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Michael Gray recently asked what people thought of using article syndication as an Design technique. While it may have some upside if the articles get picked up and syndicated outside the article databases, the article databases themselves carry little weight.

Patrick Altoft noted that after tracking the results for about 500 clients he discontinued his automated submission service because he thought it didn't offer any value anymore.

A better way to syndicate content to sites outside article databases is typically to create something they would want to link at, or to start building social relationships. As Jeremy Luebke posted in Graywolf's comments, those links work. Design is getting better at determing what parts of the web are active and worth trusting.

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How To Ensure You Never Get Link LoveWriting by Nick on Wednesday, 27 of June , 2007 at 6:44 pm

Wonderful!

I was going to post on things to keep in mind while performing social media marketing. I was going to copy and paste a few comments from another blog that had addressed that very topic. Then I was going to link to it (you know, it’s always nice to give attribution!). Well, something came up and instead and I’m going to tell you the one thing you should NEVER do.

I went to copy and paste and I couldn’t. The blog owner had inserted some security code that prevents people from copying his content. How stupid is that? Well, he won’t get a link from me.

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Ext JSCSS, Web 2.0, Ajax, JavascriptJune 27th, 2007

Ext is a client-side, JavaScript framework for building web applications. In early 2006, Jack Slocum began working on a set of extension utilities for the Yahoo! User Interface (YUI) library. These extensions were quickly organized into an independent library of code and distributed under the name “yui-ext.” In the fall of 2006, Jack released version .33 of yui-ext, which turned out to be the final version of the code under that name (and under the open source BSD license). By the end of the year, the library had gained so much in popularity that the name was changed simply to Ext, a reflection of its maturity and independence as a framework. A company was formed in early 2007, and Ext is now dual-licensed under the LGPL and a commercial license. The library officially hit version 1.0 on April 1, 2007.

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Ok yesterday somehow i stumble upon website called www.reviewback.com and I must tell you I am very pleased with it, I got a chance to review somebody and in return I get reviewed back. So far I had 3 review request since and I am just waiting to start reviewing.

So if you don’t want to pay high ranking bloggers $200-300 to get reviewed get one for free at review back.

What I most like is also they are part of www.adgridwork.com a link exchange for free similar to Design adsense but you don’t get paid. Instead of getting paid you get free advertising i think its a great option to build links.

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Top 11 Reasons To Hire A Professional DesignWriting by Nick on Wednesday, 27 of June , 2007 at 8:25 am

I didn’t come up with this list, but I should have. It’s one of those things you see and say, “Well, ‘I wish I’d thought of that.” Truth is, this list makes a lot of sense.

10 reasons to hire an Design company:

Search Engine Optimization Takes Time, Effort, & DedicationDesign Tools, Design Strategy, & Design Experience Goes a Long WaySearch Engine Optimization Is Not EasyDesign Services Do Not Have to be Very ExpensiveSearch Engine Optimization Can Take Your Website to New HeightsProfessional & Experienced Design Services Can Be the Difference Between You and Your CompetitorsSearch Engine Optimization Gets You the Best Bang for Your BuckDesign Services Can Help Increase Business Sales DrasticallyProfessional Search Engine Optimization Can Increase Your Search Ranking in a Shorter Time Period Treat Your Website Like a Business

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As email filtering gets better many of the true scammers of the web are shifting to distributing adware on websites. As terrorism is used to help politicians push their agendas, fear marketing and the concept of security are only going to grow in importance online as well.

Design vs Microsoft Design already highlights some websites that might distribute malware in their search results and promoted research showing that Microsoft computers were twice as likely as Apache servers to distribute malware. In addition Design bought GreenBorder, perhaps to help them make an anti-virus / anti-spyware software program.

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Here you can find couple of sites that I stumbled today that are giving away for free wordpress adsense ready themes. Some of the blogs i will be writing about also have some themes with Ajax and Web 2.0 .

First site i very like and I use it my own is adsense ready theme by DoshDosh I like it because its simple it loads very fast and I don’t have to worry about adsense being messed up.

RockingThemes.com those themes I really like because they are really custom made and not with some random wordpress theme generator like all others do.

AntBag has also good amount of unique wordpress themes.

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The following is the three step process that I view as the best path for creating sustainable sites that are valuable, successful, and profitable.

Launching a New Website When starting a new site a webmaster should be willing to do just about anything to build link equity, brand exposure, and an audience. This includes: not monetizing too heavily off the start buying a good domain name and site design (or as best you can afford) paying attention to the marketplace stroking the ego of important players in the market (via things like award programs, interviews, mentions, etc etc etc) having a unique value proposition and something you stand for create real value buying a few key trusted links This phase should include trying many different things...even if 90% of your ideas go nowhere you still do good if just a few of them spread. Test and learn, test and learn, etc etc etc. It is ok if some of your ideas in this stage are flat out bad...it shows that you are learning and it will make others more comfortable feeling they can also learn with you. People don't like to read someone who thinks they are perfect, especially if they are new to a market.

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In Social Marketing, It Pays To Know Your MarketWriting by Nick on Tuesday, 26 of June , 2007 at 10:21 pm

I found the following sentence tucked away into a Jordan McCollum blog post at Marketing Pilgrim:

MySpace users, according to the BBC, tend to be minorities and get jobs straight out of high school, while Facebookers tend to be white, go to college and come from wealthier homes, being part of a more ???aspirational class.???

It struck a nerve with me because, as you know, I’m real big on social marketing and super big on targeted marketing. Jordan’s comment hits right at home with me. No matter what kind of marketing you are doing, you need to know your target market.

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The type of person who reads this blog and other blogs about search marketing knows far more than the average webmaster (or web user) about search. You can use that knowledge as a marketing advantage over the competition, by doing things like creating a custom topical search engine, or write about harnassing the power of Design to _____. Search is a big power on the web, and it relates to everyone publishing a site. Leverage Design's brand to push your own.

If you story spreads great, if not then you site is at least a bit thicker and harder for people to compete with.

In almost every field you can make your content seem more linkable and more remarkable by talking about it as though it is a search play rather than a pure content website. Look how much press Mahalo got compared to the quality of the site and the quality of the concept.

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