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Unlimited traffic from one-way links in your menu

By karin, on August 18th, 2010

We all can use more one-way links to empower our web properties. With the arrival of WordPress 3.0 it has become extremely easy to generate these one-way links. But before I show you how to do this, I would like to point out a few other great new features that WordPress has build into their software.

The one that stood out immediately for me was the easy way to update all plugins at once. And, of course, the new default theme – Twenty Ten – which makes it super easy to upload custom headers and backgrounds. There are also significantly improved security features.

But of all the new features I like the new menu option the best. It is so easy, that anyone can do this. I made a short video to show you how to create your own custom menu from scratch in under 5 minutes. Including a one-way backlink!

Here is the video:


Are you using WordPress 3.0? How do you like it. Have you used some of the new features yet? Share your experience in the comments. It is much appreciated.

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  • http://timedtweeter.com Bill Cowan

    Thanks Karen, you always provide some of the best resources on how to’s. I appreciate it!

  • Bill Cowan

    Thanks Karen, you always provide some of the best resources on how to’s. I appreciate it!

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      Hi Bill, thanks for sharing those kind words with me. It is much appreciated.

  • http://controlemotionsafterabreakup.com Nancy Burke Barr

    Hi Karin!

    Thanks for this informative post. I am always so impressed with the value of what you present. I am a little confused about the backlink, though. Do I have to have 2 blogs to take advantage of this? Could 2 people do this for each other? My intention to to visit you much more frequently and start implementing many of your strategies! Thank you again!

    Mentor Mama

  • http://controlemotionsafterabreakup.com Nancy Burke Barr

    Hi Karin!

    Thanks for this informative post. I am always so impressed with the value of what you present. I am a little confused about the backlink, though. Do I have to have 2 blogs to take advantage of this? Could 2 people do this for each other? My intention to to visit you much more frequently and start implementing many of your strategies! Thank you again!

    Mentor Mama

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      Hi Nancy, thanks for your kind words. There are many things you can do with these menus. You can use them for internal links (links from your home page, with the highest page rank, to an inner page), you can link to other web 2.0 properties like your facebook page or your YouTube channel. I would not use this to link to someone elses website, not even if they would do the same for you. The reason for this is that when they follow the link they will go to that site and you may have lost a valuable visitor. But that is up to you obviously.
      By the way, if you like my blog posts, you may want to come back next week. I am starting something very special next week, and I am pretty sure that you will like it….

  • http://timedtweeter.com Gary Young

    Karin,

    That is pretty fantastic. Really appreciate the clear video. I am all over this.

    Gary

  • China Sourcing Gary

    Karin,

    That is pretty fantastic. Really appreciate the clear video. I am all over this.

    Gary

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      Hi Gary. It always pleases me when people take action. You will love the power of these menus

  • http://socialtrafficmastermind.com Mel

    Hi Karin,

    Thanks for making this video. I saw the menu thing on my dashboard and never really looked into it. I have a couple friends using the theme you used to demonstrate so I sent the link to them.

  • Mel

    Hi Karin,

    Thanks for making this video. I saw the menu thing on my dashboard and never really looked into it. I have a couple friends using the theme you used to demonstrate so I sent the link to them.

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      Hi Mel, did you realize that the theme I uses is the new default theme for WordPress 3.0. Thanks fro sharing the info.

  • Sue Collier

    Hey Karin,

    Thanks for this! Really great, helpful information and easy to implement!

    Sue

  • Sue Collier

    Hey Karin,

    Thanks for this! Really great, helpful information and easy to implement!

    Sue

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      Hi Sue, thanks for visiting my blog. Yes, the menu is really simple to implement. And at the same time it has a lot of power!

  • http://socialnetworkvoter.com social bookmarking

    Hi Sue, thanks for visiting my blog. Yes, the menu is really simple to implement. And at the same time it has a lot of power!

  • http://socialnetworkvoter.com social bookmarking

    Hi Mel, did you realize that the theme I uses is the new default theme for WordPress 3.0. Thanks fro sharing the info.

  • social bookmarking

    Hi Gary. It always pleases me when people take action. You will love the power of these menus

  • social bookmarking

    Hi Nancy, thanks for your kind words. There are many things you can do with these menus. You can use them for internal links (links from your home page, with the highest page rank, to an inner page), you can link to other web 2.0 properties like your facebook page or your YouTube channel. I would not use this to link to someone elses website, not even if they would do the same for you. The reason for this is that when they follow the link they will go to that site and you may have lost a valuable visitor. But that is up to you obviously.
    By the way, if you like my blog posts, you may want to come back next week. I am starting something very special next week, and I am pretty sure that you will like it….

  • social bookmarking

    Hi Bill, thanks for sharing those kind words with me. It is much appreciated.

  • Howie Perks

    Karin ~ Thanks for sharing this! I didn’t know that was an option in the admin of wordpress. I have WPMU 3.0 and I love it so far. The flexibility is great with the only downfall being that some older plug-ins are not compatible and can cause problems. Great informative video!

    In Success,
    Howie Perks

  • http://bookmarksandvotes.com Howie Perks

    Karin ~ Thanks for sharing this! I didn’t know that was an option in the admin of wordpress. I have WPMU 3.0 and I love it so far. The flexibility is great with the only downfall being that some older plug-ins are not compatible and can cause problems. Great informative video!

    In Success,
    Howie Perks

    • http://controlemotionsafterabreakup.com social bookmarking

      Hi Howie, I agree with you. There are plugins that are not working properly in 3.0. But the build in functionality is so much better, that it is worth it.

  • Teach Jim

    Word Press continues to deliver! New features make life exciting and adds to our continually learning. Thank you for demonstrating so quickly the way to add menus. Really couldn’t be easier.

    Jim

  • Teach Jim

    Word Press continues to deliver! New features make life exciting and adds to our continually learning. Thank you for demonstrating so quickly the way to add menus. Really couldn’t be easier.

    Jim

  • http://controlemotionsafterabreakup.com Wendy Hewlett

    I was playing around with this menu in a new blog yesterday. Your video has shown me a few things that I didn’t know. Thanks Karin – excellent video.

    Wendy

  • Wendy Hewlett

    I was playing around with this menu in a new blog yesterday. Your video has shown me a few things that I didn’t know. Thanks Karin – excellent video.

    Wendy

  • Scott Pollov

    Karin. Thank you for the easy to understand tutorial for those of us tech novices. Your information, as usual, is outstanding and very useful. Thanks! Scott Pollov

  • http://bookmarksandvotes.com Scott Pollov

    Karin. Thank you for the easy to understand tutorial for those of us tech novices. Your information, as usual, is outstanding and very useful. Thanks! Scott Pollov

  • Steve Vernon

    Hi Karin – I haven’t moved to 3.0 yet, but this sure makes it worth serious consideration! Thanks!

  • Steve Vernon

    Hi Karin – I haven’t moved to 3.0 yet, but this sure makes it worth serious consideration! Thanks!

  • Anonymous

    Karin,
    Thanks for not only talking about creating a menu but actually showing how to do it. I have not upgraded by wordpress blog yet, but when I do I will use what you have taught here. By the way, congratulations on being the top syndicator. You are always tops, but only get the recognition once in awhile.
    Warmly,
    Erica
    http://budurl.com/HealingThroughLove

  • Anonymous

    Karin,
    Thanks for not only talking about creating a menu but actually showing how to do it. I have not upgraded by wordpress blog yet, but when I do I will use what you have taught here. By the way, congratulations on being the top syndicator. You are always tops, but only get the recognition once in awhile.
    Warmly,
    Erica
    http://budurl.com/HealingThroughLove

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      Thank you Erica. That is very kind of you to say that. I do encourage you to bite the bullet and upgrade. Once its done it will be easy to stay up to date. It is one click of a button these days.

  • http://controlemotionsafterabreakup.com Scottmanesis

    Hey Karin,

    This is pretty cool. I just started playing around with that new menu feature on one of my blogs. I didn’t know you could stack them in levels like that, gives me some awesome ideas. It is also very cool that you can reorganize the order of links as well.

    Basically, from what I can tell doing this with categories builds an effective silo structure which is something Google wants to see now. For the longest time I had been complaining to WordPress to let us post to specific pages. This is nearly as good, just make your categories appear to be top level pages! Sweet.

    I found your blog through the TSA. It is very informative.

    Scott

  • Scottmanesis

    Hey Karin,

    This is pretty cool. I just started playing around with that new menu feature on one of my blogs. I didn’t know you could stack them in levels like that, gives me some awesome ideas. It is also very cool that you can reorganize the order of links as well.

    Basically, from what I can tell doing this with categories builds an effective silo structure which is something Google wants to see now. For the longest time I had been complaining to WordPress to let us post to specific pages. This is nearly as good, just make your categories appear to be top level pages! Sweet.

    I found your blog through the TSA. It is very informative.

    Scott

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      Thanks Scott. Yes you have so much more freedom to build your menus with this new feature. You can combine pages, categories, links; all in the same menu…

  • Robin van der Merwe

    Karin,
    Another great set of tips….. thanks for sharing. You’re providing great value to your readers!

    To your continued success,
    Robin

  • Robin van der Merwe

    Karin,
    Another great set of tips….. thanks for sharing. You’re providing great value to your readers!

    To your continued success,
    Robin

  • http://bookmarksandvotes.com Linnea

    Hi Karin,

    I’ve been using custom menus for some time and absolutely love them. Good video showing folks how to take advantage of a great new feature.

  • Linnea

    Hi Karin,

    I’ve been using custom menus for some time and absolutely love them. Good video showing folks how to take advantage of a great new feature.

  • http://timedtweeter.com Andrea Goodsaid

    Oh gosh Karen – this is blowing my mind … oh the menu building there is to be done. What’s interesting is that I think I’ve had this ability for awhile now ’cause custom menus are built into the themes that I use. But obviously, I had not the full concept of how they might be used and this backlinking point that you make has just exploded the possibilities for me.

    Thank-you so much!

    Andrea

  • Andrea Goodsaid

    Oh gosh Karen – this is blowing my mind … oh the menu building there is to be done. What’s interesting is that I think I’ve had this ability for awhile now ’cause custom menus are built into the themes that I use. But obviously, I had not the full concept of how they might be used and this backlinking point that you make has just exploded the possibilities for me.

    Thank-you so much!

    Andrea

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      Thanks Andrea. You clearly ‘get it’. There is huge potential in these custom menus. And so easy to do…

  • Richard Goutal

    Awesome feature. I can’t wait. I say that knowing you (and other readers) will flip out; here’s why: I am sooooooo far behind in upgrading my WordPress version. And frankly, a bit nervous about doing it. I am hoping to work with someone with far more tech savvy than me so I don’t screw up and destroy (lose) something of value! Been in contact with one person so far.

  • http://controlemotionsafterabreakup.com Richard Goutal

    Awesome feature. I can’t wait. I say that knowing you (and other readers) will flip out; here’s why: I am sooooooo far behind in upgrading my WordPress version. And frankly, a bit nervous about doing it. I am hoping to work with someone with far more tech savvy than me so I don’t screw up and destroy (lose) something of value! Been in contact with one person so far.

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      Hi Rich, I will be happy to do it for you. I will tell you upfront though that there is a fee for doing this.

  • social bookmarking

    Hi Rich, I will be happy to do it for you. I will tell you upfront though that there is a fee for doing this.

  • http://timedtweeter.com social bookmarking

    Thanks Andrea. You clearly ‘get it’. There is huge potential in these custom menus. And so easy to do…

  • social bookmarking

    Thanks Scott. Yes you have so much more freedom to build your menus with this new feature. You can combine pages, categories, links; all in the same menu…

  • social bookmarking

    Thank you Erica. That is very kind of you to say that. I do encourage you to bite the bullet and upgrade. Once its done it will be easy to stay up to date. It is one click of a button these days.

  • social bookmarking

    Hi Howie, I agree with you. There are plugins that are not working properly in 3.0. But the build in functionality is so much better, that it is worth it.

  • Anonymous

    WOW Karin
    Thanks for sharing this, I was not going to upgrade because you know things can change when you do and not always the way we want. But after seeing the power of the upgrade I will have to change.
    It looks like wordpress is going the way of CMS which gives it more flexibility then ever before. This is going to empower a whole new army of marketers.
    Thanks and God Bless
    Bruce

  • http://socialtrafficmastermind.com Anonymous

    WOW Karin
    Thanks for sharing this, I was not going to upgrade because you know things can change when you do and not always the way we want. But after seeing the power of the upgrade I will have to change.
    It looks like wordpress is going the way of CMS which gives it more flexibility then ever before. This is going to empower a whole new army of marketers.
    Thanks and God Bless
    Bruce

  • Michael Berry

    This is terrific Karin. I did not realize how much you could do with the menu feature. Thanks to you I’m going back to my blog to redo my menu. Thanks again,
    Michael

  • Anonymous

    Great tips! Have you checked out suffusion yet? I have been using it for almost a year now and it is awesome.

    So many great features and many plugin options are already incorporated in the there.

    One of the coolest things is if you have a great idea of suggestion for the theme you can email the guy who created it. He is super cool and actually make changes and sends them out with the next update.

    Thanks for sharing! Have a great day!

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