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Hi, I have seen many PTC paid to click websites they get traffic for advertisers, is it a good way to build traffic?

Hello Friends, I like to thank you for reading my post today. I have one question about converting 2 of my 4+ years old sites into 1. My 2 sites are PR4 and PR3. Both are free dating sites. I like to keep PR4 site. What options should I select? …

Paypal released is new Adaptive Payment API which now competes with Amazon's Flexible Payment Services. It is supposed to be more flexible for adaptation. Which API would benefit most to e-commerce sites?

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In our E-Commerce app, we have a page that customer service uses to place orders. Customers call and place orders. Customers can also place orders thru the main website. Either way, we save the items in a "Basket" object. Users can remove items from it, add to it. This Basket …

I have an offer from a UK based Affiliate for writing gadget reviews i.e. laptops and mobile phones for 500-600 words per review. The offer is 5 Pounds/laptop review or 8 USD/review. Is it a good offer considering the current market offerings? Please help me because i don't want to …

Hi Let's say you are in the process of creating a startup or small business but you dont want your competitors to obtain too much information on your company. Which approaches do you take to prevent this? What have you done?

I have a client with an existing domain name that he wants to retain. However, the domain name isn't seo friendly. Would it be a good idea to have a new domain name with the old one parked or is Google likely to look unkindly on this? If this is …

The reason on why I am mentioning this topic is because I have noticed that many links that are listed by users here have security warnings. Despite the warnings, a study published by Carnegie Mellon mentioned that the majority of visitors ignore those warnings. So if your business site have …

I just read on mashable that Coke is now providing their own URL shortening service so as not to lose the branding opportunity. I am sure that other big names will follow suit, especially ones with massive web-presences that cause extra-long URLS like Microsoft. But is this a fad or …

Pay per click advertising works because: * By using the bidding system, similar to how an action works,everyone can compete on a level playing field. * Pay per click is cost efficient. * Results are measurable. * It's extremely well targeted. * Pay per click is the ultimate in direct …

Hi there I am a student studying ecommerce. I am interested in social shopping and want to find out if ecommerce site owners and seo's have ever added products to a social shopping site and recieved new visitors and sales as a result. The sites seem to be free to …

Does Google looks at IP address of backlinking sites. Does it matter if all the links to a site come from same IP address. How much weight is given to this factor in backlinks. Has there been any official word from Google or matt cutts. If yes, please quote the …

Hi All, We have launched a website for plus-size women lingerie. As a strategy, we want to promote our website through email marketing. But I have two doubts in my mind. 1. Whether Email Marketing would help to promote this type of website. 2. If it would be of any …

Hi, I need to urgently remove a url from bing. I have inserted the robots.txt file as below - User-agent:msnbot Disallow: / Even after 10 days, the url is still listed in Bing. Is there any removal url link from bing.

Social Cord has devised a way to charge your followers to access premium content. As Twitter is all about lightening fast communications would you or your company start charging your followers to view premium content? Unless there is something really compelling or valuable about your content, this seems to me …

Hi, We are having a website catering to the lingerie needs of Plus-Size Women. I wish to do email marketing. Could any one help me with Plus Size Women email addresses. Expecting help posts. Allison

WP theme template web as SEO ? hey , guys what do u think if i build a free WordPress theme website as a SEO tecniques to promote my commercial sites? any prons or cons any suggestions or advice will be greatly appreciated thanx in advance:)

I do believe that the recession has motivated many users to tap into online communities to network and increase their professional growth. This may be a big reason on why LinkedIn has much more momentum than a few years ago. So how do you think the recession has affected online …

In the past and currently I have set up user groups events and roundtable meetings where a group of partners come together to discuss business with the manufacturer and offer adivce and input. These are both affective ways to get facetime with your clients and gathering business intelligence. Will the …

I found a link to a blog for apartment rentors through linkedin. Very interesting thoughts about social media and for the most part, the first 6 are relavent to almost every other business. Check it out and share your thoughts. [url]http://blog.forrent.com/property-managers-owners/seven-deadly-sins-of-social-media[/url]

Hi there, I want to know how to promote a Newly established Online business. Any help will be appreciated. Regards

Hello. I have been using a free software called Blog Commentor Lite. How it works is that you search relevant keywords using this software, and it will return a list of blog sites that are relevant to your key term. Then you can sort the sites according to PR, and …

Hi, I would like to know what is the difference between bing search engine and live. Thanks

I just read a story that the Wall Street Journal is looking into setting up a Linkedin-type social network to compete with Linkedin. They did try to set up an on-line community in 2008 but it has failed miserably. This time could be different. Their initial attempt to set-up an …

Twitter, possibly as an acknowledgement that they have a user retention problem, recently put out a guide to using Twitter in business (link below). Has anyone read this and what is your opinion on this? [url]http://business.twitter.com/twitter101/[/url]

Are there any industries where most if not all of social media and community building is a no-no? The big one I can think of right off the top of my head would be military contractor. Anyone else have any thoughts on this?

A Forrester Research report shows that the number of social networking users has doubled since 2007, becoming more popular than instant messaging among adults. But, the report also shows that even with the growth in popularity of social networking, e-mail, online video viewing and online shopping are still more widely …

I was just reading about a site called Muck Rack, known for aggregating tweets from jounalists, has launched a twitter press release service that offers 130 max character press releases at a cost of $1 per word with a minimum charge of $50. As most companies use press releases to …

I just read a piece about 'Social Network Overload', where a person is on so many social networks and trying to keep up with them all that they are developing stress and anxiety issues. As companies seek to take advantage of and squeeze every possible revenue dollar out of social …

I have been reading a lot lately that people say this is an excellent way to get back links, although I just answered a couple questions and placed my URL in the resource box, and it did not appear as a link. I tried HTML, and that didn't work either. …

Hi Many companies focus on blogger outreach as part of their PR campaign. Do you use blogger outreach for your marketing campaigns? If so, which lesosns have you learned. Or are you a blogger and got turned off by these unsolicited requests, what do you recommend companies to approach bloggers?

One of my clients is thinking of creating discounts. My question for the membership is which percentage usually work for your business to help increase ROI? What has been your experiences?

[url]www.flaveslinkdirectory.com[/url] The way it works is they will let you submit 1 site for free with no reciprocial link. If you want to submit multiple links, you can submit as many as you like as long as you reciprocate with a link back to them. (you can use this to …

I am looking for a shopping cart template for WordPress. I want to set up my own store and not go through ebay all of the time, just for the first run of the product. Thus, I am looking for an easy to use template. I found a few but …

Hi, We have launched a new website, viz., [url]http://www.plussizebeauties.com[/url]. It was launched in May 2009. I want to know how can I set goal settings in Google Analytics. I request someone who knows the details. Thx in advance Allison

Both companies thinks of creating a twitter account and let users become Followers. But I read a very interesting post on Jeremiah O's (Forrester) blog on the types of corporate twitter accounts. link: [url]http://bit.ly/3fZOHt[/url] Below is an excerpt of the above mentioned blog. So what do you think? From Corporate …

There have been discussions on this forum about guidelines for various social media options, below are links and content from three different reputable sources regarding Twitter use. Check them out and post some thoughts. UK Govt guide to Twiiter [url]http://www.scribd.com/doc/17313280/Template-Twitter-Strategy-for-Government-Departments[/url] Mashable Twitter Guide Book [url]http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/[/url] And from the Wall Street …

Recently Twitter had to restate Twitter follower counts after purging spam accounts. As many consultants and marketing professionals use various stats to prove their value and twitter followers are one of those stats, did the sudden drop in follower counts cause you any problems with your company/client?

For anyone who is might use TwitViewer to see who is visiting your Twitter profile. Over on Mashable they are reporting that upon entering your credentials they show you a possible list of viewer of your profile but the list is probably bogus. Here is the link to the Mashable …

"website-design-gorgia" or "websitedesigngeorgia" what's best for search engines/SEO? Anybody has any idea or knowledge what works best? i figured the one with hyphens may work better, since that seems to also be a standard when naming html pages for SEO optimization (like about-me.html)... Appreciate any feedback!

If we follow people on Twitter we will sometimes get that "Thanks for following me" message and sometimes it will say that the person is following you in return. Beyond the type of message metioned above and not including the SPAM tweets that you get sometimes, is there an etiquette …

Pew Internet Study just released a report today stating that first the amount of people viewing online videos have doubled since 2x and also that men spend more time on YouTube than women. To see the report: [url]http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/13--The-Audience-for-Online-VideoSharing-Sites-Shoots-Up.aspx[/url] So knowing this insight, let say you are launching a new game …

Is there a time when the social media activitied of the parent company would mesh with social media activities of their affiliates? I think it is a case of striking the proper balance but I could be missing something.

Would you add Facebook Connect as an option for members to sign in and share their activity on your site to their facebook wall? Or why not? As a user, I personally opt out of Facebook connect at times and prefer to sign in as a new member. Why? Well, …

The Web is potentially a terrific place to get information on almost any topic.It's important to give some thought to your search strategy.If you're more interested in broad, general information, the first place to go is to a Web Directory. If you're after narrow, specific information, a Web search engine …

Has anyone established a best practices document in terms of social media and online community marketing? I have been looking to see what is out there and there is not much. It looks like the social media world is waiting for someone to step up and present a document. Anyone …

I recently heard about an iPhone App that is very popular in Washington DC that helps people who want to cheat on their spouses by connecting them to other potentially unfaithful people. While this particular one is disturbing, is it fair to say that their are iPhone apps that could …

Anyone who has gone onto facebook has seen the various community games and groups that everyone is always inviting everyone they know to play or join or support. And many people do so because all of their other friends do. In the 70's there was a book called Groupthink and …

I was looking through some old posts in one of my linkedin groups and I saw one where the question was asked as to whether or not the groups should keep accepting new members. The premise was that the group was big (10,000+ members) and they were accepting 30 new …