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I just stared an animation blog as a hobby (http://www.bestcartoonsever.com). My goal was initially to pair it up with a streaming cartoon site, but I gave up on the idea for many reasons. I've already started to do some social media stuff because it's easy. I just wanted to know what is the minimum amounts of updates I should aim for. I am currently posting at least once a week.
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I am starting to rank on google which is nice. My blog is mainly just stuff about cartoons and I'm trying to rank for anything with best cartoons or top cartoons. Is it reasonable to try and do some affiliate marketing with amazon? Should I wait until I get a decent amount of traffic?
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Nov 17, 2011 07:29
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Can someone tell me if I did this affiliate marketing thing right? I'm really not sure if I am. http://www.bestcartoonsever.com/animation-history/top-cat-cartoon
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Nov 19, 2011 02:41
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^^ Wordpress is free and is really easy to install from cpanel. Cpanel will even make it really easy to create yourself an email. I don't think the blog will cost you anything but time. However, I'm new to this so don't take my word for it.
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Nov 20, 2011 23:34
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How many ads is too many ads?
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Dec 5, 2011 09:03
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I'm guessing this doesn't include in post affiliate links? I currently have set up 3 ads per page and some posts contain affiliate links in images/text. I guess I'll just need to keep an eye on analytics.
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Dec 5, 2011 22:27
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I'm still new to this stuff but I tend to ignore the competition row. I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with SEO but all about adwords competition. If the competition is low, then not many people are bidding on those specific words. On another note, I think I made the classic new blogger mistake. BestCartoonsEver was way to broad but it has been a great source of blog ideas. I just begun http://www.brucebanner.net and going to make an Incredible Hulk blog. Hopefully, it's much more targeted so I can start selling some affiliate products.
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Dec 19, 2011 07:02
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Anyone else note a drastic change in traffic during the holidays? I've dropped down 50%!
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Dec 26, 2011 18:55
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What's Traffic Travis like? I'm pretty sold on getting the free version so far.
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Jan 5, 2012 06:27
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If you were banned a few years ago, can't you just ask for their forgiveness? That way you don't have to stress over it, because they might tell you if your websites are good or not.
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Jan 7, 2012 01:54
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I'm very glad that I have began doing this later in life. By the way, Best Cartoons Ever has been hit hard by the new January change, but for some reason, Bruce Banner . Net is doing almost just as good as the other site within a month. I guess a very focused site, does help search results.
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Jan 9, 2012 15:01
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I'd check out the free themes at http://www.woothemes.com/themes/free/ I'm not a big fan of heatmap but that's mainly because I find it looks "spammy"
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Jan 15, 2012 01:49
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I am a full-time link builder and I have done work in a big variety of niches. I have never paid more than $150 USD for a good contextual link in a relevant and recent post even when I don't provide any content. On that topic, never ever ask for content if it isn't part of the initial pitch. I tend to just to scrape an article directory, spin something interesting and make it more readable. If anyone is interested, I can talk about how to get more advertising offers & dealing with people like me or just link building/buying in general?
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Apr 28, 2013 16:32
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This is going to be a long post. Hopefully, it makes sense. Link Theory I'm not going to lie. I flirt with black hat & spam, but I'm also very paranoid when it comes to algorithm & manual penalties. I strongly believe that you need to accept that link building is and should be considered a sketchy and risky activity. I try to simulate "white hat" link earning. I focus more on simulating natural processes than building an unnatural amount of links in a short period. The first step to any campaign is studying the biggest and most reputable sites in the niche I need to work in. I mainly look at their backlink profiles and recent history. It's pretty easy to classify links into three types. A link profile is kind of like a t-bone steak. You have the fat which is spammy links like directories, squidoo lenses, hubpages, ..., the bone which are the huge authority sites like BBC & Mashable and the meat which is everything in between. I know that it's impossible for me to get links on the huge sites with such a small budget and spammy links can be more trouble than their worth. In any case, I try to replicate the meaty links for my clients. For example, if I see most good sites in a niche get around 15 to 16 new links from new domains a month, I'll try to get 20 or so. I still get a positive impact from this because new content is always created with my link. I have never gotten a link on an old page. If I'm having trouble, I may get a link on a page that is a few months old but it's rare. I only resort to crappy links if I do not begin to see enough of an impact or competition is still using that technique exclusively. In both cases, I'll ensure that I don't do it as much as the competitor. On a side note, I do pay strong attention to making sure my anchor text is a mix between branded/non-branded. I also make sure I have a good balance between home vs. sub-pages vs. deep links. I tend to just use my instincts for the percentages and often let the author choose his own anchor text. If it's really bad, I'll tell them to change it. In Practice I use a lot of automation tools for researching/prospecting but I essentially take the top 50 Google, Yahoo, Bing results / find lists of niche blogs / use Xenu to get list of profiles for forum users / etc. I'll use SEOGadget to grab the emails / contact pages and I send emails to everybody without even verifying their site. The only check I do is to make sure they weren't classified as spammy, PR is ok and their isn't too much discrepancy between PR and DA. You might think that this is super spammy. I'd just like to say out of 200 websites, I may only get 100 emails and I usually get maybe 10 replies and 10 error messages. I rarely get "gently caress off messages" because I'm legitimately giving people money. Once I get replies, I'll do a basic check of the site to make sure it's relevant to the niche, isn't crappy, doesn't look like it will be getting penalised soon, doesn't talk about SEO/Advertising too much, etc. If all is good, I'll pitch an idea, mention news, etc. If they are chill, I'll build a relationship and use them for other clients. If I don't think I'd be proud to show it to my client, I won't get the link. I tend to apologize/offer tips to people I refuse. Sometimes this gets me "gently caress you, my seo guy said it is good to comment as car repair washington on an autoblog selling ipods." How To Attract People Like Me - Have a nice site that doesn't talk to much about ads/SEO/etc. - Post frequently - Have your email easily accessible on your home page, about page, or contact page. I have only used contact boxes for one client in a really SEO savy niche. For Those Who Want To Do This Concentrate on making good content first. There is nothing harder than trying to link to a site that only sells products, unless you want to pay $$$. If you actually have good content, you might get lucky or get away with a anonymous guest post...
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jabro posted:They get an entry into the contest for every like or follow they do for your blog and the product manufacture. So if they like and follow you and the manufacturer they get 4 entries into the contest. How would you track the follows of the company? That seems like a lot of work in any case. Why don't you just fake the referral traffic to their site? Omits-Bagels posted:How much do you pay for links? I'm trying to find ways to monetize my site. I'm not in love with the idea of selling links but I also have to pay for my wife's student loans... my site is thesavvybackpacker.com The price varies for niche but it tends to hover around $100 to $150 for travel blogs. I work for an agency so I get a salary. I do know that getting 4 to 8 links can take up to 20 hours if I'm not lucky and have used up all my connections for that client. I'm still debating how much I would charge for it, because before I knew how much people paid for SEO, I was charging only a few dollars per hour more than cheap third word labor. I/m incredibly lucky that the agency recruited me! I think it baiting link buyers might be hard for your site because you have a great targeted niche. If I were you, I would try doing a few of these things. 1) Your site has a lot of good content, but you don't seem to target keywords that companies or people like me will use to find websites. For a client in the travel niche, I might look for "keyword he wants to rank on" + blog and use ubersuggest for inspiration. Begin focusing more on keywords that you think companies want, including branded keywords. The goal isn't to rank first but to at least be present in the top 50. Seriously, I'm guessing this is the only reason why companies deal with review sites, etc. I avoid them like the plague. (In fact a lady today tried to convince me that her site that only features reviews, coupons, and obvious advertorials was not just a crappy spam site.) Niches I have done that could be useful for you are winter coats (Canada Goose), cameras, shoes, etc. 2) Test out services like business2blogger and the likes. I haven't had much success with this one and a few others because a lot of the people there are spam. However, I also had no real budget to play with when I tested them out. There are other sites like that but I haven't really played around with them too much, because my current method is good so far. If anyone does contact you, or you make friends on those sites, be sure to not be a dick. Also, email them once in a while to see what types of contracts they are working on. Helping them out will mean they remember you first when they have something good for you. Don't add a page saying you advertise, sell links, etc. 3) Fix your contact page / put an email someplace on your site. This may attract spam, but you'll also get people trying to "guest post" and buy links. I've used Scrapbox, GSA Email Spider and SEOGadget for contact finding, and if your email isn't on either your home page, about page, contact page or whois information, chances are I won't find it and won't contact you. 4) I have no idea if this one will work, but you may want to start connecting with agency SEOs and trying to get the attention of companies that are active bloggers. 5) This tip might be focused on only one of my prospecting techniques, but create a lot of "keyword" boards with a few pins in each pointing to your site. I don't know how popular it is, but it's one of the favorite of the less blackhat people where I work. DISCLAIMER: I have never really been on the opposite end of the stick, and I have never needed to buy links for a website that focuses on European travel. I also don't know how many link buyers are as bitchy about websites as I am. http://www.offerpop.com/ is free if you don't got many likes. I enjoyed playing around with it. cartooncart fucked around with this message at 04:35 on May 1, 2013 |
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edit: An updated post of blogs would be nice! I'd be able to help some of SA bloggers make some money once in a while.
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May 7, 2013 15:53
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snagger posted:
If you're able to bring more money to the company and prove it, these are ultimately the only things that matters. I'd focus less on SEO and more on learning what makes your readers act.
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May 8, 2013 22:32
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mcsuede posted:b) use lots of really big, really lovely images. use the following formula: I fear that this could lead to over optimization!
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mcsuede posted:I didn't say name them all KEYWORD-KEYWORD-KEYWORD, Alt=KEYWORDKEYWORDKEYWORDKEYWORDKEYWORD title=KEYWORDKEYWORDKEYWORDKEYWORD did I? I know that you didn't mean that. I'm saying that a lot of people might misunderstand what you mean by contextual and begin doing the standard crappy content tactic where: Title = keyword-keyword-keyword-keyword H1, H2, H3 = keyword-keyword-keyword-keyword all alts = keyword-keyword-keyword-keyword all img titles = keyword-keyword-keyword-keyword all internal link titles and anchor text to article= keyword-keyword-keyword-keyword There's a fine line between someone who understand contextual as being what the picture actually reflect and someone who understands it as being the keyword they're trying to get traffic from on this page. TLDR: In the future, I should put more effort into my posting if I'm going to start nit picking at good suggestions.
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May 17, 2013 20:42
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^^^^ Why not try getting posts/reviews up on gaming sites or even advertise on specific networks. It might be cheaper/more effective.
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Onta vasa posted:My blog https://www.whereswil.com is pretty new and this is the first opportunity I've gotten to make money through it and I was wondering what risk is involved (this is against google policy) and what would be a good amount to request as a counter offer. The least risky would be to ask them if you can mark it specifically as an advertorial/sponsored post and put their link as no-follow. This is totally within Google's policies (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SmlsfSqmOw). They will most likely not accept this. I'd take a deeper look at the site they want you to link to. Does it make sense within your content? Is there site sketchy in any way? Does their backlink profile scream spam or other unethical techniques? If you say yes to any of these, I'd suggest not doing it, but I doubt you'll get the whole site sand-boxed for only 1 bad link... Looking over your site, $80 is pretty good for the stats you currently have. Yet, they are a casino site. I'd ask for $200 and tell them that you usually try to avoid gambling, porn and pharma, because those are the hotbeds for spammy link building tactics.
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I'm looking for some more food/health/lifestyle/sports blogs for some clients of mine. If you have a site and aren't too worried about getting paid to post about specific topics, send me a shout: kennymarton@gmail.com
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