May 2014 4
How my rankings bounced back
A couple of weeks back there was some hot debate about how "Google hates affiliates".
In this blog post I showed how I had a site for 12 years and didn't change a thing and had very steady rankings. Then I added an affiliate link and within days my rankings dropped.
How to increase your email opt-ins
The old adage of "the money is in the list" may not be trendy these days, but it's still as true as ever.
When you build an email list, you're building an asset.
How one affiliate link killed my rankings
You don't have to look too far to see evidence that Google generally dislikes affiliates.
Most of their rhetoric extends to “thin” affiliates or sites that don't add much value.
I get that and it makes sense to me. However, what I didn't realise. . .
Finally… it’s done
Phew! After months of work, it’s finally done. AssociatePrograms.com is over 16 years old and has 100,000’s of pages when you look at the forums, directory and all the content that has been posted over the years. As a result, it’s not easy to do a site evolution of any significance. There have only been […]