http://xbmanx.com/blog Internet Advertising, Search Marketing, Websites & Commentary Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:49:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Check out AdHustler.com - It's my new blog! xBMANx http://xbmanx.com/blog/index.php/223/check-out-adhustlercom/ I'm not the first person to write about AffSpy and certainly won't be the last.  I'm a big fan of NickyCakes blog and in his post Affspy: Epic Failboat he rips them a new one.  I actually first heard of the service when he posted about it.  Although all of ... http://xbmanx.com/blog/index.php/220/affspycom-has-its-uses/ On Landing Pages small Changes Make BIG Differences.  I had a landing page that was performing poorly.  VERY poorly.  The desired action I needed someone to take on the landing page was simple.  Click a button to enter.  Only about 1 out of 20 visitors were clicking the button.  The ... http://xbmanx.com/blog/index.php/217/on-landing-pages-small-changes-make-big-differences/ Spam is BAD (Unless of course your a spammer and making money or of it)!  Spam wastes time and decreases productivity.  This is one of the reasons I've completely migrated to Google's Gmail / Calandar offerings.  It saves time and Spam (in the past) has been a non issue since ... http://xbmanx.com/blog/index.php/216/a-proliferation-of-gmail-spam/ xBMANx http://xbmanx.com/blog/index.php/213/internet-marketing-can-be-fun-paid-search-101-rap/ Happy New Years to everyone in the internet marketing community.  I wish you all a prosperice year of driving traffic and making money.  Best wishes to all! xBMANx http://xbmanx.com/blog/index.php/212/happy-new-years/ Wikipedia defines Affiliate Marketing As: Affiliate marketing is a web-based marketing practice in which a business rewards one or more affiliates for each visitor or customer brought about by the affiliate's marketing efforts. Affiliate marketing is an interesting marketing method.  Advertisers only pay based on performance  The performance metric is defined by ... http://xbmanx.com/blog/index.php/211/affiliate-networks-from-an-advertising-agency-point-of-view/ Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays To Everyone That Reads My Blog! I sincerely apologize for the lack of posts lately.  I have been very involved with some new internet advertising projects and websites.  I've learned a lot over the past months and hope to start posting again much more regularly. I am ... http://xbmanx.com/blog/index.php/210/merry-christmas/ Read This Great Article. xBMANx http://xbmanx.com/blog/index.php/209/20-must-have-sem-tools/ SearchEngineLand reports today that its official that selling paid links can destroy your rankings.  Google is cracking down and taking offending sites rankings with it.  Popular text link brokerage network text-link-ads has been penalized as have many directories.  We all knew it was coming.  This crackdown scares me a bit.  ... http://xbmanx.com/blog/index.php/208/selling-paid-links-can-destroy-your-rankings/