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If you’re building a site focused on a specific keyword, do some quick checking t make sure there’s enough volume. I use Google Adwords Keyword Tool (GAKT) External to check keyword volume. I prefer the GAKT legacy version. I occasionally use free WordTracker to double-check GAKT numbers. When I check keyword volume in GAKT, I [...]
One of the ways I get ideas for keywords is through new offers that appear on the networks I belong to. If the offer looks good, I’ll do research to see if there’s a good keyword related to that offer I can build a site around. Maybe you aren’t a member of any networks, so [...]
I’m going to tell you something most people trying to sell you a money-making guide wouldn’t dare: Making Money Online Takes Work. How many times have you seen that cold, hard fact mentioned in some Get Rich Overnight ebook? Most people trying to sell a make-money plan want you to believe that it’s easy and [...]
So you’d like to make extra money on the Internet…. You’ve probably heard stories of people making hundreds, maybe even thousands of dollars a day. Are these stories true? Yes. It is easy? No. It’s not easy, and don’t ever think it is, no matter what somebody tries to tell (or sell) you. Maybe there’s [...]
I’m not going to cover specific methodologies, but if you take a tree-top view, there are three main ways to get backlinks: Manual (Placed) Links Manual links are links you’ve (obviously) manually created on other sites. I say manual, but this also covers the use of automation tools to build those links. Whatever the creation [...]
This is sort of semi-related to affiliate marketing, and when I first learned it, it was one of those lightbulb moments, so I though I’d share. Let me start by posing a question: Is it better to sell something no one else is selling, or to sell something that a whole bunch of other people [...]
Keyword research is important but where to do it? I’ve always used the Google Adwords Keywrod Tool External. Now we all know we have to take these numbers with a grain of salt, but for now they’re about the best we have to work with. I mean, I like Wordtracker and all, but Dogpile? Really? [...]
It’s been a long time since I wrote Part 1: What you need to Get Started, but I got an email from someone who’d read it and wanted to know where the rest of the guide was! Nothing motivates like a fan, so I figured I’d write up the next part. One of the reasons [...]
There seems to be a lot of confusion when it comes to Google using domain age as a factor in their ranking algorithm. Although only Google knows for sure, various experts on the web have done some experiments, and I’ve got some experience myself trying to get new domains ranked versus old domain. From my [...]
What about .info versus .com, .org, and .net? I have some .infos that rank very well in Bing an Yahoo, but not in Google. I’ve heard people say the domain extension doesn’t matter, and maybe it doesn’t, but I now go for com, org, and net. But the .com, .org, and .net aren’t available! If [...]