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Hi ben

Also you will want to link all your sites together but dont do it very obviously. Google loves more than 2 way reciporcal linking and you will benefit from this.

I would also advise you to go to linkmetro.com and sign up for free with the link exchange. If you sign your sites up seperately this will also be a great way of gaining links to all your sites with others.

I hear you are new to this so when it comes to your sites design i will give you some basic tips that will help you. (i have vast experience with affiliate design so dont worry, i wont mislead you)

1. Keep the size of your images down to prevent high load speeds.
2. Keep the titles and subtitles within your site text based- works well for SEO
3. Add title and alt tagss to images and diagrams- again good for seo.
4. Always try and stay clear of a white background- it gives an illusion of an unfinished site and does not help the reader to easily navigate through your site.
5. Keep your navigation seperate from your content.
6. Try and use a trail navigation so you dictate where the reader reads first and where they go next
7. Promote and offers/affiliate link graphics at the top of your site and for any promotion text use red. Red is always percieved as an 'offer' or promotion by the reader.
8. If you can or know somebody who can, build the site in CSS. this is great for google and page load times
9. Use header tags for your titles. This helps search engine crawlers navigate through your site

and finally...
10. you don have to use your domain as your logo. This is a common mistake. People will go to your site based on article links, a description or title from google, a pay per click add etc. It is very rare for people to click through to your site based on its domain name. Instead you can use a logo that is similar to your domain to get a strong message accross of what your site entails.

Good luck

Paul