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Archive for February 2006

February 27th, 2006

Spamcop.net blocking Gmail?

I just sent an email from my gmail account to my work address (which uses spamcop.net) and noticed this.
2006-02-28 14:30:06 H=(pproxy.gmail.com) [] F= rejected RCPT : rejected - see http://spamcop.net/bl.shtml
Then I found this.
Several minor incidents of “false positive” spam identification occurred last year, but this month, several Google servers have been blacked completely, […]

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February 26th, 2006

BlogMedia buys Blog Herald

How wrong was I? I figured Blog Herald would sell to an unknown identify in the blogosphere … but the owner is non other than Cowboy and his team at BlogMedia. What bank did you rob to get the funding for this one? Perhaps Scrivs paid you for a lap dance. (That’s right Scrivs, […]

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February 23rd, 2006

The importance of Anchor Text

I’m finding more and more articles that emphasize the importance of back link anchor text, meaning the text in your “a href” tags. The anchor text is vital to your keyword plan as Google will give you points if the anchor text is the keyword you are targeting.

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February 20th, 2006

eBooks, are they worth it?

You know what I’m talking about, those 1 centered column pages filled with “BUY NOW”, “BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE” and tons and tons of testimonials, attached with photos that look they were stolen from Google image search. These pages shout “CLICK HERE YOU IDIOT“. They claim their eBook can make you thousands of dollars per […]

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February 19th, 2006

Google has pushed the button

Update
Seems Google still hasn’t decided, some Datacentres are reporting one while others are reporting different results. Problogger scored a 7 (hi five darren) and my Tech tip site scored a 5. (Hi fives myself)
How did you go?
Google has pushed the button; a page rank update is on its way! The webmaster world is alive, want […]

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February 16th, 2006

Why hosting is a good income method

One of the most common ways to make money online is web hosting. Personally I do run a hosting business and know the ins and outs of what’s required. If setup right, a hosting business can be a nice way to earn passive income, meaning money for very little effort. The problem? Everyone else on […]

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February 7th, 2006

Blog Herald up for sale again

Well apparently the previous seller backed out and therefore Blog Herald is up for grabs again, with the highest bid sitting at 19k at the time of this post. After only 24 hours, that’s not too bad. It’s no where near the original outstanding amount of 72k but it’s a start.
Good luck to Jeremy and […]

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February 7th, 2006

Free promotion by giving up prizes

I’ve been meaning to push this article out for a while now and only just noticed that Yaro has already posted his spin on this topic, so I’ll be brief.

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