Google Web History a pain?
Google launched the Web History feature a few months back. [caption id="attachment_17" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Google Web History"][/caption] It caught me by surprise as for at least a few hours I was over the moon thinking my keywords were all on 1 position. The sceptic in me started to investigate and this joy was short-lived ? Since then every time I see an unexpected rise in the SERPS I go and check the web history feature. The blighter keeps getting switched on itself and it has now become a pain in the back side having to switch it off every so often. Looks like I ...
PageRank will soon be no more
Our beloved Google toolbar page rank will soon be no more. Old hats amongst us already know that Page Rank in toolbar does not mean much however we still all like to look at it now and then. David Naylor's Blog had this post When the PageRank Toolbar Goes Dark… How long will it take for similar copy cat tool bars to start emerging, let's wait and see ...
Is this Google’s Halloween prank?
Check if your homepage is still in Google index. If yes then you are the lucky one. Loads of sites are suffering from missing homepages. On 31st Oct lots of homepages have gone missing. Google must be trying to scare us as it is Halloween and they have succeeded in scaring the crap out of me. Hope my pages come back soon.
Want to be a Finance Affiliate? Get started…
I get emails from people every week wanting to know how to get started in thefinance industry. So here you go, some very simple steps that will get you started. Don’t be fooled it is hard work but the rewards are great too. Step 1: Join the private forum.Step 2: Read the forum till your eyes bleed.Step 3: Decide on which area you would like to tackle. If not sure emailme.Step 4: Build the web site. We already have several pre-made forms andAPI’s that you can use. If unsure ask in the forum. There are many helpful expertsin the forum ...
Search Volume in Google Adwords Search Tool – Rocks!
Google Adwords keyword search tool is now reporting search volume for keywords. The Yahoo tool used to do that before they dismantled it. Check this out: Love this truly missed feature. Keyword hunting has become even more exciting!!
How to make Adwords Campaigns profitable. (Part 1)
Avoid Generic Keywords. Create Targeted groups with small number of relevant keywords. Ensure your landing page content relevant to your ad group. Monitor your keyword performance weekly to start with and then monthly after 3-4 months. Use Conversion tracking so you know keywords are converting. Without this you will be shooting in the dark and we all know how fruitful that is. Delete keywords that are: Not receiving any clicks Not converting Not profitable. Why delete keywords that are not receiving clicks? Because they affect your Campaign CTR. Low CTR will means high cost to you. Turn off content network. It will drain your CTR. If a keywords has not ...
World’s most powerful keyword generator
We all have it. It’s our brain….If you would like to get an edge on your competition put your thinking cap on.Why not use all those wonderful tools, I hear you say …. because every man and his dog is using them. If you want an edge over your competition use your brain to generate the keywords.Just like your target audience, they use their brain to search for your products; they don’t go to a tool to find out what they should be searching for. Get your keyword inspiration from the general media: New Papers Magazines Radio TelevisionHow many times ...
Google: AdWords Trademark Policy Revision (UK and Ireland)
This is a very interesting change. Looks like it will be free for all soon. Another way to increase revenue for G$$$$$$GLE What's changing in AdWords Trademark Policy? When?Google has made a policy revision that applies to complaints that we receive regarding trademarks in the UK and Ireland. For complaints received on or after Friday 4 April 2008, we will no longer review a term corresponding to the trademarked term as a keyword trigger. However, we will continue to perform a limited courtesy investigation of complaints regarding ad text purported to be in violation of a trademark. Beginning 5 May 2008, keywords that ...
How your competitors can damage your Google ranking.
At the moment competitors can damage your site in several ways, things that Google lets your competitors affect your rankings with are: 1. Inbound links from "bad"/”dodgy” places. 2. Hundreds of links from one IP address. 3. Duplicate content: a) from competitors scraping your entire site and creating their own from it b) from competitors stealing your articles and submitting them to article submission services. c) from sending bogus query strings to your URLs d) getting your site spidered under SSL 4. 301/302 redirect hijacking (after all this time, it STILL happens!) and there is new 301 hijack which is causing sites to drop like flies. People who do this are ...
Google ChitChat
Wow another gem in Google’s crown. Great way to interact with yout site visitors and getting instant response.This service enables Google Talk users to post a graphic to their website or blog, which allows visitors to open a conversation with them. Visitors don’t require an account with Google talk to make use of this funky tool.Google Talkabout: Google Talk chatback
A few AdWords advertisers in the last 48 hours have received this email from their Google account manager:
“I’m excited to tell you that you have been selected to participate in a beta for our new Automatic Matching feature which will be starting on February 28th.
Automatic Matching automatically extends your campaign’s reach by using surplus budget to serve your ads on relevant search queries that are not already triggered by your keyword lists. By analyzing the structure and content of your website and AdWords campaigns, we deliver more impressions and clicks while maintaining your current CTRs and CPCs.
For example, If you sold Adidas shoes on your website, Automatic Matching would automatically crawl your landing page and target your campaigns to queries such as: “shoes” “adidas” “athletic”, etc., and less obvious ones such as “slippers” that our system has determined will benefit you and likely lead to a conversion on your site.
Be assured that automatic matching will try to never exceed your budget. If you’re already meeting your daily budgets, automatic matching will have a minimal effect on your account.”
If this work well it could be great news, as it will help us find Keywords we never even thought off. On the contrary it could be just another making scheme of the Big G.
We will have to wait and see how effective or not it is.
There is a lot of talk about diversification these days; especially when the market gets very competitive or the profits start to drop.
If you have six areas that you understand well then your are doing a great job, if not slowly increase you expertise to six areas and become expert in them.
You will find this is enough to keep you busy. If you still have time at you hands and want to diversify more then go ahead why not. However be careful and do not over diversify otherwise you will not specialise in any of the area and may miss out on golden opportunities that lie with in them.
As the old saying goes: Jack of all trades and master of none!
Here’s what Warren Buffet has to say about it. Although he talks about the stock market this could apply to Affiliate marketing (Skip to: 1:13 to go straight to it)
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Welcome to Affiliate Marketing UK
I am currently helping people get started into Affiliate Marketing and will be posting their Frequently Asked Questions and any problems they face.
Most of the affiliates here will be working in the finance area however the tips would apply to general affiliate marketing as well.
Feel free to get in touch if you would like to get involved with Affiliate Marketing and make some serious income on the side.
Good Luck!
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