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I also recommend to post comments on blogs that your targeted visitors would also be interested. Otherwise, the blog owner may suspect the comments not be genuine and not approve them.

I never heard of AdsPipe. I do wonder what kind of sites are part of the AdsPipe network - perhaps sites that have been kicked out of Google's network and reflect lower PageRank sites ?

I do believe that some marketing plans should not incorporate facebook or twitter because it may not reach the right audience. For example, one business is funeral or death related. When do you think Facebook or Twitter is not appropriate in your marketing plan?

I would like to add to your list: slides on slideshare. Many people use them as a possible viral marketing tool. I actually have posted many slides on SlideShare. Though I never got any new business lead, I have seen I had many views. I still keep hope alive that …

Thanks for sharing the links. I just wonder what is the catch. Nothing in life is free.

Start with the basics: 1. Well designed website 2. Make sure you optimize video and content with text 3. Create social media presence 4. Dont perform any "black hat" techniques.

Thanks for the tib bit of information. Yes adding the PayPal button is easy on sites. I have it on my blog as well. I never heard of Magento so I have to look into it.

Your original post is difficult to understand. Getting indexed is good but getting indexed and not appearing on front SERP pages is bad. Double check on search engines and see how your page appears on SERPS.

I would not trust a free domain buying, to be honest, I would not trust it, since nothing is free in this world.

This is a great thread. I like these resources. Thanks!

I personally have used google trends as a form of assessing the online landscape. I think it is very helpful more from a macro than a micro level. I dont know how it can be used for PPC but I do think it is good to determine keyword contect for …

Thanks for bringing this up. Its sad but true that the whole intention of businesses to join Facebook is to grow - either with the intention of the user or not - their business. This is another example why Facebook may shun additional users.

I believe that there should be a base initial fee followed by monthly updates.

Not only SEO, but ensure that the contents and categories correlate with your SEO tactics. I have seen some message boards with archaic categories - from a SEO perspective, this does not help bring qualified traffic unless this traffic were using those specific search terms.

I personally never had such a file and I have not seen an impact on my site. Have others?

I actually suggest the following: 1. Constantly put ads on whatever free online bullentine boards you can - as long as you are not violating the communitie's guidelines. ex. I have posted weekly ads on Craigslist for a Yahoo Career Related Group to recruit members. 2. Recruit potential members via …

Yes, other than the two you mentioned as the most important, if your product/services is geared towards a niche, then it be good to find a site/community where that niche is at and be linked from there as well.

First of all, I suggest you to do a spell check. Search engines will pick the misspelled words as spam. Second, I also want you to add more separate pages for long information. There fore, you are increasing inbound links.

Just keep up the good work and always be very vigilant of your organic searches and competitors.

Thank you for your long list. It is really helpful.

Think of the three online activities that your visitors will want the most and the three that could generate a more ROI for your client.

Very good post. Thanks for sharing.

Google has a very interesting and ever changing algorithm. Thus, pages with new content may get indexed much more than statis ancient pages but there are other nuisances as well. [url]http://www.google.com/webmasters/[/url]

I totally agree with you. LinkedIN is the best first stop followed by creating a Facebook page. From a push/pull perspective, I also recommend setting budget for advertising on Facebook and PPC.

Also, many online survey companies only offer some free software or service instead of pay.

Any question regarding Google and SEO could be found here: [url]http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf[/url].

I strongly recommend Google AdWords - remember to put each keyword per line. I also recommend to correlate it with Google Trends.

I actually have used both as well as an ancient one called TypePad (I dont think it exists anymore) and a previous one on Lycos I think. Anyway, I actually like WordPress and Blogger for different reasons. But if I have to give the awards to the best - well …

I have seen some WordPress templates for ecommerce sites. It seems good but I do wonder if anyone here have used them and what where their experiences? Please share.

In these social sites, you need to make it interesting to the users.

Actually a good place to learn about PPC is at adwords.google.com/ Do remember that the more popular the keyword, the more it may cost you to get it in position 1.

My advice is not to follow any Black Hat SEO techniques. This will really hurt the chances of your site appearing on Google's SERP which is detrimental, especially for an e-commerce site.

I totally agree. I also suggest to look into:[url]http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35291[/url]

You just have to make sure the company that does this for you have case reports and references.

It depends on: 1. how often you plan to email your list 2. if you will divide your list by segments 3. What are the call to action on your email 4. make sure the links in your emails are functional.

When Google discovers your black hat tactics on your site, your site may not appear on SERPS which is a very high price to pay. Just remember that!

These search algorithms are getting very smart and optimizing your site for content is the best strategy. Always ensure you practice White Hat SEO.

That is why it is really important to optimize your SEO in a constant basis so it can fit more with your content - especially if you have a blog.

I have not read or heard of any of those books - I dont read much of those books but instead I go to Mashable and here for ideas on best practices.

Oh I did not even know that is possible. As far I know of, I dont think its possible. Is it?

I also recommend answering a few related question and answer type sites and putting your articles as a resource, like on Yahoo Answer.

I would also recommend you to submit your site to Google as well as submitting site map. I did it for my blog eons ago and it helped drive lots of traffic.

Also, even if you use a WordPress ecommerce template, you still need to customize it for your needs by recoding some script.

Hi I dont think I ever untapped the powers of Excel for advanced analytics. Thus, as Im going through these tutorial books, I do wonder what are your tips to help you analyze data quickly and efficiently. Help!

Though if you optimize your site for SEO, it will affect both Google and Bing. But I just saw this interesting post on this site: [url]http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/090904-121551[/url] So what do you think?

It all depends on what is your email marketing goals. Do you just want to send emails or do you want to conduct more advanced behavioral targeting emails? For simple emails, check out: Constant Contact, Survey Monkey (yes they do emails), Emma For advanced: Bronto, Gold Lasso

I recommend creating a database/CRM program on your site to capture email address of people who really are interested in your product.

In this society, people will always find another person or entity to blame, especially if there is a large pot of gold possibly at the end of the road. In this case, the plaintiff should have realized that Google Maps or GPS is not the same thing as just looking …

I am usually leary of bots but it might be good for submission tools.

E-zines are good for SEO. Do remember that e-zines require constant content creation so your readers will look forward to read it.