Not every site you create needs to be a blog that's loaded with features and code you may not need. Generally speaking, a "blog" is dynamic. Every time a page is viewed by a browser, your web server needs to recreate the page by pulling different elements together.

HTML pages are static, meaning if you want to make or change them you do it on your own computer then upload them to your web server. The server/host doesn't have to build the page each time, just show it. HTML pages also tend to use far less code. These two things make static HTML pages much faster. Wordpress plugins that make your pages faster are trying to convert your dynamic pages to static pages.

I am oversimplifying a bit and you can mix and match static and dynamic elements of pages, but you should get the general idea.

• Static html pages also don't require any special hosting features or requirements like "PHP version 566.029".
  
• They take up far less space on hosts where storage space is valuable.
  
• Almost anything you can do with a blog you can do with a "stand alone" scripts, which has a slightly higher learning curve than using plugins using WP. And in some cases you can do a lot more with HTML.
  
• For a noob there's probably a lower learning curve to get a site up and running with "old fashioned html" than a blog.
  

Google Hilltop is a very old concept for SEO and one that I felt never got the attention it deserved/deserves. Hilltop is Google's way of telling how closely two sites are "affiliated" (connected) with each other and this is part of the equation for how valuable a link may be. If you link to your own site from your own site, it probably shouldn't count as much as a link from a site that has no affiliation.

Here's some possible ways Google can detect affiliation, and there are others:

• Same whois info.
  
• On same server/IP.
  
• Uses same affiliate IDs - Especially Adsense.
  
• Logs into different hosts and social media using the Chrome browser.
  
• Poorly "spun" content shared across the network.
  

Here's a good tutorial that shows how to create art using a free AI tool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hgfbf5OOoI

 
Here's the code:
https://colab.research.google.com/drive/...sp=sharing

My first AI generated art. I entered the text "bluesman standing at the crossroads" and this is what AI created. It even added musical notes in "banners" on the distorted guitar necks:
 




I think it's pretty amazing from a tech point of view. It got the context of "bluesman" and added the guitars on its own along with the musical notes. The "crossroads" reference was a bit easier and seems to use roads in general without the blues reference, but it did get the concept of road and it does appear the guy is standing on a dirt road. It took about 15 minutes for it to fully create this image.

These are the best free TOS and Terms Generators I've found. If you know of any others please post them below.

https://www.termsfeed.com/terms-conditions-generator/

https://getterms.io/

https://speckyboy.com/free-wordpress-plu...ompliance/

Here's some really good explanations concerning Fair Use. I often said one of the best ways to create content is to talk about other content. Here's how to do that legally and not get in trouble with Youtube.

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWwwTYPwkVM
 
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CKmEPddQBc

It would be great if I could improve my time management. Is there anything you use?

In this video, Matthew Lesko gives 4 websites that will give free (or cheap) advice and guidance for starting a business. For those that don't know Lesko, he used to run a lot of infomercials on US TV selling his book about how to get grants from the US. He does a lot of his stuff online now and is a good follow.

Also note his comment about business really coming down to just getting customers and everything else is just details. IMO, this is the FIRST and most important question any business owner/starter should answer, "Where and how are you EXACTLY going to get customers?".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeNEMHRe5x0

4 Best Websites To Start Any Business With ZERO $0

https://www.meetup.com/
https://www.sba.gov/local-assistance
https://www.startupschool.org/
https://americassbdc.org/

If there ever was a "Do as I say and not as I do" thread, this is it. Over the years when I've done the best is when I followed this strategy. It's when I get away from it is when I get into trouble, usually getting distracted with other things.

Do 3 simple tasks in each of 3 categories every day. You can break down what a task is any way you want. It can be writing 3 paragraphs of an article is one task or 3. The key is just to start and to be productive.

The first and most important priority, and one we (me) may over look...is to do three things that give us the opportunity of making us money as soon as possible, if not today. This doesn't that you have to, or will, make money today...only that it could.

However, the real benefit is that they could make you money every day in the foreseeable future too, not just today. If you did 3 things every day that have a chance to make you money, after a year you'll have added over 1000 assets to your portfolio.

Do 3 things to make money today

• Link to an article or landing page with a revenue stream
  
• Create a Youtube video
  
• Post on social/forums -
  
• Add a new product to Etsy, eBay, Amazon like a teeshirt or mug
  
• Contact a person for a JV
  
• Email your list
  
• Launch a product
  

• Do 3 steps of creating a Frontier
  
• Set up PheedMe traffic
  
• Research keywords and domain names
  
• Apply for an affiliate program
  
• Install WP
  
• Create a social account
  
• Create an IFTTT account
  
• Create a landing page
  
• Write an SEOed article
  
• Work on a product/report
  
• Write part of an autoresponder series
  
• Post to social
  

If I had to choose a single SEO metric as my favorite...it would the allintitle. Allintitle means all the keywords need to be in the title tag of the web page.

This is far from perfect, but so is every other single stat.

The allintitle is like a "poker read" and tells us how many webpages were optimized for that keyword phrases. Putting your main keywords in the page title is RULE NUMBER ONE in SEO and is the most fundamental aspect of on-page SEO.

It is easy to calculate and report accurately, unlike a number of other common SEO metrics, which are often just guestimates.

Where allintitle becomes especially important is for low competition keywords. If a keyword is competitive, and the number of competing sites using the allintitle is in the 1000's, it really doesn't mean much. But if there aren't any other sites using all the keywords in a phrase in the page titles, you probably have a big advantage if you do. And if there's only a few other sites with the keyword phrases allintitle, you very likely have a better  chance of ranking well than if there are 25,000 other pages using the same keywords in their page titles.

Of course, you also need traffic and the traffic needs to have some value. But IMO a potent strategy is to sort your keywords by allintitle and then look to see if any meet your minimum traffic and value requirements...and can you create a bit of content for that keyword phrase that's better than the pages that are at the top of the SERPs for that keyword phase?

This videos exposes the truth about services that pay you for sharing links. Check it out and my comments below for some really useful info...
 
 
 
 In the first part of the video he talks about a few serrvices that offer you to share links to videos and get paid for doing it. He does the math and pretty much disproves their claims. I suggest you don't skip that part.

But the main focus is how he not only uses videos other people create to make money, he does it in a legit way that also helps folks.

7:34 He talks about how people often search for answers to very simple questions.

8:40 the general strategy is to use keyword research tools to find keywords you can easily rank for and help those people with relevant Youtube videos.

Be sure to watch the whole video since he goes into more details.

A very important point he brings up is how you will be a "content organizer" and mentions Google as an example. And this is how YOU add value. You find videos that respond directly to the interest of the search keyword and select the best video(s) for your page. Google uses robots to tell folks the best info for the search. You are using your human brain to help them.

• Add relevant and helpful content along with the video to the page.
  
• Optimize the page using basic SEO so it's easy to find for people searching for it.
  
• Add relevant revenue streams, like affiliate links, email capture and your own POD products.