Comments on: When to Turn a Weak Affiliate Site into an Authority Site http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/when-to-turn-a-weak-affiliate-site-into-an-authority-site.htm Learn How to Build and Market Niche Websites Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:44:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Alicehttp://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/when-to-turn-a-weak-affiliate-site-into-an-authority-site.htm/comment-page-1#comment-7353 Alice Sun, 04 May 2008 17:13:36 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/when-to-turn-a-weak-affiliate-site-into-an-authority-site.htm#comment-7353 Mark,These are words and phrases that cpanel tells me are the top ones for the particular site. I don't use stop words in any of my meta thingies. Every tool I've used to see what people are typing into search engines that supposedly led them to my site shows me these nonsense characters, words, etc as important.When I see things like I've listed, or words like "search" (yes, people actually do type in 'search' into search engines!), or words that don't even relate to my site at all (like "pickle" bringing people to a shoe site) I have to scratch my head and wonder how useful it is. It's a mystery!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('7353','Alice'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('7353','Alice','Mark,\r\n\r\nThese are words and phrases that cpanel tells me are the top ones for the particular site. I don\'t use stop words in any of my meta thingies. Every tool I\'ve used to see what people are typing into search engines that supposedly led them to my site shows me these nonsense characters, words, etc as important. \r\n\r\nWhen I see things like I\'ve listed, or words like \"search\" (yes, people actually do type in \'search\' into search engines!), or words that don\'t even relate to my site at all (like \"pickle\" bringing people to a shoe site) I have to scratch my head and wonder how useful it is. It\'s a mystery!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Mark,

These are words and phrases that cpanel tells me are the top ones for the particular site. I don’t use stop words in any of my meta thingies. Every tool I’ve used to see what people are typing into search engines that supposedly led them to my site shows me these nonsense characters, words, etc as important.

When I see things like I’ve listed, or words like “search” (yes, people actually do type in ‘search’ into search engines!), or words that don’t even relate to my site at all (like “pickle” bringing people to a shoe site) I have to scratch my head and wonder how useful it is. It’s a mystery!

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]]> By: Markhttp://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/when-to-turn-a-weak-affiliate-site-into-an-authority-site.htm/comment-page-1#comment-7333 Mark Sun, 04 May 2008 14:19:19 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/when-to-turn-a-weak-affiliate-site-into-an-authority-site.htm#comment-7333 @ Alice -In regard to the keywords... are you talking about the words you find in your cPanel, or words during your keyword research in places like wordtracker?Most of the "common" words like "the, and, for, to, by" etc are referred to as "Stop Words" which you try to avoid using in your page titles and keywords. Using them in the description tag is perfectly fine though!While users will still find your site with strings that include these terms, they are generally believed to NOT be indexed by search engines and simple a waste of space in titles and keywords meta.Here is a list believed to be google stop words...http://www.ranks.nl/tools/stopwords.html<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('7333','Mark'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('7333','Mark','@ Alice -\r\n\r\nIn regard to the keywords... are you talking about the words you find in your cPanel, or words during your keyword research in places like wordtracker?\r\n\r\nMost of the \"common\" words like \"the, and, for, to, by\" etc are referred to as \"Stop Words\" which you try to avoid using in your page titles and keywords. Using them in the description tag is perfectly fine though!\r\n\r\nWhile users will still find your site with strings that include these terms, they are generally believed to NOT be indexed by search engines and simple a waste of space in titles and keywords meta.\r\n\r\nHere is a list believed to be google stop words...\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.ranks.nl\/tools\/stopwords.html'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @ Alice -

In regard to the keywords… are you talking about the words you find in your cPanel, or words during your keyword research in places like wordtracker?

Most of the “common” words like “the, and, for, to, by” etc are referred to as “Stop Words” which you try to avoid using in your page titles and keywords. Using them in the description tag is perfectly fine though!

While users will still find your site with strings that include these terms, they are generally believed to NOT be indexed by search engines and simple a waste of space in titles and keywords meta.

Here is a list believed to be google stop words…

http://www.ranks.nl/tools/stopwords.html

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]]> By: Alicehttp://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/when-to-turn-a-weak-affiliate-site-into-an-authority-site.htm/comment-page-1#comment-7305 Alice Sun, 04 May 2008 03:46:01 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/when-to-turn-a-weak-affiliate-site-into-an-authority-site.htm#comment-7305 Thanks for the great post Mark! I appreciate the step-wise info to show me how to do things. I like the idea of key words/key phrases relationship - gives me something I can work with! But I find that the top keywords people search on often are words like "for", "of", "7" , "s" and things that don't make much sense to build into keyword phrases. Do I just ignore those and go for the next word down that makes sense?Alice<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('7305','Alice'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('7305','Alice','Thanks for the great post Mark! I appreciate the step-wise info to show me how to do things. I like the idea of key words\/key phrases relationship - gives me something I can work with! But I find that the top keywords people search on often are words like \"for\", \"of\", \"7\" , \"s\" and things that don\'t make much sense to build into keyword phrases. Do I just ignore those and go for the next word down that makes sense?\r\n\r\nAlice'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Thanks for the great post Mark! I appreciate the step-wise info to show me how to do things. I like the idea of key words/key phrases relationship – gives me something I can work with! But I find that the top keywords people search on often are words like “for”, “of”, “7″ , “s” and things that don’t make much sense to build into keyword phrases. Do I just ignore those and go for the next word down that makes sense?

Alice

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]]> By: Shifting your BANS Site into High Gear! | The Niche Store Builder - Succeed with Build a Niche Storehttp://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/when-to-turn-a-weak-affiliate-site-into-an-authority-site.htm/comment-page-1#comment-7290 Shifting your BANS Site into High Gear! | The Niche Store Builder - Succeed with Build a Niche Store Sat, 03 May 2008 22:41:16 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/when-to-turn-a-weak-affiliate-site-into-an-authority-site.htm#comment-7290 [...] When to Turn a Weak Affiliate Site into an Authority Site [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('7290','Shifting your BANS Site into High Gear! | The Niche Store Builder - Succeed with Build a Niche Store'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('7290','Shifting your BANS Site into High Gear! | The Niche Store Builder - Succeed with Build a Niche Store','[...] When to Turn a Weak Affiliate Site into an Authority Site [...]'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] When to Turn a Weak Affiliate Site into an Authority Site [...]
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]]> By: theaffiliateposthttp://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/when-to-turn-a-weak-affiliate-site-into-an-authority-site.htm/comment-page-1#comment-7138 theaffiliatepost Fri, 02 May 2008 13:21:14 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/when-to-turn-a-weak-affiliate-site-into-an-authority-site.htm#comment-7138 @ Meg - anywhere and everywhere you can fit them in sensibly. That is part of the skillof seo. Writing good keyworded content that reads correctly and still maximises your uses of that word or words. Just be sure not to overdo it though!!!!I just looked for a quick example for you......http://www.coach-outlet-store.com/ (NOT MINE) but have a look and see how they have used the word coach! coach this and coach that. Titles and headers are also important! Add that to an article index or blog and there you have it!Hope this helps. back to Building :)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('7138','theaffiliatepost'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('7138','theaffiliatepost','@ Meg - anywhere and everywhere you can fit them in sensibly. That is part of the skillof seo. Writing good keyworded content that reads correctly and still maximises your uses of that word or words. Just be sure not to overdo it though!!!!\r\n\r\nI just looked for a quick example for you......http:\/\/www.coach-outlet-store.com\/ (NOT MINE) but have a look and see how they have used the word coach! coach this and coach that. Titles and headers are also important! Add that to an article index or blog and there you have it!\r\n\r\nHope this helps. back to Building :)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @ Meg – anywhere and everywhere you can fit them in sensibly. That is part of the skillof seo. Writing good keyworded content that reads correctly and still maximises your uses of that word or words. Just be sure not to overdo it though!!!!

I just looked for a quick example for you……http://www.coach-outlet-store.com/ (NOT MINE) but have a look and see how they have used the word coach! coach this and coach that. Titles and headers are also important! Add that to an article index or blog and there you have it!

Hope this helps. back to Building :)

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]]> By: Authority Site Center Blog » Blog Archive » New Titlehttp://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/when-to-turn-a-weak-affiliate-site-into-an-authority-site.htm/comment-page-1#comment-6963 Authority Site Center Blog » Blog Archive » New Title Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:25:28 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/when-to-turn-a-weak-affiliate-site-into-an-authority-site.htm#comment-6963 [...] When to Turn a Weak Affiliate Site into an Authority Site – I see several sites out there using social bookmarking code and a few other methods to attract repeat visitors, but what if… what if you found your niche was popular enough to turn into an authority site? … [...]
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]]> By: Meghttp://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/when-to-turn-a-weak-affiliate-site-into-an-authority-site.htm/comment-page-1#comment-6922 Meg Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:39:01 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/when-to-turn-a-weak-affiliate-site-into-an-authority-site.htm#comment-6922 Mark, thanks, but where are you actually enter your phrases?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6922','Meg'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6922','Meg','Mark, thanks, but where are you actually enter your phrases?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Mark, thanks, but where are you actually enter your phrases?
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]]> By: Markhttp://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/when-to-turn-a-weak-affiliate-site-into-an-authority-site.htm/comment-page-1#comment-6915 Mark Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:20:29 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/when-to-turn-a-weak-affiliate-site-into-an-authority-site.htm#comment-6915 @ Meg -The awstats keywords and phrases are actually a bit different than those you enter in your BANS store. In your BANS store, you enter the words/phrases you feel the page should be found for... in effect, you are only making a suggestion to search engines and they will index your site based on their own algorithyms and send visitors on the terms they see fit. (Sounds like a waste of time huh?)My phrase/word example above can be understood as follows:KeyWords: big blue diamond wedding rings (5 words)Phrases:1 - big blue diamond wedding rings 2 - big diamond wedding rings 3 - big wedding rings 4 - big rings 5 - blue diamond big wedding rings 6 - blue diamond wedding rings 7 - big blue wedding rings 8 - blue wedding rings 9 - diamond blue wedding ringsetc etc....I could likely go on with this for quite a long time and form 20-25 phrases out of 5 "target" keywords.Mark<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6915','Mark'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6915','Mark','@ Meg -\r\n\r\nThe awstats keywords and phrases are actually a bit different than those you enter in your BANS store. In your BANS store, you enter the words\/phrases you feel the page should be found for... in effect, you are only making a suggestion to search engines and they will index your site based on their own algorithyms and send visitors on the terms they see fit. (Sounds like a waste of time huh?)\r\n\r\nMy phrase\/word example above can be understood as follows:\r\n\r\nKeyWords: big blue diamond wedding rings (5 words)\r\n\r\nPhrases:\r\n\r\n1 - big blue diamond wedding rings\r\n2 - big diamond wedding rings\r\n3 - big wedding rings\r\n4 - big rings\r\n5 - blue diamond big wedding rings\r\n6 - blue diamond wedding rings\r\n7 - big blue wedding rings\r\n8 - blue wedding rings\r\n9 - diamond blue wedding rings\r\n\r\netc etc.... \r\n\r\nI could likely go on with this for quite a long time and form 20-25 phrases out of 5 \"target\" keywords. \r\n\r\nMark'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @ Meg -

The awstats keywords and phrases are actually a bit different than those you enter in your BANS store. In your BANS store, you enter the words/phrases you feel the page should be found for… in effect, you are only making a suggestion to search engines and they will index your site based on their own algorithyms and send visitors on the terms they see fit. (Sounds like a waste of time huh?)

My phrase/word example above can be understood as follows:

KeyWords: big blue diamond wedding rings (5 words)

Phrases:

1 – big blue diamond wedding rings
2 – big diamond wedding rings
3 – big wedding rings
4 – big rings
5 – blue diamond big wedding rings
6 – blue diamond wedding rings
7 – big blue wedding rings
8 – blue wedding rings
9 – diamond blue wedding rings

etc etc….

I could likely go on with this for quite a long time and form 20-25 phrases out of 5 “target” keywords.

Mark

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]]> By: Meghttp://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/when-to-turn-a-weak-affiliate-site-into-an-authority-site.htm/comment-page-1#comment-6912 Meg Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:51:04 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/when-to-turn-a-weak-affiliate-site-into-an-authority-site.htm#comment-6912 "One of my most popular sites has a total of 1583 phrases on only 810 words! "Mark, that is what I am trying to figure out.. How can you possible eneter 810 keywords to a BANS store? Eachpage allows you to enter up to 255 char, whicj totals to about 10 long tail keywords. With WordTracker I was able to generate more than 500 competative keywords with KEI >1, but I can't enter even some of them to the BANS keyword fields. Can't figure out how else I may add my keywords avoiding the tool providedThanks, Meg<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6912','Meg'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6912','Meg','\"One of my most popular sites has a total of 1583 phrases on only 810 words! \"\r\n\r\nMark, that is what I am trying to figure out.. How can you possible eneter 810 keywords to a BANS store? Eachpage allows you to enter up to 255 char, whicj totals to about 10 long tail keywords.\r\nWith WordTracker I was able to generate more than 500 competative keywords with KEI >1, but I can\'t enter even some of them to the BANS keyword fields. Can\'t figure out how else I may add my keywords avoiding the tool provided\r\n\r\nThanks,\r\nMeg'); return false;">Quote</a></div> “One of my most popular sites has a total of 1583 phrases on only 810 words! ”

Mark, that is what I am trying to figure out.. How can you possible eneter 810 keywords to a BANS store? Eachpage allows you to enter up to 255 char, whicj totals to about 10 long tail keywords.
With WordTracker I was able to generate more than 500 competative keywords with KEI >1, but I can’t enter even some of them to the BANS keyword fields. Can’t figure out how else I may add my keywords avoiding the tool provided

Thanks,
Meg

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