The Art (And Science) Of Building A Link Profile

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Amyriad of Google algorithm changes the last mag now difficult to navigate the choppy waters of marketing research. Previously approved practical SEO on the head off the most recent updates of the Penguin and Panda.

For example, to broadcast technology once exact domain names for the use of certain keywords now undervalued and are the subject of the search engine. It must be said, however, that for a long time and, in particular, to change the cards really make much sense. An another relatively new update what I'm after, but it focuses on, update, that depended on the punished sites keyword anchor text links. I need to check as the lived experiences and practical advice that you can use on their sites.

Wild West Seo

Let's start with the basics. What are the "Wild West" of SEO, once if you want to rank for a particular keyword, all documents to the appropriate target was, is a keyword (for example, a meta title and description) and create a keyword not anchor text backlinks. This ensures a quick success, until it comes to work. Fast forward a cowboy today and in the days of these SEO practices than a bit of the Sheriff of the Far West Google tamed. In fact, many websites that is a large part of the keyword anchor text links in the profile based on the classification. One of the first sites that partner Web site, contribute to the service picture literally fell into the night. After further investigation, I found that 70% of the keyword links to use the anchor text, cooperative, which is too high and, therefore, a natural appearance.
Fortunately, my new sites much more stable base is provided for links is based primarily on the brand and they then flowers. But what exactly you should, if you find that one of the sites as well?

A natural link profile

The first thing to do is to stay calm. Put yourself in the position of Google and really thought about their preferred profile connection profile, you can see what natural organic-looking, that has grown and evolved over time, and it offers a wide variety of links from a different domain the pool types. A natural link profile are sufficient for a large part links and links (put the horror) the profane "by clicking here. You have not a natural profile is tons and tons of artificially manipulated keyword anchor text links. When we work for our customers, we build them links tend to be at least 70% of brand connections, which means that they make, the URL of the site or one of its variants.

A number of published studies of online sites that are the most benefited from the RecentChanges Algo is 80% + mark profile link is links. I say not, based on a keyword in the anchor text links, they're just building should be what it a small part of the whole profile. So if a site that has suffered from too many links to text a keyword rich anchor, you will need to build a balanced profile. Focuses primarily on the strengthening of the links and this from various sources, such as the posts comments get. It can take a long time to restore a try, but if you work with a link to the patient profile is to set all the possibilities to make your site.

If you have a study of some dodgy back on your profile links, you can improve your chances of recovery of deleted links. First try to contact the webmaster of the request for deletion of links. If this does not work, you can use the new knowledge of the Google tool for:

https://www.Google.com/webmasters/tools/disavow-links-main

Another tip that has worked well for customers, there is a small "hybrid" anchor to reach construction. These fumes combine the keywords of the brand that you are targeting. Suppose that you are an electrician in London and electricians Smith & sons is the name of the company. Then, you can build

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How will Google interpret links to URLs ending with a campaign tag?

Also known as URL parameters, ad campaign, Tags are with different variables such as visitor source, partner ID or something like that to say. Therefore, they are used to monitor. To change the URL of this tag or parameter, even if he could show the same content. For example, www.example.com and www.example.com?ref=1234, may refer to the same Web page. The important issue is dealt with in these URLs as Google? It is logical to think of them as two different URLs have been added to the key-value pair. And also change some parameters, the Web page content. Google how to interpret such links, which is a day? To keep them on the same page, or not? And what are the effects of an SEO inbound links?

First of all, it is important to know the different URL parameters. There are basically two types of URL parameters; they change the content and those who do not. Changing the contents of the URL parameters are typically used to search, sort, narrowing the results will be used, etc. And why change the content, they should be treated as different URLs.
URL parameters that don't change content, such as a campaign tag IDs, Affiliate referral sources etc is used only for monitoring purposes. Because of these factors, and the content itself, this is what we should be concerned about.



First of all, the crawl team at Google is doing a good job to identify such problems. Multiple URLs showing the same content, you can group them so that the URL and select the URL for the better, according to li will be able to canonicalize. So is the standard URL parameters, is more often than not, Google knows what parameters in the same place then as a Saint, and.

If the URL ends is the standard deviation, or maybe they're unsure of, which cannot be identified, so there are search engine friendly URLs, such as a few of the things you can do to help the process.

1. Keep it Simple

Always try the rule Kiss and the consequences, or the keep stupid simple! Make it as easy as possible for users and search engines. But if a search engine properly, you can decide that the rel = "canonical" tag in the page. Authorized Web site is the first version (original version) a number of duplicate pages. So Google will know immediately that this URL has multiple versions of the.

You can also use a 301 redirect. If the version of the tag URL page is not Google index should 301 redirect to direct traffic to the original page in the registry on the server, you can use this page only takes a beating.

 

  2.Configure URL parameters

Also, Google Webmaster Tools URL parameters, and changes to, Google is already known. Repeated to confirm the version of the Url, you can use Google to verify. The following two articles to read and understand, see the URL parameter.

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New Official SEO guide from Google

SEO do all science and Voodoo, Google and other general search engines rank highly in the secret avoiding spam, irrelevant search results displayed.

It is so very interesting that Google the only instructions how to optimize SEO websites.

Google SEO guide

Google SEO guide was an internal tool for new employees, to explain the principles of Google SEO. After a positive assessment of the now published Google managers.

Align expectations of the head reveals not Google's ranking algorithm, but it is easy and a good introduction to SEO.

The following topics are discussed:

SEO Basics

-Schaffung a unique, accurate page titles

-Machen is the "description"-use meta tags

-Improving the structure of the site

Better analysis of URL

-Erleichtern you the navigation of the site making

Content optimization

High-quality content and services

Write better anchor text

Optimizing images are used

-Verwenden you the appropriate title tags

Dealing with maggots

"More is in fact the"robots"txt".

-Your are "Nofollow" rel = links

SEO for mobile phones

The announcement of Google's mobile websites

A place only for mobile users

Quotes and analysis

The right way to advertise your site

Making, using free Web master tools

See the Google SEO guide here

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The Affect of Blogging on SEO

Blogging is one of the best ways to get the SEO is well known for a long time. The problem, however, is that a lot of people This is not a question of logic. If someone really think that you will find this is not true. The blog itself is not a magical power, because it is a blog. Many entrepreneurs is very confusing blog and their uses.

A blog is nothing more than another site. What makes it special is a content management system, used by the blog someone build a website very quickly. In most cases, they do not even know how well the design. One can take a Web-hosting company and management system, content, such as Web-site blog system in 10 minutes.

The great thing about a blog is that of a person very quickly contained can be updated. This means that you will have full access to the site, even if in the past, the designer of the Web content updating shall be submitted. Contractors, this means that you have a Web site, which includes taxes, be a Web Designer or webmaster.

One of the worst things, the entrepreneur is that you will not be able to make changes to your Web site. You need to hire someone to help you make changes to the site. But the blog system, they have the ability to update the content they want and some activities, want to go to his Web page, does not have to be designer or Web Developer, in most cases.

This is not to say that we use these people, even if the company has a blog. It simply means that they need less than usual. There are a number of cases, if a Web Developer or a Web Designer is someone who has a blog can help you more effectively the ads anyway. This is especially true if these entrepreneurs have developed a plug-in is required for the script, which is specifically designed to work with a content management system. The beauty of the system is, however, that you can move the employer without outside forces to help. Therefore, the company is much faster, and will tell you what they need to say to the world, without having to worry about someone saying that the configuration.

Finally, a company blog can do many things. It is a blog look like a normal Web page. It is a big plus for all employers, it is present in the Web that you want to manage without a Web Developer or a Web Designer. Does not, therefore, play an active role in the small-and medium-sized business owners looking for a blogging platform, which gives them the opportunity to make changes that they want to have on your site and give them the control you want to advertising on the Internet.

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Is a Professional SEO Consultant for You?

Articles, tips, SEO services, SEO success, high growth potential, are committed to expert knowledge for the series Webmasterů. Unfortunately, this is not always the case in all cases. But here are some points to consider before hiring a professional SEO consultant.

1. what kind of field?

It takes a little time, a new domain name and good SERP search engine. In other words you search search engine optimization consultant speed indication. Consultant, Word boom above are best known for the the beginning of simple SEO is in general because they have unrealistic expectations for the new domain. On the other hand, there is a strong organic traffic of more easily zones. In this context you work better, if the domain is set up to sell your product or service market organic traffic consultant.

2. what type of page are you alone?

If you are a professional SEO consultant currently applies to the determination of the type. Hire a consultant, but the fact that even with this investment in the town as early as possible to stage. Does not comply with these terms and conditions, the site based on a gap in the market to sell, some of them are suitable for the old domain, which contains the content and the quality of links. He was right, setting a professional SEO consultant and the idea of the currency on the configuration page. In this case, enter the following from professional SEO consultant read:

Long tail keywords for monitoring.

Search engine optimization and content development.

The best strategy is to strengthen the contacts.

Use this script, you can load, transport, etc..

In other words, if you are a professional cost SEO consultant for research time on your site.

3. How can you pay?

Professional SEO consultants can be very expensive. In other words you need to be taken into account account economic and business plan. It is true that the tax advisor you need money in the following areas:

To create a free brains, you need not even to do when you create content.

All texts, links, page text link purchase. Good buy for a list of sites that are known to do. In any case, such as 500 per month and a $1000, consultant, fixed rate, package by using the link text is the link text.

If you're looking for more hits for a professional SEO consultant, you need to hire in other words, a website to create.

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10 ways the content of high quality research

The phrase "content is King" and was thankful to Mustattu SEO often during the past ten years. Help change the current Google algorithm, set the reputation of marketing content. Google wants to be the level of fresh content that is original, the most popular social and quality. The bar increases the marketing groups. You can earn an average salary or the content too. Winner of the amateur. 

This compatibility in the Crown of the Kingdom of India most of the content is really difficult, our customers and our competitors, to determine the contents of the original contents of the control standard of dress and beat love tool can produce a field of competitors is smart. High quality content will attract traffic and create a very long term.

The program content of the type 10 functions at the arsenal research. You must have:

Unique. Before you create content to you it is not safe to be there. Put your spin and presses is of course the content of the sites or channels in different areas.
Your spelling is essential. Create a method to collect and review. Blogs and social channels.
As a result of the request. Research, analyze and know what keywords send traffic to specific pages. Continue with the production of content and keywords is no responses to ensure that the home page is the best post information related to the keywords.
Resources. The opportunities your company is unique. The leaders in the Organization and development, research and studies or surveys, identify you use industry discussion. Month of aluminium sheet white paper said: you talk to can create YouTube video webinar, social media, blogs, and surveys and charts and more in this study.
It will be interesting. FAQ-jump and dictionaries, giving the bread alone, no, if you read the actual value. Do you need a new perspective on this subject? Social media, blogs, news and discussions.
The device or channel. Please keep in mind that content. The ideal mobile device? It would be better to have the video to social media or content?
A guide to the next step. Shy. Give users who know what is going on, the optimized landing page is a page level. With each test. Measures to improve navigation, buttons, images and the use of continuous testing, optimizing the call.
The host is good. Let site visitors and content quality waste of your time. Touch. Keep, keep the link and the download worked.
A few. Question: If you want to share this article with a friend or colleague. In honor of social symbols (for example) Add (Facebook & Google + 1 button) much easier. Don't forget, the common problems of network content.
It would be great. Hold fast in a cool place and content. The search algorithm. The blog is always a good way of keeping his post, comment and mark in the news. We regularly and publish the result.

Today show promise of 6 or 12 months to make the contents. The ability to create successful r & d resources and effort to the content to followers.

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Google Announced Old Interface will be Removed

Google has me  announce that is Adsense old interface will be removed at the mid of the  November, which is good step by Google the because new features are not show in old structures in Google Adsense , specially at the time of Google payment few account goes under review and Google issues payout date, while payment details not show in old features. it is very crucial point ,on the other hand so many new features are AdSense report.

  

So please transfer your AdSense account on new AdSense structures. Old interface valid till mid of November After this Google will retire old structure.

Thank You!

Regards: Umar Saeed

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there are 3 key basics in the site's composition

1. URL
2. Link Back to Parent Page / Category / Sub-group with suitable anchor text.
3. With Proper composition in position, you can build back links with related keywords,

SEO is a means to tell Google what your website content is about, with right anchor links and excellent on page structure, you can simply target a lot of related keywords without truly having them on your site. Google had a very controlling content analysis relevancy engine, it will show your content for many long tail keywords that you never expected, and there for increase your web traffic obviously!

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Seo of Post optimization Tips to get higher SERP

Let’s talk about On-Page Optimization, especially on posts content. Like everybody said that content is the king, and SEO is the queen. That is the critical area in our site. Blog post optimization gives your posts the best chance for showing up in Google for a predetermined keyword phrase.
I am using a EO plugin, and it give me inspiration to share what are they talking about. There is a technique to optimize blog post for better SERP in search engine result. Not just make a new post, publish and you will get good SERP. At least there are 10 things in their suggestion. What are they? Here is the complete list.
1.    Use Enough Keyword Density.
Keyword density is the percentage of times a keyword or phrase appears on a web page compared to the total number of words on the page. Try to use it between 2 – 6%.
2.    Add Keyword Phrase in Post Title.
Always include the primary keyword phrase in the page title. Keep the title less than 70 characters in length.
3.    Add an H1 Tag Containing Keyword Phrase..
Most blog CMS’s automatically assign an H1 tag to the blog post’s title. But if you not sure that your theme have it, add H1 tag with the primary keyword phrase in it on the post content.
4.    Highlight Your Primary Keyword with boldface or strong near the top of your content
5.    Add an image with keyword phrase in alt text.
Always make sure to have at least one image on every blog post. Also, include the primary keyword phrase in the image file name and the image alt text.
6.    Add Keyword phrase to first sentence.
From the start of the sentence, you should use keywords that leads your post contents.
7.    Add Keyword phrase to last sentence.
In your post, most of the keywords should be used so that your post may get indexed. It is strongly recommended that the usage of the keywords must be reasonable otherwise you may be penalized by search engines.
8.    Inbound or Internal Links.
It is recommended to link the primary keyword phrase to a page on your website domain with the intent of helping that page rank for that word.
9.    Use more words.
Try to use enough words in your post content so that most of them get indexed in different search engines like Google. It is commonly seen that longer posts are indexed for different keywords.
10.    Use nofollow link for external links.
As you know that this is a DoFollow blog and it receives almost 98% spam comments. So, don’t use “DoFollow” link for external link, except the link have good and important or have correlation with your post. I suggest you to use “Nofollow” link to all of external link in your blog post.

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How to Verify Website in Google Webmaster Toolss

Google webmaster tools and mensubmit sitemap of your site there. But there may be some of us who have not yet know how mem-verify site in Google Webmaster tools. Now, you create difficulties, can follow the following ways:

1. Login to google site's webmaster tools (my assumptions you already have a Google account, if you have a gmail account, you already have a Google account).

2. Enter the url of your site, and click Add Site

3. When finished, click the Verify your site.

4. You will be taken to a page to get the verification code. Select a verification that you want, I recommend to select Add a meta tag.

5. Coffee and paste the code into the file header.php theme on the idea that you use.

 6. Once completed, and you save a file in the theme header.php you may use, you return the verification page on the Google webmaster tools, and click Verify.

 7. Done.

You verify the site and you can see the reports from Google, such as how many pages have it, when google bot last visit your site, etc.

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To the list of Search Engine

or the beginner course bloggers are still confused, how it will be read by search engines, because search engines are now many in number, I will try to pare the list of simple steps to some of the famous search engines:

List to
How to sign up to yahoo, you must first have an email address at yahoo. If you already have, please click https: / / siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com / submit. please fill in with the username and password you yahoo. After the log will then be available for klolom in the content, please fill the field with your URL, then click the button ADD URL. If you want to enter the address of the feed, and then add your URL atom.xml behind you. Example http://caramenghasilkanuangviainternet.blogspot.com/atom.xml

To the list of google
How to register to google, please click http://www.google.com/addurl/, When are on signup page there are several steps you have to do is fill in the fields provided, namely:

v URL -> Fill in the URL of your blog

Comments v -> Fill with the keyword or keywords associated with your blog

v Fill empty box with the letters available Verification

v Click the Add button URL

v Finish.

In google, after registering then you will not be directly read on search engines, the time range of possibilities between 1 to 4 weeks. When the 4-week blog you still have not read / terindeks, try your list again.

Listing to MSN
How to register Msn, you try to click http://search.msn.com/docs/submit.aspx?FORM=WSDD2 please enter your URL and verivy in the column is available, then click Submit URL.

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What are Sitemaps?

Sitemaps are an easy way for webmasters to inform search engines about pages on their sites that are available for crawling. In its simplest form, a Sitemap is an XML file that lists URLs for a site along with additional metadata about each URL (when it was last updated, how often it usually changes, and how important it is, relative to other URLs in the site) so that search engines can more intelligently crawl the site. Web crawlers usually discover pages from links within the site and from other sites. Sitemaps supplement this data to allow crawlers that support Sitemaps to pick up all URLs in the Sitemap and learn about those URLs using the associated metadata. Using the Sitemap protocol does not guarantee that web pages are included in search engines, but provides hints for web crawlers to do a better job of crawling your site.
repost (sitemaps.org)

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Sitemaps

The Sitemaps protocol allows a webmaster to inform search engines about URLs on a website that are available for crawling. A Sitemap is an XML file that lists the URLs for a site. It allows webmasters to include additional information about each URL: when it was last updated, how often it changes, and how important it is in relation to other URLs in the site. This allows search engines to crawl the site more intelligently. Sitemaps are a URL inclusion protocol, and complement robots.txt, a URL exclusion protocol."wikipedia"





already understand the meaning of the text above? it is quite difficult here I do not much explain what the problem Sitemaps, but I will give way to the URL in your Sitemaps received:

What should be done? So the following explanation:
Try to enter the address of the other still refers to all the url your blog. How:
1. Go google webmaster tools.
2. Dashboard tab, click Tools, then click the robots.txt Optimyze
3. Note rangkain letters in the box next to the right with Sitemaps. For example like this.

Disallow:

User-agent: *

Disallow: /search

Sitemap: http://blogname.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?orderby=updated

4. Sitemaps copy the address that appears (that berhuruf thick).
5. Go to the control panel of your blog Click the Settings tab (settings)
6. Click Site Feeds
7. Column on changing the direction of the feed, paste the code that you have a copy of the election.
8. Click save settings (Save the settings)
9. Done to return to Dasboard google webmaster tools.
10. Click Add and then click Sitemaps Sitemaps
11. Select the mode addition to the Sitemaps Code search mode Sitemaps
12. Enter your address Sitemaps yesterday. Remember, without the prefix http://blogname.blogspot.com Self Direktory terakirnya only. I disservice. If you Sitemaps http://blogname.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?orderby=updated the sounds that you enter into the fields Sitemaps adding only: feeds / posts / default? Orderby = updated only.
13. Last , click the add Sitemaps and patience + / - 20 minutes.
14. After + / - 20 minutes, try reloading your Sitemaps page report.

If the results are also pendeteksian goole your Sitemaps error, click Details on the track that you Sitemaps error was. It will appear serentetan Warning and instructions from google. Check both good, the message is. I need to note.

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About Search Engine Optimization

If you want your website to be on the order of the highest in Google, Yahoo, or other search engines, you need to run the technical SEO (Search Engine Optimization). By applying this technique SEO, blog or website you not only be at the highest order in the search engines, but your blog will also have many visitors.

Try entering the keyword "click here" on google, what sites appear? Download Acrobat Reader? Why? While the pages do not have any posts of the "click here". Why can so?

SEO techniques there are two types, namely ON and OFF PAGE PAGE.

ON PAGE SEO techniques, then create pages as well as we may in the search engine. Namely by choosing the appropriate title, keyword adequate but not excessive, adding a link on a keyword, bold, italic, and so forth. The following tips techniques ON PAGE:

   1. Focus on your keywords, think a moment about who will be entering a keyword in what Google or Yahoo is right to your website.
   2. Use the title contains a keyword.
   3. Use the keyword 5 - 10 times in the content of your writing to.
   4. Use the ALT (and link to image) containing your keyword.
   5. Use bold and italic on your keyword.
   6. Use the link on your keyword.


OFF PAGE SEO techniques, is a way to link as much as possible towards our blog. You can participate in the exchange of links with a friend, or install a link on myspace page, comments, guest books and so forth. The more links that point to our website, then we will be more PAGERANK high. PAGERANK means the higher the more likely we are in the website's highest order of search engines.

You should also consider Anchor Text on the link to the website you. What is on the Adobe website the highest ranking in Google for the keyword "click here" is because many websites that there is a link to the page with the words: Download Adobe Reader, click here. The "click here" is called the Anchor text as a link. Try the links that lead to your website in accordance with the keywords that you become a target.

The following are the things that are forbidden in the SEO (blackhat SEO), if you run this prohibition, then your website will be search engine blacklists (not index):

   1. Make a doorway, that is a special page for search engines that are not useful for visitors to your site.
   2. nstall a link on your website, including the category "bad neighborhood," there is a site that already-in-blacklist (including a link farm).
   3. The program paid links.
   4. Build a link in a very large amount in a short time.
   5. Its contents match the other website.


Search engines at this time is the smart, make a website or blog your weight and useful for visitors, then your website will be visited by many people from all over the world.

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the SEO Picture

if you have a blog posting that there is a lot of pictures, the actual image file can be beneficial to bring the reader through the search engine google or yahoo. Maybe some of us who have less or no attention to the role of SEO images for the site you, or may not know how. How, is using the ALT attribute on the IMG tag.

ALT attribute for IMG tag on this, you can provide keywords that match the pictures and write in the form of diskripsi but not too long. If there is one post in two or more images and do not repeat the keyword.

Example : world.jpg, america.jpg, music.jpg

The provision of the image file name must also be considered, not the origin of the name make. Try the name of the file containing the keywords, use underscores instead of spaces, do not try to repeat key words and naming the file is too long and do not use a keyword too many do not.

Example : My-music.jpg, My_wive.jpg

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Make Money With Adsense Keywords and Blogger

If you are new to blogging with Blogger (Blogspot) and wondering how to make money with Adsense this article is for you. If you have Google Adsense on your blog but are disappointed with the revenue generated so far then read on. Even if Google Adsense is performing well for you I am going to give you some tips that will mean you will earn extra money from Google Adsense.

Why Are Keywords So Important for Bloggers?

In order to make money from blogging with Blogger it is important first to understand the significance of keywords and keyword phrases. Via Google Adwords, the sister of Google Adsense, advertisers bid for keywords and keyword phrases. The more frequently these keyword terms are searched for the higher their value. That is why keyword phrases like make money or make money online which receive a huge number of monthly searches are top paying keywords and are worth so much to advertisers

 To make money with Google Adsense all you need do once your blog is receiving traffic is sign up with Google Adsense, receive a unique code and then place Google Adsense ads on your Blogger blog. These ad units are targeted automatically based on the keywords and keyword phrases which appear in the content of your posts. You get paid for every click on one of your Google Adsense ads. The amount you get paid is determined by the value of the keyword or keyword phrases used.

As a webpublisher it is important to be mindful when crafting your content that you use Google keywords and keyword phrases relevant to your blog's content. This does not mean that you stuff your posts with Google keywords to generate higher Google Adsense payments. In fact having too many keywords is known as keyword stuffing and could mean your blog is penalized by Google. A good rule of thumb is to have 3-5% of your content made up of your blog's keywords. A keyword density over 7% is too high and risks penalty.

For help with adding Google Adsense ad units to your Blogger blog please refer to my article Blogger Guide to Google Adsense Placement

Find The Best Google Keywords for Your Blog

These days many bloggers wanting to make money with Adsense build their blogs based on Google keywords. Their plan is to achieve first page positions on Google search pages for each of these keywords and keyword phrases. However, adopting this strategy from the outset would not be the case for most bloggers. Most of us start a blog about something we are interested in and then decide that we would like to make money with Google Adsense.

If Google keywords for your blog is not something that you have paid much attention to up to now then you may be surprised at what a difference it will make to your Google Adsense earnings and SERPs (search engine results page). Just by figuring out your keywords and emphasizing them in your blog posts you can expect to earn extra money with Google Adsense and Blogger. I did an exercise recently where I edited one of my earlier posts and added about 10 more keywords to the content. Not only did I move my article from about 60 in Google searches to 10 the revenue earned from Adsense for this article increased markedly too.

To determine what your keywords are for your blog you will need to conduct some research. Go to Google Adwords Keyword Tool and type in the topic of your blog. For instance if your blog is about making money online you would type in this phrase to receive other keywords that are related to your blog topic.

Try to identify about 10 to 15 Google keywords and keyword phrases that fit with your blog content. Print out this list and keep it handy so you can refer to it often when writing content for your blog.

Write an article around each of these Google keywords or keyword phrases. These 10 to 15 articles will become the backbone content of your blog. Research these articles by performing Google searches and reading what other bloggers who make it to the first couple of pages in the search engine results are writing about. Notice their keywords and keyword phrases, and the tags they have used. This research will help you identify two things:

• Any gaps not so well covered by fellow bloggers but relating well to your keywords. That will give you a nice opportunity to write a series of articles on the topic
  
• How other bloggers in your niche are tailoring their content for success and which keywords are performing well for them

Always write original content. Never copy another bloggers material. Despite being unethical to plagarize duplicated material is easy to identify and can mean that you get penalized by search engines like Google and run the risk of being banned from Google Adsense. My take on what is known as blog scraping is that if you need to copy what some else has written clearly you don't understand your blog topic well enough and you are probably better to write about something you do know something about. Your readers will see through you very quickly if you don't fully understand the depths of your blog topic.

Google Adsense Tips for Blogspot Bloggers (Blogger Bloggers)

• Add Your Main Keyword to Your Title Tag
  Make sure that your main keyword for each of your 10-15 articles forms part of your title tag as this is important if your article is to rank highly in search engine results. If you can use two keywords or keyword phrases all the better. You will note that I have added three keywords in my title: make money, Google Adsense and Blogger.
  
• Use the Main Keyword in the Body of Your Posts
  Make sure you use the main keyword throughout the body of your article. Ensure that your main keyword appears in the first and last paragraph of your post. There are keyword density tools available to help you check the ratio of keywords used.
  
• Make Sure You Tag Your Main Keyword
  Tagging your main keyword and other keywords and keyword phrases is also important if readers are to find your article. Your posts will do better in search engine results if they are appropriately tagged. And of course the better your blog is search engine optimized the more traffic your blog will receive and the greater the potential for Google Adsense revenue.
  
• Make Sure Your Blog is Search Engine Optimized
  Optimize your Blogger blog by adjusting your title tags and adding meta tags for better SEO. SEO is important as it generates search engine traffic and building traffic is paramount for high earnings from Google Adsense.
  
• Develop Backlinks for Your Blog
  Some of the factors that determine how high your articles will appear in search engine results are backlinks and the age of your blog. If you have some good backlinks to highly ranked websites your blog articles are likely to be promoted in search engine results. Use blog directories, forums, and comment on other blogs in your niche to build a good range of backlinks. Submit your best articles to article directories to generate traffic and links. Also submitting your article to social bookmarking sites like Digg and StumbleUpon can provide backlinks and boost traffic at the same time
  
• Give Your Old Blogger Posts a Keyword Makeover
  Go back through your previous blog posts and identify posts that are not receiving a lot of traffic. Read through them and look for opportunities to rewrite small portions of the content to insert keywords and keyword phrases. Check the tags too and add any keywords and keyword phrases that may help to boost traffic. Identify any posts that need to be rewritten from a slightly different angle and with more scope for the addition of keywords
  
• Publish Posts at Least 250-300 Words Long
  Check the number of your articles Google has indexed. Shorter articles can often be missed out particularly if your blog is only recently created. Plus shorter articles do not give enough scope for Google Adsense to necessarily know what keywords to target when serving ads.
  
• Optimize Google Adsense Placement, Size and Appearance
  Some locations for Google Adsense work better than others. Make sure you read up on Google Adsense placement as this will ensure you make the most money from your Adsense ads.
  
  Some Adsense ad unit sizes are better performers than others. My personal favorite is 336x280 ad unit which I use successfully on most of my blogs.
  
  Consider the appearance of your Adsense ad unit. Blend it in or make it stand out the choice is yours.

In today's article I have discussed how to make money with Google Adsense and Blogger. I have paid close attention to the use of keywords and keyword phrases in your content as these are the basis for the ads served up by Google. Included in this article are tips on how to locate and identify your keywords, increase your keyword density and use keywords effectively along with other Adsense tips.

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Bloggers Guide to Google Adsense Myths

I get a lot of interest in my articles about Google Adsense on Blogger Blogspot blogs. In this article I discuss 6 common myths about Google Adsense that will help you get real about placing Adsense on your Blogger blog.

Google Adsense Myths Every Blogspot Bloggers Needs to Know

There are a number of myths about Google Adsense which can lead new bloggers in particular into believing that they need only slap a few Google Ad units on their blog and they will become instant millionaires. The reality can be a lot different especially when you consider that 95% of all blogs receive less than 100 visitors per day. Adding Google Adsense to your blog can generate some income but there is a need to be realistic. Here are 6 myths about Google Adsense that every blogger needs to know:

Myth 1. Google Adsense is a Get Rich Quick Scheme 
False. Only a small percentage of bloggers actually make a living from their blog. It is definitely possible to make some money from Google Adsense Ad units but bear in mind that making money from your blog is commensurate with many factors such as types of advertising, placement of advertising, quality of your content, regular posting, number of articles, SEO, backlinks to your site, number of visitors to your blog to name just a few. The more articles you write, the more posts indexed in search engines like Google and Yahoo which may lead to increased traffic but not necessarily. The bottom line is that for your ads to be effective your blog needs to receive traffic so concentrate your efforts in this area and make sure that your blog is worth visiting once your visitors get there.

Do Your Sums

As Google Adsense itself says it is difficult to predict earnings however there are some general pointers to guide you. For instance if your blog receives 100 visits per day your likely revenue from Google is probably about 10 cents per day assuming that 1 in 100 people click on some form of Google advertising on your site and the page CTR is about 0.20%. Over a year that equates to about $36.50. Not a fortune in anyone's book. Likewise if your blog is fortunate enough to receive 1000 visitors per day you are looking at an annual income from Google Adsense of $365.00.

100 Visitors per day = Earnings $36.50 per year

1000 Visitors per day = Earnings $365.00 per year

5000 Visitors per day = Earnings $1825.00 per year

10000 Visitors per day = Earnings $3650.00 per year

The above figures are an optimistic view. I have not allowed for the fact that many of your visitors will be repeats so the likelihood of a repeat visitor clicking on an ad unit is less than for that of a new visitor. On this basis your earnings could be much less.

Google Adsense and Affiliate Marketing

About 95% of Bloggers would have less than 100 visitors to their blog a day. If your blog is in this category then Google Adsense alone will not allow you to quit your job and become a full-time blogger. You will need to display other forms of advertising on your blog as well before your blog will start to pay. Check out my article on other forms of advertising that may be suitable for your Blogger blog including displaying Affiliate Marketing banners.

 Affiliate marketing banners can work as a form of advertising. Consider that if 1 site visitor in 100 actually buys something worth $50.00 you will immediately earn $5.00 assuming you receive 10% of the sale as a commission. Even if only one in 500 clicks through to the merchant and buys something you will still be ahead of the revenue earned from Google ads for the same number of visitors. $5.00 from Affiliate Marketing versus 50 cents from Google Adsense. In many ways Affiliate Marketing is a more profitable marketing strategy than having heaps of Google ads on your blog. However, in my experience a good mix of both is the way to go


Myth 2. Displaying More Ads on My Blog Will Earn More Money

 False. Some bloggers mistakenly believe that placing more Google Adsense units on their blog will yield higher earnings. Sadly this isn't the case at all. By putting more Ad units on your blog you may actually reduce your earnings. There is a risk that the highest performing Ad units will shift to positions that are less frequently clicked on. For instance while the top right hand corner is a prime place for an advertising banner because it gets viewed by the most eyeballs it is also a spot that tends to get disregarded by savvy visitors who recognise it as an advertising zone and avoid it. At the same time a 336x280 Ad unit with a higher CTR is likely to display Google Ad units which pay less because the highest CTR has been transferred to the 468x60 Ad unit.

Myth 3. More Traffic Equates to Higher Google Adsense Earnings 

Not necessarily. Depending on your blog's content it might not always be possible to drive a lot of new visitors to your blog and you rely more heavily on your repeat traffic. However, due to the familiarity of the ad placement on your blog repeat visitors are less likely to click on your Ad units than new visitors. While you can expect more clicks on your ad units as traffic increases there is no guarantee that Google Adsense on your blog will deliver the kind of earnings you might expect.

Myth 4. The Ad Format of Google Adsense Ads is Not Important

False. The ad format you display on your blog is very important. You can earn more from some ad formats than others. For instance it is generally considered that the wide Google Adsense ads (336x280, 300x250 or 250x250) perform best. I like to position one of these directly above my first post.

Link units can be profitable too if strategically placed. One of the best locations for link units is in or just below your blog header as many people are used to looking there for a navigation menu. A 728x15 linked ad unit just below your horizontal navigation menu will very likely yield good results.

Myth 5. Placement of Google Adsense Ad Units Doesn't Matter

On the contrary where you place Google Adsense can be critical to earning revenue from your blog. One of the best places to position Adsense is above what's known as the fold. The fold is the top area of your blog visible to your visitors without them having to scroll down. A 336x280 ad unit in this space works well because on arrival at your blog the visitor sees what they are looking for and clicks on it. For instance if your blog is about mountain biking then Google Adsense will very likely serve up ads about cycling equipment, cycling tours etc. For the visitor seeing exactly what they are interested in on arrival is a definite bonus which may lead them to click on your Ad unit.

Myth 6. To Make Money from My Blog I Need to Add Google Adsense

False. While Google Adsense is by far the most popular Advertising Network it is not the only advertising option. There are some good alternatives like AdBrite and Chitika. Let the type of blog you have govern your decisions around which advertising mix you employ rather than just going for Google Adsense because its the easiest.

In this article I have explored 6 common myths about Google Adsense that every Blogger Blogspot blogger needs to be aware of when placing Google Adsense on their blog. This article will hopefully help you do a reality check and help you recognise that while you may be one of the 5% of bloggers sitting on a goldmine Google Adsense won't transform you into a millionaire overnight.

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Avoid 6 Common Blogging Mistakes

If you want your Blogger blog to sizzle and really take off there are some pretty important blogging pitfalls that you need to avoid. In today's article I will be talking about 6 of the most common mistakes new bloggers make on their Blogger Blogspot blog and how to avoid them.

 1. Avoid Poor Content

I can't emphasize enough that the standard of your content will make or break your blog. Poor content = few return visitors. Good content on the other hand will attract visitors and keep them coming back to check out what's new.

Successful bloggers write clearly, know their subject and develop their own unique voice. A conversational style is often recommended but I suggest just write naturally and that naturalness will shine through.

Post quality well researched content that is interesting and topical. To do this you need to know your  audience. Who are your readers? Do you know? If you don't know your target audience it will be hard to put yourself in their shoes which is exactly what you need to be able to do when you sit down to write a post. Ask yourself what are my readers looking for that would make them visit my site and read my post. Are they looking to be entertained, informed or a bit of both? Sign up for visitor tracking such as Google Analytics if you aren't already so you can get an idea of your visitor base. For help with implementing Google Analytics please read my post on adding Google Analytics to your Blogger blog.

2. Avoid Hopeless Headlines

I've seen some pretty hopeless headlines that don't give me enough of a clue about what a post is about to entice me into reading the article. If you want to attract readers to your site you need to grab them. That means putting some thought into crafting headlines that have punch. Remember your headline needs to reel your visitors in so make sure it is well thought out and punchy. Your headlines have to stand out to be noticed as so many people read headlines in RSS feeds.

Another important consideration when deciding on a headline is SEO. Consider what your readers might search under to find your post. "Blogging pitfalls" and "common blogging mistakes" are more likely keyword search phrases than "bad blogging practices." So knowing your keywords will help you craft headlines that are keyword rich.

3. Avoid Posting Too Infrequently

Once a visitor has found your site you want them to keep coming back. One way to ensure repeat traffic is to post frquently. Many new bloggers start a blog but find it hard to maintain a posting routine that is frequent enough to retain traffic.

Just the other day I had someone comment that one of the reasons why they liked my blog was the frequency at which I post. I try to post a new article every second or third day if possible. I usually am working on lots of other articles in the background so that I might have two nearly finished and half a dozen or so at various stages of completion. Using this system I have some flexibility and a cushion if anything comes up to interrupt my posting schedule.

Whatever you do don't make the mistake of posting just for the sake of posting otherwise your readers will see through this and you will lose readership.

4. Lack of Overall Focus - Trying to Paint the Whole Wall

So many new bloggers start their site without a clear focus. What kind of focus you may ask? Well making money is not enough of a focus. I am talking about identifying your niche and sticking to it. If you try and paint the whole wall your visitors will be confused about what your blog is about and you will very likely lose traffic rather than gain it.

Having a focus is important. On Blog Know How for instance, I concentrate on helping webmasters of Blogger blogs get the most out of their blog. I particularly aim my site at the new blogger and provide detailed step by step walkthroughs with them in mind. At the same time, however, I cater for all Blogger webmasters who access my blog. What I don't do though is go outside the theme of Blogger by writing about blogging in general. Instead I write articles that may be general in nature but are tailored to Blogger webmasters.

Yes I could get more traffic perhaps if I widened the scope of my articles to include Wordpress or blogging in general put what would then make my blog stand out from a whole heap of other blogs giving advice on blogging? Having a niche earns me traffic that is focused. Site visitors come with the goal of becoming more informed about using Blogger. If they go away having learnt more than when they arrived my site will have done its job and I may have just found myself a repeat visitor.

5. Avoid Too Much Advertising on Your Blog

New blogs need to build traffic and too much advertising can be a big deterrent in
achieving this goal. When your site is very new it doesn't pay to have too much advertising at all. Err on the side of less advertising rather than more. Bear in mind of course that Rome wasn't built in a day and your site won't be either. Have faith that your traffic will build and you can gradually introduce more advertising like Google Adsense as visitor numbers increase.

6. Avoid Too Many Social Bookmarking Buttons

Too many social bookmarking buttons can clutter up your blog and slow it down. Many people still don't know too much about social bookmarking so avoid the temptation to overuse these icons. Rather than use a whole bunch of popular icons like Digg and Technorati which can lead to a cluttered look and feel I use a single consolidated button like Add This. Share This is another popular button for sharing your posts.

To install a social bookmarking button on your Blogger blog follow the step by step instructions contained in my article on Add This

This article has discussed 6 common mistakes new bloggers make when developing a new Blogger Blogspot blog and given suggestions on how to avoid them.as visitor numbers increase.

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Add a Social Bookmarking Button to Blogger

In this tutorial you will learn how to add an Add This free Social Bookmarking button to your Blogger blog (Blogspot) blog. By adding this feature to your blog you will enable visitors to your blog to create links to popular social bookmarking sites such as Google, Technorati, Facebook, MySpace, Digg, Stumble Upon, Reddit, Delicious, Furl, Yahoo etc. Adding personal social bookmarks enables visitors to share these links with others thereby helping you attract more traffic to your site. For more information on the benefits of social bookmarking please refer to my article - Benefits of Social Bookmarking for Blogger bloggers.

 This tutorial shows you how to place a social bookmarking button on your site by accessing a free social bookmark and feed button builder service called Add This. Add This will supply you with a simple piece of code which when placed in a widget will insert a social bookmarking button either at the end of each post or in the sidebar. If you wish you can add the social bookmarking button to both as I have done on this site. For those new to blogging don't worry if this sounds complicated as this article gives you step by step instructions suitable for any Blogger user including beginners.

How does an Add This Social Bookmarking Button Work?

The code from Add This places a button on your site which when clicked on by a visitor to your site opens a menu of the most popular social bookmarking services. When a selection is made by a visitor eg Delicious, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, MySpace, Stumble Upon they are given the option to submit your blog to their online bookmarks. Once a visitor submits your blog to a social bookmarking service Add This can provide you with useful analytics about bookmarks, feeds and emails depending on which buttons you enable on your site. This kind of statistical information from Add This will help you gain greater understanding of your site traffic and your most popular posts.

Steps for Adding a Social Bookmarking Button from Add This to Your Blogger Blog

1. Register for a free account with Add This

2. Once you supply a username, email address, password and your website address sign up is pretty much instanteous.

3. After sign up is confirmed click on Get Your Button. This will take you to the Create Your Button Page

 

4. On the Create Your Button page you will be asked to make some selections about your social bookmarking button.

What kind of Button? Select Sharing/bookmarking button

What Look? Choose any of the six button choices. For this example I am going to select the share button

 Where? Select on a blog

Blogger Platform? Select Blogger

At this point the information your have entered should look like the picture below:

 Once you have confirmed that you have entered the correct information click on the Get Your Code button and you will be taken to the Get Your Code page.

5. From the Get Your Code page you will be given the option to Preview your button. Do so if you wish or move on to Step 6.


Having generated the code for your Add This Social Bookmarking button you now need to decide where to position it on your blog. You may either place your new Social Bookmarking Button beneath each post (see below) or in a sidebar.


Instructions for Placing a Social Bookmarking Button Beneath Each Post of Your Blogger Blog

Click on Blog Post Button option.

Highlight the Javascript code supplied by Add This

Copy the code to the Clipboard of your computer using Ctrl + C command

In a new window open your Blogger Blog and sign in

Navigate to Layout > Edit HTML

As a precaution Backup your template in case you inadvertently overwrite some code.

Once you have backed up place a tick in the Expand Widget Templates checkbox

Use the Ctrl + F command to open the toolbar which will appear at the bottom of your page while using Blogger. You can close this at any time using the Ctrl + F command or by clicking on the blue cross in the lefthand corner.

Now highlight the following line of code and using the Ctrl + C command copy and paste the code into the Search Box on the toolbar at the bottom of Blogger. This action will quickly locate the code for you in your Blogger template. You will be placing the code immediately before this tag.

<div class='post-footer'>

Return to Add This and highlight the Javascript button code supplied. Copy the code to your clipboard using the Ctrl + C command.

Reopen the Blogger window and place the cursor right before the tag that you located earlier.

Paste the Javascript code from Add This into the template using the Ctrl + V command.

Your code placement should look like that pictured below

Click on Save Template

Now click on View Blog from the top menu and navigate to the end of your first post. If all instructions have been followed you will now have a social bookmarking button at the bottom of each post.


Instructions for Placing a Social Bookmarking Button in a Sidebar of Your Blogger Blog

Follow the Add This automated process by clicking on Add the Menu to My Blog button. This will place an Add This social bookmarking button in a widget in your sidebar as you see on this site.

This Blogger tutorial has covered the steps involved in adding a free Add This Social Bookmarking Button to your Blogger blog (Blogspot blog). Grow your Blogger (Blogspot) blog today by adding a free Add This social bookmarking button which will enable visitors to bookmark your site and share your posts with others. Add This will provide statistical tracking of social bookmarking activity on your site and help you determine your most popular posts

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Variations Of White-Black N Gray Hat SEO

We all know that search engine optimization, seo, is one way to drive traffic to websites. To give you a brief summary of how you can drive traffic to websites, here is a list of traffic sources:

• Search Engine Advertising (Advertising on search engines via contextual text or image ads, e.g. Google, Yahoo, Bing PPC programs)
• Media Buying (Advertising text or image ads on existing web properties. e.g. BuySellAds.com, MySpace Advertising, Facebook Advertising)
• Search Engine Optimization (Optimizing websites with on-page and off-page techniques to obtain high SERP placements on major search engines)
• Social Media Optimization (Leverage social media traffic such as Twitter, Digg, Facebook, MySpace...etc.)
• Off-line Advertising (Yes, you can drive traffic to your website advertising on TVs, or placing ads on the streets, public transit...etc)
• Email Marketing (It is still powerful if done right.)
• Spamming (Spam on blogs, forums, social media websites, classified ads websites to drive traffic)
• Hacking (Inserting links to popular websites, adding pop-ups, frameed pages...etc)

These are the current popular traffic generating techniques from my current understanding and knowledge in the field of Internet Marketing. The Internet is still growing very fast and people are always finding innovative ways to obtain web traffic. In this post, we'll emphasize on search engine optimization.
Search Engine Optimization is a huge area on its own. If you can master this field, you can make a lot of profit out of it.
Before we go further, let's get some definition straight:

• White Hat SEO - Techniques to optimize web properties from on-page and off-page perspectives following search engines' guidelines.
• Black Hat SEO - Techniques to optimize web properties NOT following search engines' guidelines. Websites will get penalized if caught implementing those techniques.

 What is Grey Hat then? You may ask.

Grey Hat SEO is what I call the evolved black hat techniques that appear as "White Hat" from search engine perspective.
Now I am a big fan of the 80-20 rule. So I am confident of the following statements:

• 80% of the people in the SEO market on the Internet know and use White Hat SEO techniques extensively; they follow the rules.
• 20% of the people in the SEO market on the Internet use Black Hat SEO techniques.
• Of those 20%, 20% of the the people are able to implement Grey Hat SEO techniques.

If we look at it this way:

• 4% of the people in the SEO market on the Internet are dominating in SERP results on major search engines. (e.g. first position for high competitive keywords)
• 16% of the people in the SEO market are making a good chunk of the search market in terms of SERPs. (e.g. on first page, within Top 10 results for high competitive keywords)
• 80% of the people fail to get to the first page of SERP results for high competitive keywords.

Yes. In the virtual world, it is all about competition and the ability to gain massive results without getting noticed and penalized by search engines. People who are able to find innovative ways to get around search engines to produce massive results with minimum efforts. wins.

"The survival of the fittest is the ageless law of nature, but the fittest are rarely the strong. The fittest are those endowed with the qualifications for adaptation, the ability to accept the inevitable and conform to the unavoidable, to harmonize with existing or changing conditions."

When I speak about efforts, I'm talking about the actual time and work you put into, say, building links. Off-Page SEO is all about link building.

• The majority of the people on the Internet will spend all their efforts manually commenting on blogs, forums, submitting articles...etc. This process is time consuming and the results are minimum.
• A small group of people will use automation software to automatically comment on "do-follow" blogs, forums, article directories...etc. This process is fast and yields massive results.

I have not met one professional search engine optimization specialist that doesn't use any type of "black hat" seo techniques. The Internet is competitive. In order for your business to survive and grow you have to do whatever it takes to obtain as much as results in as little time as possible, without getting penalized. That is just reality on the web.

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