Jul 22 2007

back home back on track

By Jeremy Schoemaker 57 comments

Sorry its been so slow posting. In the last 2 weeks I went from 5 days in Miami to NYC then to Moline IL then I just got home.

Some big things happening

So now just catching up on email for the last 2 weeks and returning calls from people who think I am ignoring them =(

I just found out today that Marcus Frind will be joining the “Making Money With Contextual Advertising” panel in SES San Jose so that was really cool news. Marcus owns the Plenty Of Fish dating website and kills it in contextual revenue. If people thought I put up some big checks just wait until that panel… course his is in canadian… jk =P

Article Writing said on July 22nd, 2007 at 6:27 pm

We thought you died!

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Irv Robinson said on July 22nd, 2007 at 6:37 pm

welcome back! I hope you liked the t-shirt

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Urbanist said on July 22nd, 2007 at 6:49 pm

Hope the trip brought new perspectives - welcome back and thanks for providing updates where you could

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Jeremy Steele said on July 22nd, 2007 at 7:00 pm

Wow, you’ve been busy. Welcome back.

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michael webster said on July 22nd, 2007 at 7:58 pm

Well, the Canadian dollar will probably be at par by then - it is around 96 cents right now.

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Stephen Welton said on July 22nd, 2007 at 8:10 pm

That’s going to be one serious panel to get on board with.

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John said on July 22nd, 2007 at 8:10 pm

Good to have you back, Shoe.

Please please please look into Auction Ad issues - I have over a dozen “made for Auction Ads” sites that are all F’ed right now because AA is displaying non-related ads - I’ve got DJ equipment sites showing Chanel handbags and Timeshare sites showing Wii games - HELP!

I’ve emailed AA support 3 times and have gotten one “We’ll fix it in 24 hours” - that was over a week ago.

For some sites, I re-generate and publish the code and the ads will match the keywords for a few hours - then they show irrelevant ads once again. Other keywords - like “timeshare” - won’t even generate correctly.

In fact, for this blog - shoemoney.com - I’m seeing Chanel sunglasses ads.

Don’t want you to publish this comment - I’m a big fan of you and Auction Ads - just thought this would be the best way to inform you.

Thanks,
John

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mahdi yusuf said on July 22nd, 2007 at 8:45 pm

yeah, i have recently started reading your blog, and seems kind of slow, i am glad this is out of the norm!

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eTown Landlord said on July 22nd, 2007 at 9:01 pm

i saw marcus on the today show. this guy hit it big with adsense. He’s one of my main motivators. You gotta see his “office”…

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B. Durant said on July 22nd, 2007 at 9:03 pm

You don’t know me, but I was having Shoemoney withdrawal and believe you me that is not a pretty sight!

And congrats on the H2! I’d have gone for a Dodge Ram or a Ford Powerstroke personally, but yeah that’s just me.

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B. Durant said on July 22nd, 2007 at 9:05 pm

And yes I know that was a long time ago for the H2 but I figured I’d mention it since it was in the related posts

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Joeychgo said on July 22nd, 2007 at 9:48 pm

Big things happening? Like what?

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Travel Notebook said on July 22nd, 2007 at 10:06 pm

Google bought out shoemoney.com

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Travel Notebook said on July 22nd, 2007 at 10:08 pm

How much is plentyoffish making?

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webd360 said on July 22nd, 2007 at 10:11 pm

The thing is he owns the whole website to himself, so all the profits are his. His adsense check is enough to live on. For more info try youtube or google it, his story is definitely an inspiration for webmasters trying to make money online.

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Derek said on July 22nd, 2007 at 10:29 pm

Nice.

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cooliojones said on July 22nd, 2007 at 10:49 pm

How to attend a web funeral?

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John said on July 23rd, 2007 at 12:02 am

Well - the comment was published.

I don’t want to give the wrong impression - Auction Ads has been fantastic - but in the last 7-10 days the keyword matching hasn’t been working well at all.

It’s impossible to monetize when the ads have zero relevance.

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Don@AffiliateWatcher said on July 23rd, 2007 at 12:11 am

Welcome back home. Seems you had a good time. I’m looking forward to your new post.

Don

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PrintNPost said on July 23rd, 2007 at 12:48 am

SERIOUSLY…i was starting to wonder when the next post would be…That and i Wanted to see the new tshirt…since im planning on sending you one. POF…wus the 411? kinda funny i was just reading yesterday when you were calling him out a while back about being legit or not!…

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richard said on July 23rd, 2007 at 1:03 am

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richard said on July 23rd, 2007 at 1:06 am

mabe you should have bought a volvo….

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Ouchs said on July 23rd, 2007 at 1:37 am

Why mock the CAD Shoe? Our dollar is not that far behind the US

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Paul. said on July 23rd, 2007 at 2:13 am

Moline isn’t to far from me. I drove by there today on my across state trip.

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ritchie said on July 23rd, 2007 at 2:19 am

It’s been awfully long Lookin’ forward to new posts!

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Fable said on July 23rd, 2007 at 3:56 am

Don’t worry, shoe. I forgive you.

Steve

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eTown Landlord said on July 23rd, 2007 at 5:44 am

let’s chip in for a big shoe casket.

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Tom said on July 23rd, 2007 at 6:50 am

Shoe!

I went to Canada the other day to go gambling and got .02 on my USD… UGH

I think Canada is taking over

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eTown Landlord said on July 23rd, 2007 at 8:03 am

He was also featured on the Today show. He chills at home with his girlfriend and programs about an hour a day. This guy has it locked down.

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jim said on July 23rd, 2007 at 9:08 am

Will The Shoemoney Show be on tomorrow?

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Grivon said on July 23rd, 2007 at 11:32 am

Hah, tell me about it! My adsense check this month was about the same in canadian dollars as it was in amerian - with the bank exchange rate and all :S

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Modern-Worker said on July 23rd, 2007 at 11:33 am

Marcus should spend an extra hour a day on design, lol. I give the guy big props, but POF is visually hideous

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CPA Affiliates said on July 23rd, 2007 at 11:41 am

Nice you made it back man! thats the only downfall of traveling is catching back up.

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Nathan Hannig said on July 23rd, 2007 at 12:06 pm

welcome back home, I wish I could travel to all these places like you

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jim said on July 23rd, 2007 at 12:41 pm

Wouldn’t you get bored if you just chilled at home all the time?

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jim said on July 23rd, 2007 at 12:42 pm

Yeah but it’s still canadian.

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ShoeMoney said on July 23rd, 2007 at 12:43 pm

I use the keyword of my ebay sellerid - this means it shows my auctionads on ebay when they are there otherwise it shows the best converting items on ebay.

If you want to email me the sites I will look into it but we have not had any targeting issues.

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Increase WebSite Traffic said on July 23rd, 2007 at 12:46 pm

thats the first i’ve seen of anyone having targetting problems :-\

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John said on July 23rd, 2007 at 1:06 pm

Thanks, Shoe.

I replaced all the code last night and so far so good - it usually takes a couple of hours for AA to start showing irrelevant ads - I’ll shoot you an email when this occurs.

Thanks for the great customer care - I appreciate your time.

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chrisblogging.com said on July 23rd, 2007 at 1:40 pm

Traveling the country is always a good time. But of course, the downside is being away from the computer. For me, this is the hardest part of leaving home base!

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Paul Bradish said on July 23rd, 2007 at 1:54 pm

Welcome back!

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cooliojones said on July 23rd, 2007 at 2:16 pm

I wouldn’t be bored knowing I had a gazillion dollars in the bank. Well actually I wouldn’t be at home either!

Anyone think he should change the look of the site? Seems dated. But that may add to the appeal.

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The Dino said on July 23rd, 2007 at 2:16 pm

Busy days. Hope you soted everything out.

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cooliojones said on July 23rd, 2007 at 2:20 pm

LOL, I don’t think even ShoeMoney would give it up for anything less than a billion.

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Bill Hartzer said on July 23rd, 2007 at 3:28 pm

Glad to see that you’re back home. And I’m sure you’re glad to be back home, right? Ya know, there are solutions to your problems of not being able to post that much while you’re on the road: do it remotely, blog via cell phone, start microblogging via twitter or something like that?

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doolally said on July 23rd, 2007 at 4:21 pm

It does the job the way it is, who knows the look might be part the reason it’s so successful.

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Joeychgo said on July 23rd, 2007 at 4:59 pm

Shouldnt that be the other way around?

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Matt said on July 23rd, 2007 at 5:49 pm

When are you getting a Lambo, Shoe?

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Gecko Tales said on July 24th, 2007 at 6:57 am

It’s the Plenty O Fish stories that inspire me and keep me focused. Drive on…

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Freebies said on July 25th, 2007 at 10:45 am

Glad you’re back!

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Joeychgo said on July 25th, 2007 at 12:34 pm

Yeah - Me too!

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Stuart Hannig said on July 25th, 2007 at 2:58 pm

Glad you are back

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ritchie said on July 27th, 2007 at 7:01 am

yeah, it’s been kind of silent around here. lucky you’re back

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ritchie said on July 27th, 2007 at 7:02 am

technical solutions don’t necessarily mean that you also always find the time to use them.

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ismar said on July 27th, 2007 at 4:36 pm

Shoe Money back on his grizzy

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Michael Fultz said on July 29th, 2007 at 1:43 am

Frind makes a ton of money..

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Bob Schoemaker said on August 5th, 2007 at 4:08 am

Jeremy, thank you for the link to your “pops” web site One thing you failed to mention was the fact that I didn’t know how to turn a computer on three years ago. Due to the fact that you kept prompting me to do a fishing web site and the name suggested by your wife “J”, WhereIFish.com, it has all jelled into a fishing forum website that is growing bigger every day.

All this, wouldn’t be happening without your encouragement and knowledge. Thanks so much, Dad

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