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I strongly recommend you to often include postings about topics that relevant to your blog. It helps build up keywords. Also, I recommend you to reference other blogs and write the blogger a note to notify this.

Social Media Threat is a legitimate concern, both from a personal and professional manner. I recommend being vigilant and creating alerts with your name/s to keep up with any non-authorized use of your name.

You can market everywhere and anywhere but if you also need to bring value to the readers/members of the community. Insights Digital

Canada Fred gave excellent advice, like always. I will add that don't forget to submit your site and site map to Google and Yahoo. Also, dont forget to use social bookmarking sites.

Also, remember that you do need to recode some script if you do buy or download a free template. I explored some WordPress ecommerce site but it does need some customization.

I actually used Google's sitemap site to create a sitemap. [url]http://code.google.com/p/googlesitemapgenerator/[/url]

The site is very cluttered. You need to conduct some Usability re-designs.

I just read an article that stated Pepsi will invest on social media instead of advertising during the Super Bowl breaks. [url]http://www.socialmediatoday.com/SMC/159401[/url] Do you think more companies will follow Pepsi's footsteps?

To be honest, despite the low price, you might not have great performance due to the reach. Thus, I recommend you to consider long tail terms on Google/Yahoo which are usually cheaper and have higher CTR.

Facebook will be replaced, by who, who knows... but it will. Remember Myspace and even before that Lycos..

Learn it from me kiddo, if you don't market your dating site with paid and unpaid marketing/advertising, your site will not be very visited. I also recommend you to create a press release and promote yourself to local tv and online news channels and volunteer to talk about love and …

I never heard of warrior forum either but it sure looks very commercial focused.

So you are providing a service or are you talking about the ethics of search engine optimization?

If it helps with communication, then I like the fact that the military is embracing social media. I do hope that other governmental agencies adopt a similar network to facilitate communication and resources.

Thanks for the info.

Your site has to be unique and with relevant content. Are there descriptions for each handbag? Are there any duplication in content or links (Google does not like this)? What about meta descriptions for each page with the handbags.

This seems like a Flame War and would like to this thread to be solved since it is not helping members of this community with new useful knowledge.

I know some stores gained conversions via having a store on Ebay.

I actually have seen a very high CTR of 40% but it only had 10 impressions but it was very high CPC. Otherwise, it is rare.

The worst thing you want to do is drive traffic to your site and it does: 1. not offer relevant content or engaging experience to your visitors 2. it does not explain what it does 3. it does not convert - this is what you should care alot about - …

It is best to play it by the books and ensure that your site is not in Flash and it follows good SEO practices.

Very good advice about monetizing site with greater than PR 4. I sometimes think that a Freemium model may also help ton: 1. bring in people/visitors 2. make profit through up-sell

Since you are targeting towards a niche market, I recommend seeking those technology sites where your desired audience may also visit. This will increase the click through rate and conversion rate.

So I say SEO with constant attention to content and link building is best. Always remember to keep it white hat because black hat will bite you one day....

We all know there are other micro blogging platforms than Twiter, but guess what, no one really "tweets" about it. Thus, for those businesses who do have an active twitter account, has your twitter presence helped drive targeted traffic to your site? Short term? Long term?

Dont forget the traditional ways of just going out there at events and networking events and just plug your website away. I have seen many others do this and I know I definitely visited the website as a result.

YPN allows for behavioral targeting which can definitely increase conversion rate. You can have a wide reach but it may not effectively convert them all.

I agree with Marck. I also say that there are times when you write have such great content that others will blog about it. I have seen this happened to friends. For example, one of my friend's blog content was plugged by Perez Hilton (did not even know him) and …

OMG - I wonder what is the click-through rate and conversion rate for this very expensive keyword. As an advertiser, I would pay this much if the CTR and conversion rate from these visitors generate income to the site.

It depends what you are planning to use your ESP for - just simple email list reminders or behavioral targeting. I recommend: 1. Low end a. constant contact b. emma 2. high end a. bronto b. gold lasso

I agree with posters about going for the older site - PageRank can be easily changed with SEO changes - site domain age cant. Remember that!

At a Kaplan prep class for a graduate school test, the instructor said that he knew for a fact that many schools admissions have access to a special type of Facebook admin rights where they can view profiles that are "locked" or "private".

I also recomend joining gaming related offline communities so you can promote your site offline. Try to see if you can be part of internet marketing/virtual world/gaming conferences and speak there.

Me neither - there is nothing in life free and I would not trust a free hosting platform due to lack of controlling certain features or aspects, especially security.

I have never heard of Lucerne and Nutch. What is it? Is it a city in France?

Check out Yahoo Analytics

There are two points here: 1. Free trial vs. free software Free trial allows users to test drive it but it also allows companies to build a loyal base. I do wonder what is the conversion rate of people who download the software and eventually buy it. 2. Free software …

As internet marketers, we need to measure the stickiness value and engagmenet level of visitors to a site. Thus, many companies have used Google Analytics in the past few years since it is FREE. But there were other companies who preferred to still use paid tools like WebTrends, Omniture, and …

On Twitter, there are Follows and Followers. Thus, it does not surprise me that there could be many bogus or padded accounts who follow me on twitter. Having a business related Twitter account, I check on who is following me. If the Follower seems legit, I follow them. If not, …

I read a report about Skype doubling its connection fee. I personally have never used Skype nor have I found a use for Skype. Have you used Skype either for business or pleasure?

I actually have opted out from Facebook Connect from many websites. Why? Well, I want to keep some activity and don't want my "friends" to know I was shopping or playing games. Thus, I can see a parent wanting to know if their children played the games, especially if they …

Hi I agree you need to create an offline and online marketing strategy to create awareness and buzz about your site.

I never heard of green hat SEO. So how is green hat different than white hat?

I strongly recommend to: 1. Boost up your content - like any instructional videos on how to win certain games and cheat sheets. This way, even from a SEO perspective, gamers who are looking for this information will wind up on your site. 2. Create Lots of Threads Yourself - …

In regards to best, think of the strategy that will get you the most targeted visitors, this will be your best strategy.

One way is to go to industry related events and meetups and give out business cards just plugging your websites. I know I have received many cards like that and I sure visited those sites afterwards.

I just read online about a new site that helps users obtain mobile coupons for nearby businesses. I do find this useful if this service if the value is worth it. Check this site out: [url]http://www.vooch.at/eng/homepages/index[/url] I personally would use it. What about you? I know my friend has shared …

I vote for relevancy. Why? Well relevancy is ranked higher and given more preferences than random links by Google spiders.

I know that it ost money to create a banner, advertise it in a site, and put it in a network, like DART or Pointroll.

Other than looking at the CTR, what are other factors or KPIs you look into to determine if your campaign was successful or not?