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Congratulations, Rob. Best of luck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW1w6ny--SI

I've been using it for a while. It's simple and has all the music I need.

I'll be watching. ;)

The new interface sucks. I've been using the old one all along, but I guess I'll have to switch.

StumbleUpon traffic converts very poorly.

+1 sucks. Just like Buzz. And just like Plus.

I used to think DMOZ was a premium directory where only quality websites can be listed. But then I met a few moderators at DMOZ who actually ask for money in order to list your website.

I don't...

It's not accurate.

This thread went into a totally different direction than it's supposed to. Why are we talking about Google AdSense? About Google dominance? Resistance?

Bah...

That's what Google is saying, but in reality that's not the case. There are too many weird things happening... Some crappy sites of mine got a huge boost, while some quality sites got hit.

...

Memenode, I agree, but the majority of webmasters are very dependent on Google, through their search engine and AdSense. It is a stone cold fact that they totally control us.

Google s Panda Update Goes International

How has it affected you?

I got hit heavily... We're talking about a 50% drop in revenue and traffic. But I think and hope that everything will settle...

Is there an alternative to GoDaddy? I'm talking about a serious alternative, not some crappy registrar with high prices. I really love Dynadot, but their prices are significantly higher than...

No, I am not saying that we should switch to Adroll. :)

I've been experiencing an odd thing lately... I have AdSense codes placed on one of my sites (AdSense only). However, the odd thing is that...

My highest click was $15, health niche. $25 is a great one!

All my major sites retained the same PR, while some smaller sites got upgraded. Cool. :-)

GoDaddy.com is offering $1.49 domain names with the coupon code NEWYEAR11

Register or transfer any available .COM, .US, .MOBI, .BIZ, .NET, .ORG, .CA, .CO.UK and .IN domain for just $1.49!*...

I really like Moneybookers. I use it all the time, especially because my country isn't supported by Paypal when receiving payments. On top of that, it's a much better payment processor in my...

It's worth to mention that this is not available in all countries in Europe.

Check Piwik out.

Tough situation.

If someone missed the deadline for such a long time, I'd just blow them off and wouldn't pay them anything. However, what should you do now? I would try to push your current...

Directory submissions still work? I doubt it.

Good thread.

dmi goes to make a backup...

Keep us posted as the situation develops. :)

Looking good! I wanted to suggest that you integrate Google Maps, but you already did that. :)

The only way to make it to the homepage of Digg is to be a Power User or to ask one to submit the link for you. Digg really sucks as far as that is concerned...

#333 or #666? Or even a lighter version? I'm lazy to go through TopBits' CSS. :-)

It sucks! I wouldn't pay for that, ever. :D

I really like your tool!

Is it custom-made or it's running some commercial script?

I used to pay attention to PR a long time ago, but then figured that it doesn't mean anything -- the PR is constantly updated and as such reflected into the SERPs. The public update that happens once...

My revenue decreased over the last two days too. I have clicks, but much less than before. Hmmmm.

When I first jumped into web design, I used to use Dreamweaver (at the time, most people were using Microsoft FrontPage). Later, I switched to manual coding -- and to this day I use a great text...

Adsense is https all the way, at least. :p

Anyway, where is the Infolinks company located? Their timezone seems weird (they are updating the stats GMT-7 or something).

I finally signed up. Inserted the code on 1 site, and 1 is pending. We'll see how it goes.

Anyway, their site seems so amateurish... They don't even have a SSL installed.

Looks like I have to sign up with Infolinks... :D

:clap:



Thousands of forums will soon be running on vB4 using the default theme, so I don't think that we should do that. We should have a unique theme. ;)

Chitika did a very interesting study recently and came out with even more interesting results. Namely, they made a huge survey across the USA and examined the relation between states' education...

Did this turn out to be successful?

I just checked other forums, and it seems that a lot of people got the same email. Weird.

I received the following email this morning:



They have never sent emails like this... What's up with this one? Anyone else received it?

I have never heard about ServInt, to be honest. :)

Any more suggestions?

By the way, it seems that the cheapest VPS costs around $50 (has specs that I need, and is reliable). Is that a good...

Hi,

It looks like I'm going to have to move to a VPS. A couple of my sites are wasting too much bandwidth and taking up too much load on the shared hosting account that I now have.

Does anyone...

6 months ago they couldn't, I am 100% sure. Maybe they changed something now, but I know they couldn't register for a MB account.

U.S. citizens can't register for a Moneybookers account.

You may want to try Kuler.

Too bad that admins and mods can't participate... Will would just have to reward himself with $50... :lol: Best posts == Will.Spencer.

Hi,

This is a sale exclusive to NetBuilders (at least for now).

I am selling 3 content sites in order to cut down my portfolio. The sites are related to health, tourism and MMO. All sites were...

Can 2Checkout be an option?

Do link units count as ad blocks you are referring to? (i.e. the first code which appears in the source is a link unit, then an in-content ad and then a siderbar ad)

Is this really a good thing? I've heard that if you place a lot of ads on a page (i.e. the maximum number, 3 content ads), the $ value of a click will decrease. Is that true?

I'm not with Hostgator, but I have never heard anyone complained about them. Weird... :)

Waht you dooing, man??Where is my post disaper??????????

:lol:

I sent you a PM.

SU traffic sucks. It doesn't convert at all.

That's much easier said than done. Yes, I know Will did it, but it's almost impossible.

We should change the design. This one sucks. :) [Yeah, I know I said this before numerous times, but I had to say it again]

Maybe, but there's nothing we can do about it... So it's not worth to sweat about it. ;)

I noticed the change this morning. However, after reading the article you posted, I don't see what's so important about it? :-) As they say, "please keep in mind that this is only a display change,...

Congratulations!

I hope we'll continue to grow and become the #1 webmaster forum on the internet (if we aren't already :p). :)

Hilarious, indeed! :rofl:

It seems very similar to T-F, post-title-wise. :)

Hi,

Does anyone know if it's allowed to put AdSense ads next to an embedded video? Here's what I'm talking about:

http://blog.eches.net/images/1106/videoadsense.jpg

Sure you can. I have 4. :D

bbPress is more than enough if you're not going to attract a large and demanding community to it. I used punBB and bbPress before, and both of them were great.

Did you see how much unique templates cost at TemplateMonster? :)

I'm sure there are designers out there who are willing to do a custom design for you for $150-$200. Add coding to that... and...

Sites like that (portfolios, presentations, resumes) are usually done manually -- designed and coded by hand, specifically for you.

I remember when I was designing my first sites, 2advanced was my inspiration. The current version is something new, but the previous ones were also superb.

Adobe Photoshop is probably the most powerful image editing/graphics creation application in in the world. Although Photoshop’s interface is intuitive enough for an absolute beginner to learn basic...

Every designer needs inspiration. Picking a color scheme can sometimes be a tough task without something to inspire you.

Adobe has a great online tool called Kuler which lets you make, store and...

A bit off-topic, sorry.

Do sites in this niche tend to perform better if monetized with AdSense, or affiliate programs are the way to go?

"Lookhealthy is does not provide medical treatment & diagnosis."

Get rid of the is. ;)

Amazing!

Congratulations. I'm sure your example will be a huge motivation for everyone.

Keyword density is utter crap.

I skip Photoshop.

Gone are the days when I used to design and code sites by hand, but I always skipped Photoshop. I let the code (xHTML+CSS) lead the way.

I've heard that Template Monster is the best, although their templates aren't free.

The links should be accepted, but they will probably be worthless, as they will be in a totally unrelated environment.

I upgraded all of my Wordpress-based sites this morning.

I don't know how the script's setup, but if it doesn't have that option in its interface, you might have to edit it manually.

Score: 24

I guess I am still safe. :)

Does anyone have an invite?

A little peek at the code:



<div class="smallfont" align="left">
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
/* Domaining */
vbadvertise_ad_host = "http://www.netbuilders.org";
vbadvertise_ad_locid...

What sucks about that change is that they are charging everyone, old members included. I am not an old member, but there are people with like 400 iTraders and enormous post counts, and they have to...

My suggestion would be to move the ad spot to the center.

I own mylastname.com, which is way cooler than firstnamelastname.com. :p

If you have 5 dollars and Chuck Norris has 5 dollars, Chuck Norris has more money than you.

:rofl:

http://imgur.com/dSN9A.jpg

:rofl:

I am interested in "50 Do Follow Social Bookmarking Site Submissions(PR8-PR2) - $6". Please send me the list of sites you will be submitting to, and your Paypal ID.

Thanks,
dmi

A couple of days ago, one article from one of my sites got on the frontpage of Digg. It didn't happen naturally... I made it happen -- I know a guy who is a PowerUser over there, and he submitted it....

Yes, they do.

<div align="center">
video goes here
</div>


;)

I stumbled across this site a while back, and was laughing my ass off.

Yeah, Google is weird sometimes. :D

This is both :panic: and :thumbsup:. Amazing numbers.

Couple of questions... When you were earning like $10 per day, did you invest MORE than $10 per day in order to get to $20 or $30 per day? Did...

Compared to AdSense, how many times lower?

You've got attitude and some serious issues. You are probably desperate to get some work, and this is not the way to get it, believe me.



This is your first post. I considered it as rude....

Bah.

I am sure you've been creating videos for 20 years, but you haven't been into this particular niche of creating videos for websites. The opening post IS written in a fashion that people who...

The post is written in a fashion that anyone who has been creating videos for websites can easily understand it. I've gotten 3 PM's so far on NB alone... Everyone knew what I'm talking about. ;-)
...

I think the opening post is very clear. I want someone to create a video for me, about my website.

Video creation services are very common today... You probably haven't heard of it yet; that's why...

Your reading needs a bit of improving. ;-)

If you don't show me examples, you won't deal with me -- simply because I don't know anything about your skills.

Please PM me with samples, or post them here. A price would also be good.

Payment sent for DTS100. Let's see how it goes. :)

I used to use a lot of registrars (due to buying domains, pushes, etc), but now I use GoDaddy and Dynadot only.

Hi,

I am looking for someone who can create a video for me. The video would have to be looking professional, and of course, contain a link to my website (and maybe a screenshot). You would have to...

Hi there,

I am looking to buy reviews and/or links on quality websites* related to renewable energy/biofuels/solar energy. PR must be equal or higher than 3.

Please PM me with your URLs and...

What is title case?

Google's been acting very strange in the last week or so. The SERPs are going crazy, literally.

You are probably infected with Adware/Spyware software. I recommend installing Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and scanning your system. If that doesn't work, format c:. :)

Caffeine is killing me! :)

Hellas, why don't you open a Paypal account? It is allowed to have 2 accounts on Paypal anyway (one personal and one business).

If you have a Moneybookers account, you can use Dynadot.

Do you mind telling us what is it that they look for?

I know; that's why I'm asking. Will mentioned it there, but not here... so it made me curious.

And their prices/plans look the best to me.

What about ArticleMarketer?

http://i28.tinypic.com/2e6cv93.png

Please let us know which one works the best. :)

Is Ashley originally a male or a female name?

There is Ashley Cole, the footballer from England. On the other hand, there is Ashley Judd, the famous actress.

Welcome! :)

Great story!

Will, it would be cool if you would recommend more books like this that you wish you read when you were 18, if there are more.

I just talked to them, and apparently they will be continuing with the 'unlimited' service for users who are already signed up (until they subscription expires). The new prices are for new users.

Yahoo! Site Explorer shows all links, nofollow included. Even GWT shows nofollow links. What we don't know for sure is which links actually count when it comes to SERPs.

I think that Will already warned you about duplicate accounts there.

It takes time and hard work to get rankings and build the trust around a site. I don't know for how long has Aquarezz owned ProxB, but I'm sure it wasn't a couple of months.

I'm just saying that I...

moneymakingkids.com
bigmoneymarket.com
goldmoneymakers.com
moneyhotspot.com
dollarbites.com
dollarlookout.com
uglydollar.com
streetdollar.com
maximumdollar.net ...

He didn't get $2k; he said that he's gotten mid-high $xxx, which is low imho for a site which ranks very well, is trusted (aged, I suppose) in a very competitive niche, let alone the revenue.

Congratulations on the sale.

I wouldn't sell it if I was you, but everyone has reasons. :)

To become a doctor. I am working on it...

vBulletin is the best forum software around, without any doubt.

Did ArticlePool just change their prices?! I was going to sign up (supposed to be $38 for a month), and now it's $5 per article. Wtf?

Wikipedia is okay, I guess. I was more referring to the proxy stuff -- no proxy is going to end up on Wikipedia. :)

Welcome everyone! :)

I wouldn't buy it, as I don't see any value in it. And it's not even the oldest domain name (there is another one that is actually the oldest one; can't remember now).

I read somewhere that the...

I am somewhat superstitious when it comes to traffic sources... I don't like it when the traffic isn't from SE's. On almost all of my websites, SE traffic is at least 50% (mostly 80%+). Does the...

I have upgraded all my Wordpress-based sites a few days ago.

How does AdSense treat proxies? Since the traffic from SE's is 0...

IF it's officially from Facebook, you should do what they ask, unless you want to go to court.

How do you get traffic then?

Why is this niche so popular? Almost every webmaster has a damn proxy. Why? Are you getting $5 per click on AdSense? Is it so easy to rank for high competitive keywords?

Personally, I don't like...

I turn them off, on all sites.

If you aren't familiar with this term, click here.

Has your site experienced the Digg effect? What was it like? How many visitors did you get that day? How much bandwidth was "wasted"?

It's crowded this way. Make it either 12 or 24, not both. Some will have to "suffer".

I use images that I find on Google Images, mostly. If someone owns the picture and wants it removed, they can contact me and I'll remove it.

I once published (embedded) a video from YouTube on a...

I was once obsessed with that. I used to think that many things are bad for SEO, but they aren't, actually. When you look at them from a theoretical viewpoint, they are bad for SEO, but when you test...

Everyone can get banned, except for the administrators. However, it is a safe assumption that a moderator won't be someone who is a spammer and who doesn't contribute positively to the forum....

Used to own around 100, but trimmed it down to 40-50. Sold some, dropped more.

A word of advice: Always buy signature links from moderators. :D

Once or twice a day.

Will wrote something about this in another thread.

It does not help SEO directly, but it increases the overall authority of the page, and adds more information to the given subject.

You set up a website 3 months ago (or whenever), optimized everything. Now, you want to change some things on the site (like the title, or the h1's, or the content, or whatever). How does that affect...

Yes.

Official Gmail Blog: Today's Gmail problems

Do you mind elaborating on that a bit more?

For those who don't know what I'm talking about, click here. After you've read that, come back and discuss. :)

Is that the right way of doing it? Has it proven to be successful? What I find most...

You are picking a domain name for your new website. Your main keyword is taken, so you have to add a suffix to the keyword and hope that it's available.

What suffixes do you usually add?...

I can't find the "Guide Developers" forum, although my request to join was approved.

What is your default currency in AdSense? Are you reports / payments in US dollars or in your local currency?

What are the pros and cons of having the reports / payments in your local currency Vs....

I am in the process of upgrading as I write this. :)

@TopDogger: Do you mind elaborating number 2. a bit more? Thanks.

Check is your only option.

You can buy stuff from other NB members, and pay them by using $NB. And vice versa, of course.

What penalties are you talking about?

What I actually only need from this current website are the articles. Can I just upload the latest Wordpress, install it, and just import the old database? Will it work?

To save all the hassle...

I need to upgrate a site that is currently running Wordpress 2.3 to the latest version. How to do that? Do I just overwrite the old files with the new (like I did so far with newer versions), or...

From your experience, which "color of the website" (background, overall color) do visitors prefer? Of course, I am talking about which color makes them to click more on ads.

Open header.php and add the code just before </head>.

Completely agree.

To be able to make a living off of it (this depends on the country, but let's say to be able to make $3000-5000 per month), how much hours per day does one need to devote to it?

I've been reading about this a little from that link you posted above.

Basically, in layman terms, you can go the PPC route, which requires a big budget and there is a lot of risk involved. The...

A bit off-topic, but I'll ask anyway.

I figure you are in the affiliate business for quite a while, and you know how things work there. What exactly is the idea? Making a website, and just putting...

This code will increase your traffic only if you are getting visits from Google Images. Let's say that someone types "badmash" in Google Images, and an image from badmash.com will appear. When...

I've talked with a few people about this, and opinions vary. While some have absolutely no problems with disclosing what websites they own, some restrain from doing that.

What is you opinion on...

LOL.

That's a great niche, believe me. ;)

... add this code to your <head> department:



<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
if (parent.frames.length > 0) { parent.location.href = location.href; }
-->
</script>

Proves once again that Google needs some time to detect a duplicate.

:panic:

I assume those will be minisites (< 10 pages of content) ?

:)

I usually submit one press release, on FPR. I bought the premium ($20) and you get to publish 20 press releases with 1 live link in them (precisely, below the text). It gets scanned within an hour...

I just wanted to wish "us" good luck with this. :)

You guys should give like 500NB$ to every member we have so far. We want to feel superior to those who join after this change. :rofl:

What did you sell? LLLL.com's?

There is a great quote that I read somewhere (I think Rick Schwartz, the domain investor, said it): "I don't focus on earning a million. I focus on earning one dollar a million times."

That pretty...

Oh my God, I just lost 600 NB$. Where is my money? Who stole it???

:rofl:

I go to sleep around midnight. I wake up at 7AM, every morning.

GoDaddy's interface is something that gives me creeps. I hate it. I despise it. It's awful. I prefer Dynadot.

This has been sold. Mods, please close the thread.

I've been using that technique with names that I handreg. Never had a problem... But of course, with valuable names, Escrow (I would recommend Sedo Escrow over Escrow.com) should be used.

Nice guide, Michael.

I do the last two paragraphs slightly different than you. I always offer to push the domain name first, to show that I am not a scammer and that I have good intentions.

Yes, I do. However, I don't make mockups... I code it right away. I don't code Wordpress themes, though.

Failure teaches success.

Yes. Flash banners look way cooler than the regular ones. If done well, they look very professional. I don't think anyone has a problem with speed nowadays, so that won't be an issue.

$150 per month? That's huge. I bet that they don't have anything more to teach people than SEOmoz, which is free, as far as I know.

Congrats to everyone who won the prizes! :-)

It looks like Hellas is going to win this. Congratulations in advance! :)

Scorpions - We will rise again

You forgot one of the nicest people here: Mr. Shenron.

Basically, it's just a SQL database. I'm not going to launch the website anytime soon, I'm just looking out and figuring what needs to be done to get a website driven by that db.

I assumed that. How much would that cost me?

It might be. Sorry for the misunderstanding. I wanted to check the PR prior to publishing this thread, but DigPagerank nor Checkpagerank weren't working. And the last time I checked it was PR2.
...

I am very impatient. I'd like to publish it all right away, but somehow I restrain myself. :)

Is there an easy way? Is there some soft of guide for this? Is it possible to integrate it into Wordpress?

Thanks,
dmi

I really haven't noticed that the exact match domains tend to rank better. But that happens on Bing, and I've tested it.

I used to feel like Donald Trump. Now, I don't feel anything.

I checked it out this morning, and it's nothing spectacular. One of my main money-making sites is down 2 places, so it sucks. Hah.

It shows DomainMarket to me.

Let's say that you built a new website, and you have 50 articles ready to be published. How would you publish them? Would you publish them all at once? One by one (time interval?)? Is it better to...

Killing time.

dmi, you do not have permission to access this page.

I don't know why.