Archive for March, 2010

My First Guest Post Ever Is At PlantingDollars.com

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 | Permalink

You may remember my giddy school-girl excitement a few days ago when I mentioned that I had written my very first guest post for another blogger? It’s up now at PlantingDollars.com, and I’d love you guys to check it out and tell me what you think.

Here’s the full title: What A Dragster Mechanic Taught Me About Living Cheaply.

Chances are that 80 percent of the people reading this today are actually visiting from PlantingDollars, since Ryan has a daily readership that makes my monthly viewership droop a chocolate bunny rabbit in a hot Arizona sun. So, logically, there’s an 80 percent chance that YOU have never been here before, but followed the link in my guest post at PlantingDollars!

That’s So Cool! Glad to have you! I hope you like my cozy little blog – feel free to look around the place, make yourself at home, grab a cold  beverage from the virtual refrigerator… mi casa es su casa.

What’s The Big Deal About Writing Guest Posts?

I hope to have a great, real, first-person answer to that after my guest post has aged for a while and I can provide some actual hard data. In the meantime, here is a so-so good answer:

Writing guest posts seems like a great way to accomplish three things:

1. Increase Traffic. If you guest blog on a site that gets considerable traffic, you’ve got a great chance that some of those readers will wonder over to your blog. Most of them will probably only stick around once, but a small percentage may become life long readers.

2. Search Engine Optimization. Most blogs allow their guest writers to include a couple of backlinks to their own sites, with anchor text of their choosing (so long as the wording fits the story). Backlinks from sites that Google (and the other search engines) see as authority sites will help your search engine domination efforts big time.

3. Make Friends. If nothing else, writing for other people’s blogs is a great way to get to know the other person. Chances are you’ve at least emailed back and forth once or twice in the process of setting up the post. In this instance, I’ve emailed Ryan a couple of times and can honestly say that he’s just as cool in person as he is at PlantingDollars.

4. Show Your Skills. I know, I know… I said “3 important things” not “4.” But I couldn’t resist this one. As a professional writer, it’s easy to get into a slump. Especially on a blog. It eventually seems like you’re writing for the sake of writing, rather than creating the next literary masterpiece. Guest posting provides some fresh inspiration and a sink-or-swim challenge: If your story isn’t good, not only will you look like a dork in front of a giant audience, the blogger may reject it entirely.

A Plug For Planting Dollars

Ryan, the blog mastermind behind Planting Dollars, has a really great angle on the often drab subject of personal finance. The guy is fresh out of college and gave up a “dream job” (read: horrible atmosphere with a great paycheck) to live at Hawaii on a budget of next to nothing. He makes ends meet by living cheaply, and in the process seems to enjoy the living heck out of his life.

If you’re not already familiar with Planting Dollars, I’d recommend checking it out. Not only is it chalk full of great financial tips, it’s also flowing with great website building topics and even the occasional picture of a shark.

In fact, seeing the early success of Planting Dollars was my big inspiration for starting Search Engine Viking.

So Check Out My Guest Post Already!

… if you haven’t already read it. I had a great time writing it, and I’d like to know what you guys think.

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Blog Commenting Policy

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 | Permalink

The Search Engine Viking Blog Commenting Policy:


1. Your comment must be specifically related to the post. No ambiguous “Good stuff, thanks.”

2. Your comment must have at least one complete sentence. Subject, verb… that kind of stuff.

3. Your comment must be written in English. I’m not being a bigot, but I can’t read other languages; and if I don’t know what you’re saying, I won’t feel comfortable accepting it. Besides, the blog itself is written in English, so a *real* commenter would understand the English language well enough to shape a decent sentence or two.

4. Your comment must demonstrate an actual interest. This doesn’t have to be anything big, but do something to prove that you at least skimmed the post.

5. Your replies must be real replies. If you reply to another comment, make sure you actually address the question or concern that the original poster has.

6. No overtly vulgar and/or profane comments. I swear just a little more frequently than the average sailor, and you’ll see me drop the occasional bomb in my posts. I really don’t mind if you do the same in your comments, so long as it’s not over the top. Is this wishy-washy? Of course. But I don’t know how else to explain it. If every second word is the F-bomb or an exotic sexual position, I’ll probably nix it.

7. You can leave keywords as your name, but only if you follow the above rules. I understand the importance of backlinks and anchor text, so it’d be hypocritical to disallow the very thing I’m talking about. But, you MUST follow all of my Blog Commenting rules.

See, that’s not so bad.

Why The Blog Commenting Policy?

When I visit my grandparents’ house, they’ll often make me a spam sandwich. Call me weird, but I love THAT kind of spam. Gelatinous meat-ish product in a tin can… mmmm.

As for the other kind of Spam – like renegade backlink comments… I don’t like that kind nearly as much.

But, I guess as a small sign of early success, I’m at the point where I’m getting at least 20 spam comments per day. Most of them are easy to spot from a mile away, like this classic:

Get free penis pills NOW!

That’s easy to spot, right? Unfortunately, spam like that isn’t the problem. I can easily hit the “spam” button and feel no remorse.

What makes this whole comment moderation process difficult is the people who are a little more creative. They’re hoping to sneak past comment filters with comments like these:

This is a good post, I stumbled across your article while looking for free downloads. Thanks for sharing, I’ll be sure to recommend this site to others.

See the problem? I can’t tell if this is genuine or not. (Actually I can tell because I got this exact same comment 15 times from different IP addresses, all pointing back to the same URL). But you probably get where I’m going with this.

I really don’t want to accidentally label anybody’s comment as Comment Spam if it truly isn’t. But because shady SEO dealers are getting sneaky with their comment styles, I’m reluctantly starting this Blog Commenting Policy.

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Boise Website Series Part 2: Setting Money Goals

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 | Permalink

Welcome back to another installation of my Boise Website Series, a fun little read-along that explains how I build my own websites from start to finish.

Let’s get straight to the point: Making Money.

One of the biggest reasons I’m building this site is to create some consistent income. And if all goes according to plan, I can let it run on autopilot with minimal maintenance once it’s built to my satisfaction.

Income + Low/No Maintenance = Passive Income

How I’ll Make Money

There are so many ways to make money online that it’s hard to explain them all without writing a 20,000,000-word Ph.D. dissertation. But the method I’m going to start out with is Google Adsense.

Why Adsense?

1. It’s Easy. Just plug your account numbers into a WordPress plugin and it takes care of the rest. Google will automatically throw up relevant ads on each page. With the exception of Madonna, nothing could be easier.

2. No Janky Sales Copy. When someone clicks an Adsense advertisement on your site, you get paid. They don’t have to buy anything once they land wherever the ad takes them. You won’t feel like a third-rate used car salesman.

3. It’s Backed By Google. According to some conspiracy theorists, Google is slightly bigger than the U.S. Government. This isn’t a fly-by-night company. If they say they owe you money, you can take it to the bank (ahem – you can take it to Google) that they’ll pay you.

How Much Money Do I Want To Make?

A kajillion dollars. Per second. Why not?

Okay, you win, I’ll be a little more realistic. Here goes…

Daily Revenue Goal: $3.34 per day.

Why $3.34? It’s simple, really. Google sends out Adsense checks each month so long as the account made at least $100. I’d like to get one of these checks every month*, so based on a little bit of math:

$100 Per Month (divided by) 30 Days Per Month = $3.33333333 Per Day.

Round that up by a penny so I don’t end up with $99.99 at the end of the month and you’ve got an even $3.34. Isn’t math fun?

*Disclaimer: I’ve got quite a few sites already running Google Adsense, so this won’t be my only Adsense revenue source, but for illustrative purposes I’m going to treat it as if it were.

Is $3.34 Per Day Realistic?

Absolutely. I ran some numbers through the Google Adwords Keyword Tool and found quite a few frequently-searched keywords that cost advertisers at least $1 or more. After Google takes it’s share, I could realistically expect somewhere in the neighborhood of $0.25 to $0.50 each time someone clicked on one of those ads.

At that rate I’d only need 7 clicks per day, as the best-case scenario.

But I like to estimate on the conservative end. So I’ll assume I make, on average, one lousy dime each time someone clicks an Adsense ad on this site. That’s right, only $0.10. In reality I’ll probably make more than this, but I’d rather assume the worst and be pleasantly surprised than the other way around.

Using this conservative rate, 34 people will need to click on those ads each day in order for me to meet my quota.

Is this doable? I think so. Will it take some work? Absolutely! Are we talking about HARD work? Not necessarily, unless you consider basic math and typing “Hard.”

Believe me, if I can do this, anyone can.

(Awesome photo by Brian)

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Writing For Other People’s Blogs: My First Guest Post

Monday, March 29th, 2010 | Permalink

I finally took a huge step in my blogging career and wrote my first guest post for somebody else’s blog.

Why did I spend time creating content for a website that’s not mine?

For a couple of reasons:

1. It’s Awesome. I love the blog I wrote for (my post hasn’t been published yet, so I won’t leak any extra details until it hits the press), so it’s really cool being “initiated” into this particular cool kids’ club. No more eating my lunch by the pay phone…

2. It Builds Readership. Hopefully a couple of people will be inclined to check this site out once they read my post over there, even if it is based on the logic of “I have to see what else this idiot says.” And if I’m really lucky, a couple of these folks might actually come back.

3. It Builds Backlinks. A backlink back to SearchEngineViking.com from a high-quality site/blog? Yes, please! That’s what Search Engine Optimization is all about…

Where did I submit this guest post?

I can’t tell you – at least not just yet. The other blogger has it scheduled to “print” in a few days. As soon as it does, I’ll point a sweet link so you can check it out.

Actually, the other guy probably wouldn’t mind me telling, but I like building tension. It’s what makes Christmas so great.

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Anchors Away: What Is Anchor Text?

Monday, March 22nd, 2010 | Permalink

If there ever was one huge, gigantic, hush-hush insider SEO secret that the Search Engine Optimization pros don’t want you to know about, it’s this: Anchor Text.

Why don’t the professionals want you to know about Anchor Text? Because it’s their golden ticket to charging customers thousands of dollars in SEO services. And to read through some of these guys’ sales materials, you’d probably think Anchor Text is an advanced programing concept only approachable by NASA engineers or someone with a Ph.D. in String Theory.

Nope. Anchor Text is a very simple concept. And once you know it – and implement it – you’ll be climbing the Search Engine Result Pages (SERPs) in less time than it takes Charlie Sheen to walk out of rehab.

What Is Anchor Text?

I’m glad you asked. It’s actually really simple: It’s the word-for-word text that links to another web page. It’s usually easy to identify because it’s colored differently the words around it.

Here are some examples:

Example 1: Check out this site for some Awesome SEO Tips.

The anchor text is “Awesome SEO Tips”

Example 2: Click HERE for some Awesome SEO Tips.

The anchor text is “HERE”

See how that works? Anchor text is merely a code word for the text that directly links to another web page. Simple, right? It is.

What’s the Big Deal About Anchor Text?

In the infinite cosmic confusion known as Internet Search Engines, solid anchor text can help you work your way up the SERPs for any keyword you want.

How? Use the keyword as your Anchor Text.

Yes, it really is that easy.

As the search engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc…) scour the billions and billions of web sites every day, they count how many backlinks each page has, both from other pages on the same site (internal backlinks) and from other websites all together (external backlinks). And while they are counting, they pay particular attention to the anchor text.

Why? Because it make sense that if the Search Engine spiders find several links to a page on your site that include the keyword phrase “How To Sell Orange Tulips In Alaska” as the anchor text, there’s a very good chance that the page does indeed discuss selling tulips in Alaska.

And the more places they find “How To Sell Orange Tulips In Alaska” linking to your page, the more points the Search Engines give you. And the more points you get, the farther up the SERPs you’ll move for people searching for “How To Sell Orange Tulips In Alaska.”

Why Is This Such A Secret?

It’s not really the ultra-underground-organized-crime secret I made it out to be in the intro to this post, but I had to catch your attention somehow, didn’t I?

But there is an element of truth to it, because professional SEO companies use anchor text almost exclusively in their businesses. Here’s how you can do the same:

1. Determine the keyword you want to optimize.

2. Create backlinks all over the internet using that keyword as the anchor text.

Simple, huh? It really is. So get out there and try it!

If You Take Nothing Else Away From This Post…

Don’t use “Here” or “Click Here” as your anchor text. While every backlink does count, which will help your SEO efforts in the long run, the Search Engines will assume your site is somewhat related to the keyword “Here” rather than the true subject of your site.

I just checked Google and found 2.37 BILLION (yes, with a “B”) sites are listed in its SERPs for the keyword “Here.” Most likely because so many people use this horrible word as anchor text. There’s no use in competing on that list – besides, the likelihood of anyone searching for your site by using the search phrase “Here” is very, very low.

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Weekly Rockstar Bloggers: March 19, 2010

Saturday, March 20th, 2010 | Permalink

Welcome to the very first installment of the Search Engine Viking’s Weekly Rockstar Bloggers series.

Think AC/DC rocks? Wait till you read these blogs...

What is the Weekly Rockster Bloggers series?

Each week I’ll recap some of my favorite blog posts from other people’s blogs. The bloggers responsible for them are clearly Rockstars (hence the name) and you owe it to yourself to check them out. Actually, you also owe it to yourself to bookmark their sites, because they’re constantly discussing important topics you don’t want to miss (no porn, sorry guys).

Let me tell you, there is some GREAT stuff out there. I’m planning on eventually making this a one-link-per-week kind of deal, where I’ll pick the best of the best; but since this is my celebratory first post in this series, I’d like to highlight several I think you’ll enjoy.

Without further ado, allow me to present to you…

Rockstar Bloggers for the week ending March 19, 2010

Moon from Experiments in Passive Income is building a portfolio of money-making web properties, and explains several different strageties with: Clash of the Titans: The Pros and Cons of Various Types of Passive Income Streams.

Ryan from Planting Dollars wrote a killer psychological-therapeutic-sociological post about the relationship between career and self with: Are You Your Profession?

Tom from Build That List has a clever tip for anyone looking to buy an electronic product through ClickBank with: Never Pay Full Price On Clickbank.

Technically this isn’t a blog post, but it was one of the true highlights of my week. A Boise hard rock radio station is holding an open casting call to fill a vacant Disc Jockey position, and you can bet every penny that’s ever rolled down the crack in your couch cushions that yours truly has submitted an application. It’s here: The Xrock Casting Couch.

So get out there and check these killer posts out. You’ll be glad you did. And you’ll see why these folks won the highly-coveted (yet relatively unknown) Rockstar Blogger Award this week.

Oh, and wish me luck on the radio gig.

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Boise Website Part 1: Conceptualization

Thursday, March 18th, 2010 | Permalink

Welcome to the first Meat-And-Potatoes post regarding the Boise, Idaho website that I’m building completely from scratch. I’ll try to show you every step I take – big and small – so you can make a site of your own with very little web savvy (I’m no programmer; if I can do it, so can you).

And no, the “potatoes” comment wasn’t a direct Idaho pun. Well, not really anyway.

If you missed the introduction to this series, which includes my reasoning for starting and sharing this project, you can check it out HERE.

Boise Rocks - So Will My Site!

The Early Planning Stages

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a shoot-from-the-hip kind of guy. I don’t do a lot of formal pre-planning on most of my websites, I just kind of start building and see where it takes me. Sometimes the results astound me, other times they… well, let’s just say they don’t astound me.

I want to astound myself with this site. And more importantly, I want to astound you. After all, why would you be interested in anything else I’ll ever share here on Search Engine Viking if my very first website example is a total flop?

Long story short: I’m forcing myself to put a pen to the paper and actually draw up a formalized plan of attack. Keep in mind that I’m running through this process as it makes sense in my brain. There are lots of web developers out there who would tell me I’m flat-out wrong, and that’s okay. Like I said, I’m outlining MY process.

I encourage you to follow along, both with this post and the rest of the Boise Website series. If you do so, you’ll end up with a groovy little website of your own by the time I’m done.

So here we go with…

Step 1: The Website’s Niche

Niche is a fancy way of saying “theme” or “topic.” By now you already know that my theme is Boise. But the problem is that “Boise” by itself is pretty broad. So for now I’m going to narrow it down to “People Visiting Boise.”

Why did I narrow it down? For two reasons:

Targeted Audience: I can create content (posts and pages) for readers who are unfamiliar with the Boise, Idaho area. This makes it easier to write, but more importantly I can voice each post in a way that resonates with first time Boise folks.

Realistic Expectations: Trying to write stories for Boise newbies AND the people living here would take forever. And I don’t want to spend forever on this project (more about that later).

Step 2: What Will This Site Provide The Readers?

Since I’m targeting people visiting the city, I want to provide them information for their stay. This will probably include topics like:

Where to stay: Hotels, Bed & Breakfasts

Where to eat: Restaurants, Diners

Things to do: Arts, Entertainment, Recreation

Places to visit: Geographic Landmarks, Historical Places

How to get here: Airport, Bus and Driving Information

Step 3: What Do I Want To Get Out Of This Site?

Ah yes, the greedy “What’s In It For Me” question.

Here’s what I want out of it:

Low Maintenance. Once it’s built, it’s built. Save for the occasional house keeping chores (like removing restaurants that go out of business and such), I don’t want to keep adding content to this thing forever.

Money: Yes, a big motivation for this site is to create a stream of income. It doesn’t have to make millions, but a steady stream of dollars would make me very happy – and able to buy some of life’s little luxuries I’ve been putting off, like brakes for my car.

Rankings: I’d like to rank in Google’s top 10 (first page) for a plethora of keywords, including some highly-competitive ones. If I achieve this, I’ll probably do okay on  the money front.

And with that, I’ll wrap this up. You probably noticed that I haven’t set any deadlines or goals for this project yet. That’s because you are super clever and highly adept at spotting holes, I applaud your intuition… If this isn’t the perfect segue into the next chapter, I don’t know what is.

Until next time.

(Photo credits go to a killer photographer and great buddy of mine, Brian)

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Why Blog Commenting Rocks

Monday, March 15th, 2010 | Permalink

Until recently, I’ve never been the type of guy that left comments on any blog, even the ones I read every morning. In fact, it wasn’t until right up before launching Search Engine Viking that I wrote a single comment on a website that wasn’t either a real-life friend’s blog or a sly SEO backlink trick.

But like Tiger Woods under interrogation, I’ve changed my tune.

Now I love writing blog comments. And you should, too. Here’s why:

Ride the wave of Internet awesomeness

It Keeps Bloggers Motivated

Regardless of if the blog you’re reading gets 10,000 hits per second or two hits per month, the guy (or gal) writing it loves knowing people care. No, I’m not going to get all touchy-feely here and suggest we should all go out of our way to hug each other and offer the kind of encouragement you’d give a kindergartner who finally smeared something resembling an upper-case “G” on his lunchbox. But pouring hundreds (if not thousands) or words onto the Internet on a regular basis can get awful tedious unless you know people are actually reading it.

Would you keep working on something if nobody showed any interest? Not unless you’re a congressman. If you’ve found a blog post that provides information you are looking for, or have a couple that you read on a regular basis, drop the writer a note in the comment section. Believe me, it’ll make his or her day, and will likely help keep the blog growing for years (or days) to come.

Drive Traffic To Your Site

When most people read a blog post, they’ll scroll down into the comment section and see what other people added. If you say something that resonates with them, there’s a very good chance they’ll says to themselves “If this person’s comment is this cool, I can only imagine the awesomeness that awaits me at their website… must… click… now…”

Almost every blog that allows comments has a way to add a link back to your site. Chances are you already knew this, but for those of you who didn’t – you’re welcome!

Backlinks

This is a point of contention and sure to make me look like a hero (to the SEO crowd) or a villain (to the blogging community), but it is sometimes possible to build backlinks to your website for SEO purposes by commenting on blogs.

I say “sometimes” because, well, I’m trying to avoid a 2,500-word rant about NoFollow, DoFollow and a whole host of other topics that some people say – Whoa! Almost fell into that rant anyway. Not this time (but probably later).

Know this: I honestly believe that blog commenting can help your Search Engine Optimization efforts, even if some of the gurus say otherwise. I know this because I’ve tested it.

Make Friends

That’s right, by commenting on blogs, people will like you. Simple as that.

I’m quickly realizing how friendly the blogging community is. It’s like the group of school kids who talk to you even when nobody else will. They’ll spot you 60 cents for a Diet Mountain Dew when you’re short, notice your new hair cut and bring you soup when you’re ill.

Yes, the blog community is pretty darn cool. And all you have to do to “get in” is leave a few comments. You don’t even need your own blog or website, just a smile and the willingness to get out there and say “hi.”

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The Boise Website Series: Intro

Thursday, March 11th, 2010 | Permalink

You know what I love about my hometown of Boise, Idaho? Darn near everything. Especially a little empanada restaurant down the street. But ask anyone who lives outside the Gem State about our capital city and you’ll get a well-worded “Huh?”

Everything you probably know about Idaho is in this bowl...

I’m thinking I might be able to change that – and maybe create a small stream of online income – by building a website about Boise and the surrounding area.

I’ve been toying with the idea for quite some time, and was recently inspired by a killer project by Ryan at PlantingDollars.com who is chronicling a similar project about Waikiki. He’s been doing a great job of explaining his entire process, from conceptual development to content creation, it’s worth a read if you haven’t seen it (check out the series here).

Why Should You Care?

Because I’ll show you how you, too, can easily build a website without any special programing skills or previous experience.

The truth is, it’s pretty difficult to Dominate The Internet (the war cry of SearchEngineViking) without a web presence. It’s like trying to climb Mount Everest without climbing gear… or arms… or a mountain.

I love building websites. I’ve made so many of them that the Internet is littered with my random virtual properties. Some of them are huge mega sites (sometimes called “Authority Sites,” named after the famed web coder Giavoni Authority), some are tiny little three to five page micro sites; but the point is that I’ve got plenty of experience creating and promoting my own web properties.

By following along with this series, you’ll see exactly how I create websites from start to finish; from pre-production to driving traffic to, hopefully, making a penny or two in the process.

Build Your Own Income Stream

Whoa! That caught your attention. Money always does.

If you’ve never thought of websites as money makers, you’re missing the boat. And it’s a big boat. So much money changes hands over the Internet these days that it’s crazy not to consider it as a legitimate income source.

There are all sorts of ways to monetize websites, which I will discus in more detail along the way, but what’s important is that once the site is built, it will last forever. Even if you never add a single sentence. So if your site produces any income, which isn’t hard, it should continue doing so with or without more effort. If that’s not the definition of passive income, I don’t know what is.

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Alexa 3,598,486 And Counting

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 | Permalink

No, that ginormous number isn’t my bottom blood pressure number, it’s the current (as of March 10, 2010) Alexa rating for Search Engine Viking. While any score of nearly 3.6 million might sound impressive, it really isn’t. Alexa isn’t a “the most points wins” kind of game, instead it’s more like golf or an IRS audit: the lower the score, the better.

The "Look Ma, No Friends" Graph

What this means is that my site is the 3,598,486th most popular site on the Internet, so 3,598,485 other websites are more popular than mine.

Hopefully that will change. Because this site is brand new I’m certainly not going to take a bath with a toaster as a result of such low numbers, since any rational human being can’t expect a loyal readership and thousands of page views this early.

But I can expect improvement. Maybe not a whole bunch at first, or maybe none at all for the next few months, but I would like to crack the top 3,598,485 sometime before summer (I think summer officially starts on June 20, but I’ll have to check – either way, a day or two either direction probably won’t make that big of a difference). So:

Alexa Goal: A better score than 3,598,486 by June 20, 2010.

There are a few ways to go about making this happen, and they are scattered all over this website. Alexa is, after all, a popularity contest, so all the little tips and tricks I’m using to dominate the Internet should pay off here, too. “Should” is the key word though, because…

What Is Alexa?

Good question. Wish I had a good answer. All I know is that it’s a measurement of site popularity. How and why it gathers the information it uses, and how it calculates it, is beyond me. And judging by several “I don’t Get It” posts and articles by some of the world’s best computer minds, I’m not the only one. Some even go so far as to call Alexa “controversial,” “misleading” and “sexy” – no wait, one of those is a misprint…

But controversial or not, I would like to think that SearchEngineViking.com is worthy of a better score than 3,598,486.

How You Can Help

You’re so sweet, out of nearly 3.6 million other websites you’re willing to help me – thanks! All you’ll need is a master’s degree in computer coding, a 14-inch pipe wrench and a Bunsen burner.

Just kidding.

All you really need to do is visit this site. Really! Most experts agree that page views play a big role in Alexa’s rating system. And since you love this site anyway and come here at least 30 times per day in anticipation of new content (I wish!), you don’t even have to change your normal surfing habits!

How cool is that?

But if you REALLY want to help out, tell your friends, blogging buddies, family, coworkers, dentists, real estate appraisers and local biker gang to visit the site too. With all the cool content and How-To stuff I include on this blog on a somewhat regular basis, they might actually like it. And they might like you. Which would make you popular. Which means I’m not lying when I say “All the cool kids are doing it.”

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