The Yellow Pages of Internet – Web Directories

Part of effective off-page search engine optimization is getting listed in web directories. These are websites whose whole purpose is to sit like the old yellow pages, just waiting for people to look through their categories. While not as popular as they once were, they are still a good place to make a backlink, mostly [...]

Advertise your site with a Press Release

Here is a list of free* sites that publish Press Releases   www.prleap.com www.prweb.com www.addpr.com www.express-press-release.com www.free-press-release.com www.openpr.com www.press-base.com www.press411.com www.pressreleasespider.com www.i-newswire.com     *(no warranty links still work, or services are still free)

Claim your blog on Technorati

Claiming your blog will add it to Technorati’s Blog Directory, in the categories you specify, and will let you see links from sites in our index to your blog.

Linkwheel for Backlinks

off page SEO by linkwheel

Link Wheeling Think of a bicycle tire. You have the rubber outer part and the inner cog. Between them are the spokes. Now, think of Web 2.0 properties rotating on the outside, and your money-making site in the middle. The spokes are links from those 2.0 properties. That is backlinking. This is one step further. [...]

Bookmark your work to share

Social Bookmarking There is a type of internet marketing called social bookmarking.  This is where you use services like StumbleUpon or Digg to share your hard work with others.  You also can share interesting news articles, helpful how-tos, pretty much anything on the internet! Techniques to Improve your Social Bookmarking Bookmark several sources at one [...]

Using Google Alerts to find where to backlink

There is a very handy tool that Google gives us to use for free to find “dofollow” blogs and news articles.  Google Alerts. First, what do I mean about “dofollow”?  In the search engine META there is a code called “nofollow” & “dofollow”.  A nofollow means that the hyperlinks off site of a page should [...]

Best Practices to Dominate for a Keyword Term

***Make it interesting and unique*** Research your keyword phrase. It must have thousands of searches, and be low competition (Google AdWords: Keyword Tool) Buy a domain name that has your keyword phrase.  Remember, on the search results page, all matches to the search will be in bold! Put your keyword in the title tag (WordPress [...]

Steps to an Effective Backlink

You’ve heard all the hype – you have to backlink to get traffic to your money making site. But you are still concerned about the "how" of backlinking. Anyone can go out, make a profile on a Web 2.0 property, but what makes a backlink an effective backlink? Here it is, step by step. First, [...]