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		<title>Review:Traffic Anarchy Mixed Feelings But Not A Scam</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve McGrath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copyright © 2010 Steve McGrath. Visit the original article at http://mcgrath.ca/2010/08/23/reviewtraffic-anarchy-mixed-feelings-but-not-a-scam/. See free movies legally(and make money too)Another day, another "limited copies" offer but from Traffic Anarchy this time around. Is Traffic Anarchy a scam or just misleading customers? So, again  I have done some research and for once, it's not a scam but I [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Review:Traffic Anarchy Mixed Feelings But Not A Scam", url: "http://mcgrath.ca/2010/08/23/reviewtraffic-anarchy-mixed-feelings-but-not-a-scam/" });</script>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Copyright © 2010 <a href="http://mcgrath.ca">Steve McGrath</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://mcgrath.ca/2010/08/23/reviewtraffic-anarchy-mixed-feelings-but-not-a-scam/">http://mcgrath.ca/2010/08/23/reviewtraffic-anarchy-mixed-feelings-but-not-a-scam/</a>. <a href="http://www.seefreemovieslegally.com/">See free movies legally</a>(and make money too)<br /><p>Another day, another "limited copies" offer but from <a title="Traffic Anarchy" href="http://missupport.extraff.hop.clickbank.net" target="_blank">Traffic Anarchy</a> this time around. Is Traffic Anarchy a scam or just misleading customers? So, again  I have done some research and for once, it's not a scam but I do have some mixed feelings about it.</p>
<p><span id="more-1172"></span>I want to make it clear that I did not buy <a title="Traffic Anarchy" href="http://missupport.extraff.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_blank">Traffic Anarchy</a> and don't intent too.  I however did  some researched to see what was the "product" beforehand.</p>
<h2>About my mixed feeling first</h2>
<p>Why I did not buy it? Because of the claims of only <strong>350 copies</strong>. Now, I always have a doubt but it seems it's the "new sales pitch" in Internet Marketing world this days and it has to <strong>stop now</strong>.</p>
<p>Now, I did not find a "contest" for affiliates but I was hit by 2-3 emails at the exact hour it was launched. This is not a good sign and that's why I have some reservation about the limited copies mentioned on the salespage but...</p>
<h2>The Traffic Anarchy product</h2>
<p><a title="Traffic Anarchy" href="http://missupport.extraff.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_blank">Traffic Anarchy</a> is a <strong>basic</strong> software solution that will let you submit your site to many places(RSS feed, Social bookmark, Press Release, Articles directories) to get backlinks and traffic. For a new person in IM <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>with</strong></span> a limited budget, I don't mind recommending <a title="Traffic Anarchy" href="http://missupport.extraff.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_blank">Traffic Anarchy</a>.</p>
<p>The software just submit to a <strong>limited number of places</strong> thus the impact will be lesser. However, it's good that's it not the small sites but the major ones for each categories.</p>
<h2>Conclusion</h2>
<p>Later when you have the money or if you have it now, I would suggest you get bigger tools(<a title="Real tools for social bookmarking" href="http://missupport.bookdemon.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_blank">BMD</a> for social bookmark) to get more backlinks. Yes, I own it and use it everyday of the week like other tools. For me, <a title="Real tools for social bookmarking" href="http://missupport.bookdemon.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_blank">BMD</a> is a must have in my chest of  tools.</p>
<p>But if you don't have much money for tools and want to try your hand at IM <strong>basics</strong>, <a title="Traffic Anarchy" href="http://missupport.extraff.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_blank">Traffic Anarchy</a> is a good option for you since it's an all in one software and will show you the basics of getting backlinks from different sources. It's better than doing it by hand in a semi-automatic way(like entering captchas).</p>
<p>Again, it's mostly the 350 copies that I'm not liking on the salespage of <a title="Traffic Anarchy" href="http://missupport.extraff.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_blank">Traffic Anarchy</a>.</p>
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		<title>$26,093 Per Month On Autopilot? It&#8217;s a Scam!!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve McGrath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copyright © 2010 Steve McGrath. Visit the original article at http://mcgrath.ca/2010/07/27/26093-per-month-on-autopilot/. See free movies legally(and make money too)Warning: I don't recommend this or anything from this Internet Marketer since I never got my Premium Blog. Save your money! "$1,472 In Just 7 Days" "$9,383 My First Month" "$26,093 Per Month On Autopilot" Who would like [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "$26,093 Per Month On Autopilot? It&#8217;s a Scam!!!!", url: "http://mcgrath.ca/2010/07/27/26093-per-month-on-autopilot/" });</script>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Copyright © 2010 <a href="http://mcgrath.ca">Steve McGrath</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://mcgrath.ca/2010/07/27/26093-per-month-on-autopilot/">http://mcgrath.ca/2010/07/27/26093-per-month-on-autopilot/</a>. <a href="http://www.seefreemovieslegally.com/">See free movies legally</a>(and make money too)<br /><p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Warning:</span></strong> I don't recommend this or anything from this Internet Marketer since I never got my Premium Blog. Save your money!</p>
<p><span style="font-family: Impact; font-size: x-large;">"$1,472 In Just 7 Days"</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Impact; font-size: x-large;">"$9,383 My First Month"</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Impact; font-size: x-large;"> <span style="color: #cc0000;">"$26,093 Per Month On Autopilot"</span> </span></p>
<p>Who would like this kind of return for a <strong>$24.95</strong> investment?   <em>Me!  Me!  Me! </em> Everyday, I get this kind of offers and depending on how I'm feeling, if I got the time and the source of the email, I often dismissed them out of hand or look at it very quickly. But not this one and here is why.</p>
<p><span id="more-1134"></span>You see I was just about to even unsubscribed from this Internet Marketer list  because I taught he was overdoing it too much in my opinion in the last few weeks.</p>
<p>To be fare, I bought a good product from him in the past but taught he was promoting too much things at the same time. The error was mine, I admit, because those products were mostly from him. He is a busy guy. <img src='http://mcgrath.ca/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<h2>Good timing</h2>
<p>The timing was also good because I was hit hard in the last few months by Google(like many IMers) and was looking to diversify more my sources of revenue. So that offer came at the right time for me.</p>
<h2>Autopilot?</h2>
<p><span style="font-family: Impact; font-size: x-large;">All The Set-Up, Writing, Selling, Hosting Taken Care Of By A Million Dollar Blogging Team</span></p>
<p>Like you can read above,  they will create a blog for you with writing, set-up, hosting, selling, ...managed it for you.</p>
<p>Of course, I can imagine that I will have to do some work like promoting it on my side which is fine. I don't mind that.</p>
<h2>Show me the money!</h2>
<p>They also used examples(intro above) of making a <strong>boat load of money</strong> which could be true ... <em>eventually</em>.  But my expectations is more around $100/month for that Premium blog for the first few months.  Sure, if I do get <strong>$1000+ on my first week,</strong> I will not complain one minute. <img src='http://mcgrath.ca/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>On the sales page, they don't mentioned that it's a monthly investment  of $24.95  and I only saw it after the purchase was done and printed my  invoices. It's my partly fault but would had like to know it more upfront. But, you can deduce it because of the things they will do for you on your blog each month.</p>
<p>But, if I do make $100/month but it cost me $24.95/month I will make $75/month in profits from that site. Not bad if you ask me and a pretty good investment <strong>when/if</strong> it will be <strong>$200, $500, $1000+</strong><strong> ... per month<br />
</strong></p>
<h2>But here is the deal ... so far</h2>
<p>I did not have my blog yet and it's been more than a week that I ordered it and they mentioned a 24 hour delay. Did I get scammed?</p>
<p>No because: I'm patient and you need patience to do Internet Marketing anyway.</p>
<p>I also sent an email 72 hours later but did not get a response. I finally opened a support ticket(bottom of the sales  page). They replied the same day that had servers issues thus the delay with my blog. I bet they are overwhelmed by the demand of such a deal. :p</p>
<p>I did not want a refund since I still think this could be a good source of revenues but time will tell if I'm wrong or not. Btw, that's what we call <em>taking action</em>!</p>
<p>I can also canceled later on if I don't even meet a minimum of return on my investment of $24.95/month.</p>
<h2>Conclusion</h2>
<p>Yes, I wanted to give you a real review first. But, I had dilemma that by the time you read my review, this offer might not be available anymore or the door would closed for them to be able to catch up on the current orders and would reopens months later <strong>if</strong> they do.</p>
<p>Yes, I'm taking also a chance and by presenting you this opportunity now, I'm giving you the chance to <strong>take a leap of faith with me</strong>.</p>
<p>Yes, some will not take it and its' their choice but...</p>
<p>That's what Internet Marketing is about: You take action in the hope of making money from a site, if not you just learned something new for the next one. That's business!</p>
<p>Heck, just go watch the video and make up your own mind. I did my choice and will make a review in the future if it did worked or not.</p>
<p>Those of you that will <strong>take action</strong> now will either sunk $50-75(stay 2-3 months minimum) like me or be richer beyond their expectations if very lucky on the first month. But, just <strong>don't expect miracles</strong> on the first month but cross you fingers that it works ; ).</p>
<p><span style="font-family: Impact; font-size: x-large;"><a title="$26,093 Per Month On Autopilot" href="http://www.bloggingtothebank.com/go.php?offer=missupport&amp;pid=5">Who will join me in taking this leap of faith?</a></span></p>
<p>(my aff. link that bypass the main page and goes directly to the offer)</p>
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		<title>Review: Is CB Wealth Formula Really Worth It?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copyright © 2010 Steve McGrath. Visit the original article at http://mcgrath.ca/2010/07/14/review-is-cb-wealth-formula-really-worth-it/. See free movies legally(and make money too)The sales page was good enough that I bought CB Wealth Formula to make a review of it. Besides, the price was within what I was prepare to pay for that famous next "magic bullet" on auto-pilot. Yeah [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Review: Is CB Wealth Formula Really Worth It?", url: "http://mcgrath.ca/2010/07/14/review-is-cb-wealth-formula-really-worth-it/" });</script>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Copyright © 2010 <a href="http://mcgrath.ca">Steve McGrath</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://mcgrath.ca/2010/07/14/review-is-cb-wealth-formula-really-worth-it/">http://mcgrath.ca/2010/07/14/review-is-cb-wealth-formula-really-worth-it/</a>. <a href="http://www.seefreemovieslegally.com/">See free movies legally</a>(and make money too)<br /><p>The sales page was good enough that I bought <a href="http://760b0hyhtj4fshx2mtimv8yaio.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=mcgrath.ca">CB Wealth Formula</a> to make a review of it. Besides, the price was within what I was prepare to pay for that famous next "magic bullet" on auto-pilot. Yeah right!</p>
<p>Don't get me wrong, it was not the claims of making a huge amount of money monthly like most courses do but the modules about <strong>generating traffic </strong>that intrigue me the most. I had already <a title="PPV review" href="http://mcgrath.ca/2010/06/02/ppc-for-pennies-is-perfect-now-but-seo-is/">reviewed one solution</a> that is working good for me so adding another one made cents ... oops sense.<span id="more-1127"></span></p>
<h2>Upsell</h2>
<p>They will also try to upsell you with limited offer but I did not  take them. I just wanted the base course fro my review anyway. Of  course, you can always buy them if you want and I almost did but  declined the offers.</p>
<h2>ClickBank</h2>
<p>The CB is for Clickbank but it can be used with other affiliate  networks. It's the same basic methods being used for them too. I did  learned a few things about getting the best offers out of Clickbank.</p>
<h2>The 10 modules</h2>
<p>The base information is in 10 modules like you can see below.</p>
<p>Module 1: Starting In 3 Days<br />
Module 2: The Mechanics<br />
Module 3: Picking The Power Niche<br />
Module 4: The Fast Website Process<br />
Module 5: Creating a Sales Machine<br />
Module 7: Use Words To Sell!<br />
Module 6: Lock &amp; Load - Make $$<br />
Module 8: Making $15,000 in 24<br />
<strong>Module 9: Starting Massive Traffic</strong><br />
Module 10: Instant 238% Increase</p>
<p>Bonus #1: 8 Steps To Article Marketing Powerhouse!(9 pdfs)<br />
Bonus #2: How I Made $356,000 In 10 Hours From <strong>YouTube</strong>(1h10 video)<br />
<strong>Bonus #3: Getting Clicks For As Low As 1 Penny a Click!</strong></p>
<p>I expected to read a lot but instead, the course is made of 53 short videos(2 to 25 minutes) in a Powerpoint style video. I can say that it makes the value and information of the course worth it just for that.</p>
<p>Of course, I knew many things but I still learned a few new things/tips also. Some of it are things that I did not put into action yet and knew I should had: My bad <img src='http://mcgrath.ca/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' />  .</p>
<p>I started with module 1-6 and like I mentioned before, I learned a few  things while viewing it and others ways to do things. The bonus #3 was  not available so I decided to skip ahead and to start watching the 10  videos of module 9. Yes, I watched the others too after.</p>
<h2>Relying Too Much On Google?</h2>
<p>But after watching the videos, I started to use that methods because you can't rely on Google only traffic. I which I could but I learned it the hard way in the last 2-3 months. My traffic was rising and then ... it dropped like a shoe out of the window and so as my revenues.</p>
<p>So, having other sources of traffic is key to make money online and you learn how. Diversification of income and now.... traffic are what I do. I won't say bye bye to Google but I find other ways so not to rely too much on Google.</p>
<h2>Conclusion</h2>
<p>So for me, I think it's a great way for newbies to learn about Internet Marketing thus I recommend <a href="http://760b0hyhtj4fshx2mtimv8yaio.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=mcgrath.ca" target="_blank">CB Wealth Formula</a> not for it's claims but for the knowledge it gives you. Heck, I did learn from it myself.
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve McGrath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copyright © 2010 Steve McGrath. Visit the original article at http://mcgrath.ca/2010/06/10/my-ping-list-for-mystarterblog-bmd-and-wp/. See free movies legally(and make money too)To get spiders come to your site or blog, you need to tell them that you updated your site. That's why having an updated ping list is a good thing. I already had an old list but with [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "My Ping List For MyStarterBlog, BMD and WP", url: "http://mcgrath.ca/2010/06/10/my-ping-list-for-mystarterblog-bmd-and-wp/" });</script>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Copyright © 2010 <a href="http://mcgrath.ca">Steve McGrath</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://mcgrath.ca/2010/06/10/my-ping-list-for-mystarterblog-bmd-and-wp/">http://mcgrath.ca/2010/06/10/my-ping-list-for-mystarterblog-bmd-and-wp/</a>. <a href="http://www.seefreemovieslegally.com/">See free movies legally</a>(and make money too)<br /><p>To get spiders come to your site or blog, you need to tell them that you updated your site. That's why having an updated ping list is a good thing.</p>
<p><span id="more-1122"></span>I already had an old list but with too many dead ping servers. So I went online and found many older lists(thanks) or older post about that subject. The reasons I wanted a new list was for 3 reasons:</p>
<h2>1. MyStarterBlog</h2>
<p>I wanted to had a ping function in a theme for <a title="MyStarterBlog" href="http://www.mcgrathinfosolution.com/mystarterblog_en" target="_blank">MyStarterBlog</a>(my own software). I created a new batch of small MSB sites to make money online from them since I'm doing Internet Marketing. Plus,  I don't use WP for the reasons I don't want to be bothered with the whole security/MySQL issues that gave me problems in the past. It's set and forget for those make money sites.</p>
<p>That's why I generate my sites using MSB because it creates a flat file blog/site. I need to upload to site with every change. In this case, my money 3 pages blog/site took about 100KB. For 1 installation of a WP blog, I can have 40+ MSB sites thus taking less space or resource on my <a title=" $0.01($9.94 off) First Month of hosting using coupon: SMCGRATHCA" href="http://trusturl.com/4Qr" target="_blank">hosting account</a>.  I don't need a MySQl database either. The themes are SEO optimize, RSS ready, sitemap... but was missing the ping feature until now.</p>
<p>So, I found some <a title="PHP ping code" href="http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/3329" target="_blank">php code</a> to ping my sites made with MSB. I modified a few lines at the start for MSB and it was simple.</p>
<p>1. Download the <a href="http://trusturl.com/sTz" target="_blank">code/ping list</a>(<strong>173 ping servers</strong>, zip format, <strong>2.9KB</strong>) to your MSB theme directory. You should change the default file names for your own needs.</p>
<p>2. Generate or regenerate the MSB blog/site.</p>
<p>3. Upload the updated new files</p>
<p>4. To ping,  just do that in your browser:</p>
<p>http://mywhateversite.com/ping.php or new name of the php file</p>
<p>Voila! It's done.</p>
<p>My goal was to be able to use the current MSB version and be optional for users. So, if you don't want this ping list for MSB, just use the list for ....</p>
<h2>2. BMD</h2>
<p>In <a title="BMD" href="http://trusturl.com/WtXWjTA " target="_blank">BMD</a>(a must for bloggers in my opinion), you can promote your new blog post or site to social bookmarking sites. It has a feature to ping your account page on those social bookmaking sites. This way your post will then be crawled.</p>
<p>One cool feature is that it also let me test each of them(active or not) and find duplicate. Those 173 ping servers were active when I created my list. I had 350+ at the start from copying lists. It took me some time or should I say <a title="BMD" href="http://trusturl.com/WtXWjTA" target="_blank">BMD</a> to check them out.</p>
<h2>3. WordPress</h2>
<p>As I'm writing this, I still using WP to write on this blog. So, I wanted to update that ping list too.</p>
<p>I may in the future convert my blog to MSB like I did with another blog that I did not allow comments (no enough time to respond/too much spam). I'm glad I did that since it make me passive money even if I don't update it often this days. <img src='http://mcgrath.ca/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>However, I might just keep WP here since MSB is mostly for secondary/no comment allowed blogs or make money sites(set and forget) for me.</p>
<p>I hope you like the ping list.</p>
<p>Btw, when a ping server is still live, it make it faster to ping  in BMD  or <a title="MyStarterBlog" href="http://www.mcgrathinfosolution.com/mystarterblog_en" target="_blank">MyStarterBlog</a> and WP.
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		<dc:creator>Steve McGrath</dc:creator>
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<p>In the last year, I stopped blogging and doing Internet Marketing(IM),  both a little, because I had other personal matters to tend too.</p>
<p>In the last few months, I started doing IM again a lot more to increase my network of money sites. Like before, I bought products claiming to be the next "silver bullet" ... but asked for refund soon after. Hey! a guy can dream right?</p>
<p><span id="more-1108"></span>But one of those products(in March) claimed to bring <em>secret</em> targeted traffic on demand. I was intrigue, bought it  and started using it for a test drive.  Here is the catch:  it's very cheap Pay-Per-View(PPV) traffic based on keywords. I can hear you saying: <em>I don't want to pay for traffic. </em>Fine, it's your choice and I was like you before. But it's really cheap <strong>starting at</strong> <strong>1.5 cents</strong> per clicks. It's not a typo and really $0.015!</p>
<p>Okay, you might pay more if you have more competitions for your keyword but it's way cheaper than Adwords. Heck, test it first on it before using Adwords. You might save a bundle. <img src='http://mcgrath.ca/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<h2>The CB test</h2>
<p>Now, let's get back to my test. I started sending them directly to a few Clickbank products page I was  promoting for the test. I had chosen different types of products(mainstream) but  mainly those with a keywords list to start me for my test.</p>
<p>At that cheap price, I figured that if I spent $5 on a campaign and if I can get 1 sale of  a $25 products, I would make a killing right? Not bad if you ask me. A campaign takes 24 hours before being approved. Those are human checked thus the delay. It took longer when that product did launch because of the new clients.</p>
<p>Now, it does bring cheap traffic for pennies($0.015) vs Adwords but did it convert like those Clickbank products were saying?</p>
<p>That's were I was disappointed by those CB products . I sent between 100 to 300+ visitors at a cost of $1.50 to $6+ per campaign and got zero sales on all of them. What a bummer! Maybe I picked <em>loser</em> CB products but I will not give up.</p>
<h2>Never gave up!</h2>
<p>Since most of my sites are based on eBay Partnet Network(EPN) affiliate program, I decided to send that target traffic to those sites. Will I be more successful?</p>
<p>Last October, EPN changed the rules that we had no more commissions based on the fees but getting paid on the quality of the clicks. So, if a visitor click on a product and buy it, then it's better for us and the clicks are worth more.</p>
<p>My sites are very products targeted  sites thus I don't have a huge  amount of traffic to start off but they do click and convert well when I do  get a visitor oops buyers.  No, I won't tell you my niches. :p  Some lost a lot because of that  and I was one of the few that gain in that new way of being paid by EPN.</p>
<p><strong> Note:</strong> Btw, I did lost 25-30% of my traffic/revenues from April numbers to my sites since Google made the algorithm changed last May thus I lost money because of that. But don't cry,  just adapt! eBay and Google think of themselves and their bottom line first and so should you.</p>
<p>Since I was getting around  $0.20-0.25 per click on EPN, why not pay $0.015 per visitor with a chance of getting at least 1 click from that visitor? How did I do?</p>
<p>Overall, I'm getting very cheap and very targeted traffic to my sites and thus more clicks... in theory. Now, to be honest, I can say for sure if that visitor did click or not but it seemed that way to me since my clicks/winning bids  increased in April from March. Why?  Sometimes, I don't get any clicks and it was the only visitor to that sites. Sometimes, it's the only visitor but he/she clicked on a few items thus more added clicks than the $0.015 I invested. Of course, when I do get search engine traffic , it's impossible to know who clicked or not but I did get more clicks and winning bids since before the Google Change.</p>
<p>Sometimes, I only pay $0.13-20/day for the few sites I send traffic. I know, it's not a lot of visitors BUT they are very targeted keywords with not many searches a month to begin with.  I do make more because of the added clicks/winning bids they bring.  In time, I will add this type of traffic to all my old and of course, new sites I will be building.</p>
<p>I took one of my site that convert well with visitors and this additional traffic compensated a little for the lost of Google traffic I got in May.</p>
<h2>Thinking outside the box</h2>
<p>If your site was making you money for the selected keyword but the site  was deindex(like some preowned .com I have), why not start sending this type of  cheap targeted traffic? That's what I'm doing.</p>
<p>You wrote a great  blog post(not IM related) with an offer or just want traffic and get new readers, buy cheap traffic for that group of readers.</p>
<p>You want to sell your blog in a few weeks? Send a wave of traffic by biding on general keywords with the hope they like your content and gain more readers by then and for the  future buyer of your blog. No, I did not test that but it's easy to get less targeted traffic thus more visitors.</p>
<h2>Conclusion</h2>
<p>By using that cheap targeted traffic on <strong>very targeted sites</strong>, your chance are better that they buy <em>now</em>. Why do I say now?  Because until your start to rank in the search engines, why not send cheap targeted traffic <strong>until your links are counted</strong>? Plus, you might know faster if you did picked the right keyword. <img src='http://mcgrath.ca/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Yes, it <strong>IS</strong> well worth the investment for once!</p>
<p>Btw, that is why I waited to write my <strong>real</strong> review of <a title="RTM" href="http://mcgrath.ca/info/rtm" target="_blank">RMT</a> because I wanted to test the basic system in the first place in different ways and see what happen.</p>
<p>P.S. I did buy the Advanced Videos but did not really watch them at this time since I wanted to test the basic system on a new batch of sites I was build back then. I guest I might do better when I do take time to watch those advanced tricks and thus better convert with CB products.  <img src='http://mcgrath.ca/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>P.S. 2 You will first need to deposit an initial $200 in your account before using their cheap traffic system. I did not know that thus I took the chance and glad I did like you can read above. Remember, it's a business for most of us. I did not have any problems with them so far on that end. After, you can deposit $20(manually or automatically with a 2% discount).
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Copyright © 2010 <a href="http://mcgrath.ca">Steve McGrath</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://mcgrath.ca/2009/04/11/buying-a-domain-from-sedo/">http://mcgrath.ca/2009/04/11/buying-a-domain-from-sedo/</a>. <a href="http://www.seefreemovieslegally.com/">See free movies legally</a>(and make money too)<br /><p>Last year, I had to register to SEDO to be able to make an offer on an domain. The owner and I did some testing and I concluded that the domain, for <strong>me</strong>, was not worth it for the price he was asking. Also, the Canadian dollar took a beating around that time and did not want to invest that much money. Yes, I'm missing last summer 1:1 exchange rate. <img src='http://mcgrath.ca/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p>Once the testing was done, I made an offer <strong>based</strong> on the traffic he was sending from that domain.</p>
<p>The seller also had another related domain with half the traffic for sale but not making that much per day from SEDO parking. I made an offer and he accepted(day 1).</p>
<p>I had to enter my PayPal information to be paid when parking domains but also when buying the domain.</p>
<p>Once the seller agreed to my price, SEDO sent me an email. From there, I had to first pay the SEDO(escrow) and select the registrar.</p>
<p><strong>Day 2<br />
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<p>I had to send info to switch registrar.</p>
<p><strong>Day 3<br />
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<p>Got the authorized code to transfer registrar.</p>
<p><strong>Day 4<br />
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<p>All the transfers were done and the seller was paid a few days later.</p>
<p>For the first domain, they did not transfer the domain to my chosen registrar for some reasons. It could had been me too. But, I needed to wait 60 days more to do redo the transfer. The second domain was okay. If you have the same registrar, it's faster.</p>
<p>I since done other transfers because it's fast and secure. When I sold one of my domain, I had to pay a 10% fee for the escrow service. This way, I'm protected.</p>
<h3>The aftermath</h3>
<p>After I taking possession of both domains, I noticed I was not getting the traffic I got from the stats from SEDO that the seller sent me on one of them. I was only getting 10%. How could that be? Why the major drop? Did he mislead me? One thing for sure, I was mad!</p>
<p>Up to that time, I never got any troubles with the seller based on the previous testing phase. I sent an email to the seller since I paid for x amount for the traffic.  I offered him 2 options: explanations or partial refund based on the traffic I was getting.</p>
<p>But if he was dishonest, I was also ready to out him in public for being dishonest. Reputation is hard to gain but easy to lose. However, that was my last course and I wanted explanations first since he was honest before. Thus, I gave him a chance to explained himself.</p>
<p>My email was not received well and he did not like the tone. After reading my email, I admit I was a little too  direct. "Screwed me over" reflected the feeling I had at that time. Plus, I was accusing him of being dishonest when using those words.  But, I could had posted to my blog while never giving him a chance to give me his side. After that, I <strong>apologized</strong> and I was more diplomatic when choosing my words. Before that first email, I did asked a few questions but he never really answered all of them properly while answering others correctly.</p>
<p>He offered explanations and he pointed out a <strong>mistake I had made</strong> when receiving the incoming traffic. Yes, I admit, that part was my fault. After I made the modifications, I was getting the right amount of traffic.</p>
<p>I received 2 more replies later on. In the first reply, he accused me to be the dishonest one and that it was <strong>his last reply</strong>. The second reply, a few minutes later,  was that he was going to contact everyone that was sending me traffic to that domain. I never replied to either of those replies.</p>
<p><strong>The lesson:</strong> Choose you words carefully. For both of us, English was not our first language. Maybe I used word that was more misinterpreted on his side.</p>
<h3>Dealing with existing traffic</h3>
<p>For those curious, I was only processing <em>domain.com/index.html?uid=9999</em> when I should had process <em>domain.com/index.<strong>php</strong>?uid=9999</em>.I had only seen the <em>.html</em></p>
<p>When you setup a site, you should check the 404 errors more carefully. With all my previous pre-owned I had bought, I never had that situation like this one.</p>
<h3>Dealing with SEDO traffic</h3>
<p>SEDO will give you the traffic they actually count as traffic. When domains are parked, they will show ads thus sending traffic is against the TOS.</p>
<p>Both domains are still receiving a lot from many traffic exchange services thus SEDO is not counting them. I can't do anything about it either since it's it's not from me. I do get regular traffic from backlinks too.</p>
<p>Also, SEDO will show the total hits for the last 30 days. So, if the domain was added yesterday, SEDO will show that total in the "last 30 days". If you see a low amount, it could be higher than that.</p>
<p>With those 2 domains, 95% is non converting crap traffic. At least, by using a few NB offers, I was able to almost double my money within 3-4 months from those 2 domains. I must mentioned that the second domain did not convert well. But, I took a gamble and I won this time.</p>
<h3>Conclusion</h3>
<p>Buying domains with pre existing traffic from SEDO or other services is good IF you can know where it comes from first. If you are lucky, the traffic is not being manipulated in anyway.</p>
<p>Otherwise, you might be stuck with a high priced lame duck. If it happens, you can always build links to get better targeted traffic but you will need to be patient until Google counts them.</p>
<p>Now, I check the traffic but it's not the major stat I look at. I check the number of backlinks, name, what it was used for and.... if it's in my budget because both were more than what I pay for pre-owned domains.   <img src='http://mcgrath.ca/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />
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		<description><![CDATA[Copyright © 2010 Steve McGrath. Visit the original article at http://mcgrath.ca/2009/04/03/making-money-using-mystarterblog/. See free movies legally(and make money too)When I launched MyStarterBlog in February, I converted a static WordPress blog to MSB. That blog had 200+ posts thus perfect to make an importing WP test. That site was not updated since mid March of 2008. Unlike [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Making Money Using MyStarterBlog", url: "http://mcgrath.ca/2009/04/03/making-money-using-mystarterblog/" });</script>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Copyright © 2010 <a href="http://mcgrath.ca">Steve McGrath</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://mcgrath.ca/2009/04/03/making-money-using-mystarterblog/">http://mcgrath.ca/2009/04/03/making-money-using-mystarterblog/</a>. <a href="http://www.seefreemovieslegally.com/">See free movies legally</a>(and make money too)<br /><p>When I launched MyStarterBlog in February, I converted a static WordPress blog to MSB. That blog had 200+ posts thus perfect to make an importing WP test. That site was not updated since mid March of 2008.</p>
<p>Unlike a conventional site, this one is mostly consisting of pictures so the content is not very search engine friendly for long tail keywords. I keep that site because it's a door to a niche that most IM might stay away.  If you have read my blog before, I wrote about that niche and blog once about it.</p>
<h3>Some stats</h3>
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<p>Because that blog mostly relied on very cheap CPM ads for revenu, the loading speed is very important.  The more pages that are viewed, the better the visitor will stay or click on an ad.</p>
<p>The results are preliminary but I noticed that I had an increase in revenue of <strong>66%</strong> versus February. Of course, the site was converted to MSB on February 21. I also changed host and February is shorter by a few a days.  Even if I take that into account, I can say that my revenu did overall increased.</p>
<p>To be fair, I checked my history and March is my biggest earning month so far. It beat the December record by 12% and January by 14%. Those were the 2 previous months with the highest earning. Also, a lot of people have Holiday vacation thus had more time to surf.</p>
<p>The page viewed for March was 3.34 pages/visit versus 2.50 pages in December.</p>
<p>The month of April/May will give me more data but I do expect to earn a little more from that site. I did not add links to that site for a very long time either.</p>
<h3>Conclusion</h3>
<p>Any additional increase in revenue is a  good thing in this economy even if it's small.</p>
<p>The upside of using MyStarterBlog now is that I don't have to deal with upgrading WordPress anymore. <img src='http://mcgrath.ca/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>So, if you have a simple static WP blog, why not convert it to MyStarterBlog?
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		<title>Review: Free Traffic Bar Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve McGrath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copyright © 2010 Steve McGrath. Visit the original article at http://mcgrath.ca/2009/04/01/review-free-traffic-bar-part-1/. See free movies legally(and make money too)Today, you might had noticed the Free Traffic Bar banner I put on the site. I started to play with it to see how I could use it to get free traffic to MyStarterBlog. Since I use my [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Review: Free Traffic Bar Part 1", url: "http://mcgrath.ca/2009/04/01/review-free-traffic-bar-part-1/" });</script>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Copyright © 2010 <a href="http://mcgrath.ca">Steve McGrath</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://mcgrath.ca/2009/04/01/review-free-traffic-bar-part-1/">http://mcgrath.ca/2009/04/01/review-free-traffic-bar-part-1/</a>. <a href="http://www.seefreemovieslegally.com/">See free movies legally</a>(and make money too)<br /><p>Today, you might had noticed the Free Traffic Bar banner I put on the site. I started to play with it to see how I could use it to get free traffic to MyStarterBlog. Since I use my browser all day long, why not drive free traffic at the same time?</p>
<h3>What is it?</h3>
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The idea is simple: You install a plugin(Firefox, IE) that will show me a small toolbar ad in my browser. When I browse in Firefox, I earn credits that will show my own ads to others too. Now, I do expect the CTR(click trough  rates) to be low but would expect the conversion to buying MSB a little higher.</p>
<p>At this time, they have 45236 members. I'm guessing that a lot are Internet marketers but you can select the type of ads your want to be shown. This way, the ads are more targeted.  Plus, social bloggers could use that to their advantage by showing non money ads to be different. <img src='http://mcgrath.ca/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<h3>Free vs Paid</h3>
<p>The free version offer limited options unlike the paid version where you get a lot in return like free monthly credit, more ads, discount on ads....</p>
<p>I recommend that people try the free version first to see if they like it or not. After a few months you should reevaluate how much traffic you gained.</p>
<h3>The one time offer</h3>
<p>But if you have the money to spare, you should consider the first one time offer. It's not cheap since it's $297 but does offer 1 million credits, 25000/credits each month after that and more. I did not think about it so it's too late for me. But, I can still upgrade later but with 500 000 credits and lose some of the exclusive.</p>
<p>Here is how it can pay out for you if you buy the 1 Million credits.</p>
<p>You sell a $7 ebook.  If .001% of the 45000 buys your ebook, the one time offer would pay for itself.</p>
<p>45 x $7 = $315</p>
<p>I can be wrong but the 1 million credits would show your ad more often than not in front of users.</p>
<p>Btw, they do offer other lower monthly plans: $3.99, $9.99, $19.99.</p>
<h3>Conclusion</h3>
<p>In my case, my ad for MyStarterBlog is being shown to "Web Site Management::Content Management Systems/Blogs" only. If I can make a few sales just for browiing, I don't have any problem with that. <img src='http://mcgrath.ca/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Watch the video and download the Free Traffic Bar. </p>
<p>P.S. I made this post Part 1 because I expect to make an updated post later on.
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		<title>Getting Your Expired Domain Name Back</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve McGrath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copyright © 2010 Steve McGrath. Visit the original article at http://mcgrath.ca/2009/03/27/getting-your-expired-domain-name-back/. See free movies legally(and make money too)Last year, I started to buy all kind of expired domains. In most cases, I never heard back from former owners. But for the few times I did, I got 2 different kind of messages. So, this post [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Getting Your Expired Domain Name Back", url: "http://mcgrath.ca/2009/03/27/getting-your-expired-domain-name-back/" });</script>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Copyright © 2010 <a href="http://mcgrath.ca">Steve McGrath</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://mcgrath.ca/2009/03/27/getting-your-expired-domain-name-back/">http://mcgrath.ca/2009/03/27/getting-your-expired-domain-name-back/</a>. <a href="http://www.seefreemovieslegally.com/">See free movies legally</a>(and make money too)<br /><p>Last year, I started to buy all kind of expired domains. In most cases, I never heard back from former owners. But for the few times I did, I got 2 different kind of messages. So, this post is for former owners that want their domains back.</p>
<h3>Why you lost your domain name?</h3>
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If you lost your domain name, it's <strong>your fault</strong> not the new buyer. The main reason is that you forgot to renew the domain. It's that simple in 99.9999% of the time. So, check that your domain is using current payment information or your contact email with the registrar is still good. In many cases, the host/registrar are the same.</p>
<h3>Contacting the new owner</h3>
<p>It's not <strong>STEALING</strong> so don't accuse the buyer of that in your first email. Learn ALL the facts first.  If you are polite, the new buyer will consider this. At least, I do. If you are a jerk, this will not be in your favor.</p>
<p>That's the 2 kind of message I got: Polite(mostly) and Jerks.</p>
<h3>Getting the domain back</h3>
<p>In a few cases, I had won the auction but the new owner was able to get it back during a few days. Check if you can first from your registrar.</p>
<h3>Making an offer</h3>
<p>If the owner agree to sell you the domain back, make a <strong>reasonable offer</strong>.</p>
<p>In most cases, I paid more than the registration fee. For example, I paid last year <strong>$250 for a domain name</strong> but I earned it back within a few months. It had traffic exchange but still some traffic I could use.</p>
<p>Also, I do research <strong>before </strong>and <strong>after </strong>buying a domain. But, sometimes the domain is parked because I did not have time to get around to it after it was bought.</p>
<p>I don't work for free so that's where the  <strong>reasonable offer</strong> comes in. I want to be paid for my time and for the price I paid for the domain. It's only fair and it's business.</p>
<h3>Buying the domain</h3>
<p>If you and the seller agree, you should use an escrow service. In my case, I used SEDO. They charged me a 10% fee. I think it's worth it since one or the other might back down or not complete the transaction.</p>
<h3>Conclusion</h3>
<p>Being polite will be more in your favor to get your domain back. Those that buy older domains will use them to make money whatever the name is.</p>
<p>For example, Google does not mean anything yet it's making money because of what it offer on the site. It will be the same with your domain name.  You might just had use it for personal use but I can use a domain to make money from it.
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		<title>AuctionSiteWriter v2.1.0 is out!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copyright © 2010 Steve McGrath. Visit the original article at http://mcgrath.ca/2009/03/03/auctionsitewriter-v210-is-out/. See free movies legally(and make money too)Just a quick post to mentioned that AuctionSiteWriter v2.1.0 is now available. It offer new features for MyStarterBlog: Add: In Write auction site, support MyStarterBlog: This will generate a MSB blog and then you can load it into [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "AuctionSiteWriter v2.1.0 is out!", url: "http://mcgrath.ca/2009/03/03/auctionsitewriter-v210-is-out/" });</script>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Copyright © 2010 <a href="http://mcgrath.ca">Steve McGrath</a>. Visit the original article at <a href="http://mcgrath.ca/2009/03/03/auctionsitewriter-v210-is-out/">http://mcgrath.ca/2009/03/03/auctionsitewriter-v210-is-out/</a>. <a href="http://www.seefreemovieslegally.com/">See free movies legally</a>(and make money too)<br /><p>Just a quick post to mentioned that AuctionSiteWriter v2.1.0 is now available.</p>
<p>It offer new features for MyStarterBlog:<br />
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<li> Add: In <strong>Write auction site</strong>, support <a href="http://www.mcgrathinfosolution.com/mystarterblog_en.htm">MyStarterBlog</a>:  	This will generate a <strong>MSB</strong> blog and then you can load it into <strong>MSB</strong> to add more content and <strong>use it's themes</strong>.  You will need the <strong>MSB eBay  	Plugin</strong> from 		<a href="http://nichemate.com/mystarterblog-themes" target="_blank">NicheMate</a></li>
<li> Add: In <strong>Plugin Code Builder</strong>, added the support for  <a href="http://www.mcgrathinfosolution.com/mystarterblog_en.htm">MyStarterBlog</a>(default)</li>
<li> Add: In <strong>Site Statistics</strong>, you can analyse the WhoIS Expires  	date only, open the selected sites in batch in your default browser</li>
<li> Add: In <strong>Write auction site</strong>, you have access to a simple  	HTML editor for the template, Build was change to <strong>Generate</strong> to be like <a href="http://www.mcgrathinfosolution.com/mystarterblog_en.htm">MyStarterBlog</a></li>
<li> Change:  In Write auction site, support up to <strong>200</strong> words</li>
<li> Change: Many visual aspect has been made</li>
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<p>The main goal was to quicly add support for MyStarterBlog. So, instead of creating a phpBay API site, I will create a MSB blog. I will go to each auction sites I created with phpBay or BANS and convert them to MSB. I will be using the auction theme that buyers get with MSB. They still need to buy the MSB eBayPlugin.</p>
<p>Here is the thing: Big G deindexed most BANS, phpBay sites last year in a vast swoop of the hand. Most of my older sites were affected and some from late last year.</p>
<p>Even with that, January was my record earning month with just Yahoo, MSN traffic. Yes, I added a few auction sites since that but the last 3 months was mostly spent on programming MSB.</p>
<p>Using ASW with the <strong>template</strong>, I will generate a basic auction site. Then, by using MSB, I will had content specific to each products with an About, Contact and Privacy pages. This will give "credit" to my sites in the eyes of Big G.  I believed that Big G did not like my "thin" auction sites I was creating or it just don't like phpBay API/BANS at all.</p>
<p>Are my deindexed site be reindex by Big G? Maybe but once they are converted to MSB, I will ask for reinclusion anyway. It may take time but I have nothing to loose since most make money from other traffic. Plus, the new look will appeal to visitors and look more professional thus they will tend to bid more.</p>
<p>While most run away from creating new auction sites, a few people I know continued and are making more money from them.</p>
<p>It's up to me to do the same. What about you?</p>
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