Mccain “There will be more wars”, and “your going to fight them”
November 4th, 2008I would vote for OBAMA. Never for Mccain
AdSense Online Sales update
October 31st, 2008The most important sentence here is “The strength of AdSense lies in the value of the content you bring to users and the quality of the sites you bring to advertisers.“
That’s all you really need to know. So go create that valuable content and quality websites.
“Dear Publisher,
We understand that the recent economic turmoil has created a lot of uncertainty in the lives of AdSense publishers. During these difficult times, we’re continuing to invest in innovations that improve publisher monetization and advertiser value in the content network.
We’re focusing on further developing our product offerings and boosting ad performance for publishers. We recently announced advancements in AdSense for search and experiments to make ads more effective. We’re bringing DoubleClick technologies to AdSense publishers, and we’ll continue to launch new products and features. We’re also continuing to improve our offerings for AdWords advertisers, making it easier for them to target the Google content network. Features for advertisers, such as the new display ad builder, are designed to improve ad performance on AdSense publisher sites.
We’ll keep driving technological progress, but our best asset will always be our publisher partners. The strength of AdSense lies in the value of the content you bring to users and the quality of the sites you bring to advertisers. Our success is tied to yours. We look forward to partnering with you for the long term, and remain dedicated to helping you succeed.
Sincerely,
Kim Scott
Director AdSense Online Sales & Operations
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043″
Keyword Country review
October 31st, 2008A promotional review from Keyword Country. Don’t see it as unbiased. The Keyword Country marketing folks wrote it. See it as a answer to your question “What is Keyword Country“. I was not paid to post this.
“Using KeywordCountry for keyword research is just like searching on Google. Yes, you get the relevant keyword results right away with all the details that you need to be successful with AdSense! Just imagine Google suggesting keywords for your website! Well, this is what you will feel while searching keywords via Keyword Country.
This is not all! I strongly feel that Keyword Country seems to have discovered a way through which it can suggest keywords that attract traffic, get more clicks, and fetch you more EPC.
Keyword Country positions itself as a “Keyword Search Engine.” And quite obviously, I was more than curious to test whether or not the product stands up to what it commits. Here is what I found:
In fact, I have been keeping an eye on Keyword Country for quite some time now. I must say when Keyword Country started off, it was not so striking. But, their latest version seems to have done the trick!
Just type-in a keyword in KeywordCountry, and you have millions of relevant keywords within a few seconds, each with key details like:
This is not all! I strongly feel that Keyword Country seems to have discovered a way through which it can suggest keywords that attract traffic, get more clicks, and fetch you more EPC.
Keyword Country positions itself as a “Keyword Search Engine.” And quite obviously, I was more than curious to test whether or not the product stands up to what it commits. Here is what I found:
In fact, I have been keeping an eye on Keyword Country for quite some time now. I must say when Keyword Country started off, it was not so striking. But, their latest version seems to have done the trick!
Just type-in a keyword in KeywordCountry, and you have millions of relevant keywords within a few seconds, each with key details like:
- Max CPC
- Number of Advertisers
- Number of Clicks per month
- Estimated EPC
- Number of competitors
- KEI Analysis
- R/S Ratio
- Number of Searches (according to Overture)
- Traffic on Google (estimated) …and much more!
Keyword Country is really user friendly. In fact, using it is as easy as walking down a smooth lane in the bright sunshine with both the eyes wide open. More importantly, what impressed me a lot is the way Keyword Country produces thousands of high paying keywords and niche keywords in the blink of an eye.
Keyword Country allows you to search for keywords in 3 different ways via Basic Search, Advanced Search, and Price Range Search. At the outset, I thought they are shuffling the same keywords in the three different searches. But no! The results are actually search specific, and enable you to choose the best keywords that suit your requirements. There is no cheating in their search results.
I was planning for an auto loan, so I tried the keyword - “loan,” I just typed the keyword in BASIC Search and I got 21,086 relevant keywords within a few seconds, each with key details like Max CPC, Number of Advertisers, Number of Clicks per month, Estimated EPC, Number of competitors, KEI Analysis, R/S Ratio, Number of Searches (according to Overture), and Traffic on Google.
I was really impressed by the relevancy of the keywords that I found. The results are so relevant that you can actually export the list and use it right away in your website without even filtering out any record. However, the results become a bit irrelevant as you dig deep into the list (just like in a search engine). But, I must say that the results seem to have been sorted by humans, and not by software. It is more like stealing the keyword research from a professional SEO.
Not just this, I had another option of choosing high paying keywords from 206 different sub-categories for the search term - Loan. I picked - Auto loan, and Keyword Country listed 1,257 keywords for the sub-category - Auto loan. Price Range Searching is another remarkable feature Keyword country boasts. This search enables you to search for the keywords within a specific price range. One of the key advantages of this kind of a search is that it brings forth lots of low priced, hidden keywords that are really profitable. Besides, you can brainstorm new ideas for AdSense as well.
Above all things, it is the Advanced Searching option that makes Keyword Country a bit special. I think these guys have really thought hard! This time they have come up with a tool that allows you to do in-depth research for each keyword. Offering a variety of searching options just like Wild Cards of Google, Advanced Searching can sort results on the basis of Max CPC, Average CPC, Searches, Sponsors, or anything else you like.
After going through Keyword Country videos, Advanced Search starts making a lot of sense and you really get the hang of the powers of KC’s Advanced Search tool. 
Sort the results by “Rating,” and KC will give you only profitable keywords. Sort the results by “Clicks per month,” and you will get the keywords that attract the most clicks for Google. Just integrate these keywords in your website, and you will increase the chances of getting more CTR. Furthermore, there are many more types of keywords that you can find out with Keyword Country.
Besides, you can customize your search the way you want. Whether you type in a search query, or you search the keywords without typing in a search query - Keyword Country generates hordes of keywords spanning different industries. I won’t hesitate to say that I found such a tool after a long… long time! Well Done!
One of the most striking features of this software is “Blank Search.” Now, this is one feature that I have not seen anywhere else. Blank Search allows you to reach the most searched keywords on planet earth, most clicked keywords that exist, most high paying keywords, and most low competition high value keywords. Just leave the keyword field blank in Advanced Search, and Keyword Country will give you such amazing lists. This feature makes Keyword Country really outstanding. I can’t believe they are selling its access so cheap!
They claim to be a “Keyword Search Engine.” I believe they have already achieved what they claim. And they are still making it better and better day by day. I am sure they can make their product even more special.
Keyword Country’s the Good and the Bad
The Good
- Its not a Keyword list or keyword software, it’s a Keyword Search Engine.
- Highly relevant keyword results that work. And all this, within a few seconds!
- Displays everything you need to be successful with AdSense
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- Maximum CPC
- Estimated EPC
- Number of Sponsors
- Number of Clicks per month
- Profitability rankings
- Number of competitors
- Traffic on Overture
- Traffic on Google (estimated)
- KEI Analysis, R/S Ratio
- Gives you access to:
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- Most searched keywords that exist on planet earth
- Most clicked keywords
- Most high paying keywords
- Most low competition high value keywords
- Anchor texts that work
- Equips you with three unique searching tools - Basic Search, Price Range Search, and Advanced Search.
- Provides you with lots of Niche Keywords from 600,000 industries.
- Provides Keyword Map that comprises of hosts of categories such as Arts, Computers, Health, Games, News, and Society. Helps you brainstorm for new topic and research out new topics for your existing website.
- Gives you amazing niche keywords.
- Good for adsense as well as affiliate websites.
The Bad
- Database conks out at times, but the frequency has reduced tremendously.
- Keyword map can be quite confusing because of its depth.
- Does not allow any keyword additions to database.
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Noteworthy Alternatives
Hexatrack, Keywordtopia, Wordtracker, Keycompete and Wordze. I heard the latest Adwords Editor comes with a Keyword researching tool now. I’ll have more on that later.
UPDATE
It’s True Google Adwords Editor comes with a Keyword research tool. It’s beta, but it’s there. Go get it.
PPCBully vs. iSpionage
October 31st, 2008They have a different purpose. Use them together.
1. Ispionage will help you find the best keywords ( my recommended alternatives are HexaTrack and Keyword Country )
2. PPC Bully will help you discover the most profitable existing ads for each keywords.
Noticed from the PPCBully vs. iSpionage thead at WickedFire.com
I’m a HexaTrack affiliate now
October 31st, 2008I’m on HexaTrack as an affiliate. They offer a FREE Niche Finder & Keyword Tracker Account
Payout
They have avery nice payout at $36.75 per month for each active HexaTrack Pro customer.
Sweet.
Security vulnerability: Upgrade your Prosper202 immediately
October 31st, 2008Upgrade your Prosper202 immediately. I got this update from the Prosper202 team today.
“Everyone who has Prosper202 install needs to immediately download and upgrade to the newest version. There was a security vulnerability we’ve found that is now fixed in the new update.
Click Here To Download Prosper202.
The Details
Earlier today/yesterday we were notified of a security vulnerability in Prosper202 and have been working non-stop to resolve this issue. We’re happy to announce that the issue has been resolved. It appears that the Zend encryption technology we were using caused this problem. This vulnerability in Zend allows the attacker to break into an individual’s Prosper202 install and potential steal all of the target’s valuable information. This has now been fixed by completely removing all of the Zend encryption that was previously on all of older versions of Prosper202. If you were one of the few using the IonCube encrpyted version of the software, you were not at risk.
We need to say thanks to Dimitrios [ ToughMarketing ] for starting the thread on WickedFire and alerting us of this problem. He was able to bring the security vulnerability to our attention and help us fix the issue. If you see him around, please give him a huge thanks as not only from us at Prosper202, but everyone else who is using the software can thank him for helping find the bug, truly helping out on resolving the issue.
Also we want to say thanks to SlightyShadySeo, UberAffiliate, Jason at Ads4Dough, Harrison at CPA Share, and Amish over at HexaTrack for getting us in contact with everyone who we needed to talk to.
Because the issue was directly related to the usage of Zend Encrpytion, as we have noted earlier, we have completed removed all encryption on the software, which makes Prosper202 now an open-source project. We could have continued encrypting it with IonCube or other encryption software but have been thinking about doing a Developers version. Rather than go through all that, we decided to make the source 100% fully open to developers.
This should be great for any one who now wants to develop onto of Prosper202 and add or edit new functionality. There have been many requests to get access to the source code, and now we’d like to say everyone has access to it. We ask that if anyone has any updates or suggested bug fixes to please submit them so we can together make a better, stronger, and faster application. Our hope is that anyone developing in the community on this open source project would gladly help out by submitting any work done but of course its not a
requirement.
Please forgive us if some of the code doesn’t look that pretty, as because this is a rush update, we haven’t had time to make changes on everything making it easier to work on for outside developers. Some of the code does need to be re-written to make it more optimized, but you’ll now have access to everything.
Because this release was rushed, we did not get a chance to add all the features as planned, the next big update should be on Nov 25th, as scheduled in our development roadmap. There was a few things changed quickly for the new installations however.
- P202 was having a hard time picking up the keywords from the Zango CPV network, it now correctly tracks the bided keyword.
- P202 now picks up the ?keyword variable if it exists, we found some 2nd-tier ppc networks sending the bided keyword in as this
variable in url by default. - We’ve added a few ppc icons: AdSonar, Pulse360, and AdTegrity
You can download the latest version 1.1.1 here, and you can find the upgrading instructions in our documentation docs.
Prosper202 is not only open source now but many users have asked if we’ll start charging for Prosper202. The answer to this has always been no. Prosper202 will remain free. If you truly like help our cause, we gladly accept donations at http://prosper202.com/apps/donate/donations and any development anyone is willing to contribute.”
So start your upgrades people…
ClickBank’s revenue grew 26 percent to $300 million in 2007
October 28th, 2008I’m in the wrong business. Maybe I should running a affiliate marketplace like Clickbank.
Pay attention now… Here is why.
“In 2007, ClickBank’s revenue grew 26 percent to more than $300 million, and the company is on track to achieve another year of double-digit revenue growth in 2008. “
BROOMFIELD, Colo.- Oct. 28, 2008 - In an effort to significantly expand the moneymaking capability of affiliates and product publishers using its powerful online sales platform, ClickBank, a world leader in online retail of digitally downloadable products, now enables commerce in French and German and accepts payments in 13 global currencies.
ClickBank’s upgraded transaction platform enables all interactions between the customer and ClickBank to be conducted in English, Spanish, German or French–including the order form, confirmation page, customer service emails, phone support and customer service pages on ClickBank’s Web site.
ClickBank’s international e-commerce capability has been further broadened to accept payments in the Australian dollar (AUD), Canadian dollar (CAD), Swiss franc (CHF), Danish krone (DKK), Euro (EUR), British pound (GBP), Hong Kong dollar (HKD), Japanese yen (JPY), Norwegian kroner (NOK), New Zealand dollar (NZD), Swedish krona (SEK), United States dollar (USD) and South African rand (ZAR).
“As a global enterprise with clients and customers worldwide, providing the ability to transact sales in multiple languages and currencies is critical for continued international growth,” said ClickBank CEO Bob King.
ClickBank began its platform globalization effort in March with the implementation of Spanish language transaction capability. Industry statistics estimate that 102 million Internet users worldwide speak Spanish and 118 million users worldwide speak French or German.
Since it began offering Spanish language capabilities, ClickBank’s Spanish language sales have grown 20 percent month-over-month on average. More than 400 products have been created and approved for the Spanish sales platform.
In 2007, ClickBank’s revenue grew 26 percent to more than $300 million, and the company is on track to achieve another year of double-digit revenue growth in 2008.
WP Landing Pages plugin launching in late November
October 28th, 2008Details are schetchy. My guess is that it’s a landing page generator plugin ?
$225 for the basic and $450 for the premium. Premium includes AffiliateInstruction.com tools
More details coming soon.