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		<title>Link Building &#8211; Off Page SEO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Emily Thompson is the Affiliate Manager  for Kutenda Online Marketing Software (link to http://kutenda.com). Kutenda , located in Broomfield, CO, offers  an all-in-one Internet marketing software platform for small businesses.
Ensuring your website gets found by  major search engines can be challenging. It takes time and effort on  many fronts and can sometimes prove frustrating. However, there is hope!  Despite the obstacles, the results can be monumental for your business.   The better your search engine rankings, the more business you get.
Optimizing your website to be ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.afftimes.com/link-building-off-page-seo</link>
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		<title>8 Greatest Ways To Converting Your Traffic Into Your Greatest Profit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you have a website which pulls in large number of visitors everyday? You can actually benefit yourself with the traffic and earn a great, residual income if you give a little more effort. Here are some of the greatest ways you can convert those traffic into mountainous cash:
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		<link>http://www.afftimes.com/8-greatest-ways-to-converting-your-traffic-into-your-greatest-profit</link>
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		<title>SEO- 9 Ridiculously Easy Steps to the Top 10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization companies are making a fortune by doing the menial work that is overlooked by many designers. It is ridiculously easy to do most of the work done by most SEO companies, all you have to do is create good habits.
There are 9 main points you should focus on:

• Keywords
• URL Text
• Description, Meta tags
• Title tags
• Image Names
• ALT tags
• Heading tags
• Content
• Hyperlinks
The focus of these 8 steps is to load your pages with as many &#8220;keywords&#8221; as possible.
Keywords
Keywords are the most important aspect of good ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.afftimes.com/seo-9-ridiculously-easy-steps-to-the-top-10</link>
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		<title>Avoid The 3 Most Common Affiliate Mistakes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Affiliate marketing is one of the most effective and powerful ways of earning some money online. This concept gives everybody a chance to make a profit through the Internet. Since these affiliate marketing programs are easy to join and implement, and pay commission on a regular basis, more and more people are now becoming part of this business.
However, like all businesses, there are a few pitfalls in the affiliate marketing business too. Making some of the most common mistakes will cost the marketers a lot in time, money, and effort. ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.afftimes.com/avoid-the-3-most-common-affiliate-mistakes</link>
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		<title>Bing Users Click More Ads Than Google Users</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Interesting read from TechCrunch about the commercial viability of Bing users versus Google users.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/24/are-bing-users-are-twice-as-likely-to-click-on-an-ad-than-google-users/
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		<link>http://www.afftimes.com/bing-users-click-more-ads</link>
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		<title>How To Succeed At Affiliate Marketing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Affiliate marketing is the practice of marketing other people or companies products or services on the internet. You then get paid a commission for your efforts. It is one of the most popular ways of making money online today.
For those new to the idea of internet marketing, there are a few things to get to know first. These are the keys to affiliate marketing success.
1) Someone interested in affiliate marketing must be willing to invest time and effort into building their new business. The desired outcome will not happen overnight. ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.afftimes.com/how-to-succeed-at-affiliate-marketing</link>
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		<title>Cost Per Action (cpa) Profits &#8211; The Powerful Little Secret</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most people come across the information on the web through inputting their keywords on their favorite search engine. CPA (Cost Per Action) offers are no exception. Individuals will be directed to Cost Per Action web page from those keyword phrases.
Properly conducted keyword research, may be the difference between Cost Per Action victory or total failure. With cost per action marketing, sizeable keywords lists is your best option.
Researching Basic Keywords
Base keyword phrases are dependent upon the Cost Per Action offer you decide on. Seek keyword phrases that are extremely pertinent to ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.afftimes.com/cost-per-action-cpa-profits-the-powerful-little-secret</link>
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		<title>Amazon, Ebay End Social Media Affiliate Commissions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amazon and eBay will no longer be paying commissions to affiliates who refer from sites like Twitter and Facebook.  Both sites and their affiliate programs have recently made modifications to their terms of service reflecting these changes.
The eBay Partner Network (EPN) issued the following statement on their blog on July 17th:
Publishers may only place links and/or promotional content on sites they own.  Affiliate links on third party sites such as Craigslist, MySpace, etc. are not allowed.
Also, eBay will no longer compensate if the referrer is blank:
You will not redirect any ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.afftimes.com/amazon-ebay-end-social-media-affiliate-commissions</link>
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		<title>Amazon, Sales Tax Woes Continue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The saga continues as Amazon continues to deal with states wanting to charge the mega-retailer sales tax on its purchases.  The states are continuing to claim that because Amazon has affiliate marketers in their states that they in fact have a physical presence in that state.
More from the AP here.
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		<link>http://www.afftimes.com/amazon-sales-tax-woes-continue</link>
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		<title>Google News Now Filled With Affiliate Links</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have to give credit to affiliate marketers.  They are clever if nothing else.  If there is a loophole or a way to get information out to the masses they will find it.
I use Google news on a daily basis to track stories on a wide array of topics, one of which is the affiliate marketing industry.  Recently I have noticed that some affiliate marketers have been issuing press releases through PR services to promote their links.  While this walks the line of spam and abuse I have to admit ...]]></description>
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