Google has been lately penalizing many sites selling text link ads. That has resulted in some sites losing their page rank altogether.
As I’ve mentioned many times in previous posts, Google is against any kind of paid action that boosts a sites search ranking. And I support their actions. In fact I’m also strongly against […]
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Does Google Penalize Sites Using WP Text Ads?
How to Restart MySQL From Cron After it Suddenly Shuts Down
The MySQL server that WP Text Ads runs on (5.0.32-Debian_7etch1-log) has been shutting down by itself over the last few weeks. Up to today, I still don’t know why. The error log doesn’t say anything other than that MySQL shut down gracefully.
Downtime is really bad for WP Text Ads. So it is important that there’s […]
My First Guest Post at Earners Club
Ramil Alcibar at Earners Club was very kind to ask me to write a review for (shock! horror!) WP Text Ads.
That was a really tough proposition. What could I write that wouldn’t come across as biased? Is it even possible to be objective?
Following principles similar to those set in the ‘Support Paid Review Disclosure’ […]
Top 5 Misconceptions about WP Text Ads
In the 3 months since WP Text Ads was launched, there are 5 issues that crop up repeatedly. In this post, I will try to clarify them.
The free version displays very few text link ads
The paid version of WP Text Ads allows you to display an unlimited number of text link ads.
The free […]
The What, Why and How of WP Text Ads
In the past 4 days, many nice folks had written up about WP Text Ads. Many have also contacted me by email.
Some of the questions and the problems encountered with the plugin were similar. So this post will try to explain:
What is WP Text Ads?
Why should you use WP Text Ads?
How do you use WP […]
Being thankful for WP Text Ads
It’s been less than 4 months since WP Text Ads was launched. With the launch of WP Text Ads 1.1, advertisers and bloggers now have the Marketplace to find each other, and a set of new features.
WP Text Ads will always stay true to its goal of saving advertisers money while making bloggers […]
Google Attacks Text Link Ads
I came across a few articles about how John Chow has been struck off Google. Other bloggers have written in their thoughts too.
It’s pretty clear that Google is beginning to act on sites that buy and sell ads for the clear purpose of increasing their PageRank. They’ve warned before so we shouldn’t be too surprised.
Does […]
1 Simple Step to let your Search Engine Results Stand Out
We all love to rank at the top of search engine results, don’t we? But the fact is only 1 result will appear at the top, and the rest of us need to devise ways to capture the attention of the readers.
This simple tip involves using non-english characters in the <title> tag. Look at […]
WP Text Ads: The first 36 days
I just returned from a 3-day church retreat at Johor Bahru, Malaysia. It was a wonderful and exciting time to recharge and enjoy the fellowship of friends. The speakers gave very edifying sermons and put it across really wittily. I probably gained a few pounds because we had 3 buffet meals and 2 tea […]
3 Reasons why Ignoring is Bliss for Entrepreneurs
“Ignoring what?”, you ask.
I love to read forums, and one question that gets asked very often is “Should I do this? Because all my friends/family/accountant seem to think it’s a bad idea.”
Before you give their considerations much thought, it would be better if you asked yourself if it’s better to ignore them.
Don’t get me wrong. […]
