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I know I know, its been a few weeks with no blog entries. That is because I have been on holiday! It is the worst possible time of the year for an affiliate to go on holiday, but it was for the wedding of a very dear friend, so a the sacrifice was well worth it. And we had a fantastic time.
This week Google has revealed its plans to enter the mobile phone market and it aims to "bring the internet into cell phones in a very cool way". The mobile market reached saturation point in the developed world long ago, but if one company can give it a massive shake up, its Google.
I expressed my delight for holding my PageRank at 4 last week and reasons why I felt it was holding steady. Well, now I have PageRank egg on my face! Google has now dropped my PageRank to 2!
SEO is getting easier. I know your probably thinking that I have lost my marbles. How can anyone say that SEO is getting easier with the ever increasing number of web pages available to the search engines? Because the major search engines are getting better at getting rid of the bad pages, spammers and anyone who has previously ranked using dodgy or even slightly dodgy methods.
Google has released another PageRank update and bloggers all over the world are complaining of a drop in PageRank. Even ProBlogger has had a drop to a PageRank of 4. Luckily my little blog has maintained its PageRank of 4. Alright, 4 is not fantastic, but its not bad either.
Another UK affiliate has made it onto Dragons' Den. Last session we had Ling Valentine gracing us with her presence in Den, who famously said "I eat Dragon's for breakfast" while turning down the Dragon's investment.
I've been planning on doing a weekly roundup of interesting or inspiring posts from the blogsphere for sometime now.
So here it goes, a few posts that grabbed my attention in the past week
PC Magazine has released the list of its top 100 blogs of 2007.
There are some quality blogs in the list. You probably already have some in your RSS reader, but I'm sure you'll find some more real gems.
John from Lammo.net has written an excellent article on eating an elephant. Yes, thats right, learning how to eat an elephant is an essential skill in the world of affiliate marketing. How do you eat an elephant? A little bit at a time. How do you succeed at affiliate marketing? A little bit at a time.
Hardcore geeks have loved to hate Microsoft for a long time, but it seems that a dislike of the "evil empire" of the computer world is growing. Yet many of use resign ourselves to the fact that if we have a PC, we need to use Microsoft products. At first glance, it appears that the only alternative is a buy an Apple Mac. However, it is possible to minimise the use of Microsoft software on a PC, and save yourself a small fortune in the process.