Okay, after the latest yo-yo, where my site went from top of page 2, to slowly slipping down, then getting pushed down to the hundreds, it’s then came back to the late 50s, then the 40s, then when I thought maybe it got fresh slapping action, I found it had got re-ranked onto the bottom half of page 1 – YeeHaa.

Well actually, after the constant yo-yoing, I’m not feeling too confident that I’m staying there, although perhaps this time I may very well be. I have engaged in some link building attempts. They haven’t all come through yet, but some have.

My ezine-articling appears to be paying off well too. I am getting a trickle of visits daily AND I am starting to get backlinks from sites publishing my articles. Now I was glad to be getting the little trickles of traffic while the site was new and getting battered and bruised all over the shop while google algorithms (and staff?) decided where to put it. It kept me from despair.

I’m a beginner right, I want to see elements that this can work as quickly as impossible. Yes, I believe this can work. And I believe I can do it and become very successful at it. But like most things there’s that learning curve and initial uphill struggle to get through.

When you seem to be doing well, and then get a slap, then come back and get slapped again, you obviously don’t know whether you’re coming or going. Getting some referrals from others sources such as ezine articles, accompanied by a few adsense clicks or affiliate sales helps put a little silver lining on the cloud of uncertainty.

So I think launching a site with article submissions is definitely the way to go when launching a new site unless you have an effective means of driving traffic from the get-go lined up. However, that said, spread out the articles between different directories. More on that in another post.