By: Daryl Campbell | Source: searchenginechannel.com

One of the best ways to do viral marketing is the creation of viral reports which can be freely passed on by you to another person with added benefits to both parties.

How does it work?

Aside from having an interesting topic and a wealth of information, the viral reports contain links to the site and products you are offering. These links can be modified from one person to another by changing the affiliate ID in the link. While these links, known as rebranding, still lead to your website, credit will also be given to the affiliate in the form of commission or whatever arrangement you have worked out previously. By offering an incentive your customers will have more of a reason to pass around your viral report.

That’s where the viral explosion begins.

You can maximize your viral report, and get an explosion of traffic along with a huge number of subscribers. Keep these factors in mind when promoting your viral report.

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By: Brian Turner | Source: webpronews.com

The First Age of The Internet is fast coming to a close, and with that comes the removal of early opportunities and low-hanging fruit.

That means if you have a serious plan for a website, you need to push on getting it out now, and fast.

If you have a website without a business plan, you need to push on getting one drawn up now, and fast.

I’ve been at this conclusion for a while, but the issue of urgency is speeding up.

For too long, natural - and gameable - search rankings on major traffic providers such as Google Search, Yahoo! Search, and MSN Search meant that you could develop potentially profitable traffic, and earn a good ROI on it.

However, we’ve seen Google pushing more aggressively on limiting the avenues of exploitation in it’s algorithm.

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Source: pandia.com

Like many news junkies I read a lot of blog posts every day. But I only occasionally visit a blog’s web site. Most of the time I read the most recent posts in their RSS stream. I catch up on news this way with my laptop in my sofa in the evening, when I have a minute at work or in hotel rooms or air port lounges when I travel. I need a reliable and powerful online Web feed reader. Below are my five favorites.

What do I look for in an online RSS or Atom Web feed reader? What are the criteria I have used, sifting through all of the great alternatives available?

• I am a busy girl, so I want a service that does not require a lot of muddling around to figure out.
• For a reader to be considered, it needs to have reliable import and export capabilities — I want to bring my subscriptions with me if I find a better service.
• It has to be easy to sort and browse the feeds and items.

These basic features are what I had my mind set on when I went looking for a new RSS reader. If a service offers other, more advanced features, I don’t mind — as long as they do not detract from the general usability of the service.

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