December 2008

The year 2008 is almost over. The year started with a bang for me, but it got a little bit slow towards the end. Now that I think about it, this year has been awfully short. I don’t know about you but it seems as you get older, the days start going much faster. 2009 [...]

Traffic Secrets by John Reese is a legendary Internet marketing course that has been around for quite a while. The first version came out a few years ago and made a few millionaires. Traffic Secrets 2.0 has been updated and released just a couple of months ago. As you can guess, the new course covers [...]

A lot of folks complain about the difficulty of writing a XML Sitemap for their sites. In fact, many of these folks come up with these excuses that “sitemaps don’t matter” and Google “doesn’t like sitemaps” in order to justify them not taking time to create a sitemap for their site. I do agree that [...]

Is Google’s algorithm really over-hyped? In some circles, questioning the merits of THE algorithm is a blasphemy. After all, Google has managed to grab a huge market share lead thanks to its oh-so reliable SERPs, and it’s really hard for folks to game the system, right? Wrong! I have been an advocate of Google forever [...]

Link building should be on the top of your search engine optimization efforts. Research has shown time and time again that there is a limit to the ranking you can earn without a proper link building campaign. Directories are still a potent way to get one way links back to your web properties. Free and [...]

I admit that I am a serial shopper. I shop around and try to find ways to save money. I have done that with hosting, books, and everything else you can name. But one thing that you should know about is your hosting location does matter. So what do I mean by that? Let’s say [...]

Most U.S. citizens are familiar with the amendments of the constitution (at least I hope so). Folks talk about the first and second amendment all the time. In fact, the 2nd amendment was a big part of presidential election that we just had. But nobody would argue that the constitution of the United States was [...]

I don’t know about you but I have been hearing vicious rumors about WordPress sites being slapped by Google. A lot of folks have been complaining about their sites disappearing from the SERPs, and they are blaming on, guess what?, the platform they are running their sites on. I mean think about it. If WordPress [...]

I have been lucky enough to be involved in affiliate marketing, PPC, and other marketing segments in the past few years. What I have realized is most affiliate marketers don’t pay enough attention to the ABCs of SEO. In other words, they don’t get the basics straight and go in expecting to get ranked on [...]

I know Google and other search engines are not exactly in love with search engine professionals. After all, whether you are a white-hat SEO or just a pure black-hat, your goal is to make modifications to your site and its links to get it ranked higher on the SERPs. But folks who think they can [...]