It’s been more then 2 months now that I have submitted www.imoneyonline.com to about 150 directories manually yet not a single backlink of these directories is showing up in google. I know at least 50 of these have added me to their database already from email confirmations.

At first I thought this is googles way of probating or sandboxing the method of crediting backlinks to new sites but, within the first month of website launch and link request with another blog I got the backlink credit showing up in google. So, I don`t believe this probation , sandbox penalty is applied to all sites. It all depends who the link is coming from. As I have read before and suspected, sites that are valued by google are sites which have content sitting on their server. Directory sites are nothing but links to other sites. There is no content such as written text, photos, videos on the server itself. Because of this I believe google gives the sites importance a big fat ZERO. Do not confuse this with Page Rank.

You will also note these directory sites usually have a PR (page rank) of 3 or 4 on the main page however the category where you want to put your link is either zero or not ranked.

I have spied on competition’s backlinks and can tell you it is not useless to have your link on PR0 or not ranked page. You could however pay attention to the category that has the highest PR where you can list your site. PR is not the end all solution but its worth paying attention to it in this case.

So you’re probably wondering, if submitting to directories is useless how come dmoz and yahoo give such great results for people? We need to realize that comparing dmoz or yahoo to somenonamedirectory.com is almost like compating apples and oranges. Dmoz is a serious authority site with a life of at least 10 years and yahoo directory even longer. Also the main page of the directories are either PR 8 or higher. Dmoz has over 100k one way backlinks.

I have seen some services that submit your site to 300 or 400 directory sites manually and I was considering doing this to any new niche sites with little competition but after seeing zero result with imoneyonline.com I have lost interest.

Instead I believe your link building should be focused on getting links from sites that have content on their own server. I am quite certain google sees these no name no authority link directories as nothing more then link farms.

It took a visit to the sales page of tube automator to confirm the lie about video marketing or tube marketing. Products such as Traffic Geyser promise you loads of traffic quickly if you only submit your videos to the top 30 or 40 video sharing sites such as Youtube, google video , metacafe , etc…

However, here lies the lie. Just like the search engines, only a hand full of videos get decent amount of views. If you analyze the most viewed videos they are generally not monetizing type videos. Sex and porn are certainly easy to get views for your video, infact I have seen many attempts where a photo of a sexy woman is used as thumbnail but the video is about 911 or something completely unrelated to the keywords in the title or the tags. So how is this video marketing? More like video spamming if you ask me. I have seen many good quality videos that don`t get even 100 views in 1 week so its not about quality either. Its about getting attention of the video viewers to click with both keywords and thumbnail photo. That`s the only thing that really matters at the beginning. If the video is of quality, ratings will come naturally and the video will climb and pretty soon it will rank #1 for the keyword phrase you intended it to.

Btw, tubeautomator is a software to give you this jump of the video ratings and views of your quality video. And in my opinion this is the only way video marketing can be successful. If you rely entirely on posting quality videos in quantities, I have strong doubts you will get any decent traffic. I would however like to ask traffic geyser members to comment here as they are all paying $99 per month for video submission. How much are you guys making per month just from video submissions traffic?

Writing articles to market a product or service is an excellent way to build business. The articles should be very informative, providing the reader with information that is relevant to a specific topic. The article usually includes a link to a webpage for more information. The webpage, of course, is designed to sell a product or service that relates to the topic of the article.

These articles are commonly submitted to article banks, websites, and ezine publishers. This is one of the most effective ways to market a service or product on the Internet, and it can become even more effective when it is combined with the use of an
autoresponder.

Begin by setting each of your articles up in your autoresponder. It is important that each article have its very own autoresponder address, so you will need an autoresponder service that will allow you to do this. Next, make a master list of your articles, with
the autoresponder address for each article listed beside the title. You can even add descriptions of the articles on your master list if you want to.

Advertising your articles one at a time can take a great deal of time…but advertising one autoresponder address – the one for the master list – won’t take very much time at all. Simply put it in your newsletter and on your website. You can even allow other ezine publishers to use this is a free resource for their subscribers! This is an excellent way to increase your income with minimal time invested. After all, isn`t that
why you got into the online business?

To all writers and non-writers out there, now is the time to start digging up those creative writing skills back.
With modern communication technology comes the popularity of information-based marketing, which is one of the oldest and most effective techniques in getting targeted prospects to sites and converting them into buyers. This is why article writing, submissions and publications are also getting popular.

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A Search Engine Optimization Company can be an invaluable asset in your Internet marketing campaign. They specialize in knowing how to raise your search engine positions,monitoring those positions on the regular basis, and adjusting their strategies to account for undesirable results in any given month. Since this takes a lot of time, effort, and specialized knowledge, it can be in your best interest to go to an outside source….

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I have now come across several free ebooks of very good value or paid ebooks with free distribution rights that are filled with affiliate links or product links within. I now understand the smart strategy used here in order to make huge profits quite quickly.

First let’s look at it from you the guy that gets the free ebook from this website for instance. The ebook is filled with valuable info. It may be so good infact that other marketers could be selling it for $97 on clickbank but you are giving it away for free.

Mistake? No way…

Now from the perspective of the marketer who wrote the free ebook. The ebook specifies that you may freely distribute the ebook, resell it for 100% profit but you may not alter any of the content within. IE. the affiliate or product, service links within the ebook. So if the ebook creator was smart, he wrote the ebook in a way to incorporate links to either his own paid products, services or simply links via his affiliate link.

The trick for massive sales from the ebook links is the quality of the ebook itself. The ebook has to be good enough that people should feel its worth decent money. Which means the same PLR free mailing list content you get probably won’t cut it because its not unique.

If you are not an expert in the field you could hire a ghostwriter to right the ebook for you . It could be a 20 or 30 pages and does not have to cost a fortune. Even if you pay $400 to have the ebook written you could make thousands from affiliate sales the viral ebook would create. One sends it to one, then he sends it to another and so on….. Viral spread of the ebook very quickly. But it will only work if the ebook is hot ie. valuable info.

I was jogging on the beach today for the second time in my life and I kept remembering that as difficult as it was I had to continue because it would do me good. I realized that running your online business or any money making website requires a similar test of resistance.

What I’m talking about is that difficult moment that you reach when you want to quit because its hard. We all reach those moments. Some of us have experienced more of these tough challenges then others and those that have surpassed them are better equipped for success in my opinion. And when I say success I don’t just mean financially. Anything that is good in life happens with more certainty to those tough cookies among us.

It surprised me to still see on many websites that 80% or more of the failures of online entrepreneurs are due to the fact that people simply don’t take big action or sufficient action. They know what needs to be done and they know it will probably work but perhaps because of that small uncertainty, they fail to take action. Or maybe because they are just not tough enough to take the bull by the horns as they say.

I read a short report about how Dean Hunt (another online blog marketer) got started his online business and he said that he worked 16 hour days for almost 18 months to get to a good income. I though to myself, any doubts that I may had about making good money online can be abolished if I was just willing to do the same hard work as Dean Hunt. Another words, I am willing to bet almost anything that if I work 16 hour days for 18 months I too will make very good money online. Don’t you agree ? I think anyone can with that kind of commitment.

Copywriters charge on average $75 or more per 500 word article because they are excellent writers and bring sales. Period. It is to your benefit to develop your copywriting skills not only to save money when starting your business but also to survive in your business. You won’t be able to afford a little tweak or a little touch on your sales page everytime you change something,   Read more…

Once in a while I find myself complaining about the actions of someone I am dealing with in my business or the idiot that made me late in traffic etc… and after reaching a rational calm state I realize that my success is not dependent on the actions or lack of actions of others around me. Sure, there are obstacles that make it more difficult to carry out your activities, such as that idiot at the restaurant or at the laundry mat etc… but this is normal. These people can throw obstacles in your path but I am sure you agree they do not appear all the time non stop. The formula to constantly beat these obstacles are 2 things. One is to realize that they are temporary and 2 that there is always light around the corner. Just like your luck always runs out at some point so does your bad luck.

I saw a statement about making money online a few weeks ago that said “you get out what you put in. Well, you probably heard that before but I mention this because the keyword there is “You”. Your business started with you and it can only end with you. Don’t blame it on your ex, your landlord, your hosting company or your competition. If on the other hand you’re to lazy to combat the obstacles then maybe you’re in the wrong profession. I have never felt more in control of my destiny since I started my online business ventures. This is quite a different feeling then when I was working for others living paycheck to paycheck.

To conclude, remind yourself that while others can delay or throw obstacles in your way, you are in control of where you end up.

Famous quote: The decisions you make determine the life that you lead

You may have seen a pink warning in your adwords account that as of April 1 you are no longer allowed to display or use a domain url that is not your real  domain.  Many online marketers have been using this effectively to split test and get higher CTR or Click Through Rates. Essentially getting more clicks for the same money therefore more profit.  Unfortunately, most have been doing it by entering any keywords they seem fit in the domain even domains that don’t exist and then just redirecting you to their real other domain.  Well, as of April 1, 2008 you can no longer do this. If you want to keep doing this you’re going to have to use a real registered domain that is yours.

There are certain keywords in the domain that get clicked on much more then others so if you can figure that out, register the domain and find some adwords advertiser in the field you could make very decent coin registering and selling domains.

In my opinion this will definitely change the way domains are valued. Unless your domain is generic and short or 3 or 4 characters you won’t sell it for more then a few hundred dollars however if you find a domain keyword that gets good CTR it would easily be worth  $1000 or much more to the right google advertiser. Remember there are Adwords advertisers making well over 6 figures monthly so they won’t mind spending a few thousand for something that will up their profits.