Amazon Affiliate LogoIf you are an Amazon Associate and are looking for an easy way to improve your affiliate sales, then this article is for you. I am going to show you a very simple way to link specific text on your website back to your Amazon Affiliate account. If done correctly, you will see your Amazon Affiliate sales skyrocket. Before continuing, make sure that you already have an active Amazon Affiliate account. If you do not already have an Amazon Affiliate, you can apply for one by clicking here.

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All-In-One SEO

On February 6, 2011, in Automation, Make Money, Marketing, SEO, by LuCuS

Well, after a lot of work, I’m finally ready to release the beta version of my All-In-One SEO tool. You can get all of the details including the download link by clicking here. Even though the application is in beta, you can still purchase and register your copy for $25.00 using the “Buy Now” button provided on the All-In-One SEO tool page. As mentioned on the page, I will be providing free upgrades for life to the first 100 users. Like most of my other programs, this one will probably go pretty fast. So, be sure to get in on the free upgrades for life offer while it lasts.

I will be providing more and more upgrades over the next couple of months including tools for social networking and complete WordPress management. I will also be adding more search engines to the list found in the site submitter. A while back, I mentioned that I was working on this tool and asked users to submit ideas for features they would like to see in the program. One of the suggestions I received was the ability to generate complete websites designed for making money. This is something that I am currently in the process of adding and hope to have it within the next few releases.

It will work by allowing you to pick from several different templates, select the niche you want the site for, fill in a few fields, and it will automagically generate a complete website designed especially for making you money. It will include a landing page with Amazon products, ebay products, YouTube videos, and Yahoo Answers for content. It will also include advertisements from Google AdSense and many others. So, if you want to get all of this without paying more than the introductory price, you better make sure that you’re one of the first 100 users.

If you’d like to go ahead and give the tool a go, you can download it from the link below. And, be sure to checkout the features page by clicking here. Hope you enjoy!

Download: All-In-One SEO (227KB) .NET 4.0 Runtimes Required

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Advertisement Overload (Updated)

On February 2, 2011, in Advertising, SEO, by LuCuS

Ad OverloadHave you noticed how lately more and more websites are going overboard with their advertisements? Being one myself, I understand that a website owner would like to make some extra money, possibly a living, by placing ads on their sites. But, when does a webmaster know when to say enough is enough?

I’ve been seeing a lot more sites do the whole-page advertisements which I find extremely annoying! In fact, I have stopped visiting some sites because I hate having to either wait for the advertisement to play out or have to click to close an advertisement I wasn’t interested in in the first place. For example, I use to enjoy reading articles on the Popular Science website. But, I stopped visiting their site a long time ago because they decide to display a full page advertisement when you first arrive at their site. Sure they have a timer that counts down and yes, they have a link you can click to skip the ad. But, why I should I have to do that? By forcing me to view your ads, that makes me want to click them even less than I did before. I find this as “force feeding” the reader. If that isn’t bad enough, the PopSci site is chalked full of advertisements anyways once you finally do get past the initial advertisement.

Another advertisement method that irritates me is the whole sliding page ad. This is when you arrive at a site, see the content for a brief second, and then the entire page slides out of the way while another huge advertisement slides into its place. Again, these ads have timers and “close” buttons. But, I still think that these are overkill and should never be used. There are lots of sites that I no longer visit because they use this technique and it frustrates me because I used to enjoy visiting those sites.

As a website owner, I know that it can be costly to run a website and I completely understand needing a way to subsidize those costs. But, there are much better ways of doing it. By using proper ad placement on your site, you can avoid using these annoying ad techniques and chances are, you’ll piss off a lot less people. The only way you’ll ever see any kind of annoying ads like that on this site is if I’m offered at minimum of $20,000 from the advertiser. That’s the only way I could ever justify annoying any of my readers so bad that they leave and never come back. So, save yourself some trouble and don’t be a full-page ad douche bag!

Update: I’m not sure if Popular Science read this article or not. But, they did remove the annoying full page advertisement that you were presented with when you first arrive at their site. Good job PopSci! Nevermind! PopSci has now reverted back to showing the full page advertisement when you first arrive at their site. Also, Wired.com is once again using their full-page cover ad. When are these guys gonna get a clue?

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Make Money with Text Link Advertising

On February 1, 2011, in Advertising, Make Money, by LuCuS

Text Link AdvertisingFirst off, what is “text link advertising”? Text link ads are basically advertisements that are generated on-the-fly from the content of a web page. Text link ads are usually created by a javascript that scans a web page for its content, submits that content back to a server where it is parsed for keywords, and the server returns the same content with specific keywords highlighted as links. These links are normally denoted with the double underline and almost always have a popup that is displayed when you hover your mouse over them. Text link ads are a great way to monetize your website without having a bunch of intrusive advertisements coating your pages. Instead, the ads are only visible when you hover over them. But, what does this all mean to me and more importantly, how can I profit from text link advertising?

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Get More Traffic to Your Blog

On January 30, 2011, in Advertising, Automation, SEO, by LuCuS

I want to take a minute to introduce you to another cool way of generating traffic to your blog. It’s called a “ping”. In blogging, ping is an XML-RPC based push mechanism by which a blog notifies a server that its content has been updated. An XML-RPC signal is sent to one or more ping servers, which then generate a list of blogs that have new material. If you’re using WordPress as your blogging tool, then you already have the ability to send pings using the built-in “update services” found on the “Writing” page located in the “Settings” area. You can read more about update services here. But, what about blogs that don’t have built-in ping services or users looking for a way to manually submit pings? Well, I want to introduce you to a few sites that can help you.

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