In my recent post I mentioned that I was dissappointed because the individual article pages within this blog did not received any PageRank (PR) during the update that occurred in the last few days. The main page and category pages each received PR of between 2-4 which is a good start, but it’s the multitude of articles on this blog … Read the rest of this entry »
AdSense Just Another Banner?
By 5 Comments July 16, 2005
I’ve started to treat Google AdSense ads like banner ads, I ignore them. In fact because they are text based it’s even easier to ignore them than some banners with their flashy animation, colours and pictures of beautiful women…ahem. So is this a trend that many people are experiencing? Is the average Internet user screening out AdSense as “advertising noise”, … Read the rest of this entry »
PageRank Update – Does Google Love Movable Type More Than WordPress?
By 6 Comments July 15, 2005
I woke up this morning surprised to see a PageRank 4 on this blog. I noted that we were due for a PageRank (PR) update as we haven’t had one since about April and PR generally updates every quarter. I went through some of the sub-pages of Entrepreneur’s Journey to see which had gained PR. I was disappointed to see … Read the rest of this entry »
Podcasting: Can This New Medium Make Money?
By 5 Comments July 14, 2005
Wharton: “The business model for podcasting will be similar to other forms of media — in some cases, advertising, in others, charging for content, or some combination,” he says. “And in many cases, people will do it for reasons other than direct monetization, just like much of the web. It will depend on the publisher and the content. I
Fever
By 6 Comments July 13, 2005
I hate being sick, I really really hate it. I woke up this morning with a fever and spent most of the day sitting in front of the TV watching Star Trek TNG. Not a bad way to spend a day all things considered but the feeling like crap thing is a real drag.
Book Review: The Paypal Wars
By 6 Comments July 12, 2005
The Paypal Wars: Battles with eBay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth
by Eric M. JacksonAmazon: When PayPal launched its online payment service and set out to overhaul global currency markets it successfully weathered the dot-com bust and a fierce competitive struggle with the auction giant eBay. But hordes of government regulators, trial lawyers,
Audio: Why You Sometimes Have to Say ‘No’ to Potential Clients
By 1 Comment July 11, 2005
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This morning I had a potential client call me. We talked about what he wanted and what he wanted to pay. In the end I had to direct this client to some competing services where he hopefully will find someone that can meet his needs within his conditions.
In this podcast … Read the rest of this entry »
Audio: Why You Sometimes Have to Say ‘No’ to Potential Clients
By 1 Comment July 11, 2005
Download the MP3 [ 12 Minutes - 2.8MB ]
This morning I had a potential client call me. We talked about what he wanted and what he wanted to pay. In the end I had to direct this client to some competing services where he hopefully will find someone that can meet his needs within his conditions.
In this podcast … Read the rest of this entry »
How Easy is it to Make a Full Time Income on eBay?
By 7 Comments July 11, 2005
For the absolute beginners to online commerce I always recommend a visit to eBay. EBay is the largest online marketplace and a perfect place to develop the basic skills required to begin trading on the Internet. You don’t have to even find a market or do much marketing. All the tools are there to build a simple sales page … Read the rest of this entry »
Teenager Makes $5000 Per Month From Blog
By 20 Comments July 11, 2005
Jon Gales is a 19 year old and runs a blog using Movable Type. It’s called Mobiletracker.net. According to the webstats available from his site he gets about 8000+ unique visitors per day which is well over 200,000 per month. He delivers about double those stats in pageviews. His site has a PageRank of 6 and according to … Read the rest of this entry »
The Ultimate Google FAQ – Part Two
By 1 Comment July 10, 2005
I posted The Ultimate Google FAQ back in June which is a good resource for those with questions about Google.
I found an even better one.
I’m calling this one The Ultimate Google FAQ – Part Two. It’s hosted at the SitePoint Forums and covers all the interesting questions about search engine optimisation including the basics and some more … Read the rest of this entry »
Broadband Technologies
By 6 Comments July 9, 2005
I’m hoping one day that network access will simply exist. No struggling to find data access points or wireless hotspots, instead you will be able to just switch on your computer and off you go.
I currently spend a lot of time working from cafes. I enjoy the atmosphere and it takes me away from my home office and … Read the rest of this entry »
Audio: Dealing With Customer Complaints
By 4 Comments July 9, 2005
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Here is a new podcast for you today about dealing with customer complaints. I had a horror Thursday this week with two customer complaints coming in almost at once, which is never good for business moral. A complaint though is an opportunity to improve your business and as a result I … Read the rest of this entry »
Making Money From Your Blog Using Advertising With BlogAds
By 3 Comments July 8, 2005
I’ve mentioned AdBrite and Text-Link-Ads as options to make money from your website or to buy advertising to bring in traffic and raise your PageRank. A third option targeted specifically at the blogosphere is BlogAds.
BlogAds operates much like the other two services except they target only blogs and not general websites. This is a nice niche and as … Read the rest of this entry »
Good Writing the Best SEO Technique
By 4 Comments July 8, 2005
Joe Walsh conducted an interesting experiment investigating the top website results for the most searched for keywords. His results were surprising because they went against many of the standard good practice assumptions regarding search engine optimisation, including:
- PageRank did not play as important as you would think it should have.
- Link bleeding (many outgoing links) was present and obviously did
The Music Industry Evolution – How Localisation, Social Networks, Niche Markets and the Long Tail Will Change Music Forever
By 11 Comments July 7, 2005
How much niching can you handle? The long tail has been mentioned on my blog many times – the concept of millions of markets selling hundreds rather than hundreds of markets selling millions. It’s also clear that although the Internet is a global technology, the localisation factor is paying dividends and search engines are working hard to provide local search. … Read the rest of this entry »
Google Toolbar for Firefox
By 1 Comment July 6, 2005
You Firefox browser users can take comfort to learn that Google will be releasing a Googlebar for Firefox including all the features of the standard IE Googlebar except the pop-up blocker since Firefox already has a built-in blocker.
Hey Googlebar folks, long time no talk. I thought I’d drop you a note to give a heads up on something Google
Paypal Offers Full Merchant Account – Payments Pro
By 4 Comments July 6, 2005
Paypal has launched a new fully featured payment system called Payments Pro that includes the features of a payment gateway and merchant account.
A lot of web business owners currently use Paypal to process payments. Using the standard system a user is directed to the Paypal site to make the payment and then is returned to your site after payment … Read the rest of this entry »
Another Internet Millionaire Story
By 4 Comments July 6, 2005
I mentioned AdBrite in a previous post about textlink advertising. The CEO of the company, Philip Kaplan, first made his riches from a website called FuckedCompany.com (FC), which was a site were disgruntled dot.com employees came together to have a whinge about their bosses. The site really boomed during the Internet bubble bust and made Kaplan a millionaire (perhaps … Read the rest of this entry »
Should You Add a Forum to Your Site?
By 6 Comments July 5, 2005
I have been a huge fan of forum based communities ever since I made my first big cash windfall from one. If it wasn’t for installing a forum and thus creating a community the site would never have become a saleable asset or bring in stable revenue for over two years consistently. However since then I have continued to build … Read the rest of this entry »
