Comments on: Affiliate Marketing for Writers http://www.changetheworldwithwords.com/affiliate-marketing-for-writers/ Make art. Make money. Make a difference. Thu, 17 May 2012 17:01:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Datafeedr http://www.changetheworldwithwords.com/affiliate-marketing-for-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-39594 Datafeedr Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:59:48 +0000 http://www.changetheworldwithwords.com/?p=1199#comment-39594 Here is a quick on page SEO tip for everyone. You need to make sure that advertisements do not make up the majority of your web page as it is viewed when a user first lands on it. Everyone knows that the primary real estate for sales is the upper left hand corner or upper center of the web page. But a lot of Affiliate Marketers like to fill that with a big, often preyy or stylish, advertisement. And some people like to load it with every ad possible! The problem is that combined with the Logo and menus often takes up the entire "Above the fold" space of your web page. Google, and most readers, want to be able to read the first paragraph or so of o=content to make sure thiey are on the right website and page. If they have to hunt thru ads for the content they aren't happy and neither is the big "G"! So Google is going to start ranking those pages LESS then pages that have more content above the fold! Make sure your readers see content that is meaningful when they land on your page ! Mark Here is a quick on page SEO tip for everyone. You need to make sure that advertisements do not make up the majority of your web page as it is viewed when a user first lands on it.

Everyone knows that the primary real estate for sales is the upper left hand corner or upper center of the web page. But a lot of Affiliate Marketers like to fill that with a big, often preyy or stylish, advertisement. And some people like to load it with every ad possible!

The problem is that combined with the Logo and menus often takes up the entire “Above the fold” space of your web page.

Google, and most readers, want to be able to read the first paragraph or so of o=content to make sure thiey are on the right website and page. If they have to hunt thru ads for the content they aren’t happy and neither is the big “G”!

So Google is going to start ranking those pages LESS then pages that have more content above the fold!

Make sure your readers see content that is meaningful when they land on your page !
Mark

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