tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53766705193039479572024-03-09T03:07:58.117+07:00Myli MoonBukan blog Anak TK. Juga bukan blog seorang presiden. Hanya blog seorang newbiemylimoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166802038240596305noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376670519303947957.post-52907343394337658212008-11-14T14:38:00.000+07:002008-11-14T14:40:44.996+07:00How to Make More Money Online<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">You may have read articles about how to start an online business. Everything here will define on how you can start making money. However, you have to consider that businesses doesn’t just have to make bmoney on the start, it should be able to make money every time and working hard to make it succeed and last for a long time. So, here are new forms of income making strategy from the internet. With these tips, you can be sure that you will be able to make money from the internet more effectively than before.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">First of all, you have to remember that quality of your services should always be your top priority. If you only serve people with good quality in the beginning of your business and you continue to do the same thing over and over again, then your business will not grow.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">You have to remember that people are never satisfied. And, because of this fact, you need to find innovative ways to keep your old customers loyal and attract new customers. Doing the same thing over and over again will not help your business succeed. Always remember to think of new and innovative ways to serve your clients better.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The quality of your products should not only be kept at a certain level, but you have to improve it. By making the quality of your products better and better, you can be sure that more and more people will buy your products and you will remain competitive in the market. Not only that, you will keep your old clients loyal to you.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Another money making strategy that you should always remember is that you have to have a wide range of things to sell. For example, if your online business is about selling articles, then try selling a variety of articles. This means that you shouldn’t only sell articles with one specific topic you should also offer selling articles with different topics.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">To make your online business look more legitimate, you try hard to make your website to look professional. If this is what you are aiming to do, making a website look professional is not enough. To make it look even more legitimate and professional, try designing and adding your own logo.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">With this, you will be able to get more people to buy products from you as your website will be considered to be more trustworthy.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Although some people thinks that logos are just a waste of time, you have to consider the fact that people looks for these things as it will ensure them that the company is legitimate. Besides, if you work hard in designing your business logo, people will tend to think that you are dead serious about your business.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Reaching out to more people is another strategy that can help you make more money in your online business. Try to advertise as much as you can. Get people to subscribe in your website, and once they do and you get a hold of their contact information, always send them newsletters about your online business and the new products you are offering.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">These are some of the new forms of income making strategies from the internet. With these things, you can be sure that you will earn more money from your online business and also make it more successful.</p>mylimoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166802038240596305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376670519303947957.post-63121195298455130462008-11-14T14:32:00.000+07:002008-11-14T14:37:37.421+07:00How to Make Money Online<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">When the internet first started, there were a few lucky people who were able to take its full potential</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">and made a lot of money out of it. These online businessmen pioneers were there to see how powerful</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">the internet can be and took advantage of it right away. Today however, you will see that almost every</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">type of online businesses is congested. There are simply too much competition and you need to double</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">your efforts in order for your online business to stand out from the rest. If you want to make money</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">online today, then you may want to try out new forms of income making businesses from the internet.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">So, just what are the new ways to make money online?</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">First of all, if you have a new kind of online business that only few people know about, then you can</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">be sure that you will be able to take a big slice of the big pie. In the internet, being the first is the</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">one who will always profit. You should be able to take advantage of something that has potential early on in order for you to avoid a lot of competition.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">So, here are some of the new ways to make money online.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">The first is by becoming an online stock or FOREX trader. Thanks to the power of the internet, the stock market and the FOREX market have made available for everyone to trade. Also, you don’t even need to have hundreds of thousands of dollars in order for you to start investing in the stock market or even in the FOREX market. With a few hundred dollars, you can start trading.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Today, you will see that there are quite a lot of online stock and FOREX brokerage websites that offer</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">online stock or FOREX trading. What you need to do is sign up with the website, open an account, invest a minimum amount of money, and start trading.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">All these things can happen right at the comforts of your own home. As you can see, you don’t need to be on the market floor to trade, and you don’t even have to own a multinational company to do so. With a computer with an active internet connection and some money to invest, you will be able to start trading stocks or currency.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Another new way to make money online is by becoming a blogger. Many companies today are now trying to outsource man power because it is a lot cheaper and more efficient to do so. Besides, by outsourcing things that are not really that vital for the company, you will be able to free up more office space that can be used for things that are vital for the survival of the company, such as expanding the research and development department.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Bloggers are one of the positions that companies today outsource. Although it is not really an important part of the company, you have to remember that many people today are now visiting the World Wide Web. Even if a company is already well known and has a steady flow of consumers, you have to remember that they will do whatever it takes in order to get more people to buy from them. So, because people are constantly visiting the internet today, companies will hire bloggers to write about their products and posting it on various websites that are owned by the company.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">The great thing about being a blogger is that the pay is actually quite good, and you will be able to work right at the comforts of your own home.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">As you can see, there are quite a lot of ways to earn money online. These are just some of the new forms of income generating jobs and businesses from the internet that you can try.</p>mylimoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166802038240596305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376670519303947957.post-82525036598716057782008-11-14T14:22:00.000+07:002008-11-14T14:30:46.768+07:00New Forms of Online Businesses That Can Provide You Good Income from the Internet<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Earning money online nowadays is not like it was before. It is much harder to do and you also need to</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">double the amount of work you usually do in order to earn some extra cash. The reason for this is that</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">there are more people doing the same thing as you and more competition means more division of potential consumers. One must work harder than the other in order to get a bigger slice of consumers. Imagine doing this with hundreds of you competing? If you really want to earn money online, then you will want to enter some of the new forms of online businesses that can provide you god income from the internet.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">An example of a highly congested online business is affiliate marketing. Because this kind of business is one of the simplest ways to make money, many people are now affiliate marketers. In fact, you can't even count the number of online affiliate marketers today and everyday, thousands of others are now joining this type of online business.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">If you want to make money in the internet nowadays, you have to think of other kinds of online business that can provide you with good amount of income. So, here are several online businesses that you can do in order for you to make some money online.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">The first is by being an online FOREX or Stock trader. Thanks to the internet, you can now buy and sell stocks or currency right at the comforts of your own home. Today, you will see a lot of trading websites that caters to a lot of traders from all over the world.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">If you think that you are good at the stock or FOREX market and is knowledgeable about it, then being an online stock or FOREX trader is the right kind of online business for you. Although investing in stocks and FOREX has its risks, you have to consider the fact that it has a lot of potential in making you some money.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">The great thing about being an online trader is that you will be able to do it right at the comforts of</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">your own home. All you need to have is a computer with an active internet connection, an active trading account that you can easily sign up in with various trading brokerage websites, and money to trade.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Another type of online business that can ensure income and a good amount of it is by being a call center agent. Most companies today are now outsourcing their call centers or their help desk. In fact, some companies even outsource it to individuals who have computers with active internet connection in their homes. If you want to make some extra cash but you can’t leave home to work for some reason, then becoming an outsourced call center agent will be the right online job for you.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">The great thing about this is that you will not only be able to enjoy the convenience of working right at</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">the comforts of your home, but you will also see that aside from a good salary, most companies will even pay for your internet connection.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">In this kind of online business, what you need is a computer with an active internet connection and a</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">headset with microphone. The software and instructions for calls will just be given to you by the company you apply in. You also need good communication skills in order for you to qualify for this kind of job as well as being able to deal with any kind of people.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">These are the things that you have to remember about online businesses. The mentioned jobs or online</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">businesses are two of the many new forms of income generating businesses from the internet.</p>mylimoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166802038240596305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376670519303947957.post-53781635581535282462008-11-14T14:18:00.000+07:002008-11-14T14:21:24.812+07:00Creating Business Plans<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Are you excited in being involved in the new forms of income from the internet? If you are, you must relax and think straight because you can’t afford to make mistakes, especially if you want to make it big on the net. Find a fresh new idea that you can use to create an income opportunity online and make sure that you create your own business plan to ensure your success.<br /><br />Before starting an online business, you must devise a business plan. This is very important because it can lead to your business’ success or downfall. Whether your business idea is new or just an innovation of an existing one, you will need a business plan. Start the plan with a mission statement or a description of your business. Make a summary and after that, you can already identify your business objectives and aims. After that, it is now time to start making the marketing plan. This is a bit hard but you will need it to address the business specifics.<br /><br />When you’re already developing the business strategy, you need to consider these things:<br /><br />• Target market. Since the business is based online, you will need to generate traffic to your site. Your target market refers to the customers that will be visiting your site. Target markets can be mothers, business executives, teens, older adults, and even kids.<br /><br />• Consider competition. Competition is one thing that you have to give much attention if you want to succeed in the online business that is why you need to come up with a product or service which is different but useful. If your product/service is similar to others, visit their site and analyze the costs as well as the necessary marketing strategy. Identify your competitor’s weaknesses and improve your products/service based on them.<br /><br />• Know the various ways to effectively advertise your business. You should have knowledge about the different methods to advertise the business. Learn more about the importance of search engines, banner ads, blogs, and articles. You can use these tools to advertise your product/service to the whole world.<br /><br />• How much are you going to price your<br />product/service? You will have to go back with the competition in the market. Your price should not be too high nor too low; it should be affordable to customers but at the same time, give you enough profit. Put yourself in the shoes of your customers and study the existing market prices of related products/services.<br /><br />• Shipping method. Since the business is on the net, you can expect customers from different parts of the world. Post the shipping details on your website in a clear manner. If your products are valuable, you should get shipping insurance especially if you need to ship outside your country.<br /><br />• Mode of payment. Most online businesses accept credit cards and if you choose this option, you will need to decide between merchant accounts or third party processing centers. Some online businesses accept money order or checks; will your business accept them too?<br /><br />A business plan is vital to all new forms of income from the internet. It is the only way to ensure success. Start developing your business plan now. Take your time when developing the marketing plan because it is the most important part of the entire business plan. After creating the plan, you can now start with the income opportunity you’ve chosen. </p>mylimoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166802038240596305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376670519303947957.post-17274341616003836712008-11-14T14:07:00.000+07:002008-11-14T14:18:18.367+07:00Becoming a FOREX Trader<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">You may know about the internet being one of the tools used by so many people to make some cash through online businesses. The fact that the internet can deliver cash right at your doorstep if you know how, you will definitely want to try and take a piece of the big pie in the internet. However, what kind of online business can ensure you to earn some cash? One way is by becoming a FOREX trader. Although this kind of online business has existed for a few years now, you have to consider that this is one of the new forms of income generating businesses from the internet.<br /><br />In the past, the FOREX market was closed only to multinational corporations and banks. They are the only ones allowed to trade in this vast and very liquid market.<br /><br />In FOREX, currency is traded against one another. In order to become successful in FOREX, one must know when to trade specific kinds of currencies and which currency they should trade it against with.<br /><br />Thanks to the internet, the FOREX market is now open to everyone who has access to the internet. That means that you too can now become a FOREX trader even if you don’t have a million dollars to spare. In fact, with just a hundred dollars, you can start trading currency in this very large market.<br /><br />The great thing about the FOREX market is that it's almost always open everyday. This means that you will be able to trade anytime of the day and anytime you want. The trading here is also very large in terms of the amount of money being circulated. In fact, in a single trading day, hundreds of billions of dollars are exchanged.<br /><br />With this kind of market, you will definitely be able to make some cash and a lot of it if you know how to trade in FOREX. So, just how do you get started trading in the FOREX market assuming that you already know how to trade in it?<br /><br />Basically, all you need is a computer or a laptop with an active internet connection. Then, you will need to sign up an account with a FOREX broker. Then, you will be provided with FOREX trading software where you will base all your trades from.<br /><br />The great thing about this is that FOREX brokers will be able to advise you on what trades you should make and when to trade. This is why you have to remember to go with a broker that has a lot of experience in the market. By doing so, you will be able to make sure that you will make some money and minimize the risk of losing money.<br /><br />These are the things that you have to remember about the FOREX market. Although this is a huge market, in fact the largest, it doesn’t mean that there are risks involved. In fact, there are some people who lost their life savings in this market because of misinformation and inexperience.<br /><br />So, even though the FOREX market can make you some cash, there are risks that you should always be wary about. Online FOREX trading is one of the new forms of income generating businesses from the internet today. With this kind of online business, you can be sure that you will earn some cash. Just remember that you do need to know the FOREX market first before you start trading. This will minimize risks of losing money and maximizing your chance of profiting.</p>mylimoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166802038240596305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376670519303947957.post-20566742625543466022008-11-14T14:06:00.000+07:002008-11-14T14:07:22.420+07:00Am I Going to Make a Lot of Money Off of Google Adsense?<div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">While we can’t guarantee results, of course, since a lot of your success lies in your own hands, we wouldn’t have written this book if we didn’t believe in the power of Google AdSense. A lot of webmasters are making a lot of money off of AdSense, and there’s no reason you shouldn.t be one of them. </span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">The amount of money you can make with Google AdSense mainly depends on what user needs your Website fills. For instance, a site about women.s issues can make some serious bucks on AdSense because of the high level of competition for related keywords. </span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">The CPC (cost per click) is the amount you get paid every time a user clicks on one of those ad banners. CPC rates for competitive keywords can be more than $1, which translates directly to your site’s earning potential within the program. </span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">However, if you’re in a less competitive market, you’ll make less money.that’s just a fact of life. Still, it’s unusual to see anyone using Google AdSense report earnings of less than an effective $1 CPM (cost per 1000 impressions), and the average runs in the range of $4-$5 CPM. Some people are making an effective CPM of $15 or more with AdSense. Oh, and best yet, this is all after Google takes its commission. </span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">About that commission.commission is definitely one thing is that’s a little bit ambiguous with AdSense. Google doesn’tpublicize it’s .cut., and only displays the publisher.s cut in proprietary member reports, so getting good, accurate information on this has been difficult.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">To date, comparisons of AdWords rates with AdSense earnings add up to commissions of between 40% and 60%. People speculate all the time on user boards as to why Google refuses to publish its commission rates, but no one has the answer. It might have something to do with legal reasons or it could just be that Google wants to retain the ability to change rates without having to send out an announcement about it each time, which costs money. </span> </p>mylimoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166802038240596305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376670519303947957.post-35898148320993477392008-11-14T14:03:00.000+07:002008-11-14T14:06:42.443+07:00What are Users Saying about AdSense?<div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">It’s one thing to hear about all the great advantages Google AdSense offers, including how it can make money for you in your sleep. But it’s another thing to hear comments from real, live people. Here are a few of my favorites. </span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ol style="text-align: justify;"><li><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">We're seeing this impressive new revenue stream without incurring any cost. We.re maximizing our previously unsold inventory, and our revenue per page figure continues to grow.. - Scott Zucker, Executive VP and COO, Intelligent Content Corp, PetPlace.com </span> </p> </li><li><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">It took no time at all to copy and post the code on individual pages, and it fits well with our content management system and with the look and feel of all our pages.. - Steve Larson, Founder, Our-Hometown.com </span> </p> </li><li><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Instead of spending money to hire an additional sales rep to sell ad banners, Google ads have become a virtual sales tool for us. Now we.re able to reap thousands of dollars in additional advertising revenue each month that we would very likely have missed without Google AdSense.. - Robert Hoskins, Editor and Group Publisher, Broadband Wireless Exchange</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Google shows targeted ads reflecting the sorts of information and services SeatGuru visitors want. For a small business like mine, this is the best approach to advertising. You set it up easily, it automatically serves relevant ads, and it takes very little of my time.. - Matt Daimler, Founder, SeatGuru.com</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">At the beginning I was very concerned that I might lose traffic to competitors. I only used AdSense on a limited number of the site’s pages, and I watched the stats very carefully. If the traffic, pages per visitor, or conversion rates dropped I knew I could easily pull the ads...Since implementing AdSense, our ad revenue has increased more than tenfold, and 100 percent of my available inventory is now sold through AdSense.. - Vik Kachoria, Entrepreneur, Real Adventure.</span><br /></p> </li></ol><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div>mylimoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166802038240596305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376670519303947957.post-73365422397230455832008-11-14T13:59:00.000+07:002008-11-14T14:03:17.205+07:00What Kinds of Ads Will I Get on My Site with Google Adsense?<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">Obviously, there are some kinds of ads you wouldn’t want to have on your site, such as pornographic ones or ads for sleazy multi-level marketing schemes that scream .Make $30,000 a month just for watching TV!. in big red letters. </span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">Well, you can put your mind at ease. Google has an ad review process that checks the ads they send to your site. This process ensures that the ads that you serve up are family-friendly and that they comply with Google.s strict editorial guidelines. </span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">Google.s ad-screening team combines sensitive language filters, input from site owners like you, and a team of linguists with good old common sense to filter out ads that could be inappropriate for your content. And if that’s not enough, you have to capability to block competitive ads and choose your own default ads. That’s another nice feature: Google kind of lets you run your own show. </span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">Now, another thing you might be concerned about is whether the ads will clash with the look, feel, and colors scheme you’ve got going with your site. Don’t worry. You can customize the appearance of ads and choose from a wide range of colors and templates. Same thing goes for your search results page. And reports are customizable, too. Google provides flexible reporting tools that allow you to group your pages any which way you want. </span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">That means you can view your results by URL, domain, ad type, category and more so that you can figure out where your earnings are coming from.</span></p><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-top: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0.04in; text-align: justify;"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">How do I Get Started Google Adsense?</span></span></div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-top: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0.04in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> </span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">It’s easy to get started with AdSense and it only takes a few minutes. You fill out one single online application and that’s it. Once you’re approved, it takes only minutes to set up AdSense; all you have to do is copy and paste a designated block of HTML into the source code for your site. Once you do that, targeted ads will start showing up on your website.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">To fill out the online application, go to:<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></span><span style="color:#0000ff;"><u><a href="https://www.google.com/adsense/application1?apply=Click+Here+to+Apply/"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">here</span></a></u></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><u> </u></span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> </p>mylimoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166802038240596305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376670519303947957.post-75104067538749614952008-11-14T13:54:00.000+07:002008-11-14T13:56:00.480+07:00What Can Google Adsense do for Me?<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">In three words, earn you money. More relevant ads on your pages translates into more clicks.and more money that you receive. Because when users click on an ad, Google will pay you. If you’ve set up your own sales team, you’ll get an additional benefit: AdSense complements their efforts. It doesn’tcompete with them. With AdSense, you get a reporting page that gives you a breakdown on how your ads are doing and what They’re bringing in. </span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Google has a huge advertiser base, so they have ads for all kinds of businesses and for just about every type of content no matter how broad or specialized it is. And since Google provides the ads, you don’t have to spend time talking to your advertisers. </span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">AdSense represents advertisers that span the spectrum. These advertisers range from large global brands to small and local companies. And ads are targeted by geography so global businesses can display local advertising easily. One more thing: you can use AdSense in many languages. </span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">So how does AdSense figure out how to do all this targeted advertising? Well, AdSense has the ability to deliver relevant ads because the gurus at Google understand how web pages really work and They’recontinually refining their technology to make it smarter all the time. </span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">For example, some words can have several different meanings depending on context. You’ve seen th is happen with .two. and .too. and .to.. Google technology is smart enough to understand these distinctions from the context that the word appears in, so you get more targeted ads. </span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">When you put a Google search box on your site you start making money off of web searches that people do on your site. This ability to search off of your page keeps them on your site longer.since they can search from right there where they are.and it will only take you a few minutes to get AdSense up and running. The best part, of course, is that AdSense is free for you to use.</span><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div>mylimoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166802038240596305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376670519303947957.post-80299839196268133452008-11-14T13:51:00.000+07:002008-11-14T13:54:08.364+07:00Adsense's Introduction<p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">You’ve probably heard a lot about Google AdSense (which is actually more accurately known as Google AdSense), but you may not know just what it is. Well, for one thing, it’s a one of the hottest new ways to make money online without having to do a whole lot. If you’ve read Robert Kiyosaki’s book, Rich Dad, Poor Dad, you know that passive income is the best kind of income to have. </span></span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Passive income is income that you get without having to work for it. I know this may sound like some kind of .pie in the sky. get-rich-quick scheme, but passive income is for real. In fact, every single billionaire on earth uses the power of passive income to keep money coming in while he or she jets off to parties and resorts and such.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">The best example of passive income in the physical world is real estate. When you own an apartment building and hire a property manager and a maintenance crew to take care of it for you and collect the rents, all you have to do is cash the checks that roll in. </span></span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Of course, passive income doesn’t just happen overnight, or everyone would be getting it. In the case of the apartment building owner, it took money, time, and knowledge to set up an S corporation, find a building to buy, put up the cash to buy it with and get a loan for the rest, renovate it, then screen and hire the property manager and maintenance crew. But once that was all done, checks began rolling in with little or no effort. </span></span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-top: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0.04in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Well, Google Adsense is the online equivalent of that. You’ll have to invest just a little bit of time in learning about it, but once you get it set up you can look forward to seeing those nice checks roll in. Or, if you’re totally online, seeing money flow into your PayPal account.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">So Just What is Google Adsense?</span> </span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Google AdSense is a fast and absolutely ridiculously easy way for people with websites of all types and sizes to put up and display relevant Google ads on the content pages of their site and earn money. </span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Because the Google AdSense ads relate to what your visitors came to your site to read about, or because the ads match up to the interests and characteristics of the kind of people your content attracts, you now have a way to improve your content pages AND make some serious bucks off of them. </span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Google AdSense is also a way for site owners to provide Google search capability to visitors and to earn even more money by putting Google ads on the search results pages. Google AdSense gives you the ability to earn advertising revenue from every single page on your website.with a minimal investment of your time </span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">So what kind of ads do you have to put up? That’s the good part.you don’t have to decide. Google does it for you. AdSense always delivers relevant ads that are precisely targeted on a page-by-page basis to the content that people find on your site. For example, if you have a page that tells the story of your pet fish, Google will send you ads for that site that are for pet stores, fish food, fish bowls, aquariums.you get the picture. </span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">If you decide you want to add a Google search box to your site, then AdSense will deliver relevant ads targeted to the Google search results pages that your visitors. search request generated. </span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">If you’re into upgrades, Google is now offering. AdSense Premium., which is CPC based and, for the time being, offers less flexibility in terms of ad sizes -- only banners and skyscrapers are currently available. You can apply using existing AdWords accounts, or you can request a new account. Applicants are usually notified within a day as to whether they’ve been accepted for the program.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Here’s the thing you need to know: Google has no strict criteria for acceptance into the AdSense program, and Ad Sense doesn’thit you with a minimum traffic requirement. The only criteria They’re really sticky about is the standard .acceptable content. requirements, and that’s pretty standard almost anywhere. </span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Google AdSense says They’re serious about attracting quality content sites, and because of that they only allow AdSense members to serve one ad per page. This means you can’t use AdSense for both banners and skyscrapers.(Note: banners are those horizontal ads that run up top and down bottom. Skyscrapers are the tall ads that run vertically, on the left and right of your page text.) </span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Once you’ve been accepted into Google AdSense, you’ll be able to get the AdSense advertisements on any site you own using the same ad code, provided you obey the Google guidelines. (And that’s very, very important.more on that later.) </span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Your reporting doesn’toccur in real time, but is updated regularly throughout the day. Right now, you can’t view reports based on a domain or site basis if you run the AdSense on more than one site. </span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Before you sign up, you really ought to read the </span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><u>lengthy and detailed FAQ</u></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> on the AdSense site.</span></p>mylimoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166802038240596305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376670519303947957.post-15978368414581547812008-11-10T15:29:00.000+07:002008-11-18T15:31:47.049+07:00Using Traffic Equalizer<span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Traffic Equalizer (<u>TrafficEqualizer.com</u>) is a hot tool that many site developers use to massively increase traffic to their site and thus put them on a level playing field with the big boys. TR boasts that they drive highly targeted buyers to your site. <o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In a nutshell, you import a list of keywords, you fill in a few form fields, and the program automatically creates optimized pages. They claim it’s very search-engine friendly.<span style=""> </span>It is a program that quickly generates hundreds or thousands of pages that are specially designed to rank well on search engines for huge lists of keyword phrases. You’ve probably seen these types of pages before. They feature an ad on top and then there are listings that look like a directory or a search engine. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">All you have to do is make a list of keywords, type them into Traffic Equalizer and the software crawls search engine data to bring back the top results for that keyword. Then it lists those sites and inserts your site at the top...and voila! It creates pages that are supposedly designed to rank well for search engines. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">You should always put Traffic Equalizer pages on a separate domain, on a separate IP, even on a separate server. Keep it as far away from your website as possible. More on why later. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Traffic Equalizer provides a template that’s well, not great-looking. And Here’s the thing: many users are saying that when they use that original template, unmodified, their pages and in some cases their entire website are getting dropped from Google’s index. The work-around here is for you to create a new template, with your own graphics. Change the colors and add some of your own new text. You want to change this from being easily recognizable to Google. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">Traffic Equalizer </span></u><span style="font-family: Arial;">runs a support forum...for product owners. So if you get TE, be sure you take full advantage of it to get tips and such. Mind you, in those forums you’ll see posts from users who’ve gotten banned from search engines. What you want to do is look for people who are getting tons of traffic from Traffic Equalizer and find out their secrets.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">There are also some helpful sites, such as <u>http://www.webtrafficstrategies.net/cb_templates </u>which offer different templates for TE. <o:p></o:p></span></p>mylimoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166802038240596305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376670519303947957.post-52842369130147536032008-11-09T15:28:00.000+07:002008-11-18T15:29:19.866+07:00About Extreme Content Sites<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">What is extreme content? Don’t worry. it’s not adult content, or graphic violence, or even anything terribly controversial. .Extreme content. refers to very large sites ranging in size from 1,000 to 10,000.even 300,000 pages. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Now why on earth would anyone go to the trouble to create anything that huge, other than trying to get into the <u>Guinness Book of World Records</u>? They do it in order to have a ton of pages that will result in a massive saturation upon the search engines. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Let’s look at it this way: say you’ve got a nice little ten-page site. Those ten pages give you ten chances to get listed somewhere in a search engine’s rankings. Contrast that with an extreme content site of 1,000 pages. That site has 1,000 chances of getting listed in the rankings, which means some of their pages will no doubt get listed up near the very top.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Of course, not all of the 1,000 pages will rank in the top 10.there’s not room, by definition but you’ve got a better chance that some of them will. And when you get all that traffic streaming into your site, you can direct them to your main site by using pop-unders or links and articles on those pages. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Of course, you can also use them to make big bucks by putting Google ads on these pages using Google AdSense. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">However, keeping track of thousands of pages requires a good organizational scheme. You’ll want to use a service like Wordtracker.com or the Overture keyword tool to find out the most popular keywords. Once you’ve figured those out, use a tool like traffichurricane.com to build a huge site. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">So what all do you put in an extreme content site? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Articles. be sure and organize them by categories. Otherwise, it’ll be like trying to find a needle in a haystack. And it’s critical that they be SEO keyword-rich. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Web forums. people love forums where they can discuss things, so give them a place to vent and have their little flame wars. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Polls. people also love to be asked their opinions, so give them a place to express it, even if it’s just a multiple-choice poll. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Games. a huge number of people love to play games. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">So what sort of strategy do you use to create an extreme content site? Well, for one thing, you don’t try to do it at once. Having said that, though, if you think you want to go extreme, make sure you set up a basic structure that allows for expansion. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Start small, but leave room to grow. For instance, start out with a ten-page site that stays on one topic. Then, once you get Google AdSense going and the checks are coming in, use the tools discussed in this book to determine the hottest keywords of the month and use the other tools we talk about to build your keyword-rich content. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Before you know it, you’ll be up to thirty, sixty, even a hundred pages. Then you’ll just need to make a commitment to add a certain number of pages each month. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">So now that you’ve got the gameplan, get going! Another great way to build a quick content site is with other peoples articles using a tool like <u>Article Site Builder</u>. This tool builds content pages by pulling articles from article site directories like <u>ArticleCity.com </u>and <u>EzineArticles.com</u><o:p></o:p></span></p>mylimoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166802038240596305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376670519303947957.post-67403871594960358842008-11-08T15:25:00.000+07:002008-11-18T15:27:50.115+07:00Do-it-Yourself SEO<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">There are a ton of free online SEO tools available on the internet. Most feature some very impressive statistics and information to help you optimize your website, analyze search engine positions, research your competitors, and lots of other things. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">There are two ways you can use these free online SEO tools:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(1) If you’re new to SEO, these tools provide excellent insight on how a website is performing and ranking. Use them to highlight issues and trends with your website and provide indicators for where optimization work is necessary.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(2) If you’ve had some experience with SEO, these tools will act as a complement to the more specialized SEO tools, like WebPosition Gold or SpyderOpts. You can also use them to supplement an SEO.s internal knowledge base and experience. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Here are some choice tools for both new SEO users and more experience SEO users: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">Keyword Research Tool <a href="http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/keyword-research-tool.shtml/">http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/keyword-research-tool.shtml/</a></span></u><span style="font-family: Arial;">. Use this to research appropriate words and phrases to include in your webpage’s body text so that you’ll rank higher. It’s easy to use. You just enter the word or phrase you want to be found under, then the tool suggests additional words and phrases for you to consider using. You also have the option to select from a range of top search engines, e.g. Google, Yahoo, MSN, Teoma, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">Keyword Analyser Tool <a href="http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/keyword-analysis">http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/keyword-analysis</a></span></u><span style="font-family: Arial;">. This one will read the body of the page and give you a report on what words are used and how many times they are used. Since most engines rank sites depending on that site’s keyword density (which typically ranges between 3% and 9%), this is a really good tool to have. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">Search Engine Position Checker Tool <a href="http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/search-engine">http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/search-engine</a></span></u><span style="font-family: Arial;">. This tool checks to see if your website appears in the first fifty results in major search engines for your designated keyword or phrase. If your URL is present, the tool outputs what position it occupies. This tool also lets you know if any other URLs from your domain appear in the search results.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Link Popularity Tool<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.instantposition.com/link_popularity_check.cfm">http://www.instantposition.com/link_popularity_check.cfm</a></span></u><span style="font-family: Arial;">. This tool will measure the total number of links or "votes" that a search engine finds for your website. One of the best feature is that besides tabulating data, it also produces a very cool graph of the resulting data. One other nice feature is the ability to compare your website to your competitors to help you with your overall marketing strategy. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><st1:place st="on"><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">Meta</span></u></st1:place><u><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Tag Generator <a href="http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/meta-tag">http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/meta-tag</a></span></u><span style="font-family: Arial;">. This automatically generates a Meta Keyword tag by reading the page you specify, removing common words from it, and picking the most used words on the page. Extra weight is given to words in a heading tag (etc.) <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">Search Term Suggestion Tool <a href="http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/">http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/</a></span></u><span style="font-family: Arial;">. This one tells you how many times a certain keyword was searched for at Overture.com. It will also show all related searches for that keyword. It’s a good thing to use to determine search frequency among related keyword phrases.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Search Engine Optimization Tool<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.instantposition.com/seo_doctor.cfm">http://www.instantposition.com/seo_doctor.cfm</a></span></u><span style="font-family: Arial;">. This is a tool with a lot of power. It tests the performance of a web site by analyzing a page by important criteria such as title and content. Then it ranks the page against the criteria that the top search engines use. And as if that isn’t enough, it also provides SEO advice to improve your <span style=""> </span>overall ranking. The report it puts out is well laid out and easy to read.<o:p></o:p></span></p>mylimoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166802038240596305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376670519303947957.post-8134260009366876342008-11-07T15:24:00.000+07:002008-11-18T15:25:22.564+07:00About Specific Keyword Density Ranges<span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">With the decline of meta-tags, keyword density ranges have become very important. They’re also become very controversial. Here’s the thing: you want a high enough keyword density at least 7%--that your keywords rank highly in the bigger search engines, such as Google, Yahoo, DogPile, and HotBot. <o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">But, as we discussed, you don’t want your keyword densities so high that they turn your content into over-hyped gobbledygook, nor do you want to raise a red flag when the spiders come crawling over your content. If your keyword density is 20% or more, the search engine will most likely red-flag you for .keyword stuffing. and penalize you by moving you down in the search results. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Thus, keyword density ranges are controversial. To make things worse, different search engines have different algorithms. One of them might thing an SEO keyword density of 18% is fine, another may not. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The only way a search engine can figure out just what your page is about is to search for the keywords you use. Those keywords don’t necessarily have to be right there on the page they can be in the title and in links that will lead to the page. Having said that, though, keywords that appear on your page are certainly the most common way that search engines use to decide what your page is all about. Keyword density refers to the ratio of keywords to the total number of words on the page. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Now I want you to look again at the paragraph above. There are 95 words total, and I used the word "keywords" exactly five times. The keyword ratio for the paragraph, then, is 5 divided by 95 times 100, or about 5.26%. Easy math, correct? You bet. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">But how much does that stuff matter? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Well, it’s not a matter of life and death, but it’s pretty important. You see, when a search engine compares two pages to figure out which one ought to rank higher, keyword density will factor into it usually pretty significantly. In fact, all other factors being equal (which is pretty much impossible, but let’s pretend), the page with the higher keyword density will generally rank higher. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">However, simple as Keyword Density is, it can also get really complex in a hurry. Do plurals or other stemmed variations of your keyword count as keywords? Should stop words, which are those common words you see all the time like "a" or "the," be ignored when calculating density? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Should you include off-page content, like meta tags and titles, in your calculations? What about keyword frequency or keyword proximity or keyword prominence? And like I’ve said before, bear in mind that if your keyword density gets too high, search engines just might realize it and penalize your page. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">But now, hold on. Even though keyword densities are getting to be a complex science with lots of complicated algorithms, you can do it! <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Keyword densities really are not rocket science, so don’t fall into the trap of making things more complicated than they need to be. Go to Google and search on "keyword density." The first three pages should be ones that provide about 20 or 25 different tools for calculating KWD. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Now all you have to do is pick one that feels user-friendly to you and use it to optimize your web page, noting the results. Now try something else: run a Google search on your keyword, and run the analysis on the first ten sites. Take a good hard look at the results. From this, you should get a good idea how your page will compare with the ten top ranking pages in Google, at least in terms of keyword density. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Here’s the thing that frustrates people, though: if you go and do that with three or four different KWD tools, you will no doubt come up with different numbers, but the graph of those numbers will look very similar. Don’t worry about it, because the numbers aren’t the most important thing. You only care how they compare to each other. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Something else you’ll probably discover is that keyword density is not a very good indicator of rank. The top ranking page may have a much lower density than the page at number ten, for example. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Why does this happen, when you work so hard to get your keyword density high? It happens because KWD is only one factor among many. It’s important to a good ranking, but it’s not the be-all and end-all of a good ranking. What you really want to know from your analysis is the range of density values that rank well. Chances are good that if your page is below that range, getting on page one to compete with the big dogs will be tough, and if you’re above that range, the search engines may think you’re .keyword stuffing. and you’ll be penalized. Just remember, though, the numbers are guidelines you should know, not carved-in-stone rules that forever define your fate. Experiment!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">You may hear self-proclaimed website gurus say that keyword density should always run between two and eight percent or whatever the current numbers being quoted in forums across the Internet happen to be. That’s partly true. Those numbers are probably fairly accurate for most keywords. They’re based on averages and it’s always good to stick close to an average. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">But Here’s a problem. Here’s how the problem goes: the most commonly used letter in English is the letter .E.. If you wrote a ten word sentence, it would be much easier to use the letter E five times in that sentence than it would be to use, say, the letter Z five times. Letters aren’t an even distribution. Neither are keyword. Big shock, huh? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Remember what I said earlier about not sounding awkward in your content? Well, the biggest thing about keyword density is that it must read well and sound very natural to a user. It’s useless to get a page one ranking if your content is very lame. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Like the letter E, some keywords are easy to use a lot of while still sounding natural. For instance, if your keyword was .grass. on a site about lawn care, it wouldn’t be hard to use .grass. a lot. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">But some keywords just don’t lend themselves to being used a lot like quince.. (It’s a type of fruit.) Here’s the choice to be made: you can use an average range, which will work well most times, or you can spend time analyzing the top ten pages to find the best range for that particular keyword and be sure you’re not trying to optimize for a Z or a quince. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Frustrated? Don’t be! It isn’t that hard. If you’re still confused, check out a competitor’s page in Google’s cache (which highlights the keywords for you) to get a good visual feel for density. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Another good tip is to perform a .real person sanity check. on your content. Reading your optimized content out loud several times, and try to get a natural flow that will make the copy draw users who will come back. Then take a hard look at your content. If you can substitute a keyword for a pronoun without loosing your flow, do it. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">For instance, if your keyword is .hammock., instead of a sentence saying, .I love to lie in it,. say, .I love to lie in my hammock.. <o:p></o:p></span></p>mylimoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166802038240596305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376670519303947957.post-62097276613203983942008-11-06T15:23:00.000+07:002008-11-18T15:23:59.364+07:00SEO - Likes and dislikes of Googlebots<span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">What’s a Googlebot? It’s one of the little web-searching spiders (automated) that I talked about in the last section. And these spiders have definite preferences, so you want to make sure your content is good spider food.<o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Spiders like: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Neat code less lines of code than lines of text (or more lines of text than lines of codes.) <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Normal keyword densities of 3-7%. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Lots of backlinks on pages that link back to your home page. (Top sites have an average of 300 backlinks.) <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Original content not found anywhere else. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Quick downloads of sites, which means not a lot of dynamic URLS to other sites. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Site maps. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• ALT Tabs for images. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Link partners who are contextually relevant to your page (i.e., if your page is about buying real estate, links might about be how to get loans, how to prospect for deals, how to start a corporation but not about pet gerbils, latest fashions, or cell phones.)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• New content every time the spider comes to check up on your site.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Spiders do not like: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• More lines of code than text. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Nested tables. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Super-high keyword densities, which they call .keyword stuffing.. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• .Doorway pages. that act as a portal and which just happen to have super-high keyword densities. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Too many backlinks to your home page from within your domain. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Duplicate content from another site regardless of who stole what from whom. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Lots of dynamic URLs that cause a site to take forever to download. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Repeating the exact same words in your linking text, which the spider will interpret as automated link swapping. (Interestingly, it’s fine for the spiders to be fully automated, but they hate it when we do that!) <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Stale content that never changes. <o:p></o:p></span></p>mylimoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166802038240596305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376670519303947957.post-82596044571306248452008-11-05T15:14:00.000+07:002008-11-18T15:16:00.342+07:00SEO - Things to Consider<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">There are many things to consider when you go to put keywords in the text of your pages. Most search engines index the full text of each page, so you should put your keywords throughout your text. However, each search engine uses different ranking algorithms. And that’s the really hard part--difficult though it may be, you need to keep all of them in mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">General rules <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Your main page should be full of keywords because that page has a higher chance of being indexed than other pages. And for some search engines, it will be the only page that is indexed. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Some engines will rank your page highly if it has at least 100 words on it, so consider that your minimum. Directories include pages based on the quality of their content, so make sure your pages aren’t just lists of keywords. If you do that, you risk not getting in the big directories AND you will irritate readers. they won’t come back. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Important design concepts <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">When you create your pages’ content, pay attention to: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Keyword prominence <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Proximity <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Density <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Frequency <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The thing about keyword prominence is that the best place to place keywords in your text is at the top of each page, preferably the main page. The closer your keywords appear to the start of the page or the start of a sentence, the better. You’ll frequently see .keyword prominence. used to describe search engines’ algorithms. Be aware that some engines also say the bottom of the page should contain keywords as well Chrome. We’re all about chrome. Chrome bumpers, chrome trinkets, we love chrome. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Now, you may think you did pretty good by putting your keyword, which was obviously .chrome., at the top of your page. A search engine, however, sees your page this way: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Home About Us Products Contact Chrome We’re all about chrome. Chrome bumpers chrome trinkets we love chrome <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Now your keyword placement doesn’t look nearly as good as it did before, does it? So the moral of the story is: try to put keyword-rich text at the very top of your page. If you put images at the top of your page, make sure to include ALT tags so the search engine ignores them. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Now, about keyword proximity. Some engines, such as <u>Google</u>, use keyword proximity as part of their ranking formulas. So what’s it mean? Keyword proximity refers to how close keywords are to each other. You want to put your keywords as close together as possible and make sure your sentences are clear.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Here’s an example: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">“Meow Mix sells the very best cat food as far as taste tests of actual cats are concerned”. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">versus <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">“Meow Mix scored number one in taste tests to see what kind of food is really preferred by the typical cat”. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The two keywords are "cat" and "food." If a user searches for "cat food," the first sentence will rank higher because its keywords are closer to each other. Why do search engines do this? Because if you’re searching for .running shoes., a page that contains .running shoes. is probably relevant, but a page that contains, .I was running late for work and forgot to put on my good shoes,. probably is not. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Why is keyword density important? Because, as I said earlier, it measures how often that particular word comes up. Keyword density is also known as keyword weight. The higher the percentage of keywords in relationship to other text, the higher your page will rank to point. Many search engines, Google included, have gotten wise to the fact that extremely high keyword densities are probably contrived. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Here’s an example of how keyword density it measured. Let’s assume the keyword phrase is "cat food." Cat food is our only business. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Since "is", "our," and other stop words are usually not counted, there are three "words" in the sentence: "puppy food," (which the search engine counts as one word, since that’s what it’s searching for), "only," and "business." "Cat food" composes 1/3 of the sentence, or 33%. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Realistically, keyword density is almost never this high, nor should it be or your copy will sound very contrived. The recommended density is 3-7%. This means that your keyword should repeat 3-7 times for every 100 words. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Sure, that may not sound hard, but believe me--having 10 keywords and trying to repeat each one 3-7 times per 100 words of text is practically impossible. Instead of trying to do that (and having copy that sounds really weird), pick two or three of your most important keywords and try to use them 3-7 times for every 100 words.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">So what about keyword frequency? Keyword frequency is a measure of the number of times keywords occur within a page’s text. It’s kind of related to the concept of keyword density. The thinking is that search engines want to see a word used more than once to make sure it’s something you’re really talking about. The best number of times to repeat a key word is 3-7 times. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Don’t get overly clever and try to use tiny or invisible text to put keywords at the beginning of your pages. Search engines look for this, and when they find it they call it spam and they’ll probably reject your site for it. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">So, in a nutshell, you want to: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Include at least 100 words in page text <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Use keywords at the beginning of the page <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Place keywords close to each other <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Repeat keywords 3-7 times for every 100 words<o:p></o:p></span></p>mylimoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166802038240596305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376670519303947957.post-55801905275491147202008-11-04T15:10:00.000+07:002008-11-18T15:14:21.053+07:00SEO (Search Engine Optimization)<span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">You’ve probably heard of SEO, since it’s very hot right now. It stands for Search Engine Optimization. SEO is the process of increasing the amount of visitors to a site by designing the site content so that the site ranks high in the search results of a search engine. <o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The higher a Web site ranks in the results of a search, the greater the chance that a user will visit that site. Let’s face it, most people are lazy. They’re not going to spend time clicking and scanning tons of pages of search results. Therefore, where a site ranks in a web search is absolutely critical for directing more traffic toward the site. SEO helps to make sure that a site is accessible to a search engine and improves the chances that the site will be found by the search engine.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">To understand how this works, you need to know a little bit about how search engines work. Typically, a search engine sends out a spider to fetch as many documents as it can. Then another program, called an indexer, reads these documents and makes an index based on the words each document contains. Each search engine uses a unique proprietary algorithm to create indexes so that hopefully only meaningful results are returned for each query. These indexers compute the keyword density. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Keyword density refers to the how often a certain word appears in a given document. It’s given as a percentage. Let’s say you have a site about running shoes. A keyword density of 7% on .running. on that web page means that out of 1000 words, 70 of them are running.. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Unfortunately, the quick-buck con artists have figured this out, and they will put up a site that has a front page that is totally littered with keywords. To give you an idea, a normal key word density for the main key words is about 3 to 7%. What these people will do is have something insane like a 25% keyword density on their front page. Then that page ranks #1 in search engine results when users search for that word. Once the user is on the entry page, they’re likely to enter the site. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Pornographers do this by putting up sites that have content like: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Sex, sex, sex. Sex is here. You want sex. We have sex. Pix of sex, lots of sex.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">See how annoying that gets? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Search engines used to use meta-tags to search for web sites. This was nice, since the meta-tag was a hidden area of your page where you could put all the relevant keywords and not have to worry about making your content sound awkward by overusing certain words. <o:p></o:p></span></p>mylimoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166802038240596305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376670519303947957.post-37023305963118516192008-11-04T14:59:00.000+07:002008-11-18T15:09:59.950+07:00Building Content - What Kind of Content Should I Put Up?<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style=""></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Any kind you want, of course, since we’re talking about the internet. But seriously, you’ll want to give this topic some consideration, since there’s more interest in some topics than others. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">You know the people who are your audience, since ideally you’re talking about something you know about. For instance, if you’re talking about Ultimate Frisbee, it’s because you play it. So you know what other Ultimate people are like, and what they want to know and what they find entertaining. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Once you know that, you can decide about which types of content will best serve their needs and how to go about finding or creating it. Here are some general categories to get you started with your brainstorming: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Editorials <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Feature articles <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Political opinion <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• News stories <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Art galleries <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• A conglomeration of the best content <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Reviews of movies, books, music <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Interviews <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Interactive features - polls, feedback, discussion groups, forums, chat <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Editorials <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Editorials are the opinion of someone who.s seen as an expert in the field-- (either you or a guest contributor). This makes good content because people like to respond to it, either by agreeing with or opposing the writer. This can make for an exciting page, and you’ll probably have to moderate it. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Give your people a way to make their views known; put up a bulletin board or guest book on your site. People will come back to read other responses to their comments. And you can use this feedback from your audience by incorporating it into a follow up article in the future. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">For instance, is everybody complaining about a new government travel policy? Do an article on it, since clearly that’s something people are talking about so they’ll want to read about it. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Full-length Feature Articles <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This is the most common and in many People’s opinion one of the best forms of content. Depending on what your site is like, the articles could be long or brief, formal or chatty, technical or entertaining. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Here are some tips: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Keep it short. While there aren’t any hard and fast rules, you should keep these articles below 1200 words. If they are longer, make them into multi-part features. People hate to have to scroll down a lot. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Articles should be relevant to your site. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Articles ought to educate, entertain or inform. Don’t overwhelm people; stick to one or two ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Refrain from rehashing an article you’ve read somewhere else. By publishing something that’s new, you up the value and credibility of your site. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">To Get Content <o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 45pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">1. Offer to pay guest authors for their work. A guest author could be someone you found on your bulletin board who happens to write well.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 45pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">2. <span style=""> </span>Exchange articles with the guest author.s site. Your site visitors benefit by providing them with another point of view. And you might just gain some new regular visitors from your guest author’s site!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 45pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">3. <span style=""> </span>Make sure you get exclusivity. When someone writes for you, make sure they won’t submit that same article to dozens of other Websites and newsletters. When your site publishes exclusive content, you have opportunities for syndication in other publications, online and off, and you gain a lot of reader loyalty. The key phrase in a contract with a writer is that you’re buying all rights, including electronic. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Can you use reprints? <o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Reprint articles written by others, but you must always obtain permission. All work, from the moment it is written, is copyright and owned by the author, whether it is marked with a copyright symbol or not. Content is not free. You can, however, make reprints interesting and personalized by putting your own ’spin’ on the content. Write an introduction to the subject, or comment on the author’s opinions or conclusions. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Take care to avoid ’editing’ the original article without the author’s permission. Avoid articles that have been reprinted many times before on other Websites and electronic publications. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Political Opinion <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Using political opinion on your site can be tricky. People are deeply divided these days and have strong opinions. If you do run a political site, you’ll probably want to carve out your own niche. Even then, be prepared for flamers from very different view points. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">On the other hand, if you can manage to run a site that actually features a somewhat well-mannered debate, you’ll have a huge hit on your hands. Be prepared to moderate this type of site. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">News Stories <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Your site can become a news source for the latest developments and happenings in certain niche area by providing timely news on topics of interest to your readers. I.m not saying you can be the next CNN or MS-NBC, because that takes building a huge operation. But what you can be is, for example, the CNN of the karate world, or the ABS-News of the bonsai tree hobbyists. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">What you’ll want to do is create a separate section of your site to deal with industry news. Or, devote an entire site to news updates. There are many ways of presenting news: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• As a feature article <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• As short news clips, with a link to the full story <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• As news stories, where each item is explained at length <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">However you decide present the news, make sure you give it your own personal style. Check out salon.com. Has its own style, doesn’tit? Now look at drudgereport.com. That’s another style. Make yours interesting, personal, chatty, fun, unique, or all of these . just make it yours. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Make sure your news is relevant, useful to your reader, and timely. Old news ain.t no news at all, it’s history! So how do you get news? By: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Subscribe to eZines on your subject or topic <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Sign up for e-mail news delivery services <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Register to get regular press releases on your topic <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Surf the web for new news items <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Get news from newspapers, magazines and books <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Go to conferences, workshops or seminars and write about what you see and who you talk to <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Conglomerating the best content <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">If you can make your site into the ultimate content resource on issues related to your topic, I guarantee you you’ll attract and retain a loyal audience. Your site will become known as a The Place for anyone who wants information on your subject. For example, Harry Knowles has made aintitcoolnews.com into The Site for movie reviews and advance spoilers. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Since you’re the expert on your topic, you can evaluate sites and other resources (eZines, directories, books, offline publications) and sniff out the best ones to list along with your rating and opinions. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This sort of content is like the old book reports you used to have to write for school. Read up thoroughly on your subjects, then hit the high points of a topic. Or, consider writing a summary of three separate article that have the same theme. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Reviews of movies, books, music <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This is perhaps the easiest category to get content for. If you have friends who are movie, book, or music fans, they’ll probably write reviews for free just for the thrill of seeing their stuff on a site. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Also, this is a never-ending source of content, since there are always new movies, books and music coming out. Contrast that with dog breeds.once you’ve written everything there is to say about every known breed, you have to wait for them to come up with a new breed!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">If you want to have some fun, you can review movies yourself. And actually, if you’re running your Google adsense site as a business, you may even be able to deduct the cost of movie tickets from your taxes. Check with a tax consultant to make sure, though. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Music is easy, too, especially if you live in a town that has lots of live music or festivals. If not, you can buy used cd.s online, listen, and review. In fact, you could even hire a high-school kid to do this, but check their writing skills first. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Books are a little harder, since they take more time to review and cost more than cd.s and movie tickets. However, you can paraphrase what others have said if you’re clever and don’t violate copyright. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interviews <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This is a category you might want to get a freelance writer for. Go to elance.com and browse the profiles of Service Providers to see who does interviews, then talk to them. Many freelancers specialize in celebrity interviews, and that’s what you want. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interactive features - polls, feedback, discussion groups, forums, chat . <span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This is one of the most popular types of sites for kids, teens, and young adults because they get to give their opinions (which many kids don’t get to do enough of at home, according to them) and they get to talk to others. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">So, if you want to run this kind of site, bear your target market in mind. It’s worth paying a few bucks to a freelance writer or graphic artist to come up with fun games that are constantly changing, or new polls, since people will come back time and again to give their opinions. And don’t forget surveys.people love to take surveys.<o:p></o:p></span></p>mylimoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166802038240596305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376670519303947957.post-81893046951146761222008-11-03T14:57:00.000+07:002008-11-18T14:59:09.492+07:00Building Content - How Do I Build One?<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I know the notion of creating your very own content-rich website might be a little intimidating, but you can do it. It’s not hard. You don’t have to be a good write to have good content on your site. In fact, you don’t have to be a writer at all. There are plenty of successful people who make a lot of money from Google AdSense and they don’t write a word of that content. We.ll talk more about that later, but you can hire writers, or have guest writers.it’s not hard. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Anyone can create a content-rich Website by following a few key points: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Have some discipline maintain your site. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Update that site often. Having a schedule is best. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Be able to beg, borrow, or commission content <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Discipline is key <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">To create a content-rich Website, you need to hone your focus and your self-discipline. I don’t have to tell you how incredibly easy it is to waste hours, even days, just surfing around the web from one site to another. You can’t let yourself get distracted like that or you won’t accomplish anything. Start with setting a limit to surfing for fun so that you limit your searches to sites and resources that are relate very directly to your site’s subject.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Discipline also applies to creating creation. Successful writers can’t afford to wait for inspiration to strike before starting work. Instead, they develop a writing schedule for themselves and they stick with it like it was their job. since it is. As one famous writer said, .I write when I feel like it. And every morning at 9am, I make sure I feel like it.. Schedule a time for yourself to sit down at your desk and write. <span style=""> </span>And you’ll need to develop another schedule for when to add content to your Website, and follow that schedule religiously. Make a commitment to yourself and follow through with it. <span style=""> </span>And remember. if you just simply can’t write, or you find yourself making too many excuses not to write content, just hire someone. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Regular updates are critical to your site <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Nothing is deader than a website that looks like somebody’s forgotten about it. Regularly updating or modifying your site content gives you a big advantage over the competition. Web surfers will keep on coming back to your site if they notice that there’s always something new to see, learn, or enjoy each time. <o:p></o:p></span></p>mylimoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166802038240596305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376670519303947957.post-15686544077482693542008-11-02T13:52:00.000+07:002008-11-18T14:57:16.559+07:00Building Content - Rich Sites<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">First off, why would you want to build content-rich websites? The <span style=""> </span>hort answer is .Because it keeps people on your site for awhile, it makes them come back, and they tell their friends about that site.. <o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">But why? Well, for one thing, people will stay on a content-rich site because it takes awhile to read an article or two. Thus, while They’re reading the material, their peripheral vision (off to the sides) notices little ads that happen to surround that articles. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">And if people start to realize that a certain site has good content that they like, and in particular, different content that constantly changes and is updated, then they’ll check back to see what’s new. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The worst thing in the world to have is a stagnant website that never changes. People will visit it exactly twice.the first time to check it out, and the second one to see what’s changed.and when they find out it hasn.t changed, they most likely won’t come back. Ever.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12pt 0.5in 3pt 0in; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">What are Content-Rich Sites and Why Have One? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">A content-rich site is one that has lots of informative articles up at it, usually centered around a theme. Most sites can’t quite pull off being WikiPedia, so they specialize. For instance, you could do a site for dog owners. Possible articles on that site would cover: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• How to figure out what kind of dog you want <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Where to get a dog <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• How to deal with a puppy <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Life stages of a dog <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• House-training puppies <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Dog training <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• What to feed dogs <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Whether to get more than one dog <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• How to socialize dogs with other dogs and with cats <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Exercise needs of dogs <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Training dogs to do tricks <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Treating fleas <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Common dog ailments and when to go to the vet <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Dog nutrition <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Taking your dog on a trip <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• Getting a pet sitter or boarding your dog if you don’t take him on a trip <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The articles you’ll want to have on your site should be short enough so that someone can read them in about 5 minutes. This means you want to stick to articles of 250 to 750 words, with 300 to 600 words optimal. To give you an idea, a single page in a published novel has about 300 words. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Of course, your real purpose in putting up all these nice little short articles and changing them out frequently is not to just put information out into the world. It is to have a site that people will come back to so that they will see the Google AdSense ads, and click on them, and then you will get checks in the mail. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">That’s a key point, so I.m going to repeat it: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The purpose of having a content-rich website is to attract people to it, again and again, so that they will see the ads and click on them. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">You might think it’s lots of cool graphics and colors that make a site attractive to a visitor, but it’s really the content. In order to make money from Google AdSense, you need to grasp that concept. Believe me, you could run a wonderful advertising campaign and develop all sorts of viral marketing tools and attractive affiliate programs. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">But unless your Website is content-rich, the traffic spikes that you get for your efforts will only be temporary. The very best way to attract and retain an online audience is to provide content that’s useful, valuable, informative, educational or just downright funny as hell or entertaining in some way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>mylimoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166802038240596305noreply@blogger.com0