SEO & Advertising

I have noticed that quite a few advertisers have been jumping to other services and abandoning Google Affiliate Network in the past couple months. This normally wouldn’t bother me if it was mid level or smaller brands that often never pay their affiliates but it seems some of the larger ones are leaving too. The […]

Are you an affiliate Marketer? Do you post deals to Twitter featuring Amazon.com links? Well if you do you may have noticed that Twitter started to insert images and reviews in your sidebar just like they do for YouTube videos. You will be happy to learn that the buy buttons and links in the sidebars […]

Every time there is a new browser out or new version of HTML the industry starts freaking out about validation of websites. I find that this is really something you should not worry about after you have mastered basic skills of HTML development. The sites that offer validation or optimization tips use code checks that […]

If you run a website that relies on advertising to make an income you probably heard about the Nexus Tax Laws that have recently been enacted in a number of states. California was one of the biggest offenders of double taxation on income earned through affiliate programs. The way these programs are set up is […]

Every now and then you end up with a domain that you have no use for. Unfortunately the only ways to get rid of it is to sell it through an auction which usually never takes or place advertising on it and hope you generate a little income. Google Adsense can provide the ad services […]

Amazon will be forced to close the affiliate accounts of over 10,000 partners in order to comply with a new California tax. As California hunts down ways to bring in money to cover its overspending and waste it has pointed its finger at online retailers. The new law says that if Amazon cuts checks to […]

The second retailer in as many weeks has been exposed for using unscrupulous methods to force their site to the top of Google Search Results. Overstock.com was found to have generated external links many hosted on .edu educational websites to promote common items for sale on their site. While they were successful at modifying their […]

It seems that the New York Times and some investigators have discovered major retailer JCPenney has been using linking techniques to get top placement in Google’s results. The methods are being described as BlackHat which has a negative connotation however the actual technique is not what you would consider hacking. The way it works is […]

Wow this is pretty amazing news and it could definitely have some repercussions for Bing which has already had some earning problems last summer that forced them to cancel the Bing Discounts. Although at first read of this news it may seem like another situation where the top competitors are suing each other over nothing […]

There are many reasons we make websites but if you are doing it professionally then the primary reason is to make money.  Everyone knows that to make money you need visitors and keeping them on your site viewing page after page filled with paying advertisements is your goal. Unfortunately some sites suffer from what is […]