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I have a ton of websites lying around here and there and SEO is something that would take a few weeks to come into effect (in my opinion - I’m sure others can probably do it quicker than I can).

Anyways, I did some decent SEO on a website and it ended up getting a TON of search engine traffic. This website is purely an affiliate website and uses an affiliate program through CJ.com and I’ve showed the stats for this month to the left.

I plan on writing a full report on how this website ended up taking off and EXACTLY what I did to get an extra $100 this month.

But in the meantime, I’m holding a small contest for the WickedFire Members by giving away a small amount of money ($15 via PayPal) to the first person that can guess which affiliate I used. If you aren’t a member, just spend a few minutes signing up. If you are a member, head on over to their thread and start guessing!

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I’ve been busy with many new projects lately, but I have come back to revive one of my prosperous blogs - Modern SEO News. I’ll be updating the blog on a daily basis and accepting sponsors as well.

We will also be touching on the affiliate scene as well now! Look forward to more blog posts.

Now I think this is a bit silly, it feels as if though Google is taking over every aspect of the average man’s life. I can understand them dominating the advertising and search engine area of the internet, but a line should be drawn! Now they have released a new program entering into healthcare, Google Health, which allows you to input your details regarding your health and medication and get responses regarding diet and such.

It does seem to be a service that would benefit many people, but the problem lies with the fact that it is mostly automated responses from a computer, and not an actual physical analysis done by a doctor (one of the points stated by the U.S. Health Care System). Google responded by saying that people should benefit from as much information as they can, and this also solves the problem of having to move your medical history from one state to another. Furthermore, it seems that they are also getting support from the Bush administration since they support the push to electronically handling hospital/health records.

Here is a screenshot snagged from Blogoscoped:

Technorati Tags: Google, healthcare, Health, hospital

Search Engine Journal is reporting that Google might decide to remove their Google PageRank bar from their Google Toolbar.

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Possible Removal of Google PageRank?

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As soon as people get banned from AdSense, it seems that they run to Clicksor, hoping that they get more leniency for the same price. Last year this would have been crazy talk to most webmasters, but now that Google has released more and more restrictions on the type of content you’re allowed to serve with AdSense, I’m starting to believe that Clicksor just might be a formidable alternative to AdSense.

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Clicksor is a formidable alternative to AdSense?

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Considering that Microsoft already runs it’s own advertising service via adCenter, it was quite a surprise when they bought AdECN. However, AdECN is quite the catch, considering the features that they offer for their advertisers (and the publishers).

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Microsoft Acquires AdECN

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I decided to take a crack at Yahoo’s Overture PPC program today and stumbled across this page that talks about paid inclusion in Yahoo!’s Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs). Now this doesn’t seem like bribery at first, but…

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Yahoo! Search Marketing or Search Bribery?

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I just thought this would be a great find for Google AdSense users, especially those that run websites in a language other than English. In fact, I saw an advertisement in Hindi in my gMail Account yesterday. I don’t know if it was a random coincidence or they somehow managed to get my ethnicity (even though I never displayed it on the internet).

Nevertheless, Search Engine Roundtable has posted up how you can change your primary language for your Google AdSense formats:

• Log in to your account at https://www.google.com/adsense
• Click the My Account tab
• Click the Login Information [edit] link
• Select a language from the Display Language drop-down list
• Click Save Settings

A prime example of a website that should definitely use this, would be Deepika News. They are an unbelievably popular Indian news site, with tons of traffic each day. However, they are displaying English advertisements. Even though many Indians can read English, the CTR for these ads must be horrible. But, if it was in Hindi, the official language of India, more readers would click on the ads. Just goes to show what can be done to monetize your website if it’s in a different language.

Technorati Tags: Google, AdSense, Hindi, gMail, Deepika, CTR

I received an E-Mail from a reader, Jeff, asking to make a blog post on the tools that I would use when developing a website to check on their status, as well as research a website before buying it.

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The Tools/Websites of an SEO

I’ve worked with a couple of API websites in the past and I’ve always been interested on the concept of running websites which are supplied with continuous amounts of free content. Furthermore, people are now creating scripts that are meant to utilize these APIs.

Anyway, I found this great website with a list of numerous APIs on the web. If any programmer wants to take up this opportunity, go nuts! My prize API-based website is Vol3D, which pulls videos from Revver itself and uses my affiliate ID to display them for money!

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I was pretty amazed when I heard a company as prominent as DreamHost have a security leak as massive as 3,500 FTP accounts. Caydel was one of the unfortunate customers who had his account bypassed. Apparently he noticed a ton of spam links placed on his website, but didn’t think of anything at the time. Nevertheless, DreamHost still hasn’t discovered the security hole.

If anyone is looking for a new hosting company, I would recommend Sixty6 Hosting.

Technorati Tags: DreamHost, security, FTP, hosting

I’ve been using HitTail every now and then when I’ve been thinking of a blog post to make, since I definitely don’t mind being favored by the search engines! Anyway, I think they offer a great service and they do have a ton of tools for their Basic (a nicer way to say free) Users.I plan on outlining the features I consider to be the most useful for an SEO.

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HitTail Suggestions

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