17 July 2013

How to add/submit Sitemap.xml for Blogger/blogspot Blog

We all know sitemap.xml is important for our blog or website. There are many free or paid tools for creating sitemap.xml for your website or blog. But as per my knowledge you cannot submit a sitemap.xml file in your blogspot blog. After a long research I got that Idea “How to submit sitemap.xml in my blospot blog?”
Okay let’s start from step one.
Step: 1
Login in to your webmaster central.

Step: 2
Select your blogspot blog.
Step: 3
Click on sitemaps.
webmaster sitemap

Step: 4
         Click ADD/TEST SITEMAP.

Step: 5
         Enter this [atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=500] text on that box.


sitemap+add in webmaster tools

If you have more than 500 post or less than 1000 post then use this [atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=501&max-results=1000] text on that box.

Step: 6Then click Submit Sitemap
sitemap index in webmaster tools


6 July 2013

Effectiveness of Forum posting

Forum posting/commenting is a great way to -build links for a site. The trick of this process depends on your execution strategy.  Most of the good back links come from forums. So, directly or indirectly you will get visitor/users from forums. I think getting a back link to you from a good post of a high authority forum site is called a quality forum back link.

Here is a little guidance on How to do forum?

Collect lists of theme relevant site/domain with high domain authority. If the forum site is not your niche, I don’t think it will be valuable for you or your site. After collecting your list of forum sites, check the activity of that forum site. Make sure the site has current and frequent activities Or not? And another point is, is that forum site is providing follow link? These are the suggestions you need to check out.

If everything is good then create a profile. And the profile should be complete with picture, signature (if that site allow) and a good bio.

And the next step is starting the introductory conversation honestly. Begin slowly but participate effectively. Whenever, you are starting commenting do not give the link in every single post. Actively participate in existing forum discussions and share your valuable opinions and tips.


Some of the forum sites allow signature from the first post and some of the sites allow signature after some good post. Forum signature is helpful in building SERP as well as giving referral traffic.

26 April 2013

How to build an effective landing page?


We are going to describe the basic overview of what a perfect landing page is..

The Headline:
Every page must have a heading. According to online surveys; users spend only eight seconds to read your heading.  Your page headline should be appealing. Make sure you understand why the user lands on your page and what you should offer them as soon as they visit.

Without a heading, your visitor will be confused. Provide context for your landing page with a clear headline.

Content and copy:
The landing page content should be optimized on the basis of the headline of the page. The content further explain clearly, what the offer is and why your visitor will sign up or buy your product. Appealing content with lucid language will make it easy for your users to understand the landing page. You can brief about the offer/product with few bullet points or in a paragraph. You should highlight geo-location of the offer for your target audience.

Image:
The landing page image should be relevant and interactive. The image should match the landing page headline. When user comes to the landing page, they should understand the meaning from that image.

Layout:
The layout should be clear, understandable and offer clarity. Make some important points with bold, italic and highlighted attributes. 

Landing page example


Every point of landing page should be clear, concise and relevant to your services or products.

Navigation:
Your main goal is to fill the form and get happy leads from the landing page. And you have to attract visitor to your landing page. Make sure if you are targeting to get leads, no need to show the navigation. Because user can move to other page by clicking to the navigation links. Add a link to privacy policy to help users to go through the questions and answer.

Meta or snippet:
Meta description and title is the main factor and it will show up in SERP. Write short and simple description for your product within less than 150 characters.


snippet example

The form:
This is the main part or goal of the landing page. There are two types of forms- long and short form. Short form can offer more leads but the extended form can offer higher quality lead for you.

Share link:
Add social media share button on the landing page. Also share the page in Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin and Google +. Hope you will get more leads from it.