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You can also back date posts to make the site appear more mature. I found a good 'old' new article for Honda Accords. I just adjusted the timestamp on the post to make it look like it was 'fresh' at the time. :) I have been adding new and back dating stuff at the same time.
 


Hey Mike, jsut so you know and dont delete me, had issues with my system, trying to work those out. Also having problems downloading WordPress on my system, trying something to work around that. just wanted to let you know, I am trying here. Thanks
 
emp, you couldn't find the site? Strange, I just clicked onto it from my signature link just then and everything was working fine...

I see what you're talking about regarding content. I'll definitely include that ad structure in my posts. This is my strategy so far for content - mind you I am almost TOTALLY clueless on *what* to write about.

* Posts about the Macbook in general such as Specifications, Graphics, Keyboard, etc every 2 days - this type of style of posts will also be created as pages since they seem to have the bare essentials of what the Macbook is (good/bad idea?)

* Posts on HOW TO install the MacBook

* Made up (ha ha) comments from girls about how much they enjoy the pink macbook.

Really don't have more to go on then that right now, I've been googling trying to find information but it doesn't really seem that I can get much more elaborate.... *thinks outside the box*

I'm also looking at ways to monetize this site. I know I can do Adsense/Adbrite etc on the site but I am thinking that if I could find affiliate offers promoting both the MacBook + skin cover then I'd be making way more money then .50c per click or how ever much it is. I could be totally wrong here though. I have found only one vendor so far on ShareASale and I've looked up "pink apple macbook affiliate" "pink apple macbook affiliate program" "apple macbook cover affiliate" "apple macbook cover affiliate program" "macbook case affiliate" etc etc. The one on ShareASale was only for the case itself @ $13.95 for 8% commission = $1.16 p/sale. At that rate Adsense would be the go...

EDIT: Just found another program offering Pink Apple MacBook cases for $28.99 which does give me more return, but they are Macbook AIR cases... I wonder if I should also promote MacBook Pro and MacBook Air Cases on my site... comments?

mediastar:- to my knowledge those plugins are only for Wordpress. Really, they aren't completely necessary, they just make things a little easier. Keep going mate, I really like the layout of your site for the type of content it is selling anyway!
 
Well, you can do a post about how this is supposed to work.

"How will this get me a free pink mac book? - The rumours are ripe that...blablba ... this company *company* offers a free pink macbook if you answer a few questions ..blabblba... easy to win .. blabla .. check it out!"

You can write a post about how cool a pink macbook would be

"Pink - the gadget color of choice. Are you fashionable? Well, the you know how important pink is.... blabla... other manufacturers have colored laptops..blabla.. now apple offers..blabla..win one with our partner company ... "

Write about pink accessoires - earphones, hedsets, covers, laptop bags...
Go to amazon and search, use the affiliate program, some people might buy...

Write about how cool the macbook is.

"The macbook is the fastest .. blabla... the coolest .. blabla.. the guys love it because ..bla... the girls love it because...bla... now in Pink! Get it here!"


etc..

etc..

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Very interesting.

Didn't really consider it like that. That is definitely food for thought.

Considering my demographic as well, I don't think they care for the technical aspects too much. I'll relocate those hardcore spec posts just to the pages, but have the posts in a similiar fashion as how you describe.

Huge appreciation mate.
 
Lavish said:
Really don't have more to go on then that right now, I've been googling trying to find information but it doesn't really seem that I can get much more elaborate.... *thinks outside the box*

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I'm also looking at ways to monetize this site.
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you can sign up for the ebay publishers network and sell pink iphones listed on ebay. Sounds like those would be good items to sell to your target audience

Use the google adwords tool to find some potential posts. Just enter "pink iphone" and it gives you 15 keyphrases. Make posts about each.

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Also, what is the name of the FTP server? Is it just ftp.mysite.com.?
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Yep, that's the one
 
I've got a small problem with my site (contentlinks.org). While the phrase perfectly describes the script I'm selling, I noticed that kontera has a trademark on "content link". I'm actually forseeing a problem with that as kontera probably has millions of bucks and a law staff ready to pounce. Contacted my lawyer but I don't have high hopes on this one. If I build on that name there is a good chance it can all be stripped of me one day. Any suggestions from WF people? I'm thinking of just picking another domain for that script. That sounds like the logical answer but it would put me in a position where it couldn't be involved with this thread since the domain is not pulled from the Mike's list of domains.

If that's the way I go, I'll do something different with the domain to make a buck, that way so I can keep going here.

Will keep you updated, any suggestions appreciated.
 
Are you sure "content link" is a trademark? It looks to me that "ContentLink" is their product. Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)

IANAL but it seems kind of stupid. Of course, even if they don't have a valid claim they could just be dicks and take you to court to waste your money and try to force you to settle.

I would just get a new name.
 
I guess BlueMendicant is right, the TESS does not return anything for contentlinks.

Just don't name your script "contentLinkScript" or something like that.
Be creative and choose a cool name.

Register that domain as well, so if contentlinks.org is pulled some day, you have a fallback.

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Thanks for the setup, SEO_Mike - I have a Wordpress installation with some pluging and a suitable theme up and running at santaradar.net.

Next step: some suitable content :)
 
For FTP server just use www dot yourdomain dot com. Really simple. I never had a problem doing it that way. Set the home directory to /public_html/.
 
Ok, I need a little 'student lesson' here on my stats. I was goofing around last night and I went ahead and 'stumbled' my own site. Here is what my stats showed just now when I looked at them. Help me break them down. I cut out some pieces of awstats from cPanel. If you need to look at something else from in there, let me know. Mike, I know you can go to any cPanel you want from the master panel.

This is part of my 'learnin'.

Also, who wants to stumble each other? Let me know. There's power in the 'noob army' here guys!

Thanks in advance,
 

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Last one before I leave today. I'm getting my moneymakers together. I found a site that already had a crapload of ebay affiliate links put together in a nice table for everything about Accords. Well, I snatched it, replaced the beginning of the url with my own and now I have a nice catalogue of ebay affiliate links to use throughout my site. I won't be leaving it in this format but it's nice to have been able to spend 10 minutes to put together these nice categories by year, part, etc. Man, I love being a lazy developer. :)

I can reformat these for anyone who wants one. No shit! Just sign up for an ebay affiliate program and I'll give you guys a lesson in breaking it down. Yeehaa!

P.S. I just put it in a page on my site but didn't put the link out on the menu yet! Have a look and let me know what you think. Honda Accords | Parts and Accessories for Honda Accords

Thanks again,
 
Just a quick tip if you're doing eBay affiliate stuff -- pretty standard I think but for the record, just log into your account and set up a campaign, taking note of the campaign number. Then do an eBay advanced search for the keywords and parameters for which you are looking. Towards the bottom there is an option to show affiliate info -- choos EPN and enter your campaign number.

This will produce a standard search return that has your affiliate links embedded. Right-click the RSS link, copy it into Feedburner or a similar service, and voila -- you've got a short URL for an RSS feed to enter into WordPress or other syndication.

If you don't want to syndicate to a blog, visit

Cut n' Paste JavaScript RSS Feed

to create a display for a static page.


Frank
 
Ok this is crazy..
I'm not even done working on my site.
Still working on the template and I've already made a whole penny!


Today's Earnings: $0.01




Whoo Hoo!
ok back to work...
~Atom
 
yeah, I caught that right as I was leaving work for the day. I was putting random text in all the templates to see which one was being used andwhere. Looks like I forgot to remove it from one of them.

Did anyone see my two earlier posts about my stumbling my own site? Also, who wants to start the noobie stumble buddies underground network. I'm accepting applications now! Hahaha
 
Hey, I'm learning so much and having such a good time enjoying Mike's generosity that I'm going to throw this out there. I'm a wiz at HTML, CSS, javascript, Php, web scraping, databases, linux scripting, etc. If anyone needs help with anything with their project, let me know. Time is ticking! I'm Here to help. Anyone need a Linux admin? Automation? I'm your 'noobie'.

Thanks,
 
So, I just launched Automatic Monster

The Automatic is a UK band with a small cult following. It's doing ok the charts and is due up for a new CD in June 2008. It's a smaller niche but I'm hoping to capitalize on the new CD release through the Amazon.com affiliate program. Amazon has recently released a new mp3 widget where you can sell mp3s through their service.

I'm not sure if there is enough search volume for purely organic seo, so I'm going to rebrand some youtube videos and try to make some of my own.

Not sure if it's a good use of the domain, but it's a start...right?
 
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