My forum was about three months old before I put up any kind of advertising, mostly because I wanted to build content first. And, even now, ads are only viewable to guests. If we had 1000 members logging in daily, I'm ...
Sometimes, we get an accidental double post on the forum and that's easily dealt with by deleting the copy. Other times, I see where a new member will copy a very old discussion and repost as new. I'd prefer they take ...
When my forum first opened, we had a very thriving forum game section. Unfortunately, the other sections of the forum suffered to the point where we got no new posts in them daily. So I shut down the forum games sectio...
Here's an interesting thought. What if Google couldn't access your home page menu (navigational) system? Such as if, the menu links on your homepage menu links could not be crawled. That means your interior pages won...
A few years back, I had a free movie blog, inspired by Hulu and even used many of the free Hulu movies/clips to populate the blog with content. It was one of my more fun blog projects and very lucrative for it's time. ...
Before opening your current forum, how much previous experience did you have as a forum owner? Was it easier opening the second (or third) forum than the first time around?
Check My Links is a link checker that crawls through your webpage and looks for broken links. 'Check My Links' is an extension developed primarily for web designers, developers and content editors. When you're editing ...
One of the biggest mistakes you can make with social marketing is not knowing your audience and not getting involved to find out what they really want. What are some other big mistakes that can be made with social ma...
Sites like LinkedIn are really good for posting professional profiles/resumes, especially if you are searching for a job. But, are there any other social networking sites where you can network and meet professionals in ...
The most successful advertising generates a lead or sale. But, to produce these results, your advertising must make it clear that your product provides a consumer benefit or solves a problem. * The benefit or solution ...
So many people talk about getting 'high quality backlinks'. But, really what does high quality mean? For instance, my version of high quality might differ from someone else's idea. What's your idea of a 'high quality'...
I got an early Christmas gift of a Nikon camera. It's been on my wish list for at least three years. So I was very happy with the present, even if it was a month early. What's on your tech wish list? What tech gadget ...
Do you ever have days when you feel discouraged over being a forum owner; such as when posts or traffic are down? Or, maybe you hoped the revenue from the forum would be better? How do you deal with discouragement over...
If you've been blogging on the same topic for a long time, it might be possible to run out of ideas. How do you keep the fresh ideas going? Is there a way to break through creative writing block and post fresh content ...
I love doing research on subjects and learning more and then turning that information into usable guides for my readers. Sometimes, I spend more time on research and reading than actually writing; amassing a large bank ...
Sometimes, it's discouraging when you only have a handful of backlinks. But, if those backlinks are highest quality, coming from well respected sites, then that might be all you need to rank well in Google. Don't get i...
Is Ask.com powered by Google search? At one point it was 'human powered'. Can you give more information about the current status of Ask.com?
Some governments want to use a closed-door meeting in December to increase censorship and regulate the Internet. Say no to government censorship of OUR internet. Let your voice be heard. Stand up with Google against...
One of the many reasons to love social marketing (such as tweeting, updating Facebook pages, pinning photos on Pinterest) over email marketing is that you are creating a treasure trove of searchable material online. You...
Just now, i was online researching some SEO issues and came across a site that mentioned the Google 'Big Daddy' update. This update didn't sound familiar, so I checked it online and found that it related to an update th...
Seo Spyglass helps you spy on your competition to grab the links they already have and monopolize on the keywords you want to rank high for. But, what do you get with the paid version of SEO SpyGlass that is so much bet...
Matt Cutts talks about keyword rich domains (for SEO and search engine rankings) over brandable domains. In the video, he suggests that keyword rich domains might not always have the advantage over brandable domains. ...
Matt Cutts discusses the importance of keyword density. One of the things he points out is how constantly repeating a keyword/phrase over and over is more like keyword stuffing and won't really help your SEO and can act...
In this SEO video, Matt Cutts discusses the importance of 'freshness' for SEO. He mentions how freshness might be important for a hot topic (such as breaking news) but less important for evergreen materials (how-to's/tu...
Matt Cutts explains when guest blogging is good for SEO and when it's considered spammy. Please take a few minutes to watch the video and discuss the pros and cons of guest blogging for backlinking and SEO. [med...
Check out this video where Matt Cutts discusses the value of 'editorial links' (such as links freely given by a site owner who is endorsing your site) versus low quality, boilerplate text backlinks (such as those backlin...
Matt Cutts contemplates the notion that SEO should be renamed to mean search experience. [media=youtube]ZStQhWx8YPc[/media] Please watch and comment about what you think of the idea of optimizing the page not for ...
According to Matt Cutts in this recent SEO video, Google frowns on 'spammy site-wide links' on a site. So what does that say about the value of forum backlinking? If you think about it, a forum backlink could be consid...
When I was buying my domain name for my forum, I did extensive keyword research on possible keywords to include in the domain name. And, I do the same thing, even when choosing a blogger.com subdomain as the keywords in...
The most I ever paid for a domain name was $13.00. Well, actually, I paid $26 due to a clerical billing error by the domain company when they double billed my Paypal account. This domain points to my general chat fo...
There are many good reasons to buy a .me top level domain The .me TLD is perfect for the personal or professional blog where you want to use your own name. This is great for anyone who wants to establish their own pr...
South America is squaring off with the giant online retailer Amazon in a battle over the prized top-level web domain name the company shares with the South America's tropical rain forest. Brazil and Peru have formally op...
If you don't renew your domain for a site, do the pages that it links to automatically get deleted from Google's search? How long before your pages fall out of the search engine?
Let's say that you sell one of your domain names to someone else. How would you go about transferring ownership of the domain to that other person?
If the domain name you want is currently taken by someone else, would you back order the domain? And, would that guarantee that you could use that domain when it becomes available?
What is cloud hosting? Is it reliable? And, what is the best company for cloud hosting?
Is there a specific reason you would buy shared hosting? Is shared hosting reliable and affordable?
Let's say that you find a website that is violating your copyright or has scraped your content. How can you identify the owner so that you can send them a request to remove the offending content?
Also, how much disk space would be necessary to operate a Drupal based website? What other factors would I need to consider when purchasing hosting for a Drupal based website? Please talk about the various considerat...
When making a search on Google, you can choose the advanced search tools (shown under the search box). This option allows more customization for your search. For instance, using this option, you can restrict your searc...
