Pick Your Favorite Keyword and Build A Lens at Squidoo

I feel the need to spread the word about www.Squidoo.com. Squidoo is a free site where anyone can setup a webpage about anything, and I mean anything. Not only is the site free, but you can get a share of the advertising revenue if you wish (or you can have your cut sent to your favorite charity.) Use Squidoo for shameless advertising: it's all good. Wanna' setup a page with adult content? That's fine too, as long as you give your page the appropriate rating.

Squidoo is highly intuitive. You can setup your page -- they call it a lens -- in a matter of minutes. You can also quickly and easily add all types of content, like YouTube videos, RSS feeds, link lists, Amazon.com recommendations and much more. You'll be amazed at how easy it is to use the Squidoo system.

I like Squidoo a lot. Not only can you setup links to your sites, which is good for search engine optimization, but your Squidoo lens itself can be a great source of targeted traffic. I've seen some Squidoo lenses ranking very well in Yahoo! for some fairly competitive keywords.

If you are going to signup for a Squidoo lens or two, don't procrastinate. I know from first hand experience that the best keywords and keyphrases are going fast. Enjoy!

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An Interesting Way to Make Money This Halloween Season

Halloween season is just around the corner, and if you're a publisher with related content, then may want to check out what the Extreme Halloween Network has to offer with their new affiliate program. The following press release clip has more details:

"Extreme Halloween Network today announced the launch of its new multi-tier affiliate marketing opportunity designed to reward partners for referring customers to the Extreme Halloween Network of sites. Prospective affiliates can get information about the Extreme Halloween Network top money making affiliate program online at http://www.extremehalloweennetwork.net/.

Participation in the Extreme Halloween Network’s top paying affiliate program is free. Extreme Halloween Network will reward top affiliates with payouts of up to 15% when a customer purchases costumes, makeup, theatrical supplies and other items for sale through Extreme Halloween’s 13 sites.

'We’re excited to launch this new top paying affiliate program and to share the profits directly with our partners,' said Shari McConahay, Vice President of Marketing for the Extreme Halloween Network. 'With our multi-tier affiliate marketing opportunity, affiliates can earn 10% on all sales, 12% when monthly sales reach $750 and 15% when monthly sales reach $2,500.'

The Extreme Halloween Network is made up of 13 websites with seasonal and year-round costumes and costume-related merchandise. Affiliates have access to all of these websites with just one program.

While AnniesCostumes.com is one of the most visited web sites during the months of September and October; the Extreme Halloween Network also has websites that cater to every other holiday, as well as year-round sales.

The sites include:

• AnniesCostumes.com - The largest costume selection on the web.
  
  
• ExtremeHalloween.com - Halloween costumes for all ages and themes.
  
  
• ExtremeCostumes.com - Club wear, funky fashion, makeup & wigs.
  
  
• StageAndTheaterMakeup.com - High quality professional makeup supplies.
  
  
• ExtremeWesternWear.com - Western clothing and accessories.
  
  
• ExtremeWigs.com - Human hair and synthetic hair wigs in a variety of styles.
  
  
• SpoiledRottenDoggies.com - Online doggie boutique featuring costumes, clothing & supplies.
  
  
• SantaSuits.com - Christmas costumes for children & adults.
  
  
• EasterBunnyCostumes.com - A great selection Easter Bunny and biblical costumes.
  
  
• MariGrasCostumes.com - Hundreds of feather Mardi Gras masks, costumes & party supplies.
  
  
• LuauCostumes.com - Wide variety of Hawaiian Luau costumes, clothing & party decorations
  

Affiliates can promote one or all of the 13 sites. Other benefits of this multi-tier affiliate marketing opportunity include no reversals, worldwide shipment, no search term restrictions, custom terms for top performers, special offers and coupons available, and cash prize incentives."

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A Free, Language Translation Affiliate Program Is Offering 10-25% Commission On Sales

When you need a quick language translation, you can always turn to Google Translate. Google Translate is great service that you can use for free, but it's automated, so there are going to be times when the translation algorithm chooses a word or phrase that's not quite right.

If your customers or clients require professional language translation services, the folks @ LocalTranslation.com offer translations by real people, and each translation project gets proofread by a real person as well. Publishers and webmasters can earn some nice cash by referring business to LocalTranslation.com. Details can be found below in the clip from today's press release:

"LocalTranslation.com, a leading professional translation website, today announced the launch of its new online affiliate program. The 'Local Affiliates' program enables webmasters to offer their visitors a professional translation service from their own websites without actually needing to manage the order.

Furthermore affiliate commission can go up to 25%, which is by far the highest rate out there.

'With our program affiliates can place the interactive ordering form on their websites, enabling a higher conversion' said James Erven, founder of LocalTranslation.com, 'Furthermore affiliate commission can go up to 25%, which is by far the highest rate out there.'

The LocalTranslation.com affiliate program features an ordering upload form that webmasters can easily place on their own websites with a single line of code. This feature is regularly updated and also tracks affiliate referrals. As with other usual programs of this type, affiliates can log in and track their commission online.

The commission structure is outstanding: it not only starts on an impressive 10%, but can go up to 25% based on the volume of referrals an affiliate website provides. 'Just one referred order could make anywhere from $3.95 to $500 depending on the size of the individual order and the volume of revenue the affiliate generates in that month.'

Webmasters who receive visitor enquiries about translation services need to seriously consider giving this new affiliate program a try:

http://www.localtranslation.com/affiliates/"

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Splogs Get 888.com Into Some Hot Water

If you run a blog, then you know how annoying comment spam can be: desperate web folk who think that they are smarter than the rest of us posting ridiculously spammy comments with a link to their website or to a potentially lucrative affiliate program operator. Thankfully, all the popular blog management systems now feature tools that you can use to eliminate or otherwise control comment spam, and Blogger now adds the "NO FOLLOW" attribute to links added via comments to a Blogger blog, so that search engines ignore the link.

What's worse than comment spam? Splogs ("spam blogs.") Splogs are blogs that are setup for the sole purpose of feeding affiliate links to affiliate operator sites. Blog entries @ splogs often make no sense at all, as many splog operators will fill each post with random sets of keywords and keyphrases in an effort to maximize the splog's search engine rankings.

The folks who run Blogger are shutting down splogs with extreme prejudice, and, unfortunately, some folks who had been running legitimate Blogger blogs have had their blog shut down because of some overzealousness in the mad scramble to get splogs under control (you can avoid having your Blogger blog deleted by hosting your blog on your own domain name.)


Splogs and Content Theft Cause Serious Problems for 888 Casino (888.com)

CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com today announced that the company has revoked the certification of 888 Casino due to allegations of content theft and splogging being perpetrated by top 888.com affiliates and consultants (888 Casino operates one of the hottest poker / casino affiliate programs around.) Further details can be found below in the snippet from today's press release:

"CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com ('CAP') a leading online gaming industry resource, announced today that they are revoking the certification of 888 Casino. The decision is in response to 888 Casino’s failure to reach an amicable resolution involving alleged content theft and blog spamming being performed by their top affiliates and consultants.

A CAP spokesperson explains, 'These activities are negatively impacting thousands of affiliates and online marketers worldwide. There are a number of programming teams operating with the approval of 888 Casino which are flooding search engines like Google and Yahoo with thousands of spurious search results. This angers searchers and makes finding legitimate destinations on the Internet difficult. This has lead to robbed bandwidth and corrupted web logs with millions of commercial messages linked to 888 Casino. This abuse of the system tarnishes the image of the industry as a whole and can not be allowed to continue.'

To resolve this issue CAP has been in negotiations with 888 Casino for the last six weeks, but so far 888 Casino has declined to comply and have stated they are not interested in a resolution at this time.

CAP had been seeking the following action items from 888 Casino on behalf of their affiliate members:

1. Issue a public statement indicating that 888 Casino does not condone nor will they reward content theft or illegal marketing practices by their affiliates or marketing consultants. If affiliates or marketers are discovered to be engaged in these practices their accounts will be closed, they will be banned from the 888 affiliate program and their proceeds or commissions due forfeited.

2. Addition to the Affiliate Program Terms and Conditions a provision stating the above policy.

3. A good faith effort by 888 Casino to adhere to these policies now and in the future.

'ALL CAP Certified Programs must work vigorously to protect the rights of all of their affiliates, even if that means policing affiliates who maliciously hurt others for profit,' said Lou Fabiano, managing partner at CAP. 'By condoning these actions we have no choice but to revoke 888 Casino’s certification, effective immediately.'

According to their website 888.com, 888 Casino’s flagship property, is one of the leading Casino and Poker Rooms on the Internet. Since its official launch in 1997, over 20 Million people have experienced 888com's exciting gaming action, making them the leading Online Casino.

CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com is a trusted resource in online gaming industry with a rigorous certification process for casino programs. 888 Casino became a CAP certified partner in 2005.

About CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com
CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com 'CAP' is the oldest and largest Internet gaming affiliate resource online. Casino Affiliate Programs features an active community forum, chat rooms, affiliate marketing tools, industry news/articles, scam alerts and a rigorous and distinguished certification process for casino affiliate programs. CAP Certified Partners are held in the highest regard and expected to protect the integrity of their affiliates and the industry as a whole."

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