I’ve logged in, and it’s not just hype. Google Assassin is live. Of all the garbage out there, Chris X continues to put out great products, and this is no exception.

To celebrate the launch I’ve put together a nice little bonus package for anyone who buys it through my link.

Read all about it here

Hey guys. Sorry I haven’t been posting lately, but be assured that good things are in the works.  Watch for a huge update in the next week or two.

In the meantime, for those of you who have already made it, and make a good living with your internet marketing, here’s a great article outlining exactly the wrong way to take care of your finances. Take a look.

I use Firefox. But I hate Firefox. It’s buggy, it has all sorts of memory holes that make my Mac slow. It crashes all the time (although the restore-session feature *is* cool, I wish I didn’t need it because my browser actually worked). It doesn’t render pages nearly as fast as Safari.

So why do I use it? It has nothing to do with the browser itself. It’s the extensions. That’s right, I use Firefox completely for the third party software that I use to extend its functionality.

I love StumbleUpon. I love BugMeNot. I couldn’t get by without Adblock. SEOQuake tells me all sorts of useful information.

I’ve even got little plugins that show me my Adsense balance, and my CJ.com balance right in my status bar.

I wish I could go back to Safari. It’s faster. It renders a lot of pages more intelligently than Firefox, and most of all, it doesn’t crash every day.

Anybody who can tell me how to get all that functionality out of Safari gets a cookie.

Technorati’s got some catching up to do. Take a look at their Alexa stats, and you’ll see a huge drop. Alexa reports about 15% down over the last few months, but I bet it will trend down even faster now.

Why?

If you’re a blogger you probably already know. About 2 weeks ago, Wordpress 2.3 was released. There are all sorts of nice new features, like tag support, update checking for your plugins, etc. What does this have to do with Technorati?

Anyone who runs a Wordpress blog is probably used to this routine. Log in and you get a "Dashboard" which lists, among other things, your incoming links from other blogs. This *used to be* populated from Technorati. So anytime you would log into your blog, you’d see backlinks coming in, and as many bloggers do, you’d go to each of the sites, have a look around, and get an idea where and why they linked you. If you clicked on "More" it would take you to your Technorati authority page.

Over the past few months, though, bloggers have been talking about how irrelevant your "authority" really is. These comments must have gotten heard by the Wordpress crew, because the incoming links section on you Wordpress blog is now populated by the "Google Blog Search."

Personally I liked it better when it used Technorati. It seemed more social. Now it’s just like a portal to a search engine. I can definitely see how the information is much more relevant to bloggers trying to stand out in the SERPs, though, and that’s what really matters.

Technorati must be panicking at this point. Now, don’t get me wrong. Their daily traffic is still pretty huge, but a downtrend like this will put a damper on any business. It will be very interesting to see what they do to try and regain their authority (ha-ha).

I was browsing the Warrior Forum yesterday, and I cam across a really good method for quick cash that doesn’t take all that much effort. Basically, find an ebook (or 3 or 10) that comes with PLR (Private Label Rights), and make it your own. Change the title, fiddle with the grammar a little, change the affiliate links to your own, and most importantly, change the byline and make yourself the author. This is completely within what’s legal to do with PLR (that’s kind of the point).

Now visit the sales page, copy it, fiddle with it, make it look nicer, change the copy so it sounds more like your own writing style. Grab a domain, add some bonuses (which can just be other eBooks with PLR that you’re giving away in the same package).

Set up your minisite, put a contact form to grab emails, set up a quick paypal form, and start promoting the book in your sig on relevant forums. It doesn’t have to be in the IM niche, and it works even better in niches unrelated to IM.

This way, you’re making a bit of money selling the book, building your list, and adding to your library of products, all with very little effort.

The original post gets a little more specific with it. I’m going to try this in the coming week or two. I’ll post my results here (if I get any). Stay tuned.