Very basic SEO questions...

[stellar12]

A few weeks ago I started WritingFuel.com, a blog for creative writers, and I was just wondering what everyone considers to be the "basics" or foundational techniques of SEO.

This is the first site I have worked with so I don't know too much about SEO, but I have submitted the site to different search engines and directories. I want to know if there are larger, more well-known directories or submission sites that I am missing.

Since the beginning of February, the site has had around 1,100 unique visitors and 1,800 page loads. The Adsense on the page has made around $6. I don't know if these stats are good or not because I have nothing to compare them to, but I just wanted to know what the usual starting points are that everyone uses. And anything I can do to increase organic traffic (I already frequent various writing forums and blogs, commenting often). Also, a side question: do you think it is a better move, financially, to focus your efforts one on well-developed site or have several different sites that each bring in money from adsense/affiliates?

Any information at all would be helpful, thank you very much.

 

[SiberForum]

Do what you do. Just clarify for yourself that SEO that is not instant process and result will not appear immediately

 

[shockie]

create a sitemap so search engines can better crawl and index your pages.

i'd recommend going with your passion. if you are interested in multiple areas, then a few different sites would be best. if you are very interested in this one area, then put in more work into one larger site.

 

[ezimedia]

HI

Are you writing articles and then submitting them to article directories like....goarticles.com and ezinearticles.com to start with... in your articles have a link back to your blog, in the bio....

Thanks
Tom

 

[stellar12]

Thanks everyone for the tips, greatly appreciated...

 

[atrivlib]

Traffic sources?

Do you know where those 1100 visits ar coming from? I'd forget about making cash from adsense. Maybe some of those visitors would hire you for your services. You'd likely end up making way more cash.

 

[max3908]

yes, i somehow agree with atrivlib. adsense is you can say extra income you generate from your site. the income will be from the services you have to offer. build links, coz it is the best way to better PR for your site and increase the no of visits!

 

[stellar12]

Thanks, max and atrivlib. I know this sounds like a very "beginner" question but is the best way to build links just through writing blog articles for directories, leaving your link in blog comments/forums, etc.? Or does that also mean advertising on other websites. I'm just not too sure, so I dont have a solid plan of building links. Thanks again.

 

[mdamin76]

I would recommend that you focus on developing one good website rather than having many sites that does not earn anything.

 

[AussieDomainer]

Focus on the one site that you love and want to create content for. If you can build other sites that don't take much time while doing this then that can be fine too.

As far as SEO goes make sure you have created a sitemap and submitted through Google webmaster tools. As you said, leaving comments on relevant blogs is definitely the way to go IMO. This is how I have rocketed many of my sites through the SE rankings and built up PR.

I wish you all the best with your project/s.

 

[Hafsoh]

SEO is all about patience, its yields if done correctly at the long run.

 

[GoodDdomain]

sounds good to me 1,100 unique visitors. Is it per day or per month and did you track it from google analytics or awstats or?

 

[bettsnirvana]

Do the link building methods such as web directory submission, blog commenting, forum posting, press release submission, article submission, blogging, and submitting into social bookmarking sites.