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Re: MyBlogLog vs Blogcatalog – Differentiation

Matt Keegan — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:30:52 -0000

Andy, thank you for the time to show us the differences between the two communities. Admittedly, I am tilted toward MBL at the moment, but this article serves to remind me that BC has some attributes to it worth exploring. I thought I would be more involved with BUMPzee, but StumbleUpon is eating up all of my time!

Re: MyBlogLog vs Blogcatalog – Differentiation

Matt Keegan — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:30:52 -0000

Re: Google Adsense Arbitrage- Finally The Step In the Right Direction

Matt Keegan — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:43:15 -0000

I am so glad that this isn't only a rumor, but that Google has followed through. The internet is too cluttered with junky sites -- this move is one that should begin to clean everything up.

Re: Finds and Links: 07-23-2007

Matt Keegan — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:55:46 -0000

I agree that StumbleUpon traffic is superb. While Digg can be worthwhile, successful articles usually mean a surge of traffic that will crash your server. With SU, traffic is spread out over several days and can last for weeks.

Re: Blog Contests: Make Them Worthwhile To Participate In

Matt Keegan — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:57:36 -0000

I've been contemplating holding a contest too, but I am not sure of what the parameters should be or if my expectations will be in line. Best wishes with your contest -- you have to start somewhere!

Re: Technorati Punishes Me For Too Many Favorites

Matt Keegan — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:59:36 -0000

I haven't paid all that much attention to Technorati ever since they changed things with their "favs" category. I guess Technorati has become so easy to game that they felt that they needed to make the change.

Re: What Would You Do With $200?

Matt Keegan — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:29:44 -0000

Did I win? Nice contest -- I hope it brings a boatload of traffic to your site.

Re: Content Spooling Network Review: The 21 Day Trial

Matt Keegan — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:59:04 -0000

CSN could work for writers struggling with producing compelling copy, but I'd be interested in reading how that final copy reads.

Some of the rewritten stuff I have found around the internet is dull and unconvincing as the writer's lack of subject knowledge (or care to write properly) is evident.

Hopefully, you'll find CSN to work otherwise -- best wishes for a successful test run.

Re: Month of Madness: Will I Make $1,300 in One Month with Paid Reviews?

Matt Keegan — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:42:25 -0000

Vlad, I am sorry that I did not respond to your message earlier. Thank you for the mention too.

Yes, in April 2007 I made something like $1304 from PayPerPost. At that time I was managing eight blogs and posting ads regularly to seven of them. My main blog I kept relatively ad free, choosing only to go with the occasional high paying ad once in awhile.

Since that time I sold off two blogs and closed down four other blogs so I am left with only two blogs, both occupying the same URL. PPP has changed a lot since that time in that the quality of ads seems to have dropped. So, I doubt that I'll ever make more than $100 in any given month unless someone agrees to pay the $99 charge I have on my The Article Writer blog.

On the other hand, I pulled in $43 last month from Text Link Ads. Not bad, eh?

Re: Google Adsense Arbitrage- Finally The Step In the Right Direction

Matt Keegan — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:43:15 -0000

I am so glad that this isn't only a rumor, but that Google has followed through. The internet is too cluttered with junky sites -- this move is one that should begin to clean everything up.

Re: Finds and Links: 07-23-2007

Matt Keegan — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:55:46 -0000

Re: Blog Contests: Make Them Worthwhile To Participate In

Matt Keegan — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:57:36 -0000

I've been contemplating holding a contest too, but I am not sure of what the parameters should be or if my expectations will be in line. Best wishes with your contest -- you have to start somewhere!

Re: Technorati Punishes Me For Too Many Favorites

Matt Keegan — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:59:36 -0000

Re: What Would You Do With $200?

Matt Keegan — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:29:44 -0000

Did I win? Nice contest -- I hope it brings a boatload of traffic to your site.

Re: Content Spooling Network Review: The 21 Day Trial

Matt Keegan — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:59:04 -0000

Re: How to Use StumbleUpon to Promote

Matt Keegan — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:51:48 -0000

StumbleUpon is awesome! I typically get more than half of my daily traffic from SU, sometimes a lot more. Some of my visitors stop long enough to leave a comment on my blog, read an article, or contact me for more information.

Because SU is so valuable, I purposely stumble as many pages as possible for each of my mutual friends. Together, I am sure we do a great job of helping each other out.

Re: How To Write Eye-Popping Headlines While Exhausted

Matt Keegan — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:51:21 -0000

Man! So little sleep! This too shall pass or have another baby to double your pleasure.

When I am sleep deprived, coffee is my best friend. Once I have a jolt, I can write but I do "sound" as if I am ADHD!

Re: Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales Wants to Have His Cake and Eat it too!

Matt Keegan — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 15:37:38 -0000

As Dr. Hill mentions, Wikipedia has flaws but so does the Encyclopedia Britannica at least according to a study comparing the reliability (or accuracy) of the two. As far as Search Wikia goes, he'll have to do a lot to make the site relevant -- the search engine shake out indicates that the strong are already on top and improving all of the time.

Re: Eyetracking Shows Web Audience Ignores Ads

Matt Keegan — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:36:31 -0000

This news isn't surprising. Long ago I quit clicking on ads and I recently removed AdSense from my flagship blog as the annoyance didn't justify the few bucks that I made.

Content is king and bloggers/web site owners need to find different ways to monetize their sites. Personally, I am tired of some of the more spammy looking site out there -- too many widgets, chicklets, and ads to to get through in order to read the content.

Re: BlogRush, You’re Kidding Me

Matt Keegan — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:02:02 -0000

BlogRush is overblown. I got suspicious of it when all of these Sphinn posts appeared giving it a positive spin -- I couldn't see how it could possibly receive such good press, being so new.

You have confirmed my suspicions!

Re: Top SEO Blogs by Link Popularity

Matt Keegan — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:41:32 -0000

Amazing numbers, indeed! I guess I'll have to work on raising my 12K score a bit, maybe doubling it over the next year or so.

Re: Nonprofits in Need of Search Marketing

Matt Keegan — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 06:45:33 -0000

I like the idea that people remember to help organizations that do not have the means to pay for marketing campaigns. Even if we cannot offer full scale support, stumbling and bookmarking nonprofit pages is a good start. Offering free links on select pages is another small, but important gesture.

Re: More on Business 2.0 Closure: Internal Memo; 18 Job Losses

Matt Keegan — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:14:42 -0000

I was wondering if Business 2.0 would be folded into Fortune and you have answered that question. Still, it is too bad that the magazine couldn't have been kept independent.