Tag Archives: reviewme

Penalty Confirmed – But I Don’t Sell PageRank

By Andy Beard | Published: October 8, 2007

Danny Sullivan has managed to get some feedback from someone at Google confirming there are visible PageRank penalties being applied, as much as a -2 on what is displayed on the Google Toolbar.

This is my follow on from my post yesterday:- Dancing With The Gevil – Defamed By Google?

Fair enough, for those people who have been caught selling links primarily for boosting search engine results.

The funny thing is I have seen so many blogs today that are selling Text Links who have not received a penalty, yet lots of sites that write high quality paid reviews penalized.
I am

Dancing With The Gevil – Defamed By Google?

By Andy Beard | Published: October 6, 2007

A number of my readers have noticed that Google have been making some minor adjustments to the displayed PageRank on a few sites, and Josh quite rightly pointed out that the displayed PageRank on this domain has for some reason been reduced.

Whatever change Google have made in the data held about my site, it doesn't seem to have prevented any of my content ranking, and unfortunately it is impossible to say what data they are working on to begin with.
They could well be using a dataset from 1 year ago in their experimentation with some new algorithms, or just

Posted in blog monetization , blogging tips , Google , marketing | Also tagged gevil , goog , Google , paid links , paid posts , paid reviews , payperpost , Sponsored Reviews | Comments closed

Sphinn Greatest Hits – Could The #1 Be Some Useful Content?

By Andy Beard | Published: August 31, 2007

John Andrews currently has the top rated article on Sphinn with a truly brilliant display of link baiting and social media awareness.

I am not sure I am going to be able to knock him off the top spot, and this very post will probably gain him a few more votes, but I would like to think that one of my older articles could at least be a contender.

If This Content Is So Good, Why Hasn't It Been Submitted Before?

There are a number of reasons why my old post on Wordpress SEO and Dynamic Linking might not have

Posted in blogging tips , plugins , SEO Blog , themes , wordpress | Also tagged payperpost , search engine optimization , SEO Blog , sphinn , Sponsored Reviews , wordpress , wordpress plugins , WordPress SEO , wordpress themes | Comments closed

OIOPublisher – Paid Reviews & Paid Links

By Andy Beard | Published: August 15, 2007

OIO Publisher There would be a gaping hole in my content coverage if I didn't mention the release of OIOPublisher, who are trying to find a way to totally cut out the middleman in both paid reviews and paid links.

They won't be taking a cut from sales in any way, and all deals are done directly between advertiser and site owner.

So How Do They Make Money?

The plan is to charge for premium listings in their directories on a monthly basis, and the fees so far proposed are reasonable if they can get traction, though that might

Posted in blog monetization | Also tagged paid links , paid posts , paid reviews , payperpost , Sponsored Reviews , text links , wpbankroll , wptextads | Comments closed

Google Paid Links – Google Sliding Down The Slippery Slope of Evildom

By Andy Beard | Published: April 16, 2007

Matt Cutts has again been writing about paid links and has also jumped into the sponsored themes discussion, invoking the power of the Google Webspam team from behind the protection of a carefully worded disclaimer.
As Matt says:-

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Posted in blog monetization | Also tagged Google , matt cutts , paid links , paid posts , payperpost , ppp , Sponsored Reviews , webspam | Comments closed

ReviewMe Affiliate Program

By Andy Beard | Published: February 28, 2007

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50% discount

ReviewMe have just launched their affiliate program, I am actually in 2 minds about it but will be displaying the badge in a prominent position for a few weeks in my header to see how things go.

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Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Affiliate Program , paid reviews , Sponsored Reviews | Comments closed

ReviewMe – Stats Update and Set Own Review Price

By Andy Beard | Published: February 20, 2007

ReviewMe, the pay for review service initially stated that they were going to be updating site information on a monthly basis. As many people might have noticed they didn’t quite manage that, in fact it has been over 2 months since my first, and only review for them, of Aaron’s Search Engine Glossary. (I still have to make an affiliate site from his content).

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Posted in blog monetization | Also tagged monetization , Paid Review , reviews | Comments closed

Disclosure Policy Feedburner Feedflare

By Andy Beard | Published: February 6, 2007

For many people, my Disclosure Policy Plugin was looked on as overkill. It seemed all they really wanted was an overall disclosure policy on their site, and to use a link in their sidebar.
Adding something to their feed content was generally looked on as a good idea, but all the additional functionality wasn’t really required.

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Posted in Projects | Also tagged disclosure , feedburner , feedflare , payperpost , ppp , Sponsored Reviews | Comments closed

Paid Reviews Hots Up

By Andy Beard | Published: January 15, 2007

SponsoredReviews.com enters the payed posts arena joining Pay Per Post and Reviewme. In many ways continuing a review model that has been around for more than 5 years. I read it first on Techcrunch, but looks like Blog Herald got the scoop.