How can SEO be of Help?

If you want your website to be successful on a commercial level, it is crucial that you employ search engine optimization techniques. Without publicizing and putting your website out on a market level, you will not be able to turn it in to a successful venture. When a person initially sets up a website and hosts it on a domain, he or she just manages to complete half of the process. You think that after your website has been hosted, it can now be easily accessed by anyone. The answer to that is yes, it can be accessed by almost anyone, but the problem is that only those who know the exact address of the website would be able to access it.

That huge list of websites that you see when you just type the keywords on to the search bar comes up due to a reason. And that reason is search engine optimization. SEO techniques help a website in achieving recognition on the internet, and if done correctly, can be of massive service to you. Some of the most popular websites in the world achieved their status and position thanks to the large amount of search engine optimization techniques that have been carried out on them. Search engines employ a variety of different ways by which they recognize a website as being relevant to the keyword that it’s looking for. The search engine looks for relevant keywords that might be included in the website’s written content, as well as in tags that are posted on pictures and videos on the website.

Not only has this, but all the back links that have been created are also checked by search engines such as Google in order to make sure that the website is legitimate. All of these are regarded as techniques of search engine optimization. With the help of search engine optimization, you will be able to gain a lot more recognition from your website and you will also be able to earn money from it. The basic concept of earning money from the internet is by attracting more and more visitors, so the more number of people that you get on your website, the higher would be the amount of money you earn. People who spend large sums of money on search engine optimization obviously expect massive results, and they do reap the rewards in a short while thanks to the large number of people that are attracted to their websites.

Some of the most common search engine optimization techniques that you can try on your own include on page optimization, appropriate research of keywords before posting them, article submissions in to different directories so that you gain more recognition, the building of back links and content related pages, uploading videos and images that are related to the topics you are discussing on your website and an overall appealing interface for visitors that take a trip to your website. All of these will help you in achieving a greater overall result from your search engine optimization.

This guest post has been contributed by David Ritchie, a freelance writer interested in SEO, social media and Trojan horse viruses.

How Crumpylicious Got From PR 0 to PR 4 of Page Rank In A Month

Last month, I was talking about having to start over because of our change in domain.  Our Page Rank was back to PR 0 when it used to be Page Rank 1.  Our Alexa became 1,500,000 million when it used to be 300,000.

I'm happy to say that after a month of observation, our page rank is now Page Rank 4.  Our 1-month old food blog http://www.tsinoyfoodies.com/ which we made at the same time is now Page Rank 3.  I guess, it pays to wait and see the changes.  In terms of Alexa Rankings, our rankings now is in the 650,000 but it's okay.

So how did we do it?


A lot of people may think that achieving Page Rank 3 or 4 requires website knowledge or Search Engine Optimizations (SEO).  I can honestly say that we didn't know anything about that.  We just wrote what we felt like posting.  We had fun expressing what we wanted to say.

What Page Rank means
We used to envy blogs with high page rank but now that we have it.  It feels like an accessory that you can show but it means nothing.  It doesn't equate to traffic which really matters.   In fact, our new food blog Tsinoy Foodies doesn't have much visitors yet and is currently suffering from low traffic.

Traffic
Wanting traffic doesn't mean that we write for traffic.  Having traffic simply means that what we write is being useful to our readers and of course its easy to write to please ourselves but it is like accomplishing a challenge if we are able to write to please others as well.  What do you think?  Is this logic reasonable or not?

Attending the Virtual Staff Finder Seminar at Berjaya Hotel

We were invited to attend the FREE Virtual Staff Finder Seminar: How To Be an AWESOME Home Based Worker.  I've been wanting to go because of the ff. reasons:

1. I had absolutely no idea what Virtual Staffs so I'm very curious to know what its all about.
2. I sent my resume to Virtual Staff Finder and I never got a reply so I'm itching to know why.
3. I'll be studying MBA-Law for the next three years and I need some source of funding.  

Seeing this as an opportunity, I also invited Kurt to go with me but I guess he didn't find it interesting so I went there alone.  I arrived late so when I got there, the speaker Stephanie T. Tumulak was already discussing.  I looked at the attendees.  All of them were listening attentively and taking down notes.  Stephanie shared useful information about the field that I was able to see the overview and potential income of the job as virtual assistants.  

Stephanie's talk

During the break, I decided to transfer to the front seats to see the slides better.  I was able to meet Joanna, a virtual assistant from Quezon Province.  She was so nice! She gave me a couple of advises on how to enter the industry.  

Chris Ducker

Keys to success according to Chris

Great Principles=)

After the break, it was now Chris Ducker's turn to speak.  The guy was awesome.  He was an excellent speaker.  He could draw in the attention of the crowd in an instant.  He shared some tips on how to be successful and how to please the boss.  


The most interesting part of the seminar was during the question and answer portion.  Unlike me, a lot of participants are already working as virtual assistants.  Being home-based, they had a lot of problems and questions but there was no one they could address them to.  So when Chris Ducker stood there, openly,willingly and wittingly answering all their queries, the audience was very impressed.  I asked if Virtual Staff Finder hires newbies and he said "NO".  I guess that answers why my resume received no reply.=p  But for inexperienced wanna be's like me, I have great news because Chris Ducker announced that they will conduct a training around next year for a minimal fee.  Its a great offering because someone at the seminar remarked that some offer training for a price of P15,000.  Chris even commented that those types are the ones who take advantage of Filipinos who need to earn for a living.

My Certificate

Out of all the seminars I've been too, this seminar is one of the best.  I'm even surprised that its offered for FREE. I even regret being late.=(  Thank you so much Virtual Staff Finder, Chris Ducker and Stephanie Tumulak for organizing such a excellent event.  

In case you're wondering Virtual Staff Finder is actually a job finder site.  They charge clients to find them capable virtual staffs that meet their needs.  In the process, they are able to provide jobs for Filipino Virtual Staffs without getting any commission from them.  So if you're a Virtual Staff looking for potential income, check them out at http://www.virtualstafffinder.com