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Kyle Loves Google Voice
Jul 29th
I’m really impressed with Google’s new product, Google Voice. Originally a company called Grand Central created the online tool in 2005. Google then purchased the company in 2007 and is now relaunching it with many, many improvements. Basically, Google Voice creates an “online phone number” that can be tied to as many phone numbers that you have. Any phone calls to your Google number then relays to your cell phone. The best part about Google Voice is the online managment dashboard they give you, as with all major Google products. Voice is invite only, but requesting one is no big deal. I predict Google Voice will dominate Skype users. No wonder eBay is trying to sell it.
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Kyle Hates Linkshare
Feb 8th
It’s not like me to dedicate an entire post for the sole purpose of complaining.
Wait, yes it is.
The reason I’m taking time out of my life to flame Linkshare is because of their complete disregard for the quality of their system in its entirety. It’s a mouthful, but I can write something negative about everything Linkshare does… they’re amateurs, simply put.
Linkshare, a United Kingdom company, can be compared to the United States based Commission Junction (cj.com) only for its functionality. CJ far surpasses Linkshare’s ability to unite both publisher and advertiser successfully. Linkshare has no incentive to make you, the publisher, any real money. Linkshare’s goal is money alright, for themselves.
#1. Linkshare.com is down as of this post. I figured this is a good start to my list.
#2. Linkshare does not respond to support tickets. What? Did the postman lose my letter in your online support ticket system? Of course when I asked them questions regarding my tax information (i.e money), they respond in under an hour.
#3. Almost all of Linkshare’s advertisers are second teir, meaning less likely to bring YOU in any profit. YOU ARE A TOOL TO LINKSHARE!
#4. Linkshare’s portal for tracking and managing publisher sales is complete dog-sh*t. Let me show you this screenshot: (oh… wait, their site is currently “performing maintenance”). I was going to show how their dashboard does not display at all using Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. Really? IE only?
This rant is a result of many, many months of using Linkshare actively, earning money along the way. I’m still not happy, Linkshare does a poor job of handling their clients, both advertisers and publishers. Commission Junction still needs a nosejob or two, but not compared to Linkshare who looks like they just got out of a 30-car pile up on an icy bridge.
Kyle’s “All-U-Need” SEO Tool List
Apr 29th
I thought that I might share with the world the online SEO tools that I use. Keep in mind that I use these A LOT. I use them A LOT because they’re USEFUL. They make me MONEY in other words.
Keyword Research
I use Google’s Adword’s keyword volume tool to look to see if a keyword is even worth targeting in the search engines.
[ https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal ]
Backlink Analyzer
I use this tool every so often when I want to see how many backlinks my site is getting. Occasionally I’ll use it to spy on a few of my competitors – but don’t tell any one that 
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[ http://sitening.com/seo-tools/backlink-analyzer/ ]
Page Rank Checker
Okay, page rank has NOTHING to do with how well your website performs in the search engines. Are you sure Kyle? Yes, I’m sure. I’ve experienced a complete page rank stripping (from PR4 to PR0) overnight, and my website’s search engine result pages (SERPs) continued to go UP! Page rank is simply Google’s attempt at giving a website a “rating”. I do use it occasionally because advertisers consider page rank when buying links from you.
[ http://sitening.com/seo-tools/page-rank/ ]
Google Analytics
Are you not running Google Analytics or some other kind of website statistic harvester? The information I get from my Analytics reports dictates to me about 75% of the work I do. It’s free and awesome.
[ http://analytics.google.com ]
SEO Analyzer
This tool tells you the top 5 keywords you’re getting traffic from, as well as a wide array of other useful information about your web presence.
[ http://sitening.com/seo-tools/seo-report/ ]
Again, these aren’t just any SEO tools. These come from my own, personal collection of bookmarks that I visit frequently. Consider them very resourceful for you and website(s). Hope this helps!
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