It does not matter how many competing websites there are for a particular keyword phrase, what matters is the strength of that competition.
To give you an example, lets consider you going into a motor race and there are 1000 cars in that race. That is a lot of competition and winning is going to be hard if all things are equal. Now, lets look at another perspective. The car you are driving is a formula one car and the others are all standard road saloon cars. Now, it does not matter how many other cars are in that race, you are going to win it.
The same goes for your niche and the keywords that you want to rank for.
If you are looking for a niche do not be scared of the competing pages, you need to look at the strength of the competition. Try and stay away from the niches that have tough and strong competitors. These include life insurance, credit repair, gambling or accident lawyers.
These markets are very lucrative and therefore have a lot of people and companies involved spending a lot if time and money. They also are up to date with all the latest techniques on how to rank well. You are racing against formula one cars with more experience and money than you.
If you are already in one of these tough niches then you have two choices, dump it and go for something else or dig deep and be prepared for a long drawn out and tough fight.
If you have any questions just ask them via my contact us page. I will do my best to help you.
If you use video marketing then you need to know how to get clickable links on youtub videos.
Getting clickable links on youtube videos is really simple and free to do.
The one downside is that this method does not allow you to get links on you tube. However, you can embed your youtube videos into your blog or website and to other blogs and forums.
Clickable Links On YouTube Videos
Go to youtube and find the video that you want clickable links on and copy the end of the url see below.
Go to http://www.linkedtube.com/
Paste the code into the box and then button text which is what your viewers will see on the top right hand side of the video, then the url of the page you want to link to. I leave button mode as show always. Add your hover title and hover text.
You can view it at anytime by clicking preview. Once you have finished click on save and get code. You will then have a number of choices.
I use embed code. Copy this code and add it to your website or blog. Your video will appear with the links.
Getting clickable links on youtube videos is really easy to do. Try it and see for yourself.
There is a way to get clickable links on youtube videos on the youtube website. This is a bit more involved and will cost a couple of dollars but I will do a video of this process soon.
Keyword Research Choosing Effective Keywords – Get Traffic To Your Website
When it comes to keyword research, many of us when we first set out to build a website do not understand the importance of doing right from the start.
Setting up a website without doing keyword research or planning the structure around these keywords is like building a house without foundations or a set of plans.
Most of us know that it is important to write a business plan if we are going to setup a business and to have goals to aim for. Not everyone does it and I think that most who do not tend to fail. Not having a business plan is like setting sail on the ocean with no charts or navigational equipment, you will soon be lost at sea and lucky ever to see land again.
There is a saying “fail to plan and you plan to fail”
I believe that keyword research is as important as your business plan.
So how do you go about doing effective keyword research that will drive traffic to your blog or website?
Well, it is not as difficult as all that. It just takes time and a bit of a thought process.
If you are using wordpress to build a site, which I highly recommend, then building the structure is relatively easy, even for a beginner. The beauty of word press is that it already has the structure in place all you have to do is add the page names and all is done for you.
There are two type of keyword research that you need to do. The first is the theme keywords. These are the keywords that you would use for your website pages. The second ones are your money keywords.
Theme words are what people will use when they are looking for information on your topic or subject. I have seen many articles advising people not to bother with these but just to go for the buying or money keywords but I do not agree. Ranking for the information seeking keywords is as important in the long term future of a website. Becoming an authority on a subject will have a sustainable effect on your long term rankings.
Once you have the reputaion as an authority website then it becomes much easier to rank for the more valuable money keywords.
Lets say you were setting up a website about The Isle of Man. A small Island off of the West coast of England.
You could well have the following as your themed keywords.
The Isle of Man
Main Towns
IOM Villages
History of the Isle of Man
The manx (search it for yourself 😉 )
Isle of Man books
Travel guide to the Isle of Man
Things to Do on The Isle of Man
Fishing on the Isle of Man
Sea Fishing on IOM
Fresh water fishing on the IOM
Scuba Diving on the Isle of Man
Places to dive on the Isle of Man
Dive centres on the IOM
Cycling Holidays on the Isle of Man
Hiring a bike on the Isle of Man (link to relevant page on the Getting about section)
The Isle of Man TT Race (a very famous annual motorbike race they have on the island)
Getting to the Isle of Man
Plane
Ferry
Fast boat
Swimming (only joking)
Shopping on the Isle of Man
Walking Holidays on the Isle of Man
Night Life in the Isle of Man
Clubs
Restaurants
Bars
Pubs
Places to Stay on the Isle of Man
Isle of Man Hotels
Guest Houses on the Isle of Man
Campsites on the IOM
Getting about on the Isle of Man
Public Transport
Taxis
Private hire
Cycling
Hiring a Car
Working on the IOM
Type of jobs
How to find a job on IOM
Living on the Isle of Man
Buying a house
Legal requirements
Cost of buying a house
Estate agents details
Renting a house
The above list covers a lot of the main themes that people will be looking for when they search for information on the Isle of Man. There are probably more that you can think of to add but this should give you the basic idea of what you need to do for your website. The bolded keywords are headings and the others are sub headings.
Once you create these pages then you need to add content. Some of the headings will only require a small amount of content.
The second type of keywords are the buying ones and these are far more important but without the first ones you will have difficulty getting found for these money keywords.
Some of them are also in the main page headings as you will see.
Keyword Research For Content
when you begin to add content then you will use keywords like.
flights to the isle of man
plane tickets for the isle of man
booking a ferry to the isle of man
scuba diving clubs on the isle of man
cycling holidays
bike rentals
car hire companies
booking a hotel
where to stay in the IOM
These keywords are what people will use when they are closer to making a buying decision. Not only will you get traffic from google for these keywords but visitors to your site that see links to other parts of your website will also click through and go from information seekers to buyers.
This is quite a lengthy post and I hope it gets the main point across that you really MUST take the time to research your keywords before building your website.
As always if you have any questions or do not understand then just let me know on the contact us form and I will do my best to help.
Recently our daughter Katie, has been really quite poorly. She has been in a lot of pain that has made her virtually housebound She was in hospital for two weeks where they did a number of tests and even removed her appendix which did not solve the problem. They diagnosed several possible causes even though it was clear from her symptoms that this was highly unlikely.
Katie Ann Louise Hester
The hospital ruled out several possible causes based on unfounded facts. We were told that it could not be caused by one condition as she is only 14 and too young. It turns out after we did our own research that children as young as 11 can suffer from this particular problem. Unfortunately, this was not the cause of all her pain and so the Doctor was right, albeit more luck than an accurate diagnosis to rule it out.
The first thing that we realised was that they were carrying out tests in a linear fashion rather than in parallel. They would do a blood test and then wait for 2 days the results, then when that showed nothing they tested her urine and when that came back with E-coli they stopped all other tests and exploration while they treated her even though they were all in agreement that it was not and could not be the cause for the type of pain and in the area that it was.
There was no reason why she could not have carried out the scans and other tests during the 5 days she was in hospital being treated for this mild form of e-coli, which by the way had no symptoms or was causing her any problems. Apparently, we all carry the bacteria.
Whilst the surgical team were dealing with her pre and post op, the paediatric doctors did not get involved. Then when she was passed over to them they then repeated tests that they had already done which was another total waste of time.
On our last hospital visit they told us that it could be psychological and that she would just have to learn to live with the pain. As you can imagine we were fairly robust in our response.
I cannot imagine how they would even suggest that just because they had not found anything after numerous blood tests, scans and x-rays that there was nothing wrong and that it was all in her head!
My response was to ask how on earth they could consider stopping now. They had not explored every possible avenue and therefore surmising. Their opinion was ill informed and without the benefit of all the facts.
Katie has been poorly and in pain for around 9 weeks now and living on pain killers which is not good for a young girl.
We no longer put all of our trust in the doctors and consultants at the hospital. Now don’t get me wrong, the National Health in the United Kingdom is a fantastic thing and I am sure most of the staff try to do their best in what is an overcrowded, understaffed hospital which does not allow them to give the time needed to each patient. This leads to an inefficient system, they are fire fighting trying to do as many things as they can in the time they have. I would be very surprised if there were no serious incidents on occasions. We are lucky that although Katie is in a lot of pain sometimes, they are confident it is not serious or life threatening which is of course a blessing.
Obviously, we love and care for our daughter a great deal and after our experience with the medical teams, it is clear to us that there are major procedural problems at the hospital and this has lead to us carrying out as much research as we can on every possible cause based on her actual symptoms and made sure we questioned everything with the doctors in detail.
This has made a big difference and whilst we were told we would have to wait for another 4 or 5 weeks for an MRI scan we managed to get this moved forward and was done in 2 days!
We are now waiting for the results to see what if anything this has found. The next step is a CT scan which they do not like to do, especially on young children as it has high levels of radiation.
So, after this rather long winded post (rather therapeutic though ) It made me realise that if the Doctors, the ones we trust with our lives can be made to rethink with a bit of in depth questioning then surely we really should question everything when it comes to all aspects of your personal and business life too.
When, you read about these latest guru techniques and magic strategies don’t just take their word for it question their tactics in detail, don’t just blindly follow them.
So many of these courses are rehashed crap that is either flat out dangerous to implement, will never produce the income that justifies the time required to implement or just don’t work period.
If you are interested in a product and have been seduced by the sales letter as I often am ;-( drop them an email and ask as many in depth and pertinent questions as you can think of that are not answered in the sales letter.
Check to see if the stats and figures add up.
If they know their onions, it is a great product and they are really interested in helping you succeed then they will have no problems replying with the details that you are looking for.
Good luck and I will try to make the next post shorter, without the whinging and not so self indulgent…… No promises though…
You need to know how to use onlywire properly if you are going to succeed.
If you are not careful you can spend all your time setting up the 42 accounts only to get them banned or cancelled very quickly.
What Does OnlyWire Do?
Onlywire will bookmark your web pages to a number of social bookmarking websites. You setup accounts on each of them and then add the url of the webpage you want to promote. Alternatively you can use a plugin that will help do this for you on autopilot.
On the face of it to use onlywire looks like a simple process and, in principal it is. However, you need to understand what it does and think the process through!
If you use one onlywire account and only bookmark the same urls’s the social bookmarking sites will cancel you account very quickly and maybe ban you too.
This means that all of your hard work will have gone to waste.
As with all your SEO efforts you need to make it all look as natural as possible.
How natural do you think it looks to have your website the only one that is bookmarked? The social bookmarking websites have plenty of checks in place to weed out those that are not using their service properly.
There are a number of ways to help ensure that you keep your accounts open and working for you.
To use onlywire properly and get the best results you need do the following.
Setup at least 2 different sets of accounts.
Setup two different onlywire accounts and then go to each bookmarking website and register with all of the bookmarking websites.
The more the merrier. Then, alternate the onlywire accounts when bookmarking.
Work With Other Friends Or Colleagues
An alternative to using multiple accounts is to work with a number of other trusted people that will ALL use the same onlywire account.
If there are 5 or 10 different people in different niches and markets using one account this will look far more natural.
As like anything that you do when you are doing SEO think it all through first and understand the full implications of what you are about to do.
Onlywire is a great tool but abuse it and you will find your efforts have been wasted.
If you have any questions or do not understand this fully then as always just send me a message from my contact form and I will do my best to help answer your query.
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