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Even creating a fan page is not always so easy. So I wonder if any of the members ever deleted a facebook fan page? Do you regret it?

This is a prime example where the Attorney General wants to secure certain wins - especially towards a relatively "infant" field of digital privacy/pornography/communications. Yes, legislation is needed but to go after one site that has actually provided great service to the community is something to consider - judging the …

This also demonstrates that there is no such thing as privacy in the social media rules because our information and content is in the hands of a company, someone else, and most of all... some other eyes....

Also do keep in mind that the first email out of series have the highest CTR so you really want to put the most important information on this first email. Also dont saturate your subscribers email box. It will piss them off.

If you are running a PPC campaign and are experiencing this problem, you have to look at: 1. the rank of your keywords 2. you have to conduct search using Google Keyword search terms and find the relevant keywords for your site 3. you need to reinforce those keywords and …

Thanks for sharing. The other search engines also have similar tools and I do recommend you to check those as well if you are using Bing/yahoo ad PPC.

As far as I know of - your home page must have the highest PageRank and then subsequent sub pages are scored lower and not higher than your main page.

But with a lower PR, did you notice a lower amount of visitors?

Ali, there have been many similar questions posed on this site and many great advice. Also, do think of how you can use these services to: 1. create a sense of community 2. Share and contribute 3. Make it an extension of your brand/company Also, be realistic. You might not …

Also, look at major ecommerce sites that will help with payment processing and checkout cart.

Also keep in mind that each search engine has a PPC option and that if you are targeting certain segments, think of which keywords will help increase conversion if you are aiming outside Google.

On Mashable, I read an article about Ning. This article made me think about how the current social media ecosystem has centered around Facebook and Ning has been pushed out due to its business model and pricing structure. I have used Ning before and to be honest, I liked Ning …

I have the Google Buzz that says I have over 100 new updates. I dont even bother to click it. Do you?

Building a community takes time. I have tried to create a few and I realized that your site needs to be fostering some element that members want to come back and participate.

I agree with your list of recommendations. I also like to mention that businesses should be aware of this document as well - [url]http://business.twitter.com/twitter101[/url]

Do check out - [url]http://www.bing.com/community/blogs/webmaster/archive/2009/07/01/making-links-work-for-you-sem-101.aspx[/url]

Since the IPad will only operate using Safari and wont support Flash, do you think you will optimize your site to become iPad friendly?

My advice for you is to optimize your site for content and related links. [url]http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35291[/url]

Thanks for all your great insights. What would you say are the top 4 summary lines you can say from above?

I was looking into press releases but I wonder about: 1. What have been your experiences? 2. How has it helped your business? 3. Would you do it again? I heard that PR Web was the best one but I dont know which is which. Thanks

Major companies have affiliate programs. You should consider checking those programs out like Amazon.com. It can start by having a widget on your blog with their site. Also check out - [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affiliate_marketing[/url]

I recommend you to create a competitive intelligence on other drugs that have already done what you have done - both offline and online promotion and then analyze the areas of opportunities.

I second MacKone. I have built a few social networks and it can be time consuming and the most important issue is that you constantly have to promote it becasue remember, 80% of posts come from less than 20% of members.

I wonder what is your business model for your business? I do appreciate you are advertising business for free - just make sure you have a good spam filter in place to prevent fakes.

Isn't promoting your own site within your own site considered an inbound link?

There is a Firefox plugin for this.

You may have to consider offline marketing as well. At my church's bulletin, I see ads for online dating sites all of the time. So you may consider advertising at local churches' bulletin as well.

PPC may provide very beneficial depending on the keyword however you have to be careful that you dont use up your allocated amount with general keywords rather than keywords that reflect consumers closer to the buying funnel.

Also, on Google use: backlink:your url

Yes, it is common now a days to create a Facebook Fan Page. But how do you promote it?

As a former blogger, I totally commend your advice. I also believe in that the blog should have an easy to remember title and that the blogger should not practice any black hat SEO.

The biggest difference between SEO and SEM is organic vs paid. SEO = Search Engine Optimization SEM = Search Engine Marketing SEO = you can enhance SERP results by tweeking chances on your website SEM = its all about paid marketings, PPC, banner ads, any paid drivers that help bring …

Most importantly, it is very important to create relevant and fresh content that is all inter-related. Search engine crawlers love this and will reward your site accordingly by placing high on SERPs.

Well, very good question. Here are some tips: 1. Follow Google's SEO tips - [url]http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35291[/url] 2. Don't do any Black Hat tactics - it will cause Google to penalize your site and never list it. You DONT want that. [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread201598-2.html[/url] 3. Ensure you constantly update your site with fresh and …

Hi I just subscribed to Time Warner Triple Play that uses Road Runner. So I bought Apple Time Capsule to hook it up with my MacBook Pro. It is not working. I do see I have full Airport connection but I have an error stating it is not recognizing IP …

Twitter provides a great opportunity for backlinks. A great way to track these shorten urls is by using bit.ly since it provides you with traffic data.

It depends. Remember what the search engines are looking for: relevant context, relevant url, and relevant links. Thus, if you optimize your SMO to reflect text that is also on your website, it can strengthen your placement. Just putting your link and the name of the company wont help.

People come with the expectation that every thing that is online is free. Twitter has been providing a service and should make some revenue - yes, the method may not be agreeable to everyone - but at the same time - it has to stay afloat so the Fail Whale …

I loved your introduction. Fabulous. I can see such technology being adopted by the younger generation where they were not exposed to privacy concerns like older generations. I personally would not have opted because I dont want my every move to be reported.

So of course, some people at work showed off their new toy - the Ipad. The Ipad seems like a big toy but the way it helps with banner advertising and reading was good. So saying that, there was some conversation that the iPad will affect, not the creation, but …

What do you mean by systems monitoring system? Do you mean web analytics tool or social media monitoring software?

Have you split your advertising to include unbranded, which is ads that dont mention your company or brand but it does have the same look and feel of a branded message? if you have had, have you noticed if it worked for you?

I have been looking at different type of video related ads, like pre-rolls and videoegg ads. So if you have experience with these ads, let us know.

It all depends where your intended audience is at. If you are targeting a small niche that may not particularly visit Twitter, you need to find where they are and interact with them, either through some social media outreach or advertising.

So we know that today was the big day where the IPad was launched. There was a positive review in WSJ - All Things Digital. [url]http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20100331/apple-ipad-review/[/url] I personally waiting until the second launch or so when many of the first generation bugs are resolved. So did you get an iPad …

There was a sutdy published that found that the majority of people check their Facebook first thing in the morning. Maybe I am guilty of such but I wonder who else on this site al so agrees with the finding of this study.

I recommend to check out Gold Lasso, Bronto, and Constant Contact for email management. I also recommend you to become familiar with CAN-SPAM rules.

Black links are important if the links have relevant content to your site. If not, then it may not be beneficial and may atually hurt your site, especially if its to a site with a low PageRank. You have ot be very careful about this.

Pay per install - that reminds me of widgets.

I read that Facebook has changed their "Become a Fan" button to "I like" button - so my question for the members of this board are: 1. Will this affect how you promote your Face book Fan Page? 2. Do you think this will help increase Fans?