Following up on my earlier post (actually, currently the most popular post on DaftSEO) … Google’s New Favicon Sucks.

So, Google recently updated their blog with a word to the masses about the new Google favicon, and the process behind (and reasons for) the development of the horriffic atrocity. (Sorry Big G)

If you’re really interested in their yadda yadda yadda, go ahead and check out “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish” on the Google Blog.

I just have one thing to say, Google.

Cheers!

I’m currently running experiments with different link sets and widget types for displaying products from Amazon’s catalog.

Currently the widget that converts to the most sales is using classic links placed within a well worded review with a nice picture of the product. Link them twice to the sales page in the text, and make the product image link to the sales page as well.

I’ve gotten a couple of conversions from the “My Favorites” A.K.A. the “I Recommend” widget, but I wish it was more customizable.

What’s your favorite Amazon widget? What works best for you?

Another great strip by Ranked Hard, this comic depicts The Real Reason Your Site Dropped in Google.

Good thing I use AdWords!

It makes me want to vomit.

Why, Google, why? Why did you take something so perfect and elegant and ruin it?

You make me sick.

FOLLOW UP TO THIS POST: Google Fesses For Freaky Favicon

So, you’ve probably been noticing a couple new things around here, namely the new tab in the upper navigation bar that says “Internet Marketing & SEO Tools” … this is a new section I’ve made to keep track of various internet marketing tools and seo tools that I have created for public use. (Oh, and, of course, make it easier for you to find and utilize.)

Right now, there are two available tools, FeedStub and GREMLin. I’ve already spoke with you about FeedStub and RSS feed directories … so lets get on to the hot ticket item.

GREMLin is a new link building tool that I am developing. It works exactly like the Google search engine (because it uses it, duh) … except that instead of returning the usual results pages that you are familiar with, GREMLin returns a list of clickable links for you without all the other text you weren’t going to read anyways.

Using search queries like the following return the best results:

[KEYWORD / KEYWORD PHRASE] “leave a reply”

[KEYWORD / KEYWORD PHRASE] “remember my personal information”

[KEYWORD / KEYWORD PHRASE] “notify me of follow-up comments”

Each of these will return links to commentable WordPress blogs related to your desired keyword. For now, you have to check if they are nofollow’ed or not yourself, but hopefully not for long.

This should help some of you out on cutting down time spent finding “do follow” blogs to drop backlinks on.

Anyways, enjoy the new toys, and please please PLEASE PLEASE …

Comments about GREMLin are welcome! What features do you want to see? Do you have some more useful search queries I can post up here for people to use?

I logged into my Google AdSense account to check my earnings yesterday, and lo and behold, the mark of the beast was staring back into my face.

Have you ever gotten $6.66 (or $666.00) for your daily income? Or maybe on your check?

But mostly, should I be scared?

I’m curious to know what the average online earnings of my readers is.

Do you make spare change, enough to buy a pizza or some cold ones once in a while?

Is the world wide web helping paying your rent, or helping finance your car?

Or, are you a web superstar, and your revenue checks just payed off the Lamborghini you picked up last week?

What is your average income from ad revenue (ppc, affiliate, link sales) or even revenue from other sources (design, data entry, content creation) per month, and what category would you classify yourself in? (Also curious what forms of revenue generation you are using, so I can provide better content for you guys.)

Your website is your business (as far as we’re concerned, it might be a personal online home for others that do not use the internet to fatten their wallet, but i digress) … so why not model your website’s structure like companies structure their brick & mortar headquarter buildings?

When you walk into a corporate office, do you immediately become disoriented, and lose a sense of why you came there, and forget where you wanted to go? No! Anyone who walks into that office, regardless of actually knowing exactly what or who they want to see, can easily choose a destination and reach it. Everything is easily accessible. There’s usually a directory that lists every office in the building (on a website: navigation, site map, about), and what it does. And, if you’re still lost, there’s usually a secretary (on a website: support, contact, faq) that can help you out.

You can tell which companies have been built for success (and achieved it) by the architecture and design of their building, lobby, and offices. Their buildings rise several stories, the lobbies are spectacular and immaculately designed, the offices overlook the city and have painted walls (not egg shell, ho-hum white) … These companies all have WEBSITES that MATCH the “luxurious professionalism” they have designed their building with, I guarantee it.

Structure and design your website for “luxurious professionalism” and get yourself there sooner!

P.S. This post is for tomorrow, I won’t be able to post because I’ll be to drunk to type! Happy Memorial Day!

P.P.S. Check out what’s coming over at passive progress … excited? Sign up for beta testing if you are.

It’s Blog Comic Friday again, and today I bring to you a short about the internet technology world’s tendency to outsource its menial tasks to Indian individuals and companies.

Source: Ranked Hard

If you’re a true internet marketer, you spend alot of time dealing with “buzz” … “buzz” is what we refer to the hot tickets on the web as.

This tool cuts down on time spent looking for the best keywords to start with, note that I say start with. You still want to use other tools like Wordze and Wordtracker to generate your more optimized keyword lists and keyword phrases!

CyberWyre’s Current Top Internet Searches tracker the current fifteen most searched phrases and keywords in real-time, enabling you to stay on top ahead of the buzz and your competitors!

Link: http://www.cwire.org/current-top-15-internet-searches/