I've been working on a debt-related site for the last month and a half. I started it for both adsense and for learning/teaching about debt. I figured I had a lot to learn about that topic myself, so why not learn/teach as I go along. Here's what I've done so far...in addition to seo'ing each page for keywords... 1. Created a blog that I update regularly (at first every day, now every couple of days) 2. Found an affiliate program (I have two others I might use instead) 3. I've submitted my first two articles to around 5-7 article directories. 4. Started reciprical linking. 5. Continue to add content. 6. Started a page on a popular, yet not-so-popular keyword phrase and am trying to build links into that page. 7. Listed the blog in 6-7 blog directories. Google has started caching pages for the last few weeks and has most of the pages cached. Only then did I add the adsense. So far, I'm seeing little to no traffic. I know it's a tough field and my PR is zero. I'm hoping the articles and the linking will help that, especially for one phrase I should be able to hit as the number one spot. Here are my questions. Given the listed site: 1. Does the site LOOK spammy? 2. Am I presenting the affiliate link the best way possible as in the green box at the bottom of some pages? 3. Outside of PPC, is there anything else I could do? I've thought about tutorials but I don't know where I could advertise such things. 4. Have I over-optimized my pages? 5. If you had this site, how would you make it better?
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