 03:37 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 4,467
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: The word "The" in domain name?

Exact match domain names should be your main priority. That's not to say that you can't rank for "keyword" just because the word "the" is prefixing it; however, in my experience, you will take...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 9th December 2009, 03:06 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,359
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Site has been undergoing Google Dance for a long time now...

@andy

i have experienced a similar situation where my new site was ranked #6 for its keyword, then it dropped south of 100, where it remained for six weeks! While it was there, I continued my...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 9th December 2009, 02:54 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,097
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Adsense means advertisment with no cent

It is hard to dispense advice if you simply throw up a year's worth of aggregated adsense money and a sweeping declaration that your cpc is always a penny.

What are your keywords and in what niche...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 9th December 2009, 02:47 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 643
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: URGENT - Is Article Distribution Service Good for Back links

There are many schools of thought on link building volume, and there are many variables to consider (such as the age of your site), so you will need to wade through all the opinions.

One thing...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 9th December 2009, 02:34 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,405
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: 468x60 Google ads

You are changing ads every day? Frankly, before you consider ad placement, you need to check if you are getting any traffic. What are your keywords and is your site generating enough traffic? ...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th December 2009, 06:21 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,358
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Black Hat vs White Hat SEO.

Someone once told me, if you get punished by Google, then your methods are black+hat; otherwise, it is white+hat.

Silly as it sounded back then, it is the definition that I now use. The...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th December 2009, 06:08 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 461
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Anyway other way to make relevant ads for a keyword?

You may want to implement section targeting, and bracket the keyword and the content that you want adsense to target. Here is the link to Google's explanation: Section Targeting...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th December 2009, 06:02 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 471
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Adsense Section Targeting On An Existing Blog

I would consult with someone at DIYThemes.com. Bracketing posts with section targeting (i.e. <!-- google_ad_section_start -->) is doable; ironically, because Thesis is designed to be customizable,...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th December 2009, 05:02 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 642
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: What keywords is google ranking me for?

I agree that for the price (free), you can't beat google's webmaster tools; however, it's not always in sync with what we are seeing during our testing. For example, we have a three word phrase that...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th December 2009, 04:40 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 601
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Google Ranking and Traffic

@ayhar
When you used the google keyword tool did you specify phrase, exact or broad? Try exact and see if you still get 33,100. I suspect it will be far less.

Also, youssef pointed out title...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th December 2009, 03:34 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,166
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: How long before google will index your links

In our experience, Google does not show all the links it has found for our properties. Also, I'm not sure about your specific case, but you may want to take into consideration diminishing returns. ...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th December 2009, 03:16 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 873
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Do you guys still use directories?

Following the principle of link diversity, it would make sense that one would use directories. Having said that, it is good practice to keep a running list of the quality directories out there (this...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th December 2009, 02:56 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 845
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: First page of Google, 50 uniques, NO ADSENSE CLICKS OR CONVERSIONS

Good advice has already been noted, and I would like to emphasize ad placement as well. Our success with Adsense was realized when we moved the adsense rectangle and incorporated that into the body...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th December 2009, 12:29 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,410
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: 70-80k Salary, or Go Independent?

Initially, I would take the job AND build my SEO business on the side. Check that. I would aggressively build my SEO on the side. Once I am comfortable that my SEO business model is sustainable,...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th December 2009, 12:24 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,097
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Whats Better For SERPs: Backlinks Or Articles?

May I add that in addition to pursuing diversity in your backlinks, that you also maintain link velocity; that is, if you start aggressively link building at a rate of say, XXX backlinks per week,...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 7th December 2009, 06:14 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,814
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: What kinds of back links are considered the most powerful?

A Warrior member conducted a study on backlinks, and part of the study covered relevant vs irrelevant sites used to backlink, and he found that it made no difference where the links came from. You...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 7th December 2009, 01:40 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 431
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Issues..

In what category were the two crawl errors? Was it in HTTP, In Sitemaps, Not Followed, Not Found, Restricted by robots.txt, etc? Check the dashboard, it will show there.

As far as sitemaps are...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th December 2009, 01:37 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,036
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: How to monitor seo's effectiveness?

Hello Kaizen, without knowing more about your seo efforts, I'm afraid I won't be able to provide too much assistance, but I thought I'd give it a try anyway. I don't mean to sound insulting or...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 3rd December 2009, 12:45 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 931
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Best Submission Software

@Tim
You may want to look at the product Magic Article Rewriter, and its accompanying submitter, Magic Article Submitter. The limitation is that MAS only submits to article dashboard-powered...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 3rd December 2009, 12:28 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 646
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Settings for wordpress

you may also want to add a wordpress db-backup plugin. you can schedule it to back up your wordpress database and email it to you so that you've got a safe offline copy of your blog that can be...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd December 2009, 03:52 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 755
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Getting lots of backlinks?

Lots of good advice already given here; I would add that when you diversify your anchor text, you may want to make it relevant... for example if your original anchor text is "electric razor" then you...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd December 2009, 03:23 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 916
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Site Disappeared from the SERPs

I would check to make sure that google has *not* deindexed the site. A quick google search for site:sitename.tld should tell you if it is still there.

If it does not show anything, then that...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st December 2009, 04:46 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 489
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: When submitting blogs to blog deirectories

I would submit the the blog path. For instance, if you have a site called hxxp://mysite.com, but the blog can be accessed from hxxp://mysite.com/myblog, then I would submit the latter because that...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st December 2009, 03:47 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 1,956
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: How do people get their site index so fast?

Roughly, here are the steps I follow for each new site I launch:
1. submit sitemap to google then ping site
2. digg it
3. bookmark it
4. submit rss
5. have a pina colada (or whatever foo-foo...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st December 2009, 03:31 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 5,639
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: $100+/Days with Adsense from one site

@timpears
As you've alluded, "quality" content is subjective and will vary depending upon whom you ask. Also, you will find that some will advocate the exact opposite: that your site should look as...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st December 2009, 02:33 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,360
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Google Ranking with a free .co.cc domain

That's impressive for a dot cc domain name. i've had similar success outside of the traditional three tlds (com net org); but during testing, what i found is that i needed to keep the link velocity...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 1st December 2009, 01:23 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,487
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Unique Article Wizard

They have a huge landscape of directories and blogs to send to; however, depending upon how your article is categorized, the "target" count will be much lower.

In addition to their directories,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st December 2009, 01:06 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 652
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Pricing Strategies - opinions wanted ;-)

Bundled pricing typically renders a discount of .2 to .3 or higher for each item in the bundle. This is not written in stone, of course, as each seller always has some sort of angle (e.g. they may...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st December 2009, 12:23 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 507
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Appreciate some hints on monetizing & site strcuture

As far as multipage sites go, I build them using either wordpress or xsitepro. Wordpress of course is heavier than xsitepro because it is a full cms, whereas xsitepro produces plain old html files....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st December 2009, 12:00 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 709
Posted By sdkWriter
Re: Article submitting - Still effective?

1. Yes. Mostly, the backlinks are the main benefit, though articles sometimes generate clicks to your site as well.
2. There are so many free quality article sites that I don't bother with paid...
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