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Paris Hilton And Britney Spears Help You Make Money Online
There’s a number of articles been written lately about the use of keyword for targeting traffic. Two of the hottest right now are Paris Hilton who’s set to be incarcerated and everybody’s favorite bald, blond, down in the dump, pop-star Britney Spears. Jane May wrote about using these keywords for niche blogging a few days ago, I ran across another post about it at blog’n'bloggers . both talk about targeting “in the moment” keywords to gain some traffic and thus increasing your money making potential.
There’s several ways to find these keywords, the best one is Technorati. When you go to their homepage the left column shows you the “Top Searches“. It’s usually filled with some celebrity that’s the talk of gossip land right now. There’s also Yahoo Buzz and MSN’s Popular Searches to give you an idea of what’s hot in search land at any given time.
This might seem out of character but if you can architect a post that’s relates to your niche and includes the hot keywords your targeting then you can effectively leverage the buzz surrounding them for your own benefit. It takes a bit of research but hitting keywords like paris hilton photo, paris hilton video, paris hilton nude or paris hilton exposed can bring you a world of traffic. It might not all convert to readers and it might not all translate into immediate money but when you have someone like Britney Spears who’s constantly creating drama then targeting things like britney spear picture, britney spears naked, britney spears video and britney spears exposed can bring you traffic that’s just out surfing.
The key to capturing these browsers is to give them something of interest that makes them want to read what you have but also relates to your site. Top 5 lists are great for this. Things like the “top 5 thing Paris Hilton taught me about blogging” or “5 things Britney Spears taught me about making money online“. There’s a knack to keyword targeting and when you hit on a hot one it can pay tremendous benefits. Try it out and let us know what works for you.
Technorati. On the outside looking in.
How is it that a service the size of Technorati remains broken for over a year? A service that touts itself as “the recognized authority on what’s happening on the World Live Web, right now.” There’s tons of post on the issues with Technorati, but it boils down to two major things. First, it’s virtually impossible to claim a blog, doing so results in the infamous “There was a problem claiming your blog. Please try again in a few minutes. You can also go to Technorati Help for help claiming your blog.” message. Going to Technorati Help is no help at all. If your lucky enough to get a claim made, then you will most likely be plagued by the “blog last updated xxx days ago” issue. Both of these have been around since this time last year, and every so often something will crop up about how Technorati is “fixing” the issues. I realize this is a free service but what I don’t understand is how this remains an issue and they stay the “recognized authority” they claim to be. How many support tickets do bloggers have to submit on a daily basis before the issue is actually addressed? If you search for Technorati issues you’ll see a number of bloggers have had the issue fixed on a “case by case basis”. Interesting, does that imply Technorati is a “Members Only” club, that you have to be part of the “in crowd” to get service?
In a very recent post David Sifry has this to say:
