EzSEO Newsletter - Do you work in multiple currencies?

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EzSEO Newsletter - Do you work in multiple currencies?
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Hi Peter

Something a little different today, and it's only for those of you living in EU/EEA countries.

If you work online, chances are you have the same problem that I've had since the turn of the century (boy that makes me sound old).

I have worked online for over 15 years. During that time, I've lived in Spain and needed first pesetas, then euros to live on. However, I do also need to have money in pounds sterling for UK stuff. The problem is that most of my income is in dollars. One thing that has never changed in those 15 years is the high costs of converting money from one currency to another. Banks everywhere take out transaction fees, and then even more by using exchange rate margins. On a 2,000 euro exchange, I could lose 100 euros to the banks. Well not any more. I've started using a service called CurrencyFair. It's a peer-to-peer service that just makes sense. e.g. If I have 2,000 euros and want that exchanged to sterling, and there is another person with pounds sterling but want euros, we can simply swap close to the current interbank rate. No currency margins and no transaction fees. Well there is a fee, but it is small (around 3 euros) and
you can actually get your first transfer without paying that fee. To find out about this service and to claim a free transfer, watch my video here:

http://ezseonews.com/review/currencyfair-reviewcheap-currency-exchange/

The video contains full details on how this works, and shows you a real example from my own account. You can see that this really is a lot better than going through a bank.

If you use a similar service, or have comments on my video, please leave a comment on that page.

That's all for now. Have a great weekend!

All the best

Andy Williams


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SEO Newsletter: Pull Ahead >> Page Speed Issues Explained

SEO Newsletter | Vol 143 | April 19, 2016 This Month's News
Feature Pull Ahead! Overcoming Page Speed Issues: An SEO Overview Author: Aaron Landerkin and Virginia Nussey   Speed wins on the web. A faster loading page gets plus points when Google and Bing are ranking it, and website visitors have a better experience So, SEOs use tools that help them find ways to optimize page load time, like GTMetrix, Google PageSpeed Insights and YSlow. But have you ever wondered why recommendations are made to defer JavaScript parsing, reduce cookie size, or leverage browser caching? Our Director of Software Development Aaron Landerkin recently presented page speed issues and why they happen. Read why Aaron advocates a different approach to page load time SEO, with recommendations like: Don't think of page speed improvements as related to content, CSS, JavaScript, or the server. Instead, think about where in the pipeline a speed bump occurs. Understand the three page speed optimization categories: cache, bandwidth, and processing/rendering. Read More   Back to Basics AMA with PPC's Favorite Ad Man David Szetela Author: Virginia Nussey and David Szetela   An AMA, or "Ask Me Anything," is just that — an anything-goes Q&A with someone of interest, whether a celebrity, an expert, or someone with a unique role or experience set. On Reddit this month, David Szetela, VP of BCI's search marketing operations, offered a one-hour AMA to the r/PPC community. On our podcast, SEM Synergy, David expands on top questions from the AMA in a conversation marked by diverse PPC topics, including: The impact of removing right-side ads from Google SERPs. David's formula for a 15-minute PPC audit. His recommended targeting settings for the Google Display Network. Read More	Top Blog Posts Google's Latest Comments on AMP & Structured Data from SEJ Summit Social Media Manager Interview Questions' Mobile Friendly SEO Ranking Boost Gets Boosted   Connect with us:
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EzSEO Newsletter - Learn to Build Affiliate Sites

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EzSEO Newsletter - Learn to Build Affiliate Sites
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Hi Peter

Over the last few years, my focus has changed a lot with my online business. In the early days it was all SEO and affiliate websites, and that moved into other areas like software, Kindle publishing and online teaching in recent years. As a result, my newsletters have also changed focus somewhat. From some of the comments I get in my inbox, I think a lot of people miss the good old days.

If you miss all of the excitement of building affiliate sites and seeing that passive income coming in every month, do not despair. I have some good news. My latest course on Udemy is all about building affiliate websites (the way I build them). Yes, I do still actively build affiliate sites, and yes, they do bring in a good passive income every month. I am a great believer in diversifying your online business, and affiliate websites remain a big part of my business. And the best part of all? I don't worry about Google penalties. In the last 3 years of building sites (the new way), I have not had a single affiliate site penalized or lose rankings in Google.

Let me be honest here. I have had one or two sites that haven't quite matched my expectations, but that was down to me, not Google.

If you want to learn how to build affiliate sites that can make passive income, and NOT have to worry about Google banning you, then my new course is right for you. It is called "Learn how to Create High Quality Affiliate Websites", and it's a course that let's you watch over my should as I build a real site. This isn't a throwaway site that I'll not just leave to rot. I still have work to do on it, and I have high hopes that it will succeed.

The course itself, while complete as it currently stands, is not the finished article (it currently contains 51 lectures with 6 hours of video). I do have more content to add to the course, so it will grow over the coming months. As I make changes to my site, I'll be recording everything to include in the course. That way you can watch as my site evolves and hopefully blossoms into a nice little earner.

If this interests you, you can get the course for 50% off (just $10). This isn't a time limited offer, so there is no bonus for buying early. I offer my newsletter and site readers 50% off all of my courses. You can find the new course, and all of my other courses here:

http://ezseonews.com/coupon-codes-for-all-of-my-udemy-courses/

The new course is the first one in the list.

That's all for now. Have a great weekend!

All the best

Andy Williams


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EzSEO Newsletter - Google News & Courses

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EzSEO Newsletter - Google News & Courses

Dr. Andy Williams

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In this issue:

1. 2 days left!! My Udemy Courses for $8

2. SEO Updates


Hi Peter

In this newsletter, I want to briefly remind you about the price increases on Udemy courses that come into effect on the 4th April (that's less than 2 days from now). I also wanted to point our some required viewing/reading for anyone interested in SEO and ranking on Google.

1. My Udemy Courses for $8

On April 4th, Udemy are capping course coupons to a maximum of 50% of the course price.

However, until that time, I am going to offer ALL of my own courses for just $8. That's a price that won't be matched again unless Udemy change the rules again. To see what courses I have, and get the links, please visit this page:

http://ezseonews.com/coupon-codes-for-all-of-my-udemy-courses/

BTW; There is a new course on that list - Easy English Grammar 101. It's a course I helped to produce, though I am not the main instructor (thankfully, since my own grammar is not great). The main instructor is Andii, who happens to be my own proof-reader and editor for Kindle books I write. If you want to improve your English grammar, check out that course - it is at the end of the page.

2. SEO Updates

If you are interested in knowing what Google are up to, I have a few links you should check out.
Firstly, you can watch the Google Q&A for March. Lots of interesting information in that video about how Google works, and ranks pages. You can watch the hour long video here:

https://youtu.be/l8VnZCcl9J4

The video covers some interesting information about Google ranking factors, including the top three factors that help pages rank.

If you are interested in the new Google Penguin, what it is, when it's coming and how it could impact your site, I recommend you read Gary Illyes article called "Google's Gary Illyes on Penguin: When Is It Coming and What Will It Do?". You can find that article here:

https://www.stonetemple.com/googles-gary-illyes-on-penguin-when-is-it-coming-and-what-will-it-do/

Finally, my pick of the week as a must read is an article called "16 SEO Experiments That Will Change The Way You Think About SEO (Forever)". This was published on 8th March 2016, so is up-to-date, and it looks at a number of SEO experiments, some with quite surprising results. Check out that article here:

http://seosherpa.com/seo-experiments/

A lot of the experiments in this article will surprise you, and help you create better web pages on better web sites.

OK, that's it for now.

Have a great week!

Andy Williams

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SEO Newsletter: Behind the Scenes at Google through SMX

SEO Newsletter | Vol 142 | March 22, 2016 This Month's News
File Under Proud Moments Googler Gives Props to Credible SEOs, Naming Bruce Clay, Inc.'s 'Great Team'   Forgive us a moment while we dance in our chairs! Google Webmaster Trends Analyst Gary Illyes said that he's seen our SEO team work "magic" for websites. We won't lie, it's nice when your hard work and dedication to excellence gets noticed. This is unabashedly one of our proudest moments in our 20 years in the SEO biz. Give it a watch at the 53 minute mark of Gary's interview with the gents at Stone Temple Consulting.   SMX Rewind Behind the Scenes at Google through Search Marketing Expo Coverage   Following Q1's biggest gathering of digital marketing experts, SMX West, marketing insights are ripe for the harvest. SEO-minded marketers have much to process after presentations by Google engineers, analysts and product development leads including Maile Ohye, Paul Haahr and Gary Illyes talking about everything from the engine updates its ranking algorithm factors to how the engine wants businesses to think of customer service. You'll read that plus much more to up your Google Analytics power user status and search advertising capabilities you may not be leveraging in our SMX live coverage featured in this newsletter.   Liveblog Highlight How Google Works: A Google Ranking Engineer's Story at SMX Reporter: Kristi Kellogg   In a highly anticipated keynote, Google Software Engineer Paul Haahr took the SMX West stage to reveal just how he and other engineers approach ranking and quality. Haahr has been at Google for more than 14 years. His job entails writing code for searches, optimizing metrics, looking for new signals, combining old signals in new ways, moving results with good ratings up, moving results with bad ratings down, fixing rating guidelines, developing new metrics and more. For thirty minutes, Haahr pulled back the Google curtain and shared an unprecedented look at how Google works, from an engineer's unique perspective. In this liveblog, you'll learn about: Query processing Key metrics Live experiments and human rater experiments Needs Met ratings Read more   Liveblog Highlight Doing What Matters for SEO & Google in 2016 Reporter: Virginia Nussey   Search engine optimizers can get caught in a trap of optimizing for a search engine. It's right in the job title. But chasing search engine algorithms comes with the risk of forgetting the human customer, whom the whole business exists to serve. In a mini keynote, Maile Ohye, senior developer programs engineer at Google, pressed to change the SEO paradigm. Don't chase the search engine; don't even think in terms of your user. Think about serving your customer. Sounds simple, right? It turns out you have to redefine conversions and ​the way you map data to customers. Read how Ohye suggests we realign our thinking with the offline world in this session coverage ​from SMX West. Read More   Liveblog Highlight Googler Speaks Out about Manual Actions Reporter: Kristi Kellogg   Juan Felipe Rincon specializes in webmaster outreach and manual actions at Google. Rincon's team of anti-abuse specialists focuses on trust and safety: monitoring ad traffic, web spam, community guidelines ​​-- and manual actions. Rincon took a deep dive into how his anti-abuse team approaches spam and what types of spam result in manual actions. Independent from algorithmic actions, manual actions are the result of a human being on Rincon's team encountering pages or sites with issues and de-ranking or de-indexing them accordingly. At SMX West 2016, Rincon sat down with Search Engine Land ​Founding Editor Danny Sullivan for an in-depth conversation on manual actions. Rincon answered key questions on topics like: What and who generates a manual action Reconsideration requests User generated spam reports Who makes up the anti-abuse team Read More   PPC Spotlight AdWords Customer Match: The Next Big Thing in Email Marketing Reporter: Virginia Nussey   If you aren't already collecting email addresses from your customers and visitors, there's a new reason why you should ​... so you can target them (or people like them) in PPC advertising. Using Customer Match, a Google AdWords feature that was launched in the fall, you can upload a list of emails you collected first-hand into AdWords and target those specific individuals with ads in Google Search, YouTube and Gmail. Customer Match helps you bridge the gap from that first interaction with your brand to a follow-up ad showing up later, just when the person may be making a decision. You can extend your targeting further with a second AdWords feature called Similar Audiences, which lets you show ads to people who are like the customers in your email list. New audience members who have similar interests and needs as your customers are likely to find your services relevant, as well. All of this powerful SEM ability starts with an email list. Find out more in our SMX West liveblog of the eye-opening session by WordStream's Cleo Hage. Read More	Top Blog Posts Understanding Your Consumer's Journey Using Search Science for Keyword Research Getting AMP'd: What You Need To Know About Accelerated Mobile Pages and Google 10 PPC Hacks, Tips and Tricks to Optimize Your Time Google Analytics Power Reporting for SEO and SEM   Connect with us:
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EzSEO Newsletter - Penguin plus a shock from Udemy

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EzSEO Newsletter - Penguin plus a shock from Udemy
Dr. Andy Williams


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Hi Peter

I've got a couple of interesting things for you today... Some news/advice concerning Google's soon to be released Penguin update, and some shocking news coming out of Udemy.

If you are into SEO, chances are you already know that Penguin 4.0 is coming soon. Before the holiday season, a Google spokeperson reportedly said:

"With the holidays upon us, it looks like the penguins won't march until next year"

Is that "won't march" a clue to when it is happening? If so, then changes could be coming this month.

Penguin has been a huge headache for many webmasters, so what can you expect form Penguin 4.0? Well, probably more of the same, with Google wreaking havoc on spammy links (again). We'll have to wait and see how drastic the effects are, but one thing we are expecting is a realtime Penguin - and that is good news. This will mean that penalized sites probably won't have to wait months to get a penalty removed. Removing the offending SEO that got you penalized should get you reinstated pretty quick.

If you want to be prepared for Penguin 4.0, my advice would be to login to Google Webmaster Tools and check out the backlinks they know about your site. Go through them, and if there are obvious spammy links, disavow them. Google have always warned us to be careful with the disavow tool, and I echo that advice. However, links on sites that are clearly spammy, manipulative or deceitful will never be good links, so I personally disavow the whole domain, not just the link. I'll also disavow links from any poor quality site, but that is just my personal preference for keeping my link profiles squeaky clean.

If you want to read more details about Penguin, I suggest you look at this article:

http://niksto.com/penguin-ranking-factors/

Incidentally, just because we have to follow Google's webmaster guidelines to get some Google love, Google don't always practise what they preach. This is an interesting article:

http://www.webpronews.com/report-suggests-google-bought-links-for-chrome-again-2016-02/

Before we leave Google, there was at least one more interesting development recently. Google removed the right hand sidebar from the search results. That right hand sidebar, if you need reminding, was a list of adverts. Unfortunately that does not mean a more ad-free Google. They've simply added a new advert at the top, making a maximum of 4, and then pushed the rest to the end of the page.

SHOCK AT UDEMY!

OK, at the start of the newsletter, I told you that there was some shocking news coming out of Udemy. Udemy is a site I've used in the last year to publish a number of my courses online, and it's been working great. At the moment, you can charge pretty much what you like for your courses, up to a maximum of $300 I think. You can also offer coupon codes with any level of discount you want, so you'd see $299 courses discounted to $12 or less, which was great for students wanting to learn new skills.

Well, this won't be happening any more come 4th April. On that date, Udemy are not only capping course prices to a maximum of $50 and minimum of $20, but they are also capping coupons to a maximum of 50% of the course price.

With most of my own courses being sold currently for over $100, it means I can now only charge a maximum of $50.

For a course priced at $50, the minimum price it can be sold for is $25. For a $20 course, the minimum is now $10. I am in two minds as to whether this is a good thing. I certainly do not like being told what I can sell my own courses for. However, Udemy work on a profit sharing model, so if instructors do not make as much money, then neither will they. I know they have done a fair amount of work in the background to verify this is the correct thing to do, but only time will tell for sure.

Remember, this change happens at the start of next month on April 4th. However, until that time, I am going to offer ALL of my own courses for just $8. That's a price that won't be matched again unless Udemy change the rules again. To see what courses I have, and get the links, please visit this page:

http://ezseonews.com/coupon-codes-for-all-of-my-udemy-courses/


That's all for now. Have a great weekend!

All the best

Andy Williams


http://ezseonews.com
http://webcontentstudio.com



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If you enjoyed this newsletter, please recommend it to your friends. Also if you have any tips of your own, questions or comments, please leave a comment at the online version of this newsletter: http://ezseonews.com

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The products reviewed in this newsletter are often affiliate products, and as such, if you buy through my link, I may receive a commission.

The contents of this newsletter is copyright 2015 Andrew Williams. If you want to republish any of the articles, you must get permission from the author.

This newsletter disclaims all responsibility for the advertising copy or the product advertised. You cannot rely on the fact that the newsletter has examined the product or recommends or endorses the product, unless it clearly says that it has, when you make your decision whether or not to purchase the product or interact with the advertiser. You are advised to do your own investigation before buying.

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SEO Newsletter: What Should You Expect from a Search Engine?

SEO Newsletter | Vol 141 | February 24, 2016 This Month's News
Stay in the Know New Subscribe Feature on the BCI Blog Keeps You Connected   Let's stay in touch more! If you like our free monthly newsletter or read our blog, sign up to get emails when new blog posts are up. Head to our blog and enter your name and email in the "Subscribe to Blog Updates" box on the right side of the page. Take me there!   Feature What Should You Expect from a Search Engine? Author: Duane Forrester   Ever wondered what motivates a search engine to update its algorithm? Updates are a move from one state to a more advanced state. Updates happen because ... pause for drum roll ... something undesirable is happening! The end goal is making searchers happy. After six years as a search engine representative, Duane Forrester describes the busy interior of a search engine. His experience guides his answers to these SEO questions: When do search engines make updates? How do engines feel about SEO? How can businesses appeal to search engines? Read more   Back to Basics A Week in the Life of an SEO Trainer Author: Mindy Weinstein   Our SEOToolSet Training is not your typical SEO training course. By the numbers, we cover a massive binder of material, or two, depending on which course you take. And more than 5,000 people so far have attended our classes worldwide. What's harder to quantify is how the classroom becomes a place where friendships and business collaborations are formed. For three years, Director of Training Mindy Weinstein has watched people transform their businesses and move ahead in their careers after three to five days in the classroom. In this article from the trainer's perspective, Mindy shares: What a business owner learned at SEO training that caused her to send four employees to the class. What a manager took away from three days of training, including tools subscriptions and relationships. How a black hat transformed his approach from exploitation to improvement in a week of intensive question and answer time with trainer Mindy Weinstein. Read More	Top Blog Posts Why Accelerated Mobile Pages Is Not the Speed Solution for Every Business 43 Ways Digital Marketing Will Change in 2016 How to Set Up Google Search Console   Connect with us:
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