Get accurate stats by blocking your IP from reports

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

This is a pretty common sense tip but I imagine that many webmasters forget it when they’re settings things up, so…
A lot of webmasters use Google Analytics to track traffic and analyze visitor patterns to their sites. The tool itself is great, with tons of metrics available for comparison. The only issue is that many […]

How to keep losers off your BlogRush widget

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

If you’re a low-traffic site in the online marketing niche, you’ll likely find your BlogRush widget cluttered with crap headlines from some really bad low-traffic blogs - everything from people pushing AGLOCO and e-books to get-rich-quick MLM hacks trying to get you to try their “business opportunity.”
But rejoice! You too can keep the late-night-TV junk […]

Quick PPC tip: Eliminate the cheapskates!

Monday, July 30th, 2007

If you’re running a CPA offer that requires a user to buy something, make sure you use negative keywords! This way you can cut out the cheapskates who click your ad and cost you money only to realize that your offer isn’t free. I would suggest a global -free across all of your ad groups.
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7 Tips To Help Lazy Bloggers Keep At It

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

There are a lot of reasons why such a high percentage of bloggers burn out and quit within the first few months. Today’s Woman writer Wayne Hurlbert suggests a bunch of tips for avoiding “blog burnout,” and here are a few more if you’re like me and come home after a long, 3-hour day of […]

SEO Sunday: Go to college? Improve your rankings with a .edu backlink

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

Most universities give out free web space to students, faculty and staff for publishing personal or class websites. Here at Northwestern, the system runs on DEPOT. It doesn’t allow parsing of PHP scripts or creation of databases, so it’s not possible to run a robust site while pinning bandwidth costs entirely on the university. What […]