Archive for November, 2007

Stumble New Posts - Get Free Traffic

November 20, 2007 | Author: Rob | Filed under: SEO and Marketing

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This is a very easy equation and concept to get your new or established online venture some free traffic. On all of your posts you should have an option that allows readers to stumble it and get the whole phenomenon started. These stats are from the ~8th of November until today. In the referrer stats stumble upon is #1 by a large margin.

When stumbling someone’s site make sure to put it in the MOST appropriate category. Often times there will be numerous categories which it could fit into. Pick the most targeted one possible. Most stumble traffic stays for a very short time so the more targeted it is the more likely they will stay.

When I’m stumbling I just go through 80% in the blink of an …

Importance of Your Websites First Fold - Tips to Convert Your Readers

November 19, 2007 | Author: Rob | Filed under: Design

The first fold or page of your website is what every viewer will see regardless if they decided to stay at your website or not. Often times the speed and contents of your first fold dictate whether a new first time browser will take the time to stay at your website or just keep moving on. The internet is massive with billions of pages; if you get someone to your site it’s important to get them to stay for a while because if they don’t chances are you’ve lost them for good. Every website needs a goal. If you don’t have a goal for what will happen when someone views your site for the first time I recommend you form one. Currently my goal is to increase RSS subscribers and regular visitors / contributors.

Things to include in your first fold:

The most important thing to include in your first …

Welcome to the Weekend Links!

November 16, 2007 | Author: Rob | Filed under: Blogging

Welcome to the weekend!

Finally some time to ourselves; finally two consecutive days where for the most part I can do as I please. If I can’t do as I please it’s probably due to circumstances I’m responsible for but none the less two full days without going to work. I love Friday’s at this time; possibly the best part of the week. A whole work week is done and a whole weekend awaits.

Here are this weeks links of interest:

- Work from Home Job - Earn $100 a month being a blog directory editor.
I found this post reading a blog I enjoy called PureBlogging.

- First months of a Neglected Niche Site
I always enjoy reading Jay’s posts. His blog is Online Opportunity

- 13 Ways to Earn the Trust of Online Purchasers
Vandelay Web Design has a very informative blog; I recommend you visit it.

- Learning …

Sudden Loss of Page Rank - How to Protect Yours

November 16, 2007 | Author: Rob | Filed under: SEO and Marketing

Last night I got home from work logged into my PC and checked HomeBizBlogger.com; why I checked it I’m not sure as I was online all day at work. I noticed that the blog had Page Rank 0 and began to think what’s going on here…

Courtesy of Flickr

I guess I’m an eternal optimist because I thought oh maybe google made a mistake and this blog really deserves a BETTER pagerank. I should of known it doesn’t typically work that way. So here we are I have Page Rank 0 on this 1 year old blog; lovely. I checked some of Eve’s other sites and noticed that they had also lost all of there page rank as well.

At first I was a little disappointed, than a little hurt and now sad. (Just kidding about the last two parts). I told myself; if you stress …

The Benefits of Forum Posting and Online Communities

November 14, 2007 | Author: Rob | Filed under: SEO and Marketing

Do you belong to any online communities? Web forums are becoming a popular place to network and thats not all!

Joining a community not only puts you in touch with others from your niche but it also is valuable in targeted traffic and links. Many forums allow users to make a signature file which can often contain 1-4 links. Make sure you use anchor text that you are trying to rank for on search engines and post in relevant threads or start your own. Each one of those threads now has a link to your blog; these threads often get page rank as well which certainly helps. Besides the links people often click on signature links to read more of what the author of the post had to say if they like it.

Here are some tips to getting the most out of a forum experience:

1) Look for a large …