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		<title>SEO &#8211; A Beginner&#8217;s Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 04:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hans-J. Refleng</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Wide Web is a fun place to explore because there are so many websites that are online anytime of the day, ranging from online services and social-networking sites like Facebook to simple blogs that can provide some useful information. You might be wondering exactly how these websites get famous. You can&#8217;t just launch...</p><p><strong><a class="more-link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/6118/seo-a-beginners-perspective/">Read the rest of this entry</a></strong></p>]]></description>
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<p>The World Wide Web is a fun place to explore because there are so many websites that are online anytime of the day, ranging from online services and social-networking sites like Facebook to simple blogs that can provide some useful informatio<a href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/MarketSamurai" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-6115" title="SEO For Beginners" src="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/SEO-For-Beginners.png" alt="seo | seo for beginners" width="220" height="150" /></a>n. You might be wondering exactly how these websites get famous. You can&#8217;t just launch a website in an Internet that is filled with thousands of other sites that may be similar to yours. Word of mouth and some online advertising can pump up your traffic for a bit, but you have to do it consistently if you expect hundreds of visitors to see your site every day. Think about how you discover sites on the web.</p>
<p>Yes, there are some people that may share some cool site links with you. As for other things, the most likely site that you will go to is the search engine.<span id="more-6118"></span><!--more--> From there, you will type any keywords that you think will lead you to the site that you are looking for. The search engine will then return hundreds to millions of search results with some of the best sites often appearing on the first page. After you clicked on a link, you can enjoy the content.</p>
<p>If that site was your site, you can immediately see the potential in having your site listed in the search engine. If there are so many other people that are like you in using the search engine and search terms, your site would get so much traffic, and you don&#8217;t have to do a thing in spreading the word or advertising. Well, that is only partly true because advertising is still good, and you still need to do some footwork in order for your site to appear on the search engine. If search engines top your interests, you will have to enter the world of <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/" target=" " title="SEO">SEO</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">search engine optimization</a>.</p>
<p>You may have heard of search engine optimization before, especially if you tried to get yourself into <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/" target=" " title="affiliate marketing">affiliate marketing</a> or any online Internet opportunity that has something to do with referrals and the like. However, if you dive into those subjects, you may get confused with all of those business and marketing terms. SEO can sound complicated that way, but it doesn&#8217;t have to. Search engine optimization is best defined as a practice that involves making your website indexable for the search engines so people that actually type in related keywords can see your site.</p>
<p>You have to keep in mind that search engines do not have access to the four corners of the Internet. That would be like playing favoritism with certain pages and would simply be unfair to other sites. Search engines are not directories of sites but are actual websites themselves that send scripts called robots to scour the web for indexable content.</p>
<p>SEO is not by any means a necessity for having a thriving site with stable traffic. However, if you find yourself struggling to advertise your sites in different areas, SEO can serve as your fast-forward button because the results are faster. Still, you have to understand that trying out any of the SEO tricks won&#8217;t boost your traffic instantaneously. There are various other factors that can affect this, such as the type of site you are trying to promote. The idea is that when people start finding your site in the search engines, the traffic should increase exponentially. You can try some of the faster methods in bringing traffic, but there are fewer chances for progress to go any higher. There will never be that period where the traffic goes over the roof unless you plug in SEO.</p>
<p>As mentioned earlier, there are so many SEO guides on the net and possibly even more eBooks that span hundreds of pages. A good number of these guides is actually useful, but if you want to have the simplest approach, just continue to update your site with new content.</p>
<p>The thing with search engines, whether it is Google or Bing, is that they love new and fresh content. This is exactly why so many blogs exist today. Blogs are very easy to update and you do not have to constantly edit your site&#8217;s HTML just to show that new stuff has been added. Even if your site doesn&#8217;t need a <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/" target=" " title="blog">blog</a>, the most important thing is that you have a platform that is easy to update and easy for others to subscribe to. Popular blog platforms like WordPress are a good choice because you don&#8217;t have to worry about meta tags and the like which are also important for SEO.</p>
<p>The content plays a major role for successful search engine marketing. If you see various SEO guides that talk about content, you will often come across the importance of keywords. Yes, keywords are indeed important but getting too concerned about keywords too early can hamper your productivity due to all the confusion. It is also difficult to compete in a keyword perspective because there might be more popular sites that are nearly impossible to compete with.</p>
<p>However, not all hope is lost, all you need to do is write naturally because at the end of the day, you are targeting visitors and not search engines. You need search engines to attract people, but it will be the people that will judge your site and its content. So don&#8217;t worry about keywords for the time being and focus on quality content. Try doing regular updates in a single month period so you can move on to the next phase.</p>
<p>This is where word of mouth and direct advertising become more important. Search engines are not just after keywords when it comes to ranking. They also rank sites according to the number of inbound links. You can get an inbound link if a link to your site is posted elsewhere. Let&#8217;s say another blog gave you a shout out because your blog covers an interesting topic. That blog will paste a link to your website for others to click on. Having lots of these types of links are good, and you can work on those by resorting to forum and social media marketing because you can register and actively share links.</p>
<p>After that, you can start addressing the keyword&#8217;s situation by using a keyword tool such as Google AdWords Keyword Tool. Since you populated your site with tons of content, the keyword tool should give you some good keyword suggestions that are not highly competitive so your site stands a chance in getting a good ranking. Once you have those keywords, simply implement them in future updates, and you should have a good site that is optimized for search engines as long as you continue to get inbound links, advertise more, and keep updating.</p>
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		<title>Any Difference Between White Hat SEO And Black Hat SEO?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hans-J. Refleng</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have spent very much time at all researching SEO, you have quite likely come across the terms “black hat” and “white hat”. However, what exactly does it mean? Well, if you have imagined the good cowboy in the white hat and the bad one in the black, you can be forgiven &#8211; that...</p><p><strong><a class="more-link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/5292/any-difference-between-white-hat-seo-and-black-hat-seo/">Read the rest of this entry</a></strong></p>]]></description>
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<p>If you have spent very much time at all researching <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/" target=" " title="SEO">SEO</a>, you have quite likely come across the terms “black hat” and “white hat”. However, what exactly does it mean?</p>
<p>Well, if you have imagined the good cowboy in the white hat and the bad one in the black, you can be forgiven &#8211; that is certainly the impression people try to give off about the whole deal. Still, what is black hat <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/5254/seo-is-not-a-one-shot-event/" target="_self" title="SEO">SEO</a> anyway? Is it legal? Does it work?</p>
<p>And what is white h<a href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/SEO" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-5291" title="White Hat SEO Black Hat SEO" src="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/White-Hat-SEO-Black-Hat-SEO.png" alt="white hat seo | black hat seo | seo | blogging tools" width="216" height="216" /></a>at SEO? Does it have too soft a touch? And again most importantly, does it work?</p>
<p>The line between <a rel="nofollow" title="SEO Wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization" target="_blank">black and white hat SEO</a> is sometime a little blurry, in no small part because techniques once considered white hat may not be any longer. Some people will tell you that white hat SEO is ethical while black hat SEO is not. And while there certainly are unethical practices used by some who wear the darker hats, this is a bit of an over simplification.</p>
<p>A general rule of thumb is whether Google likes the practice or not. In its constant effort to return search results it says are relevant, the search company continually updates its search algorithms. Characteristically, anything that works, but that Google will penalize or ban you for, if found out, is considered black hat.<span id="more-5292"></span></p>
<p>Why would anyone use black hat <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/5260/is-there-an-%E2%80%9Call-important-seo-technique/" target="_self" title="SEO techniques">SEO techniques</a> then? For one thing, these techniques can give a page an unduly high ranking, often in a short amount of time. Sure, Google will eventually come down on the page or site, but in the meantime, its owner is making quite some money. At least, that is the theory.</p>
<p>So if the big bucks are in black hat, why use white hat? “White hat” SEO techniques tend to last longer, for one thing. They may require more work on the front-end and usually require a little bit of upkeep, but in the long term they bring in traffic, and if you are selling/pre-selling right, this means money. Not only will you have more consistent sales with that one site, but you will also have time, once you are done setting it up, to build another site that could give you long-term, relatively passive income.</p>
<p>With black hat techniques, you are likely to be making new site after new site after new site.</p>
<p>Another reason to go white hat is for branding purposes. You really don&#8217;t want to build your site&#8217;s popularity and rankings high using black hat techniques, only to get your site banned for life by Google when it finds out what you are doing &#8211; which it will, eventually. Being known as a black-hatter is also likely to brand you as a pretty shady fellow, not something you really want in the Internet marketing world.</p>
<p>The line between black and white hat SEO is sometimes a little unclear and often moves around when search engines update their algorithms. If you are in Internet marketing for the long-haul though, it is definitely worth keeping up with what is considered white hat and sticking to it.</p>
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<p><a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/" target=" " title="SEO">SEO</a>, or search engine optimization is the art and science of getting your web page or website ranked as highly as possible in the search engines, especially Google. It is also an abbreviation for search engine optimizer, a professional who makes his or her living doing the same.</p>
<p>Search engines compile information about the World Wide Web and then bring out results relevant to the terms you type into the search box.  Basically, they surf the web so you don&#8217;t have to, and they do it in record <a href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/SEO" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-5278" title="Seo Terms" src="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Seo-Terms.jpg" alt="seo terms | seo definitions | seo definition | seo" width="250" height="146" /></a>time. Technically, a search engine is any program that retrieves information, but for our purposes. We are focusing on the ones that operate on the World Wide Web.</p>
<p>Backlinks are simply links that point back to your site. Backlinks figure heavily into how well your pages rank in the search engines.</p>
<p>Anchor text refers to the words that make up a text link. A link that says “click here”, has “click here” as its anchor text. Anchor text is important in determining what keywords your site will index for.<span id="more-5279"></span></p>
<p>Keyword stuffing happens when a page is loaded with keywords to an unnatural degree, either in the content or the meta tags. At one time, this kind of thing could help a page&#8217;s position in the search engine rankings, but these days it is just a bad idea. If you or your web developer does this, you will likely receive a penalty from most major search engines.</p>
<p>Link farms are tightly-knit communities of pages that reference each other. For <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/5254/seo-is-not-a-one-shot-event/" target="_self" title="SEO">SEO</a> purposes, these pages are also used to link to other pages to increase page rank and search engine rank once the link farm pages have high enough page rank. Running or getting many links from a link farm can be bad for your pages if the farm is discovered.</p>
<p>Long tail keywords and phrases are relevant, yet little searched-for keywords and phrases. Pages targeted for long tail keywords may not receive a large number of hits, but over time can provide significant sales or leads for your site, especially if you have a page for each long tail word or phrase. Long tail keywords in a page or article can also increase that page&#8217;s or article&#8217;s relevance in the eyes of a search engine.</p>
<p>LSI, or latent semantic indexing is the process of searching text to see how relevant the overall content is to the main keywords used. Using synonyms for keywords as well as including the lesser searched for long tail words and phrases, can help LSI. At the moment, it is unsure how much LSI plays a part in Google and other search engines&#8217; rankings, but its relevance is likely to increase.</p>
<p>Meta tags are parts of a web page heading, viewable to search engines but not to casual viewers, that list information about the page. Keyword meta tags are not nearly as useful as they used to be, although it never hurts to include your keywords here.  Description tags are still useful, since they are what people will see when your page appears in the search engine listings. Language tags tell search engines and browsers what languages a page is available in, if it is available in more than one.  Robots tags tell search engine spiders what to do with that link, whether or not to crawl it, what do to or not to do with a page&#8217;s content, etc.</p>
<p>Nofollow (ref=nofollow) is a robots tag that tells search engine spiders not to crawl from your site along that link. Google penalizes pages that buy or sell links that do not have the nofollow attribute, on the basis that the link otherwise gives artificial page rank to the linked-to site. Many blogs use the nofollow attribute as a default.</p>
<p>Reciprocal links result when two pages or sites each link to the other. A certain amount of this is fine, but too much of it can make the sites look like part of a link farm.</p>
<p>There has been a lot of debate about Black Hat SEO, but it is pretty much any technique that works but that search engine bigwigs do not like to see happening. Some of what considered Black Hat today was considered acceptable at one point.</p>
<p>There are two important practical things to keep in mind about Black Hat techniques: they can rank your pages quickly and well in search engine results. However, they will sooner or later get your site banned from appearing in the search engine results.</p>
<p>Indexing is the act of arranging information in an organized manner. In books, this is done alphabetically, in search engines, this is done by considering a variety of factors. When you try to affect how relevant you show up in this index, you are attempting SEO.</p>
<p>Usually, you will want your site to be listed as far up on the index as possible. To say “I got indexed by [search engine]” means that your site was finally recognized by said search engine and included in its search results.</p>
<p>Page Rank (PR) helps determine how high up a web site ranks in Google&#8217;s search engines. It also determines a site&#8217;s linking power. A PR 8 link is generally considered much stronger than a PR 1 link.</p>
<p>Spiders/Web Crawlers are the eyes and ears for search engines. They gather information and then report back to engines like Google, Yahoo, etc. They search the World Wide Web by following every link they find, which is one thing that makes <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/3959/7-ways-to-drive-traffic-to-your-website-with-backlinks/" target=" " title="backlinks">backlinks</a> and site maps so important.</p>
<p>Site Maps are easily accessible pages on a site, that link to every other page on that site, or at least every page you want the search engines to see. Site maps make it easier for spiders/web crawlers to visit your entire site, which makes it easier for you to get indexed.</p>
<p>White Hat SEO involves ways of getting your site to rank higher in search results, that the engines consider more “natural” or “organic”. “White Hat” techniques are not as immediately impressive as Black Hat ones, but they are more consistent in the long run. Plus, they won&#8217;t get you banned from the engine results pages.</p>
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		<title>Is There an “All-Important&#8221; SEO Technique</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2010 23:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hans-J. Refleng</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps the biggest myth in all of SEO techniques is the idea that any one aspect of it is “all-important.” It is all important. SEO is an organic process, so the idea that one part of it, to the exclusion of everything else, is the key to success, is definitely a myth. SEO itself, in...</p><p><strong><a class="more-link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/5260/is-there-an-%e2%80%9call-important-seo-technique/">Read the rest of this entry</a></strong></p>]]></description>
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<p>Perhaps the biggest myth in all of <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/" target=" " title="SEO">SEO</a> techniques is the idea that any one aspect of it is “all-important.” It is all important. <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/5254/seo-is-not-a-one-shot-event/" target="_self" title="SEO">SEO</a> is an organic process, so the idea that one part of it, to the exclusion of everything else, is the key to success, is definitely a myth. SEO itself, in all of its aspects, is the key to success.</p>
<p>By comparison, what do you think is the most important organ in the human body? Is it the heart? Is it the brain? The liver<a href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/SEO" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-5259" title="SEO Techniques" src="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Website-Promotion-Ideas-300x300.jpg" alt="seo techniques | seo technique | seo | search engine optimization" width="240" height="240" /></a>? The kidneys? The fact of the matter is that all of your organs are there for a reason. Without any one of them, there is a good chance that you would be dead.</p>
<p>The same is true for SEO. There is no one aspect of it that can stand alone and give you success. Anyone who says so is a flat out liar.</p>
<p>According to Google, “content is king.” However, without a high page ranking, your content will never be seen. Content by itself will not get you a high SERP rank.</p>
<p>Keyword placement is important to SEO. Still, it is not a stand alone technique for getting rank. In fact, if you have keywords and no content, you get shuffled over to the ignore pile, and may be banned altogether. Besides, no one will want to look at a webpage of just keywords.<span id="more-5260"></span></p>
<p>How you use Flash is important, but it is meaningless without the other supporting elements. If you have videos without keywords, the spiders see nothing. If there are not any inbound links, you have no relevance to your niche. If you do not have good content, you have no authority.</p>
<p>Your linking strategy is a necessary step, but it does not make a website good on its own. You still have to have content, you still have to have something to sell, and you still have to have keywords for the spiders to find. It won’t matter squat if you have a buddy in the government who will just link to your page. If you do not have something to show, you are dead in the water.</p>
<p>These and all the other elements of on site and off site <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/5260/is-there-an-%E2%80%9Call-important-seo-technique/" target="_self" title="SEO techniques">SEO techniques</a> are all important, but will not get you high page rankings on their own. It is a group effect that no one thing can give you. Page rankings are based on multiple factors, and the strength of one will not win the day.</p>
<p>For that matter, high page rankings are, of course important, but by themselves are useless. Let’s say that somehow, without content, keywords, links and everything else, you manage to get a first page spot. So what? If you do not have anything to say or show, if you do not have anything for the spiders to crawl, and if you have nothing to sell, you are not going to get anything out of it.</p>
<p>Don’t ever be fooled by the words “all-important.” These words, whenever combined with any aspect of SEO techniques are a sure sign of a myth.</p>
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		<title>Is Free Traffic Really Free</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 22:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hans-J. Refleng</dc:creator>
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<p>There is much controversy about &#8220;free traffic;&#8221; does it work; is there really such a thing as <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/5236/is-free-traffic-really-free/" target=" " title="free traffic">free traffic</a>? Many people swear by free traffic and truly believe that it doesn&#8217;t cost them a thing.</p>
<p>The great thing about so-called free traffic is that it can be <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/4625/use-google-news-to-get-targeted-traffic-to-your-website/" target="_self" title="targeted traffic">targeted traffic</a> if you place your ads correctly in areas that are directly related to your niche. Two examples are free article submissions and free classifieds, i.e. Craig&#8217;s List, Backpage, U.S. Free Classifieds, etc. These types of marketing are not only free, but they open <a href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/gtloop" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-5235" title="Free Traffic" src="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Free-Traffic.jpg" alt="free traffic | increase traffic | blogging tools" width="270" height="180" /></a>the door for a targeted group of people to contact you, hence increase traffic to your site. The people read your ads and respond because they are obviously interested in your product. Even if all of your free traffic doesn&#8217;t convert on your main product or services, you can offer other products that may be of interest.</p>
<p><em>Getting Your Traffic to Convert</em></p>
<p>One of the best ways to get your free traffic to convert is by offering the reader something &#8211; a free gift like an E-Book or a Special Report &#8211; this is even before you reveal your product. By using this method of marketing, you are building a relationship before you ask them to buy something. <span id="more-5236"></span></p>
<p>Once you have built up trust, it is time to show them the crème de la crème, your hot item. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn&#8217;t. You will notice a higher conversation rate if you use this method rather than throwing a product at them immediately like: &#8220;Hi, you don&#8217;t know me, however buy my product.&#8221;</p>
<p>Article marketing is another way to increase your free traffic. You create and submit articles to article directories with a link back to your website. People who read your article obviously have some interest in your content. Sometimes they link back and sometimes they don&#8217;t.</p>
<p><em>What is the Cost, Really?</em></p>
<p>As I said, there is a bit of controversy as to whether free traffic is really free. After all, you do have to take the time to place the ads, and you have to create the ads to place. The free gifts have to come from somewhere. Are these your own products or did you purchase them? Do you have the time to list on the free classifieds? If you outsource the tasks, you have to pay them.</p>
<p>If you are submitting articles to article directories, how much time does it take to write an article? How many articles do you have to submit to make this method effective?</p>
<p>Basically, what it comes down to is increasing free traffic costs you time and since your time is valuable, you determine if free traffic is really free. Personally, I think a better name would be low-cost traffic.</p>
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		<title>Search Engine Optimization Strategy &#8211; Increase Your Rankings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 18:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hans-J. Refleng</dc:creator>
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<p>If you are like most Internet marketers, you want your website to appear on the first page of search engine results as close to the top as possible, and you are also looking for the ideal search engine optimization strategy to help you doing the trick. Large numbers of businesses understand that in order to achieve the kind of success they are looking for, bumping up to the top of search engine results list is often the critical factor in <img class="alignleft" title="Search Engine Optimization Strategy" src="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/search-engine-optimization-strategy.jpg" alt="search engine optimization strategy | search engine optimization | seo | blogging tools" width="278" height="155" />realizing their goals. Let&#8217;s take a close look at a number of the most effective online search engine optimization strategies and the best ways to use them to make your business a success.</p>
<p><em>Method #1: On-Page Optimization </em></p>
<p>On-page optimization is the search engine optimization strategy that is one of the longest used and best tested one in existence. On the other hand, it is not nearly as effective as some other strategies that we will discuss. Not so long ago, on-page optimization would have been an excellent way to improve your standing in search engine results. Currently, however, it represents a mere 15 percent of not only your Page Rank but your total search engine ranking as well. However, you can be harmed in a big way if you don&#8217;t make effective use of it.<span id="more-4559"></span></p>
<p>If you are wondering what on-page optimization is, it consists of utilizing factors like links that are <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/" target=" " title="SEO">SEO</a>-friendly, optimizing keywords, including title tags and code optimized for SEO, using images that have alt tags as well as providing for deep navigation.</p>
<p><em>Method #2:  Article Marketing </em></p>
<p>Another extremely popular search engine optimization strategy that has been successfully used for quite a while is <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/3696/article-marketing-how-to-write-an-article-to-generate-traffic/" target=" " title="article marketing">article marketing</a>. In this method, you create well-crafted and informative articles that focus on one keyword and include links that take readers back to your website where they can purchase something. Then, in exchange for the link included in your article, article directories will publish them without charge once you have uploaded your articles.</p>
<p>Search engines will notice your website more because of the increased traffic the &#8220;back links&#8221; in your articles generate. Do not expect to write just one article and have droves of traffic stampeding to your website. In order to preserve the value those links have with respect to their SEO capability, you are going to have to write and post articles regularly.</p>
<p><em>Method #3:  Trusted-Site Back Linking </em></p>
<p>In order to make article marketing with back links as powerful and productive as possible, you want to look for what are known as trusted sites. If a website is highly regarded by Google, then it becomes a trusted site. A trusted site is one, for example, that has a .EDU or .GOV ending. In addition to information sources and major forums, Yahoo and DMOZ,a high-level directory, are also considered trusted sites.</p>
<p><em>Method #4:  Link Baiting </em></p>
<p>When you are able to produce content that attracts readers solely because of its high quality and the useful information it provides, then you are using a search engine optimization strategy known as link bating. Let&#8217;s say you have a web site that is devoted to dog training. Your article on the top 101 behavior problems that dogs experience will be sure to attract a large number of interested readers. Even though such an article may take you weeks to compose because of the enormous size of the content you are covering, it would make you an authority on the subject of dog training in addition to making other websites sit up and take notice.</p>
<p><em>Method #5: Social Media Marketing </em></p>
<p>While it is often incorrectly implemented, social media represent a much-used marketing tool in today&#8217;s world of online marketing. The goal is to make use of sites such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook to create a brand for yourself and your business that is widely recognized and trusted as a source of valuable information in a particular niche. To make this happen, you have to give your reader information regularly that is informative, and that they can use to help them solve problems or achieve goals.</p>
<p><em>Method #6: Vial Marketing </em></p>
<p>The goal of vial marketing is to get people to notice you in the same way that link baiting and social media are designed to do. Although the effectiveness of viral marketing as a search engine optimization strategy is difficult to measure, that efficiency is evident, nevertheless. If you are involved in giving away complimentary software, creating squeeze pages, offering free reports or producing YouTube videos, then you are practicing viral marketing.</p>
<p>Be forewarned &#8211; you are not going to move from the depths of anonymity to the top of the heap in your niche by employing just one of these strategies. On the other hand, the only way to get the valuable traffic your site needs and get it for free is to start using a combination of the strategies discussed here. More importantly, don&#8217;t be in too much of a rush and skip the critical planning phase of your search engine optimization strategy. The <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/5236/is-free-traffic-really-free/" target=" " title="free traffic">free traffic</a> you desire can only be created by constantly testing multiple strategies that you implement and making adjustments when that testing shows the need for it.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hans-J. Refleng</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One very important factor in website optimization that is often overlooked is title tags. This is the code for your page in the &#8220;head&#8221; section. Many website owners make the mistake of just using their company name on every page of their side for the title tags. Since the search engines use the title and...</p><p><strong><a class="more-link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/4321/search-engine-optimization-tip-let-your-title-tags-work-for-you/">Read the rest of this entry</a></strong></p>]]></description>
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<p>One very important factor in website optimization that is often overlooked is title tags. This is the code for your page in the &#8220;head&#8221; section. Many website owners make the mistake of just using their company name on every page of their side for the title tags. Since the search engines use the title and keywords in <img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4322" title="Title Tags" src="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Title-Tags-300x225.jpg" alt="title tags | title tag | seo | search engine optimization" width="240" height="180" />your content, you are losing out on the chance for increased rankings.</p>
<p><em>Importance of Keywords<br />
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Before you begin building your website, you should select three or four primary keywords. There are a number of free keyword research tools available to help you find the appropriate keywords for your niche, and it is recommended that you take advantage of them to be certain that the keywords you use will work for you.<span id="more-4321"></span></p>
<p><em>What Should  My Title Tag Include</em></p>
<p>This is where many people get lazy, and it is costing them, whether they realize it or not. By just putting your company name, it will be harder for the search engines as well as internet surfers to find you, unless you are already well known, like YouTube.com.</p>
<p>For the smaller business owner, it is recommended that you put your name, your city, and 2 or 3 of your primary keywords. For example, if you own Tom’s Marketing Company, &#8220;tom’s marketing <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/" target=" " title="SEO">SEO</a> consulting,&#8221; would be far better than &#8220;toms marketing company.&#8221; This lets people know that you are a marketing company, and you also do <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/5254/seo-is-not-a-one-shot-event/" target="_self" title="SEO">SEO</a> consulting. &#8220;Tom’s Marketing Company,&#8221; has no emphasis on what type of marketing you in fact do. You could even add your city of state, &#8220;Tom’s marketing <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/6118/seo-a-beginners-perspective/" target="_self" title="SEO">SEO</a> consulting California.&#8221;</p>
<p>You should limit your title tag to no more than 65 characters since that is the limit that most search engines will display, so avoid any unnecessary words that just waste space.</p>
<p><em>Title tag mistakes</em></p>
<p>There are five major mistakes that people make that cost them increased search engine rankings.</p>
<p><strong>1. Having no title.</strong> It may sound a bit odd, but there are many sites that do not have a title. This is important as it tells the search engines what keywords to list you under.</p>
<p><strong>2. Just using your company name.</strong> Unless you are well known, who the heck are you among the millions of other small business owners and marketers?</p>
<p><strong>3. Using your company name on every page.</strong> You may think that having your company name on every page is helping, but in fact, many of the the search engines penalize websites that do this. Using different tags for each page will get you listed in the search engines for several keywords. In addition, it makes your page content relevant to those particular keywords for better rankings.</p>
<p><strong>4. Saving file&#8217;s names incorrectly.</strong> When saving a file name, instead of saving it as the date, or your own personal method of saving files, consider using one of your keywords. Example:  Instead of saving a file as &#8220;010309.Jones,&#8221; saves it as &#8220;seminar.Jones.&#8221; If you conduct seminars, you would be using one of your primary keywords.</p>
<p><strong>5. Hyperlinks. </strong>When most people put hyperlinks on their page, the use things like &#8220;Click here,&#8221; or &#8220;Read More.&#8221; Try using a keyword as a hyperlink instead, i.e. &#8220;Next SEO Conference.&#8221; Utilizing keywords helps increase your page in the search engine rankings.</p>
<p>These suggestions are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to search engine optimization, however, making a few simple changes in your title tags will prove to be beneficial to your online business.</p>
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		<title>Anchor Text &#8211; What is It</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 04:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hans-J. Refleng</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Internet marketing, one of the common terms that you will run across is anchor text. It is one of the many terms that correspond with the broad area of search engine optimization (SEO). It is a term that is also known as phrase linking or title text. When you visit a website, blog or...</p><p><strong><a class="more-link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/3637/anchor-text-what-is-it/">Read the rest of this entry</a></strong></p>]]></description>
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<p>In Internet marketing, one of the common terms that you will run across is anchor text. It is one of the many terms that correspond with the broad area of search engine optimization (SEO). It is a term that is also known as phrase linking or title text. When you visit a website, <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/" target=" " title="blog">blog</a> or article submission site, there are often words and phrases that are underlined or written as hyperlinks in colored text. These phrases are usually keywords that you have chosen for the particular piece of information.<span id="more-3637"></span> For example, an article on building cages would have the phrase ‘building cages’ set as a hyperlink that leads to another website when clicked. Essentially, it is a hidden URL within this phrase.</p>
<p>Anchor texts are commonly used in blog posts and in <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/3696/article-marketing-how-to-write-an-article-to-generate-traffic/" target=" " title="article marketing">article marketing</a> on submission sites. This is because these two things are ways to generate traffic to your home website or <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/5303/how-to-create-a-converting-sales-or-landing-page/" target="_self" title="sales page">sales page</a>. When you include the keywords as anchor text within your article or post, the URL that you link is the one for the page that you want readers to go to. There are two different types of anchor text that you can use: internal and external anchor text.</p>
<p>Internal anchor text involves using anchor texting within your specific website. You can use this to link one article or page to an entirely different one. You can also use internal anchor texts to send readers to articles or blog posts that you have written.</p>
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		<title>How to Write an Article for SEO</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 05:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hans-J. Refleng</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article writing is an important part of Internet marketing. It is part of the effort that you are doing to generate traffic for your website. The articles that you write are supposed to be full of information for your readers so that you can gain their trust and qualify in their eyes as an expert,...</p><p><strong><a class="more-link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/3599/how-to-write-an-article-for-seo/">Read the rest of this entry</a></strong></p>]]></description>
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<p>Article writing is an important part of Internet marketing. It is part of the effort that you are doing to <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/5270/without-generating-traffic-there-would-be-no-sales/" target="_self" title="generate traffic">generate traffic</a> for your website. The articles that you write are supposed to be full of information for your readers so that you can gain their trust and qualify in their eyes as an expert, which leads to sales. The problem for many Internet marketers is that they only write for their readers. Writing an article for your readers is important, but it is equally important to write your articles for search engine optimization (SEO) as well. Here are some tips to help you make your articles more <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/" target=" " title="SEO">SEO</a> friendly.</p>
<p><em>Keywords<br />
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By now you are already aware of the fact that each of your articles should contain specific keywords. You have almost painstakingly researched the keywords that you will be using. When it comes to keywords in your articles, many writers fall short. The keywords that are chosen are not used enough to have an impact with the search engines.<span id="more-3599"></span> When you are using the keywords that you have selected, it is important to make sure that they are used in each article with a density of about 2 or 3 percent.</p>
<p>Since writing for the search engines is important, it is not uncommon to hear about many practices that have been used in the past to make your articles much more visible. There have been many tips that have talked about putting your keywords in bold print. This used to be one of those “must-do” things, but search engines have evolved, and bolding keywords are not needed anymore.</p>
<p><em>Content Length</em></p>
<p>Maintain a short yet effective content length for your articles. For <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/" target=" " title="blog">blog</a> articles, try to stay around 350 to 400 words. For submission articles, a length of 400 to 500 words is sufficient. If you make your articles too long, your readers lose interest, and your keyword density is affected.</p>
<p><em>Duplicate Content</em></p>
<p>Never use the same exact content. Using the same keyword phrase is okay, but you need to change every aspect of your content. You need to rewrite the whole thing. You want to portray the same information in different words. Make sure that when you rewrite your articles, you also rewrite the title. If you reuse the same content, your articles will get flagged as duplicate content. When your articles are flagged, your back links are not counted by Google anymore. This usually applies with other search engines as well.</p>
<p><em>Uniqueness</em></p>
<p>Making your articles completely unique is a big plus. Don’t pull over-used content from the submission sites and change a few things here and there. Everyone has a different writing style and your articles will reflect this. When you are writing your article’s content, make sure that the information that you are supplying is fresh. If you are researching something in particular, try to stay with sources that are current and not older than a year or two maximum.</p>
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		<title>Atomic Blogging 3.0 Review &#8211; All You Need For Blogging for Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 22:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hans-J. Refleng</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was early 2008 when I came across the name Alvin Phang the first time. I had just started blogging and was trying to get familiar with Internet marketing. What to do and where to find the essential tools? These were a few thoughts and questions, which came to my mind at that time. To...</p><p><strong><a class="more-link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/3435/atomic-blogging-3-0-review-all-you-need-for-blogging-for-money/">Read the rest of this entry</a></strong></p>]]></description>
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<p>It was early 2008 when I came across the name Alvin Phang the first time. I had just started blogging and was trying to get familiar with Internet marketing.</p>
<p>What to do and where to find the essential tools? These were a few thoughts and questions, which came to my mind at that time. To be honest, I didn’t have a clue, where to start and where to look; I didn’t even know the fundamental basics, not to mention where to find the applicable publications, or <a title="Atomic Blogging 3.0" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/recommends/atomicblog/" target="_blank">how to make blogging profitable</a>.<a href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/recommends/atomicblog/" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft" title="Atomic Blogging 3.0" src="http://www.atomicblogging.com/images/ab3banner250x250.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>Later, after a while, the next obstacle came along: which of the courses, software, tips, trends, marketing strategies, etc. were genuine, would work, were needed and were worth their money? Which of the get rich schemes, e-books were just money making scams without any benefit for you?</p>
<p>Well, it took me quite a while to work it out. It was then when I discovered Alwin Phang&#8217;s Atomic Blogging 2.0. This course was very reasonably priced in comparison to other products available, and I decided to give it a go. I never regretted having made that decision. It helped me a lot in the beginning of my IT adventure. His product was easy to understand, and it really worked, provided one took action. Also, if you were a complete newbie, Alwin would even install the whole system on your blog for a small fee.<span id="more-3435"></span></p>
<p>You know, <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/" target=" " title="affiliate marketing">affiliate marketing</a> is a great opportunity to create an income virtually automated. In addition, did I mention, start up cost and overheads are very small.</p>
<p>So what is new in Atomic Blogging 3.0? Well, I must say, Alwin has done his homework. He has changed quite a lot for the better.</p>
<p>In the 12 chapters of this guide Alvin covers everything you have to know from how to set up a blog at WordPress or <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/" target=" " title="blogger">blogger</a>, optimizing your blog for <a class="ld_link" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/" target=" " title="SEO">SEO</a>, keyword research, affiliate programs, pay per click, traffic, article marketing and much more.</p>
<p>Atomic Blogging 3.0 teaches you step-by-step how you can create a profitable blog in no time, from start to finish. He even gives you a fully customized WordPress theme to use and additionally there are video tutorials provided to guarantee you have got everything to get yourself up and running fast with your first blog.</p>
<p>It is not a &#8220;how to get rich scheme&#8221; guide. However, it is a concise, substantial and very comprehensive guide to how to make money with blogging, which truly covers every important detail thinkable.</p>
<p>The Blogging Guide 3.0, the Atomic Blogging 3.0 WordPress plug-in and his Atomic Blogging 4.0 WordPress theme alone is worth the price for this whole package.</p>
<p>Therefore, if you are a newbie or even someone more experienced, but still struggling to attract enough traffic to your blog to be successful, I highly recommend, <a title="Atomic Blogging 3.0" href="http://www.bloggingtoolsdirect.com/recommends/atomicblog/" target="_blank">give Atomic Blogging 3.0 a go today while the bonuses are still available!</a> I&#8217;m sure, you won&#8217;t be disappointed.</p>
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