internet-marketing

The Lazy Bloggers Guide To: Knowing If Your Site Gets Hacked

February 14, 2010

Learn how to use Google Alerts to monitor your website for hidden hacks.  This 5 minute video could save you weeks of agony. Have you heard the news about link injections in websites, especially WordPress, lately?  If not, let me tell you a bit about it. There is a very common worm going around the [...]

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New & Improved: WordPress Landing Page Theme

February 13, 2010

The hardest part of making code for WordPress is that the code is always changing.  It can be hard to keep your plugins current with WordPress because code you wrote one day will change next month when the new version of WP comes out. This is also true of The Thesis Theme because the folks [...]

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Got an Ugly WooRank? So does Google, Ebay, and Facebook.

January 25, 2010

Maybe I’m just used to Website Grader always giving me a great score, but I was bummed when I ran my website through WooRank today to get a measly 56.7 WooRank.  Even though I have no idea what constitutes a WooRank or even how good 56.7 is (is there some kind of bell curve?) well… [...]

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Why (and how) to Stop Google from Caching Your Pages

January 23, 2010

Did you know… People can see pages on your site that were up months ago without you knowing? When you delete a page from your site, it can still be seen for months? People can look through your site without showing up in your analytics? This is all possible through the magic of Google’s caching [...]

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9 Fresh & Diverse Web Design Resources in January

January 10, 2010

I got a new mac mini about this time last month.  (It’s great by the way).  The new computer finally meant I could download Google’s new browser, Chrome (which is also great btw).  Having a new computer and browser means that all of my old bookmarks and such were thrown to the wind and I [...]

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Scribe SEO Freebies: Get 2 Free eBooks with Purchase (Just Released)

January 6, 2010

SEO for WordPress will never be the same with Brian Clark’s new ScribeSEO plugin. This plugin has just launched, so if you haven’t heard of it you really have to check it out now. The brains behind Thesis Theme and Copyblogger is the founder of this new plugin, so you know it’s going to be [...]

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Save $60 on Affiliate Theme for WordPress with this Coupon Code

January 5, 2010

Have you been eyeballing the Affiliate Theme for WordPress?  If you’ve avoided buying the theme because of the price, well then this Affiliate Theme Coupon Code is going to really make your day.

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Coupon Code: Save $10 on Squeeze Theme with this Coupon Code

November 29, 2009

Are you looking for a coupon code for Squeeze Theme for WordPress? Do you want a Cash-Back Rebate on Squeeze Theme? Are you looking to save 10% on Squeeze Theme hassle-free? Then look no further.

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How I Ruined Twitter for Myself and Then Fixed it Again

November 13, 2009
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Twitter actually can be fun. That is, unless you follow 7500 spam accounts. A few months ago I got really tired of Twitter and decided to test some stuff out on my account. I wanted to see how many followers I could get without doing any actual work. The (maybe) surprising result is that you [...]

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The Golden Rule of Tagging (oh, and Categorizing)

November 11, 2009

I got to thinking today after reading Rand’s post about how Linkbuilding has changed over the years. It got me thinking about my own blog, and how all the changes in SEO factors over the years have kept coming and going and my own strategy on this blog hasn’t changed much. {As a caveat- any [...]

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Gravity Forms for WordPress: Get a Free eBook and $10 Rebate

October 13, 2009

Gravity Forms for WordPress is absolutely the last Contact Form you’ll ever need. It can truly transform your blog into a lead generation machine. Get a free ebook and up to $10 in rebate when you use the link here. Just about every blog needs a way for your readers to contact you. And prior [...]

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Does your site rank lower than you think?

October 13, 2009

If you run a website, chances are you check where you are in the rankings pretty often. Unfortunately, Google’s personalization of search can make you think that you rank much higher than you actually do. This is a really common problem. I’ve had dozens of people come to me and say… “You know, I rank [...]

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An Interview with Lars Koudal, SEO

October 8, 2009

Lars Koudal is a brilliant SEO and a terrific guy to boot. He has been making some truly exciting WordPress plugins lately. And that’s how we met. Check out our recent interview below. Me: How good at SEO is WordPress “out of the box” in your opinion? Lars: WordPress is fantastic in terms of SEO, [...]

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How to download a copy of Thesis Theme 1.6 Beta

September 23, 2009

Alright, so Thesis Theme 1.6 Beta has been released.  This is pretty big news, and there are some big changes. First of all- If you want to get a copy of the Thesis 1.6 Beta, you have to own a thesis developers license.  It’s not available to personal license holders yet, though if you have [...]

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When to Improve, When to Start Fresh

September 21, 2009

If you are considering making a big change to an existing site, the choices are always: Improve on the original and keep it generally the same Start fresh Jakob Neilsen, the usability God, has some really good suggestions on how to decide between the two in a new article called “Fresh vs. Familiar: How Aggressively [...]

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Flexx Theme Discount: A coupon code for the Flexx Theme for WordPress

September 11, 2009

The Flexx Theme for WordPress by iThemes solves the problem of landing pages in WordPress, much like the WordPress Landing Page Theme. If you are an internet marketer hoping to make some landing pages quickly and easily, then I would truly consider either theme.  Let’s take a look at some of the advantages and drawbacks [...]

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WooThemes Discount: A WooThemes Coupon Code and ebook Rebate

September 11, 2009

Looking for the Woo Theme Discount? You are in the right place. Every purchase gets a free copy of the WordPress SEO Blueprint. Now you can optimize your site when you redesign. Click here to buy your Woo theme, then come back to claim your download. Woo Themes is the biggest and maybe the best [...]

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3 WordPress SEO Tips in about 3 Minutes

September 10, 2009

Thanks to Screenflow, I’ll be able to provide you guys with some awesome screencasts! Please be forgiving… this is my first screencast ever.  I expect they’ll get better over time.  Even if the screencast itself isn’t great in this post, the content of the video is really good to know for you new bloggers. These [...]

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Thesis Theme 2.0 for WordPress Is Almost Here

September 1, 2009

I got wind today from a source inside DIYThemes (sounds so cloaks and daggers, huh?!?) that Thesis Theme 2.0 will soon be making it’s way onto the scene. Some new premium WordPress themes have entered the market and given Thesis some competition.  Namely Headway Theme (get your Headway discount here, btw).  So Thesis decided to [...]

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How eBay Can Save Itself in 1 Day

August 31, 2009
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Ebay is broken. And everyone knows it. I have friends who won’t even use eBay because it sucks so bad in so many ways… shipping, payment, bidding, and my personal hatred… last minute bidders. Why I’m Pissed: All last week I had the highest bid on a lovely navy blue suit built perfectly to fit [...]

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