2. While it is true that submitting articles can create
massive amounts of traffic to your site there are a few
key things to be considered. Unless of course your a lone
ranger marketing in a niche without any competition, if
so, this article is not for you. Simply a few backlinks with
choice keywords aimed at your niche without any
competitors pages and your flying high on page one of
the top 3 search engines. Actually, now that I think
about it while proofing this article - if that is you, please
contact me as I'd like to know which niche your in. (:--)
3. Well that's a nice thought for a perfect world where
everyone get's their own niche and every page of your
site fills the first 3 pages of a Google search, but for the
rest of us in larger markets the competition can be very
fierce.
4. I'm not sure about you but I think many people blindly
submit articles to article directories and ezine publishers
without consideration for the keywords their targeting
using their anchor text in their resource box or
throughout the article. Most of us by now know that
backlinks built up to our sites, steadily and progressively
over time will cause us to rise, rise, rise in the serp's
(search engine results pages).
5. There are SEO forums filled to overflowing on proper
choice of keywords. I've not spent much time studying
all the latest tips and tricks but while learning online
marketing over this past year I've certainly picked up
alot of knowledge of what works and what doesn't on
the net.
6. Okay, enough of an intro - if your targeting a large
market like say - "internet marketing" for example - just
know that according to Google your up against 278
million pages that are also targeting this keyword. While
a quick search in Overtures database reveals over 302
thousand searches in January of 2006 alone - this may
be a market to be in some would quickly assume - well,
maybe if your willing to wait a long time or have a
100,000 dollars in your bank account to captivate nearly
every form of online promotion along with an expensive
article submission service.
7. Of course with a little keyword research you could weed
out about 98% of that competition. Let's dive right in
and see what's possible.
8. I'm going to use my favorite keyword research tool,
which I'm very enthusiastic about btw, email me if you
need the best free one available, I'm going to look and
see if I can find an easier keyword even in this large
market. Hold tight, I'll be right back.
9. Okay, I'm back, why not target your articles and sites
around the keyword of "idea making money" , it's
regularily searched, over 8,000 times in January of 2006
but only has 9540 competing pages. In fact, I'm quite
impressed by this keyword and I just might target it
myself unless you beat me too it. Anyway, by targeting
your articles, web pages and backlink anchor text
keywords to this lesser competitive term you'll
drastically shorten the time it takes to get to page 1 of
the top 3 engines. Although the payout in the end won't
be as large due to less traffic you will be handsomely
rewarded if you do this 10 or 15 times over on different
keywords, to do this just add more pages to your
10. site - you'll need lot's anyway! By using keywords that
have a realistic page 1-3 serp reach, you could see page
one within only days or weeks rather than months or
years. I also have a really impressive and fast site builder
too if your in need. Again, email me if interested so I
don't have to advertise an affiliate program in this
article, which is another no no I hear. (:--)
11. In closing, some other quick tips not to forget - use your
keyword once in the title of your article if it sounds
realistic and not stupid! My suggested keyword above
will need some creativity to flow well in sentences. Add
your keyword a couple times throughout a 5-700 word
article and once in your resource box should easily be
enough. Just don't over do it and since the engines are
more and more shooting for quality non-duplicated
content your going to have to be submitting articles that
are in english for long term reliability(:--).
12. Also, regarding the web page your targeting, use your
keyword(s) once in the page title, once in your page
headers, in at least one of the alt tags of your pictures
and around 0.5 - 2 % of your pages total words. I've
found this makes a difference when the spiders come
crawling your pages.
13. All the best to you my fellow article submitters!