Saturday, January 5, 2008

Link Popularity through Directory Submissions

Link Popularity means how many websites or pages are providing link to you. Link popularity is measured keeping both the quantity and quality of sites that link to your site. You can improve the rank of your website by increasing the number of high quality sites linking to your website. High quality websites are those sites whose page rank is higher than your own site.

Directory Submission is one of the best way to get natural and one way links for your website. While optimizing your website you must concentrate generating more and more quality one way links. You can either submit your website to these directories at your own or engage some seo company to do the same on your behalf or install a directory submission software though it is not recommended by most of seo experts. Many SEO Experts, Web Directory owners and Search Engines do suggest to submit your links manually whereas you may find hundreds of thousands companies offering fast, easy and cheap software for directory submission. We will discuss one by one the advantages and disadvantes of automatic versus manual submission:-

1. Automatic Submission through Softwares - Automatic Submission is fast and easy and economic too, but most directories use Registration Code for every submission to protect from automatic submission. If you use some software to automatic submission, your submission will fail. There are high chances of improper category selection, if you submit to wrong category, it may be deleted. Another major problem you may face that your submission may be treated as spamming by the Directory owners and the rejection rate may be very high. Everyone hates spamming including search engines and so by the web directories.

2. Manual Submissions – Manual submission task is a labour intensive, time consuming and costly way to build inbound one way links but it gives you a better control in submission process. You submit your website to the most appropriate category and sub category. Many directories reject the submissions mainly because of wrong placement of the website. Most directories have already placed a system to prevent automated submissions in order to regulate quality listings and prevent junk submissions by automated softwares. Moreover while submitting your website to different directories, you must ensure that your submission meets the quality guidelines of each directory that includes right titles, descriptions and anchor text etc.

Now the most important question - can you run the link popularity campaign at your own or you should hire a SEO company for the same.

Do it Yourself - you can submit your links at your own as it is cost-effective and an opportunity to learn about seo techniques and moreover you retain complete control over your site and its link popularity campaign. If you are new to it, you can learn it here also http://www.softsolutionsindia.net/search_engine_optimization/optimize_website_at_my_own.html

Hire a SEO Firm - If you don't want to shift your focus from the main function of your business, then you have to rely on some seo professional with a lot of knowledge and experience. You may also hire a full time person for this job but you have to pay regular salary with other benefits.

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Internet Marketing Business - How to Build One of Your Own

With the onslaught of internet marketers who have arrived on the scene, each promising to deliver tens of thousands of dollars to your bank account by the end of the week, it is very important to approach each marketer with a keen sense of skepticism. Below, I have outlined some very important concepts that will help you not only identify which programs will work for you, but I provide you with some great alternative sources of online income, as well.

1. Buyer Beware -- Just because someone has the knowledge to set up a website, does not mean that their product is worth paying for. The problem today is that someone who has a very useful digital product has a website that looks exactly like someone who has a digital product for sale that is little more than a rip-off. So, beware. Do your research. Google the product and do an online background check to make sure if this is a product that is worth the $97 price tag.

2. Some Things are Worth the Price -- As you are building your online business, understand, too, that some products and services are worth the price. For example, I would never use a free autoresponder. It lessens your brand value and only hurts you in the long run. Not only do you have little control over the delivery of the emails, but you have to put up with advertisements and announcements that piggy back off of your broadcasts. If you are going to build a list, then you should pay for an email auto responder. This is something I often talk about on my blog.

3. Join a Reputable Affiliate Program -- You do not always have to spend money to make money. Many reputable affiliate programs are free to join. Do you research and figure out which programs are the best for your given niche.

4. Start Now -- If you have an idea for a niche, do not wait. Don't feel intimidated because people have come before you. The internet has grown so large that it is possible to support even the small players in any given field. But if you are going to start, then make sure you start on the right footing and build your list from the beginning. I wish I had followed this piece of advice years ago when I started my internet businesses.

5. Be a Good Guy -- Learn what the rules are and then break them (within ethical and legal boundaries). Be creative yes. But make sure that you are one of the good guys. There are too many men and women out there who spam their customers or sell their email addresses. If you are going to jump into this field, then keep your wits and your good sense.

Internet marketing is a tough field, but it is often worth the struggle. I have enjoyed every minute of my life online over the course of the past couple of years. I hope you will, too. Good luck to you.