Further Investigation – My Hopes Continue to Diminish.

To investigate my thoughts as thoroughly as possible, I spent some time reading FAQ located at http://labs.google.com/suggest/faq.html. Nowhere in this FAQ does it say anything as to what “results” indicate other than that ranking of suggested terms are based on popularity of searches done at Google. That does NOT come right out and say that number reported for “results’ in any way indicates actual number of searches for particular search term, but yes, one could infer that meaning, especially SEO’s and webmasters so desperately looking for another way to help “properly” optimize their pages for Google. I can understand this thought process, and would have fallen prey to it had I not thought about it in a little more detail, but facts speak for themselves, and common sense rules out.

Comparing Google’s Usage of Term “Results” Throughout Their Site.

The other proof I offer to substantiate my claims stems from context Google uses everywhere else word “results” appears on their site. They tend to use that word EXCLUSIVELY with results being returned for number of matches for a particular search term from their database. Add to facts that Google has never been one to openly give webmasters or SEO’s ANYTHING that can be used to manipulate their SERPs and it just goes to further prove that experts are wrong in assumption that “results” are an indication of search term’s search popularity at Google. The way terms are ranked to provide best possible suggestion IS based on search popularity at Google, but number has nothing to do with actual number of searches conducted. That synched it. I have no choice but to believe that article written by Mr. Valentine is misleading, and that many other SEO’s are jumping gun to tout “new salvation tool” to help us demystify Google search term popularity, or help us improve our page optimization. This “tool” isn’t going to give SEO’s and webmasters anything but a preview of number of SERP results they will have to wade through to find their information.

Taking Final Plunge – Getting Information Straight from Horse’s Mouth.

Nevertheless, being I’d rather hold on to some shred of hope that I am wrong, I have taken liberty to question Google and am still awaiting their reply. Although order can give some insight into search term popularity for particular search terms, there is still no way to know just how much of a difference exists between first and second terms suggested. In all reality, there could be thousands more searches for first term over second, or their could be just a few more for first over second, but either way it really doesn’t give us useful information that I’d like to see for SEO work like Overture’s suggestion tool does. When Google responds to my question, I’ll be more than happy to try to edit this article or post results to forum. Until then, hopefully I am wrong, but I just can’t hold out hope that Google would make things that much easier for SEO’s and webmasters looking for ways to “optimize” their pages for Great Google Bot.

In return for your effort you can put a little blurb about yourself and/or your business, with a link to your website, at end of article. You will rack up a very high amount of inbound links to your website by utilizing this technique. I have done it many times with a lot of success.

5) Free E-book – You can write an e-book and offer it for free in exchange for a link to your website. You can also put links to your website and other affiliate links in e-book. Putting links in e-book will increase your website traffic and affiliate profits.

You are probably thinking that you can’t write an e-book. Well, yes you can! It doesn’t have to be some killer piece of work that you spend months writing. Instead, you can just make it a collection of your favorite articles, resources, and tools related to your website theme. As long as it is useful to your visitors they will gladly link to you in order to get it.

6) Blogs – There are actually a few ways to get one-way inbound links with blogs. The first way is simply to host a blog on your website and update it frequently. People tend to link to blogs because they provide content that is constantly being updated.

The second way you can get one-way inbound links with your blog is to submit it to blog directories. Just like website directories, there are tons of blog directories on internet that you can submit to for free. Just do a search on Google for “blog directory” and you will find many of them to submit too.

The third way of getting inbound links with a blog is to host it somewhere other than on your website. Then, provide a link from your blog to your website. After you have done that, you can submit your blog to directories for extra page rank and added exposure. Use this third technique with as many blogs as you have time to update regularly with quality content.

7) Free Article Directory – Create an article directory on your website and allow your visitors to submit articles to it. Ask for a link back to your website in exchange for article submission. This will build your inbound links and create free content for your website. I have successfully used this technique for quite a while. You can see one of my article directories at http://www.work-at-home-jobs-iowa.com/article

Alright, there you go, you now have seven very effective techniques for getting one-way inbound links to your website. Get started on them right away and you should see your search engine rankings rise, your website traffic increase, and your profits explode. If you have any questions about any of these linking techniques just let me know, I will be happy to help. You can find my “contact me” link at bottom of my website.