http://www.matthewbredel.com Building Online Business Through a Blog Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:07:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is an interesting question because how do you define a "good quality" article and why would you strive to create a bad one? When I think of "Quality Article", I am referring to an article that its purpose is to entice readers, create followers, and provide the reader unbelievable content.  ... http://www.matthewbredel.com/1249/article-marketing-quality-vs-quantity.html Well, it sounds like a classic Google Slap to me. A few things are happening here… 1) If you were getting a lot of impressions before and few clicks, you CTR was probably pretty bad. Because of that, you were probably getting bad placements resulting in the poor CTR (catch-22, right?). 2) ... http://www.matthewbredel.com/1245/classic-google-slap.html --- Expert Author Case Study Questions --- 1.    What sets you apart from other Expert Authors? Personally, my writing skills are not the best.  In college, I almost got kicked out because I could not write an argument and I never got better than 390 on the verbal section of an ... http://www.matthewbredel.com/1240/how-i-use-ezinearticles-for-seo-traffic.html I do agree that .com’s seem to rank better than others, in general. My practice these days is to always purchase a .com if I am targeting either SEO traffic OR word-of-mouth traffic (because most people assume a .com). Though, don’t be afraid of other domain extensions, though. ... http://www.matthewbredel.com/1236/picking-a-domain.html httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ-G_yTNogk&feature=youtube_gdata As you can see from the video, I am a little bit behind to release this, but I really wanted to do it right! If you don't remember, I was in Australia for most of the Christmas holiday season (about 4 weeks).  One of the best things about being an internet ... http://www.matthewbredel.com/1231/fixing-your-internet-business-must-read.html Hey Bill, In my opinion, there are three "tools" that I use for my keyword research. Google Keyword Research Tool I always start with the simple Google Keyword Research tool.  It is free and it provides an abundant wealth of information (especially since most of us are targeting Google anyway). Here you can ... http://www.matthewbredel.com/1227/best-keyword-research-tool.html I was just reading over a blog comment from my FTC Regulation post (with 1 hour audio interview!) and the commenter made an interesting point about affiliates getting screwed these days.   I have a few comments on this worthy more than just a comment on that post... Affiliates ARE getting screwed! Kenneth ... http://www.matthewbredel.com/1224/are-affiliates-getting-screwed.html httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6cf84ibvgI&feature=youtube_gdata For those of you who attended my disaster of a webinar last month when I was attempting to give a Wordpress Thesis demonstration, you might remember that one of the most requested questions concerned adding a image to your Thesis theme header. For as great as Thesis is, this functionality is ... http://www.matthewbredel.com/1218/adding-an-image-header-in-thesis.html To answer your question about my mentor, I did a lot of trial and error and over the years I’ve developed relationships with people that really helped.  I did start out with StomperNet when it first began and that was quite a community then (now, it is not so much).  ... http://www.matthewbredel.com/1214/internet-marketing-mentors.html httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSSVOig_2U8&feature=youtube_gdata I know I am about 2 weeks late with this video, but better late than never, right? (Actually, I have some Australia videos that I haven't gotten to yet, either...all in due time!) But for today, I wanted to give Shawn Collins and Missy Ward some props for their new book Internet ... http://www.matthewbredel.com/1209/internet-marketing-from-the-real-experts-review.html