Web Site Reviews

Sometimes You Shoot Yourself in the Foot and Don’t Realize It Until Later (Affiliate Marketing)

Posted on November 30, 2007

doh I have been having a phenomenal month with Amazon.com due to a couple of RC Helicopter Reviews that I did for Air Hogs Havoc Heli and Air Hogs Laser Battle. I have search engine results for both and current have over a 20% conversion rate for people who click through to Amazon.

There was another helicopter that I reviewed called the Air Hogs Reflex . My review of this helicopter was not as positive as the other two reviews. On top of that I did not place a link to the Reflex on Amazon but instead to the Havoc. I did this because at the time I thought the Havoc was better then the Reflex.

Since the review I got my hands on some other heli’s and also another Reflex. I was pleasantly surprised with the Reflex and it was much better then I remembered it was. The problem was that I never updated my review with my newly acquired experience.

Today I logged into my Google Analytics account and noticed that my Reflex review was number 3 after the other 2 heli reviews. The Reflex review was pulling in over 10% of the traffic that my site was getting but I was getting zero sales from it :-( . I had been sitting on my more positive view of the product for a couple of months and now realized that I was paying the price for it.

Needless to say I quickly updated my review and provided the appropriate links for BOTH helicopters mentioned in the review. I may have missed a chunk or change for this month but hopefully December is just as good for me.

There’s the Reflex on Amazon to the right if you want to check it out.

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ToonDoo – DIY Comics for your Blog or Site

Posted on March 28, 2007

I came across a post this morning over at TechCrunch talking about a new service from Zoho that lets you create comics for you website called ToonDoo. I am not really into comics all that much but thought the idea was cool so I decided to try it out.

Here is the comic I made in just a few minutes:

Basically you start with a blank canvas and go through their pre-made backgrounds, characters, and props. Sky’s the limit from there. It actually seems like a cool little system if you want to illustrate something quickly. If anything it is a great time-waster.

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A Good Blog for SEO Tips and Tricks

Posted on March 9, 2007

I am always doing research on how to get better search engine results for this site and the rest I have. In my search I came across this SEO Blog by Shimon Sandler.

He seems to have a pretty good grasp of what SEO is about and how to run a successful website market campaign.

In his article – SEO Consultant and Pricing – he lays out what a good SEO Consult should know concerning your Business Objectives and Marketing Strategies. Also he talks about how a good SEO Consultant should leveraging the client’s strategic marketing and messaging information. I think that both of these items are key when trying to promote a companies products or services. You would surprised how many “marketing” companies are out there that never take the time to understand what product or service they are trying to sell. Shimon seems to have a good handle on that.

The other thing that I like about Shimon’s site is that it is really easy to navigate and find the information that you are looking for. This is another area that SEO consultants sometime miss it. The get so caught up in looking good for search engines that they fail to look good for their real market - humans.

If you are in the market for a professional and successful SEO Consultant I would recommend checking out Shimon Sandler.

Zookoda – Blog Email Subscriptions Done Right

Posted on February 21, 2007

I do not if anyone noticed but I recently removed the email subscription box in my sidebar. The reason for it was that it felt a little dated and I am pretty sure most people were subscribing to my feed as opposed to wanting email updates. I pretty much thought that the idea of email notifications for a blog was an old one.

But then I came across Zookoda blog email service. It is similar in that you signup to receive post notifications but that is where the similarities end. With Zookoda you get to control what content and how much of it is sent and how often. You also get analytics to see how your subscriptions are doing. 

The best part about it is that it is free.

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Cardroom Supply Website Review

Posted on January 4, 2007

Recently I was contacted and asked to provide my input as to how I would make improvements to the cardroomsupply.com website. Cardroom Supply is a e-commerce website that sells game tables, chips, and supplies for the game of poker. I must note that I am being compensated for this review but have not been given any prompting to what type of review to write but was asked to give my honest opinion.

First Impressions

When visiting the site for the first time the impression that I got was that this site primarily sells furniture. After further looking I then noticed that they also sold poker supplies. The other thing that I noticed was that this is a Yahoo! hosted online store and therefore is not the most professional setup.

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The Wrath of a Bad Web Host

Posted on December 11, 2006

Man, I am really starting to get irked with my web host – Jodo Host.

They are going down on a regular basis and it is really starting to affect how I spend my time. The reason why I moved from my last host was exactly the same issues that I am facing right now.

It looks like it is time to start looking again.

It is such a pain when you have to move 30+ websites from one host to another. ;-)

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Writely Starts Accepting User Registrations

Posted on August 18, 2006

Writely has finally begun to accept new user registration.

They had stopped accepting registrations shortly after being acquired by Google.

As soon as I heard I signed up because I had heard that you could post to blogs from Writely so I want to try it out.

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SEO Glossary – Brush Up on Your Search Engine Marketing Terminology

Posted on August 17, 2006

Recently I was given the opportunity to manage someones Google Adwords Account.

As I was getting more into looking at the different Campaigns and Adgroups I released that I did not know some of the terms that they were referencing.

I started searching and I found this SEO Glossary that was able to help me out.

Not only did I find the terms that I was looking for but saw some others that I did not know existed.

It is a good reference to stay up on your Search Marketing terms.


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A Good PHP Tutorial Site

Posted on August 17, 2006

I am starting a new project at work that is requiring me to do some dynamic sites in PHP.

I have not really worked with PHP in the past but have become more and more familiar with it by using WordPress. I have mostly worked with ASP in the past but I cannot use that for this project since I will be utilizing the Web Server on a Stick software (for more info on WOS see my post – WordPress on a Stick for Meeting Notes).

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