Jim Makos Blog

I was contacted by the Marketing Manager of CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com the other day. He informed me of a new Infographic they recently launched. The info graphic is called Link Building: Know when to Hold ‘em, Know when to Fold ‘em! Apparently it’s all about how to build links for your blog that are both useful and [...]

As a domainer, I need to register and develop keyword-targeted domains in order to make money. By studying popular practices and tips by other webmasters, I learnt how to register a domain name which is keyword rich and can easily be monetized. PestleAnalysis.com is a domain I bought in 2010 after SEO keyword research, but [...]

Paypal emailed me today that they are required to limit access to my Paypal verified account if I don’t confirm my account information. EU regulations require Paypal to collect some of their customers’ information, so that they provide a safer platform and help prevent illegal use of its services, such as money laundering fraud. Since [...]

I use Copyscape as a plagiarism detector of purchased articles meant to be published in my blogs. Free plagiarism check is available at Copyscape, but you need to purchase credits if you are serious about plagiarism detection so you don’t end up publishing duplicate content. You’d wonder why professional article writers would ever provide duplicate [...]

Top keywords at Google Webmaster tool showed me that my Joomla 1.5 website had been hacked. I have no clue how to hack websites but I know of search engine optimization, and I understand something is wrong when “download” and “movie” are my top keywords in significance in Google webmaster tool! My Joomla 1.5 installation [...]

I have installed the IntenseDebate comment system in many blogs and I constantly received a lot of spam comments, although I had activated all of the spam filters available at IntenseDebate. Those spam comments came from guests leaving almost identical comments day after day, including links to their commercial websites. Until now you couldn’t disable [...]

It seems like an aged domain along with good website development is a sure way to the bank for any blog owner. Comparing my other blogs with my gambling and sports blog here, I find out that Jimmakos.com generated income is significantly higher than what my greek betting blog or online trading blog makes per [...]

I have noticed lately an increase regarding my sports blog’s monetization and advertisers’ interest towards my personal page. When economic crisis hit the markets a couple of years ago, there was a noticeable decrease in the blog’s advertising revenue. Initially I thought it was due to the fact my blog’s pagerank had experienced a drop(PR4 [...]

Joomla has been my favorite blog software but working with WordPress makes me reconsider. I have built more than 5 websites using Joomla as my content management system but lately I have converted 2 blogs from Joomla to WordPress and found it easier, faster and more user friendly. Besides, you’ll need coding skills for both, [...]

Mashable is a news blog created by Pete Cashmore in 2005 and is now one of the top blogs in the world. His success story can become a lesson for all bloggers who are eager to learn how to make money blogging online. It is one of the blogs I visit to get blog layout [...]