76 responses

• 1 marina // Apr 21, 2008 at 9:11 pm

  Okay Jeff,
  Please do accept our appreciation for your fantastic software, and we are putting it to work this very evening. Sleep can take a hike for now.

  In the meanwhile, a few questions:
  1) we do need a domain name, yes?
  2) we do need a host account, yes?

  We are not “techies’ at all hence those somewhat silly questions. Just making sure that we are on the same page as the instructions video, which however made no mention of those points.
  And it must be said that the installation video is easy to follow and therefore highly commended.

  In a word, we are–hooked.
  Very best regards Jeff,
  this is marina & alice.

  Jeff Johnson says: I’m glad you like it.

  We’ve had fantastic luck generating free traffic with it.

  And, yes, you’ll need a hosting account and a domain name.

  I recommend several on my other blog:
  Web Hosting Reviews

  And for domains I use, and own:
  AllYouCanEatDomains.com

  Be sure to read this post about choosing the right domain name:
  Top 10 Domain Names Dos and Don’ts

• 2 Brad // Apr 21, 2008 at 9:43 pm

  What if you already have wordpress installed? can i just upload all the files over the olds ones to make it work? (except the config.)

  Jeff Johnson says: Technically speaking you can, but you’ll have to know how to reconfigure everything since we’ve customized the crap out of this one to be search engine friendly.

  So I’d suggest you simply use your SEO blog software package on a new domain, or in a new sub-directory of an existing domain; create a new blog installation.

  I’ll see if this is something we’ll have time to cover during the live webinar.

• 3 richard // Apr 25, 2008 at 10:39 pm

  The video shows a spot for a MySql name and password. Do I need to purchase a MySql account also? I’m not familiar with this.

  Jeff Johnson says: Mysql is free with most linux hosting accounts. And you’ll need a hosting account with mysql to use the SEO blog software package.

  Here’s a list of web hosting companies that I use and recommend:
  Webhosting Reviews

• 4 charlene // Apr 26, 2008 at 11:10 am

  Hi Jeff,
  I have a blog but it was created with blogspot.com not word press. Is it possible to use this software that you offer with a blogspot.com? If not, is there a way to convert all my exsisting blog to word press? I have 3 years worth of info on my blog, but like that your software is seo friendly.

  Jeff Johnson says: There is no “easy” way to migrate one blog platform to another (there are solutions but they all have issues).

  My advice is to simply start a new blog using the Free SEO Blog Software .

  As I tell my clients… everyone in every market needs more than one website and one blog to effectively compete in the search engines. I’m not talking about spam, I’m simply talking about maintaining individual niche blogs that serve your overall market; use unique content on each blog and link between them.

• 5 Tamar // Apr 27, 2008 at 8:37 am

  Thanks for the software. I’m used to installing WP via Fantastico on my Cpanel so I’m not familiar with setting up the MySql database first.

  What does that involve?

  Thanks in advance
  Tamar

  Jeff Johnson says: Here’s a free video tutorial that shows how to create a mysql database in cpanel:
  create a mysql database in cpanel video tutorial

• 6 Mike // Apr 27, 2008 at 1:36 pm

  Hey Jeff,

  i just installed my SEO blog successfully,as soon as i get in it says “Hi, congratulations on your new SEO optimized blog”
  From jeff johnson on your customized blog is successfully installed.

  then below it says “Wordpress Development Blog” Wordpress2.5.1, a new version is available with a number of bug fixes.

  I dont know how to update this also if i updated this version will it effect the original SEO optimized blog software which you gave me as this new version is just an updated normal blog? Please correct me if im wrong.

  Should i install the “most popular plugins” like google sitemaps, wp2tumblr and photo droper?
  if i should, how do i do this? do i just ftp to the existing folder where the seo blog is located?

  Jeff Johnson says: wordpress issued that update this weekend and my guys have already updated our SEO wordpress installation package wth it.

  However, that will only affect any new SEO blogs you install going forward; it is only for insalling new blogs… it doesn’t upgrade old ones.

  You can update your existing one by hand but please remember to back it up before you update anything.

  If something breaks, simply revert back to the old version and leave well enough alone.

  Sorry, but there are thousands of wordpress plugins… we have no way of knowing how they will “interact” with our SEO blog installation.

  I generaly ignore updating my old blogs as long as I can… as long as it “ain’t broke” I don’t bother fixing them.

• 7 Tamar // Apr 28, 2008 at 5:22 am

  Thanks Jeff.

  That’s a neat little site with a bunch of good How To Use Cpanel videos on it.

  Good one.
  Tamar

• 8 Dan // Apr 29, 2008 at 8:39 am

  Hey Jeff / Team,

  Can you recommend anyone to build blogs using your software, so i can bang a couple out to follow your concepts over the following weeks?

  Email me direct if required.

  With an ecommerce only background, i’m interested in getting these blog sites shakin’.

  Cheers
  Dan

  Jeff Johnson says: On May 15th my new coaching club opens up. Part of that deal will be… my staff builds optimized blogs and mini networks for you. Stay tuned!

• 9 Lorne Leahan // Apr 30, 2008 at 10:22 am

  Hi Jeff,
  Thanks for the information on SEO. I tried to install the SEO for WP, followed the youTube installation video.
  When I enter the url to my SEO blog, it comes up with your blog page. I enter my name then the url of my site, click on your wide button then get the following error message:
  HTTP Error 404 - File or directory not found.

  I tried it a few times, googled the error, no luck.

  Any help would be appreciated.
  Regards,
  Lorne

  Jeff says: I’m not sure what you mean by “enter my name then the url of my site, click on your wide button…” but…

  We just added new step-by-step written installation instructions here:
  SEO Wordpress Installation Instructions

• 10 Angie // May 1, 2008 at 2:56 am

  This is seriously an absolute joke and a ridiculous waste of time and space. Thanks for wasting my downloading for nothing.

  Jeff Johnson says: I really don’t know what to say to this except my customized version saves time on installing and updating several plug ins I’ve found useful, and it has 7 themes built into it that are much nicer than the standard versions.

  And unlike most “plain jane” themes I allow people to remove my links.

  We’ve even pre-configured the plug ins to save you even more time once you install it; you don’t have to go in by hand and make dozens of the necessary changes I normally recommend.

  It saves most people at least an hour or two of their valuable time.

  But if you are an experienced user that can hack your own blog installation routine, hack the themes, and hack the plug ins then I understand it isn’t as useful as it is to those people that just want a quick and easy way to install an upgraded version.

  Not to mention the installation help we’ve been providing those that need it.

  Plus most people will find value in the live webinar and video tutorials we are hosting to support the proper SEO use of the software.

  Thanks again for giving it a try.

• 11 David Dwight // May 1, 2008 at 4:46 am

  Hi Jeff,

  Firtsly I want to say thanks, I just signed up for your free software.. Jeff I have a couple of questions here I hope you don’t mind answering..
  1. Your blogs that use the software look great, my big question is where does the great content come from? that has to be one of the biggest problems to overcome.
  2. What pays best the adsense or affiliate schemes.

  Thanks Jeff.. Regards David
  
  Jeff Johnson says: Thanks for the feedback!

  The content comes from RSS feeds and data feeds.

  My sites use my software
  Affiliate Traffic Machine Pro

  But there are free plug ins available that you could hack together to get it to work.

  The best money for most people will come from selling adspace and/or links on their network of blog sites.

  I’ve been offered hundreds of dollars to place links on blogs that are only a few weeks old.

  But if that’s not an option adsense tends to be pretty much equal to the affiliate sales on most site.

  Some markets like plasma tv and digital cameras tend to do better with other affiliate programs (vs adsense) due to the higher level of commissions paid once you make the sale.

  But not always.

  That’s why we always monitor the sites and see what programs are making us the most money.

  IF one makes more than the other… we cancel the loser ads and run with the winning ads (affiliate program/adsense,e tc)

  We use openx to rotate the adsense and affiliate banners on the sites. It’s free and works great.

• 12 Attila // May 2, 2008 at 10:02 am

  Hi Jeff,

  How do you promote these sites? Are they part of a bigger network of yours?

  thanks,
  Attila

  Jeff Johnson says: Most of these types of sites are set up as “stand alone” sites. We don’t agressively cross link them together but we do drop an occassional link to the new sites in the same markets, but on different servers.

  Our promotion is to build social media profile pages on sites like squidoo, hubpages,etc.. that funnel incoming links and traffic to them, social bookmarking, etc.

  Our total promotion time is somewhere between 10 and 30 minutes.

  Once we find one that is gaining traction we will go back and spend more time promoting it.

  We also submit them to directories, but we use a dirt cheap service for that. The one I use is SEO directory submissions

  You could also just search google for “seo directory submission” and look for a service to do it for you.

  I also outsource “commenting’ on them (not my Jeff Johnson blogs, just these SEO blog software type sites that are designed to grab free traffic); the engines like to see comments so I pay people 5 cents to post keyword rich posts to my site.

  And if I’m starting one as a membership site I’ll pay people to join and start posting pictures, videos, forum posts, etc. This really jumpstarts the traffic to new membership sites!

• 13 Brad Dixon // May 3, 2008 at 1:20 am

  Hey I just ftp’ed all the files and overwrote everything, but my previous posts and everything were still visible in the new site. WOW! Cool

• 14 Jason // May 3, 2008 at 6:27 pm

  Hi Jeff
  It’s nice to “re-connect” with you after first seeing you on my Traffic Secrets DVD’s and following you ever since. Since then I’ve always wanted you on my “team” of essential advisers as I build my Internet presence.
  I’ve only recently had a website, blog and forum built for me and need to do a lot of work on them before I start promotion.
  I just read an e-mail from you and clicked-through to your blog page and have now downloaded your SEO software. Now, I’m not strong on the technical stuff yet so it would be wonderful to be able to pay someone to install your blog software on my hosting site. Luckily, I’ve only done a few posts on my blog so wouldn’t have a large migration issue. So, do you know someone who I could pay to get me set-up or should I wait until May 15 for your new coaching club?

  Jeff Johnson says: Sorry, but I don’t know anyone that does that type of work.

  But I’ll see if my guys can put together a tutorial that shows you how to do it yourself.

  I’m not promising anything… we are gearing up for the big day and my guys may not have the time until after we launch.

  However, it does seem like something others could benefit from so we’ll see what we can do.

• 15 JJ // May 4, 2008 at 2:13 am

  Hi Jeff,

  How many blogs (using your blog software) can we put on one domain? For example, can I do this:

  http://www.mydomain.com/blog1
  http://www.mydomain.com/blog2
  http://www.mydomain.com/blog3
  http://www.mydomain.com/blog4
  http://www.mydomain.com/blog5
  … and so on?

  If each of those blogs were to be pinged everyday from that one domain, would this cause the search engines to consider it as spam and deindex the entire domain and all of it’s blogs?

  Or should I just put one blog on one domain?

  Thank you for your wonderful software and for sharing your knowledge.

  Jeff Johnson says: Glad you enjoy the info!

  I normally keep the number of blogs on a site to 2 or less for many reasons.

  The search engines don’t care how many blogs you have, all they care about is the content.

  But if they ban one blog on your domain chances are they’ll ban the entire domain.

  But the ping services will block your IP (domain) if they receive too many pings from it.

  And if they block your IP address from pinging you lose a lot of the “blog and ping” search engine benefits.

• 16 Mike // May 5, 2008 at 2:46 pm

  Hey Jeff,

  The first time i installed your SEO blog software it worked like magic, my website traininglab.cashdreamzs.com indexed almost immediately but when i logged in to my wordpress back office it said please upgrade to the new wordpress software, then i recieved an email from you saying that “Wordpress has upgraded heres your new SEO software” so i uninstalled the previous one and installed the new one with the link in the email you sent me and did it successfully, and with this new software i wrote a lot more than what was installed in the first SEO WP blog and 3days later my page is still not indexed by google. even when i search the Address it self no results show. Did i do some thing wrong? here is the address again traininglab.cashdreamzs.com

  (edited by jeff)

  Jeff Johnson says: First, You should always import the old database after installing the new free seo blog version in order to “keep” the settings and such.

  Your site is in the google index, but there is only one post on the blog so you can’t expect to dominate the engines quite yet

  It’s also very, very important that you find incoming links for your new pages. Be sure to follow the social bookmarking tutorial I posted for you.

  Second, I see several problems from a search engine standpoint and installing it over the old one may have caused them.

  1. Your root domain has nothing in it. The spiders will view your root as “under construction” and may not index the subdomain the blog is in.

  Put up a index.html page that at least links to the blog subdomain.

  2. your linking structure on the new blog is all wrong; the permalinks are screwed up.

  Your post “best traffic generation” has a permalink of http://traininglab.cashdreamzs.com/1/blog-successfully-installed/ instead of being named after the post.

  According to my guys… here’s how you can fix it.

  ” his URL to the post is such because he edited the first post that the installation posts. He would have to change the permalink tag (known as the post slug in Wordpress) as well, or delete that post and start a new one. The URL tag of each post is determined upon the initial posting of that entry. If he changes the content of the entry you would not want to change the URL. So yes, even though the content is different, the post slug is the same.”

  3. You also left the genreic tag link “just another jeff johnson customized wordpress weblog” on the site.

  THat should be a keyword rich title related to your site’s theme.

  4. it looks like my guys duplicated the links to my sites by accident in the new installation package. Feel free to remove a few of them.

  The new package wasn’t meant to be installed over the old one. I’ll be sure that is clear in the instructions going forward.

  But in the meantime… only use the free seo blog software to build new blogs… do not update your old ones until we put together a tutorial on how update safely.

• 17 Jeff // May 5, 2008 at 6:47 pm

  Hi Jeff.

  Thank you so much for making all this material available to us to try for free. I’ve blown so much money over the years on products that didn’t do anything worthwhile (but sure sounded good in the sales letter!).

  I’ve run into a problem in the installation and I’m hoping you can help me figure out how to fix it:

  I installed all the files you made available for download, making only the alterations in the wp-config.php file as stated on the video tutorial. When I try to access the admin section, I get this message:

  “Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required by WordPress”

  Any idea what went wrong? I installed every file and I didn’t make any changes to any of them other than the config file.

  Thanks.

  Jeff

  Jeff Johnson says: Glad you like the software!

  As for your error… that is a hosting account specific error.

  Your hosting provider needs to make some changes for you that are way beyond the scope of this blog.

  Here’s a thread about the problem:
  http://wordpress.org/support/topic/164959

  Here is a list of hosting accounts we use and recommend:
  Web Hosting Reviews

• 18 Bill // May 6, 2008 at 12:02 am

  Can I use fantastico to create a blog, then upload your package and have it overwritten and work?

  Jeff Johnson says: really no need to use fantastico if you are going to upload mine other than it creating the database. And we cover that in the tutorials on this blog so why bother with fantastico… creating a database takes less than 2 minutes and then you won’t have to worry about upgrade issues.

• 19 Barry Friedman // May 6, 2008 at 2:47 am

  I am getting an error after installation:
  Error establishing a database connection

  When I create My SQL Database it is adding my account name (getoutof) to my database, username, and password.

  Example:
  I create database ‘debt’ and it creates: getoutof_debt
  I create username ‘treo’ and it creates: getoutof_treo
  I create password ‘runner’ and it creates: getoutof_runner

  I have modified the wp-config.php as instructed with the three fields with and without the added account name and I am getting the issue either way.

  Any suggestions? Thanks.

  Jeff Johnson says: it is quite common for a database name to be changed the way that you mention. Have you checked with your webhost for a solution? Each host is different and your error is too generic to give me clues as to what may be wrong.

• 20 Barry Friedman // May 7, 2008 at 1:05 am

  Hi Jeff,

  I see you are using this theme digg-3-columns-10″ which isn’t one of the templates we can choose from with this software you provided. Is there a reason you are using one as an example that isn’t included? Can we download and use that one and still get the SEO results you are claiming?

  Also, I am googling digital camera reviews and even reviews on some of the models on your site and I don’t see your site on the first 5 pages.

  What am I missing?

  Thanks.
  Barry

  Jeff Johnson says: The digital camera reviews blog was built last fall for clients attending one of my seminars.

  The theme used was just one my guys found and put up.

  We created training tutorials based on that blog.

  We showed how to set up your ad servering network, install the blog, the plug ins, etc.

  The entire process was documented in a live video for my clients.

  Installing the ad serving software, installing the blog, customizing and intalling the theme, finding the rss feeds and data feeds, creating the widgets, adding adsense, etc took an entire 35 minutes.

  Before I went public with it the site was getting several thousand page views a day by 500 unique visitors a day.

  And several others built for that same group ramped up to several thousand visitors a day in the first month.

  They aren’t money sites by design.

  I don’t capture email on it, but you should.

  We built it because my client’s need a way to get some free traffic with as little work as possible.

  If they want more traffic they were taught how to get it.

  These types of sites are great feeder sites.

  You put them up and you walk away.

  You can sell banners in your network on them.

  You can sell links on the sites themselves.

  You can add links to your own money sites and treat them as your own mini-network of incoming links instead of paying hundreds of dollars a month to join one of those link networks that are so popular these days… the problem is that if you use a public network for your links… everyone knows where those sites are and when they leave the network they can turn it into google and the links are worthless.

  Build your own and you are much better off.

  And it only take a few minutes a day.

  There are 1500 pages listed in google for the example site.

  And it has consistently averaged 500 unique visitors a day before I released its domain to the publicl; now it get thousands.

  We don’t actively promote it.

  And we spent a total of 35 minutes building it (could have saved 10 minutes if we didn’t install a new ad serving network at the time).

  If you wanted to make this a “money” site all you’d have to do is have your outsourcing agent subscibe to your rss feed.

  And everytime a new post came in they’d be notified of it, and they could go to work promoting each and every post on the site to increase the individual rankings.

  One thing to remember, though, is that you can’t choose the keywords or the content for the posts on these sites if you use rss feeds to build them on auto-pilot like we do.

  you are stuck with the words given to you by the feeds.

  If you want to dominate one particular phrase you should have complete control of all the content being added.

  That way you control the title tags, the category names, the “tags”, the post titles, the content in the posts etc.

  But that takes a ton of time and should only be done for your main money sites.

  Use sites like this to make a few bucks, and build an incomoing links network for your money sites.

  Or sell the sites you build like this… I’ve seen people build and flip wordpress sites for $250, $500 or more.

  And they only take minutes to build and then you can just walk away and let it age in the engines.

  Believe me, a site that is aged in the engines that is in a highly competitve market is worth thousands with or without traffic and/or sales.

  Some of my clients and friends make thousands a month just building sites with free software like this and selling them, or selling links on them, or they get paid for SEO work and they use the free sites to increase the traffic to their client sites by providing high-quality incoming links to the client site. If the client stops paying, they simply remove the links and sell them to the next person.

  Lots of way to make money with them.

  I’m just trying to keep it as simple as possible and that’s what the free seo blog software is all about; it’s easy to install, has dozens of custom hacks in it, several proven plugins, installs very easily in a pre-configured way, and saves hours of time for those that aren’t wordpress experts.

  And the tutorials to install them are quite popular.

  I’ll be adding more seo training soon.

  But hey, it’s free and the people who use it appreciate the work we are doing.

  Hope this helps.

• 21 Dan // May 7, 2008 at 3:27 pm

  Hi Jeff,

  I’ve followed everything in installing the software but I got this error message, “Error establishing a database connection.”

  I’d appreciate your help.

  Thanks,
  Danny

  Jeff Johnson says:

  Here’s what my resident wordpress guru says:

  “That’s an error from Wordpress saying that it cannot connect to the database information he provided. I would advise him to recheck his database information in the wp-config.php file

  A couple reminders:
  Did you grant access to the database for the username? (The username must have access to the database)
  Did you make sure the database location is correct? (The database location has to be correct, typically ‘localhost’)
  Is the database on the same server as the blog installation? (The database and blog must be hosted on the same server)

  From there he would have to correct his database issues. This error is prior to the blog installation.

  ~Anthony”

  If that doesn’t work please contact your hosting account for help with the database configurations.

• 22 Chas // May 8, 2008 at 8:48 pm

  For connection problems I just delete the wp-config file. Then I connect and it builds a new one. Likely a tiny typo is the problem.

  Also I set my post per page at 100. I find longer pages seem to rank better than short.

• 23 Samuel // May 9, 2008 at 6:18 am

  What if I already have all these seo-friendly plugins on my wordpress blogs, is it worth upgrading to yours or should I just stick with mine?

  The whole list of plugins I use, are in my link.
  
  Jeff says: I wouldn’t if you already have them properly set up and configured.

  Just keep an eye out for the training materials and use them on your souped up blog and other sites.

• 24 Super Shuttle // May 9, 2008 at 11:24 am

  Hi,
  I just installed your blog, my question is:
  What do we do with the wordpress api msg you get after installation?

  Thanks,
  Steve

  Jeff Johnson says: Is there any kind of an error message? My guy tells me you shouldn’t be seeing an api msg.

• 25 jason ciment // May 9, 2008 at 8:05 pm

  can i just install wp 2.5 and then copy over your plugins and themes or did you make changes to the core system too?

  Jeff Johnson says: My guys told me they made code changes to something so I would say “no, you shouldn’t do that”.

• 26 Steve // May 10, 2008 at 2:20 am

  Jeff,

  I guess your video must be on YouTube, to which access is banned in my country. Is there a down -loadable version of the video.

  Steve

  Jeff Johnson says: Sorry, but all of the videos are youtube. Which specific ones are you referring to? Maybe we find a work around for you.

• 27 Luis // May 10, 2008 at 5:32 am

  Hi,

  Thanks for the software.

  I have several blogs in different niches put together by programs that was so called optimized for the search engines but nothing comes close to what you have provided.

  I will definetly be re installing the sites using your software.

  I will keep you updated.

  Thanks again

  Luis

  Jeff Johnson says: The software itself won’t help if you pick the wrong market, or don’t promote it the proper viral way in the engines..

  Spending more time on my traffic strategies and internet marketing philosophies will result in much more traffic than the software alone.

  Browse the blog for content and watch the Jeff Johnson Videos

• 28 qoopoo // May 10, 2008 at 4:28 pm

  hi jeff

  I had subscribe on your mailing but didnt receive the SEO Optimized Wordpress Package
  what can i do? or do I need to wait till the system schedule for sending

  thanks

  Jeff says: If the instructions below don’t help simply click the “Contact Us” link at the top of this page and they’ll hook you up.

  “You must confirm you request to receive your free information.

  Here’s how to confirm your request:

  Go check your inbox for an email with the subject line “Response Required: Confirm your request for Jeff Johnson’s seo blog software and training emails”

  Once you find that email just look or this line “CONFIRM BY VISITING THE LINK BELOW:” and click it.

  Once you do that I’ll send your free seo blog software and training videos right over.”

• 29 frann // May 10, 2008 at 8:03 pm

  If any of the people who are having the “Error establishing a database connection” problem are on Dreamhost, it may be that they haven’t specified the mysql database location correctly - on most hosts that would be ‘localhost’ but on Dreamhost it is ‘mysql.yourdomain.com’

• 30 Lynn Zingel // May 10, 2008 at 8:41 pm

  I have subscribed to your mailing list: also confirmed the email sent to me; but have not received your SEO Optimised Wordpress Package.
  Many thanks.
  Lynn

  Jeff Johnson says: Sorry, the download email should have arrived immediatly after you confrimed your request to be on my mailing list.

  Please click the “Contact Us” link at the top of this page and they’ll take care of you.

• 31 Kristine // May 11, 2008 at 4:36 pm

  HI,

  I have installed software from scratch on
  http://www.stemcells.3dsolutions.info (subdomain)

  It gives me that errow:

  Warning: main(/home/krisd/public_html/stemcells/wp-includes/compat.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/krisd/public_html/stemcells/wp-settings.php on line 202

  Warning: main(/home/krisd/public_html/stemcells/wp-includes/compat.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/krisd/public_html/stemcells/wp-settings.php on line 202

  Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘/home/krisd/public_html/stemcells/wp-includes/compat.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/krisd/public_html/stemcells/wp-settings.php on line 202

  There is NO line 202 in wp-settings.php

  Could you help please?

  Kindest,
  Kristine

  Jeff Johnson says: I’ll run it past my tech guys and see what they say.

• 32 Marv // May 11, 2008 at 11:29 pm

  Hi Jeff,

  Thank you for the software. Quick question: How do I make a bank new blog look like it’s been around for a while? In other words, add “past content”…is there such a thing? Also, is there a way to add entries from other blogs?
  For example, say I create a blog about Mobile Technology and I find a great blog entry on another blog (i.e. engadget.com) about a new laptop. Is there a way to enter that story in my blog manually or automatically? Thanks Jeff, looking forward to your training. -Marv

  Jeff Johnson says: we use pre dating of posts, rss feeds, pr releases, etc. Along with some hacks and plugins. I’ll see what we can add about that.

• 33 Ross // May 11, 2008 at 11:58 pm

  Jeff,

  In one of your responses you mentioned you pay to have keyword-rich comments posted.
  Which company would you recommend?

  Thanks.

  Jeff Johnson says: mturk.com

• 34 Jules // May 12, 2008 at 3:45 am

  I’m getting this error when trying to run the directory of the seoblog on the internet…
  What should i do? All I’ve done to the file is open using dreamweaver making the necessary changes and then saving it.

  “There doesn’t seem to be a wp-config.php file. I need this before we can get started. Need more help? We got it. You can create a wp-config.php file through a web interface, but this doesn’t work for all server setups. The safest way is to manually create the file.”

  Please check the turorials at:
  http://www.undergroundtraininglab.com/category/wordpress-tutorials/

  http://www.undergroundtraininglab.com/49/getting-started/

  I those don’t help please submit a help desk ticket by clicking the “contact us” link at the top of this page.

• 35 Angela Wickenberg // May 12, 2008 at 3:52 am

  Hi Jeff,

  Thanks for the software. One question before I get started. I know you wrote that you do not update older blogs, but I would like to update two blogs I have in Semiologic Pro. Is this software similar to that? I haven’t updated my blogs since last fall. Upgrading in Semiologic entails paying $250 US every year… (didn’t think of this when I bought it).

  Also, are we allowed to install the software on more than one domain?

• 36 Jules // May 12, 2008 at 4:26 am

  I’m also getting the API message; there was no error message

  Akismet is almost ready. You must enter your WordPress.com API key for it to work.

  Please check the turorials at:

  http://www.undergroundtraininglab.com/category/wordpress-tutorials/

  http://www.undergroundtraininglab.com/49/getting-started/

  I those don’t help please submit a help desk ticket by clicking the “contact us” link at the top of this page.

• 37 Xserve2 // May 12, 2008 at 4:29 am

  you probably opened the file and deleted or added something in there - just go back to your original wordpress files and replace that file - It says line 202 as it has gone right through you file looking for a closing tag and hasn’t found it - Common problem in any PHP coded page

• 38 Bendz // May 12, 2008 at 7:51 am

  Hi

  Thanks for the software.

  Nice tutorial.

  

• 39 John // May 12, 2008 at 8:01 am

  Jeff,
  Thanks for this terrific time-saver.
  I’ve installed everything as per the instructions, into a folder - “blog”.
  However, when I try to navigate to:
  http://www.toptipshere.com/blog/

  I get the following Error Messages:

  Warning: require(/home/toptipsh/public_html/blog/wp-includes/compat.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/toptipsh/public_html/blog/wp-settings.php on line 202

  Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘/home/toptipsh/public_html/blog/wp-includes/compat.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/toptipsh/public_html/blog/wp-settings.php on line 202

  I see that this error is similar to a previous email and I look forward to your Tech guy coming up with the solution.

  Meantime, thanks you and your staff for this great piece of software and for any help you can provide.

  Kind regards,

  John

  Anthony says:
  We’ve recently added a comprehensive FAQ’s section and a resolution to your problem can be found here: http://www.undergroundtraininglab.com/faqs/

• 40 Shawn // May 12, 2008 at 12:33 pm

  Hi Jeff, before I hadd the software to my new blog that has only a few posts in it, I need one piece of instruction.

  I put all of the WP files in a folder on my domain called /moneyblog. Now to log into the blog they have to type the full path of the domain
  http://spikeyoursales.info/moneyblog.

  How can I make it so all the user has to do is type http://spikeyoursales.info and they are at the blog. Once I figure that out, then I’ll install the seo software.
  Thanks

  Jeff Johnson says: serach google for 301 redirects or 302 redirects and you’ll find the necessary code.

• 41 James // May 12, 2008 at 4:53 pm

  i have installed and upload the files but when i go to the web browser and put in the url nothing happens. i put in http://www.mydomain.com/wordpress/ is there something else i need to be putting in
  
  Jeff Johnson says: Please contact your hosting account provider or consult the video tutorials here:
  http://www.undergroundtraininglab.com/index.php/category/wordpress-tutorials/

• 42 Brett Smith // May 12, 2008 at 10:05 pm

  If I can add this to the “wish list” then I would really like to see a related posts plugin that would link to related blog posts to help keep posts out of the supplemental index.

  ~Brett
  http://www.FreeTrafficBigProfits.com

• 43 Hans // May 13, 2008 at 5:42 am

  After posting to the blog I get a 404 error. None of the posts will show. Any solution to this problem ?

  Anthony says:
  We’ve recently added a comprehensive FAQ’s section and a resolution to your problem can be found here: http://www.undergroundtraininglab.com/faqs/

• 44 John // May 13, 2008 at 8:21 am

  I was interested to know why the links have a number in them instead of just the post title, is there some reason for this for better rankings? Or could I change this in the permalinks without any problem?

  Thanks,

  John

• 45 Tanksalot // May 14, 2008 at 3:11 am

  Asking what might be a blindingly stupid question: Do I have to upload the software each time I want to create a new blog?

  Anthony says:
  Yes, you would have to upload the software, to a different location (directory or domain) for each new blog you want to create.

• 46 Ina // May 14, 2008 at 12:26 pm

  I don’t know if this comment got through last time, but I seem to be experiencing an issue with the SEO Blog Software that no one else has listed here.

  I got the software installed ok, even managed to edit the CSS and customize one of the templates. However, the permalinks don’t seem to be working correctly. The only setting the permalinks will work on is the default wordpress setting. If I try to change the setting, I get a message that says I need to update the .htaccess file. If I change the setting to anything other than the default wordpress setting, I get a 404 Not Found error. I imagine this is no good for SEO…if the permalinks can’t work, then how will the RSS be able to work?

  That file seems unwritable (I cannot edit PHP with anything I have), so how do I go about updating that? Or is there an easier way to set the permalinks up so that the titles of my posts can be included in the permalink (for SEO purposes)? Help would be greatly appreciated!

  -Ina

  Anthony says:
  We’ve recently added a comprehensive FAQ’s section and a resolution to your problem can be found here: http://www.undergroundtraininglab.com/faqs/

• 47 Jay // May 15, 2008 at 9:53 am

  This is great stuff - keep it up dude

• 48 Verne // May 16, 2008 at 9:31 pm

  I thought the undergroundtraininglab.com launch was supposed to be on May 15. Has it been delayed? When will it be launched? And how much will it cost?

  Jeff Johnson says: demand was too high. we had to upgrade our membership site servers and our help desk servers plus rethink our offer.

  Our new date is June 3rd for the masses, and possibly earlier for a limited few.

• 49 Tony- Residual income Artist // May 17, 2008 at 4:19 pm

  Fantastic! Well done to Jeff and his team!
  Followed the instructions and voila! all worked perfect.

  Thank you very much!

• 50 Mike Cunningham // May 19, 2008 at 12:47 am

  Well my biggest problem is Wordpress! What about Blogger? My hosting provider won’t support MySQl since their deal with SUN. As you know wordPress requires MySQL, so I’ve been using Blogger, and I sorta like it. I post on lots of other sites that aren’t WordPress either, mostly on the Ning network.

  thanks for listening

  Mike

  Jeff Johnson says: I started out using blogger and found wordpress to be much more flexible and effective. My advice is find a host that supports mysql and set up a wordpress blog.

  Recommended web hosts

• 51 Mike // May 19, 2008 at 12:04 pm

  Thank-you so much for the time and effort needed to supply all this information at such a low cost!! Unheard of. My question:
  I FTP’d the files directly into my public_html/NewDomainName.com folder on my server after creating a new database. How can I confirm I have the SEO Blog software?

  Thanks again and staying tuned.
  Mike

• 52 JJ // May 19, 2008 at 8:16 pm

  Feedback: I’d love to hear more about how you use RSS feeds or free content or datafeeds or AutomaticTrafficMachine to “automatically” build your blogs. And how to use web 2.0 sites to build micro-sites and mini-networks to create your own network of incoming links.

  And when is the Undergroundtraininglab supposed to be launched and how much will it cost?

  Jeff says: Launch day had to be moved to June 3rd so we could handle the demand. Price is still up in the air. thanks for the interest

• 53 Jason M // May 20, 2008 at 1:36 pm

  Hi Jeff,
  Many thanks for your info! You are awesome!
  Just a quick question. I have install the software successfully, do I need to change some settings in order to have it search engine friendly or can I just starting posting good content?
  Jason M

• 54 Jeromy // May 21, 2008 at 3:01 am

  Hi Jeff and team,

  Great package you guys have put together! And perhaps just in time.

  I have been having problems with my Word Press install. I paid someone online to build a site for me. I did this before I knew much about conducting such a task. Since then, I have discovered how easy it can be to build a web page. But, there are still some challenges…
  I am not sure what has happened, but my current word press install at http://www.hillbillydirect.com was never completed by the fella I paid to do it. I quickly started to learn Word Press and started trying to edit/finish it. I installed some additional plugins and tried a few themes (all from Word Press site). My comments were working for the first while, but I have noticed in the last week that it no longer is and the previous comments aren’t there either. Working with WP Support didn’t get me far. I was told to reinstall Word Press.

  So this is where your package comes in. I would like to maintain my content, I know there isn’t a lot yet, but it has taken time to develop and I would like to save it. I guess the typical way to do this would be to back up the database. But I am not sure if that will work in this instance because the database says that WP_comments has crashed and is unrepairable. So backing up would probably save that error?

  What is the best way to start fresh with a new install, using your word press package when I have an old/existing install on my domain?

  What is the best way to save my data if my database is potentially damaged?

  WP support said to just copy the text.

  I use netfirms.ca as a host. I have been told they are not very good, but besides this problem, I have been happy with them. I have 6 months remaining on my term and no funds to purchase a different hosting package at this time. But is Netfirms.ca a good host?

  Jeff and team, I would very much value your time and comment/assistance with switching/reinstalling WP using your free Word Press Theme Package.

  Regards,

  Jeromy

  Jeff Johnson says:

  Please read our FAQ page for help:
  Answers to your Frequently Asked Questions

• 55 Donnie // May 21, 2008 at 3:29 pm

  Jeff, thanks for providing both the software and the tutorials. While I’m an experienced web developer who is intimately familiar with both the design and technical side of building & installing sites, I lack the knowledge and experience of SEO and getting traffic quickly.

  I’ve installed this on my test server and playing around with it, and I am learning a lot - and I especially appreciate the Traffic-Getting Jumpstart™ Master Plan - awesome post! I will be upgrading my real site tonight and going through your tips.

  I really have to hand it to you and your team for making it easy for guys like me.

  Is there a limit to how many of our sites we can use this free version on? (within reason, obviously) I have many sites that can benefit from this.

  And by the way, if you guys need custom music for your vids…hint, hint…

  Thanks again, and kudos.
  –Donnie Christianson
  Posertrax.com
  Music & Sound FX for Videos, Web Sites, and Broadcast

  Jeff Johnson says:

  Use it on as many sites as you’d like

  Please read our FAQ page for help:
  Answers to your Frequently Asked Questions

• 56 doing fine until step 5 // May 21, 2008 at 4:15 pm

  doing fine until step 5…starting to use the “S” word alot here. BUT perhaps it is because I registered the name and then went ahead and built the site without verification. I hope so……Jeff, it seemed so great up until that point.
  Colin

  Jeff Johnson says: Please read our FAQ page for help:
  Answers to your Frequently Asked Questions

• 57 Colin // May 23, 2008 at 11:57 am

  Hi Jeff, That was my comment about step 5, and got it easily fixed. I didn’t unpack the folder when using the http://ftp. My host fixed it up for me in a sec.
  Now I’m on to tweaking and customizing! Thanks for making all that so easy!
  Colin

• 58 Dog Training // May 24, 2008 at 3:39 pm

  Thank you for all your tutorials. I had to dig for Database stuff but found it afterall.

  Your conference call the other day was great.

  Question:
  In the future do you think its possible to give a tutorial on openx and any tweaks?

  Thank you.

  Anthony Montalbano says:
  We have some great tutorials and tweaks on using OpenX, but this is available to Jeff’s coaching club only. Jeff will announce soon his offers on how you can get tutorials how to use OpenX along with many other tutorials we have.

• 59 D Dean Hall // May 24, 2008 at 8:35 pm

  Jeff,

  First thanks for the cool setup, you guys have put a lot of time into this and I’m certain the back end will pay off wekk for giving this away free. Who else would give away this kind of value.

  I have been through the FAQ’s and scoured videos but haven’t found an answer for this:

  Akismet is almost ready. You must enter your WordPress.com API key for it to work.

  where/how/huh? do I find, get or generate an API key? the aksimet plugin is active but what now?

  Also:

  There is a new version of Google XML Sitemaps available. Download version 3.1 here or upgrade automatically.

  and:

  captcha and sociable both have upgrades available, should I upgrade (will not lessen your optimization right?)

  Thanks in advance for any help and many thanks again for this package.

  Anthony Montalbano says:
  Your Wordpress API Key is found within your Wordpress.com account. Here is a tutorial from Wordpress that shows you where and how to get your Wordpress API Key: http://faq.wordpress.com/2005/10/19/api-key/

  As for the plugin upgrades, yes, you can upgrade your blog plugins without obstructing the current configurations of your blog. This can be done using Wordpress “update automatically” feature or by manually downloading and reuploading each plugin to the wp-content/plugins directory of your blog.
  

• 60 mo // May 25, 2008 at 11:30 am

  Jeff, I have installed the blog at http://www.ibrokersystem.com/index.php but my admin password is not working and the reset of password is also not working. Is there any way I can fix it some files in CPANEL? or how do I fix it? Thanks.

  Anthony Montalbano says:
  Check to make sure that you grabbed all 15 characters of your password. The password generated uses symbols as well as letters and numbers. Make sure you have only 15 characters from the generated password, without any spaces before or after. If you entered a valid email on installation of the blog you should have the password emailed to you. If you may have lost that password and your email was not valid, you will have to re-install the blog software.

• 61 Jules // May 26, 2008 at 12:35 pm

  Jeff,
  I’m a total idiot about web sites. I have a Yahoo Small Merchant website which I had built for me. Can this blog be used with a Yahoo Site? Where does it pop up? Do I need to create a separate page for it? I’d love to take advantage of it as I need to some how, some day (soon) appear on the search engines. My site is 45 days old and I only come up with you type in my url :^(

  Jeff Johnson says: Sorry, but I don’t know if yahoo merchant stores allow for installation of the software.

  But even if they don’t you would simply install it on another hosting account and use it to jumpstart the traffic and increase the rankings of your yahoo store.

  I believe I discuss that in the viral video tutorial (you don’t need video to use the techniques)

  Here’s a list of hosting account we recommend:
  http://www.undergroundconfessions.com/hosting/

• 62 Mike // May 26, 2008 at 4:12 pm

  I’m getting very frustrated wasting my time trying to get your blog theme to work. I have never inserted a mysql database for any of the wordpress themes I’ve uses which is dozens and dozens.

  I keep getting website cannot display. This is not a very user-friendly theme to say the least.

  Anthony Montalbano says:
  This is not a theme, this is a customized installation of the Wordpress blog. This is the complete blog package, not just a theme.

• 63 Anti // May 28, 2008 at 4:19 pm

  I do not see my blog posts anywhere, pinging is not working I guess. Because not one single post have appeared anywhere. I have followed the installation exactly and no pings have been sent.

  Jeff says: Believe, the software works…. I have used it every day for the past 4 or so years to grab free search engine traffic.

  Make sure your site isn’t “banned” from engines.

  Or make sure your server isn’t sending out false headers such as 301s or false 404s.

  And make sure you didn’t accidently set the blog to “private”… that would tell the serach engines not to index your site.

  And check your .htaccess file and your theme template and make sure someone hasn’t inserted no index directives in them.

• 64 Matt // May 29, 2008 at 7:56 am

  Anthony and/or Jeff,

  If I installed the SEO Blog about 2 weeks or so ago (today is 5/29 btw), should I be using the “new” updated SEO Blog download links that were provided in the “a little bad news and a ton of good news” email dated 5/25 from you guys??

  Unsure how to go about re-installing every time an update comes out and whether a completely new install is necessary?

  Was this an update or just another email stating that the SEO Blog software is still available?

  Isn’t there an easier way to implement any new features that you guys might come out with besides a completely new install? Confused fo sho. Let me know, please and thanks a ton.

  
  Jeff Johnson says: This particular update involves much more than just adding a plug-in; it completely streamlined the installation process plus it streamlines the post-installation tweaks even more.

  That means you really can’t just add add a plug in to replace it.

  However, you can add anything you’d like to your existing installation so rather than replace the old ones simply add plug ins that you find on the web.

  Just be sure to always use the newest version when building new blogs.

  And here’s the video tutorial on upgrading your blog

• 65 Melissa Taylor // May 30, 2008 at 9:40 am

  If you use Movable Type or WordPress, you can download the free, open source plugins for your blog today. Today we’re providing plugins for TypePad AntiSpam that work with Movable Type versions 3.x and 4.x, or with WordPress versions 2.3 or 2.5. And as of today the release candidate version of the upcoming Movable Type 4.2 includes the TypePad AntiSpam plugin built in.
  You can read the entire post on antispam[dot]typepad[dot]com/blog/

• 66 Craig Hesser // Jun 2, 2008 at 8:06 am

  Hello,

  A long tortuous success story…

  I tried to install the blog with an earlier version, 0.9 (located at blog-01.jimmycraigaffiliatepage.com) and now with 1.2a (located at blog.jimmycraigaffiliatepage.com). I get the same error message with both after uploading before I get the initial wordpress screen:

  “Error message HTTP 500 - Internal Server Error. Possible reasons:
  - the website is undergoing maintenance
  - the website has a programming error”

  I tried the directory index fix from the FAQ but that didn’t change anything.

  I can see with the FTP that the files are there in the root directory where they should be (except the .htaccess file which the FTP doesn’t read - but it’s there also, I can see it in the Fantastico-equivalent program). I know the “connection” with the Internet works, because I had a place-holder there before, and I took it out before I uploaded the blog files.

  I have a different version wordpress blog installed (but not really functional yet) on the system, but it is on a different domain and uses a different SQL data base (located at blog.good2004.biz - a nice template!). That tells me (1) it should work, and (2) there shouldn’t be any conflict between the two.

  My host’s Linux control panel is similar to the C Panel, but not identical. I can change permissions (tried this with the .htaccess file - didn’t help) but that doesn’t seem to be the problem here.

  My pc operating system is in German, but I don’t think that should be a problem (the host system is in US-English).

  I tried uploading the files a second time (takes more than 30 minutes with my low-speed ADSL) but with no improvement. Is it worth while to install the same blog as the (successful) one on the other site and then try to modify it? I’ll sleep on it…

  Next day…

  In the wp_config.php I changed the secret phrase from the standard one and changed the database prefix from wp_ to aa_ -> got different response “no connection to database” (note: used “wp_” for the blog that’s already installed - there is one “master” sql database for my complete account!)

  Gave dba priviliges to the database user -> no change (were already as dba except for name)

  Changed dbhost name from “local host” to the specific name/address => THAT did the trick!

  Wow! Finally!!

  Craig Hesser

• 67 Mark // Jun 2, 2008 at 11:40 pm

  That really saved me a lot of time…and I mean a lot…

  Thank you.

  I look forward to putting it to use

  -Mark

• 68 Jason M // Jun 5, 2008 at 4:55 pm

  Hi Jeff,
  Here are two question which I really need some answer with. I have install the software successfully, do I need to change some settings in order to have it search engine friendly or can I just starting posting good content?
  How many posts can I make each day before I raise any red flags with the ping services??
  thanks,
  Jason M

• 69 Susanne F // Jun 11, 2008 at 12:12 pm

  Hello,

  In the download package I see none of these folders:

  wp-admin
  wp-content
  wp-includes

  please try again.

  Is my zip file corrupt?

  Thank you

• 70 thomas // Jun 16, 2008 at 5:18 am

  Hello Jeff.
  I could find an answer to this question, but not sure if I just missed it.
  I already have a wordopress blog at http://www.salon.nyah-beauty.com/blog, which I have made our own design on plus changing the language everywhere to danish, so I wanted to know if it is possible to do tha things you have done in your version by hand?

• 71 dean // Jun 20, 2008 at 5:51 pm

  Hi I tried loading the blog software to my root, as a folder of my main site. Keep getting a 404 if I type in my website and location of folder. When I type it in under the html extension I get theparent directory and “Error establishing a database connection” on the WP link of the parent directory. What am I doing wrong?

• 72 dean // Jun 20, 2008 at 6:21 pm

  Hi, tried uploading the seo blog, and keep getting this message=”Error establishing a database connection” and a 404-Internal Server Error==what am I doing wrong?
  Thanks, Dean(I loaded the software in a folder under my root directory as http://www.mywebsite.com/blog
  Ignore this if it is second post,wasnt sure if first one went through

• 73 ernesto // Jun 21, 2008 at 2:14 pm

  Hi Jeff,

  How do you get rid of that banner that says
  More Traffic
  More Leads
  More Money
  in the sidebar?

  Thank you

• 74 Marlene // Jun 27, 2008 at 2:25 am

  Whoops. Did it again. The problem is that the “submit comment” button comes before the security code space.

  In case that means my message gets wiped without being read, here we go again….

  Thanks Jeff for your praiseworthy generosity in giving the seoblog package and training free.

  My accompanying question is one I hope you’ll humour me concerning…. Does the numeric value for the file attributes in the .htaccess file HAVE to be 666? I have an aversion to that number. It doesn’t seem to have bothered anyone else who’s left a comment here, but it bothers me.

• 75 John McCain Junior // Jul 1, 2008 at 1:55 pm

  video is going too fast!!!
  what do you mean by database?
  & what the heck is ftp?
  how can I go from opening wp-config with notepad & then open ftp?!? when I don’t where it is!!!

  Jeff Johnson says: I’m sorry but it sounds like you need the entire training course that is in the paid membership site. However, the site is currently closed to new members.

  I’ll be sure to email everyone when some seats open back up.

• 76 Beezy // Jul 1, 2008 at 3:52 pm

  Hi Jeff

  How Can I start a new blog with MySQL, PHP & cPanel, I am new to creating blogs!!!
  So please start with the basics.

  PS: I wanna know if blog is a good way to start affiliate marketing

  Jeff Johnson says: I’m sorry but it sounds like you need the entire training course that is in the paid membership site. However, the site is currently closed to new members.

  I’ll be sure to email everyone when some seats open back up.

  and yes, blogs are a great way to get started in affiliate marketing… that’s how I got my start.

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