Why did Horror Movie Hits get banned at StartXchange?

I am member of both manual traffic exchange sites – Horror Movie Hits and StartXchange, so I am a bit upset with the news that StartXchange has banned HorrorMovieHits…

So…

Why did Horror Movie Hits get banned?

Here is an excerpt from HorrorMovieHits admin email:

“The official excuse was that the splash pages of this exchange are not family friendly (splash page 5 in particular). As you know that this is the one with the hand that has a mouth on it. But the really funny thing is that Startxchange now has a new splash page that features a hand with a mouth on it. Is it me or does something seem fishy here? I believe that this exchange was banned to hide the original source of that new splash page.”

HorrorMovieHits Splash Page
StartXchange Splash Page

What do You think about these and is this the reason to ban a site?

     

The New Kind Of SEO

A while back, maybe just 4 years ago or so all you needed to do to rank your site in a respectable position in the serps was to keyword focus your content. That’s it, you could rank for anything you wanted (going back maybe more than 4 years now) just by having a high keyword density. Well, as soon as everyone figured that out guess what happened? Everyone started keyword stuffing their content and for a while it worked well.

You could just copy and paste a ton of keywords to your main index and BAM! You ranked for lots of stuff. Then the search engines got wise to it so marketers had to be a little more clever. They started to hide their keyword stuffing by blending the text in with the background color completely. This stopped competitors from ratting other marketers out for a while.

The search engines once again got wise and it was decided to change the algorithm. Subsequently keyword density became a non critical factor. In fact all on page SEO has become a non critical factor! Does on page SEO still matter at all? Yes it does matter as every little thing you can do will help you to rank better and thus receive more traffic and money. However, on page seo is hardly critical to your site achieving a good ranking. Links are the determining factor now.

There used to be a popular rumor that went something like this: create great content and it will attract the links. That’s what people used to say about ‘Organic’ seo. You needed to create great content and somehow the links just appear. That could take 5 years!! Screw that! Who has the patience to wait that long when you can just create the links yourself and start receiving the benefits right away?

Now that internet marketers have figured out that links are the critical factor in determining your ranking in the serps, it has become somewhat of a science to figure out which links are more valuable than others. We now know that do follow links are better than no follow because they pass page rank juice. That’s all fine and dandy but when you look at some of your competitors links they sometimes have thousands of them. How are you supposed to get thousands of links to a number of blogs and sites?

It all comes down to automating the linking process as much as possible. There are different levels of automation and some programmers create programs that will outright spam the internet for links. This creates problems for the spammer and the rest of us so it is not to be recommended. Spam isn’t as effective as it used to be. A more acceptable level of automation exists in software like article submission software, social bookmarking software and directory submission software.

These types of software are the necessary tools of a professional internet marketer. You simply can’t compete in today’s world of internet marketing without tools such as these. Your competitors will eat you up and you’ll never stand a chance. On the other hand though it’s great to have the unfair advantage as I like to call it.

Author: Edgar Allen Lees

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Master the Web, Rule the Web

RULE THE WEB is a new book that teaches readers how to do anything and everything on the internet better, faster, and easier. Vital tips are included on everything from blogging to running an online business.

     

Do You Use Splash Pages?

Do You use so called Splash Pages to promote Your business? Often sale pages for products are too large and loads really slow and if You have only few seconds to promote Your business, splash pages are the best in my opinion. You can concentrate most important information about Your business or product, add some eye-catching image and it will work!

Here are 12 Common Reasons For Using Splash Pages (listed on Smashing Magazine):

1. Splash pages display disclaimers or warnings which are supposed to restrict access to content such as pornography, advertising, or gambling (as is required by law).
2. It is necessary to draw visitors’ attention to an important message such as approaching deadline, critical update, latest release, news, slogan etc.
3. Visitors are supposed to select the language they want to use or the country they come from — to direct users to the appropriate version of the site.
4. Visitors can choose between a low-bandwidth version (HTML — Dial-Up) and high-bandwidth version (Flash — cable, DSL). Sometimes one can also choose the “accessible” version containing only text without images.
5. The designer informs visitors about site requirements such as used browsers, screen resolution as well as used Flash, Java, Quicktime etc. and suggests to choose the “right” configuration and download plug-ins for “optimal” site presentation.
6. Visitors can select the preferred view mode – for instance, standard mode and fullscreen mode.
7. Multiples sites share the same domain. Or a large site tries to communicate its most important sections directly.
8. Splash page is supposed to include hints for browsing the site and explains the main sections.
9. Designers use splash page trying to awake excitement for the actual content of the site.
10. Sound is announced. Visitors are asked to turn on their loudspeakers to enjoy the Flash-show or Midi-experience (yes, apparently Midis are still alive).
11. Splash pages are used as an additional form of advertising.
12. The decision to use a splash page is design-driven and realizes some designer’s idea.

And here are some Pros and Cons about splash pages, written by Jennifer Kyrnin, About.com:

Pros to Splash Pages:

• Splash pages are fast loading, they get all the information up quickly on the first page without scrolling.
• Splash pages ensure that your readers see your animation or flash, at least once.
• They are a great way to show off your best work, like a portfolio.
• Splash pages allow your readers to choose the site technology that fits them.
• You can then use your server logs to see what the breakdown is of your actual customers.

Cons to Splash Pages:

• The usability of a splash page is completely flawed. Your readers come to your site to enter it and a splash page prevents that.
• Many readers don’t like splash pages – and in some studies 25% of visitors left a site right after seeing a splash page.
• Splash pages break search engines. Since many splash pages only include a flash animation there isn’t a lot for a search engine to optimize on. And if you add content to the page in comments you can be penalized for spamdexing.
• The animation can be repetitive. Readers who have seen the flash don’t often want to sit through it again, but if you forget to include a “skip” option they will have to.
• While the flash movie or fancy animation may look really nice, the impression they make may be one of pretentiousness rather than detailing your skills.
• If you submit your splash page to a search engine, the JavaScript codes that move customers to the next page may prevent the search engine from adding any page on the site.

Where to get or how to create a Splash Page?

Well, there are several ways to get Your own splash page. You can create it yourself! Then again, if You are not familar with html and coding, You can ask someone to create splash page for You (there are many designers who are offering splash pages for reasonable prices, just do some googling about it). You can use free  service – sites that allow You to create Your own splash pages without knowing any coding and html. I use two of them and so far they works just great, plus – You don’t need to host those splashpages yourself. So if You are interested You can try Instant Squeeze Page Generator or TEToolbox. Also time to time I create splash pages myself, not like a Pro LOL, but still looks and works really nice for my business needs.

     

Cash-Strapped People Raising Money Online

As money gets tight, more people are turning to online sales sites like Craigslist in an attempt to raise a little cash.

     

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