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Comment on Creating Your Own Quality Backlinks – Humiliating But Necessary by kikij

kikij — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:53:12 +0000

I love the honesty of your post & couldn’t agree with you more about guest posting! I’m not a big fan of creating backlinks, especially guest posting for the same reason you mention! However, I’ve learned the importance of it & will keep trying. Thanks for your insight.

Comment on Are You Really Working Hard On Your Blog? Or Do You Just Think You Are? by Jake

Jake — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:43:25 +0000

I think this is referred to in academic circles as ‘deliberate practice’.

Comment on Build Your Own Website Starter Kit is Born by roman

roman — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:11:37 +0000

Hello TekkBlog,

I am glad that you enjoy the site and find value in it.

Unfortunately leaving a ‘tip’ by clicking on the ads does not help me, it makes things worse for me.

When you click an ad the advertisers, who pay for that ad, expect that you are genuinely interested in their product. They create the advertisement and place it on my website hoping to attract interested customers to their product. So when people arrive at their website from my website they expect that a certain percentage of people will end up buying their product. Its a win-win-win situation. I win for getting paid, the advertiser wins by selling a product, and you win by getting a product you want.

The problem occurs when people click the ads with no interest in the product. What happens is that the advertisers will notice that people that arrive to their site from my site never buy the product. Noticing that visitors from my site never buy the product the advertiser will not run advertisements on my site. Which makes sense, why would they want to pay for advertisements that do not give them anything in return.

When you simply click on the ads with no interest you lower this website’s rate of return for the advertisers and they could choose to not advertise on my site. That is bad for me.

Google explicitly states that it is against their terms to ask visitors to click the ads or to highlight the ads in any way that results in uninterested visitors clicking the ads.

Google does it part to prevent this kind of ‘false’ click. Google can see who is clicking the ads (based on IP address) and if it notices any unnatural behavior, like the same person clicking all the ads every few days, Google will not pay me or charge the advertisers.

So, please, no ‘tips’. Just enjoy the site.

Comment on Creating Your Own Quality Backlinks – Humiliating But Necessary by TekkBlog

TekkBlog — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:14:32 +0000

Roman, just to let you know, I found your site from a guest post you did on a site where the owner did not agree on your post. I do not remember what the site was, but the article was titled something like “How to be a blogging star” or something like that. I have been back to your site quite a few times since then. So, negative opinions are not always bad. I just started a new blog a few days ago and I am trying to learn all I can. Your site is just what a newbie needs, someone who is just a little more advanced, rather that wildly successful. We can relate to you much better. Love the honesty and the humor. The statistical information is awesome, as well. Keep it up, I think this site will be successful.

Comment on Build Your Own Website Starter Kit is Born by TekkBlog

TekkBlog — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:32:59 +0000

Roman. This is seriously a great site. You have packed it full of great information and I love how honest it is. I have been back quite a few times. I leave a “tip” each time for all your hard work, by clicking all the adds (I guess that is how it works). I just started a blog, for fun, a few days ago. I have a TON to learn but maybe someday it will make a few bucks. Your site has given me a benchmark as to what to expect (not much at first). This is a great site for newbies like me. Just wanted to let you know, I appreciate your work and I will be back. I always leave a “tip”.

Comment on Build Your Own Website Starter Kit is Born by Zoie

Zoie — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:54:36 +0000

I enjoy your blog and humor and won’t be unsubscribing soon… like I have with everyone else that’s constantly trying to sell something in EVERY SINGLE email. I sure would have liked a link to the “Starter Kit” though. It was the “unsell” like the “uncola” kinda. Really like your stuff.

Comment on Creating Your Own Quality Backlinks – Humiliating But Necessary by Vacation Guy

Vacation Guy — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:50:21 +0000

I just came across this article and couldn’t agree more. Just getting a site up and run thing is only the beginning. Without making creating back-links to you site a key part of your daily activity, your site will most likely just sit there. Thanaks

Comment on What Happens If You Do Not Update Your Website For 3 Months by Des @ Affiliate Progress

Des @ Affiliate Progress — Thu, 27 May 2010 15:35:20 +0000

Good to see you back anyway!

I have an old Blogger blog that I cut my teeth on, and even though it has not had a new post for several months, it still gets bursts of traffic. Simply because it has valid information for people who want to visit a certain part of Spain. As you say, to a reader it doesn’t really matter when it was posted.

Comment on A Successfull Blogger Is Good At Pretending To Care by Jake

Jake — Wed, 19 May 2010 08:37:38 +0000

Come on dude. Update your blog. How do you expect your website to be a success with no updates?

Comment on I Would Rather Not Think About This Website by Des @ Affiliate Progress

Des @ Affiliate Progress — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:32:39 +0000

Hi Roman,
I’m another one who is certainly glad to see you posting again. If it was purely down to quality of writing I think you’d be rolling in money already. You could always try blogging about those flowers and donkeys to take the pressure off. If you do, be sure to let us know because it’s bound to make good reading!

All the best,
Des.