Better Ranking through directories

Posted April 3rd, 2009
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Unless you are using a purely PPC model (and thats a hard row to hoe!) you will want to rank in the search engines organically. To rank you require two things: content worth indexing and links to point to same.
“Directory Backlinks” is an old way to get an easy link. In general you have to [...]

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What search engine do Australian Mum and Dad searchers use?

Posted December 15th, 2008
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When you target a particular demographic, it is important to understand how they navigate around the net. What search engines are they using? Its easy to figure out what sort of site they may be interested, but to know how they are using the net is something else entirely.
I run a high traffic site that [...]

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The importance of split testing

Posted November 9th, 2008
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The adsense CTR of one of my niches has been falling. This, along with pissing me off, has given me the challenge of increasing the payback of the site.
Traditionally, I haven’t had a huge success with affiliate marketing in this niche – the visitors tend to be in and out fast, with [...]

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How to make Affiliate Sales

Posted November 9th, 2008
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Find a Niche
Sign up for affiliate marketing schemes such as:

Find products appropriate to your niche at ClixGalore
Monetize your traffic with Commission Monster’s affiliate network

Create content
PROFIT!

Sound simple? It isn’t. Read on for more.
(This was the old content of the homepage for ages, so I thought I should put it somewhere)

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First Post

Posted January 21st, 2008
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This is going to be a blog about making money with affiliate sales, in an Australian context.
Not sure how often I will post, as giving information without giving too much away is a tricky business, but we shall see.
Welcome to the blog – looking forward to your comments. Spam won’t be tolerated, so at least [...]

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