Happy 4th of July!!!! I am proud to be an American.
As promised on Fridays I am going to start answering questions I get via email as a blog post. I get quite a few that are quick answers and a few that are long drawn out. Here are a few that are great from this week.
Is BANS dying?
No! BANS is not dying. It seems like we go through this stage about 4 times a year. Google does not hate BANS and EPN is alive and well. Build great content driven stores worth linking to and you will be just fine. I do suggest you start modifying the looks of your BANS stores going forward. Start thinking unique, template wise. BANS is here to stay and Adam and Kelvin are always on the move with upgrades and improvements.
What is the single most important thing I should be doing after installing my store?
I would say make sure you have changed everything that is default about it. Including meta tags on every page. Getting it search engine optimized is an art and is very important and should not be left to default settings. It is a boring task for sure, but take the time and do it right.
How much do you make online with your stores and what do you do for a living?
Well that is pretty blunt and to the point. I will tell you this. I left a job as an Executive Director of a small Chamber of Commerce because of what I make online with my sites. So I guess you can say my job is now BANS full time. I also own 3 rental houses and two other high traffic non BANS sites. I am 40 and a work at home husband and dog owner. If you have any doubts about BANS making money, you need to get it out of your head. Once my light came on, my earnings went through the roof in a matter of 3 months.
What is your favorite free tool you use?
Not many good ones are free anymore, but one I use on every site I build is not a secret to my blog readers. It is the free SEO tester. It is not the end all do all tool for SEO, but really is a great tool for both newbies and veterans. I use it now more as a game to see if I can get a 40 on my first pass through it with a page.
I am new to niche store building, what target number for keyword searches should I be focusing on.
If you are using a tool like SEO book keyword suggester, I would say anything 30-50 in looking at the Google number. I know that sounds low, but if you target and capture a high Google ranking for even a term that gets searched for 30 times a day, the sales are usually there. I dominate quite a few terms with those types of numbers and they produce nicely. Just depends on the niche, but those numbers are obtainable by newbies to get there feet wet with.
What is your second favorite search engine after Google?
Well, I only use Google primarily myself unless I am backlink checking with Yahoo, but I find myself liking LIVE right now at the moment, because they are so manipulative right now and the traffic usually converts good. A good search engine optimized site with only free link directory and article backlinks can dominate LIVE in a matter of two weeks or less. I am sure they will change there algorithm soon, but right now I can get instant traffic from them on new stores until my proper place with Google is obtained.
Keep your questions coming and I will address more in the coming Fridays. Have a great holiday weekend. Send all questions to address listed below.
4 comments:
"What is the single most important thing I should be doing after installing my store?"
I have my own answer for this question. Insert the campaign ID and double check if it was saved.
Happy 4th of July Soggy! Many thanks for keeping me motivated when things are tough. Your posts are always interesting to read.
Hi Soggy,
Just popped over here from the BANS forum and I'm really impressed with the info you're sharing here. This will now be a regular read.
Many thanks
Dave (yep, another one!)
Bans is not dead, nice post. As long as you have a website that is changing and current I dont see that it will ever totaly die.
In fact there is brand new bans scripts just hitting the market that make it easier to have updated websites.
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