Comments on: End of January Recap http://www.wpcontempo.com/end-of-january-recap/ Free Premium Wordpress Themes Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:36:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sam http://www.wpcontempo.com/end-of-january-recap/#comment-2006 Sam Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:45:13 +0000 http://www.wpcontempo.com/?p=356#comment-2006 It's not a trade secret. I've been working with the same company for outsourcing articles for about 8 months now. I will probably cover that more on the blog at some point - I am really hoping they start an affiliate program at some point. If you want more info, shoot me an email. It’s not a trade secret. I’ve been working with the same company for outsourcing articles for about 8 months now. I will probably cover that more on the blog at some point – I am really hoping they start an affiliate program at some point. If you want more info, shoot me an email.

]]> By: Chris http://www.wpcontempo.com/end-of-january-recap/#comment-2002 Chris Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:41:16 +0000 http://www.wpcontempo.com/?p=356#comment-2002 Awesome, so at least I was mentally on track with that. I was also thinking I don't want anything shoddy pointing directly to the main sites. I have been linking into outsourcing services over the web, do you happen to know of any you can recommend? Not sure if what you are using to outsource is a trade secret or not. :0) Awesome, so at least I was mentally on track with that. I was also thinking I don’t want anything shoddy pointing directly to the main sites. I have been linking into outsourcing services over the web, do you happen to know of any you can recommend? Not sure if what you are using to outsource is a trade secret or not. :0)

]]> By: Sam http://www.wpcontempo.com/end-of-january-recap/#comment-2000 Sam Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:02:33 +0000 http://www.wpcontempo.com/?p=356#comment-2000 Yes - I always use original content, and this is one area I outsource almost completely. Spinning content, in my opinion, is really a bad idea for linking back to your main site. You could, however, use spun content as a way to build backlinks to your existing backlinks - so for example if you submitted some ezine articles and hub pages linking to your money site, you could theoretically use spun content to gain backlinks for those sites. I have done this to some degree, but not a lot. Generally my experience with spun content is that it's overrated, it usually requires the help of some kind of paid tool, and it takes forever to spin a really good article. You will get much better quality backlinks if you just focus on writing as much content as possible - even though it's really boring work, the results will motivate you to keep going. Yes – I always use original content, and this is one area I outsource almost completely. Spinning content, in my opinion, is really a bad idea for linking back to your main site. You could, however, use spun content as a way to build backlinks to your existing backlinks – so for example if you submitted some ezine articles and hub pages linking to your money site, you could theoretically use spun content to gain backlinks for those sites. I have done this to some degree, but not a lot. Generally my experience with spun content is that it’s overrated, it usually requires the help of some kind of paid tool, and it takes forever to spin a really good article. You will get much better quality backlinks if you just focus on writing as much content as possible – even though it’s really boring work, the results will motivate you to keep going.

]]> By: Chris http://www.wpcontempo.com/end-of-january-recap/#comment-1993 Chris Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:12:03 +0000 http://www.wpcontempo.com/?p=356#comment-1993 Sam, when you do article posting, are you writing all new content to point back to the website your targeting or do you just spin and flip stuff that you already wrote? I've finally got half a clue on how to put a website up, now trying to wrap my mind around the banklinking methods. I understand it in theory well enough, in practice I'm lost a bit. Sam, when you do article posting, are you writing all new content to point back to the website your targeting or do you just spin and flip stuff that you already wrote? I’ve finally got half a clue on how to put a website up, now trying to wrap my mind around the banklinking methods. I understand it in theory well enough, in practice I’m lost a bit.

]]> By: Sam http://www.wpcontempo.com/end-of-january-recap/#comment-1989 Sam Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:25:07 +0000 http://www.wpcontempo.com/?p=356#comment-1989 Hey Nancy, good to hear from you. As a whole, I use a wide variety of backlinking strategies that include - manual directory submissions, social bookmarking, automated social bookmarking, RSS Feed submission, blog commenting, reciprocal link exchanges, contextual link exchanges, blogroll link exchanges and article marketing/web 2.0 links. For this kind of site, I've found article marketing works really well, especially for new sites that can't handle a large amount of backlinks coming in all at once. You may have seen me refer to the use of the GPS which is short for Guest Posting System, and is a feature available via The Keyword Academy, which allows guest posting on other people's blogs. This is a great form of article marketing I've been taking advantage of lately. If you don't have a TKA membership, you can also do Ezinearticles, GoArticles, Infobarrel, Hub Pages, Squidoo, etc. They provide solid links as well. Once you have an older site with a fair amount of links, you can experiment with some of the other methods I mentioned above. Hey Nancy, good to hear from you. As a whole, I use a wide variety of backlinking strategies that include – manual directory submissions, social bookmarking, automated social bookmarking, RSS Feed submission, blog commenting, reciprocal link exchanges, contextual link exchanges, blogroll link exchanges and article marketing/web 2.0 links.
For this kind of site, I’ve found article marketing works really well, especially for new sites that can’t handle a large amount of backlinks coming in all at once. You may have seen me refer to the use of the GPS which is short for Guest Posting System, and is a feature available via The Keyword Academy, which allows guest posting on other people’s blogs. This is a great form of article marketing I’ve been taking advantage of lately. If you don’t have a TKA membership, you can also do Ezinearticles, GoArticles, Infobarrel, Hub Pages, Squidoo, etc. They provide solid links as well. Once you have an older site with a fair amount of links, you can experiment with some of the other methods I mentioned above.

]]> By: Nancy http://www.wpcontempo.com/end-of-january-recap/#comment-1987 Nancy Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:04:38 +0000 http://www.wpcontempo.com/?p=356#comment-1987 Great Post. Glad that you are feeling better. I have been keeping up with the site since the very very beginning and i love the progress you are making! I see that a lot of your goals are to move your pages to the top, which obviously should be everyones goals, but what method do you use to move them up in rankings? or what backlinking method your using. Great Post. Glad that you are feeling better. I have been keeping up with the site since the very very beginning and i love the progress you are making! I see that a lot of your goals are to move your pages to the top, which obviously should be everyones goals, but what method do you use to move them up in rankings? or what backlinking method your using.

]]> By: Sam http://www.wpcontempo.com/end-of-january-recap/#comment-1983 Sam Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:00:29 +0000 http://www.wpcontempo.com/?p=356#comment-1983 Yeah I think you're on the right track. Technically you could use a sub domain, but I think it's more work than is really necessary in most cases. I always just use sub directories instead, and you get the exact same effect. For example in your case you could use allabouttrash.com/sort-recycle-from-trash/ and you still get the full keyword into the URL - plus it happens automatically when you configure your permalinks in wordpress. The best case I could think of to use sub domains, is if you've got a really broad topic, with a wide range of sub topics - or even more so, if you start with a general domain and cover several completely unrelated topics. For example if your domain was allabouteverything.com, you may want to set up sub domains like health.allabouteverything.com, business.allabouteverything.com, technology.allabouteverything.com, etc, etc. Then you could use the same sub directory system I mentioned above to break it down from there. Yeah I think you’re on the right track. Technically you could use a sub domain, but I think it’s more work than is really necessary in most cases. I always just use sub directories instead, and you get the exact same effect. For example in your case you could use allabouttrash.com/sort-recycle-from-trash/ and you still get the full keyword into the URL – plus it happens automatically when you configure your permalinks in wordpress.

The best case I could think of to use sub domains, is if you’ve got a really broad topic, with a wide range of sub topics – or even more so, if you start with a general domain and cover several completely unrelated topics. For example if your domain was allabouteverything.com, you may want to set up sub domains like health.allabouteverything.com, business.allabouteverything.com, technology.allabouteverything.com, etc, etc. Then you could use the same sub directory system I mentioned above to break it down from there.

]]> By: Chris http://www.wpcontempo.com/end-of-january-recap/#comment-1982 Chris Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:02:15 +0000 http://www.wpcontempo.com/?p=356#comment-1982 Awesome recap. I'm doing something similar with the lists, hahaha. I just finished the book Getting Things Done, and loved it. Trying to get most of the aspects implemented in my daily life, but so far it has done a complete turn around for me. I've finished the ebook based off of Grizz's methods, loved it. I also picked up a copy of Micro Niche Finder. I was using Google's keyword tool, but with the slow internet it seemed like MNF would save me a lot of time automating searches, especially with the filters in place. Kind of like you mentioned in this post, instead of having a micro niche each on a seperate site, I was thinking something more along the lines of this. First, set up a main site, lets use an example of www.allabouttrash.com (I know, lame, but the only other ones I can think of are ones I'm considering.) Then, like you said, treat each page like a seperate long tail keyword mini site, so one page will focus on Take Out Trash, one page on Sort Recycle From Trash, etc. One thing I was thinking though before you mentioned a page for each set of targeted keywords was, will a subdomain also work, or will that end up being just as much work in the end. I wasn't sure if these targeted keyword mini sites would get noticed and clicked on more if Joe whoever searching actually sees his set of keywords in the domain name, even if it is in the subdomain. OK, I'm rambling, just got done a 12 hour shift. Thanks for the post, awesome read. Awesome recap. I’m doing something similar with the lists, hahaha. I just finished the book Getting Things Done, and loved it. Trying to get most of the aspects implemented in my daily life, but so far it has done a complete turn around for me. I’ve finished the ebook based off of Grizz’s methods, loved it. I also picked up a copy of Micro Niche Finder. I was using Google’s keyword tool, but with the slow internet it seemed like MNF would save me a lot of time automating searches, especially with the filters in place.

Kind of like you mentioned in this post, instead of having a micro niche each on a seperate site, I was thinking something more along the lines of this. First, set up a main site, lets use an example of http://www.allabouttrash.com (I know, lame, but the only other ones I can think of are ones I’m considering.) Then, like you said, treat each page like a seperate long tail keyword mini site, so one page will focus on Take Out Trash, one page on Sort Recycle From Trash, etc. One thing I was thinking though before you mentioned a page for each set of targeted keywords was, will a subdomain also work, or will that end up being just as much work in the end. I wasn’t sure if these targeted keyword mini sites would get noticed and clicked on more if Joe whoever searching actually sees his set of keywords in the domain name, even if it is in the subdomain. OK, I’m rambling, just got done a 12 hour shift. Thanks for the post, awesome read.

]]> By: lewmaster http://www.wpcontempo.com/end-of-january-recap/#comment-2965 lewmaster Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:27:56 +0000 http://www.wpcontempo.com/?p=356#comment-2965 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">New blog post: End of January Recap http://www.wpcontempo.com/end-of-january-recap/</span></span> New blog post: End of January Recap http://www.wpcontempo.com/end-of-january-recap/

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