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Searching for an AdSense-Friendly Niche

24. September 2005

Bloggers are starting to realize there’s little or no money to be made on “straight” blogs. By straight I mean blogs that deal with the day-to-day life of the author. I mean come on, who wants to know that you had trouble choosing what clothes to wear to the office. Yes, you might get [...]

How To Get Noticed Online

23. September 2005

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No, this isn’t about the latest scandalous photos of Pinoy Big Brother (yes, I know it’s just a viral thing and everyone’s gotta have their fix of these skanky posers — whatever happened to good old TV programming anyways!?). There are other ways to get noticed online. For example, in a tightly competitive niche [...]

AdSense is Like Sex

22. September 2005

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Interesting DP forum thread started by corena. There are various Adsense Ad “Positions”. Some like it horizontal and some like it “straight up”. Some like it big and others think size doesn’t matter. Everyone wants to have many in one place, but ends up with just one. Many think they are doing it right until they [...]

Google Reinclusion Request

21. September 2005

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So you’re working on your next website project and can already see the AdSense dollars rolling in. You put the site up and yes, the aggressive SEO you did on the site is bringing in tons of traffic, especially from Google. Then all of a sudden, traffic stops to a trickle. You check your stats [...]

Domain Hunter

21. September 2005

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Looking for available keyword-rich domain names? Try Domain Hunter from Scott Horne aka Web Professor. Domain Hunter queries the Overture Keyword suggestion tool then checks for common combinations of the keywords as keywords. Potential domains that are not registered are listed in red. Free domains are also listed in a textarea, so you can bulk register [...]

Blogging is Therapeutic

20. September 2005

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You knew that all along, but here’s the validation you probably were looking for:

Heart and Pride

19. September 2005

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The current UAAP cagewars seem to echo the battles playing inside my head. The stakes are high and all I have now is pride and heart. Let the metaphors speak. We ride to the final battle.

WOM101

19. September 2005

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WOM for Word of Mouth Marketing. Learn it.

A Real Corporate Blogger

19. September 2005

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Mini, the nameless, faceless blogger behind Mini-Microsoft (http://minimsft.blogspot.com) is my idea of a true corporate blogger (so true that I’m classifying this post under the Corporate Shit category). Mini has been blasting away at Microsoft anonymously for more than a year, taking stabs at the “passionless, process-ridden, lumbering idiot” and has developed quite a following [...]

Google Repent Program

16. September 2005

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SEOs engaged in aggressive (sometimes retro) SEO techniques risk a site ban. When that happens, kiss your indexed content and search engine rankings goodbye. A reinclusion request would be your only option but that too would be a longshot since webmasters are intentionally left in the dark as to what specific guidelines of the search [...]