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Here are some tips for affiliates that think they want to build a blog around high paying keywords to make Adsense revenue - from an experiment gone wrong…

This thread brings up some really important points about testing Google Adsense ads against potientially higher affiliate income. It also reminds affiliates not to forget sites they have already built…

Today’s edition of the 5 Star Friday Marketing Funnies features 2 great Google cartoons. “My PR is bigger than yours”… it’s a guy thing! Yuk it up and enjoy your weekend!

SearchEngineWatch is owned by Internet.com and is part of the Clickz and Jupiter Media Network. After gathering enough topics directly related to affiliate marketing, they recently launched the affiliate forum and I am the new mod…

I must hear this question at least 3 times each month. What’s the best day of the week to send my newsletter. Well here is the answer. Iif you can figure it out, based on these graphs, please let me know…

Wow, the 5 Star Blog is only 3 months old and was nominated for MarketingSherpa’s 2nd Annual Reader’s Choice Blog Awards. Who did ‘dat??? They didn’t have an affiliate marketing blog category so the 5 Star Blog is in the online marketing category and I only see one other affiliate blog…

Danny Sullivan from SearchEngineWatch has just published a blog with links to power packed articles that offer both retailers and affiliates some important insight about tapping into the future growth of online shopping. The Clickz article has some good observations and informative graphs and the Forrester/Shop.org press release about the study goes into detail. Here are some important stats…

Last year, the House approved a spyware bill but the Senate did not act on it, but recently some states and the federal government have sued alleged spyware makers. Now the Senate has 2 anti-spyware bills to choose from according to…

The Grokdotcom newsletter is one of my favorites and filled with great info on converting more of your hard earned traffic into sales. Here’s a snippet from the current issue:

Just discovered Search Engine Radio, the only Internet talk radio show 100% dedicated to Search. Pretty cool since all the previous shows are available in the Archives , so you can listen and learn anytime that’s convenient. You can listen to the audio archives

Over at SitePoint service@musiccds asks: Hi, my azoogleads account manager told me that several of their affiliates make over $100,000 per month. Can anyone please advise me how to accomplish this goal?

Well Friday is FunDay, so time for a Monkey Marketing Joke. Just Gotta see the Cartoon to understand! Affiliate marketing is like a tree full of monkeys… Affiliates are all on different limbs at different levels…

Webroot, a spyware-removal firm reported the amount of adware programs it found on consumer computers dropped in the first quarter. This AdWeek Story reports a decrease in installs of both Claria and 180solutions which is good news for affiliate marketers…

I’m sure every affiliate goes through boredom when continuously creating new sites. Being an affiliate is a lonely isolated business and it’s tough to stay self motivated sometimes. Certainly everyone wrestles with some of the same challenges Matt from the UK Affiliate Marketing Forum has. So how do YOU stay motivated???

WOW, I love Golexa and am sure other managers and those who investigate sites will find it a big time saver. It features numerous great SEO and traffic tools all in one place. If fact use it to check out your own site and see what…

Overture, now known as Yahoo! Search Marketing just sent an email with a full page of good, categorized keywords for Father’s Day that proved to be great last year. The KW list includes..

Robin Nobles shares a whole page full of very cool webmaster and SEO tools. I collect tools like this to share with people on the forums and there are several good ones, I had not discovered yet…

“At a forum held Wednesday by the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), panelists and attendees suggested a variety of potential solutions to convince computer users to keep cookies, but they reached no consensus…

*ROFLMAO” Tired of ad blockers blocking your revenue? GET REVENGE with the new Google CONTENT BLOCKER! It blocks all boring web *content* except p0rn and Google and only shows the ads…

Find out about Tons of Affiliate Sales Contests, Bonuses and New Affiliate Programs. Plus discover programs cutting checks for over $20,000 a month in this issue of the 5 Star News.

More great articles about increasing online conversion rate from my friends over at GrokDotCom. This issue is about…

I am proud to announce a BRAND NEW affiliate program that just launched on the popular Shareasale network. BentGear offers the HIGHEST BASE COMMISSION in the outdoor gear…

I’m excited to announce the 1st of several audio blog, mini seminars from PartnerCentric.com. Linda Woods and Laura Schneider discussd how a company knows if affiliate marketing is the right vehicle for them as well as expectations that a company should have regarding their affiliate program.

According to a recent article in MarketWatch CJ dropped the infamous 180Solutions earlier this year and is tightening the noose around other parasite and adware type affiliates..

2 Cartoons today… I work with so many affiliates that have small kids, juggle a million things at once and still get everything done. The 1st cartoon TOTALLY reminds me of some affiliate managers I know, that work from home. Except…

We are proud to announce that PartnerCentric has re-vamped and re-launched the existing OneShare programs on CJ as well as an in-house via MYAP on the Kolimbo Network. So whether you prefer the convenience of CJ or the independence of an *Indie* we offer you the choice that best meets your affiliate marketing needs…

SES (Search Engine Strategies) began this morning in Toronto and you can get almost live coverage of the event and the various sessions from “RustyBrick” who is posting session reports over at the…

This report could hold some valuable info for affiliates regarding cookie return days AND the value of pre-selling or assisting in the comparison shopping needs of consumers, in order to shorten the click to buy window and help assure your cookie still gets credited. The report breaks down average BUY DELAY..

Looks like the New York Attorney General’s office is not letting up on the war against spyware. Hopefully the continuing investigation which is rumored to have involved about 30 other companies besides Intermix, will catch some of the big perps and scare sense into the others… More

Some good cookie news! More groups are forming to help protect our precious cookies. Just a few days ago Carat Interactive and Dynamic Logic teamed to launch Safecount, a coalition that will address marketer and consumer concerns about cookies. Now Clickz reports that the IAB (Internet Advertising Bureau) is starting an initiative to address cookie deletion…

Kudos to CNET for this recent move to help curb the growth of Adware. Scott Arpajian, senior vice-president of Download.com said “We’ve chose to extend our policy at consumers’ requests,” said He said the move is in large part symbolic: “It’s clear that removing 600 programs - mostly screensavers…