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To me, this is huge. I always hated how DoubleClick tracked you across the web. Now for Google to be doing it is even worse - they know so much already. How can I continue to run AdSense on my sites, knowing what I am doing to my readers' privacy read more »
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Internet Marketers, like most entrepreneurs, tend to get distracted and flit from one project to another without accomplishing anything. This is not really a flaw, but is due to our creative side taking over. Here is a simple method to keep on tra read more »
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Excellent post about how different groups view Stumbleupon. This is not your usual rehash of what has been said before - it is very personal and compelling - I really liked it! read more »
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Great article about how to use social media correctly. read more »
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Great interview with Nathania Johnson. She discusses blogging, social networking, and web 2.0 topics. read more »
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Instead of just having your latest posts on the home page of your blog, you can create a custom front page and display whatever you choose. read more »
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Great post by Skellie - how to find new readers for your blog. read more »
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I just started using gmail a few days ago, had all my mail archived there, and all of a sudden my account was suspended. I have no idea why! Luckily I was able to recover most of my email from my old computer, but I lost the mail from the last few read more »
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Facing business decisions about how to access mail and files from multiple computers, and how to have backups for disaster recovery. If you are serious about your internet business, you should think about these things. People left good info in the read more »
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I got my ebook published in Amazon's Kindle bookstore. Here is how I did it. If you want to be a "published author" on Amazon.com, this is an easy way to do it, and it is free. read more »
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A reminder that it may take many times of viewing an ad before someone purchases, so you should commit to a marketing plan for the long term. read more »
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Why some blogs make a lot more money on AdSense than others. read more »
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From the article: "Yesterday, I focused on building links to the blog. In order to rank well in the search engines, I am going to have to get links to the blog. The blog is so boring, it would not work well for social networking.

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I have been testing the ScratchBack widget in my sidebar. ScratchBack, currently in Beta, is a creation of marketer Jim Kukral. I am reviewing it as a publisher and as an advertiser on other blogs' Scratchback widgets. read more »
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From the article: "Instead of seeing social media as a way to bring more into your site let’s look at how you can put more into social media sites and in doing so how you can brand yourself and increase your sphere of influence." read more »
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Is Google going too far in alienating everyone? read more »
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From the post: "When you think of search engines it’s conventional to see them as a source of traffic for your site. However, what you’re really doing is building a presence on another site. Search engines are not the only place you can build that p read more »
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The well-known blogs who make their money by advertising may not actually be using the most effective profit model.  We tend to forget the other model - selling your own products. read more »
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Graphic designer David Airey has gotten at least 1,271 links from his contest so far. Analysis of what makes his contest so good from a marketing standpoint. read more »
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Many blogs are abandoned after a short time. Make sure your blog is not one of them. Implement these tips now before the "blogging blahs" hit you. read more »
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Mark has created a Top-100 list of "Make Money Online" blogs - ranked by Page Rank, Technorati rank, and Alexa rank. There is still time to get your blog entered - just give Mark at 45n5 your URL. Kind of a fun, friendly competition. read more »
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Good discussion on how many hours per day a successful internet entrepreneur works, how much money is enough, workaholism, etc. read more »
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Think about your visitors when deciding where to place your AdSense ads. read more »
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I love Sphinn and have found some really great posts here. My only problem is that the pages load so slowly that I get impatient and leave. I would spend a lot more time browsing if the pages loaded quicker. Thanks! read more »
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Does it matter if you use keywords in your permalinks? Does it hurt to use the default WordPress permalinks? What do you think? read more »
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