I've just added a number of articles by "search engine geek" John Ricerca to the page here.
Search engine optimization articles These are excellent articles in which John has scientifically researched and demolished certain myths about how keyword count, density, URL length, file extension and many more factors affect search engine ranking.
He illustrates them with very convincing graphs and statistics to prove his point.
Must tell you about another tool that is doing wonders for my traffic. A few days ago, I tested my friend, Satya's
Traffic Turbocharger to "enhance" the content on one of my websites.
Now you know that I'm a complete believer in having exceptional content as a way to attain top rankings. Its worked beautifully for me especially on my
Glutathione site which has been
consistently in the top 5 ranks of all the search engines for the last 2 years!!.
Having exceptional content is really the best way of ensuring you keep your rankings through all the algorithm "updates."
But I did try TTC on one of my #1 ranked sites to supplement existing content for keywords I was not able to create content for immediately.
TTC generates pages with RSS feeds as you would have read in Satya's report RSS Riches, that you received as a bonus with my
search engine optimization eBook, Number One In Your Niche.
Result: In just a few days, the pages generated with TTC got spidered and indexed by Google... and my traffic DOUBLED!!
Quite frankly, I was amazed at how simple it was to get ranked for terms that I never had the opportunity to create content for.
Ok, I'll admit the content on the pages was nothing great. Users may not be thrilled with it.
So for long-term rankings, I strongly recommend using the steps laid out in
Number One In Your Niche to create unique content for your website.
But I think that, in some circumstances, TTC can be a valuable "enhancement" to boost your traffic and affiliate earnings, because it allows you to earn from
FIVE income sources. And I have absolutely no problem with that. :-)
Of course, if you're using it make sure you know exactly what you're getting into. Don't abuse these strategies end up shooting yourself in the foot i.e. getting banned.
Content should always be the first option, but I have nothing against using RSS feeds, even on generated pages, to boost traffic temporarily, as long as you don't go overboard.
If you do use TTC, here are some tips to follow
1. Do not use it on your main sites. Use it on domains that are not important to your business.
2. Use the most targeted content feeds even if you have to search for hours to find them
3. Re-create your pages often by updating your keyword lists.
4. Keep adding REAL, UNIQUE content to your main pages to maintain your competitive edge.
# posted by Priya Shah @ 3:28 AM
