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Why you aren’t making any real money with Paid Posts

I hear it all the time.  People who are otherwise very successful bloggers saying that they can’t make any real money with sponsored posts.  I hear cries of “there aren’t enough high paying posts” or “None of the opportunities fits my niche, there’s just nothing there for me.”
If I hear you say any of the [...]

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Does a loss of pagerank really affect your traffic?

Google’s PageRank smackdown has left a lot of bloggers bemoaning the loss of traffic and prestige their blogs recieve, but does having your Google PR wiped out or lowered really affect how many visitors you will get on a daily basis?
From my experience, the answer is a resounding “NO”.
The first of my blogs to get [...]

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Andy Beard may just have the answer to Paid advertising and Page Rank

I think Andy Beard may just be a genius. At the very least he’s got a very analytical mind and he’s put it to use in the ongoing situation of Google Page Rank Slapping. Andy came up with a method to block Paid Reviews from Google’s Spiders using Robots.txt, and now he’s filed [...]

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In response to Mr. Spirko

O.K. I gave my opinion on the topic of Izea and Google. In doing so I leveled some criticism at Jack Spirko of Comtechnews regarding this post.
There was a bit of confusion in the process, as my spam filters ate Jack’s response without giving me the opportunity to moderate it. Jack was understandably upset over [...]

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Are Izea “Allies” doing more harm than good?

Before I continue, I need to point out that I use PayPerPost to monetize three of my blogs, one of which is fairly popular. in that sense, this is written from the standpoint of a Postie who is caught up in all of this whether he likes it or not.
In the ongoing battle between [...]

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