Blogs: The Hidden Ace Up Your Sleeve

If wasn't my blog, I wouldn't make any online sales at all.

It's true I have a "regular" website, my so-called "main website," which I first set up sell my goods, this case, men's women's health products. It's my workhorse, source most my revenue. Most my sales resulted from generic listings search engines, particually Google.

That is, until Google sandboxed me.

Some you may have heard legendary Google sandbox, sometimes called, "The Goggle Sandbox Effect." What happens newly listed sites rank well about two three weeks, then suddenly drop off radar screen. These new sites are placed a type probational sandbox, away from "real" sites.

Why does this happen, you ask? There are almost many theories there are SEO (Search Engine Optimization) experts. Many believe this probation period not related sites themselves, but their links. It believed back link (pure link popularity) credit placed a reserve a period time (2-4 months) before applied ranking has an effect. The theory behind this combat PR (Page Rank) purchasers from dominating PR from beginning. It meant deter spam websites.

Others believe this alleged filter placed new websites an illusion. These skeptics argue phenomenon merely echoes already existing Google algorithm calculations.

Whatever reason, I got sandboxed, rug pulled out from underneath me; shiskobobbed. The high-ranking sales I was receiving from my site suddenly plummented.

I was devastated. What's a poor boy do now?

Desperate, I wrote a number online SEO forums, seeking advice from SEO gurus. Some thought was amusing laughed my face. Others offered advice such forgetting about Google awhile optimizing my site other search engines (not a bad idea). Others thought I should continue adding content, since content king far search engines are concerned. Still others thought I should try gain many quality links I should, this would help pull me out sandbox (it felt more like quicksand me.)

I committed doing all these things, but meaintime, what about my website products that I was trying sell, money I was hoping make?

I kept hearing about blogs, those personal websites that are published Web. As you probably know, blogs contain philosophical reflections, talk about social issues, opinions about everything under sun. They are usually presented journal style with a new entry each day, or almost every day.

Some people have found out that blogs can also be used sell products. In fact, an entire industry has evolved around commerical blogging ways market them. Some these commerical blogs appear same journal style most popular blogs, while others do not look any different from a regular commerical website.

At any rate, I decided check them out. The fact that a number blog publishers allow you build post your comments free, certainly didn't hurt either.

I studied many blogs that are out there Internet, particually ones relating my niche. The more I read, more I liked. I was surprised learn that some top websites my niche were actually blogs. They ranked high Google all other search engines. And no doupt, they were making sales.

Soon, I had a pretty good idea about how I was going build my blog. I didn't want copy others, I just needed get an idea how some enterprising webmasters were creating them.

Within minutes, I had created my blog, published Web, began posting tweaking it. I inserted some HTML code monitor my stats, continued work making a better blog. I also continued work my other websites, so that whenever I do climb out Google's sandbox, my site will get a good rating.

Not long afterwards, I made my first blog sale!

Elated, I built other blogs. The more lines you have water, better chance you'll catch a fish, right? Each was slightly different than preceeding one, but I still hawked same products. All have links back my "main" website, all have brought me sales.

I might have been down, but thanks my new-found knowledge about blogs, I wasn't out.

So, while I'm waiting climb out Google's sandbox, I have an ace hole another up my sleeve that continuing make sales me - my blog. Unknowingly, I had stumbled upon one best ways get my products out there before buying public.

What I had thought was worse thing happen turned out be best thing. Had Google not sandboxed me, I probably never would have discovered awesome marketing power blogs!

Van Whitsett author numerous articles, both online print media. He has tried (and failed) with a number Internet businesses. His latest endevour a Wealth Building Program that sweeping Internet like wildfire.