Today I noticed my beef jerky review blog moved up on Google's SERPs for the words, "beef jerky". It's on the second page of results now. For the longest time, it was mired on the third page.
For the record, I launched this blog in March of 2008, about 13 months ago.
Ok, being on the second page is not necessarily worth dancing over, but hey, I'm happy right now.
As of this writing, it's sitting at #13...
The sites ranking above my site are all tough contenders, and are sites that have been around a lot longer than mine.
So how did I manage to make it up to this point? Just by writing lots of content that's all, and writing new content consistently. That's really the biggest SEO strategy that anyone can do.
But some of the smaller things (all of which add up) include...
That last part, "Getting links from other websites", is the toughest. In the old days, I could ask a webmaster to point a link to my site, and 50% of the time they'd do it. But these days, maybe only 1% of the time they'll take you up on the offer, but only if they get something in return.
That's where you rely on the social part of the Internet. People will link to your website through Facebook, Twitter, their blog, or a forum, if they like your website. But how do you get them to like your website? You have to publish quality content.
So it all goes back to writing lots of content, and writing it consistently.
It just goes to show that SEO is as simple as that. And if you think this through, the people who are going to make all the money in SEO are article writing services.
The SEO gurus out there, with their SEO blogs, and SEO consultancy services, really don't have much to offer. They know SEO as well as I do, but because they portray themselves as SEO experts, they have to say something to make themselves appear valuable. That's why their SEO blogs are chock of full of new content everyday, but hardly ever saying anything useful.
Now, I don't sell anything through my beef jerky blog. But what if I had another website that sold beef jerky? I could now leverage the traffic and SEO value of my beef jerky blog to help out that site. And that's how you use blogs as an affiliate marketing tool.
So my next goal is to get on the first page of Google SERPs for the words "beef jerky". And after that, get to the #1 spot. Some of things I can do to help me get there might be to submit links to blog directories, post articles on article-sharing sites, posting tweet links on Twitter, launching one or two companion sites that link to it.
And if I'm actually able to get that #1 spot, would an online beef jerky retailer be interested in buying my beef jerky blog? ✓
For the record, I launched this blog in March of 2008, about 13 months ago.
Ok, being on the second page is not necessarily worth dancing over, but hey, I'm happy right now.
As of this writing, it's sitting at #13...
The sites ranking above my site are all tough contenders, and are sites that have been around a lot longer than mine.
So how did I manage to make it up to this point? Just by writing lots of content that's all, and writing new content consistently. That's really the biggest SEO strategy that anyone can do.
But some of the smaller things (all of which add up) include...
- Making sure the domain name has the words "beef jerky" in it
- Making sure each page on the site has a link to the homepage
- Making sure I link out to other beef jerky sites
- Making sure I have a TITLE tag on each article (Blogger handles this automatically)
- Making sure I have META tags (Blogger handles this automatically).
- Getting links from other websites.
That last part, "Getting links from other websites", is the toughest. In the old days, I could ask a webmaster to point a link to my site, and 50% of the time they'd do it. But these days, maybe only 1% of the time they'll take you up on the offer, but only if they get something in return.
That's where you rely on the social part of the Internet. People will link to your website through Facebook, Twitter, their blog, or a forum, if they like your website. But how do you get them to like your website? You have to publish quality content.
So it all goes back to writing lots of content, and writing it consistently.
It just goes to show that SEO is as simple as that. And if you think this through, the people who are going to make all the money in SEO are article writing services.
The SEO gurus out there, with their SEO blogs, and SEO consultancy services, really don't have much to offer. They know SEO as well as I do, but because they portray themselves as SEO experts, they have to say something to make themselves appear valuable. That's why their SEO blogs are chock of full of new content everyday, but hardly ever saying anything useful.
Now, I don't sell anything through my beef jerky blog. But what if I had another website that sold beef jerky? I could now leverage the traffic and SEO value of my beef jerky blog to help out that site. And that's how you use blogs as an affiliate marketing tool.
So my next goal is to get on the first page of Google SERPs for the words "beef jerky". And after that, get to the #1 spot. Some of things I can do to help me get there might be to submit links to blog directories, post articles on article-sharing sites, posting tweet links on Twitter, launching one or two companion sites that link to it.
And if I'm actually able to get that #1 spot, would an online beef jerky retailer be interested in buying my beef jerky blog? ✓
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