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UPDATE
We made it! In fact we overdid it by a few dollars. I’ll be in touch with the last few donators about the extra cash left over. I’ll get the ad up on the million dollar homepage as soon as I can. Thanks everyone!
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Nathan Waters pointed this site out in a comment … Read the rest of this entry »
Today was a significant day for me, one that I feel the need to journal about and what better place to journal then an online weblog! True this is an Internet business blog but it is also the blog of a person, Yaro Starak, and sometimes there are stories that need to be told and events that should be … Read the rest of this entry »
Today was a significant day for me, one that I feel the need to journal about and what better place to journal then an online weblog! True this is an Internet business blog but it is also the blog of a person, Yaro Starak, and sometimes there are stories that need to be told and events that should be … Read the rest of this entry »
Last night I was at one of my favourite forums, the SitePoint Marketplace checking out websites for sale. My last article on how to buy a website and sell it for profit piqued my interest in online property so I thought I would start actively monitoring forums to try and find a bargain or a site that would fit … Read the rest of this entry »
The stock market and real estate industry have long been populated by day traders and “flippers”, those that buy and sell in a short period of time in order to make a quick profit. In the real estate industry the life of a house flipper can be very appealing. Buy a renovator’s dream property at a discounted price, renovate … Read the rest of this entry »
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This is a new podcast focusing on website marketing compound effects. It’s been a while since I did a solo podcast and for a lot of readers this might be your first taste of my show since Entrepreneur’s Journey has grown somewhat in the last month or so, and has … Read the rest of this entry »
Google AdWords marketer Perry Marshall just sent through this handy list of alternative marketing methods you can use when AdWords doesn’t provide the result you want (the article was sent to his email list which you can join here). The list is by no means exhaustive but it is random enough that it should stimulate some ideas for … Read the rest of this entry »
Google AdWords marketer Perry Marshall just sent through this handy list of alternative marketing methods you can use when AdWords doesn’t provide the result you want (the article was sent to his email list which you can join here). The list is by no means exhaustive but it is random enough that it should stimulate some ideas for … Read the rest of this entry »
Here is the second spotlight feature highlighting another blogger/entrepreneur working online. If you too would like to see your blog or web business spotlighted here are the details.
Tell me a little about you?
My name is Ray Roman, originally from Brooklyn, NY. I now call Kingfisher, OK. my home. I … Read the rest of this entry »
Over the weekend I accepted an invitation from Paul Scrivens to join his blog network, 9rules. I had briefly passed by the 9rules site previously and while the blogs there all seemed quite solid (especially the design, I’m quite envious of the very polished designs of some of the other blogs in the network – there are a … Read the rest of this entry »
Over the weekend I accepted an invitation from Paul Scrivens to join his blog network, 9rules. I had briefly passed by the 9rules site previously and while the blogs there all seemed quite solid (especially the design, I’m quite envious of the very polished designs of some of the other blogs in the network – there are a … Read the rest of this entry »
I have been considering directing my credit card paying clients back to Paypal.com. The current majority of my clients are from Australia and as I have written and podcasted about (and here 2) I prefer and recommend Paymate.com.au to any Australian online businesses. I prefer Paymate because it is Australian based, has simple and quick email … Read the rest of this entry »
Rank leak is an often speculated, rarely proven concept within the search engine optimization community. The premise is that if you load a page with too many outgoing links you will lower the PageRank of that page. It is a reasonable conclusion given that the more incoming links you have to a page the higher the PageRank (in general), … Read the rest of this entry »
The new Google Blog Search is live and you can start playing with it. It’s not quite as comprehensive as Technorati but no doubt it will continue to improve as Google indexes more blogs.
I did some tests of my sites and one thing I noticed was the Google sandbox is having a strong effect on this site (or … Read the rest of this entry »
As we recently speculated, eBay has purchased Skype. Thanks to Justin, Andrew, Martin, Mat and the others that gave me a heads up on this news about 24 hours after I posted the news link that speculated on the pending deal.
Some people have been questioning whether the combining of the web’s largest Internet auction site and … Read the rest of this entry »
One of the most fun activities in web business, right up there with checking your traffic statistics, is monitoring your backlinks to see which sites are linking to you.
I keep a close eye on my backlinks for a few reasons -
As reported by Problogger and discussed on WebmasterWorld, the Google backlink update for September is underway and will probably be complete by the time you read this.
I checked my backlink stats for Entrepreneur’s Journey and I went from 42 up to 170, which is good but expected given I’ve been working a lot on backlink development in … Read the rest of this entry »
Yet another suitor has been rumoured to be in talks with Skype to buy the Internet telephone company. This time it’s eBay. It’s been a who’s who of the web so far taking interest, including Google and the Internet company hungry Rupert Murdoch. Talk about (no pun intended) enjoying the attention of the big boys!
Will Skype’s owners … Read the rest of this entry »
I’m a huge fan of tennis. Following sleeping, eating, the opposite sex, music and online business, is tennis in my list of my all-time favourite things (try singing that to the sound of music favourite things theme song!). At the moment the US Open is on and I’ve been eagerly following the updates and listening to the streaming web … Read the rest of this entry »
