I would love to see the scoundrels who cheated me being dragged off to jail! It’s even worse when the third parties who post statements like, “free paypal buyer protection” or “If your purchase isn’t covered by PayPal Buyer Protection, then it is likely covered by the eBay Standard Protection Program which will cover you up to $200 (less a $25 service fee)”, then find loop holes to avoid taking any responsibility or helping their customers who have been defrauded.

A debate is raging over whether search engines penalized websites for providing duplicate content. Search engines keep their algorithms secret (along with just about everything else they do) better than Alan Greenspan and the Federal Reserve. With all this secrecy the only way to the truth is from observation and a few ‘off the cuff’ quips from search engine principals.

How many times have you read those words only to spend your hard earned cash on another worthless info package? If you answered the same as me, you said, ‘way too many’. The only way to remake yourself into a successful online marketer is to assemble a plan using proven methods and then apply those methods.

That is exactly what Harvey Segal explains how to do in his new, free ebook he calls “The Ultimate SuperTip“.

Google AdSense has enjoyed a virtual monopoly on contextual content ad networking for roughly two years. This lack of competition has allowed Google to enlist thousands upon thousands of publishers to join their ad network without even knowing the revenue split being offered. In fact, Google instituted a feature dubbed “Smart Pricing” which can lower a publisher’s income even further should Google so decide unbeknown to the publisher.

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Google confirmed today that it is getting closer to opening it’s Google Base to the public. Google Base is a database that will allow users to post information for Internet distribution. It is widely expected that the database will allow ads that will match buyers and sellers in much the same way that eBay’s auction model works. eBay’s stock is down slightly today after the announcement.

Let me preface this article by saying that I am a pretty experienced Ebayer. I have a feedback rating of nearly 500 and have been buying and selling (mostly buying) items on Ebay for years. And, I’ve had few problems with Ebay sellers over the years. I am disturbed, though, that if you do leave negative feedback for a fraudster you can be assured they will respond with negative feedback for you. Even after you’ve paid for their “not as described” or fraudulent auction. This is a big deterrent for Ebay buyers to leave negative feedback. Most buyers will just accept the loss and move on. I know because, shamefully, I’ve done this myself.

For whatever reason this concept seems very hard for most of us to get a handle on. Here is the basic concept so you can get your hands around this idea.

An RSS feed and a Blog go hand in hand. You first create a blog of articles (posts) that presumably is ongoing with new articles/posts occuring regularly. Ideally, you are posting useful articles to the blog that sometimes refer to items you sell with links in the text back to your web pages. You can allow others to post to your blog or comment on your articles depending upon how you set it up. This can create more new content and interest.