| LED Digest 1911: Image Galleries and Spiders |
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December 21, 2004 Issue #1911 ............................................... .....IN THIS DIGEST..... ===== NEW ====================== --== Image Galleries & Search Spiders ==-- ~ Rob Bishop "...there are tons of image gallery scripts but I wondered if you had a preference." ==== CONTINUING ================= --== Dynamic DNS? ==-- ~ Richard Jones "Sounds like a great opportunity." ~ Peter Warnock "Running your own server is not as easy as they make it sound..." --== The Challenge-Response Approach ==-- ~ Peter Warnock "Disposable addresses are the best way to track sources of spam." ~ Martha Retallick "I can count on one hand the number of times I've responded by jumping through the hoops..." --== The PayPal vs Merchant Accounts Debate ==-- ~ R. Neilson "Consumers have differing views of payment plans." ~ Mark Roberts "Never judge what someone else will buy, sell or do based on your own preferences!" ==== BILLBOARD =================== --== Inside PageRank ==-- ~ Mark Frank --== Browser Wars ==-- ~ Bob Cavanagh ======= NEW ====================================== From: Rob Bishop Subject: Image Gallery that can be spidered by search engines LEDers; Wow, I have been on this list longer then I care to admit, and I need some basic help. I have a question; I display past projects in a 'gallery' online. http://www.customplushtoys.com/custom_plush_gallery.shtml I am thinking of installing a piece of software that will display the images and text but also be spiderable (is that a word) by the search engines. I have searched online and there are tons of image gallery scripts but I wondered if you had a preference. Any advice? Thanks. Bear Hugs, Rob Bishop Binkley Toys www.customplushtoys.com Custom Stuffed Mascots ===== CONTINUING ================================= From: Richard Jones Subject: Dynamic DNS > Network Solutions has partnered with No-IP.com to > offer Dynamic DNS a service that allows you to run your > own Web or e-mail server using your cable or DSL > connection - no matter when your IP address changes. - Brett Swooshman, LED 1910 Bruce, I don't understand why you wouldn't suggest this to a client, especially one that would want you to set up the server, install all the web pages and ongoing changes that are associated with having and maintaining one's own server. Sounds like a great opportunity. "I didn't think this could be possible" - Yes, there are people that have a chunk of code that have been able to overcome the dynamic IP problem. It's a hassle, but it's being done. And no, it wouldn't violate any agreement with your connection provider... and it is cheaper than paying for static IPs. :-) Richard Jones RJ Web Services jrj, rj-webservices.com ------- new post - same topic -------- From: Peter Warnock Subject: Dynamic DNS Running your own server is not as easy as they make it sound, but it's not extremely difficult either. You would never want to operate production servers in this environment because there simply isn't enough bandwidth and a variety of other issues. Small businesses may find it more economical to operate their own mail server. Some mail servers have dynamic dns and smtp authentication utilities built in which allow them to work very well in this environment. One very important thing to keep in mind, is that if you have a DSL / cable router, you need to use port forwarding for the web and mail servers to be visible on the Web. Also, the ports have to be open in any firewall you may have. The default ports are as follows: 80 - web 110 - pop3 25 - SMTP 143 - imap Peter Warnock webstruction.com ------- new post - new topic -------- From: Peter Warnock Subject: Challenge response > The only way to block spam 100% is to > use a challenge-response system - Scott Wang, LED 1906 The largest source of my spam is harvesting from WHOIS. Disposable addresses are the best way to track sources of Spam. After I registered with a large Web retailer that starts with "O", I began receiving a lot of spam at an email address unique to that registration. They swear that they did not share my address so I can only assume that their database was exploited either through hacking or internal theft. Needless to say, mail sent to that address is automatically deleted so that no bounce notifications are generated to add me to additional spam lists. Peter Warnock ------- new post - same topic ------- From: Martha Retallick Subject: Challenge response > If you are the editor of a popular newsletter, it's not unusual > to get dozens of [challenge-response] emails from subscribers > when you send out an issue... So if you insist on using C/R, > please use a separate, non-C/R address for your newsletter > subscriptions! - Veronica Yuill, LED 1910 Speaking as the publisher of a weekly e-zine, I get quite a few of these "Tell me who you are before I accept your e-mail!" messages. And I've trained my Eudora Junk filter to grab them before they reach my in-box. Now, I'll admit that I've become a lot more judicious about how I share my e-mail address, and with whom, but I do think that this challenge-response stuff is taking things a bit too far. I can count on one hand the number of times I've responded by jumping through the hoops I've been instructed to jump through. I feel the same way about those phone messages that tell me to hang up right now if I'm a telemarketer. (People, I'm not a telemarketer. I'm just Martha, and I'm trying to call you.) Martha Retallick "The Passionate Postcarder" ------- new post - new topic ------- From: R. Neilson Subject: PayPal vs other > If you use Paypal, the customer pays Paypal using their > credit card, then the Consumer Credit Act no longer applies. > Many credit card companies consider Paypal to be an agent > under Section 75 of the act and thus they are not liable for > non delivery. - Richard Stubbings, LED 1910 Richard brings up a valid point on PayPal in different countries. In the US if a customer disputes a charge with PayPal that has been made on their credit card, it is credited back to their account while the dispute is in contest. I recently had an elderly customer that paid using their credit card thru Pay Pal and then when their bill came 3 weeks later didn't realize it was for a valid purchase, and contested it. I have since resolved the issue with the customer and Pay Pal once I showed I had proof of delivery. When shipping all orders I now either use UPS or USPS with delivery confirmation so I can have proof of delivery. Consumers have differing views of payment plans. When I started to offer Pay Pal in addition to my regular credit card options, I was surprised by the number of new customers I picked up because they preferred Pay Pal. I also have found more customers are getting away from credit cards and wanting to deal on more of a cash basis which is surprising. With Pay Pal they can transfer funds from their bank account to Pay Pal as needed, and feel it is a secure method of doing business. R. Neilson H. L. Supply www.hansons.net ------- new post - same topic -------- From: Mark Roberts Subject: PayPal vs other > As a customer I would NEVER use a Paypal method of > payment. So naturally my shop does not accept Paypal. - Richard Stubbings, LED 1910 A very serious and potentially costly mistake many marketing people make. Never, ever, judge what someone else will buy, sell or do based on your own perferences! I have a garage full of products that I just knew would sell like hot cakes because I though they were the greatest invention since the frisbee. Ha! and there they sit. On the contrary, I thought I would laugh myself silly when a local teenager came up with the idea of selling dirt (literally) from her back yard. Unfortunately (for me) she is now making a small fortune from it on ebay selling it for $5 - $15 for a couple of ounces. Gosh, I wish I had thought of that. I hear at least once per day on the news about someone doing something, that in my way of thinking, no reasonable person would do. Yet the do it day after day. Never, ever ASSUME that just because you would or would not do something...that everyone thinks just like you do. Mark Roberts Roberts Computing Systems http://www.robertscomputing.com Database managment/deveopment, Web Hosting ==== BILLBOARD =================================== From: Mark Frank Subject: More on Google's Pang Rank Have you ever wondered how Google's Page Rank really works? The Economist online has a easy to understand explanation in this article - http://www.economist.com/science/tq/displayStory... The article pretty much confirms the idea that link farms are a waste of time. Farms tend to have low page rank and they have so many outbound links that each link has very little value. It also seems so say that links from sites with high page rank are really only valuable if they have just a few outbound links If they have hundreds of links, each link isn't worth much because the value of each link decreases as the number of outbound links increases. So, it seems that the best way to gain page rank is to get top ranked sites to link to your site - but to no one else's. I've already sent an email to Yahoo asking them to drop everyone's site but mine. That should really drive my site's page rank through the roof. Mark Frank http://www.websitedesignbiz.com ------- new post - new topic ------- From: Bob Cavanagh Subject: Browser wars > Lenient browsers are a double-edged sword... the existence > of these browsers tends to result in a lot of sloppily coded pages. > If all browsers were a bit stricter, surfers would encounter fewer > bad pages. - Tom Aman, LED 1910 Am I ever with Tom on this one! This isn't simply an issue of browser compatibility. All kinds of products now render HTML code with email clients being a prime example. The only possible way that all these varied products can reliably display the intended content is when the HTML is coded with strict adherence to the standards. It is simply irresponsible for anyone, including Microsoft, to knowingly create HTML rendering code that does not enforce the standard. If they think the standard is too strict, they should work with the industry to modify the standard -- not simply ignore it. Bob Cavanagh, Director of Technology Queen's School of Business ------------------------------------------------------- The LED Digest is sponsored by pair Networks: pair.com for Hosting | pairNIC.com for Domains Copyright 1995-2004 Adam Audette. All Rights Reserved. ----------------------------------------------------------------- "Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom." - Thomas Jefferson |
