A lot of interesting and truly useful content is being produced in forms of articles and blog posts every single week. I do refer to some of them in my own daily blogging, but it is nearly impossible for me to devote individual attention to each one of them. So, […]
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Ever wondered how exactly blackhat SEO works? My brother has forwarded me a link to an excellent video shot by Sophos, which shows how they are taking advantage of the hottest/trending topics (on Google and Bing). The eventual goal is to infect your computer with malware (and ultimately, get your
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In the manner of my recent experiment with LinkShare premium advertisers, today I have conducted a similar test with the top affiliate programs on Google Affiliate Network. Having sorted advertisers by “Payout Rank”, I have applied to 100 4-bar ones (since each bar “represents one quarter of the advertisers payout
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All of us receive spam via email. However, some of these messages are funnier than others, and yesterday I’ve received one of the funniest (or should I say “stupidest”?) ones I’ve ever seen. Here’s an excerpt from it: During our investigation and Auditing in the Bank, in my department I
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On Tuesday (November 2, 2010) LinkShare affiliate network announced its Q3 2010 progress and highlights: LinkShare in Q3 2010 …more than 110 new advertisers joined the LinkShare Network in the third quarter of 2010, an increase of 25 percent compared to the same quarter in 2009. More than 1,000 advertisers
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Not too long ago I have put together a list of European affiliate networks. Apparently, the number of affiliate marketing networks servicing Eastern Europe is large enough to put together a separate blog post just on Eastern European countries. Below you may find the list of the ones I was
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Having surveyed more than 5,000 affiliates and merchants, and having conducted “dozens of discussions with industry experts and insiders”, Revenue Performance has announced the top ranked affiliate networks in the performance marketing industry. Some of the results may look surprising, others logical, but overall, it’s an interesting ranking, and I
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A friend, and fellow digital marketer, Michael Vorel, has just tweeted some good news for all of us dependent on the well-being of e-commerce: Michael is referring to comScore’s U.S. retail e-commerce sales estimates for Q3 2010 which have been released just today, showing that “that online retail spending reached
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I have conducted an experiment, and applied to 107 advertiser/merchant affiliate programs which are listed in LinkShare‘s “Premium Advertisers” section: The results were quite interesting: 18 merchants auto-approved me into their affiliate programs right away (i.e. without even seeing my website), 10 automatically declined my application (again, without even reviewing
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Neuromarketing is “the application of neuroscience to marketing”. It “includes the direct use of brain imaging, scanning, or other brain activity measurement technology to measure a subject’s response to specific products, packaging, advertising, or other marketing elements”. On a more general level, “neuromarketing also includes the use of neuroscience research
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