When I type "Politics" into a Google search, the first result is a Wikipedia article on Politics. Then CNN, msnbc and then.... Fox News. Where does DailyKos.com come in? Sad to say but the site is not even listed in the top 100. How many people in the US search "politics" on Google each month? One million two hundred twenty thousand. 1,220,000 monthly searches! That is huge traffic! Globally there are 2,740,000 searches for the word politics.
So how can we easily (and for free) spread our Progressive values?
Pick a key topic you love to write about and begin creating a blue print. Perhaps you want to expose the plutonomy happening in the US. http://www.Plutonomy.com is available...but for $500 if you are that motivated to make our nation a better place. According to Google, there are 6,600 US monthly searches and 9,900 searches globally each month! If you ranked #1 on Google, you would receive 4,950 monthly visitors. Each and every one of them hearing your well framed and passionate ideas about how America is in a Plutonomy and why this is so devastating for the 307 million middle in low income people in the US.
There are a few simple methods we can all do to help increase our rankings.
Back-linking:
If you have a blog, link to it from articles you post on various blogs (including Daily Kos). Don't just write the link, pick a keyword you want to work on and and have the keyword link to your blog. Here is an example --> I am a Progressive Strategist and that is why I decided to create a blog and post about various Progressive strategies.
Keyword Research:
If you want to rank first, or at least on the first page, find a keyword where there is at least 3,000 monthly searches and less than 20,000 total results. Then try and find the same phrase as a URL. I used "Progressive Strategist" as a phrase to rank high. There were no monthly searches on Google (but I liked the phrase anyways -- making for a less than stellar example). Then I typed (in quotes) "Progressive Strategist" into Google. It returned 3,950 results. I then registered the domain name "http://progressivestrategist.com". In less than a month I ranked #3 and if you go search 'Progressive Strategist' in Google, the site comes up first. This site was really easy to rank high but ranking any site high on Google can be successful if you work at it.
Back-Linking your Site:
Create a lens on Squidoo.com, create it about the topic of your blog or keyword you want to rank high. Then we sure to add your site's link.
Create a hub page on HubPages.com, creating a hub is similar to creating a Squidoo lens.
Write articles for ezinearticles.com
There is also a service where you can write an article and they will post it (with your back-links) to over 20,000 sites (depending on the topic). Unique Article Wizard is $67 a month but well worth it.
If you are interested, pick your topic and help make a more perfect union.
A Few Ideas:
Marriage - 9,140,000 monthly searches & the radical right wing Focus on the Family is ranked #4, we need to do something about this one.
Unions - 673,000 monthly searches and the anti-union corporate front group UnionFacts.com is ranked #3, we can't let people be deceived by this anymore.
Taxation - 1,000,000 monthly searches and ranked #4 is Citizens for Limited Taxation.
Conservatives have done their homework and done it well. Its time for the Progressive movement to get on this and begin winning.
Thanks for reading and thank you for being active! I will be adding more SEO tools, tactics and info on my site.