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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st July 2011, 03:40 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,056
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Always Amazed at the Random Stuff People Pick Up from Amazon...

If you notice any trends or recurring sales, it might pay off to make a site promoting those sorts of items.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th June 2011, 09:58 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,271
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: New Google Site Layout - What Do You Think?

Google fixed something that wasn't broken.

The change is designed to call attention to other Google services that most people don't use or care about.

G is trying to get people signed up and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th June 2011, 09:17 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 3,448
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Amazon review sites

Just get your content up and indexed as soon as possible. Worry about the bells and whistles later.

Making money as an Amazon affiliate is a whole new ballgame now that Panda has reared its ugly...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th June 2011, 01:40 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,093
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: An ezine publisher picked up one of my articles from EZA

Just wait a week, then do a Google search for a unique sentence contained in the article. If he published it on the 'web, it might show up in G (probably outranking your original, lol).

If he...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th June 2011, 09:39 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 864
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Harvesting proxies with Scrapebox

Hover your mouse pointer over the button and it'll tell you what the button's function is.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 31st May 2011, 09:45 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 614
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Amazon or Adsense Sites?

I like building sites around real, tangible products.

If you sell an item at Amazon worth $150, you make around $10 commission.

There are lots of folks who would love to create an adsense...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th May 2011, 02:14 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,878
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: 100 visitors a day but poor conversion Amazon rate.. what am I doing wrong?

Nobody reads a long page of copy about a perfume. If someone does, he's a crackpot.

Your goal is to make money. To do that, you have to get as many clickthroughs to Amazon as possible.

Put...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th May 2011, 10:13 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 1,035
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Seriously guys what is wrong with my site it just will not rank can anyone have a look ?

Load that site into Google's webmaster tools and you'll find out what long-tail phrases your site ranks for. Then start working on the most promising ones.

Sneak up on it from behind.

If you...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th May 2011, 10:05 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 1,711
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Adsense account closed. Earnings lost

Go through the appeals process. It may take up to a month before they reinstate you (if they decide to do so). Of course, if you have TOS violations on your site(s), fix them up before you appeal....
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th May 2011, 10:02 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 520
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Can't Move Past #16 ..Help

Get a link from the front page of the New York Times. Once you do, your rank will improve substantially.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 12th April 2011, 10:05 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,624
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: My Traffic Dropped Suddenly By 70%

Read the Google Webmaster Blog. They explain that they just altered their ranking algorithm for people in your part of the world. They also explain how to check your sites for factors that indicate...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th April 2011, 09:25 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 875
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: How do i let google know about my backlinks?

The less Google knows about those junk links, the better.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th April 2011, 09:13 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,241
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Ezine Articles Views and CTR

50 articles and only 100 clicks?

You have to figure out what made your best article(s) a success and stick to what works.

Click through rate is meaningless if you only have 8 views....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th April 2011, 03:51 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,116
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Argh! Writers block and no inspiration, how do you deal?

Deal with writer's block like this:


Before you start, make sure your articles are highly targeted on one phrase or idea
If research is needed, make a list with one main fact or idea per...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th April 2011, 12:22 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,171
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Is forcing peole to like your fan page a good idea?

Yes, it's a good idea.

Facebook doesn't currently police the 'likes' to detect whether they're legitimate. And since 'likes' are becoming a factor for getting traffic to your page and/or...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th March 2011, 08:19 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,121
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: scrapebox experts please

If you're doing an InTitle: or InUrl: search, Google is a lot more touchy than if you just do a basic keyword search.

Google bans your IP (or the proxy you're using) a lot more readily when...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 25th February 2011, 10:25 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 882
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Is Ezine Dead? Google Aglorithim Change

Yes, it's dead. Send your articles to me.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 25th February 2011, 09:47 PM
Replies: 69
Views: 2,914
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Is It Just Me Or Have Ezine Articles Lost Rank In The Last Couple Days?

It's not surprising.

Buzzle makes you write at least 600 words.

They require unique content.

They have a strict editorial policy and they'll delete articles that don't measure up.
...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 25th February 2011, 09:36 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 2,299
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Feb 24th Google Update a Killer? Find out who is hurt and how to fix it...

My traffic is up around 15%.

I write long, comprehensive articles that are a one stop shop for information seekers. When they read my page, they don't need to go back to Google and look for...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 24th February 2011, 09:49 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 831
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: SEO & Traffic: Article Marketing vs. Blog commenting

Do them both, then come to your own conclusions.

There are thousands of threads on this forum. Most of them are started by people who want you to feel like you need to buy whatever it is they're...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 24th February 2011, 09:46 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 518
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: SEO with Market Samurai

Trying to learn SEO from a forum is counterproductive.

Get a good book on SEO and read it cover to cover.

Then you'll know just about everything worth knowing; then you can use forums to keep...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 24th February 2011, 09:37 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 430
Posted By JaySchmidt
Want some contextual backlinks from a relevent site, for free?

Everyone wants backlinks on a relevent page from a site in the same niche.

Right?

But few people think about the value of internal linking on your own website.

If you're trying to rank...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 24th February 2011, 09:33 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 865
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Would you buy a parked domain for its page rank?

If you can find a parked domain with some good links pointing to it, it's worth buying. If the links are junk, or if they all come from the same network of sites, they're worthless and they'll...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 24th February 2011, 09:26 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 664
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Google Penalizes Overstock

You sound like one of those folks who never lets the truth get in the way of a good story.

In any event, I'm glad Overstock is being penalized; they've been a thorn in my side for ages.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 19th February 2011, 05:07 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 424
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: SEO Help??? I'm # 9

If your competitors are trying to rank in the SERPs for your keyphrase, you're going to have a very difficult time dislodging them, no matter what sort of on-page and on-site stuff you do.
...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 19th February 2011, 05:02 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 490
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Concerns about my backlinking strategy

Those "high PR" sites you intend to create will be worthless.

Take your public domain stuff and use it to write a high-quality article.

Then, ask some other website owner with a trusted,...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 19th February 2011, 05:00 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,126
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Scrapebox - Is there a way to put anchor text.

Just add the anchor text after the URL. Like this:

http://victimblog.com {make money|make money online|mmo|make money without working|get rich while laying by pool}

...and so forth.

To...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th February 2011, 02:39 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 665
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Has Anyone Had Much Luck Getting Traffic From "Amazines"?

I guess you can get a link from Amazines, but using for traffic is iffy...

After all, have you ever seen an Amazines page in the SERPs while you were browsing around? I haven't.

I think most...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th February 2011, 10:50 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,375
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Do you get traffic from Reddit?

You can't just make an account at Reddit, post a link, and watch the traffic roll in.

But if some established Redditer (Reddite? Red Menace? Reddude? what are they called anyway?) links to your...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th February 2011, 10:42 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 893
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Amazon review site questions

There are 2 types of Amazon review sites:

Where you get search engine traffic related to a product keyword
Where you get general (non-product related) traffic and try to convince them that a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th February 2011, 10:36 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 768
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Should I Leave Blogger?

Host the blog yourself rather than relying on Google. They can remove your blog for various reasons, some of which are not under your control. If you self-host, you're safe. You don't have to go...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th February 2011, 12:18 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,352
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Best Amazon Plan

Yeah, go for the Amazonian profit plan. All you need to know to make $$$ ethically and sustainably right there.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 14th February 2011, 12:23 PM
Replies: 100
Views: 4,045
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Lost my AdSense account

Yes, your points are all valid.

Adsense works for advertisers and for publishers.

But I think it would work better if there were fewer tiny adsense sites.

Even if it is 'profitable', it's...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 13th February 2011, 10:07 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 887
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: if my squidoo lens hasn't been indexed, should I bookmark it n build links for it or should I wa

Make sure you use a lot of good tags.

Some of squidoo's tag pages are high page rank -- like pagerank 4 or 5 -- and they get crawled often.

If your lens shows up on one of the good tag pages,...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 13th February 2011, 09:57 PM
Replies: 100
Views: 4,045
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Lost my AdSense account

You use the phrase 'targeted content niche site' like it's something valuable and desireable.

The fact of the matter is, without an exact match domain, those sites are virtually worthless.

It...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 13th February 2011, 07:59 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 799
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Starting From Scratch - Need Advice

I looked at your farm site and it's very nice.

Those amazon sidebar widgets convert very poorly. You're better off putting a text link to a relevent amazon page in an article.

Find every...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 13th February 2011, 07:01 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,746
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: JCPenny get's Google Slapped

Google ends up looking bad because it proves their ballyhooed algorithm can't tell what the real worth of a web page is.

The NYT looks bad because its reporter doesn't seem to realize that...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 13th February 2011, 06:18 PM
Replies: 100
Views: 4,045
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Lost my AdSense account

Adsense advertisers don't want their ads showing up on crappy 'niche' sites full of $5 articles.

If advertisers wanted that sort of traffic, they'd pay their own $5 writers to create web pages...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th January 2011, 11:03 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,041
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: My 4 year journey with EZA

Great titles, ideal number of words, proven resource box, keyword research, desire created in reader, blah, blah, blah, blah.

The fact is, it's not worth doing EZA unless you get on the 'most...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th January 2011, 10:25 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 805
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: My Article got Syndicated, Now What??

Your ArticlesBase article is being automatically syndicated by wordpress sites using an autoblog plugin.

Frankly, those links are worth what you paid for them.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 19th November 2010, 07:15 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 993
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: how to find every keyword my site ranks for?

Fire up Google Webmaster Tools and go to the 'search queries' screen. Then filter by average position.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th October 2010, 09:10 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 433
Posted By JaySchmidt
EzineArticles now hiding all the search terms?

Looks like Ezine Articles made some changes to the statistics readouts.

I can no longer see the search terms used to find my articles in the search engines. The data is available only to paid...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th August 2010, 03:02 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 588
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: MicroNicheFinder/OCI Question

To the best of my knowledge, the OCI is a stat provided by microsoft/Bing. If you hunt around in the microsoft adCenter, you can find it.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th August 2010, 04:53 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 541
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Any pitfalls in submitting to Ezine?

Don't target the same keyword.

If your site is new, EzineArticles will outrank you for the keyword, especially if your article gets on the 'most viewed' list or otherwise gains some pagerank.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th August 2010, 02:55 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 507
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Political blog, how do you do keyword research?

Keyword research for a political blog is not as important as it is for a gardening site. Of course, you still want to do traditional keyword research so you can write important 'sticky' posts that...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th August 2010, 04:28 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 674
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Can Money Be Made With A Lebron James Blog?

I have a blog about a sports figure who is waaaaay less well-known than Lebron, and it makes like 2 or 3 dollars a day from adsense. But I have to write a new post every day. Set up google alerts...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th August 2010, 03:51 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 642
Posted By JaySchmidt
Benefits, not features

Experts on persuasive writing always tell us to communicate the benefits of whatever we're trying to sell (not the features).

They say, "You buy a drill bit not because you want a drill bit, but...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th August 2010, 05:37 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,623
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Anyone Bought WP SEOPressor?

It's nice to have, but probably not worth $97.

Basically, it tells you whether you have your keyword in various SEO-critical places.

The main problem is that it's not intelligent.

If your...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th July 2010, 02:28 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,233
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: how do you deal with writers block

Blocks come about when you're not clear about what you should be writing. I find that starting with a good outline (or even a few bullet points) helps me get back on track. I use the outlining...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th July 2010, 07:43 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 439
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Couple of Adsense Questions

Don't reinvent the wheel. Go to the biggest made for adsense sites you can find -- sites like associated content, ehow, ezinearticles, etc. -- and see how they position ads relative to the content. ...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 25th July 2010, 01:55 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,045
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Mr-Wong no follow now?

Mr. Wong was always good for some links. I'm sad to see that it has changed.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th July 2010, 11:34 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 472
Posted By JaySchmidt
Amazon sites and browser ad-blockers

I wonder what percentage of users have an ad blocker plugin for their browser?

As I gradually switch from using Amazon's iframe picture ads to Amazon text links, my click through rate is...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th July 2010, 12:11 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 2,799
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: I'm giving away another two memberships to the War Room..

I'm sick and tired of being beaten up, and I heard there's no fighting in the war room.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th May 2010, 10:50 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,022
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: Warrior forum tip

Don't let the haters get you down. I agree: the forum is just too slow.

I take screenshots of the forum and read them in Photoshop.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th May 2010, 03:51 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 1,186
Posted By JaySchmidt
Re: If There Were No Search Engines....

I would forget internet marketing and invent the world's first search engine. Then I'd retire a billionaire.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th May 2010, 03:47 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 685
Posted By JaySchmidt
Free extra-large RSS symbol in PSD format

http://winesnob.info/huge-rss-red.jpg

Here's a photoshop .psd of a huge red rss symbol. Use it however you want. If you have photoshop, you can modify it however you like.
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