Why Research!

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As I start getting back into affiliate marketing after almost 3 years of being off line I have spent the last few months doing research something I don't really like to do so why am I spending so much time doing it.

When I first went on line in 2003 it was pretty easy to game the system and every now and then google would update its algorithm to plug the holes, as more marketers came on line the more abuse took place.

We as marketer were always looking for the fastest way to get to the first page on google and we learned how to optimized for a particular keyword and most everyone still does this.

The problem is this still lends its self to gaming the system in my research I found that google had done at least 2 more algorithm updates since I had drop off line they were Pandas & Penguins.

Now here is what I found interesting, I stopped all updating of all my sites around November or December of 2010, and did not even track any of my commissions, when I decided to get back into marketing I went into all my affiliate accounts to see which ones were still active.

Here is what I found, my adsense account have 2 automated sites that continued to earn money until their domain names expired. (these sites were set up to update 3 times a day with stock information) and then I had 2 sites that had been generating income up until June of 2012 there total income in June 2012 $5,425.00. I had not touch these sites in years and I wanted to know why they kept making money.

Next post I will share what they had in common and how my research will change how I research my new sites.

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Interesting. Can't wait to see our next blog.

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