*The following (short but valid) tip is by Nick LeRoy*
A couple days back I wrote an article regarding how I acquired several PR4+ links with personalized e-mails. What I left out was one trick in which makes this technique a little less time consuming.
After you have a list of targeted websites it’s time to look for a reason to contact the webmaster. The example I use in the article mentioned above is spotting broken links and using that as a fantastic way to open a line of communication with the webmaster. Unfortunately manually checking each website you’re targeting can be very time consuming and there is still a chance that you won’t...
Choosing the right keyword domain can help boost your rankings in the SERPs. Or can it? Since the Google Vince Update no matter how strong your domain name is you still have to compete with big brands. But in my opinion I have seen it still helps.
Types of keyword domains:
One word - www.shoes.com
Long tail - www.computersforsale.com
Geographical - www.usedcarsLondon.co.uk
ccTLDs - .co.uk, .de, .com.mx
lower quality domain names, sponsored domains; .mobi
So what can keyword domain be used for?
Ranking...
Ok, I am not that knowledgeable in PPC stuff (I am 100% organic) but these Google Ads appearing for SITE: search look too sneaky to me:
Firstly, they seem dynamic (appearing for whatever SITE: search you run but bolding the domain name). Secondly, this is just search hijacking!
What are your...
The world of internet marketing is a complex and diverse one. There are several ways to go about it and each way necessitates more than a brief introduction. One useful way to market websites is to participate in social bookmarking sites. Why? It is quite simply because people don’t want to hear a sales pitch from a company. They want to hear a referral from a friend.
Those who submit their links...
Whether you own a small three page hobbyist website or a monster E-commerce store there are several things you can check to ensure you are not placing any barriers in the way of your search engine optimisation campaign.
Below you will find the 5 most commonly checked areas when a website is critiqued by an outsider. Any webmaster has the ability to check these and, depending on your content management system, you should be able to...
Most bloggers are too busy: they either earn living "offline" or run a number of projects and blogs simultaneously. Therefore sticking to regular blog update editorial is challenging for most bloggers.
Getting content from outside is the solution for most. The existing ways to do that are not perfect:
Getting content from article directories (like EzineArticles) you republish already live articles - thus you may hit the duplicate content filter;
Looking for guest bloggers is time consuming.
The solution?...
We all monitor our keyword positions no matter if we think they are important or not. Many SEOs claim they don't believe in rankings, they believe in traffic and conversions - but I don't know a single person who has a website and doesn't care which keywords Google ranks them high for.
Today's tool has been created for fun and as an experiment. I have been building tools this year to gain some experience...
Having recently read an article titled “Think You Need a Company Facebook Page? Think Again” by a co-worker of mine, I have to respectfully disagree with some of his bullet points. I believe that a strong, well thought out, and well maintained page on Facebook, Twitter, or any other social networking site can be an invaluable resource.
It doesn’t matter if you are running a local dry cleaner, local bar,...
There are various ways of getting links these days, many of which cause a lot of arguments between competing SEOs. Some SEOs say that the paid links are not as powerful as they used to be 6 months ago, whereas some SEOs say it is still very powerful. Who knows what paid links are? I personally think all these arguments are useless.
Directories
Let’s not forget this used to be one of the...
Reputation Management is one of the fastest growing concerns on the web. It's not only something companies are worrying about but also individuals. These days it takes a person under two seconds to quickly look up your brand (or personal brand) and find out what you have been up to on the internet. So when it comes to link building you want to make sure you keep your reputation in mind. Obtaining links in a shady manner can easily damage...
