Monthly Archives: November 2013

I wasn’t planning to blog today, but after reading at least two dozen emails in the past week about link removal requests, penalties, using the Google’s disavow tool and sheer confusion about search engine rankings, I want to share my thoughts and opinions. One thing is very clear.  The Google updates in the last two years have caused all sorts of confusion, paranoia and outright madness for bloggers and webmasters. If you get nothing else from this post, get this…...

A few weeks ago, Google quietly rolled out AdSense Experiments.  Now you can do A/B split testing on your units without editing the code on your site. So for example, if you want to see how changing the color of your ad title impacts your earnings, you can conduct this test right from the tool. In the video below I’ll show you how to use it.  And if you’d rather read, there are instructions below. How to Use AdSense Experiments...

Need some inspiration? This is a slight change of pace for my blog, and I hope you find it refreshing. The four sites below are all finding success, but in their own ways. They remind me of the infinite possible approaches to becoming successful online and your approach doesn’t necessarily have to be conventional. Hope you enjoy! Jenell of Kinky Curly Coily Me If Facebook’s Edgerank algorithm has you flustered because your posts aren’t getting enough exposure anymore, you can...