This is the first article I got a cease and desist order for writing. I actually named Internet Gurus that are ripping people off in it originally. I had to remove their names, but the rest of the content is intact.
This might be the most important article you ever read, so I’ll jump right to the point. Stop giving your money to Internet Guru’s!!!
Every day I hear about how people have gotten ripped off by these supposed experts. So, today I’ll show you how successful they really are. On top of that I’ll show you exactly what they teach you, when you hand over a couple grand. Except I’ll teach you it for free and you won’t have to give me your email address.
Do They Really Make Money on Their Sites?
There are a bunch of ways to measure how much traffic a website gets and why, but I’ll focus on 2. Alexa.com is considered the number one way of measuring traffic online. Websitegrader.com is one of the best ways to analyze why a site is getting its traffic.
My site currently ranks in the top .4% of all sites on Earth. That is point 4 %. I’m not bragging. I’m definitely not happy with that rank and that is why I work so hard to improve the content on this site everyday. I’m just supplying you with that number for comparison reasons. I get about 1,000 hits per day. Some times more and sometimes less.
The point I’m making is if I’m not making a ton of money. And, if these guys are getting less traffic than me, they are also not getting rich from their traffic.
I am as of this article ranked as getting more traffic than every website except the top 145,032. I’m running stats on a random number of supposed experts. They actually have the major advantage of spending money for Google Ads, which I do not!
Here is How Much Traffic They Get
Web Site Address
Alexa Traffic Rank
newthinktank.com
145,032
Internet Guru
239,383
Internet Guru
748,896
Internet Guru
2,454,564
Internet Guru
239,383
Internet Guru
4,023,405
Internet Guru
524,354
Internet Guru
271,461
Note: I was forced to remove the above names, but these are some of the people that claim they are the experts
What if They Have a High Alexa Rank?
That doesn’t guarantee they got it honestly. There are ways to trick Google. However these tricks only work temporarily. And, once Google discovers those sites that try to trick them, they are soon blacklisted.
If your site is blacklisted, it is almost impossible to ever rank well again. So, don’t try these tricks with your site!
Overloading your keywords with high ranking site names
Creating long lists of keywords that are the same color as your websites background
Creating many duplicate pages that are overloaded with keywords
Stealing other high ranking pages and putting them on your site
Displaying a different page to search engines than you do to regular people
Creating a large number of sites that just link to your main site
There are many more, but the most common trick is to share links through Link Farms. These are just worthless sites that have to soul purpose of creating incoming links. Google hates Link Farms and you should never participate in them.
What Do the Gurus Teach You?
The majority of them take your money and maybe put you on a link farm, from what I’ve seen. Many others have systems that are legitimate, but only generate half decent levels of traffic. These automated websites normally are sold for thousands of dollars and generate only a few hundred per year.
Here is a video in which I teach you how to set them up for free, just like the guru’s.
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If you insist on spending money for an automated system check out AutoBlogged. It is just $60 and as high quality as the $5,000 packages.
Free Advice on Making Money on the Internet
I wrote extensively on how I drive traffic to my website in the article Internet Promotion. In that article I explain what works for me after having tested pretty much every trick out there. Here is a video on driving traffic to your site as well, if you’d rather watch a video.
What if They Show Me Proof
It is very easy in this day in age to create forged bank statements. It is also very easy to fake Google Analytics charts. Don’t believe it.
Other Ways SEO Experts Scam People
Remember when I described how these guys sometimes drive traffic by tricking Google with link farms? Well, many then take those sites and sell them on website auction sites. Then an unsuspecting customer pays thousands for a high traffic site that is then blacklisted by Google!
Please Don’t Believe the Hype
I have talked to many successful people on the internet and they all agree that there is no quick way to succeed online. You need good content and need to make it easy for search engines to find you. That is basically it. There are other ways to draw additional interest to your site (as described above), but without good content your site will never make you money.
If you have any questions or comments leave them in the comment section below.
I cover a lot in this Flash Tutorial Video! I actually explain how to use layers, symbols, the library and how to convert image files into vector art.
I was amazed that I covered all of that in a 10 minute video? Remember this tutorials ultimate goal is to teach you how to create Cartoon Animations with Flash. I’d love it if you guys would tell me what your favorite traditional cartoons are? I’m actually a professionally taught illustrator and would love to base the cartoons on your favorite stuff! So, leave comments below to lead me down the right path.
If you have any questions or ideas on what subjects I should cover next, leave them in the comment section below.
Note: The video is best viewed by clicking the HD and Full Screen Buttons.
In this video I completely cover all of the options available with the new Flash Text Layout Framework. Adobe now allows you to do anything you can imagine with text in Flash.
I know this tutorial is kind of boring, but tomorrow we will get into animation which is what Flash is all about. You sometimes have to understand some of the boring aspects of working with a tool before you can use it to create something amazing. By the end of this tutorial series that is exactly what you’ll be able to do.
If you have any questions or comments leave them below. I will read them and respond.
Note: Video is best viewed by pressing the HD and Full Screen Buttons.
In this video tutorial I will show you the basics you need, to understand how to use Flash. I specifically am using Flash CS5, but everything described can be used in any version of Flash.
The ultimate goal of this tutorial is to explain how to create complicated cartoon animations in Flash. Because this tutorial has been asked for many times, I will go into great depth and will explain all that I know about drawing as well. This will be a long journey, but in the end I think you’ll have many skills that you previously had not.
If you have any specific questions, or areas that you want me to cover, your comments are definitely welcome 🙂
Here I provide a video of me making my favorite meal. It is extremely easy to make, delicious and healthy. It is called Salmon Favetta with a Radish, Celery and Lemon Citronette.
For the salmon, make sure that it is fresh (not frozen or precooked). Get two normal sized fillets for this specific recipe. Then follow the directions below to make the Favetta and Citronette.
Note: The Citronette will taste a little bitter by itself, but totally dreamy over the salmon and Favetta. Trust me on that and don’t mess with the recipe!
Here I show you all of the great information you can find for free online. This is the same demographics information that is sold for thousands of dollars.
After the video, I supply you with some great lists I’ve located at City Data.com.
I’ve received many requests to do an article on how to design layouts, flyers, business cards, etc. So, in this article I’ll show you how to design a business card.
I’ll show you what my business card would look like if I emulated some of the terrible designs I’ve seen. I’d like to show the actual cards, but I don’t want to be sued.
Special Note: I’m going to focus on traditional card designs here. I think they will apply to a wider audience. So, no cards made from metal today!
I get requests for recipes that helped me lose 80 ponds in 5 months. Today I present a delicious soup that will help you lose weight. It is called Leek Soup and it is low in calories, sodium and fat. Plus it is Delicious and easy to make.
If you want additional information on my diet, it is 100% free and available here The Diet Nutritional Plan. It was created from nutrition text books, and it allows you to eat a lot of food that is good for you, but also tastes good. On with the recipe!
I while back I showed you how to Make Money Blogging by setting up a simple automated WordPress blog using WP-O-Matic. I was then asked for an automated site that allowed for more robust article grabbing.
In the video below I show you how to grab content from any website and then send that to the Postie WordPress Plugin, that will post it to your site automatically. Here is an article on How to Use Postie.
Tracie wrote in and asked me to provide a brief overview on how I drive traffic to websites. Every site I have is ranked in the top 1% in the world and many in the top .2%. So, I think I have pretty good information to give.
While I’ve covered many of these topics in other articles, I’ve never put it in just one place. For that reason I’ll provide links for further reading for many of the topics covered here.
In this video, I provide a bunch of examples on how to use Regular Expressions in Python. I show you how to search for numerous different types of data and output and manipulate that data.
I’ve provided all of the code after the video and if you have any questions, leave them in the comment section below.
In the next article, I’ll show you how to grab information from any web page and do what ever you want with that information.
Special Note: Click the HD and Full Screen buttons for the best view of the video.
In this tutorial, I continue teaching you how to use Regular Expressions. I specifically go over the numerous functions available in the Python programming language that you can use for searches.
Here is a Regex Tutorial Video that will get you Regular Expression Matching like a pro. You can think of this as a Regular Expression Reference that you can come back to whenever you need to brush up.
I cover all of the codes used in Regex and give ever more complex examples until you understand.
This is just Regex Tutorial video 1 in a long series of video’s. I’ll specifically cover how to use Regular Expressions in Python, in the next video. And, if you prefer reading this information, refer to this article Regular Expressions.
My goal in this article is to teach you everything you ever wanted to know about Regular Expressions. Regular Expressions are used to decide if a set of characters match what you are searching for. You use a series of codes to define what you are looking for.
Because these codes are so simple and look confusing when they are crammed together, people think Regular Expressions are too hard to use. My mission is to make them easy to use in this article and the next. Promise!
It always makes me laugh when employers ask, “Why would personality testing help me deal with employees?” It’s also amazing that most managers pay little attention to potential new hires testing results.
In this article I explain how to deal with employees, by analyzing what their Personality Tests tell you. If you need a test, check out the one I provide at The Perfect Personality Test
This article and video was created because of the requests from Gent2910 and others. You guys have been having problems understanding a few concepts with Python. Specifically you’ve asked for:
More examples on unconventional uses for functions
In a previous article Personality Type Reports, I described 16 different personality types. These are based off of a combination of the Myers Briggs, Kiersey, and NLP personality type systems.
Here I’ll provide 4 video’s that go into detail on the main personality groups. I can provide a great deal more information on this topic and others like it, so send me your requests below.
Here are all of my Personality Type Reports. I’ve received tons of requests from past students and YouTuber’s for these reports.
You can use them however you would like. If you want to take the test, to see which personality you fall into, check out Perfect Personality Test.
In these reports, I cover all of the strengths and weaknesses of all the personality types. I hope through them that you’ll increase your ability to communicate better with others.
How Are We Different?
I personally believe that most problems people have with communicating come from the fact that people either:
The most popular request, has been for a Personality Test that is easy to understand and usable. I have provided a few simple tests in the past, but in this article I’ll go over a test that is actually very useful.
I have combined the Myers-Briggs, Kiersey and numerous other tests into one. I then got rid of all the jargon and explain in detailed reports:
In this video we start animating stuff in Flash. Also, music makes a reappearance in this video. Do you like background music or not?
