Ralph Peters Affiliate Marketing Blog

Keyword Targeting And On-Page Optimization

ralphpetersblog — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:12:15 +0000

SEOMoz has an excellent article on keyword targeting and on-page optimization. This is especially useful if you are going to generate traffic via search engines.

The image on SEOMoz says everything you need to know about keyword targeting and on-page optimization.

How To Turn Off Snap Shots Preview In WordPress.Com

ralphpetersblog — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:33:50 +0000

I find the Snap Shots preview in WordPress.Com very annoying. Do you? Finally, I found a way to turn it off and want to share it with you guys as it is so easy to do away with the annoyance.

Login to your WordPress.com Administrator Dashboard.
Click the “Appearance” link (on the left sidebar) and select the “Extras”
Under “Extras” uncheck the option “Enable mShots site previews on this blog“
Press “Update Extras” button to confirm the changes.

Remove Snapshots Preview In WordPress

Article Directories And Web 2.0 Sites

ralphpetersblog — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:33:53 +0000

In order to dominate Google rankings, I have been using article directories as well as Web 2.0 sites. I recently wrote two articles titled Autopilot Profits Review on Go Articles (an article directory) and Updated Autopilot Profits Review on SlideShare (a Web 2.0 site) to test which one would rank on Google for the keyword “Autopilot Profits Review” and guess what they turned up 9th and 10th on the Google first page within days. Both are equally effective, I guess.

Autopilot Profits Review at positions 8 and 9 on Google

Autopilot Profits Article On EzineArticles

ralphpetersblog — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:36:58 +0000

Finally, my article Autopilot Profits Review and FAQs has been published on EzineArticles. What do you think about it?

Also check out my author profile – Ralph Peters here and I intend to do a lot more of article marketing.

Ewen Chia And Autopilot Profits – Squidoo Lens Stats

ralphpetersblog — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:06:24 +0000

I’ll let the pic do the talking, 31 hits on 5 Ewen Chia And Autopilot Profits lenses in Squidoo within 7 days. Not bad for traffic generation.

The top 2 hits were on Ewen Chia and Autopilot Profits Review (9 hits each) . Here’s the complete post at Ewen Chia Lenses On Squidoo And The Stats.

Ewen Chia EzineArticles Article On Google Second Page

ralphpetersblog — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:05:10 +0000

Yesterday, I shared how my Ewen Chia article had been accepted into EzineArticles and today I had another surprise waiting for me.

My Ewen Chia article was on the 2nd page as number 18 out of potential 185,000 pages on Google Search. Now that’s the power of EzineArticles. Thank you.

Ewen Chia Ezinearticles Article On Second Page Of Google

My Article On Ewen Chia Is Finally On EzineArticles

ralphpetersblog — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:36:06 +0000

Finally, phew and that took long but my article on Ewen Chia was finally published on EzineArticles, see Ewen Chia – Do We Really Know Him?. What do you think?

I’m relieved and I have yet another article in the queue.

Updates at other article directories: The article at Article Alley also got published but it was dumb of me not to add a single link and afterwards there was no way of editing the article. Anyway, we all learn. The article is here at http://www.articlealley.com/article_999150_3.html (I’m not going to link it)

The good news is that my article on Easy Articles was published at Ewen Chia – What Makes Him A Success? but I never got a notification. I got to ping this one.

That’s it. I’m still awaiting results to see how effective is article marketing. Will share stats as and when I get it!

Google Thinks Ewen Chia Is A Spammer Or Scammer

ralphpetersblog — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:01:27 +0000

Yes, sir that’s true. Google thinks Ewen Chia is a spammer and/or scammer and FireFox seems to agree.

Try a search for Ewen Chia on Google and this is what you see. Google displays a warning “This site may harm your computer” and when you click through Google displays another warning and gives an option to return to the previous page. When I typed the URL directly on my FireFox browser, it warns me that it is an attack site.

Google think Ewen Chia is a scammer

Google warning that Ewen Chia's page is malicious

Firefox agrees with Google and provides a warning about Ewen Chia

I like Ewen Chia and especially his Autopilot Profits. I hope he gets out of this Google and Firefox hell but I don’t know how much it matters to him because most of his sales come from affiliates and his email list but monetary value aside, there’s also a matter of reputation.

Free Tools And Resources Of Autopilot Profits

ralphpetersblog — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 07:55:22 +0000

Autopilot Profits Free Tools and Resources

As you can tell by now, I’m a big big fan of Ewen Chia and Autopilot Profits so I decided that regardless of your decision to get Autopilot Profits or not, I’ll provide a list of the free tools mentioned in Autopilot Profits so that you can use it in your own marketing and benefit from it. Without further ado, here’s the list of free tools and resources in Autopilot Profits:

Niche Bot Classic: This tool is for uncovering and researching niches.
Wordtracker Free Keywords Tool: A vital tool for keyword research.
SEO Tools – PageRank Search: Another tool useful for research and competitive analysis.
Clickbank: Founded in 1998, this is a massive online retail outlet with more than 12,000 digital product vendors and 100,000 active affiliates.
ELance: A great place to find providers to outsource tasks.
GoDaddy: A cheap and good domain name registrar.
Tiny URL: A URL shortener especially useful to mask affiliate links or shorten URLs to post to services like Twitter.
Google AdWords: Allows you to bid and advertise for keywords. Not for beginners though.
Blogger: Create a free blog here if you do not have your own website.
Squidoo: A free site started by Seth Godin where you can create lenses (or web pages) to promote products or services but be sure to add value.
INetGiant: A free classified advertising site.
USFreeAds: Another free classifieds site but you need to pay a small fee to use its more powerful features like putting images and links in your ads.
Article sites like Ezine Articles, Go Articles, Article City, Web Pro News, Article Alley and Article Sphere. See my post on Best Article Directories For Backlinks for a complete list.

That’s the list of free tools and resources mentioned in Ewen Chia’s Autopilot Profits but I do strongly recommend for you to check out Autopilot Profits especially if you are a beginner or haven’t made much money online.

Best Article Directories For Backlinks

ralphpetersblog — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:04:50 +0000

Article Directories That Follow For Backlinks

I have been vigorously posting relevant articles to get backlinks but many article directories have the dreaded “no follow” which makes it worthless for SEO (Search Engine Optimization) but if the article directory is prominent then it can get your article the much needed visibility. However, these article directories are especially good for getting backlinks.

EzineArticles: It feels like it takes forever to get an article to be approved here but this is a good place for backlinks. No direct affiliate links allowed but a top level domain can be redirected to an affiliate site but I’m not sure whether this strategy pays off.
GoArticles: I love them because articles are approved straightaway. A little lax with affiliate links.
ArticleDashboard: Takes time for approval but is vital for backlinks. No affiliate links allowed.
Isnare: Again approval process is not short but is vital for backlinks. No affiliate links allowed.
ArticleCity: Naked links like http://articlecity.com only, the approval process is not short. I am not sure how vital it would be for backlinks only via naked links but it is good for variety.
Idea Marketers: Instant approval and backlinks as well. I managed to get my article Ewen Chia’s Autopilot Profits published instantly. Plus they are a little lax with affiliate links. Sweet!
Site Reference: The articles have to be 500 words long and as far as I know only naked links are allowed. What I do not like about them is that they do not notify you whether your article is approved or declined.
Amazines: Approvals are pretty fast and links are allowed only on resource box. No affiliate links allowed. They published my article Ewen Chia – Brilliant, Lucky Or Hardworking? very quickly. Pretty good but has too many ads for their own monetization.
Article City: Approvals are not fast. No affiliate links allowed.
Article Cube: Approvals take time, no affiliate links allowed and links are only to go in the resource box.

I have been using Mass Article Control to spin the various articles I write. To give you an example, I generated 360 articles on Ewen Chia in about an hour of work using Mass Article Control. Do leave a comment if you have tools, tips or tricks for article marketing.