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Comment by Rob Orr 6 hours ago

I've seen them move up too. I've not done any thorough checking - will do that tomorrow - but I've seen improvement. I think the side of things that many internet marketing/website owner-types haven't thought about with these google updates is how it will actually HELP their rankings if they've got a good site. Penguin and the other black and white animal updates target spam so that the proverbial cream can rise to the top.

Comment by Jim Anderson 12 hours ago

How has your site been affected by Google's update?  My keywords all moved up in rank.  I have gotten to #2 or #3 on several of them.  My name even is appears to be on the 1st page now.  I was on page 5 about a month ago. 

Comment by Rob Orr yesterday

And as surely as the new niche site duel starts up, Google Penguin releases a major update. This ought to be interesting. I've noticed some slight differences just in basic searches for competitor websites on some of my keywords, but will keep a close eye.

http://searchengineland.com/penguin-4-with-penguin-2-0-generation-s...

Comment by Rob Orr yesterday

Greetings Niche Site Challenge folks! Sorry I've been so quiet lately on my end, but I've been head-down trying to crank out work!

I wanted to let you know that if you don't already know - Pat Flynn at Smart Passive Income is launching his Niche Site Duel 2.0 NOW.

This is definitely something that we need to pay close attention to, and jump in where we can. I'm definitely joining up with his duel and I encourage everyone to jump in - whether you just want new stuff for the niche site you've been working on for the Niche Site Challenge, or want to get started with an entirely new site - there is no doubt that there will be a ton of great stuff there.

His ideas about a leader board and how he's going to detail everything along the way are awesome! The link is below - would love to hear what you think.

http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/niche-site-duel-2-launch/

Comment by Rob Orr on Wednesday

Hi Jim - good question! There are a couple things right off the top of my head. As annoying as they are a well-done pop-over like you see at quicksprout.com is a great way to capture email addresses.  You can also use the Hello Bar which has a similar effect.

Comment by Jim Anderson on Sunday

Anybody have any ideas for turning traffic into blog subscribers.  I have seen a nice ramp up in traffic, but I am floundering at getting people to subscribe to my posts (via feedburner for now, will be moving to Mailchimp). 

I know the giveaway of a free e-book, etc. seems to be the general route, but anybody else successful with other ideas?  I have a lot of things going on now and don't feel I could come up with the quality I would want in short notice, although it is on my list to do.

Thanks,

Jim

www.jimanderson.net

Comment by Rob Orr on April 28, 2013 at 8:13am

Have you ever struggled with topics for your niche site? Well - Need A Topic is RETURNING SOON with more awesome stuff!

Comment by Thomas Pace on April 22, 2013 at 6:20am

Thanks Diane I've about talk her into removing music. And I seen a few places that needed capital letters and other things. She worked on it for like 9 hours straight so we need to do some proof reading when you work that many hours you over look a lot of things.

Comment by Diane Krause on April 21, 2013 at 8:09am

Cam -- On my client's website, yes -- right now he just needs additional thumbnails, description, etc. I plan to recommend to him we convert his existing site, but for now we're focused on getting these ebooks published and doing some book promotion. Also, he and his wife are in the midst of selling a house and relocating. So, website conversion is not a high priority at the moment. I think he'll be interested in it once we have Phase One of this project completed. 

Comment by Diane Krause on April 21, 2013 at 8:07am

Thomas -- I took a look at your wife's site. I have to say I agree on the music topic. :) But I love all the artistic elements she incorporated into the site -- samples of her work there on the home page (excellent), and the mix of fonts. I think it's critical for artists to "show off their stuff" all across a website, and I think she's definitely done that. She's clearly very talented, and should be bold in showing that off. (She's also gorgeous, but of course you know that!) My only other suggestion would be to re-think the font and text in the informational sections, such as the About page. I found the font a little difficult to read, and I will admit, as an editor, I was slightly bothered by the inconsistency in use of capital letters, especially at the beginning of sentences. Sometimes my Grammar Nazi tendencies just simply don't allow me to process creative license. :) 

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