Affiliate Genie Review, Case study & Success Thread

Adenrele Laguda · 03-29-2010, 07:15 AM

Does anyone know how to manage the categories into alphabetical order?

Everytime I try to do it, I get a 'script' error!

adamv · 03-31-2010, 07:10 AM

Is anyone else having issues with the upgrade to version 1.02?

The titles are not lined up in the area just below the header and the "Home" link in the header is not an image button like it was in version 1 but is just a text link for me and it's not lined up right either.

I wish I had checked it before spending the better part of the day uploading the files to 30 new urls. Now I have to go back and install the old version instead. :-(

I'm very happy with Affiliate Genie but the upgrade doesn't seem to be working properly for me.

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Edit: I just realized my problem is not with Affiliate Genie but with the plugins that came with the bonus package when I ordered through an affiliate link. The person offering the bonus had a couple of cool plug ins that worked great with version 1 but don't quite work with version 1.02 - Bummer.

DonD · 04-01-2010, 05:12 AM

Hi Adam.

If you have the code for the plug-ins you can send the plug-ins to me and I will take care of updating them to v. 1.02.

For those who have requested my modified version of AG 1.02 this should be going out sometime next week.

Regards
Don (dond_33 at yahoo dot dk)

SimonHarrison · 04-04-2010, 02:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DonD

- SEO optimization. This is where my main concerns have been. AG have gotten some things wrong here, imo, like using multible H1 and H2's on the same page,

EEEK!!

I was considering this s/w , I like Chris' approach, figured the s/w would be worth looking at but that is a big issue, Google will not be amused at any site with multiple H1 tags.

Has this been fixed yet?

DonD · 04-05-2010, 03:55 AM

This and other SEO issues have not been fixed in the official version.

I didn't feel like waiting so I have created my own improved/enhanced version of AG 1.02 with these changes:

Affiliate Genie 1.02 db
AG v.1.02: Site Name set as H1
AG v.1.02 db: Set as new CSS style, “h1special” that supports AG-s built in Theme Options.

AG v.1.02: Site Slogan set as H2
AG v.1.02 db: Set as new CSS style, “h2special” that supports AG-s built in Theme Options.

AG v.1.02: “Home”-button text set as H3
AG v.1.02 db: Set as new CSS style, “h3special” that supports AG-s built in Theme Options.

AG v.1.02: XML sitemap have 2 different URL entries for the Home-page “www.domain.com” AND “www.domain.com/pages/home”. (This is internal duplicate content to Google = not good!)
AG v.1.02 db: Removed “www.domain.com/pages/home” URL from XML sitemap.
For now my changes only works when “Home” is chosen as the homepage under preferences. (This is the default for AG)

AG v.1.02: “Home”-button text is hardcoded to “HOME”
AG v.1.02 db: Created new setting under SEO Settings that allows for user specification of this text.

AG v.1.02: .htaccess file is created automatically.
AG v.1.02 db: Added automatic support for:
### re-direct index.php to root
### re-direct non-www to www
Both to eliminate the risk of Google “seeing” duplicate versions of the sites homepage.

AG v.1.02: Affiliate Genie link in page footer
AG v.1.02 db: Removed AG link from footer

AG v.1.02: No visual sitemap
AG v.1.02 db: Added automatic generation of a standard visual sitemap. Gets build and updated whenever AG rebuilds the XML sitemap. Visual Sitemap link added to footer.

I do share this AG version with others. All I ask is to see a copy of you original purchase receipt and for a small donation to my PayPal account.

Regards
Don

mjbromley · 04-06-2010, 05:29 AM

Not too sure Chris will be too pleased that you are charging for a modified version of Affgenie. Have you cleared it with him?

DonD · 04-07-2010, 03:12 AM

Thx for the heads up.

I am not selling "new" AG licences though - wouldn't dream of it. I only supply people who already bought an AG license from Chris with my add-on modules (kinda like plugins for Wordpress).

I have suggested all the improvements I have made to AG to Chris but they were not interested in incoparating them in AG at the time.

Don

Rob Springer · 04-09-2010, 08:23 AM

I have over 15 Affiliate Genie websites up and Google really seems to like them when SEO is followed correctly. They rank very well and are stable in the search results.

Quick question to anyone who may know this answer:
Is there any version of phpBay (phpbay.com) that can easily work with AG?

Any thoughts would be great.

(I had great experiences with phpbay when I used to use WordPress.)

Thanks,
Rob

NVRGVUP · 04-13-2010, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Springer

I have over 15 Affiliate Genie websites up and Google really seems to like them when SEO is followed correctly. They rank very well and are stable in the search results.

Thanks,
Rob

Rob & Don D.... or anyone with AG sites,

Since AG was released in early Dec, over 4 months have passed. I asked this thread about 2 months ago, if anyone is making money with AG yet.

So, are you generating profits yet? Is AG any better than WP? Is it necessary to modify AG, as Don D has done?

Are there income based success stories out there yet? Not so far for me.... how about you guys? Thanks!

Hoglanta · 06-06-2010, 10:25 PM

Just found out about AG and came here to do some research. Read through this thread and am still interested because it seems like an easy to use tool that can improve efficiency. Wondering if anyone has used both AG and Socrates WP theme and would be willing to provide a comparison?

Ian Jackson · 03-06-2011, 09:15 AM

Moving on to March 2011...

I'm just creating my first review site using AG, and so far have managed to deal with all the minor issues - mostly down to familiarity issues and getting it all uploaded with my ftp.

One - well two - things remain...
I still cannot get the icons to display at the top of the edit/add content WYSIWYG editor (although text boxes do show when mouse is hovering), and there's no colour pallette box showing up for either of the icons for changing the text or BG colour.

I have emailed Chris directly (currently await response to previous para - but don't be shy if you can help!

), and he's proven good with responses.

Otherwise, so far so good - I think...

Anthony Boult · 03-25-2011, 11:25 AM

Not sure if this thread is still active, but if anyone can help it would be appreciated.

I am currently running AG version 1.03 and when I attempt to save settings after pasting my google analytics code into the custom script box, it alters the code to something google doesn't recognise, so cannot report any visitor data. I have tried it via IE7 and Firefox v3.6 and v4

Thanks

Anthony

03-29-2010, 07:15 AM	#101
Adenrele Laguda HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: London, England Posts: 166 Thanks: 48 Thanked 37 Times in 19 Posts Contact Info	Re: Affiliate Genie Review, Case study & Success Thread Does anyone know how to manage the categories into alphabetical order? Everytime I try to do it, I get a 'script' error!

03-31-2010, 07:10 AM	#102
adamv Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Rocklin, CA, USA. Posts: 1,145 Thanks: 176 Thanked 250 Times in 147 Posts	Re: Affiliate Genie Review, Case study & Success Thread Is anyone else having issues with the upgrade to version 1.02? The titles are not lined up in the area just below the header and the "Home" link in the header is not an image button like it was in version 1 but is just a text link for me and it's not lined up right either. I wish I had checked it before spending the better part of the day uploading the files to 30 new urls. Now I have to go back and install the old version instead. :-( I'm very happy with Affiliate Genie but the upgrade doesn't seem to be working properly for me. --------------------- Edit: I just realized my problem is not with Affiliate Genie but with the plugins that came with the bonus package when I ordered through an affiliate link. The person offering the bonus had a couple of cool plug ins that worked great with version 1 but don't quite work with version 1.02 - Bummer.

04-01-2010, 05:12 AM	#103
DonD HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 123 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Affiliate Genie Review, Case study & Success Thread Hi Adam. If you have the code for the plug-ins you can send the plug-ins to me and I will take care of updating them to v. 1.02. For those who have requested my modified version of AG 1.02 this should be going out sometime next week. Regards Don (dond_33 at yahoo dot dk)

04-05-2010, 03:55 AM	#105
DonD HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 123 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Affiliate Genie Review, Case study & Success Thread This and other SEO issues have not been fixed in the official version. I didn't feel like waiting so I have created my own improved/enhanced version of AG 1.02 with these changes: Affiliate Genie 1.02 db AG v.1.02: Site Name set as H1 AG v.1.02 db: Set as new CSS style, “h1special” that supports AG-s built in Theme Options. AG v.1.02: Site Slogan set as H2 AG v.1.02 db: Set as new CSS style, “h2special” that supports AG-s built in Theme Options. AG v.1.02: “Home”-button text set as H3 AG v.1.02 db: Set as new CSS style, “h3special” that supports AG-s built in Theme Options. AG v.1.02: XML sitemap have 2 different URL entries for the Home-page “www.domain.com” AND “www.domain.com/pages/home”. (This is internal duplicate content to Google = not good!) AG v.1.02 db: Removed “www.domain.com/pages/home” URL from XML sitemap. For now my changes only works when “Home” is chosen as the homepage under preferences. (This is the default for AG) AG v.1.02: “Home”-button text is hardcoded to “HOME” AG v.1.02 db: Created new setting under SEO Settings that allows for user specification of this text. AG v.1.02: .htaccess file is created automatically. AG v.1.02 db: Added automatic support for: ### re-direct index.php to root ### re-direct non-www to www Both to eliminate the risk of Google “seeing” duplicate versions of the sites homepage. AG v.1.02: Affiliate Genie link in page footer AG v.1.02 db: Removed AG link from footer AG v.1.02: No visual sitemap AG v.1.02 db: Added automatic generation of a standard visual sitemap. Gets build and updated whenever AG rebuilds the XML sitemap. Visual Sitemap link added to footer. I do share this AG version with others. All I ask is to see a copy of you original purchase receipt and for a small donation to my PayPal account. Regards Don

04-06-2010, 05:29 AM	#106
mjbromley Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: UK, North West Posts: 59 Thanks: 10 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Affiliate Genie Review, Case study & Success Thread Not too sure Chris will be too pleased that you are charging for a modified version of Affgenie. Have you cleared it with him?

04-07-2010, 03:12 AM	#107
DonD HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 123 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Affiliate Genie Review, Case study & Success Thread Thx for the heads up. I am not selling "new" AG licences though - wouldn't dream of it. I only supply people who already bought an AG license from Chris with my add-on modules (kinda like plugins for Wordpress). I have suggested all the improvements I have made to AG to Chris but they were not interested in incoparating them in AG at the time. Don

04-09-2010, 08:23 AM	#108
Rob Springer Warrior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: , , USA. Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Affiliate Genie Review, Case study & Success Thread I have over 15 Affiliate Genie websites up and Google really seems to like them when SEO is followed correctly. They rank very well and are stable in the search results. Quick question to anyone who may know this answer: Is there any version of phpBay (phpbay.com) that can easily work with AG? Any thoughts would be great. (I had great experiences with phpbay when I used to use WordPress.) Thanks, Rob

06-06-2010, 10:25 PM	#110
Hoglanta Warrior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: , , . Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Contact Info	Re: Affiliate Genie Review, Case study & Success Thread Just found out about AG and came here to do some research. Read through this thread and am still interested because it seems like an easy to use tool that can improve efficiency. Wondering if anyone has used both AG and Socrates WP theme and would be willing to provide a comparison?

03-06-2011, 09:15 AM	#111
Ian Jackson Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Oxfordshire, UK. Posts: 844 Thanks: 216 Thanked 51 Times in 44 Posts Contact Info	Re: Affiliate Genie Review, Case study & Success Thread Moving on to March 2011... I'm just creating my first review site using AG, and so far have managed to deal with all the minor issues - mostly down to familiarity issues and getting it all uploaded with my ftp. One - well two - things remain... I still cannot get the icons to display at the top of the edit/add content WYSIWYG editor (although text boxes do show when mouse is hovering), and there's no colour pallette box showing up for either of the icons for changing the text or BG colour. I have emailed Chris directly (currently await response to previous para - but don't be shy if you can help! ), and he's proven good with responses. Otherwise, so far so good - I think...

03-25-2011, 11:25 AM	#112
Anthony Boult HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 225 Thanks: 20 Thanked 45 Times in 40 Posts	Re: Affiliate Genie Review, Case study & Success Thread Not sure if this thread is still active, but if anyone can help it would be appreciated. I am currently running AG version 1.03 and when I attempt to save settings after pasting my google analytics code into the custom script box, it alters the code to something google doesn't recognise, so cannot report any visitor data. I have tried it via IE7 and Firefox v3.6 and v4 Thanks Anthony