Hi
Long time no update – I’ve just learnt something – the hard way…
And this is to help any of you who are in the process of building a blog and intending on using it for referring your visitors to third party sites. It’s not acceptable, especially if you cloak the URL apparently – just been reading up about ‘black hat tricks’. I didn’t know I was doing that!!
Best policy is to be totally transparent about everything you do…
The internet has its own etiquet and codes of practice so it’s wise to check what you’re doing is ok with someone who knows their stuff on the net.
I was really upset to find that my blog had been deactivated and now I know why I shalln’t be doing that again, mark my words.
So bottom line is – if you’re tempted to use your site to promote third party sites – don’t do it.
It’s ok to promote you’re own stuff so I guess the best thing to do is put together your own product. It’s realtively easy to do. I found some good videos on You Tube that helped me.
Keep smiling – keep learning and above all keep trying…you’ll get there in the end.
Best wishes – catch up soon
Jeremy