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In recent months I have been experimenting with some ppc search engines and thought I would share with you my experiences.

So far I have tested campaigns with Google Adwords, Yahoo Search Marketing (formerly overture), MIVA, 7Search and Microsoft Adcenter. I used the same exact ad and pretty much identical keywords for each program. Unfortunately I couldn’t say the same about the results.

Yahoo dominates the results!
Feb. Net Profits: $1125, Ratio 1:65
Yahoo Search Marketing has proven by far to be the best pay per click search engine so far. All others failed to even come close to the quality of Yahoo’s traffic. Now keep in mind this is for the particular niche of adult dating. Other niches could of course have different results.

Google a far second
Feb. Net Profits: $0, Ratio 0:399
I got a couple of sales in January but nothing in February. The quality of traffic was very poor. Now keep in mind I was using their search network as well. That definitely could have had a negative impact on my campaign. I am actually retesting right now with only google search. I will update you with the results.

MIVA
Once again a lot of clicks and no sales
Very poor quality traffic at least for dating. Although they did explain to me they have a seperate adult division of their marketing program that I may experiment with in the future. I will let you know when I do.

7Search
A lot of clicks and no sales. I am sure other people have success with this program because I have heard good things but for me it was a no go.

Microsoft Adcenter
Just recently started testing campaign but so far no sales although for Adcenter I am using a different ad and keywords. They are very strict and will not allow the ad I am using on the other ppc search engines.

These are just five of the top PPC Search Engines. They are many more so just experiment and try different things. However I do highly recommend Yahoo Search Marketing. I will continue to use their program and plan on starting some new campaigns. I will give you some more results in the future. Good Luck!

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I recently started making some Lenses over at Squidoo.com and have gotten some very good results.

I have gotten a lot of free quality se traffic in a very short period of time. Partially due to the fact that some of the lenses I chose had already been registered and were unclaimed at the moment. Basically I got lucky. I was searching some dating keyword combinations in google and found some lenses that were top ten and just happened to be unclaimed. I am actually #1 in google for a very good (dating) keyword combination at the moment. But don’t worry you will still get indexed and be getting traffic within a few days of making your lens.

Squidoo is basically a community of lenses (similar to blogs) on various topics across the board. You can create a lens in a matter of minutes. Squidoo makes it easy providing hundreds of modules you can easily add to your lens with the click of a mouse. Not only that but you make money with certain modules like Amazon, Ebay and hundreds of others. For example if you have a lens about recipes, you can add an Amazon module that will list current recipe products from Amazon. If someone clicks the product and ends up purchasing it, you get paid.

Google loves Squidoo and most of the time you will get very good placement in google for your keywords. Just make sure your Squidoo extension (squidoo.com/your-extension) has your keyword combination. Also use a dash in between your keywords.

So far the stats for my top lens is over 500 uniques in 7 days and it is all search engine traffic. I have made two sales worth $150 from PussyCash using their WildMatch dating site just from traffic from my lenses. So thats not too bad for free traffic and its only been about a week since I signed up. Anyways just a neat little way to get some free traffic and a lot of traffic if you know what you are doing.

Click here to build a lens at Squidoo at get some free se traffic!

Craigslist.org is a great place to get some free traffic. I am talking about quality search engine traffic and not just traffic from craigslist.

I recently posted an ad for (affordable windows web hosting) as an experiment and showed up as #11 in googles search results for that specific keyword combination.

Because craigslist is such a big site with so many pages indexed in google it is easy to to post an ad and have it show up in google with very good results. You just have to use some basic se optimization tactics. Treat your ad just like an actual page for a web site. The great thing about this is there is no limit to how many ads you can post and have show up in the se’s for multiple keyword combinations. Just don’t post the same ad more than once or post more than one ad a day. You will get flagged for spam and your account will be deleted.

Instructions.
Choose post ad and choose your location. Then select the services offered category and choose the category to list your ad in.

Next your going to need an html editor. Start with an h1 tag using the specific keyword combination you are going for. Next use an h2 tag and explain the service you are offering with your keywords sprinkled in. Then write your body (description) explaining your service in pretty good detail. Also sprinkle in some of your keywords here. Finally make a link below your description incorporating your keywords linking to your service. Also link the keywords in your h2 heading to your service.

After that go back and bold all of the keywords in your body. Thats it, now just copy all of the html and paste it into your description at craigslist and submit your listing. Google indexes almost every day so it shouldn’t take to long to see the results. My ad showed up in Google after only 3 days of posting. This could be a huge resource for se traffic if you know what you are doing so take advantage of it. Ads expire after 45 days so you will have to repost eventually but it is worth the time.

Se traffic in under 3 days for free, you can’t beat that!

For a more in depth article on this subject click here.

Here is a little helpful information about registering a domain that a lot of people are unaware of including me untill a few weeks ago.

The length of time that you register your domain name for can have an affect on your search engine placement.

Some of the top search engines like Google and Yahoo consider the length of time your domain is registered as one of many determining factors that will decide where to place your site in their index.

Why is this relevant?
If a search engine see’s that your domain was only registered for one or two years it will have reason to believe that you are not as serious about holding on to that domain. Also they see one or two year domains as more likely to expire due to many of the names being bought just so no one else can buy it or simply to park the domain for future use or to make money with a parking service. These factors will have a negative impact on determining placement of your site in the se’s.

They will give domains with five and ten year registration periods much more relevance when considering where to index the domain. They figure sites with five and ten year domains are going to stick around and are in it for the long haul. Sites with longer registration periods are much more likely to be stable companies that are going to extend their registrations for as long as possible and not let them expire.

This is definitely something to consider when registering your domain. If you are planning to build a site and put a lot into se optimization, I would recommend a 5 or 10 year registration. Yes it cost more money but that money will be replaced with higher results in the se’s meaning more traffic to your site in the long run.

I have a great source for expiring domains with traffic that I am going to make available for all of my readers. Every 3 days I will be listing the top ten expiring domains according to traffic here at my blog.

This expiring domains list will contain only domains that will come back on the market within 3 days. They will be ranked overall using the following attributes: Alexa Ranks, Google PageRank, Backlinks, DMOZ and Yahoo Directory.

These will be the top expiring domains on the market with the most amount of traffic. A great opportunity to grab them and make some extra cash. Domains are the real estate of the future so better take advantage while you can.

Most of the domains will be auctioned off at snapnames so if you don’t have an account get one here. You will be able to land any of these expiring domains for as low as $60. Quite a deal considering many of them are listed in DMOZ and Yahoo directories. That in itself makes them worth more than $60. Many have hundreds and sometimes thousands of backlinks as well.

Click here for the list

Top 10 expiring domains with traffic updated every 3 days.

This is a totally free tool you can use to find the top expiring domains on the web. All of these domains will be sold in auction style format.

Instructions for securing the domains:
First register for an account at SnapNames. After you have an account, type in the domain of your choice in the SnapNames search and click go. Next check the box next to the domain and click add to cart. Finally click the join button to enter the auction. The bid will start at $60 but keep an eye on the auction to make sure you don’t get outbid.

Make sure to bookmark this page for fresh expiring domains.

ozlogistics.org
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Google PR: 5
Alexa: N/A
BackLinks: 643
Pages: 11
Created: 2003-01-30
Drop Date: 2007-03-11

vasu2000.com
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Google PR: 4
Alexa: N/A
BackLinks: 350
Pages: 257
Created: 2000-02-03
Drop Date: 2007-03-10

m7r7.com
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Google PR: 1
Alexa: 277845
BackLinks: 428
Pages: 1906
Created: 2006-01-31
Drop Date: 2007-03-11

dynamonster.com
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Google PR: 4
Alexa: N/A
BackLinks: 279
Pages: 4
Created: 1999-02-06
Drop Date: 2007-03-13
DMOZ: /Shopping/Clothing/Outerwear

fevreco.com
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Google PR: 2
Alexa: N/A
BackLinks: 118
Pages: 111
Created: 2000-02-03
Drop Date: 2007-03-10
DMOZ: /Business/Construction_and_Maintenance?Materials_and_Supplies

bethdonahue.com
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Google PR: 3
Alexa: N/A
BackLinks: 156
Pages: 5
Created: 1997-02-01
Drop Date: 2007-03-10
DMOZ: /Arts/Performing_Arts/Comedy/Comedians/Stand_Up

wvwestrun.com
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Google PR: 4
Alexa: N/A
BackLinks: 68
Pages: 1
Created: 2000-02-03
Drop Date: 2007-03-10
DMOZ: /Recreation/Roads_and_Highways/North_America

w4studio.net
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Google PR: 3
Alexa: 8067099
BackLinks: 745
Pages: 1
Created: N/A
Drop Date: 2007-03-11

rollermike.com
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Google PR: 4
Alexa: N/A
BackLinks: 55
Pages: 1
Created: 2000-02-01
Drop Date: 2007-03-11
DMOZ: /Business/Industrial_Goods_and_Services/Machinery_and_Tools

quantronic.com
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Google PR: 3
Alexa: N/A
BackLinks: 236
Pages: 60
Created: 1999-02-04
Drop Date: 2007-03-11
DMOZ: /Shopping/Health/Alternative/Energy_Healing

I just want to say congratulations to Nick Diaz for defeating Takanori Gomi (Pride Lightweight Champion) in his debut at Pride Fighting Championships in Las Vegas.

For those of you who don’t know, I am a hardcore mma fan so every once and a while I will be posting on the topic of mma. If you are not familiar with Pride Fighting you are missing out and should definitely check it out. Click here to visit the Official Pride Fighting Website.

The Diaz/Gomi fight was totally amazing and a complete slug fest from start to finish. It almost looked like the entire fight was in slow motion. After a plethara of flurries from Nick Diaz in the first round. Diaz finished Gomi off in the second round with a gogo-plata despite a massive gash on his right cheek.

Hands down the best mma fight I have ever witnessed. If you are a fan of mma check out Nicks site at www.NickDiaz.tv

Well done Nick Diaz!

PussyCash takes the cake.

This top adult affiliate program is by far the top converting sponsor in my arsenal for adult dating sites and webcam sites.

WildMatch.com is an exclusive dating site that offers free signup for all members making it easy to turn a visitor into a sale. Right now I am converting at around 1:150 and the payouts are awesome. For January and February that are running a special for all webmasters who hit their target ratios. Hit your ratios and get $75 a pop for all signups. No other adult affiliate program on the web even comes close.

As if they wasn’t reason alone to promote this program, check this out.

ImLive.com is paying a whopping $125 a signup for each member that signs up for a free membership. All you gotta do is hit your target. This site rocks and the converisons are unbelievable as well. ImLive is a huge webcam arena with thousands of hot host waiting to please visiting customers. Their exclusive live videochat is unparalleled in the market and no one can match that kind of payout.

It just keeps getting better!

PussyCash is giving away a Brand Spankin New Porsche Boxter. This contest ends in February so you better hurry up. For every sign up you sen d that is one of the first five each hour you get a ticket. At the end of the contest a drawing will be held and the amount of tickets you have will determine your chances of winning.

If you are reading this and these promotions are over don’t fret my friend. PussyCash runs these types of promotions all year round. They also have a ton of niche pay sites for you to promote and other premium branded web sites to cash in on. Even when they arent running these promotions they still have massive payouts at $50 per signup for WildMatch and up to $100 for ImLive.

“Mixing Business With Pleasure”
This is their motto and they are for real. Not only do you make massive cash promoting their sites you also receive a bonus for every sign up you send. You get 10% bonus of ImLive Happy Hour Credit for all sales. This means after you get a fat check in the mail you get to relieve some stress with a private chat host that will get down and dirty for you.

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I have been trying to tweak my site a little tonight. I am sure the design will be changing often but anyhow here is the first major graphic for my new blog. Designed in Fireworks 8, the best web graphic program there is in my opinion. Uploaded using Cyber Duck, a neat little ftp program for Mac.

By the way I just installed the new Fireworks and love all the new additions. They made a lot of nice improvements including more vector shapes, more pattern fills, more text filters etc. If you use fireworks, I would definitely recommend upgrading to version 8.

Give me your feedback!
What do you think about the design and what is your favorite program for web graphics?

Just wanted to kick this blog off with my favorite place to buy cheap domain names. I recently opened an account with Godaddy and have been very pleased with the service, price and customer support. I was so happy with the service that I transfered all of my domains there.

Domains are only $8.95 by themselves and only $1.99 if you purchase a domain along with any of their other services. I went crazy and bought a ton of new domains and a membership to TDNAM (The Domain Name After Market). So far the experience has been top notch along with the customer service. I accidently overpurchased an email acct and some backorders and they refunded my money with no questions asked.

If you haven’t heard of TDNAM, it is a place to buy and sell expiring domain names. This is a whole other topic in itself that we will revisit very soon.

All in all Godaddy rocks and their prices are very affordable. They also offer discounts when you buy larger quantities of products. If you are in the market for cheap domain names, Godaddy is the place to be. I have used many companies over the past ten years and no one has come close.

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