Archive for May, 2007
5 Things I’ve Learned about Indexing
Posted by Kathy Jackson in Affiliate Marketing, Blog Marketing, Niches, Upkeep Tuesday, 22 May 2007 18:15 2 Comments
I really like to do things the easy way. Unfortunately the easy way usually turns out to be either the hard way, or the way that won’t work. I admit that I have tried some shady “get indexed in 24 hours”methods, but most of them don’t work!
I have learned that if you really want to get indexed and STAY indexed, patience is a virtue and planning is essential.
Here are five things that I have learned about getting indexed:
1. Money won’t get you indexed faster. Throwing money at a problem rarely works and getting indexed isn’t an exception. Buying links or even purchasing entire high PageRank sites is no guarantee.
In fact, when a new site comes online with hundreds of back links, it raises red flags. No search engine believes that a new site can come online with a hundred sites already linking to it so not only is throwing money out there to get indexed not helpful, it might even slow the process down.
2. Plan ahead. Getting a domain and instantly going live is a big mistake. You need to plan ahead. Actually, registering your domain name a full four months before you launch the site is a really good idea.
It’s also a good idea to know the history of the domain name that you buy. Google has a long memory. Domain names can be blocked for a lot of reasons. Check out the history of the domain name that you are considering before you buy. You can check the history of domain names with Domain Tools or Way Back Machine .
3. Blog and Ping but use your head. Blogging and pinging can get you indexed faster, but do it responsibly. Overdoing the pinging can raise red flags and get you banned from ping servers.
Natural linking is always best. Contact a blogger who is active in a related niche and get a link in one of their blog posts. This is even better than links from your own blogs you’ll get real, targeted traffic. Blogmasters are often more open to giving or trading links than you might imagine.
4. If the niche is small, keep your site small. By small I mean 200 pages or less. Now some affiliates would disagree, but I side with the theory that smaller sites get indexed faster and easier than mega sites.
5. Check, double check and triple check. Make certain that your HTML is clean and watch your logs to see what happens when the spiders crawl your pages. If they never get past your home page you need to add the tag, to the HEAD in the HTML of all your other pages. And don’t forget keywords in your page title tags, using keywords in tags, and all the other basics of good on page SEO.
May Affiliate Classroom Magazine – Turn Traffic Into Sales
Posted by AC Editorial Team in Affiliate Classroom Magazine, Free Traffic Tuesday, 15 May 2007 15:42 2 Comments
Affiliate Classroom magazine’s May 2007 Issue – Traffic Techniques – will help you turn traffic into sales!
Believe it or not, this is issue #29 of the Affiliate Classroom Magazine! That means we started publishing this eMagazine over 29 months ago! That’s 2 years and 5 months!
This issue highlights one of the most important things an affiliate marketer needs be able to do – generate traffic to his or her web site!
The May 2007 issue of Affiliate Classroom Magazine will teach you a few easy ways to start directing traffic your way.
You’ll get a Step-by-Step 5-day action plan for acquiring traffic after you read “5 Days To more Free Traffic.” “Turning Traffic Into Sales” will teach you the best way to handle all that new traffic. It’s important to know where those visitors are going after they reach your site. And that’s not all.
“Measure That Traffic!” will teach you how to track your statistics. You will know know if the changes you are making are getting results!
Affiliate Classroom magazine is free – and so are most of the traffic generation methods mentioned in the articles. Get Yours Today!
Remember, the AC Magazine is brandable! If you’re an AC affiliate, be sure to brand the magazine with your personal affiliate ID’s. If you’re not an affiliate, sign up today!
Which to Build – Website or Blog?
Posted by Matt Van Atta in Affiliate Marketing, Blog Marketing Monday, 14 May 2007 15:19 11 Comments
Usually in my blog posts, I take a concept related to affiliate marketing and explain it in a way I hope is beneficial. Today, I’d like to touch on the concept of the blog itself.
Don’t worry – I won’t drone on about the definition of a blog. (That would be like the teacher in the movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” calling the roll in the classroom: “Bueller…Bueller…Bueller…”) You already know that a blog is an interactive online journal, or you wouldn’t be reading this particular blog.
Instead, I’ll focus on a key question: should an affiliate marketer build out a website, or a blog?
The question gave me pause. After all, I’ve said from time to time that one of the most important things you can do in starting an affiliate marketing business is to build a website. By that I’ve meant a “traditional” site, containing a home page and links to additional web pages that help you promote products and/or services.
Starting a blog instead of a traditional website has one particular disadvantage – you have to create content nearly every day to entice readers to come back time and time again. (Then again, you may find yourself doing that with a traditional website.)
But blogs have advantages, too. For starters, producing fresh content every day gives readers a reason to revisit a blog regularly. That can lead to increased sales. Also important, search engines like Google take notice of a blog’s daily dose of fresh content. A traditional website without regular updates runs the risk of sinking in the search engine rankings. A blog that is updated daily, with targeted content, can maintain a high place in those rankings.
This can lead to marketing opportunities. For example, you could devote a series of posts to particular features of the merchant’s product. Each post could contain the important keywords and links to the merchant’s website. You could also experiment with keywords, inserting a different one in each day’s post and tracking the resulting progress in the search engines. And you can utilize the readers’ comments to fine-tune your marketing messages.
As blogs continue to impact our daily web activity, could the traditional website become obsolete within a few years? I’ll leave that answer to you, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it did.
The New Niche Content Packages – Choice In Stellar Articles
Posted by Jeffrey Perren, AC Magazine in Affiliate Classroom Events and Products, Affiliate Marketing, Niches Sunday, 13 May 2007 19:33 No Comments
Long time readers of Affiliate Classroom magazine, and thousands of others, will already be familiar with Stefan Everaet’s Niche Content Packages site. For two years now, Stefan has offered the finest PLR content for sites looking for new or fresh articles.
Well, a great thing just got greater.
Stefan has revamped the business model, and done a complete makeover on the site to go with it. The results are spectacular in both function and looks.
Formerly, Niche Content Packages allowed a certain number of subscriptions and no more. That helped keep the possibility of duplicate content across multiple sites down to a reasonable level.
Responding to customer requests, the membership cap has been removed and new options for accessing content have been implemented. But the advantage of keeping the number of sites with similar content low has been retained. Downloads are limited to only 250 copies of an article package.
More importantly, Stefan has implemented a credit-based system to track members’ allowance. Members decide which articles they’re interested in then download, using up their paid credits. Several subscription levels are available and credits can be purchased on an individual basis, too. This is a distinct advantage for niche affiliates.
With most other PLR sites, members get x number of products whether they are interested in the niches or not. But the Niche Content Packages credit-based system means you decide what niche content you really need, then use your credits to download whatever you wish.
Readers of this blog who sign up through this link will get 50 bonus credits with their first purchase. Use coupon code acmag at any time, and you’ll get an additional 10% off your purchase.
And all packages still contain the superior content that Niche Content Packages has always been known for. Stefan hires only professional, expert writers. None of the $5 per, amateur knock off stuff here.
The Niche Content Packages site itself is a good lesson to those building their own sites. The interface is clean, well laid out, and easy to navigate. The copy is well-written, and you know just where to go to get what you want.
Apart from publishers looking for content, there’s a section that allows writers to earn by submitting their work for sale. But, take note, Stefan will maintain the same high standards before offering anything to his customers. Any submissions will be thoroughly reviewed before being made available.
Affiliates will also be glad to hear that Niche Content Packages has its own affiliate program. Sign up and earn 50% of every sale for all orders placed through your link. Lifetime commissions on recurring, monthly subscriptions.
Check out the new Niche Content Packages today!
Tell Us How We’re Doing and Win Up To $1,800 In Business Building Resources!
Posted by AC Editorial Team in Affiliate Classroom Events and Products, Affiliate Marketing Tuesday, 8 May 2007 12:00 No Comments
We are very excited to announce that the entire Affiliate Classroom web site will soon be updated!
Like every smart Training Facility, we need to know what works, and what could be improved upon. That’s why we are asking for your Case Study or Testimonial on what worked (or is working) for you as a student of the Affiliate Classroom.
If Affiliate Classroom or AC Magazine has helped you start, change or grow your online business, we will reward you for telling us your story! Just submit your Personal Case Study or Testimonial about AC. You will also have a chance to win cool prizes.
This is an excellent opportunity for you to get your web site listed on the AC web site and get a LOT of exposure.
You see, if your Case Study or Testimonial is selected, your web site’s address will be listed on our newly updated AC Home Page. That’s definitely a bonus that will help your site get recognized, as well as bring traffic to you as we continue to grow.
Our number one goal has always been to help you grow – just as we did when you were a student, and just as we continue to do for current students.
It will take you only a few minutes to do a Case Study or Testimonial. But you need to hurry! Only a limited number of Case Studies will be chosen.
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