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Aug112010

I Am Officially On Wikipedia

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wikipediaGetting on Wikipedia

To be on Wikipedia is most entrepreneurs dream, for me this is bigger then anything on the internet. Because Wikipedia is such an authority site and a page rank of 9, it holds an enormous amount of strength with it comes to ranking well in the search engines.

Just 2 hours after I was up on Wikipedia my page appeared on the 1st page of Google for Daniel Lew that is how strong a page from Wikipedia is!

Wikipedia is like the dictionary bible of all bibles. What is listed in there stays in there and is very creditable when doing anything in life. Companies and people respect you more, particularly when they see you are really someone.

How can you get on Wikipedia?

To be listed in Wikipedia can take a few years, as usually over time you gain authority for your own self and when having a page you will need to have references from authority sites, this ensures Wikipedia that you are not just anyone. You are a real authority figure.

Can Wikipedia help your search engine rankings?

For people who know the SEO industry and know how powerful getting backlinks are to your site, a link from Wikipedia even if “nofollow” is more powerful then a link from a .edu site.

Oops! They have taken me off!

It was fun while it lasted…I was recently taken off Wikipedia because they claimed it was self promotional! :)

Click to see and tell me if this looks self promotional to you?

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Aug92010

A Niche Inside A Niche

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With all the buzz on the internet on how to make money online and on how to choose the right keywords for your Niche so your site will appear on the first page of the search engines, I decided I would put together something which will help you get a clearer picture on finding your perfect Niche.

First of all everyone when starting out to making money online wants to decide which area of interest they would like to work on, and usually the first thing that comes to mind is Niches such as Shopping, Health, Travel, etc, then they break this down to something like Health (Weight Loss, Hair Loss, Dieting) or for Shopping (Handbags, Shoes, Hats etc).

But one thing that I found is very powerful is when you get more specific on a niche, instead of doing a site on let’s say on “Hats”, you do a site on Baseball Hats for example. In my experience if you narrow your site down to a specific area of interest, you get not only quality visitors but more direct visitors, rather then an overall and competing with hundreds and thousands if not millions of other sites doing the same thing.

I would rather have 3 sites, one called Baseball Hats something dot com, another called Basketball Hats something dot com etc. you see my point right? It is not hard to duplicate the same template and just change some graphics around. It doesn’t have to be a full site, your niche could be just a landing page. By the way for for landing page style sites, I use products and templates from Clickbank, they are one of my favourite affiliate networks and they offer commissions as high as 75%!

Another example is the new Samsung 3d TV that has come out, there is lots of buzz on the internet at the moment, it is coming out in 3 different versions the Plasma, LED and LCD LED with the following kind of models – LED 7000, LCD 750, PDP 7000 and Blu-ray 6900, so there will be a lot of people using keywords such as “Samsung LCD 750″ in Google, so you could buy the full domain samsunglcd750.com as an example and rank for those keywords.

Provided you optimise your website properly, add a few backlinks you should appear on the first page no problems provided your search competition is low, throw up an affiliate link or page so you get commission on the sales, and sit back and watch the money come in, it is that simple!

I recommend 2 tools when doing your research Google Trends which is free it allows you to see what is the hot keyword that is being typed in Google and I also love Market Samurai , it is an awesome SEO program I use for when finding competitors sites and how to out beat them in the search engines!

Aug72010

Learn How To Create Websites Using Dreamweaver

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Although the first time I got my hands on Dreamweaver was around 15 years ago, I have been using Dreamweaver more actively for the past 5 years, it is not really that hard to pick up. If you are new to Dreamweaver I suggest taking a class with Dreamweaver Interactive, they have loads of videos you can watch which will get you up and running  in no time.

I have mentioned before how to get a website up and running using 4 simple steps and even how to get a blog up without using Dreamweaver, but there will be a time when you need to create custom websites that a blog or a simple layout can not handle.

For example if you need to create a membership style site or site that you think will have a very big database, then structuring your site with the thought of html almost becomes impossible. Html is really the starting point of learning when it comes to designing a site using Dreamweaver and then you can really go as far as any other programming language like PHP or ASP and Java.

Once you know the basics in these programming languages you can then interact it accordingly with your database. If you already have database knowledge then this will be a huge advantage.

On the design side, it is very versatile and normally if you bring images inside the template, you can use a program like Photoshop to firstly slice up the images and then import them in and then you can set links to certain images and so-forth.

For example when I design in Dreamweaver I can view both in design and code view or split screen option, this is something no other web coding application offers. What I also love about it is it automatically highlights certain text colour in code view, so you know if a tag is closing correctly or not. Also when you start typing automatically it comes up with suggestions of code to be placed for the words you are typing. It is very dynamic.

If you want to pick up small bits and pieces you can go the free route of watching Dreamweaver tutorials with Youtube but you will not get full insight and probably get bored quite easily, so in order to get a full understanding and proper step by step lessons, I encourage you to get Dreamweaver Interactive!

Aug52010

Zubin Kutar Professional SEO Blogger Interview

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I have recently had the opportunity to do an interview on Zubin Kutar founder of WebtrafficROI, who is very well known in the blogger world and was voted top internet marketer and blogger in 2009.

I hope that by doing this interview my readers will gain some insight in the industry and perhaps get a few tips along the way.

(DL) Could you share with my readers your background, where you were brought up and how long you have been involved with affiliate marketing and SEO and how long it has been since you have been running your own personal blog.

(ZK) I grew up in India where I did my education and them moved to Canada, I presently live in Toronto, Canada.

I’ve been involved with the internet and SEO since 2000. I was working with a start up travel portal at that time. I started the blog in 2008 to sharing my experiences and knowledge on internet marketing. I got involved in affiliate marketing once I started the blog. Since then blogging has been a passion, today the blog broadly covers all the topics related to Internet Marketing and Making Money Online.

(DL)  They call you the top commentator in the blogosphere, what would you say that is the best part about commenting, and what motivates you to be a top commentator?

(KT) Ahh, I did not know I had a name in the blogosphere :) , I started commenting as an experiment to see if I could get any traffic to my blog as I did not know of any other way that you get targeted visitors at zero cost. The biggest cost involved in commenting is your time. The traffic that you get on the blog by commenting is as valuable as the traffic that comes from search engines and through paid ads.

(DL) I see you are very fortunate enough to be living in Canada and not too far from John Chow, furthermore I see you have been networking at affiliate events with Pros such as Shoemoney, can you tell me about your experiences and what you have picked up from being involved with these guys.

(ZK)  I have been blessed to be living in a beautiful country, if I would have not been here I would have not had a blog. I happened to read about John Chow in Entrepreneur, a magazine I picked up from the public library. I was amazed when I read that he was making $40,000 from a blog. I started following his blog and then had a chance to meet him in Toronto, he has been a good friend ever since. I was also fortunate to meet Yaro in Toronto last year. These guys are just amazing, its a different experience talking to them and being around them. They are full of positive vibes. I hope some of it has rubbed off on me :)

(DL) You always seem to be up to date with what is going on in the affiliate community and therefore seem as though you never run out of ideas to blog about on a daily basis, what kind of tips could you recommend for other bloggers or affiliate marketers out there that struggle in finding fresh topics to post about daily?

(ZK) As a blogger you need to be updated on the latest trends, topics and the strategies that work online , else you wont be able to write and educate you audience about it. I can only recommend you to read a lot of books, blogs and sites related to your niche, it will help you get lots of ideas for your blog.

(DL)  I see you have a huge fan group in Facebook, how have you achieved getting such a high amount of fans? Have they become fans naturally from your blog, or have you been using social marketing techniques to gather fans from other sources?

(ZK) I am surprised at that too, Ive never done any activity to increase my fans , in fact its been only 2 month since I added the FB widget..I sent out a newsletter to my email base when I added the widget, I am yet to write a blog post telling user to join my fan page.

(DL)  What would be the best advice you would give to any new blogger getting started, or someone that has some experience but has not yet achieved their personal goals. Are there any useful tips you could suggest to get them more motivated and ramp up their sales?

(ZK) Money is a by product of any entrepreneurial venture, it will follow. Have a bit of fun with your venture. Dream, Build a Dream and Sell the dream.

(DL) I see you are very passionate about SEO along with affiliate marketing of course. What are some examples of real traffic building you have accomplished in the past for your own site? Have you done any successful campaigns that are worth mentioning through forms of internet marketing?

(ZK)  I spend a lot of time on building traffic through search engines, that drives majority of my visits. I recommend users to work hard on quality building links for your blog posts. Once you write a post market it across your network and across search engines to drive traffic.

(DL) How long has it taken you to make a good income, and would you mind sharing how much roughly you make from blogging and how much time each day you spend on blogging and how far would you like to take it in order to be totally satisfied?

(ZK) I made my first dollar from the blog after almost six months of blogging, if you are willing to wait for 6 – 8 months of continuous blogging and marketing yourself then consider it. I spend about 4 -5 hours a day blogging and marketing my blog.

(DL) Would you be willing enough to share with my readers your most memorable moment both online or offline and related to affiliate marketing or SEO?
(ZK) The moment is yet to come when I cross a five figure income from the blog each month.

Note: As you can see from this interview being a top blogger is possible if you follow your dreams and are passionate about what you post. Zubin is a good role model for those who wish to have someone to look up to.

Other Interviews I have done in the past are:
Interview With Professional Blogger: Yaro Starak
Interview with Copywriter / Internet Marketing Guru: Gavriel Shaw

Aug42010

HotelORes.com – Launching Off Day

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My Hotel Reservations Website

I have recently launched my own hotel reservations website HotelOres.com. It is officially up and running now, anytime soon I will be adding hotels to the database which is going to be an ongoing duty when I get time apart from my other work which I currently do for momentohs®.

I have always had a dream to have my own hotel reservations website and found that putting this together during my dedicated online years will get this thing moving much faster. Obviously my key strengths with SEO will get our site the type of audience and website traffic we need. I will be lookign forward to any future partners or investors on this project, so do not be shy in getting in contact with me.

I always found that although there are loads of hotel reservations websites out there, but very few good ones.  But we will achieve our own personal targets for the time frame we set.

Our hotel reservations system allows hotel guests the ability to quickly find the hotel they would like to stay at for their desired location and book online immediately, the hotel owner will then have their details on booking confirmation ready for check in.

The site also features reviews and star ratings for each hotel along with photo gallery and prices for weekdays and weekends.

I may have my own little launch party for hotel owners and managers in the next coming months, so stick around for the updates.

Aug22010

Buying Links Is Better For SEO Than You Think

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TextLinks.com

Buying Links Is Good For Search Engine Optimisation if done the right way! I repeat… if done the right way!

It has been told in the SEO world, that if you buy links it will hurt your rankings and could get you dropped in rankings or possibly banned. This is not entirely true. If you buy links in the natural way it is good for the search engines. The natural way is usually by hand picking authority sites that will put your link on their page for a small monthly or yearly fee.

The best way to find reputable links is from sites that do not clearly state “Links Here For Sale!” or from sites that do not already have a crazy amount of outbound links from other sites displayed on their site. That is when Google picks up that it could be a bit unethical, particularly if the site sells links based on page rank and also publicizes it.

Don’t be scared or believe the hype when other SEO companies say you should not buy links because 99% of them are buying links themselves, whether this means that they are outsourcing to India to get links done, or simply hiring other webmasters to put links to their clients sites, its usually those webmasters that are buying them in some way or form from somewhere.

You can of course build links naturally by posting nice fresh content in your site regularly and people who find your site interesting will naturally link to you or you can simply create social profile pages and submit your site in directories such as Business.com, Local.com Botw.org etc. but at the end of the day you need to get some other links from somewhere and buying them from sites like TextLinks.com is a great idea as you can target certain sites which you find relevant or appropriate. Just be careful to make sure the backlinks you buy are from reputable sites, or sites that have good age and backlinks themselves.

Of course if you only buy links then this will send off alarm bells, but if you mix up your links form natural sources then this is more then ok. Google also bases their algorithm on keyword density which I explained earlier in my SEOPressor post. Programs such as SEO Pressor will help you get your pages more fine tuned.

But getting back to buying links, sites link TextLinks.com for example have a full market place of links to be placed on certain pages of sites and these sites generally do not have “buy link here!” all over the place, they are very discrete and links are usually placed within content so you are getting quality links from content pages. So when Google do their random crawl to find dodgy backlinks you will be certainly very safe.