Something that really alarms me is how many affiliates are sweating day and night to slap up adsense sites. All kinds of topics, all kinds of web formats, but the bottom line is - these sites are being thrown up to earn off adsense.
One of the things I learned early on was that to make [...]
Following my blog goal of toning down the ‘blog repeat’ problem - here’s this week’s summary of blog and forum posts that I thought were great reads and some points of view that are worth thinking about.
The Heart Kids Blog Marathon Kicks-Off - In 24 Hours!
*Dr. Mani’s blogathon for kids with heart birth defects
Step by [...]
Whoa! If you are using reprint articles on any of your websites - pay attention to where the links within the articles and within the resource boxes are pointing to.
I have an article submission site over at fabaroo article submissions and came across an article today that read well, good information - but the links [...]
I’m back up to around 70 newsletter subscriptions (:lol:), but I’ve really done a good job separating the wheat from the chaff IMO. I catch up on my newsletter reading once or twice a week - no problem keeping on top of them because THESE ARE NOT those lame - sales - stalking - close [...]
I just freaked out my husband.
cackle cackle
I called him on his cell to tell him: I love you. That’s it - just that.
Unfortunately - I don’t do that enough. So why today? It’s our wedding anniversary - 19 years (we married FAR TOO YOUNG). He’s not sure what’s going on, but he’ll figure it out [...]
I spent a whopping 1 hour on the site last month, so nothing really is shaking here. But I am seeing a bit of a shift in my traffic.
3285 - Unique (+209 from June)
5681 - Visits (+958 from June)
1426 - Yahoo (-283 from June)
607 - MSN (+223 from June)
122 - Google (+56 from June - [...]
I wrote once or twice about an aff site of mine that is just going *nowhere*. I’m starting to get some nice, targeted traffic (top 10 in both MSN and Yahoo! - nowhere in Goog of course :???:), yet I just don’t see *any* sales. Ok one or two, but that’s it!
My visitors are poking [...]
Lots of great reads that caught me eye this week:
Scraper Sites are Good for You - Surrender Your Content
*Ok this is so true - one scraper site sent me so much *sweet* targeted traffic - they outdid goog itself. Mind you - I was pretty low in goog’s rankings :lol:. The scraper traffic lasted about [...]
Reprint articles are a great way of promoting your websites as well as garner some good quality inbound links. We all know the three ‘biggie’ search engines value those inbounds.
Not only are reprint articles a great way of creating value for your website, they also give value to those who use them on their websites [...]
What started out as an oh-so-slow month (sales/commissions), has bounced back nicely for me. Whew.
We’re gearing down for July and heading into August, would it be too much to hope that I’ll smash all previous records and have an all time high earning month?
I’m hoping!
I love summer but ick - commissions are just harder to [...]
The past week or so I’ve been getting a bunch of emails asking to exchange links with one of my websites. I haven’t accepted any yet.
Here’s why:
Nearly every links page my site was going to be placed on had an explosion of links on it. Dozens and dozens and dozens of links.
Most not on topic. [...]
I’m checking stats on Commission Junction and am greeted with the dutch version of the site?
Konzentrieren Sie sich auf erfolgreiche Partnerschaften, schon bevor Sie diese eingehen. Mit Hilfe unserer Performance Kennzahlen wie EPC oder Network Ranking gehen unserer Publisher und Advertiser einen Schritt weiter aufeinander zu.
Weird.
Now here’s something I wish I stumbled across a looooong time ago. I was reading Jill Whalen’s latest newsletter and she had this bit to say:
After you have some basic education, instead of trying to set up shop on your own, why not seek out established SEO companies, marketing companies, ad agencies, and Web design [...]
Well here’s something new worth noting:
MarketingLinx.com (aff link)
(collection of marketing and persuasion ideas, articles and blog posts)
Every week, we pay “bribes” and give “rewards” to our readers for posting links to the best marketing and persuasion articles and blog posts they’ve read.
And they submit a lot of links every week. Some are superb. Some [...]
It’s that time again - already! Another week gone by.
The “Ads by Google” spam reporting page has a new look
Using a third party javascript? AdSense Publishers beware!
Getting Started With Adsense Demo
Verisign: Domain Speculation for PPC Soaring
Commission Junction Security Hole Discovered
Directories with a Kick Me Sign on Their Backs
*Very good points - I got some work [...]
Word is out - Yahoo is Updating … and changes will continue over the next week or two.
I *love* Yahoo. It has treated me well and has continued to do so this go around.
One thing I’ll be watching is a new-ish site of mine that’s been doing well in MSN, yet hasn’t hit top 10 [...]
I have a book pile stacked *this high* to read. How to choose what to read? I cracked this one open last night:
Web Copy That Sells by Maria Veloso - The Revolutionary Formula for Creating Killer Copy Every Time
*(that’s not an aff link btw)
Some things covered:
Editorial style content, headlines, bullets
Web Copy Dos and Don’ts
5 Ways [...]
One of the webhosts I’ve been dealing with for over a year and a half has upped his package size AGAIN! Pricing stays the same. Dang I love this guy!
Here’s the scoop:
1000 MB Storage (that’s not a typo)
80 GB Bandwidth (believe it)
Addons - Unlimited
Free Setup
99.5% Uptime Guarantee
$5.95/month, PayPal accepted
Larger packages available
Unlimited mysql, email, [...]
Not too much has rocked my boat this week (well there was that affiliate list thingy :lol:), but here are some good reads:
Commission Junction Bows Program for Top-Performing Affiliates
Searching for (Unintentional) Supporters of Spyware? Try Google
*Gulp
Ask Jeeves? Ask Barry…
Welcome to WebmasterWorld!
*Check the links to threads towards the bottom
Google to Advertisers: We Hear You
Technorati: A Public [...]
Yessssssss!
Here’s where I’m at so far:
I’m noticing anything uploaded on or before June 19th has some PR showing. Pages uploaded after that are blank.
My directories are slowly moving, all at a PR 3 now (one was a 4, one was a 3, one was a 1 in the last update). Two are showing [...]
Todd over at stuntdubl is making me link to him again. No no, he didn’t ask me or beg me to. Nor did he threaten to get me put on the Affiliate List, but when someone produces the goods like this, how could I not link to it? I just can’t help myself.
The Magic Formula [...]
I could almost cry.
Finally someone walks up to the mic, shows no fear of scoffers and confidently proclaims:
PageRank Does Matter
Now hustle your buns out there folks with a new PR 0 site. And try to do some serious link building.
How’s that working for ya?
Hopefully there’ll be no more eyes rolling when I’m pumped [...]
Great discussion about working with merchants that have toll free numbers plastered everywhere - Losing Affiliate Commissions to Merchant’s Phone Number. This is pretty timely for me because I noticed recently that *every* merchant but one that I have on a niche website has toll free numbers front and center.
This website is relatively new (about [...]
I’ve been following the discussion around town regarding The Affiliate List since Graywolf posted about it over on threadwatch: List of Top Earning Affiliates. I pretty much want to stay out of it.
But I will discuss here how all this has affected me as an affiliate and my future outlook. Maybe my voice isn’t all [...]
My bookmarks were getting out of control again so it was clean up time! Here are a few I thought you might be interested in. I also updated the SuperAff bookmark pages:
Bookmarks
Bookmark Tools
Article Submissions
There were a few dead links in there and added some new things. I also removed a few forums that required you [...]
