Information Sells

If you have a blog or web site, you have probably spent time trying to crack Google’s secret code. You want visitors, so you want to rank well on Google. There are plenty of SEO’s ready to tell you exactly how to do that. Some are reputable, some are sleazy, some are incompetent. Then, there [...]

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Google has added a new feature to its Search results. You can vote the individual results Up or Down. The rankings, for now, only change your personal results – but nothing Google does is ever so limited for long. How will these votes, when aggregated, influence Google? Are they another of the oncoming, rumored, and/or [...]

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Do you want to be to be the Number 1 answer to a Google query? Then think Long Tail. You know it already. It is easier to rank for long tail searches than for common keywords. It is almost impossible to rank well for a term like “Doctors,” but you should be able to optimize [...]

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What do you need to sell information products online? The list changes constantly. Some of the services I couldn’t do without might be meaningless to you. Even so, here’s the beginning of a list of essential web sites, tools, applications, and services that no online entrepreneur should be without. WEB SERVICES AND ACCOUNTS Email Accounts [...]

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If you are going to be a successful internet retailer, whether you are selling general merchandise or your own products, you need to know what shoppers are looking for. If you can find people who are actively searching for items to purchase, half of your job (the hard half) is already done. How do you [...]

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