I Just Adopted A Rat. His Name Is Ziko.
Posted on March 10, 2010
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A few days ago I watched a BBC documentary about Bart Weetjens – an entrepreneur in Africa who trains rats to sniff out landmines and even tuberculosis.
Rats supposedly have such a fantastic sense of smell that they can detect unexploded landmines and the early development of tuberculosis.
The show mentioned an official website and I checked it out. I really liked the idea and I liked the rats. 
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For Which Keyword(s) Is Your Article Optimized?
Posted on March 5, 2010
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If you ever wondered whether you should optimize your article for “green widget” or for “green widget accessories” because “green widget accessories” has less competition, you need to know what it actually means to “optimize” an article.
Most people believe that Google can read their mind.
Well, it cannot; and Google doesn’t think that your page is optimized for the same keyword (s) as YOU think it’s being optimized for.
Most people think the first keyword in their META Keywords tag is the keyword that they are optimizing their article for.
And that adding a few keywords as secondary keywords will help them in some way.
So first, follow the link to see for yourself that Google doesn’t read the meta keywords field.
Whatever you write in there doesn’t matter to Google. Read more
Help, My Pagerank Dropped!
Posted on March 1, 2010
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If you ever lost a point or two of the famous Pagerank, then check this Q&A:
I’ve experienced a small crisis on my website with Google slashing the PR of site. Until yesterday my homepage had a PR of 4 and most of the other pages had PR 3s and 2s.
Yesterday I tweaked a few things on my homepage and when uploaded through SBI the google PR had been slashed site wide! I’m panicking that maybe I’ve experimented and done too much stuff on my own now, and have done something to piss off the google algorithm.
Now i’m desperately going over all the recent changes I’ve made and trying to work if I can undo it. I was just wondering if you had any advice on this minor catastrophe and if you could offer any other pearls of wisdom on what i’m doing wrong on ________.com.
Thank you for all your advice on your freedomideas.com blog it has been very useful and will continue to be an important resource for me in the future. Read more
Why You Should Do Stuff On Your Own
Posted on February 24, 2010
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I got a few emails from a friend asking me for example whether it’s ok to link from T2 and T3 pages to other people, whether he should use that link above the fold or below the fold (which I all answered) and then he also asked me:
“thanks Tomaz, when you send out emails for link exchanges, is your subject line: regarding link exchange and what is your version of value exchanges email?”
I personally think that asking for such specific examples is just too much. Here’s my reply:
Don’t you think you could come up with something that would eventually work? Do you really feel satisfied and fulfilled by copying EVERYTHING?
I don’t have an exact email because I come up with something. I don’t have a copy / paste system neither for the email and neither for the subject line. Read more
Adsense Masters Course Review
Posted on February 15, 2010
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Disclosure: The following Adsense Masters Course review contains affiliate links and I receive a commission if you decide to buy through my link.
I rarely buy anything internet marketing related lately because I have bought quite a lot of ebooks and courses in the past and in the 90% of the cases the information was crap or just a rehashed information from someone else.
The Adsense Masters Course has a few different views and approaches to earning money with Google Adsense and online business in general.
I first came across the author, John Xfactor at warriorforum.com where he openly shared lots of his tips and ideas on how he earns over $300 per day with Adsense. (you’ll find a link to that thread on the sales letter) Read more
A Top Link Building Resource And The Funny Link Exchange Translation
Posted on February 12, 2010
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If you’re running out if link building ideas, then Wiep.net will blow your mind with all sorts of tips and tricks on how to get links to your site.
I’ve been following Wiep.net for quite some time and I strongly recommend you subscribe to their feed if you’re serious about your online business. Read more
When To Monetize A Website
Posted on February 9, 2010
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The question of when to monetize a website keeps popping up in my inbox so here are my thoughts on this topic…
Hi Tomaz,
I just wanted to ask a question regarding affiliate links in a product review site. I’ve started my second site on _______ and have about 50 pages plus 20-30 C2 pages. At this point I do not have any affiliate links or any links to Amazon or any other product sellers.
Of course I would prefer to have 100-200 unique visitors daily before adding any affiliate links, but it seems odd to have reviews without leading the visitor to a purchase site. So when is the most appropriate time to add affiliate links?
Or do you recommend adding links without affiliate coding first? Or should I add Google ads first? That at least gives them a click option.
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Hi R…,
The “it seems odd to have reviews without leading the visitor to a purchase site.” shouldn’t bother you so much.
Any Extra Costs With SBI 2.0 Subscription?
Posted on February 6, 2010
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If anyone else wonders whether there are any extra costs involved with buying SBI 2.0 subscription, please check this Q&A:
Dear Tomaz,
I am going to order SBI this week-end and as I am a very beginner in this field of internet business I have no idea how much extra costs will involve this business? Will you be so kind to give me an idea about this topic? Kind regards, V…
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Hi V…,
There are no mandatory extra costs with SBI 2.0. You can purchase the yearly subscription for $299 or monthly for $29.99.
There is only one optional cost and that is ordering extra brainstorming credits. When you buy Site Build It, you get 25 credits for brainstorming. Read more
Understanding Keyword On-Page SEO Optimization
Posted on January 28, 2010
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When you’re optimizing your pages for search engines you need to know what search engines like Google actually “see” from your pages and how to optimize your pages for multiple keywords.
Here’s a question I got from a friend and I’ll use it as an example to explain a slightly more advanced on-page SEO:
> I’m still learning how to use the brain stormer and figuring out the best pages to write. I would like to write a check list page and want to hear your thoughts about which page is best.
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> Supply Demand Profitability
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> Free Planner 1081 567 2332
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> Wedding Planning Checklist 6069 1136 5342
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> Free Wedding Checklist 918 59 15559
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> Free Organizer 1101 181 6083
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> The profitability is higher for the Free Wedding Checklist, but is it better to go with the Wedding Planning Checklist because they have a higher supply even though the profitability is less?
What It Takes To Succeed Online
Posted on January 23, 2010
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I got an email a few days ago from a lady wondering whether it’s worth investing time in online business and whether this really works. Here’s her email and my reply below…
Hi Tomaz,
My name is S….. and I am a former SBI owner who is considering signing up again. I had a travel website that I did not follow through on because I got stuck on and frustrated with the technical aspects of building a website but I am willing to try again and push through the pain so to speak because I want financial independence.
I was also not sure how I would effectively monetize a travel website. I contacted SBI but the advisor I spoke to didn’t have concrete suggestions but I checked the results.sitesell.com page per our conversation and contacted the owner of ________.com since that is a travel website about the town of ___ at _____ island and my website would be about the island of ______.
Long story short he doesn’t endorse SBI per say and he doesn’t endorse doing a travel website either. He knows who you are from your postings in the forums and says you are a straight shooter. You guys started at the same time but you are a success and he is not.
I’m trying to figure out what went wrong for him. He did everything right from what I can tell. He followed the Action Guide, has lots of pages, did a video, has 500 unique visitors a day and yet he is not profitable. I find it hard to believe that it is impossible for him to make money with a travel website, especially about ______. He is considering a different topic.
I don’t want to sign up for SBI, do ALL OF THAT WORK only to get nowhere. Can you please weigh in on this.
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