Monthly Archives: January 2009

Targeted Niche Development with Strategic SEO and Small Sites

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

Selecting an online niche to dominate is one of the more difficult tasks associated with making money online.  Since many profitable niches are occupied and already dominated by sites with thousands of indexed pages and backlinks, the effort required for SEO and link building would be enormous.  This is not to say that that niche development is not possible. There are still many opportunities to … Continue reading →

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Free DoFollow Links From Authority PR6 Site

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

Obtaining free dofollow links from an authority site is difficult.  Most major sites have opted to “NoFollow” their links, even links that are included in articles to illustrate a point.  When SEOs discover a great linking opportunity, the typically will keep the location of the site to themselves.  In a recent article on Free High PR Links from Authority Sites I even wrote about keeping such … Continue reading →

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Comment SPAM – No Links For You!

Posted on January 24, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

With link building becoming more and more difficult, many webmasters have scoured the many blogs looking for places to obtain one-way links, especially in blogs that have removed the “NoFollow” tag.  It does open these websites up for a massive amount of comment SPAM. Barry WheelerBarry Wheeler is a blogger, novice SEO, geek and passionate Newfoundlander. Operating several successful websites and online communities, Barry has … Continue reading →

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Free High PR Links From Authority Sites?

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

Obtaining high PR links from authority sites has become almost impossible on the web.  High PR authority sites are less likely to link to other sites unless there is some perceived value in doing so.  As a result, link building has become more difficult.  Many authority sites have started deploying the “NoFollow” tag on all their links, often bowing from pressures by search engines such … Continue reading →

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Link Building Challenges

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

Link building is essential to placing well in the search engines.  There is no denying the importance of link building but it is becoming more difficult to obtain links.  Webmasters are finding it difficult to find relevant links and as a result, struggle with effectively being able to promote and have their sites rank well within the search engines. Barry WheelerBarry Wheeler is a blogger, … Continue reading →

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Beginners Guide to Link Building – Part 2

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

In the Beginners Guide to Link Building – Part 1, I defined what was meant by the term “link” and several important factors that influence a link during a link building campaign.  In Part 2 of the Beginners Guide to Link Building, I will concentrate on reciprocal  link building. Reciprocal link building is sometimes referred to as a link exchange.  It occurs when two webmasters … Continue reading →

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Number 4 out of 62,100,000 in Google in a Single Week

Posted on January 17, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

Yes, it is true.  In just one week, 7 days – I’ve managed to have an article rank #4 out of 62,100,000 (yes that is 62 million)!  Using basic search engine optimization techniques I’ve achieved this awesome search ranking – 4 out of 62,100,000.  Doing this in one week is a joke right?  If I had read this claim on a blog or on a … Continue reading →

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Beginners Guide to Link Building – Part 1

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

Link building is critical for ranking well in the major search engines.  I read many beginners asking how to start building links or the best way to start link building for a particular niche. No beginners guide to link building would be complete without an understanding of why links are important.  Simply put, a link is like a vote.  Every link that points to a … Continue reading →

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Paid Links – Links that Google Can’t Detect

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

Paid links.  We’ve all read the warnings that we should not partake in the practice of buying and selling links.  Google frowns upon paid links, and as clearly stated in the Google Webmaster Guidelines ”Don’t participate in link schemes designed to increase your site’s ranking or PageRank. In particular, avoid links to web spammers or ‘bad neighborhoods’ on the web, as your own ranking may be … Continue reading →

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Using Video to Improve Search Ranking

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

Video is big one the Internet.  There’s no denying it.  Sites such as Youtube and Google Video are showing amazing growth and have an amazing following.  How does one exploit video siets for search engine optimization (SEO) and use video to improve search ranking? The popularity of video sites has established these sites as authority sites causing them to dominate the search engines results pages … Continue reading →

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