I received the following question from a ThemeMatic user:

“Hi Rob, I was looking at your backling course videos. Good suff. I have a software called market samurai that lists backlinks etc. I was wondering why google only shows me with 4 backlinks of any pr and they also have me listed as #10 for “home based business” in broad match, then when I use seo for firefox the same search term shows me #28. It seems also with all my rankings on “money” keywords I should be seeing a ton more traffic. I realize this is out of scope of themematic, but any input you could gine me on how to hit front page and get traffic would be appreciated.

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Sidenote, am ranking fast on a lot of the phrases since implementing themematic siloing.

Thanks
Dean”

Here’s my reply:

Hi,
I’m not sure I understand your question, but here goes:
- Google doesn’t show all the links to your site it knows about - it keeps most of them secret and only shows a small sampling of links to prevent anyone from reverse-engineering their ranking algorithm.  A better tool to use is:
http://www.smartpagerank.com/pagerank-backlinks.php

You can also check backlinks in Yahoo by searching for:  link:http://www.mydomain.com  (with Yahoo, you have to have the http:// part)

- Since I don’t know what your site URL is, I cannot investigate what you are optimized for and why you aren’t ranking for what you are targeting.  However, just because a keyword is a ‘money’ keyword, doesn’t mean it is a keyword that gets lots of traffic.

I have ‘money’ keywords with over 50 million competing pages that show tons of traffic for the ‘theme cluster’ and I am ranked #1 in Google for this one-word keyword and STILL only see less than 100 visitors per day from that keyword.  Let me repeat that:  I am #1 in Google with an AUTHORITY listing (all of my Silos appear below my main site link as I’m sure you’ve seen some sites that achieve this much-coveted ‘authority’ listing) for a one-word (short-tail) keyword that has over 50 million competing pages, and STILL see less than 100 visitors per day for this keyword.

So, I wouldn’t put much stock in thinking high rankings for money keywords equals tons of traffic.  Long-tails collectively will get you more traffic than short-tails, which is why having a lot of different content with lots of keywords is a good strategy.

As for how to get traffic:

Search Engines account for only 5-10% of the available traffic.  While ThemeMatic and ThemeZoom is about getting Organic Rankings for Money Keywords, this should NOT be the only strategy you pursue for driving traffic to a web site.

I cannot possibly get into all the other ways to do it.  I guess when I get around to releasing a course that covers everything you may be interested in that.  Until then, I hope this helps.

I would like to use your question and my answer in a blog post for others to benefit from - let me know if that’s OK with you.

-Rob

Today marks the release of ThemeMatic Version 3.0.

All owners of prior versions of ThemeMatic get this upgrade to Version 3 for free.  I sent notice via email where to download it.  If you didn’t receive that email, be sure you registered on my email list since that is the way I keep everyone up to speed on the latest ThemeMatic developments.

As I write this, ArticleJockey.com is being updated to include:

1) Enter a Main Theme Keyword and a list of SEPS is returned pre-checked for use.  Simply uncheck the ones to delete off the list.

2) A list of alternative keywords to use (pre-checked) in another column - simply uncheck to delete ones you don’t want.

3) A text box to enter any of your own keywords not included in the above 2 lists.

4) The keyword lists provided in #1 & 2 above will have basic Volume & Competition data

5) Once you create your content, you will be able to import your keyword list and content directly into ThemeMatic

6) It will be faster than before when using long lists of keywords.

This is not intended to replace more robust market and keyword research tools (like ThemeZoom) but it will be a good way to quickly create content for your site pages, blog posts, article directories, social media sites, etc.

I’ll have a video showing how it works posted soon, plus some other really cool stuff that will blow you away!

In case you didn’t know, ThemeMatic Version 3.0 BETA was released yesterday.

I sent an email to all current ThemeMatic owners letting them know where to download it.  If you didn’t get that email, either you don’t have a License to the previous version of ThemeMatic, or you unsubscribed to the ThemeMatic email list.

Once all of the bug reports are submitted and any fixes are implemented, ThemeMatic Version 3 will be released to the public.  Hopefully, that will only take a few weeks at most

I just uploaded a ’sneak-peek’ video of ThemeMatic 3.0.

ThemeMatic Version 3.0 Sneak Peek Video

I should have a BETA version out for everyone to download in a few days.

Enjoy!

If you are on my email list, then you should have received the link for the video I made showing how ThemeMatic has gotten me top rankings on a couple of websites that I didn’t put much effort into.

In case you missed it, check it out at:

ThemeMatic Proof Video

I had planned on releasing ThemeMatic Version 2.1 soon but else has delayed that.

I have been working on a new software program (codename: PPCWizard) that will instantly build out a Pay Per Click (Adwords) campaign with THOUSANDS of keywords and targeted Ads that get high Quality Scores (necessary so you don’t get ‘Google Slapped’ with $10 cost per click keywords).

Also, a Landing Page generator which includes a  Survey Creator makes the ultimate combination of huge, low-cost keyword Adwords PPC campaigns along with dynamic keyword insertion landing pages that convert like crazy.

I will post a video soon showing all of this, but the bottom line is you will be able to VERY QUICKLY create a HUGE PPC campaign where each and every keyword directs to its own keyword-specific landing page for high Google Quality Scores to keep your cost per click as low as possible.

“What does this have to do with ThemeMatic Version 2.1 or 3.0?”

Good question…

In the process of designing this NEW software, I discovered a great way to improve ThemeMatic so it is way ahead of the current version.

This new version of ThemeMatic is going to be a huge jump from Version 2.  And that’s why it is going to take me longer to do it.

Oh, and it will be Mac 10.5 compatible.

Other planned features are:
- Graphic templates (unlimited graphics FTP uploaded from within ThemeMatic)
- Template import feature (I will be able to provide template packs you can import)
- robots.txt file created automatically
- Basic interface (in addition to an Advanced) to get up and running quickly
- Import keywords and content directly from ArticleJockey
- Auto-create META keywords and descriptions

- View your page before saving or uploading directly within ThemeMatic

etc, etc.

How long before all of this is done?  Don’t know.  I am half done with the new PPCWizard software and once I have a demo of that, we will see.  The idea would be to integrate both pieces of software seamlessly, which presents some challenges for those that already own ThemeMatic.

Check back for more info. soon!