Archive for May, 2009

Tuning your blog to maximize Adsense earnings

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

We need to make only 3 changes to get most of adsense on your blog

  • Replace default search with customized google search
  • Put adsense inside posts
  • Put text link ad on a sidebar in-between all other links

Replacing search

  • Login via FTP to your server, go to templates folder (wp-content/templates/yourtheme) and download search.php file. Open it in notepad and delete everything.
  • Go to your google adsense and get a code for search form
  • Paste the code into notepad and save it
  • Upload the file back to server

From now, search results from your blog will contain ads from google. These ads will make you money.

Putting adsense inside posts

  • Download this free plugin: AdSense Now from http://www.thulasidas.com/ and install it on your blog
  • Go to google ansense and get a code for square banner
  • Go to plugin settings page and insert your banner code

This plugin will show your google ads inside first 3 posts on your blog and at the top of individual post page. You can change number of ads to show and position inside plugin’s settings area

Text links in sidebar

  • Go to google ansense and get a code for text links. Try to match your site theme here. Google links must look like your normal sidebar links
  • Login via FTP to your server, go to templates folder (wp-content/templates/yourtheme) and download sidebar.php file.
  • Open it in notepad
  • Find this section:
    <h2>Archives</h2>
    <ul>
    <?php wp_get_archives(‘type=monthly’); ?>
  • Put your code above this section, so you’ll get something like this:
    <script type=”text/javascript”><!–
    google_ad_client = “pub-2672859166494051″;
    google_ad_slot = “5676568860″;
    google_ad_width = 180;
    google_ad_height = 90;
    //–>
    </script>
    <script type=”text/javascript”
    src=”http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js”>
    </script><br />
    <h2>Archives</h2>
    <ul>
    <?php wp_get_archives(‘type=monthly’); ?>
    </ul>
  • Upload it back to the server

Now you have 3 ads in first 3 posts, links in sidebar, ads inside individual post pages and customized search with…..ads

Now schedule some articles to appear every 1-2 days and watch your adsense account

15 Minute SEO Tips

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

To Do:

Keywords:

Keywords in <title> tag
This is one of the most important places to have a keyword because what is written inside the <title> tag shows in search results as your page title. The title tag must be short (6 or 7 words at most) and the the keyword must be near the beginning.

Keywords in URL
Keywords in URLs help a lot – e.g. – http://domainname.com/seo-services.html, where “SEO services” is the keyword phrase you attempt to rank well for. But if you don’t have the keywords in other parts of the document, don’t rely on having them in the URL.

Keyword density in document text
Another very important factor you need to check. 3-7 % for major keywords is best, 1-2 for minor. Keyword density of over 10% is suspicious and looks more like keyword stuffing, than a naturally written text.

Keywords in anchor text
Also very important, especially for the anchor text of inbound links, because if you have the keyword in the anchor text in a link from another site, this is regarded as getting a vote from this site not only about your site in general, but about the keyword in particular.

Keywords in headings (<H1>, <H2>, etc. tags)
One more place where keywords count a lot. But beware that your page has actual text about the particular keyword.

Links – internal, inbound, outbound:

Anchor text of inbound links
As discussed in the Keywords section, this is one of the most important factors for good rankings. It is best if you have a keyword in the anchor text but even if you don’t, it is still OK.

Origin of inbound links
Besides the anchor text, it is important if the site that links to you is a reputable one or not. Generally sites with greater Google PR are considered reputable.

Links from similar sites
Having links from similar sites is very, very useful. It indicates that the competition is voting for you and you are popular within your topical community.

Links from .edu and .gov sites
These links are precious because .edu and .gov sites are more reputable than .com. .biz, .info, etc. domains. Additionally, such links are hard to obtain.

Number of backlinks
Generally the more, the better. But the reputation of the sites that link to you is more important than their number. Also important is their anchor text, is there a keyword in it, how old are they, etc.

Content

Unique content
Having more content (relevant content, which is different from the content on other sites both in wording and topics) is a real boost for your site’s rankings.

Frequency of content change
Frequent changes are favored. It is great when you constantly add new content but it is not so great when you only make small updates to existing content.

Domains, URLs, Web Mastery

Keyword-rich URLs and filenames
A very important factor, especially for Yahoo! and MSN.

Site Accessibility
Another fundamental issue, which that is often neglected. If the site (or separate pages) is unaccessible because of broken links, 404 errors, password-protected areas and other similar reasons, then the site simply can’t be indexed.

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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

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3 Tips for Blog SEO

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

So for example if I pick a keyword “Blog automation” and decided to ranked high for it what must you do on your blog to optimize it high up in Google.

  • Insert The Keyword At Least Once In The Title Of The Post
    For example, my blog title will start off like this “5 Tips On Blog Automation”.
  • Insert The Keyword In The First 30 Words Of Your Blog Post
    When you start writing your article in your blog post, always try to have the keyword located in the first 30 words of your blog post. For example, here is how I would start my article “When you are starting new webiste take a look at blog automation site: blogomator.com…”
  • Repeatedly Keep On Writing Articles With The Keyword In Them
    In the next blog post, you would try again to find a reason to put the keyword in the title again. For example you can have another title that goes like this “Will Blog Automation Do Any Good For My Website?”

Secret trick to boost returning visitors rate

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Facts

The human consciousness cannot stand unfinished actions. Ad agencies use this phenomenon to clue millions of housewives to their TVs to watch everlasting serials.

Newspapers often stretch out their top stories for 3 or 4 days. Usually beginning with the Sunday paper through the following Tuesday or Wednesday a feature story grabs reader’s attention one day and brings them back the ensuing days. A smart marketing move – in such way newspapers boost their circulation.

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