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Free SEO Traffic Getting Plug-in for WordPress
Posted by: | CommentsEver Heard of Jeff Johnson?
I have a lot of time for him as he knows his stuff.
I thought you might like to take advantage of his newest free SEO software that you can use to grab more free traffic from the search engines. This plug-in was developed for WordPress and works like a charm whilst being easy to set up, especially with the help the Jeff makes available.
All you have to do is plug it into your blog and his software does all the rest.
Check it out:
Traffic-Getting SEO Plugin
This plug-in is FREE, you can download a copy and put is to good use and it really does work well and installs in minutes too.
It’s really easy to get up an running.
Here is what Jeff has to say
What is my new “Traffic Getting SEO Plugin™” for WordPress?
It’s a WP plugin… which means that it is easier, faster, and more powerful than my Free SEO Blog Software™ .
It’s easier for you to install, faster for you to upgrade your blogs to future versions of wordpress, and more powerful because it allows us to issue updates and tweaks to the SEO settings with much greater efficiency.
It basically takes all the guess work out of “which wp plugins do I use, how do I install them, and how to configure them for maximum traffic-getting power?”
It literally tells you which wp plugins I personally use and have tested, helps you install those other wp plugins automatically via the wp 2.7 api… and then pre-configures those wp plugins based on my parameters.
Here are the plugins that I pre-configure (tweak the settings) for you in the free version of Traffic-Getting SEO Plugin:
All-In-One-SEO Pack
Google Sitemap Generator
Sociable
Ping Optimizer
Akismet
Database Backup
Simple CAPTCHA
Permalink MigratorThe Professional version has 7 additional pre-configured plugins.
My “Traffic Getting SEO Plugin™” for WordPress is “push button SEO” at its finest… easier, faster, and more powerful.
And don’t worry:
If you already have a WP blog you can (with care) plug it in and let it work its Traffic-Getting magic.
Hope this proves useful.
Enjoy!
Expression Engine Meets TextMate
Posted by: | CommentsIf you read my earlier post concerning my adoption of Expression Engine and have taken a look, had a play and realised just how powerful this platform is then you will be grafting away and wearing down the tips of your fingers (insider joke).
So it is always worth looking around for tools that may be of some assistance and then you just might get lucky.
Those of you who know me understand that I am no programmer (except for the occasional embedded system developed in Pascal and usually for PIC micro’s). But even I have been known to knock out the occasional hand coded site although that will likely decrease as my shift to EE increases.
Anyway I happened across TextMate which is an awesome editor for anyone involved in typing anything from text to a full on Ruby code block.
It was not long before I was hooked given the obvious efficiencies that this editor par excellence offered.
Anyway this post is not really a review on TextMate, just take it for a free spin and you will soon see what I’m on about. It does have a collection of pre-assembled syntax bundles that allow rapid pre-assembled code phrases to be placed by the use of a quick shortcut or three. Sadly no bundle for Expression Engine (boo, hiss, heckles etc.).
But a quick search and voila! Mr Chris Ruzin to the rescue… he took the time to build one – great job Chris! you can grab your copy over at his site chrisruzin.net
And so whilst playing around I thought it might be useful to create a cheat sheet (handy whilst getting to grips etc).
If it is of use to you, then print yourself off a copy.
Enjoy!
Heard of Wikirank? It’s a promising and useful tool.
Posted by: | CommentsWhat is Wikirank?
Wikirank shows you what people are reading on Wikipedia. It’s based on the actual usage data from the Wikipedia servers, which the Wikimedia foundation makes available as a public service. They take that data, process it, and give it back to you in a format that’s easy to use and share. Wikirank reveals emerging trends, and lets you embed relevant charts in blog posts and on social media sites. All in all it’s a really cool tool for that elusive niche research toolbox I never seem to get finished 
Here’s the link: wikirank
Analyse Your Online Business
Posted by: | CommentsShort Notice I Know!
I have followed the development of a desktop (read secure) software that fully tracks all your PPC campaigns down to the last cent. The product is called statsjunky in case you have not heard of it before.
I have a collection of ‘stats’ tools some good some not so good and frankly, Statsjunky blows them all away.
I mentioned short notice above and for those who miss the date I’m sorry because your chance will have passed.
Until close of play this friday july 31st they are offering a once for all time subscription in the form of a single payment to cover lifetime membership (it’s usually $99/month) so $297 for life is a real steal and even more so when you consider the daily (yes daily) training they make available.
So if you run Clickbank, CPA (in fact, any network because if it’s not there they WILL add it for you) you can in no time get the most detailed, focussed view of your business model you ever thought possible and because the data is held on your machine and heavily encrypted too, you can feel secure in the knowledge that your personal financial details are secure from prying eyes…. they’re even going to take integration right through to your bank accounts in the next release so that you have the total picture.
The truly great news for me personally is that they are launching (soon) a MAC version too (hurray!).
So take my advice and grab a copy now whilst you can and once again, sorry for the late notification.
See a short video intro by visiting the StatsJunky site.
Its Time to make a change continued…
Posted by: | CommentsWell I am well into my new tool of choice for building database driven sites and it would be true to say that I am VERY impressed with it’s capabilities, in fact I would go as far as to say that this ‘platform’
is —AWESOME— which is a word I don’t believe I have used anywhere on this site, before now.
So why is this site building tool kit so great? Well for me, it combines the best of everything I have worked and believed in for some time. But rather than utilising a disconnected set of tools, Expression Engine delivers the whole kit & kaboodle and in one well structured and realatively easy to understand combination. There are some excellant training materials out there too (I’ll cover those in another post) and the forum is – well like forums should be. No BS, No Bitching, just helpful dudes and at all levels of ability too, which is great.
The link above is an affiliate link (just thought I would be clear on that) and I would appreciate you using it to find out more. The trip will be worth it and the base engine (core) is actually free for personal non-commercial use, though do read the terms and conditions (as for any product).
[As a sidebar, the affiliate link is protected using a product I created called yourlinkmaster and will only function when clicked on from this site — It cannot be hijacked as it won't function off site — Because you are a reader of my blog I'll cut you a special of 80% off the listed price (The site purchase url's are in the process of being upgraded and are for the present deliberately broken ). If you're interested contact me via the post comment submission (below). End of obvious plug! 
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Getting back to the reasons behind the change, I think Open Source platforms such as WordPress, Drupal and Joomla are great in and of themselves, but having used all three over the years (this blog is wordpress) I have to say that for me the Expression Engine power, versatility and availability of additional capabilities fits very well with —Everything— I need for my on-line endeavours.
Now, I realise that is quite a strong statement to make, but I have got to the point where I want to settle down…. with a single delivery platform and totally master it, albeit over time.
Sure I can hand code sites from the ground up to standards compliant xhtml/css2/3 but doing a quality job takes a huge chunk of my time, which is why I like Expression Engine so much. I get to do the hand coding bit when I want, yet have the power of embedding blogging capabilities and other cool database stuff, wherever and when ever I want. Of course the power goes way beyond what I have time to comment on here, but I hope you get the idea.
Give it a go (the free version is fine to start with) and let me know what you think.
See you in their forums (handle is ‘weightonman’ — long story….
It is time to make a change….
Posted by: | CommentsI have been involved one way or another with WordPress site building and also to a lesser extent Drupal for some time now.
One thing that has proved a recurrent problem has not been with the platforms (they’re both excellent) but with managing client expectations. Clients more and more seem to see open source offerings as FREE and therefore of little or no perceived value (despite the huge value that is clearly there to all of us ‘on-line’ types). Yes they are short sited, but this is proving to be commercial reality.
I don’t know if you build client sites yourself but I always work damned hard to exceed their expectations and perhaps I’m getting too old, but I get really p****d off when the pressure is always ‘do it on the cheap’ = poor quality work = something i am just not willing to do.
So I have thought long and hard in terms of whether to change delivery platform (no easy decision as that means a steep learning curve to master the ‘new’ package(s) ). So… it is with regret that after looking around i have come to the decision to make a fundamental change and go ‘commercial’.
There are some really good products out there but of course just as important (in fact to some extent more important) is the quality of support in terms of commercial and peer to peer (i.e. forums etc). Usually though admittedly not always, commercial support is faster and just more…. dependable.
(I’m sure THAT will draw some fire)
So I have dug deep, walked to the edge and jumped off into ee-land.
EE land? Hmmm….
Well so far its a great place to be and I am progressing along that learning curve quite well without too much in the way of issues. The community side seems friendly and responsive too and without the BS so often seen in some places on-line.
EE land is a good place so far..
Where is EE land? and what lurks behind its gates?
Well as they say ‘somewhere’ I’m sure…. I will leave that for another post
An Arbitrage Update
Posted by: | CommentsWell after being told I would not receive a refund following my application for one I had written the whole thing off and chalked it up to one of lifes bad experiences.
I returned back from hospital yesterday and so only got to my email this morning and was surprised (to put it mildly) that I had been refunded the full course fee as requested.
It does look that my initial rejection was a standardised response and that my reply created a proper review of my reasons. So it is only right that I acknowledge the final decision and express my appreciation for it here.
The AC course will no doubt be an improved version when it is released as AC2 and I am hopeful that they will promote it as aimed squarely at those new to the on-line world. If they do then I would recommend a closer look on that basis. Remember though that you would (ideally) need to allow perhaps $1500 extra for some of the tools recommended which are valid and heavily discounted. Those tools are (as stated within the course) not absolutely essential. BUT you would have to put in an awfully large amount of hours if you do not take advantage of them in order to have a realistic chance of achieving what is suggested by the AC Team.
In the end they have done right by me and I appreciate it. I also in return wish them every success for AC2 which will have the benefit of all they have learned from AC1 — I wish them therefore every success with it.
Are You Considering NicheSocializer?
Posted by: | CommentsThis looks to be a very interesting slant on Social Networking for effective use by us Affiliate Marketers ( I can call myself that now as I am finally making some money! – but not much )
(If you prefer video stuff just click here)
Consider this…. Facebook has over 150,000,000 members. Think about that number for a minute.
It’s HALF the population of the United States!
Now, if you had an audience of 150 million people, do you think you could make some money with that? Of course you could, and it wouldn’t be hard either with the right tools of course (as always!).
I’m not saying you’ll get an audience as big as 150 million, but I AM saying is that the market is outrageously big. It’s so big that anybody with a considered plan can siphon off serious money almost at will, and the major players (like Facebook, MySpace, and so on) won’t even notice. I guess they are making a whole lot more already!
That’s why what Andrew and Steven (The guys behind NicheSocializer) have done is so shockingly good.
I can’t review it yet, because they’re putting the finishing touches on some parts of the package but what I have had an (admittedly) limited look at is impressive.
Yes, I know we have all heard that before. So have I. But this does look to be VERY different in terms of what it is capable of and at a technically very easy level too.
What these guys have done is to figure out how to jump on the social networking trend (that’s the big wave I mentioned before)
and squeeze jaw-dropping profits out of it. Daily. Probably hourly, in lots of profitable niches.
That by itself doesn’t mean that much – it’s just the usual over-hyped comment. What counts is that they’re going to hand you a tool that lets you do the very same thing, in the same way… as many times as you want.
Here’s what that means:
* You’ll be able to set up sites in minutes that attract hundreds and thousands of visitors every week
* You’ll be able to build in multiple ways to make money from those visitors, WHILE you’re giving them information they are actively looking to get
* Set up and maintain as many sites as you want as this is NOT a one site licence.
* You’ll essentially be your own Facebook, with all the rewards that carries but with of course, full control.
This is kind of a repeat play of the early stages of Blogging but hitting the social networking scene very hard.
For now, here’s what they’re saying: About NicheSocialzer.
The buzz around this is been quietly building for weeks as these guys have let friends and colleagues see bits and pieces of what they’re working on.
I’ve seen some of it, and I’m quite impressed by it.
Now for the most important part…
If you want to gain further insight into this product (yeah I know) Another product launch (but this is the only one I have written about here and its likely to remain that way for some time too) then head over to the video presentation and register, that way you will get quite a lot more info.
No pressure, it’s up to you, if nothing else the vids are superbly produced and worth a look if only for that — and you never know you just might just get one of those ‘Aha’ ideas from them too.
