About Mike Corso
“If you observe a really happy man you will find him building a boat, writing a symphony, educating his son, or looking for dinosaur eggs in the Gobi Desert.” – Australian psychiatrist W. Béran Wolfe
Greetings & Thanks for Visiting!

If you’re a newcomer here, I’m an Internet marketing consultant (SEO/PPC) and I also run Cool Site of the Day, the Internet’s oldest directory (launched in 1994).
One of my goals with Cool Site of the Day is to shine a light on all the cool websites since the beginning of cyber time.
Cool Site of the Day has featured a unique site every day since August of 1994…over 6,000 sites and counting!
I’m quite adept at using social media and I obsess over things like search engine optimization (SEO), search engine marketing (SEM/PPC — I’m Google Adwords Qualified and am one of only .5% with direct access to Google corporate). 
As for my approach to Internet marketing and SEM, the following quote says it all:
“That which is measured improves. That which is measured and reported improves exponentially.” (Pearson’s Law found on Mark Joyner’s excellent project management tool, Simpleology)
More background
In 1993, I was the first person to promote music on the Internet for the major record labels (via bulletin boards and primitive websites!). After 5 years working for the music industry, I bought Cool Site of the Day (1998).
I have been quoted in several online and offline publications including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal and am usually available for interviews and speaking engagements.
Hire me
I’m available for one-on-one consultations. As I recently told a prospective client, it doesn’t matter WHAT your idea is, all that matters is that you build content around keywords FOR WHICH PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING. So, what are YOUR keywords?? Which ones are getting traffic and, MOST IMPORTANTLY, for which of those keywords do you have a chance of appearing on PAGE 1 of Google??
If you do decide to contact me for a consultation, know that we will FOCUS on keyword research INTENSELY (believe me, it will save you hours/days/months/years of heartbreak). THEN, you will know if your idea has a shot; if not, I will likely redirect you towards a more lucrative path.
How I spend my free time
Other than my business life, I’m also:
- A music junkie (see my YouTube music channel and my band, Natterjack Toad)
- An outdoor/sports freak (tennis, cycling, running, baseball, kiteboarding, sailing, hiking)
- Engaged in…
- Social action:
- The fight against cancer
- The fight against childhood obesity by aligning with the Clinton Foundation
- The fight for Campaign Finance Reform (and overturning the shameful Supreme Court decision, Citizens United)
- The need to shrink the bloated military budget.
Hoping our paths cross one way or another,
Mike Corso
e-mail: mike AT coolsite.com
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“Mike Corso is incredible. Our heads hurt from the number of good ideas to track down after consulting with him for 30 minutes. Thanks, Mike!” -Jake, piclits.com
“Thanks for your insight and site evaluation. We have moved from PR3 to PR5 on one of our main landing pages thanks to you. We are on our way up thanks to your professional evaluation and valuable input. We have not implemented all of your suggestions as we have a small staff here. Thanks Again!” - Bruce Richards
“Mike Corso will show you the proper way of doing things. There is no hidden agenda, just pure information and action. You must be sleeping at the wheel if you do not get on board with Mike and his ‘Crazy Train’!!” -David A.
“Keep up the good work. You really have a winner of a site, and what a way to help new sites generate the traffic they need when they first launch.“ — John H.



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thankkkkk
You have a wonderful and very informative site
Professional Skill: Mike Corso, knows business overall and marketing best. He is a motivator, persuasive communicator and strategic thinker with a keen mind for markets and peoples’ wants and needs. He knows how to tap resources and get the most out of it.
Alway’s a friend; Larry Nagel
Why, thank you, Mr. Nagel! THAT is going on my testimonials page
Hey Mike,
There will be many road blocks along the way to our accomplishments, but it’s failing along the way is how one grows as long as we don’t give up.
Larry Nagel
Mike, can you call my cell when you get the message, before tonights open house or afterwards please? Larry
914-434-0713
Wow, Mike – glad you brought me back here; I can’t believe I haven’t heard of your site before!
Great diversity of info, nice internet marketing tips… I am off to check out some more.
Thanks!
Don’t miss this post: http://www.coolsiteoftheday.com//search-engine-optimization-tips/secockpit-keyword-research/
SEcockpit does everything I do but A LOT FASTER AND EASIER.
Mike
Hello Mike,
I checked the post you put under Ana Hoffman’s message about SEcockpit “external keyword tool” and the part I liked the most was:
The keyword profitability data will help you select profitable niches, and big money “buyer keywords”.
Although, the price is kind of high for the majority of new business owners or entrepreneurs.
Let us know about another software that can help us with the keyword research.
Thank you
Well, you definitely get what you pay for with SEcockpit but also check Market Samurai–not sure the cost.
Mike
My name is Jeffrey Redd. I hope all is well.
I am writing because you link to SexualOffenders.com and I recently
was warned about unnatural weblinks hurting my website in Google. Not
sure if your site was listed as a mistake or not. If you still
maintain the site and think this was a mistake, please write me back
and leave the website link.
Otherwise, please remove any link to our site on the following pages:
http://www.coolsite.com/cgi-bin/stillcool.pl?month=10&year=2005
http://coolsite.com/cgi-bin/stillcool.pl?month=10&year=2005
Thank you so much for your time and I am sorry for any inconvenience
this has caused.
Take care!
Are you saying that Google cited Cool Site of the Day??
Steve–did you get my email?
Mike
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