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How are cracked versions of software created and why are developers not able to prevent it?
Cracked versions of software are created with the use of debuggers. (A debugger is a special type of software that lets programmers deconstruct their software into its constituent parts for the purpose of finding bugs, and thus de-bugging. Additionally debuggers can be used for reverse-engineering, or to see what is inside the software, to learn its logic. The latter method is used mostly by malware researchers to study what malware (or computer viruses) do on-the-inside. But it can be also used by an attacker to "crack" (or bypass) legal software registration, or at times, to alter normal behavior of software, for instance by injecting a malicious code into it.)For the sake of this example, I will assume that the software that is being "cracked" was compiled into a native code, and is not a .NET or a JavaScript based application. (Otherwise it will be somewhat trivial to view its source code.) The compiled native code is a bit more tricky "beast" to study. (Native means that the code executes directly by the CPU, GPU, or other hardware.)So let's assume that the goal of an attacker is to bypass the registration logic in the software so that he or she doesn't have to pay for it. (Later for lolz, he or she may also post such "crack" on some shady online forum or on a torrent site so that others can "use" it too and give him or her their appreciation.)For simplicity let's assume that the original logic that was checking for the software registration was written in C++ and was something similar to the following code snippet:In this code sample "RegistrationName" and "RegistrationCode" are special strings of text that a legitimate software user will receive after paying for the license. (The name is usually that person's actual name or their email address, and the code is some string of unique/special characters that is tied to the name.)In the logic above, the function named "isRegistrationCodeGood()" will check if "RegistrationName" and "RegistrationCode" are accepted using some proprietary method. If they are, it will return true. Otherwise false. That outcode will dictate which branch (or scope) the execution will follow.So the logic above will either show that registration failed and quit:Or, if the registration code and name matched, it will save the registration details in persistent storage (such as the File System or System Registry) using the function named "rememberRegistrationParameters()" and then display the message thanking the user for registering:A "cracker" will obviously want to achieve the second result for any registration code that he or she enters. But they have a problem. They do not have the C++ source code, part of which I showed above. (I hope not!)So the only recourse for an attacker is to disassemble the binary code (that always ships with software in the form of .exe and .dll files on Windows, and mostly as Unix executables inside the .app packages on a Mac.) An attacker will then use a debugger to study the binary code and try to locate the registration logic that I singled out above.Next you can see the flowchart for a snippet of code that I showed in C++, presented via a low-level debugger. Or, as the code will be read in the binary form after compilation:(For readability I added comments on the right with the names of functions and variables. They will not be present in the code that an attacker could see.)(To understand what is shown above an attacker will have to have good knowledge of the Assembly language instructions for the native code.)I also need to point out that having a disassembly snippet like the one above is the final result for an attacker. The main difficulty for him or her is to locate it among millions and millions of other similar lines of code. And that is their main challenge. Not many people can do it and that is why software "cracking" is a special skill.So having found the code snippet above in the software binary file a "cracker" has two choices:1) Modify (or patch) the binary.2) Reverse-engineer the "isRegistrationCodeGood()" function and copy its logic to create what is known as a "KeyGen" or "Key Generator."Let's review both:The first choice is quite straightforward. Since an attacker got this far, he or she knows the Intel x64 Instruction Set quite well. So they simply change the conditional jump from "jnz short loc_7FF645671430" at the address 00007FF645671418 (circled in red in the screenshots) to unconditional jump, or "jmp short loc_7FF645671430". This will effectively remove any failed registration code entries and anything that the user types in will be accepted as a valid registration.Also note that this modification can be achieved by changing just one byte in the binary code from 0x75 to 0xEB:But this approach comes with a "price" of modifying the original binary file. For that an attacker needs to write his own "patcher" (or a small executable that will apply the modification that I described above.) The downside of this approach for an attacker is that patching an original executable file will break its digital signature, which may alert the end-user or the vendor. Additionally the "patcher" executable made by an attacker can be easily flagged and blocked by the end-user's antivirus software, or lead criminal investigators to the identity of the attacker.The second choice is a little bit more tricky. An attacker will have to study "isRegistrationCodeGood()" function and copy it into his own small program that will effectively duplicate the logic implemented in the original software and let him generate the registration code from any name, thus giving any unscrupulous user of that software an ability to register it without making a payment.Vendors of many major software products understand the potential impact of the second method and try to prevent it by requiring what is known as "authentication." This is basically a second step after registration, where the software submits registration name to the company's web server that returns a response back to the software of whether the code was legitimate or not. This is done by Microsoft when you purchase Windows (they call it "Activate Windows") and also by signNow, and many other companies. This second step may be done behind-the-scenes on the background while the software is running, and will usually lead to cancellation of prior registration if it was obtained illegally.So now you know how software is "cracked".Let me answer why it is not possible to prevent it. It all boils down to the fact that any software code needs to be read either by CPU (in case of a binary native code) or by an interpreter or a JIT compiler (in case of JavaScript or .NET code.) This means that if there's a way to read/interpret something, no matter how complex or convoluted it is, an attacker with enough knowledge and persistence will be able to read it as well, and thus break it.There is an argument though that cloud-based software is more secure, which is true, since its (binary) code remains on the server and end-users do not have direct access to it. And even though cloud-based software is definitely the future, it has some major drawbacks that will never allow it to fully replace your conventional software. To name just a few:Not everyone has an internet connection, or is willing to upload their data online. Additionally someone’s internet connection can be very expensive or too slow to make the software run very laggy.Then there’s a question of distributed computing. For instance, Blizzard Entertainment would never make “World of Warcraft” to fully run on their servers due to immense computational resources needed to render every single scene for every player they have. Thus it is in their best interest to let each individual user’s computer to do the rendering instead.As a software developer myself, I obviously don't like when people steal software licenses. But I have to accept it and live with it. The good news is that there are not that many people who are willing to go extra mile and search for a cracked version of software. The main problem for those who do, is that by downloading a patched executable, or an attacker's KeyGen or a Patcher, they are effectively "trusting" him or her not to put anything "nasty" into it that was not "advertised on the package" (stuff like trojans, malware, or keyloggers.) So the question for those people becomes -- is it worth the cost of the software license to potentially infect your system with a nasty virus?On the other side of the equation, some developers react very negatively to any attempts to steal their software licenses. (I was there too.) They try to implement all kinds of countermeasures -- anything from tricking reverse-engineers, to adding booby traps in the code that may do something nasty if the code detects that it is being debugged, to obfuscating or scrambling the code, to enforcing all kinds of convoluted DRM schemes, to blocking users from certain countries. I personally try to stay away from all of those measures. And here's why:A) Any kind of anti-reverse-engineering tactics could be bypassed by an attacker with enough persistence. So why bother and waste my time when I can invest that time into adding something useful to my software that will make it more productive for legitimate users?B) Some code packers could create false positives with antivirus software, which is obviously not good for marketing of that software. It also creates unnecessary complexity for the developer to debug the software.C) Adding booby traps in the code can also “misfire” on your legitimate users, which will really infuriate them and can even lead to lawsuits.D) Any DRM scheme will probably catch some 100 illegal users and greatly inconvenience 10,000 legitimate ones. So why do it to your good customers?E) Our statistics show that about 75% of all illegal licenses come from China, Russia, Brazil, to name the worst offenders. (I also understand that the reason may be much lower incomes that people have in those countries.) The main issue for us though was the fact that if we enforce our DRM or add some strong registration authentication, many people that wanted to bypass our registration would simply use a stolen credit card number. And we had no control over it. Our system will use it to send them a legitimate license only to have the payment bounce in weeks time. As a result we would lose the money that were paid for the license, plus the credit card company will impose an additional chargeback fee to our account, which may range from $0.25 to $20 per bad purchase on top of the license cost.F) As was pointed out in the comments, some companies may actually benefit from allowing pirated copies of their software. Microsoft for instance gets a lot of free publicity from people using their Windows OS, the same goes for signNow with their Photoshop. That is a good point that I agree with.So my philosophy is now this -- if someone wants to go extra mile and steal our software, go for it! They went this far to do it anyway, so they probably have a good reason. On the positive side there are so many other customers that appreciate the work that goes into creating software that greatly outnumber those that don’t.PS. Thank you for all your feedback! It makes me feel good that the knowledge I shared is useful to others.
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Sadness again descended where a hero (Lt Col Niranjan) sacrificed his life for nation at Pathankot. Where are those voices now?
I belong to the armed forces fraternity, by virtue of which I get to hear directly from the men most affected by such incidents.I wouldn't want to add much myself, but I have a couple of forwarded messages which I believe really need to be shared. There are some pressing issues within the Armed Forces family, but since they have been raised to never question authority, they continue to suffer silently.Just give the following text some thought, they raise very valid questions and I wish the media and our general public paid attention to such details :"Touching message posted by a course mate of Lt.col Niranjan, who died while diffusing a bomb at Pathankot... R.I.P Lt Col Niranjan EK. My Coursemate, my Sutta Pal, Barrack-Type and Punishment-Type. Wish I could turn back the clock for you, Moron! I would have ensured that instead of CDSE you would have cleared your Civil Services Exam. Your daughter would have had a father to watch her grow up. Your wife would have had a husband to grow old with. And you would never had had to fight to get a decent pension (Not that you would have needed one - everyone knows the price of a Babu's signature). I wish that you had not been a warrior, a leader of men and a guardian of an ungrateful nation. I wish you had been a pen-pushing Babu who charged you just for doing his job. I wish that you had not been an Officer And A Gentleman earning a hardship allowance of Rs.32000 in Siachen. Instead you should have been a blood-sucking Babu earning Rs.72000 HARDSHIP ALLOWANCE for enjoying the salubrious climes of Shillong or Guwahati. Or I wish that you had been a Corporate Honcho, who earns thrice your salary for doing one-fourth of what you do. I wish that you had been an AAM AADMI for whom nothing matters beyond the next increment,the next mobile phone or the next vehicle that he is going to buy. I wish that you had been anything except what you chose to become - A Real Man, A Professional Soldier, A Leader Of Men, A True Son Of This Ungrateful Nation, Sworn to protect it at all cost. I Wish...I Wish... But You Are No Longer There.... So I can only pray that in your next life, you decide to do something worthwhile. Something... Anything.... Just Don't Repeat The Mistakes You Made In This One.. R.I.P Brother... We'll Meet In The Afterlife! "Another one which deserves some attention, it makes us question what the Police and other forces are doing while Army men die, they same army men who take up the job of the NDRF and others when Floods hit Kashmir or Tamil Nadu (to even rescuing kids stuck in borewells). :"Lt Col EK Niranjan of Engineers lost his life leaving a young wife & 18 months old daughter while combating terrorists in pathankot.he was seriously wounded in the action & later succumbed to the injurieswhy did he die ?for whom did he die ?the two big & unpleasant questionsit is the nexus of punjab police, politicians & drug syndicates which is ruling present punjaban suv of SP rank punjab police officer is highjacked while he himself was inside it & punjab police cannot locate the vehicle with blue beacon on it for next 24 hourswhen the SP himself reports to police within an hour of highjack & confirms it was indeed a militant activity, his report is brushed asidethe CM, Deputy CM & home minister are not aware till the militants actually attack the airforce basewhy?Because all three ie politicians, police & drug mafia are busy ferrying lethal drug consignments & counting money.An alert was issued after about 12 hours in the late evening of 01 january when the dead body of innova taxi driver was locatedCM, Deputy CM & home minister still remained silent.It is an eye opener for all of us in which direction the once prosperous state punjab is heading with the nexus of the trio.Lt Col E K Niranjan has made the supreme sacrifice while saving his brothers in airforce station at pathankot because his own countryman consisting of politicians, police & drug mafia of punjab have failed him, betrayed him & eventually murdered him.RIP brother, you could attain the selfless martyrdom for the selfish countrymen, we pray for you & your bereaved family. These terrorists came to the airbase using the SP pathankot's official car. The SP is alive. The driver is dead. All very convenient.That SP was accidentally moving around the place where the terrorists hijacked him with his car at mid night. He was thrown out of the car and the driver died. Very convincing.No one in the media is asking the right questions.What stops the media from saying what I said? Why not ask IG, gurdaspur? Why not ask DGP, Punjab? This question is not connected with the operations going on. In any case, army cannot answer this question. The question is, how did the SP escape? Why did he not fight the terrorists and die? Is his life more precious? What about his oath to the constitution of India? Why should the armed forces be the only guys to take their oath seriously and keep dying for the country? Are the IPS officers exempted from their own oath to protect India? These are serious questions which every citizen of India should be asking. Are armed forces supposed to die so that corrupt police officers can live?Genuine food for thought.. "PS: Above messages are as received via whatsapp. Similar concerns keep coming up in the armed forces often, and hence I decided to put then out in the open to the general public. I would not want to name those who sent these, since they still firmly respect their values as defence officers.
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How or why did the Portuguese language diverge so much phonetically from Galician and Spanish?
Portuguese, Galician and Castilian sound different, but that doesn’t mean that the only one diverging was Portuguese. In fact, all three diverged from the earlier Iberian dialect continuum that was their ancestor.Portuguese has nasal vowels that came about when nasal consonants between or after vowels weakened (and nasalised the preceding vowel in most cases) and then disappeared over time; in the same way, the ‘l’ sound between vowels dropped out, and became “darker” (pronounced with greater activity in the back of the mouth) at the ends of syllables, eventually changing into a ‘w’ sound in many dialects, especially in Brazil.But Portuguese has kept certain kinds of consonants that were present in the language in the Middle Ages but were lost in other Ibero-Romance dialects. These include the ‘z’ sound written with the letter ‘z’ and ‘s’ between vowels, what was originally a ‘ts’ sound written in Portuguese and older Spanish spelling as ‘ç’ or as ‘c’ before ‘e and ‘o’, and the ‘zh’ sound written with the letter ‘j’ and ‘g’ before ‘e’ or ‘i’.In Portuguese and southern Castilian Spanish dialects (Andalusian ones in particular), the ‘ts’ changed to a ‘s’ sound at the end of the Middle Ages. In Castilian, the ‘ç’ spelling disappeared around the 17th century and was replaced by ‘z’, but unlike in Portugal and the south, the ‘ts’ sound developed (probably via a ‘t-th’ sound) into the ‘th’ sound typical of northern Spain. Again around the end of the Middle Ages, in the non-Portuguese dialects, the ‘z’ and ‘zh’ sounds lost their voicing (the accompanying hum that you can feel if you touch your voice box when you say those sounds) and turned into ‘s’ and ‘sh’ sounds. Just like the already existing ‘sh’ sound that was spelled with ‘x’, this came to be spelled with ‘x’ in Galician, but Castilian eventually decided instead to use ‘j’ and ‘g’ before ‘e’ and ‘i’ (from the spellings for the original ‘j’ sound). When the Spanish encountered the inland Meshika people at the western end of the Caribbean in the 1500s, they spelled their name ‘Mexica’ (before the eventual spelling reform); a famous Spanish fictional character found his name adapted into French spelling as “Don Quichotte” in order to keep the ‘sh’ sound (spelled ‘ch’ in French) as it was pronounced at the time, and the southwestern town now called Jérez de la Frontera produced and still produces a fortified wine known in French as Xérès (from the earlier Spanish spelling ‘Xerez’) and in English Sherry, based on the pronunciation of that first consonant five centuries ago.Galician, as well as Asturo-Leonese to its east, kept that ‘sh’ sound along with the ‘x’ spelling, but over a period that ended not long after 1600, the ‘sh’ sound came to be pronounced as ‘kh’ or ‘h’ (depending on the Castilian dialect), giving the typical “jota” sound we know in Spanish today. I myself have seen written traces of this happening in archival documents from the Philippines, where names like Jesús, Juan and José were spelled in signatures from the early years of the 1600s with the equivalent in the indigenous script of ‘si su’, ‘su wa’ and ‘su si’ and later on in the 1600s with the equivalents of ‘hi su’, ‘hu wa’ and ‘hu si’. There was at least one person (these were signatures on land deeds) whose name was spelled both ways at different periods!Almost as an afterthought, I should add that syllable-final ‘s’ came to be pronounced as ‘sh’ in some Portuguese dialects, while in southern Spanish dialects it came to be pronounced as ‘h’ or even dropped (something typical in the Americas of “lowland” dialects). It’s an interesting further footnote to these consonant changes that ‘y’ came to be pronounced as ‘dzh’ or ‘zh’ in Andalusian and “lowland” dialects, and in Rioplateño dialect of Argentina, this ‘zh’ from earlier ‘y’ has repeated the journey of the earlier ‘zh’ sound and is now widely pronounced as ‘sh’ in the area around Buenos Aires (if not even further).I won’t have as much to say about the vowels as I’m not personally familiar with why Castilian has a simpler five vowel ‘a e i o u’ vowel system where Portuguese (like the Gallo-Romance language Catalan on the other side of the Peninsula) has an (underlyingly) seven vowel ‘a ê é i ô ó u’ system (where the vowels spelled ‘ê’ and ‘ô’ are more “closed” mid-vowels with the tongue slightly higher in the mouth as in Spanish ‘e’ and ‘o’, contrasting with the more “open” ones spelled ‘é’ and ‘ó’ that sound like the English vowels in ‘fell’ and ‘coffee’. What I can say is that at some point before Portuguese spread beyond its Atlantic coast, vowels in unaccented syllables “weakened”, i.e. relaxed their tongue position so that it raised somewhat in the mouth, so that the low, open ‘a’ vowel became a neutral “schwa” vowel much like the first vowel in English ‘about’, while the two ‘e’ vowels became either that schwa or an ‘i’ (often between ‘i’ and schwa in Portugal) and the ‘o’ vowels became ‘u’. However, in accented syllables, they all kept their original values.So overall, while Portuguese diverged from the more central and northerly Ibero-Romance varieties in some ways, in other ways, it was those other varieties that diverged from Portuguese, especially when it comes to consonants.
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How do people feel about the FBI disproving Hillary Clinton claims? How do you feel about MSNBC's presentation of the FBI findin
Most on the left don’t care. Maybe they feel slighted that a typically left-friendly news outlet has gone against one of “their own”, but in essence, that is what the news SHOULD be about, right?I am an Independent mostly because I’m disgusted by both parties. I have a lot of progressive friends and I’ve heard 2 distinctly different responses to the whole email scandal. First, it’s a “vast right wing conspiracy” and that other SoS have all done the same thing (false). Most (if not all) of these are supporters of Hillary, and nothing short of a miracle would ever convince them that she is corrupt.The second response was actually not much different than what I’ve heard from my more conservative friends…they believed she should be indicted and that she is corrupt down to her very core. These were all Bernie supporters. The more it appeared that Bernie would not win the primary, though, the more tolerant they became of Hillary and the less they “believed” that she is the criminal they originally thought she was. I suspect this is because they despise Donald Trump and have come to believe that nothing she has done (allegedly) is as bad as Trump will be for the US. There are a few that have stood their ground and intend on voting for Johnson.Now that Comey has issued his statement that the FBI will not indict Hillary Clinton, I think most people are surprised. Then again, I think most people would be surprised if they did decide to indict, too. It’s weird, but ultimately, this one seemed up in the air for all of us…except Hillary. She has seemed pretty calm and confident throughout the whole affair, but that was absolutely expected regardless.Am I surprised? A little, but I’m mostly disappointed because this whole debacle has just proved how broken our system is. When the law is applied unevenly, it no longer remains viable and justice becomes a foreign concept. I don’t care if it protects someone I would typically support or hurts a piece of legislation that I am in favor of — the law is the law and it should be blind to politics. Comey’s announcement confirms that it is sadly not the case.If you’re thinking that I am just venting, please do a little research on a person named Bryan Nishimura. Less than a year ago, he was charged with (and convicted of) “unauthorized removal and retention of classified materials without malicious intent.” Did you catch that? Without malicious intent. Comey’s speech yesterday outlined and confirmed all that Hillary did wrong but chose against an indictment because there was no malicious intent. He even acknowledged that her server was likely hacked by foreign entities. There are similar cases for other people, too, and like Bryan Nishimura, they are faces the consequences for their mistakes, regardless of whether they were irresponsible, negligent or even just a result of a single momentary lapse of judgement.Bryan didn’t go to jail, but he was sentenced to 2 years probation, issued a $7500 fine and stripped of all security clearance. And he deserved it. Should Hillary go to jail? I don’t think so, at least not for this, but if she received the same treatment / punishment, it would absolutely disqualify her to be President for sure. At least Nishimura admitted his wrong doing…Still don’t believe me? Folsom Naval Reservist is Sentenced After Pleading Guilty to Unauthorized Removal and Retention of Classified Materials
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How I create backlinks for my website?
"Backlinks," meaning sites that link to your site, are, for most search engines, the supreme ranking factor. So is getting more organic traffic.read this article to knowGenerating quality backlinks can be hard work, but it doesn’t have to be. Here are 25 ways to build (or earn) backlinks.1. INTERNAL BACKLINKSIn our introduction above, we mentioned that backlinks are the term best associated with external links to your site and pages, but internal links also match the term. All backlinks contribute to the way search engines interact with your website because they help the site crawlers used to develop and update search engine indexes understand how your content relates to content on other websites.Internal links contribute to developing a great user experience because visitors can easily navigate your site and find relevant articles that add to or match the page they’re already viewing. This is paramount in SEO because it allows you to retain visitors: instead of typing in another search query to find additional, relevant information, you’re providing a means for them to find it on your site.One of the most common ways this will play to your advantage is if your content contains technical terms relevant to your industry. You want readers to understand your writing, but adding a definition to the first instance of every technical term makes for a messy content structure.That’s why you’ve got another page going into detail on that term because it’s relevant to your industry and your target market. Turning the first instance of a technical term on your page into anchor text containing an internal backlink to the definitions page, you ensure that your readers have everything they need right at hand.Be careful not to overload your pages with internal links, though. A good rule of thumb is to keep backlinks per page down to below 100, and you want to include external links to the count (you’ll see why in a bit).2. GUEST POSTINGIt may sound like you’ll just be helping another site build their resources and generate more views for themselves, but this is very much a case of helping each other out. After all, guest posting is very different from ghostwriting. As a ghostwriter, you get no credit for the content whatsoever. But every guest post is entirely credited to the writer, not the hosting site.Of course, this does help the host site to generate views, but that’s okay for the guest writer because more often than not it includes a backlink to your site. Guest posting is one of those cases where it’s not only about generating a backlink to improve your search engine index ranking for SERPs, which shouldn’t be your only focus at all. This is a great way of getting your name out there, making your content available to new readers and winning increased online visibility. Guest posting, most especially for authoritative sites in your industry, builds your reputation online in a big, big way.But it can take a long time to find opportunities to create guest posts if you go about it the wrong way. One sure means of discovering fresh, relevant opportunities is to make use of sites like Twitter. By using the search function, you can quickly find authoritative sites that are looking for guest post contributors on a regular basis. Just type “your niche” + guest post (for example “SEO” + guest post) and scan the results for new opportunities.3. HELP A REPORTER OUT (HARO)Help A Reporter Out (HARO) is a fantastic online resource for generating backlinks on authoritative news sites. All you need to do is sign up as a source, which takes less than a minute to do, and you’ll get three emails a day every Monday through Friday (at 05h35, 12h35, and 17h35 ET). These are the source requests, which is a list of articles that reporters need information for.Each one includes a summary (usually the intended headline for the article), the topic category, and the email address of the journalist (which is where you’ll be sending the information to). It will also include the name of the site where the article will be published, the reporter’s deadline, and a description detailing what kind of information they need.Of course, you’re not going to be able to contribute to every single query. For one thing, there can be over a hundred per email you receive, and not all of them are going to be relevant to your industry. All you have to do is scan through the list to find ones covering your area, and then send a contribution pitch to the reporter’s masked email!In your pitch, you’re going to include your answer to the journalist’s query and your contact information—which can include a link to your site.You’re not guaranteed to get a backlink from every single HARO query you answer because the journalist might not use the information you provide. After all, he/she is going to be receiving many responses, and some may be more relevant than others. But more often than not, you’ll be rewarded with a backlink on a high-ranking site.4. BLOG AND FORUM COMMENTSEverybody finds themselves turning to the blogs they follow for information, but sometimes readers want or need something more than what the post has to offer. This is where you step in. Find blogs that cover your industry, whether directly or by posting on some of the products and (or) services that form part of your own, and start following them. There are a lot of reasons for you to do so, and we’ll talk more about them later on in this article, but one of the easiest ways doing so can help you build backlinks is by going through the comment section.Many bloggers (and we’re including vloggers on sites like YouTube) often invite their readers to ask questions or add their opinions, stories, and ideas in the comment section. Questions are often responded to by the original poster themselves, and most bloggers will try to answer to every comment, but often some of the best answers come from other readers. And this is where you step in.First off, if you notice there’s information missing or that isn’t covered very well in the post, you can make a suggestive comment providing that information. And by reading through other readers’ questions, you can also find opportunities to provide answers.Sometimes, you’ll find that the answer another reader is looking for is too long to post as a comment. Use these opportunities to provide a summarized answer, and end with a link to your article.Another place the public turns to are forums such as Yahoo Answers and Google Groups, as well as industry (or even product) specific options. These offer much the same opportunity as the blog comment section does.5. TESTIMONIALSAll companies, big and small, love showing off the testimonials they’ve received from their clients. In fact, you’ll notice that most business sites showcase a few select testimonials on their homepage, and a few have whole pages dedicated to customer reviews (which always have a link on the homepage—usually something like “customer success stories”). Here’s an example of what a testimonial page looks like.So how do you turn this into an easy method for earning quality backlinks for your site? The first step is to sit down and make a list of products and services you’ve used recently. A good rule of thumb is to think of those you’ve used regularly (or started using) over the past six months. This can take some time, and will likely be an ongoing process, but it’s by far the longest part of this method.Next, you’ll want to see whether or not their sites have a testimonial page. If they do, spend a few moments writing up a short, positive review of your experience using the product or service, and signNow out to them. Most sites have a feedback feature or will include an email account for testimonials on their contact page.And that’s it! You won’t even have to ask for a link because almost every single time they’ll include it automatically—just to prove that you’re a real person. Be sure to mention that they’re allowed to use your testimonial on their homepage, as that’s where your link will get the most exposure.6. BLOGGER REVIEWSTestimonials on other sites are an excellent way to generate backlinks, but there’s also an equally good option that allows for testimonials on your product or service to be a backlink source to your site.How so? By offering it to bloggers in your industry free of charge. While this isn’t exactly a free means of building backlinks, the cost is very minimal, and the results should pay for themselves rather quickly.So what you want to do is search for bloggers who do provide some reviews for products and services in your industry. Narrow the results down to the most official ones before moving onto the next step.This is where you want to make an offer. Follow this guide:Start off with a friendly greeting, and mention that you were looking for articles on your topic when you found their post. Compliment them on their content, and then let them know that you provide a product or service that matches the subject. Mention what you usually charge, and then say that you’d like to offer it to them free of charge. All you’d like in return is for them to consider making a mention of your business on their blog or possibly do a review.If they’re interested, they’ll get back to you. One thing you should be aware of is that this method isn’t guaranteed to work every single time because you can’t force the bloggers to write a positive review—you’re signNowing out to them in good faith. You want to be very careful in the way you contact them as well because explicitly asking for a link (or even a review) is a violation of Google’s Webmaster Guidelines.7. THE MOVING MAN METHODThe Moving Man Method is one of the easiest ways to build high-quality backlinks to your website from authoritative sources. Sometimes, a big name company or service provider goes out of business. This process can happen for any number of reasons, including internal politics or bad management. Sometimes the company name is linked to the founder, and the business shuts down after they retire or pass away.While they were operational, however, they provided quality content on their site, which generated a lot of backlinks from other websites. Usually, these sites are shut down as well, and the domain name isn’t renewed, but some companies (primarily recognized leading experts) have registered their domain names a couple of years in advance. When the business goes bust, the site remains online, but usually, the content will be removed. This means that the backlinks they’ve built will still work, but will direct users to blank pages.At other times, the site content remains online but is no longer being updated.To find examples, you’ll need to find authoritative sites that contain a lot of links to other pages. Using Domain Hunter Plus, you can see which of these links lead to sites that load blank pages. Next, you’ll use a program like Ahrefs to download a list of all the backlinks pointing to that site.This is where you start generating backlinks to your site. If you’ve got content that caters to the same demand that the defunct site used to, you can signNow out to the sites containing backlinks to them and let them know that the link is no longer operating correctly because the other site has been taken down. Offer them a resource on your site as a replacement, and chances are very likely that you’ll be awarded a quality backlink.8. BROKEN LINKSThis technique is very similar to the Moving Man Method, except instead of looking for links that are old or blank pages you’re looking for links that give a 404 error. If you’ve spent any time on the internet at all, the chances are high that you’ve come across a 404 error a couple of times at least. When a site has been taken down entirely, existing backlinks on other sites will result in a 404 error. We call these “broken links”—and they’re bad news for SEO on the site hosting them.Once again, you’ll want to find resource pages for your industry and check them for broken links. We don’t expect you to click every link in the hopes of finding one—just use a browser extension like Check My Links for Chrome. Broken links will be highlighted in red, making them easy to find at a glance.Your next move is the same as with the Moving Man Method. You’re going to send the resource page site owner an email to notify them of the broken link, making sure to tell them exactly what the broken URL is as well as where on their page the link is found. To do so, you may want to include the anchor text they’ve used, as well as the URL for the page containing the broken link.Once again, you’ll inform them in a friendly manner that your site has relevant content that covers the same topic. Offer them a link to your pages to replace the broken link, and in most cases, you’ll have earned yourself a new backlink.9. LINK RECLAMATIONSometimes, your business or brand will get mentioned online without any link to your site. This step is usually due to human error, but the good news for you is that it can be a new source of backlinks.Link reclamation is simple but very powerful. Usually, you’ll find that someone has mentioned you on their blog because they like one (or many) of your products or services. The post isn’t always a review per se—in some cases, they’ve brought your brand or business up as part of a larger narrative.All you need to do to find these mentions is use a tool like BuzzSumo, which generates a content alert every time someone writes about you. Most of the time, you’ll find that they’ve already included a link to your site, which is great news, but sometimes the link is missing.Instead of sitting there wishing they’d added a link, send them an email! Thank them for mentioning your business in their article (bonus tip: it helps to compliment the post as well), and ask if they would consider adding a link to your site. Mention that it can help their readers to find you if they want to.Don’t insist on having the link added. Put in a friendly request, repeat your thanks, and wish them well before signing off. Almost every time, you’ll get a positive response, and you’ll have earned a new backlink.Sometimes, link reclamation will get you some of the most powerful backlinks, and if you stick to our guide as to how to go about asking for the link, you’ll probably find they’ll give you a positive mention again in the future—this time with the link already added.10. HELPING HACKED SITESThanks to series like Mr. Robot and movies such as Blackhat (2015), more and more people are becoming aware of how often websites get hacked. Recently, the ransomware attacks have caused quite a legitimate panic worldwide.But thousands of sites get hacked on a daily basis in a far more subtle manner. Some hacks cause your site to start spamming emails that you can’t find in your outbox, or add pages that promote and sell prescription drugs.When a site has been hacked to add pages quietly, it’s not so great for the site owner—especially because they’re not likely to notice it themselves unless they’re constantly on the look-out for them. But if you can find hacked sites in your industry, you can turn it into an opportunity for a backlink.To find such sites, all you need to do is use a inurl:keyword + “keyword” search string. Inurl:fitness + “Viagra” is a typical example of how to find hack pages in the fitness industry.Next, you’ll let the site owner know about the page, providing a link to it so they can see quickly find the hack in the backend of their site builder or content management system and get rid of it. Sometimes, as a token of gratitude, they’ll ask if there’s any way they can repay you. This is where you mention that you’ve recently published an article that they may be interested in, and ask if they would mind adding a link from one of their high ranking pages. It’s as simple as that!11. WEBSITE FEEDBACK SITESAn excellent way to not only generate backlinks but also get input on how to improve your site’s user experience is to submit your website to one of the many, many feedback sites.These are designed to help site owners make the most out of their site’s potential regarding layout and conversion. Sure, usability evaluation techniques are an excellent way to do so as well, and we certainly recommend that you perform one at least once a year (and most especially when you’ve only recently launched, or you’re planning a redesign). But these don’t often result in backlinks, so when it comes to hitting two birds with one stone—improving your UX as well as your SEO—website feedback sites are the way to go.All you need to do is create an account on one or more of these sites, and then submit your site for review. Add a little description of how you think or would like to improve it, and that’s it!The best website feedback sites automatically add a backlink to your site. It seems like an obvious feature, because it allows contributors to find your site easily, but some of these platforms don’t inherently add the link.So if you’re looking for a great feedback site that will automatically generate a link for you, these are some of the most authoritative ranking ones.BounceApp.comSuggestionBox.comCritcue.comVWO.com12. GET INTERVIEWEDOnline interviews have become a popular trend lately, and they offer an easy way to earn some backlinks. It takes time to become considered an authority in your industry or niche, but when you do you’ll probably find you’ll be getting a lot of interview invitations. Until then, you’ll have to take the first step in finding opportunities to be interviewed.One way to go about this is to be on the lookout for websites—especially blogs, and even vlogs—that run online interviews. It doesn’t have to be focused on your particular niche, but in that case, you should narrow the list down to those that cover a range of topics. You’ll be wasting your time trying to get an interview on a site that isn’t relevant to your industry at all, and even if (by some miracle) you do land one, the backlink isn’t going to do much for your SERP ranking.Once you’ve found a relevant site, send them a friendly email and let them know that you’d like to participate in their project. Always be sure to include an overview of the type of knowledge you can offer as a contribution. It’s a little like guest posting and providing resources via HARO, but as a blend of the two—you’re providing a source of information that someone else will translate into content for their site.Another option is to signNow out to online publications that are located in your vicinity, and let them know you’ve recently started up. Ask if they’re interested in doing an article on local businesses, and offer to be one of the interviewees. Whichever method you use, you’re guaranteed to earn a few backlinks over time.13. GOOGLE+If you haven’t already created a Google+ profile account, we recommend you do so, because it’s an easy way to build a backlink to your site. All you need to do is sign up for free, add a link to your site in the Introduction section, and start interacting with other Google+ users. The more time you spend communicating and sharing, the more exposure your backlink will generate for your site, so like all SEO practices, it’s going to be an ongoing, long term process. Over time, you’ll be getting more and more referrals via your Google+ profile, making it an increasingly powerful backlink.One important thing to take note of is that you have to be logged out of Google+ to be able to see the link as a link, otherwise known as a dofollow link. It’s a little weird, but the link shows as nofollow when you’re logged in, meaning the backlink exists and is present on your profile, but doesn’t show as a link and can’t be clicked on to redirect users.This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do add it though. There is bound to be users who won’t be logged in when they come across your profile—if it pops up on a SERP, for example—so they’ll see the link and hopefully follow it. Besides which, having that backlink available will help search engines (Google most obviously, but Bing and Yahoo will also pick it up) to index your site and improve your SERP ranking.14. SOCIAL MEDIAThis is something of an extension to the above section on Google+, which we felt deserved its spotlight. Other social media platforms can be just as important as a platform to generate backlinks for your site and to promote your content. In fact, it’s so viable and popular an option that people have made a career out of being Social Media Marketing Managers.You don’t have to hire one when starting out of course because you should be able to run your social media platforms by yourself without any difficulty, but in the long-term, you’ll probably turn to one too.How it works is this: you create a Facebook page for your business, where you can interact with users, promote your company, and share your content. You’ll also find yourself sharing content from other sites, of course, and they’ll usually return the favor. Your followers can get regular updates on new content, products, and promotions, and they’ll be able to share your posts with their friends to—creating a ripple effect of backlink opportunities.The same can be said for Twitter, which we already mentioned as a great platform for finding opportunities to guest post on other sites. Another popular trend (more for product oriented businesses, although service providers should also consider finding ways to utilize the platform) is Instagram, which will allow you to promote your brand and share advertising campaigns such as competitions with a wide range of followers.15. CREATE QUALITY CONTENTTo generate backlinks on social media, through guest posting, and pretty much most of the methods we’ve mentioned, you need to have quality content on your site. You certainly won’t be able to use the broken link method with any success if your site doesn’t provide quality content!And genuinely, having quality content makes it more likely for other sites, and especially bloggers, to make reference to your site without your having to approach them first. Others in your industry will also be following other websites, such as yours, so to earn a backlink from them you need to make sure you’re worthy of one.Needless to say, you want your content to be unique, but you also want to provide a truly unique experience (known as having unique value). Most pages online are unique, and many of them contain valuable information, but few can offer truly unique value. To do so, you need to provide content that enhances your user's’ experience in a way that no other website page does.This is imperative in generating social media shares and other backlinks. Your content is one of the few ways you can directly control your likelihood of earning backlinks.What we suggest is to, before creating a page, imagine yourself as someone visiting your website. Picture the type of page that gives you something that doesn’t only meet your demands (which is the backbone of good content), but is also different to most of what you find online already.Once you have that picture in your head, you need to sit down and create it, publish it, and then promote it.16. SPY ON YOUR COMPETITORSTo help you create good content that will earn your site backlinks, you want to spy on your competitors. Why? Because the chances are that they’ve got great content that is already ranking well and has generated a lot of backlinks.The easiest way to do so is to follow their pages on social media because that’s where they’ll be sharing their most fruitful and relevant content. Having access to this content will come into play in a big way in our next section, the Skyscraper Method, but it’s important in other ways too. Knowing what your competitors are doing on their social media platforms will give you an idea of the type of people and companies that follow them, people that you can signNow out and market to as well. Not only that, but you’ll also be able to stay in touch with the marketing methods they’re using to earn backlinks, information that you can adopt and adapt to your brand.So what you want to do is not only follow them on social media but sign up to any newsletters they send out. Google Alerts is another great way to receive notifications as to when they’re posting new content on their site.One of our favorite tools for discovering when and how your competitors are building links is Monitor Backlinks. This will give your direct insight on the techniques you can replicate to earn your backlinks in the same industry: specific sites that you should offer to do guests posts for, bloggers you can ask for reviews, and nearly every other method we’ve mentioned.17. THE SKYSCRAPER METHODThe Skyscraper Method is a super efficient means of generating content that is not only of high quality but if done correctly will also help you create uniquely valuable pages that are sure to earn you backlinks from authoritative sites. And the best part is, you won’t have to spend any money on finding resources or developing the content either!We’ve already explained the first step of this three-step process: spying on your competitors to know what content ranks well and generates the most backlinks. In our previous section, we mentioned some tools for finding out where and how these backlinks are being built so we won’t repeat ourselves here. What we are going to do is tell you what else you can do with this content.This is step two of the Skyscraper Method: using the foundation of existing content to create your own. What you don’t want to do is simply rewrite it, because then you won’t be likely to earn additional backlinks or implement step three (which we’ll be getting to in a moment). Remember that the content you’ve now curated is meant to serve as a foundation, not a framework.On this basis, you want to present the same information in a new, better way, and most importantly add to it. Find new sources, updated and vague information, find new ways of informing your readers of something that your competitors are talking about. You’re looking to expand on the existing content, so if (for example) your competitors have a high-ranking article on the top ten products, offer your readers an alternative that ranks the top fifteen.Finally, you want to promote your improved version of the content. Once again, this was partially covered in our previous section: following up on the opportunities you found that your competitors used to generate links.18. LISTSThere are three major ways that you can use to create content that will rank well and generate backlinks in terms of how you present the information, and the first of these is to create content in the form of lists.It sounds a little odd at first, but people love long lists of information. For example, there are a lot of articles online that only give you the top ten ways to build backlinks, and those include some options that are going to cost you (like offering scholarships and donating to charities). Even some of the most authoritative SEO sites stopped at less than twenty.By implementing the first two steps of the Skyscraper Method and combining it with this one, we’ve been able to provide an article that lists 25 techniques. And the reasons for doing so is simple: when you create a longer list, you’re able to be more thorough and cover more alternatives. The same is true no matter what your topic!Creating a longer list as a means of using the Skyscraper Method also means you can create longer content. Many of the top names in SEO say that longer content is perfect for backlinks because you have the space to be detailed.The list format is an excellent way to do so because it automatically structures and divides your content into easy-to-read sections, which act as stepping stones for readers to follow.19. INFOGRAPHICSInfographics are the hot new trend in SEO, and they’re a great addition to your content in general. In fact, considering how many SEO experts promote the use of infographics, it’s surprising how few people are implementing them in their online strategies!This is probably because most people think it’s going to be expensive to make one, but it doesn’t have to be. By using sites like UpWork (previously Elance-oDesk), you can easily find a graphic designer with infographics experience for seriously affordable rates. And while it’s always better to find someone who’s done infographics before, it doesn’t have to be a requirement—in our experience; the textual content is more important than the design is.Infographics present information in a visually aesthetic way that is sure to generate shares online. All you need to do is have the idea in mind, write short, concise blocks of information (there’s the list method coming into play again!), and hire a designer to bring it to life. If you prefer, you can even do it yourself with tools like Piktochart (which is why we’ve been able to include infographics on our list of free methods to build backlinks).Next, you want to share your infographic on your social media, and more importantly on sites like Visual.ly, DailyInfoGraphic.com, and AmazingInfoGraphics.com.Last (but certainly not least), you should also offer your infographic as a guest post to established bloggers in your industry. When marketed correctly, a single infographic has the potential to generate over 100 backlinks!20. AUDIOAnother largely ignored solution for building backlinks is to create audio files. While just about anything will do, it’s obviously going to be better if you’re doing audios that are relevant to your industry.One idea that’s great is to record yourself (or someone else) reading your posts out loud and embed the file on the relevant page. This is because a lot of people absorb information better when they’re able to hear it, both instead of and even while reading it too.Another reason this can increase your page views is that, for users with dyslexia, long posts can be rather daunting, especially when they involve technical terms. Many of them use text-to-speech assistive programs such as NaturalReader, but some of these software options require users to upload the text in a document.Longer text ranks higher, but you don’t want to lose potential visitors to your site because they have to copy your content into a Microsoft Word document and then upload the file to their assistive program to get through the whole article. While not providing an audio option isn’t exactly discrimination, it would be nice to start a trend in making audio versions of your content available for those that need them. As you can probably guess, this is also an excellent way to offer content with quality value.Vocaroo is a great online tool that you can use to do voice recordings via your browser, and you can download the file in a mp3 format to embed in your site. To help you build backlinks, you can also upload the files to audio sharing sites.21. .EDU RESOURCE PAGESIt’s a well-known fact in SEO that links from .edu sites are always guaranteed to boost your ranking and generate a lot of traffic for your site. A lot of site owners feel that earning a .edu link is next to impossible though, but it isn’t. All you need to do is provide something that universities will want to link to, which is a lot easier than most people think.One way of doing so is to offer a scholarship. While it’s a fantastic means of earning .edu backlinks, it does involve a fair amount of money—something you don’t necessarily have when starting out.Luckily for you, there’s another way to build .edu links free of charge. Most universities have a resource page for their students and the public to use. These pages are full of links to websites that publish content relevant for their students and faculty members to refer to. The links are categorized and usually sorted alphabetically so as not to give any one link overt preference.What you want to do is find these reference pages and find a post on your page that best matches what they’ve already listed. signNow out to the webmaster via email to introduce your site and mention your resource in a friendly manner. Suggest (but don’t insist) that your post could be a valuable addition to their references page.Be prepared to send out a lot of these emails and only have 5-10% result in a backlink, but also remember that even one .edu link can (and will) make a substantial difference in your SEO.22. BLOG AGGREGATORSBlog aggregators are sites like Alltop that host a list of quality blogs in various industries. These aggregators can be a great and easy way to build backlinks to your site free of charge, and because they’re authoritative the link alone will already bode well for your SEO. Aggregator sites have a lot of followers too, so you can be sure that the backlinks you’ve built on them will generate a fair amount of traffic too.There are four easy steps you need to follow to earn a dofollow on any of these sites:Sign up for a free account with the aggregator siteSubmit your site as a suggestion for their listYou’ll receive some HTML code that you need to add to your site so they can verify the submission and confirm that you’re the ownerA representative from the blog aggregator site will take a look at the site within a few days to verify the submission. Once your request has been approved, a dofollow link to your website will be added to their pages.Other blog aggregators include BizSugar.com, BlogEngage.com, BloKube.com, and InBound.org. Go ahead and find as many as you can with a quick Google search. The same process as above rings true for most of them—it’s as easy as —so try to add your site to as many of them as possible. These are truly powerful backlinks that will help boost your SEO rating signNowly.23. SCOOP ITScoop It offers a simplistic solution to those looking to curate content as well as earn quality backlinks. It’s a common tool among industry leaders, and especially those looking to develop their brand on professional networks. You can think of it as another blog aggregator, except it’s so much more than just that.On Scoop It, users can build their online magazines of content from across the web that they enjoy, for the purpose of sharing the curated content with other industry members and clientele. The software’s quick search methods ensure that users find quality content from reliable sites, so adding your name to the mix will do wonders for your site’s SEO.Think of it as a second platform to publish and promote your content, and match it with other relevant content available on the web—creating backlinks for other sites that may be persuaded to do the same for you. You’ll also have the freedom of sharing your Scoop It content on your social media platforms.There are a couple of packages to choose from, and the free option is quite helpful for starting out. You may want to explore some of their paid plans in the long run, but when you’re just beginning to stretch your legs online making use of the free version is an excellent way to start building backlinks to and from your site.24. "BEST OF" BLOG POSTSThere are a lot of blogs and websites that publish “best of” lists where they provide readers with a comprehensive breakdown of the best blogs and sites in a particular niche or industry.While you may not be able to convincingly do one of your own, which would create backlinks to other sites that you may be able to persuade to do reciprocate, you can use the existing links to find blogs and platforms to pitch your own. This one of the easiest ways to do so, because you have a list of the best possible sites in your industry already laid out for you—no further research needed.Of course, you shouldn’t limit yourself to only one site’s lists. A good rule of thumb is to find at least three that you can compare, and compile a list of your own. This list is what you’ll be using to develop your email marketing strategy.You should also be on the lookout for relevant local sites that you aren’t likely to necessarily find on “best of” lists. The reason for this is simple: voice search is changing the way search engines interact with users, and take location into account when generating SERPs. Having links to other, more established local businesses can help you to rank well not only for text-based search queries but the increasingly popular conversational voice search query too.So how do you turn this list into new backlinks with an email marketing strategy?25. MAKE A PITCHUsing the methods we’ve outlined already, you’ve managed to earn yourself a host of new backlinks, but in some cases, you have to make a good pitch.The most direct way to build new backlinks is to simply ask. But it’s not likely to work (though when it does, it’s probably the easiest link you’ll ever earn!)So what constitutes a good pitch?Firstly, you need to remember that you’ve got to give a little to get a little. Backlinks are usually given out when you’re able to offer the other site something that they can use to their advantage too. So what do you have to offer other than a replacement for old and broken links, and a heads-up on hacks?They want the same thing you want, so make sure you’ve created quality content that is relevant to their site and is created using the guidelines we’ve detailed above.So let them know that you’ve already created a backlink to their site—and give them a link to the post so they can see for themselves.Secondly, you need to remember that most people get almost a hundred emails a day, so keep it short—but not leave out relevant information.Your subject line needs to be attractive. About 69% of emails marked as spam is because of a bad subject line. The body of your pitch needs to be detailed, but concise—and most importantly, friendly rather than pushy.If you’re struggling, take a look at some templates or use Pitchbox.Your pitch is ultimately going to be the breaking point in deciding whether or not a site awards you with a backlink. It’s the most basic, but also the most important, means of generating these links. Remember that, and remember our guide, and you’ll soon see your SEO ranking increase astronomically.
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Your personal essay is essentially the story of your life - or at least, the story of one important moment or journey you have made in your life. Therefore, you should try as much as possible to think of your essay as if it were a story. Let’s take a look at some of the worst possible beginnings for a personal essay:"My name is Jack…""When I was born…""The happiest time in my life was when…"Why are these bad? The answer is simple – you aren’t doing anything to capture the reader’s interest. At best, you are telling the reader something that they already know. At worst, you are using a very clichéd opening the reader has likely heard plenty of times already.Try opening your personal essay by saying something unexpected, or by opening with a vivid and exciting memory from your life that ties directly into the essay you are writing. Look at these examples for contrast:“I learned that my grandmother had died the day after my first school play.”[1]“The tornado ripped through town. I could hear it whistling like a train as I hid in the bathroom with my brother and sister…”Footnotes[1] How to write a descriptive essay?
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Exclusive material that you write, or have composed by ghost writers who produce professional SEO content, helps to demonstrate you as an authority in your niche. Ensure that your material can't be located anyplace else on the Net! This will immediately drive traffic to your site as you'll be providing visitors something fresh and unique. There are a lot of companies out there nowadays that may offer you unparalleled content.When you begin to put up material on your site, in article directories, or any additional location on the Net that's directly related to your niche, it's crucial to guarantee that you provide steady updates. This will keep your audience returning time and time again so that they might see the "newest" that you have to provide! This means provide fresh articles, keep your site maintained, and tailor your niche according to up to date trends.It's utterly imperative to see to it that you narrow the content down as much as conceivable. 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Pick out an easy yet unique title that will rank high on search engines, and draw in fresh readersAfter you've decided what niche to promote, you are able to then visit free affiliate sites which provide good-quality affiliate products. You must check that these have a great sales page with an elevated conversion rate. You are able to confirm this by getting hold of the creators of your chosen product. Make certain that your product fits with your niche. As well ask your self, if you were the consumer, would you purchase the product?A ProductIf you have been on the Net any length of time, then you know that affiliate marketing is an exceedingly lucrative way to bring forth income online. It's moderately simple, it may be done with little or no ad expenses, and an assortment of niches may be researched. Picking out the correct affiliate products to market is critical to your success. Abiding by these easy steps will assist you in making the most beneficial choices.Put together a list of affiliate products for each one of the niches that are of interest to you.Assess the commission structure of the affiliate plans on your list. Commissions commonly range from five percent to forty percent for palpable merchandise and up to seventy-five percent for digital merchandise.Have a look at the vendor's payment processes. The more reputable companies will pay you either via check or PayPal. A lot more will even pay you through an affiliate network, who will, in turn, compensate you by check or direct deposit to your chosen financial institution on behalf of the vendor.Have a look at the vendor's sales page. This is the page that will be looked at by visitors you refer to the parent company. A great sales page will be simple to read and simple to navigate when the buyer is prepared to make a purchase.Have a look at what the rivalry is marketing. Look up relevant keywords in your preferred search engine and check over the sponsored ads. In a lot of cases, these are advertisements are produced by other affiliates. If no one is promoting your chosen affiliate products or something like it, then there might be no demand for them in the current market.There are a lot of ways to market utilizing the Net. There's email marketing, PPC, banner advertising, utilizing videos, article promotion, doing SEO, blogging, and using social bookmarks, social networking and Web 2.0 properties. There's so much info out there, it may sometimes get overpowering. One way to figure matters out is to ask individuals who have become successful.Discover a discussion board that specializes in Internet marketing. These are sites where Internet marketers go to talk about the cutting-edge strategies, to determine what's working and what isn't, and to find reviews for the cutting-edge courses and software. Some that you might want to travel to are the Warrior Forum, Digital Point and IM4Newbies .The Warrior Forum is the oldest of the message boards and has been around since '96. Many superstars in the industry got their beginning here. It has the threads separated neatly into many different categories, like PPC, ad sense, article promotion, media buys, and so forth, so it's very simple to discover what you're seeking. The threads are well moderated and individuals here are commonly respectful and helpful to each other. This is an oddity in a lot of forums, where individuals tend to often be rather crude. So it's a huge plus that you are able to ask a question at the Warrior Forum without the dread of being called names. While the forum itself is free, there are frequently members offering cheap paid training courses of study called WSOs (Warrior Special Offers), and there's a lifetime upgrade for $37 as of 2010. This provides you access to a few members-only secret threads.Digital Point is likewise a good discussion board where individuals tend to be really helpful. It's organized in a great deal the same way as the Warrior Forum, while it hasn't been around as long, receiving its start in 2002. It's even so well regarded in the Internet marketing profession. It likewise has an area where you are able to outsource work that you don't wish to do yourself, like programming jobs, article authoring or site design.IM4Newbies, although much littler than either the Warrior Forum or Digital Point, is a dynamic community with about 70,000 members. It's a great place to get rolling for those completely fresh to Internet marketing as everything is set up for the fledglings, and they pay special attention to what they call their 101 classes, like Niche Marketing 101, Affiliate Marketing 101 and Net Business Management 101. It's likely less daunting to begin here too. As there are fewer threads, there's less of a data overload than what you may get at the other 2 forums.Make A Site Or BlogYou must produce your own site or blog, where you are able to put all your marketing techniques. If you want to maintain a site, be prepared to use a few bucks. Instead a quality hosting and a WordPress blog may guide you with the simple development of your page. The latter is truly helpful since you are able to join their site free of charge and you are able to be guided with whatever you desired to do with your page.Do It FreeIt is crucial to have an internet site if you have a business. Most internet sites commonly have multiple web pages that display info about the owner, product, service or contact. If you are merely setting out to have an internet presence with your business, it is a great idea to make a business web page. You are able to even begin a business web page free of charge.Look for a free web site hosting service online that lets you publish content. Some free of charge services that allow you to begin a web page fast are Blogger.com - Create a unique and beautiful blog. It’s easy and free., WordPress.com: Create a Free Website or Blog, Content Management System, Blog Software & Publishing Platform and weeby.com. Have a look through each of their choices and select the services that you like best. The advantage to these services is they are free of charge to use.Sign on for the service they're supplying. You need to make a username, a password and supply your e-mail address. After you sign on, you will have to pick out a title for your web site. Normally you are able to only register your site name under a sub domain name as you are hosting under their service. For instance, if you would like to produce a free of charge web page on WordPress.com: Create a Free Website or Blog and wish to title your pizza pie business http://greatpizzashop.com, your domain name will be WordPress.com.Pick out a template for your particular business type. You are able to pick from a lot of free templates. For instance, in Weebly you are able to select a design and choose from over thirty different templates. You are able to pick out the category themes ranging from instruction to marriages. You will prefer to pick "Business" for templates that have business conceptions.Produce material about your business and place a link to a product or service you are selling up on your freshly made web page.Push the publish button. Once you have a business template picked out, informational material and a product or service to sell, push the publish button. Individuals online will now be able to have a look at your business web page, which you made free of charge.Write write WriteWhen you get all set up, you must learn to enjoy writing since blogging is the chief way to communicate all the good things about your product with the buyers. Moreover, you are able to add an affiliate link in the resource box for your blog. When it's clicked, your reader will then be automatically redirected to the sales page. If you've your own product, then all you require is a simple webpage with an enlightening article about your product.AuthorAuthoring a great article that has relevant keywords to your niche included in it might be very confusing to a lot of online authors. On the other hand, if you wish to bring targeted traffic to your material or web pages, you need to include keywords in your material. This will give you a few great ideas on how to author an article that includes keywords to supercharge your article views or site visits.I keep reading associated articles that state to utilize the keyword tool supplied by Google; this is a great tip for web masters and authors. However, how many great keywords do you add to your material per length of article? Perhaps if we center on satisfying our readers with helpful info, the search engine top-ranking will come on its own. Shoving relevant words in articles is never advocated and it is looked at as "Black Hat" SEO or a spamming article. Attempt the steps here to write a good and helpful article that will be placed well from the words you pick to include in your articles or web pages.Perform research on Google trends. Discovering what data is searched for is a great idea when attempting to pick out a great article topic to write about. Monkey around with the Google tools and discover related keywords to include in your article(s).Prevent gorging your whole article with words that you're trying to get placed high for. This will just hurt your rankings. Author your article freely and aim the conversation or article info in a way to talk to your readers not the search engines.Include your primary keyword in your beginning and end paragraph. You are able to too include one in your main paragraphs as long as you're not wedging extra words into your content and articles. If you author a three hundred word article, attempt utilizing your key word around 3-4 times including one in your title.Author long and valuable info on your articles. Not only does Google like people friendly material, it likes to find well needed and valuable info to display in search engine results. The more valuable information, the more beneficial the ranking will be. Discover what individuals want to know about in your niche and explore the answersMarketing methodsIn increasing your sites traffic, you are able to quickly work at 3 kinds of easy methods: social marketing, forum marketing and article marketing.MarketOn social promoting, beginning building up your social network on Facebook and Twitter. Those are the two most well-situated to setup and most popular social web sites you will find currently. Begin establishing relationships with other people by becoming involved in a genuine and real discussion.In the discussion board marketing, you are able to begin by traveling to popular forums that accept topics touching on the problems or solutions that lead to your merchandise as the resolution. Go to Google and look for “discussion board”. Utilize different keyword phrase related to your niche. The method to link back to your web site is to utilize your signature to state a mighty advantage you are able to provide at your web site and post your website urlIn the meantime, you are able to post your articles to the leading article directories for the article promotion. The way I accomplish it is to re-purpose my own blog post. After my blog post is updated for a couple of days, I commonly submit that article to two primary article directories: http://ezinearticles.com and http://goarticles.com. Simply make certain you include a mighty beneficial statement in your resource box to link back to your web site. You need to incite the reader to come to your web site with that advantage you have listed.To produce a life long revenue in internet marketing business, you have to build up your own list. 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Do not right away use a hard sell with anything in your beginning e-mail. You might utilize a strategy called “breath out, breath in”.That is to hand out useful info in your beginning e-mail, and then in the following e-mail you do a sales pitch to get the order in. And keep that cycle to get your subscriber base to read your e-mail and see your sales pitch or fresh info more naturally.Just like many of you, I at one time subjected myself in unrelentingly discovering ways to make money from home. I've constantly researched the net for tips and essentially steps on how I may begin my career online without necessarily leaving my job or overlooking the crucial events of my lifeI attempted to discover answers from net training programs just so I could simplify the seemingly complex techniques of the net world. 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