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Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 11th January 2011, 10:06 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 745
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Planning to start a new web site

Depends on what keywords you're going to target. Doing proper keyword research ahead of time will either make or break your new site.

I wrote a blog post the end of last year that goes in-depth...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 16th December 2010, 08:42 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 525
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Traffic...Tracking

Depends what links you want to track. That would be ideal for tracking affiliate links, where you're not going to get any kind of stats.

If you want to track traffic coming to your own website...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 5th December 2010, 08:13 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 638
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Is it a good idea ?

However, using a subdirectory IS a good idea. For example, you could have site.com/recommends/pips as your subdirectory. This is what I do to mask/cloak my affiliate URL's.
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 5th December 2010, 08:10 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 672
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: SPAM COMMENTS!!

Akismet is great, but it doesn't solve the problem of receiving spam. The spam comes through, and you end up having to check the filter to make sure no legit comments got caught in it.

Here's a...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 2nd December 2010, 02:55 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,448
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: cloaking/redirecting a domain

You can use bit.ly | Basic | a simple URL shortener (http://bit.ly) as well, which actually shortens the URL. You can customize the shortened URL, and you're also provided with stats for each URL you...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 4th November 2010, 09:52 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 697
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Declined by Adsense

It should only take a few posts on your Blogger blog to get approved, but make sure you use your blog as the URL when registering, and don't link to any affiliate programs from your blog until after...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 27th October 2010, 01:38 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 683
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: I need some advice

You can do article marketing, blog commenting, forum posting just as you are here, and blogging. These are just a few of the free marketing methods you can employ to get traffic to your site. As long...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 5th October 2010, 09:57 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 4,799
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Host4Profit -

Missed it somehow. Thanks, Pat!
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 22nd September 2010, 10:56 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,727
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: co-op

I saw they changed the price to a one-time fee, which I think is a very good thing. The new changes look promising as well. I think I'll get back into the co-op at some point. Dustin knows what he's...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 17th September 2010, 04:11 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 637
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Help plse

Directing the ad to a landing page or blog post is what you should do. If you're directing the ad to your home page or the PIPS sales page then that's seen as duplicate content because there are...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 12th September 2010, 05:47 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,743
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Google Instant : Death Blow To Long Tail Keywords?

Not at all.

Here's a blog post by Jon Leger you may want to check out:

Does Google Instant change the SEO game? : Jonathan Leger...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 18th August 2010, 02:15 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,007
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: I Need Your Feed

Hey Dele,

I understand your concerns. Over the long-term, pure duplicate content probably won't have the same benefits that unique content can bring. But if you're short on time, like Stephen and...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 13th July 2010, 07:49 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 812
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Google And Link Diversity

The more diverse your link building, the better. Tristen is spot on.
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 30th June 2010, 11:06 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 500
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Some question

1. A lot of places, but both NameCheap and HostGator are good. I have reviews of both on my blog.

2. Your articles should be relevant to your site.

3. Either Aweber or GetResponse.

4. If...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 30th June 2010, 11:00 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,606
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Allowing Do Follow Blog Comment & Effect On PR

There is absolutely no loss of PR by allowing "do follow" comments. Yes, the PR is passed on, but you don't lose any.

I recommend allowing "do follow" comments on your blog for the advantages you...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 15th June 2010, 04:53 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 733
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Outsource PIPS?

Hi Jaq,

You can outsource pretty much anything. I mainly outsource content writing, blog commenting, forum posting, etc. Depending on what I need the content for, I'll do any technical stuff...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 7th May 2010, 03:58 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,907
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: PIPS Co-op or Total Content Domination???

I also agree with Trent. I'd recommend going the article marketing route. The articles that Dustin's team provides are very good quality. As Pat said, he knows his stuff, and I'd recommend his...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 15th April 2010, 10:59 AM
Replies: 3,329
Views: 219,015
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: PIPS Members: Get Your Hot BLOG Backlinks Here!

Laugh A Little – Get Free Daily Web Cartoons (http://www.replaceyoursalary.com/work-from-home-blog/wordpress/laugh-a-little-get-free-daily-web-cartoons)

Hey bloggers, get access to free daily web...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 29th March 2010, 08:19 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,133
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: I will never give up but.........

Hey Graham,

I can understand your position and reasoning. I wish you the best in your new country and with your romantic interest. Keep us posted on how things are going, and I look forward to see...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 24th March 2010, 03:51 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 609
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Need Advice on switching from Blogger to WP

Yes, just create a new sub-folder, naming it whatever you want it to be. Then, install the WP blog in that new sub-folder.

That's exactly what I did when I moved to WP. I still have my old Blogger...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 26th February 2010, 09:45 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,013
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Internet Explorer??? Which is better???

I haven't used Google Chrome, but I can tell you Firefox beats Internet Explorer hands down. There are numerous internet marketing add-ons/plug-ins available that will definitely save you time....
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 26th February 2010, 09:42 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 575
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: LOOKING FOR E-ZINES THAT HAVE FREE ADS

You can do a search on Google. This should provide a wide array of e-zines. However, you only want to deal with quality e-zines, and make sure the subscribers are targeted for your ads.

You may be...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 20th February 2010, 04:35 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 2,259
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: i want to sell my website

Yes, it's definitely a good idea. Building backlinks will help increase the website's ranking in search engines. This will help drive more and more traffic to your site, and even though it's not...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 1st February 2010, 07:18 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 2,012
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: All PIPS Members Will Benefit From This!

Bill,

Well done on creating a system that is going to help PIPS members. I believe a lot of newbies are going to be thanking you for this. Heck, even experienced members like myself will be...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 23rd January 2010, 08:58 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 815
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Help on backlinks

All of my links seem to still be intact.

Here's a tip you all can use:

Create a Google Alert for the user name you use for these sites. Hint: your user name should be the same on every site you...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 14th January 2010, 05:06 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,525
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: No article directories accept plr articles

I agree with Pat and John. The articles need to be substantially changed in order to be seen as unique. This benefits you greatly in the end, even if it creates more work for you than you wanted. At...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 3rd January 2010, 02:04 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 770
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Content Help

Adminder is a worthwhile investment if you're using it to track your leads. I'm not sure how to use the site, though, as I'm not a member. Maybe someone else will chime in and provide some input.
...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 2nd January 2010, 07:20 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 770
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Content Help

I would recommend staying away from article spinners. Write the articles yourself or hire someone to write them for you. That's the best way to go. Unfortunately there is no shortcut when it comes to...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 2nd January 2010, 07:15 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,049
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Social Bookmarking

I use socialmarker.com and post blog posts and website pages to the dofollow sites. For automatic submissions... if you have Wordpress, use the OnlyWire social bookmark plugin.
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 26th December 2009, 07:09 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 815
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Help on backlinks

Here's the deal...

With packages like this, where you have hundreds of people signing up for an account only to get a backlink or two, the owners of the sites catch on and remove the ability to...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 24th December 2009, 05:58 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 906
Posted By Alan Mater
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 20th December 2009, 08:52 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 555
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: My website gets a push

$500 per month is very commendable, Charles. Well done.

What Pat said about PR is correct; however, if you want to boost your PR, just get high PR backlinks. I wrote a blog post regarding this...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 18th December 2009, 01:16 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,644
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Easy Backlink Builder - Any Good?

When signing up for the sites, you should use your name, or at least part of it. The people that get their accounts deleted right away are the ones using their website name as their username or using...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 16th December 2009, 07:28 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 681
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: article summission problem

Sometimes this happens even if the link is in fact correct. If you have double, even triple checked your link, and you know it's not broken, simply re-submit the article, and it should go through...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th December 2009, 03:19 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 1,331
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Have You Ever Had EA Reject Your Articles For 'No Reason'?

Well said.

It all comes down to writing high quality content and not regurgitated crap that everyone has seen ten times over. They emphasize on "Raising the bar" with your articles. This means...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 23rd November 2009, 08:42 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 2,343
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Article Spinners & the Duplicate Content Myths

The best article spinner is yourself. Seriously. "Article spinners" are a waste of time and money. You're better off changing it yourself or having someone else do it for you.

I like Free Traffic...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 22nd November 2009, 04:53 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 739
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: What, exactly, should be in my meta tags

You essentially have these three things: Title, Description and Keywords.

You want your main keywords you're targeting to be in all three.

Taking a look at yours, your Title doesn't have any...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 29th October 2009, 08:50 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 948
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Need Help in Knowing How to Track my Ads.

No, sorry.

Here's the GetResponse form code:

This is the part of the code you can change:

Just change the value to whatever number you want.

What you could do is create a separate sqeeze...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 22nd October 2009, 07:49 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 568
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Jump starting traffic

Hi Dns,

You're probably not going to want to hear this, but article marketing, blogging and backlinking is the best way to get traffic. Taking shortcuts will just waste your time when you should...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 19th October 2009, 07:16 PM
Replies: 118
Views: 20,635
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Congratulations SFI Achievers! (Post YOUR SFI Successes Here)

Hi Charles,

It's hard to say. Many of us are facing the same issues. I would say just continue to follow up with them and keep motivating them. The more they see your messages, the better chance...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 19th October 2009, 07:14 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 563
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Opt-in question....

Hi SW,

I would say yes. I'm assuming that opt-in page has your GetResponse opt-in form code that's connected to the account that contains those emails Stone set up for you. So if that is true,...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 13th October 2009, 02:59 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 564
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Newbie needs Day 12 help

Hi ebizdame,

JS answered your question well. I just wanted to add that creating unique content includes writing articles and submitting them to article directories, and also using the content on...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 8th October 2009, 09:00 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 557
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Google isnt the only one...now its the FTC

Yeah, I don't know how they're going to be able to enforce it for one. And, the whole idea behind it is absolutely bogus. It's not going to "protect" the site visitors any. Just another reason for...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 4th October 2009, 07:52 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 926
Posted By Alan Mater
Twitter Users - Benefits of Twellow.com

This is for all you Twitter users out there, and I know there's many. There's a Twitter Yellow Directory site called Twellow.com (http://www.twellow.com). After seeing someone post about it on...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 22nd September 2009, 02:05 PM
Replies: 3,329
Views: 219,015
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: PIPS Members: Get Your Hot BLOG Backlinks Here!

Review of SFI Marketing Group (SFIMG) (http://www.replaceyoursalary.com/work-from-home-blog/work-from-home/review-sfi-marketing-group-sfimg)

It's not too often you'll find an honest and unbiased...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 15th September 2009, 01:21 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,095
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Inspiration from a Jobless and Homeless Woman

Hi Satya,

What kind of work do you want to do as a freelancer? Something in the IT field? There is a lot of demand for that type of work. My suggestion would be to get signed up with freelance...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 15th September 2009, 08:36 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,095
Posted By Alan Mater
Inspiration from a Jobless and Homeless Woman

A while back I came across an article that I thought I would share with everyone. It's about a jobless and homeless woman who started a blog to write about her situation and ended up landing a job...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 12th September 2009, 08:58 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 561
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: does that legal ?

Pat gave you great advice.

The only thing I wanted to add is that duplicate content is only a factor if you have more than one page on your own site that contains the exact same content.

For...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 8th September 2009, 11:52 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 751
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: WordPress Upgrade Video Guide

Hi Satya,

Since you're using HostGator, just go to Fantistico in your CPanel and find Wordpress on the left hand column. Click that and start the install process. It will install Wordpress on your...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 5th September 2009, 12:30 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,716
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Upgrade Wordpress to 2.8.4 - Security Threat

Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Pat.

I've been putting off updating my blogs, but after reading this I'm going to go ahead and do it. I'm in the process of backing everything up now.
...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 2nd September 2009, 02:38 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,280
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Warrior Forum Upgrade

Thanks for adding that note, Pat.

Of course, that's clearly spelled out in the announcement thread that I linked to, so I would assume that everybody would be able to read it. But, you never know....
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 2nd September 2009, 12:45 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,280
Posted By Alan Mater
Warrior Forum Upgrade

Hey guys,

By now you're probably aware that the Warrior Forum is now again a paid forum, with a standard free membership. If not, head on over to the Announcement forum and read this thread:...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 13th August 2009, 07:15 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,095
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: food for thought - 2 tough questions

All I'm going to say is that there is nothing "exaggerated" or "fictional" about the Book of Genesis or any other Book of the Bible. It is pure truth and not meant to be thought of otherwise.

As...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 15th July 2009, 01:11 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 756
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Place Your Votes: Blogger or Wordpress

I'm a huge fan of Wordpess. I started with Blogger like most people and then decided to switch to Wordpress. I still have my Blogger blog and will occasionally update it.

If you're interested in...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 11th July 2009, 06:49 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 751
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Hosting options?

I totally agree, Pat. That's very smart on David's part to change the %, because as you said, he needs to keep a positive flow of income, and if everyone switched while keeping full % of commissions,...
Forum: Plug-In Profit Site Support Forum 10th July 2009, 06:24 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,017
Posted By Alan Mater
Re: Promoting PIP site on Twitter

Hi,

You can promote your PIPS link directly on Twitter. I wouldn't post the link all the time, but every now and then is fine. I would definitely have your home page URL in the Bio of your Twitter...
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