Archive for July, 2006

If you want it done right, you need to do it yourself

Monday, July 31st, 2006

This is something I've learned on the internet. I've tried various methods of bringing in other people to collaborate with me: 1) outsourcing 2) collaboration 3) volunteerism None of them have worked for me. I find out that I'm always better working by myself. Why? Because I've rarely met anyone ...

Yahoo had some sort of massive backlink update

Saturday, July 29th, 2006

The numbers for Yahoo's backlinks are way up. This is great news if you're using the website worth tool. It means you're website is gaining value fast. Links PimpedPimp Rank:Are you a Link Pimp? I'm enjoying my new Big Pimpin' Status, are you?

Google and the 27th day of the month

Friday, July 28th, 2006

The 27th of the month is a day that lives in infamy as far as Google goes. Why is this? I don't know. It would be better to ask the question: why is the sunset beautiful? Google works in mysterious ways, and one of the mysteries ...

Usability is the key to online success

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

Think of all the big success stories of the last 5 years on the internet. Almost all of them are famous for their usability. As much fun as it to make a website that people read, it's even more fun to make a website that people use. ...

Google will probably switch to CPA

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

I thought about this some more, and this post is speculation. We've heard that Google has experimented with CPA (Cost Per Action), and I think I can understand why. CPA would be one way to deal with the escalating click-fraud troubles they're having. CPA would be the ...

The future of search engine marketing

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

What does the future hold for search engine marketing? Obviously, unless we're time travellers, we can't know, but we can make guesses. I think a look at the new Yahoo home page gives you some idea. Yahoo has a search bar, but they also have a number ...

Crappy websites get the highest CTRs

Monday, July 24th, 2006

Let's take a look at another surprise when it comes to make money online. People will always tell you to make a high quality website, and there's no doubt that's the only logical advice to offer. It's high quality content that will get you readers, and it's the ...

Google Adwords Landing Page policy

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006

For years I expected fluctuations with my Adsense income, and I wasn't let down. I'm used to the idea of the money going up and down "in a range", but I have to say, July is turning out to be a scary bad month for me. So bad, ...

Google Adsense announces site diagnostics

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006

Google Adsense has announced new site diagnostic tools, that are available in your account when you log in. We're not dealing with a super-advanced interface, but I guess it's a start. If you had pages that had trouble being crawled, they'd show up in the list. This should be ...

Click fraud - Google fights back

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006

The charges of click fraud at Google are constant. Google knows this and offered a statement on their official blog. In effect, Google wants us to all know that adequate measures are being taken to fight click fraud. The post was made by Shuman Ghosemajumder, Business Product ...