SEO For The Common Webmaster

Learning search engine optimization (SEO) has been a long and sometimes confusing road. Much of my SEO skills were learned by experimenting and the rest by reading forums and blogs. One of the weirdest things about SEO is all the crazy myths that surround what an SEO actually does.

Some say they build links, some say they manipulate the search rankings, others say it is almost like magic. The truth is that most SEO’s experts keep a lot of what they do a secret because they are afraid that if too many people know what and how it is done they will lose their edge.

If you want to become an SEO, start reading, and keep reading for months and then start practicing on your own sites. Once you have mastered that then you should consider doing SEO for others.

I love blogging and I started this blog to share what I have learned with other webmasters and webmaster wannabes. I wanted to share an article I wrote a few months ago on one of my other blogs. It is a guide for new bloggers to get started. My Basic Guide for New Bloggers offers an overview of the process needed for new bloggers. It is simple and easy to read and will help anyone get a blog up and running.

One of major points when it comes to blogging is that you will always learn and you will be always adding cool new things to your blog. Some work and some don’t. It is all about the experience and fun when it comes to blogging.

If you do not have a blog, jump on board and start one today. I am here to help if I can so please feel free to drop a comment if there is something I can help with.

The biggest dream that most webmasters have is to earn lots of money and become rich. They seek the next big trend and they look for that magic eBook that will tell them how to make millions. The truth is, there are very few d who become rich.

Looking for your dream in a $19.95 eBook is useless. I have read many and reviewed a few and most the information is so vague and does nothing but earn money for the author or seller of the eBook. Very few people who have truly became rich will take the time to sell an eBook. Rich people are not willing their secret methods for small amounts of money unless their system is no longer working well. Think about it, if you were making $5,000-$10,000 a day, why would you sell that idea to others? Most times the idea is a possibility to earn money but no proven track record. The author does not want to take the time and energy to try it out so they make their money by writing an eBook.

I once read and reviewed a eBook on a not so well known referral program. The book was well written and gave you tools to help with the program. However, the author had not made money from it and it was purely a possibility. This is common in many eBooks.

I can tell you how to make millions of dollars on any affiliate program. Basically, you have to have targeted traffic and get lots of sign-ups and sales. That sounds too simple, doesn’t it? Well it is not that simple but many of the eBooks will make it sound like that. They fail to tell you that millions of others are competing for the same sale or sign-up. They fail to tell you that you will be spending a lot of time and in many cases money for advertising just for the chance to make money.

I am not saying you can not get rich. I am not saying that you can’t pull a nice above average income from being a webmaster. What I am saying is that it takes lots of work, sometimes a lot of risk, and at all times it takes patience. The people who tell you that you can build a site and put it on auto pilot while you sit on the beach of your private island are feeding you a long of BS. You will not get rich overnight! It takes time. In many cases, it takes a lot of luck and being in the right place at the right time.

Be a website or blog owner because you enjoy it. Look for every opportunity for making money but make the best website or blog you can. There is  money to be made but you have to be willing to open your eyes and not fall for every get rich quick scheme that comes along. Follow your dreams not the dreams of others!

If you have a success story to share or some words of encouragement for other webmasters, please leave a comment for others to read.

Welcome to Search Engine Optimization 2008 (seo08.com). This blog will include topics related to creating websites, promoting websites, website resources, and all topics related to webmasters in general.

I do not claim to be an expert but I have been around a while and have created many websites and blogs. Some have been hits and some have been flops. I will share some of what I know and as I learn more, I will share that with you too.

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