by Mark Mason | Apr 1, 2009 | Announcements
Editor's note (2026): Article marketing — the practice of submitting keyword-stuffed articles to online directories for backlinks — is completely dead as an SEO strategy. Google's algorithm updates eliminated article directories as a viable ranking tactic...
by Mark Mason | Feb 9, 2009 | Internet Marketing
In early 2009, I won second prize in the Micro Niche Finder video contest by showing how I built a BMW car parts affiliate site using eBay listings. It was a fun project, and Micro Niche Finder was a genuinely useful tool for its time. I used it alongside phpBay, a...
by Mark Mason | Dec 1, 2008 | Internet Marketing, Video
Back in 2008, I recorded a video showing how I used a keyword research tool called Micro Niche Finder and a WordPress plugin called phpBay to build a niche eBay affiliate store in about an hour. The specific tools are long gone, but the underlying strategy of finding...
by Mark Mason | Oct 16, 2008 | Announcements
In 2008, I wrote about Micro Niche Finder — a desktop keyword research tool that cost about sixty-seven dollars and promised to take the guesswork out of finding profitable niches. I was genuinely enthusiastic about it at the time. It was the first keyword tool...
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...
