Go Natural with One Way Backlinks

A sad fairy tale of a Fall from Grace in the Kingdom of Google...

A long time ago, well, around 2002 I was using "reciprocal linking" with outstanding results. I had five home business sites all interlinked and the search engines loved me. I was their favourite subject....Not really, but you get what I mean.

It wasn't unusual to see two or three of my sites sharing the same top page on Google for highly competitive "work at home" terms. I had five different accounts with Linksmanager managing my different sites, sending me new link partners daily. I believed that there was no end to the heights I could reach, in terms of search engine rankings and the subsequent traffic that the top results produced.

Alas, a lot has changed since then......

The search engines soon cottoned on that wiley Internet Marketers like myself had automated the process, with the help of quality services of course, but automated no less. So in the space of a few weeks or months maybe, my sites lost the power through reciprocal linking that they once enjoyed and my rankings fell. I wasn't banned or banished to the nether regions of Google BUT, once you fall off the top two or three pages you might as well not be listed at all.

You see, Google likes to see "natural" linking activity, ie. a person visits your site, they like what they see, maybe see your site as a valuable resource and decide to add a link back. This is a "natural" process. When Google finds that the linkback is being reciprocated then they know that some sort of deal has been set up and the relevancy drops way down.

Today I am climbing back up the charts, so to speak using one way linking and I am happy to report that it is semi-automated and starting to produce the same kind of results that I used to acquire. There are a few of ways to get one way links:

1. The natural way, of which no one has control over - Visitors will find your site useful or not and decide to add a link back to you of their free will.

2. You can buy one way links - Many companies out there are brokers for website owners who sell a link on their site for a monthly or yearly fee.

3. You can set up a linking strategy with another webmaster to set up a link back structure, ie. he links to your site and rather than link straight back to the site he links from, you link to another one of his sites. So one way links are created and they look "natural". This is an effective strategy but too labourious for my liking.

4. Add your site to link directories - This is the most effective way from my experience, especially if you have automated or semi-automated the process. One way links from high quality directories will do more for your website ranking that any other single internet marketing method.

It's important when getting back links that you use different anchor texts. Using the same link text will look automated. Link backs from websites all using a variety of linking texts will look as natural as you can possibly expect.

In conclusion, the more natural you can make your linking strategy appear to be, the more you will benefit in the Search Engines. And as Google, Yahoo, and the other top dogs become more stringent in routing out automated processes, you may still have a chance of keeping one step ahead of the pack.

That said, there are NO guarantees in Google Kingdom.

Copyright 2006 Mal Keenan

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How To Select A Successful Affiliate Marketing Company

Affiliate marketing has become one of the most popular methods to make money on the internet. There is thousands of affiliate marketing companies to choose from, which gives you the ability to become an affiliate for a company based around your website. Another advantage to affiliate marketing is the ability to be an affiliate for a number of companies, not just one. So how do you go about selecting a successful affiliate marketing company?

It is wise to select an affiliate marketing company that has to do with your website. Odds are your website is something that interests you, so make sure you select a program that is of interest to you. This will make it much easier to promote and sell something if you have an interest in it.

After you know what type of affiliate marketing company you want to target and promote, you need to research A LOT about the various programs out there. Dig deep and find out what makes one program better than the others. To start you should look at the surface of the company. Ask yourself if it looks professional and if you would buy from them yourself. Does the company know the product and promote it strongly themselves? These are all signs of a successful company from the surface.

Everyone is in affiliate marketing to make money. So the next step is to find the programs that pay out the best and offer the most residual income. It is recommended that you look for a program that pays out no less than 40% of your sales. There are thousands of programs to choose from, so make sure your efforts are being rewarded with a high pay out.

Once you know how much you can make from a specific affiliate marketing company, look into whether or not the company provides you with tools and resources to promote the product. The only way you can be successful in affiliate marketing is if you sell the product, which makes it all the more crucial to have tools to promote the product.

Lastly, it is vital that the affiliate marketing company you select has a place to check your stats. Not only do you need to be able to check your stats, but you need to be able to check them 24 hours a day. After all, the internet never sleeps so why should the stat checking system sleep. If you don’t know how you’re doing, how are you going to be able to stay motivated?

Selecting the perfect affiliate marketing company for you can be difficult since there are so many choices. However, if you put in the effort to research and learn a little bit about some of the options, you should have no problem selecting a winner. Just remember, there is nothing saying you can’t be involved with multiple affiliate marketing programs at once.

Copyright (c) 2006 Mal Keenan

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Tips To Success With Various Article Marketing Methods

Writing articles has become crucial to promote your website and increase traffic, but none of this is possible without article marketing. Article marketing is the key to exposing your articles and getting them seen through the web. There are a number of ways you can go about distributing your article on the web and marketing your article and your website at the same time.

The best article marketing method out there is to submit it to article directories. There are thousands of article directories and article submission sites to submit your article to. From there, when people on the web are searching for an article related to yours there is the possibility they will see your article. If your content is intriguing and leaves the reader wanting more, they will click on your link and go to your website. Mission Accomplished!!

There are also a number of article submission companies that give you hundreds of article directories for a certain price. The most notable companies or sites are article submitter pro and article marketer. These sites have one time fees; after which you receive the software needed to submit your articles and you are on your way to marketing your article all over the web.

If you have a newsletter it is always a great article marketing solution to post your article in it. Fresh content is vital to a newsletter and adding an article every once in awhile keeps the readers interested. The more you post on your newsletter the more readers will want to return to see what else you have to say.

An article marketing method that is often overlooked is archiving your articles on your own site. Many people use article marketing to promote their site, so they find it useless to place the articles on their site itself. However, by placing articles on your site you are constantly adding fresh content and expanding the number of pages you have to your website.

From there you can make it easily accessible for newsletter publishers to download your articles. This way they can publish your articles in their newsletters to market your articles and website as well.

The last noted article marketing tip is to submit promotional ads on the bottom of your emails or through your autoresponder. In your email tell everyone they can receive a free article to place on their website if they sign up for something of yours. Or give them a link to the page of your article in your signature file on the bottom of your email. You would be surprised at how much response you can get from a small note at the bottom of an email.

There is no question article marketing is the new fad to success with your online business. It is a great way to get target traffic to your website while increasing your fresh content. By marketing your articles you can drastically increase your website traffic and provide your readers with a little taste of your knowledge on the subject.

Copyright (c) 2006 Mal Keenan

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Secrets To Success With Google Adsense

So you place a google adsense ad on your page and you will begin making money immediately, right? Not exactly. This is a common misconception amongst internet marketers that can cause frustration and ultimately lead to many quitting with no success. If you can believe this, there is actually work and strategic planning involved with you making money with google adsense. So what are these secrets to success with google adsense you may be wondering?



The placement of your google adsense ad on the page is crucial to how much money you will make. It is vital that you place the ad above the fold on your page in order to get the most clicks. What this means is you want to place the ad high enough on the page that visitors do not have to scroll down to see your ad.



By placing the google adsense ad above the fold you are increasing the odds of people clicking on the ad. The reason for this is because a majority of your readers do not read your entire site or the entire page. For the most part people glance over some of the key points on the top part of the page without worrying about scrolling down. If you place the ad higher, you have a better chance to get clicks out of these types of visitors.



The way you blend the ad with the rest of your page can determine if the ad is visually appealing or not. You want to try and make your google adsense ad look less like an ad and more like your work. You can do this by making the font and color of the ad’s text similar as the text on the rest of the page. It is also recommended that you blend or mesh the background of the ad with the background of your page.



What you place around your ad can have just as much affect as the google adsense has itself for success. You want to eliminate any kind of clutter that can distract and disorient readers when they come to your page. It may seem appealing to you to place banners and pictures and text all over the page, but this is simply cluttering the page. If the page is cluttered you are increasing the chances of your visitors completely skipping over the google adsense ad altogether.



The last secret to success with google adsense is similar to your website in general. You want to pick a niche that is similar to your website and stick with that niche for all of the ads you place on your website. By selecting a niche you have a better chance for keyword optimization and targeting your readers with relevant ads to what they are searching for on your website.



It is the little things that most never even consider that can make the difference between success and failure with google adsense. If you do all of these secrets listed above and generate traffic to your website, you should have no problem having success with google adsense.

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5 Ways To Make Money With Blogs

5 Ways To Make Money With Blogs

There are hundreds of ways to make money on the internet, but most oversee the idea of making money with blogs. Blogs are a great way to promote articles, discuss various ideas, and promote your website itself. However, there are several ways you can make money with blogs as well. Here are 5 ways to make money with blogs.

1. Sell advertising
The most common way people make money with blogs is selling advertising. If you build a large blog you can sell advertising space for people to put their ads on your blog. However, a majority of people aren’t capable of building a blog big enough to do this. That is where Google AdSense and BlogAds can help you. It is free and they pay you based on the number of people that click their ads for further information.

2. Sell your products
A blog is a great place to discuss advice and opinions on various subjects. It can also be a great place to promote your product and tell them how it can benefit them. Whether it’s your blog or someone else’s, look at it as an opportunity to fulfill peoples’ needs, not that you are just selling your product.

3. Affiliate programs
This is a great way to make money with blogs that hardly anyone even considers. By mentioning the product, the affiliate program will provide you with a clickable link to hyperlink the word with. This way if people are interested in your blog post and click on the product word, they are directed to the affiliate program website where you make commission on all products they buy.

4. Sell your website
It may seem cliché because everyone sells their own website and business through blogs. However, it is your approach that can mean the difference of you making money with blogs or not. If you spend the whole time talking you will seem uninterested in others’ insight. If you incorporate others’ thoughts and opinions and strike up a conversation with little bits and pieces about your business, you soon will have them reeled in. By talking about their business and showing interest you will find that more people are interested in your business in turn.

5. Consistency
The more you post the more chances people have to see you and your website link. It is vital that you make one post a day or at minimum a few a week. This way people become accustomed to seeing your posts and hearing your advice or questions. This is a great way to build relationships, which will help you sell your product, share ideas, and promote your website.

If you take the time to put in the effort in blogs you can easily make money with blogs. There are some people that make a living through making money with blogs. However it is commitment, consistency, and your approach that can either break your or make you money with blogs.

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