4 Things You Can Do Today To Increase Traffic And Income
This is a guest post from David Dutton who is an author and internet marketer. He owns www.CoolestPlacesToVisit.com which is a a travel site that talks about topics such as best places to visit in Europe and other cool places around the world.
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Today I would like to share with you some things that can help speed up your results with your SBI site.
Currently, my travel site is getting 750 unique visitors per day and I work about one hour per week on it. This is based on my own experience and is not an exhaustive list.
1. Know your reason why – Knowing the true reason why you are building an SBI site in the first place will help you on so many levels.
You won’t be distracted by the latest business opportunity or program out there and therefore you will save yourself time that could be used in reaching your goal quicker. Read more
My Site Has Pagerank 3! Do I Still Need To Build Links?
I thought this Q&A email conversation would be useful to others when it comes to understanding pagerank and link building – so here we go:
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Hi Tomaz,
I just realized that my site is now a PR3! Just wanted to share. 
Earlier this year I made some major changes to my site. Instead of focusing on the “keyword”, I now focus only on the “long tail keyword” (a specific model) and I’ve expanded to include “another keyword”.
Over time I expect my site to be only 20% “keyword” and 80% “another keyword”. I was initially concerned that this might be a problem because Google might have trouble figuring out my site concept.
However this is not the case. I’m receiving lots of searches for “another keyword” related keywords. So this seems to be working well. Read more
A Top Link Building Resource And The Funny Link Exchange Translation
If you’re running out if link building ideas, then Wiep.net will blow your mind with all sorts of tips and tricks on how to get links to your site.
I’ve been following Wiep.net for quite some time and I strongly recommend you subscribe to their feed if you’re serious about your online business. Read more
5 Myths About Google Penalization
There are all sorts of penalization myths going around and I thought I’d share my views about them. Just using the word “myths” should give you the first hint what they really are. 
Here are the most common myths of why Google and other search engines might penalize your site:
1.Will Google penalize me if I link to non-related sites?
No, unless you link to porn or sites that spread malware and other crap. The Internet is a World Wide Web which means that websites interlink with each other in many different ways.
If you write about your topic you’ll link most of the times to sites that are related to your topic – since you want your visitors to learn more. Read more
Thoughts On Press Releases And Yahoo Directory
I got a few questions from a reader on Press Releases and Yahoo Directory and here are my thoughts on those questions…
Press Releases
> What kind of website do they work best for?
Press releases in reality work best for companies that release a new product or a service. These press releases are then picked up by other sites and journalists and that creates a lot of buzz.
For a normal SBI site, the press releases are really not that powerful. All you get in most cases is one link from a trusted site.
> When is it a good time to consider writing one? If you don’t use them or like the idea of them, why?
> How do you write one? What information is needed in one to get the best impact?
> Who have you used or recommended? I have heard of www.prweb.com but would like to know from someone who has used them how they work and if it is worth the investement. Read more
Making The Best Of Geocities Demise – Smart Linkbuilding Tips
In case you missed it, Yahoo has taken Geocities offline. This creates an excellent opportunity to build links.
How?
Well, I am not the originator of this idea so I’ll just link to this excellent link building article where everything is explained.
My SBI Barcelona Conference Presentation
I’ve attended the first European SBI Conference in Barcelona from 21st to 25th of September 2009 where I also had a presentation about keyword research, optimization of pages and the importance of links.
You can download my presentation here and here’s what I shared with each slide …
1. Choosing a niche (Slide 2)
When you’re choosing a niche you need to assess whether there is enough demand for the keywords so that in the long term your site will get lots of traffic. My definition of lots of traffic is over 1000 daily visitors.
Based on my experience, you need at least 3000 total daily searches for top 100 keywords found through the free Wordtracker tool. If you go for too many, you may have too much competition so a good number to aim for is between 3000 and 8000 daily searches. Read more
Struggling with Traffic? Then This Is The Most Important Post You’ll Ever Read
If you’re not getting enough traffic to your site, then in 99% of cases, you’re missing the key factor in getting better search engine rankings – LINKS!
I visit the SBI forums daily and every day there is someone asking for a site review and complaining about low traffic.
And EVERY time I check their sites, I see the same thing; almost 0 incoming links or having some links but they’re coming from low quality sites.
Somehow, somewhere the most important information on how to get lots of free search engine traffic got lost.
So here it is: In order to rank high for a certain keyword in search engines like Google, Yahoo and Live, your keyword most have good demand, not too much competition and LINKS pointing to it.
Ideally, the link’s anchor text includes your keyword or a slight variation of it. These links should come from quality websites (and pages!) where the quality can be determined by high pagerank and high Alexa rating.
This is it. This is the most important information about getting free traffic. EVERYTHING else is less important. Read more
Marius from marathon-training-schedule.com
Special thanks to Marius Bakken from marathon-training-schedule.com for being the first SBI-er to share his story on my blog. My questions to Marius are in bold…
1. Why did you decide for SBI?
I first heard about SBI in 1999 when I bough Ken’s hardcover “Make Your Site Sell” book on how to build a website. I signed up to his newsletter all the way back in 2000 and have been on it since, but only eventually gave in a little over a year ago to sign up
In the meantime I ran a personal site called mariusbakken.com. It did well but I wanted a more business type approach to building a website. So I finally decided for the SBI solution when I had some time to follow that idea. Read more
Make Your Site Known – Link Building Strategies And Tips (Step 7)
The seventh step in the 10 Steps to Freedom will show you link building methods with some insider tips on how to get good quality links.
In case you have missed the first six steps, you might want to start at the beginning:
1. Freedom Starts in the Mind
2. 5 Reasons to Follow Your Passion Instead of Money
3. How to Make Money Online and Enjoy Freedom
4. Ken Evoy and Site Build It
5. How to Write Content That Attracts Visitors And Natural Links
6. On-page Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Beginners and Experts
Why Build Links?
Links pointing to your website are the key to ranking high in the search engines, especially Google.
If another website links to your website and even includes the keyword you want to rank for in the anchor text, this sends a clear message to Google and other search engines that your site should rank highly, especially is the keyword is used in the anchor text. Read more
