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May 24, 2012

The Death of Bum Marketing

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I think it is very likely that what has become known as Bum Marketing is doomed to die a dismal death in the near future. What is Bum Marketing? Bum Marketing is a strategy used to generate affiliate commissions through distribution of articles written specifically to rank highly for low-competition keywords. The method was promoted [...]

Squidoo Crackdown on Spam and Junk Lenses

Squidoo’s announcement in mid-June has a lot of affiliate marketers running scared – especially those who use article or bum marketing methods and rely heavily on Squidoo for free advertising. In the supplement to their Terms of Service, Squidoo plans to limit or remove lenses that include: Spam X-Rated or Porn Junk topics “Overly promotional [...]