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Checklist For Updating A Site
With the Holidays in full swing and your sales in a slump, it's high time to tune up your Websites and get your rear in gear for the New Year! However, what you might not be doing can affect your profits
eShoppers Get A Head Start
Traditionally recognized as the opening of the holiday shopping season, the day after Thanksgiving (known in retail circles as “Black Friday”) is heralded in by early store openings, late closings, and season-starting discounts
What’s In A Niche?
Tala has seen the same question asked time and time again: “What’s the best niche?” The answer: There is no best niche – only the best niche for you. Here's some tips on how to choose
How Fast Can You Grow A Pay Site?
Everyone wants to know how much they should expect to spend, how many members they can get, what to do about traffic, etc. Industry veteran Mark Tiarra will attempt to explain a variety of
Finding A Way
Perseverance: a “Steady persistence in adhering to a course of action, a belief, or a purpose; steadfastness.” It is what drives us forward as we seek ways to lawfully and profitably operate
Gay IS A Niche
While I had some interesting private commentary on my recent “Stephen Goes Gay?” article, one of my readers publicly commented that “Gay isn’t a niche.” He is of course wrong
A New Solution for Site Security
Is your web site, online store, or server protected well enough? That’s the big question that every Webmaster and server administrator asks themselves at one time or another, and far too often, the answer is "No…"
A Google/Microsoft Union?
Google and Microsoft began their corporate flirtation several months ago, although nothing has yet been confirmed and both sides are being extremely coy about the outcome
The Acacia Issue: A Look At The Options
Recently, Acacia sent letters to those who provide “access” to sites allegedly violating their patent claims by streaming video. Most of these new targets are affiliates or link lists, and do not actually stream videos
3 Things to Look for in a Web Host
If you are shopping for web hosting, what are the top 3 things you should be looking for in the company you choose? That’s precisely the question that CPU Review posed when we sat down with several web hosting industry professionals. Here are their answers in their own words
A Chargeback Management Program
October 1 is just around the corner and unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few months, you know that IPSPs are going to start enforcing new chargeback limits for Visa transactions
Do You Have A Leak?
Homeowners learn quickly to make sure that all windows, doors and other possible gaps are plugged to avoid high utility bills caused by leaks in extreme weather conditions
A Toplist Primer
Toplists are one of the best free sources of traffic around. Not only is the traffic highly targeted, but you can get good returns if you spend some time hunting out the good Toplists. The aim of this primer is to show you how a brand new site can go from 0 visitors
A New Study Is In: Australians Look At Porn
The interim results are in, and according to the most comprehensive study of porn in Australia, some men are afraid of enormous breasts, dirty magazines are a favorite of conservative voters, and realistic plots have made their way into adult videos
A Webmasters Guide to Sex.com
This article will explain how the ppc (pay per click) system works and how to get the best returns from your investment when using the Sex.com ppc search directory to feed targeted traffic to your site or to your sponsor's site, and how to get started for only $25
Weaving a Complex Tapestry: 1: Hosting
At the heart of successful companies in today’s economy is the ability to identify common characteristics among business units, and to create the synergies which sometimes do not leap out to the casual observer. With budgets at a fraction of what they were
How Much Should You Pay for a Click? Part 2
In Part 1 we looked at a variety of costs and considerations required for formulating a profitable pay per click business model. In today‘s conclusion, we‘ll look at a few more details, and put it all together along with examples and a look at email campaigns
How Much Should You Pay for a Click? Part 1
You have a web site ready for action. Your products, order tracking, credit card payment system, and fulfillment process are all in place. Now all you need is traffic! Many entrepreneurs have learned that the magic nut to crack is attraction
Don't be Labeled a "Spammer"
XBiz’ own new_BEE returns with a look at the perils and pitfalls of running an e-mail campaign and some of the steps that you should take to protect yourself from the fallout of accusations involving the dreaded ‘S’ word – don't be labeled a "spammer"
A Processing Solution
It makes no sense that VISA/MC will not share with their data on stolen cards with the processing gateways. But what we have seen this year for fraud is quite a bit more disturbing and points in my mind to a fundamental need for better general security