There are a lot of new ways to generate traffic. Viral marketing, affiliate marketing, advertising. Basically, not putting all your eggs in one basket (Google). Of course, Google is the best, or one of the best ways to get traffic, but you should not rely on one source of traffic, or income for that matter, especially because they are in control of if/when/how much money you make!
Yeah, 9rules used to have a really high pagerank, 8 or 9. Now they are down to 6. What up with that?
Steve Jobs is Apple.
I remember seeing a video or webpage, either from Stompernet or Wikipedia, that says Google's algorithm takes into account more than a million variables for a site.
From Google:
Googlefriendly = Design & Usability + Web Site Navigation + Page Content + Keyword Research
I'm sure there are a lot of other variables like traffic and how often the site is updated with good content, actually, who knows what's in Google's algorithm...
I wish i could promote all my projects here! I think the leaders do get a little irritated when people post backlinks to their site because 9rules tries to weed out the bad and pick the cream of the crop.
Anyway, I like the layout of your blog, it is well designed. As far as the site, it seems a little complicated to me. Lots of ads and many places to go when you first arrive. After using Tumblr, I like the big button that says 'start your blog in 30 seconds or less'. I think every site should have a little tumblr simpleness in them.
My understanding of web app would be a valuable web 2.0 service...?
In that case,
- Occasionally Google Docs
- Gmail
- Facebook.com
- Mint.com
- ListRankr.com
- Twitter.com
- 9rules.com
why do only the good die young?!
maybe you bought a lemon? every batch of products has a defective one that doesn't get noticed. if that's the case, there's no use trying to fix it, just return it and get another one.
awesome! tell us how you like it.
i am a web designer and bought the macbook pro 15 inch...i had to upgrade the ram to 2gigabytes as soon as I got the thing though. Now I'm up to 3 gigabytes of ram and have a 30" cinema display attached. I think the combo will last me a long time.
I think you are making a great decision buying a mac!
I was debating between the macbook and macbook pro and I think 2 inches with the separate graphics card makes a difference in photoshop. However, the macbook is very small and easy to take around to class.
Either way, make sure you get your student discount on a laptop. I saved about $200 on my macbook pro buying through the university apple store.
I have heard many good things about the game and about how revolutionary it is. People have said Second Life is a great new way to market and advertise.
I recently joined Second Life to try and figure out what's going on and I, along with many others it seems like, are trying to figure out what the game is exactly. Besides it being your "online life," can anyone explain the object of the game?
my first mac was a macbook pro laptop, and soon after i had to buy the 30 inch cinema display...they look so beautiful together!
has anyone seen the new imac commercial? it's pretty amazing. makes me want to switch. too bad i already have a mac.
http://www.apple.com/imac/ads/
twitter.com/danoph
i am no expert, that's why i joined the thirty day challenge. it started today but it's about online and non-traditional marketing.
the challenge is to make your first $10 online in 30 days with no budget. you may have some catching up since there were a few podcasts already released, but if you and anyone else are interested in learning, join!
My opinions...
I would let them customize the profile to an extent, but I really don't like on myspace when people choose a background color that is 2 shades off from the text. Facebook lets you customize now, but there are limitations.
I am not sure about legal issues with the site. I would think you might need a minimum age for your site and to monitor or restrict communication between people over 18 and people under 18...And I have seen some social networking sites where you must be at least 13 to sign up. I'm not sure why though.
i was blogging when Al Gore invented the internet.
I think if people find something useful, they won't care if they are a geek. It just so happens that sometimes geeky people discover great new tools sooner! Maybe they can understand the technology better and the future of it all.
As long as they can communicate to others that the website or service will be useful to everyone and not just geeks! I have trouble with that sometimes.
you could start with a blog and use the framework of something like Wordpress to play around with. You could toy with the CSS or php (whatever you are interested in, coding or designing) to start.
when i had a pc i used php designer
i now use a mac with textmate :-D
cheeks2smiles, you have started a lot of posts recently with the topic of 'relationships.' I haven't exactly had the time to read every one of the topics, but I want to let you know that most of us have probably been through the same situation and this period involves a lot of self reflection and thinking. We can give you our opinions but you are going to have to figure a lot out for yourself. It just takes time.
Is it just me, or does family networking seem to be an unexplored step for the social networking part of the web? Being able to keep in close touch with relatives who live far away, including messaging back and forth, posting pictures from vacations, having a family calendar for get-togethers, etc. would be a nice tool to have. Does anyone use something like this service regularly?
There are lot of sites I have attempted to use, but they are very hard to navigate or don't allow for an easy way to communicate to family members.
for example:
1. cingo.com
2. myfamily.com
3. ourstory.com
4. microsoft's family networking thing (I forgot the name)
5. google groups
6. mykin.us
7. potentially facebook or myspace?
Too bad I'm stuck in my contract until December 2008! :(
I want to be able to check my e-mail from the neighborhood pool.
I've been doing websites for quite some time, but only recently have I started researching SEO and started my first blog two weeks ago (bizwidgets.biz/blog). Every time a new technology comes up like optimizing your website, ajax, blogging, etc., I feel like I should have known about it a lot sooner. I'm attending a university in the midwest right now and I haven't learned about any of this through school, but it seems to be part of the future and I need to know about this stuff!
In conclusion, blogs, rss feeds and digg seem the best way to find new cutting-edge technology, particularly in my industry (web design). Am I correct?
Oops, sorry!
I am a web designer who took a break from the web while in college to go partying for a year...or so. I would have called myself an expert until someone wanted to partner with me in a new website venture. He was asking my opinion on ajax, ruby on rails, SEO and all sorts of stuff. I was shocked; I had never heard of any of them before! I thought I had been keeping up with new technology, but apparently I hadn't, so I ran to the bookstore the next day to learn about everything he was talking about.
The same thing has happened with my younger sister (sophomore in high school). She had an away message up and i had to ask her what it meant, like on TV where the girl is talking to her mom about her BFF jill.
So, I just wanted some opinions on keeping up with all this new stuff (without spending all of my time researching online) before it passes me up!
How do you discover (and keep discovering) new technology such as 9rules, blogging, ajax, web 2.0, before it becomes mainstream?
1. Jack Johnson
2. Sounds like John Mayer
5. Ronnie Foster
I would say it will be a year before they come out with revisions. Apple has learned a lot from the iPod and I don't think they need to come out with one a couple months from now. Too bad I am stuck in my T-Mobile contract or I would have one!
i got a look at one of the files with all the personal data before they took it down. There was a file that was 3 gigabytes worth of personal data!
what do you use for estimates/invoices/etc?
ok, how do you get people TO your blog, and if you can't talk techie, what do you talk about? :)
Is a blog just an ongoing conversation with anyone who wants to join in?
Are you the 'Forrest Gump' character that sits on the bench waiting for the bus who tells his story to everyone that passes through? Or is a blog an online journal of your experiences that you want to share with the world?
blogs and websites such as 9rules or digg are great for research. I can't really remember any really good books on the subject besides Wikinomics.
I've had a macbook pro since April and I will say that I love it compared to Windows. It's elegant, functional, and pretty. We do have our moments with each other (like when I spilled coffee this morning), but we make it through the rough patches.
I did have to upgrade her memory to 3gigabytes though; I don't even understand how they shipped the macbook pro without at least 2gb ram.
Leopard is going to be awesome on it!! Especially with the 64 bit stuff too! I'm ready for all the features.
i've tried ruby on rails and it's awesome and easy to learn, however popular hosting companies (godaddy) did not support it at the time.
so, i tried a few of the PHP frameworks to stick with MVC programming, and CodeIgniter is by far the best documented and easiest to learn, IMHO.
» Pagerank update in progress? eek! ... Last Reply: 1 year ago by Kamigoroshi.
yes it is true. a lot of sites whose focus was search engine optimization also saw a drop according to some SEO bloggers