In the 1950s the US government were concerned with communicating in the event of a nuclear war. Paul Baron proposed a decentralized network of machines that if compromised along with, say, New York, the business of waging a war could be rerouted without interference. In 1969 the first packet switching network was funded by the Pentagon's advanced research projects agency. With just four original nodes linked to research facilities at four universities in the US, the internet was born.

At it's earliest computers were designed with communication in mind. Communication that was not limited to a single centralized network. Today that evolution, although much embellished, has not changed. The information communicated has taken on as many different forms as the two billion human minds connected to it can produce.

The human mind is naturally curious. It loves information, especially information that reinforces our own beliefs. The small, opinion rich websites and blogs are a delightful treat to our hungry egos and as long as we search for what we want to read it is a complement to our point of view.

The internet is an awkward tangle of human thought based on specific view points, life style, and insatiable need, both emotional and physical. I search for what I want to hear. I search for what I want to buy. I search for the things that reinforce my redneck style of living; and I find what I want but, somehow, selling anything remains an infinite mystery.

Learning affiliate marketing offers some huge challenges. The least of them is the process. There is a tendency among some of us to live and think on a spiritual level. Being true to our beliefs means being honest with ourselves, which is why when I look at my website I just don't believe it. I don't believe in it at all. Wonder why I don't sell anything?

I have stopped searching the internet for answers. In fact I don't habit Wealthy Affiliate as much as I used to either. I have taken to using the computer for what it is. A simple tool. I use it for writing articles that begin to resonate my own voice and qualities. I go to my websites and work at making them a little better. I start each day with a few things I want to accomplish and if it means solving a technical issue that requires information that can be found on the internet, then so be it, but I'll be damned if I'm going to get captured by a headline and photo of a near naked starlet that has just been experimented on by an alien species. Well maybe..

That's a marketing hook. A great title that plays on your imagination and a picture that captures your senses. I'm busy now trying to create my own titles, pictures and hooks. I can't build a website like you. I can't write an article like you. I don't care about how everyone else is optimizing their pages and sites because the person doing the back linking and optimization for my site isn't doing a very good job. There is only one person who can change that and I'm struggling to make him get it done. Simply put, you can copy success but that doesn't mean you can make it will work for you.

The computer is tied to the largest buying market that has ever existed. It is rife with opportunity. It is neatly categorized into social groups with like interests and needs. There are billions of searches everyday for products and information. It is a hungry crowd and at no other time in history has there been a more opportune time to sell to it. There are a bunch of people just like you out there with the same interests, looking for the same things you like. Give them what they want. Be honest about it and offer them your personal insights that make your "brand" sought after. Your computer is the biggest, most read magazine on the planet. Turn it off and write some great content for it. Write from your heart and don't forget to keep a keyword density of 1-3 percent, after all your other editor is a simple machine. Make sure it knows what your writing about so it can be delivered to the door step of the two billion daily readers searching for that exact term.