Internet Traffic The first part of the equation, internet traffic, is possibly the most fought over and hardest part of affiliate marketing. It is best summarized as the quest to get those elusive surfers to your site. Traffic is the foundation of e-commerce and no website is successful without it. There are two fundamental ways…
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Small business hurt by bad spam filtering
We have said this before, and we will keep saying it until someone finally listens. Businesses and people, please stop using failed low budget spam filtering! You are blocking real email! I personally don’t use any major filtering and only get a couple spam messages a day with my own blacklist I have made over…
DWHS starts the new website changes
You may have noticed some changes around here recently. Today we have finished changing the main design of our site. We tend to do this every 4 years or so. Mainly we just wanted something wider, more functional, and easy to read, but it helps that it looks sharp as well. The new site is…
A Busy Summer for Internet Scams
While many of us have been taking advantage of three-day weekends and relaxing, online scammers have been hard at work this summer. They’ve come up with a grab bag of hacks, hoaxes, and other creative ways to separate law-abiding citizens from their money. Here are just a few: The overpayment scam. The victim lists an…
100 Internet Based Business Ideas (2011)
I have said these hundreds of times… “It’s NOT the idea as much as how you APPLY it. The best ideas in the world are wasted because whoever had them simply didn’t know how to apply them well. Typically, there are thinkers and doers, it is very rare to be able to do both. So…
Free Word Invoice Template
Here is a free Microsoft Word invoice template you can use for your business, freelance work, or client billing. We use this template ourselves from time to time because it is simple, easy to customize, and includes the essential details needed to make the billing process more organized. You can quickly update the business name,…
Donating Old Computers
As technology changes and trust us we know how fast it does. What to do with old hardware or to keep using it is a common question for web hosting companies. At one point we did calculate the risk vs reward of running older hardware, this was about 9 years ago (2005). It was one…
Favorite search engine poll closed
In 2009, we conducted a community poll to learn which search engines our visitors preferred most. The results reflected the rapidly shifting landscape of online search, with one clear industry leader and several legacy platforms still maintaining smaller, loyal user bases. Poll Question: What is your favorite Search Engine in 2009? Total Participation: 872 Votes…