| The easy days are gone when you could build | | | | exchanges, don't join link farms, and if you want |
| your website and two or three months later see | | | | to keep your traffic don't join webrings. Do it the |
| it heading for the top of the searches in Google. | | | | old fashioned way and watch your website do the |
| Now you must be prepared to wait six to nine | | | | same as that mountaineer and climb slowly up. |
| months to even see your website in the | | | | Ad content to your website, new pages for |
| searches. Why has this happened? | | | | articles, there are loads of sites out there willing |
| The main problem was that so many people | | | | to let you print their articles for free. Pick a |
| joined affiliate programs, they built a website | | | | subject you are interested in and make it into a |
| expecting to be successful and making money in | | | | page that will interest the people who are looking |
| a couple of months. When this didn't happen they | | | | around your website. This could mean you will |
| were simply abandoning their websites leaving | | | | have visitors returning to see what else you have |
| them floating around in space until they | | | | added. |
| disappeared, or people were building them for | | | | Optimise your website using keywords and meta |
| short term profits or scam programs. | | | | tags, and keep your site tidy. Don't use colours |
| If you are really interested in your business and | | | | that glare out and send your visitors scuttling off. |
| you are prepared to wait and work on your | | | | If you only have short periods of time to spend |
| website to see it appear in the searches then go | | | | on your website, then use it wisely. While at work |
| ahead and build it. Otherwise don't waste your | | | | relieve your boredom by thinking up projects and |
| time or money. | | | | ideas, this will save time. Instead of sitting in front |
| The only way to climb the mountain is to put on | | | | of your PC wondering what to do it will be there |
| your climbing boots and using various implements, | | | | in your head all ready to get going. |
| take it slow but sure. | | | | And last but not least, Write articles yourself, |
| Build your link pages by contacting other | | | | submit them to websites and ezines, get yourself |
| webmasters and asking for reciprocal link | | | | known. |