About Matt Vaden

Hello. I am an internet / affiliate marketer with years of experience in the business, and I am the proud owner of this blog. I write tutorials and my personal thoughts here on this site on a regular basis so I can assist my readers and followers in successfully launching their own internet career.
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Does Google Give Big Brands a Break or Boost?

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The $64,000 Question... Is Google really giving Brands special treatment? Many SEOs and internet marketers have felt for a long time that Google does exactly that; rank brands higher in the SERPs, penalize them less and/or remove their penalties more quickly. However, I challenge you to take a closer look into this anomaly with me. I will attempt to debunk many of the preconceived notions that are frequently thrown around and passed off as "proof" that Google is somehow treating big brands ... Read Full Story

Comment Reply Notification

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Get Emails on Future Comments When a reply is made to a comment that your users have left on your blog, an email will be sent to the user to notify him/her of the reply. This will allow the users to follow up the comment and expand the conversation if desired. Even though Comment Reply Notification has not been updated in a VERY long time, I still chose to use it because of its simplicity. However, please feel free to leave a comment below if you have any ideas on how I can ... Read Full Story

Akismet – Stop SPAM!!

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Akismet Plugin by Automattic Are you wasting all your time fighting SPAM on your blog? Do you spend more time deleting SPAM than actually writing your content? If so, then please read on... I know that there are multiple options out there when it comes to fighting SPAM on your blog, but I have chosen to go with Automattic's Akismet Plugin, and it has served me very well. Actually, I am running Akismet on at least five different blogs that I own, and it has stopped all but three ... Read Full Story

Does SEO Still Play an Important Role?

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Why Do People Keep Mentioning SEO and Is It Really Important? As many of my regular readers probably already know, one of my favorite (probably the most favorite) subjects to discuss here at MattsAffiliateJourney.com is SEO. You are probably wondering why I have chosen to take this path of discussing SEO so frequently. Well, primarily that's because SEO is one of the most important factors in determining your blog's success. Notice the emphasis on the word one. There are many factors that ... Read Full Story

How to: Prep for Google’s Penguin 2.0 Update & Future Success

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What is the Google Penguin 2.0 Update Anyway? It is believed by many people in the SEO community that Google's Penguin 2.0 Update is very near. This primarily stems from this statement made by Google's head of The Search SPAM Team, Matt Cutts. Matt Cutts has been quoted as saying: "The update will be significant and one of the most talked about Google algorithm updates this year." ... and that would be both of the last two years running....and Eric Enge has been ... Read Full Story