Question #1:

I spend more on advertising than earning from adsense, is there something wrong with my website?

I have this dating site for 1.5 months (in the beginning I had less than 100 users) since I am on Adwords too ($100/day) now I have about 2900 users but the return from adsense on my pages started from 3, 4 dollars/day to now 30/ 40 dollars a day which is much less than what I am paying for the adwords, but I am hoping for the returning users after I have more of them.

On October my average Page CTR was 1.14% and for November so far it is 2.17%

Is this whole thing normal or I can have more money to be returned from site than what it is doing right now?

Any tips or ideas? Because soon I will run out of money :(

Right now I am designing forums to help bring more people from search engines...

What do you think?

Any help would be appreciated!

Question #2:

What is your TOP 10 website promotion list?

My TOP 10 promotion list. What is your top 10?

1. Search engines.
2. Forums and Message boards are a great way to promote your link. Just put the link in your signature.
3. Use Free Ad Boards. for eg. Click Here or Click Here These are boards that you can post a text ad free for a pre-determined period of time, usually 5 to 10 days. Then your ad expires and you are emailed the option to re-post your ad free for another cycle.
4. Free classifieds are a fast and easy way for you to start marketing, especially if you're new to internet marketing. For eg. Click Here , UsFreAds.com, etc
5. Pay per click (PPC) is now one of the most popular way to advertise in the Internet. Use Google Adwords, Yahoo! Sponsored Search, etc.
6. Social Bookmarking. Submit your links to social bookmark networks such as digg and del.icio.us
7. Use social networks such as facebook, myspace, linkedin, yuwie.com
8. Publish an E-Mail Newsletter. While it's a big commitment in time, publishing a monthly e-mail newsletter ("ezine") is one of the very best ways to keep in touch with your prospects, generate trust, develop brand awareness, and build future business.
9. Install a "Signature" in your E-Mail Program to help potential customers get in touch with you.
10. Write Articles for Others to Use in their Newsletters. One of the best means of marketing is by submitting articles to online article directories.

Nr.11 Register a domain and redirect the visitors. It’s a lot easier for people to find you if you have your own domain name rather than anonymousblog.blogspot. com. :)

Question #3:

I spend more on advertising than earning from adsense, is there something wrong?

I have this dating site for 1.5 months (in the beginning I had less than 100 users) since I am on Adwords too ($100/day) now I have about 2700 users but the return from adsense on my pages started from 3, 4 dollars/day to now 40/ 50 dollars a day which is much less than what I am paying for the adwords, but I am hoping for the returning users after I have more of them.

On October my average Page CTR was 1.14% and for November so far it is 2.17%

Is this whole thing normal or I can have more money to be returned from site than what it is doing right now?

Any tips or ideas? Because soon I will run out of money :(

Right now I am designing forums to help bring more people from search engines...

What do you think?

Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks blake, but the thing with dating site is that if I stop adwords, I am sure I am not gonna have many new users everyday and this will cause my existing users to stop coming back online to the site and all my investment will go away...
Its a dating site, many big guys out there and search engines return those guys at the top first..

Question #4:

Searching for a single-engine plane that meets these mission requirements?

Hoping more-experienced pilots on this forum can suggest light planes that meet these mission/purchase requirements. Thanks!

- a solid and not-expensive to maintain airframe that I can find parts for without too much trouble (relatively speaking... everything in aviation is expensive)
- capability to carry two people (pilot + 1) with full fuel and a reasonable amount of baggage; or 3-4 people with partial fuel and very light baggage - maybe toothbrushes or the like for an overnight stay
- 500+ mile range
- fun to fly, responsive and honest handling
- decent short-field performance, climb performance adequate to a hot/high day
- service ceiling at 12000 or above
- cruises faster than C-172 speeds
- retractable or fixed gear unimportant
- metal or fiberglass unimportant
- don't really want an experimental unless it's one I build myself
- cost somewhere under 60k equipped for night VFR (or light IFR, although that requirement might push me to less-expensive airframes)
- between Lycoming/Continental/Franklin/Jabiru/etc engines, Lycoming would be my first choice

Question #5:

How can I improve my websites traffic flow?

I started a website sometime in the past year, and I have worked ages on the design and the content and it has a forum and a chatroom. But it simply gets no views. I have googled around for a few months now on how to increase the flow of trffic your website gets and its all the same: "post on forums", "submit your site to major search engines", "build backlinks", "meta tags" etc.. I have done all of these again and again and it really doesn't seem to be working.

I have recently created an account with LinkRefferal and this seems to help a bit, but it still isn't getting me the views I need/deserve.

If you want to have a look at my site here it is:
Click Here

Please Help,

Thanks in advance,

Joe
Reply to first post:

I know I have to advertise it. But in what ways. Did you acctually fully read my post?!

Question #6:

How do you advertise your website for free?

I have just made my own website, www.eaglesphootballtalk.ipbfree.com (Eagles forums) and I'm trying to get the word out about it. I've submitted my URL to a few search engines, but is there another way to get the word out about my site?

Question #7:

How to get a forum noticed?

Ive just create a new forum. How do I get it to the top of search engines etc? Is there a software that makes the process easier?

Any help appreciated

Question #8:

I want help in improving my website?

I have opened my website week ago and i am looking to advertise it as much as possible and improve it also.

I have submitted my website to tens of search engines ,i tried forums to get traffic ,did every possible and known way ,so if you don't mind please take a look at my website and tell me if i miss anything ,

I mean why people are not interested in it?
people are not adding comments on articles and it seems that they don't navigate through pages
.
if you think that i should add more things ,please tell me here.

I was thinking of making a small script to let people add their hamachi networks to play online or maybe free directory to advertise theirs so what do you think?

link to my website.
Click Here

Question #9:

For Dodgeman & Mr. Santana, Dodge GC '98 - Got it!?

Got it! There were 2 calibrations involved: 1) a/c and rear wash buttons (took me long time to realize I had to make sure a/c button was off before pressing again because a/c and recirc lights were blinking, the problem I was actually trying to solve); then 2) rear wash and rear wiper buttons.
For the original problem (a/c on once engine is on), took me endless hours on internet, chat and Dodge forums searching for solution since last year.
Thanks, guys! Really! I owe you one.

Question #10:

How do I prevent engine fires on my 1973 VW bus?

It's an air cooled engine. Do I just need to check to make sure it has enough water?


I went to a VW forum but they were useless as they just lead me to a thousand other links that I would have to search through when I would just like a quick answer.

Thanks!
ok I will for sure make sure I don't drive in places that don't have air.

Question #11:

How can one tell the difference between an IP and a proxy when posting on a website?

Other than searching the ip/proxy on a proxy site or looking up it up with google or another search engine (as sometimes even if it is a proxy it won't always show up by searching) what other possible ways are there to tell whether a person is posting at a forum with their real ip or using a proxy?

Question #12:

My Hitachi 50v710 TV will not turn on and there's no blinking light indicator. What now?

I recently changed the shattered lamp in my Hitachi 50v710 TV and just tried to turn it on, but it will not power on. There are no blinking indicator lights, nothing. After searching online forums, it appears that the light engine may also need to be changed. But would that prevent the power from even turning on?
Thanks TV Tech 1. I just made sure that this wasn't the case. Unfortunately, it still won't turn on even after making sure that the cover was correctly placed.

Question #13:

Purchasing Google AdWords - will it help ?

Hello,

recently i have been asking myself about purchasing Google AdWords and hoping that will bring some visitors to my website. Site is already populated, full of articles, so its not entirely new, search engines displays it...

I am willing to spend 20 $ at start and another 20 $ if i will see any results.

♣ What is your experience with AdWords ?
♣ Did it help your site/forums ?
♣ How much did you spent + how much per click did you assign ?
♣ I am aiming to get 100-200 new members, is that real goal ?

Hope you can answer me,

Regards
@ Mary : but 40 $ would be potentially enough for 4000 clicks, 2000, if i select 0,02 per click :O Are you sure... ?

@ Doctor Deth : my site/forum is about computers, it has many articles, tutorials, guides, even video tutorials, link / torrent / warez / hacking section... Site is ready, i just need to get it populated, i believe people would stay if they d even see it... ( Click Here )

Question #14:

Best Way To Promote My Football Forum?

I need to know some good ideas on promoting my site. I've tried facebook ads, adwords and search engines. Search engines seem to be the best, we get a lot from google but thats mainly it. Also we have tried link exhcanges and they do work for a bit.

At the moment ive put up a competition to win a Replica Manchester United shirt, hopefully this will bring in some new members.

www.myfootballforum.com is the address of the site. Also we have gone down from a pagerank of 4 to a pagerank of 2 for some reason!!

Does anyone have any good ideas for promoting football related websites.

Question #15:

Why cant you ask anything in the forum but,?

when you search using yahoo search engine you can search any topic you want and they will provide you with all the information that is available. But when i come in the forum and ask about something i found on yahoo my post is deleted? Seems stupid. Go ahead and delete this as well, i just want to make people think since it seems like most people dont do it enough.

Question #16:

Exhaust smells strong. Kind of like gas, just a stingy smell.?

I have been thinking my catalytic converter has been out but I haven't received any good replies at all from cadillac forums or from else where and searching the web. I have noticed that the cat has at one point been cut off and then put back on.(the original one) I assume that the cat had its insides gutted. I don't get any codes, and my check engine light isn't on, and I don't lose any power. I'm getting all 300+ horses out of my car. However, while idling still, or when I give it wide open throttle and gas you can just smell the exhaust sting your nostrils. Like gasoline. I've been searching for a fuel leak but there is NO leaks. Is this just a faulty cat? Or what other possibilities are there?

Question #17:

How can I get past this slump?

I'm in the middle of a very large web-project and I'm having the equivalent of writer's block, but this is more like 'content-block'. We're still about a month away from our beta launch with ALL our features, including a mind-blowing search engine. Before the launch, I'm trying to get as much online as possible to help spread the word about our coming and to test some new stuff. We've got a huge forum/community set up, news, sports, entertainment and have some incredible widget-like content on the side-bars. Problem is... I am blank on what to put in the center of it all! Anyone have any fun ideas or suggestions? The site is all about information & entertainment and we're crazy enough to think we can rival Google (because of the search engine). The search engine not only indexes words, but actual colors, sounds and some other unique features. For what it's worth, Microsoft made a gigantic offer after seeing it in action, so we're confident that we're sitting on a winner.
The problem isn't the forum area, that's all complete. I'm talking about the main page, everything under the search bar in the center of the page. I wanted to stay away from new's headlines but am guessing that's what I'll have to do. I have sections for the news, but I wanted a more interactive catchy front page.

Question #18:

Burn Notice Season 2 episode 6 music.?

Ok, So I've been looking for this one song off of Burn notice for over a year now. I know the band hasn't been mainstreamed yet seeing as how no one has found out the name of the song or the band. I've tried the lyrics on multiple search engines and nothing has turned up rather than the forums of others who are also searching. Needless to say that others have searched and turned up empty as well.

Here are the lyrics.
"Throw yo hands up and say What! Are you ready for this I know you can't resist the way I bring it! So throw yo hands up and say what!
Throw yo hands up and say What! Are you ready for this I know you can't resist the way I bring it! Another sold out arena, everybody see ya, when your name is up in lights! Its the american dreamer everybody needs ya, When your name is up in lights! Right now! When the sky gets rockin you know it ain't stoppin, When your name is up in lights! Right Now! From the front to the back can you feel it when its time to Throw yo hands up and say What! Are you ready for this!"

If you need to listen to it. go to the episode and at 38:30 the song begins. Thanks!

Question #19:

How to post forum and what is signature linking in forums? How to use signature linking in forums?

I m a search engine optimizer from Noida, India

Question #20:

IFRAMES will ruin Site indexing? Need your guidance!!?

Hi,
I would like to know using IFrames will ruin the page crawling by the search engines or not?. In most of the forums the developers and the SEO specialist saying that it’s not good to use IFrames. They say that it will seriously hurt the page ranking because the crawlers can’t read the IFramed pages.

My problem is I need to optimize a dynamic portal (600 pages) where the content part alone is done using IFrame. The developer team doesn’t want to remove the IFrame & rework the site. They saying crawlers will consider only the title tags, not the content for a IFrame site! I can’t accept this!

When I check the content I can see only a common URL for all the pages, this make me worried, that it might confuse the crawlers too. So, what should I do to get SERP for a site like this? I am in serious trouble, because I need to explain my client the seriousness of IFrame & its causes! Please help me.





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