What Was My Mistake On Top Search Engine Ranking?

Well  I was chatting with a good friend of mine online one day, someone who was already earning himself more than 100 dollars a day. I asked him what advice he could give me for a site that is already on Google No. 1 Position? I asked him specifically if I should continue doing link building or should I just ease off, leave it and focus instead on other sites. The reply came quick and he said something like “Don’t do anything. If it ain’t broke why fix it? ” That was 2 years ago.

Well fast forward to today, 2 years later, if someone were to ask me that same question, I would have a totally different answer for him or her.  I would say getting a site to Google’s No. 1 position is not the hardest part. The hardest part is knowing what you must do to keep that site ranking No.1 in Google.  There is no guarantee that it will remain there forever as most of your competitors are like you too. They will in no time displace your site’s position if you choose to be naive. Also Google is always changing its ranking algorithm. Think of Panda and you will understand just what I mean. There’s no rest for the wicked it seems!

The tip I am going to share with you today is found in a post I wrote sometime ago when I first discovered the article distribution site called Ezarticlelink. If you have not read it, here it is :”Discover How zArticleLink Auto Creates Backlinks For Your Blog. My intention then was to create some backlinks for my Learn Affiliate Marketing blog since I had neglected this blog and had practically zero backlinks. So I set up an Article Directory on the blog. Well after 1 year the site has now 1700 indexed pages, 1271 backlinks and PR1. Not bad for just setting it up and doing nothing because these backlinks are generated on auto-pilot.

 How I Get Free Backlinks For Another Site

One of the main advantages of using EzArticleLink is that for every article directory set up by a free member, it allows you to set up another domain in their system. Then you are free to post articles and get backlinks not only to your article directory – but get backlinks to this domain as well if you so choose to by just publishing and linking to its pages. For free membership however the maximum allowable number of posts is ’30′ but considering that each post is published and syndicated to 100+ sites, you get contextual links with your chosen anchor text.  And it’s free and automated, you don’t have to lift a finger. So don’t you think the effort to write and publish any of the 30 articles is worth the thousands of free backlinks you will receive. And it’s only about 30 minutes work per article using their easy system to spin write the articles. Think about it. It’s impossible not to see the benefits of doing this.

I Get Free Contextual Backlinks To My Domain Like This:

If you just stop to think for a minute you would understand how good this really is. Imagine just having to write one short article ( and I can do so in 10 minutes because it need not be a super quality article  that you usually write on your own blog,  just good and decent one). Then in return you get contextual links from about 180 published articles in 180 blogs. How sweet that is. Now take a look at this screen print and you will know just why I’m so happy I’ve found this site:

My Thoughts:

We all know that if you want to to rank well in the search engines, you need backlinks-lots of them. And one of the best ways to get lots of quality backlinks is through article marketing. Unfortunately with the recent Google Panda updates, many of the article directories have been penalized by Google . EzArticleLinks seems to be Panda proof at least in the last 2 updates and it also offers a refreshing change to get your backlinks. Well enough said, go check it out for more details from EzArticleLinks.

Latest Update: (Oct 14, 2011)

EzArticleLink just released their proprietary article spinner to the public, so that the whole world can use it. Now you get to use it without even becoming a member, although once you get to use it, you mostly probably will. Here is the link to get your free spinner:

Your link for the free online spinner is: http://www.peterleehc.com/blog/go/EzarticlelinkArticlespinner  Similar Posts:

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Well fast forward to today, in my recent visits to many blogs doing commenting, I could see many other bloggers’ web pages getting at least a PR1. I thought this seems somewhat unusual as such rankings seemed to show up only after an official Google PageRank has taken place.  So I thought I’ll do a quick case study on my own blog posts to see why this is so. Here’s what I found:

Case Study of last 5 Posts:

1. The 5 posts were published on Jul 31, Aug 4, Aug 10, Aug 14 and Aug 21 respectively.

2. Only 1 of the 5 posts had been given a PR1 while all others had PR0.

3. The post with PR1 followed some specific onpage SEO factors suggested by the SEO Jacking WP Plugin while all other 4 posts did not. The SEO onpage factors that I had diligently followed to the T were as follows:

4. No link building work was done on any of these 5 posts nor any promotion of these posts whatsoever.

Case Study Findings

Clearly, you can see how it is so simple to get Google PageRank by following some simple onpage SEO. Now obviously this means that Google places much importance on onpage SEO and its page rank algorithm includes some of these factors.

Final Thoughts

It looks like it is now relatively easy to get a PR1 for any web page and I like to think it’s because of the last Google Panda algorithm changes somehow. But this just helps to remind me to give Google what it wants in terms of onsite SEO.Similar Posts:

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Ok, jokes aside….

This IMT Website Submitter lets you submit your website to 2500+ places for FREE!  All of them are the usual websites that provide the “who is”, “about us”, “website statistics” services.

I have actually used some of these websites each time I have a new site to quickly get Google index and I have to say, they worked for me to get indexed real fast. I did it manually then though submitting to about 20 such sites each time. So I guess having a script that automatically submits for your site and allowing you to put your keyword, takes all the work away. That’s called working smart.

Most of these websites have  been around for some time and are both dofollow or nofollow sites. Because they are established sites you can be sure that they get crawled by the search engines regularly including Google and other SE like Yahoo and Bing. The new pages being created for your websites will be quickly found and you will get them indexed and some backlinks too.

A word of caution

Personally I think this is a great tool to use but you should bear in mind a few things. Don’t expect to receive 2500 backlinks although the post title may have suggested this. You will get some backlinks but not all of them but then again these links are probably not the most sought after or highly valued ones as well. Then again you might say a link is still a link.

For me I used this tool mostly for my many free web 2.0 sites that I’ve created to boost my search engine rankings for all my money making sites.  You could use this tool if you have just set up a new website and wish to get it to a decent SERP ranking. This way there is practically no risk using this free automated too.

Incidentally I learned about this tool from Warrior Forum and read very good reviews from people who have used it. You can read it here:

http://www.warriorforum.com/adsense-ppc-seo-discussion-forum/260075-2500-free-backlinks-click-mouse.html

Here is the link again to this tool

IMT Website Submitter

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Let’s face it everyone wishes for top search engine ranking but not everyone knows how to achieve this in the quickest time possible. If you don’t do link building, it’s going to be an uphill task for your blog or website to come any close to getting to good SERP positions. We’ve read too often many people have found success only after having done extensive link building to get them to the ultimate goal – Google Top 10. Of course this then translates to increased blog traffic, no. 1 SERP (Search Engine Results Page), more product sales etc.

But in this age and time and with the blogosphere being saturated with just too many bloggers competing for similar niches and therefore, similar keywords, don’t you think it take more than just hard work to make the cut. You’ve got to work smart not work hard if you want to make your link building effort work for you in the quickest time possible. I’ve found one that does.

Here is a Case Study of How To Use ebay free link To Save 9 months of link building.

Objective: Get Top Rank for Keyword Phrase ‘Work From Home Ideas’

The conventional way….

In this case study we’ll focus on the keyword phrase ‘Work From Home Ideas’. There are lots of ways to build backlinks. Most of these backlink techniques are easy to do but it takes time to see results. I remember when I was a complete newbie starting out, I was taught to just do everything- blog commenting, article writing, directory submission, reciprocal link exchanges, blogging. Well my hard work pays off proving working hard still works, though not the best way.
Results: Achieved Google Top 10 in Nov 2008; Time Taken 12 months (part-time)

The smarter way…

In this case study I used ebay free backlinks. If you remember my earlier post How To Get Free Backlinks From eBay, I shared how easy it is to startup an eBay blog just to get some free backlinks from eBay. Well you can use the same technique to rank for any of your selected keywords or keyword phrases. In this instance, I used ‘Work From Home Ideas’ as my preferred keyword phrase. Just remember:

• ensure that your name you’ve chosen for your business blog includes most of the keywords you are ranking.
• do lots of link exchanges with other bloggers using the same keyword phrase as your preferred anchor text
• treat your eBay blog like any of your blogs and give it due respect. Include internal linking from Squidoo lenses, linking from your other blogs, blog posts.

Results: Achieved Google Top 10 in Feb 2009; Time Taken 3 months

What we can learn from this case study

• working smart sure is better than working hard. Read up more to learn what other bloggers are doing to get things done, smarter, faster to achieve the same result.
• linking to quality sites with high PR, lots of inbound links prove the oldest technique works. Apart from eBay, guest posting on a top blog with high PR or submitting an article to Ezinearticle would have similar benefit than a similar post on your PR0 blog.
• we should be motivated to work on improving our page rank and building our blogs to one of great authority. As you can see from this case study, these are factors influencing top search engine ranking.
• I had intentionally used the same keyword phrase so as to determine how the same keywords will rank on ebay blog and more importantly make comparison with my blog. You should find similar success when you used other keyword phrases you are currently ranking.

Results again in a nutshell….

Finding success in search engine ranking is not just for the experienced marketer, although he stands a better chance of doing so first compared to someone new. That’s because an older blog tends to be favored by the search engines as well as having higher PR.  If you’re a new blogger, all the more you should start your link building now, as well as an ebay blog and you could still be on your way to top search engine ranking success.

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What a wonderful way to start my first post in 2009 with my Top Commentator Award and showing my appreciation to my readers and subscribers for supporting my home business blog and all your valuable comments for the year 2008. For those new to this blog, as a small gesture of my appreciation, the Top Commentator for each month will be recognized and rewarded with a free one-month 125×125 ad banner on this blog.

Give credit to your commentators – According to Duct Tape Marketing active commenting is one of the first signs that a blog has some real life and:

” The fact that your readers can comment and add relevant content to your site via blog comments is a major breakthrough in the communication process…”

This Top Commentator for The Month of December goes to …(drumroll) Ben Pei of PeiProfit. Ben has always been one of the first to comment on my posts and contributed his thoughts and knowledge of the topics in discussion. Reciprocating comments with my top commentators is also what I practiced not just because I put up my ‘u comment I comment’ icon but I honestly feel that my top commentators who consistently comment on my blog really have some good things going on, on their blogs. That theory has proven true at least for me. Thank you Ben for being my top commentator and I look forward to your continued support to this blog. You are hereby accorded the mighty rank of  “Boomerang Commentator“, something which another Top Commentator, Sire said:

Boomerang Commentators: These commentators are the pick of the bunch, the ones that all bloggers aspire to. They are the ones that continually return to your blog, and it’s because your content has struck a cord in them, one that lures them back time and time again to see what other commentators are saying, to add to the conversation yet again and to also check to see what new post has been added.

Well said Sire. Now what do the rest of the Commentators get as a reward? You’ll get a New Year’s first link love from yours truly as a gesture of my appreciation to you for sticking with me and supporting my work at home blog.

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This wraps up a pretty hectic ecstatic month of December which saw another one of my keyword phrases, work at home ideas getting to Google Top 10 and getting 500 incoming links from 5 outbound links in a simple link love post. Ben as my top commentator, please email me on your ad banner details.

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I just love it when it comes to writing my monthly Top Commentator Award and showing my utmost appreciation to my readers and subscribers for all your visits and comments on my home business blog. For those new to this blog, as a small gesture of my appreciation, the Top Commentator for each month will be recognized and rewarded with a free one-month 125×125 ad banner on this blog.

It’s really a nice feeling, an achievement somewhat. Its my readers who I write for my blog and it’s commentators on my blog that make it a more meaningful one sharing discussions and hopefully that has benefited you somehow. Afterall what’s a blog if no one visits it or no one comments on it.

This Top Commentator for The Month of November goes to …(drumroll) Dave of Dave’s Affiliate Marketing. Dave has always joined in lots of discussion, contributed his thoughts and knowledge of the topics in discussion. Thank you Dave for being my top commentator and I look forward to your continued support to this blog. It’s having interaction on my blog and with commentators like you that give a meaning to a blog that makes blogging seem a little less impersonal and more fun. You also belong to the category of “Boomerang Commentators“, something which I learned from another Top Commentator, Sire who said:

Boomerang Commentators: These commentators are the pick of the bunch, the ones that all  bloggers aspire to. They are the ones that continually return to your blog, and it’s because your content has struck a cord in them, one that lures them back time and time again to see what other commentators are saying, to add to the conversation yet again and to also check to see what new post has been added.

Now what do the rest of the Commentators get as a reward? You’ll get a link love from yours truly as a gesture of my appreciation to you for sticking with me and supporting my blog.

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If I may digress a little, incidentally Dennis is starting this contest and looking for sponsors as he recently launched 2 blogs and you already know what the benefits of being a blog contest sponsor can be. I just visited his blog and if I know Dennis well it’s going to be as it sounds – a heck of a smashing blog contest. Good luck Dennis.

This wraps up a pretty hectic month of November which saw one of my keyword phrases, work from home ideas getting to Google Top 10. If you’ve missed the post I shared with my readers on how this was done, here is the post which I wrote How “Work From Home Ideas” Made Google Top 10. Dave as my top commentator, please email me on your ad banner details.

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It does pay to check up what’s the latest Keyword Search Tools as last night when I did, found that my keywords Work From Home Ideas made it to Google Top 10.

Google has launched a new keyword research tool intended for Adwords research, to find more PPC keywords. But you can also use this tool to find relevant keywords for your website pages, blogs and blog post titles.

Making to Google Top 10 for any of your keywords you are ranking may seem like an achievement for some, a relief for others, but for the serious marketer the reality is that you need many many keywords to rank just as well if you want to be really successful in your work from home business.  But let’s take a brief moment to rationalize what this means and sharing with you what I have recently done which may have helped:

My link building strategy works

• do read up my 5-part blog posts on Link Building Strategy

I re-SEO my website

• I had my page title changed. SEO is a long term process so don’t be afraid to make drastic changes once in a while if you know it’s the right thing to do.

Keyword in my anchor text

• Most of my published articles and blog posts contain work from home ideas or variations.

• Target as many keywords as you can but they must be found within your web page.

• all my Squidoo lenses have this keyword. If you change your keywords, do remember to update your lenses.

I learned How To Get Free Backlinks Easily

• I used ebay free backlinks and included anchor text work from home ideas or variations

• I added snippets of my favorite posts and published in Blogger using same anchor text. Avoid any duplicate content while doing so.

• I experimented with an aggressive blog commenting approach and got 3000 backlinks in the last 5 weeks after my experiment How Blog Commenting Got Me 1200 Backlinks in 5 Days.

Find Out Who Links To Your Competitors

• I used a free tool called webceo to find out who my competitors are and who links to them. Read up my post Home Business Ideas| Link Building| Free SEO Tool

Having Work From Home Ideas made it to Google Top 10, is only the first step, although it does take time and effort. But maintaining your position or improving it is the bigger challenge I now have to face. How about sharing your experience on how you did it and was it as difficult too?

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