Okay, I am gonna cut the shit today and get straight to the point.
I will be the first to admit, I am not the foremost expert on social media. However, if you read Panda Dundee, you saw that it is already playing a big roll in search engine rankings.
However, for about the past 2 weeks I have been reading almost ever article I can on how Google plus works and how to create viral media traffic on auto pilot.
With that being said, I of course want to share what I have found with the readers of this blog.
Woah did you see that?! By simply offering you value in return for a +1 or Tweet I have
1.Increased this posts SEO power with a Google +1
2. Set this post up to get a ton of viral traffic (If you have followers on twitter or Google +1 you just placed a link to my site all over the web. Thanks!)
Now, I do not plan on doing this in future post very often HOWEVER, by simply implementing a quick wordpress plug in my visitors are SEOing my site AND giving me viral traffic at the same time! This is HUGE if you have an online business or site you want grow.
(The plug in is called Fast Attack Google Locker by the way. Highly recommend it, check it out here )
Now..
There are a ton of ways to take advantage of this. The overall thing I am trying to show you is one very basic rule
Give People Something of Value and They Will Give You Something In Return
Whether it is Google +1s, Facebook likes or Tweets , if you give people a good reason to share something they will!
Think about it
If your site is about dog training, do you think someone would like your page in return for access to the easy dog training tips?
If you are ranking for the search term Rims For Sale, do you think someone would Tweet your page to get access to a few coupons?
Etc etc etc..Within a month your page will be getting hundreds (if not thousands) of viral visitors and be getting a serious social boost in Google
How to do this today..
Start thinking up ways to give people a reason to share site. ( The plug in I used above is one of MANY ways to do this). Place a free file on your facebook page in return for a like, offer free tips on your twitter for anyone that follows, give exclusive content to your Google plus page. Value given creates value returned.
Part 2: How Google +1 and Social Media Is Going To Change The Web/SEO Forever
Right now, Google rankings and how people search for things on the internet is controlled by robots. The only way Google can tell which sites deserve a ranking is by creating little math algorithms to determine where a site should be..
If you have not noticed this system is fucked… There is no perfect way to rank sites online using this method and with the rise of social media Google is actually losing touch with its users. While backlinks can be a good sign of quality, they can easily be faked and taken advantage of.
Think about it…
When was the last time you found something new and useful on Google? Okay, now what about Facebook?
If you were deciding what type of basketball shoe to buy, would you feel more comfortable trusting the results in Google OR peoples status updates/reccomendations on Twitter.
See, this is where Google is FUCKED. People are sending and receiving more reliable information via social media sites than from the Google search engine. If this keeps up at the current rate Google is going to quickly lose its dominance online as people begin to trust social media information over Google ( If Facebook placed a decent search engine on its site would you ever use Google again?)
How Google Plans to Fix This
Imagine if you were looking for new basketball shoes on Google. Normally if you typed in best basketball shoes, you would see a ton of sites that have been SEOed to the top of Google for the search. This would be semi useful as you results are not determined by what shoe is the best, but by what shoe has the best SEO.
Now picture this, (this is assuming you have a Google +1 account)
What if when you typed in best basketball shoes, Google returned the shoes your best friend +1ed or the shoes that people very similar to you (hobbies, age, education, gender etc) +1ed.
Holy shit.
Google would be connecting you to people instead of the web. Instead of getting results based on backlinks, you would be getting results specifically tailored to YOU and people like YOU.
Instead of getting a shitty SEOed site when you type in a search, you would get sites that people actually use and ENJOY.
The Big Picture
This is going to take SEO and how the internet works to a whole other level. The days of being able to force a website down Googles throat and hijack searchs are going to be coming to a close very soon. As with the growth of social media robots ,algorithms, and backlinks will slowly lose their purpose as PEOPLE start controlling the search engine results instead.
In fact in 10 years I am willing to bet my dog that every user online will get different search results based on who they are. There will be no targeting keywords…there will be TARGETING PEOPLE. If your site is not relevant to a person or does not have good content, PEOPLE will not rank it.
Remember, Googles main priority is not your online income, it is its users. So, ask yourself..would people +1 my site? If you answer is no..time to get to work!
My overall message
Of course continue with SEO, but expanding your thought process and providing value is becoming more important every day. If you are planning on making this a career plan focus on starting to learn to give people something they want into of sneaking it in front of their face.
This is hard to explain so I will sum up this post with a quick story.
Imagine a strip of road in the middle of no where, where a lot of cars have to drive through everyday (The internet) Now, one day a guy starts a gas station (a website) on this strip of road.
His business booms even though his gas station sucks and his customer service is awful. Since this high traffic road is untapped they literally have no other place to shop.
One day, a customer tells the shop owner he should probably improve his business because one day someone will do it better. The man ignores him and keeps doing things the same old way.
A year later, a young man opens a store on the same strip of road, but tries just a little bit harder than the crummy shop owner. Due to the quality of the new gas station and the recommendations it has received the crummy shop owners store (site) dies almost over night.
On top of this, because the crummy shop owner got comfortable and stopped learning he is unable to even compete. Overnight, his riches dry up and he is left homeless in the middle of no where, screwed for all eternity
Remember, the internet is still very new and is changing rapidly. Google Plus and Social Media are a great example of what is to come. Evolve now!
-Becker
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Fuckin’ Good dude, fucking good…
Thanks Marco
Can you easily manage aliases with with G+? I don’t want people all up in my personal business.
Plus, that plugin by Craig Macko on WF is killer… $9? Probably the best $9 I’ll have ever spent on the WarriorForum.
Raza
I do not have a G+, however I am pretty sure that you can choose to share or not to share whatever you want!.
Yeah that tool is pretty sweet, it beats out a tool i know of that does the same thing..but for 90 bucks lol
Doesn’t Google already target search results to anyone with a Gmail account?
Yep. But it is based on your prior search history , not other at the moment
Intereseting but is this not very easy to manipulate? You can buy 150 google plus 1 for 5$ on Fiverr.com.
The most important thing you are overlooking is the fact that that 150 plus 1s will not be real people, there for the pluses are almost irrelevant when it comes to sharing the site.
On top of this, google is pretty clever right? I am pretty sure they will find a way to put 2 and 2 together when a shitty site is getting 100s of plus ones
honestly, using your BB, theres plenty of time in the day to come up with good content if this is your career.
=D
120 hp charizard omg its so good
i tweeted but the only purpose my twitter has as of now is to follow guitarists (looks like i gotta change that though)
is e-junkie “better” for running affiliate deals than clickbank? my first ebook is almost totally outlined (another 10-12 concentrated hours+3-5 typing and it will be done, w/o the cover but i got decent photoshop skillz, 2 full time days basically) and ima launch it at $7 (its a guitar blueprint but im not sure i want to use the word blueprint in the title, maybe the sales page). blog isn’t ready to unveil yet, i want to associate it with the book (lotta free infos+add to the overall legitness of the book) but it’s getting there (4-10 hrs of work)
also, i might be homeless on the 31st due to an argument w/my dad (lol), so basically i kinda have to sell ~100 copies or more in a really short amount of time (if im done on the 20th, 11 days, so about 10 copies/day).
totally believe its possible. (@10% ctr i could probably afford a room w/internet on craigslist at 100~ or so views per day), ill worry about homo taxes later in the year when i have time
any advice to make this shit work? not 100% sure how to make a sales page w/artisteer yet but im sure its possible, i already have a pretty good idea (50-60%) of what the written content on the sales page is going to look like but i have NO IDEA how much visual media (guitar based images, vids are kinda out of the question for now) its going to take to get ~10%+ CTR and no idea where to buy that kind of shit or if its even necessary for a $7 badass motherfucking book
got like 110 bux to my name, have a hernia and cant do physical labor until i have surgery (dead serious), it hurts to move my 15 lb desk 5 feet (yay no insurance). also 21. was pushed to quit my job cause they told me to cut the nails on my right hand (i fingerpick) and i said no. most epic/heroic guitarist story of the early 21st century? yes.
i will also totally give you a free copy senor twostep (i know you play and do things like a beast so this will 100millionfuckpercent change the way you see the instrument). alex too but idk if that guy plays. if you guys want to affiliate at like 50-75% (50% ideally at first cause fuuuuuck i dont wanna be homeless) i can totally make that happen.
thanks, your student
-Adam
Haha adam big question
I will be answering this soon. Just wanted to let you know I saw it
forgot random song rec: Periphery – All New Materials Instrumental (yt that shit). vocals are all screamy stuff, not a fan of that, but there’s an instrumental version of their whole first cd, flows really different
I love periphery by the way
fuck yeah
Badass. Is there something for Facebook shares like this? I know those are much more powerful.
Yep it is called cloud surge, it is a lil bit different but the same idea
Apparently there is now an update that also allows you to add fb likes to the option list. I have just asked the plugin creator to send me the update….
I totally buy into the whole +1 thing being the future of search, the quicker we all get into sorting our content and promotions out to accomodate this, the sooner we’ll all be successful…
Cheers
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