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My cane search results for my best phrase were on page 2 for many months, then I added the band links with the name of the band: Seventh Victim (also the name of a movie) About two days later the results went to 5th page, and then back to 2nd …

My goal is a first/second google page listing under the competitive keyword phrase 'cell phones'. I've developed a little over 300 backlinks over the last two months (not high pr sites, but about 150 unique ip blocks and websites that I have traded services for links with). I have the …

Search engines sometimes penalize or ban sites for manipulative SEO techniques. What are the most common techniques that SE's hate? How far will a SE go when penalizing a site? If the tactic is stopped, can sites get back in?

Do you guys feel that the portal at [url="http://www.daniweb.com"]www.daniweb.com[/url] is intuitive? Or would you rather just enter the forum index via [url="http://www.techtalkforums.com"]www.techtalkforums.com[/url] ?? Wat about the techtutorials and dazah sections? The site hierarchy / navigation was just changed this morning. So I'm curious what you guys think about this ... …

I really enjoy Las Vegas and I was wanting to start a forum for awhile, then I got to thinking.. Hmm.. Maybe I could start a Vegas forum. You know, a forum centered around Vegas. Gambling, shows, experiences, ect. Then I got to thinking.. "Hmm.. Would anyone even go? Seems …

I have just setup a simple home page and forum. the homepage is willpull22.remnetworks.com and it the forum is sort of like this forum but there are not as many members or options (daniweb uses vbulletin $160, I use PHPbb free). So my site and my forum offer you news,info, …

I was creating an AdWords ad for our SEO forum and I tried using: SEO Forum Google News and Techniques Free Webmaster Community and it came back with an error message saying: [i]You may not use the word "Google" in the text of your ad.[/i] Heh :)

Hi all, How you doing? Okay I want to put the Google's AdWords conversion tracking JS on my site pages, but I'm confused about a few things... 1. On one board someone said that Google is just doing this to get our information. What do you think? 2. Am I …

I know SEO companies can bring up searches performed by yahoo.com, etc. and see how many people are searching a particular term or phrase. How is this done? It would really help me sell websites. Thanks.

Written by James Peggie In the early days of the Internet, web enthusiasts were enamored with the technological marvels that the new age put before them. It almost seemed as though the written content in web sites was put in as an afterthought. Today however, users and developers alike have …

I have pretty good rankings in google for my keywords. I have a lot of pages spidered by google and a good number of backlinks using my keywords of choice as anchor text. However, I'm still having a problem getting good rankings in Yahoo!, MSN, and Overture. I was always …

Do you think its a good idea to run advertisements on your own forum site to make a profit? Clearly the only way a website can survive is with a revenue source, but how far should individuals go to make money off their site? Are popups, popunders, big bright flashing …

i plan to create a website for user who stay in condominium. this website is speacially created to ease the residents who live condominium. Do you have any idea what are the features or facilities that i can put it the website? for example, this website enable residents to pay …

Hi all, My programmer & I need to get rid of the .phtml pages another programmer had me create & make new .php pages. He wants to: "use the 404 SCRIPT (PHP file) that will do following.. based on REQUEST to non existing PHTML file it should get corresponding PHP …

We are signing an agreement with an organization in the UK who will be marketing a subset of our programs to the UK and Ireland. How do we avoid competing with them online (pay-per-click advertising, etc.) in these countries? And how do we keep them from advertising to people in …

Hello to all. I am IsomanX16. My wife doesn't know that; it's just between us. Anyway, I run a small but growing advertising agency. The world of advertising is undergoing massive change, a large part of which is the "media agnostic" approach to reaching people. The Web is a vital …

How many of you have seen somebody make helpful comment after helpful comment, or release great hacks/code, and then head over to their site because you were impressed with what you had seen of them on other sites? Probably most. :) The converse applies...I know of a few people whose …

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It looks like at last there is a Google PR update ... the first in I don't know how many months. DaniWeb went from a 5 to a 6 ... a decent change. I was still hoping for a PR7 though, but oh well :( I'll take what I can …

What's the best way of finding someone to help the admin with forum descriptions and posting content without paying? I have a site that generates a lot of hits but lurkers are not joining. I gave guests permission to comment, view pictures, and reply to topics without requiring registration but …

I am running a pretty new site and I have two moderation groups: Editorial Staff (for my content forums) General Staff (for my other forums) The person I chose for the General Staff has not logged in for over a month now. I am caught in a difficult position. Do …

I am in the process of researching how to create an effective online demo to incorporate into our Web site. Does anyone have any advice/tips as how to create an effective video demo of our product (which is industry specific Web sites, we are an ASP) Thanks in advance for …

Hi! I am looking for free (or expensive <$50) ways to promote my site, maybe it is INEXPENSIVE software or any free resources... If anybody knows about, tell me please in this great forum... HOW TO PROMOTE SITE REALLY WITH LITTLE FINANCEs??? (<60$)

I thought I understood the difference but when I read a post here that discussed vBindex I am not sure I see how it differs from what I would call a cms. Thanks.

When you're not logged in here at daniweb, you see a message that shows the total number of members, the number of people online now and the number of members online in the past 24 hours. I like it a lot, and I'm also using vBulletin. How did you do …

How do you create custom pages like [url]http://www.daniweb.com/mediakit/[/url] that appear to be integrated with vBulletin? I'm fairly new to vBulletin and am currently migrating one of my websites from ASP to PHP. I can see some advantages to the integration, but I'm not sure how you accomplished it.

Just that question. What are the pros and cons of implementing a no-advertising policy (i.e. while posting) in new communities which are looking for more members? Do you think initially people should be allowed to advertise their sites/products or is this a bad thing? Let me know what you all …

To those of you out there with successful sites, inquiring minds want to know. Was there any one thing that spiked your growth? Was it being slashdotted? Being blogged? Or was it a combination of things that happened over a short period of time. Or just steady growth over time?

Hey people i am developing a portal for my college can anyone Guide me about wat to do and where can i get info on this topic?????????

I have been noticing lately a lot of new members will register on the site, and then PM me with their questions instead of even attempting to post on the forums. Has anyone here had any experience with prohibiting the use of private messaging until a member has reached some …

Does anyone here have any experience using any asp forum software? I've never had the chance, and I was just wondering if you guys have any advice about what works well for future reference. Thanks a bunch!

What exactly is 'CPanel Control Panel'? Does it help me setup a PhpBB forum? If not, what does the hosting package need to come with so I can easily install a PhpBB forum? Also, does anyone know how to make it so when you go to [url]Www.MyWebsite.Com[/url] it goes right …

I'm starting a forum for the first time, I think a off-topic one would be the best/funniest. What name should I pick? If you don't like either, can you give me a general idea of a good name.

Hi, I have been reading through this forum and decided to register and seek the advice of you guys as most seem very experianced in running and maintaining communities. Originally I was a moderator for a site called gamer.tv which provided online games, reviews and had its own tv channel. …

I'm throwing a $100 contest for refering members. January, 1st, 2005 is when the contest ends. Whoever did the best, will then get $100 via pay-pal. Do you guys think that's to hefty? Or, perfect? (They got to be sencable members too, no 0-1 post members)

I was looking over the other topics about making your site name work and I started to wonder if the name that I want for my future comic is a good idea. It is sorta long winded but is the exact name of the comic and isnt all that confuseable …

I have a great idea for a discussion forum and havnt a clue how to set it up. Could some of the more senior members help me or direct me to somewhere on here that can? Thanks

i'm trying to decide what my ranking system will be and am not sure what post-intervals to use. i've noticed that popular forums have larger intervals. should i wait to see how popular the site will be before i set the ranks?

Hi all, I was just told by a SEO that if I want to partner up with another company where they recommend my product/services & I refer them & they aren't my competition (clearly LOL) & their biz is opposite to what I do, yet they complement my company, (let's …

Hi Everyone! I just want a little bit more info about Yahoo's new spider Slurp. Thank you!

Hi, A few questions. Answers on some will be great too.:p 1. How can one reach a higher CTR using Google AdWords? (I would love to read comments on AdWords from experienced users) 2. What can cause a steep drop of link popularity in Google in only one month? 3. …

What are some good ways to get members to be more active? I know that contests can be good incentives. Any other ideas?

Welp since they undid the past recent update - the moment has come! Google has updated their backlinks. Our site jumped up by about 110 links:) Data centers that are showing the changes so far include the following: 216.239.57.105 216.239.57.104 216.239.57.99 216.239.57.98 Hope everyone made out ok :)

Have we all just gotten to a point where we are abandoning the idea of google PR? Isn't that what google wants of us? They knew they were in hot water when they went public and the foundation of their company - PR - was owned by Standford U. and …

Hi all, I hope this is the right forum for this question. What are the rules again on registering? What are the max amount of characters one should have in a domain name, should it be one long string of words or is it better for the SEs to use …

Could a CMS be modded to work something like classmates.com? I think it would work well for a single school but do you think it could be used for several schools...each school with its own photo gallery and its own forum? Thanks.

Please help me. I'm completely stumped. As of yesterday, AdWords just completely stopped working for me. Ads just completely stopped showing up. It is as if my campaign is paused, but it isn't. The campaign shows up as active. I have a pretty large budget. The ads are set to …

Hi all, I own a vbulletin forum, from what i hear the archive that comes withvbulletin isn't great when it comes to SEO. What i have done is created a second archive for my forum that follows SEO procedures. I could have created the whole thing dynamically but i decided …

What are people looking for in a portal/community/cms site???

a tip, dont use the traffic gnerators on ebay, e.g. 25,000 unique visitors ect. They are rubbish, set up by new businesses trying to get on the market. Adwords is brilliant, however, they have a system known as 'slowing' which pulls it down and stats aint in real time.