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I just received a copy of my friend Jack Duncan’s “Definitive Guide For Finding High Pagerank Forum Backlinks” and it’s a great read.

It’s a short pdf document, only 35 pages long, and inside is some really great information on how to go about getting a ton of high quality backlinks to your site.

The best part though, is the tools that Jack talks about. I can’t tell you what they are here, I promised not to tell his secret, but he did give me a special link to share with you guys that’ll get you the report and access to all of the tools for only $9

The system focuses on getting links from high traffic forums, but it’s not the same old way we’re used to doing it. If you know Jack Duncan, you know he’s way ahead of the curve when it comes to linking strategies.

There’s also a special forum finding tool that you need a password to use that’s included for free on page 18 of the guide. It’s what makes this strategy so easy to implement, and yes, all the tools are free!

I highly recommend you grab this guide now and start using it to get some really high quality backlinks to your site today. It’s a super easy yet super powerful method.

Here’s the link I promised you:

Definitive Guide For Finding High Pagerank Forum Backlinks

Have fun and be sure to tweet about this to your tweeps!

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Many people use web 2.0 sites as part of their linking strategy because they’re considered authority sites. But most of these users are missing the mark altogether and using this strategy all wrong.

First, let’s talk about what makes an authority site, well… an authority.

An authority site is a site that, among other things:

-Ranks well in the search engines

-Ranks quickly for new keywords and pages

-Is trusted for it’s content

-Is trusted for it’s links and anchor text

-And is spidered almost instantly

Some examples of authority sites would be Squidoo, Facebook, Hubpages, Wordpress.org etc.

Here’s a typical scenario…

A webmaster looking to get a link from an authority site such as Squidoo would, first write a content rich article, then go to Squidoo and create a Lens (a page) and link that page back to the home page of the site they are trying to get ranked.

There are several major mistakes that have been made in this process.

First mistake: Most likely, the keyword or keyword phrase being used in the article, is the main keyword for the site, since the page on the site that is being targeted is the main page or home page.

Second mistake: They are linking directly to the home page of the site.

These are mistakes because: The main keyword of the site is too difficult to rank for, it is most likely too general of a term to bring any qualified traffic, and there’s no link juice on the page to pass on to your home page, even if it is an authority site.

Second, the main page of your site is going to be too general and therefore too difficult to get ranked.

You may be thinking, ok… what if I am targeting a more specific keyword phrase and pointing my Lens to an inner page of my site?

Well, you’re halfway there

Here’s what I do and it works tremendously well.

Write a unique and informative article optimized for a second tier keyword phrase – and by optimized I don’t mean spammy, I mean a very human friendly and readable article. This would be considered a money phrase because it is more targeted and more likely to lead to a sale then a general term. It is also much easier to get ranked for.

Create a Squidoo Lens like before, using the new article and link that article to a Second Tier category or money page on your site that is optimized for that phrase.

Then, and here’s where the magic comes in, write 3 or 4 similar, unique, but much shorter articles optimized for the same keyword phrase and place those on Other Authority sites such as Hubpages or Wordpress and link those articles to your Squidoo Lens.

The chances of that lens now ranking in the top ten on Google for that keyword phrase have just increased at least tenfold!

You can mix and match this strategy to capture more than one spot in the top ten as well.

For example, now write another article optimized for the same keyword phrase as before and place it on a Hubpages page linking again to your Second Tier category or money page.

Then write 3 or 4 shorter article targeting the same keyword phrase and place them on Different Authority sites, one could even be Squidoo, and link those back to your Hubpages page.

Just like with the Squidoo results before, the chances of the Hubpages page ranking in the same top ten as the Squidoo page has just increased tremendously.

So now you have a Squidoo Lens and a Hubpages page both appearing in the top ten results for the same money phrase!

By capturing the first 2-3 spots in the top ten search results, you could easily get 60% of all traffic to the search engine for that phrase!

To take this one step further, now bookmark those 3-4 shorter articles using bookmarking sites like Digg, Stumble Upon etc.

No need to worry about being banned from the bookmarking sites because you’re not bookmarking your own site over and over, you’re bookmarking different pages on authority sites.

When you’re finished, why not twitter you’re new pages as well?

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One mistake that many people make is sending their PPC traffic to an unfocused or bad landing page.

You want the landing page to be relevant to what that person searched for. This will ensure that your visitor doesn’t simply click away the second they land on your page.

People are often trying to find something very specific, and if it’s not clear that you have what they want you’ll lose that visitor fast. If you make an effort to customize a landing page that is relevant to your website you will find that your traffic converts a lot better.

This often means sending visitors to different web pages depending on the keyword they clicked on.

For example, if one of your keywords targets “natural acne treatments for sale,” you want to make sure the page people come to clearly showcases these natural acne treatments.

If a different ad created references “homemade recipes for acne,” that landing page had better show some homemade recipes.

It might seem picky, but the more targeted your page is, the more likely your traffic is to convert into sales.

But that’s just one reason for a targeted landing page and it is meant for the customer.

There is another reason as, if not more,  important to match your landing page directly to the keywrod that is being used in the ad, and that is: relevancy score.

The relevancy score that a search advertiser such as Google Adwords and Yahoo, assigns to each of your ads and keywords directly affects how your ads are shown in the SERPs and how much you pay for the clicks on a per keyword basis.

If your ad is not relevant to the landing page, you may end up paying alot more – up to $10 – per click!

Whereas if your ad is extremely relevant to your landing page, you may actually pay less and rank higher on the page than advertisers paying more than you for the same keyword and click.

This is their way of rewarding you for taking the time to provide quality and relevancy to the searchers.

Pay Per Click Tip #5 will be coming tomorrow so be sure to bookmark and come back!

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Since your main goal is to get more traffic, you’ll want to use your content in as many different ways as possible. It’s no use to just write an article one time, submit it to one directory, and expect to get traffic. It’s a much better use of your time to use your content in more than one way. After all — you still own the article.

In fact, many people are finding that it actually increases their rankings greatly if they use the same article at more than one article directory. There is some debate about this, so you might find that you want to rewrite it a little bit before submitting it to another directory. Still, this saves you a lot of time.

Create a new resource box as well with different links targeting your top keywords for each directory you submit to.

Three article submission services that have grown to get a lot of respect over the years are:

Isnare: Submits to many publishers for a very reasonable price.

ArticleMarketer Service: Offers a free trial. Definitely worth trying just for that reason. It is our favorite submission service.

UniqueArticleWizard: This is great if you are concerned about duplicate content.

Beware signing up with other services until you check them out. These three are respected and updated constantly.

You should also take the content that you submitted to the directories and put it on your own website first. This updates your site and shows the search engines that you are constantly adding new content.

Adding new content often helps you get “spidered” (visited by the search engines) more frequently. The more frequently you are spidered, the faster you can rank for new content and the faster you can make money.

It’s true — content and links really do make the web go round. The more content and links you have on your websites, the more chances you have to get traffic. People are on the web to find information so be sure to offer them lots of quality articles on your websites and lots of links to find you with.

Article Marketing Tip #7 will be coming tomorrow so be sure to bookmark and come back!

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