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  1. splok

    VBulletin vs IPS vs other forum provider?

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    Iirc, xenforo was made by the guys responsible for making the last version of VB which didn't suck (and that VB is the source of their legal trouble of course). I haven't tried the new version of VB, but everytime I've poked around for forum software, the general consensus has been to use the...
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    Best Practise Webdesign For All Beginner Ecommerce Guys

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Thanks for the great discussion Ling! Dragon's Den video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc1ktZRZ5ZM
  3. splok

    Where to buy verified backlink

    MARKETING 
    Just wanted to pop in to agree. Don't expect to be spoonfed there though; they're not exactly noob friendly (or even veteran friendly, really). Dig through the sections and search results, filter by posts made by respected members, etc. There's a crazy amount of info there if you take the...
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    Should I just Forget about it?

    HOT! PEOPLE 
    For two people to spend a serious amount of time together without ending up bitter and resentful, they need to both understand and accept each other's priorities in life. If you can't tell someone what you want from life and what you need to do to get it and have them be supportive and...
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    It just doesn't add up?

    MARKETING 
    It's been a while since I've ran fb ads, so take this with a grain of salt: Actually pretty decent for general fb ads. I wouldn't count on maintaining that ctr long term. Was that targeted at all? At that price, it sounds like you're getting traffic from very low-value countries. I assume...
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    Hiring SEO specialist

    MARKETING 
    I guess I'm just saying that this isn't necessarily true. The fact that large, legitimate companies have a position or outsources that position does't do much to counter my skepticism. In fact, those can be the places where the less skilled people can be likely to thrive. I also wouldn't in...
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    Hiring SEO specialist

    MARKETING 
    Imagine that you need to go to a doctor but that there is no agency or organization that controls what a "doctor" is. Anyone can call themselves a doctor and prescribe whatever treatment they want. Now imagine that, for privacy reasons, you can never ask a doctor about his previous patients...
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    Seo 2012

    MARKETING 
    I wish this were true, but it's not at all this black and white. There was and remains a lot of terrible content at the top of the serps for many kws. Also, there's a lot of fantastic content that will never be unearthed via the serps. At the absolute best, great content is necessary but not...
  9. splok

    Multiple domain-names?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    You really don't need to do this. Grab the best url you can. Get your page up and running, and make it valuable to users. Make sure your onpage seo is good for your keywords (you can easily google a decent onpage checklist). Then go and promote your site yourself in a manual and authentic...
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    Stupid PR and Goat Pictures - Is This REALLY Worth the Risk?

    MINDSET 
    But what will their yearly numbers look like? They definitely got a ton of short term press, but the real question is what will the long-term effect be on customer acquisition and retention.
  11. splok

    Seo 2012

    MARKETING 
    Being a useful, constructive member of communities is a thing Google wants to encourage, not discourage. Being an active, constructive forum poster or blog commenter is a good thing. Spamming hundreds of thousands of pages with identical links to your site isn't. I think that it's exceedingly...
  12. splok

    A simple reminder: When all else fails...

    MINDSET FAILURE 
    ... attack. That's the super simple paraphrasing of an article I just read. When you're in doubt, when you don't know what to do next, when nothing makes sense... attack. Do something. Take action. Its a fantastic reminder that I seem to constantly need, so hopefully it will act as today's...
  13. splok

    Is Content Based Website A Fastlane Business

    EXECUTION 
    Can it be fastlane? Sure, but the way most people do it isn't. Consider for a minute how much content those three sites you list have. Then consider how much traffic they have to get to justify those valuations... Is it possible? Of course, but keep in mind that it is no insignificant task...
  14. splok

    Link Building: Did Panda/Penguin kill it?

    MARKETING 
    Keep in mind that any sort of link-building is really trying to cheat the system. The way Google wants you get get links is by creating great content so that users will link to you themselves. Naturally, we don't want to wait on that to happen, so we build the links ourselves. Keep in mind...
  15. splok

    Sold Everything, living mobile. Where to start my move?

    10k isn't going to last you very long at all in the countries you mentioned unless your business is already generating significant profit. Generally speaking, when people do this sort of thing, they're mostly considering low-cost countries, at least to begin with. SE Asia (Indonesia or...
  16. splok

    I quit exercising

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    Intermittent fasting, which is basically limiting your eating to one fixed time window per day. Different people suggest different time windows, though usually from eight hours down to just having one meal. I actually like just having one meal in the evening. I feel better and am generally...
  17. splok

    How do you get users to a site that needs users?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    ...and then telling lots of people about it.
  18. splok

    pyramid crisis

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Strange, I clicked again after reading this, and it behaved differently. I get a nav bar now, but there definitely wasn't before. There's also a popup now that I didn't get before. I just tried it in a different browser, and it seems that the first time you visit, you don't get the nav bar...
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    pyramid crisis

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    Since you were so adamant about this, I gave it a try. The video auto-plays and has no control bar so you can't stop it or even see how long it is. That screams shady to me. I got through about 5 minutes, and it was 5 minutes of pure Malthuisian doom and gloom marketing to scare you into...
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    Ask me anything about eCommerce (2012)

    GOLD! 
    At that price point, I have a hard time imagining that phone support could be worthwhile. The exception would be if the customer actually has a much higher LTV due to repeat business or something, though it seems like you would have mentioned it if that were the case. If you really want to...

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