SiteSell: The Blog

The New SBI! L&F 3-Column, CSS-driven Template: SBI! Xpress #300

Zine Mailings

Site Build It! Xpress ("SBIX") is for SBI! customers only (click here for SBIX #300 and recent issues). It boils down the near-infinite Net marketing and e-business noise into "only what you really need to know."

This week, SBIX News announces a new milestone for the SBIX (300 issues!), the Phase 1 release of the SBI! L&F 3-Column Template and, last but not least, the featured site of the week.

The Articles section covers instructions for creating a clickable TOC in your e-zine, a discussion about 2-column vs. 3-column templates, and a tip for generating Amazon income.

Finally, Pearls From The SBI! Forums features the following...

• Are You confused About What Exactly a Keyword Is?
• What Confused (Confuses) YOU About The Concept of Keyword?
• Interested in how YOUR advertising is going
• Cool effect to use with Block Builder
• Custom backimage designs
• Niche Choose It! vs. Your Prefrontal Cortex Vs. Your Gut
• One of the biggest mistakes of all?
• Pearl: Push, push, push. When you get tired, push it more.
• MS Ads Relevant? Join and add your own experience

Click here to read the three most recent issues of the SBI! Xpress. (SBI! owners only.)

New Image Ads for Media Page!: 5 Pillar Affiliate Report #370

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The 5 Pillar Affiliate Report is for SiteSell.com affiliates only (click here for 5 Pillar Report #370). This e-zine, together with the Quick Start Guide, the 5 Pillar Marketing Guide, and the SiteSell Promotion Center, forms the backbone of the #1 affiliate program in the world.

This week, 5P News announces new Image Ads for the new Media Landing Page.

The Article shows how to model your SBI! eLearning Promo on the principles of a Super Affiliate's Review.

Pearls From The Affiliate and SBI! Forums features the following...

• media.sitesell.com Launches!
• one big tip i bet you are not using
• About team leader
• Ebay Store or Amazon Store Experiences?
• Success Is The Absence Of Making Mistakes. Mistake #1...

Click here to read this issue of the 5P Affiliate Report. (Affiliates only. Not an affiliate? Register today.)

Media.sitesell.com Launch: SBI! Xpress #299

Zine Mailings

Site Build It! Xpress ("SBIX") is for SBI! customers only (click here for SBIX #299 and recent issues). It boils down the near-infinite Net marketing and e-business noise into "only what you really need to know."

This week, SBIX News announces the launch of media.sitesell.com, a new landing page that highlights the "big media" coverage SBIers are attracting.

The Articles section covers some key page-building guidelines that a helpful SBIer pulled together in one place.

Finally, Pearls From The SBI! Forums features the following...

• Sharing Everyday Progress
• Success Is The Absence Of Making Mistakes. Mistake #1
• What's Selling On His Site #1 (Amazon)
• Lesson Learned #1
• What's Selling On His Site #2 (eBay)
• Lesson Learned #2
• All Hail A New King!
• So... Are YOU Making THESE Mistakes? Who Has Others?

Click here to read the three most recent issues of the SBI! Xpress. (SBI! owners only.)

PayPal Is Here! So Is A New Landing Page!: 5 Pillar Affiliate Report #369

Zine Mailings

The 5 Pillar Affiliate Report is for SiteSell.com affiliates only (click here for 5 Pillar Report #369). This e-zine, together with the Quick Start Guide, the 5 Pillar Marketing Guide, and the SiteSell Promotion Center, forms the backbone of the #1 affiliate program in the world.

This week, 5P News covers the the new Media Landing Page and now affiliate payments via PayPal.

The Article section highlights the new Media Landing Page.

Pearls From The Affiliate and SBI! Forums features the following...

• "SEO expert" bows down to SBI
• Excellent Tips From An SBIer with 5,000 visitors per day
• Hilarious Pearl: The Breakdown of Modern Web Design

Click here to read this issue of the 5P Affiliate Report. (Affiliates only. Not an affiliate? Register today.)

C2 Merge-Demerge Coming Next Week!: SBI! Xpress #298

Zine Mailings

Site Build It! Xpress ("SBIX") is for SBI! customers only (click here for SBIX #298 and recent issues). It boils down the near-infinite Net marketing and e-business noise into "only what you really need to know."

This week, SBIX News announces details about Content 2.0's merge/demerge upcoming release, and a special double-header -- 2 featured sites of the week!

The Articles section covers Google Ad Planner's Publisher Center and domain name guidelines to help you with your DAY 5 decision.

Finally, Pearls From The SBI! Forums features the following...

• Ebay Store or Amazon Store Experiences?
• Excellent Tips From An SBIer with 5,000 visitors per day
• The SBIer I'd LEAST Like To Share A Campfire With!
• Don't See "Tweet This" Feature Yet On All Your Pages?
• Hilarious Pearl: The Breakdown of Modern Web Design
• A Horror Update...

Click here to read the three most recent issues of the SBI! Xpress. (SBI! owners only.)

The $100 Mother's Day Special Ends Sunday!: 5 Pillar Affiliate Report #368

Zine Mailings

The 5 Pillar Affiliate Report is for SiteSell.com affiliates only (click here for 5 Pillar Report #368). This e-zine, together with the Quick Start Guide, the 5 Pillar Marketing Guide, and the SiteSell Promotion Center, forms the backbone of the #1 affiliate program in the world.

This week, 5P News covers the Mother's Day Special, The SBI! eLearning Promotion Contest winners and some exciting new features in SBI!.

The Article section highlights Marianne from from design-your-homeschool.com and her contest-winning strategies.

Pearls From The Affiliate and SBI! Forums features the following...

• Two more SBIers in Major newspaper...
• Do YOU spend a lot of one-on-one with Online Prospects?
• "SEO expert" bows down to SBI

Click here to read this issue of the 5P Affiliate Report. (Affiliates only. Not an affiliate? Register today.)

Let's Do Launch!: SBI! Xpress #297

Zine Mailings

Site Build It! Xpress ("SBIX") is for SBI! customers only (click here for SBIX #297 and recent issues). It boils down the near-infinite Net marketing and e-business noise into "only what you really need to know."

This week, SBIX News announces several releases (new options for Blog It!, the 8th button for Socialize It!, the addition of the canonical tag to all sites, and the upcoming Content 2.0 features) and also an update about the San Diego SBI! Conference.

The Articles section covers the featured site of the week that was highlighted in The New York Times, keys factors in the niche-monetization connection and the difference between social and search traffic.

Finally, Pearls From The SBI! Forums features the following...

• Litte Miss Nobody?
• How Important Is The Meta Keyword Tag?
• The Crown Looks Good On Ya, Monte!
• You Think You Have It Tough? It Starts With Taking Steps...
• Do As The AG Says, Not As Nori Does :-)
• When to start a second e-business?
• Leverage The Coverage

Click here to read the three most recent issues of the SBI! Xpress. (SBI! owners only.)

How Important Is the Meta Keyword Tag?

Ken's Blog

Good question. Google has never given a clear answer to this question, either side-stepping it or being vague.

First a bit of history...

The meta keyword tag used to be abused by early SEOers (along with the comments tag), who'd stuff this tag with the same keyword 50 times (easy to detect and shut down, of course) or with every word possibly related to the topic. (Bad strategy, how's an engine going to know what your page is about if you include everything plus the kitchen sink?)

Fast forward to today when tags are respected, and encouraged, everywhere else... blogs, Flickr, countless Web 2.0 sites, etc. And we're supposed to believe, according to some SEO sources, that the engines totally ignore this tag?

That makes no sense to me.  And I've learned to trust common sense over the no-way-they-can-know utterances of SEOers, no matter how "surely" they state it....

The Mother's Day Special Starts Today: 5 Pillar Affiliate Report #367

Zine Mailings

The 5 Pillar Affiliate Report is for SiteSell.com affiliates only (click here for 5 Pillar Report #367). This e-zine, together with the Quick Start Guide, the 5 Pillar Marketing Guide, and the SiteSell Promotion Center, forms the backbone of the #1 affiliate program in the world.

This week, 5P News covers the Mother's Day Special and The SBI! eLearning Promotion Contest finalists.

The Article section highlights an SBIer who is featured in the New York Times this week.

Pearls From The Affiliate and SBI! Forums features the following...

• Is this the day that will change my life?
• Do YOU spend a lot of one-on-one with Online Prospects?
• Vote Now For The Final Five! - SBI! eLearning Promo Contest
• Promoting To The Unemployed?

Click here to read this issue of the 5P Affiliate Report. (Affiliates only. Not an affiliate? Register today.)