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  • Site Audit: FrenchTogether.com

    Today we’re looking at FrenchTogether.com, an educational website that teaches people to speak French.

    Amazingly, this website reportedly teaches more than 350K students each month. What a resounding success!

    And yet, there are almost ALWAYS opportunities for improvement… Issues that confuse, delay, or frustrate potential customers. Let’s dive in!

    July 15, 2022

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  • Backlinko Just Published a New Study on First Page Rankings

    Brian Dean needs no introduction. He’s the hugely popular and widely respected author of Backlinko.com, as well as the co-founder of my new favorite tool, ExplodingTopics.com. And Brian has just published a new study on first page rankings. 

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    April 28, 2020

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  • Amazon Dramatically Drops Affiliate Commissions: A Blogger’s Response

    I woke up on April 14th 2020 to a rare email in my inbox from Amazon Associates. Amazon announced a change in affiliate commission percentages across six or seven categories. Two of those categories are the heart of our family business. 

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    April 27, 2020

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  • How to Properly Use Redirects with WP Engine Hosting

    If you use WP Engine hosting, the normal 301 redirect inside the .htaccess file may yield unpredictable results. I have actually lost quite a few redirects that were somehow erased without my knowledge. 

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    January 2, 2013

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  • Your SEO Is Either Building Or Destroying Your Online Reputation

    I saw a post yesterday on Search Engine Land by Andrew Shotland that got me thinking. It should go without saying, but do you REALLY know that your SEO is affecting your reputation? Every email sent requesting links, every blog comment, and every fake review can come back to bite you in the ass.

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    December 28, 2010

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  • Four Levels of Reputation Monitoring Expertise

    Everyone comes to the Reputation Monitoring party at one stage or another. Maybe you’re a rookie, bumbling around and covering up your mistakes because you don’t know any better. 

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    December 16, 2010

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  • Hello from PubCon South!

    I often get the question “why do you wear a tee shirt with your Twitter username on the back?” Answer: Well, it changes. Today,  I’m at PubCon South and I’m not a fan of drumming up small talk with strangers. 

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    April 14, 2010

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