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I have been making some extra money with a company called Constant Content.com. Constant Content allows writers to submit their articles, tutorials, blog posts, and reviews to their site where they are reviewed by great editors. If accepted, your article is then listed for sale on the site. You set the price. If sold, Constant gets a percentage. Be aware though, this is for top notch writers. Not just anyone can make it past the editors. However, if you do you can be rewarded handsomely.
This site is getting a lot of attention. Site owners know that in order to be ranked high on search engines like Google that they have to have original content. They can get it here. Visit the site and check it out.
A PR5 ranking by Google is pretty good. I did it with very little effort and here’s how.
- I started blogging. I went to WordPress and got myself a blog.
- I had something to blog about. I started the blog to tell the story about my (now defunct) adventure with Shopster. I found that there were a lot of people who wanted information on what works and what doesn’t.
- I built incoming links. Well I didn’t build them, they came to me. Others in Shopster had blogs and so we added each other to our blogrolls. The more I blogged them more incoming links I receive.
- Squidoo. I built a Squidoo lens with a link to my blog.
- I posted two or three times a day.
- Tags and categories. Tags are what make a blog successful. By using the right tags you get found. I made sure to use Google in tags as much as possible. They really like reading about themselves.
- I answered the comments to my posts. Even if it was only a thank you for commenting.
- I helped others. If you’ll notice my blogroll you’ll see Shopster sites listed even though they are not blogs. By giving them a link from a PR5 site they were helped and in return they helped me by reading the blog and giving me a link.
- I kept focused. I focused on ecommerce, Shopster, and ways to make an ecommerce site successful.Well
Well that’s about it. You know, once I closed my Shopster site I really didn’t think much about this blog. Then, months after my last post, I got a comment from someone who found the site. I came back, checked the stats, and to my amazement found that site was still receiving hits. So, I am once again blogging and trying to give information that people are looking for. I like doing it so it’s a win-win.
How I lost it…I quit posting!
I have noticed that there are a lot of bloggers (20 or so over the past few months) and website owners who use my posts on their site. I really don’t mind, it sort of strokes the ego. What I need to try and understand is just how this helps me. I know that I have received hits to this site from their sites and so that’s a plus. About a month after I started this blog I built it into a PR5 ranked site. Then, I quit blogging after I quit Shopster and it dropped to a current PR3. However, I have a PR3 ranked site without any updates. Could this be from the links? Probably. Anyway, anyone who wants to use my posts may do it. My next post will detail how I got a PR5 ranking.
I have dreams just like anyone else. When I started my ecommerce journey I had this lofty idea that I would be an instant success. I’m semi intelligent (I think) and I have a strong work ethic. Isn’t that all that’s needed to make it in America? Yes! You can make a success of your web ventures, but it’s not instant. That’s what all would be entrepreneurs need to understand. The American dream is attainable but you must be awake and you must have patience. It takes trial and error and what works for one person may not work for you. Stick with it. Change things that aren’t working and when you find something that works…do it over and over again.
Building links is an important part of ecommerce. In order to get your site listed organically in Google and others you must have high quality links. First you must use your keywords to find sites like yours (non-competing of course). Let’s say you sell fly fishing gear. You do a search for fly fishing and there are thousands of links. A little trick to use is to search the with the terms “fly fishing” + “add a site” (or add a link, link here, etc.). Once you do this you limit the sites listed to just the ones that may accept link trades or maybe even a directory. This trick makes quick work of link building.
I’ve been working hard to get my site organically listed in Google and Yahoo. Well my efforts are paying off. Through Google Analytics I can see where certain keywords are yielding hits to my site. This ecommerce thing sure does take a lot of work. But it will be worth it in the end.
I’ve had a lens at Squidoo a little over 3 weeks and already when I type “Lamp Bargains” in Google, my Squidoo site is #1. It has surpassed my actual site which is #2. Now most people won’t search “Lamp Bargains” but it shows that my theory is correct. Also when I check my links, Squidoo and this blog are already listed. Just for good ol Google… here’s my site again www.LampBargains.com
I really feel that all my efforts are starting to pay off. Not monetarily but in terms of exposure. I can see my site in Google now using my keywords. That’s great! The other thing that keeps me going is this blog. I’ve been doing it for about a month and have had over 500 reads. There are actually people who have my feed. That’s a good feeling. And just as I promised I have listed each Shopster visitor in my blogroll. I know it has helped because Google loves a good blog. Press on!
After weeks of waiting to really get indexed for my keywords, Google has finally done it. Using a Google keyword checker, I have been checking every other day to see if my keywords had been indexed in Google. Today they are there. Ranked very low of course. If you’re looking to make a fast buck in this business you’re in for a surprise. It takes a long time. However, I’m not working nearly as hard as I have been. I actually took a little break from searching for links and adding content. I let Google come through the back door by writing this blog and my Squidoo lens. It just seems easier. Now of course I must step up the efforts to increase my rankings with good keyword rich content. I think i’ll do it by editing my product descriptions and adding to them. If I do ten a day I can add a lot of content in just a few short weeks. I’ll let you know how it goes.
You all have to read this blog. I hope it keeps going. Awesome information. www.learnseo.wordpress.com/
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