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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(from my WF Profile Page, and possible other sources...)

I recently offered to JV with someone whose product I liked. In hindsight, I'm actually glad I didn't promote the product due to some concerns I have about the creators staunch refusal to structure and package it correctly, as it's set up will be confusing and a definite 'information overload' to newbies who would actually benefit the most from it, but we're getting off track.

Simply put, the creator said yes...

Syndication has been a fundamental part of advertising since print has been in existence. The really nice thing about it is the fact that if you actually provide valuable information, you will brand yourself in the process. I'm not talking about branding yourself like you would cattle, I'm talking about building a reputation as a resource in your industry or niche. I'm referring to your becoming the "go-to" guy for what matters in that industry or niche. Blogging is a great way to do this...