Posts by jay 11

have you done any competitive analysis? What do the top 10 sites (for those keyword terms) have that your site doesn't have? Perhaps a greater amount of relevant content... or... a better quality of content?

You have to take into consideration each site's PR and dofollow/nofollow status. That's the only way you could be sure that any links on them would be of value toyou

i disagree.. relevant citations can provide value regardless of toolbar pagerank and nofollow status.

This discussion already exists here -
http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread208317.html

Hi,
How can I find my niche related blogs or my niche related sites. If you have any search tool by which I can find my niche related blogs so please provide me.

Thanks in advance

how about searching Google for related blogs. You can even search your own blog in Google and next to the result you can click the "Similar" link... might unveil some related content.

Wait.. you are planning on contributing genuine and useful comments, right?? I didn't just help you comment spam.. did i? :-O

you can try Yahoo's publisher network (APT) or maybe even AdBrite. I don't have experience using these but they seem to be viable alternatives to AdSense.

if the end-user/customer finished the sales process on your site, you *should be able to track the sale all the way through. Does the customer check-out or pay directly on your site? Or do they get redirected back to your site from the 3rd party processor once they are finished paying? Either way you should be able to track the sale using the proper tracking code provided by Google.

Does anyone know or have any experience with Google Sites in Googles searches? Do their spiders like when their name is in the domain?

Not necessarily. Google likes it when sites comply with universally accepted web standards and provide content that visitors find useful. The name within the domain has little to no importance.

i mainly just keep an eye on traffic and number of sales. I have, like you, been surprised by new inroads to a site and considered the same - "should i put in some extra resources and build that section up?" it really boils down to whether or not i think that new traffic will convert - or if it is qualified enough to monetize.

oh i'm sorry - the OP is asking what platform to use in order to serve PPC ads.

Well the search results are little different now that Google personalizes queries based on your own previous search habits AND incorporated twitter results. Granted, there's no way to really optimize for these particular results but I guess you can argue that these new additions have shifted some focus away from "black" or "gray" hat SEO and put more of an emphasis on becoming an actual authority in your industry and a leader within your social communities.

sure three way link building is good but what about 4-way link building OR... get this... FIVE-WAY link building!! :)

Yes - i agree with Jenny and Arvind. Start small and grow naturally. And always keep in mind that communities are only as good as their users. Keeping them happy and engaged is important for both content creation and the livelihood of the site.

Here's a concept to consider, rather than figuring out ways to link the shit out of your web pages in an effort to appear to have important content, why not just craft well-optimized important content?

I hear this concept works and it actually saves you both time and money in the long run.

i just don't see it being very useful. I'd much rather a netbook with an actual keyboard and yes - i agree - first versions of new tech almost always wind up being overpriced and under perform.

i agree with the OP. The recent updates to Facebook have made it increasingly more difficult to hide certain information or grant limited access to your personal profile. One way around this is to create lists and then assign certain people to those lists. For example, you may want to hide certain information from associates or work related friends. Create a list called 'associates,' assign those people to that list, and then set permissions for that group within your Privacy settings.

i have the intention of having a bike riders team for promotions, movie, music video and other. i need an experience person to tell me how i can market this business.

What are the marketing goals for the business? Are you looking to get agencies to hire your services? Are you looking to brand your offering to a specific audience?

Hi panthr, Welcome to DaniWeb. you can show off your project or service here - http://www.daniweb.com/forums/forum75.html

Good luck to you!

i've never heard of any of these directories. How long have they been around? Do they have editorial integrity? Does anyone have any success stories with these?

How to choose a stable PPC system? What to pay attention to?
What systems do you prefer to work? I have a site gaming themes, I want to make it in this way. What can you advise?

Use all three if you can (AdWords, YSM, Microsoft adCenter). Can't get much better than those.

I dont trust anything that is free. I do wonder about the conversion rate from placing free ads versus those on AdWords.

I would guess that conversion is much lower. You really can't get much more targeted than bidding on the specific long-tail queries. :)

Overture search term suggesstion helps a lot in finding the prospective search terms. For this industry and market knowledge is very important.

Overture.. now there's a blast from the past.

Now Facebook has some sort of policy that you cannot run a contest without going through them or a "registered" 3rd party company-- whatever that means-- I tried to do that and I got shut down and a crazy long e-mail telling me I can't launch it.

yea.. i bet their ad network is "registered." :)

A good start would be to use some article submission on top article directories and submitt there 5-10 articles weekly! helps for serp!

yea but if no one reads or interacts with those articles, your rankings will be short lived, and your efforts wasted.

dang.. could those tips be any more vague? Maybe... if there were less of them :)

Blog commenting is a tough task.can anyone explain me.how to do blog commenting.i want to know about this topic.

Actually, commenting on a blog is just as easy as posting here. Go to a blog, Read the post (very important), and comment only if you have something worthwhile to contribute.

Avoid commenting for your own personal gain. You don't want to be considered a spammer. :)

good list, though i heard now that matt cuts, consider useful also nofollow, and google and yahoo. will consider also the anchor text!

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Sweet! where did you read that?

How about commenting for the sole purpose of contributing pertinent information to the topic at hand?

by the powers vested in me.. i hereby mark this thread as SOLVED. mwu ha ha ha ha!!

yea.. and on the flip side.. do your friends really care where you are all the time? Some might i guess. I dunno.. i've been waiting for the FourSquare movement to fizzle out for a few months now. Today i heard they just came out with a bunch more badges for their users to earn. Maybe they are getting desperate.. :)

Usually just contact the store and let them know. If their customer service is any good they will quickly void or refund the duplicate charge. Worst case scenario you file a chargeback with your credit card company.

@jennypits: I like the way you've analysed it. What is important is the strategy you use in creating a 'social' community around your brand.

The persons that follow you on social media sites would sooner or later become your brand custodians. Whether or not they become 'paying' customers is not the point. Its about 'pulling' people to your brand rather than 'pushing' your brand in front of people.

Well said! I agree. For the most part - when i think of using 'social media' for business, i think of it as a tool for branding and expanding reach. It can also serve as a good PR tool. Most followers and friends like to see a business that takes issues, makes them public and provides a resolution.

So basically you cookie the visitor. The visitor leaves your site but gets ads displayed to them by other networks - based on the previous sites they visited? Am i following correctly?

Thanks for the reply Jay, but I actually measure my response rate by creating a duplicated home page on a separate URL for each banner I have in different places e.g. if I had a banner on here I would have a landing page that was something like advertiserbay.co.uk/daniweb

Nice!

I suppose this means that the only other thing which could be improved would be the design of my banner but I have some pretty good flash banners being used (or so I think) :)

Or it could mean that the site itself just doesn't have the qualified traffic you thought it would or hoped for. Nothing you can do but cut your losses and maybe voice your experience to the site owner or ad rep. They might have some telling info in their rebuttal (if any) on why the campaign didn't meet expectations - but at least you gave it a shot and know to pay less next time or not at all. :)

Good question... i would probably go with the extension that best appeals to my audience. If most of your existing website visitors And targeted audience is from the UK.. it probably makes sense to move all your site's content to the .co.uk extension and 301 (permanent redirect) the .com. A 301 redirect is a safe way to tell the search engines that you intend to use the .co.uk extension going forward.

That's an interesting take, David - one i'm sure a lot of people have experienced. Display ads naturally convert less. That still doesn't mean we shouldn't pay for them. Generally, i would say that larger, more popular sites get a broader audience but in your case, you are saying that the larger site is very relevant yet you still convert less. Perhaps a couple of minor tweaks to your landing page(s) may be in order? Maybe you could do some A/B testing to see which pages perform best? Have you thought about offering a special discount or promotion to the audience of that particular site?

What are you thoughts on this?

Or you can provide a valuable resource or awesome article.. spread the word through social media networks and other will link to the resource and/or article and BAM you got yourself some natural links. Why do you think you see all those "Top 10" articles on Digg? I believe the term is link bait. :)

After the FB change, I find it difficult to find the options to create a page. Can someone help?

After you are signed in, visit the FB homepage. Under your profile pic, in the left column, you should see a variety of items. Click on "Ads and Pages."

PayToClick ?? :P

i assume you are referring to Google AdSense, yes?? FWIW - I have not noticed a dip in any of my KPI's - in fact my company has been fortunate to see an increase in revenues over the past few months. We attribute this to better ad placement and overall site performance (load speed, fixing of broken pages, improved site navigation).

The timing of the drop (Jan to Feb) is most likely a coincidence. Have you changed anything to your site? Do you run SiteMaps on your site? If so - have there been any glaring errors? IE. pages unreachable?

i think Fred summed it up perfectly.. if you are marketing to a predominantly English speaking audience, it won't pay to hire someone who speaks or writes second (maybe third) rate.

Think of how your users will react to reading said content. Search engines too have evolved to a point where "forced content" won't get you better rankings.

my old company received a fantastic response to the t-shirts they wore and willing gave out for free. The name of the company really lent itself to the Internet industry and the color of the shirts (black) was neutral - so they were very well accepted. We also made sure to have shirts made in wide variety of sizes and for both genders. We even had shirts made for children. Most company's cut costs by printing a standard men's shirt in Medium, Large, XL, and XXL but those campaigns usually don't have as much reach and as a result fall short in the branding dept.

Hi all
I need some free advertising websites that allow me to place anchor tag (<a heref=….> ) between the texts of my ads. How can I find them? What keywords should I search on google for finding them?
Thanks

place anchor tag between the texts of your ads??? I don't understand what you are looking for. Can you provide more examples?

At their simplest, Meta tags are html attributes that are added to the <head> of a web page. The most common tags are <title> (title of your page),<meta description (description of your web page), and <meta keywords. Modifying these basic attributes of each web page will help tell the search engine bots what your page is about.

I called these guys. They were cheap and they got me tons of fb friends within days. I wasn't going to buy but then spoke to this dude and he sold me. Now my bands fb page is booming and people who joined actually bought my tracks. in the last 2 weeks i made my money back muahahahaha. msg me if you want the contact info.

Why not share here in this open discussion forum? Why the secret?

hi, goodgle doesn't not index foruns pretty well right?

They might have a hard time indexing a forum that offers little value or isn't coded properly. Otherwise, Google will index a forum like any other site.

It's possible to google index a forum like it was a blog?

HUH?

How does google know that is indexing a forum?

It knows by crawling the meta info and site content - amongst other things.

Isn't possible to create a new forum software that is indexed like a blog but that works like a forum? So we will have hundreds of posts but the same awesome indexation as a blog

Sure you can do whatever you want.. but I don't think this will trick the search engines. The success of your site will still depend on quality of content and user experience.

Interesting.. Foursquare Responds to "Please Rob Me"

http://foursquare.tumblr.com/post/397625136/on-foursquare-location-privacy

They bring up some valid points but no matter how you slice it.. there are many who still broadcast this information to massive audiences.

Folks, to be honest, I dont like the Twitter integration at all, I think that it shows poor results and I dont know how to optimize my site for Twitter.

The twitter results on the Search Engine Results Pages are from twitter accounts, not websites. In other words, there is no way to optimize a website to appear in Twitter results.

Right on! Meetup.com could definitely be useful for this. I guess i'm just confused on what the Rev model is here. Where do users go to sign up or purchase the program and is there greater value for them to contribute to your own site or to just use a site like Meetup? Or can you do both?

I think maybe we will see more success with video ads as TV and Internet assimilate.. but right now.. as people browse the web, i think most do not want to sit through a 30-60 sec video ad that is probably not even relevant to them.

Although.. Video advertising *is* evolving. Publishers are able to display relevant pre-rolls based on cookie data of previously visited sites or even based on your IP/location. The problem is... not many publishers are using this technology (yet) AND there just aren't that many quality and relevant video ads to serve to the end-user (probably has to do with cost involved in producing video). Additionally, pre-roll messages, in general, tend to be geared more for branding. Makes sense considering they are essentially lead-ins to the video users are really waiting to see.. so Yea, pre-rolls have not been very successful to-date.

Videoeggs on the other hand are rather interesting. I don't have experience with these on the publisher side but as a user, i can see how they may convert better than pre-rolls. Maybe it's because as a user, you are engaged in the video you set out to watch and while you are watching, a slightly intrusive ad pops in with a call to action. It's kind of like product placement in a movie only you can actually click through and buy.

Agreed.. in addition to what Fred suggested, you can make mention of the page in your email sig. If you have a newsletter, include a link or badge to let subscribers know. And once you get some fans, keep them entertained. If they contribute to a wall post, that shows in the news feed of others and they too may jump on board or engage in the conversation - potentially making it more important than the initial posting.