One Small Change to Increase SEO
Posted on May 20, 2008
Today’s tip is going to be a small one, but could impact your web site dramatically with SEO rankings. It’s called using the ALT and TITLE tag for your hyperlinks.
In the world of fast-changing web sites, some unimportant tags go unforgotten. I know that I am guilty of doing this as well. In my rush to publish a site, I take a few shortcuts. One of those is not using the ALT and TITLE tags at all in my hyperlinks
This is an extremely simple thing to do. Go through your post and be sure to “intra-link” your site to other, important articles. Be sure to add a (smallish) nice description for each hyperlink using the ALT and TITLE tag. This idea relates to a similar article I wrote on how to get some free traffic using images, which also can increase your SEO ranking. Read more
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Blogging Rant
Posted on April 28, 2008
Have you ever met those really obnoxious people that think that their crap was golden and didn’t stink like the rest of the humble world? They are often mistakenly unaware of how stupid they really are, because they can’t see beyond their own self-inflated importance, and they obviously think that they are somehow of greater intelligence than you.
Recently, I had the pleasure of dealing with this lawyer, a person like I just described. She is so ill-mannered that I often think that they must teach that in law school. She delighted herself in thinking she got one up on me by discovering my blog, and she waved around the paper printouts - I’m surprised she actually figured out how to use the internet because, according to her letters, she obviously can’t use the English language too well. I hope that she reads this, and invests in Microsoft Word. It has a built-in spell checker.
Sometimes I have to suppress a laugh she sounds like a fool and she doesn’t even know it. I find great humor in the fact that is quite stupid and everyone one else, save her clients, are painfully aware of it except for her.
Just like real life, you’re bound to come across a blog where its owner needs to invest in Microsoft Word as well. I won’t name any names, because that would just be rude and inflammatory. And herein lies the problem of the internet: because anyone can write anything that they want, they often do. And since a blog is all about conveying your thoughts, and each person has their own personality, it’s very unfortunate that sometimes, their personality shows and they actually convey their thoughts. Read more
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Guest Blog for Increase of Traffic
Posted on April 21, 2008
If you’ve been following my advice so far, you’ve established a good, solid blog. People come visit you, and if you are anything like me, you get excited over the statistics. Not only that, but you’re constantly amazed that other people will want to read your articles! People asked your advice! You can look in the mirror and honestly say, “People like me!”
No, seriously. Blogging presents itself with unique challenges, mostly the deadlines that you create for yourself. Now it’s time to take your blog to another level. You are going to actively seek out and form new relationships. Read more
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Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
Posted on April 7, 2008
The success of any professional blogger is marked by your paycheck, in other words, how much money you make. That would make sense, right? This is the reason that you got into monetizing your blog in the first place. Show me the money, as they say.
Some of you may remember when I wrote the article “Content is King.” In this article, I stressed that you should always write articles that other people want to read. Of course, you should be passionate about what you write, but that isn’t the point either. You are in the business of making money, and you are providing a service to other people. Read more
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Is the Forum Dead?
Posted on March 31, 2008
How do you dominate the search engines?
I get asked this question a lot, because, well, to get traffic, you need the search engines to like you. That’s not to say that every person who visits your site will get there by a search engine, but the vast majority of people who come to your site come from one of three ways: Google, Yahoo and MSN.
Think about how you surf the internet. If you’re looking up, say, How to Write an Article, then you probably go to a search engine and type in “Article Writing.” Somewhere along the line, you may eventually hit my blog.
Search Engines provide an invaluable traffic service, by sending your site a “steady stream” of visitors. There are a lot of things that you can do to increase the number of hits to your site, or in other words, increase your listing on the list of search results. This is called “SEO” or “Search Engine Optimization.” The higher your site on the list, the more likely someone will be to click on it. Read more
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The Top Most Important WordPress Plugins
Posted on March 27, 2008
WordPress is hands-down the best blogging software for any serious blogger. I am probably going to get flamed by the Blogger.com lovers out there, but there has to be a reason that most professional bloggers use it.
One of those reasons is because WordPress is expandable and adaptable. The sheer number of great plugins that were created for this platform make it the giant in the blogging software industry. You don’t like that it does this-and-that? Well, there’s a plugin to do exactly what you want!
If anything, the only drawback (if you can call it one) is that you must wade through all the plugins. And yes, some of them, can be, well, not so good. So here is my list of the most important ones to download. Read more
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What is a Pillar Article, and How Can You Use It for Your Site?
Posted on March 25, 2008
A few week ago I preached about the importance of avoiding “spike” traffic, or traffic that’s generated from a controversial blog article. Some articles by their nature are spike articles, such as political or religious ones. Perhaps you have a blog dedicated entirely to spike articles, such as “How Much We Hate Hillary Clinton.”
So today I’m going to introduce you to the reverse concept, called Pillar Articles. On the surface, they are no different than your other blog article, but for some reason, you generate a bunch of traffic from them. People find that information useful, so they stumble or digg your article, or they link to it from inside their own blog. Read more
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What Is the Best Way to Get Free Traffic?
Posted on March 17, 2008
Let me just say one thing about all those so-called “Marketing SEO Experts” who tell you there is nothing that you can do to increase your traffic, unless of course you use their services. That’s just hype.
I recently discovered a great little secret, using the various parts of Yahoo. So in today’s article, I’m going to show you a quick little tip on how to drive some free traffic to your site, and get Yahoo to pick up your site, thus creating some more web site traffic.
Let’s step back a little bit. In the world of internet search engine, there are three kings that you have to worry about. The first one is Google, followed by Yahoo and then MSN. Although if you’ve been reading the recent events between Yahoo and MSN, they could possibly be merged in the not-so-distant future. Therefore, while most of your traffic will come from Google, you still have to worry about Yahoo and MSN. Read more
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