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The way a lot of people talk, I would think SEO should be called GSO, for Google Search Optimization.  Most people consider it the be-all, end-all of search engines. Which I can understand, as they the biggest internet company around right now.  But looking at my analytics (and you can see it for yourself on [...]

I found out an interesting little nugget of information about Adwords the other day. Your placement ranking is based on a quality scoring algorithm, instead of just your bids. Here is the super complex Google algorithim, which has recently been leaked:

Google took one more step towards owning a monopoly on the internet advertising industry by announcing  a ten year deal with Yahoo the other day (news report here) Yahoo will now be using the Google adsense network, and it is expected to raise $250 million for Yahoo in the first year.

The world of Search Engine Optimization is about to change, hopefully for the better. Google is working on making a lot of changes to how it ranks web sites, and will be making more open annoucements in the coming months. So, here is what you need to be focusing on, and you need to [...]

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After talking to some friends, and reading some forum posts about this particular issue, I wanted to write a follow-up to this article.

     Google seems to have taken it upon themselves to play judge, jury, and executioner when it comes to websites.  I’ve discussed before about my experiment with College Debt Assistance, where I had heard enough talk about making money with MFA(made for AdSense)  sites  that I decided to give it a shot.  I recently received [...]

Building backlinks is immensely important when it comes to marketing your website. All the major search engines use backlinks to determine your pagerank. 80% of Google users click the first link when they search for something, and if you can get that #1 spot, you will never have trouble getting traffic to your site. Here [...]

The main thing that made me want to move my site over to Wordpress was all the different plug-ins you can install. I’ve got a number of them running now, and I wanted to give you all a little insight into the ones I’m using, how they work, and what they do.