Other SEO Techniques

    Do you think SEO is the only way to make your website a booming success on the World Wide Web? Think again. In Chapter 8: Other SEO techniques, Learn what Craigslist is, and how Wikipedia articles can make your site very visible to the search engine user. Find out how affiliates will make your business grow, and how more efficiently you can be able to promote your site.

  • Other SEO Techniques
    • CraigsList
    • RSS Feed Optimization
    • Wiki Article Inclusion
    • The New Buzz in Video Optimization – YouTube
    • Affiliate Marketing
    • Google Dance and its Impact on Rankings

CraigsList 

    Just like the way newspapers make use of classified ads to disseminate information about a variety of things, the internet also has its leading classified ads site, CraigsList. CraigsListis said to be even the foremost and most popular classified listings provider in any medium, as stated by Wikipedia sources.

    What is CraigsList anyway? How did it begin? The founder for this ever popular advertising portal was Craig Newmark, who was an internet entrepreneur in 1995. At first, CraigsList began as a classified ads listing for the San Francisco Bay Area.

    It was in the late 1990’s until 2003, that the coverage of CraigsList reached more than 14 major United States cities, such as Boston, Los Angeles, New York, Washington DC, Chicago, Seattle, San Diego, and Portland. Among the services provided by the staff-maintained internet lists on CraigsList are apartment vacancies, job opportunities, home rentals, and the like.

    As reported on September 2007, there are now more than 450 cities in 50 countries that are offered posting services by CraigsList for free. In some cities, as in the major US metros mentioned above, CraigsList accepts paid postings for apartments, houses, and also job openings. Price range of posts is from $10 to $25, and as high as $75 in San Francisco.

    If you are selling products or services, and you already have established a reputable site, perhaps you can attempt to make a post in CraigsList. There are many categories in which you can include your post and your website link.

    You can get posted by creating an account, which is for free. Once you receive the email notification, you can select your category, place a description in text of what you are advertising, and place pictures and links as necessary.

    Once you select the “post” button, your ad will be posted under that date in a few minutes. According to sources, your CraigsList post will remain on the list for about 45 days. After which, you can decide to repost.

    Keep in mind that CraigsList is also constantly monitored for spam. They are trying to avoid clients who post irrelevant content repeatedly. It is advised that you wait a few days before posting a fresh ad on Craigslist.

    As an advertiser, you should know the right times to post, and what kind of text you will need to place along in your ad. Also, don’t forget to place links, using the right keywords as you have researched.

    Remember that CraigsList can gather more than 30 million visitors per month. In fact, sources say that the site is the ninth most visited among American internet surfers, and is the 56th most popular website in the world, according to ranking statistics. So, if you know how to advertise and post well on CraigsList, you can be sure to reach a lot of possible clients out there.