I have to say, jwenting, that I absolutely disagree with you. You need to use it effectively. Look at my profile here: http://twitter.com/tamar

Does it look like I'm wasting time or obtaining...

jbennet, it's hard to say if the copyrights from computer software from 1984 are still enforced. However, you have a point. I'll try to find out with some legal counsel. It's an interesting...

If you don't know anything about the microblogging phenomenon called Twitter (http://twitter.com), it's about time you started. The idea behind microblogging is that you summarize your thoughts in...

As I said before, I'm a huge gadget girl. I had the opportunity earlier this month to test out the very cool Jawbone (http://www.jawbone.com) bluetooth headset for my Treo 755p. I have to say that...

I don't know if you were a big gamer back in the 80s, but one of the best games of all time was BOLO built for the Apple II platform. In case you don't know, it's a shootout type game. You're a...

I don't doubt that they need to show it, but if they upset the little guy, the investors are angry too...

My infatuation about the new Macbook Air (http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1968.html) is not ending just yet. In fact, the ComputerWorld blog...

It seems that Apple doesn't get it, though. It's the second time that they're really turning off early adopters. Maybe we just shouldn't buy in immediately. There are no benefits for people who do.

While I'm not yet a Mac convert (http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1968.html), I've always been an iPod convert. I bought my first iPod in September of 2003 and can't say I complained. Reminiscing,...

It's exciting, but I can't be a MacBook Air convert until I'm a Mac convert. I use my 17" Dell laptop like a desktop and I know that it would take precedence over the Air if I took that direction. ...

So, MacWorld finally came and went. For months, I've anticipated this event. After Apple released Leopard (http://www.apple.com/macosx/) in November, I had my eyes set on moving over to the Mac...

maksimus2000, that has nothing to do with the question.

Or if you want a more authoritative page on PageRank, you can hear it from the "father of search himself, Danny Sullivan (http://searchengineland.com/070426-011828.php).

In any event, with regards...

Which is pretty much what I said.

One page will be served. It may not be the most ideal page, but that page will be provided and all duplicate content will be filtered out.

As far as the...

Well yes, I know the strategies - thanks, makemeinsecure. I was just wondering how some of you monetize. Some people use Chikita. Some people use Amazon Affiliates. What do you use?

No, that doesn't tell you if your site has been crawled. All those tell you if your site has been indexed.

Here's a tool that will tell you if your site has been crawled:
...

Which really is the same thing as social media. :)

The rumored sandbox says approximately 9 months. That can vary give or take a few months depending on inbound links and popularity.

Well, for starters, get rid of frames.

For SEO strategy, make your titles unique. For example,

"John and Jane Wedding 2006 - Ciao Bella Photos, Wedding Photography in [county], Virginia"
...

Arshad: dmoz.org. Just go to their site and follow the submission instructions.

At the end of the day, dmoz.org is highly overrated. Not many people regard them as highly as they used to...

Why do I say that? Because that's what Adam Lasnik has said before (http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2006/12/deftly-dealing-with-duplicate-content.html).

However, I see that my...

What do you think about networking capabilities?

I use Facebook rather heavily (daily). I've been an early adopter of Facebook since before it was rolled out to the public. I have to say that...

Google will serve the duplicate page. It's just a matter of Google serving the right page that you want the users to see. If you don't think the page Google provides is ideal, delete it. :)

What do you prefer?

Do you find these results (http://mashable.com/2007/11/12/comscore-facebook-traffic-flattening-myspace-hits-record/) interesting?

Wow, talk about topic hijacking. I was ready to answer the PHP/ASP question but see that the question is completely different.

The correct term, nsrajesh, is "sandboxed." Typically, this is a...

So true. :) I really didn't know it was Javascript-powered for the most part until Dani suggested it.

Are you sure you're "banned" on MSN?

In the live.com query box, type site:yourdomain.com and see if it shows up.

I don't buy it. My thoughts:

1. The person wants to make up a story to get traffic. Don't give it to them!

2. Larry Page will never want to get rid of PageRank. Sure, people have wanted to...

There are a few blogs that can help, but you have to be careful not to break the TOS.

One of my favorite blogs in this area is JenSense (http://www.jensense.com). I've also heard her speak and...

I think the person who wrote about Page Rate was a little confused. ;)

I'm not an incredibly big fan of JavaScript, but when looking at DaniWeb, it really doesn't seem to detract from the user experience at all. In fact, I think the customizations have worked for the...

How many people here have a blog? How do you monetize it?

I've seen some people get a full living off of blogging -- and others are not as successful. If you make SOME money, what methods do you...

I agree. It is a part of it though. The SEM umbrella covers SEO, viral marketing, PPC, and everything in-between.

SEO is more about on-site optimization. I think that the definition is a bit...

This may help: How does Google detect invalid clicks? (http://adwords.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=6114)

They use a combination of algorithmic tracking and human tracking to observe...

Not really just for "SEO," more for SEM -- you have a good presence on social media sites, and your brand gets more recognized.

Do you use it, Troy? I feel like I'm one of the only ones here who...

First of all, what does your forum offer? If it's a computer forum, for example, check out computer sites and start acquainting yourself with the community. Then tell them that you have a forum and...

I also can't completely agree with stymiee. HTML sitemaps help users, but they also help the Googlebot which crawls your site to get to those deeper pages.

XML sitemaps help the search engines...

Great post, Jody. It's incredibly true, too.

I wrote a blog post a few months ago about some great analytics packages...

Google had a right, but they did make some judgment mistakes when killing the PageRank of many blogs that had not ever sold links.

Personally, I've seen many people hit by this and it is...

What kind of sitemaps? Are you talking about the HTML file or the XML file that is read by Google itself?

Either way, it helps -- it ensures that your content is being spidered or at least that...