Nov 29 2009

How To Super-Charge WordPress Search Engine Optimisation

Wordpress out of the box allows primary management of the fundamental SEO meta data. To expand the functionality we add our own super-charged version of the All-In-One-SEO Pack. The SEO pack makes it simple to modify the page title and page meta description.

The All-In-One-SEO Pack is a great WordPress plugin that finishes off the SEO aspects for WordPress. For some reason WordPress still has not got the SEO fixed out of the box.

The All-In-One-SEO Pack allows you you to change the most significant page components – page title and page description. It also permits you to modify the page keywords, but as we all know, search engines no longer take note of these because they have been spammed too much in the past. Google finished using the keywords for page ranking in the early 2000’s.

Page Titles

This is the No1 SEO element to manipulate. Constantly make sure that you manipulate the page title. The page title appears in the browser window at the very top of the screen. Search engines use this in the listings and show it in their search results.

Always try to make the page title only carry the keywords you want the page to rank for. Try to limit them to 2 or three maximum.

Just like with a book the page title of an HTML page is the most important component. Never leave this element to chance. Make sure you use keywords in the title.

If your page needs to extend to cover 2 or three keywords we have found that you can still get great rankings from adding multiple keywords to the title. However, always try to make the page title as close to the keyword you want to rank for. Adding extra non-beneficial words detracts from the results achieved.

If you are a larger branded company you will probably want to add your company or brand name into the page title considering this is displayed on Google. Keep it short and uncomplicated though. Do not add your brand statement just your brand or company name.

Page Descriptions Meta Tags

This element is NOT used by search engines for ranking purposes. However, most search engines will utilize this in their search results so it is important. Google does not use the description all the time but we find that it uses it about 80-90% of the time. At other times Google will use the first piece of text that it can find on the page. On Flash pages this can be an issue seeing there is no text content. This is one reason why you should always add at least one sentence of HTML text on a Flash based page so Google and other search engines have something meaningful to display in the search results.

By having a good description it will increase your click through rates because the text will be more engaging to people. Ensure that you use a maximum of 156 characters. If you use any more characters Google will truncate the rest. If you can keep your descriptions to–0 characters or less this is even better seeing Google sometimes adds a date to the beginning of the description which is part of the 156 characters it displays.

SEO Meta data shown on Google listing

Changing the meta data and page title

At the bottom of every page and post you will find the meta tags plugin details. Update the details appropriately. Note: If you can only use see the title for the plugin and no details, just click the title and the section will expand.

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Nov 21 2009

How To Increase Website Profits

Whatever Your Visitors Want, Give it to Them

Too many times a web master will create a site that has meaningless information about their business. The problem is, web traffic cares less about your business and more about the what they want. Don’t appeal to their interests, and you’ve lost them.

Its simple in theory to keep your visitors on your site because all you have to do is, “Give them what they want.” To do this though you must answer the following question, “What do my visitors want?” To answer this question, you’ll need to research the following three sub-questions: Who are your visitors? What attracted them to your site originally? What do they want when they come to your site? Knowing more about your visitors, what attracted them to your site and what they are looking for on your site makes it easier to retain them and keep them coming back for more.

So now your wondering how you find this out about your visitors. luckily there are plenty of tactics to help you do this. First tactic, just ask them. Find a way to speak to them and ask them, you’ll find that this is a very helpful tool. Another tactic is using analysis software like Google Analytics. This software is easy to set up, and can tell you mounds of valuable information about your visitors. These are very helpful ways to learn more about your visitors, and in turn, helps you to provide unique and very valuable content to them.

Attract More Visitors

Once you have created a reason for your visitors to stay on your site you need to learn how to attract more visitors to your unique content. You have many options to build a constant flow of traffic to your site. We discuss two of the most important tactics to build traffic in this section.

If your not using PPC Advertising (Pay Per Click) then your missing out on what could become a website goldmine. With all PPC campaigns it is important to start out with a low budget, to improve your results before you unleash this method. Although there are many services that offer PPC Advertising, we suggest to start with Google Adwords. Not only is Google Adwords one of the most powerful systems, but it also can be connected to Google Analytics for very helpful tracking. By targeting the right traffic you’ll be increasing your profits in no time.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is another must in traffic building for those who are serious about maximizing their profits. SEO is a way in which you can have your website ranked higher within search engines, thus creating more traffic to your website. SEO is done in two parts: First, your website must be search engine friendly. Second, there must be other websites linking to your site.

Gear your website to make money

Creating and retaining traffic alone will not make your site more profits. You also need to be able to influence your visitors to make a profitable action. To do this you must make it easy for your visitors to do what you want them to do. If you make your potential customers jump through hoops to make you money, you’ll find that you are not realising your full profit making potential.

Keep your website clean by only providing content that your customers want, and what you want your customers to do. Draw your visitors attention to a profitable action by using proper design such as color, contrast and varying fonts. Don’t forget to try new ways on different web pages to get your visitors attention.

There are other tactics and tools you can use to increase customer sales as well. Using call to action, branding, A/B or multivariate testing, design improvements and product/service cross promotion can improve your sales many times over.

Partner with an Expert

Too often we look to do our web design and marketing ourselves, and sometimes as a result, we lose more money than we save. Unless you’re dedicated and experienced in this area of specialties, you will find yourself beneath your competition when it comes to building an effective website.

Matthew Henage is an expert web producer and CEO of Superior Design Inc, a Utah web design and web marketing firm. By visiting his website, for a limited amount of time, you can get an Internet marketing consultation.

Nov 21 2009

Keyword Bid Management

Using a keyword bid management that ignores the most important part of your campaign sets you up to lose money. The most important part of your campaign is not your bid or how far above the fold you are. The single most critical aspect of your campaign is the research you used to set that campaign up.

The keyword bid management that makes sure you build your campaign on solid data is the tool that pays for its self hundreds of times over. Why put so much hard work into a campaign to base it on weak research or a best guess? The unfortunate answer is that many people just do not have the time or knowledge to perform the research required to make a scientific decision.

Your keyword bid management should have the heart of a lion. It will smell the week gazelle, your competition and untapped keywords, in the herd and take them down with determination. Good software tools will focus your internet marketing efforts into the strength and ferocity of the lion.

Efficient keyword bid management will quickly find the critical information you have been lacking and will report this information in an easy to use format. Efficient means you get the most return for the least input. In other words what used to take you days will only take hours with the application of the right tool.

The right keyword bid management is all about the application of leverage to maximize your profits and your time. The famous physicist Archimedes once said “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” Give you high quality keyword research (the lever) and a campaign (the fulcrum on which to place it) and you to shall move the world.

Now you believe your keyword bid management is already solid and you have been following all of the good practices and advice on keyword research. But the fact is that most people do not perform adequate niche research prior to starting a campaign, either from lack of knowledge or lack of time. If you are researching without the proper tools you are not realizing the full potential of your efforts or your campaigns.

High performance keyword bid management is the last thing that all of the experts and gurus want you to have. They know if you have a quality research tool and gain the knowledge to use it that you will become real competition to them.

Solid keyword bid management is what you need to survive in the tough business of internet marketing. Without it you will spend months of trial and error finding the keywords that make your campaigns the money making winners you need to put bread on the table and keep a roof over your head.

Stop feeling like you are lost in the dark hoping to fall into some keywords and a niche that actually make money. Get the right keyword bid management tool and your niche research and keyword prospecting will become focused and profitable.

Oct 02 2009

What PPC Can Teach Your About SEO

by Michael Fleischner

If you’re trying to succeeding in marketing, then you’ll need to use more than just a single marketing tactic. This is especially true when it comes to online marketing. In face, pay-per-click advertising can be a great resources when thinking about your search engine optimization campaigns.

If you are already running your own pay-per-click campaigns, then you’ve been collecting valuable data than can have a tremendous influence on the success of your SEO. The most important thing to know is which information is can be used to inform other campaigns and how it can enhance the overall results you’re looking for.

The greatest part of PPC, is that it gives you a good deal of data about which type of website browsers are the best. That is to say that through pay-per-click, you can find the right browsers that convert into buyers. This information can then be used to make your marketing more targeted – improving conversion at a much lower cost.

Most people focused exclusively on pay-per-click advertising may not have the full understanding of the true value of the information they collect. By knowing which keywords convert, they have the magic formula for marketing online. The terms that convert browsers to buyers can be applies to SEO. By optimizing only those terms that have shown conversions, search engine optimization can be more effective.

By looking at your PPC results, you can quickly find the keywords that lead to conversions. This information is golden. Not only can you use this to generate more traffic to your website, but you can also use this information to drive the right kind of traffic to your site. With the right focus, you can improve conversions and lower costs – because you’re not attracted bad traffic, rather, you’re only attracting the type of browsers who want your product or service.

One way to think about this is a company that’s selling widgets. If they use PPC, they probably know that the term, discount widget converts the highest of any keyword term. As a result, they should be focusing their organic campaigns around optimizing that particular keyword. Once the phrase appears at the top of the search results, one can reduce the amount spent via pay per click and enjoy the benefits of targeted traffic.

Optimizing for the right terms is a great start but won’t close the deal. Once you drive traffic through organic search, your landing page must be relevant and have a strong call to action. Get your search engine optimization campaigns up and running and then consider your landing page strategy. Is your website taking advantage of every visitor? What type of conversion rates are you seeing. SEO is more than just attracting browsers, it’s making sure they convert when they arrive at their destination.

Whether you’re new to SEO or consider yourself a search engine optimization expert, leveraging your pay-per-click advertising is the best investment you can make. Determine which keywords generate the type of traffic that is most valuable to you and optimize around these terms. They will generate more traffic and revenue at a lower cost.

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Sep 18 2009

Advanced Search Optimization With Article Submitters

If you are familiar with SEO and the impact that various component of optimization have on your websites overall page rank you know that there are three core drivers that will progress your site to the highest rank of Google. First and foremost, you need to be sure that your target keyword can be found in your web address. Next, be sure that you choose a specific search phrase and optimize your website to focus on that phrase. The third component is high authority backlinks to your website from numerous places. Regardless of whether you are selling lockboxes, or single family real estate from mlsni, you will have to have high quality back links in order for your site to rank well.

As the title of this article is advanced SEO, I would like to focus the discussion on how to attract high quality back links to your website, and share some tools that may make the effort a bit faster. If you are a writer, drafting articles and submitting them to numerous directories is a good way to get associations back to your site that have a good level of visibility. Unfortunately submitting your article to more than a handful of websites is time excessive, and if your article is a duplicate, duplication penalties may actually count against you in the search ranking. With these limitations in mind, you are trapped either completely re-writing your article numerous times and spending countless hours sending your site, or you may be stuck with expense of hiring the job out. For most people, neither option is very good.

Until very recently, this was the approach that I took as part of my article marketing. I would write a good article then re-write it numerous times as I posted it across the web.

Luckily I have recently found an automated article submitting service Unique Article Wizard and I have discovered that it is a much more effective approach of using articles that you write to attract numerous back links with anchor text across the internet. Basically, Unique Article Wizard allows you to take your article, selectively change the text in each paragraph into three versions, while still maintaining the same context and syntax, through a step by step process, and then submit the article. The unique article wizard service then mixes and matches the versions of each paragraph to create multiple unique articles. Finally, the service submits your article to six hundred different article directories and blog feeds which results in hundreds of back links to your site from an article that you created.

Although I have only been using the service for a short time, I have found it extremely effective. As an example, I plan to use the service with this very article. To track the extent of distribution, I have chosen a uniquely identifiable word as an identifier. The word xyssion will be used to track where my different versions of this article pop up. The word is unique, so in a few days, search the term xyssion and see how many entries track back to real estate and article marketing. I bet you will be surprised

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Sep 12 2009

How to Determine the Appropriate Search Engine Marketing Company for Your Needs

Choosing the right search engine marketing company (SEM) is not an easy task. Before choosing the first company you find, you should consider several different things to help determine your specific needs. This will ensure the SEM company hired to help your business will work best for you.

Finding A SEM Company To Trust

The most important thing you can do is to make sure you have picked a company you can trust. You should meet and mingle with a few other companies and talk about planning before you get into the detailed planning. Your business and the company you chose will now have a relationship between one another, and as this relationship continues to grow, information essential in making your business thrive will be released. If you cannot trust the people you are doing business with you are risking your financial well-being.

To help gauge whether or not the search engine marketing company can be trusted, ask them to provide references. If they are reluctant to provide references, this is a major red flag, as any search engine marketing company with experience and a good reputation in the industry should not fear this. If the company doesn’t have references to provide due to a lack of experience, you’ll need to proceed with caution and gauge other aspects of the interview to determine if they are worth the shot.

Next, ask yourself if the search engine marketing company answer all of your questions to the fullest possible extent without dodging any aspect? If the company is willing to provide any information you ask for without hesitation and willing to fully explain the process, it’s a safe bet you can trust them.

If the search engine marketing company tries to pressure you into anything or services you don’t need or understand, do not trust them. However, understand that sometimes they will point out problems with your site. If they are big problems, then you should correct time because there is no point in paying for advertising is your site cannot convert interested visitors into paying customers.

Identify the Services You Need

Not all SEM companies are all equal to each other. Though many of the basic services are similar like search engine optimization, pay-for-inclusion services, pay-per-click advertisement. Several different things are involved with Search Engine like site re-design to new marketing and content for building back links-Links from your site to other reputable sites to help increase your rankings naturally. In pay-per-click campaigns, your company will be advertised in the search engine results page on the sidebars, and each time the ad is clicked, you will have to pay. The Pay for inclusion services will allow you to pay for Search engines crawl a certain amount of pages on your website with a specific frequency.

Find a Comfortable Risk Level

Every marketing plan from a SEM will require and investment before knowing how much money the company will make back in sales and new customers. It is of vital importance to know beforehand how many risks you are willing to take. Do not let any company pressure you into more than what you want.

Take your time in finding and choosing a search engine marketing company. Because of the investment and importance of the business relationship, this is something that should not be rushed into if you expect the best possible results. The search engine marketing company you ultimately choose should understand and be willing to help you with any aspect of making the decision on the right company for your needs.

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Sep 12 2009

You Have Needs! Discover How to Determine the Acceptable Search Engine Marketing Company

Choosing the right search engine marketing company (SEM) is not an easy task. Before choosing the first company you find, you should consider several different things to help determine your specific needs. This will ensure the SEM company hired to help your business will work best for you.

Choose a SEM Company You Trust

The most important factor is that you choose a SEM company you can trust. Meet with several different companies to discuss some plans before delving into detailed plans. Your business will enter into a relationship with the company and as this relationship develops, information pertinent to the success of your business will be released. If the company cannot be trusted, you are risking your business’ well being.

To help gauge whether or not the search engine marketing company can be trusted, ask them to provide references. If they are reluctant to provide references, this is a major red flag, as any search engine marketing company with experience and a good reputation in the industry should not fear this. If the company doesn’t have references to provide due to a lack of experience, you’ll need to proceed with caution and gauge other aspects of the interview to determine if they are worth the shot.

Next, ask yourself if the search engine marketing company answer all of your questions to the fullest possible extent without dodging any aspect? If the company is willing to provide any information you ask for without hesitation and willing to fully explain the process, it’s a safe bet you can trust them.

If the search engine marketing company tries to pressure you into anything or services you don’t need or understand, do not trust them. However, understand that sometimes they will point out problems with your site. If they are big problems, then you should correct time because there is no point in paying for advertising is your site cannot convert interested visitors into paying customers.

Determine The Services You Need

Not all search engine marketing companies are created equally. Though there are many basic services such as search engine optimization, pay-per-click advertisement and pay-for-inclusion services, search engine marketing and optimization will involve several different things from a site re-design to new content and marketing to build back links — links to your site from another reputable site — to help increase rankings naturally. Pay-per-click campaigns will advertise your company in the search engine results page on the sidebars, and you will pay each time the ads get clicked. Pay for inclusion services allow you to pay to have search engines crawl certain pages of your website with a certain frequency.

Find a Comfortable Risk Level

Any search engine marketing plan will require an investment before knowing if and how much money the company will earn back in new customers and sales. It is important that you determine beforehand how much risk you are willing to take. Do not let the company pressure you into more.

Take your time in finding and choosing a search engine marketing company. Because of the investment and importance of the business relationship, this is something that should not be rushed into if you expect the best possible results. The search engine marketing company you ultimately choose should understand and be willing to help you with any aspect of making the decision on the right company for your needs.

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Sep 12 2009

You Have Goals! Discover How to Settle Upon the Correct Search Engine Marketing Company

Choosing the right search engine marketing company (SEM) is not an easy task. Before choosing the first company you find, you should consider several different things to help determine your specific needs. This will ensure the SEM company hired to help your business will work best for you.

Choose a SEM Company You Trust

The most important factor is that you choose a SEM company you can trust. Meet with several different companies to discuss some plans before delving into detailed plans. Your business will enter into a relationship with the company and as this relationship develops, information pertinent to the success of your business will be released. If the company cannot be trusted, you are risking your business’ well being.

To help gauge whether or not the search engine marketing company can be trusted, ask them to provide references. If they are reluctant to provide references, this is a major red flag, as any search engine marketing company with experience and a good reputation in the industry should not fear this. If the company doesn’t have references to provide due to a lack of experience, you’ll need to proceed with caution and gauge other aspects of the interview to determine if they are worth the shot.

Now you should ask yourself if the company answered all your questions to the fullest potential or did they try cleverly dodging some? If that particular SEM company can answer all of your questions and without hesitating, elaborating on details and fully explains the processes to you, it is probably a safe assumption that the company is trustworthy.

If the search engine marketing company tries to pressure you into anything or services you don’t need or understand, do not trust them. However, understand that sometimes they will point out problems with your site. If they are big problems, then you should correct time because there is no point in paying for advertising is your site cannot convert interested visitors into paying customers.

Determine The Services You Need

Not all search engine marketing companies are created equally. Though there are many basic services such as search engine optimization, pay-per-click advertisement and pay-for-inclusion services, search engine marketing and optimization will involve several different things from a site re-design to new content and marketing to build back links — links to your site from another reputable site — to help increase rankings naturally. Pay-per-click campaigns will advertise your company in the search engine results page on the sidebars, and you will pay each time the ads get clicked. Pay for inclusion services allow you to pay to have search engines crawl certain pages of your website with a certain frequency.

Find a Comfortable Risk Level

Any search engine marketing plan will require an investment before knowing if and how much money the company will earn back in new customers and sales. It is important that you determine beforehand how much risk you are willing to take. Do not let the company pressure you into more.

Take your time in finding and choosing a search engine marketing company. Because of the investment and importance of the business relationship, this is something that should not be rushed into if you expect the best possible results. The search engine marketing company you ultimately choose should understand and be willing to help you with any aspect of making the decision on the right company for your needs.

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Aug 24 2009

Choices to Think About When Promoting Affiliate Programs By Article Marketing

by Harold Gore

The most significant rule when picking affiliates to endorse on your website is to pick products that would be of importance to those who would probably visit your niche website. There are a lot of places on the internet that will to post your article so that others may look at and/or use it.

Since article publishers must attribute your author sig to it, article writing will bring you even more exposure for every website that re-posts your piece of writing. Each piece has the owners sig located beneath it so that those who sooner or later read the article will be acquainted with who wrote it (or at least who owns it) and will be allowed to get in contact with or visit their site for more information.

Article promotion can be an totally free manner of marketing for you just because of the distribution channels on the net. When writing articles, make sure to keep your readers in mind.

If you are going to buy content, make certain that you let the ghostwriter know what your niche keywords are and what your ideal keyword density and placement are. How much you can make from placing articles and affiliate links on your site varies from site to site. Those who are trying to make money from articles are named article marketers. Do your articles the appropriate way. After all, a horrific article and an unrelated link to an mysterious product are not likely to make the earnings roll in. In fact, it might thwart potential sales. Just carry out stuff the appropriate way.

Before you get foggy-eyed by dollar symbols, nevertheless, keep in mind some products are certain to sell more than others. If a reader finds contents on your site that fascinates them, it will keep them returning to your site to understand new information about the niche topic.

If you opt for free articles, you will be sharing that content with an unknown amount of other affiliate websites, plus the original author will be allowed to position their byline at the bottom of the article which could result in them taking your traffic. If you use that kind of content it is best to employ css to make the hyperlinks look black and not underlined. The links then appear like ordinary text. Studies have revealed that most Internet readers tend to glance over a webpage to find the information they are looking for, rather than comprehending the full webpage.

Everybody can become an affiliate, but to have an affiliate advertisement placed in a high-quality place on a high-position website will fetch in the most revenue for a company. So be certain and make your website rank highly with the best SEO techniques used in affiliate promotion. It is a reality that most visitors dont look beyond the initial search engine result page and by the 3rd search engine results page there is almost no viewers left for you to market to. Article writing done right helps to bring you in traffic through the promotional efforts of others when they publish your content.

If you are a rapid student and great reader, then you can learn everything you want to know right from the Web without any prior schooling needed. One of the earliest things you will need to do, or possibly last if you require some inspiration, after you choose your niche topic is to select a memorable URL. Let other publishers use your articles, along with your author sig which will advise visitors who wrote it and how they can make contact with you, on their site.

I do not ever recommend banner exchanges. This could even shoot you in the foot if you run an affiliate website because, instead of clicking on your affiliate links, your viewers may be clicking on your banner exchange links. That is not beneficial! Affiliate advertising is a tricky business, but simply approach it with professionalism. Being professional will help you to encourage visitors to visit your affiliate links, consequently making you income. That is what we all covet!

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