Forums

My secret to getting sites spidered fast and into the search engines is to post in popular forums that allow you to include a link at the end of your post.

I am often asked "Should I create a sitemap (yes) and submit my site manually to the search engines (no)."

I do not recommend submitting your site to the search engines for a number of reasons that I won't expound on here. The only real reason that you need to know is simply, the that the search engines bots - known as 'spiders' - will find your site much faster if a popular site links to you.

While you can purchase links, or seek out link exchanges, the best - and most cost-effective approach - is to simply make a post on a forum. Below, I have listed a few Internet marketing forums that allow you to do this (DO NOT ABUSE THESE FORUMS WITH IRRELEVANT, JUNK POSTS).

Here is what a post will look like on the forum - notice the blue underlined link at the bottom of the image that reads "The Networking King Interviews the Resource Queen":

All you need to do is create a new post, or "post reply" to an existing post. Enter your website URL, as seen below. Then enter the keywords you want associated with your site, also shown below.


    - Find the forums that allow you to post a link
    - Always make your posts relevant - DO NOT SPAM FORUMS
    - Here are a few recommended Internet marketing forums to post on
          - Anthony Blake's Forum
          - Willie Crawford's Forum
          - How to Forum

1. Getting Started

A. Introduction
B. Introduction Video
C. Adsense: Get Paid

2. Topic Research Ideas

A. Getting Ideas on Ebay
B. Ebay Categories
C. Assessing Idea Potential
D. Google Adwords Keyword Tool

3. Keyword Research

A. Final Keyword Research
     - Explaination of the Keyword List / Writer Instructions
     - Example of Keyword List I'm Creating for My Writer

B.
Research, In Depth
     - What's Selling?
     - Search Volume
     - Keyword Clutter
     - Keyword Depth
     - PPC pricing

4. Set Up Your Domain Name

A. Choose Domain Name
- www.GoDaddy.com

B.
Hosts I Like and Trust
     - HostGator
     - ThirdSphere
     - GeekHosting

C. How to set up your "DNS Address"

5. Content

A. Content Sites
B. Articles Written for You
- Rentacoder.com
- Sample Bid Proposal
C. Private Label Rights Articles (PLR)
D. Articles from Directories

6. How To Put The Site Together

Empty Templates - Right Click to Download
Dreamweaver | Front Page

A. Ad Placement
B. How/Where to get your Adsense code
C. Plug in Adsense and articles to template
D. Link to each article page from home page
E. Upload to web host

7. How To Get Traffic

A. Introduction
B. Search Engine Optimization
C. Article Directories
D. How to Create a Text Link
D. Forums