I keep on coming across sites selling ebooks, videos and software that are horrendous looking. Quite a few of them sell goods and services that A-list bloggers and SEOs seem to hold in high regard, so obviously people are buying from them. So, is a winning formula to produce really ugly websites and start selling ebooks? … [Read more...] about Are Ugly Websites Successful?
Professional SEO or Chancers?
I've never been overly impressed by online marketers who "guaranteed" results or "promised" "top ranking". While I was sifting through the splogs, "under contructions" and other junk that gets submitted to search.ie this morning I came across yet another submission from an Irish SEO company. Like so many of their previous submissions this one was full of keyword loading, … [Read more...] about Professional SEO or Chancers?
Amazon.com adds Omakase Links
I'm not sure why the Amazon.com associate team chose such an odd name for them, but in any case they've now enabled "Omakase Links" for their associates. On this side of the Atlantic the link units are known as "Self-Optimising Links", which is a lot easier to understand. Funnily enough Amazon has no issue with people running their link units alongside Adsense, but Google … [Read more...] about Amazon.com adds Omakase Links
Adsense Optimisation – Finding the Right Balance
Most of the Google services have some form of blog to accompany them. The quality of the information / tips tends to vary quite a bit across them, but that's only natural when you consider that they are produced by a wide variety of people. The Adsense blog has proven itself time and again to be a fantastic resource, as it combines tips "from the horse's mouth" with valuable … [Read more...] about Adsense Optimisation – Finding the Right Balance
Enabling / Disabling Modules / Sites in Apache 2 on Ubuntu
I really like the way Debian and Ubuntu handle Apache 2 modules and virtual host configurations. By using symlinks between the installed modules and the directory for the active ones, you can easily turn them on and off. It couldn't be easier, or could it? Well it can actually! There are a number of binaries available that can handle all of this even more gracefully (at least … [Read more...] about Enabling / Disabling Modules / Sites in Apache 2 on Ubuntu