Did I already mention Google Keyword Tool? Just kidding. Below is a list of sites and tools
that I have found very useful over the past couple years.
FireFox: If you are not already using this browser get on it and I don't want to tell you again.
FireFox Plugins: I use these plugins for Firefox everyday and they save a lot of time and
agony. They are all free to use and install with Firefox and will make your online development
and money making much more enjoyable.
• SearchStatus: Display the Google PageRank, Alexa rank, Compete ranking and
SEOmoz Linkscape mozRank anywhere in your browser, along with fast keyword
density analyser, keyword/nofollow highlighting, backward/related links, Alexa info and
more.
• Shareaholic: The ultimate add-on for the link sharing addict! Works with 60+ services
including Twitter, Facebook, Google Gmail, Delicious, LinkedIn, etc. Shareaholic makes
sharing online better, faster & easier and dramatically enhances your productivity.
• Xmarks: Xmarks is the #1 bookmarking add-on. Install it on all your computers to keep
your bookmarks and (optionally) passwords backed up and synchronized. Xmarks also
helps you uncover the best of the web based on what millions of people are bookmarking.
• Web Developer: The Web Developer extension adds a menu and a toolbar with various
web developer tools. Very handy for quickly resizing your browser resolution to the size
your visitors are using. The resolution information can be obtained from your Google
Analytics account and is helpful s that your users don't have to scroll left or right to see
your entire page. Remember not everyone has a 24 inch wide screen displays to use
while surfing the web. Most users still use 1024x760 or 1280x1024. If your site goes
outside of this resolution than it makes for an unpleasant visitor experience.
• NoDoFollow: Just a simple extension to highlight links in a page according to nofollow /
dofollow status.
NameCheap: If you don't have all your domains in one place than get them there. Namecheap
in my opinion is one of the best registrars out there and they provide very nice features and are
reasonably priced. Having all your domains in one places saves you both time and money. They
offer free pushes incase you sell or buy a domain that is registered with them and their support is
very nice as well.
Thesis: If you are going to run Adsense on a blog I know this much...you must do it with
Thesis.
Advanced Web Ranking: Now this little gem costs a few hundred dollars a year but once you
have more than two or three sites it is well worth the investment. The free alternative to using
this program is to simple do a search for your keyword in Google, Yahoo or Bing and bookmark
the results. This way you can check a large number of keywords with just a few clicks. If you put these searches in your Bookmarks Toolbar you can open them all with the "Open All Tabs"
button.
AddThis: I have mentioned it above but I also wanted to include it in the tools because it is a
super awesome resource and it's FREE!
Elance.com: The best site for finding content writers. I have found all six of our writers off of
this site and they are all very good at what they do. Remember with content you get what you
pay for so don't go cheap and outsource your content to someone who can't speak English.
Either write the content yourself, like I did for the first 6-9 months or outsource it to save time.
BacklinkWatch.com: This handy little resource allows you to quickly scan your competitions
backlinks to see where they are coming from. It will also tell you if the link is a keyword link
and if it is dofollow or not.
Free CSS Templates: Visit http://www.freecsstemplates.org/ for the best templates to use for
your Adsense sites. All of my big money html sites are using CSS templates from this site.
Create Catchy Headlines: I use these two links from CopyBlogger all the time when I can't
think of a catchy headline to use.
• http://www.copyblogger.com/headline-swipe-file/
• http://www.copyblogger.com/10-sure-fire-headline-formulas-that-work/
RGB Color Calculator: This is a super handy tool for matching up and/or changing HEX to
RGB and such. Visit http://www.drpeterjones.com/colorcalc/ and be sure to bookmark this super
handy tool.
XML Sitemap Generator: All of your sites should include an XML sitemap which should than
be submitted to your Google webmaster account. This tool will create free sitemaps that you can
download and than upload to your sites root directory. Visit http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/ and
get started making sitemaps if you don't have them already.
Domain Name Generator: If you can't think of a domain name to use on your own try out this
slick little site. Visit http://www.dotomator.com/ and get started with making your own cool
sounding and catchy domain names.
The Google Adsense Heat map: This little baby has helped me out many times. If you are
unsure as to where to put your Adsense ad than visit this link
https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=17954 and Google will
tell you.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Google Adsense Sites (11): Super Awesome Tip for Getting Repeat Visitors
If you want visitors to come back to your site a second time and click on another Adsense ad yo
must create an opt-in list. There are many different services and scripts that will allow you to
run an opt-in list.
If you are just starting out and want to do an opt-in on the cheap take a look at your hosting
company. Many hosting companies run software called Fantastic which will install and setup a
opt-in list for you without needing to know any technical jargon.
If you have a couple bucks to spare and you want all the bells and whistles as well as analytics
and such than I recommend Aweber. Aweber isn't the cheapest but they are one of the best. La
time I checked they will handle 10K opt-ins for under $20 a month.
Once you decide on your opt-in service/script the next thing to do is create 12-18 follow ups.
The follow ups will be sent out automatically by your list at the specified times that you tell it.
like to create follow ups that have three parts.
1. Part one would be a tips/secrets section to the niche you are in.
2. Part two would be a paragraph or two of unique and valuable information about the nich
you are in.
3. Part three would be a link back to a "Featured Article" on your site.
Schedule your follow-ups to run immediately after the visitor verifies their email address. Send
the first follow-up directly after the verification and then send a new follow-up every two or
three days for two weeks. After that send a new follow-up every week until you run out of
information to send.
Below is a sample follow up that I used with the School Grants website that was making around
$3500 a month.
>> Google Adsense Sites (end): Tools & Websites I Use On a Daily Basis
must create an opt-in list. There are many different services and scripts that will allow you to
run an opt-in list.
If you are just starting out and want to do an opt-in on the cheap take a look at your hosting
company. Many hosting companies run software called Fantastic which will install and setup a
opt-in list for you without needing to know any technical jargon.
If you have a couple bucks to spare and you want all the bells and whistles as well as analytics
and such than I recommend Aweber. Aweber isn't the cheapest but they are one of the best. La
time I checked they will handle 10K opt-ins for under $20 a month.
Once you decide on your opt-in service/script the next thing to do is create 12-18 follow ups.
The follow ups will be sent out automatically by your list at the specified times that you tell it.
like to create follow ups that have three parts.
1. Part one would be a tips/secrets section to the niche you are in.
2. Part two would be a paragraph or two of unique and valuable information about the nich
you are in.
3. Part three would be a link back to a "Featured Article" on your site.
Schedule your follow-ups to run immediately after the visitor verifies their email address. Send
the first follow-up directly after the verification and then send a new follow-up every two or
three days for two weeks. After that send a new follow-up every week until you run out of
information to send.
Below is a sample follow up that I used with the School Grants website that was making around
$3500 a month.
>> Google Adsense Sites (end): Tools & Websites I Use On a Daily Basis
Google Adsense Sites (10): My Ninja SEO Tips
1. Title Tags - Your main keyword needs to be in your title tag and there is no exception to
this. Put your keyword in the title tag and put it as close to the front of the title tag as
possible.
2. H1 Tags - Probably the second or third most important on page SEO you can do. Again
put your keyword in the <H1> tag and keep it there. Be sure to make it reader friendly
and surround it by other words.
3. Use Keywords In Your Content - Couple keywords in the content is good. Like I
stated above I've never really worried about keyword density but it is good to have a
couple of your targeted keywords in a few different variations in your actual content.
4. Meta Descriptions - These don't carry as much weight as they once did but still good to
have. Descriptions should only be about 2 sentences long and should actually make
sense when you read it. Put your keyword as close to the front of the first sentence as
possible and than again use a variation of your keyword in the second sentence.
5. ALT Tags - If you have pictures on your site be sure to include alt tags on them. Use
your primary keyword first and if you have a lot of pics use variations of your keyword in
the alt tags. If you don’t have any images add some.
6. Meta Keywords - The least important on page SEO you can do. Still works with some
search engines and is worth sinking a few minutes into. Again with this only use your
main keyword and about 2-3 variations of it. Do not overdue the meta keywords as this
can actually be a penalty.
7. Link Farms - Avoid link farms, link circles, porn/adult site links and hidden links
8. Broken Links - Be sure to check your own site for bad or broken links. A link coming
to your site that is broken isn't doing you any good. Be sure to review all your incoming
links and make sure they point to relevant content. Use Google Webmaster Tools for
this.
9. Tracking Results - If you are trying to save money and can't afford a program to track
your keywords try this. Run a search for our keyword or keywords in Google, Yahoo or
Bing. When the results come up simply bookmark them. This allows you to click once
or twice and run a search to check and see if your targeted keywords are ranking on the
first page.
10. Verified Sites - Always add new sites to your Google, Yahoo and Bing webmaster
accounts. After adding the sites be sure to verify them.
11. Be Careful Link Building – Do not build crazy links to your site. Links need to come in
steadily over a period of time. The best way to get your site banned or sandboxed is to
buy a 100k link package. 100-200 links a month for the first year is fine.
12. Keyword Variations - Be sure to use variations on your main keyword when creating
keyword links
13. Privacy Policy - Include a privacy policy page in your footers
14. Sitemaps - Include a sitemap for every site you run. There are some free sitemap tools
as well as some you can pay for. I bought one for like $10 that runs on a cron job andjust updates the sitemap every week. This sitemap is then submitted to all the major
search engines.
15. Duplicate Content - Duplicate content is ok for creating backlinks. Never use duplicate
content on your site but it is completely ok to use for article marketing and blog posts.
16. Link Sources - Have links coming from as many different IP’s and sites as possible. I
have listed some suggestions below but remember to build two links to your index page
for every one link you build to a content type page. Using these sites as well as the
automated sources listed above you should be well on your way to getting a nice amount
of back links.
1. Personal Blogs
1. Create multiple blogs using different hosts. I would pick a host that is
cheap and only costs about $5 a month. Write one article on this blog and
link it to the appropriate site. "Do Not" run Adsense on this site or any
other site you own that you link from. Every week add a now post to this
site. Create additional blogs on different hosts.
2. Hosted Blogs
1. Wordpress.org
2. Blogger.com
3. Squidoo.com
3. Ezines
1. Ezinearticles.com
2. InfoBarrel.com
3. GoArticles.com
4. Directories
1. See above
5. Social Networks
1. See Above
6. Press Releases
1. PRWeb.com
2. OnlinePRNews.com
3. Free-Press-Release.com
7. Wiki Sites
1. WikiHow.com
2. HowHub.com
3. Knol.Google.com
8. Forums
1. Run a search for your targeted keyword + forum. This will return results
of forums based around your targeted niche. Register and create a
profile/bio and do a few posts.
>> Google Adsense Sites (11): Super Awesome Tip for Getting Repeat Visitors
this. Put your keyword in the title tag and put it as close to the front of the title tag as
possible.
2. H1 Tags - Probably the second or third most important on page SEO you can do. Again
put your keyword in the <H1> tag and keep it there. Be sure to make it reader friendly
and surround it by other words.
3. Use Keywords In Your Content - Couple keywords in the content is good. Like I
stated above I've never really worried about keyword density but it is good to have a
couple of your targeted keywords in a few different variations in your actual content.
4. Meta Descriptions - These don't carry as much weight as they once did but still good to
have. Descriptions should only be about 2 sentences long and should actually make
sense when you read it. Put your keyword as close to the front of the first sentence as
possible and than again use a variation of your keyword in the second sentence.
5. ALT Tags - If you have pictures on your site be sure to include alt tags on them. Use
your primary keyword first and if you have a lot of pics use variations of your keyword in
the alt tags. If you don’t have any images add some.
6. Meta Keywords - The least important on page SEO you can do. Still works with some
search engines and is worth sinking a few minutes into. Again with this only use your
main keyword and about 2-3 variations of it. Do not overdue the meta keywords as this
can actually be a penalty.
7. Link Farms - Avoid link farms, link circles, porn/adult site links and hidden links
8. Broken Links - Be sure to check your own site for bad or broken links. A link coming
to your site that is broken isn't doing you any good. Be sure to review all your incoming
links and make sure they point to relevant content. Use Google Webmaster Tools for
this.
9. Tracking Results - If you are trying to save money and can't afford a program to track
your keywords try this. Run a search for our keyword or keywords in Google, Yahoo or
Bing. When the results come up simply bookmark them. This allows you to click once
or twice and run a search to check and see if your targeted keywords are ranking on the
first page.
10. Verified Sites - Always add new sites to your Google, Yahoo and Bing webmaster
accounts. After adding the sites be sure to verify them.
11. Be Careful Link Building – Do not build crazy links to your site. Links need to come in
steadily over a period of time. The best way to get your site banned or sandboxed is to
buy a 100k link package. 100-200 links a month for the first year is fine.
12. Keyword Variations - Be sure to use variations on your main keyword when creating
keyword links
13. Privacy Policy - Include a privacy policy page in your footers
14. Sitemaps - Include a sitemap for every site you run. There are some free sitemap tools
as well as some you can pay for. I bought one for like $10 that runs on a cron job andjust updates the sitemap every week. This sitemap is then submitted to all the major
search engines.
15. Duplicate Content - Duplicate content is ok for creating backlinks. Never use duplicate
content on your site but it is completely ok to use for article marketing and blog posts.
16. Link Sources - Have links coming from as many different IP’s and sites as possible. I
have listed some suggestions below but remember to build two links to your index page
for every one link you build to a content type page. Using these sites as well as the
automated sources listed above you should be well on your way to getting a nice amount
of back links.
1. Personal Blogs
1. Create multiple blogs using different hosts. I would pick a host that is
cheap and only costs about $5 a month. Write one article on this blog and
link it to the appropriate site. "Do Not" run Adsense on this site or any
other site you own that you link from. Every week add a now post to this
site. Create additional blogs on different hosts.
2. Hosted Blogs
1. Wordpress.org
2. Blogger.com
3. Squidoo.com
3. Ezines
1. Ezinearticles.com
2. InfoBarrel.com
3. GoArticles.com
4. Directories
1. See above
5. Social Networks
1. See Above
6. Press Releases
1. PRWeb.com
2. OnlinePRNews.com
3. Free-Press-Release.com
7. Wiki Sites
1. WikiHow.com
2. HowHub.com
3. Knol.Google.com
8. Forums
1. Run a search for your targeted keyword + forum. This will return results
of forums based around your targeted niche. Register and create a
profile/bio and do a few posts.
>> Google Adsense Sites (11): Super Awesome Tip for Getting Repeat Visitors
Google Adsense Sites (9)
Social Bookmark Every Post Immediately After Posting It:
Below I list one of the tools I use called Shareholic. This is an addon for Firefox and it's
completely awesome. It allows you to bookmark any page with just one or two clicks. Use this
addon to bookmark all new content immediately after you post it. Bookmark your new content
to these sites Yahoo Buzz, Twitter, Stumbleupon, Spinn, Reddit, Mixx, Digg and Delicious.
Every time you add new content bookmark it as soon as it is live and do it every single time. No
expectations to this rule. If you don’t want to take the time to do this use the Social Maximizer
tool above.
Add All Your Sites To Google, Yahoo & Bing Webmaster Tools:
This is the last piece to the puzzle for creating a trusted site with the search engines. Quality
sites and/or good webmasters will use these tools at least weekly. Add your site to Google,
Yahoo and Bing and be sure to include your sitemap.xml link as well.
Doing this tells the search engines that you have taken the time to care about your site. These
tools also provide information about broken links, duplicate descriptions and inbound links. All
of which are important to both the visitor and the way the search engines see your site
Wicked Awesome Tip for Getting High Quality Links Daily
Ever heard of Google Alerts?
Well…it doesn't really matter because I'll explain it anyways.
First I'm assuming you have a Google account already so go to http://www.google.com/alerts.
Once there enter the keyword you want to target surrounded by quotes (see image). Select Blog
type, once a day, 50 results and the email address you want the alerts delivered to and click
Create Alert button.
Soon emails from Google will start showing up with links to blogs that contain posts or
information related to your keyword/niche.
What I like to do is go through each email and open all the links at one time. After all the links
are open in one browser I scroll to the bottom of each page to see if there is a spot to post a
comment with my keyword and URL.
Now this is the most important part...Do Not Post Bullshit Spam Messages. I say this not only
because I run several blogs but that if you post spam comments there is a very good chance your
comment will never see the light of day.
Take two minutes, read the post and comment on the topic that is being discussed. Most
bloggers will be happy to approve a comment with a link if it is relevant and they can tell the
commenter actually read the post. So don't waste your time or the bloggers time and leave a
decent comment.
Not all blogs support or allow "dofollow" links but that is ok. I said above it is better to have a "nofollow" link bringing in quality, steady traffic than a "dofollow" link that maybe brings in a
couple visitors a month.
>> Google Adsense Sites (10): My Ninja SEO Tips
Below I list one of the tools I use called Shareholic. This is an addon for Firefox and it's
completely awesome. It allows you to bookmark any page with just one or two clicks. Use this
addon to bookmark all new content immediately after you post it. Bookmark your new content
to these sites Yahoo Buzz, Twitter, Stumbleupon, Spinn, Reddit, Mixx, Digg and Delicious.
Every time you add new content bookmark it as soon as it is live and do it every single time. No
expectations to this rule. If you don’t want to take the time to do this use the Social Maximizer
tool above.
Add All Your Sites To Google, Yahoo & Bing Webmaster Tools:
This is the last piece to the puzzle for creating a trusted site with the search engines. Quality
sites and/or good webmasters will use these tools at least weekly. Add your site to Google,
Yahoo and Bing and be sure to include your sitemap.xml link as well.
Doing this tells the search engines that you have taken the time to care about your site. These
tools also provide information about broken links, duplicate descriptions and inbound links. All
of which are important to both the visitor and the way the search engines see your site
Wicked Awesome Tip for Getting High Quality Links Daily
Ever heard of Google Alerts?
Well…it doesn't really matter because I'll explain it anyways.
First I'm assuming you have a Google account already so go to http://www.google.com/alerts.
Once there enter the keyword you want to target surrounded by quotes (see image). Select Blog
type, once a day, 50 results and the email address you want the alerts delivered to and click
Create Alert button.
Soon emails from Google will start showing up with links to blogs that contain posts or
information related to your keyword/niche.
What I like to do is go through each email and open all the links at one time. After all the links
are open in one browser I scroll to the bottom of each page to see if there is a spot to post a
comment with my keyword and URL.
Now this is the most important part...Do Not Post Bullshit Spam Messages. I say this not only
because I run several blogs but that if you post spam comments there is a very good chance your
comment will never see the light of day.
Take two minutes, read the post and comment on the topic that is being discussed. Most
bloggers will be happy to approve a comment with a link if it is relevant and they can tell the
commenter actually read the post. So don't waste your time or the bloggers time and leave a
decent comment.
Not all blogs support or allow "dofollow" links but that is ok. I said above it is better to have a "nofollow" link bringing in quality, steady traffic than a "dofollow" link that maybe brings in a
couple visitors a month.
>> Google Adsense Sites (10): My Ninja SEO Tips
Google Adsense Sites (8): Analyze Your Analytics
Look over your analytics on both your server/admin panel and your Google Analytics account. I
like to do this monthly and what I look for are keywords or phrases that people are searching on
that I might never have thought of. These keywords/phrases might also never show up in the Google Keyword Tool so it is important to do this. This is also a very good way to get long tail
keywords or ideas for more content/articles.
This is the exact technique you need to use in order to get laser targeted traffic and rank for
hundreds of keywords and phrases.
1. Log into your Google Analytics and select a date range of 30, 60 or 90 days.
2. Now expand the Content menu option and select "Top Content."
3. Click on one of your top content links
4. On the right hand side click on "Entrance Keywords"
This will display a list of keywords people are using to find your content. Now chances are
pretty good that many of these keywords and phrases have never been targeted. Take this list
and use it for building links to this content. You can also use this information for tweaking on
page SEO such as meta tags, title tags and include them in your content.
>> Google Adsense Sites (9)
like to do this monthly and what I look for are keywords or phrases that people are searching on
that I might never have thought of. These keywords/phrases might also never show up in the Google Keyword Tool so it is important to do this. This is also a very good way to get long tail
keywords or ideas for more content/articles.
This is the exact technique you need to use in order to get laser targeted traffic and rank for
hundreds of keywords and phrases.
1. Log into your Google Analytics and select a date range of 30, 60 or 90 days.
2. Now expand the Content menu option and select "Top Content."
3. Click on one of your top content links
4. On the right hand side click on "Entrance Keywords"
This will display a list of keywords people are using to find your content. Now chances are
pretty good that many of these keywords and phrases have never been targeted. Take this list
and use it for building links to this content. You can also use this information for tweaking on
page SEO such as meta tags, title tags and include them in your content.
>> Google Adsense Sites (9)
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