Internet Marketing Blog http://www.softwarefactoryinc.com/blog Rants About Making Money on the Internet Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:31:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Pete Report Follow-up http://www.softwarefactoryinc.com/blog/pete-report-follow-up/ http://www.softwarefactoryinc.com/blog/pete-report-follow-up/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:02:28 +0000 admin http://www.softwarefactoryinc.com/internet-marketing/pete-report-follow-up/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Pete Report Follow-up", url: "http://www.softwarefactoryinc.com/blog/pete-report-follow-up/" });]]> As a follow-up to my prior Rant on the Pete Report, you should know that I had to give out my mailing address to get the full report.  Ever since, I have been flooded with Junk Mail - get rich quick schemes and offer.  It seems Pete is making his money selling names and addresses.

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]]> http://www.softwarefactoryinc.com/blog/pete-report-follow-up/feed/ New Killer Software http://www.softwarefactoryinc.com/blog/new-killer-software/ http://www.softwarefactoryinc.com/blog/new-killer-software/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:37:24 +0000 admin http://www.softwarefactoryinc.com/internet-marketing/2008/01/24/new-killer-software/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "New Killer Software", url: "http://www.softwarefactoryinc.com/blog/new-killer-software/" });]]> Matt Callen, of HyperVre is about to release an incredibly powerful new software that will take your marketing to the next limit….

Hold your breath….

Keep holding…

a pop-over maker.

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]]> http://www.softwarefactoryinc.com/blog/new-killer-software/feed/ The BS of PR http://www.softwarefactoryinc.com/blog/the-bs-of-pr/ http://www.softwarefactoryinc.com/blog/the-bs-of-pr/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:29:44 +0000 admin http://www.softwarefactoryinc.com/internet-marketing/2008/01/14/the-bs-of-pr/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The BS of PR", url: "http://www.softwarefactoryinc.com/blog/the-bs-of-pr/" });]]> Ok, so the other day some guy emailed me to swap links with one of my niche sites. I sent him back an email stating he could submit the link on our eSyndicate link directory for that site. He then emailed me back - the site didn’t have a high enough PR. What gives? He contacted me first!

If you have been living under a rock, you may not have heard about Google’s toolbar with the PR feature. PR, according to Google stands for Page Rank. In reality, it stands for Public Relations - public relations for Google. This webmaster worried about the PR of the site according to Google, never mind he had found the site because it was listed in both the top two rankings in its category!

Don’t worry about the PR of a site (unless, maybe, it has a PR of 0) - worry more about whether the site’s theme fits in with your site’s theme, whether the site has good content, and whether the site can send you real visitors.

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]]> http://www.softwarefactoryinc.com/blog/the-bs-of-pr/feed/ Niches In A Box http://www.softwarefactoryinc.com/blog/niches-in-a-box/ http://www.softwarefactoryinc.com/blog/niches-in-a-box/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:29:32 +0000 admin http://www.softwarefactoryinc.com/internet-marketing/2008/01/14/niches-in-a-box/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Niches In A Box", url: "http://www.softwarefactoryinc.com/blog/niches-in-a-box/" });]]> I am a big fan of Niches In A Box. I really like their work, though the product does require some work. I like the product so much, that I setup a sample on link popularity based on a freebie they give to their members. The sample was released months ago, but I was able to simply update it to have the new features of their January release. I wanted to give you a nice sample, so I even included the dreaded Adwords in it. It took about 30 minutes to customize, but I haven’t included all the features yet.

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]]> http://www.softwarefactoryinc.com/blog/niches-in-a-box/feed/ Google Destroys the Internet http://www.softwarefactoryinc.com/blog/google-destroys-the-internet/ http://www.softwarefactoryinc.com/blog/google-destroys-the-internet/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:28:43 +0000 admin http://www.softwarefactoryinc.com/internet-marketing/2008/01/01/google-destroys-the-internet/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Google Destroys the Internet", url: "http://www.softwarefactoryinc.com/blog/google-destroys-the-internet/" });]]> Is it me, or does it seem that Google is destroying the internet?

Whenever I see Adsense ads on a web page I want to bang my head, especially when it’s on the home page.  I mean, why would anyone with a serious business put adsense on their home pages?  Do you see Adsense on IBM’s home page (or anywhere on their site for that matter), or Dell, or any company that comes to your mind.  Of course they don’t and it’s not just because it would tarnish their image.  What would happen if IBM showed adsense on its site?  Dell would buy ads there and it would be an embarrasement to IBM.

Adsense seems to have promoted a proliferation of bad websites.  Websites with no original content.  Websites with articles copied from other websites.  Ugly websites.

If you want to monetize your traffic, drop the adsense and pick up affiliate links which blend in with the content of your site.