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[QUOTE=ameto;1117507]To keep bounce rate in check (50% or below is ideal), you need to optimize your landing page. After seeing your index page, you need to add more relevant content and also minimize the advertisements on the page....[/QUOTE] This is good advice. *thumbs up* :) There's a flip side to …

Offering such general topics for discussion may not be a good start - as there are already thousands of other forums discussing the same thing. Instead, try offering something unique and compelling. Something that will motivate user participation.

I find that using Yahoo Stores will NOT negatively impact your SEO. I have also seen yahoo stores rank extremely well in the SERPs. Bottom line.. as long as you can control the meta tags and on-site content, and conform to universally accepted web standards, you will be able to …

i think it boils down to the good'ol adage of "a social network only being as good as it's users." When Twitter burst onto the scene i thought "what a stupid and narcissistic idea." Status updates? Really? Who cares! But as more and more legitimate users adopted the technology, it …

[QUOTE=Allison2009;1116816]I have around 20 Articles written. When I tried to spin the article through a software, I am not at all satisfied with the result; even the meanings changed sometimes. It is not as good as manual writing. Hence, I have decided to rewrite the articles myself. Hope I could …

delicious is the only one I use. I find it quite useful.

big fan of TweetDeck. Love how you can integrate, manage and monitor multiple accounts - as well as post directly and simultaneously to both Twitter and Facebook.

[QUOTE=InsightsDigital;1097651]So I read all this news about Google's new phone - Nexus. I do wonder if users will sign up so they cna be more connected to their social communities?[url]http://www.google.com/phone[/url][/QUOTE] I am psyched for this phone to come out for the Verizon network (this spring). I plan on dumping my …

Hi Katkaif - welcome to DaniWeb! Is there something specific you need help with when it comes to marketing your website?

Hi Rick - SEO does a lot of things for a lot of people. Do you have a more specific question??

Google Toolbar PageRank has no bearing on how your website will rank in the Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs). It is merely a measurement of "relative importance" to Google. Web pages that have a higher PR than other web pages will NOT necessarily outrank those pages in the SERPs. Why? …

[QUOTE=dammy2007;1079707]Link building takes you to the top on Google Pagerank.[/QUOTE] PageRank? you mean that little green indicator in the Google Toolbar? Is that how CNN got to a PR10? By link building? Or perhaps it was the content...

[QUOTE=thrysus;1107943]Thanks for for the pragmatic advice. Can you tell me that how much time It would take?[/QUOTE] Using Google Sitemaps, your pages can be crawled and indexed within a day or two.

I don't have first hand experience, but I hear that Aaron Wall's SeoBook tools are pretty good. Same with Rand Fishkin's SEOmoz.

[QUOTE=dailyearner;1093619]you can get many seo friendly backlinks to your website[/QUOTE] It is my understanding that links from Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Digg are No Follow. Can you specify how exactly one obtains "seo friendly" citations using social networks?

that's a good question. Aside from conversion.. i'd have to say Reach. If there were a way to truly show how many users saw a social ad or a sponsored tweet, i think that would be a nice KPI.

yea - i'm mostly in donaldw's camp... i rarely click on any ad, let alone a FB one.. although i have to say.. [I]some [/I]of the Facebook ads are extremely relevant and targeted. To the point where it's almost creepy. Guess that's what you get for sharing personal information.

There was a new article posted today about this on [URL="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2010/tc20100119_759795.htm"]BusinessWeek[/URL]. Personally, i don't think Apple will drop Google on the iPhone. Although.. to me it seems that if Apple wanted to better compete with Google's new mobile developments, they should drop their exclusivity contract with AT&T.

[QUOTE=InsightsDigital;1095746]Oh I know, thanks, but what is the best way to organize the data and consolidate the insights?[/QUOTE] If you know how to work good 'ol Excel, you can really get jiggy with how you organize and display the data. Could even use graphs and charts.

Sounds similar to billboard advertising. Haven't tried it but i think it would be somewhat effective - especially if the advertising website had some sort of religious theme.

Today, The Nielson Company actually reported some search data for December 2009. It showed that Google's search share surged from 65.4% to 67.3% (almost two full points) while both Bing and Yahoo lost market share. So it would seem that Bing's recent surge was short-lived.

Funny you say this.. i just had to renew the registration on my name domain. :) I wonder though - how does this safegaurd my presence? Are you suggesting that someone could buy someone else's name and defame them on the web?

There *shouldn't* be any issue as long as the Debit card is associated with a major credit card (which most debit cards are) AND there are sufficient funds within the customer's account. Have you been having issues - or just wondering?

[QUOTE=jwrigh13;1096226]Does anyone know about the legalities of storing credit card information to use later? Specifically, we want to start accepting political donations but our Click and Pledge account is not set up yet. Can we create a database to store the credit cards and amounts and then, acting as the …

There are many factors that go into optimizing your site for search. If there is anything specific, please feel free to ask for help here at DaniWeb. We are happy to help!! :) In the meantime, try sticking to these core basics... [LIST] [*]Research your relevant keywords and keyword search …

Have you tried submitting it directly to [URL="http://www.google.com/addurl/"]google [/URL]or [URL="http://www.bing.com/docs/submit.aspx"]bing[/URL]?

Does anyone know if the iSlate will have satellite connectivity (or 3G)? I read the Times article, and while it mentions that it can function as a phone, I am wondering if it will be able to access the internet like a phone?

It could be that your site is in their database but it isn't Live (for whatever reason). Did you try contacting the directory? Also - try to search for your website's domain (for example - 'yourwebsite.com'). That is often the best way to find your site in a directory.

[QUOTE=BlackhatSEO;1080421]Does traffic correlate directly with PR or does PR mainly mean lots of links? You can certainly have lots of links, but that does not necessarily mean traffic, am I correct? I have a PR 5-6 site, but traffic is low now how can I generate more traffic? Increase the …

[QUOTE=brayan;1083494]i also want to know the same. also i want to know that what is the difference between "Site page rank and Page pagerank"?[/QUOTE] There is no such thing as 'site pagerank.' Instead, think of your website in pages. The homepage is separate from and internal page and is therefor …

[QUOTE=kategeorge;1036558]Hi, So we can say that these days viral marketing is more popular than nomal marketing and we should prefer it over other marketing. Thanks[/QUOTE] I wouldn't say it is more popular than traditional marketing methods. It's just another way to get your message across. :)

[QUOTE=canadafred;1079858]Creating unique, compelling, well-optimized content generates the best type of links, the naturally generated type. This is the basis to which off-site ranking influences factor into the keyphrase ranking game; which many SEOs seems eager to exploit. Linking strategists deceive the search engine into thinking that their webpages are important …

#1. Blog commenting is Not considered spam. However, so many online users comment for the sole purpose of obtaining backlinks, instead of genuinely contributing to a blog post. This is widely recognized as "comment spam." Because of this, blog authors employ "no follow" on their blog comments AND Google recognizes …

no problem.. good luck selling online. Let us know how it works out for ya! ;)

[QUOTE]Do they process the card information or do they just pass the information to the payment gateway? and do payment gateways send back a response so that my site can dynamically offer the site they bought for download?[/QUOTE] You'd probably get the products through some sort of API - in …

Just yesterday, Google announced that they will display [URL="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/personalized-search-for-everyone.html"]personalized search results[/URL] based on usage - regardless if you are signed in or not. So this means that they now track the search activity of All 'enabled' (by default) users and display customized search results. They are tracking 'signed-out' users via …

[QUOTE]Always remember that links should always made with text. We can use images but it is not at all effective for optimization purposes.[/QUOTE] I respectfully disagree. I find that it is perfectly acceptable to link using images. If you want to tell the search engines (and those that are visually …

Probably the best way of getting listed and achieving success on the World Wide Web is to create something of value for people. Instead of phishing or bartering for links, you could focus all that attention on building something worthwhile and coming up with marketing strategies that actually work. Spread …

Dang... I don't know anyone who can speak or read [I]Fillipino[/I]. Guess I'll have to sit this one out. :(

[QUOTE=fumnimda;1072345]nooooo, my competitor backlink count is 23,100 today. yesterday it was 22,700. howwww??? i will kill myself,if not my boss will do that. :([/QUOTE] Perhaps your competitor provides better resources and content, and as such, they were rewarded with more web citations?

It's tough to gage the impact of just one link - or even a handful of links - but Google does recommend that site owners submit to [B]established human edited[/B] directories. After all, a link is a link - and a listing in a relevant category of a quality directory, …

Nice stats. In my eyes, it still pays to set-up a fan page because even if a person does not become a fan, they can still find or visit the page or see, in their news feed, when their friends become fans. So there is great reach and branding potential.

[QUOTE=InsightsDigital;1066683]For those who advertise on Facebook, has it worked for your business or has it helped bring higher sales/conversion?[/QUOTE] I am interested in this as well. I would think that B2C advertisers would have more success with Social Media Advertising than B2B, but I have yet to hear from anyone …

[QUOTE=Euni09;1050167]Hi, This is my first post here. I have an ecommerce site that's actually on a Wordpress platform. It's my first foray into ecommerce so I'm starting small. I'd like to try PPC for it but my history with PPC is spotty. I've done a few campaigns but feel like …

[QUOTE=MktgRob;1066899]I think the rockstar of Web 3.0 may yet be Twitter. It is still growing in terms of the apps and products that are being created around it and regardless of what many others say I think it still has some growing to do, both in terms of users and …

Sitemaps? Directly submit the site to Google? What's your secret? :)

Good question Pete. Thanks for posting. I know people who have good things to say about iContact. They claim it is easy to use and a helpful support staff. My company uses it's own newsletter software and some of the things we needed to address were... Opt-out capabilities Speed of …

Hey, Welcome to DaniWeb! Google does not share details about it's search algorithm and ranking methods. Nonetheless, they continually evolve and adapt to how users are searching. Just yesterday - Google announced that they are personalizing search for EVERYONE. If you are looking to optimize your website to better appear …

Good question... I think there will always be a need for professional journalism but the medium of which we receive our information is ever evolving. So while there will still be 'established media,' I think you will see a major push in the next few years for newspapers and other …

[QUOTE=InsightsDigital;1062208]I just read a report based on Experian/Hitwise data that showed that the majority of searchers use 3 or more key phrases. Keeping this in mind, would you optimize your site to included longer search phrases?[/QUOTE] Depending on the semantics of the phrase, I would [I]probably[/I] optimize for the most …