How To Generate Free Traffic By Tapping Into Current Events

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Generate Free Traffic By Tapping Into Current Events

Each of us loves free traffic coming to our sites. Whether we’re maintaining blogs, content sites with Adsense, or online stores, more traffic means higher revenue. If you have been using the search engine optimization strategies I’ve shown you in the past, you’re already building momentum in the organic ranks.

Today, I’m going to explain a slightly different approach to generating free traffic to your online properties. I’ll show you how to tap into the public’s insatiable hunger regarding current events and describe creative ways for maximizing its traffic potential. Chances are, you’re not fully leveraging this strategy yet. Let’s change that.

Where To Uncover Current Event Ideas

Your first step is to gather a few resources that will deliver a constant stream of current event ideas. Google Trends is one of the best. It is updated every minute and provides a bird’s eye view of most popular phrases people are using to search. Yahoo Buzz is another good resource, though it is updated a bit less frequently.

Because Twitter has become such a powerhouse traffic magnet lately, their Twitter Search is a valuable tool for mining current events. You’ll need to put a little more effort into it than you would for Google Trends or Yahoo Buzz. But, with millions of members who visit daily, you’ll uncover popular topics that would otherwise remain hidden.

Planting Search Engine Seeds

Now that you have an ongoing stream of current event ideas, you can quickly gain traction for popular keywords in Google and Yahoo. Google’s current ranking algorithm allows pages targeting popular phrases to climb the organic rankings quickly. While they haven’t admitted it publicly, it’s reasonable to assume the data from Google Trends is an influence on what they consider “popular.”

This is an opportunity to expand your search engine coverage. Create new pages or blog posts that target popular keywords.

For example, as of today, Google Trends reports that the phrase “American Idol voting controversy” has picked up steam. If you maintain a music-related blog, create a new post specifically targeting that phrase.

There is always a mountain of free search engine traffic generated from people searching for news about celebrities, sporting events, politicians, and similar topics. This is a way to tap into that traffic and cast your net wide.

Reserving Feeder Site Domain Names

Another part of Google’s ranking algorithm favors domain names that match searchers’ queries. While most perfect matches on longstanding topics have been reserved, there’s a pool of opportunity in current events that are just beginning to gain traction. That might include searches for new celebrities, movies, products, and controversies. It’s unlikely that domains matching newly popular phrases have been snatched. If you act quickly, you can reserve them.

Depending on the market you’re involved in, these matching domain names can be developed as feeder sites. The goal is to build them with relevant content and add them to your growing network. As the feeder sites rise in the organic rankings (based partially on their match), they’ll attract more search engine traffic which you can funnel toward your money sites.

Tapping into current events in order to generate search engine traffic is a powerful free internet marketing strategy. But, leveraging it properly takes effort. The good news is that this type of traffic exists perpetually. New topics become explosively popular on a daily basis. If you build a system for taking advantage of these topics, you can outflank the competitors in your search space and draw more people to your sites.

http://search.twitter.com/
http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends
http://buzz.yahoo.com/

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Teleseminar on Link Building

If you have not already heard search engine optimization is something you must practice if you want to take your business to the next levels. I have friends that have written books,  increased traffic to their site for free and a couple that have been placed on NBC and good morning America. All from search engine optimization practices.

One important factor of being able to get found by huge production companies especially online. Is to have links coming in to your site or having links pointing at you. And one of the ways to do this is by using press releases.

Press releases are an excellent way to get anchor texts that you want pointing to your site, it is also a quick way of getting quality one way links immediately.

That is why this week on November 20th I am holding a $1.00 Teleseminar on How to Develop Your Own Dynamic linking Teleseminar! So join me and let me help you to get your site noticed in the search engines.

How to Get Links to Your Site

Link building and How to Get Links to Your Site

Link building is one of the most significant website promotion strategies. Not only does it give you the opportunity to get traffic from other websites, it is also a key factor in your search engine rankings. When it comes to links, more is better.

There are, however, a few caveats to that notion. These include:

• In order for links to be effective, they must come from websites with topics that are related to yours. If you have a knitting website, for example, links from wholesale car part distributors won’t do you much good.

• You’re better off not having links from so-called “bad neighborhoods.” These include directories that do not review websites before posting them and free-for-all sites. They are highly unlikely to bring you any traffic from their visitors, and the search engines could penalize your site if your link appears there.

• Reciprocal links should be used sparingly and judiciously. There’s no harm in trading links with a few highly relevant sites, but if that’s where all your links come from, you won’t see as much benefit as you would from more one-way links.

Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, there are many ways that you can get links coming in to your site. Here are some of the most effective.

Write Linkbait

Linkbait is content that just begs to be linked to. It’s informative and easy to digest, and it appeals to your target market. If you write a good piece of linkbait and submit it to social news and media sites, you could end up with a swarm of traffic and many new incoming links.

One of the easiest ways to come up with linkbait is to write a list. Titles such as “Ten Free Pieces of Small Business Software You Can’t Live Without” or “100 Ways to Save Money Without Depriving Yourself” are sure to get lots of attention. So when in doubt, write a list.

Do Some Networking

Social networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook and LinkedIn are great places to find potential customers and business partners. They’re also a good way to get inbound links. Just setting up a profile on these sites gives you a link back to your site.

But don’t stop at your profile. Use the site to connect with others who might be interested in linking to you. By actively participating you give yourself the opportunity to build relationships, and even if those relationships do not lead to business, they could lead to links.

Give of Yourself

Helping others is good for the soul, and it can also give you incoming links in return. Simply answering questions on sites such as Yahoo Answers, sharing your knowledge as an About.com guide, or providing testimonials for other Internet marketers gives you the opportunity to build high-quality links. And as a bonus, it will give you the opportunity to build a reputation as an expert in your field.

These techniques are just the tip of the iceberg - you could also distribute press releases, participate in forums, guest post and comment on blogs, and much more. But no matter how you achieve it, getting quality links is crucial to your website’s success.

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Wordpress Seo

I had the privilege last week of listening to some awesome information on search engine optimization by sugarraee Hoffmann. This woman knows her stuff when it comes to seo and in this online free webinar, she discussed wordpress seo and how to go about getting better rankings in the search engines by optimizing the backend of your blog.

Yes, optimization of blogs is not only about getting the right keywords, listing in directories and quality content. It also involves organizing the files and making sure the Google bots know exactly how to and where to find your content. Because if they are confused about your content and where to find it. Then you will have problems with the proper indexing of your pages and having things you don’t want indexed - indexed.

That is why Michael graywolf has made this awesome video explaining why you need to not allow or let the search engines no-follow certain categories and archives on your pages and backend of your blog.

Worpress Seo Tools you Need To Use!

The Definitive Guide To SEO for Blogs- Explains everything you need to do step by step for blog optimization.

Meta Robots Plugin - Allows you to choose what the search engines index and what they follow.

what would Seth-goudin-do plugin Will let you greet new visitors to your site and allow you to ask them to subscribe to your feed.

How to get High Search Engine Rankings

How to get Top search engine rankings in the search engines.

Ranking high in the search engines is the most sought out goal of everyone that begins a website. To rank high and have traffic coming to your site for particular niched keywords is the goal and the desired effect of all sites no matter the topic. All sites want to reach the maximum effect exposure and profit.

Many however build websites too quickly with out any planning of a web plan as I would call it. To help them achieve the one goal that they seek. High search engine rankings combined with high search engine traffic. To achieve the desired the result in a short amount of time and not years or even year then you need to follow the steps that I am about to lay out.

I have enough websites to know that with proper search engine optimization and a little bit of research before you even begin your site can bring about a huge help in organic search engine traffic over time.

Many of the techniques that I use are used by many on their websites, however many don’t use them in a particular order. In which I am encouraging you to do once you build your site then you will have a highly effective website optimization plan.

You might ask well what are these tips and tools that I use.

First before you begin your site your site you need to know exactly what it is that you are trying to convey or sell. What is your purpose for the site, and the reason of why you even want a website.

Second once you realize what are going to do, you need to do market research and search out other websites that are doing the same thing you are doing and look for the high rankings ones and the ones that are niched a little more. See what they are doing and how you can be different. Learn from them and study how their site compares to the smaller ones listed in the same niche. Contrast and compare so that you can see exactly what will help you to rank high and what to avoid along with what will make you different.

Third once you complete your market research to even see if what you have is something that people even want to know about, because you do not want to have site that no one is even searching for right….. You need to complete keyword research. Find out exactly what keywords are ranking high in the area that are trying to build a site and keep these keywords handy because you will use them in your following steps.

Fourth choose a domain name based on the keywords that are ranking high for whatever it is that you are trying to sell or convey. For example poodle.com are poodleblogs.com is a longer one, but a little more niched and will give you a quicker chance of getting those high rankings. Since, you have poodle as the main keyword name then a subtopic which is something a little more unique then just poodle.

Fifth build your site using a content management system such as wordpress or blogger although I prefer blogger over all the others any day. Invest in the time or money to have a professional site set up for you with all the great seo plugin’s and that will help give you a quick start in website optimization.

Sixth use the keywords that you had earlier and build content around your site “articles” at least 30 to start off with - to give your blog a boost in traffic. Submit them to article directories and see if you can guest blog with a link intact on other similar sites.

Seventh place your site in web directories, blog directories, and use social media to give yourself a huge boost. Such as twitter, Squidoo and facebook.

Eventually over the next couple of months with continued effort of placing related content in your niche and linking to sites with links back to your site from sites in the same field. You will see a growth of traffic and the high ranking coming in that you wanted.

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Website Optimization

What Is Website Optimization?

SEO, is a term that is not relatively new, but it is not well understood either. People get confused between keyword phrases, spiders, and algorithmic. However, it is not a hard concept once you grasp it and begin to utilize the principles of Search Engine Optimization.

To put it plainly Search engine optimization is the process of improving traffic to a website from search engines like Google, Yahoo, via “natural search results for targeted key words. What one does, in essence, when it comes to website optimization, is optimize a web site by improving certain aspects of the site in order to boost the traffic received from search engines.

Bottom line Web Optimization is all about creating a quality site so that people locate your information on the web.

There are many techniques that can be used for your website marketing efforts to be successful. You will want to consider the use of keyword in your content, on your navigation bar, and other prominent places on your site. Another thing that is very important is quality content that is original and makes use of keyword terms. Building relevant links is yet another important aspect as well as making sure there are no bumps in your site that may cause a search engine to falter as it searches, or crawls, your site. If you apply the principles such as those mentioned and others, then you should do fairly well in your search engine ranking endeavors.

One very important key to successful SEO is to make sure that your site is presented early in the search results so that those searching find you faster. Usually the first three pages is where a searcher is able to locate what they are seeking. So again, the proper application of web site optimization principles is key to victory.

If you feel that you cannot accomplish the task of Search Engine Optimization, there are SEO experts available to help you create a site that will draw valuable traffic and increase you ROI (Return on Investment). Most of these experts will come from marketing standpoint and help you to understand your bottom line what must be done to optimize your site.

The concept of Website Seo can be a daunting to comprehend when you first get started. But once you learn the important terms and how to implement the principles the way towards traffic is something that  will return again and again.

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Search Engine Optimization For Ask

Optimizing your site for the web is one thing but optimizing your site to compete in each different search engine is another. We have already gone over the basics of optimizing your site for yahoo, and Google. Now what other huge sites could there be left to optimize for, you might ask.

Well Ask, of course is a major player as well when it comes to search traffic along with windows live lately and not to forget MSN. But right now we are going to cover some simple things that you could do to help raise your rankings in the search engine ASK.

Although it has not been around long and came in pretty late after all the other search engines it has still been able to hold its ground after much needed advertisements on TV and radio and print magazine features, So Ask has been able to carve its simple 3 letter image into the heads of online internet users.  And the one thing that you want for your site is for those users to be able to find your site, not only in Google and Yahoo but also in the smaller players as well like Ask.

To start with, Ask search engine optimization comes with the feel of being able to answer a question for their readership. They are looking for the how to information and the go to information when it comes to answering a question or solving a problem. Ask does not accept web site submissions but instead prefers to find your site through others linking to you.

Ask use what is called Expert Rank, an algorithm in which it places the importance of your site based on whether or not it is a hub or and authorities. Authority sites are those that are the leader in a community of similar sites teaching the same topic. One that has a whole lot of links pointing to them, Hub sites are those that are smaller in the same teaching community but has links pointing out to the larger authority sites. Ask puts sites in communities or clusters of sites and ranks them according to their importance or links. Not to say a hub will not rank high because many do, but in order for this to happen hub sites need at least some authorities sites linking back to them along with a natural progression of linking out to the higher sites.

Ask search engine is also pretty slow when it comes to indexing sites into there search engine, but the best thing to do Is work on getting links from those authorities sites by paying for links, or writing how to information that answers a question and list them in article directories. They do accept advertisements but if you pay for Google adwords your listing is also going to show in their advertisements.

So there you have it, the basic of seo for Ask, how to get indexed. Make sure if you missed part one on Search engine optimization for Google, and Yahoo. Just click on the links below.

Seo for Google

Seo for Yahoo

Seo for the search engines- Yahoo!

Seo for the search engines- Yahoo!

As we covered in the first lesson on seo for the search engines Google, we covered many of the factors that would likely cause one to rank high in Google. Some of those search engine optimization factors include having good quality content on your site. Having great content is key for Google since they make up and send the most traffic to sites. It is the largest search engine and therefore should not be taken lightly. I always say when you do decide to optimize your site, optimize your site for Google first, then the others will fall into play.

However, when and if you do decide to optimize your site for yahoo, there are a few certain seo techniques that you should consider. For one we all know that the algorithms are constantly changing and many of the search engines look at keywords in the description tag, some the header tag and so on and so forth. With yahoo you can still be rest assured that keywords are a big element that comes into play when optimizing your site for them. As with Google who loves relevant links and quality on page factors. Yahoo loves keywords placed throughout the Meta tag, title tag, and description tag about your site and especially keywords in your domain name. This lets them know what your site is about and how and where to place your site.

But don’t be too quick to think that is all there is to ranking with yahoo, because it is not. Yahoo will not even find you’re unless it is listed and has links from other sites. Directories are big and known with yahoo; try to get your site listed in as many relevant niche directories as you can. And you will find your site being listed a whole lot quicker in yahoo and ranked a little higher also. Many people pay around 200.00 to 250.00 to have their site listed in the yahoo directories. Which in my opinion can help if you get listed, but there is no guarantee that you will even if you pay the money. So if you do decide to pay make sure you have a domain keyword rich website name.

One way to see what pages if you have any listed in yahoo is to do a search using:

site:www.yoursite.com

In the search engine browser. To see what pages yahoo sees linking to your page use

linkdomain://www.yoursite.com

Yahoo owns alltheweb and AltaVista so getting listed in them you are also likely to be listed in them as well. So focus on quality keyword page factors, and off page relevant directories listings.

PART ONE Google

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