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Does the design of a website turn people away?

One of the things I’ve often thought about is how much design matters. Does a poorly designed website cause people to go elsewhere? Or does the content matter? Well, I think the answer lies somewhere in between If I think about how surf the net (admittedly I am a fairly seasoned surfer, unlike most web surfers), [...]

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I’ve used name.com almost exclusively for domain registration, so I’ll use this post to track them. To apply the coupon code, just copy and paste the code into to the promo code box and click apply. For new registrations August 2009 update – MARAGOGI $7.99 .com and .net registration SOUTHBEACH – $0.90 off .com and .net renewals June 2009 [...]

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• An update to my previous post - I essentially broke even on my experiment. I spent a grand total of £9.92 on Adwords and generated revenue of £9.82 from one direct sale in the niche. This does not include the 0.87 pence revenue from another click, so I guess I made a profit.Of course, this does not include the 9 other clicks performed by visitors, so there may be some additional revenue there in the next 30 days, depending on whether those people purchase items on Ebay (and no other affiliates plant their cookie). In addition, it does not include the £5 fee which I paid to Google to get into Adwords.My thoughts on the experiment? Not very scientific and it was really to get my feet wet with regards to EPN and PPC, but I would say it was a sucess in that I didn't technically make a loss and I certainly learnt alot. #
• The creator of PhpBay Pro, Wade, with the help of a number of beta-testers are putting the new affiliate plugin for Amazon Affiliates through its paces. PhpZon allows Amazon Affiliates to easily integrate Amazon products into their Wordpress blog. Amazon is a well-trusted brand and the affiliate marketer can diversify income streams with the use of the Amazon program. You can purchase Phpzon through the PhpBay Pro website, so click here to go and register (you'll need to purchase PhpBay Pro before you can purchase Phpzon, but after it comes out of beta you should be able to purchase Phpzon without PhpBay Pro) **update** the full version 1.0 of Phpzon has been releasesed, click here and click "Order PhpBay" at the top of the screen and you can now purchase Phpzon for only $49.00! #
• PhpOStock, the affiliate marketing plugin for Wordpress which allows you to insert Overstock.com listings into your Wordpress blog, has been released. Overstock are market leaders in liquidation/close down stock from around the world and they are becoming more and more popular with shoppers from around the globe for grabbing premium items at bargain prices. The introduction of this plugin is a great oppurtunity to build niche stores promoting the Overstock.com items! #