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================================================== The LED Digest Moderated Discussion List "Effective Online Advertising, Since 1997" Data > Information > Knowledge > Wisdom www.GetWebContent.com/LED : the LED's Key Sponsor The Web's Most Experienced SEO Content Providers. www.SEOToolSet.com/training/ : the LED's Premier Sponsor Bruce Clay's Search Engine Optimization Training & Certification ================================================== List Moderator: Published by: Adam Audette LED Digest adam, led-digest.com http://www.led-digest.com .............................................. June 15, 2007 Issue no. 2431 .............................................. .....IN THIS DIGEST..... ====== NEW ===================== --== Live Chat Software ==-- ~ Rod Aries "So, can anyone suggest a competent, low-cost solution?" --== Drop in Rankings at Google ==-- ~ Scotty West "...I have just noticed a radical drop in some of my Google rankings." ==== CONTINUING ================= --== Image Protection with Transparency? ==-- ~ Bruce Garrett "...these scripts only deter, they do not prevent somone from downloading images." --== Defining Qualified Visitors ==-- ~ Richard Stubbings "...a qualified visitor is one who performs an action." --== Third Party Database Issue ==-- ~ Brad Waller "Here are some quick references that talk about data feeds..." --== The "inanchor" Search Modifier ==-- ~ Michael Martinez "The "inanchor:" query operator tells Google..." --== Lost Rankings ==-- ~ Peggy Deras "An update on my progress with all your great suggestions..." ========== NEW ==================================== From: Rod Aries Subject: Live Chat Software My sister owns a couple of online Chinese herbs stores http://www.1stchineseherbs.com/ + http://www.discountnaturalherbs.com/ with just herself and a part-time helper. Because many of the names of the Chinese herbs are so complicated (Chuan Xin Lian, Huang Qi - even the domestic ones are too - Cats Claw, Milk Thistle Seed, Pau d' Arco) not only in spelling but in what they might be able to do, I have suggested adding a "live chat" feature to her site. I reminded her that "A confused mind says no," and that by being there to suggest which products might be helpful for cramps or diarrhea (two of my favorite topics) she would increase sales. So, can anyone suggest a competent, low-cost solution? thanks :) Rod Aries Comment? -------- new post - new topic -------- From: Scotty West Subject: Google Rankings Dropped Hello Fellow LEDrs, Thanks for all your help over the years. I have learned so much from your posts. I'm not an SEO guy. I'm a humble web merchant who has had to do most of his own website work and SEO due to budget constraints. I just have one quick question. It's June 13th and I have just noticed a radical drop in some of my Google rankings. I think I checked them like a week ago and everything was OK. I haven't made any significant changes to my site. Has anyone else experienced this? Is Google going through another of it's famous algorithm shifts? Thanks for your help, Scotty West www.absolutelyunderstandguitar.com Comment? ======== CONTINUING =============================== From: Bruce Garrett Subject: Image protection > Where can I get information to build a transparent curtain > in front of photos so that browsers cannot copy and paste it... - Pieter van der Vyver, LED Digest 2430 - http://www.led-digest.com/content/view/1835/55/ Pieter, Dynamic Drive http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ has several free Java script options to do what you are asking. Here is the link http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex9/ to the page with the relevant scripts. Please be aware that these scripts only deter, they do not prevent somone who is determined from downloading images. Good luck, Bruce W. Garrett ARCHIVE-CD, LLC Paperless Archiving Solutions www.archive-cd.com Comment? -------- new post - new topic --------- From: Richard Stubbings Subject: Qualified visitors > How do other LED'ers define "qualified visitor"...? - Beth Earle, LED Digest 2430 - http://www.led-digest.com/content/view/1835/55/ In my opinion a qualified visitor is one who performs an action. Specifically the key action on the website. Either the contact us action, or the buy now, or the subscribe to newsletter. If the visitor performs an action then an accurate count can be taken. A visitor who just spends a lot of time and reads a lot of pages does not pay the rent. I might want a separate estimate of these, as it may be an indicator that the site is not easy enough to use. Richard Stubbings Kulture Shock http://www.kultureshock.co.uk http://www.doctorwhoonline.co.uk Comment? ============ Sponsor Message =========== Speaking of July 4th, did you know website content is a lot like fireworks? It either lights up the (cyber)sky, or it doesn't. Do your articles, product pages, and blogs have more fizzle than sizzle? Is your home page copy a dud? Visit http://GetWebContent.com/LED and get maximum bang for your buck. ============ Sponsor Message =========== -------- new post - new topic -------- From: Brad Waller Subject: Database > ... is there anything I can do to link product tags to my > site without carrying an internal dbase? Is there anything > that can be done to salvage this site? (traffically speaking). - Chuck Hiatt, LED Digest 2429 - http://www.led-digest.com/content/view/1834/55/ I may be misunderstanding the issue, but I think the solution to Chuck's problem is to download the product database and use a program to dynamically create the site pages. That way you can configure pages to have real URLs, meta tags, titles, and whatever else you need for SEs to index them. Your problem is much the same as in the Affiliate world where affiliates want to sell products from merchants, but need to be able to display them on HTML pages that work for the SEs. There are services and programs out there that are used for this purpose. Perhaps one of them can be used for you? Here are some quick references that talk about data feeds: http://www.affiliatetip.com/affiliate_tip_43.php http://www.5staraffiliateprograms.com/datafeed1.html Brad Waller Manage and Sell your own site advertising http://adjungle.com Comment? -------- new post - new topic --------- From: Michael Martinez Subject: inanchor search > My understanding is -inanchor does not remove the inanchor > as a factor. It excludes the results, any web page / document > that is in the SERPs for the inanchor search. - Tom Schmitz, LED Digest 2430 - http://www.led-digest.com/content/view/1835/55/ The "inanchor:" query operator tells Google to show you Web documents that have the link anchor text you specify pointing at them. Negating the "inanchor:" query operator tells Google to show you Web documents that do NOT have the link anchor text you specify pointing at them. It works exactly the same way the "site:" query operator works, in that respect. If you construct a query with "site:URL/DOMAIN keywords" you'll only see Web documents in the results that come from the URL/DOMAIN. If you negate the "site:" operator, you'll only see Web documents that do NOT come from the URL/DOMAIN. Michael Martinez http://www.michael-martinez.com/ Comment? ---------- new post - new topic -------- From: Peggy Deras Subject: Lost rankings FOUND! Hi All, An update on my progress with all your great suggestions on getting my ranking back for "kitchen designer". I made suggested changes to my home page last week. Haven't had time yet to optimize other pages, but I'm appearing at the bottom of page one in my Google search today for "kitchen designer". The results might be different in other areas because of geographic targeting by Google, but I am DELIGHTED with this, because I think it means others searching in my area would get similar results. Thanks again everyone, for all your great suggestions. And Adam, thanks for making my site a focus of study. I will get to the changes on other pages ASAP. Peggy Deras, CKD, CID Kitchen Artworks www.kitchenartworks.com Comment? ------------------------------------------------------- The LED Digest is sponsored by: GetWebContent.com The Web's Most Experienced SEO Content Providers. 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