Recent content by nighthaze

The affiliate network whose products I'm promoting is "failing" a lot of the orders that come from my link. Traffic is 100% organic, SEO, so there's no question as to it's quality. Yet out of 6 orders per day, I would get only 2 or 3 approved and the rest would be failed. I asked my AM about...

Not sure if you guys saw this, but Google can now identify the content of an image. Case in point, I was searching for a scene and I only had an image with 2 butts in it. Lo and behold This works with any image and the accuracy is downright eerie. Just upload/paste an url and see what Google...

How well does AdSense work on sites that are service-based rather than content based? For example, let's say you've got a free worldwide SMS app and you'd like to monetize it. The CPC is probably going to be crap but if you've got a decent amount of traffic it can work out. Any tips? Should I...

Let's say that you've already got one or more affiliate sites (10 pages max) that are getting decent traffic and are ranking top 5 for some good keywords. Problem is, I didn't have the foresight to build a brand and I chose instead to pick a domain name like CheapHandBagsHQ.com. Will a 301 to...

So how do you optimize a site around a single keyword? Let's say that you're going to build a niche site and have ~30-40 articles on that subject. My goal is to get #1 spot for a certain keyword. My question is: should I try to include my primary keyword at least once in as many articles as I...

Can anyone elaborate on how sites like backlinkwatch.com scrape their data? I want to build something similar without using paid 3rd party APIs like MajesticSEO or Ahrefs or SEOMoz. Basically it has to either rely on search engines for the results or devise other free ways to scrape links.