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I think that is my favorite Kassem G video so far.

holy sh*t @ kassem..that was a good one!

It’s good to take it easy once i a while, I know that for a fact.

But to those who use UAW, do you know if it is possible to spin the resource box like so.

Visit my site for more info {keyword1|keyword2}

Darn, there was suppose to be a HTML code there

@Heimir
i think you have to use the ~ instead of | but you can just paste your {spin|spun} into notepad and click edit and use the find and replace button. find | and replace with ~ and if you have an entire article, just select replace all and it will turn all | into ~

Okay and that also works for the resource box?

@Heimir
This is the UAW syntax:

{word1|word2}

Not

{word1~word2}

And yes, it works in the resource box as well. The resource box does not allow any style html, such as:

target=”_new”

Just plain Jane, open the link in the same window type of thing. The UAW site has a resource builder with a find and replace on site – so in about 5 minutes, if you have 3-4 seed resource boxes, you can generate thousands of alternative boxes, and I’ve done that for my own submissions. It’s extremely user-friendly.

Hope that helps.

To Kasey’s credit, though, using the “find/replace” feature in notepad or notepad2 – which is freaking AWESOME and available free at the UAW site or other places – would work if you messed it up.

But on site editing is super simple on the UAW site in the One-Step Wizard. If you use the Easy Wizard I don’t think you have these advanced options, it’s more of a tutorial on the basics.

@Josh
I am officially agreeing with Josh. THAT was pure comedy!

@Heimir
yeah what JtheJ said, i think myarticlenetwork is syntax {word1~word2} i get them confused when submitting sometimes.

What is a good CTR to expect? I know specifics are against google’s TOS but generally what % is realistic, 5% 10% 20% 50%? I have heard of high numbers but have been unable to see that, perhaps I need a different template or niche.

About adsense format are you using 336 X 280 box? I have heard using grey for title and text can increase CTR? Any thoughts on this setup?
Border, Background : #FFFFFF
Title : #0000FF
Text, URL : #BFBFBF

@John Galt
A good CTR is anything from 1-100%, sometimes even greater than 100%. TO tell the truth, my CTR fluctuates exactly between 0-200%. Don’t ask me about the 200% days, it’s a freak mis-calculation on G’s part.

Not sure about your other question, I’m sticking with what works for sure, the Micro Niche AdSense Master’s course, top right of this blog – when you read that people make $300-$1200 per YEAR on AdSense, and then compare those numbers to what the Master’s course makes, you’ll see what I’m talking about and laugh all the way to the bank.

I think you could get 200% if 1 person came to your site then opened two ads, each in separate windows or tabs.

Mike, or anyone else, I’m doing keyword research right now and I found one I have a good feeling about but the .com is taken (and parked). Would it be easier to rank with a .net/.org or a .com with a filler word, dash, or something else?

All of the sites I have ever made before were all exact keyword.coms. Normally when the .com is taken I just move on, but this term gets a completely ridiculous amount of traffic and has hardly any competition.

Nevermind, Mike answers that in the Readme, albeit its in the comments-.nets and .orgs are better than dashes etc.

Anyone ever notice any difference between .nets and .orgs?

@Josh
.net rank just a tad bit faster than .org, just from personal experience

@Josh
I know Mike has said it doesn’t matter, and John X-Factor, creator of the WSO AdSense Master’s course suggests that he likes to stick with coms and nets, I believe…or is it coms and orgs?…

@ MikeMan –

Would you recommend the Google Sniper product for a newbie? I’m thinking about a contact through facebook, a person who asked about IM’ing stuff – I sent her here to buy the course from your aff link (the AdSense course), and for her to read your “readme” file – not sure if she’s one of your recent sales or not on the XFactor course, but I’m wondering if you’d suggest the G-Sniper as well?

I’ve never seen that course at all, nor have I seen all of the AdSense course (just the ebook) – wondering what George adds to the mix. Thanks, Mike.

@Mikeman
THANKS! Helps a ton, Mucho appreciato. And for the record, what would you recommend GSniper for? More the aff sales deal? I appreciate your time, man.

@Mikeman

I didn’t realize .orgs and .nets ranked equally as well as .coms. I have left a lot of great keywords on the table apparently. Thanks.

@Josh
using the sniper technique…ive been able to pass several .coms using the same exact domain with a .net or .org. dont let .com be the end all. having exact keyword domain .net or .org is about as powerful as your going to get.

many IMers get stuck on the idea they “have” to use a .com and nothing else…but getting the keyword you want in a .com is going to be nearly impossible (as youve probably noticed) and most IMers will buy the .coms by adding words to the keyword they are targeting

this makes it much harder and alot more work to rank in the search engines.

@Mikeman

Is getting the .org a preference or just because that is usually the TLD that is left?

I mean, is getting .orgs over .nets a preference?

Josh :
I mean, is getting .orgs over .nets a preference?

it doesnt matter, but in my personal experience, i have slightly more .nets on page 1 than .orgs, but then again it could be because i have more .net domains then .org

@Kasey Langton
Kasey, yes it is because you have more .net than .org’s. Simple deduction. :p

.com/.net/.org are viewed the same from Google SE’s POV but a user/visitor might pick a .com URL to click over the others so in this order:

.com -> .net -> .org

All based on popularity.

@Al
you will rarely find the same keyword domain on the same page, BUT it does happen so yes its a good strategy but .com are 99% NOT available, so yes the next decision will be the .net then .org, or just your preference. Like Mikeman states he goes for .org first then the others are options if the org is not available and its working for him. so really, the point is…people are going to click on a search result no matter what. when was the last time you skipped over clicking on a search result listing because you wanted to check out the org instead of the net? probably never, because its subconscious thinking and we as marketers BUT also searchers will click on the top results then trickle down the page if we don’t find what we are looking for. thats why its essential to be in the TOP listings in the search engines..here is a eye tracking heat map experiment showing where peoples eyes go when a search result page it first loaded.

http://blog.eyetools.com/images/blog/2/google/eyetools_google_search.jpg

People trust .com over other TLD’s and click on them more, why? Because .com is more popular.

between .net and .org, .net is more popular (fact) so it’s only reasonable to get .net, THEN .org unless .org is cheaper than .net, but this isn’t the case for me, not after I transferred all my domains to internet.bs

TBS is the best!

@Al
.coms are only clicked on more if they are ranked higher then a net or org in the search results. period, im not going to go into what pure logic is as you should understand but in the event that you dont then go look up wiki or go spin something with TBS

Where did you go to school Kasey?

Just like in a scientific experiment the TLD is what we called an independent variable. We change the TLD in this experiment between .com and the other two(.net .org)

This is to prove that either one has an advantage over the other.

But when you change other variables, such as “rankings” the result of the experiment will be skewed.

We were discussing if .com would have a higher number of CTR over .net and .org in the SERP, and the answer is YES provided that all the other variables are kept the same for each cases. (and they should)

People feel better about clicking on .com’s more than a .net or .org.
Why? Because they’re used to it.

.com > .net > .org

My point is,

To be able to say that .net and .org receives the same CTR as a .com listing, you’ll need to keep the “controller variables” the same for all cases.

controller variable = meta description, title, RANKING etc

*controlled

@Al
I went to University Of Kasey…wtf does it matter, all that matters is that you need to get to page 1 for the keyword targeted with a com net or org. if the keyword gets enough searches per month (i believe Mikeman recommends at least 2400 searches per month in exact match) you WILL get clicks and you WILL produce income for that site using the gsniper method OR the xfactor report. both of which are at the top of this blog on the right hand side it just depends if you want to focus on CPA or CB products then go with go0gle sniper. if you want to monetize with adsense then go with xfactor.

@Mikeman
yeah if youve noticed that when 2 of the 3 TLD are on page 1 they are in most cases xfactor type sites or gsnipers, just goes to show the power these programs have and still work quite well.

@Kasey Langton

@Al
Gentlemen, gentlemen – thank you for that! Forget Kassem G (sp?) and his hillarious You-toob’s…this is unadulterated comedy. I am betting, 10-1, that Kasey wins the MMA cagematch.

Sorry, Al…I could be wrong on this one.

In all honesty, I’m going with the fellas that are making cash money on AdSense, viz. MikeMan, John X-Factor…both of whom have said org/net/com TLD’s get you clicks.

Logic aside, the only numbers I or anyone else should care about are the daily earnings, monthly totals, and those fantastic little deals we call paychecks.

And Al – I forbid you from ever leaving here. You are stuck. It is voodoo sealed – I will PAY YOU MONEY (monopoly) to keep up such dialogue. You are seriously entertaining.

I’m in the library on lunch. You and Kasey almost got me kicked out. I laughed louder than this goober’s cell phone ring tone next to me. Thanks you two!

@JamestheJust on Elance
now THATS what i call commitment, checking Mikemans blog in the library…seriously Mikeman, you should mos def make a clearing for J the J in the basement.

All domains get you clicks if you rank even .biz but if you had to choose between .com/.net/.org it’s obvious that you choose .com > .net > .org simply from the trust that these TLD’s have. It’s embedded in our minds whether we like it or not, people say the .com boom, not the .net or .org boom!

Bottom-line: Everything else the same, .com will out perform any other TLD’s.

@Al
Al, would you avoid a keyword if you couldn’t get the .com?

As to the semantics of “the .com boom” vs other TLD’s, it would be ridiculous to assume that writers/reporters who are more concerned with style and phonetic appeal are going to say, “the .net or .org or .com boom” – it’s simply a writer’s license, not a technical issue.

But I am curious, in your own marketing efforts, how you would approach a situation where the .com was not available – would you skip it and move on (which is what precipitated this discussion before it was rabbit-trailed in a deluge of preference).

@JamestheJust on Elance Also, since money = credibility around here, my income level is about the same as Mikeman’s, only that 100% of that is from AdSense and I have 2 accounts, one under a business name because I’m paranoid like that.

I have also coached 2 people to $50/day in less than a month.

On average my CTR is around 20-25% (across all channels) and my eCPM is $80-$100+, weekends are usually slow. I have about 300 domains now all with internet.bs. (not all are set up, have 100 more) I just hired a VA to setup my sites I use Wordpress+clickbump it’s really easy I ask her to activate plugins, etc take 20 minutes, get images use photoshop 15 minutes, and setup UAW 20 minutes. Cost $2/hr.

Some of my sites get indexed in 2/3 days ranking first page making $6/day then $9/day. Most get $1/day in a week then closing to $2/day after 2/3 weeks from UAW submission.

I gotta thank Mike for the UAW tips though because before this I use SEnuke and it’s hard to outsource that.

What else.. uhm, my goal is to have 1k sites by the end of the year all built through outsourcing split between 5 adsense accounts bring my income level the same as xfactor.

Hm.. yeah!

@Al
and just to be as ridiculous in a follow-up, and for the record, I wouldn’t give a rip if a site said “net” or “org” or “what’s-the-point-of-this-discussion-again” as an extension. If I’m on a site, I’m there because the headline or what have you grabbed me. NOT because it said c-o-m or n-e-t at the end.

I honestly think this is a matter of preference, and if the com isn’t available, or the net, then there’s the org – simply pick one, move on, cash the check.

To assume that people place trust in one versus another while reading the content is silly – the real question here is how do the SE’s treat and rank them, and does that affect ad revenue? From a human perspective, I’d say you’re off the mark – people don’t really care. Content is content, TLD aside.

So the question is really “Can a .com outrank a .org, etc., and does it really affect the business model that much?” I believe Mike has proven otherwise, contrary theories notwithstanding. If you don’t believe it, just read the daily income reports.

Like I said, .com > .net > .org

.org being my last choice, because .net is cheaper at internet.bs

To be fair .org and .net wouldn’t make any different in terms of SE-CTR (serp ctr, you can check this in Google Webmaster) but if .com is available always get that one first.

JamestheJust on Elance :
@Al
Al, would you avoid a keyword if you couldn’t get the .com?
As to the semantics of “the .com boom” vs other TLD’s, it would be ridiculous to assume that writers/reporters who are more concerned with style and phonetic appeal are going to say, “the .net or .org or .com boom” – it’s simply a writer’s license, not a technical issue.
But I am curious, in your own marketing efforts, how you would approach a situation where the .com was not available – would you skip it and move on (which is what precipitated this discussion before it was rabbit-trailed in a deluge of preference).

@JamestheJust on Elance
not to mention that its ridiculously hard to find a .com available in the first place, im sure it would be ALL or most of our first choice but that damn things are never available so its to settle for net and orgs, d0i. and internet.bs is BS. there prices seem attractive so i tried to call them and yeah theres the first mistake, they answered “emergency” i was like is this internet.bs? they said “yes” whats your emergency, i was like, wtf? lmao. i said i need to talk to someone about your domains, she says she will have someone call me and well, you guessed it, no one ever called. i guess i need to sound more emergency like. ha

To offer those prices they need to be offshore (Panama actually = tax haven), outsourcing customer service is common, try calling HG I’m pretty sure they’ll connect you to somebody in India.

blackhatworld.com is registered with internet.bs if that helps with credibility. (I’m pretty sure Mike and a lot of us are members there)

I’m American educated but living in a 3rd world country I guess I stopped being prejudice against people that don’t speak English as a first language. Sure it’s funny making fun of other people’s accent/dialect but is it worth that extra $2 you pay to GoDaddy?

You choose.

@Al
I never questioned your credibility, only that you’re trying to belabor a point that is moot at best.

On the one hand, you have admitted that all TLD’s get clicks/revenue. Then you pound home your preferential hierarchy.

All I’m trying to get across to you is that the other TLD’s besides .com work fine (speaking of net/org)…so…what were we in a huff about?

Glad for your success, but I don’t see why you feel the need to “prove” your:

A)credibility – this isn’t the WF, it’s Mike’s blog for goodness’ sakes, chillax, man, it’s all good.
B)income level…this is Mike’s blog…
C)the size of your internet competence or shoe…

This was all in answer to a question posed about which is best, Mike’s weighed in, you’ve made your hierarchical preference clear more times than the universe has electrons, and Kasey’s had his say.

I don’t believe there’s a situation here where you should feel as if you’re attacked, nor where you should posture like a peacock the plume of your feathers – it’s all good, Al – you know what you’re talking about, you love TBS, hate MAR, and think Mike’s wrong about the .org thing despite his income.

If I saw you in person, I’d offer you a pint, pat you on the back, then light the bar on fire as I escaped out back.

OK, that was a joke, Al, I don’t roll like that. Scrape the part about the arson, I’d buy you a pint. No hard feelings, man. Congrats on the income, success, and let’s now join hands and sing Aud Lang Syne. However you spell it.

@Al
sorry , didn’t see that last comment before my recent comment – thanks for answering the question.

@Kasey Langton

I don’t have much credibility here. I made 20 cents today(my sites just aren’t ranking quickly). That said, I have 14 sites all of which are exact keyword .coms that get between 2900 and 74,000 searches a month and have a average CPC of atleast a dollar according to both google and spyfu. Finding keywords where you can get the .com isn’t THAT hard.

Granted, I still have no idea if these are even good keywords. Though they are by every guide I have ever read.

Also, I buy all of my domains from godaddy because they usually have either a $7.49 .com coupon or a 30% off coupon. On top of that you get free private registration if you buy more than 5 domains(I believe you need to use their bulk registration tool).

@Josh
how quickly are we talking here? how long does it take for you to rank and are you getting sandboxed and how are you setting your sites up. sounds like you have a pretty solid plan but something might be arou somewhere…because according to Al you should be getting a kajillion clicks with those .coms

@Josh
its also pretty important to make sure you use exact match when doing kw research…ill still recommend using msn kw tool along with big g’s tool and if the numbers match up then you have a good keyword because SE’s can skew up their numbers quite often. for example, i once found a keyword that had 74k exact searches monthly in go0gle so i bought the .net and it ranked page 1 on go0gle, so naturally i started thinking, oy yeah !! here comes the $ but it was producing just ok traffic, so i checked msn kw tool and it said it only gets 11 searches a month on msn, yes just 11, not 11k. so thats when i started using msn kw tool along with go0gle so if i find something i think is worthy in go0gle tool then ill check it in msn and if its at least over 200 then i know for sure the kw is being searched…