My 4 Hour Workweek

Given all of Google’s recent changes, I thought it would be interesting to take a few of my good sites that lost rankings, and see if I can recover them.  I’m a big fan of case studies, so whenever possible, I like to document these types of experiments and make them public for all of you to read.

This experiment could ultimately fail, but I think it’ll be a good learning experience for both you and me.  Keep reading, and I’ll dig into the details.

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Being an internet marketer is truly a wild ride, and April was no exception.  As if losing my AdSense account wasn’t enough, Google threw another curve ball in the form of a significant ranking algorithm update.

In some kind of sick and twisted way, I’m having fun with this.  While the ultimate goal is to make money (and I’ll warn you: April was a terrible month from an earnings standpoint), the whole thing sometimes feels like a game to me.

By getting knocked out of the comfort zone I was in for awhile (building micro niche sites), I was forced to try some new things, and I’m enjoying it.  Anyway, let’s get to the income report…

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Being able to make adjustments quickly and pivot when necessary is important for any business, but I think it’s especially important for internet marketers.  On April 24th, Google launched “Penguin“, an algorithm update that targeted “spammy” and “over-optimized” websites.

The initial update was rather shocking to many internet marketers, as most saw their sites disappear from the top search results on Google.  As usual, people cried out about the “end of SEO“, feeling the pain of their lost income sources.

There were some interesting implications to this update in particular, which I’ll explain below.

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This is going to be my first post in a series of posts about different Google AdSense alternatives.  I don’t have any set schedule for writing about each one…basically, once I’ve had a chance to try it out and gather an initial opinion, I’ll write about it!

Media.net is one of the first places I applied after losing my AdSense account, and so far, it’s been an interesting experience.  It’s going to be very difficult to fully replace AdSense, however I already believe Media.net will be one of my top alternatives.  Here’s my in-depth review.

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Don’t worry, I didn’t get banned from Amazon! That would’ve been pretty terrible, and I don’t want to have to write another post like this.

From what I’ve been reading lately, Amazon has also been doing a fair amount of banning, so I wanted to be a little bit proactive and make sure that I’m not in a position to have my account banned.  Also, I wanted share with you a fairly quick and easy way to keep your account from getting banned.

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With tax season still in motion (but winding down, thankfully), I thought I would share with you some of the best SEO posts I’ve read in the past month or so, given the fact that I have barely had any time to write.

Even when I’m at my busiest points in life, I absolutely cannot get away from reading my RSS reader (Google Reader), so I always find myself with plenty of good content to absorb.  And with all of Google’s recent changes, SEO is as hot a topic as ever, so you should find these posts to be pretty interesting.  I know I did!

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A lot has happened over the past month, most notably my AdSense account being disabled. After having my best month of online income, it was extremely disappointing to hit this big bump in the road. Those of you who have read my most recent posts know that I am optimistic and believe that all of this will be for the better in the long term.

In light of this pivotal change in my internet marketing progress, I decided to mix up my monthly income report with a little bit of different format. And because I’m short on time right now, this one is going to be short and sweet!

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It’s been a rough week for internet marketers, to say the least.  Ever since my AdSense account was disabled, I’ve heard countless similar stories from others, including some very large and respectable bloggers.  The response to my AdSense banning has been overwhelming, so I just wanted to thank those of you who took the time to comment and send me e-mails (I’m still slowly responding to them all!).

Furthermore, one of the most popular blog networks (BMR, used for backlinkng) was deindexed by Google, throwing many people into a state of uncertainty about the future of backlinking.  Fortunately, I hadn’t been using this network, but I’ll write a blog post later about the status of my niche sites from a ranking perspective.

Anyway, let’s get to the good stuff, because I’m going to be giving away some money here.

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