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not to argue with you but i will . most out of the box cms ' s are ok but need to be tweaked . ex : wordpress defaults to h2 tags not h1 and the permalink structure needs to be addressed as well and internal navigation as it is varied among different themes . i say this to point out that there is always room for improvement and the items listed above would fall in to a pretty minor tweak category that would have a rather large benefit	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.99462	phase1_no_advertising
& gt ; it ' s ubishop , not uplay shop . of cause . . . leave it to ubisoft to make things unnecessary complicated , they are really good at that .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994613	phase1_no_advertising
i imagine that ' s why their date and filter options mysteriously don ' t work correctly . otherwise someone might wise up and see a site is only bought maybe once every day or so , while hundreds of sites go up everyday . signal to noise and all that .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994598	phase1_no_advertising
various sources indicate that there are well over 120 metrics that go into the algorithm . even simple changes can have far - reaching and often times unpredictable results with a system that uses so many variables . the amount of data that their systems process is absolutely staggering !	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994593	phase1_no_advertising
" the longer people stay on your website and the more they use it , the higher it will be get ranked . " that is an oversimplification of 1 of the 200 rankings factors that goes into googles algo . your defeatist " content is king " outlook is why most people give up . you are correct , there is no secret what there is is dozens of best ( current ) practices , knowledge and a shitload of hard work .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994585	phase1_no_advertising
agree . if you are creative you should be able to get lots of very good ( and free ) links from newspapers , local blogs , tv stations , etc . way better than fiverr .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994574	phase1_no_advertising
another automated one : https : / / www . proposable . com / a little more transparent in what you get , compared to bidsketch . looks decent , though i ' ve never used it .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994572	phase1_no_advertising
such as what system ? edit : i should copy and paste all my posts since you just keep copying and pasting stuff from various website rather than engage in an argument and refute my assertions .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994571	phase1_no_advertising
it ' s basically a wordpress network . think wordpress websites within one main install . that ' s how we can give our bloggers freedom without worrying that they might affect our main site . it also helps with keeping things organised ( urls mainly but also navigating the admin ) .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994562	phase1_no_advertising
i made a netvibes page for our agency with all of our favourite sites in various sectors - http : / / www . netvibes . com / billingtoncartmell i think it ' s a useful tool for anyone involved in the industry really .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994561	phase1_no_advertising
it boggles my mind a little bit ! lol if folks took a bit of time to be creative they could get much better stuff done . it took me hours strolling through videos , and even so i ' m sure there is much better stuff out there still .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994537	phase1_no_advertising
homepage : [ http : / / hackslashloot . com / ] ( http : / / hackslashloot . com / ) rps impressions : [ hack , slash , loot ] ( http : / / www . rockpapershotgun . com / 2012 / 01 / 24 / impressions - hack - slash - loot / )	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.99453	phase1_no_advertising
i may be eating my words . i literally just found [ this plugin ] ( http : / / jigoshop . com / ) , and installed it on an development wordpress install… to be honest , it looks on a totally different level from all the other crap i ' ve ever seen . only a couple checkout gateways though which is a huge bummer .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994519	phase1_no_advertising
thank you for pointing this out ! i had no idea i had a free upgrade waiting for me . : d	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994513	phase1_no_advertising
check out priceonomics . com - i read their blog for this kind of stuff , they do some cool experiments with cl .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994512	phase1_no_advertising
i think the toolbar age has come and gone . . . instead i ' d rather find a site that collected only the best of the best ( free ) coupons and had an " easy on the eyes " format .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994511	phase1_no_advertising
at first , reading your comment , i thought " somebody modded an entire nexus like in demon ' s souls ? ! ? " and eagerly clicked on the link to see the fantastic result of what would have , i assume , been difficult work . still pleased at the result of clicking on the link , but amused my first thought wasn ' t the actual nexus mods site . wonder if they ' ll ever add dark souls to the steam workshop . not necessary i guess , but it ' d be nifty if they did .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994504	phase1_no_advertising
it has that feature , but i * * strongly * * recommend not enabling it if you value your users sanity . the best selling point is that anyone on the forum can post a link to a product and the link just gets morphed into an affiliate link when someone clicks it . nothing changes as far as user experience .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994503	phase1_no_advertising
yeah , i find myself wading through tons of bullshit with no real value . are there any related forums you ' d recommend ?	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994492	phase1_no_advertising
essentially , it just automates a lot more . most article spinners just serve up synonyms that you can replace , but this one also restructures a bunch of stuff automatically ( to the tune of 100 , 000 words of spintax in about 10 seconds ) and adds new content ( such as pictures and videos , à la cracked ) , which saves the user a lot of time .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994488	phase1_no_advertising
i think http : / / crossloop . com is very similar to your idea .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994481	phase1_no_advertising
though , that does mean they ' re mostly logged in to google - - you could get some sick demographic info , which to me is more useful than individual kws .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994474	phase1_no_advertising
i do get a kick out of these posts . . . people want to have a quality site that yields high returns , but don ' t want to put the work or research into it . building a site correctly and crafting good content using proper seo principles is a lot like building your own house with quality materials - - using your own hands to put everything together gives you a greater appreciation for what you ' ve done , and also gives you the knowledge to re - evaluate and fix things when something comes up .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994458	phase1_no_advertising
i may try that out for an experiment . great idea . edit : the system now sends an email with a link , you can click that link any time and the whole form populates the same way , promo codes and all . i can turn off the instant estimate and just send an email estimate with a link any time . i like giving people an option to put a fake email in , i can filter those out ( usually reddit visitors ) and if someone values their privacy that much , i can respect that .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994457	phase1_no_advertising
not as sophisticated as reddit ' s but they have a [ medals program ] ( http : / / youtubecreator . blogspot . com / 2011 / 11 / now - announcing - medals - new - way - to . html )	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994456	phase1_no_advertising
thanks ! the site is going to be updated all the time for the next few years , we started out with a completely different looking website and arrived at this ! the two main guys , adrian and joakim are both some pretty exceptional guys and they saw a niche that was not filled . so they took some time and developed a few products , got a hold of me and thats how it went . hope this answers some : )	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994454	phase1_no_advertising
i ' m curious , where / how do you get the price numbers for different regions ? would love to be able to compare	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994452	phase1_no_advertising
you ' re totally right . i love reddit and all , but if i ' m trying to learn i ' ll stick with trade pubs . with that said , r / marketing could be extremely beneficial for people looking to have their web site user - tested .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994442	phase1_no_advertising
the humble bundles usually do the same thing . they heavily advertise both steam codes and drm free . they ' re just trying to hit as big an audience as they can . and a lot of people really like steam , but are concerned about the possibility of one day losing access to their games . so this is a pretty good compromise . i get what you ' re saying , though , it is a strangely mixed message .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994441	phase1_no_advertising
i knew about slickdeals already . thanks for the link ! it looks really helpful	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994434	phase1_no_advertising
there isn ' t much money running community based forum in my opinion . i used to have a gaming forum that regularly saw over 500 active members at any one time and i could never get any money out of that beyond some shitty ppc payments . the best i did was run some competitions or give aways or sponsored " reviews " , but never really eared that much especially compared to the hosting costs .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994428	phase1_no_advertising
another reason why i stick to steam , always get my max speed without having to worry about the download busting or something .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994427	phase1_no_advertising
man , you go - getters are just too much for me to handle . very impressive . just a small suggestion tho . for static sites like these , i would think you could even cut the costs of hosting by using amazon s3 . it ' s has a free usage tier that would probably suffice . http : / / www . allthingsdistributed . com / 2011 / 02 / website _ amazon _ s3 . html	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994424	phase1_no_advertising
thank science that someone else understands this . also , that providing great service on social media provides its own form of viral - pull of new customers . if you can get people engaging positively about your company / product online , their friends will see this and organically arrive at your page .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994421	phase1_no_advertising
spot on . i tried managing my privacy settings and friend list but fbs constant reconnoitering makes it easier for me just to completely open up and post hardly any content .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994421	phase1_no_advertising
humble bundle has been going that way too which is disappointing . all of these " pay what you want " aren ' t even close to pay what you want anymore .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994412	phase1_no_advertising
[ i love this article ] ( http : / / www . marketingmagazine . co . uk / news / 1117275 / non - sponsor - nike - brand - associated - olympics / ) – it appears there’s more olympic buzz surrounding nike than any of the real sponsors . goes to show you really can’t control what you want people to see .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994411	phase1_no_advertising
or you look at it this way : instagram built a huge following out of nothing . they were apparently able to design a scalable backend for the insane influx of users . they hit a nerve with their software : " make my average photos look artsy " . they did multiple things very right , on so many different levels .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994407	phase1_no_advertising
thanks for the suggestion . what i ' m trying to do is actually build a robust client portal that can house a variety of data , including these " optimization guides " i ' m talking about . i ' ve got a skeleton together today using wordpress multisite which i ' m really pleased with . i think i ' m going to proceed with that .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994403	phase1_no_advertising
everything like this is ultimately going to be shut down sooner or later . i currently work for a company that does a similar sort of pagerank building and i ' m looking to move onto bigger and better things with my career . our method works . . . for now , but its only a matter of time .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994395	phase1_no_advertising
thanks for the info , yes for the past couple years the site has been using both google webmaster tools and google analytics . thanks for the tips !	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994394	phase1_no_advertising
oh god . they certainly didn ' t spend any effort in making the site any kind of mobile friendly .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994392	phase1_no_advertising
score is a fantastic resource . thank you this link was quite helpful , cut through all the rigorous methodology and really just focused on the essence of the business .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994379	phase1_no_advertising
thanks . i will give ai war a try . i have been hesitant to get into it because it just seems like such a steep learning curve , with all the different units and management . it looks like the tutorial is a little inadequate , but i am sure with enough time i can get over the hump .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994374	phase1_no_advertising
wow thank you for the info , really useful stuff ! it all seems so complicated , really puts me off ! any idea how i would get the manufacturing process started ?	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994371	phase1_no_advertising
i think one of the big reason for agencies using macs these days is that it will give the it department a lot less headache . we use both platforms and seriously , the amount of time we have to spend on the windows machines is ridiculous . you may not like it but it ' s a good thing to get used to macs if you ' re going for a carreer in advertising .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994368	phase1_no_advertising
i feel the same way . there ' s a lot " ick " factor involved when you first see a website and i suspect a lot of people do this and don ' t realize it . recently i was in meetings with a prospective client and i mentioned this , their response was immediate , head nods and agreement about recent experiences with * not * buying from a dated looking website .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994339	phase1_no_advertising
i agree with this , as technology grows more powerful , so will the mechanisms used for tracking and evaluating what will sell best to what demographic . demographic data will get more and more specific , eventually getting it down to a near science . where a company can directly target one consumer that is likely to buy a product or service from them . this will be available through several avenues mostly associated with smart phones ( or whatever portable technology replaces them )	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994337	phase1_no_advertising
there ' s [ insightly ] ( http : / / insight . ly ) , which integrates with gmail and is free i believe .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994328	phase1_no_advertising
one of the best is authoritylabs . com you can try it out for free for a month if you so wish !	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994325	phase1_no_advertising
as a side note for your future endevors , i don ' t like that * all * the information is by popup . those should take me to different pages . . . you have to navigate the way people expect , or they get frustrated and leave .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994324	phase1_no_advertising
so you ' re saying this website makes * loads * more from sources that are * not * adwords ? well what are those sources of revenue ? i can ' t comment on how easily you can scale them if you don ' t mention what they are .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994317	phase1_no_advertising
i think it ' s because gog does some extra magic , to ensure that all their games are compatible with modern versions of windows - xp , vista and 7 . with this comes the compatibility with directx & gt ; = 9 and numerous other things . and this in turn requires a better pc to run smoothly .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994313	phase1_no_advertising
i can attest to it ' s incredible stability as well . there are two games i ' ve had installed on every computer i ' ve ever owned , and those are morrowind and rtw . while i ' ve had morrowind crash from mods , rome has never once ruined a save or crashed more than two - three times for me .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994309	phase1_no_advertising
physical cheaper than digital makes my head spin . . . thanks for the info ; )	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994308	phase1_no_advertising
i ' ve always been a fan of [ mongoose metrics ] ( http : / / www . mongoosemetrics . com / ) two different agencies i ' ve worked at have utilized mm and i ' m always happy with the results .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.9943	phase1_no_advertising
nailed it . seo websites typically suck , stellar designs are few and far between .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994298	phase1_no_advertising
whoa that thing you linked is crazy . i have the logitech and it ' s fantastic .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994297	phase1_no_advertising
i guess . that adds up though . not frugal . also , i prefer something robust that i don ' t need to go online to deal with . i am doing a lot of work at * very * remote locations and no internet connection is available most of the time .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994294	phase1_no_advertising
thank you so much ! i hadnt heard of open site explorer and such . i am just starting to get into seo this week and it looks promising .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994282	phase1_no_advertising
it really is simple . the back - end system is simple too . pp has way more problems than just taking too much money but it seems like everyone has to learn that the hard way before they stop using them .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994269	phase1_no_advertising
but quickbooks is not that easy ? they make it seem so simple , especially since i am already using quickbooks . thanks for all the info ! !	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994265	phase1_no_advertising
that ' s incredible . around where i live it would go " hey what site are you on ? " - closing browser window quickly - um ! i was just looking at . . . porn . " that ' s cool . . . " - whew ! that was close -	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994264	phase1_no_advertising
best website ever . seriously . what do you use to monitor the prices on the games ?	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994259	phase1_no_advertising
good to know . it ' s ridiculous how cheap that is for a brand new release . . . how are these sites affording this ?	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994247	phase1_no_advertising
gandi . net is the best . gotta pay a little extra but very much worth it . service and ui are top - notch .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994232	phase1_no_advertising
totally . we are using it more for customer care metrics and not sales or individual kpis . thanks for another view on it : )	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994229	phase1_no_advertising
agreed . plus you have to understand , your favorite youtubers can literally disable ads for their videos . they choose to have them run so they can make money . you are supporting your favorite youtubers by clicking a button . . .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994228	phase1_no_advertising
true , i didn ' t know the " pro " all - in - one - seo had more features . i thought it was just a way of supporting them . thanks for the heads up .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994224	phase1_no_advertising
awesome advice . my main thing right now is figuring out exactly how to market something like this . i can do anything with a computer , but i just need some help with the business / advertising aspect . i agree completely about the disconnect in the customer type too . good point	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994217	phase1_no_advertising
not only that , but requiring a credit card is a good way to make sure people aren ' t just creating new accounts every x days and getting infinite free trials .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994207	phase1_no_advertising
& gt ; because the better results google is able to provide to its users the better . so by helping people improve their website , the better chance google will provide quality websites rather than crap . hear , hear .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994202	phase1_no_advertising
i like [ expireddomain . net ] ( http : / / www . expireddomains . net ) . i tried all those payed services and they do not offer anything more or work better than the free service there . yes it is * * free * * ! ! you don ' t have to pay a hundred bucks a month for it , you can have it for free . . .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994198	phase1_no_advertising
i usually use google webmaster tools , it ' s free . but i also use other tools just to see different perspectives . check out http : / / www . yoursitessuccess . com / webmastertools . htm to get a list of useful webmaster tools .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994195	phase1_no_advertising
im curious , what are some of the benefits you see from direct mailing campaigns ? i ' ve always thought them as a waste of time as most people , myself included , usually toss out the flyers and postcards i receive in the mail .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994193	phase1_no_advertising
it is likely because site build it was popular many years ago , and those websites have a ton of age / backlinks / pagerank . it is absolutely not because site build it was used to make the website . tl dr : correlation ! = causation	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994192	phase1_no_advertising
thanks for the tips and again wonderful website ! i was wondering if you could delve a little more into what widgets you used in wordpress and how you chose which one ( s ) you used . xoneproducts . com is my website that i created using wordpress - - it could stand to use some polishing . : ]	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994185	phase1_no_advertising
facebook fanatics will argue that it ' s about branding . it ' s pretty obvious that facebook ' s platform can ' t monetize as well as say . . . a search engine where people are actually looking for things .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994182	phase1_no_advertising
way too many mmos share this same mechanic - feels like a hack and slash , don ' t it ?	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994178	phase1_no_advertising
[ cheap arse gamer ] ( http : / / www . cheapassgamer . com / ) . plenty of filter options , price alerts , and a custom rss feed . i ' ve been using this site for ages , and i honestly have no complaints .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994177	phase1_no_advertising
great article on local search , which for most businesses in the world is the best place to rank well .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994177	phase1_no_advertising
i highly recommend [ woocommerce ] ( http : / / www . woothemes . com / woocommerce / ) for wordpress .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994176	phase1_no_advertising
[ gnomoria ] ( http : / / store . steampowered . com / app / 224500 ) is a fantastic alternative to towns . the gameplay is slightly different and i would argue easier to jump into with gnomoria . it is also frequently updated and has a small but active [ reddit ] ( http : / / www . reddit . com / r / gnomoria / ) . just thought i would point it out for anyone intrigued by towns , although gnomoria isn ' t on sale : (	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994173	phase1_no_advertising
i started using jaaxy . com recently . it ' s pretty good , although i ' d prefer a somewhat better interface for competition analysis ( requires quite a few clicks ) .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994168	phase1_no_advertising
photoshop is my favorite because , even though there are a lot of buttons and things , if you take a couple hours of tutorials to learn the basics , it ' s worth it . and i ' m pretty sure there are " other ways " of getting the program , other than paying : p	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.99416	phase1_no_advertising
hey , i built serpiq specifically for this ( serpiq . com ) . it ' s the tool i had always wanted for competition analysis . feel free to try it out . ( as an aside , the amount of updates and changes that will happen in the next month will be huge , pretty excited about it )	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994157	phase1_no_advertising
thank you so much for that link to score . i had no idea that existed and is * exactly * what i ' ve been looking for .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994132	phase1_no_advertising
i prefer using pagemodo . most of the times it is free and the paid services are very cheap .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994125	phase1_no_advertising
great research . i have to say i am not that impressed with google + in respect of the integrated search aspects . the fact remains i prefer what my own intuition combined with an algorithm can return as a result then my grandma or some celebrity . i would much rather then focused resources on the chrome team and fixing the awful spell check function .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994125	phase1_no_advertising
i think they use a similar interface . civ1 http : / / imgur . com / 0sfez mom http : / / imgur . com / locmk	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994123	phase1_no_advertising
also seconding how useful econsultancy is . i ' m in a similar position as the op , and the stuff that you guys put out on a daily basis is awesome . among all of the online sources i follow for learning more about digital marketing , the daily pulse is typically an absolute must - read , not to mention being the one " digest " email i generally look forward to getting .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994122	phase1_no_advertising
i would like to share http : / / www . replicon . com / time - clock time clock which i have been using and referring to my customers too . excellent tool for employee time tracking and project tracking .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994121	phase1_no_advertising
yeah , if i were the owner of the site above , i ' d go for amazon . easier conversion , people know it ' s legit , and like you have said , trusted .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994093	phase1_no_advertising
i have always asked the same thing . for example tj ' s website is absolute shit and i wonder how they justify not having a more up - to - date one .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994089	phase1_no_advertising
i ' m a designer and i * was * going to write a long post that laid out the various downsides for you if you use spec work but * * eightclicks * * summed it up pretty nicely . they are focused on pleasing you , not satisfying any reasonable design considerations . what i think is most telling is that around 40 % of my work , and the work of friends , is clients asking me to redo work they had done by spec sites 6 months to a year before .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994084	phase1_no_advertising
people are incredibly ignorant in general . it ' s worse with seo . people think they understand but they really , really don ' t .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994083	phase1_no_advertising
when you do this , where do you host these other sites ? are they just wordpress type blogs ? or do you have multiple hosting services ?	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994072	phase1_no_advertising
& gt ; seriously a kick ass idea . actually , it ' s an incredibly mundane idea and they were nowhere near the first to tackle it . they succeeded because they of their execution . pay attention to [ this part about usability ] ( http : / / ecorner . stanford . edu / authormaterialinfo . html ? mid = 2990 ) and " friction " . he couldn ' t be more right .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994068	phase1_no_advertising
i love your software ! thanks for making it mac osx compatible too ! that was a huge + for me .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.99406	phase1_no_advertising
he ' s providing value here . there are people who don ' t want to put a kit together . besides that : why should he tell every potential customer that there ' s a cheaper alternative ? it ' s the customers duty to be informed . . .	No Advertising: Spam, referral links, unsolicited advertising, and promotional content are not allowed.	0.994057	phase1_no_advertising

not to argue with you but i will . most out of the box cms ' s are ok but need to be tweaked . ex : wordpress defaults to h2 tags not h1 and the permalink structure needs to be addressed as well and internal navigation as it is varied among different themes . i say this to point out that there is always room for improvement and the items listed above would fall in to a pretty minor tweak category that would have a rather large benefit

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& gt ; it ' s ubishop , not uplay shop . of cause . . . leave it to ubisoft to make things unnecessary complicated , they are really good at that .

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i imagine that ' s why their date and filter options mysteriously don ' t work correctly . otherwise someone might wise up and see a site is only bought maybe once every day or so , while hundreds of sites go up everyday . signal to noise and all that .

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various sources indicate that there are well over 120 metrics that go into the algorithm . even simple changes can have far - reaching and often times unpredictable results with a system that uses so many variables . the amount of data that their systems process is absolutely staggering !

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" the longer people stay on your website and the more they use it , the higher it will be get ranked . " that is an oversimplification of 1 of the 200 rankings factors that goes into googles algo . your defeatist " content is king " outlook is why most people give up . you are correct , there is no secret what there is is dozens of best ( current ) practices , knowledge and a shitload of hard work .

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agree . if you are creative you should be able to get lots of very good ( and free ) links from newspapers , local blogs , tv stations , etc . way better than fiverr .

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another automated one : https : / / www . proposable . com / a little more transparent in what you get , compared to bidsketch . looks decent , though i ' ve never used it .

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such as what system ? edit : i should copy and paste all my posts since you just keep copying and pasting stuff from various website rather than engage in an argument and refute my assertions .

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it ' s basically a wordpress network . think wordpress websites within one main install . that ' s how we can give our bloggers freedom without worrying that they might affect our main site . it also helps with keeping things organised ( urls mainly but also navigating the admin ) .

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i made a netvibes page for our agency with all of our favourite sites in various sectors - http : / / www . netvibes . com / billingtoncartmell i think it ' s a useful tool for anyone involved in the industry really .

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it boggles my mind a little bit ! lol if folks took a bit of time to be creative they could get much better stuff done . it took me hours strolling through videos , and even so i ' m sure there is much better stuff out there still .

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homepage : [ http : / / hackslashloot . com / ] ( http : / / hackslashloot . com / ) rps impressions : [ hack , slash , loot ] ( http : / / www . rockpapershotgun . com / 2012 / 01 / 24 / impressions - hack - slash - loot / )

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i may be eating my words . i literally just found [ this plugin ] ( http : / / jigoshop . com / ) , and installed it on an development wordpress install… to be honest , it looks on a totally different level from all the other crap i ' ve ever seen . only a couple checkout gateways though which is a huge bummer .

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thank you for pointing this out ! i had no idea i had a free upgrade waiting for me . : d

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check out priceonomics . com - i read their blog for this kind of stuff , they do some cool experiments with cl .

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i think the toolbar age has come and gone . . . instead i ' d rather find a site that collected only the best of the best ( free ) coupons and had an " easy on the eyes " format .

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at first , reading your comment , i thought " somebody modded an entire nexus like in demon ' s souls ? ! ? " and eagerly clicked on the link to see the fantastic result of what would have , i assume , been difficult work . still pleased at the result of clicking on the link , but amused my first thought wasn ' t the actual nexus mods site . wonder if they ' ll ever add dark souls to the steam workshop . not necessary i guess , but it ' d be nifty if they did .

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it has that feature , but i * * strongly * * recommend not enabling it if you value your users sanity . the best selling point is that anyone on the forum can post a link to a product and the link just gets morphed into an affiliate link when someone clicks it . nothing changes as far as user experience .

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yeah , i find myself wading through tons of bullshit with no real value . are there any related forums you ' d recommend ?

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essentially , it just automates a lot more . most article spinners just serve up synonyms that you can replace , but this one also restructures a bunch of stuff automatically ( to the tune of 100 , 000 words of spintax in about 10 seconds ) and adds new content ( such as pictures and videos , à la cracked ) , which saves the user a lot of time .

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i think http : / / crossloop . com is very similar to your idea .

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though , that does mean they ' re mostly logged in to google - - you could get some sick demographic info , which to me is more useful than individual kws .

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i do get a kick out of these posts . . . people want to have a quality site that yields high returns , but don ' t want to put the work or research into it . building a site correctly and crafting good content using proper seo principles is a lot like building your own house with quality materials - - using your own hands to put everything together gives you a greater appreciation for what you ' ve done , and also gives you the knowledge to re - evaluate and fix things when something comes up .

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i may try that out for an experiment . great idea . edit : the system now sends an email with a link , you can click that link any time and the whole form populates the same way , promo codes and all . i can turn off the instant estimate and just send an email estimate with a link any time . i like giving people an option to put a fake email in , i can filter those out ( usually reddit visitors ) and if someone values their privacy that much , i can respect that .

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not as sophisticated as reddit ' s but they have a [ medals program ] ( http : / / youtubecreator . blogspot . com / 2011 / 11 / now - announcing - medals - new - way - to . html )

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thanks ! the site is going to be updated all the time for the next few years , we started out with a completely different looking website and arrived at this ! the two main guys , adrian and joakim are both some pretty exceptional guys and they saw a niche that was not filled . so they took some time and developed a few products , got a hold of me and thats how it went . hope this answers some : )

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i ' m curious , where / how do you get the price numbers for different regions ? would love to be able to compare

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you ' re totally right . i love reddit and all , but if i ' m trying to learn i ' ll stick with trade pubs . with that said , r / marketing could be extremely beneficial for people looking to have their web site user - tested .

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the humble bundles usually do the same thing . they heavily advertise both steam codes and drm free . they ' re just trying to hit as big an audience as they can . and a lot of people really like steam , but are concerned about the possibility of one day losing access to their games . so this is a pretty good compromise . i get what you ' re saying , though , it is a strangely mixed message .

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i knew about slickdeals already . thanks for the link ! it looks really helpful

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there isn ' t much money running community based forum in my opinion . i used to have a gaming forum that regularly saw over 500 active members at any one time and i could never get any money out of that beyond some shitty ppc payments . the best i did was run some competitions or give aways or sponsored " reviews " , but never really eared that much especially compared to the hosting costs .

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another reason why i stick to steam , always get my max speed without having to worry about the download busting or something .

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man , you go - getters are just too much for me to handle . very impressive . just a small suggestion tho . for static sites like these , i would think you could even cut the costs of hosting by using amazon s3 . it ' s has a free usage tier that would probably suffice . http : / / www . allthingsdistributed . com / 2011 / 02 / website _ amazon _ s3 . html

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thank science that someone else understands this . also , that providing great service on social media provides its own form of viral - pull of new customers . if you can get people engaging positively about your company / product online , their friends will see this and organically arrive at your page .

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spot on . i tried managing my privacy settings and friend list but fbs constant reconnoitering makes it easier for me just to completely open up and post hardly any content .

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humble bundle has been going that way too which is disappointing . all of these " pay what you want " aren ' t even close to pay what you want anymore .

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[ i love this article ] ( http : / / www . marketingmagazine . co . uk / news / 1117275 / non - sponsor - nike - brand - associated - olympics / ) – it appears there’s more olympic buzz surrounding nike than any of the real sponsors . goes to show you really can’t control what you want people to see .

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or you look at it this way : instagram built a huge following out of nothing . they were apparently able to design a scalable backend for the insane influx of users . they hit a nerve with their software : " make my average photos look artsy " . they did multiple things very right , on so many different levels .

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thanks for the suggestion . what i ' m trying to do is actually build a robust client portal that can house a variety of data , including these " optimization guides " i ' m talking about . i ' ve got a skeleton together today using wordpress multisite which i ' m really pleased with . i think i ' m going to proceed with that .

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everything like this is ultimately going to be shut down sooner or later . i currently work for a company that does a similar sort of pagerank building and i ' m looking to move onto bigger and better things with my career . our method works . . . for now , but its only a matter of time .

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thanks for the info , yes for the past couple years the site has been using both google webmaster tools and google analytics . thanks for the tips !

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oh god . they certainly didn ' t spend any effort in making the site any kind of mobile friendly .

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score is a fantastic resource . thank you this link was quite helpful , cut through all the rigorous methodology and really just focused on the essence of the business .

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thanks . i will give ai war a try . i have been hesitant to get into it because it just seems like such a steep learning curve , with all the different units and management . it looks like the tutorial is a little inadequate , but i am sure with enough time i can get over the hump .

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wow thank you for the info , really useful stuff ! it all seems so complicated , really puts me off ! any idea how i would get the manufacturing process started ?

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i think one of the big reason for agencies using macs these days is that it will give the it department a lot less headache . we use both platforms and seriously , the amount of time we have to spend on the windows machines is ridiculous . you may not like it but it ' s a good thing to get used to macs if you ' re going for a carreer in advertising .

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i feel the same way . there ' s a lot " ick " factor involved when you first see a website and i suspect a lot of people do this and don ' t realize it . recently i was in meetings with a prospective client and i mentioned this , their response was immediate , head nods and agreement about recent experiences with * not * buying from a dated looking website .

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i agree with this , as technology grows more powerful , so will the mechanisms used for tracking and evaluating what will sell best to what demographic . demographic data will get more and more specific , eventually getting it down to a near science . where a company can directly target one consumer that is likely to buy a product or service from them . this will be available through several avenues mostly associated with smart phones ( or whatever portable technology replaces them )

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there ' s [ insightly ] ( http : / / insight . ly ) , which integrates with gmail and is free i believe .

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one of the best is authoritylabs . com you can try it out for free for a month if you so wish !

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as a side note for your future endevors , i don ' t like that * all * the information is by popup . those should take me to different pages . . . you have to navigate the way people expect , or they get frustrated and leave .

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so you ' re saying this website makes * loads * more from sources that are * not * adwords ? well what are those sources of revenue ? i can ' t comment on how easily you can scale them if you don ' t mention what they are .

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i think it ' s because gog does some extra magic , to ensure that all their games are compatible with modern versions of windows - xp , vista and 7 . with this comes the compatibility with directx & gt ; = 9 and numerous other things . and this in turn requires a better pc to run smoothly .

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i can attest to it ' s incredible stability as well . there are two games i ' ve had installed on every computer i ' ve ever owned , and those are morrowind and rtw . while i ' ve had morrowind crash from mods , rome has never once ruined a save or crashed more than two - three times for me .

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physical cheaper than digital makes my head spin . . . thanks for the info ; )

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i ' ve always been a fan of [ mongoose metrics ] ( http : / / www . mongoosemetrics . com / ) two different agencies i ' ve worked at have utilized mm and i ' m always happy with the results .

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nailed it . seo websites typically suck , stellar designs are few and far between .

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whoa that thing you linked is crazy . i have the logitech and it ' s fantastic .

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i guess . that adds up though . not frugal . also , i prefer something robust that i don ' t need to go online to deal with . i am doing a lot of work at * very * remote locations and no internet connection is available most of the time .

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thank you so much ! i hadnt heard of open site explorer and such . i am just starting to get into seo this week and it looks promising .

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it really is simple . the back - end system is simple too . pp has way more problems than just taking too much money but it seems like everyone has to learn that the hard way before they stop using them .

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but quickbooks is not that easy ? they make it seem so simple , especially since i am already using quickbooks . thanks for all the info ! !

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that ' s incredible . around where i live it would go " hey what site are you on ? " - closing browser window quickly - um ! i was just looking at . . . porn . " that ' s cool . . . " - whew ! that was close -

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best website ever . seriously . what do you use to monitor the prices on the games ?

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good to know . it ' s ridiculous how cheap that is for a brand new release . . . how are these sites affording this ?

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gandi . net is the best . gotta pay a little extra but very much worth it . service and ui are top - notch .

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totally . we are using it more for customer care metrics and not sales or individual kpis . thanks for another view on it : )

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agreed . plus you have to understand , your favorite youtubers can literally disable ads for their videos . they choose to have them run so they can make money . you are supporting your favorite youtubers by clicking a button . . .

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true , i didn ' t know the " pro " all - in - one - seo had more features . i thought it was just a way of supporting them . thanks for the heads up .

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awesome advice . my main thing right now is figuring out exactly how to market something like this . i can do anything with a computer , but i just need some help with the business / advertising aspect . i agree completely about the disconnect in the customer type too . good point

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not only that , but requiring a credit card is a good way to make sure people aren ' t just creating new accounts every x days and getting infinite free trials .

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& gt ; because the better results google is able to provide to its users the better . so by helping people improve their website , the better chance google will provide quality websites rather than crap . hear , hear .

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i like [ expireddomain . net ] ( http : / / www . expireddomains . net ) . i tried all those payed services and they do not offer anything more or work better than the free service there . yes it is * * free * * ! ! you don ' t have to pay a hundred bucks a month for it , you can have it for free . . .

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i usually use google webmaster tools , it ' s free . but i also use other tools just to see different perspectives . check out http : / / www . yoursitessuccess . com / webmastertools . htm to get a list of useful webmaster tools .

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im curious , what are some of the benefits you see from direct mailing campaigns ? i ' ve always thought them as a waste of time as most people , myself included , usually toss out the flyers and postcards i receive in the mail .

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it is likely because site build it was popular many years ago , and those websites have a ton of age / backlinks / pagerank . it is absolutely not because site build it was used to make the website . tl dr : correlation ! = causation

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thanks for the tips and again wonderful website ! i was wondering if you could delve a little more into what widgets you used in wordpress and how you chose which one ( s ) you used . xoneproducts . com is my website that i created using wordpress - - it could stand to use some polishing . : ]

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facebook fanatics will argue that it ' s about branding . it ' s pretty obvious that facebook ' s platform can ' t monetize as well as say . . . a search engine where people are actually looking for things .

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way too many mmos share this same mechanic - feels like a hack and slash , don ' t it ?

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[ cheap arse gamer ] ( http : / / www . cheapassgamer . com / ) . plenty of filter options , price alerts , and a custom rss feed . i ' ve been using this site for ages , and i honestly have no complaints .

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great article on local search , which for most businesses in the world is the best place to rank well .

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i highly recommend [ woocommerce ] ( http : / / www . woothemes . com / woocommerce / ) for wordpress .

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[ gnomoria ] ( http : / / store . steampowered . com / app / 224500 ) is a fantastic alternative to towns . the gameplay is slightly different and i would argue easier to jump into with gnomoria . it is also frequently updated and has a small but active [ reddit ] ( http : / / www . reddit . com / r / gnomoria / ) . just thought i would point it out for anyone intrigued by towns , although gnomoria isn ' t on sale : (

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i started using jaaxy . com recently . it ' s pretty good , although i ' d prefer a somewhat better interface for competition analysis ( requires quite a few clicks ) .

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photoshop is my favorite because , even though there are a lot of buttons and things , if you take a couple hours of tutorials to learn the basics , it ' s worth it . and i ' m pretty sure there are " other ways " of getting the program , other than paying : p

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hey , i built serpiq specifically for this ( serpiq . com ) . it ' s the tool i had always wanted for competition analysis . feel free to try it out . ( as an aside , the amount of updates and changes that will happen in the next month will be huge , pretty excited about it )

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thank you so much for that link to score . i had no idea that existed and is * exactly * what i ' ve been looking for .

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i prefer using pagemodo . most of the times it is free and the paid services are very cheap .

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great research . i have to say i am not that impressed with google + in respect of the integrated search aspects . the fact remains i prefer what my own intuition combined with an algorithm can return as a result then my grandma or some celebrity . i would much rather then focused resources on the chrome team and fixing the awful spell check function .

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i think they use a similar interface . civ1 http : / / imgur . com / 0sfez mom http : / / imgur . com / locmk

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also seconding how useful econsultancy is . i ' m in a similar position as the op , and the stuff that you guys put out on a daily basis is awesome . among all of the online sources i follow for learning more about digital marketing , the daily pulse is typically an absolute must - read , not to mention being the one " digest " email i generally look forward to getting .

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i would like to share http : / / www . replicon . com / time - clock time clock which i have been using and referring to my customers too . excellent tool for employee time tracking and project tracking .

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yeah , if i were the owner of the site above , i ' d go for amazon . easier conversion , people know it ' s legit , and like you have said , trusted .

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i have always asked the same thing . for example tj ' s website is absolute shit and i wonder how they justify not having a more up - to - date one .

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i ' m a designer and i * was * going to write a long post that laid out the various downsides for you if you use spec work but * * eightclicks * * summed it up pretty nicely . they are focused on pleasing you , not satisfying any reasonable design considerations . what i think is most telling is that around 40 % of my work , and the work of friends , is clients asking me to redo work they had done by spec sites 6 months to a year before .

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people are incredibly ignorant in general . it ' s worse with seo . people think they understand but they really , really don ' t .

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when you do this , where do you host these other sites ? are they just wordpress type blogs ? or do you have multiple hosting services ?

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& gt ; seriously a kick ass idea . actually , it ' s an incredibly mundane idea and they were nowhere near the first to tackle it . they succeeded because they of their execution . pay attention to [ this part about usability ] ( http : / / ecorner . stanford . edu / authormaterialinfo . html ? mid = 2990 ) and " friction " . he couldn ' t be more right .

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i love your software ! thanks for making it mac osx compatible too ! that was a huge + for me .

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he ' s providing value here . there are people who don ' t want to put a kit together . besides that : why should he tell every potential customer that there ' s a cheaper alternative ? it ' s the customers duty to be informed . . .

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