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A new site just launched in their Alpha stage called 12 Seconds. The site is basically the Twitter of video. The idea is that you record a short video of what you are doing that is a maximum length of 12 seconds. Now in my opinion, Twitter works because you can type a quick update in about 5 seconds due to all the great web plugins for it. My question is… why in the world would someone port that into video format? The end result is the majority of the current videos being uploaded featuring a low quality cut of someone talking insanely fast and not punctuating their sentences.

The words have been spoken straight from Mr. Google himself (Matt Cutts).

Hey folks, I wanted to let you know that new toolbar PageRank values should become visible over the next few days. I’m expecting that also in the next few days that we’ll be expiring some older penalties on websites.

For those of you who actively participate in the webmaster forums… prepare for the usual chaos of 50% of the people extremely pissed off and complaining, as well as the other half who are gloating in their newfound numbers.

The following is Andy Crofford’s guest opinion of MarketLeverage, an up and coming affiliate company. Andy wrote his review of MarketLeverage as an entry to my MarketLeverage Contest. There are three ways to enter the contest, and writing a review was one of them. If you are interested in joining, there are two $179 Flip Mino video cameras, $100 in giftcards, and 10 2GB USB pens up for grabs. (Read more about the contest here) With that put aside, here is Andry Crofford’s opinions of MarketLeverage.

MarketLeverage was the first affiliate program I ever signed up with. This review will look at the application process, affiliate manager, control panel, and offers.

I have received a few emails and there has been a lot of confusion about some of the rules that I posted in the original MarketLeverage Contest post. I also had a few complaints from people that wanted to win but were already MarketLeverage members.

To solve everyones problems, I am now redoing the MarketLeverage blog contest so that EVERYONE has a chance at winning some free goodies!

The Prizes

ONE Flip Mino ($179 value)
One lucky winner will receive a brand-spanking new Flip Mino so that you can record your exciting life and put it on Youtube. Many people argue that video blogging is the next big thing, so you could always get a head start on that.

THIS POST IS NOW OUTDATED. Please read the updated MarketLeverage Contest Post.

As many of you already know, I was in Nebraska for the last three weeks competing on the Top Affiliate Challenge affiliate marketing reality web-tv show. While there, not only did I learn a plethora of good tips on making money through affiliate marketing, but I made friends with a lot of affiliate managers/networks.

My favorite affiliate network, MarketLeverage, not only helped me out tremendously while I was there competing, but are offering me some prizes to give away through a contest on my blog.

I am finally back in Minnesota after having been in Nebraska competing on the Top Affiliate Challenge.  The last episode is online now, check it out at TopAffiliateChallenge.com.

The show itself had some ups and downs (after all, it was the first season and we were the guinea pigs), and there was a lot of internal problems with a few of the affiliate networks, but aside from that the networking was awesome. It was the first time that I have met any other blogger in person (John Chow and Shoemoney as well for that matter).

This post was submitted by guest blogger Sharon Hurley Hall.

There’s been a lot of talk in the last year or so about the death of article marketing. Article marketing is using free articles to promote yourself and, in my opinion, it’s anything but dead. In fact, it’s a great way to promote yourself and your services. And if you have a blog or website already, it doesn’t even have to be hard work. Here’s how to use it.

This guest blogging post was submitted by Patrick from Piggy Bank Pie.

If you are not yet very familiar with affiliate marketing, you may have noticed that bloggers are constantly using acronyms and terms, assuming their readers are all up to speed with the lingo. While you may have figured out the most common ones, some may still be unclear. The following article is a glossary of affiliate marketing acronyms related to pay per click ad campaigns for the Upcoming Super Affiliate in you.