August 12, 2008
· Filed under techtips
Just wanted to chime in here and say that Affsphere, a new article directory does not suck - contrary to what some catchy ppc adwriters are doing to pull in clicks.
Yes it is a new article directory so its still unproven but even better as a reason to signup. You - the affsphere user submits [...]
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August 6, 2008
· Filed under webtips
Users on the web dont read - they skim …
So here is what you need to do.
Get to the point
Use highlighted text
Emphasize important things
Read this article - http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9710a.html
Use objective neutral language
On a somewhat related note here is a website that my friend roman reffered to me and that I am experimienting while for article writing. [...]
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July 4, 2008
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First things first - the most important factor in your search engine ranking is determined by other websites link to your website.
That said, there are several things you can do to insure that your website is setup correctly to rank well in Google.
Here is my shortlist
Take a look at your website in Lynx ( A [...]
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July 1, 2008
· Filed under optimization, seo
Search Engine Optimization or SEO is not a complicated topic in fact Google tells you everything you need to know here -> Webmaster Guidelines
The first and most important rule of SEO is knowing that the secret lies in how other websites link to you.
This is important to know as you maybe editing your own [...]
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June 20, 2008
· Filed under optimization
Results from Google on the left hand side are called natural results or organic search.
Unlike paid search or PPC (Pay Per Click), there is no guarantee that you will appear in a natural search result. Google decides using their secret algorithm - Its a secret but then again its really not a secret.
They tell you [...]
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June 14, 2008
· Filed under techtips, webtips
Im using Dreamhost Private Server right now on several websites that I have and Im pretty happy with them. Good uptime and its much much faster than there shared hosting. I have the private server mysql and private webserver an additional $30 a month but worth it.
Anyways they sent me some special discount invitation codes [...]
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May 26, 2008
· Filed under techtips
If you want to access a dos command prompt in Windows Vista in a specific directory you can now shift click on a directory in windows explorer. See this article - http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2006/09/18/windows-vista-secret-1-open-command-prompt-here.aspx
I have found this to not work well - better to use this old program which works well in windows vista called dos here. [...]
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May 14, 2008
· Filed under adwords, optimization, ppc
I think I first heard about LowerYourBidPrice’s split testing tool from Amit Mehta on his superaffiliatemindset blog but it was Kirt Christensen who gave a great presentation on the benefits of using WinnerAlert and how it can help you continually improve your google adwords campaign.
For those of you who dont know what WinnerAlert does - Its [...]
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April 29, 2008
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Disclaimer: I only own about 100 domain names or so presently so I haven’t tried every registrar out there but I have tried several and I do believe this article maybe helpful.
Best Domain Name Registrars
1and1 - $7 a year with privacy - price can’t be beat..
Pros: Look around and do your own due diligence but [...]
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April 25, 2008
· Filed under adwords, ppc
This was news to me , apparently I was not reading the google adwords rss feed closely enough but now you can use remove domains ads and error page adsense, sedo, etc all potentially low converting traffic from your content network advertising on google.
This is good news! I didn’t think google would do this actually [...]
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April 25, 2008
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In this article we talk about 5 important things to consider when choosing and registering a domain name. Watch the short video below for some quicktips on things to consider in brainstorming, choosing, registering and promoting a domain name.
Brainstorming The Domain Name
The first step in choosing a domain name is to draw [...]
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April 22, 2008
· Filed under techtips, webtips
I have been hearing about Amazon’s S3 service for a while now. Recently on a Pppclassroom.com presentation Keith Baxter of Modern Click recommended it and today SoftwareProjects.com recommended it as well.
Anyways, I finally installed it and got it working and it turns out it was a lot easier than I thought. 6 months ago [...]
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April 19, 2008
· Filed under adwords, ppc
I am seeing this question a lot in ppcclassroom.com so I thought I would post this information.
For the Google Search network, how you rank on a page is determined by your Adrank. You can refer to Google for the answer here ( http://adwords.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hlrm=en&answer=6111 )
But briefly Adrank is a number that is determined by your minimum [...]
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April 4, 2008
· Filed under basics, ppc
They call it pay per click because you only get charged when your ad is clicked on. You dont pay for searches on your keyword rather you only pay when a search has an associated click.
There is another model called CPM (Pay per every 1000 ad impressions) but this model is related to buying [...]
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April 4, 2008
· Filed under techtips
You can backup your documents to the Internet cheaply and easily using Rsync backup.
In this tutorial I show you how to backup documents automatically using the windows scheduler so that your backup strategy is always on and you always have a backup.
Rsync , for those of you who don’t know, is one of the best [...]
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March 30, 2008
· Filed under adwords, ppc
In google adwords you are able to create a negative match keyword and associate it with your google campaign or your adgroup.
As an example, say you are selling “power transformers” and are bidding on the keyword “transformers”. In this case, you will be getting lots of matches for people doing searches for [...]
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March 28, 2008
· Filed under optimization, ppc, seo
Recently I was emailed a question from a someone in the auto parts industry. They had recently redone their website and had a few questions for me regarding various strategies they were considering with regards to promoting their website.
They sent me three strategies they had outlined :
Buy specific keywords for autos : such as [...]
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March 11, 2008
· Filed under adwords, optimization, ppc
If you are running a google adwords campaign outside of where you live then you probably want to keep an eye on how your campaign is running in another part of the world.
In this article we take a look at three ways to keep tabs on your google adwords campaigns when they are outside of [...]
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February 14, 2008
· Filed under adwords, ppc
If you work online doing PPC advertising, sooner or later you will need to call Google.
Typically its is either one of two scenarios either you ads are not running or you need your account limits raised.
If you are having problems with your ads then before you call google you might want to try the ads [...]
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February 13, 2008
· Filed under adwords, optimization
If you are building a website — Typically you want to have a visitor take a specific action such as buy your DVD or signup to your mailing list, etc.
If you are serious about making the most out of your website or thinking about buying traffic via Pay Per Click then you to be optimizing [...]
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