This is just an update to one of my earlier posts on keyword research. I would like to bring up a point on referring to local monthly searches as this is huge mistake many can make (I just did for my niche site) while selecting your keywords/niche. If you’re looking at how to do keyword research, I suggest you read up on the below posts as the are comprehensive and will help you perform in depth keyword research:

1. How to Do Keyword Research
2. Keyword Research: Long Tail keywords
3. 5 Free Keyword Research Tools
4. 5 Mistakes to Avoid During Keyword Research

Anyways, coming back to the point I would like to make with the local monthly searches..here is what I would like to share with you all:

As an example, I’m using the keyword “Briefcases” which has a lot of searches and a decent CPC

Firstly, always check the “Exact box” on the left of your screen to get an accurate figure of what you’re getting into. Secondly, Focus on the Local monthly searches of the keyword – as you can see the word “Briefcases” has around 4400 searches in the United States with a CPC of $1.61

Now, check this screenshot.. the difference is the location. I’ve changed the location to “India” and you can see that the local monthly searches and CPC has reduced drastically.

Pointers to Take Home from This:

1. Select “Exact Match” always

2. Do remember to check out the “local monthly searches” for the keyword you’re targeting and  the relevant “CPC”

I’d be glad to hear on any points that you have on the mistakes we make during keyword research. Since, this is a basic fundamental step, it really is important that we dwelve into details before finalizing on your targeted keyword.

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If you’ve been following my blog you would remember that I decided to move ahead with Google Adsense as part of  my strategy to make money online i.e, build up Niche adsense sites to make a passive income online. In this process I’ve learnt the importance of taking a decision and sticking to it.

Just to give you a background, I started blogging in 2009 with this blog and after that have had 4 domain names that did end up as a failure..i tried clickbank products, being a webhosting affiliate and a random site that had topics on health, entertainment etc etc. Very recently , I did decide to go ahead with one route to make money online. Based on my personal experience, I would like to say that if you’re a newbie just getting into the Internet Marketing world, don’t fall for the fake products and tall claims that you can make money online with no effort at all. Just like any business in the real world, it takes time, effort and the right kind of strategy to make money online. Also, stick to one way of making money from the Internet..just my 2 cents.

Coming back, As a part of my efforts to rank high in SERP’s for my targeted keyword for my niche site, I’ve been trying numerous ways to build backlinks to my site. I would like to write on what I did last month and what i think worked for my niche site.

So, Here’s what I currently have

I have around 15 articles on my niche site and as a learning I decided to focus on building backlinks to my domain and a single post that is targeted on a keyword that has 5900 searches in a month (as per google adwords) and a CPC of $9.

I would also like to show you a screenshot from traffic travis of what my competition looks like, so that you can get an idea of what I’ve got into.

My niche post is currently ranking on 15th position (marked in red) for the targeted keyword in  Google SERP’s. Although it’s not too bad for a site I registered around September mid.

And here’s what I did

As part of my backlinking efforts, I signed up for services link Article Ranks and SpinDistribute and did dwelve into forums and blog comments and article marketing. The results are here:

1) Article Ranks is a service that is a fully automated article marketing & article distribution service. For a submission of 1 article, i got around 12 backlinks .. which is not bad. I took an article from ezine articles and spun the content to almost 200% unique with Spinner Chief – a free spinner.

2) Spin Distribute says that they’ve distributed my article to around 50% of the 800 sites. As per their analysis, I should get about 800 backlinks to my one article. As per my analysis, I don’t even see one backlink to my site until now that is.

3) Submitted a unique article to Ezine Articles directory. This has been indexed and shows up in yahoo site explorer

4) Submitted articles to squidoo, hubpages, scribd and created web 2.0 blogs at blogster, blogspot and blog.com with a post relating to my niche and linking back to my site.

5) Submitted my post to Social Monkee. Yes, the free backlinking solution that earns me 100 free social bookmarks from each submission (I am a premium member, because I’ve referred 12+ members). I saw quite a few bookmarks indexed in Google, so that is going well.

6) Created around 5 forum profiles, now this generally does not work because a profile page is generally deep into the domain and I doubt it’ll ever get recognized. But yes, i did create my signature and tried to to reply to a few topics. The moderator removed the post and banned me the very next moment. I also experienced forums where you can use you’re signature only after you’ve reached a certain no. of posts. I am really not aware of that number and do not have the time to work on building it. My take home from this, if you find a high PR page ranking for a forum, sign up and then leave your comment. After around 15 days, go back create your signature and you should see it in your post. This will help you stay away from the moderators  scanner. Yes, involves a lot of follow up and hard work.  But then, who said things were easy

7) Now, comes the most interesting part.. i found a lot of blogs that had an extremely high PR (PR 7 in cases) to comment on. The interesting thing was that these PR blogs not only had high PR in their domain but also the same followed on their interior pages.. which was good news.

Now the trick here is to leave interesting comments  which takes a lot of time as you have to read each and every post… but it’s worth the effort. I got around 90 backlinks indexed in yahoo site explorer right after commenting on these high PR blogs.. which is something im looking forward to. Now, I will have to follow up and see if these comments stick and I get the benefits.

It was interesting to read my earlier post on Is Blog Commenting a link Building Strategy. It only shows how experience changes views and opinions.

Suggested Read -> How to Build Backlinks To Your Site

So here’s what I’ve done over the last one month.. I’ve not made a cent yet from my niche blog and it gets around 6-7 visits a day.

I Will appreciate your inputs and remember that conversation and debate is what triggers your mind to think out of the box. Do shout out and let me know what you think I can do better to make my niche blog a success

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Google Plus is a new social media site that is directly tied into the most widely-used search engine on the planet, with looming search engine optimization (SEO) implications. If you care about your online reputation-what consumers are saying and where they are saying it-you need to learn how to utilize Google Plus for your online business.

The idea behind Google Plus is simple

The idea behind +1 is a simple one. In search results and, later, directly on websites, searchers will be able to up-vote search results they like. These sites will be book marked on your profi le page. When the same site appears in the search results of a friend, a tag will appear underneath the snippet indicating that you liked it. Google will show you +1′s from your contacts in Gmail, Buzz, and Google Reader.

How is Google Plus+ different

Sometimes it is not relevant to talk about certain things with certain people. For example, you would not want your personal plans shared with your business acquaintances. With Google Plus, you can assign people “roles” and categorize them so that you are sharing the most appropriate and relevant information. With Google Plus, you can be a part of a community and rely on personal connections and the people that are close to you.

Can Google Plus+ takeover Facebook?

Facebook de-throned MySpace? Many are predicting that it could de-throne Facebook the same way that Facebook de-throned MySpace. It may be too early for such lofty predictions, but it is clear that Google+ is already starting to gain notice, and it has the potential to be a powerful player in social media.

Have you had a chance to use to Google Plus+? Feel free to share your experience with us

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It is important to understand that search engines note the IP from which a website is hosted when reviewing a link. This is done in large part to detect link manipulation patterns. Too many links from a single IP is an indicator that all those sites have the same owner. To help prevent link farms, search engines have been known to discount links from the same IP address.

So when you get a link from a particular site, it is assigned a particular IP address. If you get a link from A website, let us say it sends you 80 units of link juice. The next link you get from that IP may only send 20, and the next 10, and the next 5, then 2, then 1, then 0.5, and so on. These are estimated numbers, but help explain the concept Below is a graph that explains this better:

So Why Does This Matter?

This will help you re consider your link building methods. If you are using a method that gets links from the same places over and over again, they will begin to get discounted . For example, the first few articles you publish in a article directory will carry some weight, but those links will get less and less effective with each new article. Your authority growth will stagnate if you do not diversify your link sources though. This is why you should not simply use the same link building methods continuously.

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Directory Submissions for Link Building

So, if you want to run 10-15 websites and think that it will help linking those sites together. It won’t until you get 4-5 different web hosts as they all will have different IP classes. So, the conclusion is that backlinks from 5 blogs on 5 different hosts is worth more than 5 blogs on the same host!

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