conversion rate = **unique **visits/conversions is the recommended equation but there are other factors to consider in your equation to obtain the true conversion rate.

Not every visitor can be considered a conversion opportunity. Here is a good article on Kaushik.net to help you calculate a true conversion rate for your website.

http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/excellent-analytics-tip-8-measure-the-real-conversion-rate-opportunity-pie/

I think Rankerizer - http://www.rankerizer.com/ - does a pretty good job of tracking your ranking for multiple keywords. And you can easily export results into a CSV file.

No worries - Glad I could help out.

Great info guys! I am going to try putting form on homepage on a few sites to see the response rates. Ill let post the data later. Thanks again!

In the past, I have offered a variety of benefits to the sites I am contacting. Here are a few I can think of off the top of my head:

• Relevant and original blogs or articles

• sharing their site or advertisement on social media profile

• writing a testimonial for businesses or individuals that I have worked with

• "how-to" articles

• Infographics or visual guides

• Bringing typos or broken links to webmaster's attention

• A reciprocal link

How important is it to have a contact form on the homepage of a service-based business?

I am trying to decide if having a form on front page will increase the number of people filling it out.

In my experience with sending out link request emails, they always want to know how it benefits them. Whether you are offering content, infographics, guest blog post, broken link corrections, reciprocal link, endorsing them on a social media or providing a testimonial for their business, I have seen the best results by telling them how it will benefit their website.

Create a compelling title that mentions the benefit so you have a higher open rate. Getting them to open is half the battle.

Also, try including your website url in the body of the message so it easy for them to click through and review your site:

"Our pagerank 4 website - http://www.example.com - which carries (Here I said what we carry) You have similar sites located in the "Other" Section on your link page."

Make sure your request is short, clear and direct. Possibly rewording your opening sentence to:

"Would you consider adding our site on the "Links" section list?"

my URL is ________________________

Competitor site is __________________

I thought there might be a way to block some link explorer bots but wasn't sure. Thank you for verifying that.

I was able to find a few more links on Bing's Link Explorer but still no substantial links.

I didn't think on-page optimization would put you above a site with decent on-page optimization and a better link profile - but maybe it does.

They don't have any social profiles so social signals can't be a contributor to their high ranking.

In the past, I have offered a variety of benefits to the sites I am contacting. Here are a few I can think of off the top of my head:

• Relevant and original blogs or articles

• sharing their site or advertisement on social media profile

• writing a testimonial for businesses or individuals that I have worked with

• "how-to" articles

• Infographics or visual guides

• Bringing typos or broken links to webmaster's attention

• A reciprocal link

I think Rankerizer - http://www.rankerizer.com/ - does a pretty good job of tracking your ranking for multiple keywords. And you can easily export results into a CSV file.