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The link below is to the initial report on ZDNet but what is not in this story is that the response to a negative tweet (this response being absurd) went viral and really caused the realty company a much larger headache. [url]http://government.zdnet.com/?p=5151[/url]

It is old news now that both Twitter and Facebook were targets of hacker attacks today. Did you get affected and if so how?

Hi I just read a blog report about how News Corps lost millions with Myspace. Myspace have changed its branding in the past year or so and have the same colors as LinkedIn and Facebook yet it has not really helped regain its market space. So do you use Myspace …

IZEA's Sponsored Tweet services, which was supposed to launch in June, went live today. Simple premise, advertisers pay people tweet and tweeters set rates that they charge for tweets. Each Sponsored tweet would include a link to a specific site. There will also be celebrity tweeters who will invariable charge …

As you might have heard, Apple's new IPhone 3GS has an option to IProd in its control. I wonder if Iprod is going to be a new online community, similar to me.com, to upload and share contacts and friends. Perhaps this is a new online community for mobile users. What …

As we all know, online conferencing has been around for some time though it is mostly used by vendors doing a demo on their product with potential clients. My question for you is : have you effectively used web conferencing to increase your online consumer/business reach? I know I have …

Hi there, I really need some suggestions to promote an online forum related to webmaster community. I want to drive at least 1000-2000 visitirors daily. Can any expert tell me please how to promote a Webmaster Forum. Secondly, I also need some good open source scripts to use for forum. …

I read on a blog that Yahoo and Bing will be combining forces against Google and it will be announced sometime this week. From a SEO and PPC perspective, I wonder what changes and challenges this union can present to internet marketers. What do you think?

Does your forum use reputation points? Karma? How does it work? Do you find it is helpful or just sparks unhealthy competition among members?

I've just recently got into affiliate marketing 1 year ago, but have messing around in nearly every kind of home-based business. Trucking, t-shirt, flea market, computer repair, graphic design, food business, mail order and etc., but i think I've found my niche. Internet Marketing. I'm hoping to learn more here …

Hi all, We are about to regester a domain name for a small business. My question is this: does the domain name have any effect on its visibility to search engines? So, if I were selling, say, car parts, would the name [url]www.carparts.com[/url] be better than [url]www.CPMarketing[/url] and a web …

How can I best use a survey to promote my product and also learn what customers want? Are there different types of surveys I can send so that it doesn't become spammy? How often should I send the surveys?

I have some unused domains that I added to Google Adsense for Domains for parking, but I’m wondering how one gets indexed when all you have is a park page like that. For small sites is it better to put a custom park page with some content to get indexed? …

I read a question in one of my Linkedin forums about how to convince a company to get involved in Social Networking and community building. Here is a brief summary of what I did? 1. I established corporate presences on various social networking sites (Linkedin, Twitter, blogs, YouTube) 2. After …

One of my clients asked today if it would be feasible to put up 4 exact copies of each of their social media presences (blogs, twitter, facebook, & Linkedin), each set being in a different language for the 4 sets. They think they will attract more business this way but …

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?

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