- •Google Secrets
- •PART I – Getting Started
- •So What Is a Ranking?
- •When Google Comes Visiting
- •Deep Crawl and the Google Dance
- •Fresh Crawl
- •How Google Ranks Websites
- •Keyword Factors and Page Relevance
- •Link Factors (PageRank) and Page Importance
- •Top 5 Things Google Looks For
- •Chapter 3 - Determining Your Best Keywords
- •So What Exactly Are Keywords?
- •Using WordTracker
- •Using WordTracker step-by-step
- •What is your Primary Keyword Phrase?
- •What are your Secondary Keyword Phrases?
- •Putting it All Together
- •PART II - Optimizing Your Website
- •Chapter 4 - Structuring your Site Correctly
- •Structure by Theme and Topic
- •Create Lots of Short Pages
- •Don’t Nest Your Pages
- •Don’t Bloat Your Pages With Code
- •Keywords in Your Domain Name
- •Chapter 5 - Optimizing Your Web Pages
- •Keyword Factors Used in the Algorithm
- •Keyword Proximity
- •Keyword Placement
- •Keyword Prominence
- •Keyword Density
- •Keyword Format
- •The Importance of the <TITLE>
- •Best Practices for Creating Titles
- •How and Where to Use Keywords
- •Use Keywords in the Following Places
- •Proper Link Structure
- •What Google Ignores
- •Chapter 6 – Linking Your Pages Correctly
- •Structuring Your Internal Links
- •Hierarchical linking
- •Mesh linking
- •Best Practices for Internal Linking
- •Chapter 7 – More Advanced Techniques
- •Multiple Sites – Is it Worth It?
- •Domain Pointing and Subdomains
- •PART III - Exchanging Links Effectively
- •Chapter 8 – The Importance of Links
- •Link Factors Used in the Algorithm
- •Introducing PageRank
- •So What is Link Quality?
- •Chapter 9 - All About PageRank
- •PageRank vs. Search Result Ranking
- •Toolbar PageRank vs. Actual PageRank
- •Increasing PageRank
- •The PageRank Equation
- •Chapter 10 - Submitting Your Site to Directories
- •About the Google Directory
- •Submitting Your Site to the OPD
- •Submitting Your Site to Yahoo
- •Submitting Your Site to Business.com
- •Other Search Submissions
- •Chapter 11 – Getting Ready for Linking
- •Creating “Link to Us” Code
- •Maintaining a “Related Links” Page
- •Dealing with Non-Reciprocal Links
- •Chapter 12 – Which Links to Focus On
- •Best Practices and Tips
- •Link Farms and FFA Sites – Just Say No
- •Chapter 13 - Managing a Reciprocal Link Campaign
- •About OptiLink
- •About Arelis
- •Checklist for Setting Up a Link Campaign
- •A Link Exchange Email Template
- •PART IV - Putting It All Together
- •Chapter 14 - Monitoring and Measuring
- •Monitoring Your Site Traffic
- •Using a Log-file Analyzer
- •Using a Real-time Tracking Service
- •What to Monitor?
- •Monitoring Your Ranking
- •Monitoring Your PageRank
- •Checking Pages Indexed
- •Checking Link Count
- •Measuring Sales Conversion and ROI
- •Appendix A - Web Site Design Do’s and Don’ts
- •Appendix B - Linking Do’s and Don’ts
- •Appendix C - Additional Resources
- •Online Subscription Newsletters
- •Web Forums & Bulletin Boards
- •Web Content Sites
- •Online Tool Sites
- •Software Sites
- •Professional Organizations:
- •Books
- •Professional Services:
- •Appendix F – About Google AdWords™
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A Link Exchange Email Template
You can use the following template for your emails to prospective linking partners for exchanging links. Simply copy and modify as needed.
[SUBJECT: Exchanging links with your site]
Hello,
After visiting your site, I believe it would be mutually beneficial to exchange links. Our site, [name of your site], provides [your main product or service].
Not only could we drive more traffic to our sites and get a boost in search engine rankings, but we would be adding value to our respective customer bases as well.
A link to your site has already been placed on our site at [URL to your Links page]. It would be appreciated with you would reciprocate with a link back to our site as well.
Simply copy the code between the dotted lines to your web page:
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<a href=”http://[your domain name]/” target=”new”> [your link text using keywords]</a>
[brief description of your site using keywords].
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If you are interested, send email to [your email address] and specify:
1.The URL to your site.
2.The link text you want displayed.
3.A short description of your site (optional).
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Best regards,
[your name]
[your URL or email]
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