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Backlinks fresh and regular help SEO
I wanted to quickly mention something that I have found helped me achieve the highest search engine rankings for my NRL site.
On the google.com.au engine, I am up against quite heavy competition for the keyword NRL. After regular article posting and some white hat backlinks generated I eventually climbed up to second position for the keyterm. The leading position would be hard to crack, given that it's the official National Rugby League site. (Similar to say the NFL in the USA)
However, I noticed when I stopped getting as many fresh daily backlinks to my articles - I was quickly pipped for second place and pushed back to third place.
Frustrating sure. But if you are running the SEO tool for FireFox and you see the amount of backlinks my competitors have over me - it's amazing I am actually in the top 10, let alone 2nd or 3rd place. So it seems Google does place a strong emphasis on the amount of daily, fresh backlinks to your content and of course the anchor text being critical in this aspect as well.
New Rap and Hip Hop Site!
Like your rap and hip-hop music but just can't get enough? Well, I may have found the solution. With the title Rap Artist it's easy to remember and the fact that this site features all the major leading artists with forums and the ability to purchase tracks - what more could you want?
After having a browse around the forums, I liked the build of the site - navigation is certainly very comfortable. I also liked the fact that the rap artist tracks have lyrics and more information built into the deep pages - very cool.
You also get a sneak peak of upcoming title sound tracks from rap artists, so you can keep your finger on the pulse. Registration is totally free and you'll get access to the Top 10 artist listings as well as biographies and the artists homepage.
Surely this site will become the number one rap resource on the internet and getting onboard while access is free and not too crowded could be a smart move. As this hot marketplace grows, access may become a little harder to come by.
Overall a nice site that will have rap and hip-hop fans coming back for more. Slick design and all the information fans could want. Remember the name; RapArtists.com
AdSense and Gambling Sites. Not Allowed
I ran into a bit of a speed bump earlier this week. I have recently created a few gambling sites, of which I mentioned here on this blog;
A Roulette Strategy Video Site
A Blackjack Strategy Video Site
A Poker Style Blog Video Site
All sites looked pretty cool and quickly climbed up the Google rankings and had decent SERPs. After throwing some AdSense onto the sites, I was seeing some good payouts based on the crowded gambling 'AdWords' bidding.
However, I loaded up the pages earlier this week and saw all the advertising from AdSense had stopped loading. I saw a considerable drop in AdSense revenue which explained the drop out. I received no email from Google, but after reading a few website and checking the TOS again - it seems AdSense isn't allowed 'with direct gambling (poker, blackjack etc) sites'. Now if you mention gambling terms as I am doing here in this post - it seems like you're ok. But flat out advertising on a gambling related site aint allowed.
A shame, but I have had to turn my video site focus to other areas - some of which are high paying keywords, but I will just need to boost the search engine rankings again for these newer pages.
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Yahoo Pipes allows you multi RSS feed streaming
Wow, this is the 200th post for the 30 Day Man! Amazing statistic really, never did I think this blog would grow to see so many posts. After starting way back in early August 2007 as a base for the 30 Day Challenge - this little blog has been running ever since!
Thirty Day Challenge boss Ed Dale has put me onto another great little secret, that is Yahoo Pipes - the free RSS feed aggregating service that allows you to generate new, unique content feeds from multiple sources. A powerful tool to get yourself some great content without having to be typing for hours on end. Check out http://pipes.yahoo.com - it's fairly self explanatory; however below I have embedded a tutorial video to give you more of an idea of how it works. I have also employed a mashed feed for my NRL site - providing NRL and Rugby League information from over 15-20 news and footy sources.
Here's the overview video for Yahoo Pipes:
So make sure you check out the pipes and go crazy with your RSS sources!
Thank you to the readers that have kept The 30 Day Man going. Don't forget to subscribe to the RSS feed on this website, simply click the feedburner icon on the address bar or the feedburner chicklet on the upper right hand side.
The current mortgage market
Does having a large mortgage, or even worse multiple mortgages worry you? I certainly get a bit jittery at times. As interest rates fluctuate, I tend to get a little nervous and start checking my mortgage balance quite regularly!
It's a silly, nervous habit really. I have two mortgages, both of them investment based mortgages and of those, one is a Fixed Rate Mortgage. The other home loan thats currently at a variable rate only has a small balance owing and the rental returns are quite healthy - certainly positively geared.
So why do I worry?
I probably can't answer that simply. As new reports come in from around the globe and the pressure continues on mortgage rates - I suppose it's only natural to worry. I tend to get anxious after the evening news discusses defaults on mortgages and predicts doom and gloom. Even though there is no benefit, I simply continue to check the balance and bite my nails as I look at whats owning in total.
Having a mortgage thats fixed does take a lot of the worry away from your investment. Sure, if rates go down quite quickly you might find yourself paying slightly more - but for the benefit of piece of mind and the ability to budget so precisely; having a fixed product makes so much sense.
So while I have my moments of worry, I know I have a solid product and overall, my investment returns are quite healthy specifically in the mid to long term.
