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Google Trends 4th Most Search is a Plane!

digga — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:51:53 +0000

Take a look at the #4 searched term …is this some kind of warning? Do you think people actually searching for that, or is google trying to play a trick on us?

Either way, I thought it was pretty bizarre.

Link: Google Trends Results

Update: Here’s what google has to say about this…

“The Hot Trends list is automatically generated by machines and algorithms that detect hot or breaking queries. In this case, it appears that the html code for this query was posted on a popular internet bulletin board, which led to quite a few people searching to find out more about this symbol. The Hot Trends list reflected that surge due to people searching with this query.”

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Using Twitter to Build Your Online Community

digga — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:38:46 +0000

I am going to try and limit my posts to ones that are helpful to everyone, and where we can all learn something, including me. The past 3 days I have used pretty much only a few ways to get my site out there. I originally wanted to get some paid advertising to start off with, but that will come later, right now we are looking for FREE ways to promote our site. You see that Twitter Icon everywhere, but may ignore it because you think it’s another Myspace. Totally false. What it is, is a great way for you to get yourself, your business, or your website known fast! Twitter is a great way to build your online community. Once you sign up, you will realize how easy it is to follow sites and friends of your niche, and share with them what you have to offer. Which brings me to why I’m writing this post. Yesterday, I wanted to break 100 followers. I had 50 going into the day, and judging how fast I was able to get 50, I thought I could pass 100 no problem. I could of done it by writing some API that every time someone followed me, I would follow them, then go and follow everyone under the sun. Instead, I just laid back and worked on my campaigns and see if I could pass it without following anyone that just followed me for the day. When I got on, I noticed a reply from ShoeMoney! Unfortunately I did not get the official screenshot, but it was just a basic shout out, calling me a cool cat, which I thought was sick, along with a link to my website.

Lets take a look at his stats:

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Here is one result from his shout out…this alone made it worth it. Gaining a readers is my goal, and this helped out beutifully….

So, we finally reached 100 users. According to Twittercounter, I will have over 1k next month. I will believe that when I see it, but this just shows what a usefull tool this can be, and easily applied to your website.

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If you have a twitter account, leave it in the comment below, and share it. I got this idea from Jim Connolly.
You can check his post out here, so go there and leave yours too! : Building Your Twitter Network

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Adding You Link to The Wikipedia User Page

digga — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:13:17 +0000

Wikipedia allows you to create your own user page. What does this mean? Free links of course. Granted, Wikipidia does not pass any PR since all of there links have the mighty nofollow, however, if you get creative with it, you can get a quality backlink from one of the biggest sites on the net. You can try and stick your link in other places on wiki, and it works, but watch out for the moderators, the’re sure to ban you as soon as they feel your spamming, and most likely , if you add your link to a popular page, it will get removed in seconds…dam wiki!!

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Using Your Affiliate Skills to Bank off Yahoo Answers

digga — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:07:52 +0000

Update: Looks like yahoo has caught on to this ..scroll down to bottom, and read comments for details…

I’m going to start out this post by saying, I did not originally come up with this idea. This is one of the many reasons I stay active in the community of Internet, and Affiliate Marketers, and why you should too.

Originally I had asked the man Ruck, over at Convert2Media what some good ways to promote my offer with some organic traffic, besides PPC. The answer was short and simple, Yahoo Answers. I actually did not pursue this at first, because I felt it would take to long for the traffic to hit, if any at all, and it would be hard to convert that traffic. I was wrong on one thing already, and that was the amount of time it will take for you to get traffic after you answer the question. The first time I answered a question, with relevant information, and a good answer, I was reward quickly with traffic. If this remains true, think about all the niches that are out there, and how many categories there are on Yahoo Answer. Don’t sound like Spam, and if you actually answer some of the questions with the correct answers, you might be rewarded for it.

To get you guys thinking, what if you were to do this for every offer Convert2Media had to offer? With some time on your hands, and some relevant good content, your bound to get some conversions.

1. Sign up for a network:
(Watch out shameless affiliate plug coming in)
Convert2Media
Ads4Dough

2. Sign up for Yahoo Answers:
Yahoo Answers

3. Answer some Questions.
4. Get Paid!

Pretty simple concept. This is just the beginning of the idea, but throw your own spin in there to get even more nuggets.

One BIG tip for you guys to get started. The sooner you answer the question the better. We all know that after the 3rd answer, users probably won’t be reading it as much as that first reply! So be fast!

Update:

Oops

Your account has been suspended.

If you feel there has been a mistake, please contact us through Customer Care.

Most likely, your account was suspended in violation of Yahoo! Answers community guidelines. Click here to read the full guidelines

In the meantime, feel free to browse Yahoo! Answers

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Okay, looks like I caught on to this idea too late, and Yahoo has caught on. There may be other question sites out there that you can look for. I’d like to hear if anyone finds any, for now this looks like a did.

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Some Techniques to Get Quality Backlinks

digga — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:47:19 +0000

You’re google, yahoo, live rank is measured by a number of different things. One of these things that is one of the most important ones, is quality, page ranked backlinks. There numerous ways, and these are by any means not even close to all of them, but will get you started on getting quality backlinks.

1. Submit to PR Directories. Refer to this post:
Although, the weight of page rank link juice that it gives out has declined since directories started, it still is a great way to get your site crawled for a certain keyword. You can outsource this, however, make sure you get a detailed report, to what ones were submitted, the ones accepted/rejected, and also the anchor text used. Make sure you get one that is “manually submitted”, and high pr directories.

2. Link Exchange. This one may not be the best way, because you can end up linking to a harmful site that has been penalized in google, and this can weigh on you, so use this one as last resort. This way however can work with friends that have sites going, and know they are legit. Another way is to offer some content to another site in return for a link back to yours. You can also search around WickedFire, and DP. You can find me on there too.

3. Link Bait. I got this method from Mr. Chow. Basically , you lure them in with a post like:
“Review my site for a free backlink”, or something of that nature. On your post, you simply tell your readers that if they do a review of your blog, you will link to there review. Give them an incentive to write a good review too! Tell them the best writer gets a prize! Who doesn’t want a chance at winning, whatever it is. Just look at the Contest posts in DP, you will be amazed the quality of work you can get done, as long as there’s a prize for the winner.
Note: Read this post: http://www.johnchow.com/its-all-about-pushing-the-limit/
Seems like the man actually got penalized for using this technique. He no longer holds number one for his name. This maybe because he used the same anchor text each time when requesting the link.

4. Write Articles. This one takes the most time, unless of course you do like I do and outsource your content. If you have money in the game, and have enough time to write all the unique content it takes to get ranked now a days, and keep a kick ass blog like this (kidding of course) , then hats off to you, but just remember there’s kids on wickedfire/dp at your fingertips with English majors that are ready to write an article for you for .3c a word. However you get your article, submit it to article sites Like ezine.com. People that use your article must include a link to your website below the article. Chaching! Don’t get too excited, you need to make sure not to put the same article on your site. Use the article only for article purposes, to avoid duplicate content, from the article site, and others posting your article!

5. Add Your Link to Wikipedia

6. Digg stories- This one should always be done when first introducing a site to google. Digg gets crawled every single day, most of the time more times than one. As you were reading this post, Digg most likely has been crawled. Okay, you get the idea, submit to Digg, but what do I submit? Submit articles that you think Digg users with Digg. Do some research, see what stories are making it to the front page, and capitalize! If you’re on the front page, that M O N E Y . You will get enormous amounts of traffic. John Chow used techniques to get himself on the front page, and you can too.

7. Trackbacks – You know that option in WordPress when you’re writing a blog post and always skip, well if you are citing a site, don’t skip this part! This will notify the poster that you have linked to their post, and will most of the time , if they see it, they will link back.

8. Participate in Forums – There are thousands of forums out there just waiting for your link. The only problem is, you sign up, spam your site, it will most likely get removed. You have to be a ninja. Yes, a ninja, don’t make it so obvious your spamming. There are techniques you can do , one popular one, is ask for a review of your website. But remember, to add your correct anchor text! As stated in my directory post, don’t use the same anchor text each time. Switch it up.

9. LinkXL- If you have any budget at all for your project, this site is for you. Their main goal is bringing you quality backlinks on sites relevant to yours, with your anchor link. You can do a search for your niche, and find a relevant site that is selling a link on their page. Some are extremely cheap, like $1.00, and some are expensive, like $36.00. It is by a monthly subscription, and most of the time the renewal price is cheaper.

10. Comments – One quick way to get a link, is to search for a ranked blog, preferably in your niche, and comment away, remember to use your anchor text

10. Top Comment Plug in - This one is so good, it had to have its own post, check out:
Commenting isn’t everything but it got you here.

12. Social Media - This has blown up recently. Social Media is Internet and mobile-based tools for sharing and discussing information. Sites like Digg, Reddit , Del.icio.us and Yahoo’s new Buzz are some social media sites. Make sure to install a plug-in on your blog to make it easy for your readers to submit your sites to these sites. Doing this can gain you “votes”, which can maybe get you on the front page. The more people that bookmark you sites like , Del.icio.us, the better for your site link popularity. Here are some other examples.. Flickr, Zooomr, Photobucket, SmugMug , YouTube, Vimeo, Viddler, Revver , epinions, Yelp , Avatars United, Bebo, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Orkut, Skyrock, Netlog

More techniques welcome, I’m always looking for more, and I’m sure so is my readers ..
Just Remember: Links Aren’t Everything.

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Your Article Here – Review Diggalive.com For Free Backlink

digga — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:43:21 +0000

If you are looking for some publicity for your site, or looking for some link love, then this post is for you. I am offering a link back to your review, in return for a review of diggalive.com.
The best review gets to be a featured article on my front page.

Review needs to be at least 300 words, and displayed on your blog.

Once the first review is submitted, I will post a current review contest deadline. This deadline will always be 1 week after the first review is received, and will be posted in the category for that specific contest. You can always view what the current contest is, status, and when the deadline is here on that post.

First prize is review featured on the featured article on the front page of my blog.

Second prize is a prize for everyone, which results in a link back to your review.

What are some things I am looking for in the review?

Unique Ideas, and useful, and thought out comments. Grammar and good English will of course be a big part in me picking the best review. It can be a design review, content review, SEO review, any skill you have, you can apply it to your review, and more than likely that will result in a quality review, and will be very helpful for DiggaLive, which consists of not just me , but you, the reader as well.

If you do not win, I will still feature you under, the Reviews Category. If writing reviews are not for you, and you still would like to take part in the site, you can also submit your own article. I will be installing some Ajax forms, to make it easier for submission. For now, both contests can be sent to my email at, digga121@gmail.com. In the future, I am planning on offering nice prizes for the best articles, and best review articles.

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