Pale… Yet makes me miss those colorful feelings

Empty… Yet fills me with your unsaid commitments

Speechless… Yet trying to speak your love

Rains without you are dry, pale, empty and speechless.

But recently, I noticed that now it takes no more than 3 days to get the lenses indexed in major search engines. Squidoo is getting back to its value and authority among webmasters and users. Of course, Google will not come to these pages and crawl by themselves. If you do the following, you can get full value of your lenses -

a) Get at least 600 words unique content on your lens and make sure it gives great value to the readers.

b) make good use of images with alt-tagging options.

c) Use anchor texts for backlinks and try to link some keyword with sites like wikipedia and other highend portals.

d) Submit to various squidoo lens directories so they get some backlinks.

e) Bookmark the lens to top bookmarking sites like digg, reddit, propeller etc.

f) Associate with popular squidoo groups and your lens there.

g) Share your lens with other squidoo members and on forums without spamming them. Be a quality contributor.

Thes steps will definitely help you get some strong backlinks out of your squidoo lens creation efforts.

Well, you probably did nothing wrong but the new algo might have regarded some link building methods as of high quality and some of poor quality. The speed of building links could have been another factor for drop in rankings.

As per our experiments for the last 2 months, these things would work -

1- Relax:

You need to relax first of all. No need to panic if the rankings are dropped all of a sudden and even if it was your only source of income.

Look at the recent methods you applied and try to remove all weak links if you can.

2- Forget mass social bookmarking

Now when you’re already hurt, you can not take risk anymore. Forget social bookmarking to 1000 sites would do any good. It’d rather harm and spam. Target top 20 – 25 bookmarking sites that have got real value. Digg, Reddit, Folkd, Propeller, Mixx, Sphinn, etc. are doing well. Don’t get excited with every new social bookmarking site added to your list. Relyonly upon old and reputed site for now.

3- Come out linkwheel myth

Those are truly spam links until and unless you have maintained these web 2.0 property pages for long. Just create these pages once and update them every week like a blog. Try to make some decent backlinks for them so that they bring some value to your site as well. It’s better to update and maintain your existing pages than creating new page with a spun content on every new site. Vox, livejournal, blogsline, ning, blogspot etc. are great to go.

4- Forum link building

Now, I’m not talking about spam postings and fake sig links. Create your own account at popular forums that allow do-follow sigs and contribute there. This would help you with slow link building and it WILL help you to recover your dropped rankings. Creating your own account may help if you have 1-2 sites but if you have more, you can purchase sig links from active and reputed members of these forums. Please note that these sig links will be helpful only if they are indexed.

5-  Unique Article Marketing – Target Only top 10

If your site is slapped and dropped, it’d be good if you go article marketing with only 2-3 articles per month. Try to get these articles written as good as possible. Submit them only to top 10 directories like ezinearticles, goarticles, Buzzle, ideamarketers etc. Try to rewrite the titles if possible. I will not recommend mass submission or multiple articles for now.

6- Beg, Borrow or Steal Method works always

But here you need to target only super quality stuff to beg, borrow or steal :p A friend in need is a friend indeed Try to get links from friendly sites, niche sites and high PR blogs. You can request them or pay if it is a nominal fee. 4-5 blogrolls a month would help you big time.

7- Clinging To Top portals like Hubpages, Suite101, PromotionWorld, InfoBarrel

If you get even one of your articles published every month on each of these big and happening portals every month, these would kickboost your dropped rankings. Google loves them and Google will spare those who get love from these portals. However, these sites demand and approve only superb quality content. So you’d need to hire a smartass writer.

Other than these steps, try to get some guest posts if possible on reputed blogs around (in your niche). And stay active on forums and search engine discussions. You’ll get lot of tips not to just to recover dropped rankings but to get #1.

See you again soon.

Cheers!

So here goes the reasons why I can’t write yet

Excuse no. 1 – My blog needs a make over

Definitely it needs. I need a fresh, blue and white theme that can prompt me to write any thought any moment. Anyway, I got at least a theme somewhat similar for now.

Excuse no. 2 – Oh!! I’m too busy to write

Surely I AM. I’m busy in thinking about when to start blogging again. Kidding.. Now when I have started, I have actually started and you’ll  see hell lot of blogs coming everyday (hopefully :p fingers crossed**)

Excuse no. 3 – I’m too tired to write by the time I get some ideas

A terribly pure excuse. A kickass writer is never tired to pen down those wonderful ideas. But I’ll get over this tiredness with a balancedworking schedule now.

Excuse no. 4 – There are so many ideas in mind and which one to write

LOL.. AS if I’m a live WEALTH of knowledge. There are surely many ideas that keep coming to mind when I browse various forums, specially NetBuilders these days and when I come across varioud inquiries and questions from clients. Some of them are truly interesting and thought provoking.. And worth sharing on a blog.

Excuse no. 5 – I needone.. just ONE post to begin

And here I begin with this one. Okay guys, I will be back with regular posting on more of SEO, copywriting and other stuff. Just keep an eye and keep visiting if you have read this one.

Cheers!

Are cheap search engine optimization companies actually offering value for their money? Are the rankings sustainable or are they just a flash in the pan?

Unfortunately, many people tend to opt for the quick and cheap option. By the time they get burned, their websites are already de-indexed and they often have to start all over again. It becomes increasingly worse if the domains have been around for a long time and a lot of time has been spent building the website.

Most search engine optimization companies offering a quick and cheap way to higher search engine rankings often do it the wrong or unethical way. If you doubt it, when next you find a company that offers that service, contact them and ask them what methods they would be using. You can be sure that they will be evasive and not forthcoming with the necessary information.

On the other hand, genuine and reputable search engine optimization companies will not hesitate to show you what they will be doing to help your website get higher search engine rankings. These white hat companies spend time doing it the right way. And while the results may not be as fast as the cheap, shady options, you can be sure that the website will rise through the ranks naturally. The search engine algorithms have been designed in such a way that websites that quickly rise through the ranks are viewed as suspicious and probably spammy.

The natural and safe methods often work well for webmasters that are willing to wait just a little longer. While this method might be a little pricey –hence the reason many individuals opt for the cheaper and faster method- the benefits in the long term far outweigh the little fee paid. White hat methods play by the rules of the search engines; thus they are safe and produce long lasting results as long they are maintained and updated once in a while.

Higher search engine rankings are possible using the right means and methods. The cheap ways may give you temporary results and this is ok if your target is temporary. But then, why spend time and money on the temporary when you can make the results permanent! Thus giving you the ability to consistently earn more money and build your lists from the website for a long time.

Therefore, it is advisable that you opt for the natural and safe methods of search engine optimization. The benefits will last for a long time and you will make way more than you invested.

This also applies to your internet marketing business. Knowing what is happening in the market can both save your business and prevent you from taking a dangerous leap into unknown or murky waters.

If your business is internet based, then you know that your livelihood –whether you like it or not- depends largely on the different search engines. If these are gone today, you are not likely to make a dime from that business anymore.

Since an important aspect of your business online is search engine optimization, being on the lookout for recent hot trends and updates will help you navigate the treacherous waters of change. Staying on top of seo trends include

* Attending Conferences and Events

Sometime ago, just before the google duplicate content “slaughter”, some marketers who had tons of duplicate content online took them down and in the process, were able to stay afloat during the purge. They were able to do this simply because they had insider information about the intention of google to clamp down on duplicate content.

People who had high search engine rankings were suddenly thrown off balance and websites fell from first page to the 2 millionth page. Most of those who were able to escape the cleansing did so because they attended events where rumours about duplicate content clamp down were strong.

* Keep Your Ears on the “Ground”

In the past, people were able to hear a war coming from as far as three days away. The reason they were able to do this was because they knew how to put their ears on the ground and listen intently to the varying sounds emanating from the earth.

This way, they were able to escape before enemies attacked them. You should do the same in business. Keep your ears to the ground. No matter how big you get, hang around industry forums and authority websites once a while and just listen to gist going around these places. It could be your saving grace.

Know More about predictability of GOOGLE Search Trends

* Pay Experts to Do It

Search engine optimization companies, services and professionals are often insiders in the game. They know where to get the right info, contact the right people and even know about any major “storm” way ahead of its occurrence.

You can easily pay services like this to once in a while look over your website and see if there is anything they can do. A steady appraisal –probably once every 6 months; more if it necessary and affordable- can help your website stay alive.

It is crucial that you stay afloat during any major search engine “storm”. Getting expert SEO opinions and the costs involved are puny compared to the benefits that can be obtained from consistently listening to their advice and following their recommendations.

The way out now –apart from doing all the necessary off-page and on-page seo- is by taking advantage of web 2.0 properties., these properties when used effectively can help get your website listed on the search engines faster than any other method.

* Hubpages

Hubpages is one of the more recent web2.0 portals. It is a website where you can post up your content, images and embed videos. In the past, it used to be outranked by Squidoo given Squidoo’s dynamism and its favoritism by most search engines.

With a well targeted keyword and article, you can easily write about your website, place your links in your profile –not in the article unless absolutely relevant and necessary- and rank well for your targeted keyword. The only negative side to hubpages is in its speed of indexing. It talks longer –often about 72 hours- but when it gets indexed, it rises through the ranks very fast.

* Squidoo

Squidoo used to be one of the fastest ranked web 2.0 properties. But after it got “hijacked” by spammers and marketers, it had to undergo what was popularly referred to at the time as “Squidoo slap”. This inadvertently led to Squidoo’s rankings dropping in the search engine. But after the purging, Squidoo has started ranking higher in the search engines.

As against hubpages, Squidoo has more dynamism in that you can insert links, videos, audios, arrows and a whole lot of trappings. Squidoo has very strong authority with the search engines and will rank well if the keywords are properly targeted.

* Twitter

In the past, twitter used to be just a mini blogging platform. Now, it is still a blogging platform but with more dynamism. Recent research has shown that even twitter listings are showing up in the search engines and ranking well. Available at twitter.cm, all you have to do is sign up and start “following” people. Next to Facebook, it is currently one of the fastest growing social networks and is likely to remain so for a while.

* 43 Things

Amazingly, not many people are aware of this platform and its ranking potentials. It has been quietly ranking well for long tail keywords and has remained steady in a long time. With a very interactive and easy user interface, signing up is easy as you do not have to jump through hoops to get signed up.

Combining all these properties for your benefit takes some tact and skill. Thus, you need the help of a seo professional to be able to get the best results from them.

What is a Landing Page?

In a nutshell, your site’s landing page is the first page that every visitor to your site will see. Did visitors from an affiliate find your site? They should end up on a landing page. Are people getting to your site via Google searches? The landing page should be the first thing they see, too. It’s your site’s reception desk or front lobby, ushering visitors in and showing them where to go.

Designing and creating a landing page can be tricky because the ‘best’ combination of layout and content will depend on your niche and the keywords you’re focusing on. An all-text design will do for some, while others will need a layout that’s heavier on visuals and images. Hire Best professionals to take care of your niche wordpress blogs.

Regardless of the kind of design and layout you decide to use, the goal of your landing page should be the same – to entice the visitor to delve deeper and find whatever it was they were looking for. When people click on a link and then don’t immediately get the information they want, there’s a tendency for them to navigate away from the page. Your landing page should be interesting and compelling enough to override that tendency and encourage the visitor to explore your site a little more.

When Do You Need a Landing Page?

As mentioned earlier, not all websites need a landing page. If all you have is a blog, for example, then a landing page is most definitely not necessary. In general, there are three cases when you’ll want to have a landing page made for your website. Each one is detailed below.

First, a landing page is a good idea if you get a good amount of your traffic from individual affiliates or affiliate programs. The affiliate link that you have distributed to the individual affiliate sites should all point to your landing page. Why isn’t your homepage enough, and why is a landing page necessary? Find Best { and i mean it } effective landing pages optimization tips.

You’re never sure what exactly the customer wanted to see when he or she clicked on the link offered by the affiliate site. What you’re sure of is the kind of advertising that the affiliate used – he or she promoted your main keywords, for example. Your landing page will then be your tool to segue the visitor from the affiliate’s sales pitch and into your products. This whole process of turning a visitor into a buyer is called conversion. Without conversion, you’re likely to get very minimal returns on the money you invested in the affiliate program; you’ll be paying and paying without generating sales.

Secondly, landing pages are a good idea for extremely large sites with thousands of pages and products. One good example is Amazon.com, which has a landing page with all its recent special promotions as well as your options for navigating the rest of the site. It’s a softer and neater landing pad than if you throw the customer directly into your melee of product pages. At the same time, it’s a home page that visitors can return to whenever they’ve delved too far into the site structure.

Lastly, you may want to use landing pages whenever you have something special for the visitor to notice, like a promotion or a campaign. The online storefront for apparel retailer GAP, for example, uses a landing page as a billboard for sales and promotions. Tech company Cisco, meanwhile, uses one to show its ‘new way’ and ‘human network’ ad campaign to every visitor.

Last Words on Landing Pages

Are you paying for affiliate programs to send traffic to your site? Get a landing page. Do you have a huge site with thousands of pages? It’s time to create a landing page. Is there anything special about your online business at the moment that you want to promote? Design a landing page for it. But Check out weather you hiring a good seo copywriting company to create a best landing pages according with your niche or not.

Your landing page is your opportunity to let customers know that you probably have what they want, and that it’s worth their time to explore your site. It’s your chance to actively promote your site and help convert all that traffic into real sales that will make you money. Isn’t that what matters at the end of the day?

1. It’s Still Anyone’s Game!

With about 10 weeks to go in the contest, it’s too early for anyone to be declaring winners. That means you’ve still got a shot at getting to those top three spots. It ain’t over ’till it’s over – or ’till it’s August 15 already. 

2. Take the Star-Studded Road

A lot of the pages in the Top 10 of the results didn’t start there. Some were once obscure little pages, until their respective optimizations boosted them to Page One. So if you’re currently languishing at Page 12, don’t worry; some of the strongest sulumits retsambew competitors came from your station. It’s going to be a challenge of turning their pedestal into your own.

3. It’s a Slow Climb to the Top

Remember your SEO basics. For example, keep in mind that few things on Google are instantaneous. Most of the time, there are several days’ – even a weeks’ – delay before you see anything happening to your page.

In the same vein, don’t get put down if your page’s performance has been less than meteoric. Progress in these SEO contests is always slow and gradual. That’s why the people who do well at this kind of thing are those who are consistent and diligent with their optimization.

4. Ask the Pros

While you’ll be going up against professionals in Sulumits Retsambew, there’s a good side to the formidable competition too. Many of those guys and girls are helpful enough to give you tips and comments on how to do better in the contest. You never know, you might even get a couple of new ideas from them that you missed out before.  I’d like to refer one of the recent post at HomeBizSEO.com specifically for sulumits retsambew –> (currently there si some error in my system or the blog. I’d edit it soon)

Don’t let low rankings and poor performance get you down and keep you there. The battle for the Sulumits Retsambew crown isn’t over, and it’s time for you to go back and fight for it.

One common mistake that many companies make is to not make a distinction between good writing and SEO copywriting. There can be a very big difference between the two, especially if what you have is very basic SEO copy. Here are three reasons why plain vanilla SEO copywriting isn’t enough, and why you might want to take that extra step to turn that copy into good writing.

It Appeals to Just One

That is, it works with just one part of the copywriting marketing equation. SEO copy commonly targets the search engine component with its keywords, densities and so on. One thing you have to realize, though, is that the current trend in SEO is selling to more than just the search engines. Nowadays, everyone’s also selling to the actual customers.

It Doesn’t Convert Well Enough

This is probably the main reason why people in copywriting marketing are now tripping all over themselves trying to sell to the customers instead of to just the search engines. SEO copy that’s written for just the search engines’ benefit could get you top spots on the SERPs, but they don’t offer anything to ensure that people who visit the page get buying.

Hit Two Targets with One Article

Good writing that’s optimized for the readers, meanwhile, almost always end up getting optimized for the search engines as well. When you take the effort and the space to explain the benefits of your item and show the readers exactly why they should buy it, you also end up using your main keywords in the right densities – all whether you want to or not. You satisfy just about every algorithm that the search engines could throw at you, giving you that page ranking that you’ve always wanted.

At the same time, good writing is much likelier to convert your page traffic into sales. Instead of reading through SEO gibberish, your visitors end up reading through real, effective sales copy that compels them to buy. It’s a win-win situation for you.

But the skills necessary to write well enough for the customers and the search engines don’t come easy. That’s why you’ll want to get the services of a professional SEO service provider to do this job for you. With the literary and copy writing expertise you’ll get there, it’s worth every cent to be able to please both customer and search engine at the same time.