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Nameservers updated at respective registrars. Propagation takes 48 hours or less. So, get to work. Update us when you have something to share.

Don't worry about protecting your niche, it's too late for that since everyone already knows your domain name ;) Let's get some discussion going.
 


Hello Mike,
Is it too late to join this program? If not, I'd like to use PRODAMIPHONE.COM. I'm new to Affiliate Marketing as well but I can develop websites. I'm more than willing to help anyone out with their website, if needed.

Thanks,
-Tony
 
Dudes, I think one my previous questions got lost in all the action on this thread. I'm reposting it.

Paying someone to do directory submissions. (I've seen some good reviews on some folks on the For Sale forum) Is it a good or bad thing to do? Will I see a bump in traffic from this? If so, how effective are they and how many should I buy? Honest feedback here.

Thanks in advance,
 
Mike...

Mad respect to you. As always I will try to help.

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Got it sorted Mike - downloaded PageBreeze - gonna give that a whirl and see how it goes...

just to update everyone and also to ask a quick question.

Im a total noob. Mike kindly donated GlitterGrafix.info. Now im gonna get stuck into a couple of pages.

Now for the question - where do i upload my pages to on the ip address Mike gave me? so that people can view my work to date?

Cheers

Dave
 
Okay, so as i said, I'm a total n00b here. How do i get access to the site, admin, cpanel or whatever. Like i said before, you will probably get alot of silly questions from me, that is one of the reasons i took this on, so I can learn WTF I'm doing. Please bear with me.
 
I'm trying to get some discussion going! See my post above.

Another awesome web editor is Aptana. www.aptana.com

It has code assist and includes all the best Ajax libraries and tons of samples. Another is Nuvue. Its comparable to Dreamweaver.
 
@CCLIND normally, you get the access data (URL, username, password) and then you go and log into cpanel.

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In keeping with mattgatten's addition to the offer, I'll throw in help with WP for anyone who needs it. I have been working with WP for a while now, and have built out several different memes of it (WP is way way way more than just a stupid online diary application, in case that hasn't crossed your minds yet.) If anyone in this batch wants to PM me I can help you with:

1) Finding the WP layout that is best for your niche and presentation (ie. how to make a video site out of WP, how to make a social networking site, how to make a magazine, etc.)

2) Comparing different plugins that do similar things, getting them installed and configured for your needs.

3) Basic theme/template editing. I do not do graphics and I do not do aesthetic design, but as far as CSS, layouts and the basic colour scheme go I can help you get it looking like you want.

4) Finding, setting up and managing feeds.

5) "SEO infrastructure" for WP (getting title tags write, permalink management, sitemap setup etc.

This is free help, so it will be largely around my own schedule, but I'll try to get our timetables lined up well enough so that you aren't standing around waiting for me to help (come to think of it, if "standing around waiting for help" is your thing you should probably quit now and go work at Hardee's.)

This is only for the newbies in this case study, and only for the sites indexed to the domains and hosting that Mike has so generously put up. Please don't go asking me to build out other stuff for you, unless you bring money.


Frank
 
Looks like the domain is resolving now. Here is some info for you guys.

I didn't see it posted here anywhere. To get to your control panel cPanel, use
Code:
http://yourdomain.com:2082

Then it's just username and password.

I'm a cPanel vet. If you need help with something in there, let me know.

Another thing too. Google sees these two addresses as different sites:

I put in the spaces and 'dots' to let you see it better.

Code:
http: // yourdomain dot com
 
and 
 
http: // www dot yourdomain dot com

You want to use one or the other. Most suggest the 2nd one. The fully qualified domain name.

To get around folks using both address styles in links and such you can modify your .htaccess file inside the www or public_html folder.

Place this code in there and change 'yourdomain' to the actual domain name.

Code:
"again, remove the spaces in the domain parts, put the urls in there 
and save it in your .htaccess file".
 
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(.*)\.yourdomain\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http: // www dot yourdomain dot com [URL="http://www.dadoftwins.com/$1"]/$1[/URL] [R=301,L]

Do that before you put your first link out there. That way everything gets written to the full URL. Try it out and see for yourself.

Or go to my new domain by typing

Code:
http: // hondaaccordcar dot com
 
without the spaces!
 
My progress so far with this domain.

1. I've used the Google Keywords Tool, Keyword Tracker (free version) freekeywords.wordtracker.com to identify the keywords I want to use. I'm settling for the best 4-6 keywords I can come up with. I plan to concentrate on no more than 4 keywords for each page.

2. I've looked at the competition using google search tricks like:
allintitle: www dot domainname dot com
allinanchor: www dot domainname dot com
link: www dot domainname dot com
site: www dot domainname dot com
linkdomain: www dot domainname dot com (good one. Tells you the domains that link to the targeted domain).

3. Determined how I'll lay out my content structure. For mine, I'm planning on content pages for each year of the Honda accord. Wordtracker indicated that lots of searches are going on for the individual years. ie. 1999 Accord or 1999 Honda Accord. I want focused pages for each with 3 or 4 pieces of content on each. (The title tags, header info, and year model specific content will be dynamically inserted into each page allowing me to use a template for each). Will probably be the introductory article for each year.

4. Started locating content from around the various resources (article directories, wikipedia, etc) and rewriting things to be original on my site. In addition, I'm 'finding' images that I'll massage with Photoshop. (This is the time consuming part until I get my scraper finished).

5. In parallel, I'm installing wordpress and an 'adsense/YPN friendly' theme and I have to call Samantha at NeverblueAds this evening to finishing setting me up on their network.

Feedback appreciated: If I'm doing something out of order or wrong let me know. Teach me to fish, don't give me a fish.

I'll keep folks posted on my progress.
 
Hey Matt

Looking good so far. I'll be posting my progress with GlitterGrafix soon. In the middle of some lovely lovely kw reasearch - venturing into the world of zwinkys and mobile submits by the looks of things!

Dave
 
My Case Study: FANTASYPINUPART.COM

My Progress so far for FANTASYPINUPART.COM
Where I'm getting hung up is on time. Gonna have to do this after the kid goes down (ok...nuff whining)

day 1
  1. I did market research and keyword research last night. Found some other niches along the way.
  2. I signed up for my EPN account. EBay had some good high ticket items.
  3. Got my buddy to start a header graphic for the site (should be done by Sunday). I want it to look good as well as make a buck ;)
  4. Downloaded WP
  5. Got rss feeds into my rss reader from blogs, news, etc for content for the site.
day 2 (tomorrow night 5/23, I got a date with the wife tonight :D )
  1. upload wp
  2. get an ebay pluging for WP and install. If anyone knows of a decent one to use with EPN, please let me know.
  3. sign up with neverblueads , copeac
  4. Look for other affiliate possibilities
  5. start putting up content
~Atom
 
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