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More than 57,000? Good Losh. There is one root to all of it. The snake oil salesmen that tell newbies that they can make a ton of money by doing this, or that, and then they give the technique a name, and the next think, its the latest big thing, and all it is, is spam.

I firmly believe newcomers are falling into this trap unwittingly and are being taught to spam. And that's above and beyond the majority of em that can' be fluffed.

I am not entirely surer if this is the right section, but if not, please move it to where it belongs. fanks.

Right, to action!. I have been around forums for a while now, and I am pretty sure this works with every area you add a comment, link etc. to. I know everyone wants their company site/blog to rank well, but how concerned are you with your online reputation? (think about it for a bit.)
I might step on a few toes, so if I do, I mean no offense at all, this is just an observation I have made and I am trying to analyze and make sense of it. If you are a business owner, or you use the services of others to spread links around the net to help you market your site, do you check what they do? I mean really check, and not just the amount of links agreed as per package (I think they call them that).

Ok, let me get to the point (and probably get a few folks really upset all in one go.) We all know that, your online presence is important to not only you, but your business as well because its how you interact with other people, that clients see and can then evaluate within minutes whether or not they want to do business with you, or even visit your site. That being said, why is it that I see so many wasting opportunities? I mean, seriously, adding value to something like a blog, a forum, social network etc. is some of the most important work you would have to do to promote your site. Blogs are strictly moderated now days, and if you want to have a niche specific comment added to a high ranking blog, don't just say thanks, give the writer a little proof that you have read the post, ask a question or two. In the end that comment will be added to the blog, and you have your link. but at the same time, you have also shown the owner of the blog that you give a fluff about what they have to say and actually find it interesting enough to ask questions. It works the same with forums, social networks, you name it. Anywhere you can leave a comment, a post, what you say is directly linked to the way you do business. If what you say online is short, pointless and clearly shows that you are not even reading what is written, or just commenting for the sake of a link, stuff like that, it gives prospective clients a bad impression about you and your company.

Wouldn't you agree? I would like to hear your thoughts.

I've been to a good many game sites in my time, the tomb raider one was my favorite because they played in game music in the background (then..). I guess it depends on what you are going to have on the site. If someone only greets you for instance, and then is quite for the rest of the session, it can't be that much of a bad thing, can it?

I'm back, and up to my usual again Tis good to be back, and good to be missed

Ah, no. With Respect, but that is not the way SEO is performed. You have to optimize it, yes, but if you turn a site into search engine fodder, you are going to lose any and all clients or prospective clients because they would not want to be associated with someone that is clearly out there only to manipulate search engines. That can also have a really bad impact on your online reputation because if people can openly see that you are trying to manipulate search engines, what's stopping you from doing it in your own business? Even if you weren't responsible for optimizing it in the first place.

When you optimize a website, its to make sure its found in a search performed by prospective clients, and search engines alike. It has to be optimized primarily for visitors. Making sure that any content can be easily read and is not just one string of keywords one after the other, or even worse, leave a visitor wondering what language the site is written in and trying to load it into google translate to figure out wtheck is going on with it.

If anyone follows that method of optimization, you have my innate sympathies, because all that is going to do is kill your site (oh yes, Google in particular will ice your site faster than you can blink), but any prospective clients will simply go to your competitors, and that is if they can still find your site once google's gotten hold of it.

(/rant)

How so? Businesses lose millions daily because of people that just refuse to pay their bills ( I am not talking about those that can't, but those that have the money, but refuse to part with it). Even after trying to get the money that's owed to them in the most courteous of ways, some still prefer not to pay. I mean, some even find ways of avoiding the repo-man.

The economy, as it is, kills new and existing companies the same way, and if you are owed thousands, or even hundreds of thousands from clients that have decided not to pay you, you would have to resort to pretty much what you can to recover your losses so that you can stay in business and not have to worry about having to file for bankruptcy or even worse, selling your business and joining the ranks of the unemployed.

Haven't heard from them in a while. I wonder if their problem was sorted out?

The mobile market is popular now days though. Een though its slightly annoying to have someone visit you and have them stuck on their smartphone only occasionally giving you a nod or a yea.

I'm actually guilty of it myself though. There is a bigger possibility for me to use my iphone at night in front of the TV or when I am cooking or just not near my PC or latop. It's convenient, and more comfortable as well.

Our company name is actually descriptive. I just can't really carry it as a username, (I tried on our blog ) Its a simple abbreviation that mean performance to business, because that is what we do.

It's true though. People do sell, and I am proud to be part of the team we have set up. Choosing a company name is hard, because you have to live with the business being called that, and of course, have you linked to it, and that makes it even harder IMO. You need to chose a name that best describes your business. it doesn't have to sound all corporate, as long as you are comfortable with it and can market it with pride wherever you go

It's the best approach IMHO. Its also good to know what they are going to do before they do it. But sometimes that doesn't help much either. I have seen offers on forums that immediately have the alarm bells ringing, and they actually try pull the wool over your eyes by telling you that there is no dark matters involved. If they claim they can get your site ranked hight before the end of any given month, walk away and don't look back.