This week, J.C. Penney was blasted for buying links to increase their search engine rankings. The NY Times said buying links is a black hat SEO technique. I thought that was a little strange. Paid links are hardly black hat. As Fred Black pointed out in his article about the J.C. Penney link buying scandal: […]
Continue readingLast week, I shared with you a new statistics tracking service called iTrackerPro. I believe it’s an excellent alternative to Google Analytics, especially if you want to keep your traffic data private. The reason I’m writing today is because I just learned that iTrackerPro will have a free level of service in addition to paid […]
Continue readingI’ve been a fan of Google for a long time. Here’s why: 1. They are better at search than any other search engine. 2. They have the best PPC advertising platform (Adwords). 3. And they offer all kinds of useful tools for free — Google Analytics, Website Optimizer, Google Docs, Gmail, etc. But even with […]
Continue readingHere are 12 reasons why you’ve struggled to make your first $50 online. 1. You’re a perpetual student who’s afraid to take the first step. 2. You’ve got a lot of ideas, but not enough enough motivation to act on them. 3. You don’t get started. 4. You do get started, but you don’t finish […]
Continue readingIn December, there was one story I followed that completely fascinated me. It all started with a November 26 New York Times article my dad forwarded. The article was “A Bully Finds a Pulpit on the Web.” The article detailed the business practices of Vitaly Borker, a man who essentially misrepresented his products and then […]
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