How to Make your own Blog Network

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After the Panda and Penguin updates by Google, having high quality tier 1 links is more important than ever. Many IM’ers are turning to hand made and high quality web 2.0's for their tier 1 links. Basically, giving Google what it expects to see from a natural backlink profile, but in a unnatural way.

In this article, we will talk about how to create a safe and effective blog network that you can use for your first tier of backlinks to your money site.

Hand make them

The main thing you will want to do is make them look natural. Make them by hand, add some personality to each one, change the background etc… Mimic what a natural blog would look like.

Do not interlink them

This is how blog networks go down. If Google spots one of these sites and sees all of the other blogs which it links to, Google can devalue or de-index your entire network at once. Don’t interlink each web 2.0 so this does not happen to you.

No footprints

Do not leave any way for someone to trace one blog to another. Use different names, different domains, different emails, different everything. If you have as little as one common word or phrase on each blog, that information can be used to uncover your network.

Don’t tell or sell to anyone

Keep this network to yourself. If you sell it to anyone, you run the risk of your network being discovered.

Linking to your site

Of course, send backlinks to your site(s), that is the entire point of this network. When you do, though, keep the links to under 30%. Vary the anchor text and links to your home page and inner pages as well. This keeps everything natural.

Add link-less posts

Not every post will have a link on a normal blog. Mimic this for your blogs as well. Add some well spun content to your blogs and leave them link-less. Google won’t suspect a thing.

Link to others within your niche

Link to other sites so it looks natural but don’t link to your competitors. Normally, it is a good idea to link to authority sites that you are not planning to out rank within your niche. If my niche is “1980's Chicago WhiteSox players”, it is fine to link out to the authority sites ESPN.com and MLB.com.

Add stupid posts

Any blogger is going to have worthless posts from time to time. Add a 50 word “be back in a week post” or go off topic once in a while. Again, for the sake of creating a natural looking blog.

5 articles and then 1 per month

To begin, add 5 well written posts with 2-3 pointing to your site. After the first month, add at least 1 per 30 days so Google knows the blog is still active. This will help with the authority of each blog down the road.

Build backlinks

Build good links to these web 2.0 sites. Since you will be doing all of this manually, you will not be able to count on a volume of backlinks. We are aiming for quality, not quantity. So treat your tier 1 blogs with care. Make a strong linking structure that backs them up and raises their PR. You can even go as far as to make new web 2.0's to backlink them (don’t forget, no interlinking). Since we are on tier 2 now, it is okay to use well spun and readable articles on these 2nd tier properties.

There you have it. The main points are to build them manually, leave no footprints, use quality content and build good backlinks to them.

Amazon Affiliate Network: 24 Hour Cookie and More

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Amazon is one of the most popular affiliate networks and for good reason. I wouldn’t say it is “the best”; that is a very subjective term. It really depends on the niche you are targeting and how broad you want to or are able to promote products. If you promote in a small and specific niche, you may be better off with another affiliate network because of their higher commissions. If you own an authority site in a particular niche or manage properties that see a large amount of traffic, Amazon’s affiliate network may be the best option. In this article, we will look at a few of the advantages and disadvantages when working as an Amazon affiliate.

They Have Everything

This is self explanatory. They have a vast selection of pretty much anything you can think of. As an affiliate, this gives you more flexibility than any other affiliate can offer.

Discounts

Amazon often has heavy discounts of up to 70% off. You can use this as a promotional tool. “Get your sweaters for 50%-70% off! This week only!” This works great with targeted email lists. Create the impression that they are getting an exclusive offer and it will sell like hot cakes.

24 Hour Cookie

Once they click on one of your Amazon links, you will earn the commission of anything they purchase for the next 24 hours. If they click on your Amazon book link, leave, come back the next day and buy a tent, you get that sale. This is particularly great if you are selling cheap products.

In fact, here is a little tip for you: In general, cheap products will have less competition and will be much easier to sell and (position yourself to sell) than high ticket items like laptops or iPads. You will get more visitors because of the low competition which creates more clicks. More clicks means more cookies and a greater chance to land those high end commissions. You will bring in the $.08 commissions and every once in a while, you will get a $20 commission out of nowhere thanks to that 24 hour cookie.

So you can make a laptop niche site and sell two $300 items per week, or make a large $.99 paper glitter flower site and sell two $300 items per week. Which route seems easier?

Beware: This can also work against you. The last cookie left via Amazon gets the sale. This may be harmful in particular niche sites like books or music where the customer is more likely to click through multiple affiliate links.

Commissions

Their commissions kind of suck. Affiliate networks like Clickbank will offer 50% commissions regularly and sometimes more than that. Amazon’s commissions range from 4%-8.5%, depending on the count of items you sell per month.

*Note: There are some exceptions. For example: Personal computers are capped at $25 and instant videos are capped at $1.50.

Trust

The poor commissions are balanced out buy the brand trust of Amazon. People can be weary of buying a Clickbank product because it is likely thier first time buying through them, however, they know their money is in safe hands if they buy through Amazon. People will make purchases at a much higher rate than through any other merchant because of the brand trust Amazon has.

Amazon’s affiliate program is great for many reasons. They are trusted, they have a 24 hour cookie which supports cross product sales, they offer  heavy discounts and they have just about anything you can think of. If you are looking for a broad selection of products to promote, Amazon is the way to go.

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