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Internet Marketing Techniques and Theories : Internet Marketing Techniques with Micro-Niches

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:03:15 +0000

That's correct. I don't cross link promotions but then again that is so a savvy marketer can't discover all the niches I am in. They may be able to find one or two but that should be about it...and that is okay with me.

Internet Marketing Techniques and Theories : Unbiased Connect Content Review

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:01:46 +0000

Sorry Agrande, I only get to respond to the few comments I get for this blog about once a day. As far as value, it changes. If you remember, a couple years ago Squidoo was THE place for niche marketers...then the slap from google came and many marketers watched as their rankings disappeared. These days, there are several parasitic hosts that rank well with google. The key is to watch it, log it and use it. Links in posts or blogroll....well, typically I will use parisitic hosts for one of two reasons... 1. to form a link chain for the juice. 2. to sell something directly. There are some things you need to consider. Covering your tracks is important....well, that is all I am going to say about that actually, lol.

Internet Marketing Techniques and Theories : Unbiased Connect Content Review

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:08:08 +0000

well, trusted sites have a ton more power BUT take time and most marketers don't or aren't willing to invest in a ton of time without seeing some benefit fairly quick. I mess with both. When I build a niche network, I typically will have anywhere between 100-400 articles and will inundate that niche using primarily parisitic hosting companies with established trust rank. It works for me but once again, your success rate will ultimately depend on how well your marketing plan is formed. That is my 2 cents anyways. That said, there are a million different ways to arrive at the same conclusion.

Internet Marketing Techniques and Theories : Unbiased Connect Content Review

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:00:59 +0000

Hi Agrande, Thanks for commenting. Don't get me wrong, I am not necessarily against Connect-Content. I think what JT has going is a good thing, especially for webmasters that are struggling. BUT, the point I was making was that most of the links that are exchanged aren't coming from self-hosted domains but are coming from the free kind. What this tells me is that the people who are using the service are either doling out links on sites that they don't necessarily care about or are really hesitant to link up to their blogs and websites that do matter to them (by the way, I am in no way saying that free hosted blogs can't get ranked or don't get ranked...I am just saying that it was my experience that I was getting links from sites with questionable integrity). The big, uh-oh dilemma that new webmasters have isn't getting links. Anyone can get links. It is getting links that matter. For one reason or another, everyone has gravitated toward PR as the sole determiner of importance, link wise. I think it goes much, much further than that. I think that getting links from sites that are trusted by google is where the bang is at. And that, unfortunately, can't easily be measured.

Internet Marketing Techniques and Theories : Improve Search Engine Rankings

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:49:58 +0000

Hey Dave, it really depends on what your agenda is. Obviously an authority site is a better longterm solution because it will gain trust rank after a period of time and you can leverage that into more opportunities. I have found keyword sniping good for things like localized search. The biggest problem that most marketers have with keyword sniping is keyword cannibalization.... I use keyword sniping for the purpose of creating funnels to my authority sites solely these days though. The only reason I have mentioned it was it is a very easy way for a beginner marketer to learn SEO quickly and see results within a few weeks. It is kind of like getting your feet wet, ya know?

Internet Marketing Techniques and Theories : Internet Marketing Techniques with Micro-Niches

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:52:21 +0000

Hey Patrick, yeah, I actually do and was going to go into it but was kind of pushed for time. While it is true that this guy/gal has a 14 month head start, they haven\'t really "attacked" the niche....they have simply built content....most of their 100+ pages isn\'t really linked although they do seem to keep it "in house" on Squidoo with internal links and also do the same with hubpages. In other words, their link strategy sucks and it is very likely that I could push them out of the way in weeks, not months just by doing a little link laundering with parasitic hosts that have already built trustrank. The trustrank is absolutely crucial for a marketer to actually get ranked and stay ranked. Plus, if you are using a site that is trusted, you can literally hurl hundreds of links at the page a day and the worst thing that could happen is Google would ignore the page. It happens occasionally but not near enough for me to abandon the strategy. Make no bones about it....there is a reason why some of these parasitic hosts do well in the SERPS. There is a reason why EZA dominates micro niches with long tail keywords. And this particular marketer found out that out by using squidoo to push his product. He did it without external links. Now, that said, what do you think would happen if someone like me, doubled his efforts (200+ articles, quality and spun) and started a link campaign? Two things could happen.... 1. He catches on and we wind up in a link campaign war where the marketer with the most capital and resources wins... 2. He scratches his head as to what is happening and simply writes off the niche as a nice run while it lasted.... On a separate note, this marketer is likely not utilizing "ad space" on the page correctly as the way he is promoting his products is at the end of the ad. While testing would be necessary since markets are inherently different, what I have found is that you want your offer to be above the fold...not buried deep within the page...since most people are likely to never go below that. And most marketers forget that people naturally will follow links for answers.

Internet Marketing Techniques and Theories : Time to Push the "Easy" Button on Niche Marketing

Wed, 1 Apr 2009 18:12:31 +0000

appreciate the comment Luca and thanks for the tweet. Obviously, different marketers have different ways. I have learned at least in my experience that thorough keyword research lends itself to a better chance of success. Plus, this method leaves no stone unturned.

Internet Marketing Techniques and Theories : 3 SEO Musings on Outbound Link Structure,Keywords and TrustRank

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:42:44 +0000

thanks for stopping by Mrinal.....you are in close company, ya know...I can think of one other person who visits this site occasionally...she is related to me

Internet Marketing Techniques and Theories : Internet Marketing and Reinventing the Wheel

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:04:54 +0000

Thanks for stopping by Sheila and sorry for the delay (I was out of town).

Frogstr - Take a big leap : Google is smarter than you think

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:30:36 +0000

I imagine if you buffer your BH sites, ie. use the sites with established trust rank like forum profiles and what not and then pound the hell out of it with backlinks and link up to your site (or go even a tier back) that this would be fairly safe. How long would it last? well, I guess that depends on a lot of things. The worst case scenario in this case would be that the backlink would be ignored.

Frogstr - Take a big leap : Google is smarter than you think

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:10:13 +0000

Interesting..it still doesn't explain how black hat marketers can snag top 10 rankings in (some) competitive niches by keyword stuffing and shoddy backlinks. Perhaps, keyword stuffing is more tolerated in certain niches than others..... ...or perhaps, google really isn't that smart and is relying on competitor's to report them.... At any rate, I do have to agree with you that google is getting better at detecting "spammy" type pages. But I have to wonder about it everytime I see a page that is ranking #1-3 and is doing so with no more than a page with the same keyword stuffed over and over and over.

Internet Marketing Techniques and Theories : Internet Marketing and Reinventing the Wheel

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:24:48 +0000

Hey Luca, My point to this whole blurb wasn't necessarily about experience. In the case of marketing to the internet marketing crowd, sure....chances are good that you will need to know what you are talking about or you will risk blowing your credibility. However, if you go to another niche and show internet marketing techniques to other entrepreneurs that could possibly benefit from it...well, that is another story altogether. For those who like to create products and are new (and therefore don't know alot), this opens the door to a lot of possibilities. Thanks for dropping by.

Internet Marketing Techniques and Theories : Advanced Link Building Techniques the Black Hat Way

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:07:37 +0000

I do....But just to not turn this into a blackhat internet marketing site do a search on the blackhatworld forum...you will find what you are looking for. The problems that you will face using these link building tools is that you will need to insulate your white hat sites from it. In other words buffer it two and three links deep and build up the trust and page rank of the links linking to you. Most internet marketers are snoopers but few rarely go further than one site deep in their research.

Internet Marketing Techniques and Theories : Advanced Link Building Techniques the Black Hat Way

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:41:36 +0000

Thanks Reub. Glad you managed to make it through one of my rants. It is absolutely amazing what you can do with trusted domains that you would otherwise have to wait it out on your own domain. Trust Rank really does play a part in the whole optimization process...especially if you are in a competitive niche.

Internet Marketing Techniques and Theories : Advanced Link Building Techniques the Black Hat Way

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:06:34 +0000

Funny isn't it? When in Rome, Alex....that is all I really have to say about that. My point of this whole spill wasn't to try to rank for competitive words. It is to focus your efforts on obvious buy words and use the same tools that the blackhat marketers are using to do it. For instance, let's say you are selling vacuum cleaners and happen to affiliate with Target and other sites that sell vacuums. What if you were to build a series of Squidoo lens that was product specific that would funnel to the seller first? Then, Created funnels via forums and trusted social platforms that pointed to your squidoo lens.... The only missing ingredient would be link popularity. Because you are using trusted websites, you could, at least in theory, rank fairly quickly for them just by throwing junk links en masse. The result would be that you could be ranking for these long tails in several instances on the front page. You won't get a lot of traffic but the traffic would be so targeted that you would have to believe that you would make money. Of course, you don't necessarily have to do this. Some people would view this as just a big problem on the internet and wouldn't want to contribute to the problem. But it is still nice to have a clue as to what others are doing to make money online and it beats the typical vanilla posts that most online marketers like to make. The big problem that someone may run into using a strategy like this would be that their competitors may get disgruntled and report it to google. Then again, there is nothing really at risk, provided you aren't pointing the sites to your regular sites.

Internet Marketing Techniques and Theories : Advanced Link Building Techniques the Black Hat Way

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:55:53 +0000

Sure, there are several...articlebase, goarticles are just 2 of them. I probably wouldn't worry about creating a bunch of funnels using similar articles though. Concentrate your efforts on building links to your EZA and you should do alright. There are other factors as well to consider. If you can add modifiers to the title of the article, then you will likely be able to rank for a variety of stuff. The big question is will the long tail traffic be worth it. That is something that can only be resolved by testing it out.

Internet Marketing Techniques and Theories : Ezine Articles Case Study..Can a New Site Outrank an Ezine Article in the Search Engines?

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:52:58 +0000

Dang it...I am starting to hate intense debate more and more. Sorry about the broken link...

Internet Marketing Techniques and Theories : Ezine Articles Case Study..Can a New Site Outrank an Ezine Article in the Search Engines?

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:06:00 +0000

Hey Yves, Yeah, it is true that you could rank higher in the SERPS just by adding links to that particular page. If you drop links on social media platforms, then the climb up will be a little easier and the stay may be longer. There are different methods you can use to get there though. For instance, if you already have a network of sites, you could simply link them to your EZA page. If you are using a link service, then you can drop links there.... You can also do this across a plethora of social sites like wetpaint, weebly, clipmarks, ect. I actually just wrote a new post about what the black hat marketers are doing that may interest you here.... http://leodimilo.com/internetmarketingblog/advanc...

Internet Marketing Techniques and Theories : The Social Media Networking Meltdown...it isn't the technology that matters...

Fri, 6 Mar 2009 15:31:06 +0000

Hey Reuben, Thanks for stopping by (and I will be seeing you tomorrow at the social media conference). I understand that they are using different strategies and that is my point exactly. Kern would be okay without social media....social media is just an easy way for him to connect to his people, right? Perry, on the other hand, would have a hard time using his strategy today if twitter suddenly went away because that is the only way he is connecting. I am not dissing his strategy but am stating the obvious. And personally, I think that following an insane number of people (like 50,000 for instance) is not really an exercise in "connection" or engagement. Then again that is only my opinion and I am sure many people would disagree.

Internet Marketing Techniques and Theories : The Social Media Networking Meltdown...it isn't the technology that matters...

Wed, 4 Mar 2009 14:57:26 +0000

Hey Tommie....thanks for the input. I totally agree...