Well I think I am finally done tweaking the directory over at Fabaroo. Let me tell ya - I spent *hours* on this site - way way too many!
But I finally settled into an unbelievably great script:
PHP Link Directory
Let’s take a look at some of the features:
Clean, SEO friendly links (important)
Customizable template friendly [...]
Those little PayPal phishers are alive and well, and it appears they are prowling around the webmaster arena.
Yesterday I received an email from “PayPal” to an email address I use for one of my directories - the premium link option. Now the *funniest* thing is, it is a brand spanking new email address I just [...]
I can’t believe it.
I received two checks from Linkshare this past month or so, about $40 bucks worth. Some good Tim Horton’s mad money :lol:.
These commissions go back the past year and half or so and I wasn’t counting on receiving any of it. Not because I thought Linkshare was crooked and wouldn’t pay [...]
The MarketingSherpa’s 2005 Best Blog winners have been announced:
2005 Readers Choice Awards
I demand a recount!
Just kidding. I did not win, but the winner and honorable mention from the category I was in really did deserve the award. Hands down all around. If I remember correctly, I was torn between the two myself and [...]
If any of you have a newsletter and sell products to your lists (tongue in cheek :wink:), here is something I just came across you may be able to use.
I was shopping over at BookCloseOuts.com and this is what got me to opt in to their newsletter:
After completing my order, it was noted that I [...]
Bugged by referrer spam? Me too. And my .htaccess file was getting a tad big, so I decided to give Referrer Karma a whirl. So far so good.
Install is very easy and I don’t think it’s even WordPress or blog specific, I think you can use it for any type of hosted website.
Still a few [...]
Google Using Registrar Data to Locate New Sites
Google indexing parked domains from Registrar feed
We first learned back in February that Google became a registrar, but there was much speculation why. Personally, I still speculate many ideas “why”. One seems to be more obvious to me now.
Why Does Google Lie to SEO’s?
China Orders Websites to Register
Breaking [...]
Seems everybody is mentioning Roboform this week. Why the recent chatter? I have no idea, but Lucky Roboform! Here is a blog entry I wrote back in March about how to use Roboform to speed up directory submissions. If anyone has better tweaks and tips, I’d love to hear them.
Roboform - Directory Submission Tips
Submitting [...]
Have you read the latest TrendWatching article yet?
What I want to know is:
How on earth did they discover my super secret, exclusive website club: ASmallWorld.net !
an invitation-only online community designed for jet-setters who in many cases already have strong connections with one another.
Next question:
How to set myself up as a powerful Twinsumer. [...]
I pile things high on my desktop, then pay for it when it is clean up time! But one thing I’m really trying to train myself is to better use a PIM (Personal Information Manager) in organizing and keeping together my online information.
Keyword Lists
Articles
Notes on websites
Resources for each website
Rankings tracking
Adwords Ads
Etc., Etc., Etc.
Ideas are [...]
I am updating a bunch of my records tonight. See I’m having ‘issues’ with my affiliate work, :cool:, so I turfed it all to give it a rest. Decided to update, confirm and organize a bunch of records.
I’ve been hosting Fabarooni over at Ziggy Host since January, and while updating my records, I noticed that [...]
Calling all feeble techies (like me), here is some easy to read information on RSS and XML:
All About RSS
Before you go any further, realize this: RSS is really simple. Just because it is an acronym doesn’t mean that it’s complicated. Don’t get scared away, there’s really nothing to it. I said it was an acronym, [...]
Yahoo Auctions
Yahoo! Auctions has changed its pricing to create a model that is free for all consumers listing items on our Auctions platform.
Many users have been asking for this type of structure, and we are happy to provide it as a way to strengthen our partnership with the seller community and clearly demonstrate our commitment [...]
Corey Rudl Dies In Crash At California Speedway
Whatever your thoughts were about his work, Corey had a big thumb print all over internet marketing. Massive. My heart goes out to his wife and his family and friends.
I didn’t know him and never really followed his work, but always saw him as very dynamic and driven [...]
Here are the links on various forums and blogs that caught my eye this past week:
Joe Jobbed Lawyer Sues Spammers
It is not correct, it’s hurt my EPC
Affiliates - How do you like ShareASale?
Why Martell’s been banned by google
*I have no opinion to share regarding Martell’s banning and I’m not trying to ‘gossip’, but there’s actually [...]
I’m calling out an SOS!
I changed one of my shopping directories to an all-inclusive directory:
http://fabaroo.com/
It’s BARE BARE BARE! It never really took off as a shopping directory, so I scrapped that and decided to build a monster instead :lol:. http://www.niftyshops.com/ will stay as shopping, it has done a lot better as a shopping [...]
Hiding affiliate links - a tip for newbies:
Many times I’ll upload a script program like PHP click counter to mask my affiliate links, but sometimes I only have a few affiliate links on a website. Call me crazy :lol:. In those cases I don’t want to bother installing a script program.
Here’s the most quickest, painless [...]
Just found this in my inbox:
The ability for advertisers, publishers and Commission Junction to understand each others’ activity is an important aspect of the CJ Marketplace. We openly display information within the CJ Account Manager(TM) - EPC, Network Earnings Ratings and program descriptions - so that you can make informed decisions about which affiliations and [...]
Remember that little hobby site of mine that I was going to fool around with in May?
Monetizing A Hobby Site - Without Adsense
Update On The Hobby Site
Well I accomplished a little bit of smoke, but no fire yet. Here are the stats for May:
Rules:
No Adsense
No Popups
No Flashing/Strobing Banners
*And of course no download spyware crap either
May [...]
I’ve really had my nose to the grind the past few days, and hopefully the next few as well. I’m getting things done and it feels great!
Cleaned up my bookmarks again and here are a few I found - maybe you’re interested:
Free SEM training + software
The Competent Search Engine Marketer course is ideal for [...]
Can I just say I’m happy to see everyone back from the long weekend?
My traffic was done across most sites, I made a whopping $3 in commissions between Friday and Monday and it was so quiet everywhere I just had to do boring stuff - like work!
I’m a happy camper today, commissions [...]
Darn it.
How scandalous would that have been if Google toasted PageRank altogether? Oh the uproar the boards would have been in!
Oh well. At least we had a nice weekend free of the green specks.
I popped into a thread over at WPW Toolbar broke…Do you Link? and my resentment boiled again towards the Green Dictator displayed as PR in Google’s Toolbar.
That green holds so much power over the web, too much power in my opinion. It determines who gets linked to, who doesn’t and how many links are presented [...]
Seems the blog can’t handle my truth today I seem to be messing up bad and getting weird stuff on a funky blog. So no more messing around for today. I better walk away before I do something dangerous!
Have a good night.
Hey Google’s banned every website! Everyone’s GREY BARRED!
j/k seems there’s a glitch happening with PR at the moment, it’s been down for hours and hours. Or maybe goog’s mixing stuff up and dumping PR altogether? Or it could be that goog’s playing with us. Whatever’s happening, don’t worry about PR not showing on [...]
