Google AdSense Damages Website Reputation

On February 15, 2011, in Marketing, WordPress Tips, by Editor

Lack of money is the root of all evil. – George Bernard Shaw Maybe you have noticed, but I don’t run Google ads on this website. During the time that I ran the ads I have come to the following conclusions: 1. Despite 30,000+ unique visitors per month I created less than $30 in revenues [...]

In Commercial Searches Google Results Are Polluted

On February 13, 2011, in Blogging, Marketing, Scammers, Technology, by Editor

If you search ‘cancer,’ that’s an informational search and on those, Google is amazing. But in commercial searches, Google’s results are really polluted. My own personal experience says that the guy with the biggest S.E.O. budget always ranks the highest.

Support The Washington Post Financially Without Spending A Dime

As we all know too well, traditional newspapers are suffering from the Internet boom. Subscriber numbers are declining steadily, and the online versions (Damn if you do, damn if you don’t) don’t produce sufficient revenue to support the writing staff.

A New Scam? Penny Auction Website QuiBids.com Saves Consumers up to 95% off Retail

On September 20, 2010, in Lifestyle, Making Money from Home, Scammers, by Editor

Have you ever heard of “Penny Auctions”? If you haven’t, but you’re the type always looking for bargains and amazing deals, then you’re in luck! Penny auctions are a new auction model that are rapidly becoming very popular in the US and Europe.

A New Scam? Facing Bankruptcy – Mother of 2 Gets New Lease on Life

On September 20, 2010, in Lifestyle, Making Money from Home, Scammers, by Editor

America had to tackle the drastic economic downturn affecting the sustainability of the country. The major worry was the Huge Debt that gave rise to a great number of bankruptcy cases and taking the situation from bad to worse. In order to find a solution to this financial debacle, new regulations were introduced to which creditors have had to resort to relieving people’s debt.

Internet Search Engines – Meet 44 Year Old ELIZA

On July 17, 2010, in Neurotica, Technology, by Editor

Looking at attributes like identification of keywords, discovery of minimal context, choice of appropriate transformations, generations of responses in the absence of keywords… Isn’t that exactly what we are looking for in a search engine?

WordPress Plugin for SEO – Google XML Sitemaps

On July 10, 2010, in WordPress Tips, by Editor

I have to admit that to this day I had underestimated the power of Sitemaps. I had in mind to install a Sitemap plugin, and yesterday I finally did it. So far I was very satisfied with an exponentially rising number of website hits on my personal blog (2000+ unique visitors so far in March 2010, resulting in 20,000+ website hits), but since installing the Google (XML) Sitemaps Generator for WordPress the increase is incredible! What I like most about the plugin is that it reports updates to Google, Yahoo, and Bing immediately after you have added a new page or post.

Google Search Engine Optimization Documents

On July 10, 2010, in Blogging, by Editor

Following these guidelines will help Google find, index, and rank your site. Even if you choose not to implement any of these suggestions, we strongly encourage you to pay very close attention to the “Quality Guidelines,” which outline some of the illicit practices that may lead to a site being removed entirely from the Google index or otherwise penalized. If a site has been penalized, it may no longer show up in results on Google.com or on any of Google’s partner sites.

Blogging – Creating Income Through Affiliate Programs

I personally run a number of blogs and websites filled with advertisement through several affiliate programs, and I still don’t make enough money to cover my monthly grocery bill. I have heard of one blogger in Singapore who is very successful by making roughly $800 per month, but he got there through very hard work and he got there after years of creating websites.

News Daily 7 – UK Edition Discovers Kelly Richards

On May 25, 2010, in Making Money from Home, Scammers, by Editor

The London, UK Job Report announces “Work At Home Mum Makes £4,397/Month Part-Time.” You find the article on the fake News Daily 7 website. Here we go again, Kelly Richards made it into the United Kingdom. See also my post Kelly Richards a.k.a. Melissa Johnson Sighted in Great Britain.