Archive for the 'Marketing Websites' Category

‘Commenting’ as a Marketing Tool - my #1 ‘No-Brainer’ Tip

‘Commenting’ on blogs and forums can be a free, easy, and effective way to gain relevant, targeted ‘traffic links’ and traffic to a website.
We’ve all seen blog and forum comments that were obviously done to promote a website, a product, another blog, etc.  When done thoughtfully, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.
But in [...]

Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz Takes Blow to Head!

Ok, ok, so it was self-inflicted - a headsmack IS still a ‘blow to the head’.
I read Rand Fishkins “Headsmacking Tip #1: Link Requests in Order Confirmation Emails” at SEOmoz.org, and I can’t say that I blame him - all this ‘link‘ stuff can induce headbashing. ;P
It’s a great tip! I too [...]

A ‘WhiteHat’ Formula for Purchasing Links

I’ve been up to my eyeballs in articles and blog posts about Purchasing Links and Google PageRank, and I’m getting a headache. It seems there is much debate over whether Purchasing Links is a Good Thing, or a Bad Thing - but - doesn’t the real issue lie in the ‘PURPOSE’ of a Paid [...]

Link Tool for Websites… short urls - YOUR domain

Attention Website Affiliates, Bloggers, Site Designers, Publishers, etc.
I’ve found another one of those ‘sleeper’ tools - a website design/development tool that I initially wasn’t terribly interested in, but now find virtually indispensable - I use it every day. Who Knew?
GoShortUrl, by Will Bontrager, is my new favorite link tool for web sites, blogs, forums, [...]

Inbound links and Site Rank - does Google agree with ME? :-0

Am I reading this wrong, or did Google just say what I’ve been thinking all along?
from Google’s Webmaster Help Center
“Your site’s ranking in Google search results is partly based on
analysis of those sites that link to you. The quantity, quality, and
relevance of links count towards your rating. The sites that link to
you can provide context [...]