Building niche sites successfully is a bit of a Jekyll and Hyde affair when you get down to it. The Jekyll part is the actual site construction, which most of us find rather enjoyable, at least I do. I love finding a niche, developing my targets, building out the site and getting it looking, feeling and smelling just right. The “Hyde” part of being successful at this game is the link building and site optimization piece. ...

Many EPN affiliates are scrambling to find an alternative to Ebay since the QCP debacle and I am no different. I have managed to rebound pretty nicely between converting sites to Amazon and adding adsense to various sites but I made a promise to myself to never get myself in the same position that I was when the hammer came crashing down from Ebay. I had all my eggs in one basket, but I am not going to do that again. So my latest...

As you know from my last post I have run into a great deal of friction with our friends at EPN over this QCP payment model. I have seen a number of people report that they are seeing some amazing improvement in their EPN earnings but most that I know are similar to me, they WERE making GREAT money but have seen that cut in half or even worse since the implementation of QCP. So now that I pissed and moaned for a month or two and got it out...

As you can see if you look back at the date stamps on this blog, you can see I’ve been an absentee landlord for the last year or so. I enjoyed blogging for a long time back when I was a noob but to be honest, once I started making a lot of money with content based websites and EPN, I dropped blogging like a hot potato. QCP Makes it’s Entrance As most of the MMO world knows, Ebay recently revamped their affiliate program making...

Ok, well it’s only been a few days since I decided to take on the 30 Day SEO Challenge so I don’t have much to report. I have 9 hubs written and I need to write 3 more today, which will keep me on pace for 100 ish in 30 days. It’s a bit of a challenge, as I am a perfectionist and I hate to put something up that isn’t worthy of being on the internet. I’ve tried to just slap crap together and post it to the...

Have you ever sat back and watched the MMO world?  I have for the last few months and I have to say it’s either funny or pathetic and probably both.  There is definitely a class structure out there….you have the upper crust, then you have some medium sized, reasonably well respected blogs and then you have the herd. Herd Mentality The herd is notorious for following the leader and charging off in whatever direction those at...

One of the things that truly separate those who are immensely successful at this game from those who are usually disappointed, is their willingness to do the things that most people aren’t willing to do.  One of those things for most people, me included, is link building.  Building websites is sexy, building links is not so sexy.  It’s dull, boring and unimaginative and most people stink at it. Link Building Stinks One of the...