News and Information Blog 01 2008

Forum Tips: Link Exchange, Server Backup and Basic E-commerce

Got questions? Our forum members have answers on a variety of topics. Take a few tips or stop by and offer other small business folks the benefit of your own experience.

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Grayboxx Takes Local Search National

Local search startup launches nationwide with popularity-based page rankings.

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MyBlogLog Looks for Higher Level of "Truthiness"

Today, MyBlogLog added a new feature to the online blog communities… to put it simply, a validation process to verify that you are the owner of the website and have authority over the community. read more

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U.S. builders start fewer new homes in December

WASHINGTON – U.S. builders broke ground on fewer residential projects last month than the month before, and sought fewer permits for future construction, according to the joint report issued today by the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban development. In all of 2007, builders broke ground on an estimated 1.354 million units of housing nationwide, 24.8 percent fewer than in 2006.

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Creating Form Elements

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HubSpot: The Evolution of Marketing

The Web-based service combines inbound marketing, SEO and other methods to help SMBs increase site traffic, generate leads and grow sales.

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Security Issues Discovered at TSA Site

In what should be a warning to travelers and just about everyone on the Internet, a web site built for the TSA has been found to have significant security issues, endangering travelers, as well as the reputatread more

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Dueling Stats: Yahoo, Google Vie For Top Site

Tracking firms variously crown both the king of Web traffic in December.

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T.F. Green surpasses 5M passenger goal

WARWICK – Passenger traffic at T.F. Green Airport in 2007 surpassed the R.I. Airport Corporation’s 5 million goal, despite a decline last month to the lowest level since February, RIAC figures show.

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Tips for promoting weight loss products

In this exciting Hypnosis Network RSS update, we have several important announcements including:

Our high converting ''Weight Loss Landing Page'' featuring bonus CD and ebook gifts
A customizable and highly viral e-book called ''Scientific Weight Loss Secrets'' that comes pre-coded with your affiliate id
Tele-seminar Interview with Dr. Roberta Temes - for qualifying affiliates with diet and weight loss specific traffic
Product Data feed available - now you quickly can display all Hypnosis Network programs on your website

WEIGHT LOSS SPECIAL - LANDING PAGE

Here is the link for the our weight loss special landing page.

http://www.hypnosisnetwork.com/hypnosis/weight_loss.php

This high converting landing page includes a free bonus CD ''Mental Toughness'' and free bonus E-book ''The Coping with Stress & Anxiety System''. Please be sure to register all your domains in your affiliate interface for your website promotions of this weight loss special landing page. This special offer has no expiration.

''SCIENTIFIC WEIGHT LOSS SECRETS'' E-BOOK

One of the most effective ways to convert audio hypnosis weight loss programs such as ''Enjoying Weight Loss, by Dr. Roberta Temes'', is to use an ebook to distribute virally to your email lists and website visitors. Accordingly, we have developed a pre-coded with affiliate links ebook called ''Scientific Weight Loss Secrets: Tips from the Psychological Research'' to maximize your conversion potential.

If you would like to review the ''Scientific Weight Loss Secrets'' ebook, please click here. And here is the customizable ''Scientific Weight Loss Secrets'' ebook landing page.

If you would like your custom pre-coded weight loss ebook and/or a co-branded ebook landing page, that features your affiliate site logo, just email your requests to Affiliate Manager, Allen@hypnosisnetwork.com.

TELE-SEMINAR WITH DR. ROBERTA TEMES, ''ENJOYING WEIGHT LOSS''

For qualifying affiliates with diet and weight loss visitors, we can arrange your choice of a written, phone or tele-seminar interview with Dr. Roberta Temes of our ''Enjoying Weight Loss'' program. Dr. Temes credentials include the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Hypnosis, and editor of Medical Hypnosis, the first medical textbook addressing hypnosis. For more information about setting up an interview with Dr. Temes to create organic content on your website and develop your ''Alternative Medicine'' category, please email Affiliate Manager, Allen@hypnosisnetwork.com

PRODUCT DATA FEED

Here is the link for all of Hypnosis Network's products available in pipe-delimited or .csv format.

http://www.hypnosisnetwork.com/datafeeds/

You can use this product data feed to display our entire inventory on your website as well as create ''self-help storefronts''. If you would like tools or resources for displaying data feeds, please contact allen@hypnosisnetwork.com

YOUR SUCCESS, IS OUR SUCCESS AT HYPNOSIS NETWORK!

As always, if you have any questions or concerns about promoting Hypnosis Network's ''Enjoying Weight Loss'' programs or would like assistance with marketing any of our self-improvement programs, please email allen@hypnosisnetwork.com or call voicemail (310) 928-7782. We're always available to help you make as much money as possible, promoting and converting our weight loss, quit smoking and general health improvement products.

Proximic to Syndicate Ads For Yahoo, eBay

Now backed with the clout of two e-commerce heavyweights, startup hopes to take on Google's AdSense.

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IForem: Online Data Storage for Life

The company backs its service with an irrevocable trust that guarantees your data will be stored forever — even if iForem goes out of business.

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Search Tool for Colleges Emerges

College Kingdom has launched new search tools for students, or anyone for that matter, to search over seven thousand colleges’, universities’, career schools’, and adult education programs’ websites all at once.

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R.I. Foundation awards $5M in year-end grants

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation today announced more than $5 million in year-end grants to 112 projects across the state, including affordable housing developments and innovations in elementary and secondary education.

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New Affiliate Program Management

Jewels of Denial has selected AMWSO to take on the management and growth of their Shareasale affiliate program Jewels of Denial sells a wide selection of Sterling Silver, Gold Plated, and Enameled Jewelry as well as Cubic Zirconia and Gemstone inspired Rings, Bracelets, Necklaces, Earrings, Pendants and much more. All products are in-style with the latest trends and fashions yet affordable. The Jewels of Denial Affiliate Partner Program allows you to earn 15% commission by promoting our products and/or brand links (text, images, banners, products) on your site. Once you have signed up for the Jewels of Denial partner program, we will provide you with a range of Banners, Textual and Product Links for each product you want to promote, as well as a range of support tools on our partner support site. These will allow you to send your site visitors to jewelsofdenial.com. Using the ShareASale technology we will track the visitors from your site. If your visitors purchase from jewelsofdenial.com, you will be paid a commission on each and every sale. One of Jewels of Denial's strongest selling points from an affiliate's point of view is that our lower priced jewelry are hot sellers so you'll benefit greatly from a higher sell through rate.

Keeping New List Contents in View

This code demonstrates how to keep the content at the bottom of a list always in view, similar to a chat window.

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Build Your First Database with Access

Creating a database in Access can be a bit daunting for the uninitiated. We’ll walk you through how to build your own, plus a report and a query, too.

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Study: Most psychiatric cases involve multiple issues

PROVIDENCE – A study by researchers at Rhode Island Hospital, published in the February edition of the journal Psychological Medicine, has found that most outpatient psychiatric patients have more than one diagnosis.

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Amazon.com, Pepsi Bank On Free MP3 Music

A billion dollar giveaway starting February 1st will help Amazon.com take on Apple's iTunes for consumer music purchases.
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Weekly Fashion Coupons

Baghaus.com - New Weekly Coupon Update January 14 - 20

This Week's deal as follows:

Baghaus Weekly Deal:

Offer: 8% additional off of this Baghaus Primo Limited Redford Tote
Coupon Code: EXTRA8PROMO
Active: January 14th, 2008
Expires: January 20th, 2008
Link: http://www.shareasale.com/u.cfm?d=8463&m=11744&u=[YOURID] Note: In the above link please replace "[YOURID]" with your unique Shareasale tracking ID which can be found in any of your existing Shareasale links. This deal is active in the Shareasale Deals and Coupons database. Stay up to day on all Baghaus Affiliate Program News through our new Baghaus Affiliate Blog powered by Pownce. Check out more information about the Baghaus affiliate program right here. Sign up for the program here.

Facebook founder Zuckerberg Too Programmed On 60 Minutes

60 Minutes did a good job with a segment on Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg considering that Mark had very little to say. He seemed overly briefed by lawyers and PR types and as a result was stiff and uncharismatic for someone who has accomplished so much. Mark is definitely more of a Bill Gates than a Steve Jobs, both of whom also started their companies in their early twenty's. As Bill Gates has, I am sure over time Mark will improve his television appearance skills.read more

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Beware of New MySpace Malware

Security Watch is reporting a new MySpace security issue that could reasonably make someone's day unhappy. The idea behind the hack is to send an authentic looking patch from Microsoft to a person's computer, once they have clicked on a link to view a person's profile. read more

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Telecommuting Not So Great for Those Left Behind

Telecommuting may boost morale and cut stress, but it can have the opposite effect on those left behind in the office, according to a new study.

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Sony BMG Opens DRM-Free Content to Amazon

Sony BMG's move gives Amazon a new boost in its quest to upend iTunes, but where do the record labels' priorities' really lie?

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Keycode Checker Tool

Use this script to determine the JavaScript key code of a selected key. Just press a key and an alert box will display the corresponding keycode.

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Ask Displaying Google Ads through its Contextual Ad Program

So you want to get into the arbitrage game by serving Google ads on Yahoo? If so, you have quite a few hurdles to overcome. Google’s quality team is gunning for you, countless advertisers are watching their logs, and just about everyone under the sun is excluding you from their content network campaigns. What’s a gray hat arbitrager to do? Perhaps the answer is a back door method to arbitrage Google ads.read more

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United Way to move to Olneyville from East Side

PROVIDENCE – The United Way of Rhode Island today announced it has sold its East Side headquarters for $4.375 million and will relocate to Olneyville, where President and CEO Anthony Maione said the nonprofit can spur positive change in the community.

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Slim Apple Laptop Expected at Macworld

Will Apple's latest products, including a new thin laptop, pack the wow-factor of the iPhone?

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6 local communities have joined EPA Energy Challenge

When Warwick signed on for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s New England Community Energy Challenge last July, it was the only Rhode Island participant and one of only 30 in all of New England. Now, there are more than 30 in Massachusetts alone. In the six New England states, participants now include more than 75 cities and towns representing 20 percent of the region’s population. “This is a win-win,” EPA Regional Administrator Robert W. Varney, left, said of the municipal energy efficiency program.

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New York Probing Intel On Antitrust Issue

The semi-dormant spat between Intel and AMD over Intel's business practices heated up with a broad subpoena hitting Intel's offices, courtesy of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
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Limit Textarea 2

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Microsoft Books Chuckles With Home Server

"Mommy, Why is There a Server in the House? Helping Your Child Understand the Stay-At-Home Server" has been making the rounds of the blogosphere, as Microsoft's Windows Home Server ad campaign picked up steam at CES 2008.
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Apple is Ripe for Business

Apple's more than clever PC vs. Mac commercials and iPods. Enhancements in the latest operating system, plus the company’s office suite, make a Mac just as appealing for your business.

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Lardaro: R.I. recession may have begun

PROVIDENCE – The state’s projected $450 million budget deficit will probably drag Rhode Island into a recession in 2008, and keep it there while the rest of the country sees economic improvements later this year, University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro, left, told the Smaller Business Association of New England today.

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Affiliate Partner Skincare Bestsellers

Skincare Bestsellers

GreatSkin.com has had another terrific month and here are the items which moved for our affiliates the fastest... The best selling items in December are as follows:

OB-103 - Obagi Clear 2 oz.: $78.30

SC-133 - Skinceuticals C + E Ferulic 1 oz.: $128.00

DC-105 - DCL AHA Revitalizing Cleanser 4 8 oz.: $17.00

OB-114 - Obagi Toner 6.7 oz.: $32.40

RA-118 - Rhonda Allison Pumpkin Cleanser 4 oz.: $28.00

Login and get Text Links Not Yet an Affiliate? Sign-up for our affiliate program here For more information about GreatSkin.com LinkShare affiliate program, please click here If there is anything I can assist you with or any ideas you might like to share, please feel free to drop me an email: william@greatskin.com GreatSkin.com - Great Products, Great Price, GreatSkin!

Last Call: Vote Today!

The polls close at midnight EST TONIGHT. Don't miss your final chance to cast your vote in the 2008 Small Business Computing Excellence in Technology Awards.

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3-D Web Browsing Gets More 'Reel'

SpaceTime evolves from beta to 1.0 release.

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Tourism spending in R.I. totals $5.8B per year

NEWPORT – Tourism-related spending in Rhode Island totaled $5.8 billion in fiscal 2006, according to a report presented today by Global Insights Inc.

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CBSNews.com, Digg, Sharing Election Interests

Heavily Dugg political stories on Digg will be part of CBSNews.com as complementary content for the network's online election coverage.
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Specify Referring Page

Use this script to ensure that a user can only reach a given page from another specified page. Easy to set-up and use.

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Microsoft Vista Sales Hit 100 Million

Bill Gates announces the milestone as the business world awaits Service Pack 1, due in Q1 2008.

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Mobile Resources Go To The Feds

The mobile web is not just the playground for big Internet firms like Yahoo and Google. The federal government has access to its resources available to mobile browsers too.
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SolarWrights buys Mass. alternative energy firm

BRISTOL – Renewable energy construction company SolarWrights Inc. today announced it has acquired Kosmo Solar Inc., a Springfield, Mass.-based alternative energy solutions provider, for an undisclosed sum in cash and stock.

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Electronics Makers Vie to Make Machines Green

Ahead of next week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, electronics firms are competing to outdo each other as environmentally friendly.

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2008: Let The Bubble Whispers Begin

A forecast of doom and economic gloom encompassing the tech world may be more reality than nightmare this year.
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Fall River Chamber offers free business counseling

FALL RIVER – The Fall River Area Chamber of Commerce & Industry Inc. today announced it has received $50,000 from the Mass. Office of Small Business & Entrepreneurship to provide technical assistance to local startups and small businesses.

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December's best selling home bar gear by affiliates

Best selling home bar gear

Top 5 Best Sellers by Quantity Sold in December. The following are the 5 Best Sellers by Quantity Sold for KegWorks.com in December:

LIME-001 Corona Lime Slicer
20028 Mr. Beer - Homebrew Beer Making Kit Premium Edition
EDCK-33 Deluxe Beer Line Cleaning Kit
QUAFFER Quaffer Layered Plastic Shot Glass
DTC302 US Sankey Keg Coupler - Lever Handle

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Auto-Enter Current Date

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AT&T: Disaster Planning Low Priority for Small Business

A survey by Ma Bell says that business continuity and disaster recovery planning don't rank high on small business owners' to-do lists – and that its Remote Vault online data backup service can help rectify that.

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Truveo Aims For A Billion Indexed Videos

The video search site has 100 million videos in its index, a number they would like to increase tenfold by next year.
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U.S. factory orders rise 1.5%, lifted by oil and coal

WASHINGTON – U.S. oil companies led a surge in stock prices today after the U.S. Census Bureau said new orders to petroleum refiners surged 16 percent in November, in the biggest monthly increase of the past two years. But orders for durable goods fell 0.1 percent, in their fourth monthly decline.

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Fewer high schools met NCLB requirements in 2007

The R.I. Department of Education reported today that fewer high schools last year met the annual requirements set for them by the federal No Child Left Behind Act than in 2006.

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SanDisk Flash Drive to Offer Automatic Web Storage

The company teams with BeInSync to put data backup in the palm of your hand.

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AdSense Offers Help At Newbie Central

Growing its AdSense userbase will help Google maintain its edge against rival advertising server networks, and the company wants to make it as easy as possible for people to sign up for an account.
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Google Expanding Print Ads To Britain

Google's AdWords clients across the big pond will have the chance to bid on placement in newspapers.
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Unobtrusive JavaScript

This is the first installment in a series covering unobtrusive JavaScript. Quite simply put, it's removing JavaScript from the source of the document, and including it in an external file. But there's really more to it.

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'Social Search Engine' Claims Better Results

EarthFrisk lets users vote on results that are gleaned from top
search engines.

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Yahoo Performance Expert To Perform At Google

YSlow plug-in creator and Chief Performance Yahoo Steve Souders has ditched his Sunnyvale gig in favor of the greener pastures around the Googleplex.
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Warwick closes on 40.9 acres at Rocky Point

WARWICK – The city has completed its purchase of 40.9 shoreline acres at the former Rocky Point amusement park, said Mayor Scott Avedisian and Mark S. Hayward, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Rhode Island district director. The closing came on the final day before half the city’s funding was to expire.

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