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Hello, I have a problem with a person who cause a large problem on my forums. I banned him think this would solve the problem, however this failed misrobaly. I then banned his IP, not relising at the time it was a proxy, and he has been changing proxys ever …

Hi all, I'm not sure if this is the right forum, but here it goes... I have an SSL my previous hosting company got for me & it's up for renewal. I paid them $45-50 & now I just got a notice from the actual SSL people telling me it's …

[color=navy]Type[/color] [color=navy][QUOTE][/color][color=navy][b][color=darkgreen]HOME[/color][/b][/QUOTE] into any search engine and they will reveal their PRIORITIZATION regarding [/color] [color=navy][b][color=darkgreen]Link Popularity[/color] and [color=darkgreen]Popularity of Links[/color][/b] and the importance they place on [b][color=darkgreen]Keywords[/color][/b] in the [/color][color=darkgreen][b]Hyperlink text[/b][/color] [color=navy]It also points out the flaws in this type of emphasis[/color] [color=navy]compare Google Yahoo ASK Jeeves and MSN SERPs[/color] …

Hi: I just built my first website for <<url snipped>> and have received my first usage stats report. I've been told to focus on page views. Any other ideas on interpretation? Here are the stats... Hits 4604 Files 1728 Sites 91 KBytes 12909 Visits 125 Page views 822 Thanks! Wayne

If you have the best titletag, best metatags, best Description and again you site is not ranking for expected keywords. So what we have to do. what is the best strategy to get listed with out going for PPC??

Hi, this is my first post so... forgive me if I sound stupid :o Anyway, I have just started a new Linux help and discussion site. But the problem is, I don't seem to be gaining many members. I would be very grateful if you could give me some tips …

Im trying to start one but I can't get the code.

Hi all, I just ran across this site today and have been getting some great info and advice from your posts.... I have been designing web sites for a couple years now. A friend and I are kicking around the idea of starting up a web woodworking site. He's a …

I had an interesting discussion going on in my forum. Since Daniweb does not allow URLs, I will paste my message which I wrote on my forum and which I consider as my theory of online forums. [quote]My theory on online communities is pretty much based on real human social …

To those of you who own forums out there, what percentage of your site visitors are registered members? Do you do anything specific to increase signups?

Should the owner/main honcho of a forum use the title Admin or is better to go with a name like Dani is doing here on DW? What are the pros and cons? --Tone

Hope this is the right place for this? I'm hoping for some suggestion for sites whereby I can create a free forum/message board, web-based without requiring computer downloads. I have an apartment in a problematic building, and there's a general feeling that residents are upset and worried, but too fearful …

How do you find a moderator for your community? Do you pay moderators? Do you reward frequent posters with the title? How much power do you give mods? Moderators can make for break a forum -- if they do their job good, they keep the site in order -- if …

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I saw the post on the worst way to build your community, how about the best way? I came to this forum for the first time today and this is my first post because I was referred by another developer? I'll sound off first with my two favorite ideas of …

Hey i ended up buying vBulletin and installed it along with badvanced's cmps... Previously I worked with phpbb and new how to mess with the layout's and styles. You simply had to edit the pages of phpbb in dreamweaver using HTML for links and images etc.. Now that i have …

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So, Google has come up with new Payment Methods - [quote]What forms of payment are available to me? [B]Local currency checks[/B]: Google will convert your earnings from US dollars into your local currency if this option is selected. Available to publishers in 43 countries, local currency checks are generally less …

Ask Jeeves, a small player in the search marketplace, has been sold today to an online media giant - InterActiveCorp - for $1.86 Billion USD. InterActiveCorp's properties include Expedia, Ticketmaster, Match.com, and CitySearch. For more information, refer to the article below: [url="http://news.com.com/Ask+Jeeves+to+be+bought+for+2+billion/2100-1030_3-5627679.html?tag=nefd.top"]http://news.com.com/Ask+Jeeves+to+be+bought+for+2+billion/2100-1030_3-5627679.html?tag=nefd.top[/url]

Hi, I run a phpBB bodybuilding forum and the guy that set it all up for me and I have fallen out recently. He is threatening me with a back door in my php syntax. Its well beyond my capabilities and is getting me worried. Can anyone help me at …

Is it worth having a forum that allows the members and guests to talk to each other? Would it have any positive or negative values?

I'm new to the whole web page design, marketing business. And actually, I just built a page for fun. The thing is, my website is huge... I'm averaging over 7100 hits a day, and you can't even find it in Google!! One of my colleagues suggested I start selling banner …

[font=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif]MSN announed during an annual gathering of its most important advertisers that it will enter the paid search arena with a full-blown self-service paid listing program similar to those run by Yahoo and Google. It will be tested in France and Singapore some time in the next six …

I was wondering: [b]what would you think the worst way to promote a community is?[/b] Obviously spamming is --- but what else is something bad to do? Giving away prizes for the biggest posters? Stealing a template and using it? Free Hosting Giveaways?? :eek:

I am wondering how people handle spam in forums. So far I've disabled signatures for users with less than 10 posts but I'm wondering if I can do more. I've thought about disabling live links completely for users with less than 10 posts but I'm not sure how effective this …

[B]Sociopath Forums?[/B] Let me ask a question: "Do you think forums can cause damage to your reputation if you fail answer or challenge a personal attack?" Check out this very odd even that happened to me yesterday. First, let me build the situation. I'm a real active member in several …

Hi all I dont know if anyone here is familiar with fetchall for phpbb but Im currently trying to decide between vb and phpbb and was wondering if a similar script is available for vb? Fetchall basically just parses parts of your forum to any page you wish, and you …

Hello All, I have one blogsite, nothing great about it just my personal journal.I put a post there almost daily occasionally putting up few pics as well.The problem is that my blog never comes in google search.Even if I put one whole sentence of my post in google it will …

I was checking the cpanel for my website and saw this as a referer: [CODE]http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=western+dance&first=11&count=10&FORM=PORE[/CODE] Does this mean that someone performed this search and then actually came to my site? Or will this type of thing show up whenever someone enters a search that my site is listed under? Please …

Just wanted to get thoughts, feelings, opinions, or concerns about Valueclick.

Hi, I have read through some of the promoting ideas given in this forum. Most of the ideas are great. I have tried some and will try the others soon. My forum is about car, performance cars to be specific. My partner and I manage to acquire 600+ users in …

Hi all, What is a Google API Key? Thanks Michelle

We have a new member here to our community, and he goes by the name VCLKhelp. He works for ValueClick, the well known affiliate network which owns Commission Junction in addition to other properties. And he's here to help in this forum should anyone want to get assistance related to …

Does PR transfer with a 301 redirect?

I have an automatic link directory where webmasters can submit their sites and swap links instantaneously. What types of features could I add to encourage its use and growth?

Hi, We have released a New control panel on Linux, I would like to know what are the marketing channels ..

Everybody knows that running a forum is easy and hard. The easy part is installing the software and seeing it work in your browser. Your database is small and it slowly grows during time as you setup your boards' categories and forums. Have more members and when they start to …

<rant> Does it bother everyone else as much as it irritates me that AdSense reporting stats are delayed by 2+ days when selecting specific channels? End rant.

We << url snipped >> were on the 1st page on Google for terms email marketing and bulk email. ( and have been there for 5 years ) Now we are gone! - Not sure why this would have happened. Does anyone know how we can contact them to get …

So what is your Page rank both of main pages and internal pages? All my internal pages have a PR of 2 and the main index has a PR of 4 not bad for a site which is only 5 months old.

I am sure this issue has been posted many times before and apologise if it has. I am interested to know if anyone has any tips on getting more members to join a forum. I own a pet forum that has only been up around a month hence only 55 …

Many forums face [i]spamvertising [/i]tactics from other forums and communities, looking to steal members. Do you think it is a good idea to ban links to other BBs and communities in threads and site reviews? Or will it just alienate visitors?

Hello fellow staff (and visitors), I am Floris, male, 28 years old, come from the Netherlands and live together with my wife Martine and our cat Knuffel in an apartment. Just wanted to say hello and see who else is staff here and who the (regular) visitors are. Hope everybody …

Planning on building a community, be it in the form of a forum or web chat or blog, and planning on being big? Do you invest in shared hosting until you can't hold it any longer, or do you invest in big hardware which should be able to handle the …

Does your community, blog, web site uses announcements (either globally or per section) and for what cause? Do you limit it to a day, week or month, months or year(s), or are they there always? When do you consider to make an announcement, and not just a blog entry or …

Hi, this is my first post.. :) i'd like to ask about the script that allows google ads to be showed within posts as it is applied here in the forums. i'm using invision board 2.0.0 btw.. thanks in advance

Are associate programs a good way to start off making revenue instead of advertising? I am planning to use the Amazon associates sytem and i was wondering if i am heading in the right direction:)

I'm new at web hosting. I have been trying to buy some banner ads to help generate traffic. I would like to target the pet industry. I tried extrememarketingprogram.com. I think I was scammed. They set up a mirror page and told me I would receive 10,000 hits. Their log …

Hello, For those that have sold their own website(s), how did you determine the value of the website? Contents and traffic should be a huge factor in determining the value but I do not know how to set a price.

[b]Google Inc. today announced the availability of Google Video, a new service that enables users to search the content of television programs from leading TV content providers including PBS, the NBA, Fox News, and C-SPAN, among others.[/b] [img]http://img200.exs.cx/img200/5493/gvideo1da.png[/img] The engine dubbed "Google Video" allows users to search across text from …