Remember that time you clicked a link and you were directed to a website that took forever to load? Frustrating, wasn’t it? I bet you didn’t stay long to wait. Now imagine that it’s your website that’s taking too long to load. Do you think your visitors are going to stay or leave?

Website speed performance is critical for a lot of reasons.

For example, page loading speed has become a search engine ranking factor. The faster a site loads, the happier Google and Yahoo are, and these...

Affiliate marketing jobs go far beyond being a “publisher” or traffic generator.

There is a vast array of jobs in the affiliate marketing industry that range from entry level all the way to the top. No matter what your educational background or skill set is, there is probably a position in this industry that you’d be stoked to work in.

There are plenty of reasons why working in the affiliate marketing industry is awesome. Here’s just a few:

• You’re at Ground Zero: Working in this...

Since the algorithms that control search engine results are always evolving, your SEO strategies need to be as well.

Many marketers take these changes personally, assuming that Google and the other search engines are out to get them somehow. After putting hard work, time, money and other resources into a site it’s understandable why some people would feel that way.

But it’s not personal; it’s business.

Google and the other search engines are constantly trying to improve their search...

I like a good bottle of wine as much as the next person, but for the most part, I like to drink straight up. I am not that much of a wine drinker yet to know or appreciate that some wines need to "breathe." This means exposing it to the surrounding air. This "opens" the wine and gives it better flavor. The usual way to do it is through decanting, but if you're the modern-day wine drinker, you could use wine aerators.

A wine aerator is an accessory that mixes air into the wine as it flows...

The SEO and online marketing tactics that we discuss on this blog can be used for much more than making your own websites and running your own affiliate campaigns.  Applying your skill set to SEO consulting can not only make you a lot of money — it will also help you diversify your income stream and protect your business. 

Even if you’re just beginning your Internet marketing journey, you still know a whole lot more than the average Joe. While you may not think of yourself as a bona fide...

I'm sorry, there's no new Niche of the Week post.

July 31st marked the second year since we first started with featuring new niches each week (or as frequent as we could make them) and it put me in a sort of pensive mood. A member also recently suggested there be a separate section for Niche of the Week posts. We're still looking into that, so a "summary" of the niches we've covered so far might help. Further down, I'll also show you how you can mark your favorite articles, not just on the

Blog content is one of the best ways to keep both your visitors and the search engines coming back to your site.

The more you write, the more people are engaged, and the better your rankings are, which means more people visit your site. Done right, this creates a never-ending cycle of traffic coming through your virtual doors and buying whatever it is you are selling.

But writing isn’t easy for everyone and even people who love it find it hard to keep up with demanding content creation...