Lemons884 Journal- Will this noob succeed?



Skeletor said:
Uhhh the primary reason that you put them up spaced out is so that readers will return to your blog and read your new content/posts. Most people are not going to sit down visit your website and read 75 posts straight... However, if you update every few days then they will visit your site, read a few new posts, and then do that again next week.

I know that it benefits you for SEO to update periodically because google just likes to see you update things or some shit. I am not sure if there is any real disadvantage to putting them up all at once though...
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Thanks. I decided to just manually add articles everyday for now. I don't wanna do scheduled posts just yet because I wanna research and get the right keywords. If I schedule posts now, and fine out I used a bad keyword, then I will have to go back and edit one by one which will take forever.

BradleyT2p2 said:
Your categories suck.

Get rid of your current lame blogroll.

To snippet a wordpress article just put <!--more--> wherever you want the snippet to end.

Your article URLs should be changed. If someone links to your site example.com/archives/38 gives them no clue what the page is about. A much better url would be example.com/archives/the-muscle-fiber-types You should be able to do that with all in one seo pack.
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Thanks....but I don't know how to do any of that :( I'm looking for it because the "help" section didn't help much.....And whats a snippet? Is that like when the article is too big and the reader can click "read more"

jbartinla said:
This thread would be a better e-book than every single e-book out there for rookies.
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Sharksfan said:
I kind of have to second that.
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I agree lol this has helped me alot. Just think if I keep this journal up 2 years......because that is the plan right now :)
 
Day 5

Day 5 Summary:

-Got rid of my current blog role.
-Downloaded Contact Form 7 for Wordpress. Its a plugin.
-My form for the success stories page is now functional and today I am going on a forum asking if anyone wants to submit there story so I should be able to add some pages today and tommorow.

Questions Still Lingering in my brain:

-How to I change my sits URLS to stop looking like this?
example.com/archives/38

I can't figure it out. I want "38" to be the post title.

-Its time for me to start getting backlinks. Where should I start and is there a way to start for free?

Future Projections
-People will either be happy to submit there success stories or call me a spammer for posting my link. Who knows. I have nearly 6000 posts on that forum and an active member so I shouldn't have any issues.

Current Assets
Negative $101.78
 
lemons884 said:
Day 5 Summary:
-How to I change my sits URLS to stop looking like this?
example.com/archives/38

I can't figure it out. I want "38" to be the post title.
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Just c/p the code below into your .htaccess

Code: 
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
 
aeisn said:
Just c/p the code below into your .htaccess

Code: 
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
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My .htaaccess file is already set just like that.
 
in setting go to permalinks, go to custom and type in ' /%postname%/ ' it will use the name then in the urls
 
I don't know how you're tracking your visitors, but if you're not already doing so I'd recommend using something like Google Analytics or Statcounter to see where your visits are coming from, what keywords they used to find you, etc.

It's been a while since I've done SEO and driving organic traffic (and I was never really great at it to begin with) but the only real advice I can give is to keep working at it every day and start building more sites. It might be a while before you see those first conversions so stick with it. Good luck bro.
 
lemons884 said:
I agree lol this has helped me alot. Just think if I keep this journal up 2 years......because that is the plan right now :)
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hahaha... RIGHT ON!

You've got something right there that tons of others don't; Determination, persistence, desire, strive AND you've picked the perfect place to do this.

I smell a success story. Good luck!

/cheerleading
 
Day 6

interwebmarketr said:
I don't know how you're tracking your visitors, but if you're not already doing so I'd recommend using something like Google Analytics or Statcounter to see where your visits are coming from, what keywords they used to find you, etc.

It's been a while since I've done SEO and driving organic traffic (and I was never really great at it to begin with) but the only real advice I can give is to keep working at it every day and start building more sites. It might be a while before you see those first conversions so stick with it. Good luck bro.
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I'm trying to get this but I'm having some difficulty. I have my visitors counted up just don't know where there coming from specifically

"Google Analytics is not active. You must enter your UA String for it to work." When I click the link it just stays at this page....

Hostgator gives me really good traffic details but it doesn't tell me what keywords people use though I do know how they got to my site (like from what link)

allco said:
hahaha... RIGHT ON!

You've got something right there that tons of others don't; Determination, persistence, desire, strive AND you've picked the perfect place to do this.

I smell a success story. Good luck!

/cheerleading
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Its easier for me because even if I don't make any money I'm still happy to be the owner of my site and I like running it- Addictive hobby.

Day 6 Summary:

-Added one post to my blog
-Added 2 articles to the articles blog category and have 2 scheduled for tommorow. I read some SEO tips and I'm choosing better keywords.
-Yesterday nobody on this forum I was on wanted to submit there success stories.....I guess they thought I was just trying to spam or something. I can't just take peoples stories either........
-Tried downloading the Google Analytics Plugin but I'm having issues with the UA String. (btw it seems you can't have too many plugins)

Questions Still Lingering in my brain:

-Anyway to get backlinks for free?

Future Projections
-Somebody will eventually submit a success story. Success Stories will really help out my site and spread the word about it.
-Thinking of adding an exercise directory to my site as well.

Current Assets
Negative $101.78
 
Bofu2U said:
PM me for something to assist with the backlinks, will give for free since you're doing this update thread ;)
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Thanks Alot...because right now I'm outta money lol.

Also my site is in Google Now. Found it by just searching the domain. If I could get my site up on page one just by searching any of these:

how to get a 6 pack
get ripped
how to get ripped
get 6 pack abs
get six pack abs
workout ripped
how to lose fat and build abs
etc

I would be happy........Long road I think though.
 
lemons884 said:
Also my site is in Google Now. Found it by just searching the domain. If I could get my site up on page one just by searching any of these:

how to get a 6 pack
get ripped
how to get ripped
get 6 pack abs
get six pack abs
workout ripped
how to lose fat and build abs
etc

I would be happy........Long road I think though.
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Some of those shouldn't be too hard once you get some external links. If you do some wikipedia style interlinking to your other posts you should be able to at least start showing up for some of them.

I don't know if there's a WP plug-in that will do that for you but there might be.
 
Hostgator gives me really good traffic details but it doesn't tell me what keywords people use though I do know how they got to my site (like from what link)
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In hostgator look at 'awstats' it gives you key phrases / keywords etc

Make sure you have signe dup to google analytics, in there where you 'grab' the tracking code. In that code it self will be soem thnk like 'UA-XXXXX' (XX = numbers). Enter THAT in the plugin and it will work.

Some of those shouldn't be too hard once you get some external links. If you do some wikipedia style interlinking to your other posts you should be able to at least start showing up for some of them.

I don't know if there's a WP plug-in that will do that for you but there might be.
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I use SEO smartlinks plugin for that; couple it with YARPP plugin and you get some nice interlinking.

So far sounds great man keep rocking it!
 
Day 7

Day 6 Summary:

-Added 2 articles
-Added on post
-Not much else today, I'm taking a break for today and tommorow. Tommorow I have a meeting with my AF recruiter. I will probably just add 2 articles and a post and look into some more backlinks.

Questions Still Lingering in my brain:

-None for today, I can't think of anything.

Future Projections
-My site will start getting more visitors. I had 101 yesterday.

Current Assets
Negative $101.78
 
Get some pictures on there. Get rid of the WP footprint in the footer. Get some pictures on there. PM Red_Virus for some social bookmarking work, you'll see some pretty quick results if you pick the right keywords. Get some pictures on there. Adjust your sidebar via widgets to get rid of the 'Blogroll' and 'Meta' shit. Get some pictures on there.

Good luck bro
 
Day 8

JamesH said:
Get some pictures on there. Get rid of the WP footprint in the footer. Get some pictures on there. PM Red_Virus for some social bookmarking work, you'll see some pretty quick results if you pick the right keywords. Get some pictures on there. Adjust your sidebar via widgets to get rid of the 'Blogroll' and 'Meta' shit. Get some pictures on there.

Good luck bro
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Thanks for the help. I took all your advice and finnally figured out how to edit the footer and sidebar.

Day 8 Summary:

-Added 2 articles
-Added one post
-Edited the footer to not have the "powered by wordpress link"
-Fixed the sidebar by taking out Meta and Blogroll
-Added an image to every Page, will start adding images (and possbily videos) to the posts.
-99 visits to my site yesterday.

Questions Still Lingering in my brain:

-When will I start ranking good for my keywords?
-Wow its only been 8 days?

Future Projections
-More Content, More visitors, and eventually my first sale.

Current Assets
Negative $101.78
 
Ranking for keywords can take months. My advice would be to not worry about the traffic you are getting now, but continuing to build links. You will see a pay off in the future, even if you can't see it right now.
 
Day 9

Day 9 Summary:

-Added 2 articles
-Added one post to my blog
-Got the Google XML Sitemaps plugin and will update it every week or so
-Finding backlinks is hard......I'm gonna have to pay for a service or something because doing it free is near impossible.

Questions Still Lingering in my brain:

-Should I add anytype of ads on my site for extra revenue (even bidvertiser or clickbank ads) or just not do it at all?
-Should I add a "reviews" category for 20+ products relating to fitness and giving 5/5 stars for products I wanan promote and not so good ratings for products that sucks? Basically how do I monetize without looking like I'm blatantly trying to get the visitor to buy something?

Future Projections
-Much learning still needs to be done.

Current Assets
Negative $101.78
 
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