Aired: January 01, 2009

Information: Charles and James revisit James’ decision to get involved in affiliate marketing a decade ago. James discusses the naiveté of the time and the variety of things that happened during the initial fever over the Internet. They discuss those who started early on the web and some of their achievements over the years and how nervous James was when he was getting going. James reviews some of the key differences between what things were like then and now. Desktop-publishers.com was one of James’ early sites that he hasn’t looked at for years. James discusses how things were different in terms of how to gain search engine positioning in the years before natural language search. Charles and James touch briefly on the way that governments are starting to use the Internet to market especially the Obamas. James and Charles talk about the Nintendo Wii entertainment system and how the gaming environment is tied into the Internet. James and Charles talk about online sales and the Christmas period and Boxing Day sales.