by Nick Throlson | Sep 20, 2010 | Off Topic
Affiliate Summit West is coming up so here is your chance to win 2 passes.
There will be 2 winners one pass will be given to each winner.Follow @ nickthrolson on twitter.To Enter: I?ve just entered to win 2 Affiliate Summit West Gold Passes?Twitter contest! Just follow @nickthrolson. http://bit.ly/asw11gold #asw11goldMethod 2: ?http://twtaway.com/wdowa5Click The Following Button To?Automatically?tweet above?Tweet Contest RulesOne entry per twitter account.If winner does not claim prize within 24 hours another winner will be chosen at random.Contest will be using http://twtaway.com to pick ?the winner make sure you use the hash tag when entering how we keep track of the entries.Contest has Ended 09/27/2010 5:30pm pstCongratulations! to @jn & ?@ls_micha
by Nick Throlson | Sep 2, 2010 | Off Topic
Avast is setting the standard for internet security. I have used avast since 2006 loved there support & reliable software . Everyone knows it costs money to stay safe on the internet if you dont keep your security software up to date . Avast offers free antivirus to home users non comercial use. They go far and beyond when it comes to offering free software to keep you safe on the internet. Avast has some history they started with two Czech scientists in 1988 and their passion for computer programming.I absolutely love there product beats paying for norton or mcafee. So what are you waiting for check out avast give there internet security a 30 day trial. ?click here to get your free risk free trial today! by Nick Throlson | Aug 28, 2010 | Guest Post, Web Design
Author Bio: Joel Ohman is a Certified Financial Planner? and serial entrepreneur. Some of his most recent web projects include a website with a bunch of easy to use tools for finding great domain names and a website that makes it easy to compare car insurance online. He is a newcomer to NickThrolson.com and would encourage you to check out the recent post from Nick with a review of Fiverr.The acid test for any website in any market is quite simply if you can objectively take a look at your site as compared to the other top sites in your market and then ask yourself the question: "Is my website honestly the best website out of all of the other websites gunning for the same keyword?" and get a resounding "Yes, my site is the best." If you cannot honestly answer yes then it's time to get back to work and/or go back to the drawing board.Give the Search Engines What They Want
The biggest mistake that many newbie SEO's make is to try to "game the system" by "outsmarting Google/Bing". Even if we put aside the ridiculous notion that any one person can consistently outsmart a team of highly paid and highly intelligent engineers for any amount of time let's just first realize that if one truly wants to make a substantial amount of money with their website(s) then they will have to do one thing. Work hard.Yup, I said it. W-O-R-K. So if it's going to take a lot of hard work either way then why not put all of that hard work into actually building a great web property? Why try to scam and trick your way into getting your site ranked ahead of other sites that are much higher quality websites than your auto generated splogs will ever be when you can work hard and build a website that people can look at and honestly say SHOULD rank #1 because it is the BEST?Assuming that Google wants to make money by having people continue to use Google instead of BING (and vice versa) then it is in Google's best interest to want to provide the best results possible and the best user experience possible so that people will continue to use their web search rather than jumping ship to BING or another competitor. If this is the case then why not build the absolute best (honestly now - the best) website for a given niche and give users and in turn the search engines exactly what they want? (HINT: If you do this then that means that you will get what YOU want: loads of traffic and in turn hopefully you can convert that into loads of $$$)Questions to Ask Yourself
It's pretty easy to tell with some sites whether they are a top tier web property and deserve to rank for a competitive keyword phrase. Conversely, it's also very easy to tell when a given site has no business ranking for anything (i.e. MFA "Made For AdSense" websites, auto generated "splogs" spam blogs, etc). However, most sites are not really one of the extremes. Here are some questions to ask yourself about YOUR website as you compare it to some of it's competitors to see how it stacks up:- Does my website cover the topic (topic = main keyword phrase that you are trying to rank for) in terms of content as thoroughly or more thoroughly than any other website? - For example, I own a website that has information on anything and everything to do with credit cards. I am constantly adding new high quality information to the website so that the websites will have every possible piece of useful credit card related information on it including credit card reviews, interactive calculators, humorous feature articles, etc. BUT what if I thought that I could just launch up a quick 10 page website and expect to outrank many of the other great websites in the credit card market that have thousands and thousands of high quality pages? Yea, fat chance.
- Does my website LOOK just as professional, creative, polished, etc as my competitors? - This one is not as important as the meat of the website (the content) but all the same the design of your website speaks volumes.
- Does my website have all of the functionality as my competitors? - For example, if you want to compete in one of the ultra competitive niches like travel, financial software, etc. and your website can't even come close to a Hotels.com or a Mint.com then you are probably in trouble (which just goes to show that there are solid reasons why each of those sites deserve to have such high rankings in their respective niches).
What do YOU Think?
Do you find yourself tending to think short term and focus on quick results rather than on a long term focus on quality?What are some other ways that one can evaluate their website to determine if it is best in class? by Nick Throlson | Aug 25, 2010 | Off Topic
After many years of ?searching, I?ve found what I have to do in life. I love helping people both online and offline. I?ve been doing it for friends for years and I want to extend my services to my readers. I can help with websites, marketing, branding and other services. I want to teach you and share my knowledge.
Friends and family have been coming to me for years with their problems when their computer is running slow or has a virus. I have no problem fixing these problems. I?ve also taught affiliate marketing. A good friend, Rajan Chopra, is a full-time doctor. I taught him how affiliate marketing works and he?s been very successful.I recently helped a friend with her website. I got her on a server, set up a WordPress site, and sent her login details. Two hours later, she had her poems online. I can?t tell you how happy it makes me to see her enjoying her site and expressing herself. Her website is at hbeepoems.comWhat can I do for you? Let me set up your website in minutes with my good friends at Bluehost.You can contact me via Skype @ nickthrolson.Other Friends Sites PrettyObsessed.com by Nick Throlson | Aug 18, 2010 | Off Topic
Looking back on NickThrolson.com shows how far I have come since I graduated high school in 2006. My goals were set and my blog has grown into successful platform for expressing my thoughts & helping my readers.- A Post with a title I'm proud of is why the unemployed are turning to affiliate marketing. I know how hard it is to make a catchy title but sometimes a simple title says it all. https://nickthrolson.com/why-unemployed-are-turning-to-affiliate-marketing
Avast is setting the standard for internet security. I have used avast since 2006 loved there support & reliable software . Everyone knows it costs money to stay safe on the internet if you dont keep your security software up to date . Avast offers 
free antivirus to home users non comercial use. They go far and beyond when it comes to offering free software to keep you safe on the internet. Avast has some history they started with two Czech scientists in 1988 and their passion for computer programming.I absolutely love there product beats paying for norton or mcafee. So what are you waiting for check out avast give there internet security a 30 day trial. ?click here to get your free risk free trial today!
Friends and family have been coming to me for years with their problems when their computer is running slow or has a virus. I have no problem fixing these problems. I?ve also taught 
