Yesterday I was talked about listing your site at web directories. Last night while looking for new places to list my site I found this place Best Web Directories.
It has a lot of directories listed even blog directories. Check it out!
If I find other site like this one I'll add them to this post.
The other day I was talking about getting my site indexed and getting started with promoting it. Here are a few things I have read and done to promote my site: written an article; I'm not a writer, so I am looking for a software that can help me with that, plus ones that can help me submit them. I have posted in a few forums, I laugh about it now, but the first time I forgot to put my site address at the end of my post!
Site SEO is a place that is something we really need to look at. There are so many aspects to SEO. From using your most important keyword in your domain name to building one-way links and finding who your competition is linked to and trying to get a text link there too. Plus so much more. I didn't know about using a keyword in my domain, but I tried to pick one that was easy to remember.
Remember trying to optimize your site is a trial and error thing; change something and test it, make a change again etc.
Some basics I have learned from reading are:
Good strong keywords, using your most popular one in your domain, meta description and in the meta tag. Use the H1 and H2 tags. Don't over populate your page with keywords. Keep keyword density between 3 and 6 percent.
With images make sure to use the ALT tag and use a keyword there.
Try not to use stop words in your title etc. Stop words are: and, on, with etc.
Build backlinks from other sites in the form of a text link example: best diet book.
I have tried to get one way links by adding my site to open directories ones that have a Google PR of 4 or higher.
There are all kinds of site out there to find info about SEO. There are three newsletter that I like. One comes from Brad Fallen, the next comes from Brad Callen and the last is AbotDirectory.com just hit free links in my links area.
Another thing you need to do is offer a newsletter, because it's all in the list. This keeps you in contact with people and it will bring them back to your site over and over. Most important if you are offering products.
Now if you want to take a look at my first attempt go to Bob's Info World. Please leave me a comment tell me what you think! Oh and if you are wondering; no I haven't made anything from the site. Still not getting the traffic.
Good Luck
So on with the journey for a home base business. Now I have decided to go with a content site, using AdSense to see if I could make an income this way. This being my first attempt, I found a list of the most 100 searched keywords. I pick a theme for the site and picked 7 of these keywords that seemed to fit together. Now most people say, use just one subject per site, or start a mini-site, but with funds being limited I thought 7 subject would be that much better.
Now I thought that build-it and they will come, is all I had to do. A month of looking for content and putting the site together. Boy was I wrong! I knew I had to use my keywords in my meta tag and site description! But I didn't know about trying to use my main keyword in the domain name too. But that is just the beginning!
And now I have learned there is so much more to getting people to your site. Most of it I think has to do with search engine optimization, both on and off your-site.
Some say build your site and get up on-line and make changes as you go, reason for this is it may take some time for the search engines spiders to find your new site. So here is what I have learned so far.
Site layout needs to be neat, easy to use, simple and not overwhelming. To much information on a page can send people running, but not enough and you lose them too. You have to pike their interest. If you are using AdSense on your site, go to Google to see good ad placement. Have friends read and comment on your site.
When picking your keywords don't use the top ranking keywords, use lesser words that match your site. Reason: less competition; it harder to beat sites that have been on the web longer.
Don't submit to the search engine! It doesn't help anymore, I don't know how true this is, but I came across this statement a few times. Instead submit your site to open directories or online directories. This builds one-way links back to your site. Do a few a week not all at once.
I don't want to make this post to long so part 2 tomorrow.
If you have any helpful hints please leave me a comment!
