A competitor of yours

When tracking how well you’re doing against competitors in Google are you winning, losing or just holding your own? Don’t know? Doesn’t surprise me. Most have no clue if they’re winning the Google rankings battle much less the war. Which is a shame since keeping score is so simple. Here’s a...

I frequent a number of search engine optimization forums on a daily basis and the one thing I see more of than anything else are optimizers who will quickly tell you that this method is evil, or that method is spam, or this other method is cross- linking. The search engines each have their ow...

In order to succeed online you need to develop a great product, write a website that sells, and attract targeted traffic to your site. If you don't have one find a great product. The best type of product is one that is consumable and in demand. If the product is good customers will repeat the...

"Free Autoresponders!" It sounds to good to be true. But is this the right option for You and Your Home Business? There are three sources of free Autoresponders that might be considered when you work at home : [1] Autoresponders offered by your web host [2] Services like Sendfree a...

What are pay per click engines? Pay per click engines as the name suggests, webmasters have to pay a fee for each click coming from search engine results. Depending on how much the person bids for a keyword over his competitor his website will be positioned in the search engine results. Ho...

If you're like most Web site owners, you're constantly looking for ways to attract quality traffic without it costing you advertising dollars you can't afford. One major problem is the continually increasing pay-per-click bids, making it impossible for the "little guy" to compete. Are there a...

An ongoing challenge for webmasters today is to provide fresh content that gives visitors a reason to return to their site. Unless you have a full-time staff dedicated to creating regular content, the time involved can be crippling. Wouldn't it be great if someone else would write timely, rel...

After Google latest update nicknamed "Florida", many webmasters discovered that their traffic plummeted. What happened? More importantly what can you do about it? And what will Google do next? What happened was that Google made an algorithm change on how they rate web pages. Every tim...

A recent post in a discussion list suggested that Google is becoming the Microsoft of search (dominating web search as Microsoft dominates PC operating systems). So I decided to research a theory - one I'd developed about search engine traffic. I dug into the traffic stats on three of my own si...

Choosing a domain name can be daunting. Research the subject (after all, you're the type of marketer who researches, right?) and you'll be hit with a landslide of opinions, most contradictory. There are, however, two points that everyone agrees on: Pick your domain before you launch your busi...

SEO or search engine optimization strategy now becomes widely popular among online business operators. Nothing strange about it as it allows to substantially increase your gross income, as a result of growing traffic or visitors flow. That is why one point should be stressed out - your busine...

t any control as to where your banner ad appears or the type of banner ads that will appear on your website. It is not possible to guarantee that a competitor of yours may have their banner ad displayed on your site. 9. Paid Banner Advertising/Affiliate Marketing Programs Various sites give ...