iSubscribe to protect an entire blog. I like to use a pay per post approach. You can see a preview of my e-courses and after you pay via PayPal you get a password emailed to you to access the full content. I have done quite a bit of tweaking to iSubscribe to allow protected downloads and have modified the script to use as my affiliate program. I even automatically subscribe buyers to my mailing list application. It’s all seamless and does not require any intervention from me - truly a ‘hands-off’ business that frees me up to work with my customers answer their questions etc. I invite you to try this product - it’s easy to install has non-encrypted and easy to modify source code and will work with WordPress or any PHP-based application. The iDevSpot forums are a great place to get help and ideas. At less than $40 this product pays for itself the first month you use it.
Along with article marketing and submitting to blog carnivals is a key strategy to get lots of relevant backlinks. In a. I outlined the benefits of using the method. The problem with the technique is the time involved in submitting your blog post url to the 30-40 carnivals that would be relevant to your niche. The Blog Carnival site has a nice interface and is easy to use but it takes quite a while to submit to all of the matching blog carnivals.
The solution: a ‘web macro’ that does all the work for you. I’ve created the macro all you have to do is copy and paste the carnivals you want to submit to and paste in your blog post permalink url hit go - and in a few minutes you’ve submitted to dozens of blog carnivals automatically. This E-Course has everything you need: the macro code and a detailed video of how it is done. You’ll have to install Firefox and couple of simple extensions (iMacro Free. Web Developer) to get this to work - but it’s all free stuff. I’ve been using this for several months and it works great. You’ll save time and get hundreds of relevant backlinks!
In a. I explained how importance of creating a XML data feed for your e-commerce application. In this 40 minute video E-Course. I show you how to do it step by step. When you finish this video you’ll be able to manipulate data from MySql pull it into Access and create any type of feed you desire. You’ll need a copy of MS Access to follow along as well as access to a MySql database.
E-commerce sites need to get their content deep linked on search engines and indexes- one of the quickest and cheapest ways to do that is to create a data feed of your product catalog and post it to shopping sites.
Creating files for shopping feeds like those for Shopzilla or Google Product Search is easy once you master some basic techniques. The steps are as follows:
- Export Shopping Cart Data- (Normally you are exporting MySQL data using phpMyAdmin)- Import Data into MS Access- Create Queries to Format Data in Shopzilla/Google/ShoppingDotcom format- Export Data From Query to Create product data feed file
Google Product Search is fed from Google Base. To create a product feed for Google you must first do an export of shopping cart or catalog data to create what Google terms a bulk upload. Follow Google’s instructions particularly the field name conventions for products carefully.
After you have downloaded the data from phpMyAdmin you import the data into Access then the key step is creating the format queries:
Most providers recommend using Excel to process feed data. We like to import catalog or merchant feed data into MS Access and use the powerful query functions to massage and manipulate the product data.
The process works like this:1. Import your raw feed or data file into Access using the import feature2. Create a query to reformat the data into the desired result:a. Use the field alias feature to ‘hard code’ field data that may not exist in your original file ie:,expiration_date: “YYYY-MM-DD”b. Use the concatenation feature to reformat fields from existing data -ie your product_image filed contains “image jpg”:image_url: “ & [product_image]3. After your fields are created in the query simply export a delimited file from your query and process. You can re-import your original feed data into your Access file run the query and re-export very quickly whenever you need to refresh your data.
You use the field alias feature in Access to create the fields with the required field names and use the concatenation functions to piece together the data in the required formats.
You can use any type of delimiter you wish for your file we prefer pipe “|” for readability but the Google default of tab delimited works fine as well. (If you change the default delimiter you’ll need to specify the change in the bulk upload properties.)
There are numerous tools and services on the internet that allow you to track your backlinks and keyword position in the search engines. The one I use and like the best is FREE and is from.
Set up a free account - and you’ll have some options to configure. You’ll need a Google search API key - there is a link in the sign up form - you also have the option of installing an on your own server - this allows daily updates of your data.
The keyword tracker allows you to track multiple keywords by domain in other words you can see where you rank for a given key phrase for any number of domains you (or your competitors) own. Simply enter the keyword and domain and the system will show your rank on Google. MSN. Yahoo - or you can choose ALL to get your rank on all of the engines.
The backlinks tracker is simple - enter your url and the system tells you how many backlinks you have on Yahoo for the single url backlinks for the whole domain on Yahoo and the backlink count on Google. The feature that makes both of these free tools really outstanding is the ability to track and graph your results over time. You simply set up a simple script and cron it daily and your stats will be updated each day with your progress up or down logged regularly.
The service even has a simple graphing feature so you can get visual graphs of your progress. All of this takes a couple of hours to set up and then you can just forget about it - until you want to see your data. It’s interesting to watch how your rankings go up as your backlink counts increase - a great way to validate that a linking strategy is working.
If you’re looking for a tool to promote your website(s) the buck stops with social bookmarking. With the advent of Web 2.0 and its focus on the social aspect of the Internet listing your pages on bookmarking sites is a surefire way to get visitors to your pages – they either get there by directly clicking on your link or if your page is ranked highly enough it turns up on a Google search depending on how trusted your site is.
Since it’s tedious and time consuming to manually add bookmarks to various bookmarking sites most people turn to automated software that is able to do this for them. While there are many options available some free and others at a cost the thing to remember when choosing automated social bookmarking software is to make sure your site is not blacklisted as spam.
Automated software that creates a large number of profiles and continually posts all your pages to every social bookmarking site there is runs the risk of getting your site(s) labeled as spam. You also abuse your Internet Service Provider by running this tool continuously and risk cancellation of your service. And finally the bookmarking sites you post to will end up blocking you and putting an end to your posting days.
The key to selecting a good social bookmarking tool is to look for one that does not send out your bookmarks on a continuous basis but which posts tags gradually and once every few days. You must be able to set the time frame for the posting. You must also look for software that is server based and does not run on your PC. It’s more complicated to install but the difficulty is worth it when you consider the savings on your resources.
The bookmarking tool you use must randomly select tags and bookmarking sites so that the posting process looks like it’s been done by human beings and not a machine. Some tools even offer to post from proxy servers thus reducing the possibility of your sites being blacklisted and blocked as spam.
Automated social bookmarking tools are useful only when used judiciously – after all there’s no use for a bookmarking strategy or tool when your sites are all blocked out as spam.
1. Article marketing - time consuming but rewarding. My advice: choose 3 or 4 major article directories is a must is good so is. Don’t spend lots of time and trouble submitting to the hundreds of lesser directories by hand- instead look at services like the distribute to smaller directories. I’ve used most of the paid article submission services they work well too - is the best.
2. Blog Carnivals - . I discussed how blog carnivals work. Don’t neglect this powerful and free method. I’m currently working on an automation program to submit posts to blog carnivals automatically. Stay tuned for that - it’s coming soon.
3 this method is absolutely killer. If you have the time and inclination. I recommend you hop over to the and check it out. This is not a reciprocal link program - it’s a totally automated 3 way linking systems that automatically will find backlinks for you - you just have to put a small piece of code on your site. This service builds links slowly with relevant anchor text - just what the search engines want.
Jon Ledger has a link building guide on the site that is worth the first month’s fee all by itself. If you sign up for the service be sure to try the beta of DirLinks - the new even more powerful service Jon is working on.
Keyword selection is the most important aspect of using 3WayLinks - to use the service properly you have to concentrate on keywords where the search results for the top 10 have a relatively small number of backlinks but have adequate search volume. You want to be able to rank well for keywords that get decent traffic. Be sure to read all of the excellent documentation on the site - and spend some time reading the posts in the support forum.
Carl Ringwall is the owner of Data SystemsPlus a web consultancy offering a variety of e-learning offerings software and tools. Considered one of the top blogs for forming a coherent. Carl’s blog is a must for anyone running a.
Word. No problem - the folks at Microsoft have you covered with some free software. It’s called - and for the average user. I think it’s the best thing to come from Microsoft in a long time.
Basically you use LiveWriter to create and manage your posts and the software uploads to your blog automatically. There are dozens of for free too - that extend the functionality of LiveWriter to the point where you can post about anything effortlessly. Maps videos source code framed photos it’s all a breeze with this fine package. The software has a very handy preview feature allows drafts and has a full compliment of the usual Word-Like formatting tools and functions.
The site features posts from blogs covering all categories - and these authors have authorized others to use or syndicate their content. You can’t change the wording or content of the original posts and must include all links as the original author intended. This is great news for those who contribute content - you can get your links author bio published on other blogs - and that means more backlinks for you.
The ShareAPost service is automated so contributing posts or incorporating posts into your blog is a snap. I began offering my blog posts as content and to date several bloggers have incorporated my content providing me with valuable backlinks.
Take a few minutes and set up a account - it’s free and if you are posting useful content you’ll be amazed at the backlinks and traffic.
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