Traffic from FFA's. Really.
by Mark Joyner
Back in the old days (in Internet time, two
years ago was "the old days"), submitting
your site to free link pages (AKA Free-for-All
Link Pages or "FFA" pages) was not a bad way
to promote your business. That is, for a
small amount of effort, you could get a medium
amount of traffic.
The theory was: "If you submit to one hundred
FFA sites, you may get a click or two. Automate
this process and submit to hundreds and you may
end up with a decent amount of traffic."
Eventually, software appeared which would
submit your FFA links to hundreds of pages at
a time. The solution to your traffic-building
woes, right?
As you probably know by now, this just isn't
the case. It doesn't work that way, and here's
why:
Once this automation software began to proliferate,
the effectiveness of the FFA postings went down
dramatically. That is, your listing would last
about 10 minutes on any given page since there
were hundreds of other people out there submitting
at any given time. It stands to reason that if
your FFA listing shows up on a page for less time,
your link has a smaller chance of getting seen.
So, what I'm saying is, if you are submitting
using a popular software program, your chances
of getting traffic from those postings is lessened.
That is why the FFA submission feature in Webmaster
Multi Tool is free:
http://www.roibot.com/r_s.cgi?R22577_wmtarttext1
Now, my company still submits to FFAs on a regular
basis. Why?
Two reasons:
1. There *is* still a way to submit to FFA sites
that will get you good traffic, and it will probably
surprise you. It's something most people don't
take advantage of.
2. There is a whole other reason to submit to FFAs
that will bring you traffic *indirectly*.
Are you confused? Don't worry, it will be clear in
a minute.
Now, as for #1, this is really cool. Remember the
paradox about FFA submissions - if you could
automate, you would increase your chances of
getting seen, but the act of automation itself
actually lessened the overall result. What if you
could automate the process *without* lessening the
result? Wouldn't that be great?
The good news is that you can automate and still
get results. An amazing little tool called "Free
Link Finder" takes all the good things about FFA
submitting and removes all the bad.
You see, the paradox occurred because everyone using
the software was using the same list. If you were
submitting to a list of FFA pages that no one else
was using, wouldn't your chances for exposure increase?
Of course they would - dramatically!
Free Link Finder does this by spidering the net (based
on search criteria you feed it), finding FFA pages, and
submitting to them one by one. You simply give the
program a set of search criteria and set it loose.
Then go on about your other important business while
the app generates traffic for you. This is *very*
cool:
http://www.roibot.com/f.cgi?R22577_wmtarttext1
I use this app all the time and the results are *far*
better than what I get using a canned list everyone else
is using. Since the sites to which I'm submitting are
generally pages that are submitted to less often, every
submission I make brings exponentially better results
than what I would get from a FFA submitter that submits
to the same list over and over.
Give this a shot and see for yourself. (Keep in mind
that a well crafted title for your submission will
increase your results even more. As always, experiment
with various titles to see what works best.)
OK, so what about Reason #2? It takes a few logical
jumps to understand how this works, but let's give it
a shot:
a. Some search engines use "link popularity" when
deciding how to rank your pages. That is, if more
sites are linking to you, your link popularity is
higher. The logic being that if more people link
to you, the quality and importance of your site is
probably higher. (The free version of Webmaster
Multi Tool lets you check your link popularity on all
of the engines that support it.)
b. If you can somehow increase your link popularity,
all of your listings in the engines will be given a
bit more weight.
c. You can artificially increase your site's link
popularity by submitting to FFA pages. That is, many
of the FFA pages to which you submit will be spidered
by the engines. Your links will be found and increase
the link popularity for that particular URL. This is
an instant, automated way of giving your listings a
boost.
Now, let's turn this into an action plan. This
information will only increase your traffic when you
*act on it*.
*Action Plan*:
OK, let's put all this together. Here is an action
plan you can use to increase traffic to your site
with just a small amount of effort on your part:
- Basic Steps
a. Use the free version of Webmaster Multi Tool to
check your site's link popularity:
http://www.roibot.com/r_s.cgi?R22577_wmtarttext1
b. Use the free version of Webmaster Multi Tool to
submit your site to over 1,000 FFA pages.
Then, check your link popularity again one month
later. It should be higher by at least a few
hundred.
- Advanced Steps
c. Download Free Link Finder and begin using it
regularly:
http://www.roibot.com/f.cgi?R22577_wmtarttext1
d. Over time, you will build a huge list of FFA pages
to which you can submit. The URLs of each of these
pages are saved to a file. Upload this file as an
HTML page to your site. Then, turn the Swiss Army
App spider submitter loose on that page and submit
each of those FFA URLs to the engines. Do this
*right after* you submit to the FFA pages. This will
ensure each of those FFA pages is spidered by the
engines. Do this once a week.
e. Check your link popularity after doing this for
two months. It will have gone through the roof.
Remember folks, this information will only increase
your traffic when you act on it. Download both of
those apps now before you forget. This is an easy
way to increase your traffic.
Article by Mark Joyner, of 1001 Killer Internet
Marketing Tactics. Mark is also the CEO of Aesop
Marketing Corporation. 1001 KIMT is an absolute
*must have* for anyone serious about Internet
marketing. No other course out there even comes
close. It will dramatically boost the results of
any campaign in a very real and measurable way.
They are offering a special right now where it
comes with a bonus database of over 6,000 media
contacts (including email and FAX numbers).
http://www.roibot.com/r_kt.cgi?R22577_wmtarttext1
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