Been reading up on SEO? If so, you know that there are one of two major strategies for bumping up your website on the search engines. One is onpage optimization, which involves plumping up your website's headlines, subheads, alt image tags and content with popular keywords. The other is offpage optimization, which, although not talked about nearly as much, will drastically improve your rank if done the right way.
Offpage SEO works like this:
To improve your SEO rank and increase traffic to your site, you need to get more popular websites to link to you. This is called inbound linking.
Websites are ranked 1 to 10 for Page Rank; one being the least popular and 10 being the most popular. If you're just starting out, you're probably a 1 or a 2, but you want to be at least a 6 and who knows... maybe one day a "perfect 10!"
Just like real-life office hobnobbers, your little website is going to have to do some shmoozing with those big league websites to get noticed. How can you give your site some help? Just as you feared: you must first research whose site is ranking higher than you are for your selected keywords. Then you must email them and ask if they'll place your website link on their site.
Now when you ask people with highly visible websites if they can add your URL to their list, what do you think they typically say? "Sure, for a small fee..." (But more likely a not-so-small fee). So now we're talking about money, and nobody wants to lay out cash, especially if they're just starting out.
For this reason, you may be interested to learn: there's a new wave in offpage optimization that does not involve researching other people's websites OR emailing people OR negotiating link placement fees.
It's Article Marketing.
Simply stated, Article Marketing is distributing keyword-rich articles that include your name, professional author bio and URL link to other websites that display the articles as content. Then, publishers come by and pick up that content to place on THEIR websites.
Now, let that sink in for a moment and then remember the goal of offpage optimization: to get better ranking sites to link back to your URL. Article marketing covers this easily. How so?
As an article marketer, you can distribute hundreds of keyword-loaded articles to top ranking article content sites like EzineArticles.com. EACH TIME you post an article on a site like this, your article gets indexed in their content BY KEYWORD and your URL is listed along with it. That's with EVERY article you write.
It's also worth noting, that when you choose to showcase your work on a highly reputable, top ranking site like EzineArticles.com, you get the added advantage of their expertly designed and fully search engine optimized website template to help push you higher on the search engines.
A third point: EzineArticles.com is the number one choice for real live internet marketers to post their articles, pick up other authors' articles to use in their emailed ezines, and generally affilate with for all things article marketing. So if you wanted to start getting your name out there and known by all the right people, posting your expert articles on EzineArticles.com might be a pretty good way to do it.
Still not convinced that article marketing with a top ranking site is an incredible offpage optimization tool for your site? Submit four articles and then do a Google search on your name. Tell me what comes up. Then... when you're ready to take full advantage of this incredible opportunity: create a full-scale article marketing campaign that includes keywords and highly targeted copy... submit to the highest ranking article distribution sites... and watch your website rocket up the ranks!
Copyright 2005 Dina Giolitto. All rights reserved.
Dina Giolitto is the author of article power: create dynamite web articles and watch your sales explode... a 49-page manual covering every aspect of article marketing on the web. Learn about article marketing, copywriting and more at article power: create dynamite web articles and watch your sales explode
high-end home cleaning Morton Grove ..Writing articles for your site and for the use of... Read More
If you are going to be writing articles to promote... Read More
Last time on "Because your articles suck" ? we discussed... Read More
Earlier, I published part 1 of this series, which contained... Read More
If you want to increase the amount of visitors to... Read More
It doesn't really matter who you are; you definitely know... Read More
Do you know one of the most powerful marketing techniques... Read More
A great headline can be the difference between having your... Read More
Publishers and webmasters can spend massive amounts of time just... Read More
Writing dozens, hundreds or even thousands of articles and making... Read More
Recycling your work is a lot like doing your part... Read More
It is important for all webmasters to realize that if... Read More
Sometimes when I am communicating with other webmasters and I... Read More
"When you provide good information from which readers can learn... Read More
Writing articles is one of the most powerful, if not... Read More
Marketing on the internet can be a costly procedure, especially... Read More
Get the Facts you need to start promoting you free... Read More
The traditional print media newsletter is still useful even in... Read More
Do you know why the "Chicken Soup for the Soul"... Read More
Writing for web content is one of the easiest ways... Read More
If you are not creating articles for your website and... Read More
Writing articles has proven time and time again to be... Read More
1. Choose A Topic.You need to choose either a hot... Read More
1. Participate in chat rooms related to your targeted audience.... Read More
It has become common knowledge that the smartest and most... Read More
spring cleaning service Buffalo Grove ..What's the quickest, easiest way to get exposure for your... Read More
Lets face it people use articles to send traffic to... Read More
You know that writing articles is the best free way... Read More
Often all the Web Surfer will see is your title,... Read More
Publishing content on the internet is not a hard task.... Read More
Writing articles is one of the best and most effective... Read More
Why do so many internet marketers waste their time on... Read More
Writing effectively on the internet is the most effective way... Read More
You submit it, that's what you do! And submit it... Read More
When I started Ezine-In-A-Box I wanted to help people publish... Read More
Every day thousands of people join affiliate programs and yet... Read More
Original quotes, when used at the beginning or at the... Read More
The Most Economical Way to Advertise online is to Submit... Read More
Ease of Submission With so many article distribution sites out... Read More
Jim was working hard to grow his business. Long hours... Read More
You've written this wonderful (no question about it) piece of... Read More
Adsense is a program designed by Google to help publishers... Read More
The sources of inspiration are all around us, in the... Read More
I am sure that there would have been a moment... Read More
It is a well known fact that writing, distributing and... Read More
When writing articles for publication, it is important that you... Read More
These 7 Important Elements are your Blueprint to Article Writing... Read More
All writers aspire to recognition, but are we dedicated? Ambition... Read More
You're Invited... Visualize your article going out like a party... Read More
The first step to getting published is to find your... Read More
Article Writing |