I don’t know why, but It seems that 2010 is the year of Search Engine Optimization. It seems that everybody and anybody is into SEO this year.
It might be due to the massive closer of Google AdWords accounts that caused many successful marketers to wake up one day and find out the their main source of income was gone.
In any case, I feel that in order to build a successful internet marketing business that is based on affiliate marketing you really should know SEO and how to optimize your website so you will be ranked higher in the search engines.
No matter what you will hear, there is nothing better that Organic, Targeted and Free Traffic that you can get from the search engines and Google In particular. The equation is pretty simple:
High Rankings = More Traffic = More Sales = More Money
SEO has many aspects to it and there are some tools out there that can surly make your job easier. In this post I have decided to focus on 3 Premium (not free 
) WordPress Themes that are SEO optimized and could really help in getting high rankings.
FlexSqueeze
With a slogan that says “The Ultimate WordPress Theme for Making Money Online” you really need to live up to the expectations people will have from this theme.
Well, I am glad to say that it does live up to that slogan and I do feel that FlexSqueeze is truly an incredible WordPress theme for any online marketer out there. Some of the main features are:
- The ability to build instant sales pages within minutes by using the numerous built in sales page templates.
- You have over 250 themes inside so you can build your niche site without a problem and you don’t need to worry about getting graphics and trying to make it look as it fits your niche.
- 27 header images and 29 background images
- 13 different navigation styles
- 3 Widget ready locations in the sidebar, all controllable and customizable.
- Full drop down menus
- Export settings options allows you to duplicate your site within seconds
- Specially designed so you will get faster page load times. Page load time has become a factor in SEO and can affect your rankings.
- 6 Ad Placement positions spread all over the theme makes it very easy on insert Ads.
- And more… Would be better for you to check all the features on the official FlexSquezze website.
The features really go on and on. If you are an internet and affiliate marketer I really think that FlexSqueeze gives you a really great solution for creating multiple site or blog that will look professional and will save you a lot to time, and we all know that time is money.
The sales pages and the themes all look great and very professional so you will not need to worry about your site or blog not looking good enough for people to visit.
The bottom line is that FlexSqueeze was built for Internet Marketers and is not only the best theme for creating sales pages; it also is an excellent theme for creating niche sites for affiliate marketing or AdSense profits.
Priced at 127$ for unlimited domains it is not cheap, but for those of us that are into internet and affiliate marketing, this price tag should not be a problem as this is a very smart investment.
Socrates
This new Premium WordPress Theme was only released on April 16th, and the hype around it is truly huge. Created by Dan Nikkerson, The Socrates Theme was designed exactly for creating niche Wrodpress Blogs in a matter of minutes.
The Theme comes with built in monetization features like AdSense, ClickBank, Social Media Sliders, Custom Header Generator and dozens of background designs. Here is a list of the features:
- 200+ Niche Header Designs
- Upload Your Own Headers
- Custom Navigation Bars
- Optional Built In Adsense and Clickbank Ad Bar
- Social Media Slider
- Choose from Dozens of Backgrounds On The Fly
- Custom Styling and Color Options
- Affiliate Program Integration
- Custom HTML Rotator
- Multiple Sidebar Layouts
- Internet Marketing and WordPress Training
- Monetize With Any Affiliate Program or Network
- SalesPage Template
- Squeeze Page Template
- Advanced SEO
- In Post Ad Units
Another good thing about the Socrates Theme is that you will get video tutorials about every possibility the Theme gives you. The videos will cover:
- WordPress Installation Video
- Socrates Installation Video
- Adsense for WordPress
- The Everything WordPress Webinar
- WordPress Plugins and SEO
- Cpanel and WordPress Setup
- How To Locate Profitable Niches
- How To Profit From Trends
- How To Find A Great Domain Name
- The Best Webhost For Your Domain
- How To Get Google To Pay You Money
- How To Get Paid To Promote Other People’s Stuff
I feel that the Socrates Theme comes with fewer options and possibilities then the FlexSquezze but it is also a pretty good Premium WordPress Theme that was designed by internet marketer for internet marketers.
With a price of 77$ for unlimited domains it is much cheaper than the FlexSquezze so if you can’t afford the FlexSqueeze theme, Socrates can be a good choice. You also have an option to purchase a single domain license for 47$ but I don’t think that would be the wise choice if you are in the internet marketing business.
Thesis
Thesis is probably the best SEO ready Theme out there today. The Thesis Theme for WordPress is a premium template system designed to serve as the rock-solid foundation beneath any kind of website.
The truly unique features about Thesis are not really seen when you visit a website that runs on Thesis. It is all about the code and what’s going on behind the scenes. Thesis has a remarkably efficient HTML + CSS + PHP framework and easy-to-use controls that you can use to fine-tune each and every page of your site with a tactical precision that has never been possible before.
The great thing about it that you don’t need to be a coder or know anything about php or css as Thesis does all the hard work for you. It truly gives you a level of control over you site that you simply can’t find with any other Theme.
With the built in menus customizations and design is very easy to control and you can create your own unique design without having to touch or mess with any core code.
Brian Clark (copyblogger) is the man behind Thesis and when one of the biggest bloggers creates a Theme you know that he knows exactly what it should do. Thesis is being used by some of the greatest bloggers online such as:
- Brian Clark – Copyblogger
- Matt Cutts – head of the Google Webspam Team (This is Google’s SEO guy)
- Danny Sullivan – search engine legend
- Laughing Squid – Web Hosing Company
- Outspoken Media – Internet marketing
- Chris Brogan – new media rockstar
- Chris Hardwick – host of Web Soup
- Simple Mom – Mommy blogger
- Matt Armendariz – artistic food blogger
- And many more…
In regard to the SEO capabilities of the Thesis Theme, I truly think that if Matt Cutts has chosen this theme for his blog you can be assured it is SEO optimized.
Also, if you will check the look and design of these website you will see that they all look different and that it the greatness with Thesis. You can create your own unique design within a matter of minutes or you can even use some of the ready-made Thesis Skins that are available on the net. You can find many of them here – Thesis Skins.
Thesis was not created specifically for internet and affiliate marketing as both FlexSqueeze and Socrates. You will not have those ready-made Sales Pages and Squeeze pages as you will get with FlexSqueeze and Socrates. But, Thesis is by far the best SEO optimized theme out there today and you can surly use it for internet or affiliate marketing purposes.
I feel Thesis was specially designed for bloggers that wanted more control over their sites and better SEO optimization and Thesis does exactly that.
Thesis price tag is 164$ for the developers option that allow you to use it for unlimited domains and an 87$ price tag for the personal option that will allow you to use it one a single domain.
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Fantastic blog.. I am going to want a bit of time to think over this content=)
Been looking at doing site optimization and bettering the web design on my site for a long time, so this post has been really helpful. Clear read also, so thank you!