The Internet Marketing blog of Mike Merz, Internet Marketing consultant, in regards to what's hot ... and what's not, in the world of Internet Marketing.
I've put together a few tips, tools, and resources to help you learn how to increase traffic to your web site.
Search Engine Optimization - If you have your site correctly optimized for the search engines, you'll make the most of the free advertising available via the major search engines.
First off, view the submission and spam policies of the major search engines:
Google's Submission and Spam Policies
http://www.google.com/webmasters/
http://www.google.com/contact/spamreport.html
AlltheWeb's Submission and Spam Policies
http://www.alltheweb.com/help/webmaster/faq.html
http://www.alltheweb.com/info/about/spam_policy.html
Inktomi's Submission and Spam Policies
http://www.inktomi.com/products/web_search/spampolicyfaq.html
http://www.inktomi.com/products/web_search/guidelines.html
AltaVista's Submission and Spam Policies
http://www.altavista.com/help/search/faq_web
http://addurl.altavista.com/addurl/new#rls
http://www.altavista.com/help/contact/search
Here's the URL to the free Yahoo Search submission page:
http://rds.yahoo.com/search/submit/free/*-http://submit.search.yahoo.com/free/request
You'll find a link to Yahoo Search's submission and spam policies on the above page.
Free tools I like to use:
To find the best keyword combinations:
Nichebot (it's free).
To optimize my title and keywords:
SubmitExpress - free tools.
Listen to SEO expert Brad Fallon and Online store expert Andy Jenkin's free audio seminar on how to drive traffic to your web site:
Stomping The Search Engines - Free Audio
Check out Jeff Alderson's newly revised (October 14th) Traffic Equalizer web site traffic generating software:
Traffic Equalizer
Listen To Jack Hughes Interview of Mark Hendricks and Frank Sousa, creators of The Secret Money Generator (affiliate marketing campaign optimization software). Free Audio.
Sign up for SEO Pro Nathan Anderson's free video walk through of his new MetaWebs traffic generation software system. Video demo sign up.
Check out the IM4Newbies Forum Directory for links to the best SEO discussion forums:
http://internetmarketingforums.im4newbies.com/internet-marketing-forum-directory.htm
I'll talk a little about PPC advertising in the next installment ... stay tuned! ;)
Mike