Table of Contents
Foreword
Chapter 1:
What Is Internet Marketing?
Chapter 2:
Poised to Change
Chapter 3:
The Driving Force of Internet Marketing
Chapter 4:
Unleashing the Power of Social Networking
Chapter 5:
Getting and Retaining Customers—The New Mantras
Chapter 6:
Old-Age Internet Marketing Methods that Still Work
Wrapping Up
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Uses of Directories
A web directory is a website just like any other website. The difference is that it will have a collection of web pages that have more or less the same content. This means that a directory of medicine will have web pages that are mainly about medicine. The first use of web directories is being a source of information for people. Most of the people who search for information on the Internet will have to look for them on web directories. Therefore they make it easier for people to get information regarding a certain topic. This is one of the reasons that they are considered to be helpful. But is also a main reason why they are popular with Internet users.
When you list your website on a directory, you are privy to certain advantages. One of them is the chance to have a better ranking on search engines. Once you have listed your site on a directory, the search engines will have a higher chance of finding it. Once they have found it, they will add it in their listings free of charge. You also have the possibility to have one way links. These are links that redirect your only your site. This means that you will not have to include their links on your site.
Types of Traffic Obtained from Directories
The traffic that is generated from directories will come in three different types. The first type is termed as click – through traffic. This type of traffic is one where a visitor is compelled to come to your website. The compelling is normally because of visiting the directory. When it is visited, the visitor will see your site and information. Seeing these items will compel them to visit your website.
Secondly, the other type of method to generate traffic is through indexing. Many directories will start indexing a site immediately they find its links. Once they have indexed, every time they come back to your site they will bring along traffic with them. Finally traffic is generated by search engines. This is done by the directories increasing your ranking on search engines. This happens as they find the amount of references and links that lead to your site.
In overall, link building is one of the most effective ways to make sure that your site is successful. You should incorporate it when you are building your site. Making sure you have quality links will increase your listing in search engines and PR. It will increase the chances of getting more traffic to your site. There are some people who are saying that link building is coming to an end. However, through using link building, one is able to increase traffic. At the same time, they are able to get a higher PR and therefore get more traffic from search engines. This means that link building still works and it is not yet extinct.
Article Marketing
Article marketing can be simply defined as the writing of short articles for certain online businesses with the aim of marketing them. This being the case, one will find that they will have to find ways and means to do so especially if they have a website. Once the articles have been written, they are distributed and made available for publication in different websites. The websites that are chosen for publication of the articles are sites that have similar content or related content to the articles.
The main reason articles are written is to provide some form of marketing for the owners’ website. When the articles are placed on other websites, one will find that there are people who will get information regarding products of certain sites. This information is normally incorporated with a link to the owner’s website. This way, a person who looks at the website will be able to get more information and products from the link that is provided. As long as the articles have been written well, they will provide a possibility of having an increase in traffic to the owner’s website.
Poorly written articles will not have a big impact and sometime as they may be stagnant. As an owner of a website, article marketing is one of the ways that you can use to get more traffic to your site. This is a marketing system that has been proven by many web maters all over the world. There are two main types of article marketing. There is the traditional one and online article marketing. To get a good understanding on the two, one would need to have a general overview of how they work.
Traditional Article Marketing
Traditional article marketing is the use of magazines, newspapers and any print media to advertise the article. This has been something that has been going on for a long time. In the general sense of it, traditional article marketing is still in style and it still generates results to offline businesses. However, this is changing rapidly due to the impact that online article marketing has on certain businesses.
The process that traditional article marketing follows is very simple. What happens is that a business owner will go to a print media business of their choice. They can choose to use a newspaper, magazine or even a brochure. When they have chosen the print media they will use, the next step would be to discuss the terms of the article that will be printed. In most cases the business person will write an article of certain specifications that will be given by the print media they have chosen.
Once they have written, the print media company will print and publish the article. The benefits of such a venture are mutual. The print media will get content for their products and the business person will get advertising for their goods and/or services. For example, a person who is in the real estate business will approach a real estate magazine. They will negotiate on terms and conditions of having the article printed. The real estate magazine might decide that it needs content about the current mortgage rates in the country or area. The real estate businessperson will come up with an article to this effect.
Once he has finished wiring it, he will provide it to the magazine. The magazine will then edit it according to their specifications and publish it in the coming issue. The real estate businessperson will get clients from the article in the magazine. The magazine will in turn get content and indirectly generate some revenue. This way, both parties benefit from the venture.
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