Category Archives: Webmasters

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How NOT to Delete Your Database: Get it Back

I hate to admit that this is exactly what happened to me. I thought one database was another; and then without even realizing my mistake for about an hour, the database was deleted, and my blog site was down.

Wow. Did that happen?

Yes, it did. I confirmed it.

I didn’t think I would leave a generic title on the database name, and I thought it would be better to have more space and delete the extra database from a website I no longer used. Was it the extra site I no longer used? Nope. Like I said, I confirmed my deletion.

My lights went off, and now I’m panicking, because I now have no idea how to get my blog site back up and running. Research. Google. Search. Look. So much to look at. Finally, I gave in—and being luckily to have a website friend—I asked him to help me out. He was happy to.

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Successful Web-Based Marketing Requires More Than Just Great Content

I have been dabbling in web and internet marketing for a while now and I have really come to appreciate the fact that this entire process actually has a pretty steep learning curve.

Running a web-based business as either a product or service owner or as an affiliate for someone else’s product or service takes hard work and patience. Actually, it takes lots of patience.

Additionally, looking back at 2012 in retrospect, I can now see that patience is the most valuable quality of all, especially with all of the search engine algorithm updates.

Regardless, when it come to internet or web-based marketing, ultimately successful efforts are ultimately divided into two categories.

Category Number One – Content Creation

Solid content is the heart of any and every successful marketing campaign. Without it, you have nothing to motivate your visitors to take action. So basically, you don’t make any money.

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TheBitBot.Com Niche Marketing Primer: Start Your Own Business!!!

Niche marketing can be tons of fun and a great way to make affiliate cach if you have a plan in place to drive traffic.

One of the best ways to do this is to set up an authority site based around a niche of interest.

Of course, this may sound difficult, but its really not. All you have to do is have a plan in place that will break up the process into a series of simple steps. Minimal investment will be required, but its well worth it.

Step 1 – Get A Domain And Hosting

For a domain name and hosting, I recommend BlueHost.Com.

Bluehost’s dedication to excellence has placed us in the top position of shared hosting companies. Bluehost utilizes the latest in server and server room technology to insure our customer’s uptime and website speed isn’t compromised. Bluehost is reliable and trustworthy, knowledgable and helpful as well as innovative and stable.

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What To Do If Your SEO Traffic Plunges

If you are a webmaster, there will inevitably be days where you wake up, check your analytics and immediately notice that something is just not right.

The traffic that you have been enjoying just isn’t there…you should be at “X” number of visits by this point, but traffic is way, way low with respect to where it usually is.

Ahhh, you just experienced the dreaded “SEO Taper”, the point where Google, who had been sending you tons of long-tail traffic, suddenly decided that you content wasn’t so hot after all…and put you in your place…the SERP dungeon.

Don’t Sweat It

It happens to us all, really, we all get hit like this. I know that TheBitBot.Com does occasionally. With over 1000 authors for this blog, many of them accomplished writers, you would expect some consistency, some normalcy, but the truth of the matter is, we all “take it on the chin” occasionally.

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How Many Websites Should An Internet Marketer Have?

If you’re asking that question, then the short answer is "one". You should build and learn how to monetize only one site if you have to ask that question.

If you’re new to the whole IM thing, then it is always a good idea to proceed with more than the usual caution. Why? Simple. Internet marketers are great at upselling, and they can convince you to buy anything in just about any quantity.

The reason I am writing this is because I all too often read stories and threads like [ the one about this guy ]. Take a minute and read through the thread. Its a real eye opener.

Now that the true risks of IM are on the table, the following is a step by step plan I recommend if you’re interested in getting into internet marketing.