Every single business online does content marketing even if they do not realize it. When you make those simple facebook post you are doing content marketing; when you bookmark your site you are doing content marketing; when you start a thread on a forum you are doing content marketing.

Content is simple put - Written Words

This does not mean every single business online focuses on search engines though but their content must be of high quality to engage with their possible customer. Imagine trying to sell an article writing service and the sales page (which is content) has a grade level of 3 according to the Flesch-Kincaid test for readability. How many people are seriously going to buy the service ?

You see your content matters regardless if you are focused on search engines or not. If you are focused on search engines then that content is a “TOP RANKING FACTOR” and this is especially true for Google. While Google does use over 200 factors in determining the rank of a page / site, the fresh high quality content is on the top of that list of factors.

By high quality I mean, semantics, reading level, grammar, spelling and etc. (ever wonder why Google has these options on advanced search ? well that is why because they use it as part of their 200+ factors for rankings). Don’t take my word for this though because this is posted right on Google’s own blog.

A internet user ask:

I know this question has been asked a many times. If I see an article on another website that I really like. Can I create a link to this article on my website with an overview of what the article is about, without the permission of the author or website?

It is always a good idea to link to an authority using part of their own content. Many in marketing get this wrong and think they need links from authority sites. Actually it is the other way around and Google does give credit to those that link to an authority source.

When linking though you need to do it properly and cite the source. To create a proper citation it would look something like this.

Internet, Otis. “Free Internet Access Is A Dream Come True” MarketersDomination :: article marketing, article directory, content syndication, online marketing tools, article distribution. MarketersDomination.com, 01 Jan. 2012. Web. 01 Feb. 2012. http://www.marketersdomination.com/Free_Internet_Access_Is_A_Dream_Come_True-6318

A internet user ask:

I have a blog that posts two 500 word articles everyday and currently has 300 articles after 3 months. But now I find I am running out of ideas for articles. Is it ok to bring the scheduled post to something like 1 per week? Is it bad to completely stop in terms of SEO?

I prefer to set my blogs to 1 post per day and I normally set them up about 2 weeks in advance. You could slow down and go to 1 post per day or even 1 post every few days.

Just making blog post though is not exactly going to get you what you want. You need to make sure that you are syndicating your blog post. You must bookmark them and share them with social media websites.

As for SEO - Do not always focus on trying to sell something to your readers. Try to engage with your readers and supply informative post that have no hidden agenda.

There are many things to take into consideration here. If you decide to slow down with the blog post then maybe on the days a post is not made you could post comments on the currently posted blog post.

You can always get new ideas by reading news rss feeds. A great place to do this is by creating an account at NetVibes and selecting a keyword based on your niche. The next screen will show you many feeds from around the web.

A internet user ask:

I’m thinking of initially writing 10 good quality articles of a word count of about 700-750 words and submit them to 100 article directories allowing me to put 2 backlinks to my website. So if I calculate it mathematically, I get 2 * 100 * 10 = 2000 backlinks with these 10 articles.

The panda update was about more than just quality content, it was about quality websites also. Many of those article directories you are thinking of submitting to got hit hard because they are nothing more than content farms (Matt Cutts on article marketing).

Those article directories that are loaded down with ads, adsense, and massive links all suffered in the SERPS. Ezine articles lost over 1 million keywords in Google because the site does not offer the quality Google is looking for.

Article Marketing is very much alive but you need to rethink your article strategy and make sure your articles are high quality. Your articles must posses proper spelling and grammar, semantically related words, have a proper reading grade level according the Flesch-Kincaid readability test.

Once you have high quality articles then you need to submit to your own site / blog first and then syndicate your articles to websites that are built according to what Google wants. These sites must have proper seo and must have very little ads to 0 ads.

If you follow the above then you will see results but just slapping those content farms with articles hoping for backlinks, you are going to be hugely disappointed. Recently Google has implemented what is called the Google page layout algorithm which will start to devalue and even de-index sites that are built with too many ads and very little content.

A internet user ask:

what should be the minimum number of word for a article?

Is it 100, 200, 300,400?

Anything under 500 is considered a blog post and not an article. You should focus on writing articles that are very informative and reach at least 700 words. One reason why you would want longer articles is because you can re-purpose those articles easier for other uses.

For example an 900 word article gives me the ability to post that article on my site and then split the article into 3 mini articles. I can take these 3 mini articles and post 1 on multiply, 1 on livejournal, and 1 on jamespot. This way these social media sites have similar content but not the same.

I do this for readers and not some duplicate content myth.

How to Use Unique Articles and Backlinks to Maximize SEO Results.

The reason article writing is effective for boosting SEO results is you can use so many key words that target your niche. Once you know all the key words, it is a simple task to get them into unique articles again and again. When the unique articles you’ve distributed are picked up by search engines, it will move you higher in the search results when people use your keywords. A good article marketing campaign can easily springboard your website to the top of any web search.

Unique articles work so well for two reasons. The first is back links. By including a link to your web site in every article you post, you create another website that search engines index that now refers to your website. The more places you find to publish your unique articles, be it forums, e-zines, or directories, the better. Each and every back link to your site from one of these sources will further boost your ranking on search engines.

The second is a proliferation of keywords. Not only do your unique articles contain them, but so do those of other people publishing to that site in your niche. With your included link in every publication, you’re just further associating your website with those keywords. This not only helps you with the SEO on your own website, but allows you to direct traffic to your website by piggy backing on the SEO rankings of the sites you submit to.

One of the best thing about unique articles as an SEO tool is their cost. They are dirt cheap. They cost as much effort as you’re willing to spend writing them. If you’re too lazy, or handling too much volume to do it all yourself, you can commission unique articles from writers. Then you just submit your articles to as many publication outfits as you possibly can. There is no shortage of places that accept free unique articles. Anyone can do this, and the only real investment required is time.

Here are some suggestions on ways to really make backlinks work for you.

* Put out press releases. The advantage to using press release sites is they distribute the release to all the major search engines for you. What’s more, if you’re lucky, your unique article might be picked up and published on other blogs, websites, or even the media. All of this is good for your SEO. Just remember, you have to put your URL in your press releases.

* Get to know the people. Regardless of the niche you’re targeting, there’s a forum, chat room, or website that is all about it. Find it, be a participant. Write unique articles, make comments, submit unique content, and always include a link to your website.

* Review things. There’s a place to review anything and everything, and multiple places to review most things. If you’re putting your URL on your unique article, and then submitting to multiple outlets, it is easy to see how your results can snowball.

* Target bigger websites. Let’s be honest, some e-zines, forums, and websites are getting more traffic already. I know I mentioned this one before, but it’s a huge help. If the backlinks you’re creating with your unique content are on websites that already have high search engine rankings, it will further boost your own.

These tips will give a real shot in the arm to the SEO of your website, boosting your search engine rankings faster than you might think. But, they all need one thing; unique content.

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Many newbies get confused and have information overload due to the fact that there is no real internet marketing training when it comes to marketing forums. Some forums are full of so much mis-information that it is no wonder so many newbies fail before they even get started.

Then there are many marketing forums that are just plain dead because the admin does not know how to do marketing or newbies are scared to join in fear of they might end up with the same lame forums they was on before.

A real internet marketing forum should be focused on the community as a whole and not focused on adsense ads or how many marketing products the owner can push off to members. Staying focused as a community and working together for a common goal is what a marketing forum should be about.

This is the exact focus I had in mind when creating the Marketers Domination Forums, to have a community of people that want to learn and grow through proper internet marketing training. By staying focused on a common goal we all can help each other and grow not only our strengths but also our business.

If you have been apart of one of those lame marketing forums and found out they was not want you was looking for then why not join our great forum and get your internet marketing training underway the proper way.

I think most people pretty much understand how forums work but not everyone knows how to get the best results from their threads. By following some simple forum marketing tips you will have a better understanding why some of your threads may not have done much.

Not everyone will reply to your threads but getting those eyeballs to see your thread should be one of your goals. After all you did not sit there for 20 minutes to type this great thread just for nobody to see it, did you ?

It never hurts for you to toss a few bookmarks on your thread to get it a little more exposure and posting it to facebook and twitter is also a great way of getting it seen more by those eyeballs.

You could also even do a pingback to your thread from your blog by posting something similar on your blog. This will help your forum thread you posted and your blog both at the same time.

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