How to Use Meta Tags to Increase Website Traffic

The degree of impact that meta tags have on your website is discussed by many entrepreneurs and is often disagreed on. However, it has been proven that meta tags do have some effect on search engine results. The effect they have vary depending on the search engine. According to Michael Fleischner, author of the book SEO Made Simple: Strategies For Dominating The World’s Largest Search Engine, the MSN search engine especially loves on-page optimization, including meta tags.

Meta tags are just HTML codes that tell search engine bots what your website is about. Visitors browsing your website won’t be able to see the metadata at all, unless they looked at your source code. Search engines basically use your meta tags to label your website and decide where to put your website in search results. Since meta tags aren’t seen by website visitors, they are perfectly harmless and can help increase search engine traffic to some degree, as long as you aren’t keyword stuffing your meta tags. (more…)

A Second Look at Luxury

A new Mercedes-Benz… Riding first class on Jet Blue… Countless martinis on the beach…

If I were to ask you, “What does luxury mean to you?” How would you respond? What would be the first thing that would come to mind? A never ending sea of wealth? A mansion over flooding with maids that come running at your every beck and call?

Think about it for a moment. What does luxury mean to you?

Now think about this: Luxury is often mistaken for having money. You needn’t own a single penny. Fancy clothes and expensive meals are examples of comforts, not luxury. To do what you want, how you want, and when you want without the restraints of fear is luxury. (more…)

Keyword Stuffing: When Keyword Density Becomes a Problem

Keyword density, the percentage of keyword phrases in the web content of an article or website, can increase your position in search engines if you also take advantage of other optimization methods, like meta keywords and backlinking strategies. Though keyword density does have its benefits, it can’t be overused. Overusing keyword density is called keyword stuffing. Keyword stuffing isn’t just harmful to your search engine rankings. It is also harmful to your readers. (more…)

Blog Carnivals Increase Blog Traffic – And Lifetime Readership Too!

I’ve been using blog carnivals for a few years now. Blog carnivals are really just a page or two of web addresses linking back to quality articles or content. These articles must be related to a certain niche, though. A finance blog won’t link back to a health article, for example. Any website can host a blog carnival, though hosting one isn’t easy. You’ll need to review many articles submitted to you and choose the best ones to display in your carnival. People host blog carnivals because it creates a buzz and encourages other bloggers or webmasters to talk about it if their article is featured. As a result, you receive more backlinks and blog traffic, which will ultimately help with search engine optimization. (more…)

Going on Vacation for Two Weeks

For the next two weeks from July 1st to the 15th, be in California visiting a close friend of mine and won’t be able to update the blog much. I’ll still be checking my email to answer any questions, so don’t hesitate to contact me. I’ll also be able to read and approve comments while I’m away. I figured I’d give myself much needed time off from work, so I’m funding my trip with Demand Studios earnings, believe it or not. It should be a fun experience overall. I’ll let you know how it goes! (more…)

Demand Studios Work Challenge: June 21, 2010

I’ve gotten some work done for Demand Studios and my overall Demand Studios score is rising at an incredible speed. It seems that the Secrets to Making Money with Demand Studios eBook by Kent Ninomiya paid for itself. Rereading the Why Your Overview Matters (And How to Make it Good) article on the Demand Studios blog has also definitely helped to boost my grammar score, especially for this month. However, I’m still working to get my article limit increased, so I can’t rest yet. (more…)

Demand Studios Work Challenge – June 9, 2010

I haven’t updated you all on the Demand Studios Work Challenge for a while, since I’ve been busily going through books and planning out my copywriting career. The books I’m mainly referring to are The Well-Fed Writer: Financial Self-Sufficiency as a Commercial Freelancer in Six Months or Less by Peter Bowerman, Start & Run a Copywriting Business by Steve Slaunwhite, Secrets of a Freelance Writer, Third Edition: How to Make $100,000 a Year or More by Robert Bly, and The Wealthy Freelancer: 12 Secrets to a Great Income and an Enviable Lifestyle by Steve Slaunwhite, Pete Savage, and Ed Gandia. I’ll be talking more about these books later on as I get started in my copywriting business. As I’m just getting started, I’ve been devoting most of my time to books and my portfolio.

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eHow Experiment – May 31, 2010

My earnings on eHow for this month is now a little bit over $10 more than I made last month. Not too shabby. I might make the $100 mark in a few months.

Most of the articles I’ve been editing on eHow have a nice keyword density. The main thing I need to work on for the next few weeks are backlinking strategies and increasing the number of websites pointing to my articles. So far, I’ve backlinked articles on this blog, though haven’t really ventured anywhere else. Therefore, today I’m going to backlink articles on Yahoo Answers, as I answer questions users have that relate to my articles. (more…)