If anyone here follows my blog all about making money in college, you’ll know that I wrote about how to increase your page rank as well as your search engine ranking for particular keywords just by using the right anchor text. Now, I didn’t really talk that much about picking the right keywords because there really is not real method to picking the right keywords. However, I have begun to realize that there are some general things to try to do when attempting to rank for the right keywords.

  • Ensure that all of your links are using the right keywords. Unless you intending on ranking for many different keywords, it is highly recommended that all future links use the text you want. For Dorm Earning, I am using make money in college or making money in college. Whatever works, you know?
  • Unless you can get a crap load of links, don’t try and rank for keywords that you are guaranteed not to get. For me, making money in college, while it might seem hard, it really doesn’t seem like it because of what the sites are. I figure if I can get some strong links, I’ll start showing some appearances in the first page. But, the thing to remember is that you’re competing against a lot of websites…Try and find a keyword that is searched, but not too competitive.
  • Don’t go for random keywords. If your site is about science, please don’t go for keywords about cars. There’s no connection and what you’re going to do is waste your time, your money, and valuable links getting listed for the most random of keywords. Stick to your niche, stick to what your site/blog is about.
  • Finally…Don’t get too many too fast. If you get too many links right off the bat, Google will think something is up and you’ll get sandboxed. If that happens, well, say bye bye to search engine traffic for quite a while. You want to do this slow, but do it efficiently. Work on it and it’ll work.

Now, like I said, I am looking to increase the search engine ranking for Dorm Earning. Because of that, I have been trying to figure out ways to get some more links. If you read my post yesterday about increasing your rank, you’ll notice that I offered a little link trade. For a link, I’ll give a link. Well, I am willing to offer the same thing on here. However, I still want you to link to Dorm Earning. If you link to Dorm Earning using the anchor text “make money in college” or “making money in college,” I will give you a link on this blog with any anchor text you want. I think it is a fair trade…What do you think?

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