Having said that, there are some modules that I consider to be absolute must-haves. I install them in all of my custom zen cart projects. They enhance the functionality of your zen cart (i.e. make your job as a store owner easier) and provide functionality that is not native to the program. All of these modules are available for free download in the Free Software Add Ons section on the zen cart site and links to them are included in this post. Some are easy to install, others not so easy.

1. Database Backup

This module is super convenient for backing up your zen cart database directly through the admin (no need to use cpanel or phpmyadmin) in just a few clicks. It is fast and easy to use and as we all know, it is so important to have a current back up of your database. Very convenient when you are just adding products or making other database changes when no file changes are involved.

Note: This module does not back up your site files, so you should do that also before making any changes to the site.

Download it here. Database Back up module for Zen Cart

2. Column Layout Grid

This module give you the clean looking, easy to use grid format for your product listing pages as opposed to the row layout that is native to zen cart. You can still use all of the features of the product listing page (add to cart box, description, etc.) but the format is just better for shoppers, whether you have a lot of products, or just a few.

Download it here. Column Layout Grid module for Zen Cart

3. Newsletter Subscribe

This module allows customers to subscribe to your stores newsletter without the hassle having to register for an account. Extremely valuable since your newsletter is one of your most valuable marketing tools. The module gives you the option of adding the sign up as a side box or in the header of your store.

Download it here. Newsletter Subscribe module for Zen Cart

4. Ask a Question

This module puts a button or link on the product info page to allow your customers to ask a question directly from the product info page. The product information and product link are included in the email. It saves you time corresponding with customers asking which product they are asking about.

Download it here. Ask a Question module for Zen Cart

5. About Us Page

This module does just what it says. It adds an About Page, crucial for buyer confidence. Has the added advantage of being easily edited via the admin define pages editor.

Download it here. About Us Page module for Zen Cart

6. Image Handler 3

There are many advantages to using Image Handler over the default zen cart image functionality including: Improved site performance (faster loading, faster display), Professional looking images (no stair-effects, smooth edges), Uploading one image automatically creates small, medium and large images on page request, Choose preferred image-types for each image size, Source image file type doesn’t matter, Drops in and out seamlessly. No need to redo your images. All images are kept, Easy install. One-click-database-upgrade, Works with mass-update/-upload tools like Ez Populate, Watermark images to prevent Mr. Competitor from stealing them, Fancy image hover functionality lets a larger image pop up whenever you move your mouse above a small image (switchable), Watermarking works with different source-images for small, medium and large, too, Fancy Hovers work with different source-images, Choose an image background color matching to match you site’s color or select a transparent background for your images, Manage your multiple images for products easily from one page just like you do with attributes in the Products Attribute Manager.

This contribution uses GD libraries or Image Magick (if installed on your server) to generate and resize small, medium and large images on the fly on page request. You can simply upload just one image or you can have different sources for medium and large images. This upgrade further enables you to watermark your images (overlay a second specific translucent image) and have medium images pop up when you move your mouse over a small image (fancy hover).

This contribution includes a powerful admin interface to browse your products just like you would with the Attribute Manager and upload / delete / add additional images without having to do this manually via FTP. Image Handler 2 works fine with mass update utilities like Ez Populate.

Download it here. Image Handler 3 module for Zen Cart

7. Cross Sell

Shown on the product info page, this module will allow you to select up to 6 other products to recommend to buyers.

Download it here. Cross Sell module for Zen Cart

8. Lightbox

This contribution adds lightbox support to Zen Cart. All large product images will be displayed within a lightbox. This eliminates the need for popup windows and makes your website much more user friendly. Additional product images are displayed within a simple gallery interface. Support for the lightbox effect on any page (including EZ-Pages) and keyboard navigation have been added. In addition to this, the source code has been optimised and the size of the JavaScript code has been reduced by 52.23%.

Download it here. Lightbox module for Zen Cart

9. CAPTCHA

Greatly cuts down on the amount of spam you get. This will add a reCAPTCHA validation to the contact us form.

Download it here. Captcha module for Zen Cart

10. Google Analytics

Allows you to integrate the advanced e-commerce Analysis provided by Google.

Download it here. Google Analytics module for Zen Cart

There are also several modules that I recommend, but I will list these out in a future article.

Method 1

1. Log into your zen cart admin using another account. Go to the Admin -> Tools -> Admin Settings:

2. Click on reset password.

3. Add your new password info

Method 2

Use this method if you can not remember your admin password.

1. Click on the “resend password” link.

2. Enter your admin email address and click on resend.

Method 3

Use this method to create a temporary admin account in order to log in if the first two methods don’t work.

1. Log into your web hosting account. Open your phpMyAdmin.

2. Click on the SQL tab.

3. Type this into the query box and press “go”:

**Please note: If you are using a prefix for your database tables, you will need to add that prefix to the table name above ie. “… FROM/INTO prefix_admin …”.**

You should now be able to login using the following details:

Username: Admin
Password: admin

Be sure to use proper case. ie. ‘Admin’ for username, not ‘admin’.

After you log in, remember to delete this temporary admin account and create a new one from Admin->Tools->Admin Settings

Jawapannya ialah bagaimana mereka melihat setiap masalah yang dihadapi. Mereka mengendali setiap masalah secara betul dan praktikal. Mereka juga memahami enam prinsip yang berhubungkait dengan jenis masalah.

Penulis yang menemui jawapan ini dalam buku “Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do” oleh Dr. Robert H. Schuller ingin berkongsi dengan semua pembaca iluvislam.com tentang bagaimana untuk menuju kejayaan. 6 petua ini dipetik daripada buku tersebut.

1. Setiap Insan Yang Hidup Mempunyai Masalah

Apakah masalah anda? Anda tidak mempunyai pekerjaan? Mungkin anda berfikir bahawa setelah mendapat pekerjaan semua masalah akan lenyap. Mereka yang mempunyai pekerjaan juga bermasalah. Mereka mengeluh kerana terpaksa bangun pagi untuk ke tempat kerja setiap hari kerja. Dan ratusan, mungkin ribuan pekerja mendapat kerja yang tidak mereka sukai.

Sesetengah  orang pula beranggapan bahawa masalah mereka timbul kerana terpaksa melapor diri kepada seorang ketua. Tetapi ramai ketua yang menghadapai masalah, sama ada dari segi perhubungan atau pun pengurusan kakitangan.

Jadi bagaimanakah keadaan dengan mereka yang berjaya? Adakah mereka terkecuali daripada menghadapi masalah? Sebenarnya setiap kejayaan tidak menghapuskan masalah, ia melahirkan masalah yang baru. Terimalah ini sebagai satu hakikat hidup seharian.

2. Setiap Masalah Mempunyai Jangka Masa Yang Terhad

Setiap masalah akan berakhir. Lambat laun ia akan pergi jua.

Ketepatan kenyataan ini adalah jelas kalau kita menoleh kebelakang melihat sejarah manusia. Tamadun manusia menghadapi detik-detik kegemilangan dan juga kejatuhannya. Institusi kamanusiaan yang menghadapi suasana kemelesetan akan satu ketika nanti menuju kemercu kejayaan secara perlahan-lahan.

3. Setiap Masalah Harus Mempunyai Pengaruh Positif

Setiap masalah mengandungi bahan atau ramuan rahsia potensi yang kreatif, sama ada untuk diri anda atau pun orang lain. Masalah yang dihadapi oleh seseorang boleh dijadikan modal perniagaan yang menguntungkan untuk orang lain. Contohnya, seseorang yang pernah diisytiharkan muflis oleh mahkamah boleh bertindak sebagai seorang panasihat kepada mereka yang akan diumumkan sebagai muflis.

Masalah yang dihadapi oleh seseorang boleh memberi kesempatan atau peluang baik kepada orang lain.

4. Setiap Masalah Boleh Mengubah Sikap Anda

Sebagai contoh, kita kadang kala tersua dengan seorang jurujual yang berjaya. Tetapi bila diselidiki, ia berkelulusan dalam bidang sejarah dan pendidikan yang tidak ada kaitan dengan kerjayanya.

Sebenar ia dahulunya bekerja sebagai guru. Tetapi sebagai seorang guru yang menjemukan, ia telah menimbulkan banyak masalah kepada majikannya hingga ia diberhentikan kerja. Kerana marah disebabkan pemberhentian kerjanya, ia berazam untuk menunjukkan kepada masyarakat bahawa ia juga boleh berjaya dalam hidup.

Kini ia bersyukur kerana dibuang kerja kerana peristiwa itu membuat ia sangat marah hingga bertekad untuk terus berusaha hingga berjaya.

5.  Anda Boleh Buat Pilihan Untuk Mengawal Masalah

Anda mungkin tidak dapat mengawal masalah. Tetapi anda boleh merancang tindakan balas terhadapnya. Sekiranya anda mengawal rancangan tindakan balas terhadap masalah hidup, bermakna anda telah dapat mengawal masalah yang melanda diri sendiri.

Masalah boleh membuat anda lemah atau sebaliknya. Ia juga boleh membuat anda hidup dengan lebih baik ataupun menderita. Semuanya bergantung kepada diri anda.

6. Setiap Masalah Mempunyai Tindak Balas Yang Negatif dan Positif

Akhir sekali, orang-orang yang cekal hati boleh terus hidup walaupun dalam keadaan yang menyulitkan. Kerana mereka memilih untuk bertindak balas secara positif dalam keadaan sulit atau berbahaya walaupun ia bukan satu perkara yang mudah.

Misalnya, apakah tindak balas positif jika seseorang itu menghadapi masalah kewangan yang rumit? Dalam situasi ini apakah tindakan positif yang harus diambil? Larikan diri daripada penagih hutang? Mencari jalan keluar seperti minum hingga mabuk atau sebagainya?

Tidak! Tindakan balas negatif itu hanyalah penyelesaian sementara yang boleh membuahkan lain-lain masalah baru.

Tindakan positif terhadap masalah itu memerlukan semangat yang kuat untuk membuat langkah pertama. Ia memerlukan keberanian untuk bersemuka dengan penagih hutang dan berunding secara jujur dan terus terang. Jika mereka berkeras, maka jalan paling baik yang harus diambil secara undang-undang dan terhormat ialah menerima diisytiharkan sebagai muflis oleh mahkamah.

Pendek kata “Sekiranya anda tidak dapat selesaikan masalah, maka anda harus mengendalikannya”.

- Artikel iluvislam.com

How one blog comment can bring you 230+ unique visitors

There are great possibilities for driving good numbers of traffic to your blog by commenting on high-profile blogs. This article will explain how I got 230+ unique visitors from one comment in less than a week.

On December 26th I posted a comment on ZenHabits which is one of the biggest productivity blogs with over 79,000 RSS subscribers. The article I commented on was How to Press the Reset Button On Your Life. This one comment brought me 239 unique visitors in less than 6 days after it was written.

These 239 visitors were 11% of my total blog traffic in those 6 days. Average time on site from these visitors was 02:57 which was 8% better then the average total time spent on my blog. Visitors viewed 2.35 pages per visit (11% better than total average), and bounce rate was 61% (8% less than the total average).

What to be aware of when blog commenting

There are some things you must keep in mind to optimize your comment ability to drive great number of traffic to your blog.

Optimize exposure for most clicks

• To drive traffic you must comment on a high-profile blog that normally has lots of readers / RSS subscribers / commenters.
• You must comment on the latest post as soon as possible after it is published. If you do that you will expose your comment to thousands of people who are going to read the post
• You must be an early commentator. The earlier you are, more exposure you are going to get. Not many people are going to read 50 comments from the same blog post. Aim to be in top 5 comments or so.

Provide value to grab attention

• Don’t just comment for the sake of it. Only write a comment if you like the post and if you have something relevant and interesting to say.
• Write a quality comment that creates value and grabs the attention of readers. Add something substantial to your comment. Add your thoughts about the post, provide additional information from your personal experience or from a post you have on your blog.

Brand your comments for long-term benefits

• Brand your comment by using same name, same avatar, same URL and same signature. This should be consistent with your social media profiles. Consistent marketing will build relationships to your blog. When people continue seeing your name repeated in comments sections of blogs and your comments are useful and interesting, it will make them wonder who the person writing is and will get them to click over to your blog.

Now imagine if you do this consistently, and on several high-profile blogs at the same time. It could bring serious amount of traffic to your blog. At the moment it is mine 4th biggest traffic referral after StumbleUpon, direct traffic and Twitter. I would definitely recommend it for you to try as well.

http://www.howtomakemyblog.com/comments/how-one-blog-comment-can-bring-you-230-unique-visitors/

How to Increase Blog Traffic With Comments

March 22nd, 2010 | Blogging, Comments, Web Traffic

A really great endeavor worth pursuing when trying to learn how to increase blog traffic is to use blog comments in order to attract a steady stream of people to your blog. When you leave strong comments in other blogs, it can play a large role in how to increase blog traffic because it adds something of value to the community. People who find and read the comments that you leave elsewhere on the internet will find reasons to come over and view your blog because they will be interested in whatever else you have to say.

The other reason why this will help you in learning how to increase blog traffic is because you will be attracting not just any traffic, but traffic that is targeted to your specific niche or whatever subject your blog is based on. These people who are reading your comments and following them to your blogs are reading because they are specifically interested in the topics covered within the blog. What this means is that the readers of the blogs you are commenting in are logical choices for visitors to come to your blog. There are a number of different ways that you can increase the likelihood that these people will be interested in viewing your blog after reading your comments. Here are three steps that have been regarded as being successful in this line of thinking:

- * Respect the community that surrounds the blog. Every single blog on the internet has its own community. This community has its own unique rules as well as expectations of behavior within the blog. Most of these blogs do not have written rules, but that does not mean that they are without some kind of guidelines. It is important that you know what these rules are, and that you follow them.

- * Leave strong comments, but keep in mind that strong comments are really in the eye of the beholder. Expand on points that have already been brought up in the post, giving examples of how they are working. People tend to be incredibly fond of case studies, as they are capable of making points easier to understand. Try not to use one of your websites however, because you want to look like you are contributing rather than simply advertising.

- * Create a link back to your blog, to make sure that people are capable of following your comments back to your blog. Make sure that your link is in the website field of your comment so that your comment will be approved. As soon as your comment is approved as being strong and useful rather than spammy or advertising, your backlink will be live and your website will see an increase in traffic.

These three steps are vital in helping you learn how to increase blog traffic for your blog or website, so get started commenting today.

6 + 1 Steps for How to Increase Blog Traffic

January 6th, 2010 | Blog Tips, Web Traffic

Having access to the right tips and hints for how to increase blog traffic can really come in handy. The more tips and tools that you have in your arsenal for learning how to increase blog traffic; the better off you will be when it comes to building up a steady readership. There are twenty tips in all that you need to keep in mind when it comes to learning how to increase blog traffic. Here we are going to touch on the first seven.

1 – Use keyword rich text based links in your blog entries and articles in order to link to other blog entries and articles. Creating more links to your content increases your exposure. If you are posting article content elsewhere on the internet, make sure that you are including links back to your blog posts because links from high page rank websites will benefit your blog significantly.

2 – Mix your blogging endeavor with social networking. Use websites like LinkedIn and Facebook with blog widgets. Post highlights of your favorite blog articles on websites like StumbleUpon, Digg and Delicious. Answer questions on websites like LinkedIn, Yahoo Answers, in newsgroups and in forums by linking to blog posts that you have written.

3 – Treat your blog as if it were a publication. You should be writing titles that are compelling, as well as introductions and conclusions that are compelling. You should be offering useful content, and you should make sure to check spelling and grammar in everything that you write.

4 – Keep track of relevant information and news that relates to your profession or industry so that you can report on it as it becomes newsworthy. You can achieve this by subscribing to RSS feeds, Google news alerts and other similar services to gain access to key sources of news that relate to the industry that you are writing about in your blog.

5 – Participate in the blog community. Visit blogs that follow a similar nature as your own and offer useful information in the comments. You should be talking about relevant subjects and topics, and you should always provide a link back to your blog, especially if you have something relevant posted in your own blog that you can share with other bloggers and readers.

6 – Submit your blog and your blog posts to as many blog directories, blog carnivals and blog aggregators as you can. The more time that you take to submit your blog to different places online, the more exposure you will create for your blog over time.

+1 – Now, it’s your turn! What other steps can you think of to do for your blog to increase traffic? Share them in the comments below!

http://www.blogtrafficexchange.com/6-1-steps-for-how-to-increase-blog-traffic/

Blog Comments – How to Get Free Traffic and Build Backlinks

Content is important,even the king but without any traffic your website content is useless,you need good search engine rankings if you want traffic and you need good quality backlinks if you want a good position in search engines,indeed link building is a never ending process.

From where i stand commenting on do follow blogs is the fastest and cheapest way to get some incoming links with your desired anchor text,links that you need to improve your organic search results.

Finding dofollow blogs shouldn’t be too hard since are plenty of lists and directories if do a little search on Google. You can save some time by seeing my compilation with best dofollow resources and my guide to find dofollow blogs.
Now..before you start you might want to download NoDoFollow Firefox Addon plugin that allows you to see which links are or aren’t dofollow.

Blog Commenting

I strongly recommend you to start commenting on blogs related to your niche first and then expand,this will take time but if you want good results you need to have incoming links from as many places as possible.

How To Successfully Comment on a Blog and Get a Permanent Backlink

1. Comments Policy – Not many blog owners have a policy but if they do take your time and read it,it’s a shame to get your comments unapproved because you failed to read it.
2. Criticize Kindly – Don’t be rude in your comments,even if you don’t agree start by pointing out where do you agree.Never personally attack a person or be sarcastic.
3. Keywords Instead of Name – If there is not comments policy and you see other approved comments with keywords instead of names then go for it!
4. Comment Relevance – Write a meaningful comment.Garbage comments like “great article”,”nice blog”,”awesome post” will not get approved and if they do you’re losing some visitors my friend.Add value with your comment and you will draw attention to your own blog.
5. Links in your Comment – You can link out from your comment to your own article as long as your article provide additional information about the topic or you have a different point of view but be smart and add a short description to your link,for example if the disscusion is about “10 best cities to live in” link out to your own post stating something like this “I have written an article on the same topic but our point of view are very different,i don’t think that…you can read more details here” that gives you a important incoming deep link from a related site with your anchor text.
6. Create a List with Related Blogs – Ok, you’re done commenting for now,see what blogs gives you good link juice and visitors and go back once in a while,once you begin to be a regular commentator you have a good chance that the owner will link to your articles naturally.

What kind of blogs you need to find?

1. Relevant to your niche with high PageRank. Learn how to increase pagerank.
2. Do Follow -NoFollow links don’t pass pagerank or anchor text so they are pretty much useless for your rankings but of course those incoming links can get you some traffic.
3. Blogs that have KeywordLuv plugin enabled – KeywordLuv is a plugin that separate your name from your keywords in the link to your website giving you a improved anchor text,all you need to do is to enter in the Name field “Name@YourKeywords” so if your name is Matt and your keywords are “Free Traffic” simply enter “Matt@Free Traffic” in the Name field and your in comment you will have “Matt from Free Traffic Says:”.This anchor will get you better search engine results for your chosen keywords.
4. Blogs that have CommentLuv plugin enabled – CommentLuv is a plugin that will attempt to parse your blog feed when you comment and will display your latest blog post at the end of your comment(you can register at CommentLuv.com and choose which post to display).Benefits? A permanent deep link pointing back to your blog and probably a nice amount of new visitors.

How to find KeywordLuv and CommentLuv blogs?

Search Engines are your best friends when comes about finding something that you need.

1. To find KeywordLuv blogs open Google Search and use this search string Marketing & “title=”This site uses KeywordLuv”” or Marketing & “title=”Name@YourKeywords”” to locate blogs with KeywordLuv enabled in “Marketing” niche.Change “marketing” with your own keywords.
2. To find CommentLuv use same method but with this search string Marketing & “title=”CommentLuv Enabled””.

Other Useful Resources:

1. The Ultimate Do Follow Blog List with High PageRank
2. List of 100 Blogs Using CommentLuv Plugin
3. My 100 Fresh Blog List of CommentLuv
4. Dofollow list

http://hubpages.com/hub/Blog-Commenting-How-to-Get-Free-Traffic-and-Build-Backlinks

Driving Traffic to Your Blog

February 4th, 2010 | Blog Tips, Blogging, Platform, RSS Feed, Social Networking/Bookmarking, Web Traffic

Many blog owners spend a good portion of their time trying to figure out how to generate traffic to their blog. This is especially true when it comes to a brand new blog that is not yet really rich in meaningful and effective content. Generating visitor traffic to your blog is an endeavor that is going to take some basic effort on your part. Thankfully due to modern technology, the task of attracting interested people to your blog is a lot easier now than in the past.

The most common online blogging platforms are WordPress and Blogger. Both have hosted blog solutions, but WordPress also has an open source solution for installing the WordPress platform onto your own domain name. If you put the following tips into practice, it is more than possible for you to begin attracting traffic to your blog as early as on the first day. Within 24 hours of creating a blog you can begin to generate traffic, and if the purpose of your blog is to sell a product, you could be making sales just as quickly.

1 – Every blog has an RSS feed.

By submitting your RSS feed to the most popular online feed services, you will be able to attract website traffic very quickly, especially if you are focusing your blog content on specific keywords that have lower competition in search engine ranks. All that you need to be able to do is to submit the URL for your feed to a wide range of different free services as soon as you actually have a live site to promote. Some of the most widely recognized feed sites are:

- Feedage.com
- Feedagg.com
- Feedraider.com
- Feedfury.com
- Feedsubmitter.com
- Feedest.com
- Search4rss.com

2 – Social bookmarking involves creating bookmarks for your blog.

Additionally social bookmarking is meant for displaying information about what your blog centers on and what it has to offer. It is important that you use social bookmarking responsibly rather than spamming these websites. Simply write a short post that explains in a little bit of detail why your site or product will interest the people that you want to visit it. There are a myriad of different social bookmarking websites out there, including but not limited to:

- Digg.com
- YahooBuzz
- Technorati.com
- Del.icio.us
- Propeller
- StumbleUpon
- Reddit
- Mixx
- Fark
- MyBlogLog

3 – Social networking, on the other hand, is a little different.

When you create an account on a social networking website, you put together a profile that allows you to connect with other people, creating powerful partnerships and even a fan following in the right circumstances. These networks and relationships will facilitate the capability for you to promote your sites and protects, although much more subtlety than through other sources. Here are a few of the most popular social networking websites:

- FaceBook
- MySpace
- Classmates Online
- MSN Groups
- Yahoo Groups
- Xanga

6 Ways Social Media Can Help Your Websites

December 28th, 2009 | SEO, Social Networking/Bookmarking

Social media normally refers to a category of websites where content is created by the participation of the users of that website for the remaining community. In short, we can say that social media websites are basically tools to share the information among their users. It gives its users a chance to interact with other users.

Human beings are social animals and they always love to interact with others discussing their hobbies, interests and personal lives. These tendencies gave birth to lot of social media websites like Digg, Facebook, StumbleUpon, etc. and produced new channels of traffic which webmasters can use easily to drive some good traffic to their websites and generate some leads. Due to huge advantages of social media it’s become an important part of a successful SEO campaign. You can’t do good SEO without including social media in to it.

How Social Media Websites can help you:

• The biggest advantage of using Social media is that it helps you to create various bridges.

• New traffic can reach your website easily and reduce dependency on search engines to an extent (if run successfully).

• This one is not a secret… Social bookmarking websites help in getting backlinks for your website. It can help you in your SEO Campaigns.

• It helps you to interact with your target audience easily. You can find your target audience quickly on social media websites and can see what about they are talking about, their needs, happenings in your industry, etc .

• It helps in establishing yourself as a brand and can help you in reputation management.

• As popular social media sites are getting good rankings in search engines you can use them to promote your website. It’s very effective if you have a new website with no links then try to create a page on social media website. It’s much easier to get it ranked as compared to a new website.

Social Media websites are very important for a successful SEO campaign, therefore you should not ignore its importance. It’s a subject worth consideration and if planned wisely and implemented successfully, it can show you wonderful results.

Technorati Tracks Blog Traffic Exchange Effect

December 29th, 2009 | Blog Tips, Blogging, Link Building, Web Traffic

Technorati is a online website community that is focused specifically on weblogs, and it can be extremely beneficial to register your blog with Technorati. Knowing how you can benefit from everything that Technorati has to offer is an important first step in getting the most out of your web presence. Importantly for my purposes, tracking the Blog Traffic Exchange effect is extremely easy with Technorati authority and blog reactions. (As an example, here is the Blog Traffic Exchange Technorati authority page.)

Once you have been blogging for a little while, it will be beneficial for you to register your blog, or as Technorati would call it, claim your blog. This will maximize the amount of exposure that you are getting out of having a weblog.

Here are some of the benefits that come from registering your blog with Technorati, and how you can use Technorati to leverage your authority to gain more traffic for your blog -

Claiming your blog on the Technorati website is going to list your blog website within the Technorati directory while giving you an opportunity to begin building authority for your blog. Authority is a vitally important concept when it comes to blogging, because it lets your readers know that your blog is factual, informative and well worth reading.

Your blog authority will be determined by how many inbound links your blog has managed to receive in the past six months. Your blog authority on Technorati is a great way to show other bloggers and internet users how much authority your blog has within the blogosphere, helping you to build traffic for your blog in the process.

Technorati makes it possible for you to find blogs that are similar in nature to your own. You can use Technorati to find blogs with high authority ranks, and participating in these high authority blogs can help to improve your traffic as well.

Technorati allows you to create a profile for your blog or your network of blogs, which creates another medium by which you can communicate with other bloggers and promote your own blog as well. Your Technorati profile allows you to use an image and a blog description to tell other people about your blog, and the tools on Technorati allow you to generate authority for your blog while building links.

Technorati makes it possible for you to tract the reactions that people have to your blog by way of over blogs. These Technorati reactions are a really easy way for you to see that your blog traffic exchange endeavors truly are working.

You can make use of a Technorati Watch list to keep track of all of the tags that you care about as well as all of the blogs that are in your blog roll, according to a blog post by Steve Rubel at http://www.micropersuasion.com.

Technorati is an outstanding resource for bloggers to help build authority online. Registering your blog or your network of blogs on Technorati is vitally important if you want to build increased traffic and readership for your blog.

DiTentukan

4 hari lepas , saya ada tonton 1 video berkenaan “Understanding Google Adwords”. Video tu memang bagus sebab penerangan yang ringkas dan padat. Dalam video tersebut, Hal Varian ( Google Chief Economies ) menerangkan :

1.      Hubungkait antara pengguna, pengiklan dan Google

2.      Pengenalan kepada asas sistem bidaan iklan program PPC ( Pay Per Click )

3.      Quality Score dalam Adwords dan kepentingannya

4.      3 bahagian utama Quality Score

5.      Bagaimana Quality Score memberi kesan kepada posisi iklan pengiklan

6.      Menentukan kos CPC ( Cost Per Click )

7.      Contoh pengiraan CPC

sesiapa yang mempunyai sambungan internet stabil, saya sarankan anda menonton video tersebut di sini. Sebaliknya, anda boleh membaca penerangan saya dibawah sebagai bantuan untuk memahami apa yang ingin Hal Varian sampaikan dibawah ( dia cakap omputih, saya terangkan skit2 le kat bawah supaya anda boleh faham ).

LIHAT VIDEO DI BAWAH

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7l0a2PVhPQ

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Hubungkait antara pengguna, pengiklan dan Google

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Fokus utama Google ialah kepuasan pelanggan. Untuk memuaskan pelanggan, Google akan menyediakan servis carian terbaik, iklan yang relevan dan tepat dengan apa yang ingin dicari pengguna. Pengiklan pula ingin memaksimumkan keuntungan dengan memaparkan iklan yang fokus ( yang dicari pengguna sasaran ) dan bukan semborono. Kalau tak, kos iklan pengiklan tentu akan meningkat. Justeru, faedah bersama akan dinikmati pihak pengguna ( carian yang tepat dengan apa yg dikehendaki ) , pihak pengiklan ( menjimatkan kos dan mendapat sasaran pelanggan yang tepat dengan menyediakan iklan yang relevan ) dan pihak Google ( pengguna dan pengiklan yang suka dengan servis baik Google ).

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Pengenalan kepada asas sistem bidaan iklan program PPC ( Pay Per Click)

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Secara asasnya , sistem bidaan program PPC berasaskan bidaan harga yang paling tinggi akan mendapat tempat yang teratas. Lihat contoh melalui jadual di bawah :

• Maximum Bid  = Bidaan maksima untuk kos per klik
• Price Paid = Harga yang perlu dibayar pengiklan untuk 1 klik

Dalam jadual di atas, Ali membida iklan dengan maksima bidaan ialah $4. Ali tidak perlu membayar $4 untuk setiap klik yang dijana kan ( kos iklan ) sebaliknya hanya membayar $3 sahaja.  Konsep asasnya ialah bayar nilai maksimum bidaan pengiklan dibawah anda.

• Kos per klik Ali = Max bidaan Budin
• Kos per klik Budin = Max bidaan Che Ma
• Kos per klik Che ma = Max bidaan dollah
• Dollah ? … kena tengok semula nilai min bid yang dibenarkan.

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Quality Score dalam Adwords dan kepentingannya

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Quality score ni macam benchmark Google le. Lain-lain ppc program, lain benchmark nye. So, apa itu Quality yang dimaksudkannya ? Seperti yang Hal Varian terangkan, Google inginkan pengguna mendapat pengalaman yang baik dalam menggunakan servis Google. Sebagai contoh, pengguna membuat carian dengan katakunci “blog ppcpercuma”,  sebaik mungkin pihak Google akan memaparkan segala data yang mereka ada berdasarkan katakunci “blog ppcpercuma”.  Justeru, pengguna berpuashati dengan Google.

Kepada pengiklan pula, relevansi adalah penting. Mengiklan kepada sasaran pelanggan yang tepat dapat menjimatkan kos pengiklanan. Ini sudah tentu akan menggembirakan pihak pengiklan.

Itulah Quality yang pihak Google nak. 2 pihak gembira dengan servis Google dan Google boleh survive untuk jangka masa berterusan.

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3 bahagian utama Quality Score

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Hal varian memperincikan bahagian utama Quality Score dan cara untuk mencapai QS ( quality score ) yang baik. Semuanya berdasarkan kepada :

1.      CTR ( Clickthrough Rate ) : Jumlah klik ÷ impression ( jumlah iklan anda dilihat pengguna ).

2.      Relevance

3.      Landing Page

( susunan di atas berdasarkan prioriti )

CTR = Hal varian menerangkan CTR ialah response customer terhadap iklan anda.  Di bawah ,saya sendiri bahagikan kepada 2 situasi mudah untuk menggambarkan situasi CTR yang diperlukan pengiklan :

• CTR tinggi : jumlah klik iklan banyak, impression iklan sikit.  Contoh, jumlah klik ialah 1000. Jumlah impression pula ialah 3000. % CTR =( 1000/3000 ) %= 0.33 x 100 = 33.33%
• CTR rendah : jumlah klik sedikit, impression banyak. Contoh , jumlah klik ialah 500. Jumlah impression pula ialah 6000 . % CTR =( 500/6000 ) %= 0.083 x 100 = 8.3%

Relevance = ini pula merujuk kepada betapa bergunanya maklumat yang disediakan kepada pengguna. Ia ada kaitan dengan katakunci yang tepat, iklan yang tepat dan landing page yang tepat. Semakin relevan iklan, katakunci dan lading page anda, ia akan memberi kesan kepada CTR sekaligus Quality Score yang ingin di capai.

Landing Page = Maksudnya halaman mendarat. Hohoho…Takde le. Landing page merujuk kepada laman pertama yang pengguna kunjungi setelah klik iklan anda. Landing page yang baik mengandungi maklumat yang relevan dengan iklan yang dipaparkan.

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Bagaimana Quality Score memberi kesan kepada posisi iklan pengiklan

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Jadual di atas ni saya catit semula dari video asal Hal Varian.. A, B , C dan D tu mewakili 4 pengiklan. Maksimum bidaan pula ialah bidaan termahal yang setiap pengiklan mampu bida. Quality score plak adalah subjektif dan diberikan oleh pihak Google. Untuk menentukan posisi iklan masing-masing, Nilai bidaan maksima akan didarab dengan QS yang dicapai. Nilai tertinggi akan berada di posisi teratas dan sebaliknya. Kalau diperhatikan jadual di atas, pengiklan C hanya membida maksima $2 untuk berada di posisi pertama. Itu lah peranan Quality Score dalam menentukan kedudukan iklan masing-masing.

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Menentukan kos CPC ( Cost Per Click )

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Sambungan dari penerangan di atas, Hal Varian ni rumuskan cara kiraan Kos per Klik ( CPC ) dalam Adwords dengan formula ringkas seperti di bawah :

• P1 = Kos per klik pengiklan ranking pertama
• Q1 = Quality Score pengiklan  ranking pertama
• b2 = nilai max bidaan pengiklan ranking kedua
• Q2 = Quality Score pengiklan  ranking kedua
• CPC = Kos per click

Untuk lebih memahami, anda dimestikan membaca huraian selanjutnya .

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Contoh pengiraan CPC

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Dari formula di atas, Hal Varian memperincikan formula tersebut dengan kalkulasi contoh seperti di bawah .

Penerangan :

1.      Semua pengiklan ( A,B,C,D ) membida pada nilai bidaan maksima $4 per klik

2.      Setiap pengiklan memiliki Quality score masing. Yang paling tinggi Quality Score ialah pengiklan A

3.      Oleh kerana Quality Score mempengaruhi Ad Rank ( rujuk formula ) sekaligus posisi iklan, pengiklan A mendapat posisi iklan paling atas.

4.      Untuk mengira kos per klik setiap pengiklan, rujuk formula pengiraan CPC dan anda akan mendapati kos per klik pengiklan A ialah $3, pengiklan B ialah $2 dan pengiklan C berdasarkan nilai minimum bidaan yang dinyatakan pihak Google

Sekiranya pengiklan A mengambil inisiatif meningkatkan Quality Score beliau dari 8 kepada 10 tanpa mengubah nilai max bidaan, beliau boleh menjimatkan sehingga kos serendah $2.40 sahaja. Rujuk kalkulasi di bawah untuk melihat dengan lebih mudah bagaimana Quality Score menjimatkan kos per klik tanpa mengubah posisi iklan.

Kesimpulannya, mengiklanlah dengan bijak…hehehe…Tonton video tersebut selepas habis baca tulisan saya ni. InsyaAllah anda akan lebih mudah faham.

Dipetik daripada: http://www.ppcpercuma.com/blog/2009/10/04/google-adwords-cara-maximum-cpc-quality-score-ditentukan/

Anda
sangat beruntung kerana mendapat penerangan langkah-langkah PROMOSI dibawah ini secara PERCUMA, kami “Guaranty” kepada anda, anda tidak akan mendapat ilmu dibawah ini secara PERCUMA dimana-mana website  sekali pun dunia ini, hanya disini anda akan perolehi secara terbuka dan PERCUMA. Ilmu marketing ini boleh anda
gunakan untuk apa jua perniagaan online anda. Maka gunakanlah ia sebaik mungkin supaya dapat
memberi manfaat kepada anda dan orang lain dalam meningkatkan pendapatan anda melalui online.

p/s
Untuk sesiapa
yang belum biasa menonton video-video dari youtube,
pastikan anda pause dahulu dan biarkan buffering yang berwarna merah
bergerak terlebih dahulu sehingga setengah, barulah play video tersebut.

1.
Gunakan Free Viral kerana ianya PERCUMA.

Salah satu cara untuk menarik traffic kedalam website anda adalah menggunakan FreeViral. Klik di link yang diberikan dibawah ini dan dapatkan link untuk anda sendiri.

http://www.freeviral.com/?r=316632

Jika
masih kabur, sila hadir ke
Bengkel
Website.

Selepas itu tampalkan link anda diruangan ini.
2.
Daftar web anda di dalam search engine

Daftar website anda ke kedua-dua search engine pencari terbesar iaitu google dan yahoo, jika tidak website anda tidak akan dijumpai didalam engine pencari tersebut dan ia percuma. Sekiranya anda sudah memiliki website sendiri, ini tidak bermakna website anda akan tersenarai didalam google atau yahoo. Anda kena daftar dulu baru tersenarai. Disini saya berikan link untuk anda senaraikan website anda.

2.1 Daftar untuk Google. Klik disini

Jika  masih kabur, sila hadir ke Bengkel Website.

2.2 Daftar untuk Yahoo. Klik disini

Jika masih kabur, sila hadir ke Bengkel Website.

2.3 Daftar untuk yang search engine yang lain. Klik disini

Jika masih kabur, sila hadir ke Bengkel Website.
3.
Gunakan facebook untuk mempromosikan perniagaan anda.

Jika anda masih belum mempunyai akaun facebook sila klik disini,

Jika masih kabur, sila hadir ke Bengkel Website.

3.1 Tambah rakan. Lihat Video

Jika masih kabur, sila hadir ke Bengkel Website.

3.1.1 Melalui
“Add friend”

3.1.2 Melalui group

3.1.3 Melalui link yang anda letakkan didalam website,
email/forum signiture anda.

Ikuti
saya di Facebook

3.1.4 Melalui simpanan email yang banyak.

3.1.5 Menukarkan nama anda kepada -’Aa

Cara-cara promosi di facebook. Lihat Video

Jika masih kabur, sila hadir ke Bengkel Website.

3.2 Promote iklan anda di dalam “what is in your mind”

3.3 Promote iklan anda ke dalam “Group”

3.4 Buat group sendiri didalam facebook.

3.5 Cara memasukkan webform drp autoreponder anda kedalam facebook profile, supaya anda akan mendapat ramai pengikut. Lihat video

Jika masih kabur, sila hadir ke Bengkel Website.

4. Gunakan tandangan

Gunakan tandangan
(signature) pada email, forum, artikel anda dan vacation
respond anda.

Lihat video

Jika masih kabur, sila hadir ke Bengkel Website.

Tandatangan,  anda boleh gunakan ia sebagai alat promosi didalam email anda. Contohnya jika saya menghantar email kepada orang lain atau menyertai mana2 forum, saya sentiasa sertakan tandatangan tersebut seperti dibawah:

Terima kasih.

Daripada.

Siti
Sarah

0134928630

Belajar
membina website sambil
menjana pendapatan lumayan.

http://iluvsuperstore.com/

Cara
menarik traffic percuma ke
website anda.

http://www.freeviral.com/?r=316632

Ingin berkawan
dengan anda
didalam facebook.

http://www.facebook.com/PuanSarah

5.
Cipta email kempen anda sendiri.

Gunakan news letter/email follow up/email campaign/email marketing sebaik mungkin. Mungkin anda telah pun mendaftar autoresponder Trafficwave yang saya tunjukkan diatas. Saya belum pernah menjumpai cara mempromosikan perniagaan anda yang lebih berkesan melainkan menggunakan email campaign. Jadi jika anda meluangkan masa yang banyak untuk mempelajarinya, ia amatlah berbaloi dan berharga. Agak sukar untuk saya mengambarkan disini dan menerangkan cara penggunaanya  tetapi, saya menekankan kepada anda ini merupakan salah satu langkah penyebab utama orang berjaya didalam marketing diinternet. Carilah jalan dan luangkan masa mempelajarinya daripada sesiapa yang tahu. Contohnya pelajari tutorial dan training yang diberikan didalam
Trafficwave cara penggunaan email campaign.

6.
Gunakan video

Sebelum mengiklankan ke dalam youtube anda perlu mengetahui beberapa perkara penting untuk menyiapkan pengiklanan tersebut.

Download perisian Hypercam2 untuk membuat video dan ia adalah percuma. Klik disini

6.1. Daftar dahulu sebagai member di Youtube.com

6.2. Gunakan hypercam2 untuk merakamkan video iklan anda
(Jangan lebih dari 10 minit) -

Lihat video

6.3. Upload file ke youtube – Lihat video

Jika masih kabur, sila hadir ke Bengkel Website.

Tambahan:
Sekiranya anda sudah expert didalam penggunaan video, dan mahu menggunakan perisian yang lebih canggih seperti window movie maker, saya mencadangkan anda menggunakan Camtasia. Harga dipasaran adalah USD$150, tetapi disini saya pinjamkan saya punya tanpa perlu ada apa2 bayaran. Sila klik disini untuk download zip file dan run di
komputer anda. Klik disini.

Jika masih kabur, sila hadir ke Bengkel Website.

Jika anda menggunakanwindow 7, klik disini untuk download Window Movie Maker utk Vista atau
Windows 7.

7. Iklankan melalui twitter

Twitter berkonsepkan facebook. Kedua-duanya mempunyai fungsi yang sama
- Khusus untuk mengembangkan perniagaan. Twitter wujud lebih awal daripada facebook, dan ahlinya sudah pun mencecah berpuluh juta. Di barat, twitter menjadi alat penting untuk tujuan promosi. Jadi mendaftarlah sekarang di twitter dan mula ramaikan follower anda. Sekiranya anda menghantar mesej, (Ia dipanggil update atau tweet)
keseluruh follower anda akan mendapat mesej tersebut.

7.1 Daftar twitter disini, ia PERCUMA. kemudian klik butang signup.

7.2 Disebelah kiri ada dua indicator, following dan follower

7.3 Sekiranya anda tweet, kesemua follower akan dapat mesej anda tersebut, jadi untuk menambahkan bilangan follower, ‘follow’ orang lain terlebih dahulu.

7.4 Gunakan Find Friend dan letakkan nama ‘kemelayuan’ seperti saiful, kamarul dll, dan follow mereka terlebih dahulu, kebiasaanya mereka akan menimbal balas untuk menjadi follower kita pula.

7.5 Setiap hari tambahkan 80-100 following.

7.6 Setup background menggunakan paint-brush pun sudah memadai.
Letakkan iklan disebelah kiri dengan alamat website landing page
anda. Lihat twitter saya, saya pasti anda akan faham apa yang saya maksudkan.
8. Promosikan di iklan percuma.

Daftarlah di iklan percuma di Malaysia,Indonesia, Brunei dan Singapura.

Salah satu cara mudah untuk mengiklankan landing page anda adalah dengan mendaftar ke dalam web pengiklanan percuma. Apa yang perlu andalakukan adalah

8.1 Pergi ke google search engine dan masukkan keyword ini : “Free Classified Malaysia” contohnya, atau “iklan percuma Indonesia”, dengan cara ini ia akan membantu mengembangkan ahli yang akan subscribe kedalam network anda.

8.2 Register kesemua iklan percuma yang anda jumpa di search engine Google pada muka surat pertama dan kedua, menggunakan user dan password yang sama untuk kesemua laman web iklan percuma tersebut supaya mudah untuk
anda login kemuadian.

8.3 Siapkan lebih kurang 10 iklan yang berlainan tetapi menjurus kepada orang untuk mendaftar kedalam landing page anda didalam notepad, kemudian hantar kesepuluh-sepuluh iklan tersebut kesetiap satu web iklan percuma itu. Maknanya satu web iklan percuma hantar 10 iklan, dan seminggu hantar sekurang-kurangnya sekali.
9. Gunakan video popular untuk tujuan promosi.

Gunakan video yang popular untuk menjadi video anda dan letakkan annotation.

9.1 Ini merupakan cara yang paling mudah untuk membuat iklan landing page anda. Pertama sekali cari video yang popular didalam youtube, contohnya video lawak, akademi fantasia, raja lawak atau lagu.

9.2 Download video dari youtube ke server anda menggunakan youtube downloader atau anda boleh gunakan apa jua perisian yang lain untuk download video youtube.  Untuk mendapatkan Youtube Downloader percuma
- Klik disini
dan savekan filenya serta install di komputer anda.

Jika anda menggunakan Window 7, klik disini untuk download Youtube Downloader yang seseuai dengan
Window 7.

Nak sharing sikit yek bagi yg belum pernah try adwords. Kalau nak buat pemasaran dan nak cara yg agak ‘senang’, sy suggest guna google adwords sbg permulaan. Sbb cara ni boleh tarik trafik sbg permulaan utk pendedahan website korg.

Untuk activation akaun tu(sekali je utk seumur hidup akaun tu) kos dia RM20. Tp minimum payment adalah RM40. so bila dah activate tu maknanya ballance dalam akaun adwords tu ada Rm20 je la kan?

kalo anda letak harga iklan anda RM0.20 per klik, maknanya anda cuma akan dapat 100 visits je. So kalo mcm tu nampaknya terpaksa la korang isi duit lagi balik kn. eh eh jangan wat camtu dl..

Apa kata wat camnie, mula2 sekali before create/activate akaun adwords tu korang pg beli kupon adwords dl kt mana2. kat digitalpoint ada yg jual. aritu aku guna kupon USD140(RM490) dgn harga USD19(RM66.50) je. maksudnya aku dapat RM490 + RM20=RM510 kredit iklan dari kos aku RM20+RM66.50=RM86.50. Banyak kan aku save?

So kalau korang letak harga iklan korang tu RM0.20 per klik, website korang boleh la dapat dalam lingkungan 2550 visits. kalo website korang convert 2%(visitors menjadi buyers), sales adalah 51 sales. Ok what?

Tp kena ingt jg la, adwords ni bukan main buat dan lepas je. hari2 kena pantau. kalo nampak mcm keyword2 xjalan, kena ubah, tambah ataupun increase price sikit. kalo ok, biarkan.

Just sharing my experience je ni. sesuai diaplikasikan oleh yg mau cuba2 adwords ni. kalo kredit tu da abis dan rasa2 mcm xberbaloi je nak sambung, xyah la reload. hehe.

info penting: Usia akaun adwords yg boleh guna kupon adalah 15 hari dan ke bawah. sbb tu patik suruh cari kupon dl before create akaun td. tp once kredit kupon tu dah masuk, dia akan kekal kt situ wpun usia akaun dah lebih 15 hari.

http://www.wangcyber.com/forum/teknik-pemasaran-internet/28390-mulakan-pemasaran-dgn-kombinasi-adwords-kupon-adwords.html

Apa yang boleh saya katakan juga, database ini amat-amatlah sesuai untuk Flip website. Jika anda pernah membeli ebook di RahsiaFlippa.com anda pastinya sangat memerlukan niche yang sesuai untuk memaksimumkan pendapatan anda di Flippa. Dengan kaedah yang diajarkan oleh syedakmal di dalam ebook ini + database percuma yang saya berikan, anda pastinya mampu menjana sehingga 4 angka sebulan!

Wah! Hebat Bukan?
Anda boleh mendownload ketiga-tiga database(niche popular) dibawah:

1. Car Insurance’s Niche
carinsurance.zip

2. Vegetable Garden’s Niche
vegetable.zip

3. Health’s Niche
health.zip

Untuk mengupload database dalam format .xml di atas ikuti langkah di bawah:
Login wordpress > Tools > Import > WordPress > Pilih File untuk upload > tekan confirmation sebagai admin dan tick download import attachment > ANDA SELESAI!

Selamat mencuba! Dan jangan lupa untuk meninggalkan komen.

Dipetik :

http://faisalbiz.com/free/free-database-wordpress-untuk-flipping-atau-sebagai-content-monitizing.html

Jadi untuk post kali ini, saya akan menyambung kembali dengan cara untuk meningkatkan trafik web atau pun blog anda. Sebelum itu biar saya ‘review’ kembali pada post yang lepas iaitu cara yang pada saya adalah mudah untuk dilakukan. Cara yang pertama ialah dengan membuat post atau cerita yang menarik dalam blog anda dan yang kedua ialah dengan melakukan fokus terhadap blog anda atau dengan kata lain ‘niche’ post ataupun artikel anda.

Untuk post kali ini saya akan kongsikan beberapa cara lagi yang sangat berkesan dan banyak di buat oleh usahawan internet di Malaysia.

#1 Letakkan komponen fungsi viral di dalam blog anda seperti social bookmarking. Dengan menggunakan fungsi ini, anda akan mendapat trafik percuma dari laman social bookmark yang anda daftar. Antara yang popular adalah del.icio.uc, digg dan stumbleupon. Sekadar menyebut beberapa sahaja, untuk yang lain anda bolehla cari di google.

#2 Jika anda mempunyai sesuatu yang pada anda ia adalah baik dan bagus. Apakata anda kongsikan dengan memberi ia secara percuma kepada pengunjung laman web anda. Ini akan membuatkan pengunjung berasa gembira melayari web/blog anda. Anda pasti pernah terlihat perkataan seperti “Free Stuff” dan “Free Download” di web atau blog usahawan internet kan? Jadi itu adalah salah satu cara untuk mereka ‘mengikat’ pengujung laman web/blog mereka. Jadi apa tunggu lagi? Ada apa2 yang ingin di kongsikan dan diberi percuma?

#3 Sindiketkan isi web atau content web anda dengan menggunakan funsi RSS. Dengan menggunakan fungsi ini, ia akan membolehkan orang lain subscribe content anda dari mana-mana RSS reader. Ia sangat mudah dan pengunjung akan lebih setia dengan anda.

#4 Sebelum saya menerangkan cara yang terakhir untuk post kali ini, saya ingin bertanya, sudah melihat post saya yang lepas? Pada post tersebut ada video dari Youtube. Jika belum sila KLIK DISINI. Jadi kenapa saya tanyakan anda begitu? Ini kerana cara yang keempat ini adalah berkaitan dengan Youtube. Jika anda ada atau membuat video, apakata anda kongsikannya di Youtube, dan jika anda ingin berbuat demikian, jangan lupa untuk letakkan sekali link web atau blog anda. Harus di ingat bahawa, Youtube mempunyai ranking yang tinggi di Google. Jadi jika anda meletakkan link anda dalam video anda, secara tidak langsung, link anda juga berada di sana. Ini akan membuatkan pakcik Google mudah untuk index web/blog anda dalam search index.

Jadi untuk keempat-empat cara diatas, saya yakin dan pasti, ia amat mudah di lakukan. Cuma ambil 1 jam sudah cukup untuk lakukan kesemua langkah di atas. Jadi apa tunggu lagi? Lakukan sekarang. Dan Selamat Berjaya!!

http://adiazli.com/2010/01/cara-promosi-tingkatkan-trafik-blogweb/

Getting listed in Google and the other popular search engines is one of the most effective ways of directing free, targeted traffic to your website.

Below you’ll discover what the search engines look for when determining your page rank so you can optimize your pages for best results.  This is often called SEO or search engine optimization.

To this day, the marjority of my traffic comes from the major search engines.

How Search Engines Determine Your Rank

Before you try to add your site to the search engines, you should understand what they look for when they decide how to rank your site. Just because you’re listed doesn’t mean you’ll get traffic.  You have to make sure your site is search engine ready.

The general rule of thumb is that most engines use a “formula” to determine keyword relevancy. The technical term is called an “algorithm”, and each search engine has its own unique algorithm that it uses to rank pages.

Generally, this magic formula consists of your page title, overall body content and the number and quality of links pointing back to your site, how long people stay on your site, etc.

It’s important to note that every engine is different. Some may look at inbound links (number of people linking to you), others may place more emphasis on your body content.

You also need to know about meta tags. These are hidden descriptors that appear at the beginning of your HTML code, inside your tag.  They may be invisible to your visitor’s eyes, but search engine spiders can read them.

They usually consist of a title, description, and keyword tag and they look something like this:

Because of abuse, many search engines no longer use these tags to help rank pages, but you should still include them because they do use them to display information about your site.

For example, whatever is inside the

Watch a Video on Adding Meta Tags

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What You Need to Know About SEO

Don’t stress out over the meta tags. You should definitely use them on every page. Just understand that how well you rank depends on how popular your site becomes over time. Watch the video below for more info on how to rank well for competitive keywords.

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The Big 3 Engines – Google, Yahoo and Bing (formerly MSN/Live)

There are a handful of engines out there that bring traffic, but the reality is a very large percentage of search engine traffic comes from Google, Yahoo and MSN.  Yes, there are other engines like AOL, etc, but they pull their results from the Big 3.

So in other words, once you start getting traffic from Google, Yahoo and MSN, you’ll rank well in the others automatically.

How to Get Listed In Google

There are three ways to list your site with Google, but I will warn you that using any one of these 3 methods no longer guarantees your site will be listed.

Google is getting more and more selective about who gets in, and the first step is ensuring that your site is full of useful, unique content.

After that, work on getting quality, relevant sites to link back to you.  These days those two steps are the best ways to find your site in the almighty Google.

Having said that, here are some methods that may also get you in…

1) Get your site listed in The Open Directory – www.dmoz.org.

This is a directory that is managed by volunteers that act as “category editors.”  To list your site, simply go to the most appropriate category for your web site, then drill down to the relevant subcategory and select the “Add URL” link at the top of that category’s page.

Wait about a month to see if your site appears.  If it does not, I recommend emailing one of the category editors and asking for advice on how to get your site listed.  If you’re lucky, you’ll receive a helpful response, but most of the category managers do not answer emails.

Sometimes it may take up to one year for an editor to review and list your site and other times it may only take a couple of weeks.  Be patient and please don’t keep submitting!

Unfortunately since DMOZ is run by volunteers, the time it takes to get your site reviewed really depends on the availability of the volunteers. Sometimes they may not check the submissions for weeks, which can be quite frustrating for people trying to get listed.

Lately, it seems to be more and more difficult to get in, but the good news is this is not the only way to get into Google.  Years ago this was one of the fastest ways to get listed and ranked.  Fortunately there are other options that are just as effective, and I’ll discuss those below.

Warning:  Don’t try to submit to The Open Directory unless you have enough useful information on your site.  If your site is only one or two pages long, then you won’t likely get listed.  They want medium to large sized web sites with useful and unique content.  Strive for at least 15 pages.

If you need more content, articlecity.com has some free articles you can post on your site.  Simply find the category that closely matches your theme and add them.  Be careful though, don’t use too many articles because the engines may penalize your site if you have too much duplicate content.

2) The second way to get listed in Google is to use their own Add URL form located here http://www.google.com/addurl.html.  This method is not as dependable as listing with The Open Directory, but it can get you in.  Google admits that they may not add every site, so don’t be surprised if this does not work for you.

3) The third way to get listed is to be linked from another web site that is already in Google.  That way, when Google’s spider goes to visit that site for updates, it will pick up the link to your site and add it.  This method does not always work, but many sites do get in this way.

Getting into Yahoo

Most websites get into Yahoo and Live by getting spidered from other sites.  Meaning if you’re already linked from another site or web directory, Live and Yahoo’s robots will eventually find you when they update their search index.

If you don’t want to wait to get spidered, you can submit directly to Live by going here http://search.msn.com/docs/submit.aspx.

Do not keep re-submitting your site. It will not speed up the process of getting listed and may even get you banned.

Yahoo’s direct submission site is https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/submit.

The Yahoo Directory

Not to be confused with the regular Yahoo search function, the Yahoo directory is also a place you can add your site.

When you go to Yahoo.com and enter a search into the box, you are using their regular search engine, not the directory.  So it is possible to be included in Yahoo’s regular search index and not be included in their directory.

The Yahoo directory is actually a categorical listing of sites located here http://dir.yahoo.com and it’s not used very much by web surfers.

The real benefit to being listed here is to have a high quality link pointing to your site.   Many search engines look at who is linking to you and if you have a link from the Yahoo directory, it may give you some “credibility” points.

Some believe that having a listing in the directory will help boost your rank in Google and other engines.  There is no solid proof of this, however.  Yahoo also states that if you are listed in their directory, it does not have any affect on your position in their regular search results.

If your site is commercial it will cost you $299 per year to be included in Yahoo’s directory.  So if you can justify/afford the cost, I would still recommend getting into Yahoo just to have the high-quality link pointing to your site – but don’t expect a lot of traffic from the actual page you’ll be listed on.

It’s up to you to decide if it’s worth it or not.  Many webmasters do quite well in the “Big 3″ search engines without a listing in the Yahoo directory.