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11 Ways to Monetize a Website

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If, for example, you have a brand that people are crazy about, you can always create branded merchandise (like hats, stickers, and water bottles). Pro tip: From a link building perspective , sponsored content should–per Google’s guidelines–include either rel=”nofollow” or rel=”sponsored” tags, or both.

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The Biggest SEO Blunders of All Time

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Back in 2011, it was discovered that online retailer Overstock.com was encouraging colleges and universities to embed links on their websites in exchange for faculty and student discounts on Overstock.com merchandise. As far as terrible, sleazy, no-good, rotten link-building schemes go, this one was actually pretty clever.

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