Jul 18th, 2007 by Leonid Shalimov | 3 Comments
The great thing about most blogs is that they come optimized for search engines out of the box. They naturally attract search engine traffic. Within 5-10 days of setting up your blog, you should be getting some hits from search engines (even if its a really small number, its still something).
The problem these days however is that a lot of wrong information is being circulated which is hurting a lot of blog’s rankings.
Before we get started, I suggest all beginners (and intermediates) in SEO check out this link: Google’s Webmaster Resource. This is a great knowledge base for anyone just starting out.
Below, I have accumulated a list of the top things you should do to improve your blog’s SEO. With these steps in place, you will be successful but it takes time. Commit yourself, better rankings aren’t achieved overnight.
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Jul 12th, 2007 by Leonid Shalimov | 6 Comments
Morning everyone. Well last night one of my other websites hit yet another Reddit & Digg front page. Result? Chaos (and a couple of bucks too). I go to sleep last night with a grin on my face as I look at my #4 spot on the Reddit home page.
Note: This article is not about this site.
This morning I wake up, head over to work, grab some coffee and sit down at my desk. First thing I did was check the home page of my other blog. And then I got this lovely message:
*Gasp*. I know I know, how terrible. Anyway, I knew I had to get work, contacting my host. First thing I did was check my gmail account and what do you think was there? A new open ticket for support, saying my site went over bandwidth.
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Jul 11th, 2007 by Leonid Shalimov | 3 Comments
Wow, what a title. Let me explain it a little before I delve into this article. When you hit something big, either a Digg front page, Reddit front page or an honorable mention from another site (or anything really) and your sitting on cloud-9 receiving loads of traffic, you need to be able to take that and squeeze the most out of it. Build a bigger hype from the current one your getting. Turn profit into more profit.
Still not sure what the hell I’m talking about? Let’s take an example. Apple is ridiculously good at hyping its own hype. Take the iPhone for instance, it burned a fiery hell across the internet blogs and now, to hype the hype, a rumor has been started about a iPhone Nano. Because of this, their shares reached an all-time high this past week. That’s how its done.
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Jul 10th, 2007 by Leonid Shalimov | 1 Comment
The longtime industry standard for ranking web pages has been demolished. Nielsen/NetRatings is a leading online measurement service and this Tuesday they announced plans to scrap page views, making visit length on each page the more important factor. Online video and other new technologies are making page views obsolete so now the time spent per page is what matters.
Although Nielsen already measures average time spent and average number of sessions per visitor for each site, it will start reporting total time spent and sessions for all visitors to give advertisers and investors a better picture of what sites are really popular.
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Jul 8th, 2007 by David Murphy-Colonna | 2 Comments
Since traffic is the way in which Bloggers and website publishers turn a profit and ultimately put money in their pockets. Our goal at CashBulge.com is to show you how to obtain that traffic. So you might ask again, what produces traffic?
Content produces traffic.
Once you have established what you want to write about, the only way people are going to visit your site, is if you can offer the right type and amount of content your visitors want.
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Jul 7th, 2007 by Leonid Shalimov | 5 Comments
For Starters is going to be a mini-series I will be publishing for people just starting out (beginners) who are seeking guidance on monetizing and growing their websites & blogs into powerhouses. This first piece will be about the general issue of traffic for startup websites.
Lets face it, without traffic there would be no money in your pocket. The reason people make money off of advertising is because of traffic. The more traffic, the more clicks. Its all about percentages.
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