Yellow Dog Ventures

There is a member on the Warrior Forum - sparrow - who appears to have worked in programming and SEO and related fields for awhile. My take is that he knows his stuff and has had some solid success building high ranking on search engines.

I became aware of him when he posted some special offers. The first was for a “secret” technique that would put static websites on a par with blogs in popularity with the SEs. With this he also included a method for getting pages indexed promptly and predictably. I have implemented most of this on my existing sites and look forward to testing the methods on some new sites I am creating. I’ll report back.

Next he offered his tracking software. This is a script that tracks when BOTS and other traffic visit your sites. With the other traffic, you have access to the website they came from. If this was a search engine, you get a clear picture of what keyword was typed in for the search and exactly where your site is listed in the rankings. People really do use long tail keywords.  It’s very fun.

Now, I know there are a bunch of programs that do these types of tracking, but this is the first I have tried. I expect I will learn a ton from watching the results. I plan to use this software in my work with SEO clients as well. Very cool.

Sparrow also promoted a program for Web 2.0 site submissions. I haven’t started working with this yet, but will very soon. My goal is to raise my sites out of obscurity and to build links and links and links. If “Search Engine Myths Exposed” (previous post) emphasizes anything it is the role backlinks play in search engine ranking success.

For a great series of case studies on generating attention and traffic for your sites, visit Steven’s Affiliate Marketing Diary. His blog is a goldmine and he is a very generous spirit. He offers really solid “how to” guides for what to put on your blogs and how to promote them. I can’t say enough about the value he gives away freely.

Finally, it’s time for a face lift on this blog. Expect a new look within a week or so. If you can suggest a great wp theme, please let me know.

That’s it for now. Thanks for visiting!

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I read Jonathan Leger’s latest research report last night — “Search Engine Myths Exposed“. It’s well written, very compelling and makes sense. It’s free, so you might want to check it out.

The part I found most interesting was his explanation about duplicate content and whether or not you can be indexed and ranked if you include it on your site. The key is to get links and links and more links. I know this and have known it for a long time. Why don’t I do a better job of getting links to my sites? (Don’t answer that!)

Another interesting piece is Jonathan’s contention that links do not need to be from similarly themed sites. He give a lot of proof for all he says. I’m sure there are other ways to interpret his interpretations, but he is compelling. I appreciate the report.

Then, I came upon this today. Another freebie if you do just a little work:

I’m evaluating a multi-media course on blogging from the folks at Simpleology. For a while, they’re letting you snag it for free if you post about it on your blog.

It covers:

• The best blogging techniques.
• How to get traffic to your blog.
• How to turn your blog into money.

I’ll let you know what I think once I’ve had a chance to check it out. Meanwhile, go grab yours while it’s still free.

I’ll let you know what I think once I’ve had a chance to check it out. Meanwhile, go grab yours while it’s still free.

That’s all for now. Have a good one!

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