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Keeping it simple, without the hype. PC tips and Internet advice for mom and pop businesses.

Is every click that you make being recorded somewhere?  When it comes to privacy and use of the Internet, World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee says that Internet users need to be responsible for “keeping an eye out” to protect the freedom and anonymity of the Web.

I thought his thoughts were well worth sharing here. One of his observations that surprised me is that 80% of the world population is not online yet. He asked that we consider the implications of what the web will be like when those people come online.

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Tomorrow, the Halloween Giveaway opens and in you’re in store for a lot of treats.

There are loads of PLR products, including article packs (one is 15,000), eBooks and graphics.  You’ll also find some tutorials about how to generate traffic, profit from ClickBank and more.

Some interesting downloads include a workbook on discovering your life passion and an eBook on natural magic, based on Wicca and Pagan beliefs.

A software download that I haven’t seen on the giveaway sites before is “Forum Pro,” which will have you posting on forums in minutes and grabbing valuable backlinks and buzz.

Definitely check it out tomorrow — there’s some good stuff.

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When I started out this case study on October 4, 2009, I chose the domain “Cellulite Is” based on the keyword research.  I was hoping at that time that I could meet or beat the #3 position in Google.  The site went live on October 13.

Yesterday, we were at #10.

Today, we are at #1.

I’ve done article marketing and submitted “blurbs” to the network of blogs that I am setting up for you folks to use.  I am going to continue with the link building so this site will see some revenue and to target the same keyword phrase in quotes.  Currently, there have been a number of clicks to Amazon products, but no buys.

October 25, 2009

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When we started this out, the keyphrase I choose was “cellulite is.”  This morning, the page is now in Google’s top 10 search results for “cellulite is ” (without the quotes).  That’s out of 3,100,000 results.  I’d say that’s not too bad for a site that is not even a month old.

Pages in search results:

The first six results on 10/24/2009:

Bottom half of Google’s first page of results — we’re the 10th one on the list.

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As of today, there are no sales to report — but, items have been clicked.  It’s just a matter of time until we see this site make some money.

The last couple of days, I have been away on business.  However, I did manage to find some time to submit more articles through AMA, which has so far delivered about 14 unique links.  The Magic Article Submission software has yielded approximately 80 unique links so far.

The unique visitor count is at 170.

The site is finally getting some search engine traffic.

For some reason, there is still no page rank at Google, although pages are definitely getting indexed.  Google, Yahoo and MSN are now showing indexed pages.  Here’s the SEO Quake toolbar as of today:

The toolbar is usually slow in reporting Alexa.  The current rank is 1,599,148.

Finally, here’s a snapshot from my Amazon affiliate area.  Cellulite related products are getting clicked … there are no purchases yet.  In time, I think there will be some sales.  What this shows is that targeted traffic is coming in now.

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Windows 7 is supposed to be faster and better than all of Microsoft’s previous operating system versions … and it is not supposed to create a lot of trouble like the Vista platform created.  Many of us did not bother switching to Vista because of the hardware conflicts it created. Vista was also notorious for software conflicts that it had with programs such as Quickbooks.

Upgrading a Vista system to Windows 7 is supposed to be easy, but XP users are going to have trouble.  Applications will have to be backed up and uninstalled before Windows 7 can be loaded, which will probably be too much aggravation for most of us.

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From the makers of XSitePro, which I consider to be the best web authoring software around, comes “The Complete Guide to Website Building.”  The course offers classroom style lessons, with interaction and practical exercises.

If you’re feeling overwhelmed about how to build a website, this course is for you.

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Traffic continues to increase, and quite a few articles are now publishing.  In a week’s time, I think this site will start making money.

The article that was published at Ezine Articles has generated a click to the storefront.  I have not seen a sale yet, however.

At Article Marketing Automation (AMA), eight unique versions of an article have been published.

A bunch of articles have been published through the Magic Article Rewriting and Submission software.  Over 200 are pending, around 50 have been accepted in the directories.  Some of these are getting downloaded already.  This software is one of the most incredible tools I’ve ever used … If you’re serious about generating tons of articles and links, definitely check it out.

A quick look at approvals and downloads.

Published and pending article statistics.

Finally, Alexa has jumped up again.  A few days ago, the site was in the 7 million mark.  We’re now under 2 million.  Obviously, there is a long way to go, but this is a nice start.

As you can see, we’re moving along on a brand new site.  Hopefully, there will be some income to report soon.

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This morning, the case study site saw a considerable amount of fresh indexing.  Right now, 79 pages are indexed in Google and we have another 39 in Yahoo.

I ran out of time to do any marketing on this site over the weekend; however, Article Marketing Automation published some more spins of the article I submitted on Friday, so there are now 7 back links coming from them.

There is no income to report yet.

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