Among other things, WPManager DX claims that it will update all plugins, on all sites, by updating a single site (the master site, I believe).  It also lets you backup the database to all your WordPress sites from within the program, as well as install new sites instantly that have all the themes and plugins you want them to have.  In essence, it is meant to be a huge timesaver for people with multiple WordPress sites.

The product requires an annual cost, which I was not thrilled with.  I’d rather pay a higher price at one time, rather than pay annual renewal fees.  But, since there was nothing else like this that I could find, I clicked the button to purchase it.

That was the my first problem.

You see, you can’t simply pay for this product from the product site.  Nope.  You have to jump through hoops.  You CAN’T purchase WPManager DX from its product site.  Rather, you have to visit a sister site, NicheBloggerDX.com, and purchase THAT product.  Then, you will get WPManager DX as a bonus (but still have to pay the annual fee).  I didn’t WANT NicheBlogger DX.  I wanted WPManager DX.  The whole process felt sneaky and underhanded to me, but I still went ahead with the purchase.

Which led to my next problem.  It took me a few hours to actually install the product on one of my websites.  Yes, I could have paid them to do this for me, but I really didn’t want to spend the extra money.  At one point, I even wondered if the product’s creator purposely did something to force people to use their installation service for WPManager DX.  However, in the end, I did figure things out.  I no longer remember what the problem was, or how I resolved it, so please don’t ask.  I do remember, though, that I ended up doing something that was not included in the instructions.  I’m not sure if this means I was making a mistake, or if the instructions were poorly written.

Which led to my final problem.  I couldn’t figure out how to use it.  Sure, it came with documentation, but it was pretty awful, at least for how to use WPManager DX with existing sites.  I couldn’t get it to work at all, no matter how many times I read the Instruction Manual.

This product is being promoted as an easy solution, not something that requires a PhD to use.  Mind you, I’m pretty technically inclined, and using this was beyond my abilities.

I soooo wanted this product to work as advertised.  In the end, though, I wasn’t actually able to use this product to know how well it does or doesn’t work.  I will say that I know of a few people who use this product and are very happy with it.  I, unfortunately, am not one of them.

On a positive note, the creator refunded my money within one hour of my credit request, so I was impressed by that.

Features

• Install and manage as many WordPress sites as you want
• Update multiple sites all at once (on the same host)
• Install single or multiple WordPress sites
• Add your own themes and plugins
• Upgrade all plugins that offer the “Automatic Upgrade” function
• Backup databases for all managed sites and save them to your computer

Pros and Cons of WPManager DX

About the Developers

WPManager DX was created by Edna Melendez, who has several other products meant to assist with Internet Marketers.

Cost and Licensing of

• Annual Cost: $67
• Cost includes as many websites as you want to install and/or manage

Read More at WPManagerDX.com

WPManager DX Review is a post from: Script Critics

I found this plugin while searching for a WordPress plugin that would add Amazon customer reviews to any particular item I might want to blog about.  There were a few Amazon plugins, but nothing that added reviews.  Then, I found ReviewAZON, which does exactly what I want, and more.

Previously I was using phpBay Pro to add Amazon products to my sites, but I much prefer the features and ease of ReviewAZON.

Features

ReviewAZON lets users add Amazon products to their WordPress blogs in several ways.  One way is to add a product and include just about any information Amazon has available for that item, including:

• Customer reviews
• Manufacturer
• Product Description
• Qualifies for free shipping (if item qualifies)
• Regular price
• Sale price

The above list is not exhaustive.  There are up to 25 pieces of information you can include, if you like.  Plus, if you have a bit of HTML knowledge, you can change the order that the information is shown and otherwise tweak the format of the Amazon product listing.

You can also add products by inserting just an image of an item (the image includes an affiliate link to Amazon for that item), or you can bulk add items so they dripfeed onto your blog over a period of time.  I have not used the bulk listing feature, so I cannot comment on it.  I have, however, used the image insertion of an item and it works perfectly.

I like to tweak things, and, in doing so with ReveiwAZON, there were a few issues I ran into.  I headed over to the forum for this plugin and posted my questions.  My posts were responded to almost immediately (tech support is found on the forum for ReviewAZON), in less than an hour of my posting by the plugin’s author.  It was refreshing to have such an immediate response by the plugin’s creator, as I’ve been on many forums where the authors/creators of a program or script leave it up to forum members to resolve problems.

One really great aspect of this plugin is that it integrates perfectly with phpBay Pro and phpOStock.  If you have either (or both) of these plugins, you can include results from both sources along with your Amazon item.

The plugin keeps track of what you have already added to your site.  This is a fabulous feature, as it prevents users from accidently duplicating items on their sites.  Additionally, if you delete a post that has an Amazon item, that item will again be available to you to add to your site.

I did run into a small problem.  The review ratings are not showing on every page where an item is displayed.  By this, I mean that the ratings for any given item are showing up on my site’s Home page, but when the item is clicked and you are taken to that page, the ratings count disappears (not the reveiws, as those are still there, just the stars showing the overall rating is gone).  The developer of the plugin is looking into this for me and suspects it is a conflict with either my theme or plugins.

Edit update: Turns out the problem was user error (as in I did something that caused this problem).  The developer very kindly worked with me until he figured out what I had done.  I was very impressed with his support.

Pros and Cons of ReviewAZON

About the Developer, Brad Hanson

Brad Hanson has been doing software development for nearly 14 years. Most of his experience has been doing enterprise web and client server development for medium to large corporations in the Atlanta area. He has been doing internet marketing for 3.5 years mainly doing PPC, CPA, site flipping and Amazon/eBay affiliate marketing. He owns his own company, Niche Web strategies LLC, which provides WordPress plug-in solutions to the internet marketing niche. ReviewAZON is just one of several plug-ins that he will be offering in the coming months.

Cost and Licensing of ReviewAZON

• One Time Cost: $79
• Develop as MANY Websites as you like with a single license!
• Free Forum Access for Registered buyers ONLY!
• Free Lifetime Upgrades at no additional Cost!

Read More and Purchase ReviewAZON Today!

ReviewAZON Review is a post from: Script Critics

There is no doubt in my mind that this software is highly complicated.  I am sure that it would take me hours, if not days, to do on my own in what this program tries to do in minutes.  Unfortunately, it fell short of my expectations.

First, let me say that I really wanted this program to work.  If it did, it would be a huge timesaver, AND it would help me bring more traffic to my sites.  Who doesn’t want that?  Traffic typically means money earned.

Before using SEO SpyGlass, I read the instructions.  I followed them and generated my first report.  As I reviewed the seven steps my blueprint had given me, I was a bit confused about some of the steps.

So, I went back to the instructions to see if I had done something wrong.  Nope, I hadn’t missed anything.

Then I tried a different keyword phrase.  Things did not get better.  I tried five different searches, all with less than desirable results, which I will explain below.

I am not going to share the specific results I did that pertain to my own websites.  However, my final search with this program was made just for this review.  I searched on the highly competitive phrase, “Dog Training.”  I do not have a dog training site, but if I did, or if I wanted to start one (which I don’t), then I should be able to follow the seven steps and outrank any site, according to SEO SpyGlass.

Step One – How to properly optimize your anchor text

This is where I am given five specific anchor text keywords that I need to use when linking back to my dog training site.  (Anchor text is the word that is seen when a link is used, such as for Script Critics.)  According to SEO SpyGlass, the top five phrases I need to use to outrank my competition in search engines are:

1. dog training basics
2. dog training basics home page
3. dog training basics – articles
4. dog training basics.com
5. This is a word that appears to be in Chinese, or some other Asian language, which I am unable to copy and paste here

Why am I going to use the phrase ‘dog training basics’ in the four given versions, if I am trying to rank for the phrase ‘dog training?’  Perhaps there is a reason that I simply do not understand, but the reasoning is not explained to me.  And, why was a phrase given in a foreign language?  I chose the USA as my search engine country, so this just baffles me.

Under this list is a list of the top ten individual anchor text keywords I should use:

1. training
2. dog
3. basics
4. www
5. dogtrainingbasics
6. http
7. htm
8. articles
9. home
10. page

Really?  I’m going to outrank my competitors of dog training sites by using the phrases, “www,” “http,” “htm,” “articles,” “home,” and “page?”  In truth, only three of the ten terms are relevant.

Step Two – Increasing your site’s importance with Google

This step looks increase my site’s Page Rank (PR) with Google.  To do this, the program tells me what sites I need to get backlinks from.  Backlinks are links from someone else’s site to my site, and they should use relevant anchor text to be most effective.  The best type of backlinks are from sites that are similar to your site.  So, if I am trying to rank for ‘dog training,’ then the best backlinks for my site will come from high PR ranking sites that are also about dog training, or at least about dogs.

There are 20 domains that I am told I need to get backlinks from.  The program even tells me exactly what pages on each domain I should get the backlinks on to increase my Page Rank the most.  Here are the exact top 20 pages I am told I need to get backlinks from to increase my site from the following, in order of importance:

1. http://us.geocities.com/hdhava/ (relevant, but no method for getting a backlink on this page)
2. http://www.geocities.com/swhdaphne/DogTraining.html (relevant, but no method for getting a backlink on this page)
3. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1006042433001 (relevant, but no method for getting a backlink on this page, as the question is closed to new answers)
4. http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Zoology/Animals__Insects__and_Pets/Mammals/Dogs/Training_and_Obedience/ (relevant, and I could potentially get my site on this page)
5. http://www.dmoz.org/Recreation/Pets/Dogs/Training/ (relevant, and I could potentially get my site on this page)
6. http://www.squidoo.com/heateddoghouses (relevant, but highly unlikely that I could get a link on this site)
7. http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=dog+trainig (I was presented with the following error message on this page, “Searched for ‘dog trainig’ No results were found in your search in Encarta.”, which does not help me)
8. http://kids.yahoo.com/ask_earl/691543 (relevant, but no method for getting a backlink on this page)

Well, I was going to provide the entire 20 sites, but SEO SpyGlass stopped going to the links.  This is one of the problems I’ve noticed as I’ve used it.  For some reason, all links stop working.  This is true of external links, such as the ones above, as well as links within the program, such as from one step to the other.  I then have to save my search, close the program, and reopen it to get the links working again.  Highly frustrating!  So, you just get the see the top eight sites.

On the other searches I made, some of the pages I was told to get backlinks from were not only impossible, but also completely unrelated to my site’s niche.  For example, one page I was told to get a backlink from was an ended eBay auction that had nothing to do with my site.

First, it was completely irrelevant, so I don’t know why I would even want to get a backlink, assuming I could.  More importantly, it was impossible to get a backlink from the page, as with many of the above examples, because there is simply no way to do so!

Excuse me while I restart the program so I can finish my SEO SpyGlass review…

Ok, I’m back.

Before I leave Step Two, I would like to note that, of the eight pages listed above, only two of the pages were ones I might be able to get backlinks from.  That’s a terrible ratio of good sites to bad.

Step Three – Finding high-quality link partners and getting more link love

This step is about finding other websites to exchange links with.  This means I put a link to Bob’s site on my site, and Bob puts a link to my site on his site.  As with backlinks (which these technically are, but in this case I am also putting links to other sites on my site, which I would not do in Step Two), I will benefit most from exchanging links with sites similar to mine, such as other dog training sites, or dog sites.

The program gave me eight sites that, it says, I need to get links from.  It must be these exact pages:

1. http://www.talewaggers.com/pup_in_the_house.html (this site no longer exists)
2. http://www.zimfamilycockers.com/potty.html (relevant, and it may be possible to get a link from this page)
3. http://www.dnet.net/wcdfa/ (relevant, and it may be possible to get a link from this page)
4. http://www.paw-rescue.org/before.html (relevant, and it may be possible to get a link from this page, though it looks very difficult)
5. http://www.petcareservice.net/index.htm (relevant, but no backlinks on this page)
6. http://www.ombr.org/adoptioninfo2.html (relevant, but no backlinks on this page)
7. http://precious-puppies4u.tripod.com/ (relevant, and it may be possible to get a link from this page)
8. http://www.kidsites.com/sites-edu/animals.htm  (relevant, and it may be possible to get a link from this page)

So, of the eight pages, I may be able to exchange links with only five of these pages, though one looks to be very difficult.  Not as bad as the results for Step Two, but also not great, given that the program said I need to exchange links with ALL of these pages.

Oh, look at that.  The links stopped working again.  I’m off to close it and open it for the second time during this review.

Step Four – Using articles and press releases for high-quality links and publicity

This step provides me with a list of 160 article directories I should submit articles to.  Of course, they should include anchor text keywords back to my site to be effective.  This is pretty straight forward, and looks like good information.

Also included are 96 press release sites that I should submit press releases to.  As with articles, I would need to include anchor text keywords back to my site.  Again, this looks like good information.

Step Five – Unleashing your competitor’s biggest traffic sources

This step is about learning which sites send traffic to my competitors sites.  It is another list of pages that I need to get links from.  I am not going to list these sites, as there are 43 specific pages.  The pages do look like I could get backlinks from them, so that is good.

Step Six – Tapping into social media to get traffic and links

This step is about using social media sites for bringing traffic to my site.  This is a list that includes 47 specific pages that I need to get links from.  The sites look like they are all relevant, with a good chance to get backlinks from.  That is good.

Step Seven – Using Internet directories to boost your rankings

This step is about what directories I need to get my site listed in to improve my site’s search engine ranking.  It starts with both DMOZ and Yahoo! Directory, then gives a list of 1,447 sites to get listed in.  Yes, you read that correctly, over one thousand directories that I would need to submit to!

The first six steps would be fairly time-intensive if I do as my blueprint states I should do.  My guess is it would take me about a week or so to complete them.  But step seven is massive.  To do this on my own would take months.  I’m guessing most people outsource this step, as I can’t imagine taking the time to submit one site to 1,447 directories.  If I did, though, I’m sure my site would benefit greatly in rank from all the links it would have.

In closing, I really wish this provided better results.  There are far too many irrelevant pages given (there were many more in my private searches than were shown in this example), too many no-longer-existing sites (there was just one in this example, but there were a lot in my private searches), and too many pages that are just impossible to get backlinks from, as there aren’t any or it can’t be done (such as eBay auction results).

The results are unreliable for such a pricey program.  That isn’t to say there is no value to it, as steps five, six, and seven did seem to have valuable information, but I could have gotten the same information on my own with a bit of research.  I cannot recommend this program, unless you decide to use the free version.

Pros and Cons of SEO SpyGlass

About the Developers

SEO SpyGlass is the creation of www.link-assistant.com.  You will find a suite of software programs, all geared towards helping you build a better site or improving your site’s search engine ranking.

Cost and Licensing of SEO SpyGlass

• One Time Cost: $87 (or, purchase all four SEO programs for $268 and save $20 on each program!)
• Research as MANY Websites as you like with a single license!
• Free Forum Access!

Read More and Purchase Today!

SEO SpyGlass is a post from: Script Critics

Section One: Content (250 unique articles in 25 niches each month)

Section Two: Training  (Four-step process to making $4,000 each month)

Section Three: Site Creation (Create preconfigured affiliate websites using WordPress within five minutes, without any knowledge of how to put up a site)

Section Four: Traffic Generation (gain additional traffic by getting backlinks using ArticleMarketingAutomation.com)

I am very impressed with the changes they have made, and MUCH prefer the PLR articles they are now sending members.

~ Rochelle

Writing content for a website can be extemely time-consuming work.  For some, it is even torture!  Finding pre-written articles that you can legally use on your own sites is the perfect answer for many site owners.  This is why many people use PLR articles.

PLR stands for Private Label Rights.  It means, you can use PLR articles in any way you see fit, within the terms of the articles.  The terms vary from source to source, but typically you are allowed to publish the articles and claim them as your own, but you can’t sell them or give them away.

Enter PLRPro.  PLRPro is one of many PLR membership sites.  For a monthly fee you are given 11 different articles packs, each containing 40 articles, and header graphics that match each pack’s niche or theme.

You might wonder why you would want to pay the monthly price from just a bunch of articles and graphics.  I once thought that, too.  Truth be told, I was a member of PLR Pro in early 2008, and quit a month later.  The articles were fine, but I didn’t really know what to do with them.

What a difference a year makes!

Features of PLR Pro

In late 2008 I rejoined after finding out they had overhauled the site and added a lot of features (with more to come!).  As of this writing I have been a member for five months and have no plans to quit again.  The changes the site owners made has significantly improved the site for all members.  This PLRPro review is based on my most recent experience with them.

First, you still get the article packs and graphics.  Included with the graphics, for those who have Photoshop, are the .psd versions of the graphics, so you can modify them, if you want.  Or, you can use them as is.  They are high quality headers that can be used without modification.

Newly added to the site is a tool that aims to make various aspects of creating and promoting a site as easy as pressing a button.  The reality of this tool is that there are still bugs to be worked out, which is frustrating at times.  The frustration mostly comes from seeing the potential of this tool, knowing that it can do so much more than it sometimes does.  But when it works properly, it can’t be beat!

The tool, called the Project Green Button (or PGB), makes creating a new site a super simple process.  Simply enter a few details about the site, choose a theme for the site and your article pack, and the PGB tool builds the site in minutes.  You can also use PGB to edit any page, or add new pages.

There will soon be a modification to PGB that will allow it to make WordPress blogs, which is very exciting!  I prefer to create sites using WordPress, not HTML.

The PGB tool also has several promotional tools.  From within PGB you can launch:

• RSS Submit.  This will allow you to submit your site’s RSS feed to several well-known sources.
• Social Bookmarking.  This will allow you to submit your site, or pages within your site, to many well-known sources.
• Article Marketing Automation.  This will allow you to submit articles to the AMA site, to help you gain backlinks to your site.

These three tools are incredibly helpful to have.  The services they provide are important for gaining traffic to your sites and getting important backlinks (links from other sites to yours).  Having them as part of PGB is incredibly helpful in that PGB keeps track of your login information, and you can do everything from one location.  This is SO much easier than having to go to each site individually!

PGB does not submit sites to directories.  If you want to do this then you will have to do it on your own or use separate software.

Included in your membership with PLRPro is free access to AMA.  AMA is an amazing resource and will be covered in another review.  I love using AMA and think that this, alone, makes the membership worth it.  Throw in the PGB tool and this is an incredible deal for people who plan on creating multiple sites.

The owners of PLRPro want you to succeed when you join their site.  To accomplish this, they have created a step-by-step blueprint of how to make $2000-$6000 per month within 12 months.  They tell you exactly what to do to achieve this financial goal.

Is the blueprint realistic?  Yes!

There are no difficult steps.  All are easily accomplished.  The most difficult aspect is actually doing them.  And to help you do each step, there is a spreadsheet that you use to track your progress.  The key is to complete each step each week for six months.  You can go beyond six months, but the spreadsheet is only for this length of time.

There were one or two areas that confused me on the spreadsheet.  While I think I know what I’m supposed to do with them, I was not positive.  Fortunately, there is a great forum for members.  I posted questions about what I was confused about and got answers pretty quickly.

In and of itself, PLRPro is a great program.  However, it is not the end-all, be-all of site creation and promotion.  It is my opinion that this site is a perfect match for Crowd Mountain.  What you learn as a member of Crowd Mountain will help immensely with your membership to PLRPro.  Among other things, Crowd Mountain goes deep into explaining about keyword research, which is glossed over at PLRPro.

While it may be tempting to simply start posting articles on your site, I urge new members to actually watch the tutorial videos and read the written instructions.  Even if you think you know a topic, it is important, as you may have been doing something wrong and not even know it.

Pros and Cons of PLRPro

About the Developers

PLRPro is the brain child of Daniel Turner and Marc Lindsay.  Both Daniel and Marc have learned the ropes of site creation and promotion, and are dedicated to helping others achieve the success they now have.  Best of all, Daniel and Marc are accessible to members.  They encourage members to contact them with questions, and they actually answer their emails.  I can vouch for this, as I contacted one of them and got a response within 24 hours.

Cost and Licensing of PLRPro

• Monthly Cost: $149 (expected to be raised to $167 soon, then $197, so get locked in at the lower price now!)
• Cost includes MORE than 20 Site Themes!
• Develop as MANY Websites as you like with your membership!
• Free Forum Access for Registered buyers ONLY!
• Free Access to the AMA site!

Read More and Join Today!

PLRPro Review is a post from: Script Critics

As soon as I heard about Crowd Mountain I became a member and couldn’t wait for the site to become available.  I am happy to say that my expectations, which were very high as I already know what Michelle is capable of, were not only met, but exceeded.

Features

The purpose of Crowd Mountain is to train members in all facets of online business building. Michelle has created an Internet bootcamp, which is the first thing new members will have access to.  Michelle has created 6 different bootcamp training modules:

• Niche the Niche: how to properly do research before creating a new website.  Members have access to a 17 page workbook that you can download and print, and six training videos.
• Optimize for Size: how to build and SEO (Search Engine Optimize) optimize a website for earning money.  Members have access to a downloadable workbook, automatic affiliate profit generating and SEO enhancer plugin,and  five downloadable website themes that are already SEO optimized and good for any niche.
• Content Architecture: how to decide what kind of content to add to your site and how to to publish it.  Members have access to information on what type of content Google loves, a custom-tweaked plugin to make finding and publishing that content as easy as a few mouse clicks, and a private plugin Michelle had built just for Crowd Mountain that will make building your site around a set of long-tail keywords super simple.
• Monetization Station: how to make money with your niche site with advertising, affiliate programs, or your own stuff.
• Search Engine Assault: what you need to do to get Google to love your site and send organic traffic your way.
• Power Networking: how to use social networking to become an authority in your site’s topic.

The above list is just a sample of what Crowd Mountain members have access to.  The rest you can read on the Crowd Mountain website.

What do I think of Crowd Mountain?

At this time, I have only seen and viewed the tutorials found in modules one, Niche the Niche, and two, Optimize for Size.  This is because Michelle is releasing one module per week, to prevent confusion and information overload.  Since the site is just a little over a week old (as of this writing), these are the only modules available.  So, this Crowd Mountain review is based on two things: the two modules I’ve already seen, and my previous experience of Michelle’s training from my time spent with her as my mentor.

Regarding the two modules I have seen, they are outstanding.  Contained in the first module are not one, but three, training videos detailing how to do keyword research.  The three videos cover three different niches (one niche per video), so viewers get a very good idea of how to do keyword research.

The second module is all about how to properly set up a new WordPress blog so that it is SEO’d right from the beginning. Michelle details how to install and setup the plugins she considers most important for site SEO.  I was familiar with some of the plugins, but, after watching her videos for them, realized I had been using them incorrectly.  So, even in an area that I thought I knew, I learned something.

One of my favorite tools, which is exclusive to Crowd Mountain members, is the task manager.  Michelle had this program custom made just for this site.  The Task Manager software keeps track of what has and hasn’t been done on every website you enter into it.  Most tasks are ones created by Michelle, but users can add their own tasks if they like to do things that Michelle doesn’t include.  This makes it fully customizable to each member’s wants or needs.  I am loving this program!

There is also a Snooper program: “The Snooper was made to look inside Google’s algorithm and literally SEE what link building and social media sites Google likes the most. Those are the sites to focus on – if they’re already in favor, piggyback your own sites on them for quick ranking.”  Is it truly as powerful as Michelle claims?  Yes!  Is it really easy to use?  Yes!

Pros and Cons of Crowd Mountain

About the Developer

According to Michelle, “I focus on integrating “Web 2.0? technology – that is, the hip, new, cool stuff all the kids are using – into my marketing, as well as teaching others how to do the same. I believe the internet is turning more and more towards user-created content and grassroots movements.

One of my favorite things to learn about is a new, neat website with some Web 2.0 usefulness integrated into it – and my first questions is, “How do I use this for marketing?”

Cost and Licensing of Crowd Mountain

• Membership Cost: $47 per month
• Cost includes access to modules (one per week), the Task Manager, WordPress blog plugins, the Snooper (an awesome tool!) and anything else Michelle adds to the site!

Special Bonus for Pioneer Members

For those who join within the first six weeks of the site’s launch, you will have the unique opportunity to submit questions to Michelle for each module’s live Q&A, typically held on the Friday after that module’s introduction.  There is only one Q&A session per module, so don’t miss this opportunity to ask Michelle anything relating that week’s module.

As stated on the Crowd Mountain website, “As a pioneer Crowd Mountain member, you’ll actually be able to attend the live session and ask your own, personal questions about the material and get answers directly from me.  Late comers will only get the recorded Q&A and will not be able to ask their personal questions.”

I participated in the Q&A for Module One (as of this writing, it is the only Q&A session that has been completed).  It was an excellent training session.  Those who were not able to participate will be able to listen to the call, and I am sure that it will be beneficial to just about all who listen to it.

Visit Crowd Mountain and decide if it is right for you.  I can honestly say that everything Michelle promises will be delivered, and then some.

Read More and Join Crowd Mountain Today!

Crowd Mountain Review is a post from: Script Critics

Features

The benefit of cloaking affiliate links is to prevent people from stealing your affiliate commissions.  You may be wondering how?  Hide URL addresses using this script, which is very simple to install and setup.

You will need to setup a mysql database to use this program.  This is easy to do from your site’s cPanel.

All upgrades are available at no additional cost.  I have been a user of Hot Link Cloaker since 2006 and can honestly say that the upgrades made available have been excellent, and have added to the value of this cloaker script.

There have been a few times when I have needed to contact Support for Hot Link Cloaker.  My questions were answered in a timely manner, by the author of this software, Jamie Ratliff.  Jamie was very professional, and I sincerely appreciated the time he took to assist me until my questions were completely answered.

One really great feature that was recently added is the ability to see how often a link is clicked.  This is great because it allows you to track how well your affiliate campaigns are doing.  If you see that no one is clicking, then you can modify your text/link and see if clicks increase.  Or, you can see how many people are clicking an converting to sales.  If you have no idea how many people are clicking, then you have no way of knowing if you need to improve your campaigns.

When visitors click one of your cloaked links, they will not be able to see that the link is an affiliate URL.  There is a live demo for you to try, and I highly recommend that you do, so you get a feel for how this works.

Pros and Cons of Hot Link Cloaker

Cost and Licensing of Hot Link Cloaker

• One Time Cost: $28.97
• Develop as MANY cloaked links as you like with a single license!
• Free Lifetime Upgrades at no additional Cost!

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Hot Link Cloaker Review is a post from: Script Critics

Keyword research is one of the most important factors in bringing visitors to a site.  It you target (i.e. use) keywords that no one is searching for, then people are highly unlikely to find your site.  If, however, you know what words and phrases people are searching for, then you can target those keywords on your site, and increase your chances of increasing the number of visitors your site receives.

Features

Unlike other, more costly, keyword search tools, There is only a one-time cost associated with Micro Niche Finder.  After that, all keyword searches are free.  Micro Niche Finder even includes all future upgrades, major or minor, at no additional cost.  That is an increasingly rare occurrence among software programs these days.

I have used both Micro Niche Finder and WordTracker.  While WordTracker will provide users with more results, it is more difficult and confusing to use, not to mention considerably more expensive.  I’ve been very happy with the results I get with Micro Niche Finder.

This tool will save any searches you want saved.  This can is a great feature, should you want to revisit any previous searches.

One of the most powerful aspects of this tool is “Strength of Competition,” or SOC, feature.  When you use SOC you will be able to see how many other sites are competing for that particular keyword or phrase.  This is important because there is no point wasting your time on a keyword that already has a lot of competition.  Additionally, this is a great way to find keywords that have little to no competition, almost guaranteeing you traffic for that keyword (please know that no one can actually guarantee traffic, but this comes close).

The only disappointing feature is that this tool does not search on brand names.  For example, if you search for the word “ipod,” then you will see results that are related to MP3 players, not on on ipods themselves.

When you visit the website for this tool you will have to sign up for five free videos before you get to the sales page.  The videos provide excellent information, especially given that they are free.  They are worth watching.

You will get four free bonuses with this tool.  I usually don’t care about bonuses, and admit that I’ve only read one of them (the Squidoo one), but I was very impressed with it.  The free Squidoo bonus was almost as informative as a PDF I recently bought.  My guess is that the other three bonuses are also quality items.

Pros and Cons of Micro Niche Finder

About the Developers

This keyword research tool was created by James Jones, who has been a positive presence in Internet marketing for several years.

Cost and Licensing of Micro Niche Finder

• One Time Cost: $97
• Research as MANY Keywords as you like with a single license!
• Four FREE Bonuses!
• Free Lifetime Upgrades at no additional Cost!

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Micro Niche Finder Review is a post from: Script Critics

Let me say upfront that you can do everything this plugin does on your own.  You can go to Yahoo Answers, YouTube, or article directories to get content related to your blog.  Where this plugin won me over was by how much time it saves me doing those things, and, it keeps track of what has been added to your site.

It can be very easy to use this plugin incorrectly.  To get the most value from the content you add, you will need to rewrite it.  Otherwise, you risk having duplicate content on your site, which will devalue your site in the eyes of search engines.  But if you take the few minutes needed to rewrite the content, you will be able to add more information relating to your site’s niche than you thought was available.  It is truly a powerful plugin!

Caffeinated Content Features

After you activate the Caffeinated Content plugin, you will have the ability to add content to your blog from Yahoo Answers, YouTube, and article directories.  If there are comments on an imported item, such as questions from Yahoo Answers, you can even have those comments added to your own blog as comments on the post you create.

Additionally, each post you create with Caffienated Content includes a thumbnail image relating to the post.  This is wonderful if you like having images on your blogs, as I do.  Of course, if you don’t want or like the image, you can easily delete it.

Everything you import with this plugin can be edited or customized.  If you want to automatically post each item, you can do that.  If you want to save the items as drafts for future editing, you can do that.  There is even more you can do, as this is just a sampling of the flexibility of this plugin.

Caffeinated Content keeps track of what it imports from each site it uses.  This is one of the best features of this tool.  This means you won’t use duplicate information.  If you do what this plugin does on your own, then it will be very easy to duplicate your efforts.  If you choose to keep track of what you’ve researched then you will need to create a fairly complicated method of tracking.  With this plugin, you don’t need to do anything.  It tracks things for you with no effort on your part!

Be aware that Yahoo Answers requires sites that use their content to show the wording ”Powered by Yahoo! Answers” somewhere on the sites.  The plugin does not do this for you, so you will need to add it somewhere.  The footer is probably the best place to do this.

Pros and Cons of Caffeinated Content

About the Developers

The developers of this plugin are dedicated to helping blog owners easily add new content to their sites.

Cost and Licensing of Caffeinated Content

• One Time Cost: $77
• Develop as MANY Websites as you like with a single license!
• Free Lifetime Upgrades at no additional Cost!

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Caffeinated Content Review is a post from: Script Critics

The first thing I noticed after purchasing this plugin is that the download is a .rar file.  I’m used to .zip files, so didn’t know how to open the file.  After a quick search on the Internet, I learned that I needed to install a program that opens this type of file, which I did.

After I opened the file and installed the plugin, I added content to my site that I new was duplicate.  I checked my site at copyscape.com, and confirmed that the content I added is duplicate.

Next, I activated the Originizer plugin, and rechecked my site at copyscape.com.  Now, copyscape thought my site was full of original content.  Wonderful!

I wanted to know what other people had to say about this plugin.  Unfortunately, every search I made brought back the same results.  Each site was simply plugging this item to make a buck.  They all said the SAME THING: “Genius Developer Unveils A WordPress Plugin That Drives The Search Engines Crazy And Has Them Coming Back To Your Site Over And Over Again Retrieving 100% Original Content. Works With All WordPress Content Generators.”

Great.  That’s the sales pitch meant for affiliates of Originizer.  It seemed that no one had actually used it to see how well it works.  So, I am using the plugin, but I don’t know the long term affects of using it.  I have no idea if Google will punish my site for this plugin, or love the site.  Only time will tell.  This plugin is so new that I haven’t been able to use it long enough to know one way or the other.

As of this writing, I can say that the site I used this plugin on has already been indexed by Google.  But I do not yet know if it will rank well for the various keywords on the site as a result of this plugin.  I will continue to add known duplicate content and monitor the results.  If I find that it ranks well, then I will know that there is no need for me to rewrite PLR content (a very time consuming activity!)

Features of Orginizer WordPress Plugin

The Originizer WordPress plugin takes duplicate content and makes it appear original in the eyes of search engines.  I don’t know how this works, but it does.

This plugin works with content generated from:

• PLR articles
• Caffeinated Content
• Syndicate Kahuna
• Any other generated content
• Any duplicate content in your blogs

Pros and Cons of Orginizer WordPress Plugin

About the Developers

The authors of this plugin are a dedicated group of professional developers on a mission to provide Internet marketers tools that will save time creating original content and buildings blogs that the search engines will love. Using the tools they provide correctly can substantially increase website traffic all the while freeing up precious time to perform other critical marketing tasks.

Cost and Licensing of Orginizer WordPress Plugin

• One Time Cost: $67
• Use on as MANY Websites as you like with a single license!

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Orginizer WordPress Plugin Review is a post from: Script Critics

Don’t get me wrong.  The eBay Affiliate Blog System isn’t bad.  But it also isn’t for experienced eBay affiliates, especially not for those using such programs as Build A Niche Store and phpBay Pro.

To be fair to the author, she created this system because she had never before created eBay affiliate blogs.  It makes sense that this system is geared towards new users.

If you are completely new as an eBay affiliate, then you will probably learn the basics by using the Bay Affiliate Blog System.  It is very basic.  Granted, we all need to learn somewhere, and this is as good a place to start as any.  One really great aspect of this system is the inclusion of videos.  The author created some very good tutorial videos, all included with the purchase price.

Features of eBay Affiliate Blog System

You get 10 vidoes.  Watch these videos to see the author create a new eBay affiliate blog from start to finish.

There is also a checklist.  The purpose of the checklist is to help you keep track of the various steps needed when creating a new eBay affiliate blog.  This is helpful if you struggle with what comes next.

Also included are the WordPress plugins that the author uses, and the blog theme the author uses on her sites.  Her choice of plugins was adequate, though you will probably want to seek out some more to fully enjoy your WordPress blog.

Everything you need to get started with eBay affiliate blogs is included.  As stated above, this is good for those just getting started.  Those with more experience, however, will find the included toolbox to be rather sparse and will want to add to it.

Finally, the author is very prompt in replying to emails.  I had a problem and she responded within an hour.  I was very impressed with her customer service.

Pros and Cons of eBay Affiliate Blog System

About the Developers

The eBay Affiliate Blog System was created by Tamara Riddle.  She created this system while participating in a one week website building challenge.  She was completely new to creating eBay affiliate blogs, so she devised the method now known as the eBay Affiliate Blog System.

Cost and Licensing of eBay Affiliate Blog System

• One Time Cost: $47
• Cost includes 10 videos, WordPress plugins, WordPress blog theme, and organizational tools!
• Develop as MANY Websites as you like with a single license!

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eBay Affiliate Blog System Review is a post from: Script Critics