Search engine rankings are really important to getting
clicks and traffic. We all know that (or should!) But
what do articles have to do with search engine rankings? I
contend that articles have a lot to do with improving
search engine rankings.
Here's the theory:
You write an article related to the topic in your web site.
You include a link back to your web site. You submit this
article to a number of online article directories. The
article directories make your articles available for ezine
and online newsletters to use as content. Some of the
article directories use RSS feeds to get your article out
to as many web sites as possible.
What happens next? Your link is being virally propagated
throughout the web world. As that happens, the search
engines begin to give your web site a higher ranking based
on your link popularity.
Does this happen like that in the real world?
Only effective testing and tracking for these types of
things can give you that answer. The best testing is the
testing you do yourself.
So how to do it?
Perform the following test:
1) Write 10 articles.
2) Put a keyword-linked "live link" in the bio for each
of your articles. For example, the keyword phrase for the
"live link" in this article is "search engine rankings".
3) For this test, use a search phrase that has at least 3
words in it. (This will make it easier to see fast
results; the principle is the same for looser word phrases
with fewer words, it just takes many more links and
articles to see results)
4) Use Google and Yahoo search to find article titles that
are being used by no one else. To do this, type your
proposed article title 'in quotes' into both search
engines and alter it until you come up with a title that
the search engines will give you a no results return to
your search.
5) Send your article to at least twenty of the biggest
article directories. (I cannot include the list in this
article due to article directory requirements, but if you
access me via the live link and send me an email asking for
my top 50 or so, I will gladly send it to you)
6) After about a week, look up the article title, again in
quotes, in Google and Yahoo. Do it again every week for a
month. Look up your keyword phrase. Count how many times
one of your articles is listed in the search results for
the top 10, top 30, and top 100. This is certainly not a
scientific test of any sort, but I think you will be
surprised at the results. Let me know!
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Westly Lager is a success mentor and coach helping teach
people how to work online. With Westly's experience and
expertise you can't go wrong. See how Westly can help you
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