60dc Interest thread

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   Pro Design Sourceposted 12 years ago

   I am in the middle of my personal 30 day challange and would love to join the 60DC if there are any spots available !

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      prettydarkhorseposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      As long as you can commit to the 60 days that the challenge entails -- writing 30 hubs about your chosen niches within 30 days when the challenge starts and 30 days promotion.
      
      You can answer this question of Sunforged with a hub if you want to join.
      
      http://hubpages.com/question/66048/who- … the-return

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         Pro Design Sourceposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         I've answered the question with a hub - here it is http://hubpages.com/hub/Making-Money-Online--
         
         I am doing some keyword research & will publish more in my hub on that later.
         
         This is a busy weekend for me with soccer games and I won't be around until later today. If I have missed something along the way please let me know.

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            prettydarkhorseposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            HI, don't forget to put the tag   "online writing goals" in your hublog, thanks

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               Pro Design Sourceposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               Thanks! Added that and the rss feed.

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                  prettydarkhorseposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  you're welcome!

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   Jane@CMposted 12 years ago

   I answered the question, but did not start a hub log.  When is the official start date?

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      prettydarkhorseposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Hi Jane, as soon as the list of participants will be finalized which I believe is 30, (as he stated in the first statement of this thread by SF). You still have time to answer the question with a hub, Good morning to you!

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   sunforgedposted 12 years ago

   Im working on an actual Pre-Challenge Prep Hub-
   
   But my Very strong suggestion as we get the team together..
   
   If you have your HubLog created:
   
   The next step is to focus on your 30 topics, Related groups and Keyword Research.
   
   With the committment your going to make into producing content ...its a shame when you pick topics or terms that will never be read no matter how well they are promoted!
   
   Some resources:
   
   http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/50158  ( a thread filled with hubs that were selected by hubbers as being influential on their keyword understanding)
   
   The learning Center -> Simone's new videos on Title selection
   http://learningcenter.hubpages.com/
   
   
   The robin hood keyword thread:
   
   http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/49269
   
   
   My attempt at sharing keyword tips: ht tp://hubpages.com/hub/Keyword-tips-Money-making-keywords

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      sunforgedposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Also, use this time to swing through all the published hublogs
      
      http://hubpages.com/tag/online+writing+goals/latest
      
      and meet your fellow team members, add your encouragement and learn about their motivations!
      
      
      Also for the course of the challenge it would be a good idea to "follow" your team members.
      
      This way you can use the HP feed to stay notified of their activity

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   sunforgedposted 12 years ago

   If you have published a hublog and did not do it directly to the question - we will still be able to find you via the tag ..do not bother deleting and republishing

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      Mutiny92posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      SF, which tag is it you are looking for?

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         wavegirl22posted 12 years agoin reply to this

         "online writing goals"

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            sunforgedposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            yes

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            Mutiny92posted 12 years agoin reply to this

            gotcha - will do!

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   shazwellynposted 12 years ago

   I have been checking out the new 60dcers already up and running - I believe we now have 19 hublogs and, I must say, what a great diverse bunch we have this time around!  This looks like a committed set of active team participants - United we stand, divided we fall - I know we will succeed!
   
   Hi Shari - Oh boy am I glad to be working with you hon!
   
   Actually, we now have 21 hublogs - not many more places to go!  I believe we have 9 positions available?  It is getting exciting!

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   Cagsilposted 12 years ago

   Good Luck to everyone!

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   Faybe Bayposted 12 years ago

   Okay, I am going to give it a shot again. I quit smoking last time, so maybe this time I can get it right. If there are still 9 openings as Shaz says, I would like to give it another shot.

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      Cagsilposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Hey Faye,
      
      Wavegirl contacted me via email to take part. From what I gathered in here, this forum thread.....you had to start a new hub-log, and tie it to Sunforged's question in the question section. However, that question is closed.
      
      So, I am under the impression there are no more that can be added.

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   thisisoliposted 12 years ago

   Going to be too busy I am afraid, Good luck to everyone though!

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   sunforgedposted 12 years ago

   Cags, there are two questions that will show up with a 60dc search - the "closed" question is from the first challenge

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      Cagsilposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Hey Sunforged, I checked the link you posted in this forum. I guess I didn't read enough of the forum thread.
      
      So, I guess the question remains....how many people do you presently have?

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         wavegirl22posted 12 years agoin reply to this

         right now there are 21 not including Sunforged.

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    sunforgedposted 12 years ago

    The link to the actual question is on this thread in reply to LakeErieArts and EnglightenedSoul posted it in the early pages - Im writing from the feed or i would highlight it.

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    wavegirl22posted 12 years ago

    Here is the link
    
    Who wants to participate in The 60 Day Challenge - The Return?

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    Cagsilposted 12 years ago

    Thank you Wavegirl

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    sunforgedposted 12 years ago

    Keep in mind - original challengers are not included in the quota - 30(ish) NEW participants is the Quota -

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       Deborah Demanderposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Oh! Good to know. So there will be 30 (ish) new participants, along with any returning challengers. Excellent idea.
       Namaste.

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    Cagsilposted 12 years ago

    Okay....Hub Log written, but not sure if it's done right or not.
    
    So, I guess I'm in.

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       wavegirl22posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Oh me and oh my

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          Cagsilposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          
          
          
          

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    Cagsilposted 12 years ago

    The feed only displays up to 8 hubs at once.
    
    The link you want to put into your feed capsule is as followed:
    
    http://hubpages.com/tag/60dc-log/hot?rss
    
    Also, set the feed capsule to display it's maximum which is 8 and set it to display only the first sentence. It should be in your Hub Log.
    
    I hope that helps.

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       sunforgedposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Cags- the tag you mentioned is from the last challenge.
       
       All previous tags are defunct - reusing them confuses the organizational process on my end and in some ways also cheats those previous participants on their work.
       
       The only announced tag is  "online writing goals" to be used in the logs
       
       so the rss would be
       
       http://hubpages.com/tag/online+writing+goals/latest?rss
       
       hot or best can be interchanged with latest as you wish..

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    billyaustindillonposted 12 years ago

    So many interesting and different writers - I have no doubt this will be a wonderful lively experience.

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    Cagsilposted 12 years ago

    Thank you Sunforged.....changing mine now.

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    Cagsilposted 12 years ago

    Changed mine. All set. Sorry about that.

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    Cagsilposted 12 years ago

    *Bump* back to the top...still time for more to register..

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    prettydarkhorseposted 12 years ago

    BUMP, Happy to know there are new challengers!

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    englightenedsoulposted 12 years ago

    The team is already great and I am sure this time it would be huge as we would be having 30 fresh participants.  That means more promotion, more benefit for everyone.

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       prettydarkhorseposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Morning ES, you're right there,

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    glendoncabaposted 12 years ago

    I'm in.  When I wake up.

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    Boomer60posted 12 years ago

    I think I have everyones hub-log set up on my hub-log page. I believe I 25 hub-logs plus my own. Stop by and make sure I did not miss you or anyone you know of.

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       prettydarkhorseposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Hi Boomer, I put an RSS in my hub log this one -- http://hubpages.com/tag/online+writing+goals/latest?rss

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       englightenedsoulposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       That was really thoughtful of you.  It really made my work easier of spreading hub love.  Thanks.  I will keep checking to know if we have covered our quota of 30 fresh participants

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          prettydarkhorseposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Hi ES< its so nice of you thinking of doing that!

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    prettydarkhorseposted 12 years ago

    Bump my -- BUMPING! Happy weekend to everyone!

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    Boomer60posted 12 years ago

    I have just added Pro Design Source to my list of 60DC challengers.

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       prettydarkhorseposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       You're doing a good job Boomer, Morning

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    Cagsilposted 12 years ago

    Good morning, evening or whichever.

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       prettydarkhorseposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Hey Cags, Morning too! Off to church now, check later!

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          Cagsilposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          See and talk you later PDH.

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    Cagsilposted 12 years ago

    *bump* come on, we need more participants.

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    humagaiaposted 12 years ago

    I have decided not to use the RSS feed as a means to see the participants. I have set up a list of them so that I can get to their hublogs as easily as possible from my hublog. I think I have everyone to date. If you want to copy the list please do so. It is on my hublog.

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       shazwellynposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       The thing is with rss feeds, its mechanics evolves and change.  It is good for the spiderbots of google to see action on your webpage.  Therefore, it is good for seo.
       
       Mix and match is good
       
       I must say, however, what you have done is a wonderful demonstration of team spirit! x

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    Cagsilposted 12 years ago

    Is it better to list all the participants via related links.
    
    I mean, it works toward Hub Karma, but is there any other advantage?

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       humagaiaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       It makes it easier for me to see all the participants. If I want to I can go direct to their hublog from my hublog. The RSS feed will only show the /latest/, /best/ or /hot/ 8 hublogs. As a democratic person I thought this was unfair on those participants whose hublogs do not fall into any of those categories. This way the search engines and readers of my hublog will have access to everybody. Backlinks could also be favourable.
       I selected my hublog keywords to match the rss feed for all 60DC2 hublogs - "online writing goals". I have optimized my hub for these keywords. If our hublogs are promoted with the OWG RSS feed the backlinks should assist in getting this hub up the search engine rankings for OWG and assist us all by having direct links to all hublogs.

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          Cagsilposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Thank you.

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          glendoncabaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Thanks for list BTW.

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       shazwellynposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       You are the first person to know this one - Caggie!  ... Great for team bonding - share the hubber love x

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    LeanManposted 12 years ago

    Thanks for doing the work Humagaia... I will copy later (the wife is insisting that I take her out..), you are right, the RSS feed will only benefit a few rather than all..
    But it was my first internal RSS feed use on Hubpages..lol

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    humagaiaposted 12 years ago

    Also, if you link to me directly with an anchor tag of "online writing goals" this will also assist your hublog in backlinks, especially if you capitalize the words (unfortunately by using the web address link generator on hubpages you cannot embolden the words).
    If you want to enhance the backlink quality then you can add "online writing goals" in the Tool Tip section of the hub_link.desc found under 'show advanced options'. If you were not aware the tool tip is also seen by the search engine bot and the words indexed. A great resource for placing things like misspellings etc., where the scrutinizer of content will not necessarily find them.

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       shazwellynposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Some pretty brilliant points here! 

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    Cagsilposted 12 years ago

    Thank you again.

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    sunforgedposted 12 years ago

    benefits of on-site feed use are minimal in the scheme of things - I would caution against time expenditure that would be otherwise much better used off site or selecting topics... unless of course you already have 30 optimum hub titles selected.

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       prettydarkhorseposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       BUMPING this up,
       
       Need to read and gather thoughts about my topic as well,

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    Boomer60posted 12 years ago

    I have two topics picked out but struggling with the third. I have a couple ideas in mind but I need to make sure I can come up with enough content to get maximum results.

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    Mutiny92posted 12 years ago

    Are we getting closer for the remaining slots?

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    Cagsilposted 12 years ago

    Presently the participant total is up 25 that I know of....
    
    However, Sunforged is not including first rounders in the NEW total. So, I would have to say that as a group of new participants, we are not even close to 30.

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    drej2522posted 12 years ago

    Are we officially starting tomorrow? Is that a fair assessment?

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       Cagsilposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Sorry Drej, that isn't a question I can answer, but I can only hope that someone else might want to give it a try.
       
       I know that we were waiting to see how many people wanted to take part.
       
       So, I guess I can only say to wait.

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    wavegirl22posted 12 years ago

    You have officially started. . .consider your hub log a start. .if you are asking when the days start counting towards your 30 Hubs, no that has not started.
    
    As SF has said. . start getting your keywords together and your plan of action and this is a good time to go and meet the other team members. .
    
    SF will let us know when the official countdown starts. . think of it this way . .you know when a race starts and they say ready set go . .
    
    right now we are we are at the ready and set. .
    
    SF will say when to GO

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    Cagsilposted 12 years ago

    Hey Wavegirl,
    
    I'm not exactly sure about the "keywords". My topics are generalized and not specific to any real niche. Kind of like the ones I've already written- broad based.
    
    Any ideas?

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    drej2522posted 12 years ago

    I'm just a little anxious to go Wave and Cags...amped up, so to speak?

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       Cagsilposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       I can understand that Drej... I could have written two hubs today, if everything as in "GO" was meant to be go now.
       
       However, "keywords" are not my strong suit and not sure because my topics are so generalized.

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          drej2522posted 12 years agoin reply to this

          I'm sure Wavegirl would say go to Market Samurai which is a great place to do some research...it's a free site (I think it's like a 2-3 week trial, then you have to pay) and it basically shows you how to find key words that generate a lot of traffic and commercial value...
          
          anyway, if you are going to download it, go to these links first:
          
          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eR-EN8h … e=related/
          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsoy8Mde … e=related/
          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXpTazrW … e=related/
          
          They are tutorials and how to understand/use Market Samurai...a brief explanation...

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             Cagsilposted 12 years agoin reply to this

             Thank you Drej. Much appreciated.

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    wavegirl22posted 12 years ago

    Chris
    
    Cags. .. you can start writing your hubs. . and yes get acquainted with Market Samurai. It is a tool that is really really quite helpful and once you use it you will see what we mean.
    
    You can start writing your hubs. .grab your urls. . just dont publish yet. .

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       Cagsilposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Oh okay.

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    Boomer60posted 12 years ago

    Just added Jane@CM as our newest team member. stop by and welcome Jane here: http://hubpages.com/hub/Jane_at_CM-60-D … ege-Hublog

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    Jane@CMposted 12 years ago

    Boomer thank you - what a sweetheart you are!

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       Cagsilposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Welcome Jane!

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    sunforgedposted 12 years ago

    

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       wavegirl22posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Im loving it., and it looks so good on you SF

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          sunforgedposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          sent a pM

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       Cagsilposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Pretty cool picture.

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    Cagsilposted 12 years ago

    Hey Sunforged,
    
    It appears by researching my topics, that there is simply too much competition for the keywords?
    
    Targeting specific keywords is understandable, but what range would be good? With regards to searches?
    
    Just curious. Many of the life topics I have are so generalized, I'm not sure....

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       sunforgedposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Show me an example train of thought Cags.
       
       I only judge my first page competition - I dont worry about those who were not optimized enough to make it to the important page.
       
       I like to start at a minimum of 10k searches a month but I dont always stick to that.

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          Dobsonposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          I agree with the 10K minimum. I sometimes dive to 8000, but 10K is porobably a better filter.

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       Pandoras Boxposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Yeh you're in a tough way there Cags. I saw your earlier post and have been trying to think on it, but I'm coming up empty. The only thing I did come up with was maybe doing some reviews on some of the currently more popular self-help program type things. But I'm not familiar with any myself.
       
       You know, like back when that book 'the secret' was big, and everyone was buying it up to learn how to attract money into their lives through envisioning it. Or when the prayer of jabez was all the rage. By doing reviews on those methods of improving one's life, you could use those hot keywords to attract traffic, and to your other hubs as well.
       
       But I don't know what's big these days in the self help or life improvement arena. Haven't heard of any popular scams lately.
       
       I don't know, but I do see your problem there. What do people search for when they're looking for help? 'How Do I Fix My Life'? Wonder if you could capitalize on FML, you know, 'Fudge' My Life? Or maybe 'where is god?' 'I need help'. I dunno. Tough field you're in there.

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          Cagsilposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Thank you very much for the post. You at least pointed me in directions I wasn't looking at.

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    Cagsilposted 12 years ago

    Well, I'm trying to stick with "America" to begin with.
    
    Political issues, Educational issues?

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       Dobsonposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       How about renewable enrgy topics?

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    Pandoras Boxposted 12 years ago

    Political issues can get alot of traffic. It doesn't convert all that greatly, and google ads will display stuff which may promote the exact opposite of your message, but I used to get a lot of traffic when I did political stuff.

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       Cagsilposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Thank you again. My hubs on America presently are not too bad, but don't do good enough.
       
       I'm trying to target community type of things or the lack of such.

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          Pandoras Boxposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Hmmm, we may share another interest there. Probably can't help you with keywords, but I'd like to read one of your hubs about that subject, to see what ideas you have. Link? Or just a title will do.

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    sunforgedposted 12 years ago

    Cags, Go to the keyword tool.
    
    Instead of entering a keyword use the field that says URL - enter the URL from your own Hub or another page on the internet that has a topic you are interested in
    
    Look though those keyword results for promising terms that will be within your interest

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       Cagsilposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Thank you

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          sunforgedposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          I do that all the time, when im trying to see if I can write about a topic I enjoy..
          
          I dont think I have ever published that, its no big secret or anything, but I never even considered that it might not be a common practice.
          
          
          It works really well to get the ball rolling towards digging up some terms

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             Cagsilposted 12 years agoin reply to this

             Hey Sunforged,
             
             I signed up on Market Samurai earlier and downloaded that tool. I was using it, but getting confused, even after watching the YouTube video Drej gave me links to.
             
             I wasn't using Google AdWords Keyword Tool.
             
             Yeah, I know, not too bright....tried running before could walk.
             
             
             @Pandoras, I'm looking to heighten more awareness about the lack of things in the community? I've already written a few hubs to wake up the senses, but more political motivated awareness and not individual awareness.

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                sunforgedposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                cags _  i totally encourage you to use MS and learn as much as you can from it.
                
                its one of my suggestions for the challenge.
                
                But sometimes when in a rush the adwords keyword tool and its basic functionality is enough.
                
                So when searching for the beginning terms..I would perform teh activity I suggested...then use MS to lock down those terms and find the gold quickly.
                
                There is quite a learning curve ...but there is also a huge support community for the tool

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                   Smart Rookieposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                   Sunforged  I have a question about keyword competition. Simply, is it possible for a hubpage to beat the SERP rank of a youtube video page that has no backlinks to it? I'm asking this on the assumption that keyword URLs seem to have a major impact on ranking, and youtube pages don't have that.

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                   Cagsilposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                   Thank you. I'll continue to try and narrow it down.

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                Pandoras Boxposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                That is something that has bugged me for a long time now. I won't bog this thread down by changing the topic, but I'll keep my eye on your upcoming hubs to see what you think. I looked through what's showing on your profile but didn't find anything yet, so I'm guessing this will be an upcoming theme.
                
                Anyway, I'm out. Reckon I'll see you all tomorrow.

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    Cagsilposted 12 years ago

    Pandora,
    
    I've presented my hubs on Life in America, geared originally toward individual awareness about the unrealized political spin already running through mainstream society.

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    sunforgedposted 12 years ago

    If its a youtube page of a video marketer you may have a battle at your hands.
    Otherwise, it should be ripe for the picking.
    
    There should be 9 other competitors on that page that can give you a feel for your ability to be included on the only important page in google.

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       Smart Rookieposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks for the info. If I don't get the #3 or #4 spot, I should be able to bag #7.

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