Free Internet Marketing Tips & Articles

Here are some free internet marketing tips and SEO articles for you. You have my permission to republish my articles in your web site, blog, newsletter or ebook, on the condition that you republish them in their entirety, including all links and my bio (below). Please do NOT link to the photo used in my bio on my server. Instead, save the photo to your server and link to that image.

New Online Marketing Articles

March 13, 2011: Here are new internet marketing articles from my now retired MichaelWong.com blog.

• SEO: Dash vs Underscore in URLs
  Are you wondering whether you should use a dash versus an underscore in URLs? This article will provide a definitive answer.
• Six Figure Income Tools
  I have been in the internet business since 1997 and have earned a six figure income for many years. In this article I share with you 20 software products and services I use to make a six figure income online annually.
• 7 Business Success Stories
  A 17 year old rejects $1.5 million for her MySpace site. Markus earns $10 million a year with an online dating site. A mysterious man sells 100,000 domains for $164 million. These are some of the seven stories of ordinary people achieving extraordinary success with their internet business.
• The 80-20 Rule Increased my Income by 207% in 18 Months
  Here is a true story of how I used the 80-20 Rule (also known as the 'Pareto Principle') to increase by internet business income by 207% in just over 18 months.
• 10 Business Decisions That Changed My Life
  Since 1998 I founded two internet companies, sold a website to a SoftBank funded start-up, wrote and self-published one of the first SEO ebooks, and delivered millions of dollars in affiliate sales. I made a lot of business decisions. Many were good, but some were not so good in hindsight. Here's a look back at ten business decisions that changed my life.
• 404 Not Found Error Emails
  The 404 not found error notice is something webmasters hate. But the fact is broken HTML and image links do occur. Here is how to get real-time email notices when they do occur.
• Thesis Theme Review
  According to the Thesis Theme website, over 35,000 people use Thesis Theme for WordPress. Is it worth buying? Find out with my Thesis Theme review.
• Breaking the Glass Ceiling
  Do you have a glass ceiling or imaginery force that prevents you from achieving major success? Do you want to break through that glass ceiling? Here is the true story of how I broke through my mine.
• Internet Piracy: Embrace Or Die
  Internet piracy is rife. Pirates are stealing, sampling and remixing 'copyrighted' content to such a degree that in my opinion it is pointless fighting it. So why do we fight it? Why not accept it, embrace it, and adapt our business models to compete against it instead?
• Two Promotions That Target Customers by Name
  According to Dale Carnegie in his best-selling book, "How to Win Friends & Influence People", a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language. Here are two marketing campaigns that used that principle to generate buzz.

My Free Web Marketing Articles

• Three Ways To Get Listed In Google
  In this article I show you three ways to get listed in Google, including one method that is virtually guaranteed to work.
• How Keyword Density, Frequency, Prominence And Proximity Affects Search Engine Rankings
  In this article I explain the difference between keyword density, frequency, prominence and proximity, and how they affect search engine rankings.
• 27 Quick Tips To Top Search Engine Rankings
  In this article I show you how to improve your search engine rankings using 27 quick search engine optimization tips.
• How To Find Link Exchange Partner Sites To Improve Your Link Popularity
  In this article I show you how to find link exchange partners to improve your link popularity rating, which in turn will improve your search engine rankings.
• Seven Illegal Search Engine Optimization Techniques
  In this article I discuss seven illegal, or almost illegal, search engine optimization and related techniques.
• How To Find Out What Keywords Your Customers Are Searching With
  In this article I show you how to capture your most targeted visitors with the search engines by discovering what keywords they search with.
• Revealed: Top Two Google Ranking Factors
  In this article I reveal what I believe are the two most important ranking factors used by Google.
• Affiliate Managers: Your Top Five Biggest Affiliate Program Mistakes
  In this article I will show affiliate managers the mistakes they should avoid if they want to build a successful affiliate program.
• Ten Controversial Search Engine Optimization Techniques
  In this article I discuss ten controversial search engine optimization techniques that should be used with caution, or even avoided altogether.