Archive for January, 2008

Ways To Increase Page Views

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Increasing page views on your website should increase your revenue. For that reason alone, it's a good idea to work on methods of improving your page views constantly. Since a visitor is already at your website, if you can convince her to click on more pages, you are ...

The Editorial X-Factor

Monday, January 28th, 2008

When you think of most content websites, you realize they are, in essence, a collection of articles. At the very core, a content website has amassed a series of articles, generally written at different time intervals, which revolve around a certain keyword concept. In this sense, websites are ...

Capitalizing On Short Term Bursts Of Traffic

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Many days on the web look just like the day before. But every now and again, something exciting will happen. If you get a short term burst in traffic, you probably need to capitalize on it, because it's bound to disappear as soon as it arrives. If ...

Everything You Do To Improve A Website Adds Value

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

One thing I love about building a website is taking such a small initial investment and building a property that can earn potentially unlimited amounts of money. There are few other industries around that afford such opportunities. In fact, I can't think of any. I consider the ...

Google Is Fighting With European Regulators Over Privacy Issues

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

When you think about internet privacy issues, you realize that they are hardly solved, at all. More people use the internet every day for various and sundry uses, and many of them are unaware of how their personal information is used. The latest controversy finds Google in the ...

Using Yahoo For Keyword Research

Monday, January 21st, 2008

For the most part Yahoo Search sort of sucks. But I will say I enjoy the "Search Assist" feature they provide. Yahoo allows you to drill down on search terms and they offer suggestions to help you make your search more precise. This is exactly where you ...

So, You Have An Audience Of SEOs And Internet Marketers…

Monday, January 21st, 2008

...and you find out about this "hot new" linking opportunity, and you decide to tell them about it. What happens next? Chances are, some of your audience ends up abusing the advice in a manner you hadn't foreseen, and sour tastes get left in everyone's mouth. That's ...

A Lot Of Stale SEO Information Keeps Floating Around

Friday, January 18th, 2008

I have been reading about SEO for many years now, and I have to say the conversation has finally become mind-numbing. I understand why. It's very difficult for people to actually talk about SEO in terms of "what works" when they make their living from websites with tons ...

Do People Link To Commercial Content?

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

I've been producing commercial-oriented content on the internet since 2003. Before that, I was also involved with the internet business in a professional capacity, and never got into doing much internet work "just for fun." My content has always been commercial in nature, so I've been aware of ...

Average Time On Site Is A Very Important Metric

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

These days, Google knows as much about a website as its' creator, or close to. If you have your website in Google Analytics, Google tracks every minute detail they can about your website's visitors. To Google, certain factors mean a website is quality, and I'm sure one that ...