Use Squeeze Links. Make use of the expert tips to ban Google from seeing affiliate inks.

You may need to add .js to the AddHandler in .htaccess so php can run in the javascript links file.

In robots.txt add exclusions for auction.php and the phpbay created images subdirectory. Then, in addition to global restrictions on access copy them and add specific exclusions for googlebot.

In .htaccess restrict access to auction.php.

Modify ebay.php so that images are no longer shown from ebay. Instead, save the images to your website and then show the images from the site. The php command file_put_contents will do this. In ebay.php grab the url of the ebay graphic as a variable, write the variable to your own directory using that php command, and then change the image url in ebay.php so it is your subdirectory graphic being shown instead of the one stored on ebay.

To keep from having a million graphics from ebay on your website, every night run a cron that deletes all the .jpg files in your graphics directory. The php unlink command can do this.

Also, not really related, but when randomizing the number of ebay listings shown I noticed that it does not work if paging is turned off. So turn pagination on in config.php, set a random number of listings to be shown, and then in the phpbay forms subdirectory modify the form.pagination.php file form and print code so no pagination is actually shown. You are left with just a random number of listings. If the random number of listings to be shown is 10 or more, then 10 will be shown. If the random number of listings to be shown is less than 10, then that fewer number will be shown.

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These are highly advanced modifications and, as noted, mainly for my personal reference. However, someone knowledgeable with php will not have a problem understanding this.

I predict by the end of 2013 this will drastically change.

Why?

Because Amazon is starting to act more like a search engine than just a product seller. When you do a search in Amazon you get the products listed on Amazon – AND – intermingled within the list are products available on other sites. Amazon looks like a search engine.

The flip side is that Google is starting to have products on its site and clearly wants people to stay on Google properties.

Why would anyone use Google when they can go straight to Amazon?

As Amazon continues to grow and expand into search expect to see Google begin de-emphasizing Amazon results in its search listings. For small business owners that will be a good result.

Yesterday while watching Direct TV Fontana, I saw an ad for sunglasses. The commercial was going on and on about how amazing and durable these glasses were. Being in the market for sunglasses myself, I decided to go out and buy a pair. I had to see what all the buzz was about. When I got to the store the staff helped me pick out the style that looked best on my. Picking out sunglasses is like picking out shoes. There are so many different styles and colors. I finally made my decision on bought the pair that fit me the best. When I got outside and put these sunglasses on, it was as if I was seeing the world for the first time. The polarizing lens on these particular glasses performed exactly as described in the commercial. They made the plants and tree brighter and more vivid while at the same time block the sun. I will never go back to a 10 dollar pair of Wal-Mart glasses as long as I live.

Broad match shows for ad for searches on your keywords plus “close related” phrases, acronyms, plurals, misspellings, etc.

Phrase match means part of your search term must appear in the search query.

Exact match means just that.

Anyone who has ever used Adwords knows the broad match selector is just out and out fraud by Google. Your ad will show for ridiculously unrelated search phrases you never imagined your ad would show for. The end result is your ad budget is quickly drained.

Thus, broad match is rarely used.

So what is Google doing today? Announcing that exact match and phrase match keywords will now also show for closely related searches, acronyms, misspellings, etc.

Exact match and phrase match will now be broad match. This is so Google can steal your money like it did with broad match.

Even better, all of your exact and phrase match campaigns will be automatically converted to the new broad match. You can opt-out and go back to exact and phrase match meaning just that. But you have to do it manually, one by one, for every campaign. For some advertisers it will take an absurd amount of wasted time to make the changes.

The place to make the changes is at the bottom of the settings screen. Google has intentionally concealed your settings, so you have to click on ‘Keyword Matching Options’ just to see what Google has set for you.

The key feature is that instead of hosting all of your domains on one IP address, as is the norm for web hosting, your hosting account offers numerous different IP addresses.

What this allows you to do is have website X on one IP address and to link it to website Y on another IP address. The idea is that by appearing to be owned by different people there will be a boost in the value of that link.

If, on the other hand, Google were to view the link from X to Y as being from the same person because the websites are located at the same address, the thought is that Google would devalue the link.

That argument is not important here. Rather, for those looking for SEO hosting to find a good service to use. Many SEO hosting companies have very similar names and urls, so you need to pay close attention to who you are dealing with:

Recommended:

seohosting.com – This is a HostGator service I have used for many years. The only problem is that the cost per each IP address in your account is expensive. Starting at about $7 per address. It is the most expensive service I have seen. But it is dependable and HostGator is highly recommended.

skynethosting.net – Another service we are trying. SkyNetHosting has received good reviews elsewhere, offers comprehensive hosting packages, and it is only $2 per IP address. However, you need the $99 per month plan to get whm features that let you quickly add websites to each IP address. Otherwise, you need to submit a ticked to get this done. I’m not sure why this is not standard for all of their hosting plans.

seohost.com – I have not tried this but it has had good reviews and is only $2 per IP. The reason I chose SkyNetHosting over SeoHost is because SeoHost does not list its hosting features on its website. Very odd. Reading their website carefully it looks like the hosting may not be full featured, such as having a cpanel, to save money.

Not Recommended:

These sites are about universally condemned on the web as places to avoid:

seo-host.com – Terrible record keeping websites online.

cclassiphosting.com – Absolutely hilarious postings of sales and support refusing to provide any information about the company, where it is hosted, what is offered, etc.

After testing this feature on different web hosting accounts let me suggest you do not waste you time.

Half the time the autoresponder message is not sent. When it is sent it may very likely be missing chunks of text.

This is completely unacceptable, and I suggest learning from my wasting my time and to avoid using the cpanel autoresponder.

Instead, I recommend using the vacation response autoresponder in Yahoo mail. It is much more dependable. Instructions for setting this up are here.

What you do is add certain JavaScript to your site. The original code is at http://sizzlejs.com, but there is a faster way to implement it and to see where it goes in your web pages.

Here is a link to an article at EzineArticles: http://ezinearticles.com/?Antique-Avon-Barbie-Doll-Collection&id=1333199

If you copy some text, copy and paste, you will see a reference to EzineArticles has been added.

Looking at the source code for the web page you will see a JavaScript reference to this file:

/min/file/c7e14123ed8568e6a0b4b4c88806433f1316613090.js

You can click on the link in the source code to see the JavaScript text. Do a search for ‘Ezine’ to see where the EzineArticles text has been added to the script.

Add to your website and of course change as appropriate.

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They will sent multiple emails per day. The content is questionable.

Most importantly – there is no opt-out.

Thank goodness I have a practice of using one-time throw-away email addresses and not my primary one to sign up for lists like this.

Trust me – run away from this company as fast as you can.

And remember, when you sign up for a list never use your primary email. Use an email you can immediately discard if need be, but from which you can forward messages to the primary email.

You can change the page, such as sending them to an offer page, by changing the redirect url at:

amember | plugins | protect | php_include | logout.php

Here is how you can use aMember with just 1 install, on multiple domains, and staying within the terms of the product license.

Presumably, you already have aMember installed on a domain if you are reading this.

For your second website, in your cpanel create your second website as an add-on domain for the same web hosting account as your first domain. (If you only have one web hosting account this is your default situation). This tip only works within the same web hosting account.

Within aMember create a new product. For the new product the script asks for a url. Give it the full url of your second website and subdirectory you want to protect.

Example: domain2.com/membership/

Now, within aMember you need to protect the folder.

Typically, the option used will be new_rewrite, which presents users with a nice login form to login to your membership area. That will not work.

Instead, choose the htpasswd protection option. This will give users a popup box to enter their username and password. Not nearly as nice looking as the new_rewrite created screen. But you’re also saving $180 and only needing to update and use one script install, instead of juggling multiple script installs.

The protected url to enter on the Protect Folder screen will be

/home/YOURWEBHOSTINGACCOUNTNAME/public_html/YOUR2NDADDONDOMAIN.COM/MEMBERSHIPFOLDER/

Example: /home/bob/public_html/domain2.com/membership/

That’s it. Very easy.

Since the aMember script stays installed on only 1 domain you are not violating the software license agreement:

“aMember license grants you the right to run one instance (a single installation) of the Software on one web server and one web site for each license purchased. Each license may power one instance of the Software on one domain. For each installed instance of the Software, a separate license is required.”

Depending on your setup, you may want to modify some of the default emails sent by the script so they are generic and do not refer to a specific site. This can be done in the admin area under Global then Email.

There may also be some membership related files you will want to put in a frame so it is not apparent the user is on a different domain.

Since the login page has a link to the main domain registration page, which may be odd for the second domain, you can delete the link under templates for the login page.

Note: due to the multiple domains there may be issues with staying logged in or accessing membership admin pages if the user’s web browser does not accept third party cookies