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Forum: Search Engine Optimization 18th April 2011, 04:17 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 780
Posted By David Bryant
Re: Google Keyword Tool - Is it really that accurate?...

It isn't exactly accurate, but it does give you a fairly reasonable idea of the traffic levels.

Aside from the 'accuracy' of Google's search numbers, there are many different possibilities that...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st April 2011, 11:05 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 596
Posted By David Bryant
Re: Guessing Pagerank & Site Value?

You're welcome.




Google highlights the words in the serps, just as if you did a search for "tion" and Google would highlight those letters in the word 'information'. Though, as a keyword...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st April 2011, 06:33 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 596
Posted By David Bryant
Re: Guessing Pagerank & Site Value?

I don't believe that you fully understood what I was trying to explain.

First, you will not be able to calculate the exact PR that Google will pass to your site - therefore, you will be wasting...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 31st March 2011, 09:53 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,531
Posted By David Bryant
Re: com vs. org vs. net

Google doesn't treat any of the generic TLDs any different in terms of SEO. In terms of branding, a .com is usually better to have, even if you only redirect it to another extension.

When you...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 31st March 2011, 09:44 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 596
Posted By David Bryant
Re: Guessing Pagerank & Site Value?

First, you have to understand that "niche" relevancy doesn't carry any known additional weight for the backlink itself. If you're in a fishing niche, and get a backlink from a basketball site, then...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th March 2011, 09:56 AM
Replies: 55
Views: 1,883
Posted By David Bryant
Re: I HATE it when I find people have brought Links

I have to admit, I couldn't agree more with your entire post, it is the way that I feel sometimes. Oddly enough, the paragraph that I quoted above assumes the perspective that we have to take in...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th March 2011, 05:22 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,750
Posted By David Bryant
Re: Blogger Blogs and Google Ranking

You should always buy your own domains, and secure your own hosting for your sites. Putting your business at the whim of another in this way could be detrimental to you in the future.

Discussing...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th March 2011, 04:35 AM
Replies: 55
Views: 1,883
Posted By David Bryant
Re: I HATE it when I find people have brought Links

Selling links is OK, so long as the 'nofollow' attribute is added to them - as far as Google is concerned. Kind of defeats the purpose of buying PR, but it's still great for driving traffic if it is...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th March 2011, 04:05 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 562
Posted By David Bryant
Re: why bid outside of the five cent increments?

Well, I think that CDarklock has that question covered.

On another note, if you are planning on using Adwords for PPC, then be sure to focus on your quality score. You could effectively be paying...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th March 2011, 03:41 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,230
Posted By David Bryant
Re: High Paying Adsense Keywords List

I'm not knocking the list, and I've seen several over the years, but more than likely, it won't do anyone much good in terms of expecting those payouts in the Adsense program.

The...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th March 2011, 03:21 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 964
Posted By David Bryant
Re: Best Keyword Tool?

I'll be honest with you here, I've tested them all as they've been released, and you just can't get more relevant data than by using Google's keyword tool.

In one way or another, those tools skew...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th March 2011, 02:43 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 606
Posted By David Bryant
Re: What is the FUNFAMENTAL knowledge does a newbies needed?

The number one place to start in my opinion is learning anything and everything that you can about keyword research and judging competition.

Those subjects will lead you into a very diverse...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th March 2011, 02:08 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,618
Posted By David Bryant
Re: Noobish question on article marketing.

Absolutely, syndicate your article in the form that its in, don't worry about trying to make it unique. You'll reap the same rewards as you always have, without any adverse affects.

Everyone is...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th March 2011, 12:21 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 844
Posted By David Bryant
Re: What are and aren't ethical practices on WF

How about you just focus on building links that are intended to drive traffic? By that, I mean...

Write press releases about the company and submit them to the proper outlets. (newspapers)
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th March 2011, 12:06 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 485
Posted By David Bryant
Re: A quick maths Question

It is 44.341 :)

Use the ratio that I showed you to make things less complicated. It's easy to mess up a value on a calculator when multiplying and dividing, using percent, and subtraction to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th March 2011, 11:14 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 485
Posted By David Bryant
Re: A quick maths Question

The answer that you are looking for then is 44.3413

This is how I arrived at it...

29.5187 / 30.33 X 100 = percentage of difference which is 97.3250

45.56 - 97.3250 % = 44.3413

or
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th March 2011, 10:55 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 485
Posted By David Bryant
Re: A quick maths Question

There isn't a formula for what you are asking. All of the currencies are different.

You can't match up the dollar today per baht, and find the value of the pound per baht.

I hope you...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th March 2011, 10:29 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 753
Posted By David Bryant
Re: Whats your biggest tip for affiliate marketers?

Test and optimize everything, and never stop testing.

Nothing is a failure, unless you give up. There has been so many times where people give up on something that could have been very...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 28th March 2011, 09:23 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 902
Posted By David Bryant
Re: 2 week old website with PR4?

Perhaps, but I personally don't condone doing this for that reason. I definitely don't think you should ever do a cloaked redirect for bots, if you want your site to have good standing with the...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 28th March 2011, 08:33 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 902
Posted By David Bryant
Re: 2 week old website with PR4?

This is the other way to fake PR, but you risk ruining your site if you use this method. Google doesn't like cloaks too much. You risk getting penalized or worse for this, and while doing it your...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 28th March 2011, 06:17 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 902
Posted By David Bryant
Re: 2 week old website with PR4?

The domain is no longer redirecting. It had been redirected in the recent past, which is proven by the technique that Mr. Mayo pointed out above, and further explained in the link that I had...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 28th March 2011, 05:29 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 902
Posted By David Bryant
Re: 2 week old website with PR4?

The PageRank was faked, and came from womenshappiness.com

Read this post to find out how it was done.. Faking PageRank...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th March 2011, 08:01 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 925
Posted By David Bryant
Re: Can someone clarify the FTC guidelines when it comes to disclosures?

I've highlighted the areas in the sentences below that are the most important to consider.

Where you see absolutes that support your interpretation, I see an intentional use of language to avoid...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th March 2011, 03:49 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,948
Posted By David Bryant
Re: Copying websites content legal?

In the manner that you wrote your question, it would be copyright infringement.

However, you do have choices here. You can simply ask a webmaster if you can republish their content with...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th March 2011, 03:14 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 925
Posted By David Bryant
Re: Can someone clarify the FTC guidelines when it comes to disclosures?

These guidelines in their entirety are based on deceptive practices. If there are none, then there are no regulations to enforce.

I've read the page that you linked to, and it helps to offer a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th March 2011, 02:02 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 925
Posted By David Bryant
Re: Can someone clarify the FTC guidelines when it comes to disclosures?

The guidelines written focus on deceptive practices. Providing an affiliate link, or supporting a paid link on a website do not fall under this blanket, so long as you aren't trying to deceive. If...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th March 2011, 01:37 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 925
Posted By David Bryant
Re: Can someone clarify the FTC guidelines when it comes to disclosures?

You should disclose the fact that you use affiliate links within your Terms and Conditions/Disclaimer page. That is what those legal pages are for on a website.

However, putting them beside of...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th March 2011, 12:57 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 891
Posted By David Bryant
Re: There's a PR 8 on godaddy right now

PageRank is faked by 301 redirecting a domain to another domain that has PageRank. The domain that is redirected assumes the PR of the site it is redirected to (for as long as the redirect is in...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th March 2011, 09:16 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 614
Posted By David Bryant
Re: My site disappeared

Since you are still indexed (proved by using the site: operator) then your site is likely just being compared to your competition. Obtaining links, adding or modifying content can trigger this to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th March 2011, 08:39 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 739
Posted By David Bryant
Re: Is My Blog Indexed?

Mr. Kole is correct.

You can use the "site: " search operator in all of those search engines. If your website is returned, then the pages that are shown have been indexed for search.

Pinging...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th March 2011, 08:30 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 625
Posted By David Bryant
Re: long-time IMers - Is this normal, or is the sky really falling this time?

A good marketer is always open to input from their affiliates. Though, in this case, it should be obvious to the product owner that sales have dropped overall (they may have only decreased for your...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th March 2011, 07:46 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 625
Posted By David Bryant
Re: long-time IMers - Is this normal, or is the sky really falling this time?

No tracking platform is perfect, and of course, Clickbank has (and has had) plenty of its own problems.

However, before blaming anything on CB, or on anything for that matter, take steps to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th March 2011, 07:29 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 661
Posted By David Bryant
Re: Do You Think This Will be a Good Website to Build?

Great advice and resource.

Also Simplybeastz, just because you see other website owners using a trademarked term within their domain name, doesn't mean that they are doing so with the owner's...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th March 2011, 07:17 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 661
Posted By David Bryant
Re: Do You Think This Will be a Good Website to Build?

Mr. Unruh and Mr. Van made some very good comments for you to consider.

Also, you should consider learning more about keyword research. The more accurate numbers for your term are closer to 700...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th March 2011, 06:23 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 671
Posted By David Bryant
Re: How do you find Super/affiliates?

Do you know what a "super affiliate" actually is?

Sure, it is a person (or company) that can effectively promote a product and bring sales in volume. But, do you understand who you are trying to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th March 2011, 02:48 AM
Replies: 71
Views: 1,947
Posted By David Bryant
Re: What made you think about making money online?

I suppose my experience was a bit different, though I had always figured it to be the norm. I seriously entered IM in 2005, but this all happened in 2003

I simply had one question going through...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th March 2011, 01:32 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 508
Posted By David Bryant
Test

Please delete
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th March 2011, 02:41 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 1,942
Posted By David Bryant
Re: In order for 20% of you to succeed 80% of you have to fail

80% do not have to fail for 20% to succeed. Success is not based on failure, but it is based on the elite of a particular group.

In context of your point, in IM, the majority of buyers of IM...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd February 2011, 08:35 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 995
Posted By David Bryant
Re: .com or .info?

You'd be surprised at the questions that I get concerning this subject by people whom you would assume should know these things. :)

Mostly, I wrote this for new marketers. It may seem like...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd February 2011, 08:20 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 995
Posted By David Bryant
Re: .com or .info?

Domain extensions DO affect SEO, and they do so in a very decisive way.

For international and generic top-level domains, such as .com/.net/.org/.info, the value of SEO is even across the board. ...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st February 2011, 04:35 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 860
Posted By David Bryant
Re: There's no such thing!

"A best way"

Many new marketers believe that there must be a "best way" to apply marketing strategies - that there must be a best business model, a best theme, a best way to monetize, a best way...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th February 2011, 11:53 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 752
Posted By David Bryant
Re: Facebook Spam Question

It's 100% spam. The fact that you scraped anyone's email with the intention of sending them a message from any medium is spamming. If the person you are emailing didn't give you their permission to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th February 2011, 11:26 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 667
Posted By David Bryant
Re: Graphical Sales Pages - How To Do It?

It takes four images to duplicate what you see in your example. There is a background image, which remains fixed (the one with the "stop" signs). Then, there are 3 images that make up the body.....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th February 2011, 10:55 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 872
Posted By David Bryant
Re: What Do You Do When The Domain Name You Are Looking For Is Not Available?

If none of the generic TLDs are available, I would create a "suffix" and grab a .com extension as in your example... weightlossblog.com

Though, before I would register such a domain name, I would...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th February 2011, 10:25 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,069
Posted By David Bryant
Re: PLR Content, most Profitable PLR Model/way to use it? Maximizing profits?

If you are creating PLR, it isn't really PLR initially, it's unique content. Selling it as a PLR package of any type will only be as profitable as your marketing skills will allow you to be.

As...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th February 2011, 09:35 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 519
Posted By David Bryant
Re: Take a Look at this Ad

The copy isn't as bad as it first appears. This could be just one segment of an overall campaign, and we're not sure at this point of what the advertiser's intentions are. If they were just going...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th February 2011, 02:58 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 673
Posted By David Bryant
Re: Niche Websites

I'll try to save you from falling privy to a trap that delayed my success initially. There isn't a best theme or layout, a best way to write copy, best colors or positioning of offers, a best...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th February 2011, 01:56 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 481
Posted By David Bryant
Re: I Need Advice! Is It Ethical To Trade A Reoccuring Affiliate Commission For Publicity?

In my opinion, there is another perspective that you should consider. Despite who's idea this is, it is actually a matter to be discussed between the affiliate and the service provider.

Depending...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th February 2011, 06:08 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 375
Posted By David Bryant
Re: same offer converts different on different networks?

I have the same question as Paulie, and in addition, was the traffic source (or keywords) exactly the same as well?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th February 2011, 05:19 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 729
Posted By David Bryant
Re: Hey Warriors:SteadyWeightLoss.org,I Am finally Taking Action!

Actually, his real competition is very low. The "competing page" metric has very little bearing in judging competition.

Az Ozegbe - itsallwhite is correct, it does have very low search volume,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th February 2011, 04:53 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 738
Posted By David Bryant
Re: Is this good or bad business, what do you think?

I agree with the way that you responded. There are many perspectives to consider overall, but how you do business is up to you. :)

Personally, I invite guest bloggers to post free content to my...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 11th February 2011, 03:58 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 1,718
Posted By David Bryant
Re: Your Not A Success And Here's Why.

Thank you, and do know that I wasn't trying to call you out on this, so much as I think it is important to provide the most accurate information possible...especially to new marketers. I pointed out...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 11th February 2011, 03:15 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 1,718
Posted By David Bryant
Re: Your Not A Success And Here's Why.

I would like to address this because it is this type of information that severely limits a marketer's perspective on how they can conduct business online through a niche website/blog.

Focusing on...
Forum: Programming 10th February 2011, 11:29 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,567
Posted By David Bryant
Re: What the heck is H1,H2,H3....H6???NEWBIE ALERT!

They are header tags. Generally <H1>Headers Or Titles Go Here</H1> and would be your most important headlines on your website. This could include your site title, taglines, your article titles, or...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th September 2010, 01:18 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 893
Posted By David Bryant
Re: Do you think paid ADVERTISING really works?

Advertising comes in so many forms, and despite your reluctance to believe that you are susceptible, you do in fact fall prelude to them; and I would bet...daily :)

For example, there is a small...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 14th September 2010, 10:38 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 728
Posted By David Bryant
Re: Need Help with SEO

Choosing the right keywords is only one step of the process to helping you rank higher in the search engines. The best keywords for you, will be those that are the most targeted to your content, and...
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