by Mark Mason | Aug 13, 2012 | Experiments, Video
In 2012, I ran an experiment. I wanted to see if I could build a completely automated website using auto blogging software — a tool that generated articles from templates and PLR (private label rights) content — and make money from it without doing much...
by Mark Mason | Jan 13, 2012 | Experiments
In early 2012, I spent nearly $600 testing Nuke4Me, a service that promised to build massive backlinks to your websites using SENuke automation. You provided the URLs and keywords, they ran the software, and links appeared across the internet pointing back to your...
by Mark Mason | Nov 11, 2011 | Experiments, Internet Marketing, Part-Time Internet Business
Editor's note (2026): Nuke4Me and the SENuke tool it was based on are no longer available. The backlink-building tactics described in this post — mass-creating spun articles across Web 2.0 properties and article directories — are now explicitly against...
by Mark Mason | Apr 7, 2008 | Experiments, Make Money Online
In the early days of my internet marketing journey, I ran a public case study building a niche site about Elvis Presley. The goal was to demonstrate that a part-time entrepreneur could build a site, rank for competitive keywords, and generate traffic using basic SEO...
by Mark Mason | Mar 24, 2008 | Experiments
Early in my internet marketing journey, I stumbled across something that taught me a valuable lesson about keyword research and ethics. I was browsing keyword data and noticed that mesothelioma — the disease caused by asbestos exposure — had staggeringly...
