Search Engines and Cashflowpc

To get started with Search Engines, driving traffic to your site and striving for a first page position, first you have to get on the map! You have to start by a. having a website b. having a website that has description and keywords in place c. having a website that the Engines will accept d. submitting your site to those Engines.

Every member of Cashflowpc and VIP Travel Rewards receives a web site similar to the ones the links take you to. They are already complete with descriptions and keywords. These sites are referred to as 'affiliate' sites. In 2005 the SEs made a major decision which affects all affiliate websites: they decided to stop accepting them.

Do this - pull up a window and do a search on Yahoo with the keyword cashflowpc. As of 12-27-05 I hold the #3 position with my AFFILIATE link. From 9-04 through recently I put in major efforts to reach this position. I happen to be 'grandfathered' for now. However, when I currently go to resubmit my link, my link is rejected. Note the link itself http://cashflowpc.com/affiliates/t.php?rid=57822. When you or I submit a link like this one the SE drops "/affilates" and other characters turning the link into nonsense. This means that as of today, 12-27-05, you cannot get on the map with your standard or basic Cfpc or VIP Travel Rewards affiliate site.

This also is the reason why, when you do that search, Yahoo only returns 1,770 results for Cashflowpc. Current membership stands at over 187k. Only 1770 sites indexed. So, how did those get there? So, with the SE first you need to get on the map, then you need to do things to obtain decent position.

What can you do to get on that map? 1. For Cashflowpc members upgrade to VMS. Long before the SE made their decision, Cfpc created the Vortex Marketing System. Upgraded members like the Diamond Affiliates and Micro members receive their own personalized websites like mine http://xtreamnet-cfpc.com/. You will note that this site is buried in the SE listing. This is because I did not concentrate on driving traffic to this site, I instead choose to concentrate on the Retail main site and a couple sites I set up for my vouchers to build my team. A strategic error on my part but oh well - live and learn. Lol. These sites are totally acceptable by the Engines.

2. Obtain a landing page for your business. Once I discovered the issue I went to Peter Lim and asked him to build me a Cfpc/VIP Travel website. This is the work in progress as of 12-27-05 Cashflowpc Launchapage.

3. Build yourself a suitable page. If you are not a website guru or do not have the software to create web pages, you can do so easily with a freeweb pages provided by ecomplanet as they are relatively easy to build and manage. They have a place for your website description and keywords and are acceptable by the Search Engines. I have several, this is one which shows up #37 in the Yahoo search http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/XTRE1509/

These are some pages I built using Web Page Maker to promote my vouchers: Signup This is a variation on a theme where I added some items for Google optimization: Free Signup

4. Get yourself an acceptable link tracking url. You have to be careful with these to ensure they are not too long and the codes are configured so the Engines will accept them. For example, if you use the link tracker in your back offices, they create links which are still not acceptable by the Engines. However, if you go to your Center and choose the Link Tracker option, you can create one that is.

5. Get a tiny url. Those work well. Only drawback to these is that some exchanges do not allow redirects.

Once you have your website, you want to submit to the Engines. Once submitted there is usually a waiting period. you can submit and go to work driving traffic to your site anyway. Then, resubmit once a month.