James
Linode and why you should get a VPS
There is nothing that drives visitors away from your affiliate site than a slow or non-loading website. While shared or reseller hosting is great for beginners, any affiliate marketer worth his or her weight in gold that’s banking some money every month should definitely move up to the next best thing – a Virtual Private [...]
Prevent hotlinking using .htaccess
I recently discovered the concept of hotlinking, where other websites use images directly from your site without your permission. This has several implications, the worst of which is that Google might give you a slap. It also steals your precious (or not so previous, depending on your hosting plan) and worse uses valuable server resources. [...]
Google slaps or why you should diversify
Most EBay Partner Network users rely primarily on organic traffic (search engine traffic) through the use of search engine optimization (SEO). Organic traffic is arguably the best type of traffic as it’s free (as in you don’t pay-per-click, but you do pay in time) and users arriving at your site through search engines are often [...]
name.com coupon code
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 [...]
Breaking even with EPN and PPC
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 [...]
Experiments with PPC and Ebay Partner Network
Pay per click is something I’ve never really touched until now – the majority of my EPN sites obtain their traffic through keyword targeting and good old Search Engine Optimization (SEO). With that in mind and a great idea for a niche I decided to test the waters.
I duly signed up with Google Adwords, which [...]
Must have Wordpress plugins for affiliates
Many affiliates choose Wordpress to design their affiliate sites, whether they use it as a simple landing page or as a old-wordpressfull-featured affiliate, there are several plug-ins that are essential, which add to Wordpress functionality and ensures that you have the edge over your competition.
Attracting visitors to your website
A considerable amount of Internet marketers spend large proportion of their time building their sites, but very little time attracting visitors. Two general strategies exist for driving traffic to your site, organic traffic (through Search EngineOptimisation or SEO) and pay-per-click
Must have Firefox extensions for affiliate marketers
Firefox is a great tool for affiliate marketers, which can be made even more useful through the use of these must-have extensions.
1. Web deveveloper
The Web Developer extension adds some very useful tools to your Firefox browser window, including cookie information and other validation menus. I find the CSS tools most useful for troubleshooting and coding [...]
Speed up the Wordpress dashboard with Google Gears
Reseller or shared hosting providers generally oversell resources, which can make the Wordpress administration panel frustatingly slow at times. Google Gears, a plug-in from Google, essentially offloads some of the processing on the server to your local machine by caching elements of certain Wordpress functions.
Enabling Gears
Simply point your browser at http://gears.google.com/ and download the small [...]
Deal of the Day
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