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Some points from a discussion on setting up a new forum.

The steps to take to get started and make it successful: (more…)

That’s the catch phrase from an Aussie ad campaign but is quite apt when looking at some picks posted by lad called Ottodo.

Ottodo found some picks and in one the rock formations and sky look quite unusual so he posted them online. I was curious so I googled the photo’s image name and Google returned two pages of candidates and there at the bottom of page #2 was the photo.

Ottodo says the series of shots in the photo gallery aren’t his… but they are cool. See http://g.ozq8.com/categories.php?cat_id=647

I’ve been playing around with adding sites to the social bookmarking site Delicious. It doesn’t work for SEO purposes but apparently for traffic it can be useful. I have my own tags cloud for my posts on this blog here but thought it might be interesting to have the Delicious cloud of sites I’ve bookmarked here too! (more…)

We all hunt down ways to push our sites out infront of people and Stu McHenry has come up with the latest cool trick - get as many users as possible to use your Christmas avatar as possible on the major forums. Certainly if you look at the memberlist at DigitalPoint there has been a significant uptake (although this will change after Xmas, I guess).

Whether this translates into a reinvigorated site sift forum or more submissions at his paid directory remains to be seen but it’s certainly created a buzz and people are talking about his logo if nothing else.

An excellent viral marketing campaign so far.

Back in the days when I worked for Case Communications (long since renamed) we set up private networks for companies that were dedicated. Around the time I left in ‘87 we were introducing “clouds” for shared bandwidth and connections - early internets. But they were still private and managed by a company you would have a contract with.

Now we have this amazing thing call the internet with hubs all around the world that your request for information must pass through on it’s way to the server that hosts the site.

As an end user I have a contract with my local ISP to connect me to the cloud but how can they be responsible for any problems I may encounter in my search for information and entertainment? (more…)

I’m taking an unusual step here and using someone elses article - but that’s because CReed has addressed the very issue I’ve been asked about lately - Paid Links.

I’ve sold a few links on various sites, but I haven’t solicited them and I doubt there’s been more than 5. It’s not the business I’m in. But people do sell links on blogs, directories and regular websites. It’s a discreet form of advertising and can be a good way to get a high profile inbound link to your site. Some offer only SEO benefits, others offer human traffic.

So, if you’ve exhausted all the free directories and don’t want to get into link exchanges then maybe paid links will be the next step. If so, then read on. (more…)

Mike Dammann has launched his own Directory Contest. It’s a twist on the regular SEO contests and it’ll be interesting to see how it pans out.

I’ve got two entries

1. RealState for Real Estate has a Directory Contest page
2. Property Investment Directory has a Directory Contest page

In both cases the links aren’t visible on the directory homepage and the links are 2 or 3 clicks into the site.

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