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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th January 2024, 12:51 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 999
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: What do you think is the first step in marketing?

The first step is choosing the right niche (for you).
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd April 2018, 09:46 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 414
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: What is your experience using ShareASale (SAS)?

I understand what you are saying but the platform does play a role. There are many platforms, some cheap (e.g. AdsMain) and others expensive (e.g. cj.com). For example, being a merchant on cj.com can...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd April 2018, 12:29 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 414
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: What is your experience using ShareASale (SAS)?

Are there Warriors that currently have merchant accounts on ShareASale?

Would love to hear if you think using this platform is giving you a good ROI.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd April 2018, 04:32 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 414
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: What is your experience using ShareASale (SAS)?

Thank you for your reply, much appreciated. I can work on recruiting affiliates but then I might as well use my own in-house affiliate program (I am using Shopify and there are several affiliate aps...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st April 2018, 04:27 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 414
Posted By Francois du_Toit
What is your experience using ShareASale (SAS)?

Hey Warriors,

I would like to join shareasale as a merchant and list my products (physical products in the health niche) on it to attract quality affiliates.

I have heard some good things about...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 26th June 2012, 10:58 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,291
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: Which is Easier to Rank? Hubpages or Squidoo?

I have not done enough testing yet but in my opinion, all else being equal, Hubpages outrank Squidoo. Btw, this is based on my personal experience.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 16th April 2012, 03:37 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,128
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: My personal 2 year old site has disappeared from Google SERP's

You're welcome. Just replied to your pm with some suggestions. ;)
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 16th April 2012, 02:20 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,128
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: My personal 2 year old site has disappeared from Google SERP's

I will have a look as well if you pm me the url. I suspect you have some on-page problems (over-optimization) but let me have a look and I'll get back to you asap.

As a matter of interest, none...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th March 2012, 11:57 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 761
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: Partially-Hyphenated EMD's

Really? Once again I am asking you on what do you base your statement.

"To answer a common question, Google doesn’t algorithmically penalize for dashes in the url."
Source: Dashes vs....
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 28th March 2012, 11:47 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 761
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: Partially-Hyphenated EMD's

Welcome.



Really? The is not the case in my experience and Google has made that clear as well on many different occasions. On what do you base this assumption? If you have conducted extensive...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 28th March 2012, 12:52 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,028
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 28th March 2012, 12:42 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 603
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: How Can I Maintain Multiple Keywords Positions

Your question does not make sense to me...

Let's start here, are you targeting one keyword per page or more than one per page?

Why do you feel that too many backlinks will harm your site?...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 28th March 2012, 12:17 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 430
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: pages with no backlinks to page

It should be easy enough to outrank such a site if you know what you're doing. I have done it many times. In fact, it's one of the things I look for when evaluating the competition. ;)
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 28th March 2012, 12:03 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,454
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: EXPERT CHALLENGE: What link building strategies will work after latest Google algorithm change?

I agree.

1) Links should look natural, e.g. diversify anchor text and try to obtain links from many different sources.

2) Post only quality content on your site and make sure that your...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 28th March 2012, 11:45 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 761
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: Partially-Hyphenated EMD's

You're welcome. Personally, I would not go for any of the above... The search volume is simply too low. But, if I had to choose one I would go for the non-hyphenated EMD as a personal preference.
...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 28th March 2012, 12:38 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 761
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: Partially-Hyphenated EMD's

I have often seen partially-hyphenated EMD's rank well for competitive keywords.

I have not tested this myself but I believe it will work just fine. It may look a bit strange but it doesn't seem...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th March 2012, 08:18 AM
Replies: 223
Views: 9,509
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: Fiverr Sucks!!!

What a naive and ignorant statement to make. I am sorry to say but with such a narrow-minded mindset the odds of you building a successful internet marketing business are not in your favor... ;)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th March 2012, 07:25 AM
Replies: 92
Views: 4,173
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: HOSTGATOR blocked me

You are still sharing server resources with others even if you have a VPS so upgrading to a VPS may not be the right solution. Yes, a VPS is far less restrictive but if you have a CPU surge Hostgator...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th March 2012, 04:03 PM
Replies: 92
Views: 4,173
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: HOSTGATOR blocked me

The best advice I can give you should you experience a similar problem in the future is to work with Hostgator. Their online chat reps have limited access to information but are normally more than...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th February 2012, 03:10 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 413
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: Article marketing question

Here is what works for me... Submit a high quality article to EzineArticles.com and once they appove it (it should automatically be indexed by Google very quickly) then submit the same article to a...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 21st February 2012, 09:00 AM
Replies: 103
Views: 24,352
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: Free PR3+ Instant Approval article directory lists

Several of them have the rel="nofollow" attribute. ;)
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 18th February 2012, 07:18 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,130
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: Get Google PR Easily

That's simply not true. ;)
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 12th February 2012, 04:45 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 8,313
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: Which looks better .org or .net

Personally, in most cases, I would go with a .org before a .net but that is just my personal preference. You must do what feels right for you. It doesn't really matter what we think.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th February 2012, 01:53 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 371
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: SEO Question

Are you talking about 2.7 million broad searches? What are the exact search results?
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th February 2012, 01:45 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 5,745
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: Is 247backlinks.info any good?

So has the service helped your website to rank better for your keyword(s)? Are you using it regularly?
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th February 2012, 12:44 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 5,745
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: Is 247backlinks.info any good?

Ok, I understand your PageRank dropped but did your site rank better, worse or remained more or less in the same position after using the service?

I know there are many other ways to get high PR...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th February 2012, 11:09 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 5,745
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Is 247backlinks.info any good?

I am thinking of testing 247backlinks.info... If you don't know what it is, it's a site that offers you 1,000 free forum profile links (or 400 free forum profile links with PageRank) when you join.
...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th February 2012, 01:08 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 359
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: Website not ranking

Be patient. The last website I built (very competitive keyword) didn't rank in the first 50 pages either for more than a month and then suddenly jumped to page 4. Two weeks is not a lot of time. It...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th February 2012, 01:27 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 847
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: I was Hacked!

One of my sites got hacked last year... It sucks! But, Hostgator also came to my rescue and sorted it all out in no time at all.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th February 2012, 09:11 AM
Replies: 55
Views: 3,647
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: Utterly Disappointed And Frustrated with Hostgator - Anyone Facing The Same Issues?

Hostgator's VPS and Dedicated Servers allow an unlimited number of simultaneous processes. But, according to Hostgator "unlimited" does not mean infinite. It only means they do not set a limit and...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 7th February 2012, 08:02 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 552
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: Page not indexed yet.

Google knows and sees all! :eek:
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 7th February 2012, 02:56 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 3,527
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: Are No Follow Links Really Worthless?

Interesting discussion with some strong views (and opinions :rolleyes:).

The difference between the two is very simple, the rel="nofollow" attribute does not pass PageRank. That's the only...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 30th January 2012, 04:16 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 505
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: all in one seo, other than that??

Another vote for Platinum SEO.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 30th January 2012, 04:09 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,220
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: Moving From Bluehost ..Any good VPS?

I have a VPS with Hostgator. I can highly recommend them!
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 28th January 2012, 04:18 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 25,368
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: Hostgator vs Bluehost

I have never used Bluehost so I have no opinion on them. However, I have been with Hostgator for many years and they are AWESOME! I can't imagine using anyone else.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th January 2012, 04:05 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 506
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: Ezine Accepted My First Article...What's Next?

I had to smile while reading your article. I went to the Rio Carnival a couple of years ago and loved it! Good memories!

Spinning an article into 40 different articles? Really? Now more than ever...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th January 2012, 03:49 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,118
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: EMD Sniper Sites or One Large Site? Thoughts?

If you need a second opinion just pm me what niche & keywords you are going to target and I'll give you my opinion on it. :)
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th January 2012, 03:27 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,118
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: EMD Sniper Sites or One Large Site? Thoughts?

I agree with you that EMDs still work. My impression is just that Google is giving them less weight and I am curious if other Warriors have experienced this as well, especially in competitive niches....
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th January 2012, 03:17 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,118
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: EMD Sniper Sites or One Large Site? Thoughts?

Thank you for your comment. Is this just your opinion or is it based on your test results?

I run a lot of tests on many different domains, some targeting very competitive keywords and niches...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th January 2012, 03:02 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,118
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: EMD Sniper Sites or One Large Site? Thoughts?

Thank you for sharing your opinion. Have you done any tests lately?

I am under the impression that Google is giving less "points" for EMDs than they used to and is leaning towards larger sites...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th January 2012, 01:40 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,118
Posted By Francois du_Toit
EMD Sniper Sites or One Large Site? Thoughts?

Hey guys,

I do a lot of testing and consider myself quite knowledgeable when it comes to SEO. However, I was wondering if any Warriors have tested EMD sniper sites vs. building larger authority...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 20th January 2012, 12:01 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 754
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: Site not indexed by search engines

Several methods that used to work well in the past are no longer effective. I have no idea why... I can only assume that they were abused to some extent and that Google caught on.

Social...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 5th January 2012, 09:25 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 3,213
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: All my 10 sites were hacked! hosted on justhost

I am with hostgator and one of my sites hot hacked recently... But,
hostgator was on to it in a flash and fixed the problem in no time at all.

So, having a good host won't prevent your sites...
Forum: Mind Warriors 25th August 2010, 05:20 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 495
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Lightbulb Your thoughts on CakeSpoon.com?

Hey Mind Warriors,

I recently decided to go ahead with an idea that I have been playing with for quite a while, namely establishing a new social networking community where members can share...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th August 2010, 12:42 AM
Replies: 69
Views: 10,890
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: I Want To Be A Billionaire So Freakin' Bad

Fully agree. I think you are referring to what Wallace D. Wattles mentioned in his book "The Science Of Getting Rich".

Btw, you can download the book for free from my blog > Francois du Toit...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd August 2010, 11:30 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,234
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: He's 52 Today!

Happy Birthday Paul!

And, thanks for doing such a great job moderating this forum! :)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd June 2010, 02:00 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 654
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Can anyone recommend a good video sharing script?

Hey guys,

I have been struggling for the last two months to find a good video
sharing script that allows for vBulletin and Wordpress integration.

There is no shortage of scripts out there...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 17th June 2010, 01:14 AM
Replies: 406
Views: 11,310
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: Hey Warriors - What Country Are You From?

South Africa, I think. With so many visitors here for the world cup and different flags all over the place I might as well be anywhere else in the world right now. :D
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 7th June 2010, 12:31 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 755
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: Can I get some backlink advice?

EZA and Hubpages will most probably not be enough...

* Use social news sites and bookmark your RSS feeds.

* Submit your RSS feeds to RSS directories (including your Hubpage RSS feed and your...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th February 2010, 06:47 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 591
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: Anyone else having this problem with Aweber?

Hi Jay,

I did search the forum before starting this thread but I couldn't find
anything. Will have another look.

Thanks,

Francois
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th February 2010, 06:43 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 591
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: Anyone else having this problem with Aweber?

Hi Suzanne,

My bounce rate also used to be well under 1%. The broadcast message I
sent out last night had a bounce rate of 4.7%! Btw, according to Aweber
my spam score is 0.

What worries me...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th February 2010, 05:21 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 591
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Anyone else having this problem with Aweber?

Hey guys,

About two weeks ago I noticed a significant increase in the number of
bounces when I send a broadcast message to my list.

According to Aweber, bounces are "the total number of...
Forum: Warriors For Hire 28th December 2009, 03:22 AM
Replies: 4,299
Views: 344,984
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: DoFollow Blog Commenting Service (5 cents/link) - Dominate Google's first page NOW - 35 Rave Rev

Hi Joe,

This looks like a really great service you're offering.

I just placed a small trial order (Order Ref. 39389913) and sent you an email about your reseller program. :)

Looking...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd November 2009, 08:42 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 627
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: feedburner problem

If it's a new blog you may have to publish at least one post before FeedBurner will pick up your feed...

All the best,

Francois
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th November 2009, 09:45 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 660
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: Amazon astore - help

Hi Adam,

Yes, you can use Wordpress. Just use a theme that is wide enough if you want to embed the aStore on your site. I found that most themes are not wide enough and will cut off your...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th November 2009, 09:25 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 3,058
Posted By Francois du_Toit
Re: How to get in the "Most Viewed" section of EzineArticles

Hi Kim,

As far as I know you can't Digg an article from EzineArticles. ;)

This makes me wonder if you're actually applying the "tips" you are sharing in this thread. :eek:

All the best,
...
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