Another damn scam – almost blind sided.

I recieved in the post this morning a letter in respect of a patent application that was recently published on WIPO.

It requested £1386.00 to be payable as a filing fee within fourteen days. I assumed I had missed something, and got out the cheque book – but did read the rest of the letter, . . . → Read More: Another damn scam – almost blind sided.

Salty Droid the alter ego of Jason Jones

Firstly what is Salty Droid about?

A. Salty Droid – http://saltydroid.info is a site focused on the abuse of internet marketers who make too much money, and written by a looser who failed to make money himself, and therefor spends his time abusing those who are more capable and more successful than him.

B. Alternatively . . . → Read More: Salty Droid the alter ego of Jason Jones

The Drupal struggle versus WordPress and Joomla, and how good are they on SEO?

I started off with Joomla, creating websites such as this Boardgame and this Consultancy site, using Artisteer to generate the basic template.

I then used WordPress, and the Atualhalpa theme, for JustanOrdinaryJoe.

Nevertheless Drupal manages to deliver a both more corporate and internet contemporary look and feel – more so than both Joomla and WordPress. . . . → Read More: The Drupal struggle versus WordPress and Joomla, and how good are they on SEO?

To get Adsense to work you need to write senseless stuff!

Having had JustAnOrdinaryJoe online for over a year now: the average visit time has doubled, the number of clicks per visit has trebled, so the content is offering some value.

Adsense however is not really performing however. This is perhaps a good thing – as the standard of ads shown can be dire. A very . . . → Read More: To get Adsense to work you need to write senseless stuff!

Facebook getting Spammed to death!

There is something not quite right with Facebook security at the moment. People’s walls are no longer quite as personal.

A good and rather health conscious friend just posted:

if you want to lose weight you should try HCG! I lost 10 LBS in the last 10 days! [Plus a spam link]

..and had to . . . → Read More: Facebook getting Spammed to death!

A review of ClickBank.

ClickBank is an Internet Marketing e-book publisher – is what mosts review of ClickBank will provide, and then also tend to be positive about the company – largely because most reviews are provided by affiliates with something to gain by selling the company.

The biggest themes on the ClickBank product roster are get rich quick . . . → Read More: A review of ClickBank.

The Khan Academy kicks up a ruckus

As one of the Time top 50 websites, the Khan Academy, a site that posts educational videos for free, should be relatively uncontroversial. One would think.

In particular as the site has received a huge chunk of money from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation – and Bill should know his onions.

But Salman Khan . . . → Read More: The Khan Academy kicks up a ruckus

The FTC, ‘Typicality’, and clearing up the internet.

Some internet marketers are having difficulties getting their heads around the requirement for endorsements or testimonials to have ‘Typicality’ but the reality is that it is not that complex.

For example you have an information or ebook product which is endorsed by someone who states they made $40,000 in four weeks just by following the . . . → Read More: The FTC, ‘Typicality’, and clearing up the internet.

The beginning of the end of Affiliate Marketing?

How many affiliate marketers openly declare that the links from their sites will gain them commission – not very many, and if they do, sure enough it will be in the small text in grey at the bottom of the site.

It has been a bit of a grey area for a while – or . . . → Read More: The beginning of the end of Affiliate Marketing?

Affiliate marketing and the confusion of truth

Due to the affiliate marketing industry – where money is made by referring browsers to a site where they purchase – it is difficult to get to the truth about the quality of service providers. There are too many affiliate sites out there promoting different products to make it easy to find a review written . . . → Read More: Affiliate marketing and the confusion of truth