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YOU can post YOUR question, problem or request here to get it answered. If YOU want YOUR name and web site posted too, please say so in YOUR e-mail. First, please look around whether it is not replied already below or within the Community. Don't forget to collect YOUR FREE Bonus at the bottom of this page. YOUR Feedback is always welcome. Questions & Answers Search Engine Ranking Link Popularity CGI, Java and other scripts Affiliate Programmes Search Engine Ranking Is it worthwhile trying to achieve top ranking and how to keep it? 100% Yes to the first part of the question. You can hear quite often that it's not, but mostly from people who either didn't try or didn't manage. So, don't listen to those and do try. However, it's useless if you manage only for 1 or 2 keywords. My site is placed within the first 3 pages (mostly on the first, and not only one page of my site) on all the main search engines and directories, and hundreds of others for several hundreds of keywords. The most traffic I get comes from Yahoo and Excite, then from Google but the main flow definitely comes from Top20Cool. As to: how to achieve and keep the top ranking. I have a very simple principle I stick to: to achieve the ranking a) you must have a professional web site, customer and search-engine friendly, easy to navigate, fast to load, compact as to the scope of your services without foreign items, and submit manually to the main search engines b) your focus must be on your customer - you must provide quality contents, quality services Once you have the two above, then to keep your ranking is easy: You MUST update your site often to provide fresh content all the time and constantly watch for dead links. I update my site 3 - 4 times a week. And one very important point: check your position frequently - to see how, see Link Popularity below Note: If you don't dare to manage all by yourself and don't have money or don't want to spend on expensive services, try Web Position Gold Back to Top Link Popularity Should I use Link Popularity services? The answer is not 'clearly Yes' or 'clearly No'. I'm going to explain: The services providing the Link Popularity or Search Engine Position Check are not reliable. Search engines change the parametres, the above services mostly don't notice and the result is not accurate. And also, search engines don't provide the service all the time. I use these services for basic orientation only. When I want to know my actual ranking or how many sites and which link to mine, I do the check at the respective search engines manually. It's similar to the submitting of your pages. Do it manually. The search engines and directories are like any other company on the Net. They want as many visitors, customers as possible and can tell whether you actually come to their site, use it or not. Co-operate with search engines, it's one of the best forms of co-operations on the Net and what more: fair. Back to Top CGI, Java and other scripts Where to get the scripts? The following sites provide the best scripts, FREE and paid, on the Net: Javaworld CGI Resource Index PHP Resource Index CGI/Perl CookBook by Matt Wright Learn here Matt Wright's Script Archives Learn HTML, Java and much more Script World Try A Course - FREE Here Shall I use FREE or someone else's scripts at all or should I develop my own? The answer depends on your skills and how much you are willing to learn. Generally there is no problem and no reason not to use someone else's scripts, either FREE or paid. Except for the case: a company providing you with a FREE script requests you to run an ad you don't want to or shouldn't the customization or the features you can get are not sufficient. You need more or different Just a little note: I wouldn't pay for hosting a script. The reason is simple: so many companies die out these days, and it's necessary to avoid any possible risks. Back to Top Affiliate Programmes How to avoid scam? Stick to a basic principle: Do not pay for joining any affiliate programme. Realise that you're not getting any gift if the company 'allows' you to join their affiliate or reseller programme. It's YOU providing them with a service. They need YOU more than YOU need them or at least the same. YOU are the one willing to invest YOUR work, time, effort and YOUR money this way = YOUR money that can buy YOU something else if this is not the right thing to invest in. If the company wants you to pay to join (- I'm not talking about upgrade), they're not fair, no matter what the reason is behind - robbery, scam. Don't join. There are so many possiblities on the Net to join a fair co-operation. You can and should choose carefully. From the very beginning, set YOUR goals, YOUR principles, rules and discipline and stick to them - behave wisely. Back to Top