4 articles were submitted to ezinearticles.com, squidoo.com, hubpages.com and buzzle.com all targeting the same keyword. These were similar articles but not exact copies so they shouldn't trigger a duplicate content penalty.

After 1 month the results of the rankings are up. It seems that ezinearticles.com with its internal

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Google Adwords tool used to display a green bar for the estimated number of monthly searches. But when I was checking some keywords today, I noticed that Google is showing real number of searches.

This can spell some trouble for other keyword tools which don't come even close to Google database of searches...

Check the a

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Rafael Nadal has beaten Roger Federer in Wimbledon for the first time and of course won Wimbledon for the first time. There have been signs that this might have happened and the predictions came true.

This article explores 5 most probable reasons why Nadal eventually managed to win in Federer's favourite tournament and on

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If you submit an article to top article directories and social networking sites, then which site will give you the most link juice and traffic?

The first part of the link experiment tries to answer this question theoretically by checking the backlinks, pagerank and pages of 4 major sites which can send you lots of traffic a

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Ken Evoy, the CEO is Sitesell.com has recently published a page which discusses pros and cons of blogging and whether this is the best way to build a successful online business.

This article offers my thoughts on the Blog vs Website idea based on my experience with blogs and Site Build It sites. There are some traffic number

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If you want to keep your Google Adsense earnings high, try these two tips I've used recently.

One will help you deal with Adsense smart pricing - meaning that Google adjusts the payout of ads showing on your site, and the other one will show you how to find low paying advertisers and remove them through Competitive Ad filte

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Google has recently shared some of their improvements in their algorithm. This article shows examples of how you can use their existing algorithm to rank high using pagerank, keywords in title and anchor text of the incoming links.

But Google algorithm will become more and more sophisticated and it will include factors that

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This is part I of the (long) interview with Ken Evoy, the CEO of Sitesell.com. I met Ken on the SBI cruise two months ago and decided to pick his brain on how to succeed online.

Ken was generous to take the time and answer my questions.

Part I is about the 80:20 (Pareto principle) to building a successful website - what

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If you are researching keywords for a product oriented website on Wordtracker, you can quickly run out of useful keywords with some demand. That's because there sometimes isn't enough demand for specific models that you want to review on your website.

This article shows you how you can find useful keywords with Google Adwo

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The do-follow movement is getting quite popular lately but I have decided to keep the no-follow links on my comments.

I share my thoughts on the do-follow movement, why I think this is wrong, why Google thinks this is wrong and what I am going to do about it.

Some blogs have already been penalized because of do-follow comment links and

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If you are blogging to make money, you probably need some money making ideas to get you started.

There are some typical ways of how to find profitable niche like researching on ebay or Amazon. Your goal is to find a niche with good demand and not too much competition.

This takes time and it's not the best way to find a money making ide

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When I get a link exchange request you are about to read, I typically delete it in 2 seconds. But I've been getting emails like this quite often lately and I'm pissed off.

I mean, if people are getting a positive response to offers like this, then some webmasters must really be stupid.

So I replied for the first time to an offer like

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Ever wondered which is the best affiliate program according to the experts of affiliate marketing like Allan Gardyne?

One of the reasons why this affiliate program has been given the "best" title are lifetime commissions.

This article lists 10 reasons why Ken Evoy's Sitesell affiliate program is the best and why right now is the best

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Darren Rowse recently conducted a poll about how much bloggers earn with blogging. The results are very discouraging for those who are blogging for money.

81% of bloggers earn less than $1,500 per month.

This post will hopefully make you think whether all your efforts are really worth less than $1,500 per month and whether you should re

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Having your own blog and blogging about your favorite topic may not create massive traffic but you will get incoming links much easier than if you had a static HTML site.

You'll find 5 reasons for that in this article and they can help you get even more backlinks to your blog.

But whether blogging is really profitable, that's another

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