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So as of yesterday I began promoting 2 of my new online communities. I am running Adword campaigns to promote them and I actually had 3 people sign up!! **YEAH** I have been thinking about having some kind of contest or giveaway...such as join for free, post at least 20 …

I've often wanted a true blog/forum hybrid. I know exactly what I want, until I try to describe it! I think I basically want a forum, but one that doesn't look so rigidly structured as a forum. Also, I want something a bit more user-oriented, than topic-oriented. I'd like a …

Has anyone noticed those "Change ads to ones about" links in text-based AdSense? Check out the screenshot that's attached.

Yes, there is a new site out there, add your link or sign up to the affiliates program. The site is << url snipped >>

OK so.. if I do... link:site.com 0 results.. BUT link: site.com and I get my results.. Alot of these BL checkers out there were showing me with 0 from google.. and I was not understanding why.. Could this be why? They changed formats?

PR has returned. Some pages are still grey for me - but then I'll hit refresh and suddenly my green bar. No PR change, which is very disappointing.

I [B]found[/B] a nice tool to promote my site for free! It generated some source code, then I put it on my site and let it take care of my link exchanges automatically. The generator can be found here : << URL Snipped >>

Name the ad slogan that you heard once and have never forgotten ever since. :cool: Me -> We are IBM and Business is our Middle Name. :)

I was completing a forum for a customer who is in the real estate business and by his permission I'm posting his odd, yet humorous question; After his forum's demo went live he said; "Why not make it so forums can have people responding to other peoples posts...?" I thought …

I've had a forum for a little while: <url snipped - plese read forum rules> ... Basically what I'm having trouble with is getting the word around to people. In my opinion, I think this forum has a lot of potential, but I'm not able to really know how much …

Can I get some advice on Doorway pages. I have heard that they maybe a good idea, however I hnave a feeling that the search engines may have clamped down on them. Any ideas? Thanks

Having launched an online computer magazine just a few days ago, I've been deluged with requests from readers who want to be able to leave feedback (to be honest, I hadn't expected so many people to visit so soon and I wasn't prepared to deal with this). What are my …

I was wondering....everyone mentions that we should get other popular sites to link our website, which will help in promotion and PR rankings. What if that popular site had a forum and I posted in the forum a message and referred to my www website. My link would now be …

I've just written an article on affiliate programs You can read the article at [url]http://www.appsoftheweb.com/articles/understanding_affiliate_programs.htm[/url] Hope you enjoy it! Views/comments always welcome!

Hi, What would be a reason for hosting web sites on different IP blocks? I work for a web hosting company & do some SEO work for our company website. A client has asked for their web sites to be hosted on different IP blocks, and our tech guys are …

Greetings Dani, We just installed your vBulletin mod_rewrite for vB 3.0.7 hack and are quite excited about it. I have looked around the forum but couldn't find a thread related to this topic. Anyhow, it seems it's no longer possible to merge threads because VB doesn't recognize the html URLs. …

Searching for "adsense" on google gives [url]www.all-in-one-business.com/adsense[/url] as the first organic rank on SERP......Clicking on the link leads to the google adsense page. Whats going on...anyone????

I posted this on the Phpbb community but haven't gotten a response yet. Basically I like one of the templates I just want to change the background colors and add a different image up top. I was looking through all the files but couldn't find how to change it. Does …

Is there anyone knows how to integrate Ikobo payment option into OSCommerce?

Hello there, Do you use a unique avatar or downloaded one you can share with us? Do you have an avatar pack you can share with other members here so we can setup a pre-set of avatars for our own communities? How about it? That would be so nice of …

Here is a Example of A Gateway Doorway Page That is spidered by the search engines and listed just as a everyday html based webpage, however when a surfer clicks on a the link coming off the search engine he is redirected right to you root index or main page. …

hey i am using clicksor, because google hates me so i have a question what does ctr stand for, and how can i raise it, i am already at 26% and want to see how high i can get it before i lock it.

I've considered this question in some detail. Actually I've seen many "spammers" who advertise their site and then get banned after one warning. I've also seen unbearable trolls being given a long rope. Some of these trolls reach unbelievable heights of "trollsmanship" by the nonsense they spout regularly without contributing …

I would like to promote certain key word. This key word is in my site meta tag. What's better strategy: -text link to my site will contain only this keyword. For example: <A HREF="http://www.mysite.com/" >Keyword</A> -text link to my site will contain this keyword as part of some sentence. For …

We all know (or should know) the value of internal link building. And each link should have your keywords anchored within. I am working on a site that is linked together using Javascript dropdowns. The site is visually attractive, clean, and user friendly. The question is: How can I keep …

Please help me! I seem to have fallen into a google slump. In April, the site was redone with a new navigation scheme. Soon after, the latest version of my mod_rewrite hack was applied, which changed around a bunch of the links. (More stuff was mod_rewritten than ever before). At …

Anyone have any clue what's been going on with DaniWeb lately. They're reporting I have a million backlinks ... and I don't have near a million pages? ;) In addition, I've been hearing of a PR update going on. With a million backlinks, don't you think I should be at …

Wow, I just checked out the newly launched "My Google". Google is now offering customized personal pages to display your local weather, news, word of the day, quote of the day, stock quotes, and your Gmail. It's official, Google has made the transition into a portal site. Brings back memories …

For the non-techies, which forum program do you think is easier? I'm working with phpBB, and it's user friendly - I just HATE the updates - always mess up with those.

Suppose a site generates all of its revenue via Google AdSense. Is it best to put an AdSense banner in the same spot consistantly throughout the site? Or is it best to use different variations of the ad size and ad placement on different pages? Which is more user friendly? …

March was an incredible month for us, we have 44,000 posts in the month of March which is great. Anyways around 1542 new topics were created but the problem is 90 percent of the new topics created were created by the same old people which is around 10 percent of …

Okay, I need some other SEO Specialists to advise me on this because there are so many schools of thought, so I need opinions and articles. The articles I have read speak very highly of Mirrored marketing Sites and I've created them for clients with success, but here is my …

Hi all, Well, I'm in a pickle LOL I just signed up for Verisign's Fraud Protection & Buyer Authentication program. In the meantime I was also looking into going w/ a new shopping cart company like 1shoppingcart.com which is a hosted company that was recommended. They have a ton more …

Hi People, I know this is probably a huge topic, but im going to ask it anyway!! Basically i want my web page top of google!! (as does everyone i guess!!). I know that google doesnt refer to sites meta tags, and that its generally about links within you site, …

Why is the pr ranking of you site important in your google ranking? can't you be on page 1 of google with a bad pr ranking?

I was thinking about selling some advertising on my website ([url]http://www.iportalx.com[/url]) and im not sure how much I should charge. Here are some stats for about 5 days: Total Unique Visitors: 5,033 Total Visits: 12,077 Total Views: 589,114 Total Hits: 882,726 Do you think I could sell advertising and for …

I love the way the tutorials section works on this forum - the tutorials being seperate from the forum but comments appearing on the forum. Is this a standard code? I very much expect not being Dani's forum, but if it is, which one is it? If not I don't …

Hello everyone, I am new to all this forum area, but am actively developing a web-site with lots of relevant content, and an integrated forum... Prime objective is to get people to use it regularly and to register. I have planned phases of growth, which will work best if I …

Hi DaniWeb community, Google unveiled a new piece of software for beta testing. Unfortunately, both Dani and I missed the boat :cry: . If anyone had a chance to download it, please share your opinions. Thanks!

Hello fellow DaniWeb members. With all the buzz on gaining link popularity and improving PR, let me share a thought on the subject. The ultimate nirvana is to have high PR sites linking to you, one way (no recip), with your most coveted keywords as anchor text. Now pull out …

I have been checking the backlinks of one of my competitors and I can see that some of the directories they're linked to required reciprocal links to be able to submit to them which is fine. HOWEVER - the site in question doesn't even have a links page much less …

Is anyone out there familiar with Findwhat verses Overture? In overture, the keywords are pretty expensive in my industry, though I was obtaining a decent conversion rates. I've been testing out findwhat, which is more cost effective, without much conversion success. Any feedback would be appreciated. Hugh

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hi i know that there are a lot of topics about these two things ( Alexa and the pr ) but im sure also that there alot of noobs want to know exactly what are these things. and im the first one i will always try to understand the PR …

For those of us who are using the new image-only AdSense feature, how can we get rid of the Nexium Purple Pill ads? I tried blocking the [url="http://www.purplepill.com"]www.purplepill.com[/url] domain, but no go. I would assume they are one of the new CPM campaigns being run for select advertisers, as their …

Did you read about "influence: The Psychology of Persuasion" written by Robert B. Cialdini? Someone recommends this book, I say "I want to know about "marketing" He recommends this book, what does this book contain?

Hi all, I am looking for a good fraud protection/chargeback protection company for my shopping cart that doesn't charge an arm & a leg. Any suggestions? Thanks Michelle

Let's generate some conversation here. When you start a backlinking campaign, how many keywords/phrases do you use at once?

Will a Windows sever with PHP and MySQL run it? Or do I have to have a linex (sp) sever?

I have been teaching myself SEO lately and need a little guidance. I am learning CSS, but how does it effect the sites position on Google? Also does someone have some tutorials for site construction that make it optimized for search engines, specifically Google? What is the best size for …