Search Hot Keywords with Comprehensive Info with Free Toolbar

Posted by JR in Blogging, Internet Marketing, Keywords and Niches, Search Engine Optimization, Website Tools

I found a great FREE keyword toolbar for Firefox Browser that really offers some comprehensive information and provides a great resource in your search for hot keywords. It has tons of options for providing the most comprehensive information for a particular keyword and niche research that I’ve ever seen.

Cash Keywords offer all the features listed below with 1 click access plus numerous other optional user set features for personal use, such as desktop features, 1 click access to Windows Media Player and a whole lot more.

Cash Keywords Toolbar Offers Valuable Keyword Research Features:

1. This feature is my favorite, as it makes finding affiliate products and services very easy and accessible. 1 click access to keyword related affiliate programs from several popular affiliate networks, including Clickbank, Affiliate Scout, Amazon, and others, very useful!

2. Keyword search results with 1 click in popular keyword tools, including, Google Keyword Tool, Wordtracker and Adwords Keyword Popularity tool.

3. Keyword popularity and results in groups like Google Trends, Blog Pulse, Yahoo Buzz and several others.

4. Keyword trends in popular news sites like, Yahoo News, Google News, Topix and others.

5. Keyword related results in popular answer sites like, Yahoo Answers, Google Groups, Askville and others.

6. Provides any sandbox information related to the particular keyword.

7. Keyword results in the most popular article sites like Ezine, Article Dashboard, GoArticles, Article Base, Article Factory and others.

8. Keyword results in all the best video sites like, YouTube, Vimeo and others.

9. Keyword results in all the popular photo sites like, Flicker, Photo Bucket and others.

10. Results for Google Insights, Alexa, Compete and more.

11. Plus, Wikipedia results, US Government, Creative Commons and lots more great features that make this keyword toolbar highly useful and comprehensive for keyword research.

12. It is also very easy to customize for individual user needs and settings, so you can pick and choose which options and features you want to include or not.

This tool is really useful and offers just about everything you ever wanted or needed to know about the keywords your are interested in.

Cash Keywords is truly a gem and it’s FREE, so I highly suggest you all download it and try it out for yourselves.

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Check Your Websites and Blogs – You Might Be Losing Money

Posted by JR in Blogging, Internet Marketing, Webmaster/Website Optimization

Happy Thanksgiving Everybody! I hope you all have a great holiday and eat lots of great food!

On the make money online note, I want to remind everyone of something that is easy to forget…

If you have several sites in your Internet marketing portfolio it is easy to lose track and get too buys and therefore neglect opportunities that are all ready exist.

Take a look at all your sites and how they are monetized. I recently realized that through all the busy work I had overlooked monetizing content pages on a store site I have with any ads. I added Adsense to the site, which has lots and lots of inner content pages, and this site earned $40.50 in the last week from clicks on those ads.

Monetization is an ongoing adventure, all in all testing and experimenting with different affiliate ads, links, banners and venues is the best way to keep the site’s earning potential at it’s optimum.

Often times we focus too much on home pages and neglect all the inner pages of the site that gets traffic from search engines. And remember the more inner pages you have the more traffic potential and the more money you can make from clicks on Adsense or other monetazation venues.

So, check sites that you may have forgotten and all the inner pages on those sites that you have not looked at in some time. They could be making you money, even if it’s a dollar a day in Adsense, that’s an extra $30 per site per month

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November 2009 Google PR Update

Posted by JR in Google, Internet Marketing

Another Google toolbar page rank update has just completed. It’s funny that this follows so soon after Google made a special announcement on their blog advising webmasters to stop obsessing about PR and how they deemed it so unimportant that they removed the PR info from Google Webmaster Tools Dashboards.

Yet they have done another update and while we all know that PR has little to do with ranking, which is what ultimately matters most, it is still cool to check out these PR updates. Several of my newer sites went to PR3 which was nice, though not sure how deserved, but I’ll take it!

When I did some research as to how the toolbar PR increases compare with rankings I found no cause and affect, the sites still rank the same even when they jumped from PR1 to PR2.

So how did you guys do in the PR update? Anybody lose PR, this seems to be going around?

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Google’s Latest SERP Update: Caffeine – Where Will You Rank?

Posted by JR in Internet Marketing, Search Engine Optimization

As my friend Matt @ Sacramento Weddings commented in the last post, and something that I have suspected was coming for the last couple of months, Google has announced their latest algo update called Caffeine, which is still being finalized and which inevitably will affect SERPS across the board.

The test run is at http://www2.sandbox.google.com/ and an offer from Google to give your feedback, which is at the bottom of each SERP page.

I suggest you go over and search your keywords to look for any changes in SERP positions for your sites and to see how they may be affected when Google finally rolls out this update. I suspect that there have been some significant changes in the algorithm as far as link values go and that many sites may suffer.

What I have noticed for some competitive keywords I watch is a more content driven SERP results with Google favoring very aged sites that have a diverse link profile. Another change I noticed is fewer home pages on Page 1 and a lot more inner related pages.

I think this update will not be as heavy as the Big Daddy update was, but I do think that link values have changed somewhat, though it’s difficult to pinpoint the exact change.

Within content links on semantically related websites and pages are still the greatest in link value.

Matt Cutts Said:

“We’ve been shooting to get them [the results] pretty close [to "old" Google], so most people won’t notice a difference.” – Matt Cutts video interview

Google Caffeine Brings:

Results reflect a more real time indexing of pages, which of course will lead to more frequent updates.
Much larger index than Google had before.
Real time information from social media sites seems to be ranking higher, which is indicative of Google wanting to provide searchers with the most relevant and recent information from sites like Facebook, Twitter and FriendFeed.

I have seen a lot of buzz going on about Caffeine, but overall I have not seen a huge change from existing SERPS.

What do you guys see in the SERP update? Any analysis of how your websites were affected, if at all and your analysis? This will help all of us, so please leave a comment!

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Find Content Ideas with a Great Niche/Keyword Question Research Tool

Posted by JR in Internet Marketing, Keywords and Niches

Another great tool from Wordtracker, Keyword Question Tool.

Enter a keyword and it will provide a list of questions related to that keyword that people are searching for. This is a great keyword tool to find what questions people have related to your niche. The phrases are pretty long tail and so they are great for website or blog content ideas, as well as for finding some good site-wide keywords.

Remember that adding content regularly to your websites, especially affiliate websites is important, it keep the site fresh, makes the search engine spiders visit a lot and brings more traffic when you have lots of pages all over the SERPS!

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More Fun With Google PR and SERPS!

Posted by JR in Google, Internet Marketing, Search Engine Optimization

While browsing the SERPS the other day, I noticed this blog showed a PR0 in the toolbar, out of nowhere! It has been a PR3 for at least 10 months and I am not sure what is up!

Spoke with some other webmasters who also had loses of PR in the last few days. I do not think this is a general PR update, but either a glitch or they are penalizing me for something, like selling links, which is funny because I have never sold a link in my life!

I really could care less about PR since the site still ranks Page 1 for it’s main keywords and for many inner pages and that is all that really matters, as it should be since I think I provide enough useful content and therefore have been lucky enough to get lots of natural links to this blog. But it is curious.

The SERPS are still wacked as I discussed in May-June SERPS shakeups and some of my sites are bouncing around page 5-7 on an almost hourly basis.

There is definitely an update or some tweaking going on with Google, that will hopefully end this month. Though veteran webmasters that I have talked with say that they have seen similar activity in the past and it could last thru the summer.

Interesting SERP Observations from other Webmasters:

Many are reporting being hit for specific search terms and not sitewide. So while inner pages maintain ranking, home pages are being hit with a -50 in SERPS for certain keywords. And this is what I see as well.
Lots of spam sites
Irrelevant pages
Previously penalized sites returning from penalties
Many are using Bing, because Google’s results have been wacked

For the keywords I watch:

Very few home pages on page 1, mostly inner pages
ONLY aged sites, 3+ years and most 5+ years old
The big guns are there (sometimes)
Some domains that were bought aged and then crappy links added to them
Old stale articles from Buzzle for buy keywords (which is lame)
Page 1-3 results in keyword searches that are NOT in the title of the website

Time Will Tell

I personally think that links are being devalued and especially older links that are of low quality.

But, no one ever really knows what is going on with Google, as intended, all we could do is ensure that we have good content and quality links, everything else is a crap shoot and we’ll have to wait and see.

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I can picture some geek engineers at Google sitting at THE BUTTON in some office and laughing their asses off reading posts like this as they send our sites to Google hell — hey you gotta laugh at times like these!

Anybody else having issues with SERPS or notice any PR changes in the toolbar?

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Record Breaking Internet Stats Brought by Michael Jackson’s Untimely Death

Posted by JR in Internet Marketing

As he did in life, Michael Jackson continues to break records in his death…

The death of superstar Micheal Jackson is turning out to be one of the biggest phenomenons that is illustrating the power of online and mobile communication throughout the world and is really fascinating from an Internet marketing perspective.

On a personal note…

Let me say that I am truly saddened by this news. As my regular readers know, I came to this country from the former USSR in 1975 as a young child and Off The Wall was the first album I ever owned, yes in full on vinyl.

His music was my first introduction to American pop and dance culture and coming from the USSR with both of my parents being classical concert pianists this was certainly a change of pace.

That album and the many great songs that came after hold a lot of great memories for me and brought me lots of joy throughout the years.

It is truly amazing the kind of impact he had on people all over the world. I suspect that we will learn that his early death could have been avoided, as with the many celebrities who came before him and I really hope that he can find some peace in death that he could not find in life.

The unprecedented impact of Michael Jackson’s death on the Internet:

The news of Michael Jackson’s death had an incredible impact on the Internet with record breaking traffic and search volumes that actually shut down Google for about 26 minutes on Thursday afternoon because they thought they were being attacked.

Google Trends labeled Thursday’s searches for “michael jackson died” as “volcanic.”

Thursday was also a record-breaking day for Yahoo when their story, “Michael Jackson rushed to hospital,” received 800,000 clicks in 10 minutes, which made it its highest-clicked story ever.

Yahoo revealed that Yahoo News set an all-time record with 16.4 million visitors, beating the old record of 15.1 million set last election day. The four million visitors between 3-4 pm also set an hourly record.

Twitter reported 5,000 Jackson-related tweets per minute on Thursday afternoon.

Facebook reported status updates in triple numbers on Thursday afternoon.

AOL, whose AIM messaging service was knocked offline for 40 minutes Thursday, stated “Today was a seminal moment in Internet history. We’ve never seen anything like it in terms of scope or depth.”

The massive search volumes also affected, Bing, as well as mobile communications which saw an unprecedented amount of text and communications volumes as well.

From an Internet marketing prespective this is quite fascinating and shows the power and speed of information distribution that is the Internet.

I was watching to see who had the story posted first, as thousands of bloggers, both in news and celebrity fields took to their keyboards to spread the news.

TMZ.com broke the story first, with CNN and local news channels following closely behind, but apparently Wikipedia still won out over everyone, including Twitter and poor Google (:-)) that struggled to revive after the massive search volumes.

Here is an interesting post by SEO Moz, that lists the exact time line of the developing news online:

A Bad Day for Search Engines: How News of Michael Jackson’s Death Traveled Across the Web

And Google’s official blog posted an explanation of their downtime and a search volume graph that really illustrates the spike in searches best at: Outpouring of Searches for the Late Micheal Jackson

On a lighter note…

Don’t we all wish to have at least 5% of that kind of traffic???? Incredible really.

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June 2009 Google Page Rank Update Underway

Posted by JR in Google, Internet Marketing, Search Engine Optimization

Another PR update so soon…

Okay well it seems that a June Google Page Rank update is underway right now, which is weird since the last one was just last month, but all my newer PRO sites went to PR1 or PR2, and 2 PR2 sites went to PR3 and other bloggers are posting the same updates on their sites.

And, this explains the shake up in the SERPS that I talked about the other day.

I do not think the update is done, because a couple of my sites went to PR2 which they surely did not deserve due to very few links, I’m not complaining but I think that it will go down.

Again for the newbies to this business, the toolbar PR is mainly useful for our own egos

and link building.

the real PR (the one that matters) is updated daily behind the scenes of the Google Algorithm.

The SERPS, traffic and sales is what really matters, but it’s always fun when the update comes around.

SERP Update:
Just checked the SERPS and they are still all over the place with odd page 1 results and several of my sites, though given an increased PR falling radically, so most likely they are not stable yet.

Do you guys see PR updates on your sites as well?

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24 Outsource Writing Sites for Site Content & Article Marketing

Posted by JR in Article Marketing, Internet Marketing, Webmaster/Website Optimization

In the world of Internet marketing our plates are pretty full, with all we have to do, like link building, keyword research, website promotion, etc… there just is not enough time in the day. Probably the most time consuming task is writing content. Not only for our niche sites but also for article marketing.

Now, before the flagship bloggers start screaming this is not meant to replace your beautifully and thoughtfully written posts! This is meant more for the money sites.

Outsourcing is a great way to save precious time and brain cells by hiring others to write content and articles and especially for those of us who have several niche sites where writing content becomes an overwhelming task.

Here is a list of the best content and article outsourcing sites for content management on your websites and blogs.

Because these sites provide original content that is copyrighted to you, you can use them for on-site content development, as well as for article marketing and submit using Article Marketer, to Ezine Articles and all the other article sites without being penalized in any way.

You can also use Copyscape to check the content for originality, all though these sites guarantee originality and copyright to you.

Some of these writing outsources are really expensive and some are quite cheap, depending on your needs there is something for everyone.

24 Writing Outsource Sites

Textbroker – This is the one I use and it’s the best deal in town. Articles start as little as 0.10 a word and you can pick quality levels that cost a little more up to the highly technical articles.

There are tons of excellent authors for every possible niche. Basically you post a job, give the details and then writers send you the finished product to review. Once the author sends you an article you can ask for revisions and deny the article if you are not satisfied or accept if you are. I have only rejected 2 articles out of the hundreds I have ordered.

Turnaround usually within a couple of hours and they are copyscape checked by the website.

Terry Didcott – Terry is a great guy and writes quality blog posts. 200 words : $12; 300 words : $18; 400 words : $24

SEO Content Writers – $6, $10, $14 etc. based on Word Count

Quality Online Content – Starting at $3 per article.

Article Writers - Niche Store Content – Articles starting at $3.50 for 200 words. They also have package deals.

Also offer a unique service that is really a great deal: Squidoo and HUB page creation for $20 each or 5 for $90
Includes:

1 Hub or Lens
Minimum of 800 words of unique content
Relevant Images
Keyword optimized
Bookmarked for Indexing by Search Engines

Articles and Beyond – Starts at $8, based on word count

Have Articles – Packages start at 3 200 word articles for $12 and get cheaper

Article Authors – Articles start at $8 plus they offer press release writing, custom ebook creation and ghost writing

SEO Article Writing Pros – Single articles starting at $13, plus package deals

Articles Alive – Package deals with articles starting as low as $0.023c/word

Website Content Writing – Starts at $10 for 125 words. They offer lots of services, like, technical writing, mini sites, ebook creation, movie reviews, press releases and more.

Pricier Writing Services

Your Article Writer – Articles start at $20. Also, ebook creation, website proofreading and editing.

Article Alley – Starts at $40 per article with package deals.

Article Base – Starts at $40 per article

Constant Content – Pre-posted articles by a variety of authors with various prices for usage, unique and full rights.

Niche Content – PLR and full rights articles, prices vary and can be pricey but there are good articles.

Informative Sources – Starts at $25 per article

Ghostwriter4you – Starts at $24 for 400 words. Specialties: natural health, alternative health, inspiration and Internet marketing

Freelance Writers – Promise well researched and SEO’s content. Starts at $15 per 500 words, package deals get cheaper

Deskins Writing Service – Quotes per order. They offer in depth research and you can buy content packages to build entire sites or blogs full of content that are well researched and SEO’d

Writing and Other Website Services Bid Sites

iFreelance – Freelancers bid on your projects

BizReef – 250,000 freelancers bidding on your project. Includes, writing, web design, graphics, photos and programming.

eLance – All services, writing, tech, programmin, logos, web design and more.

Rent A Coder

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Internet Marketing – The Money and Traffic Is In The Images

Posted by JR in Blog Promotion, Internet Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Web Site Traffic, Webmaster/Website Optimization

For most Internet marketing endeavors there are two main subjects of great interest, SEO and traffic and images are powerful tools for both of those goals.

1. They are really good for the look of the site design, look and enhance the visitor experience, especially with product guides and tutorials of any kind.

2. They are great for on-site SEO because they add keyword relevancy via image alt tags and this includes any header graphics for site-wide keyword relevancy.

3. They can also bring you lots of website traffic and money.

Search engines cannot read images you must use alt tags for descriptions, which should be keyword relevant to the page. By the way, it is blackhat to give inaccurate descriptions for the purpose of SEO trickery in the Alt Tags.

Image HTML Code:

Link Image to URL code:

The above code is for images that are hosted on your servers. With Wordpress you can upload images directly from your computer via the Browser Uploader and the Title area in the Image dashboard is the Alt Tag.

The Traffic Connection via Images

The best benefit of images is traffic. Google often shows image results when people search particular keywords.

Lately I think they must really be doing more of this than before because I have 3 new sites that have been getting a lot of traffic from Google Images and its converting to sales.

To make sure my images show up in correct keyword search results I name the image file in detail, for example:

SonyEricsonMobilePhone.jpg
SonyEricson350.jpg

And, I also make sure the Alt Tag is there with the correct descriptive words.

I launched a new site last week and within 4 days I had something like 2,000 visitors all coming via Google Images and 6 sales and that is pretty good for a new site. I think this is especially good for shopping sites that use product images.

What I like to do is place at least 2-3 images on my content pages that are related to the topic of that page. They really make the content pages look better and more professional, especially with guide type pages.

I also make sure to have several images on my home pages like around the welcome message, that is a great place to provide keyword relevace for the sitewide keywords.

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Google’s Latest SERP Update: Caffeine – Where Will You Rank?

Find Content Ideas with a Great Niche/Keyword Question Research Tool

More Fun With Google PR and SERPS!

Record Breaking Internet Stats Brought by Michael Jackson’s Untimely Death

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