November, 2007 Archive

Stuart had a fun post over at PimpMyPageRank.com yesterday comparing the page sizes of a few hundred of the largest blogs. It's a good read.

Most of the blogging business models you read about sound great, but aren't actually grounded in reality. Yaro has one tonight that's worth a read, though. Check out How To Launch a Niche Blogging Business.

Today Aaron Wall has the best definition I've seen yet of what constitutes search engine spam. It's simple, clean and true. We should all apply it to our sites.

Sahar points out something in a post today that you should never forget: if the price of a site is a hurdle to you, it was a hurdle to others before you, too, but you can succeed where they failed by being creative. This is particularly important if you, like me, don't exactly have a lot of cash laying around to invest in a business :)

Patrick posted 21 More Really Funny Search Queries today and invited others to do the same. I know I get some pretty interesting queries, so I decided to take him up on his offer. Here are 10 keyword phrases that have actually brought people to my site over the past 4 weeks. blog get more visitors Looks like Tarzan is having trouble getting people to his site. how to get money from revenue generation That search answers itself. how to hide screws Frankenstein's ... Keep reading »

I've been tagged by Shai over at Just Make Money Online to tell you "7 Things About Me That You Might Not Know." Here goes! 1) My first foray into online business was an online computer store that I started with my good friend Bruce back in 2000. We ran it off a cable modem in my study, and we did over $1,000,000 in sales in our first full year of business. (A sale to NASA ... Keep reading »

Last month I wrote about how important it is to learn from others who are already successful. Well, this month I decided to make that a little easier for you to do. Here is a roundup of all the posts I've found so far where bloggers listed their earnings for October. Click the dollar figure to see their details. Shoemoney (~$30,000) Direct Ad Sales: 50% Affiliate: 30% Other: 20% John Chow ($23,448.59) Direct Ad Sales: ... Keep reading »

Good post today from Al over at Self Made Minds on how he targets affiliate offers. He mentions Christmas specifically, but most of these strategies work year-round.