Online Profits

Exact Match Domains And Affiliate Marketing

In 2012 Google hit SEO hard with updates to Panda, the first Penguin algorithm change and action taken against exact match domains.

However, as an affiliate I'm finding that whereas my website used to rank very well for new launches, in 2013, the search pages for new product launches are dominated by exact match domains.

Ezra Firestone Builds A Brown Box Business Before Your Eyes

The latest Ryan Deiss promotion is about building an ecommerce business.

He has teamed up with ecommerce entrepreneur on the Brown Box Formula training product.

The Brown Box Formula With Ryan Deiss & Ezra Firestone

Ezra Will Build A Brown Box Business

One of the best forms of prrof is demonstration and in this product launch, Ezra Firestone has promised to build a brown box business to show you how easy it is to do, when you know what needs to be done.

Beware of Spam Links For SEO Purposes

I don't like what Google has done but we have to live with it.

I thought this article on 17 Types of Link Spam to Avoid on the Moz (was SEOMoz) website was a good read and worth keep access to.

http://moz.com/blog/17-types-of-link-spam-to-avoid

These days I find it easier to link to articles with a new blog than to add it to my never-ending bookmarks.

The Brown Box Formula With Ryan Deiss & Ezra Firestone

The latest product launch promotion from Ryan Deiss is called the Brown Box Formula and it's a joint venture with Ezra Firestone.

The Brown Box Report - affiliate link

This product sees Ryan move away from information product marketing to selling real products.

At last you may think. There are only so many people who can earn a good living selling information and developments like the Kindle are reducing the premium priced sectors of the market.

And perhaps the idea of being an "expert" who writes ebooks, records audio and video training programs after doing a massive amount of research fills you with dread.

But of course, you can have an info-product about selling real stuff.

What Is The Brown Box Formula?

Google Penguin 2.0 Bites May 22, 2013

The world of SEO changed for me on the night of April 24 2012.

That was when Google introduced its first Google Penguin update and devastated my traffic from organic searches.

Previously algorithm changes had been good for me because I try to create good content (most fo the time). And I haven't done much dodgy link building or at least, that's what I thought.

13 Months Later Google Penguin 2.0 Is Here

SEO After Google Penguin

I've read a lot of rubbish after the Google Penguin update created havoc for most people who had used search engine optimisation (SEO) techniques to get webpages and websites ranked.

Google shifted the line between white hat and black hat SEO and effectively now penalises anyone for optimising too aggressively.

The problem is that what Google thinks is over-optimisation and what the SEO-informed person does is entirely different.

I read the book, SEO 2013 & Beyond by Dr Andy Williams and thought it talked a great deal of sense.

You can read my review of SEO 2013 & Beyond on my Business Books Blog.

Amazon Fee Increases Hurt Small Businesses

Given the difficulty of having ecommerce websites to rank well in Google, I have thought that it makes sense for many to use the giants eBay and Amazon to help.

Unfortunately Amazon Marketplace traders will have to pay much higher fees in the UK and Europe from April 4, 2013.

Spelling Checks On Typepad Blogs

I'm getting frustrated with my Typepad blog as I spend more time using Wordpress. It used to be the other way around.

My niggle at the moment concerns the spell checking facility in Typepad.

Something on my PC highlights mis-spelt words in just about very other application I use and I've got very used to looking for the highlighted items and correcting them.

But with Typepad, nothing is highlighted and when I click on the spell checking menu item, it works briefly and then turns itself off.

That's irritating because you don't notice when it's on and then goes off.

I'm using Firefox.

I did a Google search on spell checking Typepad blogs and I'm told that if you look at the html version, then Firefox will highlight mis-spellings.

I guess that's better than nothing but I do find it irritating.

Free Traffic Loophole Report from Ryan Deiss

In this free report for the Authority ROI product launch, Ryan Deiss is sharing his thoughts on how to get more traffic to your blog that goes against the conventional wisdom.

The report is called the Free Traffic Loophole report and it builds on the contents of the previous report, Authority Hacks.

Free Traffic Loophole Report - affiliate link

Before I tell you my thoughts on the report and whether it's worth reading, I'll let you see the email that affiliates have been asked to send out. Remember it's always good to study how other people market to see what you like and what you don't like knowing that Ryan's stuff usually converts extremely well.

Unlike other people, I don't hide the fact that I'm an affiliate so I'll get paid if you buy after clicking through. I hope you appreciate the honest approach rather than one based on hiding the real situation.

The Authority Hacks Report

Authority Hacks is a new report that explains what's wrong with the current methods for blogging and how to put it right.

It's written by Ryan Deiss and his Digital Marketer team and it's free to download. It is of course leading to the launch of some new training about creating blogs that are authority sites in a niche market called Authority ROI.

Authority Hacks - affiliate link

My advice is to get the report and read it. Don't be worried about the product launch issues. If it gets too heated and it's more trouble than it's worth, you can unsubscribe. I am an affiliate but you should only buy if you believe this training will make a big difference to your success.

Here is the "official email" to promote the Authority Hacks report. I'll tell you what I think further down.