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		<title>10 Dagen Experiment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristof</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Hallo Jongens (tot nu toe nog geen meisjes   )
Ik Start vandaag een experiment van 10 dagen waarin ik per dag minimum 1 blackhat manier ga uitproberen&#8230;
Per dag zal ik dan ook een rapport geven hoe het gegaan is.
Gisteren nl de website  http://SEOvideo.info Online gezet..
Het is gewoon een youtube scraper in de zin [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="entry" align="justify">Hallo Jongens (tot nu toe nog geen meisjes  <img src="http://www.seoblackhat.nl/Smileys/default/cry.gif" alt="Cry" border="0" /> )</p>
<p class="entry">Ik Start vandaag een experiment van 10 dagen waarin ik per dag minimum 1 blackhat manier ga uitproberen&#8230;</p>
<p class="entry" align="justify">Per dag zal ik dan ook een rapport geven hoe het gegaan is.</p>
<p class="entry">Gisteren nl de website  <a href="http://SEOvideo.info" target="_blank">http://SEOvideo.info</a> Online gezet..<br />
Het is gewoon een youtube scraper in de zin van jij tikt in wat je wil zien en voila daar komt het <img src='http://bloggtag.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p class="entry" align="justify">Vandaag start ik met backlinks want ik wil eerst en vooral geindexeerd worden<br />
weet er trouwens iemand een manier om een pagina aan te maken per gezochte term?</p>
<p class="entry">Nu word de pagina enkel dynamisch aangemaakt.<br />
het zou bevoorbeeld wel goed zijn moest er effectief een pagina word aangemaakt per term, zo zou ik snel een aantal paginatjes hebben..
</p>
<p class="entry">Dus ken je iets van PHP of DB contacteer me!!!</p>
<p class="entry">Tot morgen</p>
<p align="justify">&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="background-color: red">UPDATE DAG 1</span></p>
<p class="entry" align="justify">ja een beetje later dan verwacht maar hier is de eerste dag&#8230;.  <img src="http://www.seoblackhat.nl/Smileys/default/undecided.gif" alt="Undecided" border="0" /></p>
<p align="justify"><span class="entry"><span style="font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.3em">Site:</span>                <a href="http://SEOvideo.info" target="_blank">SEOvideo.info</a><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.3em">Programma gebruikt:</span> CommentHut<br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.3em">difficulty 1-10:</span>        1<br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.3em">Duur : </span>                   6uren<br />
(kan gelijk hoe lang zijn hangt af van aantal urls)<br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.3em">Automatisch:</span>          Nee</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span class="entry"><span style="font-size: 15pt; line-height: 1.3em">Hoe:</span><br />
<a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/84210686/commentHut.zip" target="_blank">Download</a><br />
Download AUB als gratis user!!  <img src="http://www.seoblackhat.nl/Smileys/default/wink.gif" alt="Wink" border="0" /></span>
</p>
<p class="entry" align="justify">unzip install yada yada yada  <img src="http://www.seoblackhat.nl/Smileys/default/rolleyes.gif" alt="Roll Eyes" border="0" /></p>
<p class="entry" align="justify">ok hier begint het, voor een blackhat programmatje heel simpel en gebruiksvriendelijk<br />
Commenthut is een programma die zoekt naar <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/blog" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with blog">blog</a> met <span style="color: red">DOFOLLOW COMMENT</span> mogelijkheden.
</p>
<p class="entry">Deze 3 keywords heb ik gebruikt</p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color: red">&#8220;SEO&#8221; | &#8220;SEO VIDEO&#8221; | &#8220;<a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/seo" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with seo">SEO</a> VIDEOS&#8221;</span></p>
<p class="entry" align="justify">Je vult deze gewoon in bij &#8220;<em><strong>search terms</strong></em>&#8221;<br />
je kan meerdere keywords in 1 keer invullen maar heb ondervonden dat het beter lukt keyword per keyword..</p>
<p class="entry">Vergeet niet naast search terms is er een dropdown (<strong>search type</strong>) zet die op <em><strong>&#8220;all platforms&#8221;<br />
</strong></em>
</p>
<p class="entry">Afhankelijk van hoeveel <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/blogs" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with blogs">blogs</a> er zijn in jouw zoek term kan het makkelijk een uurtje duren voordat Commenthut gedaan heeft met zoeken.</p>
<p class="entry">Ongeveer een uurtje later dus &#8230;. het resultaat van :</p>
<p class="entry"><strong>300+ wordpress en idem voor wordpress.com <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/blogs" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with blogs">blogs</a><br />
</strong><br />
150 Hubpages<br />
enz..
</p>
<p class="entry">Nadat Commenthut gedaan heeft met zoeken, ga je zien dat er XXX aantal wordpress blogs zijn XXX aantal wordpress.com <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/blogs" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with blogs">blogs</a> zijn enz&#8230;</p>
<p class="entry">Natuurlijk zijn enkel blogpagina&#8217;s met een hoge PR belangerijk&#8212;&gt; dus in opties kan je instellen vanaf welke PR je wil commentaar geven (ik stel de mijne in op PR3)<br />
Stel de Snelheid van PR check op een laag niveau (GELOOF MIJ  <img src="http://www.seoblackhat.nl/Smileys/default/grin.gif" alt="Grin" border="0" /> ) ander kan <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/google" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with google">google</a> je ip bannen (GELOOF MIJ  <img src="http://www.seoblackhat.nl/Smileys/default/cry.gif" alt="Cry" border="0" /> )
</p>
<p class="entry">Selecteer per platform alle <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/blogs" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with blogs">blogs</a> en klik op PR check, Commenthut gaat nu alle paginas checken en enkel die houden met PR3 of meer..</p>
<p><span class="entry">Resultaat: hangt natuurlijk af van jouw keywords<br />
voor mijn site:<br />
<strong>op 1 dag gelinkt door </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: red">1 PR7<br />
12 PR6<br />
37 PR5<br />
120+ PR4<br />
300+ PR3</span></p>
<p align="justify">&nbsp;</p>
<p><span class="entry"><img src="http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/5775/post11174658335eo1.jpg" border="0" /><br />
<strong><br />
</strong></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span class="entry"><strong>Hoe verdien ik hier geld mee?</strong><br />
mja met je eigen site moeilijk..<br />
Maar, en dit is de reden dat ik wat later was met het rapport..<br />
ik was ingehuurd om 50 backlinks te maken via <a href="http://www.elance.com/home?rid=18M23" target="_blank">e-lance</a>, Hoeveel krijg ik daarvoor? <span style="color: red">$250!!!</span></span>
</p>
<p align="justify"><strong><span class="entry">niet slecht verdiend voor een uurtje werk</span> </strong></p>

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		<title>Google Hacks Software</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristof</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Google Hacks</strong> is a compilation of carefully crafted <strong>Google searches</strong> that expose novel functionality from Google&#8217;s search and map services. For example, you can use it to view a timeline of your search results, view a map, search for music, search for books, and perform many other specific kinds of searches. You can also use this program to use <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/google" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with google">google</a> as a proxy.</p>
<p>Get it here: <a href="http://googlehacks.googlecode.com/files/GoogleHacksSetup1.6.exe">http://googlehacks.googlecode.com/files/GoogleHacksSetup1.6.exe</a></p>

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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a lot of talk lately about the DOfollow    some big sites joined in and the list got bigger and bigger     
well :-), now there is a way to find them all     
just go to the DOFOLLOW search page&#8230;

Tags van Technorati: Google,CSE,dofollow,blogs

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There was a lot of talk lately about the <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/dofollow" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with dofollow">DOfollow</a>    <br />some <a href="http://courtneytuttle.com/blogs-that-follow/" target="_blank">big sites</a> joined in and the list got bigger and bigger     </p>
<p>well :-), now there is a way to find them all     </p>
<p>just go to the <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/dofollow" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with dofollow">DOFOLLOW</a> search page&#8230;</p>
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		<dc:creator>Kristof</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As seen on <a href="http://www.cre8asiteforums.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=55414"><u>Cre8asite Forums</u></a> Sascha has an exhaustive post that will help anyone starting an <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/seo" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with seo">SEO</a> process tremendously.</p>
<p>Below is a peek into the post.</p>
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<li>Are you working on an existing site?</li>
<li>Will it be a new site?</li>
<li>What is the budget? – (not always immediately available but try sus it out best you can)</li>
<li>How competitive is the arena you are entering?</li>
<li>What is the size of the company you are dealing with?”</li>
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		<dc:creator>Kristof</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Danny Sullivan at Search Engine Land points out that &#8220;Selling paid links can hurt your page rank or rankings on Google&#8220;. He says, &#8220;More and more, I&#8217;ve been seeing people wondering if they&#8217;ve lost traffic on Google because they were detected to be selling paid links.&#8221;
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Danny Sullivan at <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/search-engine" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with search engine">Search Engine</a> Land points out that &#8220;<a href="http://searchengineland.com/071007-173841.php"><u>Selling paid links can hurt your <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/page-rank" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with page rank">page rank</a> or rankings on <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/google" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with google">Google</a></u></a>&#8220;. He says, &#8220;More and more, I&#8217;ve been seeing people wondering if they&#8217;ve lost traffic on <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/google" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with google">Google</a> because they were detected to be selling paid links.&#8221;</p>
<p>So far, Google has never penalized any site for link selling. To the foremost, what Google does is prevent links from a site to pass <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/page-rank" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with page rank">page rank</a>. But now the scenario is changing. For sell links, <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/google" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with google">Google</a> might penalize your site and your PageRank score can also get down.</p>
<p>To explain his point more clearly, <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/danny-sullivan" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with danny sullivan">Danny Sullivan</a> gives the example of the <a href="http://daily.stanford.edu/"><u>Stanford Daily</u></a>. Earlier, in one of his post titled, &#8220;<a href="http://searchengineland.com/070420-111550.php"><u>Time For <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/google" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with google">Google</a> To Give Up The Fight Against Paid Links?</u></a>&#8220;, he has highlighted as how the student newspaper of Stanford University used to sell links, even when the news came into the limelight. Even there was no penalty imposed by <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/google" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with google">Google</a> at that time.</p>
<p>Around a week ago, the PR of Stanford Daily dropped. Interestingly, there is no <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/apparent-reason" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with apparent reason">apparent reason</a> for this to happen. <a href="http://www.seomoz.org/blog/the-google-payola-issue-isnt-going-away-anytime-soon#jtc36392"><u>Drop in the PageRank is reported by others also</u></a>. It has been confirmed by Google that sites that sell links will have a lower PageRank. In addition, <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/google" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with google">Google</a> said that some sites that are selling links may indeed end up being dropped from its <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/search-engine" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with search engine">search engine</a> or have penalties attached, to prevent them from ranking well.</p>
<p>Danny Sullivan has his own views for all this, such as:</p>
<ul>
<li>It&#8217;s <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/google" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with google">Google</a>&#8217;s <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/search-engine" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with search engine">search engine</a>. They have every right to say that if you sell links, they might penalize you.</li>
<li>Google is not telling people what to do with their sites, which is a popular argument point. Google is telling people what to do if they are concerned about doing better in Google. Don&#8217;t want to be harmed in <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/google" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with google">Google</a>? Don&#8217;t sell links.</li>
<li>Don&#8217;t care about <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/google" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with google">Google</a>? Sell links all you want.</li>
<li>Despite <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/google" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with google">Google</a>&#8217;s policy and even this latest action, they&#8217;ll never catch all the paid links. It&#8217;s part of the reason I&#8217;d like to see them back off the paid links war and instead work out other ways to determine if a link deserves credit, paid or not.</li>
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<p>One the question is &#8220;What if someone sells links and gets their PageRank dropped or traffic reduced under this new policy by Google? In regard to this question, Google says , &#8220;Most people hit with a PageRank decrease will likely notice this, and then they can request a review. Eventually, it may be something flagged within the <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/google" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with google">Google</a> Webmaster Central system.&#8221;</p>
<p>Instead of doing all this, Google can simply change the PageRank meter to something like a red bar. This will warn the buyers from buying a nabbed site. Google also believes that by doing this, it would be easy for anyone to detect which sites have not had their paid links discounted. <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/google" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with google">Google</a> is only decreasing the PageRank for a subset of the sites they actually know about.</p>
<p>Once <a href="http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/still-chugging/#comment-113815"><u>Matt Cutts said</u></a> about paid links as an issue with his drop in rankings, when asking if they were gone and not coming back.</p>
<p>But <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/google" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with google">Google</a> itself is allowing paid links to be promoted in another way via its own ads. Here&#8217;s an example:</p>
<p><center><a href="http://www.unofficialseoblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/1509383024_087293b821_o.jpg" title="1509383024_087293b821_o.jpg"><img src="http://www.unofficialseoblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/1509383024_087293b821_o.jpg" alt="1509383024_087293b821_o.jpg" /></a> </center>Whatever be the outcome, this step takes Google into a new era of attacking paid links. If <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/google" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with google">Google</a> traffic is important to you, it will ge good if you don&#8217;t sell links.</p>

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		<title>SEMPO Issues In-House SEM Salary Survey</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) issued an In-House SEM Salary Survey (Organic &#38; PPC) in order to have a better understanding of compensation and common reporting structures of in-house search marketers. The test can be conducted by all Search engine marketing professionals. Organic and/or paid-search professionals can take part in this salary survey.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Search Engine <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/marketing" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with marketing">Marketing</a> Professional Organization (<a href="http://www.sempo.org/home"><u>SEMPO</u></a>) issued an In-House SEM <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/salary-survey" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with salary survey">Salary Survey</a> (<a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=DZCiIcuGHhZtJqv7NrjTrQ_3d_3d"><u>Organic &amp; PPC</u></a>) in order to have a better understanding of compensation and common reporting structures of in-house search marketers. The test can be conducted by all <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/search-engine" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with search engine">Search engine</a> <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/marketing" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with marketing">marketing</a> professionals. Organic and/or paid-search professionals can take part in this <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/salary-survey" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with salary survey">salary survey</a>.</p>
<p>Duane Forrester, co-chair of <a href="http://www.sempo.org/public_groups/ih"><u>SEMPO’s In-House Committee</u></a> and Search mktg Manager of <a href="http://www.sportsdirectinc.com"><u>Sports Direct</u></a> said, &#8220;There&#8217;s no firm grasp on what&#8217;s out there. You have people who have heard stories, but it&#8217;s all third-hand information. For most other positions, you can find out the average compensation for that position, including bonus packages, broken down by geographic area. None of that exists for search.&#8221;</p>
<p>The 20 question survey is <a href="http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/img/071004-SEMPO.pdf"><u>available here</u></a>.</p>

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		<title>How To Optimize Brand New Websites</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For new websites, more than anything else, the biggest struggle is optimization. After this business, web presence and all things will fall in place. Knowing how difficult this can be, Scott Buresh has a post on how, &#8220;A good search engine optimization company should be able to effectively work with a new website; setting the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.unofficialseoblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/buresh.jpg" title="buresh.jpg"><img src="http://www.unofficialseoblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/buresh.jpg" alt="buresh.jpg" align="left" /></a>For new websites, more than anything else, the biggest struggle is optimization. After this business, web presence and all things will fall in place. Knowing how difficult this can be, <a href="http://www.searchengineguide.com/buresh/articles/1001_sb1.html"><u>Scott Buresh</u></a> has a post on how, &#8220;A good <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/search-engine" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with search engine">search engine</a> optimization company should be able to effectively work with a new website; setting the foundation for a remarkable success story while still achieving steadily increasing short-term benefit.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>The Issues:</strong> There are many reasons why new websites face an uphill battle. What follows are only a few of the major stumbling blocks:</p>
<p><strong>The <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/google" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with google">Google</a> Sandbox:</strong> There is much debate as to what exactly the Google Sandbox is, and even debate as to whether it actually exists. However, recent patent filings on behalf of Google would seem to confirm that one of the factors that Google will take into consideration when deciding how websites should rank is the age of the <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/domain-name" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with domain name">domain name</a>. More than one <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/search-engine" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with search engine">search engine</a> optimization company has noted that there seems to be a penalty assessed to new websites, especially those that seem to gain too many inbound links, too fast. This is all conjecture, but this would make sense. <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/inbound-links" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with inbound links">Inbound links</a> factor largely in Google rankings, and therefore many sites that were already popular in Google began selling links from their sites based upon that popularity (a practice that goes against Google&#8217;s terms of service). However, text link buying is very hard to police. The Sandbox makes sense in this scenario, because <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/google" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with google">Google</a> seems to be saying &#8220;we may not be able to stop people from buying text links, but they are going to pay a pretty penny for them before we&#8217;ll give them any ranking boost because of them.&#8221; This is more conjecture, of course, but it is a popular theory in numerous <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/search-engine" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with search engine">search engine</a> optimization forums.</p>
<p><strong>Lack of Links:</strong> Unfortunately, here, a new website is faced with the opposite problem. Links to new websites are called into question, but without incoming links, a new website has a slim chance of performing well on <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/google" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with google">Google</a>. This Catch-22 is obviously a sore spot for many owners of new websites.</p>
<p><strong>Trustworthiness:</strong> For many years, a common <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/search-engine" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with search engine">search engine</a> optimization company strategy was to set up numerous new websites all for one company, each geared toward targeting a different search term. This was largely due to the fact that search engines used to place a much higher importance on the home page of a website, rather than interior pages. Over time, search engines caught on to this trick, and as a result new domains are now looked at more skeptically. The prevailing wisdom seems to be that while it is relatively easy and inexpensive to set up a new website that targets a certain term, a website that has been around for much longer and has a breadth of content has much more to lose and is less likely to attempt to &#8220;game the system&#8221;.</p>
<p><strong>The Solutions:</strong> Does this mean that you shouldn&#8217;t hire a <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/search-engine" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with search engine">search engine</a> optimization company to work on your new website? Not at all. In fact, it is in the very beginning of your website planning that a long-term strategy should be put into motion - a strategy that still offers positive results in the short term.</p>
<p><strong>Before You Build:</strong> It is important to get your search <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/engine-optimization-company" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with engine optimization company">engine optimization company</a> involved as early as possible before you build your new website. Not only are there many technical issues that you should be aware of before you begin design (such as linking architecture, types of text to use, and balancing your <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/seo" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with seo">SEO</a> efforts with your brand), but there are also strategies that can be set in motion at the outset that will counteract some of the stumbling blocks listed above. If you involve your <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/search-engine" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with search engine">search engine</a> optimization company after you have built your new website, much of the work you have done will likely need to be redone with a long term strategy in mind.</p>
<p><strong>Targeting Appropriate Phrases:</strong> A good search <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/engine-optimization-company" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with engine optimization company">engine optimization company</a> will tell you that targeting highly competitive phrases with a brand new website can be an exercise in futility. However, this does not mean that you cannot achieve initial success on search engines. The trick is to target less competitive phrases at the outset, and to begin tackling the more competitive phrases later. For instance, let&#8217;s assume that your company makes custom widgets, and that &#8220;custom widgets&#8221; is a very competitive search phrase. A <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/search-engine" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with search engine">search engine</a> optimization company working on your new site might recommend that you instead target less competitive variations of the term, such as &#8220;custom made widgets&#8221; or &#8220;custom widget manufacturing.&#8221; Since these terms are less competitive, you will be more likely to obtain high rankings for them with your new website. You can thus enjoy highly targeted traffic in the beginning of your campaign and eventually target more competitive and popular phrases as your site gains traction, quality <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/inbound-links" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with inbound links">inbound links</a>, and a reputation for usefulness.</p>
<p><strong>Make Your Site a Resource:</strong> A quality <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/search-engine" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with search engine">search engine</a> optimization company will encourage you to turn your new site into an industry resource. You can do this by providing educational content about your industry in the form of articles, whitepapers, and other forms of non-biased content. There are many benefits to this approach, one of the primary being that such content attracts <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/inbound-links" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with inbound links">inbound links</a> without any effort on your behalf. In addition, such a resource area builds your credibility in the eyes of your potential customers and serves to educate them in all stages of the buying cycle, so that when they are ready to make a purchase, you will likely be first in mind.</p>
<p><strong>Build Links:</strong> While making your new site a useful resource is a great way to attract <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/inbound-links" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with inbound links">inbound links</a>, this does not mean that you shouldn&#8217;t also be seeking them out. Your search <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/engine-optimization-company" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with engine optimization company">engine optimization company</a> should get your site included in many general directories (such as the Yahoo directory and Business.com) but, even more importantly, in directories that are specific to your industry. Not only do these links help to boost your <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/search-engine" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with search engine">search engine</a> rankings over time, but they are also a quality source of targeted traffic.</p>
<p><strong>Keep Your Content Fresh:</strong> A search engine spider will revisit your site frequently if your content continues to increase and evolve frequently. A site that has been optimized for three years with no changes to its content will usually not fare as well as a site that has content which is consistently updated. It&#8217;s as if the <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/search-engine" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with search engine">search engine</a> is saying &#8220;Well, this old stuff still looks good, but it certainly isn&#8217;t the newest stuff out there about this topic.&#8221; This so-called &#8220;freshness factor&#8221; can have a large impact on rankings, particularly with new websites.</p>
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		<title>Maximize guest posting</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 08:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Publishing guest posts on popular blogs is a tried and tested way to get inbound links and traffic. There are certain things you can do to make this experience even more rewarding.In this post, I want to share a number of methods you can use to maximize the rewards of any guest post you publish.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Publishing guest posts on popular <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/blogs" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with blogs">blogs</a> is a tried and tested way to get <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/inbound-links" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with inbound links">inbound links</a> and traffic. There are certain things you can do to make this experience even more rewarding.In this post, I want to share a number of methods you can use to <strong>maximize the <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/rewards" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with rewards">rewards</a> of any guest post you publish</strong>.</p>
<p>A note: This post will tell you how to get the most out of guest posting once you’ve got a <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/blogger" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with blogger">blogger</a> who’s willing to publish you. If you want more information on getting to that point, I’d suggest you read <a href="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/10/30/how-to-pitch-to-bloggers-21-tips/">Darren’s tips on pitching to bloggers</a>.</p>
<h3><strong>Do your research</strong></h3>
<p>A little bit of research is essential before you submit your guest post to be published. It will help make sure you’re properly rewarded for your work and that you produce something that will be well received by the <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/blog" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with blog">blog</a>’s <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/audience" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with audience">audience</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Does the <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/blogger" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with blogger">blogger</a> give adequate credit to guest posters?</strong> If the blog you’re writing for doesn’t allow an in-post byline for its guest-authors, don’t bother. If you write a post including a byline for this kind of <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/blog" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with blog">blog</a>, the author will most likely remove the byline and publish your work without it. I’ve had this happen to me before — it’s not fun!</p>
<p><strong>What kind of posts work well on the <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/blog" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with blog">blog</a>?</strong> Take a look at some of the <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/blog" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with blog">blog</a>’s most popular posts to get an idea of what worked well. Could you create something with similar elements?</p>
<p><strong>Are there any gaps waiting to be filled?</strong> I wrote my first guest post for <em>ProBlogger</em> on <a href="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/08/14/how-to-draw-stumbleupon-users-into-your-blog/">drawing StumbleUpon visitors into your blog</a> because I noticed it was something that hadn’t been covered much before. It went on to become one of this blog’s most popular posts. Ask yourself: how can I use what I know to bring something unique to the <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/blog" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with blog">blog</a>?</p>
<p><img src="http://www.skelliewag.org/maxguest.jpg" alt="A stunning albino peacock." /><br />
<em>The ideal guest post will show off your skills and impress.</em> Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenstone/">lightgazer</a>.</p>
<h3><strong>Optimize your post for greater <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/rewards" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with rewards">rewards</a></strong></h3>
<p>What you write and how you present it can influence how rewarding your guest posting experience will be. Here are a few tips to help you optimize your posts.</p>
<p><strong>Link to yourself and others. </strong>If you’ve written something that relates to the guest post on your own <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/blog" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with blog">blog</a>, find a way to work in a link. You can link out to other sources as well if you’d like to take a more democratic approach. A note: if you haven’t written something vitally on topic, don’t link out just for the sake of it. This will look like you’re putting self-promotion above relevance.</p>
<p><strong>Put in a real effort.</strong> It’s easier to have social media success with your post on a popular blog because there’s a bigger pool of readers to vote for what you write. More traffic to the post means more click-throughs to your site. In other words, it’s not actually worth it to write the minimum required just to get a link back to your <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/blog" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with blog">blog</a>. Writing a great guest post will drastically increase the <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/rewards" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with rewards">rewards</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Participate in the comments section.</strong> One of the metrics whereby bloggers judge the success of a post (as you know) is the comment count. You can raise this and make a good impression on those who’ve commented by responding to questions and feedback on your guest post.</p>
<p><strong>Call in favors.</strong> Use your connections to bump along the success of your guest post. You can contact social media users you know, link to the post from your own <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/blog" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with blog">blog</a>, or pitch the link to other bloggers.</p>
<h3><strong>Crafting your byline</strong></h3>
<p>The byline is where you’re credited for your writing. You can see an example at the bottom of this post. Most bloggers will give you the freedom to put whatever you like in your byline (within reason) — as long as it’s not too long. The byline is the place where people will decide whether or not to click-through to your own <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/blog" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with blog">blog</a>, so it’s important to get it right.</p>
<p><strong>Create a byline to suit your goals.</strong> If you mainly want feed subscribers, include only a link to your feed. If you want feed subscribers and traffic, include a link to your feed and your site. If you only want traffic, drop the link to your feed. If you want to sell a product, mention it instead.</p>
<p><strong>Appeal to your target <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/audience" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with audience">audience</a>.</strong> If you write for a certain type of people (for example: bloggers, dads, Zen Masters), include that information in your byline. It will capture the attention of the kind of people you want reading your <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/blog" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with blog">blog</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Explain the benefits.</strong> If you want people to visit your site or subscribe to your feed, explain what they’ll get in return. Useful advice? Hints and tips? Free stuff? Give people a reason to do what you want.</p>
<h3><strong>Points to review</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>Take the time to research the <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/blog" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with blog">blog</a> you’d like to write for.</li>
<li>Write with the <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/blog" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with blog">blog</a>’s target <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/audience" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with audience">audience</a> in mind.</li>
<li>A quality post can help you just as much as it helps the <a href="http://bloggtag.com/tag/blog" class="internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with blog">blog</a>’s owner.</li>
<li>Craft your byline to compliment what you want to get out of guest posting.</li>
</ul>
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