I have a query regarding conversion. Recently I came across a site which sales music/audio equipments. On the homepage it is like any search engine where you have to type for your product then it will lead to a page where you will get the list of sub-categories of the product. On that page you will have to click on that and it will lead you to the available brands which are providing that item.

That site does not have any direct link from the homepage or landing page to the product page or brand page. I was just wondering that the navigation and overall structure of the site is pretty complex, so aren't these factors effecting the sales of the site??

This year is gone. And as like many content marketers I am also working on my strategy for next year. What's on you guys mind? Share your thoughts.

Hey all,

I have one blog regarding to the healthcare IT solution and want to know that how can I promote that blog and another thing is that I going to create the another blog so which is the best platform? Thanks and regards,.

You guys will be asking yourself this question 'Why SEO for Forum? Users will come directly'. Yeah that's true but it will only happen if you are a big board or the only single biggest forum in your niche.
Search Engine Optimization may be hard for a forum but if you do it the right way then it will be tremendously advantageous for your board. You will ask 'How?', the answer is that it will send fresh traffic to your site which will actually lead your forum to grow and expand eventually. A few simple steps of SEO along with your day to day updating content can make your board a huge one.

Step 1: Add Title, Meta & keywords option - Many of the forum softwares they does not have any particular option for posting SEO Title, Meta Description and tagged keywords in them in each post. You should add them, it will only take a plugin/extension or mod to do this. In this way your users will be able to add title, meta description and keywords which will eventually help you when this posts are shown in the SERP's.

Step 2: Bot accessibility - Make sure that your each and every forum is well bot accessible. Every forum has option in their respective admin panels where you can manage the accessibility and permissions of members and also Search Spiders, take a look at it and make it bot friendly.

Step 3: Search Engine Submission - Every now and then I encounter this question that 'Forums are always self sustainable for search engines then why we should submit it additionally??'. Yeah that may be true but it is always better to build a prior concrete structure of your site, so when search engine bots came to visit your site they didn't have to wait to find which page to index or not. And this concrete structure can be build by submitting your 'sitemap' to the Search Engines through webmasters tools.

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I have seen many forum members who does not prefer CPC networks to generate revenue from their forums. When I ask them 'why they are doing this?'. The answer from most of the admins are 'CPC networks pays only when any visitor clicks on the ads, so why to wait for it if we can get paid by every single view on the ad, and everybody knows that big boards get millions of page views.'

I had been asked a couple of times that which CPM networks are best for any forum to generate revenue. So, here is a list of CPM networks which are really good and provides high eCPM.

Tribal Fusion- Tribal Fusion pays the most when it comes to CPM networks.
Specifications:
Requirements- 5,00,000 Unique Visitors per month.
eCPM rates- $0.50 to $4.
Payment methods and terms- Check or Paypal. Net45 payment method.
Minimum Payout- $50.


Advertising.com- This is a CPM network from aol.com
Specifications:
Requirements- 5,00,000 monthly impression.
eCPM rates- $0.30 to $2.
Payment methods and terms- Check. Net45 payment method.
Minimum Payout- $25.

Adversal- This is my personal favorite.
Specifications:
Requirements- 50,000 page views per month.
eCPM rates- $0.10 to $3.50
Payment methods and terms- Check, Paypal, Bank Wire Transfer. Net35 payment method.
Minimum Payout- $20 for Paypal & $50 for rest.

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I am not understanding what's going on with google. After yesterday many webmasters are seeing the same SERP before the Penguin update. Is google reverting the update??

I see some of the webmasters who are really obsessed with the fact in getting ranked at #1 that they forget about the actual thing, the conversions. Ranking are important of-course, as they bring traffic but for the long term basis its your content that engages your clients and get your conversions. Good content may not get you well ranked today but it may get you ranked in a long term basis causing good conversions.