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OK, it’s official. I’m a huge nerd.

Trying to pretend that I’m even slightly cool is no longer an option.

I was surfing through the blogosphere (which sounds cool, but isn’t really), looking at some of the top 100 internet marketing blogs out there. Incidentally, if you want to check out the IM blog charts (you know you want to) then visit Winning The Web’s Top IM Blogs.

On one of the blogs – owned by IM expert Matt Cutts – I found this little gem. Actually, Matt’s site is full of little gems. Come to think of it, that’s probably why he’s an expert…

Anyway, Matt’s a bit of a genius when it comes to search engine optimisation. In this video he shares TONS of great information which I know will help your understanding of SEO. So, here it is, in its entirety. It’s a long video – a whole hour, in fact – but it’s time well spent.

Enjoy it and let me know what you think below.

I’ve been working on trying to get several of my sites onto the front page of the search engines. One of the more traditional ways of making yourself an authority in your niche and making your site relevant (which helps your ranking) is to submit your site to reputable directories.

The problem with that is that it’s totally tedious.

As a result, I went looking for some ways to get it done easily and quickly. I’m happy to pay for the service, as it counts as outsourcing the necessary (but boring) stuff that makes a business run.

And I found this:

http://www.adventuresininternetmarketing.net/directory-maximizer

It’s a good service and allows you to submit to 1211 directories. What’s more,

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This is a follow-up to the last video I made (below). Here I show you how to find the keywords for your niche or website, so that you can dominate the niche effectively.

Please leave a comment below and let me know what you thought of the tutorial.

I was looking over my other websites (mainly the one for the London magician business that I’m giving up this year) and stumbled across a plugin that I’d forgotten about.

As you know, SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) is largely based on getting good links both within your site and from good, high-ranking sites.

This plugin mainly helps you to sort out the internal links, leaving you time to manage the external links. If you have multiple sites on WordPress, you can use it to create mutual links between them.

http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/wordpress-plugins/seo-smart-links

It works by automatically linking your site up, by finding keywords and phrases that will link from your posts and pages to other parts of the site. As you post new stuff, the plugin sets up more links.

You can also program it to find specific instances of your own keywords and always have them link to the same place every time. As I said, this is awesome if you have other WordPress sites as you can use this to create mutual backlinks between them all, bringing them all up to the same levels of links and Google juice!

Every time that word comes up, you get a new link, either internal or external.

http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/wordpress-plugins/seo-smart-links

This is good stuff and once you set it up, you can forget about it until you change or add to your keywords.

And as you may have worked out, set-and-forget is my favourite.

Get this, it’s invaluable.

http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/wordpress-plugins/seo-smart-links