DISQUS

Wow Asher, fantastic post! Really great to see you going into so much detail. Thanks for the mention too!

I've subscribed to your blog :)

Well mate, I'd say the second example is due to the fact that you're linking to the story on sphinn and it's not linking back without a nofollow attribute (because it didn't go hot).

Happy Anniversary Jordan! And thanks for the link. Been waiting almost 2 years to the day to get a link from MarketingPilgrim! Finally I created something useful ;)

@SEO I-COM: I wouldn't say crafty, but I'd bet your competitors or clients competitors are probably not doing it ;)

Dave Davis's last blog post..How To Use The Google Content Network To Invest In Domains

Andy you sly dog... getting everyone drunk off their faces before the poker game. Hidden agenda? ;)

Seriously though, this is an absolutely fantastically generous offer. You might want to get an additional sponsor for the tab thoug, there are some Irish coming :)

@tarihteneski: That has absolutely nothing to do with it. The point is basically "Picking the best bits from a forum post and making a blog post about it".

Barry Schwartz has been doing this for years on the SERT blog and he does a FANTASTIC job of it.

"I used to think the internet was an old wives tale". AHAHAHA, Brilliant! Thanks for that Jim.

The price is far too high for a product without a demo IMO. If this tool does what it says it does, fine, I will gladly part with up to $1000 but there is something about the sales page that is hiding something.

Once that issue is resolved, I think they will have a few more customers.

Looking forward to your review Vinny.

Exactly. And just because ONE person says something, it's published as fact? That's should be an entry in a blog, not a published journalistic article.

It's articles like this that are being published by SiliconRepublic that effect me personally AND locally.

Silicon Republic also offer no feedback, no comment system and much of the content there gets published in our national Sunday newspaper.

The first thing I did when I read that article this morning was check out the audiobook site. Unique title and meta tags and they fail to mention that they have been online for quite some time.

It makes SR look stupid and damages the industry as a whole.

I have to say Vinny, it looks great. I noticed it earlier on in the week when one of your test posts slipped into my RSS reader. :)

So far, everything seems fine. Looking forward to the coming posts.

Ahhh:

" But after Ice.com complained to industry analysts and reporters, Google saw the complaints, contacted Gniwisch and flew a team of analysts to Montreal to help the online jeweler build a better paid search and analytics program."

I didn't read THAT correctly :)
Thanks Andy, you always keep me on my toes.

Google offer this service to anyone who requests it. Regardless if they mouth off or have a certain spend.

You can request an optimization by the AdWords team here:

https://adwords.google.com/support/bin/request....

We have a dedicated AdWords rep but have used this in the past for our clients. Not once did we get a better performing campaign as a result of the insiders optimization.

How badly? Not very.

A degree is an essential to working at Google I believe. I cannot imagine how painful it is for those who spent years earning their degrees only to end up sitting there approving AdWords ads all day.

Fair enough, Google has some pretty smart people on board. I think however that they could have a lot more if they didn't base their recruitment process on an algorithm.

Hahaha, nice find Andy. Of all the tomfoolery that went on that day, this one was my favorite! Much better than some stupid "My site got hacked" / "I got sued" / "I'm quitting blogging".

Spot on. It's a bit of a let down seeing your not being "Paid" or "Rewarded" for your comment. But at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter.

In this day and age, with akismet and all the other methods of comment spam prevention, is there any real need for nofollow?

Also, you can change the pink to a different colour with the plugin ;)

Spot on. It's a bit of a let down seeing your not being "Paid" or "Rewarded" for your comment. But at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter.

In this day and age, with akismet and all the other methods of comment spam prevention, is there any real need for nofollow?

Also, you can change the pink to a different colour with the plugin ;)

Thanks Andy.
Here you go:

http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/feed/

Take a look at the terms though.
This one is really crazy:

How will my referral ads appear to users outside the U.S.?
Users located outside of the United States will see the ads in your referral unit that you specified when generating the ad code, just as US visitors do. However, please note that you will not receive payment for conversions that occur for users outside of the U.S. unless explicitly enabled by the advertiser.


And here is the kicker.... wait:
Can I use search engine marketing to promote my referrals campaign?
You may not use search engine marketing to purchase traffic for the specific and sole purpose of generating conversions, unless you have the express permission of the advertiser.

Are you for real?

"This should actually make it easier to craft and target questions to rank in the main Yahoo search results."

That's exactly what I was thinking. I was a big fan of optimizing pages for questions as the seem to convert better. This certainly throws a spanner in the works.

I have noticed the results a lot more relevant now though.

Previously it was all pretty much guess work. Now we have something to show for our tests.

Google showing the quality score is a HUGE step forward in my opinion and we have improved EVERY SINGLE ONE of our clients accounts because of this.

Now, if only the would share some more information on exactly what is required for a high QS ;)

I think this is great. Living outside the US, sometimes there are only certain ways we can watch our favorite TV shows and there is nothing worst than watching a full length episode at youtube quality.

Been playing around a little with the Joost beta and it looks VERY promising. And if this deal goes ahead I think they will have something VERY special.

You should also take a look at Andy Beard's comment policy and set it up similar to that. It insures everyone reads it and I was impressed with his creativity. You are going to have the odd one or two abusing it.

Also, maybe you may want to exclude commenters without a URL?

This also gives a great incentive to comment. I post on many forums and my reward for contributing is a link in my sig. Not powerful by any means, but a link back nonetheless.

I think it's great you have taken these steps Andy.

Nice list Andy. Have been on my own quest since Andy Beal took charge of his own little campaign.

Oh, and I absolutely LOVE the way your commenting is set up. I think it requires a blog post in itself.