I haven't used Squidoo in a dogs age, but today, when I wanted to set up my IM Products review blog, I really didn't want to put it on my blogger account.

I'm slowly getting through Lisa Gergets wonderful coaching program to try and learn WordPress, but until I do, parasite hosting works for me.

While I was setting up the product review blog, I gave a bad review of a product.

My bad review IS based on shortcomings in the product, AND on the shortcomings of...

So here's the deal. I'm not a huge list, affiliate marketer at all. I rarely even email my list, and if I do it's a rare tip, or an announcement of a new product I am releasing. But once in a blue moon, I might recommend a product as an affiliate.

And in even rarer instances, I will find a product that I think isn't so good.

I decided to create a Squidoo lens to discuss some of these Internet Marketing products reviews.

Now listen, I usually can't keep a...

First, for those of your who are not yet familiar with what this change is, please read Google's official announcement here: [URL]http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/finding-more-high-quality-sites-in.html[/URL]

The way I see it, many autoblogs and article directories will suffer from this change.

From what I've seen, Google is cracking down on sites that don't use unique content, or have content that is poorly written, and is not very useful.

There has...

Today I'll be working on the other enterprise. I won't be doing so much with IM today but a few thoughts as I continue to work on Site 2. A checklist is helpful to help not forget the basics just before a page goes final. Keywords in the title of the page, metatag data, with correct urls, and targeted content. This is what I have been learning about with Site number 2. There is still no substitute for proofreading the site and having another pair of eyes take a look at your work, even if those eyes...

Let's hope not.

In our last post, we talked about what one of my REAL JV partners called "The Indian JV'r," (no disrespect intended to any Native American Indians, I am married to one).

Now, when I first saw the product I was impressed with all that it could do. Upon making some suggestions to him privately, he became defensive. Staunchly insisting the he had already put months of work into it and simply did not want to put 6 more hours into it.

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