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Sad Pixel Ad Fad Over? Don't Get Mad, Buy HTML 'input' Tags for $100

2006-01-04T21:11:00.000+05:30

MoWH.com Launches Offering HTML 'input' Tags for $100
Mosaics of Web History (MoWH), located at http://www.mowh.com, officially opened for business today. Instead of offering pixels for sale, this new site gives visitors the ability to purchase the very fabric of the internet -- HTML code; specifically, < input > tags.
Miami Beach, FL (PRWEB) January 4, 2006 -- Mosaics of Web History (MoWH), located at http://www.mowh.com, officially opened for business today. Instead of offering pixels for sale, this new site gives visitors the ability to purchase the very fabric of the internet -- HTML code; specifically, "< input >" tags.

Users either design a standard "< input type="button" >" or use the "< input type="image" >" tag to display a button image of their choice. Each button features the owner's message in its title attribute (which is visible by mousing over the button). Pushing a button takes the visitor to the owner's website of choice. Buttons are displayed on the http://www.mowh.com website for a term of five (5) years.

Mosaics of Web History is a cyber-museum of sorts, initially displaying 30 pages of 30 rows of 30 columns of HTML "< input >" buttons. Buyers can purchase buttons for $100 each. Together, the buttons act as tiles to create unique mosaics.

"MoWH offers a unique opportunity for buyers to commemorate, celebrate or promote using simple '< input >' buttons as art," said web designer and site creator Mike Fountain. "The site is interactive and addictive: everybody likes pushing other people's buttons."

Source:
http://www.mowh.com/files/pr_010206.asp

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Chitika Account Suspension Notice (N) - Chitika Meltdown...?

2006-01-04T05:48:00.000+05:30

I had my Chitika account suspended the other day (December 29, 2005) and they will not respond to the calls, emails, and support ticket I entered on their site.

I wanted to know what the problem was and try to resolve it, but they won't get in touch with me no matter what I do. So I am starting the big job of pulling all of their ads from the sites I added them to. Man, what a pain!

My sites weren't making much from them anyway, I think they owe me $30-$40, but I had been working to try and generate more traffic to the sites that have their ads. Now they pull this BS.

So if you were considering using Chitika on your site(s), I would recommend instead that you copy the style of ads they were using and try that with some good affiliate programs. The ad style seemed to be effective, but the company really, really sucks.

I thought I waited long enough to make sure it was going to be worth the trouble, but at least now some of you won't have to go through what I am. The program from Google is so far the easiest, the best run, and pays very well so I can recommend that you try that completely.

Don't take my word for it, do a search in Google for "chitika sucks" or "shitika" (Not to be confused with the mushroom with a similar name...) and you will find a few others that are not happy with what seemed like a good system.

(hris

Keywords: Chitika, Chitika ads, Chitika advertising, contextual ads, eminimalls, e-minimalls, e mini malls, web publishers, best deals, Impulse Merchandising, eMiniMall services, Venkat Kolluri, Alden DoRosario, Dave Andre, Russell Franks

BlogMedia Announces the Launch of its Blog Network

2006-01-04T00:22:00.000+05:30

BlogMedia Announces the Launch of its Blog Network

Online publishing house BlogMedia announces the launch of its network of blogs.

(PRWEB) January 3, 2006 -- BlogMedia, Inc., an online publisher of a unique variety of content, announces the launch of its new network of weblogs. The BlogMedia & Erati Media network consists of several sites across a wide range of themes, including management, technology, celebrities, comedy, sports, and many others. Each 'blog' focuses on specific subject areas and is written by experts in their respective fields.

We launched the BlogMedia & Erati Media blog network because we wanted to connect our experts and those interested in a topic to interact in a way that allowed their passion and energy to flourish," said Matt Craven, Vice President of Online Services for BlogMedia, Inc. Were looking forward to being a part of a conversation between our experts and their readers.

The BlogMedia network consists of two distinct segments. BlogMedia focuses on topics ranging from celebrity gossip (http://www.celebricious.com), to television shows (http://www.tvbloggin.com), to discussions about the current state of sports (http://www.sportyblog.com) and a look at the blogosphere through the eyes of http://www.bloggeridol.com.

The Erati Media division, (http://www.erati.com), is home to some of the most talented writers in online media. Erati Media is a community of creators, said David Krug, Community Director for Erati Media, Its a unique forum for talented, often overlooked, writers to leave a mark on mainstream media. Sites such as http://biz.erati.com share information about personal leadership and small business management, while http://blog.erati.com discusses the world of blogging and provides reviews of other blog sites.

BlogMedia prefers to publish in a blog format because it provides continuously updated content as well the ability to facilitate interaction between the writers and the readers. Blogging is unique in so far as it bridges the gap between the writer and the reader. Providing the reader with a portal of consistent content has become increasingly important.

We are not about to create another blog network for the sake of creating a blog network, states Krug, This is about fostering the talent behind quality content, and providing opportunities for success.

"We believe that by giving talented individuals a unified forum for expressing themselves, we can fully harness the unbridled potential of this new media," states Craven. "In doing so, we feel that we can raise the quality standard for content while ushering in a new age of information exchange. As we grow, we will champion the highest quality content and combine it with our passion for connecting with our audience, and this will help us to lead the way into this new informational frontier."

About BlogMedia, Inc.

BlogMedia, Inc., http://www.blogmedia.biz, is a rapidly-growing privately owned online publisher of a unique variety of content, and is headquartered in Minnesota. BlogMedia is led by a team with extensive experience in online content development. The company works with expert authors from around the world to develop content and online services that allow passion and energy to flourish.

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Press Contact: Matt Craven
Company Name: BLOGMEDIA, INC.
Email: email protected from spam bots
Phone: 612-284-2803
Website: http://www.blogmedia.biz

Business.com Directory Traffic: Small Business How-To and Commercial Real Estate Top Professionals' Search Lists

2005-12-20T23:28:00.000+05:30

Latest Top Business.com Directory Traffic; Small Business How-To and Commercial Real Estate Top Professionals Search Lists

Business.com, the leading search engine designed and organized for business, today announced the top directory traffic on its network, which highlights the business-to-business topics most important professionals.

Santa Monica, CA (PRWEB) December 22, 2005 -- Business.com, the leading search engine designed and organized for business, today announced the top directory traffic on its network.* The list highlights the business-to-business topics most important to the Companys audience of more than 30 million professionals:

Starting A Small Business
Commercial Real Estate
Commercial Building Materials
Display Cases and Racks
Human Resources Management
Lead Generation
Currency Converters
Promotional Products
Virus Protection Software
Office Furniture

While general search engines offer broad results cluttered with consumer content, Business.coms proprietary directory of more than 65,000 key industry terms deliver the most relevant results strictly related to products and services critical to the B2B sector. Business.com reaches a concentrated audience of people who hold decision-making power within their company.

The Company releases the top directory traffic to provide the market with a glimpse into industry-wide trends and unique needs of the small business market.

*Traffic for November, 2005.

About Business.com

Business.com is the leading search engine designed and organized strictly for business. It provides professionals easy access to business products, services, companies, news and other business information to help them get their jobs done more efficiently.

Business.com was founded in 1999 by eCompanies. With more than five years of growth and momentum, Business.com continues to attract leading strategic investors including Institutional Venture Partners, Evercore Partners, Reed Business Information, and McGraw Hill. Still privately-held, Business.com added Benchmark Capital as a preferred stockholder in 2004.

Today, Business.com serves the needs of more than 3 million business searchers each month across a wide array of industries and job functions. Business.com reaches another 32 million through its distribution network which includes partners such as Forbes.com, Businessweek.com, Inc.com, FastCompany, and Internet.com.

With a proprietary taxonomy and classification system consisting of over 65,000 business categories, the company is a leader in the next generation of search. By categorizing business results in an intuitive order and filtering out unrelated consumer content, Business.com is able to anticipate the needs of professionals and allows them to easily locate relevant business information. For more information, please visit www.business.com.

Media Contact:
Sara Myers
Tel: 310.586.4194

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Press Contact: Sara Myers
Company Name: BUSINESS.COM
Email: email protected from spam bots
Phone: 310.586.4194
Website: www.business.com

Network Solutions: Still the Domain Price Leader

2005-11-18T23:13:00.000+05:30

I guess it's just like those gas stations that sell petrol at a price that is above most of the other stations. The higher cost makes some people think that their more expensive gas must be "better" in some way, otherwise they would not charge more, right?

So it is too with domain names. I just happened to be on the Network Solutions (Didn't they change to Verisign at some point...?) site and thought I would check their prices, expecting them to be the same old $30 a year that they used to be. At first I almost went into shock! It said they were only charging $8.95 a year!!! Then I realized that it said that price was " 1 Year w/ Monthly Hosting". They actually give you the domain for free if you pay for a year of hosting. But if you just want a domain name for a year it's $34.99! Ouch, yup they're still at it.

Ok, I do see that there is a price break if you register for more than one year at a time, but why put the pressure on people to register for multiple years? Most other registrars don't do that.

So what's the difference between a NSI domain and a GoDaddy or other registrar's domain name? You got it, about $26! They are even charging $34.99 for .info domains, which can generally be had for a huge discount for the first year. Check out www.domainsite.com, my new favorite registrar as an example.

NSI also offers something I have not seen, the ability to register a domain for 100 years at only, ONLY $9.99 a year!. What a bargain! An what are the chances that we will have domain names, or have to pay for them in 100 years? I'd say it's pretty slim. Given that the profit on domain names is so huge, I don't expect them to get all that expensive in the future. Thank God, we were able to give NSI some competition. Can you imagine what domains would cost if they were the only provider...!?!?

(hris

Search Engine Marketing Firm iProspect Experiences Meteoric Growth In the Netherlands

2005-11-07T19:32:00.000+05:30

Search Engine Marketing Firm iProspect Experiences Meteoric Growth In the Netherlands

Watertown, MA (PRWEB) November 7, 2005 -- iProspect, the Original® http://www.iprospect.com [Search Engine Marketing Firm], today announced that iProspect Netherlands has experienced tremendous growth during its first four months in business, already serving a number of major brands, including DHL and ING Card. A division of Aegis Group plcs Isobar Communications digital network, iProspect looks to continue the global extension of its brand into the European and Asia-Pacific marketplaces.

http://www.iprospect.com/nl/[iProspect Netherlands] was only launched at the end of June 2005, and already serves around 20 major brands -- substantial advertising accounts, said Marc Noët, Managing Director, Isobar Communications Netherlands. The search engine marketing knowledge and recognized ethical approach of the iProspect brand in the U.S. that have been duplicated in the Netherlands are two of the key factors in this rapid growth. Our original goal was to become the third largest SEM firm in the Netherlands within nine months. Having achieved this goal in less than half the time, weve re-set our sights on achieving absolute market leadership within the Netherlands search marketplace and further re-enforcing the leadership position Isobar Communications already has here," according to Noët.

iProspect Netherlands tremendous growth is demonstrative of the respect the iProspect brand generates, said Nigel Morris, CEO of Isobar worldwide. Morris continued, The iProspect brand is globally recognized as the premier player in the search engine marketing arena. iProspects http://www.iprospect.com/whychoose/thought-leadership.htm [thought leadership] in the marketplace and reputation for excellence in process, technology, and results speak for themselves. Without question, it is a brand that fits perfectly with Isobars strategy to create a global network comprised of the very best digital agencies in all key disciplines. This should be seen as just one part of a global search strategy that is being rolled out in a carefully planned and rigorous way.

iProspect Netherlands is the first of many planned global brand expansions into the European and Asia Pacific marketplaces. Leveraging the knowledge, expertise, and ethical standards resident at iProspect in the U.S., the Netherlands search engine marketing firm was able to ramp-up with impressive speed and land major brand advertisers by leveraging the trusted iProspect name.

"We chose iProspect as part of our overall online media, noted S. Schroeders, Distribution Manager at ING Card. Schroeders continued, Their specialized knowledge and dedication to http://www.iprospect.com/whychoose/search-engine-marketing-ethics.htm [search engine marketing ethics] made us choose them."

According to J.P. Duurland, Head of Marketing Communications at DHL, iProspect Netherlands significantly positions DHL as a market leader in this rapidly growing online media channel.

Acquired by Isobar Communications at the end of 2004, iProspect is respected worldwide for the quality of their tools, process, and people, and is considered a key component in its parents strategy to develop a global digital network.

These are exciting times here at iProspect, said Fredrick Marckini, the firms founder and CEO. As the iProspect brand is launched in international markets, the opportunities for our clients to leverage true, in-country search marketing expertise is something we know will produce powerful results. By offering a true, in-country, search engine marketing network, the possibilities for leveraging best practices and the power of search internationally are significant.

Search engine marketing as a whole is barely scratching the surface of whats possible in the United States alone, said David Verklin, CEO of Carat North America and of Aegis Groups Asia-Pacific division. More and more, search engine marketing is a game that is played without borders to reach audiences all over the world. Through our planned expansion of the iProspect brand into Europe and Asia, we are building the next generation of search marketing capability. Its not enough to be found by searchers within the borders of the U.S. We want to help our clients reach searchers from Holland, to France, Japan, South America and beyond. As more and more citizens of the world go online, they continue to rely on search to identify products and solutions, and it will take a truly global search engine marketing firm with boots on the ground in each country to connect these searching audiences with brands. Were excited about iProspect Netherlands early success in pursuit of that vision.

About iProspect
http://www.iprospect.com [iProspect®] is the Original® Search Engine Marketing Firm. The company helps many of the world's most successful brands maximize their online marketing ROI through http://www.iprospect.com/services/search-engine-optimization-service.htm [natural search engine optimization], http://www.iprospect.com/services/paid-inclusion-management-service.htm [paid inclusion management] as a Yahoo! Search Submit Certified Ambassador, http://www.iprospect.com/services/pay-per-click-management-service.htm [pay per click advertising management] via their own patent-pending bid management agent called iSEBA, and http://www.iprospect.com/services/web-analytics-service.htm [Web analytics] through their own SEM-configured version of WebTrends. Located in Watertown, Massachusetts, the company can be contacted at 1-800-522-1152, or by visiting www.iprospect.com.

Questions regarding this release should be directed to iProspect Media Relations Manager, Colleen Reed, at 1-800-522-1152 x1203 or creed@iprospect.com.

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Press Contact: Colleen Reed
Company Name: IPROSPECT
Email: creed@iprospect.com
Phone: 617-923-7000
Website: http://www.iprospect.com

Authors Guild Sues Google, Citing "Massive Copyright Infringement"

2005-11-04T02:37:00.000+05:30

Authors Guild Sues Google, Citing Massive Copyright Infringement

September 20, 2005 Press Release

Contact: Paul Aiken
staff@authorsguild.org

NEW YORK The Authors Guild and a Lincoln biographer, a children's book author, and a former Poet Laureate of the United States filed a class action suit today in federal court in Manhattan against Google over its unauthorized scanning and copying of books through its Google Library program. The suit alleges that the $90 billion search engine and advertising juggernaut is engaging in massive copyright infringement at the expense of the rights of individual writers.

Through its Library program, Google is reproducing works still under the protection of copyright as well as public domain works from the collection of the University of Michigan's library.

This is a plain and brazen violation of copyright law, said Authors Guild president Nick Taylor. It's not up to Google or anyone other than the authors, the rightful owners of these copyrights, to decide whether and how their works will be copied.

The individual plaintiffs are Herbert Mitgang, a former New York Times editorial writer and the author of numerous fiction and nonfiction books, including The Fiery Trial: A Life of Lincoln, published by Viking Press; Betty Miles, the award-winning author of many works for children and young adults, and the co-author of Just Think, published by Alfred A. Knopf; and Daniel Hoffman, the author and editor of many volumes of poetry, translation, and literary criticism, including Barbarous Knowledge: Myth in the Poetry of Yeats, Graves and Muir and Striking the Stones, both published by Oxford University Press. Mr. Hoffman was the 1973-74 Poet Laureate of the United States.

Google has agreements with four academic libraries those of Stanford, Harvard, Oxford and the University of Michigan and with the New York Public Library to create digital copies of substantial parts of their collections and to make those collections available for searching online. Google has not sought the approval of the authors of these works for this program.

The complaint seeks damages and an injunction to halt further infringements.

The Authors Guild (www.authorsguild.org), the largest society of published writers in the United States, represents more than 8,000 authors.

The Authors Guild is the nation's largest and oldest society of published authors and the leading writers' advocate for fair compensation, effective copyright protection, and free expression.

[Editor Comments: Another dinosaur roars in the valley of the vested industries. Let's see.... Open source software, Music file sharing (Ever make an 8-track or cassette copy for a friend? Of course not, you only know about exchanging files and burning CD's. You think you invented a way to make the cost of commercial music more reasonable, but you're late to the party even if the tools you use are light-years beyond what went before.), an now full-text search of books online. Can Open Publishing be far behind? Maybe.

None of these have killed the industries they appeared to be undermining, and the same is true for the printed word. Even if they full-text of the books was made available on-line, who the hell curls up with a good CRT? Oooops! sorry, I meant LCD! Print the book on your printer? Maybe if it's really small or you have a duplex laser printer. Your safe from theft from those with Inkjets for sure.

Man, don't sue, give it a chance with a sample of titles. Once you see how cool this is going to be, and provide additional revenue options for you, yer gonna wonder what you all upset about in the first place...! -(hris ]

FeedShot Unleashes Blog Search Submission Service

2005-10-28T00:30:00.000+05:30

FeedShot Unleashes Blog Search Submission Service

(PRWEB) October 3, 2005 -- FeedShot (http://www.feedshot.com) has released a beta version of its blog search submission service, currently submitting RSS and Atom feeds to 19 search engines and aggregators. The service is free and in beta, with plans for a production launch in late October.

"I was tired of telling my friends and colleagues to visit 50 blog search engines in order to submit their feed. I kept waiting for someone to release a submission service, but after searching for a few weeks decided to write my own." said FeatureCreep, the author of the FeedShot service.

"The response has been overwhelming." he noted, referencing the more than 25,000 outgoing submissions FeedShot has sent since it opened a week ago. "We're trying to stay on pace of adding 2-3 new search engines per week, and we've received a few addition requests from search engines themselves."

With a marketing effort consisting of "sending emails to the blogs I frequent," FeedShot hopes to continue its low-cost, grass roots marketing effort that makes it feasible for it to serve the blogging community. "If we had to pay for advertising it never would have happened. Bloggers have a lot of power these days."

In addition to increasing the number of sites it supports, FeedShot has thoughts of expanding into the pinging space, and to begin offering some type of premium submission services. When asked about the specifics of those services, FeatureCreep responded "Five days ago I had no idea FeedShot would be such a success. Needless to say, I'm still working on what's next."

FeedShot hosts a blog discussing the day-to-day struggles of running the FeedShot service, located at http://www.feedshot.com/blog/.

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Press Contact: FeedShot Support
Company Name: FEEDSHOT.COM
Email: support@feedshot.com
Phone: 408-555-1212
Website: www.feedshot.com

SEO

2005-10-25T20:16:00.000+05:30

>I am very interested in what other I-searchers have found and
>follow re: char length in Meta description and optimizing "other"
>tags.
- Kelly Blazes, SearchReturn Digest #009

Up until last Spring, we used to use a large set of meta tags, about 50. We did this for many years and had very good results from all our client projects. We knew that many of the tags were just taking up space, but felt if they were being recognized that it would benefit the site, and thought we might be getting some benefit for "making the effort". Since we spent quite a bit of time on the tags and provided them with the appropriate data and not just a bunch of keyword phrases in all of them, we felt it was worth the effort. We also used to add the description as an HTML comment, since we had seen that it was often picked up instead of the decryption tag. These methods never hurt and seemed to help. Results for all projects we very positive so we never did any testing. We also use to spend time on a site's ALT tags.

Then last year I took a 1-page site of a client and as a favor optimized the page with only title tag, meta description tag, and keywords meta tag. I then started adding pages of content on a regular basis, all with just basic, simple optimization for what was on the page.

The results were startling.

This was a favor to a client, so we did no keyword research, and only optimized the tags quickly based on page content. In addition, this was not a "proper" site but only had information about the client's business on the home page. Still, about 6 months after the traffic had increased by many times, the client was actually contacted and secured a project from someone in California (We are in Minnesota). The reason I did this for free is that the client is my oldest one and he did not see the need for a web site, much less SEO. He now realizes what I've been talking about for the past 5-6 years and if he wasn't so busy with exiting clients, I'm sure he would have us to help him with a proper site & submission of the site. We only put up about 6 links to the site and submitted to maybe 15 search engines and directories, a far cry from the 180 that we normally do.

As a result of this experiment, we now only use those 3 tags in our optimization, and do not optimize H tags or other things that you hear people talk about. They may help, but they also increase the time/cost and until what we do stops working, we won't be making things more complex.

For tag lengths, we have changed what we use a little:

Title tag: Up to 85 characters max, but some do go over without noticeable harm. I like at least 60 and generally use 70 chars.

Description: We use to always use as close to the 255 character limit, but we are seeing more and more sites limit this to about 150 with some at 200 and some at 100 chars. We try to craft the description so that if it is cut off at those points, it will still look and read well. We may standardize on 150 since it's a bit of work to match those cutoff points.

Keywords tags: Not very important, but if you use common sense, it may help. We used to have a 1,000 character limit, but now try to keep it down to about 400-600 chars. If you are going to use keyword phrases, use commas to separate them. We use to really fill this up with many variations of what was on the page as well as things not on the page. This was limited to words that meant the same, but different spellings and different combinations of what was on the page. Now it's less work just picking things from our keyword results that are about the same as what is on the page.

We use as many scored keyword phrases as possible in titles and descriptions, tempered with use of good English and advertising copy.

Thank you,
Chris Nielsen
BizProLink-Internet.com

Redzee.com, Redzeeguru.com, LP keywords, and related sites to avoid.

2005-10-25T03:37:00.000+05:30

This company seems to have morphed into another version selling the same kind of keyword bidding that is only available to browsers who have chosen to "upgrade" their browser and become infested with something they were not aware of, and may not want. They also sucker people in with a free toolbar.

If you are looking for information on one of these sites, you may be interested that all of these are hosted on the same server and also connected with www.webwisemedia.com and www.redzee.com.

www.Linkpositioning.com

www.Linkpositions.com

www.Linkpositions.net

www.Linkrankings.com

www.Myredzee.com

www.Positionlinks.com

www.Positionsguru.com

www.Positionwindow.com

www.Redzeesearch.com

www.Rocketranking.com

www.Rocketresults.com

www.Search-climbers.com

www.Searchelevators.com

www.Trafficwindows.com

www.Windowbillboard.com

www.Windowbillboards.com

www.Windowposition.com

www.Windowposition.net

www.Windowpositions.com

www.Windowpositions.net

www.Windowsposition.com

www.Windowsposition.net

www.Windowspositions.net

www.Winspeedtechnologies.com

www.Redzeeguru.com

Other words of interest are LP, LP Keywords, browser upgrades, browser upgrade, wise media, natural keyword positioning technology, browser add-ins.

Warning: Beware of installing "Secure Service Pack" on your computer

2005-10-20T01:54:00.000+05:30

Warning: Beware of installing "Secure Service Pack" on your computer

Unless you know and understand what the "Secure Service Pack" actually consists of, we strongly recommend against installing it or anything that may popup and ask for permission from you to install it. Just because you have some trust in the site you are visiting does not mean you need or want what is being offered. If you are concerned about the security of your computer, only install things from the manufacturer's site, or the creator of your computer's operating system.

By the time you read this, "Secure Service Pack" may be called something else, so don't be fooled. Our understanding of this item is that it installs software that changes how your browser functions and you may or may not like what it does. You may be able to un-install it once you realize it's there, but do you want to trust something that will not even tell you what it is?

"Secure Service Pack" sounds like it's a Microsoft Service Pack that will upgrade your software, but in fact the software is designed to deliver advertisements in the form of web sites that you may be interested in. Part of the "benefit" of this software is to let you just type in keywords and not URLs to find sites. What they don't tell you is that they only sites they show you are paid advertisements and may or may not be what you are looking for, and might not even be a good site if they do have what you are looking for. It's the same old "Keyword browsing" scam that has been around for years. It's pure crap and should be avoided at all costs. Seriously!

I have seen at least one page that has a number of browser plug-ins and says " This page contains links to the Windows Authenticode family of plugins for Internet Explorer". If you want to upgrade your Internet Explorer, go to the Microsoft site and make sure you are getting the real deal.

Again, if you don't know for sure what you are installing, don't just trust the name of the application that you see, since it could be a trick and your anti-virus and anti-spyware programs WILL NOT PROTECT YOU OR WARN YOU!!

(hris

Avandes Introduces Build by Email (BBE)

2005-10-01T21:57:00.000+05:30

Avandes Introduces Build by Email (BBE)

(PRWEB) October 1, 2005 -- Avandes, Inc. (Avant-garde Designs) has recently released a new product for publishing data on the Web. The BBE product is designed specifically for non-technical people. Moreover, all web-related work is completely automated and done for you. All you need to do is to send e-mail. Once your e-mail is received, Avandes software automatically builds sophisticated, professional quality web page/site for you in seconds.

BBE is an all-inclusive, easy to use, see-before-you-buy web publishing service, based on the standard e-mail interface. It is fast, easy, inexpensive and it covers all the web needs: web design, publishing and hosting.

BBE is the perfect technology for small businesses, families and people interested in personal web pages. It is also a great way to create temporary Web pages for on-line announcements, classified advertisements, special event notices and travel diaries.

For more information about the company, please visit: http://www.avandes.com. Information about BBE is available at: http://www.buildbyemail.com.

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Press Contact: Lucy Grosz
Company Name: AVANDES, INC.
Email: Lucy@avandes.com
Phone: 614-891-2695
Website: http://www.buildbyemail.com

[ Comments: If you have any interest in this kind of thing it's worth a look. The demo works as advertised, but I did not check to see if they offer optimization options. (hris ]

Pixels By The Dozen Is New(almost) Form of Online Advertising

2005-10-01T21:00:00.000+05:30

Pixels By The Dozen Is New Form of Online Advertising

(PRWEB) October 1, 2005 -- Pixels Buy the Dozen (http://www.pixelsbuythedozen.com) is the latest innovation in online advertising. The homepage is a grid of 10,292 squares, each square being 12x12 pixels. Companies purchase pixels for $.50 each to display their advertisement or logo. The minimum ad space is a 12x12 pixel square and there is no set maximum. Customers are able to pick their ads placement on a first come, first serve basis.

An interesting feature of the site is that when a visitor hovers over an ad with their mouse, a 144x144 ad is displayed for the advertiser. There is a Featured Pixels area showing links for their advertisers in a rotation based on the number of pixel squares they have purchased. They also have the Latest Pixels, showing the last 3 companies that have purchased pixel space.

Said site creator Lee Dodd, " This approach capitalizes on the 'novelty and buzz' aspect of the web. Once the homepage is 100% sold out that's it. No more space. Of course, the page will be quite a site to see as it fills up, and that's the goal. Fill it up, generate some donations, and then who knows where it will lead..."

The company, Pixels Buy the Dozen, is based in East Texas and with the recent impact of Hurricane Rita, they are donating 10% of the site's revenue to the Salvation Army Hurricane Relief Fund. The site's owner, Lee Dodd, also shared that he is offering registered non-profit organizations a pixel square ad spot at no charge.

URL: http://www.pixelsbuythedozen.com

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Press Contact: Lee Dodd
Company Name: Pixels Buy The Dozen
Email: lee@sprintusers.com
Phone: 903-873-6070
Website: http://www.pixelsbuythedozen.com

[ Comment: This is the second site that I have seen like this and now it looks like there is a entire crop of advertising sites springing up that offer the same thing... try http://www.thepixelwars.com/. Once the novelty wears off, there it's gone..., what will be the attraction of these sites...? (hris ]

TECHDIRT:TRAFFIC Power Discovers The Magic Of The Streisand Effect

2005-09-29T22:56:00.000+05:30

TECHDIRT:TRAFFIC Power Discovers The Magic Of The Streisand Effect
Last month, we wrote about how Traffic Power, the search engine ... So, congratulations to Traffic Power for figuring out how to use the Streisand Effect to ...
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20050922/115249_F.shtml

[ Comment: This is a nice third-party commentary on the situation. But firms like TrafficPower/1P.com are unlikely to learn from their mistakes or the advice from others. Look for them to go into hiding and re-emerge again like some nasty insect with a new name and look, ready to infest the SEO world yet again... (hris ]

SEARCH Engine Placement Lawsuit May Chill Free Speech
E-Commerce Times - USA ... ago. Blogger Aaron Wall, whose blog, SEOBook.com, is a popular destination for those in the search-engine optimization industry. ...
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/ilSZ2M7BstRMOq/
Search-Engine-Placement-Lawsuit-May-Chill-Free-Speech.xhtml

SEARCH Engine Journal Editors and Columnists
Search Engine Journal - USA ... Aaron Wall, Search Marketing / SEO Coverage and Rants - Aaron Wall is one of the most vocal search engine marketers in the business and he has channeled his ...
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/index.php?p=2269

TRAFFIC Power Lawsuit Update : SEO Book.com
The Traffic Power vs SEO Book.com lawsuit was moved to federal court.
http://www.seobook.com/archives/001180.shtml

WSJ Dissects Traffic Power Complaints & Search Engine Bans
The story further dives into Traffic Power having an "army" of ... Visit the Traffic Power Files Suit Against SEO Book thread in our Search Engine Watch ...
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050922-075345

WSJ.COM - Blogger Faces Lawsuit Over Comments Posted by Readers
Traffic-Power.com sued Aaron Wall, who maintains a blog on search engine optimization -- tactics companies use to get themselves to appear higher in searches ...
online.wsj.com/public/article/0,,SB112541909221726743-_vX2Y
pePQV7AOIl2Jeebz4FAfS4_20060831,00.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top

Search Marketing Association of North America (SMA-NA) Launches Membership Drive

2005-09-29T07:45:00.000+05:30

Search Marketing Association of North America (SMA-NA) Launches Membership Drive

The Search Marketing Association of North America (SMA-NA), an association for people and companies involved in the study, promotion and practice of search engine marketing is launching a major membership drive beginning August 1, 2005.

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) August 1, 2005 -- The Search Engine Marketing Association of North American, officially launched February 2005 aims to be an open, democratic, and responsible, member-focused trade organization representing the interests of professionals working in the field of search engine marketing. In addition to giving its members an industry voice, the SMA-NA provides a platform to inform and educate the business marketplace of the benefits of search engine marketing. The SMA-NA is proud to stand alongside the SMA-UK and SMA-EU chapters, both launched in 2004.

We are getting a clear message the industry wants and needs an organization to promote and support the welfare and interests of professionals working in the field of search engine marketing, said Ian McAnerin member of the working group committee. The association will be member driven and open to all types of search engine marketing professionals ranging from individuals to the larger search marketing firms. We are actively seeking members from Canada, Mexico and the United States.

The SMA-NA is actively seeking new members and encourages anyone in the search engine marketing industry to apply for membership. Official elections of the Board of Officers is scheduled for early fall 2005 after the membership drive has ended. Only registered members of the organization will be eligible for nominations to the Board and can vote in the election. The working group committee plans on having its membership drive kickoff meeting at the Search Engine Strategies tradeshow in San Jose during August of 2005.

For more information visit http://www.sma-na.org.

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[ Comments: I was very interested to find this group, but in looking over the site, I could not find any information on what my $250 membership fee would be used for and how I would benefit. I will continue to monitor them and hope that some tangible benefits appear. - (hris ]

I-Search Newsletter finally lives again as SearchReturn (Get it? Search-Return...!)

2005-09-28T21:03:00.000+05:30

The old I-Search newsletter was the best moderated, best edited, and the best attended search marketing newsletter/discussion list that I had ever seen. LED Digest is of the same quality, but the topics covered are not as focused as I-Search was.

If all the old gang once again participates I am sure SearchReturn will quickly gain the same level of respect and surpass the volume of subscribers of I-Search.

You've only missed one issue as of today, so go to http://www.searchreturn.com/ and subscribe today. If you are interested in search engine marketing and the best discussions with useful information, this will be the place.

From the site:

"Achieve better search engine rankings. Increase your search engine indexing and enjoy super targeted users. Learn what it takes to convert search users. Discover source code samples. Improve your search. Search engine information, actionable tips, expert advice, and publishing services by site owner Detlev Johnson."

(hris

SEMPO Says No, SMA-NA Says Yes To Fight Against Traffic Power

2005-09-25T22:39:00.000+05:30

SEMPO Says No, SMA-NA Says Yes To Fight Against Traffic Power
Search Engine Watch - USA ... Power story, some were wondering how the two US search marketing organizations would respond to the suit alleging that SEO Book's Aaron Wall revealed Traffic ...
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050922-080905

GOODBYE to the Butler
websearch.about.com - USA ... mascots go. This via Aaron Wall's SEO Book, a quote from the The Street: "Jeeves is out of a job. IAC/InterActiveCorp. (IACI:Nasdaq ...
http://websearch.about.com/b/a/205119.htm

BLOGGERS Face the Law
Red Herring - CA,USA ... He said he's tried to keep a lid on offensive comments, but allowed a vigorous debate over a company called Traffic Power, which sells tools for improving ...
http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=13715&hed=
Bloggers+Face+the+Law

TRAFFIC Power Suit Could Be Quashed Through Anti-Slapp Motion
Search Engine Watch - USA Legal Showdown in Search Fracas from Adam Penenberg at Wired looks at the lawsuit by Traffic Power against SEO Book's Aaron Wall, alleging that he revealed ...
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050908-112116

LEGAL Showdown in Search Fracas
Wired News - USA ... At least, that's what Traffic-Power.com, a Las Vegas-based search engine placement firm, did last month, filing lawsuits against Aaron Wall's SEO Book.com and ...
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,68799,00.ht
ml?tw=wn_tophead_5

By: Mickey Alam Khan
DM News - New York,NY,USA
... driving out smaller advertisers. And then there's SEMPO president Dana Todd, who gives us a view of the road ahead. Among the case ...

KnowledgeStorm's Jeff Ramminger to Speak at SLAM 2005
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
... Engineering. Ramminger is a member of the Technology Association of Georgia and Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO). ...

Search Engine Guide: Research: Obstacles, Opportunities on the ...
DM News - New York,NY,USA
Many areas covered in SEMPO's comprehensive research study "The State of Search Engine Marketing 2004" have gained in importance since the study was ...

Search Engine Marketing
Audio Graphics - Cleveland,OH,USA
Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) has a few words for professionals in other marketing and advertising fields: "Advertisers plan to ...

Directories are great

2005-09-23T23:12:00.000+05:30

Yes, search engines are great too, but so are directories. Both should be submitted to and each has different advantages. Here are some as I see them:

Most links in search engines are not seen unless someone brings them up with a query. This means that if one search engine spiders another, many of the sites will not be seen. This can be overcome if the search engine operator "hard codes" some links that will bring up search engine results pages that can then be found.

Directories generally have a list of links to categories that lead at some point to listings. These are easy to spider and is the reason why a small directory may be preferred over a small search engine. If the directory provides a "direct link" then that is preferred over one that may use code to "redirect" to the site. Some avoid directories that do not link directly, since they do not get the benefit of link popularity. I think this is short-sighted since if the directory is or becomes popular, they sites listed should get some good traffic at some point in the future. By listing your site in small directories, you provide them with content, which will attract more visitors, and in return they should send you more traffic as time goes on and the site grows.

I don't like directories that require links back and this is why. They will not get as many listings and will not grow as quickly as those that do not require links or payments. They are limiting their own growth and do not seem to recognize the value of having as much content as possible for their visitors. The exchange of traffic and listings should be considered a "fair exchange" where both benefit from the other. Directory owners may say they need to get links or they need to charge a fee, but I own www.Consultant-Directory.com and the site does quite well from regular ads and some paid text ads that run on the site without having to resort to return links or listing fees.

(hris

Title Tags and Search Engine Marketing

2005-09-18T23:09:00.000+05:30

Title Tags and Search Engine Marketing
websearch.about.com - USA
Using title tags in your site design is an integral part of search engine optimization. However, they are easily misused. Find out ...

Defining Your Search Philosophy
WebProNews - Lexington,KY,USA
... I've applied the same basic SEO strategies and tactics since 1996. Yet if I were technology or code-centric, I would have a headache ...

ThreadWatch Launches Blogging Is Not A Crime Campaign
WebProNews - Lexington,KY,USA
... ThreadWatch have launched a campaign to collect money for SEOBook author Aaron Wall's legal fund as he battles libel allegations from SEO company TrafficPower. ...

Google's Take On Buying Links For PageRank
WebProNews - Lexington,KY,USA
... Many SEO providers believe link buying is good business and can benefit a search engine presence, as long as it is a legitimate link. ...

Chris Nielsen
Nielsen Technical Services
http://www.NielsenTech.com
Search Engine Optimization and Internet Consulting
"Be what they're searching for!"
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If you carry ads from one search engine, will it hurt you in others?

2005-09-17T23:24:00.000+05:30

Are major search engines going to favor web sites that carry their ads and hurt those that don't?
I just got an email from a company that I am an affiliate of and it got me thinking. To show that this is not just another affiliate-driven blog post, the link to the site is here: http://www.adsensecloaker.com/. And that is not an affiliate link or a site that I am connected with.

The idea behind this product is that it "cloaks" your AdSense code if a competing site's spider visits. I guess there has been some talk about Yahoo dropping sites if they find AdSense code listed. While I don't think that is true, it would not surprise me to hear that MSN is doing something like that...!

But with more sites playing catch-up to Google.com, it should raise the specter of the competition for advertisers being a factor on who gets traffic. Man, I never saw this coming and I hope they can keep it clean and not put us all through this kind of crap. Yes, it would hurt my sites if Yahoo sent me less traffic, but if I can confirm that this happens because I am not running their Johnny-come-lately ads on my site, I will do everything I can to fight back and discredit them, Microsoft, or any other site that has that policy.

My plan has been and at this point still is to sign up with Yahoo and MSN to try out their programs just as I have with AdSense. I would HOPE that they can all live together on the same page and that Google will relax their rules about this, but if not, I may pull AdSense from some of my sites so I can try the other programs.

A warning to all ad network providers: Don't bite the hand that feeds you, or may feed you in the future. It is short-sighted and un-professional. If you can't compete head to head, you have already lost the game.

(hris

Follow up to previous post
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Since first posting ( 9/14/2005 - Are major search engines going to favor web sites that carry their ads and hurt those that don't?) about the idea that some search engines may be favoring sites that carry their own ads, which was an idea brought to my attention by a site that offers a cloaking product to hide ad code from search engines, I have been contacted by one person that has confirmed that it seems like this may be true. They are going to provide some additional testing and let me know if they can offer additional evidence.

I'm not going to mention what site this is so that the results of their test cannot be affected by someone reading about the testing.

If you have seen something like this, either before or after hearing about it, please let me know so we can increase awareness on this issue.

Thanks,
(hris Nielsen
Nielsen Technical Services
http://www.NielsenTech.com

Google's Trust Rank will replace Page Rank. Will it?

2005-08-28T21:55:00.000+05:30

IF you were active enough (read Online) on 27th May 2005, then you would have witnessed Google's Page Rank bar being grayed. This was witnessed by all those people who are too obssesed with their websites' PR and also by those people who are in Link building business (I'm part of probably the Largest Team in the world for Link management business). :o)

All popular as well as small forums were busy discussing the impact of such move from Google.