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Build My Rank Review + Bonus

Monday, April 11th, 2011 at 9:12 pm

Like any website owner I am always looking for new ways to build quality backlinks in as little time as possible. Last month I discovered a new link building tool called Build My Rank, which has made a huge difference to my search engine results. For a whole month, as a test I stopped submitting articles and focused solely on using Build My Rank for two of my websites. Below you’ll find a review of Build My Rank including a summary of my results for these websites.

What is Build My Rank?
Build My Rank allows you to easily get links on blogs with page ranks ranging from 1-7. It is a members only private blog network that allows you to post unique content to blogs and include a link in your blog post. The content must be at least 150 words in length and can contain one link per 150 words. This means that you can post a 150 word blog post with one link, or a 300 word blog post with 2 links and so on.

To make a post you simply login to your Build My Rank account and enter the post title, category and type in or copy and paste your 150 words of content along with your link. This is then queued for review and then posted to one of the blogs in the private network (usually within a few hours or less). If you have a lot of posts written you can also upload them in bulk using a CSV file.

What do you Get with a Build My Rank Membership?
A Build My Rank membership allows you to add up to 5 domains to your account and you can post anything up to 10 blog posts per day, per domain. You can schedule your posts so that they happen once per day, 1-3 times per day, 4-6 times per day or 7-10 times per day. Each 150 word post you make gets you a link from a blog in the network. Each link is permanent, so if you decide to close your membership you do not lose any links.

If you don’t want to write posts yourself you can outsource the posts to their staff at a cost of $2.50 per post. However, I found it surprisingly easy to write a 150 word post – much easier than writing a 400 word article. Once I’d thought of a subject it typically takes me around 4-6 minutes to write a post.

In addition to being posted on high PR blogs, each blog post you make has an excellent chance of being indexed and there is a rate of around 95% of blog post indexing for their network.

My Results with Build My Rank
For competition reasons I won’t go into the actual domains and keywords, but I basically focused on two domains for the month and targeted around 10 keywords in total. Here are the details for 5 of them:

1) Site 1 – keyword 1 with 33,100 searches per month and 119 million competing pages in Google (exact match)
2) Site 1 – keyword 2 with 880 searches per month and 1.65 million competing pages in Google (exact match)
3) Site 1 – keyword 3 with 14,800 searches per month and 346,000 competing pages in Google (exact match)
4) Site 2 – keyword 1 with 1300 searches per month and 133,000 competing pages in Google (exact match)
5) Site 2 – keyword 2 with 2900 searches per month in Google and 135,000 competing pages in Google (exact match)

After 4 weeks of link building I had achieved a total of 137 backlinks, made up of 30 PR1 links, 52 PR2 links, 32 PR3 links, 17 PR4 links, 3 PR5 links, 2 PR6 links and 1 PR7 links. When I login to Build My Rank it’s shown on a nice pie chart:

For site 1, keyword 1 had moved from position #39 in Google to position #13 in Google (up 26). Keyword 2 had moved from position 12 in Google to position 8 in Google (up 4) and keyword 3 had moved from position 2 to position 1.

For site 2, keyword 1 had moved from position #9 in Google to position #3 in Google (up 6) and keyword 2 had moved from position 12 in Google to position 6 (up 6 places).

I was very pleased with these results, especially given the short amount of time I spent building links and I’ve definitely seen more movement in search engine rankings than I normally would with a month of article marketing, despite the fact that some of these were “stubborn” keywords that I’ve been trying to get onto page 1 for a while now!

How Much Is Build My Rank?
I imagine you are probably wondering how much it costs to use the Build My Rank Service. The good news is that you can get a free 14 day trial so you can test the system for yourself. This only allows you 10 links, but it is a good way to test drive the system and get a few free links in the process.

After that prices start at $59 per month for 5 domains, with a limit of 10 links per day, per domain. Payment is via Paypal so it is easy to manage your subscription.

They also have an outsourcing service where you can have their staff write posts for you at a cost of $2.50 per post. I’ve used this once and the quality was ok, but not perfect.

Pros and Cons of build My Rank
First the cons:

Content must be 100% unique (although this is also a benefit as it means that your links are far more likely to be indexed)
Each post is only distributed to one blog – you can’t spin it and submit it to multiple blogs. This probably ensures that the quality is higher

and the pros:

Easy to use
Noticable difference in my search engine rankings after just a few posts for each keyword
Nice dashboard showing your stats for indexed posts, blog posts etc.
Quick review of posts

The Verdict
This is definitely the best link building method that I have used to date based on my results so far and the price is pretty reasonable as well. I’m still going to be using other methods of link building as diversity is always a good thing, but this will be my main focus as long as it continues to work.

Is it Right For You?

If you have a website that you want to get ranked highly and you can afford the monthly fee, I’d highly recommend that you at least take the 14 day free trial to give it a test drive. If you like it, upgrade as soon as you have made your 10 posts. Providing you are committed to write regular posts or outsource them you should earn back your expenses reasonably quickly with the increased traffic.

Build My Rank Bonuses (worth $67)

If you sign up to Build My Rank through my link and stay on past the trial period I’ll provide you with:

Build My Rank Bonus 1) A free copy of my Backlink Building EBook worth $37

2) Free email consultation to provide you with a plan of attack for Build My Rank (e.g. what keywords to target, how many posts to make etc)

3) Help if you get stuck with it – I can probably answer any questions you have about using Build My Rank pretty quick, either technical or related to SEO.

Just contact me to request this bonus! Put “Build My Rank Bonus” in the subject so I can easily spot your request.

Do you still have questions after reading this Build My Rank Review? If so you can post a comment below or contact me.

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Traffic Travis 4.0 Review + Bonus

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011 at 5:04 pm

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Traffic Travis 4.0 is here! I’ve just spent most of the day playing around with it and I’ve written a review for you below including some comparisons between version 3.0 and 4.0. If you’ve already decided to buy it, you may be interested in the bonuses I am offering (worth $190). Just scroll to the bottom to find out more…

The Traffic Travis review below covers the professional version of Traffic Travis 4.0. You can also still get a free copy of Traffic Travis 3.0 Free trial edition, so this is a good way to test it out first before buying. Although, do be aware that version 4.0 has more features than the version 3.0 free version.

What is Traffic Travis?
Traffic Travis is user friendly search engine optimization (SEO) software that can help you to get good rankings in the search engines. It allows you to quickly do market research, keyword research, web page SEO analysis, link building and pay per click ad monitoring. You download the software and run it on your computer.

Who is it for?
Traffic Travis is for anyone who is thinking of setting up a website, or anyone who currently has a website or blog and wants to improve their position in the search engines or improve their pay per click marketing. To make money from a website you need traffic and this is the focus of the Traffic Travis software. The good thing about this tool is its simplicity. It’s laid out in a way that makes it very easy for beginners to use, but at the same time you can drill down and see detailed analysis of everything, which can be very useful if you are a more experienced user.

Here’s a screenshot of me using the dashboard for one of my websites. I opened this up and quickly pasted in 50 of my keywords to see where I was ranking for each of them.

Traffic Travis Dashboard

What does it do?
When you open up the Traffic Travis software you’re presented with 5 different menu tabs:

Dashboard - this screen shows you an overview of your current project (website). It tells you at a glance your page rank, Alexa ranking, top #5 keywords, number of backlinks, number of pages indexed and the top 5 backlinks. You can see a screenshot of this above.
My Site Tab – This tab lists all the pages on your site (taken from your sitemap, or manually entered) and shows the total number of backlinks for each page, the page rank and the number of SEO warnings on each page. If you double click on the warnings you’ll see some suggestions from Traffic Travis for improving the SEO on that page.
SEO Tab - this tab shows all your keywords and where you rank in all the major search engines including Google, Bing and Yahoo. The results are printed in nice table which you can sort to easily look at your best rankings. You can also compare your current and previous positions. It also allows you to view competition data for other websites ranking for the keywords you are going for. For the top domains you’ll get the page rank, domain age, backlink count and various on page optimization statistics. You’ll also get a difficulty rating based on these results. You can click on the “backlinks” link and enter a specific URL such as your home page or another URL and then view all the individual backlinks to these pages including data such as page rank, link count and page authority. You can also see the breakdown of your links including the number of links from certain IP addresses, page ranks and with certain anchor text.
Research Tab – enter a keyword and quickly see a list of keywords that contain that keyword along with the number of searches per day on Google, Yahoo and Bing.
PPC Tab – this allows you to check the number of advertisers for a particular keyword phrase and track these over a period of time. If you see a lot of churn for a particular keyword this is an indication that it is hard to make a profit for that keyword for the current price.

I found the SEO Analysis and Rank checking tools to be the most useful and was impressed at how quickly the tools gathered information. Here is a screenshot of me checking the rankings of one of my websites.

Traffic Travis 4.0 Rank Check Screenshot

How Much is It?
The price of the Traffic Travis 4.0 Pro Version is a one time fee of $97. If you are on a tight budget they also have a free version of the software which allows you to use some of the features, but only returns a limited number of results and doesn’t allow you to save reports or receive any support.

Traffic Travis Download

You can download a free version of Traffic Travis 3.0 quickly and easily or you can go ahead and order Traffic Travis 4.0 Pro.

The download and installation is pretty straightforward – just download a zip file, extract the files from it then run the .exe file. It takes a few minutes for the software to install and the database to update. After that you need to enter your registration code and you’re ready to go! The software only runs on a Windows PC, so if you have a Mac you’ll need to have some Windows emulation software if you want to use this.

Traffic Travis Support
There’s a good support area available for users of Traffic Travis and here you’ll find an FAQ and a support contact form. If you select “Help” from within the Traffic Travis software you can also watch videos that explain how to use the software.You can also click on the red “give feedback” button from within the software to report a problem directly.

When you first start the software a video will appear for each of the tabs that you use in the software. You can either watch these first or close them if you prefer to play around yourself.

Difference Between Version 3.0 and 4.0

The main difference between vesion 3.0 and version 4.0 is that version 4.0 has lots of new features and options available. This gives it a lot more power especially for advanced users, but not at the detriment of the simplicity of the software. New features in Traffic Travis 4.0 include:

Enhanced Keyword Research – there is a big improvement in thekeyword research feature between version 3.0 and 4.0.
More Detailed Competition Analysis
Domain Name Availability Search for Multiple Keywords
Comparison of Backlinks for multiple websites at once

Pros and Cons of Traffic Travis

Overall I really liked this software and will definitely continue to use it for my monthly ranking checks. The software is very quick compared to others that I’ve used and the interface is very clean and simple, so it is easy for beginners to use. I spotted a couple of very minor glitches/bugs when I was running the software, e.g. it didn’t shut down fully when I exited, but I expect these things will be ironed out over time since it is very early days for version 4.0.

I would have liked some filtering ability in the rank checking tool so I could easily view all my rankings from a single search engine and I would have liked to be able to choose exact match when doing keyword research, but apart from that I couldn’t find much to dislike.

Free or Paid Version?

If you are unsure about this, then I recommend trying the free version first as it has enough features for you to get a good feel of whether or not you will use this software or not. However, if you want to track your progress and improve your rankings it is worthwhile getting the paid version as this allows you to save reports and compare your progress. You’ll also be able to check more keywords when you’re doing a ranking check and return more suggestions when you are doing keyword research.

My Traffic Travis Bonus for you (worth $180)

I’m offering a number of exclusive Traffic Travis Bonuses to anyone who purchases the professional version of Traffic Travis through my link. All you need to do is fill in the form on my contact me page – put “Traffic Travis Bonuses” in the title of your message and let me know your name and your Clickbank transaction ID. I’ll then send you the download links as soon as possible.

	Bonus #1 – A copy of my SEO EBook worth $27 My SEO EBook normally sells on Clickbank for $27 and explains in easy step by step instructions how to get a top ranking in the search engines. It explains how to find the best keywords for your website, exactly how to optimize your site and how to build links. You’ll also learn what NOT to do if you want a high search engine ranking.
	Bonus #2 – 200 PLR Articles (worth $97) 200 top shelf PLR articles worth $97. These articles are dated April 2011 and include topics such as internet marketing, weightloss, dating & relationships, personal finance, article writing, health & beauty and attraction. You can add these articles to your website, put your name on them and pretty much do as you wish with them.
	Bonus #3 – Traffic Fantastic EBook (worth $29) This book teaches you how flood your website with the best kind of traffic – targeted traffic! More targeted traffic equals more money, so if you use this system to produce an ongoing stream of highly-targeted traffic that is properly qualified and ready to buy.
	Bonus #4 – A Copy of the Rapid Website Indexer Software (worth $27) This simple website indexer software generates and pings over 100 high quality backlinks causing Google and other search engines to immediately spider your site. If you run this tool once for a new website will get you indexed fast, and if you run it for an older sites it will still benefit from the backlinks and this may help it to rank higher.