| LED Digest 2029: Storms and Less Spam? also PageRank |
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================================================== The LED Digest Moderated Discussion List "Effective Online Advertising, Since 1997" pair Networks: The LED's Web Host Hosting and Domain Reg. from a Trusted Leader pair.com for Hosting | pairNIC.com for Domains ================================================== List Moderator: Published by: Adam Audette LED Digest post, led-digest.com http://www.led-digest.com .............................................. September 28, 2005 Issue #2029 .............................................. .....IN THIS DIGEST..... ====== NEW ====================== --== Storms and Less Spam? ==-- ~ Nancy Cardinali "I have done nothing and can think of no other reason than Katrina & Rita!" --== Deceptive Affiliate Recruitment ==-- ~ Eva Rosenberg "You have no idea how many sites you will alienate." ==== CONTINUING ================= --== Google PageRank ==-- ~ Renee Kennedy "I believe that Google PageRank tells us 'something'..." --== The Future, Microsoft, and ASPs ==-- ~ Ben Cunningham "I use Go Daddy's 'Online File Folder' service..." ~ Tom Aman "No need to wait for Microsoft for crashes." ==== BILLBOARD =================== --== Shopping Carts with User Registration ==-- ~ Joanne Glasspoole ======== NEW ===================================== From: Nancy Cardinali Subject: Junk Mail & Storms In the last several weeks I have noticed my junk mail has been reduced by about 75%. I have done nothing and can think of no other reason than Katrina & Rita! Any thoughts on this? Nancy Cardinali ------- new post - new topic ------- From: Eva Rosenberg Subject: "Seeking to Advertise" Affiliate Messages Dear Adam, I have just started getting a series of e-mails with the subject line "Seeking to Advertise on Your Site" (or, on TaxMama.com). Upon reading them, they turn out to be from folks running affiliate programs inviting me to join. Most of them, clearly have never been to my site - or they would see that my audience is not a target for their products. I responded to the first one, explaining that fact, also, that even if they did have a product or service that might be compatible, I wouldn't refer it. Why? Because of their deceptive pitch. If they can be so deceptive setting up their relationship with me, just how deceptive will they be in marketing to my readers. I will not waste my energies responding to the rest. I will just code them as spam. In short, my friends, if you or your affiliate managers are engaged in using this new pitch to attract affiliates, STOP. You have no idea how many sites you will alienate. Some of us might have joined your affiliate program if you had contacted us honestly. Now, all you're doing is to establish yourselves as liars. Just one TaxMama's opinion. Best wishes Eva Rosenberg, EA TaxMama.com - A daily cure for your tax blues http://www.taxmama.com/taxquips ===== CONTINUING ================================= From: Renee Kennedy Subject: Google PageRank > People, stop talking about PageRank. Take that stupid toolbar out > of your browsers, because it is NOT telling you anything useful. - Michael Martinez, LED 2028 Michael, although, I value your opinions, I have to disagree with you about PageRank. I believe that Google PageRank tells us "something" about the way that the Google algorithm will rank listings in Google. I've seen that when a site's root pages have a PageRank of 7 or more, that site becomes like gold in the search engines. Any page that you put on a site like that (if it is properly designed and optimized) will start bringing in substantially more traffic than a page that has a PageRank of 6 or below. I'm not saying that we should stand around and just watch our Google PageRank, but I strongly feel that it's one method of determining how a site is doing in the search engines. We can sit back and not look at PageRank or Alexa Ranking or WebPosition (all of these have been trashed at some point), but if you do that, how will you measure your success? What "outside" metrics do you propose that we provide our clients if we aren't going to use those? Site statistics are great, programs like Omniture and HBX can tell us up to the minute details on site traffic, referrers, most popular pages, etc. etc. But having the outside metrics of PageRank, Alexa, WebPosition, and a Link Popularity checker, also are important to showing the client a steady progression by an "outside" reference point. What other metrics are you using besides the ones I mentioned? Renee Kennedy http://www.e-healtharticles.com: Wanted authors and publishers! ------- new post - new topic ------- From: Ben Cunningham Subject: Microsoft > Am I just paranoid and need to get over my > fear of Internet based software? Is anyone > using something that's Internet based and > loves it? - Kathryn Martyn, LED 2025 I use Go Daddy's "Online File Folder" service located at http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-545835-10378406, that's my affiliate link. I have been using this service to backup my business files for a few months and love it. It keeps all my work files backed up and secure off-site. It also gives you software to download that keeps your files synced with your online file folder. I have only used this service for a few months but it has already saved me a couple times. Kind Regards, Ben Cunningham Helping You Make Money On The Internet! http://www.affiliatemoneymakers.com ------- new post - same topic ------- From: Tom Aman Subject: Microsoft > God - or someone - help us all. Now we're > going to have crashes two or three times a > day while watching tv or listening to the stereo! ;) - Michael Linehan, LED 2026 No need to wait for Microsoft for crashes. I have a combination stereo / record player / cassette player / cd changer (about 3 years old). About once every second month the CD player will lock up, refusing to open the tray or to play any CD already inserted. Have to unplug the system, wait a few minutes, then plug it back in. This restores things to normal, presumably the internal system reboots. One son has a DVD player that will occasionally freezes. Same routine - unplug, wait a few minutes, plug back in, fast forward to spot in movie where freeze occurred, then continue watching. Next time the same DVD will play through with no problem so presumably it is a software problem and the unplug / replug routine reboots the system. Tom Aman Aman Software http://www.cyberspyder.com ==== BILLBOARD =================================== From: Joanne Glasspoole Subject: Ecommerce Solution for Training Products My clients are looking for an ecommerce solution that they can use for online registrations for seminars and workshops, as well as selling downloadable products (e.g., webinars, e-books, white papers). For the webinars, they want a download link that will expire in two weeks. Do you have any recommendations for shopping carts that are versatile, user-friendly and cater to online registrations / downloadable products? Joanne Glasspoole http://www.glasspoole.com ------------------------------------------------------- The LED Digest is sponsored by pair Networks: pair.com for Hosting | pairNIC.com for Domains Copyright 1995-2005 Orange Wheel, LLC. All Rights Reserved. ----------------------------------------------------------------- "No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow." - Lin Yutang |
