Using Copyrighted Words, Terms, or Phrases in URLs

We’ve all seen them.  Sites that have keywords or phrases in their URLs but are not owned by the companies that copyrighted the phrases.  This may tempt you to do this yourself.  Perhaps you want to start a niche store that focuses on products from a single company and found the perfect URL...

Giveaway of the Day

Some of you may already know about this website but for those who don’t, it is definitely worth checking out.  Giveaway of the Day is a site where they give away one software program each day for free.  They give away some excellent software!  Today’s software might be helpful to some...

How I Arrived at My Stats for my Testing of 30 Minute Backlinks

[2009-03-28 The three sites I created for this test were thin affiliate sites.  I did a very poor job of creating the sites and have not done what needs to be done to make them good sites.  As a result, I have not kept the domains, and you will no longer be able to look up these sites in Google.  If...

How to Deal with the Dreaded Computer Reformat

As many of you know, I had to reformat my computer not too long ago.  One of my readers emailed me and said he is now facing the same thing and wants to know what he needs to do regarding his niche stores. This is a good question, but fortunately, your niche stores shouldn’t be too affected by...

Remove Google AdSense Ads from Your BANS Stores

If you are a reader of Mark’s ‘The Niche Store Builder’ blog then you have already been alerted to the potential danger of mixing Build A Niche Stores with Google AdSense.  If you haven’t, then I strongly suggest you read what Mark has to say about this on his post called, “Don’t...

How I Organize my Passwords

Recently I received an email from someone who commented that he is overwhelmed with passwords for his Build A Niche Store (BANS) sites and has a hard time keeping track of them.  I suspect that he is not alone in not having a clear method of organizing passwords. So, I thought I’d share how I...

Find out what people are searching for on your niche stores

BANS forum moderator Mark has his own blog.  Many of you have probably already been there but if you haven’t I highly recommend it.  Some time ago Mark made available a mod that lets you see exactly what people are searching for when they use your site’s search box.  This mod is quite...

How to remove the ‘Contact Us’ link from sidebar and add it to the footer

Adding a ‘contact us’ page to a site will add value by making it look more professional. Some people won’t visit a site if there is no way to contact the site’s owner. And, I can’t remember where I read this, but it is thought that Google shows a bit more love to sites...

For a limited time you can try WordTracker for free

Finding the right keywords and phrases is critical to your niche store success.  There are a lot of keyword tools, some free, some not, that you can use.  I’ve tried several and am hooked on WordTracker.  It is the one keyword research tool that I use these days. Today WordTracker announced...

I’m taking a vacation from the computer

Summer is here and my girls are out of school.  My stepdaughter is visiting for the next week, and time with her is a commodity, since she is 16 and won’t want to visit us much longer.  So, starting tomorrow I am going to turn off the computer and spend time with my girls.  We will go to the...

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