Is There A Duplicate Content Penalty?

February 27, 2011

There is a theory that having the same exact paragraph or article on multiple sites will cause your site to catch a dreaded STD (Search  Transmitted Disease) called the Duplicate Content Penalty. For example, pretend this sentence is an entire article, not just nine words: “The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog”

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LinkAloha First Impressions – Great Link Building Service Experiment 2011

February 22, 2011

The next service I signed up for in the Great Link Building Service Experiment is LinkAloha. Why LinkAloha second?  Well, after all the effort I had to put into the BuildMyRank site to meet their exacting standards, LinkAloha seemed like an easy win.  And it certainly was.

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BuildMyRank First Impressions – Great SEO Link Building Experiment 2011

February 20, 2011

As part of the Great Link Building Service Experiment of 2011, I’ve started paying for and using the four services in the experiment. A couple people have commented that they think BuildMyRank is the only service in the experiment that really has any legs.  It’s really as close to a White Hat link building network [...]

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The Great SEO Link Building Service Experiment of 2011

February 11, 2011

Do I dislike link building?  I dislike it so much that I rarely do any. One of my main strengths is content creation.  Whipping out a 500 word article on a subject is a trivial task for me, typically taking less than an hour to do some quick research and type it out.   I have [...]

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Clicks But No Buys? How To Tell If Your Affiliate Program Is Cheating You

February 9, 2011

Question: How do I know if my Affiliate earnings are being stolen? I started a blog in October that promotes affiliate products. I promoted products from 3 affiliate networks and to date I have not made a sale from one in particular. Buy.com is the biggest product line I promote and the latest totals read: [...]

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Is Google Going To Start Ignoring Links And Counting Tweets?

February 8, 2011

There was some recent news about Google starting to use Twitter and Facebook links as a ranking factor as well as the authors reputation.  Here is the video:

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“I Think I’ll Scam Some People Today!”

February 6, 2011

Wow. I was looking through some keyword analytics for The Electron Plumber this morning and was a bit surprised.  Unlike my money sites, I don’t do any real keyword targeting on this site, basically letting Google and the other search engines throw some traffic my way and seeing what sticks.

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Ask The Electron Plumber Answer #1

February 4, 2011

Ask The Electron Plumber begins! James Taylor writes: Hi, what other wayes(sic) are there to advertise on the internet without putting together a full blown web site via a web hoster? Well James, first off, I’ve always been a big fan of your music.  Seriously though, it really depends on what you are trying to [...]

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Amazon Affiliate Lesson #2: The Best Amazon Affiliate Links

January 31, 2011

<—- Back to Amazon Affiliate Lesson #1 Ok, so if you read Lesson #1, you know that you can’t just plop a bunch of Amazon ads or links without giving your visitors some value.  Sorry to burst your bubble there.  Now that you’re adding some value on a site, what next? Goal #1: Get People [...]

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Choosing a Domain Name – Part 1 – Rules For Bloggers #20

January 29, 2011

My wife and her friend are starting a website together and had trouble picking out a good domain name.  They had plenty of good ideas but it was hard to come up with the ideal name that was still available. Between the number of real sites and domain squatters, most of the good keyword targeted [...]

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