Amazon.com has one of the largest affiliate marketing programs on the web. Their wide selection of products makes them an attractive merchant to work with. While there are several scripts available that interact with Amazon’s XML database and provide real-time displays of products, pricing descriptions, user comments and images, it is hard to find a script that displays Amazon’s Top Ten Sellers. (more…)

This is a simple script for setting up redirects to affiliate merchant links without using a database. It can be added to any site that can run PHP code. (more…)

The ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) board has approved the addition of a .xxx TLD (top level domain) for use by the porn industry. (more…)

Affiliate marketing programs can be attractive for many web entrepreneurs, but success is not always as easy as it sounds. Here are some of the issues that you need to be aware of before you decide to get into affiliate marketing. (more…)

Setting up an affiliate marketing site can be a simple or a very complex venture, depending upon the goals you wish to meet. The scope of the pros and cons needs to be understood before you embark on a commit to a project. (more…)

If you have read the first two parts of this series and are ready to get started with affiliate marketing, we list the next steps for your project. (more…)

I just noticed a domain name auction where the seller was claiming that the .mn domain extension is a Minnesota domain. You may have also seen people selling .ws domains as a domain meaning “web site” or a domain ending in .tv for “television station” or .md as meaning “medical doctor.” What do all of these have in common? If they are being sold with that type of claim, they may be misrepresented.
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Many people mistakenly believe that Internet was developed in the 1990s. The history of the Internet actually goes much deeper than that. The Internet we use today has evolved over the past 40+ years from a simple communications network to one that spans the globe and includes participants in every country in the world. Many people are also surprised that the Internet started out as a Cold War military project.
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Netiquette, or Net etiquette, is a set of guidelines for content and web site design that seek to create a seamless communications channel with users and to avoid areas that sometimes cloud or confuse the communications. Many rules that have become bona fide standards for print media do not work well with the Internet. It is a mistake to assume that all standards used for books, brochures and print media advertising work equally well with the web. Here are some examples of bad netiquette. (more…)

As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, there is a difference between a marketing strategy and marketing tactics. A strategy is a goal. It’s what you want to be. Tactics are the methods used to achieve your strategy. In my opinion, the ultimate strategy is to build an online machine. Better yet, to build multiple online machines. (more…)