Google's 10th Birthday

Google has turned 10. Remember when you were that age? Yea, ok maybe not but Google shares with you how far they've come in the last 10 years. Very cool, follow the timeline and see when they achieved each milestone. Like a baby learning to walk...they've come a long way in the last 10 years. Happy Birthday Google! You're my favorite search engine and I think you should even run for president. Say it with me "Google for President"....Yay.......

"Building Targeted Website Traffic With Yahoo Search Marketing"

"Building Targeted Website Traffic With Yahoo Search Marketing"

By Merle

Did you know that more than 4.7 million people use Yahoo every Day? That's more than 2.4 billion searches a month. Not as far reaching as Google, but still a good place to invest some of your pay-per-click dollars in order to advertise on Yahoo and their network of websites.If Google is number one in the pay-per-click market, Yahoo comes in a strong second.

Yahoo's program is called "Yahoo Search Marketing" -originally, “Overture”, and before that “Goto”. You'll find that Yahoo's partner network is not as large as Google Adwords. Some of their partners are: of course Yahoo itself, Disney.com, USA Today, CBSNews.com, MTV.com, Amazon, Ebay, Viacom, and Comcast.

The program works very similar to Google Adwords. You select your keywords, write your ads, pick the minimum bid you want to pay per click and you're up and running. Great minds do think alike.

Relevant keyword selection is again of the utmost importance. You'll want to choose a variety of keywords/phrases in order to reach more potential customers. Try to get "inside your customer's head" and think like they would, then choose keywords they might search for. If you find after a certain period of time certain keywords are not performing, delete them.

Just like Adwords, you can select keyword match types, but unlike Google's wider selection, here you have two choices.

1) Advanced Match Type: Your ads appear for a wider range of keywords. For example, if your keywords were “dogs”, “toys”, and “food”, your ad would be displayed for any of the following searches: "exotic dogs", "toys for dogs" or "food for animals".

2) Standard Match Type: Only displays your ad for exact matches to your keywords. If your phrase is "natural dog food", the searcher must type it in exactly that way. I believe this makes for a more targeted approach.

You also have the option of excluding keywords,and can block up to 250 domains from displaying your ads. If you need help choosing keywords you can use their "find keywords wizard". You type in a keyword and it comes back with suggestions along with traffic volume for those words.

Now let's move on to your ads. Again, just like Adwords, you'll want to include keywords in your title and description as they will appear in bold when the ad is displayed.

Ad titles can be up to 40 characters. You can enter a short or long description, up to 70 characters for the ad body. You also enter a "display URL" (what is shown in the ad), and the “destination URL” (which is not shown to the public, but where the searcher is taken after they click on the ad).

All ads must be named and the description should correspond to the ad group’s keywords. A campaign is made up of one or more "ad groups". If you need help putting your ads together, you can use Yahoo's "ad generation" tool.

Every ad has its own "quality index" which shows up as one to five bars (more bars=higher quality). A high quality index score is important as a low score can cause your ad ranking to drop, or prevent your ad from running at all.

So what goes into "quality index"? According to Yahoo, it's your ads expected performance plus the ads ability to meet the needs of the user (which also takes into account your ads click through rate and various relevant factors). You'll want to test different ads to find those that perform best.

The "Quality Index" also plays a role in your "ads ranking" and the bid amount required. Improving the quality of your ads can help to lower your minimum bid requirements and improve your ranking. So you can see why writing good ad copy is so important. Yahoo's ranking model is based on both ad quality, or relevance, and the bid amount you set.

So how much is the minimum bid? For the "Content Match", it's a minimum of ten cents. For "Sponsored Search", it can be lower or higher than ten cents. Minimum bids on Yahoo tend to run a bit higher than on Google, and they can vary depending on many factors such as: keyword relevance, (as measured by quality of the ads in the "ad group" they're associated with), the number of bidders, and the amounts they have bid. Your ad conversions do not play a role here.

Your keywords will appear as "active" when your bid is greater than or equal to the required minimum bid for that particular keyword. This can change, so you will be notified if the minimum bid is set to increase and given the opportunity to adjust your bids accordingly. You'll find these notifications on the "Dashboard Page" of the control panel.

Compared to "Sponsored Search", which displays your ads on search results pages, “Content Match” places your ads on related information based websites that are included in Yahoo's distribution partner network. Some of these partners are: City Search, CNN.com, Earthlink, Homegain, Homestore, National Geographic, MSN and others. Just like Adwords, you can turn off either “Sponsored Search” or “Content Match”. You can also set up a separate bid for your "Content Match" clicks (min .10). For more information see:

http://publisher.yahoo.com/strategic/contentmatch

Finally, again you'll want to pay attention to your "landing pages", test different versions to see what converts best. Use "Analytics" for setting up conversion tracking. Your landing pages must not include any pop-ups or pop-unders.

Two other excellent resources for Yahoo's Search Marketing are:

Yahoo's Search Marketing Blog: http://www.ysmblog.com

Traffic Quality Center:
http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/trafficquality

In conclusion, if you're involved with pay-per-click search Marketing, you'll want to add Yahoo's Search Marketing to your traffic plan. While not as far reaching as Google, they're a strong contender. Besides, as they say you never want to put "all your eggs in one basket". When it comes to pay-per-click marketing, diversification is best.

Sign up and receive a $50.00 credit for new customers at: http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/startnow

PayPerClickResearch.com- My Latest Site

Hi Kids

If you've noticed I've been rather quiet lately it's because I've been busy putting together my latest website http://www.PayPerClickResearch.com- If you use any kind of paid search engine advertising such as Google AdWords, Microsoft adCenter, and others then this website is for you. It's loaded with helpful articles, tips, and how-to's when it comes to paying for clicks.

Make sure you visit today and download my free ebook on how to advertise with pay-per-click search engines. It won't cost you a thing, but you will need to subscribe to my list to get it. You can unsubscribe at anytime.

If you have a related site and would like to exchange links with me, please contact me over at the site and I'll get back to you. Please keep it to a related topic only.

Thanks, and please check out the site and let me know what you think.

Merle
http://www.PayPerClickResearch.com

PLR Fest is Looking for Contributors

Thought I would let you know about a new Event that opened the doors to new JV Partners today. http://www.plrfest.com/contributor.php?id=70

As you may already know, Private Label Right products are extremely popular right now. Terry Anglin has made it possible for you to take advantage of that opportunity right now to start building your own list.

I recommend that you check out this event as soon as possible to get a heads up on the competition. http://www.plrfest.com/contributor.php?id=70

You will also want to check out the great offer Terry has put together along with Unbelievable cash prizes for his Elite status partners.

Enjoy!

"Coming in for a Landing: How to Make Sure You Don't Crash & Burn"

"Coming in for a Landing: How to Make Sure You Don't Crash and Burn"

If you're doing any kind of pay-per-click advertising,one of the most important factors of your advertisingcampaign is your landing page. So, what is a landing page and why do you need to pay special attention to what it contains? Great question - let me explain.

A "landing page" is where someone is sent after clicking on one of your pay-per-click ads. When running an advertising campaign, you don't want to send someone to your home page, it's too general. You want to send them to a "special page" that is a direct reflection of what you're advertising. You don't want to frustrate your visitors by making them search through your site to find the page that contains your advertised offer. You need to send them directly to it.

The success or failure of your entire sales campaign can be directly attributed to this page. Make no mistake, the landing page and what it contains is critical to your advertising success online. You might get them to click on your ad, but if your landing page is bad, you won't get them to convert. A conversion is what happens when they purchase your product, sign up for your newsletter, or download your free report. In other words, they do whatever it is you wanted them to do, when they arrive on your page. They perform a "specific action".

So what should a good landing page contain? If you do a search online you'll find volumes of books, articles and forums that deal with this exact topic. You'll find a variety of opinions on what works and what doesn't. While the advice is very helpful, it's best to do your own testing to see what works and what doesn't for your particular situation.

By the same token, there are some tried and true methods that you should utilize when designing your landing pages. The upper portion of the page is your most important real estate. This area is often referred to as "above the fold". You want to include your most important info here. You want to avoid waiting for them to scroll down, as some people may hit the back button before your page finishes loading due to loss of interest.

As a general rule, your landing page should focus on one thing. Ask them to do A, not A, B, C and D. Keep it simple and avoid confusing them by asking them to do too many things at once. Remember, ask them to do one thing and make it clear what that action is you want them to perform.

Have you ever considered how safe someone feels about sharing their personal information with your website? You need to make sure your web site reassures your visitors, via the use of trust logos and a strong guarantee, that their information will be kept confidential and secure. If you can't instil trust, you'll lose the sale
every time.

Following all of this, is the actual copy on your landing page. I can't stress enough how important the words you choose are. If it's littered with bad grammar and misspellings, you won't appear very professional. The actual words in the copy can help to make or break your pages. If you're not the grammar police, hire someone who is to review what you have written.

Also, make sure that the font you use is a decent size, avoid the use of super small fonts. They can make your page hard to read and really aggravate your website visitors. People read differently online, they tend to scan so make sure to use strong headlines through-out stressing major benefits or points.

In addition, you need to limit the amount of outbound links on your landing page. Don't give the viewer a way out. By offering up too many other options they may click away and never return. Take them by the hand and lead them step-by-step to the action you want them to perform. Don't allow them to become distracted.

Taking all of this into consideration, you should be doing A/B testing - also known as split testing – in order to find out what's working and what's not. Google's Website Optimizer is a great tool to use to test different headlines, graphics, layouts and calls to action. This way, you can tweak and make the necessary changes to improve your conversion rates. You can find it here http://www.www.google.com/websiteoptimizer


Finally, don't forget about load time. Make sure that your page loads quickly. Making someone wait for your page to load can have them reaching for their back button in a big hurry.

Furthermore, if you're doing pay-per-click advertising with Google Adwords, your landing page load time now affects your keywords quality score. So keywords with slow loading landing pages may get a lower "quality score" - and that also means paying higher minimum bids.

Taking this all into consideration, you can see how important a good landing page is to your pay-per-click advertising campaigns. If you don't get it right here, you'll be throwing good money down the advertising drain.

Remember, you should be continually testing and tracking so you know what's working and what's not. Knowledge is power and what you don't know can hurt you. Make sure when someone is coming in for a landing, it's a smooth landing. This is not a place to crash and burn.

MapQuest Local is Looking For You

MapQuest Local Content If you have a website and need local traffic don't miss out on this opportunity. MapQuest is looking for you. "If your site has geographically relevant content that you would like to share with their audience, let them know! They are working to extend their system to accept 3rd party content that can then be potentially listed on MapQuest Local. In return, they'll drive traffic from your content on MapQuest Local back to your site."

Free Report on Twitter- Download it Now

Hey Gang,

Walt Prorok & Chris Vendilli just joined forces & created what will soon be known as the internet's premiere resource for Twitter tips.

These guys really break it down and show you step by itty bitty step how to setup all of your Twitter related accounts & resources so that they're all geared for one common goal:

TRAFFIC

If you download this free report and go through the steps & suggestions they outline, you're guaranteed to see some free traffic fro Twitter come rolling
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Just go here....
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PS - This is the original "Twitter Report" so when you see all the knock-offs come sure to come out in the next couple weeks & months just remember you were told about the real deal from yours truly.

Go:
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Twittad Let Your Ad Meet Tweets

Twittad So you're a big Twitter fan and love to post and have a huge following? Want to make some money at the same time? Now you can by selling ads on your Twitter background page. "You pay TwittAd a 5% service fee on the total purchase price. Minimum .99 cents." The rest of the bounty is all yours. So start twittering and sell that ad space.

Windows Internet Explorer 8: Beta

Well kids, it's been a long time coming but Microsoft has finally introduced a beta of Internet Explorer 8.0-If you've been waiting for this one now you can take her for a spin. Download it here.

Article Marketing Cafe

Article Marketing Cafe Writing articles to promote your website works. I've been doing it for years and the bulk of my website traffic comes from those articles that have been published on other sites, blogs or ezines. Chris Knight runs what is probably the best article directory online at http://www.EzineArticles.com- Listen in as Jeff Herring Interviews him about article marketing.

Yes, It's Another GiveAway Kids!

Just a quick note to tell you about a new giveaway event
that I'm certain you don't want to miss.

EVERY item in this giveaway is "rebrandable," meaning
you can change the links in them to your affiliate links,
and then YOU get the commissions when other buy whatever
is recommended.

We're talking DOZENS of ebook, and other rebrandable items,
all in one place. It's like stumbling into a treasure-filled
cave.

There's certain to be several ebooks, pieces of software,
etc., there, actually dozens, they you'll want to download,
rebrand, and then either give away or sell. Either way, when
you pass the rebranded gifts along, you set yourself up to
earn commission.

Check it out now at:
http://www.viralrebrandablemoneymachines.com/members.php?id=1183

There is some really good stuff there, and I'm sure that a
lot of people will be downloading and rebranding it. So
you want to do it now, so that you can be one of the first
ones to tell your customers about these gifts.


Don't put this one off:
http://www.viralrebrandablemoneymachines.com/members.php?id=1183

Merle

Download Free Private Label Package

I just had to share this with you.

I want to let you know about an amazing website I just found.
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David Zohar (a well-known Internet Marketer), is giving a great Private Label package for F.ree...

You can have software, e-books, articles and more, all of them with Private Label Rights.

Unlike resell rights, where you have the right to sell a product, but not change it in any way, private label rights give you the right to change the product in any way you like and claim it as your own. You can modify the products however you want. You can include links to your products or affiliate products, change or add any graphics you wish, edit or use the existing content as is and even put your name on the product as the writer. Nothing to buy, but you get Private Label Rights package absolutely F.R.E-E with no strings attached at all.

Downnload your free stuff at:

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Google Insights for Search

Google Insights for Search Google has launched "Insights for Search",as Google describes it it's "a new product designed with the advertiser in mind. It provides more flexibility and functionality for advertisers and marketers to understand search behavior, and adds some cool new features like a world heat map to graphically display search volume and regional interest." Check it out and add it to your bookmarks. Great for doing research.

The Internet Money Tree by Joel Comm - The Hidden Money in Your Web Site

The Internet Money Tree by Joel Comm Download my FREE Report..."The Internet Money Tree: The Hidden Money in Your Web Site"- This is a free ebook by Joel Comm. Here's what's inside-

"1) Learn How to Get Paid to Surf the Web without spending a dime.

2) Discover How to Earn Money with a Contextual Ad Service that Can Co-exist with Google.

3) Tap the Affiliate Income Potential within Your Web Pages"

Learn all this and more with this free copy.

Internet Marketing Sins: An Open Letter to All Internet Marketers

Internet Marketing Sins "If You’re Sick and Tired of Bad Marketing Tactics and Stupid Marketing Tricks Being Perpetrated Online, and You Want to Know What You Can Do About It, Then Read This Scathing, Eye-Opening Manifesto." A free report put together by Syliva Fortin. Warning: It may just piss you off. Not for the faint of heart.....hey, when a report comes with a warning, it has to be good.

Ebook Times Blog » FREE Stuff!

Ebook Times Blog » FREE Stuff! Need free stuff? This guy has plenty of it. From software to ebooks you can spend a few hours here downloading it all. Who says you can't get anything for free anymore? Some of this stuff even comes with PLR rights. Happy downloading.

YouTube - Google Analytics Interface Tutorial

YouTube - Google Analytics Interface Tutorial A nice little 8 minute video on YouTube that goes over Google Analytics Interfact. A nice little tutorial if you're new to Analytics and need to know the basics.

Clickin' it Rich download area

Clickin' it Rich download area: "Michael Campbell is the CEO Dynamic Media Corporation. Author of Revenge of the Mininet, Nothing but 'Net, Clickin' it Rich and the Internet Marketing Secrets newsletter."

If you'd like to download his ebook "Clickin' it Rich" for free just go to this page http://www.clickinitrich.com/cir/ Michael has been online for years and knows his stuff when it comes to making money online.

His other ebook "Revenge of the Mininet" can be downloaded in PDF or MP3 here
http://www.revengeofthemininet.com/rev/

At one time he sold these, but now offers them for free. Do yourself a favor and subscribe to his newsletter while you're there. He's a genious.

Inspirational Movie

Is it raining at your house? It's pouring here in Ohio. I was flipping through my emails and came across this inspirational movie "Secrets of Adulthood", what I have learned. If you need something positive to get your motor up and running, take a few minutes to watch. Heck, we all need some reinforcements from time to time.

Google Docs Templates

Google Docs Templates I love Google
docs. It's a great way to work on your Word docs and other presentations from any computer. They're constantly adding new features to his free little service. Isn't that so Google? They recently announced the launch of "Google Doc Templates Directory". These templates includes business plans, resumes, letterheads and other handy dandy little tools. Check it out, you can thank me later.

MarketingSherpa: New Search Research From Sherpa: 1,928 Marketers Reveal Top Strategies to Increase Search ROI

MarketingSherpa: New Search Research From Sherpa "MarketingSherpa's fifth annual Search Marketing Benchmark Guide has been completely rewritten and re-researched.
Includes new data from 1,928 search marketers"- Some of the highlights, search strategy budgeting, Search marketers most under-used metrics, analytics behind Google and more.

14 pages in PDF format at no cost to you.

John Reese is Back with Traffic Secrets 2

John Reese is back with Traffic Secrets 2. Even if you have no interest in purchasing the course go and watch these free videos on site traffic. It won't cost you a thing and you'll learn some tips and tricks to apply to your own websites.

Are you interested in...

- Generating floods of targeted traffic to
any of your Web sites?

OR

- Finding simple ways to start a new
online business or expand an existing
one?

If so, then you've got to RUN, not walk,
over to this page and check out this
amazing new video:

http://www.trafficsecrets.com/mstinnett

You'll also some discover some great
news about John Reese's upcoming
"Traffic Secrets 2.0" course -- it's the
long awaited sequel to the 'famous'
best-selling Traffic Secrets course.

*CORRECTION*

You can actually go right now and
watch TWO new videos from John.
Go to this page to watch them:

http://www.trafficsecrets.com/mstinnett

SearchBoth.com - Search both Google & Yahoo at the same time!

SearchBoth.com- This is pretty cool. Now you can search Yahoo and Google both at the same time. View the search results for both engines on a split page. I think I like this.

Blog Talk Radio

Willie Crawford has been teaching online marketing for over 11 years now. He's got numerous websites, ezines, discussion boards and his own radio show. His show on Blog Talk Radio contains numerous topics that will help you in learning how to earn money on the Internet. Wille's an honest upright guy and he's considered one of the "old timers", which means he's been online for years, way before it became cool to be an internet marketer. Translation: He's one of the good guys. Check him out and start learning today.

Searchme Visual Search

Searchme Visual Search This really is a better way to search. It's a visual search engine. It let's you flip thru graphic pages of the results and select based on what you see. Very cool. Bookmark this one.

BlogRolled

BlogRolled Yet another brand new service for those who publish blogs and for advertisers looking to place ads on them. It's your one stop shop.

Free Report - The Biggest Open Secret (About Increasing Online Sales)

Free Report - The Biggest Open Secret Ebook A free 30 page ebook loaded with tips and strategies on how you can increase your online sales. It covers topics such as crafting offers, copywriting, PPC, web design and more. Download your PDF copy now while you can and see what you can do to increase your sales.

PublisherSpot

PublisherSpot "PublisherSpot provides informative reviews and summaries of Internet ad network companies." This really is a an informative directory that can help point you in the right direction when trying to earn money online. Check it out.

AdWords Editor- Latest Upgrade

AdWords Editor If you use Google's Adwords Editor they have an updated version out for your downloading pleasure.

Google AdWords: Keyword Tool

Google Keyword Tool: "Use the Keyword Tool to get new keyword ideas. Enter a few descriptive words or phrases, and it comes back with possible suggestions for your ad campaign.

Make a Smilebox postcard

Free- "A Quick-Start Guide To Writing Profitable Articles".

Hi Kids,

I have something big for you to see.

It's a new report that will let you take hold of one of the most powerful ways to bring free traffic to your site... writing articles that is of course ;-)

http://www.merlesworld.com/e-books/writearticlesfast.pdf

It's a proven fact that article marketing is one of the most effective tools to bring people to your website.

But what distinguishes a good article from a poor one?

And how do you get started, even if you have no exerpeice with writing?

Well, here's help...

It's a (free) Ebook by Dirk Dupon, titled "A Quick-Start Guide To Writing Profitable Articles".

MSN PPC Marketing Tools

MSN has a variety of tools to help you with your pay per click search marketing. I've listed a few of them below.

Commercial Intention
http://adlab.msn.com/Online-Commercial-Intention/

Local Ads by PC Address
http://adlab.msn.com/LocalAds/LocalAdsSearch.aspx

Search Volume Forecast
http://adlab.msn.com/Forecast/Default.aspx

Demographics Foundation
http://adlab.msn.com/Demographics-Prediction/DPUI.aspx

Keyword Forecast
http://adlab.msn.com/Keyword-Forecast/KeywordTrendsWeb.aspx

"The Photoshop Anthology: 101 Web Design Tips, Tricks & Techniques"

Until June 13th you can now download Corrie Haffly's book in PDF format totally free. Better hurry and download it while you can. 278 pages in total. "The Photoshop Anthology: 101 Web Design Tips, Tricks & Techniques"

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Ever Profits Toolbar, SEO Toolbar

Ever Profits Toolbar A free Revolutionary toolbar for Internet Explorer,this is for the serious online marketer. Find the best performing Adwords keywords and bids, find out what your competitors are up to, even track and improve your website conversions. There's plans in the works for a Firefox version but for now this one is it and it's free to download.


"Real Time PageRank (PR), Alexa and inbound links of every web page you're browsing in as well as of it's home page." This information alone could really come in handy.

MarketingSherpa: Get Famous Using Twitter...

MarketingSherpa: Get Famous Using Twitter to Market Your Company & Yourself Twitter this and Twitter that. Everywhere I turn someone is talking about Twitter and how it can be used in your onlline marketing efforts. If you'd like to learn more,MarketingSherpa has put together a Twitter guide and is giving you open access only until May 23rd. Better hurry, before it Twitters away!

Google Docs

If you don't have a Word Processor or you want one you can access from multiple computers you'll love this. Google Docs is a very powerful editor with some awesome features. You can use it from work, school, home. Even email completed documents to yourself when finished in a variety of formats. "All Hail Google!"

Adwords TV Ads

TV Ads: "Learn how Google TV Ads can help you grow your business." Their specialists are experts in TV advertising and will teach you how to use Google's new TV ads to drive more traffic to your website with this free Webinar. May 13th and June 4th.

Private Label Club

Today I want to tell you about a new site that I just came across. It's called Private Label Club and it's brought to you by Jason Oickle. To say that I am impressed would be a major understatement. I mean, what he is offering to free members is just insane.

This is one of the very few sites that I have found that is literally giving away so mach value to free members! There really should be a monthly price tag on just the free membership alone!

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What I love the most about Private Label Club is the powerful elite membership.
I mean, on top of the free content, as an elite member you'll also get 300 plr articles, 24 headers, 12 adsense sites and 3 private label ebooks. And you're going to get all that every single month like clockwork.

This is not just any old crappy content either!

Jason has a team of very talented people to make sure you get only the highest quality possible. It truly is superb, this is the only plr membership I will ever need.

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To Your Success,
Merle

Merle's Mission Ezine- 04/30/08

The latest issue of Merle's Mission Ezine is now online at
http://www.merlesworld.com/archives/MM_Ezine_043008.pdf

Today's topic is on pinging and blogs. If I sound like I'm speaking in a language you do not understand, run, don't walk to read today's article. And I've also thrown in my usual twisted humor and other misc. topics.

Enjoy!

Merle

Revenge of the Mininet

Welcome to Revenge of the Mininet download area. Michael Campbell is a master marketer who's been online pumping his wares for years. On this page he offers all kinds of downloads and tutorials from his book "Revenge of the Mininet and Dynamic Linking" - Go and download the material now before he changes his mind. This information is worth its weight in gold. You can learn a lot from Michael and you should sign up for his newsletter too.

Yahoo! Search Marketing - Ad Testing Tutorial

Help Center: Yahoo! Search Marketing (formerly Overture) - Ad Testing Tutorial Try your hand at A/B testing with Yahoo's Search Marketing program. Check out this tutorial that will take you by the hand and teach you how to test multiple ads within an ad group to find the one that's performing best. If you're going to spend money on pay per click search engine marketing at the very least test your ads to make sure you're getting the best bang for your buck.

Google Base

Official Google Base Blog Do you use Google Base? It's an API that merchants or anyone can use to get their products/services listed on Google quickly and easily. Have 10 or fewer items? Fill out our thier web form for each item you would like to post. If you have many items you can upload a spreadsheet or XML file directly to them.

To keep up with what's new subscribe to Google's Blog. For more info on Google Base go to Google Base http://base.google.com

M.C. Promotions Press Ezine- 4/14/08

Hey Gang,

Just a "heads up" that the latest issue of Merle's
Cyber Promotions is now available for your reading
pleasure. I sent it out in text format on Sunday
night but in case a mis-guided filter snatched it
up along the way, you can read the PDF version
below.

http://www.mcpromotions.com/ezinearchives/MCP_041308.pdf

Today's issue has the usual round of goodies.
How to create your own marketing plan and some
great websites to help you with your traffic.

Thanks for being a subscriber and enjoy today's
issue.

Best regards,


Merle
http://MCPromotionsPress.com

Clickbank Stampede Launches

Have you ever seen people posting their huge checks from ClickBank on the forums? I have, and I’ve often wondered

How are they doing it?

http://tinyurl.com/45swsv

Finally, the veil has been lifted and all the secret techniques and strategies are finally revealed.

ClickBank Stampede reveals how top sellers on ClickBank are doing it and actually gives a blueprint that you can use to duplicate their methods step-by-step.

If you sell, or plan to sell, anything on ClickBank then I can’t urge you strongly enough to visit this
link:

http://tinyurl.com/45swsv

Warm Regards,
Merle

P.S. Remember, there are people making Big Bucks
per year with ClickBank so it’s worth checking
out.

Google's Ad Manager

Google's Ad Serving Solution I love all things Google and actually think they should run for President. Something new from Google and straight from the horse's mouth "If you operate a site with remnant ad inventory as well as reserved ad inventory that you sell directly to advertisers, then Ad Manager is for you. It can help you sell, schedule, deliver, and measure directly-sold and network-based inventory."

Right now it's by invitation only and there's no charge to use it. If you go to the page above you can click on a link and request to be invited.

Two Free Ebooks You can Keep or Give Away

2 Free Ebooks you can read, give away from your own website or pass on to your ezine subscribers.


30 Tips for Ebook Authors
By Jimmy Brown

http://www.merlesworld.com/e-books/30_tips_for_ebook_authors2.pdf


MyBlogLog Traffic Secrets

How to use MyBlogLog.com to increase traffic to your blog or website.

http://www.mcpromotions.com/ebooks/bloglog.pdf

Adobe Photoshop Express Online

Adobe Photoshop Express Hey, Photoshop online? Yep, now you can edit, rotate, twirl your favorite photos till your heart's content. Once you sign up you can house up to 2GB of photos totally free. So come on, join up, I know you want to.

FREE Internet Marketing Products and Downloads

Are you looking for internet marketing products and resources
to build your own profitable online business ?

If so, then get it F.R.E.E. at Easter JV.
Here's your secret invitational link:

http://easterjv2008.com/members.php?id=1675

Now Easter JV is a site where scores of other like minded internet
marketers come together and provide a range of gifts and resources
to help younger marketers get started.

If you're new to IM (Internet Marketing) then being part of
Easter JV will certainly assist you to build a huge stock of
products in order to create your own website.

For instance, the site is filled with tons of:

- Private Label Rights (PLR) products
- Master Resell Rights (MRR) products
- Video skins
- HTML templates
- Graphics and images
- Website hosting
- Website Tools
- Knick nacks
- Just about EVERYTHING you need to succeed online !

Here's that link again - don't miss out !
http://easterjv2008.com/members.php?id=1675

To Your Mega Success,

Merle

PS. The doors to this event shut tight on 31st March and once they are
closed you will NOT be allowed in. Take advantage of this generous
offer and don't delay.

M.C. Promotions Press Ezine- New Issue Posted Online

Just a "heads up" that the latest issue of Merle's
Cyber Promotions is now available for your reading
pleasure. I sent it out in text format on Sunday
night but in case a mis-guided filter snatched it
up along the way, you can read the PDF version
below.

http://www.mcpromotions.com/ezinearchives/MCP_031008.pdf

Today's issue is full of the usual goodies
and a great article on using forums to generate
traffic.

We had a record breaking snow storm over the
weekend with some areas getting over 18" of
snow. I had to shovel my jeep out.

Thanks for joining me and have a Fantastic day!

Merle
http://MCPromotionsPress.com


P.S. Remember to stop in at the forum
http://mcpromotions.com/forum/

Willie Crawford's Radio Show

Learn Internet Marketing from an expert. "Veteran (11-year) Internet Marketing authority teaches what he and members of his Internet Marketing Inner Circle have discovered really works in generating a steady, reliable online income. Learn topics such as finding a profitable niche, generating website traffic, building a responsive email list, creating your own products, selling more affiliates products, branding yourself, networking, setting up joint ventures, and how to simply run a successful business."

Subscribe to the RSS feed and be notified of new shows as they are added.

Free Outsourcing Report

"These 10 Foolish Mistakes Are Killing Your Outsourcing Efforts. Discover Effective Strategies In This 100% Complimentary Special Report!" You'll have to give up your email address in order to download it.

http://www.outsourcingmistakes.com/

Learn Photoshop Now: Getting Started With Photoshop - Volume 2 (Free PDF Download)

Learn Photoshop Now: Getting Started With Photoshop - Volume 2: "16 pages, packed full of awesome information to help a Photoshop newbie get started on the right foot." Excellent stuff....download it now.

Niche Widget

A new servive, get this cool widget that you add to your blogs or webpages just by pasting a tiny snippet of code. This widget makes you INSTANT commissions (as much as 100%) 24/7. Customize it to match your site's theme.

Widgets

Merle's Cyber Promotions Press Ezine

Hi Kids

Just to let you know I sent out the latest issue
of Merle's Cyber Promotions Press yesterday in
text format.

If you don't have it by now it most likely was
grabbed by a mis-guided filter along the way.
You can read or print out the PDF version here

http://www.mcpromotions.com/ezinearchives/MCP_021008.pdf

Today's issue covers how to use YouTube to
generate traffic to your site and the usual extra
goodies I know you're just going to love.

Also, don't forget these free online giveaways
going on.

Simply sign up and get the scoop.

-tons of ebooks
-tons of scripts
-tons of everything you've ever wanted

Massive Monthly Giveaway
http://massivemonthlygiveaway.com/February08/go/297

and last but not least-

Great Blogging Giveaway
http://www.greatblogginggiveaway.com/jv/members/91

Enjoy! and have a great day.

Merle
http://MCPromotionsPress.com

The Big Fat Giveaway- Now Thru Feb 21st

The Big Fat GiveawayKeith Bowman just released the internet's most massive giveaway ever:

Simply sign up and get the scoop.

-tons of ebooks
-tons of scripts
-tons of everything you've ever wanted

Where did all these goodies come from?

Keith Bowman has called in some favors from a whole bunch of top online marketers and convinced them all to give you TONS of Products at no cost to you.

Grab your free goodies now at:
The Big Fat Giveaway

FREE EBook Templates for you to download

So you've written an ebook and need a cover? If you don't want to pay a graphics designer to make one for you and you have the slightest bit of talent when it comes to your graphics program you can right click on these blank templates and add your title and bam, you're done.

Great Ipod Giveaway

Great Ipod Giveaway I just found this new website that's giving away free Ipods AND tons of Internet marketing ebooks and software, and you can grab it all without spending a dime!

I'm using it and I thought you could benefit too, so I wanted to share it with you...

Check it out here:
http://greatipodgiveaway.com/x/?aff=3916

There really are no strings attached and they are giving away new Ipods every 2 days!

Check this out.

Microsoft Affiliate Network

Microsoft Affiliate Network: "Join the Microsoft Affiliate Network now to participate in the Microsoft adCenter program. For each new U.S.-based Microsoft adCenter customer you generate, you’ll receive a cash reward." To apply go to their site and fill out the application.

Seller Beware! Free Report

Seller Beware Free Report In this 50 page report John Counsel explains how to safeguard your Paypal account and not "accidently" violate Paypal's terms of service and get your account frozen. If you're not very familiar with what is and what isn't acceptable to Paypal, please download this free report and save yourself a possible headache down the road. It's an excellent read.

AdWords Seminars

AdWords Seminars for Success If you use Google Adwords to promote your website and need help understanding and using it, how about attending a seminar. "The seminars will be offered in two tracks: Beginner & Intermediate, and Intermediate & Advanced. Both are designed to teach you how to manage your AdWords account more effectively by covering topics from best practices on account setup to bidding and campaign management strategies."

Search Engine Myths Exposed- Free Report on Ranking with Google

Search Engine Myths Exposed: "New FREE report from Jonathan Leger exposes the most destructive myths and lies being spread about how to rank in Google, and then reveals the TRUTH of what you should really be doing." You will have to give up your email address at the site in order to download the report but Jonathan's stuff is always well done as he's one of the few who really knows what he's doing online when it comes to making money.

M.C. Promotions Press Ezine- Jan 7th 2008

A new year and it's time for a new issue of M.C. Promotions Press Ezine. If you're a subscriber it still comes out in text format right to your inbox. If not, I always convert it to PDF and post it here when uploaded.

What's in this issue? So glad you asked.

+ Editorial- "I'm Back"

+ Article- "Getting Great at Article Writing"

+ Camtasia 3.0 Download it Free- Limited Time

+ Tube Mogul- Upload Your Videos in a Snap

You can read the latest issue here:
http://www.mcpromotions.com/ezinearchives/MCP_010708.pdf

New iPods in Exchange for Your Old CD's

iPods+: "iPodMeister Inc. offers you a FREE, brand NEW iPod or iPhone in exchange for your used/new CDs/DVDs. There are no charges or fees involved other than the CDs needed for the trade." I will warn you the amount of CD's needed is in the hundreds, but if you've got a bunch of old CD's laying around and want a new fangled Ipod this is an easy way to get one. If you don't have enough CD's you can pay 1.00 for each one you're short. Check it out.

TubeMogul.com - Upload Your Videos

TubeMogul.com - Online Video Distribution and Analytics- Do you do marketing online with videos? If so you'll want to check out this free video submission service. At no charge you can upload your videos to all 12 video websites at one time. No more going from site to site uploading your videos one at a time. TubeMogul also provides powerful analytics on who is viewing your videos. Sign up free.

How to Get Customers Ordering So Fast Your Bank Account May End Up With a Speeding Ticket!- Report

Buy Now Report Before You Go...: If you do any type of online marketing you really should read this report. It's excellent and a real eye opener, loaded with techniques you can use to increase your conversions. Not sure how long it will remain available for free but "Reserve your free copy of 'Buy Now! How to Get Customers Ordering So Fast Your Bank Account May End Up With a Speeding Ticket!' and the supplementary 34-minute audio."

Nabit - Track auctions and bid from your Desktop

Nabit - Track auctions and bid from your Desktop- Are you an avid Ebayer? I love Ebay. It's always the first place I turn to when I'm looking for a great deal on an item. Check out this free software that allows direct bidding from your desktop. From the site it states "You can track bids-and make new ones-without using your Web browser. Once your My eBay list is automatically imported, Nabit automatically refreshes your auction status. Plus, Nabit provides pop-up notifications if you’ve been outbid, if you’ve won or lost, if the price changes on an item you’re watching, or if your auction is about to expire." If you're an Ebay junkie you need to check this one out.

RevoStock

RevoStock: Affordable Stock Video Footage, Music and Sound Effects: Need some music? If you do Stock Music, tracks are only $10 each and sound effects are only $3.

Free Website Traffic Promotion Software -CommentKahuna

Free Website Traffic Promotion Software CommentKahuna: "It's called Comment Kahuna and it automatically seeks out high quality blogs that accept comments, on the exact topics that you want. " This is an excellent traffic building software. Nothing to buy, but to download it you will need to give up your email address and name.

PLR Package- Jimmy D Brown

:: PLR Package: "For The First Time Ever (And Maybe The ONLY Time) Jimmy D. Brown Is Offering Private Label Rights To His Original Articles, Reports And Products ... The Bronze PLR Package contains private label rights to one of his most popular articles on affiliate marketing and one of his most popular reports on viral marketing." This one won't cost you a dime. There are others on the site that will. Jimmy's work is always excellent quality. So if you're looking for private label right products take a look this while it's still available.

ChipIn

ChipIn: "ChipIn is a Web-based service that simplifies the process of collecting money from groups of people. It's quick and easy to set-up. With the ChipIn widget, they make it incredibly easy to promote your ChipIns on the social networking sites you already use. The ChipIn widget is a Flash application that shows the details of your ChipIn, such as your monetary goal, how much money has been raised, and when your ChipIn ends." Next time you're trying to raise money for your favorite cause check out ChipIn first.

The Attention Age Doctrine Part 2- Free Report

The Attention Age Doctrine Part 2: "Rich Schefren just released a new groundbreaking report on what's now needed to be successful online. He's limiting the number he gives away so if your interested you need to get over there right now. You can reserve your copy at:"

Visit: http://www.strategicprofits.com/doctrinenew/

Google Checkout and Fedex

Google Checkout: "Google Checkout is an online checkout process your customers can use to buy from you quickly and securely, using a single login. Once you've processed your orders through Checkout, you can save up to 21% when you ship them with FedEx." If you're already using Google's Checkout this is a great way to save even more with shipping.

AdSpheres - An Entirely New Way To Market Your Web Site - home

AdSpheres - This was sent to me by one of the creators of this novel website. We all need traffic so this is an interesting way on generating more of it. I've never seen anything like it.

"AdSpheres will be a whole new fun way to promote your sites. You will be able to buy Spheres that will be customized by you and they will drive traffic to your site. You will be able to make your Spheres more valuable by referring people to AdSpheres and also just logging in each day."

PayDotClickBankAlert.com

Doug Champigny and Tim Brechbill's Free PayDotClickbankAlert - Be The First One To Know About New Affiliate Marketing Opportunities!: "When you sign up today for your Free PayDotClickbankAlerts, you'll begin receiving FREE DAILY ALERTS showing you EVERY BRAND NEW PRODUCT that was listed at either of the ClickBank or PayDotCom affiliate networks within the last 24 hours - finally giving you a chance to promote new products BEFORE most people even know they exist!"

If you sell other people's products or services online as an affiliate you'll want to jump on this. Stay on top of your game.

Every Kids Laptop GiveAway

"Between November 12 and November 26, OLPC is offering a Give One Get One program in the United States and Canada. During this time, you can donate the revolutionary XO laptop to a child in a developing nation, and also receive one for the child in your life in recognition of your contribution."

The laptops are about the size of a book and light. With a 7.5 inch screen and a wireless connection to the Internet. Support a great cause and at the same time pick up a gift for a loved one at...
http://www.laptopgiving.org/en/index.php

RSS Feed Basics- Free Report

"RSS Feed Basics"

A free report by Mike Steup. Everything you need to know about RSS feeds and why as a website owner they should be important to you. Lots of great ideas in this one.

http://www.merlesworld.com/e-books/rssfeed.zip

Review Me

Have a Blog? Want to make some? Well, of course you do. In case you didn't know it there are services online where you sign up to review products and services for cash. Sounds good right?

Not so fast. First you'll have to sign up and submit your Blog for approval. Once approved, you sit back and wait for the offers to come in. Payments are sent out monthly, via Paypal or check. If you do sign up for a service like this make sure you disclose somewhere on your site that you are a "paid reviewer".

Check out Review Me at http://www.reviewme.com/?ref=30672
and also PayPerPost at http://www.payperpost.com/

72 Blog Directories

72 Blog Directories- Got Blog? So you're all excited you have your very own Blog where you write your daily adventures or on a topic that get's your blood running. OK, not so fast. What good is all your rantings if you have no one to read your witty prose. One idea to increase your traffic is to submit your trusty blog to directories. It will take some time but on this site you'll find a list of 72blog directories to submit to. That should keep you out of trouble for awhile.

Free Internet Marketing eBook | Downloadable eBooks & MP3

Free Internet Marketing eBook Downloadable eBooks & MP3: Michael Campbell knows his stuff when it comes to online marketing. If you're looking for free ebooks on Internet Marketing and MP3 downloads don't miss this page. Includes: "Keyword Marketing Report", "The 200 Page Website Challenge", "Clickin' it Rich", Revenge of the Mininet and more. While there subscribe to his ezine, it's that good.

Mercantec Products- Shopping Cart

Mercantec Products Feature Google Checkout: Looking for a simple way to add e-commerce to your website? E-COMMERCE EXPRESS with Google Checkout is free and a simple way add shopping cart capabilities to your site. Check it out and make the decision for yourself.

Check Out Yahoo! Search Marketing Blog

Yahoo! Search Marketing Blog- Here's one you'll want to add to your Blog Bookmarks. Yahoo's Blog offers help with your online marketing in the form of news, tips, a community forum, and more. If you're not aware of everthing Yahoo has to offer, check it out today. Trust me you'll be glad you did.

Google Website Optimizer Plugin for WordPress Blogs

Google Website Optimizer Plugin by ContentRobot: When people visit your website are they doing what you want them to do? An action can be subscribing to your ezine, buying your product or filling out a form for a free report. How do you track these things? With the Google Website Optimizer you can do all this and more. There's a plug in available if you Blog using WordPress, that you can set up to start testing your web pages so you'll know what's working and what isn't at a glance.

Don't Miss Out on This New Launch

You're Invited

In case you haven't heard by now a brand new site
DealDotCom.com has recently launched. Yea, yea, I
can hear you saying now "so what, just what we
need another dumb website". I promise, this one
is different.

It's run by top online marketers and offers HUGE
discounts daily on all kinds of Internet marketing
products.

That's right, every single day a new product is
featured and you won't believe the savings.

It's fr-ee to join and when you refer others you'll
earn 35% lifetime commissions every time they make
a purchase. On top of that you'll earn 15% lifetime
commissions from those your referrals' refer. That's
a great deal!

If you sell Internet marketing related products you
can even submit it here to possibly be included as
one of the daily specials.

It won't cost you a dime to join...so check it out
today.

OffTo.net - The affiliate's best friend!

OffTo.net - Shorten Those Long Links OK, so you say who needs another link shortening service? You do....this one is different and much more powerful. Check this out right from the site itself....."With OffTo.net links, you have the option of removing any links on the landing page that point to the vendor's affiliate program. This saves you lost commissions from the visitors you send seeing that there's an affiliate program, signing up, and purchasing through their own link instead of yours." So if you're using tinyurl.com or another free service take a minute and check this one out.

The Best 15 Free SEO Tools Online | SEOposition.com

The Best 15 Free SEO Tools: Everyone with a website needs a few search engine optimization tools. You'll want to bookmark this site that showcases and reviews 15 free SEO tools online today. Good stuff Maynard!

AuctionAds Blog » Free $25.00 AuctionAds Bonus For New Publishers!

AuctionAds Blog » Free $25.00 AuctionAds Bonus: "Offering an instant $25.00 balance to all new publishers who sign up for AuctionAds! New publishers just need to sign up and they will receive a balance of $25.00 automatically." I've heard some wonderful things about Auction Ads and am using them myself on my Blog and some of my web pages. If you're using Google Adsense ads this is yet another way to earn revenue on your website or Blog. Check it out.

AdWords Learning Center

Do you use Google Adwords as part of your online advertising program? If not, shame on you. If you do and you need help you need to bookmark their learning center. It's an excellent resource loaded with free training, multimedia and text lessons. Check it out and make sure to bookmark it.

AdWords Learning Center

K7 Unified Messaging, free Fax and voicemail to email.

K7 Unified Messaging, free Fax and voicemail to email. Get your very own phone number that sends your voicemail and fax messages right to your email box. The best part is it won't cost you a dime.

M.C. Promotions Press Now Posted Online-"Paying for Action With Google"

Google, the constant trendsetter has recently launched its latest beta project "Pay Per Action" advertising. If you're an Adwords user you're familiar with their
pay per click ad model, you pay every time someone clicks on one of your ads. With this new pricing model you only pay when someone clicks AND performs a specific action that you specify in advance. No more paying for clicks or impressions, only when actions that are completed on your site. Read the rest in today's issue.

"Yahoo Search Marketing Gets a Long Overdue Update: "Panama"

The latest issue of M.C. Promotions Press is now posted online in PDF format.

Yahoo Search Marketing, which bought Overture back in 2003, hasn't had a facelift in years. They have gone through a lot of changes and have finally gotten around to launching a new and improved version of their service which they're calling "Panama". No relation to the country of southeast Central America which also bears the same name. But it's got a nice ring to it......

M.C. Promotions Press Now Posted Online

If you missed the latest issue of my ezine it's now posted online in PDF format. If you'd like to get the text version in your inbox every month, make sure to subscribe. Read it at...

http://www.mcpromotions.com/ezinearchives/MCP_010707.pdf

Enjoy!

Merle
http://MCPromotionsPress.com

Search Engines

Search engines are a funny thing. Always changing and evolving. Just when you think you understand what makes them tick they change the game on you again. Watch this video for some great pointers.

Interview with Matt Cutts

Matt Cutts is "the man" when it comes to search engine optimization. Watch this informative interview.

M.C. Promotions Press Ezine- "Google Brings "Commercials" to the Web with Video Ads"

In today's issue I examine Google's new video ads. No matter if you're an Adsense publisher who wants to display them on your web pages, or an advertiser who wants to utilize them, it's all covered here.
http://www.mcpromotions.com/ezinearchives/MCP_070706.pdf

Merle
http://MCPromotionsPress.com

Read Today's Issue of M.C. Promotions Press Ezine

Merle's Cyber Promotions Press Ezine:
Buying text links for your website is a highlycontroversial subject online. Like it or not,approve of the practice or disapprove, it does exist and there are many website owners who are doing it. I'm not going to debate the issue one way or the other; just shed some light on what some consider a "gray subject."

You can print it out or read it in PDF format now: http://www.mcpromotions.com/ezinearchives/MCP_052306.pdf

Miss Gia and her Baby

Gia's fav things to play with are fuzzy, soft stuffed animals. Here she is sleeping with one of her "special friends". She's 7 months old now and doesn't nap as much as she use to, but when she does, she's zonked. 

M.C. Promotions Press Ezine: "How to Protect Your Digital Downloads from Thieves"

Today's issue deals with "How to Protect Your Digital Downloads from Thieves"

Selling ebooks and software online are big business these days. The beauty of the transaction lies in the fact that there's no physical product changing hands. What does this mean to you? No Inventory --Big Profits. Learn how to make sure only those who pay are accessing your products.


Read the PDF or download it now at:
http://www.mcpromotions.com/ezinearchives/MCP_042306.pdf

Free PDF Converter - create high-quality PDF from any printable file type

Free PDF Converter - If you've been looking for a free way to make PDF files you'll want to download this software. Print to PDF from almost any application.

Google Adds Features to Local Ads

Google Adds Features to Local Ads: Local businesses who advertise on Google Local can now choose one of 10 icons to represent their businesses on the map......Read the full story...