2006 Internet Marketing Techniques

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2005 is almost gone. Time to pull out the crystal ball so we can see what trends will be happening in 2006 in the internet marketing arena. The last few years have seen many methods come and go. Right now the current craze seems to be on publishing articles. Each time a method becomes relatively popular, you can usually expect a backlash to follow as more and more participants come from behind the curve to join the game.

Linking is not dead, despite the multiple protestations of the search engine heavyweights.

Link popularity has ruled the roost on the ‘Net since the go-go days of Altavista. But since the dawn of Google, the demand for links has reached ever great heights. Despite the rush to popularity for link builders, there has been a consistent denial by search engine pundits that linking works. But indeed it always has, and will remain popular in 2006. If Content really is King, than Links are the Queen who actually runs the country.

Article writing will expand in 2006.

The article directory business is doing well, and is a viable operation for many. With the addition of automation through tools such as William Cross’s ArticleSender.com, publishing your free-to-reprint articles is easier than ever. Undoubtedly you could do it all yourself, but this way is just so much easier. Article submissions are quickly emerging as the main method for
SEOs to get backlinks.

Guerilla marketing is the way forward.

Some would argue that it’s always been the way, and they very well may be right. But rest assured, you will need to be a guerilla in 2006 to succeed with the ever fickle internet consumer. As stated many times in 2005, Web 2.0 is upon us. Websites that bond with their visitors are the ones that do the best. The more you can interact and solve the problems of people’s everyday lives, the less likely you are to have beg people to come back. So this means APIs and ToolBuilding. If you build it, the will come.

The best way to market in 2006 hasn’t been discovered yet.

But just give it time. As soon as the year starts, somebody clever somewhere will set the newest trend in web marketing. But once you chase these trends, don’t spend all of your time on them. Always make sure to spend a good portion of your day improving your website so it gets better with age.

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