When writing an article, it may come easy or hard. I find it pretty easy once I get the first sentence. But, if you want your web page to be found on the internet, you have to do a little bit more. I know some of what I’m going to say may sound pretty obvious, but somehow I forgot these simple things. So, here goes:
Use Header tags
Structure your page with different sections. For example use the h1, h2, h3 tags. This tells search engines a little bit more about your page and what are the important aspects of your page. So, add these before different sections.
Use descriptive links
Whenever you’re creating a link somewhere, don’t have the hyperlink text say “Click here”. Instead, make it state what the link is about. It may seem hard at first. At least it is for me, so I’ll make 2. In the sentence I’m writing, I’ll describe where the link will take them (make that a hyperlink) and then make a click here hyperlink. For example, If you want to know more about part time webmasters, click here.
Get the point across in the first 2 sentences
Most people won’t read beyond the first 2 sentences. So, get the point across and capture their attention. If the person is interested, they’ll read on or click somewhere else. As a matter of fact, that’s a pretty good concept. If someone isn’t interested immediately, give them something else to click on… hmm that should drum up some ideas.
Keep the minimum word count to at least 250
A lot of people say to keep it even longer. But, sometimes, I just don’t feel like writing an entire document and just want to send out a tip. But, the more text you have the better off you are.
First, what is link cloaking? Link cloaking is creating a friendly link for an ugly one. For example, if you’re inserting an affiliate link into a site, it may look like this: http://www.kqzyfj.com/click-3741315-10437712?sid=468×60fatcow. That of course is pretty ugly, but, you can make it a more friendly link like this: http://www.parttimewebmaster.com/fatcowhostingurl
So, why would someone want to do it other than to make the link look pretty. Well, if you are using affiliate links on your site, others can somehow overwrite your links and add their own affiliate information. So, if someone clicks on your link, you won’t get credit for it. How they do it I have no idea, but, I figured I’d rather be safe than sorry.
If you’re link cloaking with WordPress, I would highly recommend using the Pretty Link plugin. This plugin was extremely easy to use and install. I was able to get links going in a matter of minutes.
Ok, I’ve had this site for a while. Upon my first introduction to Adsense, I was pretty excited. I mean after all, I may make some money just because people are browsing my site. And, since this is a WordPress site, there are tons of ways to integrate Google Adsense ads easily.
Recently, I ran across affiliate marketing. For those of you that don’t know, affiliate marketing can work similar to Adsense, except instead of making money from someone clicking on a banner, you will make money from someone clicking on a banner, then buying something.
So, the first question you may think is, “With Adsense, I always make money, with an affiliate link I won’t.” This is true. But, I’ve looked at the money I’ve made through adsense and it doesn’t amount to more than $5 over a period of several months.
So, I thought wow, that’s pennies. Then it dawned on me. If just one person bought something (from links or images that look identical to Adsense ads) I would make that amount of money or even more with one sale.
So, today, I made the leap. I removed all Adsense ads from this site. Ok, I may be crazy. But, I figured it’s worth the chance.
So, the first thing I did before proceeding was figure out how I could do this easily with WordPress. And, to my smiling eyes, I found the Advertising Manager plugin.
So, how does the Advertising Manager plugin help? Well, I’ve added several of my affiliate links and banners to the plugin. It was an extremely easy process. And, I’ve set it up so they will rotate! So, they will function similar to Adsense. And the BIG bonus. I can customize which affiliate ads display with each post I write. Wow, focused ads on my own articles. Also, I had difficulty figuring out what to do. After I did it one time, everything was easy. Here are the instructions for Advertising Manager just in case
So, if you’re not doing this yet, consider it. I’ll keep you posted on how it works.
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After setting up several Wordpress websites, it dawned on me, this can get technical, and it can get time consuming if you’re just learning how to use Wordpress. In addition, what if you’ve never had a website before, and you don’t know about hosting, or domain names, what do you do then?
Well, this post is just to see who’s out there, and if this is even a need. So, if you would like us to install Wordpress for you, let us know. You can respond to this thread or use the “Ask the Webmaster” option.
Initially, the package I was thinking about creating consists of the following:
1. Domain name
2. Hosting
3. Set up an email address with the potential to have more.
4. FTP Access
5. Wordpress installation
6. 5 standard plugins to be determined. Maybe the idea is we could let you choose from a list.
Requirements:
1. It would have to be on our hosting
2. You would have had to choose a domain name already.
3. You would have to pay up front, because the cost of domains and hosting are real costs.
4. We would need 24 hours to set it up.
5. Hosting questions would be directed through JoesWebshack.com.
6. WordPress questions would have to be posted on this site or elsewhere. This way, we could build a shared list of questions and help for everyone. In addition, there is so much to do with WordPress, we would be overwhelmed with the questions and would have to charge to answer questions.
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