Archive for September, 2010


Google SEO Tip #67 – Does PageRank Take Into Account Cross-Browser Compatibility?

TweetMatt Cutts: The answer is no. I mentioned this in another video but let me just reiterate; PageRank is based on the number of people who link to you and how reputable they are, the links that come to your site. It is completely independent of the content of your site. So, PageRank doesn’t take [...]

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Affiliate Buzz #175 – Case Study of a Hybrid Affiliate Site – $5K Per Month (Part 1 of 2)

TweetIn this edition of the Affiliate Buzz audio newsletter James Martell, successful publisher, speaker and author talks with co-host Arlene Martell and guest Don Campbell as they discuss a case study on a hybrid affiliate model that combines affiliate programs, an online course and a paid members area. To begin you’ll hear a little background [...]

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Google SEO Tip #66 – Can I use Robots.txt to Optimize Google’s Crawl?

TweetMatt Cutts: This is another one of those NOOO kind of videos. I swear I had completely brown hair until you asked this question and then suddenly gray just popped in like that. That’s where the gray came from, really. So no, please don’t use robots.txt in an attempt to sort of shunt Googlebot all [...]

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Outsourcing Essentials – Five Sessions That Will Dramatically Change The Way You Work Online

TweetOnline Course – Starts September 28, 2010 I have put together a detailed 5-session course on outsourcing through Elance (the way I have done since 2004). If you have a monthly budget of $100 or more please join me and I promise you — it will change the way you operate online. Once you complete [...]

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Coffee Talk Interview #60 – You Can Look Back To A Past ShareASale Think Tank To Learn The 7 Things YOU Must Look For In A High-Converting Affiliate Program (Audio & Video)

Choosing a merchant partner can feel like a daunting task. Affiliate Marketer James Martell helps remove this fear, sharing with Coffee Talk listeners 7 things to look for when evaluating a merchant, as well as the 7 things that make an merchant’s affiliate program successful.

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4 Steps: Installing WordPress, Drupal Or Any One of Dozens of FREE and Popular Scripts Has Never Been Easier

TweetIn the past, adding a content management system, chat forum, blog, survey, mailing list or photo gallery to your website was a technical challenge that often required you to hire a techie. Those days are now over. It is much more convenient and certainly faster if you are able to install these tools yourself. Now [...]

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Google SEO Tip #65 – Why Doesn’t Search Query Data in Webmaster Tools Appear to Match What I See When Searching?

TweetMatt Cutts: There are a few reasons why this might happen. First off, maybe you’ve got personalized search and maybe you’ve clicked on things or not clicked on things and so you’re getting different search results than a lot of other people might be seeing. The second thing is it can depend on the country [...]

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Google SEO Tip #64 – Can A Spammy Website Affect the Ranking of Other Sites Hosted on the Same Server?

TweetMatt Cutts: Great question. On the list of things that I worry about, that would not be near the top. So I understand, and Google understands that shared webhosting happens. You can’t really control or help who else is on that IP address or Class C subnet. The other thing is, if you were to [...]

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Google SEO Tip #63 – Do Tag Clouds Help or Hinder SEO?

TweetMatt Cutts: The thing to think about first off is what a tag cloud is. Typically you might have a blog or something like that and then over here in the right-hand sidebar or over on the left sidebar you’ll see a whole bunch of different tags that have been used to mark the different [...]

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Google SEO Tip #62 – Are Chrome’s Usage Statistics Used In Evaluating Site Speed?

TweetMatt Cutts: I’m not a hundred percent sure about this one because I didn’t get to check with the Chrome team before I came on to answer these questions but I believe the answer is no, at least right now. The sort of thing that Google is going to look at might be how fast [...]

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