As an affiliate, it's critical that you have a website."Having" a website is not always the hardest part – thehardest part is that your website needs to get traffic! So,how do you get traffic?
There is absolutely no question that the best form oftraffic is search engine traffic. Search engines candeliver highly targeted traffic that is absolutely free.
The catch?
Well, how do you get search engines to give you traffic inthe first place? How do you convince a robotic spider thatyour website deserves their attention?
One word: Content
Search engines have one primary goal: To serve theirvisitors with quality content targeted to what theirvisitor is looking for. A search engine is going to doanything in their power to rank websites based on whatthink is relevant.
So, in the end, your real job is to find a way to convincethe search engines that your website is better suited for atopic than another website – in other words – you need tobetter optimize your website for a given keyword thatanother website.
All in all this means that your website needs content. Dayby day the “amount” of content your website needs isincreasing. As more websites compete, the search enginesare looking for more and more content on your website.
Search engines are giving more credibility, hence traffic,to larger websites with more updated content. They figurethat if a website has lots of pages that are constantlyupdated, it is a more credible website. So, now how doesthe little guy, an affiliate, compete and keep theirwebsite on the top?
3 Sources of Fast and Credible Content
1. Article Directories
Many argue that article directories are bad places to getarticles from because of the “duplicate content” penaltythat search engines may throw at you. However, what they donot realize is that search engines penalize duplicatedPAGES, not content – there is a difference.
This means that search engines are looking for duplicateHTML rather than duplicate articles. It is common sensethat certain articles and press releases may be placed onmultiple places on the internet – this has been happeningsince the beginning of the internet.
However, if HTML is duplicated, then the search enginesknow that someone is trying to trick them.
Feel free to grab articles from directories, just make surethat you are plugging these articles into your own uniqueHTML files – create your own custom templates.
2. Blogs
Blogs have become extremely powerful lately – searchengines are devouring them. Why? Well blogs are short for“web log” – an internet based journal. Just the titleautomatically indicates that the blog will be consistentlyupdated.
Blogs are also very clean and simple HTML with easy tofollow navigation for search engines. If you have not yet,it is a wise decision to launch a blog on your own website.
3. Product Reviews/Information
Many affiliates who sell physical products or have websitesthat sell hundreds or thousands of websites argue that theycannot possibly write articles to promote all the products.
So, how do you have meaningful pages of “content” if yousell lots of products and writing articles is too difficult?
Write product reviews or copy/paste information on thatproduct.
If you ever search for an electronic item in the searchengines, you’ll find that the top ranking sites are notalways articles but are typically just websites that sellthat product. Some of them have “reviews” of the productand others just have copied and pasted information from thecompany.
So, a fast way to get content is to simply “borrow”technical specs and reviews on the product. But remember,put these into your own template (since it is repeatedcontent).
There you have it – 3 sources for fast content to help youfill your website with many pages that search engines canindex and then refer traffic to.
This article is written by Anik Singal, founder of TheAffiliate Classroom. Anik Singal has developed his ownaffiliate system that helped him earn well over $10,466 injust 60 days. Now, he's looking for a few students totrain one step at a time.http://www.AffiliateClassroom.com/free-course.html | |
