Amit Agarwal from Digital Inspirations posted an excellent tutorial for power-users of Google Alerts. If you don't know this service, it allows you to subscribe to email alerts, delivered whenever some new content of interest to you is crawled by Google.

Here is an excerpt:

Google Alerts
is probably one the most powerful Google service for people (especially
bloggers) who want to stay ahead of their competition. With Google
Alerts, you get an instant email notification whenever something
happens in your niche or topics that matter to you.

Choosing the right affiliate program(s) for your website can make or break your online business. Simply follow the steps in this tutorial to greatly increase your chances of discovering the best affiliate programs available in your niche.

Obviously, I assume that you already have some ideas what your niche could be. If you need some inspiration, you may try these two articles before proceeding any further with this tutorial:

• Profitable niches in under 10 minutes
• A fool-proof way to discover the hottest markets
  

First of all, let me take this opportunity to let you know that I am still here, although I have not posted for several weeks. I should not make any excuses, but the truth is that this is a one-man show and I've been really busy with one of my brick-and-mortar projects.

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