Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Beware of SEO Scams

Search Engine Submit Scams


I'm sure you've seen the ads for search engine submit services and software -- you know the ones that boast they will submit your website to hundreds or even thousands of search engines for a certain fee?


Well, don't buy into these schemes -- even if they are offering something for free.


First of all, around 85 percent of all search engine traffic come from Google, Yahoo!, MSN and other portals of these sites. Portals are search engines that use results from other engines.


For example, AOL's search results come from Google. So once you are optimized for Google's search engine, then those same rankings will apply for AOL. Netscape and any other portal that uses Google's results.


The other search engines make up the remaining percentages and most of them don't even account for a full 1% of all search traffic.


In other words... they're NOT worth submitting to!


Second, most search engine submittal services use automated software to attempt to submit your site. What they don't tell you is that most engines IGNORE any kind of automated software submissions so when they attempt to add your site, it just gets rejected or ignored.

Yes, some of the smaller engines may allow the automated submissions, but they don't get enough traffic to do you any good -- so it ends up being a moot point anyway.


Who cares if you're listed in Search123.com if they only make up .0005% of overall search engine traffic.


Yahoo!, MSN, and Google are the only three search engines that matter right now.


Third, many engines are now banning sites that continuously submit. They consider it "spamming". So if you're using a submission service that promises a monthly or quarterly submission, then they could be putting your site in danger of getting permanently banned or blocked!


The tricky part is that it varies from search engine to search engine. One engine may allow multiple submissions, while another may not.


Of course you, the unsuspecting consumer, has no way of knowing all this. These companies just take your money while you await the traffic that will never come.


Notice that many of these companies never claim your site will be listed...they just promise the submittal. What about all those sites that reject automated submissions? Are they going to do them all by hand?


They know most of their customers don't know much about the search engine optimization world so they bank on it...literally! I mean if you're a beginner with no website traffic and you see an ad to submit your site to thousands of engines for $20, that would sound like a pretty good deal wouldn't it?


Don't be Victimized Yourself.


Many of us fell into this trap when they are a newbie online marketer. Most are used to buy submission software and submit to companies that offered thousands of submissions.


They also submit to free classifieds or free for all link sites that only get visits from other traffic-seeking webmasters. Consumers don't go here to look for information. They go to Google, Yahoo, MSN; and if they're looking to buy something the visit familiar commercial websites like Amazon.com.


In addition, many of these companies now state they'll list your site by hand for some of the engines and directories. I find that hard to believe because that would take a ton of work, especially if the orders are rolling in. Again, how could they really prove this since most search engines don't send email confirmations.


Also, some of the directories that really count require a one-time fee to even consider listing your site. How do these submission sites like handle these situations?


The answer is, "They don't!" They're misleading you into thinking you are going to get a lot of traffic when they are really taking advantage of your ignorance of search engines.


Do it Yourself for Free!


Since Google, MSN and Yahoo are the three main engines you need to be concerned about, here's a quick overview of how to get listed in all three. You don't need a submission service when you can do it yourself in minutes.


Submitting to Google


Getting listed in Google, the most popular search engine, is absolutely free and one way to get in is to submit to www.dmoz.org (The Open Directory).


Unfortunately it may take some time to get listed here because the directory is run by all volunteers and there's no real hurry for the editors to add your site.


Also, if your site is rejected, most editors won't tell you why. So it definitely takes some patience. Just be sure your site is polished and has enough unique content before you submit.


If you can't get into The Open Directory you can use Google's "Add URL" link here http://www.google.com/addurl.html. However I will tell you that this method is not guaranteed.


Another way to get into Google is to be linked from a site that is already in the engine. When Google visits the site that's already listed, it may find your site and add it to its index.


Getting Listed in Yahoo!


Yahoo! is unique because it has a searchable directory and a regular search engine like Google. It's also important to note that if you're listed in one that doesn't mean you're automatically listed in the other.


The categorized directory is rarely searched. Most people use the normal search function on the Yahoo! homepage. However, some experts say if you have a listing in their directory it can help your positioning in Google.


In order to get into Yahoo!'s directory you must submit manually. Go to their site and drill down to the category that best describes your site.


Click the "Suggest a Site" link. If your site falls into a commercial category then you must pay a mandatory $299/year fee. If your site is non-commercial then you can suggest for free but there's no guarantee you'll get listed.


To get listed in their regular engine, it helps to be listed in other engines or linked from other sites that are already in Yahoo!'s directory. That way Yahoo! can find (spider) your site and add it to their search engine.


Another way is to submit directly using their "Add URL" form. There is no guarantee you'll get listed this way, but it can't hurt to try. You should only have to submit your homepage. Yahoo's spider will find the rest of your pages.


Submitting to MSN


To submit to MSN go to their "Add URL" page. You should only have to submit your homepage and it will find the rest of your site.


Most of the time MSN will add you faster than Google and Yahoo so you may find your site listed pretty quickly.


Don't Keep Submitting


Once you submit to the search engines, you must be patient. Don't panic if you don't see your site in the index. It may take weeks or even months. Keep adding content to your website and check monthly to see if it has been added by typing your address in the search field.


In Summary


Most search engine submit software and services are nothing but scams, and it's time we start to take a stand against them.


Don't give them a red cent -- instead educate yourself on how to REALLY get listed with the major search engines and be sure to drop these submit services an email letting them know that they weren't successful in suckering you into believing their submit service actually works.


Don't get had. Get educated and submit yourself.

Read my SEO topics help pages to learn about more techniques to help your site rank higher for your targeted keywords.

So, Be patient enough and think cool to reach your goal slowly and steadily.....



Saturday, January 16, 2010

Increasing link popularity

What is link building?


The way your website ranks in the Search Engines Result Pages (SERP) depends on many variables. One of the most important ones is the number of links in external pages pointing to your website.


Link Building is a term that describes the efforts of a web designer to add links to his/her website in other sites.


There are many ways to get links to your website - you can subscribe to web directories, post in forums having a link to your website in the signature, and many more.


Generally, the more links you have to your website, the better. Note, however, that search engines can distinguish a forum signature from a link to your website in an article. This means that you should try to receive links from quality websites on topics similar to yours.


Avoid spamming by posting many posts to forums or leaving comments in blogs that have links to your website. Search engines will sooner or later recognize this as spam and the effect on your ranking will be negative.






Free Link Exchange Program


One of the best ways to boost your search engine ranking is to ensure that you have plenty of links pointing back to your site. In other words, you need to increase your link popularity.


Why?


Because many of the popular search engines are using a lot of off-page criteria to help decide how relevant (or popular) your site is for certain keyword searches.


Let's say you have a site about bowling and you want your site to show up in Google when people type in the search terms, "bowling balls."


Back in the day, you used to be able to achieve a high ranking by cramming your keywords in the body of your web pages, title, as well as your meta tags.


Well this quickly grew old as people learned the techniques and started using this method to spam the search engines. Webmasters were putting unrelated search terms into their meta tags and using hidden text to try and trick the engines into bringing their site more traffic.


As you may have guessed, engines like Google have gotten much smarter over the years and are now using the "backward link" technique to help rank web pages.


Google can determine the keywords other sites are using to link to a particular site and then they use that information to help decide how a page should rank for various search words.


Going back to the bowling ball example -- if you go to Google and search for "baseball Cards", you'll notice that the sites that appear first aren't necessarily the ones that repeat the word "baseball Cards" throughout the text. Some of them don't even have these keywords in the title of the page.


The reason these sites show up first is because of their link popularity. Other web sites are using "baseball Cards" to describe their site and are using these keywords inside the actual hyperlinks when they link to them.


So hopefully you can see now that when you exchange links with other web sites, be sure that they include the keywords you want to rank high for in the search engines.




Why Links-builder.com



Links-builder.com is a great place to to exchange quality links for your site. They have a number of websites listed under each industry for you to choose from. By following some simple steps you can get link-backs from the industry of your choice and all of this is FREE


How do you benefit from it


You can choose to get links from Multiple industries all at the same place. You are never short of choices when you are at links-builder.com.


The links that you get are non-reciprocal/one-way links so you get all benefits from that link with Search engines' perspective.


You get more links in return than you have put on your site.


And hey.. All this is FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!




The higher the PR of the page you place the link on, the more links you get from us from different domains.




Exchange as many links as you like and keep receiving multiple non-reciprocal links to your website instantly completely FREE!


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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

How to Register with Adsense

Adsense- The most covered topics so far in the net. It is so unique and innovative in it's way that others loved to follow it. Publishers in the net willing to work with it as it is pleasant and cool in its nature, May be hot!

If you are go through the post I've been posted so far, you have a good idea what AdSense is. You're also familiar how to Blogging and may have setup your one at Blogger. It's time to get signed up with Google's Adsense and hopefully to start Earn Money Smartly from Home!


This article was written with our younger blogger friends in mind. Most people think that things like this are common knowledge and are embarrassed to simply ask someone how to make a google account. So, here it is. Above all have fun with it.


As already you have learnt that AdSense is 100% free. So to sign in up : Turn in to the Google AdSense home page to have your A/C as Adsense publisher. Thinking hard about it? Don't do so! Adsense publishers are those who display ads from Adsense in their sites.




As you are there just fill out the form with the information needed exactly and after that accept the TOS of Google Adsense and Enjoy.






Google humble to states that they can take maximum a week for approval, but as far as I am concerned it is quite quick - a couple of hours. Google's AdSense Help Center does a great job of answering all frequently asked questions.


Now that you have an account with Adsense and you'll be able to put the ads on your blog page. That means you are very much in the highway to Earn Money Smartly from Home.




Related posts:


> Adsense : What it is?
> Adsense: How to join?
> Adsense: Reasons of refusal!
> Working with Adsense.
> Earning from Adsense.



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