http://channelfreakers.co.uk Online Marketing Freaks! Sat, 01 May 2010 21:54:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The power of the affiliate channel, is in its self perpetuating nature. Merchants get coverage, increased traffic and form relationships with leading sites. Of course, from a merchant's point of view, it is important not to underestimate  the value of each and every affiliate to your programme. Make each affiliate aware ... http://channelfreakers.co.uk/2010/05/affiliated-to-good-page-rank-sites/ Don't Get Lost In Translation Given there are over 150 million bloggers and that is excluding Chinese language blogs, and Google claims that in five years we will all use the internet in Chinese. Clever google giving the right soundbites. Global sales can really increase a companies sales and search engine ... http://channelfreakers.co.uk/2009/11/lost-in-translation/ Where Have All The Quality Links Gone Google have spoken about their policy of ranking websites that exhibit authority and high page rank.  They have produced a toolbar option, the  sidewiki  for users to add relevant content to the search engine. During the Vince and caffeine updates, it was an ... http://channelfreakers.co.uk/2009/11/quality-links-not-quantity/ I’m sure you are all aware of the most recent Google update that took ages , maybe because of all the Google caffeine integrations. I was quite happy that my blogs got updated and i finally got a page rank on one of my blogs but i have been questioning ... http://channelfreakers.co.uk/2009/11/is-it-worth-building-directories-anymore/ Affiliates and merchants have a bit of a mutual agreement that they must always moan about each other. One for how little the other does to help it and the other because they believe there’s some sneaky behaviour taking place. Now, we all know there are a few affiliates out there ... http://channelfreakers.co.uk/2009/11/there%e2%80%99ll-be-no-cheating-on-my-watch/ We’re not even a stone’s throw away from November which means Christmas is quite literally just around the corner. It never ceases to amaze me how quickly Christmas comes round once you’ve passed the age of receiving toys and when you actually have to start buying gifts for family members, who ... http://channelfreakers.co.uk/2009/10/christmas-is-coming-whether-you-like-it-or-not/ At Last Google PageRank Has Updated OK, I know I only posted yesterday but this is important. For the past few weeks we have all been waiting anxiously on the PageRank update to kick in and now it has. As I only saw it a couple of hours ago I haven't got ... http://channelfreakers.co.uk/2009/10/google-pagerank-finally-updates-oct-09/ Webmaster Tool Access Should Be like Google Analytics <nic> OK I'm not saying that we shouldn't need a server request to get access but after you give access, as far as I have seen, you can't take access away without changing server. This is an obvious pain in the ass and almost ... http://channelfreakers.co.uk/2009/10/google-webmaster-tools-needs-access-controls/ Recently celebrating its tenth anniversary, the blog combines as a key tool in Search Engine Optimisation. Writing blogs should be about fun and interaction and I am here to tell you that it is . Google needs bloggers to continue their work anyway, and they are a long way off perfecting ... http://channelfreakers.co.uk/2009/10/seo-blogging/ Welcome to ChannelFreakers,  we are warming up our blogging fingers.  More posts to come. http://channelfreakers.co.uk/2009/10/welcome-to-channelfreakers/