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Various Google Updates

The Googleplex has been buzzing with lots of little busy bees so far this week.
Adwords advertisers now can see performance data for individual sites in the content network (Adsense) and then exclude the bad ones and or do site targetted ads on the good ones. This should, hopefully, benefit quality Adsense advertisers (most of [...]

Basic foundation for all sites

There’s a basic foundation, or recipe if you will, for all new content sites that I produce. Each item in the foundation serves it’s purpose for generating traffic, retaining visitors, and/or monetizing the site. In no particular order:
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This is generally the base of any site. It’s debatable how many articles you [...]

Perception IS Reality

In this blog post I kinda touched on this topic, but I have a better example for you now.
My gardening blog (recognize the design) isn’t large, isn’t popular, and isn’t anything special. Around 16 months old I’ve got less than 40 posts in total. Although, I am starting to post more. I’ve been gathering pictures [...]

Two mistakes made by wannabe website publishers

So many people who want to be profitable website publishers often make the same two mistakes when they first start out.
The first major mistake is not trying to think up an original site idea. So many just clone existing sites they know to be popular, Sites that either copy MySpace or provide [...]

An Experiment in One-Product Ecommerce

I just finished a new ecommerce site, Organic Compost Tumbler, that sells just one product. This type of ecommerce site has unique concerns not found in other ecommerce sites, but just because you are only selling one product does not mean you can’t be successful.
The biggest factor in one-product ecommerce I believe is item quality. [...]

The Digg Effect

My literature site made it to the frontpages of both Digg and Del.icio.us this weekend. I know there is always a lot of speculation about what that kind of exposure that can give you so I thought I’d sum things up for everyone.
Let me say that I never actually saw my site on those [...]

Get it in Writing

One of the happiest days for a website publisher is when a buyout offer comes. Even if you do not accept it, even if it is far lower than what you would sell the site for, it is nice to know that others do value your site. However, before answering any purchase proposal, ask [...]

Why I’d Rather Pay

I was reflecting the other day about how very happy I am to pay for software.
I was doing my taxes and so all my expenses were right in front of me and it reinforced how I can write off software purchases, but my like for commercial software goes beyond that.
You see, you must look at [...]

Paid Blog Posts

Andrew at WebPublishingBlog has come out strongly against Pay for Post services, so have many others in this industry. I’m not one of them.
One thing Rush Limbaugh does with his endorsements on his radio show is only accept sponsors that he actually recommends. He’ll find a product he likes, and go and ask them to [...]

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