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By: Leo

Leo — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:06:44 +0000

@BK- Not sure about the worth of a profile page link but I imagine that it would be worth more with age.

@Mike- Sent you an email.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 10 May 2009 18:09:50 +0000

Hey Leo

Just came across your blog

I want to start Internet marketing and am specifically looking to market some ideas about global issues. A passive income at the same time would be nice as well. However I’m totally lost and don’t know where to begin

can you help me start

thx

By: bk

bk — Sun, 10 May 2009 00:54:55 +0000

Good Stuff, I got here via SEOZombie I was reading your post on "Trust" you know the "buy Viagra" thing. You are the first person I have seen mention it in a blog. I'm kind of a Noob and when I saw it a while back I thought I stumbled on the greatest trick ever. I did some experimenting with it and watched it a while and finally decided not to pursue it. I even posted about it on my blog. If 2000 total junk backlinks to Forum Profiles can get you to page one for "buy viagra" than what would a link from the Profile page be worth? bk’s last blog post..Teh Interwebz ez Scammers Delighted

By: Reuben D. Rock

Reuben D. Rock — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:20:34 +0000

How about next week? I'm in New Orleans tonight through Sunday. But how about Starbucks next Tuesday? I really want to share some ideas and talk JV on a couple new products I'm putting together. I'll call you in a minute. Reuben D. Rock’s last blog post..Lessons From A Beggar

By: Leo

Leo — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:49:12 +0000

@Reuben- I don’t spend near enough time with PPC (other than testing volume for long tails). One of these days, we are going to have to sit down for coffee at starbucks so we can pick each other’s brain, right? While organic search has been more than kind to me, I could only imagine what becoming PPC certified would do for my marketing.

By: DL

DL — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:47:14 +0000

Leo, thanks so much for clarifying ad volume. I understand what you mean now and this will help in my keyword research.

By: Reuben D. Rock

Reuben D. Rock — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:47:00 +0000

In regards to ad volume, I would watch out for some advertisers when you’re investigating keywords. There are a lot of businesses running PPC campaigns and not tracking them carefully – maybe because they paid a PPC consultant who isn’t following up with the campaign.

The point is this: sometimes a keyword that isn’t making any money for the advertiser will continue to show their ads for a long time. In one of my niches, I’ve been noticing this phenomenon. A few large companies are bidding on my long-tail keywords, probably paying more than I am, and sending visitors to a really generic landing page. Their whole campaign is VERY poorly targeted, and the ads continue to run. As they outbid me and I move down in ad position a bit, I continue to rake in conversions. I actually think searchers click their ads, get disappointed, and then find what they want on my page. In the end, my sales are rockin’.

So keep your eyes open for larger companies buying ads – sometimes they are not tracking their campaign very well. And many times there is no money being made, just slow moving businesses blowing through their ad budgets.

Thanks for another awesome post, Leo. Affiliate marketing is still not my territory, but I’m learning ways to be a better “affiliate” for my own products.

Reuben D. Rock’s last blog post..Lessons From A Beggar

By: Leo

Leo — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:30:16 +0000

@DL, thanks for the “love”. As far as posting more, you can pretty much count on it. I do this for a living and believe it or not, this blog helps me sort through stuff and keeps me focused. Plus helping folks is a pretty good perk as well. I won’t post often but will post when I can.

As far as long tails and ad volume, all I mean is that keywords without ads generally aren’t worth as much as keywords with ads. If you find a long tail that doesn’t seem to get a lot of traffic according to google but has a few ads that aren’t moving (ie. the same ads are consistently being shown) it means that the keyword is making someone some money in most cases. PPC guys typically will start with a large generic list of keywords and start dropping the ones that are costing them money. I know that is pretty vague but I hope you understand what I am saying.

By: DL

DL — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:33:22 +0000

I don’t remember how I found your site, but I have enjoyed and learned from every post I have read here. I hope you will decide to post more about your recipe for creating niche sites.

When you say find long tails with low competition that have ad volume, what do you mean by ad volume?