Welcome to the year end wrap-up of Cashing Out. To ring in the New Year this Special Edition of Cashing Out will include the normal summation of the previous week and the Top 5 News Events we feel impacted your…

You know those little icons on your desktop that designate the presence of a active program or the same icons in a browser that designate the presence of an active file? Mac or PC you have been using them for…

Link baiting is a technique used to generate inbound links to your website. When done properly, this style of content will get you more links, better keyword relevance, improved online visibility, greater authority, and more trust from the search engines.…

Dustup over Google’s Net Neutrality Stance

The more profit is made on the internet and the more the internet grows the more Net Neutrality becomes an issue. This week the Wall Street Journal published an article claiming Google was attempting to bump…

In tough times companies are forced to make difficult decisions. Sometimes they make wrong ones. Best Buy made an epically dunderheaded one this week when it announced via email that affiliate commissions for two of its best selling product lines…

“It’s a good year to be in the online coupon business” says Mediaweek’s Mike Shields. Yesterday, Shields reported on some comScore data that will bring mixed reactions by many online retailers. comScore’s new report showed strong traffic surges for discount shopping sites…

As a freelance copywriter, the majority of the work I do is SEO content writing. In doing so, I deal with a lot of clients who have specific demands for their copy. One request that keeps popping up is to…

This Special Edition of Cashing Out will feature a Holiday Contest with the prize being Affiliate Summit Gold Tickets. But first this week’s news:

Google Opens the Floodgates to Domainers
Previously AdSense for Domains was restricted to domainers with 1 million…

Nowadays, almost everyone is aware of how popular online video is and that growth is accelerating. In fact, eMarketer.com reports that by 2012, the online video audience is expected to encompass 88% of the American online user population – or 190…

I am not a prude by any means. Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl “malfunction” did not shock me. However, the porn photos masquerading as profile pictures for porn spammers that Yahoo allows into MyBlogLog I do find irritating.

The thing is…