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Forum: Pay Per Click/Search Engine Marketing (PPC/SEM) 8th January 2018, 10:36 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,046
Posted By pbarnhart
RE: Google Call Only Ads?

Call-only campaigns do not depend on landing pages - there is no link to your website on call-only campaigns. Call-only ads mixed in with regular ads do not perform well - you should use a call-only...
Forum: Pay Per Click/Search Engine Marketing (PPC/SEM) 26th December 2017, 06:03 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,046
Posted By pbarnhart
RE: Google Call Only Ads?

One thing to ad here - you need to remember that the people clicking on call-only ads may know little or nothing about your business. I recommended splitting these ads by creating a remarketing...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 26th December 2017, 05:40 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 614
Posted By pbarnhart
RE: Why my domain is not ranking well although all my huge efforts?

"I focused only on quality and fresh daily content" - Perhaps a silly question, but are you creating original, actionable content? What is your actual engagement? Is anyone clipping you on...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st July 2016, 02:49 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 98
Posted By pbarnhart
Anyone with recent AdWords Express experience?

Looking for feedback on using AdWords Express - good, bad, and ugly - and if you tied it to Google Analytics.
Forum: Offline Marketing 4th March 2014, 09:16 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,666
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Can I Use BBB Trademark / Logo On Multiple Sites With Different Names?

The BBB had excellent lawyers. Are they better than yours? It is not what is legal or deceptive or even if you could win or lose. It is what will get you sued. And what you describe will...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd September 2013, 05:00 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 667
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Inexplicable Spam Issue

I notice you've been left out hanging. Your domain can get flagged as a spammer and locked/fined/pissed on by your hosting company, ISP, AND registrar if you send the email, if a third party sends...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th July 2013, 07:58 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 409
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Legal question

The FTC has a wonderful reference site concerning endorsements, affiliate links, etc: The FTC (http://business.ftc.gov/documents/bus71-ftcs-revised-endorsement-guideswhat-people-are-asking)

Keep...
Forum: Offline Marketing 5th April 2013, 03:16 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,089
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Major Google Places Update Coming (Google+ Local)

Also seeing a lot of citation sites - citysearch, yelp, etc - ranking incredibly higher and the actual websites ranking lower or dropping entirely.
Forum: Programming 20th February 2013, 02:15 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 563
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Have My Own Software Program, Warning Sign Appears When People Download it, Will a SSL Certifica

This is actually normal - browsers always warn on downloading "exe" files - or any other windows executable.

You simply need to put your file in a zip file.

If you want to get a bit fancier,...
Forum: Website Design 9th February 2013, 02:44 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 898
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Review my Lawyer Website: site for a lawyer intended to get contacts

The good news is that the laws around attorney web advertising is much simpler in Canada than in the US. That said, you still need a cookie and communication policy on the site. I would link to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th July 2012, 06:34 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 919
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Big Big Paypal Issue

Believe it or not, for your US customers, the customer, not you, is responsible for the sales tax if they purchase from outside their state and the company has no presence in that state. For...
Forum: Website Design 13th March 2012, 07:37 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 593
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Hiding single WP page from search engines

Try using the SEO by Yoast plugin (it kicks butt anyways). This plugin adds an advanced tab to each page/post - under this you can select robots - "noindex, nostore"

Use the Yoast plugin to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th March 2012, 07:30 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 607
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: People pirating my books >:O

When you register your copyright, any subsequent infrigment can bring punitive damages.

I may sound like a broken record by now, but the there is an amazing resource and podcast available from a...
Forum: Programming 12th March 2012, 10:19 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,565
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: magic_quotes_gpc

Some shared hosting environments allow you to create your own custom php.ini file, though they rarely promote this. In your top-level directory, create a blank file called "php.ini"

Then add the...
Forum: Offline Marketing 12th March 2012, 10:06 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,534
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Local customer wants to sell music online - Wordpress plugin?

I'm coming to you live from Austin, TX. I've dealt with a lot of digital content and worked with some sound artists and digital sound producers in the past. And you have picked the hardest,...
Forum: Programming 24th February 2012, 08:19 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 773
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: google is indexing my sitemap

no, you don't use the robots.txt file for this.

Chances are, you have a link someplace to your sitemap.xml file. The proper response is to issue a X-Robots-Tag: noindex directive for it - I have...
Forum: Programming 24th February 2012, 08:07 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,223
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Are Wordpress Plugins GPL License? Can Anyone Use My Plugin Code

Actually, quote a few Wordpress plugins 'call home' - using several different options for remote content, including Akismet. Some are as simple as checking for new releases or news items. Several...
Forum: Offline Marketing 24th February 2012, 07:52 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,130
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: How do I build a new site if old one still exists?

You guys are making it WAY too hard. Use your hosts file to change what IP address is associated with your domain. You don't need to jump through any of the hoops these very very helpful people...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 23rd February 2012, 05:01 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,127
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: How Do You Know That Wordpress Is Better For SEO?

1. Google still likes blogs -even attached to a relatively static domain - and constantly updating content, depending of course on the type of site.

2. Wordpress can be pretty well tuned for SEO...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd February 2012, 01:13 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 806
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Help!!My Website Abruptly Dropped Rank! What Happened?

Google "Delete stored cookies" for the browser you use, and then make sure you aren't logged into any Google product.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd February 2012, 08:27 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 806
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Help!!My Website Abruptly Dropped Rank! What Happened?

Free SEO advice? You must be crazy! :eek:

Sorry, impossible to resist . . . you must have been caught in a bit of a Google bounce, you are showing up as 12 or 13 (depending on browser) for Dallas...
Forum: Website Design 22nd February 2012, 08:24 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 572
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Is This Possible In WordPress?

I just did a quick review for a photographer - this is what I recommended. Take a look at the following premium WP themes that give a similar flavor to what you are looking for:

WPBakery -...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd February 2012, 08:04 AM
Replies: 89
Views: 3,236
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Why Gurus dont Use Wordpress?

Anyone making more money at this than I am.:D There are a LOT of gurus on this forum
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd February 2012, 08:03 AM
Replies: 89
Views: 3,236
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Why Gurus dont Use Wordpress?

If you want a "set it and forget it" site or a site with a lot of stable content, why add all the work necessary to keep a wordpress site secure and current?
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 21st February 2012, 02:43 PM
Replies: 68
Views: 3,291
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Added Clickbank Product To Site -- Google Suspended Adwords Account

I've seen this situation happen to site owners I network and do some work for. Specifically, the rule you probably broke was:



If there were four outbound links to clickbank products on the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th February 2012, 07:46 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 720
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Has Anyone Created Something Viral By Giving Out Expensive Prizes?

Are you perhaps missing the whole concept of 'viral' - Keyboard Cat is viral. Funny or Die creates viral stuff. Viral is this: 2011...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th February 2012, 11:32 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 1,366
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Help, Google Gave Me The Ax - Because Of Content Thieves!

Javascript, images, etc do not work. Javascript and images are links followed by your browsers and incorporated into your page. Scrapers, even script-kiddie attempts using wget simply ignore them....
Forum: Offline Marketing 16th February 2012, 04:15 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 516
Posted By pbarnhart
Google Places Games, Experiments, and Answers to the recent foobars

. . .
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th February 2012, 01:28 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,159
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Should all Wordpress Plugins be under GPL License?

Several theme sellers, such as the folks at Pro Photo, steer a middle ground here that I think works commercially.

If you grabbed one of their themes from a third party, it will actually function....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th February 2012, 01:20 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,159
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Should all Wordpress Plugins be under GPL License?

You are absolutely correct, I meant to include that in my discussion and got carried away with my train of thought. The Wordpress API falls outside of GPL and I meant to expand on that. In fact,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th February 2012, 11:26 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,336
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Do you need a lawyer to launch a website business?

Absolutely correct. Which is why the oDesk contract is the problem, since it is an ownership/license arrangement. And while you may be innocent in terms of damages, if ACME acquired first then the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th February 2012, 11:12 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,159
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Should all Wordpress Plugins be under GPL License?

CDarklock (http://www.warriorforum.com/members/cdarklock.html) makes some very excellent points. Especially the nature of GPL. Which is why I very rarely code for WordPress - I much prefer developing...
Forum: Offline Marketing 16th February 2012, 11:00 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,036
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: I am sending emails to business owners, how to reduce the chance of being ended up in spam folde

Rather than guess, I recommend checking out contactology.com - you can score and test and there is a free option for trying out their service.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th February 2012, 08:09 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,159
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Should all Wordpress Plugins be under GPL License?

There is no grey area. The Wordpress - Thesis lawsuit (settled out of court) was just the most public example. Plugins and the code portion of Themes are derivative works and fall under GPL no...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th February 2012, 07:54 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,336
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Do you need a lawyer to launch a website business?

While outsourcing services such as oDesk. vWorker and other services provide a cost-effective way to get projects done, these agreements provide little or no protection over intellectual property...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th February 2012, 10:20 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,336
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Do you need a lawyer to launch a website business?

As someone (a non-lawyer) who has done quite a bit of contracting in the past, and has been on both sides of the legal table on copyright, ownership, and patent issues, I would say the oDesk is a bit...
Forum: Offline Marketing 15th February 2012, 01:16 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 472
Posted By pbarnhart
Non-Citation Citations

In fighting some other bugs occurring this week with Google Places, I am seeing the return of the "non-citation" citations. See:

Noble Pig...
Forum: Offline Marketing 15th February 2012, 01:11 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 9,847
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Google Places Listing Out of Control

Google Places appears to have had another big import of data - old listings have been resurrected all over Austin. One address that had been claimed and deleted is now back for a client, and even...
Forum: Website Design 15th February 2012, 12:54 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 735
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: how to host a friends site on my host and give separate access

Depending on your host - you should be able to create an FTP account restricted to just his add-on domain folder. Check your host FAQs; for example, if your hosting provider uses CPANEL, the steps...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th February 2012, 11:04 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 430
Posted By pbarnhart
Reengineering the unsubscribe

Its a rare occasion when I actually find myself going tweet->blog post->rethink

But I came across an excellent blog post this morning on the transaction we usually dread - the unsubscribe.
...
Forum: Offline Marketing 13th February 2012, 06:18 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 796
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Looking for a complete offline services website..

You will find several companies in this space - at premium prices. Start with Squarespace.
Forum: Website Design 13th February 2012, 11:09 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 488
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Google Chrome display issues

At least for your greybar problem, change


widgettitle {

border-top: solid 1px transparent;
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th February 2012, 12:15 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 851
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Following "follow" "and no follow" links

I just got contacted by a friend following this discussion, and he shared some interesting findings they have had. There seems to be a 'hole' in Google's nofollow rule involving link shorteners. ...
Forum: Offline Marketing 11th February 2012, 11:45 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,135
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Google Sites Bug - Duplicate Site Listings - With Rsp from Google

Latest Update 11 Feb 12 - even though both listings still exist - the correct, editable one is now showing up in search results.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th February 2012, 11:30 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 851
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Following "follow" "and no follow" links

Ord Allenbea's conclusion about quality content is dead-on. But the first statement about follow and nofollow is a fast-growing and erroneous statement. Per Google:



Set aside for a moment...
Forum: Offline Marketing 10th February 2012, 04:12 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,034
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Submitting Reviews for clients

This URL is an affiliate site for Local Business Listing Robot (use Google, I'm not going to promote their link) - which is definitely a blackhat system posting what could easily be fake reviews -...
Forum: Offline Marketing 10th February 2012, 03:35 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,034
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Submitting Reviews for clients

Yelp also tracks IP addresses. I recently got a client for rep management because he and his girlfriend thought they were being smart by creating fake profiles, tying them to yahoo email addresses,...
Forum: Programming 10th February 2012, 08:48 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 470
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Cookies/affiliate tracking on other site

Third-party cookies are a unreliable and blocked by Internet Explorer (yes, even IE8) unless the archaic P3P settings are properly sent by the server in question.

Cross-domain tracking is almost...
Forum: Programming 10th February 2012, 08:46 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 635
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Creating a site with similiar features to tumblr. What CMS do I use?

Have you explored BuddyPress? Its based on WordPress.
Forum: Offline Marketing 8th February 2012, 12:50 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,467
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Phonebook/Yellow Pages >> How do I get them???

Well, we need 1.21 gigawatts of energy for the flux capacitor. :D



Call the local Chamber of Commerce and tell them you are relocating may I have one please.
Call the local Century 21...
Forum: Offline Marketing 7th February 2012, 08:24 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 673
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Google Places Help..

Here are the exact steps from Google Places. Do not deviate from them :-)

Duplicate business listings - Places Help (http://support.google.com/places/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=183009)
Forum: Offline Marketing 7th February 2012, 08:47 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 653
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Google Places - How To Check If Images/Videos Are Optimized In A Listing?

I'm afraid, when it comes to images, you have hit "Urban Legend Land." Here is what happens to images on Google Places:

1. When you upload your image, it is copied to Google cloud. The filename...
Forum: Offline Marketing 6th February 2012, 11:07 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,135
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Google Sites Bug - Duplicate Site Listings - With Rsp from Google

Latest update RE: Google Places - they rsp they know all the content has dropped from one - either blank or partial pages coming up in local search. This is NOT a duplicate content problem fixable...
Forum: Offline Marketing 6th February 2012, 10:54 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 925
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Google Places listing?

Google Local is also fighting two indexing bugs right now for initial launches - I've confirmed this with an excellent source here in Austin and now have had several email exchanges with Google Local...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th February 2012, 07:46 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,295
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Online Reputation Management

Absolutely no sarcasm at all was intended. It was a honest question, since I am looking exactly to partner up with like-minded people. And no, I had nothing to do with SEO with the companies I...
Forum: Offline Marketing 3rd February 2012, 10:40 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,135
Posted By pbarnhart
Re: Google Sites Bug - Duplicate Site Listings - With Rsp from Google

A PS - just discovered video uploads are not being cloned now - perhaps changes will be quicker in coming?
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