Register Advertise with usHelp Desk Today's Posts Search

Showing results 1 to 56 of 139
Search took 0.12 seconds.
Search: Posts Made By: Jacob Martus
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 16th December 2010, 01:38 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,563
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: AdWords Shutting Down?!

Way to revive a 2 and a half year old thread with this...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 7th December 2010, 02:11 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 766
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Google SERPs Drastically Dropped

Get more and better backlinks. That will do the trick.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 6th December 2010, 10:01 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,054
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Warrior Forum Page Rank

Why would Allen give a **** about the PR of WF when hes making hundreds of thousands or probably millions of dollars off of the forum?

Forget PR, show me the money!
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 5th December 2010, 06:23 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 515
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Okkkkk...This is weird as well as frustrating..

Well first off, I commend you for not believing in the imaginary sandbox. However, I don't think this has anything to do with someone reporting you. What is more likely is any of the 3 things below:...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 5th December 2010, 06:18 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 961
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Hmm... what happened to my ranking?

I would have to agree with Cbpayne. It sounds like QDF and the only way you're going to be able to combat this is to build more and better links.

Ideally, you want backlinks from high PR pages in...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 30th November 2010, 01:45 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,450
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Do you have adsense CTR of about 20%

Alot of it has to do with the the niche and the amount of traffic.

For example, when I first started with Adsense, I constantly saw CTR's of 20%+. But, I was seeing those CTR's on sites getting...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 30th November 2010, 08:40 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 958
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: If your Adsense account is banned/deleted, can you still sell your made-for-adsense sites to oth

Yes. If you have Adsense running on a site and your account is banned, the website will be blacklisted from running Adsense ever again.

It happens more than you might think. Someone buys a website...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th November 2010, 06:36 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 3,103
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Is There Any Method To Reactivate Disabled Adsense Account ??

What makes you think that Google would allow you to re-open a new account with the same site and same name? Obviously there was something going wrong with the site or you in the first place.

Bans...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 24th November 2010, 04:02 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,231
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Google employee going to talk at last?

Always the voice of reason Paul. Do you guys honestly think there is going to be ANYTHING in that book that isn't already known? I don't.

I'm sure a company like Google has its engineers and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th November 2010, 09:54 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 1,775
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: $2,000,000 BIN for rank #1 keyword "make money online"

The Adsense team doesn't care if you are running ads on MMO sites. They care about protecting their advertisers. They should have given you a reason when they stopped allowing ads on the site....
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 24th November 2010, 08:49 AM
Replies: 248
Views: 16,308
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Google Ban's auto blogs and blog dripping!

I like how he gets bitten by a snake and injected with enough venom to kill several humans. What does it do? Die? Hell no, it takes a nap to 'sleep' off the toxins. Wakes back up and finishes that...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd November 2010, 09:24 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 485
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Are my sites in the google sandbox?

It is impossible for your website to be in something that doesn't exist.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 23rd November 2010, 07:36 PM
Replies: 248
Views: 16,308
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Google Ban's auto blogs and blog dripping!

Possibly the most wicked animal to walk the face of the Earth. Always makes me wonder who named it? Sounds like such a wimpy name, but is definitely one of the most devilish creatures EVER.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 23rd November 2010, 08:01 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 795
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Again? Another Site Gone From SERP After Competition Problem

If your site was removed due to a DMCA request it would say so in the SERPS.

For example, for the search term in question, at the bottom of the SERPS it would say: This result has been removed...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 22nd November 2010, 10:18 AM
Replies: 248
Views: 16,308
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Google Ban's auto blogs and blog dripping!

I think it has more to do with various Google employees having made investments in such websites.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 21st November 2010, 05:52 PM
Replies: 248
Views: 16,308
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Google Ban's auto blogs and blog dripping!

Bill,

I'm not arguing that its good if searchers click the back button immediately upon landing at your page. Just saying that it is my opinion which is backed up by experience and research that...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 21st November 2010, 02:27 PM
Replies: 248
Views: 16,308
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Google Ban's auto blogs and blog dripping!

For the most part I agree with a lot of what you said. But the bounce rate thing is a bit off. There is no way for Google to determine bounce rates for sites that do not have analytics installed.
...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 21st November 2010, 10:02 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 941
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: How Do You Get Profile Links Indexed?

Check out Backlink Energizer. It's by one of our very own warriors and it works better than any other indexing method you will find. It's all automated once its set up as well. There are free ways to...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 18th November 2010, 12:25 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 526
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: 20 Ways to Increase Alexa Ranking

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=%22Office+or+own+a+company%3F+Get+the+Alexa+toolbar+or+SS+Firefox+extension%22

I didn't know this was an article directory. In fact, I...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 17th November 2010, 08:47 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 775
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Can Google penalize you for hand-made links?

Most of the people talking about 'natural' have this set idea in their head of what 'natural' should look like. The web is chaotic, and it is not uncommon for websites to get tons of high quality...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 14th November 2010, 06:27 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,240
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: The Proof Behind The Benefits Of SEO

This is just flat out incorrect. How does Google track average time on site, bounce rate, and traffic for websites who do not choose to install analytics on their sites?

There is just no way for...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th November 2010, 07:37 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 2,702
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: I'm scared for my micro niche site - should I?

False.

Google quality reviewers spend 30 seconds reviewing sites (not nearly long enough to judge the quality of the content). Quality reviews are reserved for look and feel of the website only. ...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th November 2010, 06:53 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 2,702
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: I'm scared for my micro niche site - should I?

Google de-indexes micro-niche websites based entirely on the layout or theme. If it looks like one of the many common MFA layouts, then if it gets a manual review it will probably be de-indexed. As...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th November 2010, 09:00 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 2,088
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: ARE YOU F**KING KIDDING ME?!?!?!?

Google shuffles things around quite often. The truth of the matter is that nobody here is going to be able to give you the exact reason why this happened. So, instead of worrying about it, get back...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd November 2010, 05:03 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 3,529
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Hot Niche - Sex Addiction

Do some research and you'll find out that you are very wrong. Sex is a healthy activity among individuals who do it in a healthy manner.

There is such a thing as sex addiction and you're attitude...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 30th October 2010, 07:58 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 1,456
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Are BAD backlinks worse than NO Backlinks?

I provided you with a link to an experiment proving this. Check it out:

http://www.warriorforum.com/adsense-ppc-seo-discussion-forum/124306-terry-kyle-s-big-60-day-backlink-experiment.html
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 30th October 2010, 02:19 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 795
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Let's do this! Competitor's: aged domains 5-10 yrs, high PR domains, millions of backlinks..

Those keywords don't look too bad actually. Shouldn't take you more than 3 months of consistent work to see some returns.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th October 2010, 03:59 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 1,456
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Are BAD backlinks worse than NO Backlinks?

There have been a number of experiments done proving that backlinks from "irrelevant sites" are still very powerful. Think about it. Will you take a backlink from the New York Times to your punching...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th October 2010, 12:08 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 832
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Is my site dancing with Google and AOL??? :(

Michael,

As you may already know, AOL's search results are powered by Google so it is very odd that you were ranking #1 on AOL and #4 on Google. Usually, your rank on AOL will correspond with your...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th October 2010, 10:29 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 576
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: For SEO and Ranking which way is best...

Michael,

About.com is massive and they use sub-domains to keep things relevant. So just as an example, they keep all travel related stuff in the travel sub-domain and all home improvement stuff in...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th October 2010, 09:02 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 576
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: For SEO and Ranking which way is best...

Paul is dead on here. Definitely go with mysite.com/keyword-phrase.

Subdomains are treated as separate websites so if your site has any established trust, inbound links, etc, a subdomain will not...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 28th October 2010, 01:12 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 802
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Backlinking ... TELL ME THE TRUTH!!

The STFU penalty is reserved for people who are bragging, teaching, or promoting something that Google doesn't want the whole world doing. Here's an example:

You start a case study to show how...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th October 2010, 09:42 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 1,981
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Getting ban from Google for buying backlinks?

I can say that it is illogical because IT IS. Is it logical for Google to take a metric into consideration that could easily be manipulated by a competitor? No. That's not logical, hence the term...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 26th October 2010, 04:07 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 1,981
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Getting ban from Google for buying backlinks?

That's illogical. Show me this evidence of someone being penalized for buying links and I will show you faulty logic.

Like I said before, if buying links could get a site penalized, there would...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 26th October 2010, 03:55 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 1,981
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Getting ban from Google for buying backlinks?

Wrong. If buying links got your site penalized, then everyone would be buying links for their competitors.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 25th October 2010, 02:54 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 473
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Do you use only unique content on your adsense sites?

If people enjoy your site and browse through it, they may be interested in a syndicated article. So you can use unique content to draw the organic traffic and if you have some good syndicated...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 21st October 2010, 09:46 AM
Replies: 205
Views: 7,955
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Why the Value of Massive Spam links is constantly declining in power

Surely there are some competitive insurance keywords besides just the term insurance. I'm sure they are all quite competitive, even these 'weaker long tails'.

I'm enjoying the thread, but I...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 20th October 2010, 02:56 PM
Replies: 205
Views: 7,955
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Why the Value of Massive Spam links is constantly declining in power

It all depends on what you want to do with your forum. Do you want your members to be able to have backlinks in their signatures? If so, you can set it up so that only after a certain amount of posts...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 19th October 2010, 07:43 PM
Replies: 89
Views: 10,840
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Okay guys, THIS is how you use social networks to get 100,000hits in under a week. (linkbaiting)

They won't penalize you per say but you're account can most definitely be smart priced. This happens when you send traffic that doesn't convert to advertisers. What results is lower paying clicks...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 18th October 2010, 07:47 PM
Replies: 89
Views: 10,840
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Okay guys, THIS is how you use social networks to get 100,000hits in under a week. (linkbaiting)

That's actually a terrible idea for Adsense. Advertisers with Adsense are looking for traffic that converts, not people who are amused by your pictures and decide to click an ad.

Social traffic is...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th October 2010, 10:42 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,499
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Google Sandbox Here I come!

That depends on who you ask. For some, it's spamming articles to 100s of directories...whether the articles are any good at all.

For others, it's putting up content at places like Hubpages/Blogger...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th October 2010, 10:22 AM
Replies: 285
Views: 16,770
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: I Learned My Lesson Building Backlinks too Fast!

Did you even bother reading the thread? His website came back at a higher position. So, no incoming links can't hurt you.

And your testing is flawed. There are any number of things that could...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 6th October 2010, 02:02 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,197
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: The Worst SEO Advice EVER! (and what not to do to rank high in Google)...

I have to say it. I'm sure you knew it was coming.....

What's to stop me from bombing my competitors with bad links and 'hurting their site'?
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 6th October 2010, 11:14 AM
Replies: 157
Views: 8,421
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Adsense Money

You're quote looks mysteriously like one of my posts from the first page in this thread.... Hmm, I wonder if you're spamming for some sig links. :P
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 5th October 2010, 06:04 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,584
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: The Verdict Is In...New Google Keyword Tool Is Worthless

Use Google keyword tool. Even if it's inaccurate, it's still the most reputable source to get your data from.

And for nearly all of the keywords where I rank, keyword tool is very close to...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 5th October 2010, 12:55 PM
Replies: 428
Views: 23,047
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Live SEO Challenge WSO Question

I'd be willing to put in my knowledge on the subject. I'm not an Adsense guru by any means but I'm over 4 figures per month so I definitely know how to make Adsense work well.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th October 2010, 03:57 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 737
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: SEO Experts... Will This Show In The Search Results?

What Paul is trying to say is that your domain name is probably the last thing you need to worry about with regards to SEO.

Yes, keywords in your domain will help in the short term. However, for a...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th October 2010, 01:29 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 2,468
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Are profile backlinks any good?

You've spent your entire time in this thread badmouthing profile links because you and all? experienced SEO's regard them as garbage.

Instead of telling people that they don't work in competitive...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 3rd October 2010, 05:16 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 579
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Adsense How To Course/Training

I've got ya fellow Floridian.

5 to 10% is the CTR I shoot for on all of my sites. 5 to 10% of your unique visitors, not page views. I have several sites that get 5 to 6 pageviews per unique...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd October 2010, 05:12 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,320
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: SEO employee, do I have rights?

It's pretty obvious that the guy was looking for a handout and when she didn't give it to him and he was too much of a p**sy to fire her to her face. Maybe he didn't want to give away the fact that...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st October 2010, 10:00 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,285
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: How to check quality of backlinks possibly causing penalty?

Ok listen. If incoming links could cause your site to receive a penalty, then people would just bomb their competitors with bad links.

And it is my opinion and the opinion of many other SEO's that...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st October 2010, 07:48 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 881
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Google New SEO Guideline

The part about site promotion is pretty limited. Basically, it says reach out to related sites but not EVERY related site and use social networking and bookmarking sites. That's it guys!

No other...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st October 2010, 05:45 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,320
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: SEO employee, do I have rights?

He sounds like someone with little to no management experience. I mean...who fires somebody over email?

Someone who is scared to look someone in the eye. That is very unprofessional in my...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 30th September 2010, 07:34 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,150
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Can I get into trouble for this? Adsense ban?

If the only thing on your site is duplicate content I might add some unique content but besides that I don't think you've got anything to worry about.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th September 2010, 06:02 PM
Replies: 428
Views: 23,047
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: Live SEO Challenge WSO Question

It wouldn't have been without half ass endorsements from people who really had no idea whether or not the guy running the WSO had any experience or knowledge on the subject.

I'd let them know with...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th September 2010, 05:51 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 2,649
Posted By Jacob Martus
Re: No Success of with Xfactor - Frustration!

Well. It looks as though you're getting an excellent CTR so that is 1 very good indicator that you should add more backlinks and more content. If you could double your traffic you could theoretically...
Showing results 1 to 56 of 139

 
Forum Jump


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 12:18 AM.