I am sure you have received one, or a thousand, of those E-mails, “I can put your website on the first page of Google”. We all dream of having the top listing on any of Internet search engines. We can visualize the money flowing into our bank accounts. “We’ll be rich!” we think. That is the hook of these promises of grandeur E-mails.
The truth is, the average businessman needs help to optimize their website’s performance. You can spend $2,500 to $7,500 and wait a year to improve your ranking; but there is no guarantee you will be on the first page. Websites require continued maintenance to maintain high rankings.
SO WHAT’S THE TRICK?
I have found that writing a few blog articles and commenting on a few more has really helped my page ranking. And yes I have a first page on Yahoo. Just search, Trout fishing Portland, Oregon. As of the date of this article, 1/11/09, I had the 8th spot. I did not spend thousands of dollars. I do spend about $100 per month with a coach. But as I continue to learn about blogging and links, I may not need to continue that service.
It takes me about two hours per week, to write an article or provide an answer or two. The power is in the links back to my website. I always provide a link. My ranking goes up every time someone clicks on my link.
I also try to blog on high traffic sites. That way I have a better chance of more people clicking. I am also ranked higher because I am linked to a higher ranked site.
Give it a try. There is nothing like finding your website on the first page.
Ken Bear Cole
Fishing with Bear LLC
Hey Bear,
Can you share with us how you go about finding topics to write about?
Hi Bejarana
It very simple to create content, for me i read all the old books in my city library and i creat a summarized article on my site then i bookmark the same article in DIGG, so when a person searches about that term , you find both the Digg article and my site article in Google, Now i'm developing more 5500 articles for my site, so far i have developed 175 articles.
Bear,
It was a pleasure to meet you at the Caddy Method. I look forward to seeing how this works out.
Steve
I noticed you were not there for the second day of the Caddy Method. How did you like it?
I was under the impression that the Caddy Method was a 1 day class and the others were separate. I did enjoy the class and felt like I got a lot of value out of it. I'm achieving some of the goals I set in class and looking forward to setting some more.
I am influenced by things that cross my path. This article was inspired by a SPAM message, which offered my a 1st page rating on the search engines. I knew this person knew nothing about me. They probably had not visited my website. They are just "casting their lines upon the water", to see who will bite.
My articles are often born by reading or watching the news. That is what happened with the article "Green could equal GOLD". It is an article about one of President Obama's favorite industries. Our new president is planning to get this country back to work by stimulating new industries.
I hope this helps. I will keep writing and commenting so we can all prosper.
Ken Bear Cole
<Fishing with Bear LLC>