What To Look Out For When Buying Text Links

  Having a large link network is critical for your website and business in a number of ways.  Building up your link index is one of the most efficient website promotion methods because of the number of backlinks that you get pointing towards your website.  Whether you are using the links for search engine optimization, affiliate programs or lead generation, taking the time to build your network is vital. How you build your link network varies as there are a number of ways to do so.  The most efficient but time consuming method is building it organically through link exchanges.  … Continue reading What To Look Out For When Buying Text Links

What Is Three-Way Linking All About?

The talk over linking and the value it has to your website has intensified over the past few years with no one truly being able to tell which is most efficient.  There are one way links, two way links and three way links, but the only people that honestly know which is best for you is Google.  The problem is that Google has taken it upon themselves to keep everyone in the dark on this. The newest form of back links to come about is three way linking.  In simplest terms, three way linking is when Site A links to … Continue reading What Is Three-Way Linking All About?

The Right Way To Do Directory Submission

Before we learn the right way to directory submission, it is important to know the definition of a web directory. A Web directory is defined as an organized, categorized listings of web sites. In other words it is a collection of websites that are organized by subject or category. One distinct characteristic of a web directory is that it is usually maintained by humans instead of software like in the case of search engines. The visitor to the web site can scroll down the categories and sub categories to locate the information they are seeking. Web directories are essentially much … Continue reading The Right Way To Do Directory Submission

The Key to Successful Web Traffic Generation

You’ve heard the catch phrase a million times, but what is “Link Pop” exactly?  It’s simple really. A website’s link popularity, often called “Link Pop“, can be determined by the quality, quantity, and relevance of the other websites that link to its page. Link Pop can be a tricky thing. In the good old days, search engines determined a site’s page ranking by the amount of times the keywords appeared in the text. Soon webmasters learned that if they squeezed an obnoxious amount of keywords into their site’s text, the site would eventually gain a very high page ranking. Since search engines like Google gain users by … Continue reading The Key to Successful Web Traffic Generation

The Benefits of Submitting to Free AND Paid Directories

  What sort of directories should you submit to? There are two kinds: those that require a “review fee” and those that don’t. You should submit to BOTH. Sites that command a fee will traditionally post your link in a timely manner. The average fee ranges from $30 to $100. Yahoo! Directories requires a payment of $299 for one link display. Free sites like DMOZ do not guarantee that your link will be displayed. Also, editors usually work on a volunteer basis so it can take months before your link is posted, if at all.However, a link on a site like DMOZ can be just … Continue reading The Benefits of Submitting to Free AND Paid Directories

The Basics To Making Directory Submissions

Building traffic and increasing the page rank of your website is an essential piece to having a successful business.  Certainly one of the most efficient ways to do both is through directory submissions.  There are a number of different website directories that you can submit your site too, some better than others.  However, prior to submitting your website there are some things that need to be considered. It is important that you realize that website directories are not search engines.  The key difference between the two is that with directory submissions your website is edited and managed by human beings.  … Continue reading The Basics To Making Directory Submissions

The Advantages of Being Included In A Link Directory

A link directory is an ideal place for website owners to exchange links without the fear of being rejected. Website owners are increasingly reluctant to link to other sites fearing that their site will lose page rank and relevance if they link to all kinds of websites. So, as a newbie website owner you would find it extremely difficult to get one-way links from individual website owners. It is easy to get links from link directories but the quality of links won’t be too great. As a new website owner you don’t have much choice regarding the quality of websites … Continue reading The Advantages of Being Included In A Link Directory

Organic Traffic vs. Paid Traffic

There is no question about whether traffic is a vital piece to your businesses success online.  However, whether you should use paid traffic or organic traffic brings up an interesting topic.  Both sides have their pros and cons which makes it almost impossible to say which the perfect solution is. If you have just started a website and are looking for quick traffic, paid traffic is the way to go.  This allows you to buy advertisements and get your website higher on the search engines, thus increasing your traffic.  Another reason you may consider paid traffic is for a special … Continue reading Organic Traffic vs. Paid Traffic

Google No 1? May I Suggest Directory Link Submission

Any person who has any idea about SEO and the importance of off-page factors will definitely suggest directory link submission as a major weapon for your website ranking methods arsenal. So you want to be number one in Google? Google, Yahoo and MSN the three major search engines and a host of other smaller search engines have been tweaking their algorithms to make their searches more relevant and useful to their users. Over the decade or more of their existence despite large scale changes to the way they present their links and changes in the weight-age given to various on-page … Continue reading Google No 1? May I Suggest Directory Link Submission

Link Pop..You Hear it every Where… What is “Link Pop”?

A website’s link popularity, often called “Link Pop“, can be determined by the quality, quantity, and relevance of the other websites that link to its page. What is Google PR? “Page Rank“, sometime abbreviated PR, was developed by Google’s founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.  Here is how Google describes the Page Rank system: PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an indicator of an individual page’s value. In essence, Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. But, Google looks at more than the … Continue reading Link Pop..You Hear it every Where… What is “Link Pop”?

How to Use Google PR to Incite A Web Sales Explosion

A lot of new web developers ask me the same question: What is PR?  “Page Rank,” sometimes abbreviated PR, was developed by Google’s founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Here is how Google describes the “Page Rank” system: Page Rank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an indicator of an individual page’s value. In essence, Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. But, Google looks at more than the sheer volume of votes, or links a page receives; it also analyzes the page … Continue reading How to Use Google PR to Incite A Web Sales Explosion

Pros and Cons – Hiring an SEO Company for Your Site

If you’re looking to give your website the best advantage possible, hiring an SEO company may be the way to go.  As with anything in this world, there are the pros and cons to having an SEO company do it for you.  Here are some things you will want to consider when deciding between you or getting SEO help. Pros 1. Time constraints can certainly be an issue when building a website because of the multiple duties that you take on.  By hiring SEO help, it can allow you to focus on other aspects to your website and place some … Continue reading Pros and Cons – Hiring an SEO Company for Your Site