26 Steps to 15K visitors a day

Hi Guys,
Its been ages since I have done a post. A little update, I some super high and lows in 2012.  The high were I was getting tons of business with Google Local, for 2011 through 2012. It was amazing how many hits and calls we got. 2011 was a record year for me.

Then at the end of 2012, I had some snags. They say you live and die with google and that is what happened. Google local took my listing off because they did not like I was using a Key Word phase as my title. I was using Dolphin Swim Tours and Tickets. Then I got my site hacked and porn links were put on my site, which I discovered in October. Then dolpinworld.org was no where to be found on Google in October and November. It was a challenge for me, say the least.

Right I am doing a retro of my sites. I have updated my swimming with the dolphins blog, check it out and let me know what you think.

I have been working on fixing my original site, www.dolphinworld.org with meta titles and descriptions and duplicate content.

With God's grace, I am doing everything possible to get back into the search engines.

Here is a really good article about 26 Steps in Getting 15,000 visitors a day. Its a lot of work, but worth it. Check it out.

So when you guys get a chance, reply to this blog and let me know how you and your websites are doing!
God Bless,
John Mac

Change Title Tag and Beware the Google Change

I had changed my title tag in my main website, www.dolphinworld.org, and did not think I would suffer that much with Google. Boy was I wrong, I was #1 and #2 for my major key words and now I am #8 - #12 and the phones and emails have stopped.

dolphin swim
swim with dolphin
swim with the dolphin

Darn, it hurts but I know it will go up again, I have the faith. So the lesson is, be careful if you change your title tags and know your ranking may be affected.
God Bless,
John

Wonder Wheel and Google Analytics Video and More

Hey Guys,

Here is some information for you.

Learn about the google Wonder Wheel, a new tool if you don't know about it.



Information about Google Analytic, I think this was great.



Also, you might want to check out these link for Creating compelling Headlines. I really like this.
http://socialmediaworkbook.com/wp-content/uploads/102-headline-formulas.pdf

I guess thats it for now. Hows everyone doing out there. Make a blog post.
God Bless,
John Mac
swimming with the dolphins playa del carmen

Super Mega Optimal SEO

Hi All,

Here are some suggestions for Back Links to your site. Click the links to see the site. If any of you use any of these sites for back links, please put a comment on your successes.

1. Public Relations

• PRweb
• Business Wire
• PR.com
• PRnewswire

2. Classified Ads

• Craig List
• Oodle
• USFree Ads
• Backpage
• Ebay Classified

3. Video

• Youtube
• Vimeo
• Blip.tv
• Viddler
• 5min
• Dailymotion
• Meta Cafe

4. Content Development

• BlogCatelog
• EzineArticles
• BuzzleEdit HTML
• GoArticles
• Idea Marketers
• ArticleAlley
• Amazines
• Google Knol

5. Getting Social

• Delicious
• digg
• stumbleupon
• mixx <<  Company located in Pembroke Pines
• redditt
• facebook
• myspace
• orkut
• bebo
• hi5
• twitter
• plurk
• plazes

6. Directories

• Dmoz
• Yahoo << Paid
• business.com
• bestoftheweb
• goguides
• joeant
• rubberstamped
• skaffe
• sitesnoop
• gimpsy
• internet public library
• massivelinks

A Guide to SEO

Hey Guys,

Here is another class I saw at the Affiliate Summit. It was young guy, Joshua, and owns FullSpeedSEO.com and really liked what he said. Check it out.

How Do I Increas My Ranking

• Analyzing Your Niche
• Dominating the Niche
• Tracking your Progress

Who Do I need to Optimized for?
Unless you have compelling evidence not to optimize for Google, its best to do what they like to see, and let the other catch on.
Searches

• Google 66%
• Yahoo 16.2%
• Bing 8.8%
• Aol 3%
• the rest 7%

Picking a Domain Name
If you have not bought a domain name, Use Google Keyword tool to try to find highly search versions of your main keyword.  Use the Global Search and Use EXACT match.

If you already have a domain name that you are not willing to change, that's alright. Domain name is only 1 of about 200 ranking factors. Remember sites like, ebay, Aazon, and Zappos all rank for keywords not in their domain.

Don't makeyournametoolong.com

A wellplaced dash is fine, like expert-changes.com but avoid-lots-and-lots-of-dashes.com

If you are geographically centric business, it much easier to rank Houstonfloorpolishers.com than floorpolishers.com

Is your website optimized? (boring)

• Main Keyword in title tag
• H1 . H2 Tags
• Meta Description tag

Do you have a site map?
Keywords in the first 250 words of text.
Pro tip: A CMS (content management system) like wordpress will do almost all of this for you. Wordpress has been known to follow google advice closely. <<<<<

Optimizing Wordpress
Google Sitemap Generator
All in One SEO pack << talk about this before
Popular Posts (for last x days)
Lose the Default theme
Woo Themes ($20 / month)
Page.ly - managed wordpress hosting with premium themes ($15/month), upgraded, patched, and backed up.

Page Optimization

• Use Google Keywords tool for additional terms you might want to rank for. Use the broad match option.
• Use in the Google KeyWord Tool the ~operator before you google queries for related ters. le ~dog, ~collars
• make sure you page loads fast, consult google webmaster tools
• Increase time on page via "related posts" or Additional Products at the end of pages

Off Page Optimization
It is better to have 1 really popular website than 30 "zero" page rank sites.
To become a Authority Site: Relevant Links and Authoritative links coming to your site.
Don't be freaked out about page rank. Its a macro metric. Its better to be "0" PR with lots of visitors.
Focus on building a profile of high quality one way links
Trust your list ranking, not y our page rank.

Where Do I Get Links?
Guest Posting
Social Bookmarking (Digg, Stumbleupon)
Various Profiles (youtube, slashdot,etc)
Twitter aggregators
facebook fan pages
Sites you make (mini nets)
Link Bait >> this is any media that gets people excited, in any capacity, about the content of that media, and inspires them to link back to it so their discourse on the subject is relevant.
Examples >> Contests, Viral Videos, Creative Web Applications (mobile apps), be evocative
From Matt Cutts "Link baiting sounds like a bad thing, but expecially if its interesting information or fun, it doesn't have to have negative connotations. I hereby claim that content can be both white-hat and still be wonderful "bait" for links."

Link baiting is the reason your website needs a blog.
This is reason you should probably have mini net made about your niche.

Link Building
Blog Comments
CommuntLuv - Dofollow plugin for WP
Look for "footprints" if you find something
Social Media
Submit Great Content. Diggers are snobs, rightfully so.
Your twitter followers will want to blog/link great content, give it to them! Don't mislead them with your profile though. I personally hate lots of off topic tweets.
When all else fails.. look where your competition gets their links. Yahoo.com site: theirDomain.com
Sitesnatcher <<<

SEO Tools
Rank Checker - Free from SEOBook
SEO information on SERPS >> great for assessing competition in a niche
DoNotFollow Fire Fox Plugin
CODA Development Software

Thats it for what it is worth. Also, Alex, reported to me you could not post on these blog post and I fixed it. Please post and put your website in the post. As we read, one way links will help and this blog is a tool to help you!!

God bless,
John
Swimming with the Dolphins in Miami

Great Article - Content Creator? Then Forget Analytics. Use Digg.

Here is a great article about finding content and relevant data using Digg.  Good info about how to use Digg to search for relevant key words, content and links rather than raw data from Google.

Here is the link: 

http://www.talentzoo.com/news.php?articleID=2118

Here is the story:

 

"Who can figure out Google Analytics? I can’t. The data is fascinating and it certainly makes one’s curiosity complacent. But how do civilians use this information -- some of which clearly has nothing to do with you or what you are creating?

 

How then, does one leverage website analytical data into a marketing strategy that will drive people to a blog or other conventional website?

 

For now, let’s forget Google Analytics. Use Digg instead. Digg distinctly determines the value of content and its relevance. It is a valuable marketing tool for pinpointing what -- and how -- to create targeted, well written content. Content that could leverage existing -- and popular -- web information and push visitors to your site with strategic use of expected and accepted tags and keywords.

 

Suppose you are a fitness and weight loss writer and you need a relevant and “hot” topic within your beat / scope. Search Digg “Lifestyle > Health.” What are the topics people have Dugg the most? Easily evaluate what is relevant to you, your audience and how you can determine what topic is worth writing about, i.e.: will get you the hits slash exposure you are obviously seeking.

 

Now, the magic

 

There is a valuable and free service for journalist looking for sources. Peter Shankman’s “Help a Reporter Out” or “HARO.”  I was fortunate to find Peter after reading Timothy Ferriss’ The 4-Hour Work Week and doing some further research. The queries from reporters and the quality of responses are considerably better. As Peter said in his book, “under promise and over deliver.” HARO does. I use it for my own motivation column on Examiner.com.

 

Leverage all of this with Twitter; absolutely certain to always request responses sent to Twitter in Twitter format (@stefanpinto). You gain credibility on Twitter by doing this and you will immensely increase your followers, not to mention the quality of followers.

 

Now, these services are merely tools. Results are not typical and vary depending on how much effort, dedication, time and perseverance you put into it. If you are good at what you do, it doesn’t matter what service you use, the cream always rises to the top.

 

Go on, be clever"

Have a great day!

Curtis Copeland - Professional Photographer South Florida