This post is addressed to the poorly defined group of “Internet & Information” Marketers rather than the other poorly defined group of “Affiliate” Marketers. I am also going to clump most bloggers into the “Internet Marketers” group, because from what I have seen their tracking skills are pretty lacking, even if they claim to be “affiliate marketers”.
Read more on Affiliate Tracking For Product Launches (Pt 1)…
Jeff Walker can save us!
This might load a little slowly but it is worth it.
Unfortunately many of Jeffs videos can’t be saved due to new FTC regulations on testimonials and atypical results.
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Feedburner apparently has integrated analytics with Google Analytics… woopie doo
I suppose it makes things simpler for people who weren’t already doing something similar for feeds, and at least they are segregating clicks between email and RSS, something their competitors for RSS > Email such as Aweber, Feedburner, Mailchimp etc have been able to do for a long time.
Nice search engine friendly links are a great way to reward valuable members of the community of any blog, but they are certainly not a right, and still find myself deleting 50+ worthless comments every day.
Most disturbing of all though are the SEO consultants and agencies who I have caught commenting on behalf of their clients, or as themselves with a link through to a client’s site. Some of them are totally dumb about it.
I now have a new comments policy in force though most of it is just a clearer interpretation of what has been in place for the last 3+ years.
Harder Facts About Comment Spam
I just found out from my friend Shaun who runs a UK SEO Company that Google are now advising about comment spam and reinclusion requests.
Here is the official proclamation of best practice in the eyes of Google