NEW eBay CJ Youtube Adsense Mashup Script!
Back in the day when I created my first mashup, the ebay-youtube-adsense script, I was pretty much a beginner at php. Despite that, over 100 people have downloaded the free script in the last few months, and my flagship site http://smartphonereview.co.uk now gets over 150 organic search visitors a day, netting me about $100/month in ebay commissions and adsense revenue.
I figured it was about time to take this script to the next level with what I've learnt since I began programming php applications.
So behold my latest mashup site: Home Cinema Audio review!
This is a substantial evolution of the original mashup script. The key features are essentially there, but upgraded substantially.
The biggest change is I've replaced the Affiliate Future product section with a feed from the Commission Junction API, which gives far more results and improved SEO over the former.
It also means I've had to switch the script from php4 to php5, so now I'm using my custom RSS parser I mentioned in the last blog post. This improves the loading time of the script enormously (although it's kind of offset by the slightly slower loading of the CJ API feed).
The other big change is in the style of the site. It now sports a much cleaner and more modern theme, with pale blue smooth divs and better separation of posts and product items.
Oh, one more cool feature not found in the earlier version: Static URLs! Now the links generated by site searches take the following form: http://homecinemaaudio.co.uk/review/home+cinema.html
This is great for SEO and looks much nicer for your visitors than ...index.php?q=home+cinema
The script is now ready for public release. But it's not a free download. The older mashup script will still be free, but this new one is on sale for $27.00 per copy (though you can make as many sites from it as you want).
The reason I'm charging a small sum for this is for a couple of reasons. 1) I've had dozens of people telling me I'm missing out by not charging for the original ebayoutube mashup script, and 2) this one is significantly more evolved and robust than the first. I don't want to start charging for the free script, so I figure charging for 'version 2.0' is the next best thing.
REQUIREMENTS:
PHP5 & SOAP installed and running on your server
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED:
Download and install this TEST SCRIPT before purchasing.
Ensure the test script works on your server before committing to buy!
IMPORTANT: After purchasing, make sure to click the 'RETURN TO MERCHANT' link in Paypal to download the product!
At the top of this page I talk about my new mashup script which I used to create my Home Cinema Audio site.
I registered the domain name and created the site, and in just 5 days, looking through my Analytics account, it already hit Google UK's first page for a handful of search terms.
The term 'Panasonic SCPTX50' ranked in 4th place, and 'ps3 cinema sound' ranked 3rd and 4th place... with over 4 million results! These may seem like obscure keywords, but they are actual searches people have made when they found my site.
There are a couple of important points here. 1) The site had only been live for less than a week, and I spent a total of maybe an hour promoting it (by way of linking from a few of my blogs and creating a Squidoo lens, nothing spectacular). And 2) Many of the search terms which were getting ranked are new to me... by which I mean the site is basically generating its own keywords. I don't know what a Panasonic SCPTX50 is, but at least four people have visited my site looking for one.
And the way the script operates is that any search term entered into the site's search box gets an automatic permanent link. It's self-perpetuating. Plus, because it grabs news feeds on the fly, the chances are high that the very latest cutting edge gadgets will appear on the site, along with ebay and adsense links for them. So you're likely to be way ahead of your competitors in terms of ranking for new products.