Web directories used to be one of the sure shot ways of getting a good page rank and being ranked in Google, but that was back in the early 2000, Google has constantly changed its algorithm in the last 6 – 8 years, today it gives little relevance to web directories in terms of SEO value expect for a few handful of directories that command authority on Google.
Romow.com is one such authority directory that is valued by Google, it is a business directory that has been online since 2006, in the last four years its done very well to claim the authority status on Google.
The site features 21 directory categories ( ie. arts, business, Computers, Internet and more ), these categories are further divided into a number of sub directories.
One of the unique features of Romow is that each category has a blog, where you can guest post, it gives you the option of leaving your anchor text links in the post.
Let’s have a look at some statistics for Romow
Page Rank :
- Romow has a PR ( Page Rank ) of 5 which is considered relatively high, being listed on high page ranked sites will help your blog or website be authoritative on Google. Higher Page Rank also ensure that your link could be featured high on SERP.
Alexa Ranking
- The site ranks below 30 K on Alexa , 25 % of visits to Romow are by US audiences. If you are targeting US users than Romow is a resourceful directory to get your site listed.
Quantcast
- The site ranks at 51,326 on Quantcast and shows an average of US visits at 30.2 K, a great resource if you are looking to target US based audience for your blog or website.
Yahoo Site Explorer
- The site has a 565,000 inbound links according to Yahoo Site Explorer
Romow has very solid site stats to qualify as an authoritative site on Google, webmasters and major SEO firms across US and UK regularly submit their client’s sites to the directory as a part of their link building strategy.
How do I get listed on Romow.com
- Romow has some strict guidelines for submission as it wants to prevent spammers and keep its authority status on Google. All submissions are manually reviewed, your submission can be rejected if you are found stuffing keywords in your links or in the guest post.
Submitting to Romow costs $120 a year for a featured listing and $ 60 for a regular listing.
For bloggers Romow also has an affiliate program, the commission is 25% of the directory submission fee paid. For each regular listing, you will earn $15, and for each featured listing, you will earn $30. All payment are made via PayPal.
What will you do if you get laid off today ? Do you have a Plan B for survival, majority of us don’t ?
More than 65,000 advertising professionals lost their jobs last year,not a lot of them had Plan B.
Lemonade is an inspirational movie about 16 advertising professional who when laid off last year went ahead and made a living perusing their hobbies and interests.
They looked at unemployment as an opportunity, they took the worst economy and turned it into the best situation of their lives.
Lemonade is a film that inspires you to listen to that little voice that asks “What if ?”
My Affiliate buddy Jonathan Volk launched a step by step guide for aspiring affiliate marketers titled – Affiliate Marketing 101. He generated over $ 4 million last year in affiliate sales and know what he is talking, he is the right person in case you wish to learn affiliate marketing. It’s a free download, all you need to do is subscribe to his email newsletter to get access to the affiliate marketing guide.
The book has very solid resources and tips to help you make your first dollar with affiliate marketing. Johnathan covers almost all aspects of affiliate marketing in the book, he focuses on how you can making money using social media and PPC resources.
Below are the sections that you ll find in the Affiliate Marketing 101 Guide :
- Introduction -
- What Is Affiliate Marketing?
- What Is An Affiliate Network?
- Recommended Affiliate Networks
- How Does All This Come Together?
- The “Pregame”
- The “Pregame” Pt. 2 – Know Your Demographics
- The “Pregame” Pt. 3 – Setting Up Hosting / Domain Name
- Setting Up A Simple PHP Redirect
- The Landing Page
- Affiliate Marketing Methods (Basic Overview)
- Social Media Affiliate Marketing Guide
- Pay Per View Affiliate Marketing Guide
- Pay Per Click Affiliate Marketing Guide
- Media Buying Affiliate Marketing Guide
- After Your Campaigns Are Ready To Launch
- Conclusion
Jonathan is also running a promotion to launch the guide, when you download the book you are automatically entered into the promotion with a referral id. The contest is to send as many referrals as you can to the affiliate marketing guide. The two most referrals will win an Apple iPad. Jonathan also has random prizes and giveaways. It’s a great concept to promote an ebook launch.
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I was recently interviewed by Evan Hadkins for his new book –
Successful Bloggers Ebook, that features six successful bloggers. The book is available for FREE download and is a good read if you are looking to get the right mindset to build a successful blog.
What is different in Successful Bloggers eBook
This eBook is different firstly because of the way the interviews were done. Evan did not start with a set of questions but took a different approach by asking us our blogging experience and developed it from there.
Initially I thought this approach would be very time consuming and difficult to collate all the interviews but Evan managed to put up a very resourceful book. Evan was more open to the different experiences that the blogger went through.
The ebook distills the essence of bloggers’ experiences and picks out common themes from the experiences of this very diverse group of bloggers.
Successful Bloggers ebook is a FREE download, the best part is that you don’t have to have an email to download this book. The book is a very valuable resource for those who want to be successful bloggers.
Evan has put a lot of effort in this ebook, leave a comment to encourage him to give all of us a few more of these free downloads.
