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| | We all know that google doesn't like to index dynamic pages. However, I just checked up on the latest daniweb.com pages indexed by google, and guess what I found? Google has indexed just about every member's profile page, but not the forum threads! The member profile pages contain less original …  |
| | This is rather local news for us New Yorkers, but it has just been announced that Cablevision beat out Rupert Murdoch and Mortimer Zuckerman to buy Newsday for $650 million. Cablevision provides cable television, cable Internet, and voip service to the tri-state area (the areas of New York, New Jersey, … |
| | Lately I've been the bearer of AdSense updates news, and today is no exception. AdSense reporting now offers the ability to separate out Link Unit based ads from the traditional Content Ads. Some useful information comes along with that: the ability to see page CTR versus link unit page CTR. … |
| | When I attended the Jeeves retirement party at Search Engine Strategies 2005 in NYC, I never thought that the makeover from AskJeeves.com to Ask.com would end with the site being rebranded, only a very few years later, as a women's niche search engine. Can we say [I]floundering[/I]? AskJeeves originally debuted … |
| | I would like to apologize to everyone who received multiple and malformed newsletters this month. There were some major mail server issues going on ... the first of which being I was trying to send out 150,000 emails over SMTP, and the majority of them were being dropped. Unfortunately ... … |
| | Well it's official ... I may be a couple of days late, but hey, I'm not a news geek ... [search]Internet Explorer 7[/search] is out of beta and ready to be downloaded to a computer near you! Just check out: [URL]http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/default.mspx[/URL] |
| | I would like to formally announce the first of many upcoming DaniWeb member competitions. The prize for this first competition is valued at $250! So what do you have to do? Just blog!! Get your voice heard! I promise you that you'll be surprised by how many people out there … |
| | Two of the largest webhosting companies around, [URL="http://www.ev1servers.com/"]www.ev1servers.com[/URL] (formerly RackShack) and The Planet ([URL="http://www.theplanet.com/"]www.theplanet.com[/URL]) have announced a merger today. The merger is a result of both being bought out by investment company GI Partners. As of right now, things are still in flux, and the only change to happen is … |
| | I just haven't been able to get a good night's sleep lately. On a positive note, that has left a lot of time for me to devote extra time to DaniWeb. I've moved a couple things around, changed a couple other things, and am just hoping that everyone can get …  |
| | If you're in the SEO industry, most likely you're familiar with the Search Engine Roundtable at [url]www.seroundtable.com[/url], a blog / feed of all of the webmaster forums around. However, I just clicked on the "Forums" tab tonight to find my familiar list of other webmaster forums gone. In its place … |
| | I just went to WebmasterWorld and noticed that ... well ... it no longer exists? It looks as if it is now [url]http://www.searchengineworld.com/[/url] although I'm still a little confused. There are only a very few forums. Was this a merger? Hmm ...  |
| | My friend Darren from Google just informed me a couple of minutes ago that Google Notifier is out in beta ... for the mac! You can check it out at: [url]http://toolbar.google.com/gmail-helper/index?promo=gdl-en[/url] Now comes the time when I thank Darren for considering the fact that I'm a mac girl and messaging … |
| | Talk is cheap, or so they say. At least it is with Google Talk beta ... Google's new IM /voice client! You can check it out at [url]www.google.com/talk/[/url] - I have yet to try it but I'm going to go ahead and download it right now. It seems like this … |
| | ValueClick has recently announced plans to acquire a competing advertising network, FastClick. ValueClick currently owns three properties: PriceRunner, an online price comparison service, Commission Junction (CJ), an affiliate network, and Mediaplex, an ad serving technology. FastClick would become a fourth subsidiary of the publically traded company. According to Aaron, DaniWeb's … |
| | Today, Yahoo! introduced their new Publisher Network, a "new self-serve platform that will provide small- and medium-sized web publishers with easy access to yahoo! advertising and content." In other words, it's a direct alternative to Google AdSense. The program, which the webmaster community initially caught wind of nearly a year … |
| | Hey there everyone. Long time no post... and that's because I just went out and bought The Sims 2 the other day, and I just have to say how much [b]I love it![/b] I'm not a gamer by any means. The only games I really ever play are simulations ... … |
| | Does your forum use reputation points? Karma? How does it work? Do you find it is helpful or just sparks unhealthy competition among members? |
| | Do you think that images should be allowed in forum signatures? What happens when too many members post huge images in their signatures? |
| | According to System Information: Total Physical Memory = 8,189.35 MB Available Physical Memory = 6.22 GB Total Virtual Memory = 16.02 GB Available Virtual Memory = 14.26 GB Page File Space = 8.29 GB Two questions rolled into one ... what is the difference between Virtual Memory and a Page … |
| | Currently I have an Apple 23" Cinema HD display monitor - at a resolution of 1920x1200. Does anyone know where I could find high resolution, widescreen desktop wallpaper? The only place I know of that offers any right now is [url="http://www.digitalblasphemy.com"]www.digitalblasphemy.com[/url] but you need to purchase a subscription in order …  |
| | While I am close to being sold out selling banner inventory to my US visitors, my non-US traffic remains unmonetized. All of the big advertisers simply insist on geotargeting US and on the rare occasion, the UK. I can't even get anyone to look at my Canadian or Australian traffic, … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Manually Install Backup in Windows XP Home Edition[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]The Backup utility is not included in the default installation of Windows XP Home Edition. The Backup icon is not present on the Start menu in Windows … |
| | AdSense now has some official competition. It was awhile ago when Yahoo! bought out Overture, formerly Goto. Now, Overture is going through yet another name change ... to take on the full Yahoo! branding. At the same time, Yahoo! has publically announced a new program for publishers, similar to AdSense. … |
| | Yay for Bing! They're sending me 3X the amount of traffic that MSN used to. It's LITERALLY MS flipping a little switch and sending me 3X the amount of traffic one day to the next. Did anyone else notice a huge increase/decrease when Microsoft flipped the switch? |
| | What is the most you're willing to bid on a keyword for a ppc campaign? I typically do 5 cents but I'll go as high as 10 cents for my top converting sections. In fact, here's a trick I use. Most people set their maximum bids to 5 cents, 10 … |
| | Well, I started using AdSense's new channels a few hours ago (about 11pm). It's now 2:30 a.m. and I still can't display any reports by channels. It just says no data available. But meanwhile my AdSense data has updated. Is anyone else experiencing this? Will it go into effect tomorrow … |
| | As many of you guys know, the best way to high rankings in search engines is to build up your backlinks, or other websites linking to you. If you'd like to exchange links with DaniWeb, please visit our link directory at [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/directory/"]http://www.daniweb.com/directory/[/URL] We're very unique in that we give you … |
| | I've noticed the same problem over and over again with various animated banners I've come across, so I thought I would take a moment to explain my point of view. With a lof of flash banners nowadays, I've noticed various fade in and transition effects come into play. What people … |
| | I read an article here: [url]http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206902553[/url] about how AdWords quality score will now factor in page load time. What do you guys think of this? Google Webmaster Tools indicates how long Google takes to crawl your page, so you have a ballpark as to whether you'd be negatively affected. |
| | Does anyone have any experience with Casale? I was recently approved, but am a bit disappointed to find out that all of the campaigns appear to be untargeted RON. Is it worth it? |
| | Someone posted in our feedback forum about the new nag window we now use here and I ended up divulging some statistics. However, I didn't want that thread to not get the attention of other community admins, and thought we could have a discussion about it from the point of … |
| | Has anyone been successful in establishing a website whose sole purpose is to promote an offline business?  |
| | Does anyone have any ideas that worked for them in making a site sticky? By that I mean very good at producing repeat traffic - and drawing first time visitors constantly back. Forums are of course a good way of doing this. We need to go back to see if … |
| | As our search engine rankings have climbed, so has the amount of non-US traffic we receive. While we appeal to a worldwide audience, it's really just the US traffic that can be best monetized. Without giving away numbers, I really feel I need to do something drastic, and asap, to … |
| | Hi, You may have noticed some changes over the past few days. I've been working on tweaking the style a bit to make the site more user friendly. One of the main issues I've always had was that the site homepage is pretty much useless. After all, it's impossible to … |
| | Do you allow guests to access member profiles? Why or why not? Do you think it encourages forum growth and new registrations TO allow or not to? :)  |
| | Please help me :( I am in dire need of a scientific / mathematical word processor for either Windows XP or Mac OS X. Something that utilizes LaTeX maybe? |
| | This contest is only open to new members of the DaniWeb community - those who have registered during the month of August. You guys have all of August and September to post as much as you can :) At the beginning of October, the member with the most number of … |
| | Would anyone out there know what it takes to go from PR6 to PR7? I have heard you need 5 times the number of backlinks? Daniweb used to be PR7 and now we're 5/6 so I'm just wondering. |
| | I'm very confused what CPM rates to charge for banner advertising. I see a lot of sites are averaging about $5 CPM. On the other hand, most big IT sites (Devshed, The Register, The Inquirer, etc) are charging $10 to $50 CPM. Am I out of line asking for $5 … |
| | For those of you who have been using Vibrant Media, how have your earnings been lately? Mine were really good in 2007 and they just went completely down the drain January 1st, 2008. Supposedly at first it was due to them losing a big MSN campaign for Q1 and Q2, … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and Folders in Windows XP[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]In Windows XP, you can apply special access permissions to files or folders that are located on NTFS file system volumes. … |
| | Yes ... there's a new style here :) I will, however, be proactive and be the first to admit that it is currently *unfinished* ... Unfortunately, there were a bunch of things that required the new version to be live before they could be tweaked/set up. So please ... lay …  |
| | Hey, I have a P4 running WindowsXP. One of the latest updates on Windows Update is "Q324929: December 2002, Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1". I will select this update to install and it will indicate it succeeded. However, the next time I go to Windows Update, …  |
| | Has anyone ever seen Google Suggest before? [url="http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en"]http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en[/url] As you type, it suggests possible queries, and actually shows the number of results for each query. Pretty interesting. |
| | Norton or McAfee for virus protection for Windows XP? I want something with a light footprint. |
| | Our blogs section really hasn't taken off the way that I've been hoping it would in terms of traffic, and so I just wanted to open a thread up to feedback as far as what types of stories you would like to read, and what you do and don't like …  |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Delete Files when the Recycle Bin is Hidden[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]By default, the Windows XP Recycle Bin sits at the bottom right of the desktop, just above the tray notification area and system clock. If you've got …  |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Performance Increase Through My Computer [/color][/size][size=2]Easy enough tweak to usually find out about it on your own, but still, some of us still don't find it right away. So here it is:[/size][/font] [list] [*][font=Arial][size=2]Start > … |
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