Comments for Start Your Blog Today http://theyoungguy.com The Amateur Bloggers Resource to Blogging! Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:45:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on Building Backlinks by TheYoungGuy http://theyoungguy.com/building-backlinks.html#comment-67 TheYoungGuy Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:11:34 +0000 http://theyoungguy.com/?p=52#comment-67 @Garry, Thanks for commenting. You just taught me something. So i suppose the question I have is why do most sites state that it is important to comment on other sites to gain credibility and PR if you don't actually receive the backlink? @Garry,
Thanks for commenting. You just taught me something. So i suppose the question I have is why do most sites state that it is important to comment on other sites to gain credibility and PR if you don’t actually receive the backlink?

]]> Comment on Building Backlinks by Garry Conn http://theyoungguy.com/building-backlinks.html#comment-66 Garry Conn Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:19:38 +0000 http://theyoungguy.com/?p=52#comment-66 Great post... may I add a few things? Backlinks indeed are important, but they are totally not required to successfully pull up in the serps. In the game of search engine marketing by targeting certain keywords or phrases, there are really two ways of going about it. The first way, which I tend to place much more focus on is longtail keyword targeting. David Cooley does this too. Longtail keyword targeting can be broken down into two strategies in itself. Sheer mass volume longtail keyword targeting and low volume longtail keyword targeting via analysis and predictability. Longtail keyword targeting doesn't depend on backlinks. The other method is in targeting competitive keywords such as Pepsi or Coke. These more prime keywords do indeed require backlinks... some more than others and some you'll never in your wild dreams rank for. One thing I should mention real quick is the fact that by default, unless the author of the blog has hacked their blog, comment links are NOFOLLOW, meaning credit for the link isn't given. Many wordpress bloggers have figured out how to manually remove the nofollow attribute or actually have a plugin installed that does it for them. There isn't many people that have DOFOLLOW blogs when you compare these people against all the other blogs online. Also too, to break things down even further, there is a large % of dofollow blogs that have turned their blogs into a bad place to have your link on for the fact that they get busted for attempting to game Google. Great post… may I add a few things?

Backlinks indeed are important, but they are totally not required to successfully pull up in the serps. In the game of search engine marketing by targeting certain keywords or phrases, there are really two ways of going about it.

The first way, which I tend to place much more focus on is longtail keyword targeting. David Cooley does this too. Longtail keyword targeting can be broken down into two strategies in itself. Sheer mass volume longtail keyword targeting and low volume longtail keyword targeting via analysis and predictability. Longtail keyword targeting doesn’t depend on backlinks.

The other method is in targeting competitive keywords such as Pepsi or Coke. These more prime keywords do indeed require backlinks… some more than others and some you’ll never in your wild dreams rank for.

One thing I should mention real quick is the fact that by default, unless the author of the blog has hacked their blog, comment links are NOFOLLOW, meaning credit for the link isn’t given. Many wordpress bloggers have figured out how to manually remove the nofollow attribute or actually have a plugin installed that does it for them.

There isn’t many people that have DOFOLLOW blogs when you compare these people against all the other blogs online. Also too, to break things down even further, there is a large % of dofollow blogs that have turned their blogs into a bad place to have your link on for the fact that they get busted for attempting to game Google.

]]> Comment on Building Backlinks by TheYoungGuy http://theyoungguy.com/building-backlinks.html#comment-65 TheYoungGuy Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:21:21 +0000 http://theyoungguy.com/?p=52#comment-65 Yea that is point. I hope to help everyone understand blogging a little more. -TheYoungGuy Yea that is point. I hope to help everyone understand blogging a little more.

-TheYoungGuy

]]> Comment on Building Backlinks by Andre Glegg http://theyoungguy.com/building-backlinks.html#comment-64 Andre Glegg Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:09:59 +0000 http://theyoungguy.com/?p=52#comment-64 great post, I'm sure very new blogger that reads this will have a better understanding of backlinks and page ranks great post, I’m sure very new blogger that reads this will have a better understanding of backlinks and page ranks

]]> Comment on Cybercoder.net Sold by David Cooley http://theyoungguy.com/cybercodernet-sold.html#comment-60 David Cooley Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:27:57 +0000 http://theyoungguy.com/?p=33#comment-60 Just wanted to says thanks and let you know that CyberCoder.net was purchased by CyberCoders and will probably be just another redirect in their stable of Domain names that go to CyberCoders.com I will probably be using CyberCoded.net as my main technical site in the future. Just wanted to says thanks and let you know that CyberCoder.net was purchased by CyberCoders and will probably be just another redirect in their stable of Domain names that go to CyberCoders.com

I will probably be using CyberCoded.net as my main technical site in the future.

]]> Comment on Blogging Basics by Nelson http://theyoungguy.com/blogging-basics.html#comment-59 Nelson Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:25:40 +0000 http://theyoungguy.com/?p=30#comment-59 yeah, is well documented that ads above the fold have good CRT rates, mine is bove 5 % just for the small banner I have underneath of every post. I thought the big rectangle would do better but I was wrong, those two ads banner actually out-range the big rectangle. and the clicks value is high too, because the less ads you display the higher the chances of high paying ads showing up on your site. I bet you with these two rectangle blocks might get a lot of clicks, but many of those clicks cost 5 cents or less, if you display less ads you will get less clicks, but the value of clicks will be higher. yeah, is well documented that ads above the fold have good CRT rates, mine is bove 5 % just for the small banner I have underneath of every post. I thought the big rectangle would do better but I was wrong, those two ads banner actually out-range the big rectangle. and the clicks value is high too, because the less ads you display the higher the chances of high paying ads showing up on your site.

I bet you with these two rectangle blocks might get a lot of clicks, but many of those clicks cost 5 cents or less, if you display less ads you will get less clicks, but the value of clicks will be higher.

]]> Comment on Clarity and Alignment by Dan Blackburn http://theyoungguy.com/clarity-and-alignment.html#comment-50 Dan Blackburn Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:34:05 +0000 http://theyoungguy.com/?p=26#comment-50 "Trust me. I have shut down as many sites as I have started." I know that feeling. “Trust me. I have shut down as many sites as I have started.”

I know that feeling.

]]> Comment on Clarity and Alignment by TheYoungGuy http://theyoungguy.com/clarity-and-alignment.html#comment-47 TheYoungGuy Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:19:10 +0000 http://theyoungguy.com/?p=26#comment-47 Just some things I've learned over the last year or so.. I also want to add another part to starting slow... Some people feel they can force their way into blogging with multiple blogs. Well this may work if you are lucky but if you don't know the basics, it will all be for nothing. Trust me. I have shut down as many sites as I have started. Thanks Dan for your comments. -TheYoungGuy Just some things I’ve learned over the last year or so.. I also want to add another part to starting slow… Some people feel they can force their way into blogging with multiple blogs. Well this may work if you are lucky but if you don’t know the basics, it will all be for nothing. Trust me. I have shut down as many sites as I have started.
Thanks Dan for your comments.

-TheYoungGuy

]]> Comment on Clarity and Alignment by Dan Blackburn http://theyoungguy.com/clarity-and-alignment.html#comment-46 Dan Blackburn Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:06:55 +0000 http://theyoungguy.com/?p=26#comment-46 Hey Young Guy, You give good advise here. So often people see the finish line, but don't realize they they have to run the race to get there. Focus and build, focus and build bigger. Hey Young Guy,

You give good advise here. So often people see the finish line, but don’t realize they they have to run the race to get there.

Focus and build, focus and build bigger.

]]> Comment on Your Blog Mobile Style by TheYoungGuy http://theyoungguy.com/your-blog-mobile-style.html#comment-39 TheYoungGuy Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:48:03 +0000 http://theyoungguy.com/?p=25#comment-39 Garry, I am picked them up at commentag.com I believe they will be a cool tool to have for all those bloggers that are trying to find the comments that relate to their interests. Now they don't have to read through all of the comments. Tell me how you like them? -TheYoungGuy Garry,
I am picked them up at commentag.com
I believe they will be a cool tool to have for all those bloggers that are trying to find the comments that relate to their interests. Now they don’t have to read through all of the comments.
Tell me how you like them?

-TheYoungGuy

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