Here is an update from the top ten search engines list.  Some research indicates that at least within the USA, Google’s search Engine popularity has increased even further. The following is an updated list of the top ten search engines 2008 (August);

The continued sheer market dominance of Google only reinforces the strategy to focus your SEO efforts primarily with this search engine first. Here is how to get your own website to achieve  top ten search engine ranking for multiple search terms.

Top Ten Search Engines list 2007

A leading Media Metrics company (Comscore) has just released statistics of the top ten search engines 2007. So what does the top ten search engines 2007 list mean to Web site developers, your internet marketing and SEO of your web sites ?

• Google is a clearly a dominant front runner with 62 percent of all searches.
• Yahoo is still holding a distant 2nd with 13 percent of the searches.
• The new Chinese search engine Baidu now accounts for over 5 percent of world wide searches.
• MSN now only represents 3 percent, recently slipping to 4th
• NHN Corporation (Korean Search Engine) is also rapidly gaining on MSN with 2.4 percent of the world wide searches.
• The remaining 5 of the top ten search engines combined only account for 6.6 percent of total searches .

Top Ten Search Engines and SEO

Considering that Google represents almost 2/3 of all world wide searches, it is clearly logical to focus most of your SEO strategies with this search engine. Furthermore, it has been my experience that a website that is well optimized for Google also tends to rank fairly high in Yahoo and MSN.

But should you also consider submitting to Baidu which now holds the number 3 spot out of the top ten search engines ? I did some research around the net and found that unless you have a Chinese language version of your website; it is not likely to draw much traffic to your site. However, considering that there are now more internet users in China than the US and that it takes only a minute it is probably worth the effort. Follow this search engine link to submit to the Baidu search engine.

As the thousands of other search engines combined only make up the remaining 17.6 percent of searches,I would suggest it’s not worth the effort to find and submit to them unless they are niche search engines specific to your industry.

Comscores Top Ten Search Engines 2007

Worldwide Search Top 10
December 2007
Total World Age 15+, Home and Work Locations*
Source: comScore qSearch 2.0

December (2007) Searches (MM)

Top Ten Search Engines in the World

Total Internet

66,221
100.0 %

Google41,345
62.4 %

Yahoo 8,505
12.8

Baidu.com 3,428
5.2

Microsoft Sites 1,940
2.9

NHN Corporation 1,572
2.4

EBay 1,428
2.2
Time Warner Network 1,062
1.6

Ask Network 728
1.1

Yandex 566
0.9

Alibaba.com Corporation 531
0.8

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Web site Marketing Strategies to Improve Traffic and Conversion Rates

Web site Marketing Strategy One - Extensive Keyword Research

I recommend starting all web site marketing strategies by collecting an extensive list of keywords (search terms) that your target demographic is using to find your web site and your competitors. Follow this up by modifying your existing content to include these key phrases in your web site marketing strategies where applicable.

Professional SEO Marketing Strategy Two

Partake in some SEO training or hire a professional SEO Consultant to attain first page rankings on the major search engines for as many search terms as possible. SEO will bring you a continual stream of new customers to your web site as most sites (70%) are still discovered through organic search engine traffic.

SEO Training

Although learning SEO can seem like an overwhelming and time consuming process (and it is), basic SEO Training can be found on many SEO web sites and blogs. However, there are several caveats to attempting your own SEO.

The first and foremost is “a little knowledge is dangerous”. Much of the free SEO Training found on the internet is out dated. Search Engine algorithms are constantly changing and many SEO techniques that at one time would have helped a site, can now result in ranking penalties and in some cases even get you banned. If you don’t have the time to keep your SEO Training up to date with the latest SEO developments, it is likely worth the money to hire a professional.

Web site Marketing Strategy Three - PPC

The web site marketing strategies that involve Pay-Per-Click are only recommended for those sites that have overwhelming competition or need instant results. In either case this should be considered a temporary measure to supplement your SEO results as Pay-Per-Click advertising very often has a less attractive long term ROI than SEO. Spend the effort to learn how to write effective ads or utilize a Google Adwords SEO consultant to minimize your cost and maximize your conversion rate.

Web site Marketing Strategy Four - Blogging

Blogging are web site marketing strategies that gives you the ability to quickly add content to your site for a particular keyword phrase you would like to rank for. Furthermore, if you’re able to create interesting content that pertains directly to your target market, you can draw thousands of potential customers to your web site.

Web site Marketing Strategy Five - Social Networking

Social networking is a fairly time consuming effort, but when done properly, it can be a very effective method of getting potential customers to your site. One of the top social networking web sites is Facebook.

Web site Marketing Strategy Six - Social Bookmarking

This web site marketing strategy allows you to potentially draw thousands of people to your blog articles very quickly. However, the traffic does seem to be fleeting with low conversion rates. Some of the larger Social Bookmarking Sites include;Digg, Propeller (Netscape), Technorati, del.icio.us, StumbleUpon, andSlashdot.

Web site Marketing Strategy Seven - Effective Copywriting

Once you have managed to attract customers to your web site, you need good copywriting to keep them there. Most web sites face tremendous competition and it is vital for you to very quickly list all the benefits of your product and service within the first few paragraphs to keep your visitor interested.

One proven method of this is to identify potential problems your visitor may have and explain how your web site, product or service can solve it. Mention every advantage your web site, product or service has (i.e. quality, variety, price, free shipping). Be persuasive on every page and variations of the same pitch throughout the web site is actually beneficial as your client often does not arrive at the site through your home page.

Web site Marketing Strategy Eight - Easy Website Navigation

Web Surfers are notoriously impatient. Ensure that your web site visitors can find the most important pages of your site such as your contact or store pages. Ensure your store is easy to use, and requires as few steps and information from the customer as possible.

Web site Marketing Strategy Nine - Content, Content and More Content

Continually add new and relevant content to your web site as this attracts new visitors under various search terms, gives visitors a reason to return to your site and also because the search engines love fresh content. Search Engines give preferential rankings to larger sites that are continually updated.

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Sequel to Make Money Online Fast

This entry is the long awaited Make Money Online fast part 2 ( A follow up to the immensely popular Make Money Online Fast Part 1 ). I was surprised just how popular this topic was when I found I got several thousand visitors within days of posting the blog entry Make Money Online Fast Part 1.

My research indicates that the “Make Money Online” part of the listed methods are for the most part legitimate, in so far as not charging a fee to join. However, just how much money you will make and how fast, I can’t vouch for as I have not personally tried every method listed.

Once again these methods of making money online fast are in no specific order and perhaps your comments will assist in sorting out the most profitable from the least.

Metcafe - will pay you for your original video submissions. The amount of money you make depends solely on how popular your video becomes. Metacafe pays $5 for every thousand views once your video reaches 20,000 views and has a rating of 3.00 or higher. The Money you make can add up FAST as the top video for this year has earned over $27,000.00.

Moola.com If you like playing games anyway, this site will give you an opportunity to get paid for it. With Moola you can make money online fast if your very lucky or very skilled at games. They give you one penny to start and then you bet double or nothing with another user with the potential to double your winnings each time with an opportunity to win as much as the $10,737,418.24 grand prize. Good Luck let me know how you made out.

Pay Per Post Blog about products for cash. Basically its paid advertisements in the form of writing blog entries that promote products or services you believe in.

InnerSell - Pays commission for sales leads that result in a sale. This could be a good way of making money for those people that are actively involved in online or offline business networking or receive regular requests for products they don’t actually sell.

Simply Hired offers an easy to cut and paste widget that you can add to your blog that posts jobs and pays for each click through.

My Lot appears to be an online social community that is willing to pay you for participating in forum discussions, posting news, blogs, and referrals.

Feel free to send suggestions for other money making ideas, however, they must have a reasonable chance a making money and must not charge any fee to participate.

Now it’s time for me to go “Make Money Online Slowly”, as a professional SEO Consultant who for very modest fees get other people with good products, services or ideas to the top of the search engines to help them make money online faster.

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Make Money Online Fast

The following list of ways to Make Money Online Fast, are mostly legitimate and ethical means of generating revenue online fast. The Secret of just how Fast you make the money varies largely with the method you choose and your particular skill level you have in that area.

In this blog entry, I will provide the methods and I invite readers to provide feedback on what particular method they have chosen and what has or has not been successful.

With the millions of readers I get (sarcasm), I imagine the feedback will soon reveal the Secret Ways to make money online fast. and then we will all get rich together.

These methods of making money online fast are in no particular order and perhaps the comments will assist in sorting out the best from the worst.

Bravenet - This site offers free services for services for webmasters and blog owners. They will pay you $1 dollar for each person you refer. However at only 1$ per, you’ll have to be very fast at making money online in order the make money online fast !! Just kidding, its actually not a bad deal, considering that it appears to be a pay per action that requires nothing more than a click through and free registration to get more free stuff.

daytipper Pays 3$ dollars per tip submitted if you have a tip on virtually any subject, that is insightful, helpful, and original, Day tipper we will publish it online and pay you $3 (US). I know thats not a lot of Money but the tips are brief and can be written quickly.

usertesting Pays 10$ dollars for writing a short review of a web site and its usability if you fit a particular clients demographic. Ten Bucks thats a little more money right, and it seems reasonably fast

SoftwareJudge The name says it all. This company will pay up to $50 dollars to write an original review on a new piece of software.

Ether If your an expert consultant, you can charge out telephone consultations for hourly amounts you choose up to $ 250.00 per hour. As a professional Search Engine Optimization Consultant, I think I will try this one out. I will let you no how this works out.

Feedvertising An easy method of monetizing your stand alone Wordpress blogs. By adding text links that pay.

Shutter Stock If your an aspiring Photographer, Shutter Stock and many other sites offer you to pay you each time your photo is downloaded. They currently pay 0.25cents per download. I guess it all depends on how good your pictures are and how many downloads you get.

Amazon Affiliate - Monetize your existing web site or blog by becoming an Amazon Affiliate. You can also become an affiliate for one of the thousand other programs out there. Just find the one that fits with the content of your site and that works best for you.

Elance and Get a Freelancer both of these sites offer the ability to bid on computer related jobs and make money with out leaving home. Although, because of global competition, some fields are kinda brutal, however, your specific field of work may just be the right niche.

Google Adsense - For most, Google adsense, is a not so secret method of making money online. It is based on the theory of; Build a Hot website with SEO “and they will come”. Not quite as easy as it sounds, considering the average click through rate is less than 2 %. However, many popular blogs and web site developers make money online with this strategy. Of course, you may want to hire a professional SEO Consultant to optimize your site to expedite the money making process.

E books If you have a special skill, talent or knowledge, write an ebook and sell it online. It does not require a publisher so if you can promote it successfully with your own website you can earn a great deal of money with very little overhead. One Good good example that comes to mind is Seo book. I suppose I could write my own SEO E book, but I’m not sure I want to give away all my secrets of making money online fast.

Kidding again, I plan to follow up this column soon with a Secrets to Make Money Online Fast part 2.

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