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Remove Filter  | Just want to remind everyone that the code snippet contest is wrapping up the middle of this week, so get the last of your submissions in! :) |
| | Sorry for the problem with cookies folks. People couldn't log in or post or anything. Problem fixed. Soooo sorry. I had no idea it wasn't working. |
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| | Hi, We heavily use Memcache and I was wondering if there were any places where I could read up about good tips to improving its performance. Everytime that I try to google improving memcached performance, I just end up with pages upon pages of links to how to improve performance … |
| | We currently use Salesforce.com, but I find the interface very clunky. It often takes quite a few clicks to get anything accomplished. There are no plans to switch to different CRM software. I know that Salesforce has a strong API. is there any standalone Windows software that can be used … |
| | I just noticed that my Google AdSense report now gives a breakdown by country. Coolness! |
| | We have a modal "nag window" that appears to non-logged in users when they arrive at a forum thread from a Google search. The modal can be closed out of by clicking anywhere else on the page (which is grayed out when the modal is displayed.) A couple of times … |
| | Does anyone know of a bluetooth mechanical keyboard that can replace the wireless keyboard that came with my new iMac? |
| | Hi, We are running a medium rectangle (square) ad for Microsoft targeted towards developers. However, it is UK targeted and I have no way of knowing whether it looks okay and is clickable. Can someone in the UK please confirm for me? :) Thanks so much!! |
| | Just thought this was cool ... I was doing a bunch of googling on crown molding designs. Then, I decided to come to DaniWeb for a bit. I was browsing seo-related threads and the Google AdSense ad units, instead of being related to seo, were directly related to crown molding. |
| | Just noticed a bunch of new graphs and charts and information in Google Webmaster Tools on a couple of the pages. Checking out the Search Queries page right now. |
| | We've had the photos posted for awhile now, but the videos of the June DaniWeb event have finished being edited and are now posted on YouTube: [youtube]7Z8QhpEeFcs[/youtube] [youtube]9-3tzQyiryk[/youtube] |
| | I'm going through the list of forums we have and giving them an overhaul. Technologies change, trends change, what was popular 5 years ago might not be so today. So far, I've revamped Windows, Mac, Linux, Hardware and Networking. Biggest changes to make note of => The Linux Servers and … |
| | I just want to post my frustration and sheer contempt for the new AdWords interface. It's making it very difficult for me to get anything accomplished quickly, and is the reason I am still at the office right now. So, without further ado, dare I say ... GRR. |
| | 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. … |
| | 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 … |
| | 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 … |
| | 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 … |
| | I was just checking out the News crawl section of Google Webmaster Tools (for those of us who have our sites in Google News) and I noticed a new column in the table of News-specific errors: News Hub. Does anyone know what this column refers to? TIA |
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| | Anyone know what's going on with GOOG stock lately? I know it went up crazy fast after the announcement of a Google phone - or rather, Google phone software. But then it shot down even faster. Anyone know why or what can be predicted in the near future? |
| | What have you found to be the best frequency cap for banner campaigns? I heard that it takes, on average, someone four views of a banner ad before they will click on it. |
| | What do you guys think of the changes made to Google Adwords? I find the new "conversions" column very helpful, but am completely confused by that whole new on-page optimization thing they've got going on. |
| | I have numerous default flights set up in my Tribal Fusion control panel for when standard campaigns are unavailable. However, regardless of what I do, AdCouncil ads always show up for about a half hour to an hour somewhere near 5 am EST. Nightly maintenance perhaps? Does anyone else experience … |
| | [b]Working With C++ [/b]C++ syntax is the way which the code is arranged to form the language. Each computer language has its own unique syntax. For example, the syntax for adding two numbers may be different in one language than in another. Syntax is to programming as grammar is to … |
| | [b]OOP[/b] C++ is an object-oriented programming language. In other words, it contains what are known as objects, such as classes and structures, which allow the easy manipulation of large amounts of data. The easiest way to think of them are as records. [b]Creating Data Types[/b] When one creates a class, … |
| | [b]Instances of a Class[/b] An instance of the class is an object which is created based on the class definition. A programmer using a pre-defined (previously written by another programmer) class has the opportunity to use certain functions which have been decided by the programmer of the class. Perhaps the … |
| | [b]Functions [/b] Locality encompasses the idea that it often takes many, many programmers to come up with a single software program. Virtually all programming languages are constructed in such a way that these various programmers don't even need to interact with eachother. This is possible because of locality. Programs are … |
| | As you guys know, there is a code snippet highlighter that works both in the forums using the [noparse][code=language][/code][/noparse] tags as well as in our Code Snippet library. Due to changes that have been made to the highlighter, it is now required for highlighting functionality that the code be wrapped … |
| | Has anyone experienced trouble with the AdSense server being slow, therefore halting the output of the pages of your site? |
| | Is it just me or is the fact that all publishers need to run the Burst! survey incredibly annoying? It is, to be honest, the primary reason why I don't use Burst ... I find that it is not done tactfully at all and is very unprofessional looking. |
| | I am currently running one script between two databases. This means that halfway through the script, I need to run [inlinecode]mysql_select_db()[/inlinecode] and then farther down in the code, run it again to switch back to the original database. My question, essentially, is if the overhead in doing this is hideously … |
| | As some of you may already know, if you're not getting very relevant AdSense ads, you can use [inlinecode]<!-- google_ad_section_start -->[/inlinecode] and [inlinecode]<!-- google_ad_section_start(weight=ignore) -->[/inlinecode] to direct the MediaPartners bot to focus on your content areas. Has anyone has a very noticable increase in AdSense revenue after implementing this? How … |
| | When is it appropriate to use KEEP ALIVE (persistent connections)? How come my Apache comes with this setting off? |
| | I always get asked this privately, so I thought I would take this time to share with you guys my views of banner advertising for once and for all. Basically, I feel that if you want traffic, that's what PPC campaigns are for. Banner campaigns are for branding, branding, branding! … |
| | My MySQL query_cache_size is currently set to 50M and even at that setting I am getting a decent amount of qcache_lowmem_prunes. Queries are being removed from the cache to make room for new ones. My question is whether the queries being removed are based on time elapsed since they were … |
| | As some of you may know, AdSense now has a feature to enable holiday-related images within the ads. I just thought I would attach a screenshot of what they look like - it would be fabulous if they would do this all the time, and not just for holidays. I … |
| | Just in time for the holidays, AdSense has added seasonal effects to their ads: [left][b]NEW [/b]We've added seasonal spirit to our ad units - you now have the option of displaying themed colors and graphics in your ads during holidays and special events. Visit our [url="https://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/answer.py?answer=28923"][color=#800080]What's New[/color][/url] page for details. … |
| | Supposedly this is a new feature which will allow new AdWords advertisers to sign up on a particular AdSense publisher's page to advertise specifically on that site. I saw the new option about it in my AdSense control panel, but I still am not sure how it works. Anyone have … |
| | How is the month of November for ad sales for you? From what I remember, it was pretty awesome last year with all of the pre-holidays shopping. December is even better :) |
| | How do you know when it is time to switch to a 2 server setup? Do the load averages start climbing? Should I do a two server load balancing or have a separate database server? |
| | In an effort to remain as professional as possible (and with other reasons that will be understood shortly), the DaniWeb team has decided to prohibit the use of font face, color, and size tags within posts. This will hopefully be a huge improvement to site usability, since the look and … |
| | Has anyone noticed the new graphical icons that are appearing in text-based AdSense ads? I started to notice them in eBay and then later for a register.com ad. I'm attaching a screenshot in case anyone is interested. |
| | I just noticed that SitePoint is now selling traditional banner inventory as opposed to their combo text link / logo thingies. Anyone know what brought this change of heart? |
| | Now that DaniWeb is getting bigger, I am targeting more of the bigger budget advertisers. The problem is, how can I find them? It doesn't seem many of them post on many of the webmaster forums such as here, SitePoint, etc. Or do they? Where do larger-scale companies look for … |
| | AdSense is becoming more and more like a regular ol' ad network everyday. CPM campaigns! Image only ad formats ... ;) I'm rotating some of their image only leaderboards here and I'll keep you informed how they perform. Dani out |
| | Is there a need to enable the forum archive on vBulletin forums? I am using mod_rewrite to rewrite all of the threads to have .html extensions anyways, so I am worried about duplicate content. |
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