Yahoo, McAfee, and The Scarlet Letter

Posted on Tuesday 13 May 2008

What better way to publicly slander a company, humiliate them to the entire world and destroy their organic search results as well as their website traffic then by issuing them a scarlet letter. Now compound that with the irreverence of acknowledging the issuance of this slanderous symbol by mistake then by pointing responsibility to another party and stating that “They” are responsible for your issuance of this dominant slander.

Yahoo’s beta version of SearchScanBETA powered by McAfee does just that and David Lewis’s site AnyCoupons.com got flagged as a spammer. Yahoo Issues scarlet letters to websites that McAfee feels have not met their criteria. Potentially damaging to a company? No not damaging, damning completely, complete annihilation and apparently based on David Lewis’s pain irreversible and without true justification. See David’s Post here.


My thoughts on Yahoo’s SearchScanBETA - 4 words….
Isolation – Domination – Submission – Control

Go to Yahoo and type in the keyword online coupons – Note not only the scarlet letter announcing to the world that this website has perpetrated some injustice. But also note the heady warning at the top of the page… Now imagine this is your website, your company, your life blood that feeds your children and now imagine this is a mistake…

With the probability of this only being 99% Accurate - it should be not considered as viable, the scarlet letter is too damning to an online merchant for this beta to go into affect.

Has your site received the scarlet letter from Yahoo? Well apparently from David Lewis’s experience too bad, you are now out of business and good luck getting support, you can click here and get a nice canned response but as is typical with most engines these days they are making too much money to bother responding or caring to your needs, after all their lawyers are bigger then yours and they can pretty much do what they want… unless…. block the crawler …. Block it NOW!!

Yahoo’s SearchScan BETA was released on May 05, 2008 - More Information on it here

Heather Paulson @ 2:02 pm
Filed under: SEO
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New Affiliate Program FeelMoreHuman.com

Posted on Wednesday 7 May 2008


Sign up here!

PMG would like to welcome and announce the launch of our latest client and affiliate program Feel More Human! FeelMoreHuman.com understands that ‘modern lifestyle’ can be a generic term, but it is the new reality. We think about it as being a balance. A harmony between modern comforts and being a good global citizen. Sign up here!

FeelMoreHuman Affiliate Program - Sign up here!
Commission – 8% commission on a sale!
Cookie – 90 Days
PPC Bidding - ** NO RESTRICTIONS** Bid on up to 60 TOP name modern brand names found on the site! Download Keyword List Here

PPC Bidding No Restrictions - Sign up here!

Heather Paulson @ 8:02 pm
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Keith Baxter Grills Larry & Amish of HexaTrack

Posted on Wednesday 7 May 2008

A great audio interview with Larry and Amish of www.HexaTrack.com by Keith Baxter (Keith Baxter is well known among top Internet Marketers as the hands-down Internet Traffic expert.) is available on the Hexatrack Blog. Check out the Keith Baxter interview here!

The audio interview of Keith grilling Larry and Amish, for 42 minutes, on the phone, asking all the questions is highly fit to broadcast… from newbie stuff to specifics that only PPC pros would ask… HexaTrack is creating waves in the affiliate world, allowing anyone in paid search marketing to obtain details about competitor paid search accounts as well as allowing ppc tracking through affiliate programs.

Heather Paulson @ 12:57 pm
Filed under: Online Tools and Paid Search and Personal Ramblings
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Paulson Management Plays with Proto Pages!

Posted on Friday 2 May 2008

Ok, so community marketing logic melded with the new Web 2.0 technologies to create some fascinating fun applications. Many of these social applications are far reaching and the monetization supported by widgets and gadgets and the like. Entertaining people who spend the majority of their life sitting on a computer could be difficult, however ProtoPages.com has apparently been able to accomplish this. Fun, whimsical, and yes there are components and gadgets that can help with productivity as well!

Ajax desktop sites are becoming very popular as of late, sites like PageFlakes, Protopage, Netvibes are fun and egaging and yes actually serve a purpose!

ProtoPage!

Protopage is your own personal page you can customize that you can use for quick access to everything on the web that you go to most. You can use it to:

* Read news from your favorite news sites and blogs
* Add reference links to important sites
* Add and share photos and other media
* Keep bookmarks to your most frequently accessed web sites
* Organize your day with to-do lists and sticky notes
* Create web pages, group pages, and intranets
* And much more!

Protopage

You can have your blog visitors simply add your RSS feed to thier ProtoPage by adding clicking on this handy button
Add this site to your Protopage

ProtoPage also has a handy tool bar ProtoPage It! that allows you to add website or blog feeds to your ProtoPage while you are surfing! ProtoPage is a handy way of compiling a list of the news and information you consume on a regular basis, and is a great way to organize that content for handy reference at any time.

Heather Paulson

Add the Paulson Management Group Blog RSS Feed to your ProtoPage! Simply Click on the button -
Add this site to your Protopage

Heather Paulson @ 12:19 pm
Filed under: Personal Ramblings
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Affiliate Marketers Give Back!! On a Roll!

Posted on Wednesday 30 April 2008

Get your Company Logo on the T’Shirt! We will all wear this during our 60 mile 3-day walk - We will be video taping this event!!


Donate $1,000 and Get your Logo on this T’Shirt CLICK HERE!

Missy Ward of AffiliateSummit.com has been very busy as the team Captain for www.AffiliateMarketersGiveBack.com! The team Goal is at : $30,000.00 and so far we have achieved: $12,657.00! Missy has been the driving force behind this team effort and we are excited to take part in the 60-Mile walk this September here in Seattle! The 2008 Seattle Breast Cancer 3-day. It’s a 60-mile walk over the course of three days that raises money for Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fund.

Team Roster for Affiliate Marketers Worldwide

Missy Ward

Jen Campbell

Tammy Carney

Angel Djambazov

Anne Fognano

Karen Garcia

Jen Goode

Heather Paulson

Laura Przybek

Lisa Riolo

Irene Spaulding

Tiffany Spaulding


Click here to donate!

There are a number of fundraising promotions going on including the sales of “Affiliate Marketers Give Back” limited edition clothing line, a T-shirt sponsorship, and more. Additional information on the team lineup can be found at AffiliateMarketersGiveBack.com.

Missy just also announced the “Give Back and Save” fundraising promotion. It’s a great way to make a tax-deductible donation to a great charity and get a free exhibit hall pass or an additional discount of up to $500 on a full conference pass to Affiliate Summit Boston. And, that’s on top of the ABW Member Discount! Check out the thread on AbestWeb.com here.

Now through July 31, 2008, when you make a $50, $100, $250 or $500 donation in support of the walk, you will receive a discount coupon in that same amount, valid off your registration at Affiliate Summit 2008 East in Boston.

Show your support for Breast Cancer Awareness with a Squish a Boob, Save a Life t-shirt, sticker and other great pink ribbon products.

Buy Merchandise HERE

Give Back and Save is a great way to support your fellow Affiliate Marketers as they raise funds to fight Breast Cancer and save some bucks at the same time.

How to Donate:
Visit http://www.60-milewalk.com and click on your preferred walker. Make your donation of either $50, $100, $250 or $500.

How to Claim Your Discount Code:
Once you receive your donation confirmation email, forward it to realdeal@affiliatesummit.com . Your information will be processed and you will be sent a discount code via return email.

Heather Paulson @ 4:46 pm
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UneeTee Affiliate Video Ready in CJ***

Posted on Monday 28 April 2008

Howdy do Affiliates! We have the UneeTee affiliate video ready for you in Commission Junction! You must be a UneeTee affiliate in Commission Junction to gain access to the Advanced Link Code for this video to add it to your website or blog! Paulson Management Group is producing some seriously cool video’s for our affiliate merchant accounts, these videos include viral tracking through the video player to help you increase your sales! Sign up here to become an affiliate with UneeTee through Commission Junction to gain access to this video’s code to place on your website or blog

The UneeTee Affiliate Program is Paying 21% Commission!

UneeTee.com Affiliate Program!

Network: Commission Junction
Commission: 21% on every sale!
Offer: New Designs Daily!
Cookie: 60 Days
Sign Up Link

Heather Paulson @ 1:06 pm
Filed under: Online Video Production and Affiliate Marketing
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Dyscern Affiliate Video - is Ready**

Posted on Tuesday 22 April 2008

WOW, this affiliate video is amazing and will drive some serious attention from your website or blog! You must be a Commission Junction affiliate to gain access to this video and have it track sales back to you - Simply sign up here as an affiliate for Dyscern.com via Commission Junction and go to the Advanced Links section where you will be able to grab the code to add this video to your website or blog!

YES, YES, YES! Once you grab the Advanced Link code in CJ and apply it to your website or blog - your sales will be tracked through CJ! AND anyone who shares the video or embeds the video code from the video player will be sending you even more sales as your tracking goes viral with the player!

Sign up as a Dyscern Affiliate to get this video’s code through CJ


Affiliate video is hot and happening! Paulson Management Group is continuing our efforts to ensure our affiliates have EVERYTHING they need to become successful with the merchants affiliate programs we manage! Check out all of the affiliate programs we manage by going here!

Heather Paulson @ 10:50 pm
Filed under: Online Video Production and Affiliate Marketing
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Heather Paulson is asking you to donate!

Posted on Monday 21 April 2008

Affiliate Marketers Worldwide - Walking for a Cure!

OK, Missy Ward has been recruiting for this event heavily and PMG team members Heather Paulson and Jen Campbell are jumping in to walk for 3 days with Missy and the rest of the Affiliate Marketers Worldwide team members!

Team Roster for Affiliate Marketers Worldwide

Missy Ward
Jen Campbell
Tammy Carney
Anne Fognano
Karen Garcia
Jen Goode
Heather Paulson
Irene Spaulding
Tiffany Spaulding

The Breast Cancer 3-Day is a 60-mile walk over the course of three days. Net proceeds benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure and National Philanthropic Trust, funding important breast cancer research, education, screening, and treatment. I will be walking with Jen our PMG office manager for 3 days, yes this is a 60 mile walk to fight breast cancer!

Heather Paulson
Heather Paulson

We would appreciate you donating on our page and sponsoring us, our goal’s are as follows:

1) To survive the walk
2) To video tape the walk and acknowledge all of the sponsors who make a donation to this event.
3) We will be video taping the entirety of our walk!

PMG Jen
Heather Paulson

Heather Paulson @ 4:51 pm
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The Internet Oldtimers Party Photos 2008

Posted on Saturday 19 April 2008

The Internet Oldtimers foundation party sponsored by Syntryx.com and Looksmart.com was absolutely the highlight of ad:tech San Francisco (in my humble opinion!) There were so many fabulous internet legends to speak with at this event which was most fashionably held at Club Vessel in San Francisco on April 16th. The most important thing I learned is that I apparently need to take photography classes as many of my shots did not come out! Some of the better Old Timers Party Photos are below. Enjoy!

For information on The Internet Old Timers please visit the website by clicking here.

Some company notables concerning who I spoke with from the Party are as follows
www.VectorMobile.com
www.Yahoo.com
www.shopfree.com.au
www.JobDiva.com
www.gsainteractive.com
www.commissionmonster.com
www.MyNewPlace.com
www.247realmedia.com
www.MediaSmith.com - Hi Bob!
www.SuperAffiliateLab.com
www.adValiant.com
www.Kitaramedia.com

Bob Heyman of MediaSmith.com and Heather Paulson
Old Timers Party Photos 2008

CommissionMonster.com and www.shopfree.com.au
Old Timers Party Photos 2008

The Big Prize Giveaway.. Drum Role….
Old Timers Party Photos 2008

Ambiance shot with Old Timers Party Sponsors!
Old Timers Party Photos 2008

Many guests from companies such as Yahoo.com attended this incredible party!
Old Timers Party Photos 2008


Some Incredible conversations going on at this Old Timers party!

Old Timers Party Photos 2008


Balazs Nagy - Heather Paulson - Carsten Cumbrowski

Old Timers Party Photos 2008


The Old Timers Party and people was fabulicious~

Old Timers Party Photos 2008

OK, I reluctantly agree that a Go’ Go” Dancer is more entertaining then a candle stick holder concerning the choice for a table centerpiece!
Old Timers Party Photos 2008

Shall we talk about SEO root term clustering? Why yes at an industry party it makes for a great conversation starter!
Old Timers Party Photos 2008

Shake your internet long tail feather - Ok now that is just silly!
Old Timers Party Photos 2008

Another preference over a candle holder as a table centerpiece;-)
Old Timers Party Photos 2008


Old Timers Party San Francisco 2008! General crowd shot!

Old Timers Party Photos 2008

Another Happy Party patron! Yes this party was on FIRE!
Old Timers Party Photos 2008

Syntryx.com and Looksmart.com hosted an incredible Old Timers Party - Do it again!!!
Old Timers Party Photos 2008

Heather Paulson @ 12:36 am
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ad:tech Photos and Recap - San Francisco 2008

Posted on Friday 18 April 2008

ad:tech is always a lot of fun and a lot of work! Networking with the many companies as well as meeting up with clients and friends keeps a girl on her toes, then there are the ad:tech parties as well to attend! ad:tech San Francisco 2008 was fantastic. I enjoyed hanging out with Tony Cohn our Director of natural search and social media here at Paulson Management Group as well as many other friends and associates that were at this April’s ad:tech event. I look forward to attending the next ad:tech and look forward to meeting with any of you that might be attending!

AdBrite Launches Open Targeting Exchange (OTX) - I highly suggest that you check out the Open Tageting exchange in AdBrite!

adtech san fransisco

YES! I ran into the affspy.com team while at ad:tech!

affyspy adtech photos

Advertising Kings Media Group (AKMG) affiliate network is an affiliate network to keep an eye on!

ad tech photos

Brian Littleton Founder of ShareaSale.com and Myself Heather Paulson

ad tech photos

Aaron of Box.net a PMG affiliate client- and Heather Paulson

ad tech photos

Chad of Box.net a PMG affiliate client and Heather Paulson at ad:tech San Francisco 2008!

ad tech photos

DirectTrack.com always has a strong showing at ad:tech events

ad tech photos

Peter Figueredo, CEO of NETexponent - Heather Paulson President PMG - David Wolf Founder Syntryx.com

ad tech photos

Tobias Siegel and Ian Larsen

ad tech photos

Tony Cohn Director SEO Natural Search and Social Media services for PMG

ad tech photos

Heather Paulson @ 3:00 am
Filed under: Online Marketing and Industry Events and Affiliate Marketing
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