Rotating Videos In Sidebars
I’ve always liked having a video in the sidebar of my blogs, especially in the WP-Vybe theme that, for now, is my preferred Premium theme.
The problem is that, especially if you have your Right Hand Sidebar enabled in Posts, everyone keeps seeing the same damn video on every page load – boring!
You know what really helps in ranking well in Google! Well one aspect anyway? The time your visitors spend on your site!
Meta Title and Description length – Optimum?
When I first looked in to the MSN Loophole thing it reminded me of basic ‘on page’ SEO techniques generally and while doing that I bumped into one that we should use every time we make a post but usually don’t.
I’m talking about a post or page’s META Title and Description and squeezing the right amount of letters ( and spaces) in there for maximum effect.
As usual, being lazy and in a hurry, unfocused and scatter-brained, I’d made the mistake of forgetting the basics. But,Google is ALL about the basics!
So You Just Bought A Blog Eh?
This post, and others in this category, are specifically aimed at those very smart cookies who have either purchased a uniquely designed site from me on Ebay or the Sitepoint Marketplace and are now looking for tips and techniques to help with SEO and monetization of their all new site.
Also aimed at purchasers of the amazing WP-Vybe Theme around which all my latest sites, including this one, are based. Simply the best on the web in my (humble!) opinion…
2009? Call Me Flipper!
If like me you’ve been goal-setting for 2009, or at least deciding in which direction your internet money making ventures are going to go, I reckon you might be ruling out some of the ‘Get Rich Quick’ stuff that we all, no matter how smart we are, succumb to once in a while.
By all means have a play with the latest ‘Loophole’ ( or similar) ideas but have a solid money earning base that pays the rent and the grocery bill before shelling out the money is my advice and my resolution…
So, What’s Your Linking Strategy Kimo’sabe?
OK you’ve got your money sites in place, Tonto old friend, and they’re (at last) indexed in MSN – hopefully in Google too!
Your blog network is set up too, automated content has kicked in and your LinkuBaiter script’s code is installed in them all ( both the one in the sidebar and the footer right?). OK, now’s the time to get to work…
A flash of white, a cloud of dust and a hearty, ” Hi, Links, AWAY!” ( Who was that masked linking chap?)
When Kevin Met Tanya And Big Bob
So what happened when three web marketers met on Blogwam for the first time? Simply put – they got it!
They all had spare domains sitting on their various hosting company’s servers, either doing nothing ( or vainly trying to make 50 cents a day on Adsense!) or were using them as 301 Redirects or just using them to link to their main sites.
Have you let old domain names expire because you could find no further use for them knowing there were only so many hours in the day?
Why would you want access to MY blog?
If like me you are sitting on some old domains that you have ignored for a while and that are not bringing in some income then you need to be talking to others in the same position and this blog is where you can do just that.
In days gone by I would have set up those domains with a bunch of automated content and have them all pointing to my main money site for some sweet search engine link juice. But those days are gone because search engines recognize that all those domains live in the same house ( for house read my hosting company and the shared servers that my sites sit on)…
What would I do with YOUR blog?
OK we’ve decided to do the deed! I’m going to grant you full Admin privileges to the WP blog on my hosting account ( while retaining the master admin rights myself in case we fall out!) and you are going to do the same for me for a blog sitting on your server.
First thing I’d do is make sure plugins were working OK, the ones stated on the blog swap request, and you had included a reasonable theme or two – I don’t know if Search Engines rank down blogs with the default WP theme but it sounds like the sort of think the clever buggers might do doesn’t it?
Tweaking Your WP Settings For S.E. Karma
There’s no 2 ways about it – the tweaks you make to your basic Wordpress blog ( Permalinks, Privacy, Discussion rules etc.) can make all the difference to your blog in the eyes of the Search Engines. Using the recommended plugins ditto…
But, oh unenlightened one, if you cannot even be bothered to set up a decent theme or two and pre-install some funky plugins for me then you are the China to my exploited Tibet – and we are just not going to see eye to eye – hence, No Swap!
Why Automate…automate…automate?
So what are the benefits of automating a blog? Are we back to churning out those 10,000 page ’scraper’ sites of a few years ago that offered zero value, and visitors couldn’t wait to click on an Adsense Ad to get away from them ( which was the entire point of course)?
As far as I’m concerned, even though I automate blog content, my blogs offer visitors a good user experience and are relevant to their search and, at the same time, give me good SEO linkage/love…
