Spreading Your Content Around the Web With Web 2.0 Properties

As your promotional efforts grow, you will want to start spreading your content around the web by making use of Web 2.0 websites. Perhaps you've heard of the term Web 2.0 before. If not, it simply references the phenomenon of sites that thrive on user generated content.

There are an incredible number of websites out there that allow you to post articles, comments, and other content along with a link to your website. These sites rely on their users, which greatly benefits you!

Some great examples of Web 2.0 websites where you can add your content include Blogger.com, WordPress.com, Squidoo.com, and Hubpages.com. You can create your account, select your Web 2.0 property URL, and publish your content. You can also post links back to your website!

Note that when you choose your URL for each of these sites, it is best to choose a highly targeted search term for the affiliate product you are promoting. This will increase your chances of your Web 2.0 page ranking highly. People will then be more likely to visit your niche blog where you have placed your affiliate links!

There are many different ways to spread your content around. Some people prefer to use a fresh article (or even more than one article) on each of these Web 2.0 websites. Others just use the same article spread around in syndication. Either method is just fine -- you'll have to see what works better for you. Note that there is some debate about penalties in Google for using duplicate content. Know that there are professional organizations that do this all is time, seemingly without penalty or consequence. Keep this in mind as you start syndicating your own content.

There are even automated tools that can help you build these Web 2.0 websites, like SENuke, Web2Mayhem, and Evo II Brute Force SEO. In some cases, it is a good idea to use these tools. In other cases, you will want to be as hands-on and manual as you can. In general, you should find that posting to these Web 2.0 websites and including a link back to your website is something that can be done over time and is not too terribly time consuming.

One thing you should make sure to do is bookmark and interlink the Web 2.0 sites where you decide to put your content. That way, you can rest assured that they are each going to be found in the search engines and have a chance of ranking and counting as a high quality backlink for you.

Spreading your content around in this way is a great thing! You should be using high-quality content and expanding your reach as much as possible. You should start to see some great traffic coming in as you put up more and more of these Web 2.0 properties. This can lead to many more affiliate sales!