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I’ve just been made aware of a new Internet marketing product launch that started today. At the moment I have my brain set on “ignore” for most product launches because I’ve focused my gaze purely on my own products for release in the new year, however this one caught my attention. Here’s why…

“How Two Internet Nobodys Pulled In $1,035,081.33 In Just Over 90 Days
Using A Massive Traffic Generation System That Delivers Over 10,000 Qualified Visitors A Day!”

“And They Did It All Without Search Engines, Pay-Per-Click, or Affiliates!”

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That last bit got my curious. They made over a million dollars without using search engines, pay-per-click advertising or affiliates. I wonder what the traffic strategy is? Viral marketing? Offline PR? Hmm…

I still don’t know after watching the first free video because they have split their 47 minute presentation into five parts, which incidentally was taken from the recent conference for StomperNet members, so I’ve only seen the intro so far. They definitely have me intrigued and I’ll stick around to watch the rest of the videos as they are released to see what traffic strategy they use.

Watch The Free Videos

You can watch the 2 minute teaser video at: http://videos.pipeline-profits.com

If you find it compelling you can then opt-in to watch the first part of the full uncut video, which is available from the Pipeline Profits blog you will be taken to after opting in (it’s great to see yet more Internet marketers use blogs).

How Much?

At the moment there is nothing you can buy. I know this is the start of a product launch affordable to people willing to spend a couple of thousand or so for the full course, to learn how to replicate the Pipeline Profits System, whatever that may turn out to be.

I’ve only just joined the affiliate program for it but at the moment I don’t know much more than the public has access to by watching the free videos.

What Do You Think?

Leave a comment and tell me what your guess is for the traffic strategy they use that results in 10,000 opt-ins a day without affiliates, or SEO or PPC and we will see who guesses right – if anyone does!

Back in earlier December I wrote two pieces regarding Alexa traffic rankings -

• How Does AlexaRank Work And Should You Pay It Any Attention?
• How To Boost Your Alexa Ranking In One Easy Step

Many readers followed the advice I offered in the second article and placed the Alexa widget on their blog in an effort to test whether my theory works (see the second article above for details).

After reading through the many comments I received from other bloggers I’ve come to another conclusion, or at least a clarification of my previous claims (or disclaimer even!) -

Some people reported back that the Alexa widget did nothing or even decreased their AlexaRank. This group was in the minority. Most people reported some increase after placing the widget, but by no means would I consider the people who chose to comment on my articles a sample size large enough to prove even remotely conclusive.

Dave Davis from RedFly Studios placed the widget on a site receiving more than 20,000 unique visitors per day, which based on my experience should at least have an AlexaRank in the top 10,000, probably the top 1,000. Dave’s site sat around the 100,000 AlexaRank mark and didn’t improve after adding the widget.

Of the people who reported positive changes, none experienced as significant a change as I did. Most people reported small 5-10% gains. All three of my blogs jumped at least 25% a week or two after installing the widget. Was I just lucky? Is there something unique about my blogs? I can’t really say.

AlexaRank By Category?

Jon from Art of Money wrote a comment regarding the comparison of categories when calculating AlexaRank.

The other thing to keep in mind about Alexa rankings is the they are heavily skewed towards sites that are of interest to Internet savvy – since, like others mentioned, it only counts visits from people using the toolbar, which is more likely to be us stats addicted Internet workers.

So it is really only a valid comparison between two sites in “like” categories. A site about dogs, for example would have to have 100 times as much traffic as Yaro’s BlogTrafficSchool to get a number in the 40k range, since there are 100 times more of Yaro’s visitors using the Alexa toolbar (or now the Search Status plugin).

I had not consider this before, but it could be a way of explaining certain ranking anomalies, however Jon’s comments triggered a thought about another possible explanation using categories.

If sites were ranked compared to other sites in the same category, or against the total volume of traffic in a given category, this may help to explain different Alexa rankings compared to real server traffic, like the case with Dave’s site. I have no idea how this would be calculated or tested though.

Whatever the case, I find it disconcerting that something like AlexaRank could impact a site’s propensity to generate income, if the consistency of rankings appears to be quite unreliable.

It’s possibly the most contagious “flu” going around this holiday season – the “five things” blog-tag game. I’ve been tagged numerous times now (thanks Tony, Igor, Luc and Sreejith) and it’s about time I acted on these requests to join the epidemic.

First though I had to find out who was responsible for this craze and as far as I can tell the person who deserves the blame, and a slap on the back for some nice link building work, is Jeff Pulver. This blog tag game a lovely case study on viral marketing in the blogosphere.

This is actually a reasonably hard activity for me since I’m pretty revealing about myself in this blog already, in particular my business timeline dissects much of my personal and professional life thus far. I apologise in advance if I cover old territory in this list.

Now without further ado – Five things you probably don’t know about Yaro…

1. I am an only child. Yes that means I was spoilt rotten – actually no, I really wasn’t that spoilt, at least I don’t think I was compared to other children I’ve seen (it’s all relative) but certainly I can appreciate the mentality you form as a result of being an only child. In general I enjoy time by myself more than with other people, I have trouble negotiating things like cooking in the kitchen with others – I have to be in charge of that – and introversion is definitely a characteristic of mine. Whether I can lay the blame for these personality styles on the fact that I am only child I don’t know – but it seems relevant to me.
2. I’m a star trek fan and proud of it!
3. I’ve never had a full time job in my life. The closest I ever got to it was a permanent part time position, 20 hours per week, at a computer helpdesk, which lasted all of one month before I headed to Tasmania on a backpacking trip.
4. I am not a vegetarian, I’ve never smoked pot or cigarettes or done any drugs – in fact I’ve never had any drugs like antibiotics in my life (up to this point anyway) – so just because I have long hair doesn’t mean I’m a hippy or have any hippy-esque tendencies people! Although I certainly think and discuss the meaning of life often enough to be considered spiritual – hmm, “new-agey” perhaps – no I don’t like that one either. I’m definitely more geek than hippy – but that’s enough labels, it’s clear they do not work well as a means to describe people.
5. And finally, I was on the 1998 Magic: the Gathering World Championships Australian team, something I’m particularly proud of. Yes, “geek” is definitely the right label…

Well there you have it. I’m not sure who is left in the blogosphere who hasn’t done this five things tag game yet, but let me see… I tag Neil Shearing, Burt, Mike Filsaime, Rich Schefren and Suzanne Falter-Barnes.

Regular bloggers will remember MyBlogLog from back when it was a run-of-the-mill blog statistics service. To be brutally honest, while I appreciated MyBlogLog and I admired that they had an affiliate program too, there really wasn’t anything that much different to all the other web statistic trinkets available. As a result I tested it out then walked away without a second thought because I was content with my current statistics services.

Recently the folks behind MyBlogLog had an epiphany. Social networking is huge right? Why not create a social networking tool for bloggers and integrate it with their existing MyBlogLog service…and that’s exactly what they did.

Now I don’t know if this was their original intention or this was some nice repositioning on-the-fly in response to changing market opportunities – but whatever it was, it was genius. I’ve never seen a tool gain traction in the blogosphere so quickly. The MyBlogLog widget is showing up absolutely everywhere on most blogs I visit and there’s an obvious reason why – it’s such a compelling tool because it lets you see, using photos of people, who has visited your blog recently.

What Is The New MyBlogLog?

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Click Here To Order Your Free Dot Com Secrets DVD (aff).

It’s time for another Internet marketing product launch! Whether you like them or hate them (I’m a little of both), you can’t deny they offer a great chance to get free content and an opportunity to “watch and learn” to see how millions are generated in a short period of time.

If you have the investment cash available and it make sense to your unique situation, purchasing a big Internet marketing product can be the best way to start an Internet business because you get a blueprint from someone who has done it already. Theoretically you just need to follow the steps and execute to start making money online – theoretically!

That’s the exact reason I agreed to help out Russell Brunson with his launch of DotComSecrets – because he’s created a product designed to help people get started in Internet marketing from the ground up. This is the first time he’s releasing a home study course and he’s starting out by giving away his business plan on DVD, you just have to pay for shipping.

Of course you can expect to hear more about the full product you will be able to buy down the line, but as per usual you are not obligated to purchase – you can pay the $2.97 shipping, get your DVD and then opt out and never hear from Russell again if you don’t want to.

Order Your DotComSecrets Free DVD

You can check out the selling points and then order your DVD from the Dot Com Secrets Free DVD Special Offer Page.

And yes, of course, I am an affiliate in this launch so if one or two of you do decide to buy the big product when it is released I will get a commission, which I thank you for. For the time being I recommend you take advantage of the free materials from Russell and assess whether his business model is a good one.