Articles and SEO

[Teddy]

Here again I listen to what people have to say and ask the questions being a newbie. I have been told different views about articles and SEO. I did a course a while ago and in it's teachings about SEO and articles it said you should use "bold", "italics" and "undeline" on your keywords and that is what I believed. Recently I was told that it made no difference?? An interesting thing is I took the advice I had been told and bolded the keywords in my Ezine articles. To my amazement some of the articles were accepted and in others I was told by Ezine that they didn't allow bolding in the articles. Hmmm... a bit of a contradiction. What I would like to know is if bold, italics and underlining your keywords in posts or articles really make a difference to getting more "accepted" by the search engines?

Thanks again
Teddy

[Moderator 1]

Teddy,

Unfortunately this is how it was "back in the day". Now, in some cases it tends to look spammy. You can certainly test this theory to see what works best.

I also thought that Ezine prohibits doing so, but with each person approving articles, you may get a different answer. Strange, I know.

Making sure that your keywords are targeted and making good use of backlinking, you should have a good chance of ranking well in the search engines.

More good questions! :)

[Forum Admin 2]

That's interesting, but as mentioned, you will have different approval's through their staff.

My personal opinion is that it will not matter if bolded, underlined or italizized. The main thing is to optitmize those keywords and linkage to get the higher rankings and sales. :)

[Teddy]

Sorry again for my ignorance... but when you say make good use of backlinking are you referring to the hyperlinks in my "signature"? Or should I be doing something else.

Thanks again
Teddy

[Forum Admin 2]

These are all great questions!

Backlinking is creating links back to yoru sites. So the number of links back to the site helps to increase pageranks. So if you have a website with some great content and you begin sending backlinks back to this site by use of articles, ads, forums, etc., this is known as "natural" backlinking.

I do believe this is something that you have already been implementing Teddy so you are still good to go. :)

[Moderator 1]

Here is an example:

Your Squidoo lens will be linked to your website, an article, and maybe an ad.

Then your article will have a link to your website, and a Squidoo lens.

Your ad, will have a link to your website, your lens, article.

You can make little checklists for yourself or a mind map so to speak to make sure that you are creating those backlinks. Also, forum marketing in open forums will help you rank too!

You're doing a good job, Teddy! :)

[Teddy]

Gee Guys you are GREAT. Again I really appreciate all you help and find it so refreshing for your willingness to share. :)

Another question I have. In the signatures like forums, squidoo and Ezine etc is it important to use your domain name in any way to gain rankings?
ie. If I had a domain "blahblah.blah". Should I be using that exact name "blahblah" in my signatures?

Thanks
Teddy.

[Teddy]

Sorry for all the questions but I am trying to find my way through affiliate marketing and this forum is so willing to share their expertise :)

I see there is lots of advertising on the net about "free traffic" and m***es of "backlinks" by clicking on each others sites etc. Is this a good practice or will it eventually hurt me in the future?

Regards
Teddy.

[Moderator 1]

Gee Guys you are GREAT. Again I really appreciate all you help and find it so refreshing for your willingness to share. :)

Another question I have. In the signatures like forums, squidoo and Ezine etc is it important to use your domain name in any way to gain rankings?
ie. If I had a domain "blahblah.blah". Should I be using that exact name "blahblah" in my signatures?

Thanks
Teddy.

Yes, it is a good idea to use your keywords in forums that do rank in the search engines, like this one. If you are a member of MOIS that forum is a private forum and does not rank in the search engines.

Squidoo and Ezine are not forums, but you do want to use your targeted key phrases there.

[Moderator 1]

Sorry for all the questions but I am trying to find my way through affiliate marketing and this forum is so willing to share their expertise :)

I see there is lots of advertising on the net about "free traffic" and m***es of "backlinks" by clicking on each others sites etc. Is this a good practice or will it eventually hurt me in the future?

Regards
Teddy.

You can ask as many questions as you would like to. We are here to help however we can. We know what it is like and how it can be when you are first starting out.

Backlinks are very important. You are backlinking when you link your website, lenses, articles, blogs, etc. together. There are however automated plugins for example on Wordpress that can get others content on your blogs to create those backlinks. This is also very beneficial.

Let us know anytime that you have more questions! :)

[Forum Admin 2]

Teddy,

Another question I have. In the signatures like forums, squidoo and Ezine etc is it important to use your domain name in any way to gain rankings?

Signatures are basically used in leaving comments and posting in forums. When using this technique it is always best to try and use keywords but it is also one of the first things a viewer will see. So at times you will need a catchy phrase to gain there attention so they will want to click through to your sites. So if your domain has a great keyword, use that phrase :)

[Forum Admin 2]

Ask as many questions as you need, it helps in understanding some of the techniques and concepts better.

I see there is lots of advertising on the net about "free traffic" and m***es of "backlinks" by clicking on each others sites etc. Is this a good practice or will it eventually hurt me in the future?

I found this great article on A-Z which provides some great tips. Its great check list to follow :)

http://bloggingtip.net/a-z-blogging-guide-for-beginners/

[Teddy]

Hi Moderator 1,

I looked through the Wordpress plugins but couldn't find what I though I was looking for if that makes sense... I was searching for "backlink" plugins but none of then made much sense to me? Sorry for my ignorance but could you point me in the right direction.

Would really appreciate your help.

Teddy.

[Moderator 1]

Teddy,

If you are using Wordpress.com you will not be able to use the plugins. If you are using Wordpress.com you will see Plugins in your admin panel on the dashboard and you can add them from there by doing a search.

Let me know if you need further ***istance with this. :)

[Forum Admin 2]

Ooops! What Mod 1 means is that WordPress.com does not offer plugins. But if wanting to upgrade into the WordPress.org you will be able to obtain numerous amounts of plugins :)

[Teddy]

I use wordpress for my blogs and it is hosted by a company. I can login to my wordpress on that hosted server as admin and do what I want to with my site as I have admin rights. Will these backlink plugins then be available to me?

Thanks
Teddy

[Moderator 1]

I did say Wordpress.com does not use Plugins, but I did mean to put Wordpress.org the second time. Sorry about that Teddy. :)

[Moderator 1]

Teddy,

Are you using Wordpress.org? Did you have to download anything? Also, is the hosting yours? That you are paying for?

[Forum Admin 2]

To find if you have the plugins available you can sign into your wordpress admin panel. Here you will see in the left bar a link for "plugins". If this is visiable you can click on the link and it will take you to the "Manage Plugin" page. Once there you can pick and choose which ones you would like to use by activiating them :)

[Moderator 1]

Teddy,

There are several backlink plugins that you can use. All you have to do is do a search after clicking on Plugins in the admin panel, and then Add New. You can search for "backlink" and several will come up.

I also like to use the Featured, New, and Popular to see what is out there.

Good luck! Keep us posted on your progress. :)

[Jamie]

About backlinks do you need to try and link all of your work together by that i mean, i have a website so if i write an atricle i have a link in that article back to my website right.

I have a squidoo lens do i want a link on the article going to my lens?

I have a blog so do i also put a link on that article going to my blog?

I hope this question makes sence. (because i have just pickled my own brain never mind yours).

So i need to link them all together is that right.

[Forum Admin 2]

Yes!! Write articles going directly to your sites. Then if all your sites are within the same niche, you can add the URLS within your sites linking back to the page you want your visitors to land on and hopefully invest :)

[Jamie]

You can only link one site from each article ie 1 article link to website, then 1 article link to suidoo lens, then 1 article link to blog. Have i understood this right Admin 2.

[Moderator 1]

You can create a mindmap of sorts for yourself. Link from your article to your lens, blog, ads. Link your lenses, blogs, etc. to your article, website, other lenses, blogs. You want everything to link together.

:)

[Forum Admin 2]

Yes, this is supplying traffic back to each of these sites. Once this is done make sure you are linking your blog, website, and squidoo back to each other also within your content of additional modules :)

[Jamie]

So i can get my head round this once and for all. Can i put a link on lets say an enzine article that will lead back to website,blog,lenses.

Ie in the signature box put a link to all three?

[KitKat]

Jamie ~

With Ezine... you can only have 2 links in your resource (signature) box. If you link to your website, it can't be the MOIS free website. It has to be a domain that you own, your Squidoo lens, and/or your USFreeAds url... but only 2 can be there. You can't put any affiliate links, so you can use one of these instead.

Hope this helps! :D

[Jamie]

Thanks KitKat just so i know i have the pro website with my own domain name. Can i put that in along with my squidoo lens.

[KitKat]

Yes! You definately can and should! Those are two great sources to link to. They have high ranking ability and your lens (is an authority site). Just make sure that you have really targeted keywords so that you can rank. :D

[Jamie]

Thanks for the advice KitKat.

[KitKat]

You're welcome! I know how these little things help! :D

[Moderator 1]

Again, we appreciate your input Kitkat.

Jamie - you do want to make sure that your keyphrases are highly targeted so that you will see traffic coming to your sites and them ranking on the first page of google.

Let us know if you have any other questions. :)

[Forum Admin 2]

This is always a good marketing technique. You can send traffic back to 2 sites within one article.

As mentioned, keywords are a major factor within marketing :)

[Jamie]

I am starting to get to grips with the backlinking and keywords, it quite difficult to find keywords that haven't been saturated already. For trying to promote clicbank products there's alot of competition but i'll get there.

With your help guys it just means it will be sonner rather than later.

[Moderator 1]

You will get there and things will start getting easier as you learn new things and decide which direction you want to go. We are here to help however we can to make your online marketing efforts the best they can be. :)

[Forum Admin 2]

Its true that their is keywords that are saturated. But you can also take the viewpoint of you being the consumer and looking for information. I have found multiple targeted keywords this way with low results by typing in my own keywords that I would personally use. :)

[Paul D'Arcy]

Its true that their is keywords that are saturated. But you can also take the viewpoint of you being the consumer and looking for information. I have found multiple targeted keywords this way with low results by typing in my own keywords that I would personally use. :)

I totally agree!
'Putting yourself into your Customer's head' is the best solution for keyword research that I have found.

I speak and I think in a certain way -because I am educated in my field and I have learned to research in a particular way.

My customers come to me -not because they think like I do
-but because they think like I don't!

They are asking the questions that I have already answered.

So I have to 'think backwards' to where I was and what I was thinking and how I was expressing my questions ....before I learned what I now know.

Research - Research - Research --of course ....then, put yourself in your customer's head.

Stay hungry ~Be strong

[Forum Admin 2]

You said it Paul! :)

[Moderator 1]

Very true Paul - you are on a roll! :)

[Paul D'Arcy]

Hey, thanks Mods...

I don't have it all down yet, but I continue to study.
'Learn-to-Earn,' as my mentor would say...

[Forum Admin 2]

I don't think anyone has it down packed yet. It is a never ending learning curve in my opinion. I am still finding something new everyday, its great :)

[Moderator 1]

Learning and earning is the best way! :)

[Jamie]

It's also the most fun way, getting paid whilst doing something you enjoy can't be bad.

[Forum Admin 2]

You have to have fun in this line of work. So many great opportunities :)

[Moderator 1]

Lots of differnet opportunities thats for sure. :)

[izang]

As what I know making your words or phrases in bold or italic has no significant in SEO. Its like you're just making in to emphasis certain things or words in your article.