Does SEO Still Really Work?

With the latest shake up (…or shall I say shut down?) of blog networks many marketers are starting to ask this question.

There have been such a lot of impact to SEO with recent changes and the websites of many very good marketers have tanked. That, in some cases, is years of work down the drain.

So what is the deal here? Continue reading

What Effects Will the Google Panda Updates Have?

Look out. The Google Panda is here and making impact.

Google’s latest algorithm update has changed things for seo marketers. Here are some of the key points of the changes.

On Page SEO is much more important than before. Get all your titles, tags and images labelled correctly. Go to Traffic Travis for free software to analyse your website.

Focus on social media backlinks which have been given a big boost in importance …and don’t forget to remember who you are working with and use Google Plus in the mix!

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How To Continually Grow Your Affiliate Income

The promise of earning profits without really doing much of anything has enticed a lot of people towards affiliate marketing.  But does affiliate marketing really work this way?

As an affiliate, all that is required of you is to simply place the merchant’s ad on your website.  Then after that, you virtually do nothing but wait for anyone to click on the merchant’s ad and later collect your profits.  Easy, right?  Well, not that easy.  Many affiliates earn almost nothing from their affiliate programs simply because they do nothing, or they do the wrong things.  Remember that affiliate marketing is but another form of marketing, and you’ll definitely need to market your merchant’s product for you to earn something. Continue reading

Tips to Increase Ranking and Website Traffic

It is worth cataloging the basic principles to increase website traffic and search engine rankings.

  • Create a site with valuable content, products or services.
  • Place primary and secondary keywords within the first 25 words in your page content and spread them evenly throughout the document.
  • Research and use the right keywords/phrases to attract your target customers.
  • Use your keywords in the right fields and references within your web page. Like Title, META tags, Headers, etc.
  • Keep your site design simple so that your customers can navigate easily between web pages, find what they want and buy products and services. Continue reading

Web Hosting Companies – Who Should You Pick?

With thousands of web hosting companies in the market it can be difficult if not impossible to know which web site hosting companies truly provide an excellent hosting solution at an excellent price. When you have an established domain name with a good web hosting company, you can get reports on your traffic and which of your pages your customers are visiting most often, as well as many other statistics.

Your web host will charge you a fee for monthly service that ranges from $10 or $20 to the more expensive $50.00 per month. Plan to pay between $300 and $500 per year to your web host.

Always avoid free or very inexpensive web hosting services, because you may experience bouts of server downtimes and you are likely to have significant limitations in storage, number of email addresses, FTP upload etc. Continue reading