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Hello, For those that have sold their own website(s), how did you determine the value of the website? Contents and traffic should be a huge factor in determining the value but I do not know how to set a price.

[b]Google Inc. today announced the availability of Google Video, a new service that enables users to search the content of television programs from leading TV content providers including PBS, the NBA, Fox News, and C-SPAN, among others.[/b] [img]http://img200.exs.cx/img200/5493/gvideo1da.png[/img] The engine dubbed "Google Video" allows users to search across text from …

Hello, I am going to build a forum, possibly with vBulletin - how much software knowledge is required? Can a newbie do this? Great forum, by the way. Thanks.

Hi All, First post and would appreciate any help. I want to start a forum at work. The IT department have quoted an unreal price. Can someone please tell me in idiot terms what I would need and an approximate cost to get it running. For instance, I understand it …

What are some tips to increase AdSense CTR? So far, I'm trying to integrate the ads into the content, and I know that the box ads perform the best. What else can I do?

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Hi. I use Win2k PHP 4.3.1 MySql 4.1.9 [B]Trying to install phpBB 2.0.11[/B] My phpBB files are in C:\BB There I added the directory ..\BB\forum PROBLEM: I can't get past the html "start install" page. On that page - In Admin Configuration section: [B]a)[/B] Where it asks for ADMIN info; …

I just noticed that Google has gone back and readjusted all of their reports and figures for the month of February. A few dollars and cents were added to each day of my AdWords account. Along the same lines, I earned a few more dollars and cents via my AdSense …

Google has a new program going ... [url="http://www.google.com/referral/"]http://www.google.com/referral/[/url] It's an affiliate program in which they pay $20 CPA for anyone you refer to AdSense / AdWords. Unfortunately, it's currently - of course! - in beta, which means it's by invitation only. Has anyone been one of the privileged few to …

I'm already in the ODP and I get a good amount of traffic from Google. I'm also in Yahoo! search. However, I'm not currently listed in the Yahoo! directory. Is it worth it to pay the annual $300 fee to be listed? How much traffic will it get me? Is …

I used to use ValueClick, but I was incredibly disappointed by their low quality of advertisers. (Nearly as bad as FastClick's) In addition, all ads were run-of-network (untargeted) and mostly CPC, so there was very little revenue generated. Recovering from the holiday season and a bit strapped for cash, I …

hello....i putiing my take on this new genre of online social networks....ie. the photosharing blog networks that seem to be popping up everywhere [URL=http://www.flickr.com]flickr[/URL] [URL=http://www.fotolog.net]fotolog[/URL] and my absolute favorite [URL=http://www.fotoamigo.com]fotoamigo[/URL] these new generation of hobbie driven social sites seem to be the new community rage, ...but will it last....It seems …

This is a question to those who have AdSense and use the Google search on there site: why do you have the google search box leave your website when you click submit (aka it goes to [url]http://www.google.com/custom?q=[/url]....)? Google has some APIs which allows you to query there servers and display …

A few days ago, Google released the new look for AdSense public service ads. I just noticed today, however, that every single page is suddenly ONLY showing these?? No more content ads on any page of the site out of no where? Can anyone confirm?

Is it worth paying to SEO? Do they really make changes or really bring difference? I am thinking whether to pay or not! give me your suggestion! I am Sandra.

I apologize if there is a forum topic on here that explains how to get more hits through the search engines on google. But what i'm wondering is how do i get my website to pop up when someone searches for a few keywords? Am i understanding correctly that i …

I own << url snipped to comply with forum policy >> and was wondering, for a spider to go deep inside my forum other then just the homepage, is their something I need to do to my settings. I have a pr2 for homepage already but that's it. My other …

I just installed a new phpbb golf forum. The install was straight out of the box. What steps should I follow next to get the board SEOed (search engine optimized) and ready for public consumption. Are there any SEO hacks you could recommend or a step by step guide on …

My main site has been active for 3-1/2 years, but we've grown considerably in the past year and it's time for to refresh things. At the stroke of midnight, New Year's Eve on Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean (the first time zone to pass into 2005), we're kicking off …

I know that ValueClick bought Commission Junction awhile ago. But what is the relationship between CJ, BeFree, and BFAST? It looks as if CJ has tried to unite them but meanwhile the CJ homepage still has separate logins for CJ and BFAST.

I am currently deciding between the ValueClick and Burst!Media banner networks. Fastclick is out because it seems they don't accept forums right now. Has anyone been successful with either of these two? Which one do you recommend?

Let me keep this short and sweet. Upload alot of high quality content to your site, and other sites will link to you automatically. If you offer information that is useful to a particular audience or a subject area, other related sites have interest in letting their visitors know about …

Ok, I'm sorry if this sounds dumb. I'm a newbie. :o I have a couple questions. First, I am just about to start a online community. I am very money-tied though, so I can't do to much. I'm going to have to go with the free boards. I was thinking …

I have always left the default vBulletin emails that my forum sends out. (i.e. to activate a new account, inform a user of a new private message, etc.) However, I finally took the time to customize each e-mail - and I can't believe how much it's helped! The vBulletin forum …

lets say i have a site about horse racing. i wouldnt want to use the word horse as a keyword as there are tons of horse related issues that have nothing to do with horse racing. same applies to the word racing. how do i address this matter?

I've been looking at the google directory and it appears to be drawn directly from the DMOZ one. I have managed to get one of my sites listed in dmoz, but how frequently is google's version updated? the category I got listed in has 7 items in dmoz, but 4 …

A strange thing happened after the page rank updation. Most of the sites only had the page ranks of internal pages updated, the homepages did not show any alteration in their ranks. Any others who experienced similar things? and any idea why?

I am the webmaster of [url]www.nibbleguru.com[/url], since last 3 days my traffic is 25-30% of my original traffic. a sudden decline of 70% is what is worrying me. what could be the reasons for it? my PR seems same as before. i am not doing any SEO etc on my …

Google updated backlinks finally! Here are the current data centers that have been updated thus far. Here are the current updated data centers so far: 216.239.39.99 216.239.37.104 216.239.37.147 216.239.37.99 66.102.11.99 64.233.161.99 64.233.161.104 64.233.161.105 64.233.161.147 Our site only jumped up by about 100 links. Not as well as I was hoping! …

There is so much hype about PR and google SEO - but how does one go about getting up those SERPS for the other engines such as Overture and MSN? Google might be the biggest alone, but I'm sure that it can't defeat by far all of the others put …

Hi there I have been toying with the idea to run a competition to attract new members to my forum. Seems like a shame to have a shiney new forum sitting there with no one on it after all :) So the idea (borrowed from one I saw on another …

Hi, Do search engines have preference for domain name extensions. For example using a .com, .biz or a country extension such as .co.za. Any comments or views about the relevance or lack of it on domain name extensions and the success of search engine indexing would be appreciated. Thank you.

My cane search results for my best phrase were on page 2 for many months, then I added the band links with the name of the band: Seventh Victim (also the name of a movie) About two days later the results went to 5th page, and then back to 2nd …

My goal is a first/second google page listing under the competitive keyword phrase 'cell phones'. I've developed a little over 300 backlinks over the last two months (not high pr sites, but about 150 unique ip blocks and websites that I have traded services for links with). I have the …

Search engines sometimes penalize or ban sites for manipulative SEO techniques. What are the most common techniques that SE's hate? How far will a SE go when penalizing a site? If the tactic is stopped, can sites get back in?

Do you guys feel that the portal at [url="http://www.daniweb.com"]www.daniweb.com[/url] is intuitive? Or would you rather just enter the forum index via [url="http://www.techtalkforums.com"]www.techtalkforums.com[/url] ?? Wat about the techtutorials and dazah sections? The site hierarchy / navigation was just changed this morning. So I'm curious what you guys think about this ... …

I really enjoy Las Vegas and I was wanting to start a forum for awhile, then I got to thinking.. Hmm.. Maybe I could start a Vegas forum. You know, a forum centered around Vegas. Gambling, shows, experiences, ect. Then I got to thinking.. "Hmm.. Would anyone even go? Seems …

I have just setup a simple home page and forum. the homepage is willpull22.remnetworks.com and it the forum is sort of like this forum but there are not as many members or options (daniweb uses vbulletin $160, I use PHPbb free). So my site and my forum offer you news,info, …

I was creating an AdWords ad for our SEO forum and I tried using: SEO Forum Google News and Techniques Free Webmaster Community and it came back with an error message saying: [i]You may not use the word "Google" in the text of your ad.[/i] Heh :)

Hi all, How you doing? Okay I want to put the Google's AdWords conversion tracking JS on my site pages, but I'm confused about a few things... 1. On one board someone said that Google is just doing this to get our information. What do you think? 2. Am I …

I know SEO companies can bring up searches performed by yahoo.com, etc. and see how many people are searching a particular term or phrase. How is this done? It would really help me sell websites. Thanks.

Written by James Peggie In the early days of the Internet, web enthusiasts were enamored with the technological marvels that the new age put before them. It almost seemed as though the written content in web sites was put in as an afterthought. Today however, users and developers alike have …

I have pretty good rankings in google for my keywords. I have a lot of pages spidered by google and a good number of backlinks using my keywords of choice as anchor text. However, I'm still having a problem getting good rankings in Yahoo!, MSN, and Overture. I was always …

Do you think its a good idea to run advertisements on your own forum site to make a profit? Clearly the only way a website can survive is with a revenue source, but how far should individuals go to make money off their site? Are popups, popunders, big bright flashing …

i plan to create a website for user who stay in condominium. this website is speacially created to ease the residents who live condominium. Do you have any idea what are the features or facilities that i can put it the website? for example, this website enable residents to pay …

Hi all, My programmer & I need to get rid of the .phtml pages another programmer had me create & make new .php pages. He wants to: "use the 404 SCRIPT (PHP file) that will do following.. based on REQUEST to non existing PHTML file it should get corresponding PHP …

We are signing an agreement with an organization in the UK who will be marketing a subset of our programs to the UK and Ireland. How do we avoid competing with them online (pay-per-click advertising, etc.) in these countries? And how do we keep them from advertising to people in …

Hello to all. I am IsomanX16. My wife doesn't know that; it's just between us. Anyway, I run a small but growing advertising agency. The world of advertising is undergoing massive change, a large part of which is the "media agnostic" approach to reaching people. The Web is a vital …

How many of you have seen somebody make helpful comment after helpful comment, or release great hacks/code, and then head over to their site because you were impressed with what you had seen of them on other sites? Probably most. :) The converse applies...I know of a few people whose …

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