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Server Response Time vs. Bounce Rate

Posted 11-03-2008 at 08:17 PM by Josh Sommers (Josh Sommers Blog)
So how important is a good website host? Well in my experience, a good host is the difference between a 30% bounce rate and an 80% bounce rate!

How It Happened
I first noticed this when our AdSense income and site registration rates started to drop for no apparent reason. I checked our traffic figures and the number of new daily visitors was the same.
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The Search For Keywords: A Never Ending Story

Posted 09-19-2008 at 08:15 PM by Josh Sommers (Josh Sommers Blog)
Keyword Chaos

It seems like there is a lot of confusion regarding keyword research. And hopefully I can add to the chaos.

Different goals warrant different keywords. Some people are looking to generate traffic, others are looking for a high click through rate (CTR), many seek high payout terms, while the rest of us are looking for the low...
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5 Marketing Reasons To Use StumbleUpon

Posted 08-15-2008 at 07:08 PM by Josh Sommers (Josh Sommers Blog)
A Marketing Addiction
StumbleUpon is by far one of the most addictive social bookmarking websites I have ever fell pray to. Even one accidental click of the stumble button and it's all over but the clicking.

We have to be able to learn something about our businesses through StumbleUpon, but what? Here are some ways you can use StumbleUpon to help better understand what your market really wants.
1) Website Research
What are the most popular, interesting and informative websites
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Bookmarks (Extended): Part 1

Posted 06-23-2008 at 06:50 PM by Josh Sommers (Josh Sommers Blog)
I've had a few people ask me to elaborate on a post I made a few weeks back so I did

I would love it if you guys could send me links to any sites you frequent (regarding Internet Marketing) as I am always looking for new resources to use and share!


Blogging Platforms

WordPress.org -
Most of the web sites I maintain are WordPress blogs. It makes it too easy to control your site and make to make site wide modifications. Also you can't beat
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11 Ways to Recognize a Bad SEO Firm

Posted 05-29-2008 at 10:03 PM by Josh Sommers (Josh Sommers Blog)
I was just Stumbling through a few million marketing websites and came across a great post by Stone Temple Consulting.

They list 11 ways to recognized a bad SEO firm!

Worth reading:
Ramblings About SEO Blog Archive 11 Ways to Recognize a Bad SEO Firm

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Originally Posted by #11
Don’t want to let you know what they are doing. If you get one of these, it means one of two things are happening: (1) they are doing nothing, or: (2) they are doing something bad.
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