Any serious webmaster should know the importance of keyword research as a major component to succeeding online. If you don’t know what search terms internet users are searching for then you aren’t going to get very far when trying to attract those users to your site. This is where the SEO rank monitor becomes your most valuable tool in the fight against your competition.

The site claims it’s “the best keyword position software on the net” and what it does is keep track of all your website keyword positions in the SERP with detailed performance stats. It takes care of every aspect what you need to know and monitor when dominating the SE’s for your keywords all in one very comprehensive guide.

It all starts by making sure you are using the right keywords to begin with and the stats analyzer will even tell you how many visitors you can expect from being in the number one position for any particular term. Once you are made aware of the most valuable keywords then you can optimize your site for those terms better.

You can also use this keyword ranking tracker to analyze the competition in your niche as well, which is extremely valuable information when working your way into the top 10 position. Never let your competitors beat you again!

Another useful part of this great tool is the ability to keep you informed about your site’s backlinks too, so you know where they are coming from. This also shows up in an easy to configure dashboard that shows your gains and losses in the SERP’s, keyword value, position and more! Simply sign up, choose your package plan and then just sign in anytime you want to analyze these valuable stats. It’s a very easy process to do!

All this is available for much cheaper than similar services of this nature, with 2 plans to choose from including a basic package for 1 website and analysis of 100 keywords for $19 a month, or a more advanced pro plan for 100 domains/sites and 2500 keywords at $39/month. Plus there are a few discounts available (including a Twitter code) that can save you up to a whopping 50% off. Many other tools can set you back 100’s or even 1000’s of dollars for the same thing with even less functionality!

You can read all the details in point form at their feature tour page and see for yourself just how this online tool can help you succeed! There is even a 30 day FREE trial, so what do you have to lose when you have everything to gain? If you get stuck at any time there is technical customer support available to help you anytime 7 days a week!

So, what are you waiting for? I recommend taking it for a test drive to see what it can do for you right now! You will be well on your way to success…

My quick tip of the day is simply to have patience, Grasshopper! My favorite show of the 70’s was Kung Fu starring David Carradine and his teacher used to call him “grasshopper” when he was growing up and learning the ways of the world.

Well, its the same with the ways of learning online as well. There will be a lot of trial and error and you WILL make mistakes along the way, but hopefully you will learn from those mistakes. Most of your success online will depend on time…time to develop your ideas, time for your sites to mature and age in the SE’s and time to develop trust among your website readers and followers.

It can take a few months before you start to have sales and over a year or more before you see any real signs of consistent earnings. However, that would be the same as any offline “bricks and mortar” business as well. It takes time to become established, no matter what you try to do.

Don’t give up!! Eventually you WILL succeed over time, if you just have patience, Grasshopper!! Have a great day!

ok, I started to get sick of all the scams online and I noticed someone at LR had started a “wall of shame” thread to list all the scumbags on the internet, so I decided to add that to my own community forum. But now I want to go further and make blogposts exposing each scam.

Today’s post is on Craigslist scammers and there are lots of them. I will start off with a few here with the title of their ad and the sellers email. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Just a quick bit of advice today. The internet is full of scams and scammers and NO ONE else is going to do your work for you. Yes, there is outsourcing, but you still have to do things yourself first before you can pass it along to others.

You should always “learn to earn” by reading and researching all you can about making money online. It’s not an easy road, but if you are prepared to do some hard work and don’t fall for those get rich (never) schemes, then you’ll be ok.

They say knowledge is power, so learning is the path to acheiving that. You CAN do it!!

Here’s a quick SEO tip for today:

Avoid using “stop” words in your keywords meta tags. These are the extremely common words such as “a, and, the, to, it, of, etc”, as the SE’s skip over these and can actually hurt your ranking because it messes with your keyword density.

It’s important to remember that weight is given to each word used and you don’t want any “useless” ones weakening your position. Think first now about what key phrase your site is about, so you won’t get ranked for the wrong things later!

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