Drum roll please…. Thrive Architect has arrived! I am very excited about the launch of Thrive’s latest WordPress visual editor plugin (a remake of the original Thrive Content Builder I … Read more →
As most affiliate marketers know, Amazon is the go-to choice for product-based affiliate links – it’s a massive store covering almost any product and drove over $135 BILLION in sales … Read more →
Thrive Quiz Builder is a premium WordPress plugin that allows you to create and embed unlimited quizzes on your WordPress website. I’ve been marketing websites for over 8 years now, … Read more →
UPDATE: Thrive Content Builder has now been updated to become Thrive Architect. And it’s even better than the first version. Read my full review here. Thrive Content Builder is a … Read more →
It’s no secret that I love WordPress. But sometimes, designing an attractive blog post or landing page can be tricky if you’re not a coding expert. That’s why I like to … Read more →
Founded in 2005 and bought by Google in 2006 for $1.6 billion, YouTube is the world’s most popular video-sharing platform. The volume of videos and viewing number for YouTube are … Read more →
Creating a successful affiliate website is a goal for anyone with a laptop and the slightest bit of SEO knowledge. While the barrier to entry is super low when it … Read more →
When Mike Kugler bought the domain Vacation.rentals last year for $500,300, he did so with an ambitious plan to rank high for the mega-keyword “vacation rentals” in the US. I … Read more →
Move over flat design, there’s a new design trend kid in town: the whimsical custom illustration! SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) companies have run with this trend recently, to the point where it’s … Read more →
There are many ways to make money with a website – sell products, display advertisements, accept donations – but my favorite way to make money online is affiliate marketing. As … Read more →
I’m a fan of keyword-first SEO, aka putting the time in to select the best target keywords before anything else. It’s the foundation that the rest of your SEO campaign is … Read more →
So, you’re starting a new WordPress website and want to find a cheap hosting provider that doesn’t completely suck? A noble quest, but if you’ve Googled around a bit already, … Read more →
This post is about a man who paid over half a million dollars for a domain name to gain an SEO advantage, and why I think it was a huge … Read more →
It’s time for an experiment. I love WordPress, I’ve been using it for almost 10 years now, but it’s not without its problems. Mainly, speed. Anyone who’s used WordPress on … Read more →
CoinCentral.com is a cryptocurrency blog that launched in August 2017; 4 months later (December 2017) its traffic is estimated at 2.7 million monthly visitors. This site caught my attention because … Read more →
StudioPress Sites is a premium, all-in-one WordPress service that combines Genesis themes with managed hosting. StudioPress is part of the popular CopyBlogger family – you can read the CopyBlogger guide … Read more →
A few months ago I wrote a post about how easy it is to confuse the different search engine news sites (Moz not withstanding). Is it possible that the lack … Read more →
“Kim Kardashian is nothing without Facebook”. A bold statement that I’m happy to put my name to thanks to data pulled from BuzzSumo today. For those of you in the … Read more →
Sponsored media posts are nothing new. Native Advertising – to give the practice its correct title – has been around for centuries. From its beginnings as newspaper advertorials (which are … Read more →
In May 2014, after a controversial ruling in Spain, EU law dictated that residents have the “right to be forgotten” by Google and other search engines. In simple terms, this … Read more →
Profoundry, aka Col Skinner, revealed on Twitter today a shocking link network in action. #SEO FAIL! Stumbled across a link network made by @sozodesign on 64 of their client sites: … Read more →
On June 24th 2014 Google was granted a patent for a trust-based recommendation system that’s been labelled as the trust button patent. This new system adds to the company’s earlier patent … Read more →
Welcome to Part 1 of The Big Spam Project. In this first case study, I analyse Sky’s linking practices and reveal how they rank for a high-competition keyword (“Fantasy Football”) … Read more →
Link farms, keyword stuffing, exact-match anchors – sounds like a list of “what not to do in SEO 2014”, right? Contrary to what we’re led to believe by Google and … Read more →
As you may have already noticed, I only recently started full-time blogging on this site. Before I took the plunge, I had made very little effort to promote the site … Read more →