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"Internet Marketing Blogs that Beg to be Bookmarked"

By Merle http://www.PayPerClickResearch.com  

Let's face it, Blogs on the topic of Internet marketing are a dime a dozen. Everyone and their dog seems to have one. I'll be the first to admit it takes a lot to impress me. Some blogs are just boring and uneventful. But then there are some that make me want to come back again and again.

So, what are the qualities of a great blog? Well, for me it's one that offers me something of value, whether that be in the form of valuable information, or points me in the direction of free products or services. It's all about me. By the same token, I do appreciate a blogger with a sense of humor or strong personality. If you're stiff and mechanical it's just not for me. Show me who you really are and what makes you tick.

One final point. Don't forget about design. Blogs that are easy on the eyes, uncluttered and simple get my vote every time. If it has a black background and white text I'm out of there in a big hurry.

So, who has some of the best blogs online today? So glad you asked. Listen closely as I enlighten you and point you in the right direction.

1) Willie Crawford: http://williecrawford.com/blog2/

An experienced online marketer, Willie is considered
one of the world’s leading Internet marketing experts.
Listen to Willie, he "walks the talk" and can teach you
a lot about the world of online marketing.

He also has a radio show here:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WillieCrawford

2) Michael Fortin Blog: http://www.michelfortin.com/

Copywriting and marketing tips from a man who is
too brilliant for words. Michael is an expert copywriter
who has done work for John Reese and many of the
other top marketers. Without good copy you can't
sell a thing, so learning all you can about persuasive
writing is a must for your to do list. Also see:

http://www.copywritersboard.com/

3) Skip Mcgrath: http://blog.skipmcgrath.com/

If Ebay is your thing then Skip's blog is a must.
An expert at selling items on Ebay, and an experienced
author of several books, Skip covers all of the ins and
outs of earning money with Ebay.

4) Jensense: http://www.jensense.com/

Jennifer helps you to make sense of contextual
advertising and helps publishers to earn more money.
Topics include Google Adsense and other similar
contextual ad programs.

5) Marketing Pilgrim: http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/

Originally launched by Internet marketer Andy Beal
way back in 2005. This blog covers the latest
marketing news, reviews and other items related
to online advertising.

6) Yahoo Publisher Network: http://www.ypnblog.com/blog/

Everything you ever wanted to know about Yahoo's
Publisher Network but were afraid to ask. All of
your questions are answered here.

7) Matt Cutts: http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/

A Google employee since 2000, Matt discusses all
things Google on his Blog. He also covers search
engine optimization and other interesting gadgets
he runs across online. If Google is your thing, all
is revealed here.

8) Bruce Clay: http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/

Since 1996 way before it was cool to be on the
net Bruce Clay has been teaching those about
search engine optimization and online marketing.
He really knows his "stuff" and you can tell that
by his concrete informative posts which go into
great detail.

9) Clickz: http://blog.clickz.com/

Clickz always has the latest dish on Internet
marketing. Serving news and expert advice
since 1997.

10) Jim Edwards: http://www.igottatellyou.com/blog/

Jim Edwards blog "I Gotta Tell You" is a multi-media
blog. Covering numerous topics related to making
money online, Jim always has a funny story to tell.
He has a strong personality, so if you like that you'll
enjoy Jim's blog.

11) Marnie Pehrson: http://marniep.typepad.com/ideamarketers/

Marnie is the creator of http://www.ideamarketers.com
and covers all things related to article marketing and
other online marketing strategies. Again, she's been
online for years and has much wisdom when it comes
to gaining traffic from your short articles.

12) Google Adsense: http://adsense.blogspot.com/

If you use Adsense by Google to generate an income you'll
want to subscribe to this blog. Tons of tips and tutorials
to increase your earnings.

13) Search Engine Diva: http://www.searchenginediva.com/

Ginette Degner has been providing search engine optimization
and Internet marketing consulting for over 16 years. She's
good and also has a great sense of humor.

14) Income.com: http://www.income.com/blog/

When you talk about Internet marketing you can't forget
about John Reese. The only online marketer I know of
who made a million dollars in one day when he launched
his Traffic Secrets course.

15) Joel Osborne: http://www.twentyten.com/

Joel has been making a living online for the past several
years and has numerous web sites and products. Another
expert when it comes to learning how to increase traffic
and sell online.

16) Jonathan Leger: http://www.jonathanleger.com/

Jonathan Leger has been earning a living online since 2004.
His blog discusses search engine optimization, Adsense and
online marketing.

17) Pay Per Click Journal: http://payperclickjournal.com/

This blog is written by the website marketing experts at
Brick Marketing. They cover all aspects of pay-per-click
search engine marketing.

When it comes to marketing online there are plenty of blogs that can keep you up to date on the latest and greatest trends. This is just a small sample of what's out there. Make sure that no matter whose blog you're reading, that they thoroughly know and understand the topic they're discussing. If not you're just wasting your time, and if that's the case you might as well be reading your dog's blog. But who knows it just might be more interesting.<grin>

Create Your Own RSS Buttons for Your Blog

In case you haven't noticed today is Friday the 13th. As a very superstitious person I tend to try and keep a low profile to avoid any bad luck. I did go and meet my girlfriend for lunch and was almost hit in the parking lot. See what I mean. No matter if you believe in bad things happening on Friday the 13th or not, if you see a black cat my suggestion would be for you to go the other way, at least for today.

Back to the subject on hand. If you've been looking for a free tool to create RSS buttons or "chicklets" for your blog consider this your "Valentines Present". Don't say I never gave ya nothing (LOL)

New Online Payment System- Noca

Noca- A new online payment system that has very low transaction fees for merchants. Unlike Paypal they only charge .25% per transaction and no fixed fee. They also offer seamless integration with shopping carts. For more info check out their site.

Join Daddy's Birthday Giveaway

Great news! Odinn Sorensen is turning 40 years on february 17th and also celebrating his 1st anniversary of J.O.B. Independence Day - a full year of being a full-time Internet Marketer.

In celebration of this, he is running his "Daddys Birthday Giveaway" again, but this time he has written his OWN giveaway software, from scratch! - This makes his giveaway a completely unique event - the world premiere of his new software, which he calls "The Giveaway Engine". The software itself will launch later when it has run several successful events, but it's already looking great!

Join Odinn and me as JV Partner on Daddys Birthday Giveaway 40 Years now!
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NOTE: The Partner Upgrade on his giveaway is very attractive, so I definitely recommend that you grab it to you improve your gift ranking, get more subscribers and earn greater commissions.

Have a great day!

Download This Free Guide on Twitter!

Twitter for Business John Jantsch has put together a free guide on the basics of using Twitter. It's in PDF format and it's intended to show you how to use Twitter to reach some of your marketing objectives. The ebook is not too long at only 9 pages. You can download it at John's blog.

Twitter is one of the most talked about social media tools being used today. If you don't know what it is I'd suggest you do your homework. If you'd like to follow me on Twitter go to http://www.twitter.com/msmerle - Don't worry, I won't tell you what I'm having for lunch or what I'm watching on TV but I will send you some really cool links to some awesome websites that will help you with your online business. Besides, what I eat for lunch is not really that exciting.

140 Twitter Tools For You

Twitter is sweeping the Internet. If you Facebook, MySpace or use LinkedIn my guess is you know what Twitter is and how to use it. It's simple really. It's a form of micro-blogging where you can send out 140 character messages to those who "follow you". Again, like I said, simple and easy concept but very powerful and popular.

If you use Twitter check out this list of 140 add on tools to increase it's power and allow you to have more fun and get more done. Very nice list at this site.
http://mashable.com/2008/05/24/14-more-twitter-tools/

If you don't use Twitter and are wondering what all the fuss is about run over to http://www.Twitter.com and sign up.

"Google's "Display Ad Builder" Makes You Look Marvelous"

"By Merle http://www.PayPerClickResearch.com

If you use Google Adwords for your pay-per-click advertising, you'll want to sit up and pay attention. Google has introduced a new tool for their users called "Display Ad Builder". It's purpose is to help you make professional graphical ads with no design experience.

If you're already an Adwords user, you can access the "Ad Builder" from within the Adwords interface. Inside you'll find over 40 professionally designed templates to choose from. You can customize the colors, fonts, images and text of each template to your exact specifications. You can also upload your own images, logos and videos to use in the creative process and add your own text. If you're all thumbs when it comes to design, this is really going to be of great assistance to you.

The ads created with Google's Ad Builder will be run on Google's content network which has over one million website partners to date. Only those who choose to run image or video ads can display these graphical ads on their site, so if you're an Adsense user and haven't opted in for image and video ads, and would like to run these ads on your site, make sure that you do.

Google's new tool is available to all advertisers in the U.S. and Canada. For more information see:

http://www.google.com/adwords/displayadbuilder/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu1oaWkXSHM

If you've been holding back on running image based ads in your pay-per-click advertising, here's your opportunity to look like a pro, no design school needed.

Google's Website Optimizer

Find out how one company used Google's Website Opimizer to split test two different website pages to find out which one was converting better. It's a free service offered up by Google, who else, and it can really help you to test with the end result of increasing your conversions. Check it out.

Do you use Google's Optimizer? If so what have you learned from this amazing tool. Please leave your comments and share with the rest of us.

Internet Marketing Sins Part Three Released

Internet Marketing Sins: An Open Letter to All Internet Marketers- Michael Fortin is well known online as an expert copywriter. He's done work for John Reese and other big name marketers and has a way with the written language if you know what I mean. His wife, Sylvia, also an online entrepreneur has finally released the third and final installment of her ebook "Internet Marketing Sins". If you're sick of of some of the underhanded techniques some marketers use to to sell things on the Net you'll love this.

While you're there you can go ahead and download the first two installments as well. You may be shocked at some of what you read but Sylvia definitely has hit the nail on the head with this one.

This video gives an overview of Google Adwords Quality Score and answers some common questions about Ads Quality.

Download Windows 7 Beta

Unless you’re a Mac fan you’ve probably been wondering when Microsoft was going to release Windows 7. Well puppies remove your nose from the glass as the beta version is now available to download free for a limited time to the first 2.5 million people who choose to get it. That’s right the beta version is now available so get it while it’s hot. Once the quota is reached it will be pulled.

Download it here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-download.aspx

For help with installing it see the blog:

http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/01/07/information-on-downloading-and-installing-windows-7-beta.aspx

Suze Orman's Latest Ebook Free to Download

Suze Orman's Free Book Download- If you watch Oprah you may have already heard that Suze Orman is offering her latest book "2009 Action Plan" totally free only until Jan 15th in downloadable PDF format. Who says you can't get something for free anymore. If you're a fan of Suze's writings save yourself 10.00 and go and download it while you can. Remember, after Jan 15th it's all gone. You can learn a lot from listening to Suze, I know I have. A financial expert I'm not, I'm better at spending money then making it, but I'm sure we can all use a little help in the financial area. Knowledge is power.

"Counting Conversions with Yahoo's Search Marketing Tool"

By Merle http://www.payperclickresearch.com/

Ever wondered how well your Yahoo Search Marketing advertising is converting? If you're spending money on any type of pay-per-click marketing, it just makes sense to track how many of your visitors are turning into customers. If you don't know, you're just throwing good money away.

So, how are you supposed to know what's working and what's not with your ad campaigns. Well, Yahoo has their own search marketing tool you can use to measure those conversions called "Conversion Counter". The tool is free to use as part of your Yahoo Search Marketing account.

With Conversion Counter, you can track how successful your ad campaigns really are. This tool will show you how many clicks it takes for someone to convert.

So what is a conversion? A conversion happens when someone clicks on your ad, visits your website and performs the "wanted action". That "action" can range from just registering to use your site, making a purchase, signing up for your newsletter, or downloading something. Conversion is the wanted response from your ad campaigns. Some type of action is performed after clicking through to your website.

You'll find Conversion Counter under the administration tab in your Yahoo marketing account. It can track results from “Sponsored Search”, and their “Content Match” programs. Don't click the activate button until you have pasted the necessary code onto your "conversion page". The conversion page of your site is usually the confirmation page or thank you page that appears after someone purchases or signs up at your site.

By using what's called "event tags", you can track different conversion events such as tracking a newsletter sign up, a download, or an actual purchase. It can even record "assists" which will tell you the number of times a particular keyword or phrase in your pay-per-click campaign assisted in a conversion.

You can also assign a revenue value to be associated with each conversion. This will tell you how profitable your campaign keywords really are. There are two options:

1) Constant Average Value: You specify a specific dollar
amount to be used with each conversion.

2) Dynamic Value: The dollar amount is dynamically updated.
This is a good choice if you sell multiple products at
different prices.

Conversion Counter also tracks the type of visitor that converts:

1) New - (1st time visitor)
2) Returning - (Someone who's been there before)
3) Customer - (At least one conversion before)
4) Repeat Customer - (2 or more conversions in past)
5) Cookies Off - (Those with cookies off)

Having access to this sort of information is invaluable to any marketing campaign.

The code on your page is invisible to those using your website.The information being tracked will appear under the "reports and campaigns" section of your Yahoo account.

If you use Yahoo Search Marketing and haven't been tracking your conversions, now that you know how easy it is you have no excuse not to implement it. Knowing how well your site is converting browsers into customers, and which keywords are performing best, can help you to make more informed decisions when it comes to your next marketing campaign. And that's information you can literally bank on.

A Great Research Tool

So there’s a website out there and you need more information about it, what to do, what to do…I know go to http://dataopedia.com/ 

Just type in the url and you’ll be given a ton of information such as traffic rank, page views, who owns it and if anyone is talking about that particular domain. Bookmark this one as you never know when you’ll need it.

Download Writer For Free

Writer beta - Windows Live- From the site itself, "Writer makes it easy to share your photos and videos on almost any blog service—Windows Live, Wordpress, Blogger, Live Journal, TypePad, and many more." Download it for free at the site.

Send a Snail Mail Letter for Free

eSnailer- Remember 100 years ago sitting down and writing out a letter. Then you went to the Post Office and bought some stamps and mailed it off, just knowing it was going to brighten someones day. Now you can do it all online. eSnailer will type up your letter and snail mail it for you all for no charge. What's the gimmick. There are some ads you'll have to pay attention to or you can opt into an ezine. Check it out.

Google Extends Search Campaigns to iPhone, G1 Devices

Google Extends Search Campaigns to iPhone, G1 Devices: "The search giant has begun distributing AdWords campaigns to handheld devices with full HTML browsers -- beginning with Apple's iPhone and its own touch screen handheld, the G1 from T-Mobile." Have you seen Google's new phone? It's very cool. Only offered thru T-Mobile, not my carrier so I guess I'll have to learn to live without it. How sad is that...anyway jump over to ClickZ for the full story.......

"Social Network Marketing: Advertising to Facebook Users"

"Social Network Marketing: Advertising to Facebook Users"

By Merle http://www.payperclickresearch.com/

In the "old days", if you wanted to meet someone, you had to get dressed up and drive to a public place. Not any more. The Internet has changed all of that with the popularity of social networking sites. Two of the biggest are MySpace and Facebook.

Basically, a social network website allows you to register,display photos and some personal information, then you can invite others to become "your friends". You can meet thousands of people right from the comfort ofyour living room. How great is that?

Facebook has an audience of over 100 million people withover 24 million active users. The majority of visitorsto the site are between the ages of 18 to 34. Next to MySpace, it is the second largest social networking site online. If you'd like to advertise on Facebook and reach this young, highly targeted audience, now you can.

When setting up your ads, you can choose to target people by age, location, gender, interests, education and more.For example, you could choose to target 26 year old women who are interested in men and are single in the U.S. When making your audience selections, you'll be shown the number of users who fit your chosen profile that will see your ad. Facebook ads are displayed in the side column of almost all pages. There may be up to three ads appearing on each page.

You can also choose to buy ads on a CPC (cost per click) basis, or CPM (cost per thousand) impressions. The title of your ad can be up to 25 characters and the body text up to 135 characters in total. A small image can also be uploaded, but must fit inside a 110X80 box ad format. You are also asked to select keywords that relate to your ads.

If you decide to advertise on a CPM basis, the minimum budget you can set is $1.00 per day, with a minimum per one thousand impression bid of only $.10. They will give you bid suggestions, but you are free to set it to your needs.

If advertising on a pay-per-click basis, again, the minimum daily budget you can set is $1.00, with the minimum cost per click being one penny. Again, suggested bid amounts are given. You can set your ad to run continuously or only during specified times.

Facebook makes it easy to track your progress with downloadable Excel reports. It's easy to see how well your ads are performing at a glance.

There are three different types of reports:

1) "Responder Profiles"- This information is gleaned from users profiles, and will tell you what types of common interests people have who are clicking onyour ads.

2) "Responder Demographics"- This report tells you the sex, age and geographic location of those clicking on your ads.

3) "Advertising Performance"- Detailed reports whichshow you impressions, click-throughs, etc. This report can be broken down by month, week or time of day.

As part of their advertising program, you'll automaticallybe subscribed to Facebook's newsletter which will keep you up to date on news, updates and tips for best ad practices.

Social network marketing is an effective way to reach a highly targeted audience, and shouldn't be forgotten when putting together a well rounded marketing plan. If you haven't considered this type of advertising in the past, now's a good time to take another look. Social networks continue to grow in popularity as millions of people continue to flock to this type of website daily.

For more information see:
http://www.new.facebook.com/advertising/

To receive a hundred credits to advertise on Facebook, check out this site at http://www.tinyurl.com/3h2fk0

"Its a New Year" Giveaway Event

This is your invitation to join the "Its a New Year" Giveaway Event as a JV Partner/Gift Contributor

Be sure to consider the Upgrade Option and possibly receive hundreds of subscribers with your gift being presented during the entire duration of the giveaway (not 7 days but 30 days) versus possibly not showing at all* (*see sign up page for details).

So get into action now and join before the Contributor/JV Partner phase ends - the earlier you join and get started promoting the better chance you have of marketing your way to one of the referral prizes and more ......

Have a GREAT Holiday Season,

Sincerely,
Merle

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Google's New Search-based keyword tool

Search-based keyword tool A new tool offered by Google which will give you a better idea of what your customers may be searching for and what keywords/phrases you should be using in your pay-per-click search engine marketing efforts.

This tool looks at your web page and identifies keywords potential customers may use to find someone who sells your particular product or service. Even if you're not an Adwords user you can really glean some helpful information to use for optimizing your pages for the search engines. Bookmark it.

Google Adsense: Optmization Essentials

Google is so fun. They've been putting together these cute short videos on how to increase your Adsense earnings. I love a business with a sense of humor. Who am I kidding, I love Google. All things Google. If I could I'd work for them. I did actually work for them at one time when they had what was called "Google Experts". They would pay you for answering questions for people. They did away with the service a few years ago but I was honored to be chosen for the program in the first place.


Anyway, today's video discusses positioning and how you have to place your ads above the fold in order to be seen and get those clicks rolling. Enjoy!

The Top Internet Marketing Blogs

Internet Marketing Top Blogs at Winning the Web Blog...Blogs...everywhere and not a blog to spare....sheeezzz..Hey, I'm a poet and didn't even know it....I'm on a roll now...sorry, just playing around. If you like to read Blogs on Internet Marketing or make comments on popular Blogs that deal with the theme of online marketing you'll want to bookmark this page. The top 100 with a rating scale. Very cool!

Santa's Big GiveAway is in Full Swing

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Even if you don't have a gift to contribute you'll want to sign up to download all the free goodies they'll be offering. Who says you can't get anything for free anymore.

Holiday GiveAway

The upcoming Merry Christmas Giveaway has in the past proven to be the largest List building event of the year.

This is your invitation to join the Merry Christmas Giveaway Event as a JVPartner/Gift Contributor:Click Here.

With the Merry Christmas Giveaway high referral contest award and the heavy hitters in list building - this event should bring in hundreds of subscribers and gift recipients.

So get into action now and join before the Contributor/JV Partner phase ends - the earlier you join and get started promoting the better chance you have of marketing your way to one of the referral prizes and more ......

Have a GREAT Holiday Season,

Article Submitter Review

While article submission isn't anything shockingly new to the world of SEO, many people STILL don't do it... and for good reason. It takes so incredibly long to do manually.

I'll admit, I had tried article submission at one point, but after I finally found a few article dircetories to submit my articles to, and then after manually copying and pasting my information into the required textboxes on each submission site, I quickly realized that my time could be better spent doing something else.

Then I came across a free program created by Brad Callen and Bryxen Software, Inc. that allows you to automatically submit your articles to hundreds of article directories with a few mouse clicks. Basically all I had to do was input my article criteria into the software, ONCE! Then, the program would automatically fill in all of the required data at each of the submission websites. Pretty incredible if you ask me.

The only part I didn't understand was why the program is free... but I can't argue with that I suppose.

The software currently contains around 700 article directories, all free to submit your articles to. It is the most straightforward program that we've come across, in that all you need to do is:

1. Input your article details (i.e. title, article body, bio, etc.) into the software
2. Click on the directory you want to submit to

And then the program will automatically fill in your article details. Then, you simply click the submit button and your article is instantly submitted to the directory. Then, you can move to the next directory, go through the list, and by the time you're finished you'll have roughly 700 one way links pointing to your website.

I can't think of an easier way to get links. Of course, if you're going to get links this quickly, it's important to submit different variations of your articles, to make things look more natural to the search engines.

You can do this very easily via Article Submitter when you create your project in the beginning.

The software is constantly being updated and their is an incredible community of users established that all work together to make the software better and better, so you know you're getting great value for the money.

To check out the software, click here:

Google Answers Some Tricky Questions

WebProNews A great article on WebProNews straight from the horses mouth. Questions were posed directly to Google about various criteria looked at when ranking websites. It's interesting to say the least and you might just learn a thing or two by listening to these experts. Shooting down myths and giving you straight facts.

YouTube Advertising Programs

YouTube Advertising Programs "Want to get people watching your video? Do you think your video can be the next big thing? Are you frustrated that people can't find your video on YouTube?"

Now you can use "sponsored videos" to draw attention to your videos on YouTube.

"Advertise on Amazon with ClickRiver Ads"

I have to admit it. I'm a book junkie. I absolutely love books. Some people get excited by shoes or clothing - for me it's the printed word on paper. It's crazy I know. And like me, people who love books, love Amazon. It's your one stop shop when it comes to book buying. In the "old days", books were all they sold, now they also sell movies, music, digital downloads, computers, electronics, home & garden, groceries, apparel, and much more.

With such a broad shopping base, it should be no surprise that they receive more than 47 million visitors per month. Now that's a lot of traffic. No one does it quite like Amazon. Not only are their visitors Internet savvy, but they're in what's known as "shopping mode", not just "search mode" -which means they're actually looking to purchase something. This is considered to be a more engaged type of browser.

According to Amazon, the visitors to their site have the following stats in common:

72% Are Online Daily
81% More Likely to Give Shopping Advice
33% Are Business Purchase Decision Makers

If you'd like to "cash in" on these demographics and run your ads on Amazon's website, now you can. Amazon's shopping search is powered by A9.com (also owned by Amazon) and they offer their own pay-per-click advertising called "ClickRiver Ads". With this service you can place "sponsored links" on Amazon's search results and product detail pages.

So where do your ads appear? Text ads appear at the bottom of the pages that have related products to what it is you are advertising. For example, say you sell "computer training services". Your ads might appear on search results pages for laptops or even desktop computers.

When registering with ClickRiver, you'll bid on keywords just as you do with any pay-per-click search engine, but you'll also need to choose a category that best fits the services you offer.

Here are a few of the current categories available:

- Home Service Businesses
- Health and Fitness Services
- Education Providers
- Professional Services
- Automotive Services
- Pet Services.....

and many more. If you don't see an appropriate category for what you're offering you can suggest it using the link on this page http://tinyurl.com/59vuny

As with any pay-per-click program, you only pay for actual click-throughs to your website. Keep in mind that the higher you bid the more likely your ads will appear on a page. Daily budgets can also be set and ad campaigns can be started or stopped at will.

Another nice feature is the ability to target a specific geographic area. You can choose to target by zip code or country or anything in between.

For more information or to register go to:

http://clickriver.com/

In conclusion, the traffic on Amazon is an educated group of people earning an above average salary. They also are using the net daily and researching and buying products online. If you'd like to tap into the power of Amazon's strong demographics, ClickRiver's your answer.

Inside AdWords: Improvements to Ads Quality

Inside AdWords: Improvements to Ads Quality- Listen up boys and girls, gather round for the latest change with Google's Adwords program. Soon they'll be making changes to Quality Score and how ads are ranked. If you're using Adwords hurry on over and read up on this update coming soon to a Google page near you.

Google Says "Bigger is Better"

As a woman I've always known "bigger is better", but now Google has announced to to the world. Sorry guys. It's true. If you're using Google Adsense on any of your sites and your earnings aren't what they use to be you might want to try a bigger size. Per Google the larger sized ads that get the best results are: * 300x250 medium rectangle * 728x90 leaderboard * 160x600 skyscraper- Take a look at this cute little vidoe they've put together. Say it with me "We Love Google"...."All Hail Google".

Google's Retail Blog

Google Retail Blog - Another great Google Blog which is a great source of information tailored to the needs of retail advertisers. If you sell anything online keep in mind the holidays are quickly approaching and you want to make sure your website is up to par to take advantage of those shopper dollars. You'll pick up some awesome tips that will help your little retail shop be the best it can be. Long live Google!

"Merchants Wanted: Pay Per Click Advertising with Comparison Search Engines"

Anyone who advertises on the Internet knows about pay-per-click search engines like Google Adwords and Yahoo Search Marketing. But did you know that if you sell products online there's a tool out there specifically for you?

A different form of pay-per-click that uses "comparison search engines". These are actually search engines just for products. Searchers use this type of search engine when searching to purchase a specific product. With the information this type of engine provides, shoppers can locate the cheapest price by comparing prices for a variety of stores all in one place. It's an easy way of doing research before making a purchase and helps the buyer to make more informed shopping decisions. One example of this type of site is Shopping.com

Search results generally include a small picture and sometimes customer comments, or ratings. If you're searching for something online these search engines really are a must to ensure you're not paying too much for your intended purchase.

So, now you know what a shopping search engine is and why they're good for onsumersc. Let's talk about why they're also a good thing for merchants, and why you'll want to include them in your online advertising campaigns.

The first major factor is "less competition". If you've been advertising with Google or Yahoo, which most online advertisers use, you will notice that since comparison search engines are only for products, there are less players in the game. Thus you'll stand a better chance of standing out in the crowd and obtaining a good ranking.

All vendors do appear in the search results, but ranking for each shopping search engine is usually based on multiple factors: bid relevancy, popularity, bid amount. Each uses different criteria when deciding who's going to appear at the top.

So how do these search engines get paid, and what's in it for them? I thought you'd never ask. Most engines allow you to submit your products for free and only charge merchants for actual click-throughs. Some make money on any actual sales that are made using their sites.

The traffic you'll receive from this type of specialty search engine is considered to be more "qualified". As these browsers are actively searching for a product to purchase they are in "shopping mode" and are “spend ready”. More qualified traffic means higher conversions for you.

Every comparison search engine has different rules for submitting your products, but the majority are all the same. They ask for merchants to upload their products in the form of a "data feed" which is usually in TXT, CSV, or XML format. This is essentially a list of all the products the merchant wants included in the search results. It consists of pictures and short descriptions.

Now that I've got your interest, let's take a look at some of these shopping search engines and where you can go to submit your products.

1) Yahoo: "Product Submit" http://Shopping.Yahoo.com

http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/shopsb/index.php

This is Yahoo's product submission page. Minimum bids
vary depending on which category you select. The amount you
bid per click will determine your ranking.

2) Froogle: http://google.com/base/help/sellongoogle.html

My personal favorite when I'm in "shopping mode". Froogle
is Google's shopping engine. No fees to list your products
and no fees for click-throughs to your website. If
submitting more than ten items, Google suggests you upload
a data feed.

3) MySimon- http://www.MySimon.com

https://merchant.shopping.com/enroll/app?service=page/PartnerWelc
ome

Their non-tech listings are powered by Shopping.com.
Their tech listings are powered by CNET. To list your
tech products go to
http://shopper.cnet.com/4002-5_9-1008724.html

4) Shopping.com- http://www.Shopping.com

https://merchant.shopping.com/enroll/app?service=page/PartnerWelc
ome

An Ebay company which lists thousands of products from
online stores. Twenty million unique visitors per month.
Merchants can list products for free and only pay for
clicks. The cost per click amount depends on the
category chosen. To be listed in the top three search
results is called "featured store placement" and is
based on the top three bids.

5) PriceGrabber.com- http://www.PriceGrabber.com

http://www.pricegrabber.com/sell_here.php/

With over 26 million unique monthly visitors, PriceGrabber
is a strong contender in the shopping search engine
arena. You only pay for clicks to your store. Merchants
can choose to enhance their presence through logos
and what they call "Featured Merchant Product Listings".
There are additional charges for these services.

6) Shopzilla: http://www.ShopZilla.com

http://merchant.shopzilla.com/oa/shopping_search/

No set up fees to list your products and you only
pay for clicks. When opening your account you'll
need to fund it with 50.00 which gets applied to
click-throughs as needed. Your product listings
will also appear in Shopzilla's other sites such
as Bizrate, AOL's Instore.com, etc.

7) Become.com- http://www.Become.com

http://www.become.com/merchant
Founded in 2004, you'll find no set up fees to
submit your products. You'll only be charged for
clicks to your site. Each category has a minimum
cost per click. Your ranking is based on three
factors: relevance, bid amount and popularity.

There is no doubt that comparison search engines can send additional traffic to your online store. If you haven't been using them because you didn't know what they were, or how to include them, now you know. You no longer have any excuses for not adding them to your online marketing arsenal.

For additional information on this subject see these
sites:

http://cumbrowski.com/comparisonengines.asp
Additional links and resources.

http://www.LoveYourFeed.com
A blog about data feed optimization for the shopping
search engines.

http://Goecart.com/Comparison-Engine-Datafeeds-Guide.asp
Offering information and reviews on comparison search
engines.

http://www.SingleFeed.com
Helps online retailers submit, manage and optimize
product listings on top shopping search engines via
a single data feed.

All things considered, shopping search engines are not only an excellent tool for online shoppers, they're also a dream come true for merchants who are trying to increase their store front traffic. If you haven't used them in the past, now's your chance to get your products in front of millions of online shoppers. And who knows, you might have just what they're looking for!

Google Analytics and Adsense Combined

Google is going to be combining Adsense reports within Google Analytics.

This video shows the detailed AdSense reports that will be soon be available to all publishers within Analytics. They're gradually rolling out this feature over the next few weeks.

Free Report from Jeremy Palmer

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YouTube - GoogleBusiness's Channel

It's no secret that I love everything Google. I even think they should run for President. Hell, I'd vote for em. They do the coolest things. A cool company obviously run by some very cool people. Yea, I said cool a lot. I like that word. Got a problem with it? Anyway, if you use Adwords or Webmaster Tools or any of their other free services you'll love these videos on YouTube. Tons of helpful videos that will get you up to speed on the various Google tools. Bookmark this one. Say it with me "Google for President, We Love Google"....now you're talking.

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Hello there,

I just wanted to tell you how excited I am about the Social Networking Directory! It has to be the biggest Web 2.0 resource out there. I mean I'm sitting here going through it and can't believe how many social sites there are!

http://socialnetworkingdirectory.info/thankyou/?social=2506

There are over 3,000 sites in the Social Networking Directory. The best thing though... is that they ALL have a description about what the site actually does! I mean I've seen the books where people just give you links... but the Social Networking Directory not only gives you the description of each site, it has the graphic, tags, and the link!

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Google Launches Adwords Display Ad Builder

Not feeling very cretive? No time to channel your inner artist?

Google announced the release of Adwords Display Ad Builder today which allows anyone to crete professional looking display ads to run across the Adwords network. No need to hire a designer, now it's easy to do it all yourself. You can create customized display ads using your own logo, images and text. Google makes it easy to be your own designer.

For help see these tutorials:

http://www.google.com/adwords/displayadbuilder/

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU1oaWkXSHM

Post to Multiple Social Networks

Ping.fm: "Ping.fm is a simple service that makes updating your social networks a snap." If you use AOL Instant Messenger,Google Talk (GTalk),Yahoo! Messenger,Windows Live Messenger, iGoogle Gadget, Facebook Application
iPhone Web App, Mobile App (WAP),Ping through SpinVox, you can post here and all of your networks will get the update. Very cool.

"Test Your Landing Pages With Google's Website Optimizer"

If you're doing any kind of pay-per-click advertising, you need to know what's working and what isn't when it comes to your advertising campaigns. Testing and tracking needs to be your middle name. So what are we testing? Your landing pages of course. A landing page is the page someone is sent to when they click on your ad. If your landing page isn't "converting" you'll be throwing good money after bad.

A conversion is what happens when someone visits your landing page and performs a wanted action. When you test your landing pages and find out what's working, you can use that information to increase your conversions.

The problem with testing is that the software you need is generally very expensive. Well, how would you like a top notch testing solution that won't cost you a dime? Google offers a free service called "Website Optimizer" http://www.google.com/websiteoptimizer It runs from within your own web browser so there's nothing to download or install.

The first step is to decide what you want to test. You can test different headlines, graphics, layouts, calls to action, long copy versus short copy - all contained on the same page, or you can create two different pages to test against each other. If you already use Google Adwords, you can access Optimizer from within the Adwords interface. It canbe found under the "myclient center".

You can choose from two types of tests:

1) A/B Testing- Also known as split testing, and the easiest
type of test to run. In this type of test you set up two
different versions of your landing page and traffic is
then split between the two to find out which one has a
higher conversion.

2) MultiVariable Test- A bit more complicated, this type
of test allows you to test different elements all on the
same pages. For example, you could test different headlines,
graphics, blocks of copy, etc.

Your landing page, (aka test page), must include some call to action. In other words, it must ask them to do something -subscribe to your ezine, buy your product or service, or download something.

Google calls each test an "experiment". There are only four steps when it comes to setting up an experiment. You'll be given some code to copy and paste onto your test page, and your conversion pages. A conversion page is where the viewer goes after performing the wanted action on your landing (test) page.

Make sure you set everything up correctly from the get- Go. If not, and you need to make a change to something, you'll have to go back and re-paste the code on all of your pages. Once the code is in place, Google's validation tool will tell you if something was not done correctly in your setup.

You can decide to test all or only a percentage of your website traffic. Keep in mind if you go with only a certain percentage of your visitors, the test will take
longer to complete. Experiments can also be stopped or paused at anytime.

After your experiment starts, you'll be shown the estimated duration and number of impressions and conversions tracked. Google's graphical reports are simple and easy to read and understand. So even if you're not a math guru, you'll understand what you're looking at when viewing the test results.

Some other helpful resources to help you are:

Google's Optimizer Blog
http://www.websiteoptimizer.blogspot.com/

Google Analytics Blog
http://www.analytics.blogspot.com/

There is no doubt that testing and tracking your landing pages will increase your conversions. If you've been sitting on the sidelines, here's your chance to become a "landing page detective" - and the best part is, it won't cost you a dime.

Stop throwing money away and know once and for all what's working with your landing pages. Google's Website Optimizer makes it simple and easy for you to start testing. So what are you waiting for? Get out that white lab coat and wipe off those beakers -it's testing time.

MySpace Layouts Generator

CoolChaser MySpace, YourSpace, we all need a little room to breathe. Admit it you have a MySpace page. Not only for today's spoiled teenager, MySpace is huge but the default templates are a little lacking in creativity. If you need some help in creating the coolest page ever CoolChaser can add some "ohhhh, laaa, laah.....to your page. Free to use and stores everything you create.

Free Private Label Rights GiveAway

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Giveaway Finder

Everytime you turn your head these days someone is hosting a "giveaway". Believe it or not you can find a lot of gems if you take the time to look at some of these products. But how do you find them? This site does all the hard work for you by announcing all new giveaway's that are being promoted at any one time. You can even subscribe to their ezine to be notified by email of new entries.

"Pay-Per-Click Advertising with Microsoft adCenter"

Microsoft, not to be left out of the pay-per-click race, followed on the heels of Google Adwords and Yahoo Search Marketing with their own program called "Microsoft adCenter". While you may experience higher conversion rates than with Google or Yahoo, you'll also find less traffic. On the plus side, it can be less expensive.

According to ComScore in Feb 2008, MSN sites had only 7.1% share of total Internet searches, compared to Google's 53.5% and Yahoo's 16.4%.

You can choose to just participate in "search ads",(your ads are displayed on MSN and Live Search),or "Content Ads", (your ads placed on variousin rmation based websites in Microsoft's partner network), or both. By default, both are turned on automatically when registering. We'll talk more about Content Ads a bit later.

With Search Ads, your ads will be displayed on MSN's search results pages, reaching a potential audience of 49 million people every month.

The adCenter offers a clean interface that's simple and easy to use. Write your ads, pick your keywords and set your minimum bids. If you already use Adwords or Yahoo's Search Marketing, you can easily import your existing ads and keywords. If you need help getting started, there is a "QuickLaunch Program" available to assist you. See:

http://advertising.microsoft.com/microsoft-adcenter/quicklaunch

When setting up your new account on adCenter it will cost $5.00 charged to a credit card. After that, you only pay per click and your card is charged monthly. Of course, you can set a monthly budget of what you'd like to spend.

As soon as you've finished the registration process,it's time to set up your ads. Here's the format: Ad titles can be up to 25 characters, ad text 70 characters, display URL has a 35 character limit. A minimum of six words is required in the title and description. The destination URL is not shown in the ad and can be up to 1,022 characters. This is the page that people will be sent to when clicking on your display URL.

Here's a brief overview of some of the rules. Your landing pages cannot contain pop-ups or be under construction. Your ad copy and landing pages must be relevant to your keywords. There can be no duplication of your ads, no using trademarks that belong to others, cannot use a "nonspecific" call to action such as "click here". You'll also need to pay attention to grammar and punctuation. You cannot repeat punctuation marks, cannot capitalize entire words, and there is no use of xclamation points in your titles.

Before your campaigns go live, MS conducts what they call an "Editorial Review". This is done to make sure your ads and keywords are relevant. If not, they'll be disapproved. Ads can be active, inactive or disapproved.

Following this, it's time to select your keywords/phrases. There is a "keyword research tool" you can use to help with brainstorming. You can type in a URL and it gives suggestions for the page. Again, two or three keywords will work better than singular.

If you'd like some software help, there's a keyword research and optimization tool that's based in Excel.It helps you to build keyword lists quickly and easily and keep precise metrics. You can download it at:

http://advertising.microsoft.com/advertising/adcenter_addin

In addition to choosing your keywords, you'll also want to select the "match types". There are three available.

1)Phrase Match: Any phrase that contains even one part of your keyword will display your ad. For example: your phrase is "new homes", the searcher types in "Chicago new homes" and your ad will be displayed.

2) Exact Match: Your ad only shows up when the searcher types in your keywords exactly. For example: Your phrase is "new home" - they must type in "new home" exactly or your ad will not show up. This is more targeted but you'll get less traffic.

3) Broad Match: Your ad will display if someone types in even one of your keywords in their search request.For example: Your phrase is "new homes" - your ad will display for a search of "new" or "homes".

You can set separate bids for all three match types.Some match types don't apply to "Content Ads". You can also make a list of "negative keywords". These are words or phrases you don't want your ads displayed for.

Now that your ads and keywords are in place, let's talk about the bidding process. There is a five cent minimum bid. In addition to regular bids, you can bid an extra amount above your keyword bid to target customers by demographics. This is optional.

If you're not using "incremental bids", your keyword bid amount is the maximum amount you will pay when your ad is clicked. You pay one penny more than the next highest bidder, all other factors being equal. So, you could potentially pay less than your actual bid amount.

You can also set separate bids for "Content Ads" and "Search Ads". Microsoft does not allow you to see what others are bidding. Your ad ranking can be improved by increasing bids or improving your ad relevance.

So how are ads ranked? Ranking includes: highest bid or incremental bid, greater relevance, and click-through rate.

As mentioned earlier, advertising on the Content Network is optional. Your ads will appear alongside information based pages that contain content that is related to your keywords. Content Ads appear on a select network of high-traffic pages such as MSN Money, MSN Entertainment, Fox Sports, MSN Tech & Gadgets, Windows Marketplace and other participating partners.

Microsoft makes it easy to target your audience with what they call "Intelligent Targeting". With this advanced targeting, you can select the target markets you want to reach by age, gender, location, etc. If you know your target market only goes online during certain times of the day, you can even pick the days of the week and times of day that you want your ads to run.

Conversion tracking is available and with the in-depth reporting function, you can easily keep an eye on how well your campaigns are doing. You can track click-through rates, impressions, and more.

Some excellent resources for further study are:

MS adCenter Labs: http://adlab.microsoft.com/

adCenter Community: http://adcentercommunity.com

If you're already using pay-per-click marketing in your online marketing efforts, you might want to take MS adCenter for a spin. With their advanced targeting, you'll be given the ability to hit your target market with more precision, and expand your reach and on-line exposure.

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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.

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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.

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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

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

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"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

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Hey Gang,

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Twittad Let Your Ad Meet Tweets

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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
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There's certain to be several ebooks, pieces of software,
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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:
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Merle

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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.

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Internet Marketing Sins: An Open Letter to All Internet Marketers

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