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  • David Schupbach Senior   

    Using JoePopular to get exposure
    Hi, I found a neat little site to get more exposure to our various ABC's, websites, etc.... Go to JoePopular to see what you think...
    Eric Smith  I joined this one yesterday (from cheryl's link i think - not 100% sure actually... tail end of the "silly season" :o) Looks like it might be a cro...
    Dec 27th 14:19
    Jenny Stewart  Sounds good Dave, And at "free" very affordable! Thanks
    Jan 2nd 19:24
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  • David Schupbach Senior   

    Another Widget, Widgeteers!
    Reverb Nation has this cool widget that will allow you to showcase your own music, or that of your favorite artists. This particular one should be...
    David Schupbach  Thank you Jean, I have a horrible opinion of my own music. All my friends have been trying to get me to market this since I recorded it, and trying t...
    Dec 15th 05:34
    Cheryl Baumgartner  David what a beautiful song (and I'm last person that likes C&W) you really should be getting this song out there. The words are touching.
    Dec 15th 08:17
    David Schupbach  Thanks Cheryl, I was trying to write from the heart on this one, and that's the way it came out! I wrote it in about 30 min.
    Dec 15th 20:56
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  • Cheryl Baumgartner Professional Premium   Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance

    About those iChannels......
    Okay creating it was easy as pie.  I've figured out how to add content next question what do we have to do to get it seen?  Is there like a ...
    Eric Smith  It kind of is... without giving my links out here... all i can say is have a look at the "additional info" column on my ABC...
    Dec 8th 16:14
    Cheryl Baumgartner  It still has not answered the question of HOW you got it there. I understand what it is but my problem is getting it placed where it needs to be.
    Dec 8th 17:05
    Eric Smith  When you go to your iChannel there is a link there to "Publish News" once you have added your newsletter or article, go to http://www.apsense.com/chan...
    Dec 8th 17:23
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  • Rae Steinbrink Advanced   

    WARNING! E-mail
    I received this warning this morning from one of my Adland friends and would like to pass it on!  It is a hoax, but the threat from some e-mails ...
    Mark Hultgren  The Virus is a hoax that started in 2002. The possibility of picking up as virus from a powerpoint presentation (.pps extension) is VERY real! Always ...
    Dec 6th 22:57
    Rae Steinbrink  Thanks you guys. I should have checked first; but I know A LOT of people who use Yahoo and the threat seemed very real. While this particular notice...
    Dec 7th 05:44
    Cheryl Baumgartner  Always check Snopes yourself first. I got an e-mail with warning of a virus and checked it with Snopes, it was a hoax. I sent it back to the person ...
    Dec 7th 06:07
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  • David Schupbach Senior   

    My question, silly or not....
    Well, Apsense is back up and running again, thought I might have DT's yesterday, but I survived... I have a question I wanted to pose to everyone. ...
    Mark Hultgren  I have two Skype accounts mkwindustries *evenings and weekends and markh-sec during the day. We could actually set up an iChannel for the newslette...
    Dec 5th 23:34
    David Schupbach  Hey Mark, added you to my Skype contacts! An iChannel for a QCWG newsletter sounds like a good idea! I will need input on how to implement it. ...
    Dec 6th 06:37
    Mark Hultgren  I saw that this morning! Found me again ! LOL Setting up an iChannel is just like setting up a blog or group. The difference is, you can build an ...
    Dec 6th 15:54
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  • Rae Steinbrink Advanced   

    Linking in Blog Posts
    There is nothing I find more annoying than clicking a link to someone's website taking me AWAY from the site I was on when I found the link.  Now...
    Jean DAndrea  Agree with you Rae, and do try to do this. I like to open all links in a new window, so I don't get lost in the internet jungle! :-) Jean
    Dec 5th 18:10
    David Schupbach  Hey! Thanks Rae, I hadn't caught that one yet! Smart, Very Smart!......
    Dec 6th 06:09
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  • Jean DAndrea Senior   Retired

    Do Meta Tags Really Still Work?
    There seem to be conflicting views around, as to whether or not it's good SEO technique to use Meta Tags. Some sites tell you that the days of Met...
    Jean DAndrea  Oh, I'll use them, any hits are better than no hits. Just wondered about the efficacy of them. Got to get around to rewriting a couple of my w...
    Dec 5th 20:42
    Mark Hultgren  The main reason I still use them is I currently have anywhere from ten to fifteen different spiders hitting my sites. ASK.com, Alexa, MSn, Yahoo are o...
    Dec 5th 23:26
    David Schupbach  Thanks Mark, I should havd added that.
    Dec 6th 05:53
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  • Jean DAndrea Senior   Retired

    Website Tutorials
    We've all been at a loss as to how to do that small piece of code, or get something just right on our websites or blogs. Here's a very helpful, a...
    David Schupbach  Jean I have a question for you, I went and checked out you OBA Word2webpage ad, and I was wondering... I don't have MS Word, I have MS Works word proc...
    Dec 4th 18:04
    Jean DAndrea  Hi Mo, I have just read through the help pages, and I don't know! Sorry. If you have a short works file, please email it to me and I'll test ...
    Dec 4th 23:22
    Jean DAndrea  Sorry Mo, can't email you yet, as you're not in my contacts, but will do as soon as I can, or use this one jda@wolfwoodwares.net.au
    Dec 4th 23:28
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  • Not Here Committed  just want my account deleted

    Another Silly Question
    I am working on plans for a personal website/blog over at wordpress. What do I need to do?  Do I need to purchase a domain? Where should I pu...
    Rae Steinbrink  Just checked out your blog, can't give you any tips, but I did add you to myBlogLog and joined your community. Am going to help by promoting your li...
    Nov 25th 16:58
    Not Here  Cool and Thank you Rae!...saw you there..lol. I'm sure I'll get it all figured out...if anyone's got some great resources I may want to list or any...
    Nov 25th 18:28
    Mark Hultgren  Wordpress blogs that are hosted at wordpress will not let you upload much of anything, especially anything with code in it.
    Dec 1st 00:39
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  • David Schupbach Senior   

    Whew! (and whee-eeewww)
    Group- I am exhausted!      I spent all day:           Installing Firefox br...
    David Schupbach  Thanks Eric, I appreciate the boost! hearing about your day makes me feel like a whiner! Sounds like the Tasmanian Olympics 'down there'! GBY my fri...
    Nov 26th 04:21
    Not Here  Hey D...looks like you found it already...thanks for the comment!
    Nov 26th 18:45
    David Schupbach  Thank YOU G
    Nov 27th 18:44
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  • Rae Steinbrink Advanced   

    Adobe Acrobat Reader
    Ever since I got this new computer, I have been trying to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.  The last attempt left me with an error message that rea...
    Mark Hultgren  Hi Mizrae, A couple other free PDF readers are CutePDF and Foxit Reader. They are a little different, but not so much as you would notice. I use Foxi...
    Nov 24th 04:47
    Jenny Stewart  PDFactory is another good pdf reader AND writer - and there is a free version I think - much faster than Adobe and on top`of that - the company is sma...
    Nov 25th 09:54
    Rae Steinbrink  Actually, it doesn't matter WHAT reader I use as long as I can read all these reports. Adobe was the one I used on the old laptop. I will give your ...
    Nov 25th 16:30
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  • David Schupbach Senior   

    Protecting Your Content
    Do you ever wonder, when you write something really good, how long it will be before someone copies it?  If you haven't been following the dis...
    Theresa   oh and since you are also familiar with joomla, do you think this would be simple to integrate?
    Nov 17th 11:43
    Mark Hultgren  Hi Fishie, Using D'Mo's code will give them the message that the content is copyrighted. You can add to that using a script that resides on your serv...
    Nov 17th 12:44
    Jenny Stewart  Ok Guys, Now I am completely confused. Jean you are not the only html challenged kid on the block! I have a site full of photos as I sell angels ...
    Nov 25th 12:35
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  • David Schupbach Senior   

    Top Spots
    Here is another widget for all you 'widgeteers' that will bring a little revenue, and increase your exposure. The site, Scratchback, will let you cu...
    Cheryl Baumgartner  Interesting, I decided to get one too!
    Nov 24th 09:01
    David Schupbach  I would imagine, how well they work would depend on where they are placed.
    Nov 24th 09:59
    David Schupbach  Update: Got my first sale after only being up an hour. I posted it here, and at one other group + my ABC. about 23 hits to the blogs = 1 sale, wh...
    Nov 24th 10:51
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  • Wendy Senior   

    Grade Your Website
    Website Grader is a free seo tool that measures the marketing effectiveness of a website. It provides a score that incorporate...
    Jean DAndrea  Tried this on one of my sites. Alexa rating abysmal - in the 8,000,000.s. Some other ratings were 100% so I must have done somthing right! ...
    Nov 22nd 23:13
    Arthur Webster  Hi, Wendy, That was a scary experience! I've got some dormant sites that are just waiting for me to get to work on them - and they scored higher...
    Nov 23rd 03:27
    Wendy  Hey I am glad you are all finding it interesting Can't believe I got an Alexa rating at all Haven't a clue what to do there Wendy
    Nov 23rd 21:21
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  • David Schupbach Senior   

    Duggnabbitt !
    Duggit! As usual, I woke up early with QCWG and SFOQCT on the brain! Mainly, I was thinking about that exposure we have been trying to...
    Mark Hultgren  I can be found at Squidoo, De.li.cious,digg,stumbleupon,Yuwie,RYZE and LinkedIn, Yahoo (mkw_ind) and Skype Those are the ones I can remember off the t...
    Nov 23rd 13:52
    Cheryl Baumgartner  MerchantCircle, RYZE, Yuwie, Digg and Linkd in
    Nov 23rd 14:17
    David Schupbach  delicious, digg, furl
    Nov 23rd 17:00
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  • Cheryl Baumgartner Professional Premium   Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance

    Here is a very silly question
    The best way to handle this situation is to setup what is known as a permanent redirect (or a "301" redirect) from one of these sites to the other. Th...
    Cheryl Baumgartner  And that explains why I don't know what it is since I don't have my own domain. We can only have company approved websites but we can social network....
    Nov 23rd 12:03
    Mark Hultgren  Here you go. Another Dynamic Drive script. Just save it as a page and change the URL to where you want to send them. //Browser redirect Script- © ...
    Nov 23rd 13:56
    Jean DAndrea  Thanks for the code! Wondered about that, and will save it for future use.
    Nov 23rd 16:37
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  • Jean DAndrea Senior   Retired

    Multiple Images In Posts
    As someone who claims to be technically and HTML challenged, I just struck a small problem trying to make a blog, so HELP !   There's onl...
    Wendy  Jean Sure glad you got it sorted out Now off to see what it is about LOL Wendy
    Nov 21st 19:40
    Wendy  Went to check out your pics Good job loaded quickly too Just not into snakes sorry Good photos though Wendy
    Nov 21st 19:43
    Jean DAndrea  Thanks Wendy. Am trying to improve as a photographer, and also just bought a little cheap webcam to play with. Maybe I'll make a video of my cat. ...
    Nov 22nd 18:59
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  • Theresa Advanced   

    Web 2.0 templates
    Hey ya'll! I am thinking of upgrading my Healthyfishies website's template to a web2.0 template and I am wondering if anyone is familiar wi...
    Mark Hultgren  I just upgraded four of my blogs to WP 2.3.1 and ended up corrupting the DB's om all four of them. I DID get 2getsales.com working, but there are stil...
    Nov 20th 23:38
    Theresa   i like that mark-- i am almost done with mine at healthyfishies We will have to talk about your cute lil coffee cup too - thats kinda cool :-)
    Nov 21st 00:02
    Theresa   I like the orange one mark - not the pink, too dark. LOL
    Nov 21st 00:58
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  • Not Here Committed  just want my account deleted

    What Do I Need To Know About Social Bookmarking?
    Headline basically says it.  I'm assuming the more sites you use the better....   Anything you should not be bookmarking?   ...
    Rae Steinbrink  Yesterday I set up the Social Bookmarking group. I had set this to private, but this morning I opened it up to the public. Not sure if this is a goo...
    Nov 20th 12:08
    Not Here  ok...joined the group...will be back later with the sites I am currently working with.
    Nov 20th 12:38
    David Schupbach  G-man, new idea in the post I just left, "Duggnabbitt". This will help some too I think!
    Nov 21st 06:13
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  • Mark Hultgren Senior   Wordpress Specialist

    Choose Your keywords Wisely
    These days, our needs for knowledge, information, everyday necessities and novelty materials can be found just with one single click on an inter...
    Mark Hultgren  Oh SO TRUE Mizrae! The SE's will penalize you if you have your keyword text set to the same color as your page background, that's for sure! I have hea...
    Nov 20th 12:31
    Jean DAndrea  It looks as if it is getting harder and harder to be listed in the search engines with any degree of success. SEO changes as the engines become accu...
    Nov 20th 16:00
    Mark Hultgren  It sure does! Time and unique content will always build your PR. (Backlinks don't hurt none either if they are from a higher ranking site that can be...
    Nov 20th 18:34
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