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Re: SEO Is Not Really That Complicated

Ami — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:43:43 -0000

Nice post. Getting high quality backlinks can be a bit of a task though. I use pillar articles and they seem to help

Re: Blog Post Optmization with SEO Blogger

Ami — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:28:03 -0000

Thanks. Very useful tip

Re: Making Money with Blogs

Ami — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:42:47 -0000

Agree with you that a lot of people try to make money by blogging. But the number of people that actually make a significant income from blogging is a small proportion of would be bloggers for income.

I looked at a lot of blogs that are said to be successsful and my findings are detailed in http://niche-traffic-sale.blogspot.com/2009/03/...

Adsense is a really easy and effective method of monetization but it does take persistence and a lot of work to make things stick

Re: Link Popularity, Is It Really That Important?

Ami — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:16:16 -0000

Agree with you that in bound links are or should I say could be really powerful, But on page search engine optimization is pretty useful too

Re: Do Not Forget Your BackYard When It Comes to Social Media

Ami — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:50:24 -0000

Absolutely right. I am from the UK and when browsing the forums I notice other brits and it does leave you wondering.
Social networking is easier to geotarget and also easier to actually start conversations with the people you find.

Be it just scoping out the local competition :)

Re: How To Make Money Online Drop Shipping with World Wide Brands

Ami — Wed, 13 May 2009 11:53:39 -0000

I have heard of world wide brands before. Seems like a reputable company. Would have experimented with this myself but too much on at the moment

Re: Twitter Marketing - How to Get Started

Ami — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:45:56 -0000

Been on twitter for a while now and it's okay. Not sure that it has earned all the kudos it has but it is a useful tool

Re: White Space: How to Get it ‘Right’

Ami — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:06:27 -0000

Totally agrre. It's not just about the words on your page. It really is also about the WAY you display these words on your page. I am a firm believer in the use of white space in any article or post. It breaks things up a little, less eye strain, so more time spent on the page by visitors

Re: The World has gone to Twitter, Market with it!

Ami — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 06:39:09 -0000

Twitter is undoubtedly a good site for networking. It's growth has been amazing. But I must confess that I have not noticed anything extaordinary when it comes to generating traffic that converts

I am still working with it though

Re: Kara says “no Google deal” for Twitter

Ami — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:07:15 -0000

Not sure what to think about this.

On the one hand one worries about the question 'who will buy Twitter?' At the moment Twitter is a really clean platform and I for one haven't noticed any advertising or banners on it. By advertising I mean like on facebook where you get the little ads down the side. And although I am in online marketing, I like this advert free platform.
If Google were to buy twitter, the ads would probably be Google ads and these are not intrusive. But we could end up with a buyer that outs up huge banner ads plastered all over the place.

On the other hand, google seems to be everywhere and buying everything. Cannot decide whether this is a good thing, a bad thing or something not to concern myself about

Re: Compete.com Names Marketing Pilgrim as “Valuable Niche Audience” for Advertisers

Ami — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:01:48 -0000

Nice to see a couple of my regular reads i.e webproworld and doshdosh on the list

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Re: Social Bookmarking Submission Tools - SocialMarker & Onlywire, and Posttoaster

Ami — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:15:14 -0000

I use social marker. Used to use only wire till it became a subscription service

Social bookmarking is great but to be really effective, you need to actively participate in the community
That means logging in to digg or delicious or what have you, making friends and bookmarking

The semi automatic bookmarking tools just do not afford you this opportunity

Re: Giveaway Alert: Niche JV Traffic Virus

Ami — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:37:26 -0000

I wonder if there is a niche jv viral giveaway this year

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Re: 10 Mistakes In Promoting New Blogs | Social Media Explorer

Ami — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:44:07 -0000

Thanks for the tips
I think the sharing other peoples content is much more developed with stumble upon which has a stuble button. Means you can actually view the site before giving it your vote

Re: The business of Social Media and the new old boy’s network

Ami — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:20:35 -0000

Social media is actually about breaking into the old boys network. Especially in the business world
It's about capturing peoples' imagination and building your own inner circle

Take a look at Digg for example. The posts that get the highest number of diggs really do not confom to any set of rules

Social media is big business these days

Look at the obama campaign. Long after the election it is still garnering great folowership on social bookmarking sites like digg, technorati and even face book

Re: 10 Dirty Little Web Development Tricks › Yongfook | Web Producer and Consultant based in Tokyo

Ami — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:53:39 -0000

Came across your blog via stumble and wow!

Thanks for this great post

Your tip about FTP andsvn are noted

Re: 3 Reasons To Advertise On USFreeAds

Ami — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:51:13 -0000

The USFreeads premium account is a real find
It, if used properly can really help generate a ton of traffic to your site or affiliate link

The problem with USFreeads is a lot of ads I have seen do not apply simple, basic SEO principles to their ads

It just does not work well without good SEO
You have to keep in mind that there are probably a hundred other ads for whatever affiliate product of keyword you are after

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Re: Loving San Diego’s La Jolla Shores

Ami — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:19:00 -0000

We recently went to La Jolla just for a few days and had a great time. The high street near the seal bay was a treasure trove

A little upset about the plight of the seals, apparently they are to be removed from the bay so we started a blog about it. Just to raise awareness really

Overall had a great time and the people were refreshingly helpful

Re: How Much Is Our Blog Worth?

Ami — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:05:25 -0000

It's interesting that the two tools you have displaying the ' blog's worth' are saying different things and do not even come close the actual estimate

I find that these tools are often grossly inaccurate at least with my blogs they have been

Totally agree with you that calculating the amount of revenue the blog generates per month and multiplying it by 10 gives a pretty good estimate

Never considered the value of the posts though so that's a new tip for me. Thanks

Re: V7N | Adsense – Ethics and Money

Ami — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:02:39 -0000

Seems that we are splitting hairs over something we have no control over

Frustrating that the rules keep getting changed on us webmasters. As a newbie to the affiliate marketing arena compared to all of those who have commented above, it really is becoming increasingly difficult to establish a presence online.

The advantages that earlier marketers had when trying to eastablish their sites eg no 'no follow' attributes are not available to us.

I think I understand that Google is trying to produce a fair system but with some of the rules, I think ethical marketers can be hurt as much as scammers

Re: It All Depends What The Meaning of “Is” Is

Ami — Sun, 25 May 2008 19:28:41 -0000

Wow! I know that there are two sides to every story but this is really heavy stuff

Re: Digg Favorites Slapped By Google

Ami — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:30:41 -0000

I have never bought links before but one of my sites went from PR4 to PR 2. But it is still ranking number 1 in Google SERPs for my keyword, and my traffic is increasing!!

The honest truth is I noted my PR out of curiousity and not an over-riding need to increase it.

I suppose for internet marketers selling links on their blogs, page rank is important as the cost of the links is tied in to this

For the rest of us who monetize our sites via adsense and affiliate links, i wonder if page rank is so important?

Re: Homer Gets Sick In The Free Deal That Wasn’t

Ami — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:02:43 -0000

The ice cream man sounds all too familiar

Did I get the icecream, just once but soon found the bitter core

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I think we've all had one of those ice-creams - unfortunately there are far too many people who get a liking for them!! Mark

Re: Optin Accelerator Closed – Too Risky?

Ami — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:43:38 -0000

Thanks Andy for the heads up
I personally don't use opt in generator

I really believe that the opt in list is most effective when your prospects actually 'opt in' to your list.

Scrapping emails from your in box and such tactics is bound to result in a whole bunch of unopened emails

And the honest truth is 'at what stage does it become spam?'

Re: Do You Play By Google’s Rules?

Ami — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:57:59 -0000

There is such a lot of black hat at the moment and it is tempting to join in. results are said to be excellent

However, this for me is a business and the risk of losing that business if caught doing black hat is too high

Yes, 100% withing Google's TOS

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