On day 26 we learn how to use Google Analytics and Market Samurai to obtain some long tail keywords. The reason is that we want to try and expose our blog to the widest range of keywords within our niche that have traffic. There are two types of long tail keywords that we will be using, Long Tail Derivative Keywords and Semantic Long Tail Derivative Keywords. Let me explain the difference… Long Tail Derivative Keywords: These are keywords that contain …
30DC – Day 17 – Google Analytics and Pretty Links
The first day of the second half, Day 17, had us analyzing our stats using Google Analytics. The reason is to determine if the website is attracting enough visitors in order to move on. The minimum number of visitors that they suggest you have before moving forward is 100 (umm how about 5?). 100 visitors is needed to really be able to analyze the statistics in a reliable way. If there are too few visitors then the stats can really …
30DC – Half Way Update
For anyone following my progression through the 30 day challenge you are probably wondering how my site is fairing in the land of search engines. Up until now it wasn’t really worth reporting any success or failure as it’s been all about setting my site up and creating a network of backlinks in order to increase rankings in Google. We care about all search engines, but Google is the most important because that is by far the most common. If …
30DC – Day 7 – Statistics
Google Analytics is the tool of the day and a very important one at that. On day 7 of the 30 day challenge went over using Google Analytics, creating an ad using Market Samurai and the pretty links plugin. In my mind, the most important thing when trying to develop a website is knowing the stats. Google Analytics is an awesome free tool that will track TONS of statistics, enough to make you dizzy. Let me list just some of …