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We've arranged to bring you some weekly tips, taken directly from "Answers", Kim Skinner's daily Q $ A e-zine. To subscribe, send any e-mail to: answers-on@mail-list.com. Question #1 Where can I find a script, preferably free, that will allow me to set up an affiliate program that anyone can join for free, find FREE eBooks, email the author, and if the author lists with us (which is of course free), then the affiliates will gain points. Once they reach a certain number of points I will reward them with a FREE eBook Compilation so they can save a buck or two on eBook Software and Design. Any ideas? To your success,
Chayden Bates ANSWER It sounds like you basically need a reseller or self-replicating script, Chayden. Not hard to find online, however free is a different story. =) There are a few places you can go to run a reseller program for free, such as ClickBank, but the problem for YOU would be that you're not offering a monetary commission, but points instead. So, I set off in search of an affordable self-replicating system for you. I found a page full of them at the CGI Resource Directory. (This URL may be too long to fit on some of your screens. If it's broken up, copy it and paste it into your browser, leaving out the brackets.) On this page, you'll find a few programs that vary from free to $795. Question #2 I have seen so many submission services for search engines, and different prices I don't mind paying for submissions, but which company should I use ?????? and should this be done once a month or once every 2 months ????, and they say that to be in the top 10 they should be hand submitted, how true is this ANSWER If by 'submission services' you mean the 1000's of sites that offer to submit your URL to 100, 400, 1000, 15,000, etc. search engines, my advice is don't use any of them, Dave. Let me ask YOU a question. In all your time online, how may search engines have you visited? I don't know what your answer is, but I'm willing to bet that it isn't 400. Personally, I have two that I visit on a regular basis. I use Alta Vista for abstract searches, and for business related searches, I use BizBot. That's it!
There is absolutely no reason to pay someone to submit your site to hundreds of search engines that no one uses. There...I've said it.
If you feel that you absolutely MUST submit your site to that many, you'd be better off purchasing a submission program yourself. You can get one for around $50 and then use it as many times as you like. Besides, that's how 95% of these 'submission services' submit your site, anyway. However, I must tell you, there are really only 8 search engines that you should submit your site to. They are: AltaVista Excite HotBot InfoSeek Lycos Northern Light WebCrawler Yahoo And yes, you should submit to them manually, or by hand. Why? Because each search engine requires different info from you to index your page. And, from what I've read lately, some search engines don't even accept automated submissions anymore.
To submit to the sites above will take you less than an hour. Submit your site about every 3 months, and you'll be fine. Question #3 Where can I find a script, preferably free, that will allow me to set up an affiliate program that anyone can join for free, find FREE eBooks, email the author, and if the author lists with us (which is of course free), then the affiliates will gain points. Once they reach a certain number of points I will reward them with a FREE eBook Compilation so they can save a buck or two on eBook Software and Design. Any ideas? To your success, Chayden Bates ANSWER It sounds like you basically need a reseller or self-replicating script, Chayden. Not hard to find online, however free is a different story. =) There are a few places you can go to run a reseller program for free, such as ClickBank, but the problem for YOU would be that you're not offering a monetary commission, but points instead. So, I set off in search of an affordable self-replicating system for you. I found a page full of them at the CGI Resource Directory. http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_and_Scripts/Perl/Multi_Level_Marketing On this page, you'll find a few programs that vary from free to $795.
Question #4 Dear Kim, Here's my questions: Kah Leong- Singapore. ANSWER Thank you, Kah, for your kind words. I'm glad I can be of some help to you. You know, before I read your question I had never heard of XML. XML, or eXtensible Markup Language appears to be an add-on to HTML. It enables the web designer to create custom tags in the HTML. From what I read, the future of XML is still uncertain. It's success largely depends on future browsers' support of it. Apparently, Microsoft has already announced that a future version of Internet Explorer WILL support it. It was hard to find information about XML. At least information that I, a technically challenged person, could understand. I think that as it's popularity and support grow, we'll find more "plain-english" tutorials for it. And, Kah, I am certain that you will need prior knowledge of HTML to be able to use XML in your web pages."ANSWERS" BY KIM SKINNER OF ADVERTISINGTIPS.NET
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