New Way to Track Ads on your Competitors

I was just waiting for the day someone did this. AdsSpy.com has starting charging customers to keep track of mini ad networks by publishers. Here are a few reasons why you'd want to sign up:

1. See Made-For-AdSense-sites networks.
2. Analyze different ways of ads placing.
3. Watch for you competitors in seo and Adsense arbitration.
4. Identify sites owners.

I've done my fair share of adsense sites and arbitration. This just reminds us that having multiple accounts is always a good way to go. As the mantra states: "Don't put all your eggs in one basket".

...noted.

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Coolest 404 page EVER!

I found this via the Warrior forum: Coolest 404 page.

WOW... I really need to re-evaluate how much time I put into my 404 pages.

Digg it here...please!

The thing about April Fool's Day

It's probably the only day out of the entire year I don't up Google reader. What's the point...it's all BS :)

Video Results Below PPC

I was doing a search for "Quit Smoking" (no, I don't smoke) and I noticed that Google is now placing video and news results underneath that gigantic space they've never utilized below the PPC ads.

My question - Is this a substitute for placing News and Video results within the SERPs (universal search)? This would keep this type of content below the fold, which I don't think Google wants to do. What are your thoughts?

Here's a screenshot:


**UPDATE: I did a few more searches and noticed Google is importing all their Universal Search verticals onto the right. The 3 components I see going there is: Video, News and Local. This is really going to free the clicks above the fold on the organic side (I know, it's all organic).

Future of Your Google Rankings: Saving Searches

I was browsing MotorTrend today and noticed in the right hand column they have a little box, which is below:

When you click on that link, you get taken here. I think we're seeing a glimpse into what SEO could be like in 5-10 years.

As Google increases grabbing our personal data to provide more and more personalized search results, SEO's are going to find alternative ways for people to subscribe to the content and save the content directly with Google, making the information "credible". The more personal saves, or "subscribers" you have to your content, the higher you'll end up in the SERPs. Maybe, just maybe, they're already starting to integrate this data into the Universal platform (which I think they already are with the "Searches Related to:" section).

On the other hand, Motortrend might be wanting their visitors just to subscribe to their content so they'll continually come back, resulting in more pageviews and ad revenue.

I think we can all take a page out of MotorTrend's methods and start providing a way for our visitors to subscribe to our content directly with Google, outside of Feedburner. This type of ranking benefit will take time for growth, in which case I'd get started NOW! What if you knew links were going to be so important in 1995? You would've started gathering all the links you could so you could be ahead of the curve. I think MotorTrend is showing us we have that opportunity now.

PS - I can already see this as a way for spammer's to manipulate; creating fake accounts and subscribing to their own MARKOV pages.

Underground Links - Providing help to helpless SEO's

As many of you know, Google has decided to really start tackling this "problem" of websites selling text links to monetize their site. Google has lowered the PR of tons of sites they may or may not be selling text links. Other companies have voiced their opinion about links going underground.

I've been thinking of starting a text link service, offering text links that are underground. Text Link Brokers have a good thing going on - but unfortunately - they're just not enough. We need more companies like TLB; keeping the links underground and out of site from Google. TLA isn't helping that much. I contacted a dozen other text links "brokers" and they all weren't that great either. I had one text link company send me their entire database of sites in an excel sheet. I couldn't believe it.

It's going to be a long while before Google starts really pushing their algorithm away from a link based ranking model, if ever. They're trying their best, grabbing personal data and buying up other online properties to see what you're all about, hoping to make the elusive "perfect SERP", which in my opinion, is not close.

As for starting this new venture, I think this could be an excellent niche catering specifically to SEO companies.