2005

Twice on Tuesday

December 30, 2005

Last May 22nd was my 1 year anniversary with my wife. I wanted to get something special that would stand the test of time. I didn’t want to buy jewelry or other lame things that are kind of “brainless” but instead I try to get something that takes a little bit of creativity. A friend… read more

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Looking for a domain name for your niche or blog?

December 29, 2005

So I was dinking around with the adwords and Google apis and I created this l33t domain name generator. located here http://dev.shoemoney.com/public-tools/domainfinder/ Basically you give it a keyword for a niche that you are thinking about doing and it will query AdWords api (which I have unlimited calls atm) and the Google api to find… read more

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Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 955

December 28, 2005

I was pretty excited today to see the specs on the Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 955. I havent purchased any server class chips since paying a pretty penny ($1300 apiece) for my EE intel 3.2 ghz chips. I am guessing these will be about $2,000.00 to start but will come down in price this spring.… read more

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Million Dollar Homepage – best investment ever?

December 27, 2005

I bought 100px on milliondollarhomepage on November 30th, almost 1 month ago. I put a small logo of ShoeMoney in it and linked it to my blog. Why? I dunno I just thought it was cool to be a part of history. Here is neat thing- I’m actually getting quite a bit of traffic from… read more

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Im rich! -Things I am thankful for

December 26, 2005

Do you think you are richer then ShoeMoney? Lets see. I work all day in my boxers from home, I get to jump into bed every night and have amazing conversation with the woman of my dreams (my wife), AND I HAVE A BABY ON THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here are specific things I am thankful for.… read more

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My tips for buying domains that are taken

December 25, 2005

I mainly want to blog about this so I can refer people to this post and not keep re-explaining my thoughts on buying/selling domains. This is straight from the ShoeMoney Playbook of domaining… its probably not the perfect way or even the right way. But it is my way. For these examples we will refer… read more

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Azoogleads getting ready to launch Adsense alternative

December 23, 2005

I was contacted today by one of AzoogleAds co-founders about a new product the are going to launch very soon to publishers. As many of you know I have been critical of Azoogleads in the past but it seems like that might have been a revamping time for them and I have been very happy… read more

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Sponsored Link via donation

December 22, 2005

After being approached about putting up “sponsored links” for quite some time I have finally caved in. For whatever reason my experiences from making money online has grown in readership and has over 2500 uniq visitors a day. I am VERY torn because I never wanted this site to be for profit. I wanted a… read more

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Getting frustrated with buying my last name

December 22, 2005

UPDATE: Thanks to all who have helped. I have contacted the owner and we are in negotiations Again thanks!! So I have wanted to own schoemaker.com for a long time. The domain whois shows: Domain Name: SCHOEMAKER.COM Registrar: REGISTER.COM, INC. Whois Server: whois.register.com Status: ACTIVE Contacts: No match for schoemaker.com. I have used brokers and… read more

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When Google decides your no longer of value

December 20, 2005

One of my sites has been ranking #2 for 3 MILLION overture term (means there is 3 million or more searches done according to Overture). It also ranked for many 6 figure overture terms and was getting tons of traffic from Google for various phrases. Then I switched from Google AdSense to the Yahoo Publisher… read more

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Quick Connect of Lincoln NE to redo SMG INC company website

December 19, 2005

I have been meaning to redo my parent corporation Shoemoney Media Group INC website for a LONG time. It looks like total crap currently. I want something kind of flashy yet easy to navigate. I think this is a good test for a local company called Quick Connect. They bid the job out at $3,000.00… read more

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$10,000 a day from Google Base

December 15, 2005

DIGG IT One week ago a friend hit me up on instant messanger. I have known this guy for a long long time. We used to make a lot of money together from porn affiliates while in college. We were doing about 2000$ a month and thought we were rich… well we were compared to… read more

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Google is on the offensive with paid links

December 14, 2005

Looks like the days of buying text links for pr and keyword value are over. Matt Cutts has made several public announcements about it in a few different blog posts and also some speaking events. At pubcon I attended a session where experts talked about monitizing your blog. One the the premier people to speak… read more

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Adsense search takes a leap forward

December 14, 2005

As first reported this morning on JenSense – Google is now offering a branding free search option. This is a great step forward for Google search imo. Here is what the new search looks like-

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The Office on NBC

December 12, 2005

If you havent been watching The Office on NBC then you are really missing out on something. Thats really all I have to say about that. Season 1 just came out also if you need a idea for last minute stocking stuffer

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