Since discovering SEO at 15 years old, I've relied on search engines to enable me to make my living online. Like many internet marketers, I make the majority of my income with affiliate marketing, but unlike many, I don't go anywhere near PPC or any form of ad buys.
I'll save the reasons I've strayed from PPC for another article, as today I want to talk about dominating search engines and getting natural, free, search engine traffic.
Since 90% of my income relies on this source, I've learned quite a few things to help me get the best results, in the shortest amount of time.
Surprisingly to some, I've made tens of thousands of dollars ranking one-page websites in Google. The one page tactic generally only works if you've found a rare keyphrase which nobody else is trying to rank for.
In this post though I'll be showing you how to dominate search engines for big industries, and how to avoid the usual problems of getting affiliate sites to rank.
Search engine traffic is not actually difficult to get, but it certainly can be for affiliate websites. Google and other search engines do not want to see squeeze pages or blatant affiliate sites in their search results and generally, quality sites don't want to link to these pages either.
If you put together a typical affiliate site and expect to rank easily, then don't be surprised when you find the process almost impossible. If you want to make money as an affiliate in big industries relying on search traffic, then you have to take a different approach. Here's what works for me...
Stage one: simple blog design
I usually start my process by building a blog which looks absolutely nothing like your average affiliate site. I've built a number of popular blogs in different industries and have found it far easier to build links to a blog than any other type of website.
The whole point of using this blog design is to have a quality looking resource which people will link to. Link building is at least 80% of the process for getting rankings, in my opinion, so it's crucial that I don't make this stage harder for myself.
Quality sites will not link to you if you're clearly just promoting something, and not offering any form of value.
This is why the blog "front" is so crucial to my process. I'll start by creating about ten viral articles for my site, and then begin networking in the niche. From there I'll follow the typical process of link building by writing quality articles which people talk about, connecting with influencers, and writing guest posts for other sites.
At stage one, there are no affiliate links whatsoever on the site. Depending on how competitive the niche is and how many links I need to build, stage one may last a couple of weeks, or it may last a few months.
I'm in this "game" for the long haul, so I don't mind waiting patiently for my hard work to pay off.
Stage two: aiming for the quick wins
I tend to focus on keyphrases which get over 100,000 exact searches per month so there's no way that I will be ranking for them very quickly.
These terms tend to be very competitive, with the top ranking sites having aged a good few years. Though I am patient, I don't want to wait a year to see a financial return on my time investment, so I will go for what I like to call "quick wins".
As an example, let's say my kephrase is "how to lose weight". A phrase that is very competitive, but also very lucrative.
A quick win, meaning a phrase which is likely to bring in quick traffic for less work, might be "how to lose weight fast" or "how to lose weight quickly".
Generally, my quick win keyphrases are just an extra word added to the main keyphrase which you're trying to rank for in the long-term. I'll focus my homepage (which is easier to get ranking than an internal page) around one of these quick wins.
I'll then build separate pages for quick win phrases that are less competitive. My main focus will actually be on ranking for my quick win phrase (how to lose weight fast), rather than my main keyphrase (how to lose weight).
Most of my time will be spent building links for these less competitive terms, and I tend to rank for them fairly easily with a few quality links.
Because I am building links for how to lose weight fast, with article marketing, guest posting and other sources, I'm also helping my site rank for how to lose weight because that phrase is in the anchor text of the links I'm building.
Stage three: introducing the affiliate links
Unless there's something I'm promoting, my site isn't going to make money. I can usually rank for my quick win phrase within a few months, which wont bring in as much traffic compared to if I was ranking for my main keyphrase, but it will send me relevant visitors.
Visitors I can convert into customers. Generally, by the time I reach this stage, I have about 20 quality articles on my site, and I'm spending a lot of time making connections and building links.
I don't care whatsoever about building a readership like most blogs, as the blog design is more of a "cover" which helps with the link building process.
I don't have to worry about whether my design changes will annoy readers, since I don't expect to have any loyal subscribers. I do however, introduce them subtly so the changes don't hinder the links I can get from the connections that I've made. I'll start by adding affiliate links to the sidebar of my site, and at the bottom of all articles.
This means that I can make money from any page that a person lands on via search engines. As I'm ranking for my less competitive term, I start making a good, but far from amazing, income.
Stage four: turning things up a gear
Depending on how much work I've put in and how competitive my keyphrase is, I usually find myself ranking on the second or third page of Google for my main keyphrase, and on the first page of Google for a few of my quick win phrases.
The main keyphrase is always going to make me the most money, and since it's popular, I'll still get some traffic, even though I'm back on pages two or three in the search results.
I have most of the links that I need, so I don't have to worry so much about my site looking like a legitimate blog, and I can start tweaking it for conversions. At this point I'll usually take over the header of the site and start promoting my affiliate product a lot more prominently.
Stage five: maximising conversions
I've continued to build links, following my tactics of guest posting, article marketing, and utilising the connections I've made. Before I put the final stage into action, I'll try to mimic some of my competitors' backlinks, and get as many quality links to the site as I can. Though it will take a while to see results, I can get on the first page of Google as long as I stay consistent.
My homepage at this point will become your typical sales pages, but I will keep the articles I created at the start featured on there. Just in case I do go through some kind of manual review, and so the changes on the site aren't too drastic.
Once I'm getting traffic from my main keyphrase I'll then focus on the likes of:
- Tweaking my copy for conversions.
- Looking at creating my own product, so I get 100% of commissions.
- Building an email list I can repeatedly promote to.
- Allowing other people to promote my product (if I make one) as an affiliate.
This whole process is not going to make you rich overnight. Generally, it can take one or two years for all of my work to pay off.
Then again, I don't think there are many legitimate strategies online which will allow you to make big money fast, without a lot of work. I've repeated this whole system in multiple industries, and it has worked time and time again.
I'm currently on page two for my biggest project, a keyphrase which gets 170,000 exact searches per month. If all goes to plan, I can easily see the site making me $30,000-$50,000 per month.
I would love to write more articles here on my link building process and how I take things to the next level, so if you would like to read more, please let the Econsultancy team know in the comments ;). If anyone has any questions, I'm more than happy to answer them.
Glen Allsopp is the owner of viral marketing blog ViperChill and a guest blogger on Econsultancy.
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11:36AM on 14th March 2011
Well a good read !! would like to know about why you strayed from PPC. What i believe is that it does not let you perform good in Organic search results ? i don't know if its a myth or a fact?
CEO at ViperChill
11:44AM on 14th March 2011
Hey Mark,
Thanks for the comment. I've strayed from PPC because I've never had the time (nor need) to dabble in it. One day I definitely want to give it a try, but I just don't need it at the moment.
If I'm reading your question correctly, then no I don't believe that PPC ads stop you from ranking in organic results. It doesn't make any logical sense that this would be the case, though it's possible I'm missing some news on this.
11:50AM on 14th March 2011
Glen, great article! I love how much detail you've shared here. I do have a question though - what are your typical time periods between each stage? After all, if we're here to make money, this process can't afford to take too long...
CEO at ViperChill
11:52AM on 14th March 2011
Thanks Rebecca,
I'm glad you enjoyed it. In the post I mentioned that I can rank for the quick wins from as quickly as a few weeks, but it can also take a few months.
I know this isn't a great answer, but it <em>really</em> depends on the niche you're targeting, and how much work you put in. The minimum time I've seen from step one to five was about seven months, but that certainly wasn't a huge industry.
Generally, the bigger (and more competitive) the niche, the longer it takes.
SEO + PPC Consultant at Orantec
12:48PM on 14th March 2011
Thats a nice article and you can see how this does have the potential to work. there are a lot of areas to go wron in though, you really could break each of those steps down a lot more. But, seen as the whole plan focuses so heavily on your link building I'd love it you you would go a bit more into that and share what you do to gain your required links.
1:59PM on 14th March 2011
hi Glen,
awesome Post as always :) i got a little question: What domain do you use for those type sites. Because most affiliate pages use the exact match domain, because of the Seo benefit. But i think it could be very hard to talk someone into linking to you if your "blog" is called something like "buycheapcamcorders.com" . The exact match domain simply doesnt look like a "legit blog". What are your experiences with this and how do you handle this?
regards Jakob
CEO at ViperChill
2:28PM on 14th March 2011
Well, as long as your keyphrase isn't spammy, then most exact-match domains will actually be okay. For example, if I own DJEquipment.com which is my kephyrase and the name of my site, I know people wouldn't mind linking to that.
The problem is actually getting the exact-match domain in the first place ;)
If I can't get an exact match, I'll generally try to get one keyword in the domain, but make it as brandable as possible. For example, if I can't get DJ Equipment I might get DJHub or DJTools.
2:29PM on 14th March 2011
Enjoyable article Glen. I would agree about staying away from PPC for an affiliate site. I've also seen that many resist linking out to an affiliate site so this early approach seems like a sensible tactic. Have you seen inbound natural links drop off once you include affiliate links?
3:53PM on 14th March 2011
I've unwittingly followed this model fairly closely on my own blog and only now (1.5 years later) is it generating much profit (and mostly advertising, thanks to PR & backlinks)
CEO at ViperChill
3:59PM on 14th March 2011
That's awesome.
Congrats, James!
8:02PM on 14th March 2011
Glen, that 100k exact matches - is that worldwide or just US targeted? Do you have any preference to where the 100k comes from?
Cheers
Stephen
8:07PM on 14th March 2011
Also, what are you using to define the 100k?
The adwords tools tells me there are only 10k searches a month globally for "aids test" which is patently incorrect
"How to play guitar" gets only 65k.
There cant be many 100k a month exact searches over a few words? DO you use anything special to find your keywords?
11:01PM on 14th March 2011
Masking the affiliate links seemed to help us a lot as far as rankings. The only down side is that the redirection itself to the affiliate site takes a little longer than usual and might discourage some customers. From our research this shouldn't go against any White Hat policy and the SEs seem to be fine with it and it is giving some advantages over our competitors.
6:54AM on 15th March 2011
Is it really that easy as it seems? Well, amazing, but you have done very less emphasize on the social media marketing which is also now a part of SEO as Google is keeping an eye on the page of your website and the profile which have you website's link. you also need to take care of it also, be active on your page, interact with people and make your page famous. If your page is liked by the icon company of your niche it will help you to rank high. As far as article submission is concerned now you need to write high quality articles I think you know about algorithm change in previous month.
12:07PM on 15th March 2011
Very well put! The system has proved to be very effective for me as well all though I must admit that your discipline is way better than mine. Thanks for sharing.
CEO at Econsultancy
12:50PM on 15th March 2011
Hi Glen
Great article and we're certainly keen for you to continue to contribute. Appreciate your openness and transparency.
Interestingly, whilst you are ostensibly describing how to be a successful (SEO) affiliate, most of what you describe applies to many websites who aren't affiliates. Certainly I think your approach to SEO should teach a lot of people about SEO generally, in particular how long it takes to get real traction.
2:12PM on 15th March 2011
your post make me realize that there are no easy way to be super affiliate.making a blog and ranking it for years to get big money,i have to be patient and learn more. thank you so much.
4:52PM on 15th March 2011
Very good read, I really like the information Mark is sharing here. Definitely the right line of work to be in for sure.
4:58PM on 15th March 2011
Really interesting article thank you. I was wondering when you say this: ..."tactics of guest posting, article marketing, and utilising the connections I've made",... do you use an article service or do you manually submit articles and if so why amd where do you find where to guest post and what do you mean by connections....? Many thanks!
5:03PM on 15th March 2011
This was a good read! Trying to get on the first page of google can be frustrating. I've been making the same mistake by having affilate links everywhere. I think now I'll just concentrate on info etc.
5:09PM on 15th March 2011
Hi Glen,
The one concept surrounding this great plan is consistency. It seems that in order to follow a given time line that is workable and achievable, you need to keep doing the work which nullifies the idea of getting rich overnight.
This is a great article and I will probably be coming back to it to re-read later.
Thanks,
Mike
5:10PM on 15th March 2011
You seem to make a small distinction between viral articles on the site and articles for article directories? Can you explain a little more how you write those, and what the differences might be, if any? Thanks! Great article!
5:38PM on 15th March 2011
Very interesting strategy this way, patience is key.
I may take some ideas to implement it into my next site.
Thanks!
PPC Marketing Director at Rose Digital Marketing
5:41PM on 15th March 2011
Which technology do you use to build your sites, Glenn?
6:13PM on 15th March 2011
Hi Glen,
Great information. I was wondering if you ever personally help others to get on page 1 or 2 of Google? I am new at on line advertising and really gets complicated reading everything.
Thanks
Ron
6:19PM on 15th March 2011
Top Notch Article! You covered more in this article then some "GURUS" cover in a 100 page ebook.
Thanks!!!
6:39PM on 15th March 2011
Thanks 4 this useful information about seo. I hope all will take benefit by it after recent Google algorithm changes.
6:40PM on 15th March 2011
A lot of people still have a difficult time believing that you can make real dollars off of search engines. Yes, it does take diligence, but it actually works. I would love to read more articles on your techniques. Please keep 'em coming.
6:50PM on 15th March 2011
Great article, Glen! I would love to read more about your entire process, especially link building and understanding when it's time to go to the next level.
Director at Copia
6:54PM on 15th March 2011
This is the best advice on organic search engine marketing. Not many people realize that internet marketing is really like any full time job where you start with the mail room job and move your way up with experience and sheer hard work accumulating.
9:42PM on 15th March 2011
Excellent advise. I've always been taught that
with proper organic SEO, organisation, and working at improving your content will increase your ranking in the search engines along with good article marketing. This has stood the test of time, no matter what area you target.
Johannes
10:22PM on 15th March 2011
Your post comes at a good time Glen. Having just started my blog, I will now be very cautious about the use of affiliate links until I have actually been able to get my blog in the rankings. Just one question does using ad sense on a blog help or hinder in getting ranked?
10:30PM on 15th March 2011
thank you for the information
10:42PM on 15th March 2011
Excellent article, I have been studying how to work on the internet about a month. Your article is right on. What I and most newbees don't know early on is like any job you have to spend some time to just know the basics. I spend about 10 to 12 hours a day. I will get there a lot quicker because I will do evreything until I figure what works. I will get there. Thanks for the to the point explanation.
10:49PM on 15th March 2011
Awesome article Glen,
I like to read more of your strategies from start to finish.
Please.........???
10:51PM on 15th March 2011
Glenn, as others have said this strategy is highly relevant to any small business that wants to generate leads through search engines. Over the years I am sure I have paid good money for less content than you have shared here. I would highly recommend that e-consultancy keeps you writing as a content rich writer. Hey if they don't I am sure I could find someone who would love for you to write for them :)
10:59PM on 15th March 2011
This is a great article. I only have one question: Is the 'Quick Win Keyphrase' a page off of the main domain or different domain?
11:07PM on 15th March 2011
Awesome article! Well written and validated some of the strategies (and gave me some direction) towards things that I've been playing around with like creating my own products and guest blog posting. Hope to see more of your articles!
11:22PM on 15th March 2011
I would love to see you link building process!
11:40PM on 15th March 2011
Hi,
I too "strayed" from PPC many many years ago (after spending 20K/month+). And I too now rely extensively on search engine traffic - however, I sincerely doubt that 1-page websites can rank well with Google.
Blogs are where it's at.
Been making a full-time living at this for nearly 15 years and things haven't really changed that much.
Relevant ongoing content is what Google wants and rewards.
Cheers,
Rosalind Gardner
SUPER Affiliate
12:36AM on 16th March 2011
I found this article very interesting. To change the content of the blog with the time! I actually did not await to get far with an important key phrase and was surprised that In 8 months I got from page 4 to page 2 on Google. You make me hope to get to page 1.
1:46AM on 16th March 2011
Great article. I do the opposite of you and specifically target the long tail keywords. You are correct the traffic is lower but I can get them to rank on page one within a couple of week and depending on the keyword sometimes a matter of days. I make up the difference in traffic volume with quantity of sites. I pretty much follow your exact path with my sites.
3:33AM on 16th March 2011
You mention some points and I already know these points. These are very common steps and everyone is doing all these steps. For good ranking you also need advertising like google and facebook to get more traffic. SEO is not everything if you have a good and interesting content you will win.
6:14AM on 16th March 2011
Greg, thank you for the article. I am sometimes so overwhelmed with all the information about how to make money in this space. Articles like this brings us back to basics realising that money can be made online as long as you are willing to do the work day after day. A bit like life isn't it?
Thank you to Econsultancy. I generally find the articles on this site to be useful and good quality.
6:22AM on 16th March 2011
Your article brought me back to earth.
If it takes one to two years to make $30 to $50k per month then it is worth all the effort and wait.
6:35AM on 16th March 2011
A note of caution. I read this as how to be utterly disrespectful of Google and your fellow human beings. You write so called articles linked to so called blogs that are really advertisements and use Google's natural results to artificially inflate the value of your ads. As you are not buying ads, you also avoid Google's $60 million expenditure on policing ads to protect consumers from potential harm. In your so called articles you don't go near anything investigative, controversial or news worthy that would add to what we know, to human understanding but would close down a sale. You regurgitate only what will trigger sales. This is the sort of thin content Google should not be a mule for.
8:17AM on 16th March 2011
A very informative post, I always thought to go for 4,000+ searches per month because I always assumed it's too difficult to make money from 100,000+ searches per months words.
Very encouraging, best of luck to all and it sure does bringing optimism back to my work.
8:26AM on 16th March 2011
The key to this approach is the word 'quality'. As you say Glen, you need quality articles that generate quality links, which develop into a quality resource. Give Google credit please buyerbeware for not ranking sites that simply regurgitate low value material.
The only issue I have with what you say is that 80% of the hard work is link building. Writing quality content is also hard work, unless you sub it out - which can either be expensive or risk quality.
8:28AM on 16th March 2011
Amazing article you obviously know your stuff... I can't wait to start applying some of these techniques and I'm really looking forward to reading your next article here as well.
@buyerbeware - Smoking crack is bad for you...
8:41AM on 16th March 2011
Great article. Very informative.
I have 2 things I would like to know a little more about.
When you change things over to make it more of a sales page, does Google not LOWER the quality score on your site?
How do you go about finding good quality links?
11:19AM on 16th March 2011
This appears to be a good system for clickbank products and like you say your own. Have you done any sites as an Amazon affiliate? If so do you do anything different? Thank you for your post.
11:58AM on 16th March 2011
Hi Glen,
Great article. Its good to read something about Internet marketing that works after reading so many 'get rich quick schemes' that don't. I like the way you slowly introduce affiliate links.
I have had some success with affiliate marketing, particularly with review sites which feel add some value.
The problem I have is finding a good niche, so I would be interested to hear how you do your niche research?
12:21PM on 16th March 2011
Great article there Glen. I guess it comes down to strategy and then execution including perseverance to go through with the daily the tasks of link building and article writing.
Cheers, Anthony
1:06PM on 16th March 2011
I thought your article was superb. I have tried to make money on the internet for about 3.5 years now and it's only NOW after having "paid my due's" to the "Search Engine Gods" and having found a mentor that I'm starting to see the first couple of dollars starting to trickle in. My mentor's "system" is very similar to yours. I think the problem is that a lot of people are fooled (yours truly included)by the get rich quick schemes or just don't realize that it DOES REQUIRE WORK.
If it didn't we'd all be millionaire by now.
P.S. I would love to see more of your articles. Keep it up.
Cheers,
Carl
2:07PM on 16th March 2011
Good article. Refreshing in the sea of 'get rich quick with affiliate marketing.' Please shout louder that it requires time and patience.
2:08PM on 16th March 2011
Good article. Refreshing in the sea of 'get rich quick with affiliate marketing.' Please shout louder that it requires time and patience?
CEO at ViperChill
2:28PM on 16th March 2011
Wow so many comments!
@Stephen - Worldwide. 90% of that is from UK and USA, which is what I prefer.
Mine is over 4 words...
@Ashley - Thanks a lot for the comment. Definitely agree with you there :)
@Gary - If you check the latest post on my blog (link at the bottom of the article) you'll see what I mean by Viral articles.
@Christopher - Either Wordpress (from Wordpress.org) or AffiliateSkin -- which I built myself. But is not useful for this blog strategy.
@Sebastian - Thanks!
@Paul - I haven't seen any evidence personally. I have seen some people claim Adsense helps rankings though.
@Anthony - I'll see what I can do ;)
@Ron - I used to, but not anymore I'm afraid.
@BuyerBeware - I have no idea what you're saying. But I don't use Google Adsense on my sites, if that's what you're referring to. (And I agree with @Dustin ;))
@Dusan - IT REQUIRES TIME AND PATIENCE! :)
3:10PM on 16th March 2011
Hey Glen
Quick question
Do you get a domain with the main keyphrase in it?
If so, isn't it going to be harder to rank your home page for a quick win phrase, since the quick win phrase is not in the domain name?
Thank You
CEO at ViperChill
3:23PM on 16th March 2011
Yes, when I can.
Quick wins are called Quick Wins because they're generally much less competitive, so it shouldn't be an issue.
4:40PM on 16th March 2011
Are incoming links (those one way links that occure when someone links to your site)good for SEO purposes?
CEO at ViperChill
4:45PM on 16th March 2011
Yep. In most cases, I would say they make up about 90% of your SEO efforts.
6:31PM on 16th March 2011
Hi Glen
I have several domains registered that match the exact keyphrases I am using for building links back to one my friend's site.
I have currently got those Exact Match Domains redirecting to the main site. Would it be better to make a simple blog or HTML site for each of the domains with content on each site, and then build backlinks to these sites which in turn have only one link on them back to the main domain?
(Hope that makes sense!)
6:42PM on 16th March 2011
Glen,
I just want to say think you. I have learned so much from your post. I have been dabbling in PPC for almost 3 years trying to get stuff to work with a few very minor successes.
For some time now I have been looking at blogs and noticing one thing. They rank well when they have good content. My affiliate sites never rank well because, well.. that's what they are; affiliate sites. You have really cleared things up for me.
Very informative. Once again, going back to the roots and like anything else in life, nothing is worth while unless it requires diligent hard work. Without that, nothing will ever pay off in the long term.
Be patient, work hard, work consistantly and it will all pay off. Nicely written!
6:58PM on 16th March 2011
Thanks Glen. Us newbies are often overwhelmed and intimidated by the overnight success hype flooding the internet.
It's great to have it confirmed that to be a successful affiliate marketer is just like being successful in any other business. The right system with a mixture of commitment, persistence and patience.
10:12PM on 16th March 2011
Nice work there My Viperchill, and a lovely article. Love the idea of delaying the onset of affiliate links until the site is up and running.
2:23AM on 17th March 2011
Excellent article. You have a unique approach in the sense that you slowly build your site into a monetized site. Thanks for the tips!
5:50AM on 17th March 2011
Great article for people making affiliate sites for the UK/USA markets. My country is relatively small and there's just so much gold still to be found, even without going international.
7:52PM on 17th March 2011
I will try this metod next time.
6:13PM on 18th March 2011
Another SEO guru who says links are the way to the top :( makes me sad, since no SEO learnt that from Google or other result driven test. The only place people came to believe that links have ANY impact on SEO is through SEO Blogs and articles.
I will soon be providing linkbuilding has always been maybe 10%-20% AT MOST of the determining rank factor with a website. Yes, links can help dominate, but other factors can outweight the power of any link.
8:33PM on 18th March 2011
Very good. Keep up the great work. Thanks for the info.
3:54AM on 19th March 2011
Hello Friend,
Hi Friend,
Thanks for these great steps. In this post you provide how to dominate search engines for big industries, and how to avoid the usual problems of getting affiliate sites to rank.
4:20PM on 19th March 2011
Do you outsource your viral articles or write them yourself? 20 articles on your blog is a very good number especially if it';s quality content. I've seen people suggesting 5, 10 or 15 but write 20 articles and your golden.
5:15AM on 20th March 2011
Thanks for these great steps, I think this is the main idea, there is not such get rich overnight scheme that the so called "gurus" are proclaiming.
5:18AM on 20th March 2011
Thanks for the advice, it is so much helpful, now I get the right blueprint, this is it!
5:24AM on 20th March 2011
That´s right, this is it! With so many ppc problems to make a living, it is time to build a consistent passive income. Maybe slow but long term.
6:21PM on 20th March 2011
Well, that was an education.
Thanks a million!
7:05PM on 22nd March 2011
This is probably the clearest (and most helpful) post I have ever read on building blog sites for search engine ranking. The graphics are the kicker for me - excellent explanations!
What do you mean by "utilising connections"?
4:36AM on 29th March 2011
Thanks Glen -- great post! I've been doing SEO for a long time and I totally agree with your methods here. I like the way you focus on content and links first, then slowly ratchet up the promotion and monetization. I've seen too many people focus on promotion out of the gate when they have no traffic. If people follow your outline, they'll be far more likely to succeed.
6:50PM on 29th March 2011
I think that is very good theme for everybody. Thank you master
7:08PM on 6th April 2011
Thanks a lot for sharing your tips to be successful for SEO! It will help me a lot in the process. Deeply appreciated!!! =}
8:01AM on 13th May 2011
Very good post.
With new points.
10:09AM on 25th June 2011
I seen the part where you say: "I'll start by adding affiliate links to the sidebar of my site, and at the bottom of all articles."
But doesn't that make you convert less? I usually put one link near the top, one link around the middle and another one at the end for a total of 3 links per page. Of course I try to make my articles longer than the usual blog article though.
I liked you post a lot. Keep e'm coming.