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ClearForest SWS

ClearForest SWS

A brief note to introduce the beta of ClearForest Semantic Web Services (SWS-1).

The first question on everyone’s mind should be - “what the heck is a semantic web service?”. In this post we’ll try to at least start the discussion on what we mean by SWS.

The semantic web is an admirable goal. When it becomes real the web will be transformed from a mass of unstructured stuff into an amazing knowledge repository. Moving far beyond the hypertext library that is the current web - we will have programmatic access to a repository of information that dwarfs anything we can imagine today. But, there’s one catch: it’s not here yet and won’t be for a long long time.

We hate waiting. We know that there is an amazing amount of information out there that is begging to be retrieved, combined, enhanced and generally made use of. The problem is that the vast majority of that information is trapped inside text. Not structured text. Not clean text. Not standardized text. Not gramatically proper text. Just your normal messy everyday text. It’s trapped - and we aim to free it.

Over the last decade ClearForest has developed an amazing suite of natural language processing tools. Big organizations like financial publishers, banks and manufacturers use that technology to extract meaning from text. It works and it works well - but we want to see what can happen when those capabilities are translated to the web world.

ClearForest Gnosis :: Firefox Add-ons

ClearForest Gnosis :: Firefox Add-ons: "ClearForest Gnosis 1.0.20080623
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Smarter browsing and in-depth research with ClearForest Gnosis, leveraging the Open Calais Semantic infrastructure...

Long Description

ClearForest Gnosis is the cutting edge of real time semantic processing for the web. By evaluating the pages you read – as you read them – Gnosis immediately locates key information such as people, organizations, companies, products and geographies hidden within the text.

By simply hovering over any of the identified topics, you can immediately locate relevant news, blog entries, maps, company information and Wikipedia entries.

After you install Gnosis and restart Firefox simply navigate to any site that you are interested in – one of the news sites listed below is a great place to start. Right click and select “ClearForest Gnosis” or click on the Gnosis button in the toolbar. After 1-2 seconds your page has been processed and you’re ready to explore!

Currently, Gnosis automatically processes pages from CNN, Google Finance, Wikipedia, Forbes, the International Herald Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, MSNBC, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the Washington Post, Yahoo News, BBC News and Wikipedia. If you want Gnosis results on any other page – just click the button.

For power users the Gnosis Sidebar provides a constantly updated view of the key information Gnosis has located for you.

Privacy:
Gnosis does not retain any information on the content you submit for processing - including the address of the website submitted. We do maintain normal web server logs including the date and time of the transaction, the length of the content submitted and the submitting IP address.

Visit our Gnosis homepage at gnosis.clearforest.com or drop us a note with feedback and comments to clearforestgnosis@gmail.com.

Facebook Leverages Engagement to Drive Organic Ad Impressions - MarketingVOX

Facebook Leverages Engagement to Drive Organic Ad Impressions - MarketingVOX: "Facebook Leverages Engagement to Drive Organic Ad Impressions

Engagement opens doors

Facebook has released 'engagement ads,' an ad format that uses social networking to squeeze word-of-mouth-style impressions out of marketing messages. The service has been in private beta since August.

Ads typically appear on the right-hand side of the user's Facebook dashboard, prompting them to take some sort of action: comment on a movie trailer, for example, or RSVP for the season finale of a TV show, reports The Wall Street Journal. If a person takes action (writes a comment, RSVPs, becomes a 'fan' of the sponsor), their response — and the accompanying ad message — is broadcast to everyone connected to that user:

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At ad:tech New York last week, Facebook's Chris Pan explained the company's ad model revolves around a single premise: that marketing messages are more effective when they come from friends. Other ways Facebook encourages users to disseminate ad messages include providing sponsored virtual gifts, like 'free' Ben & Jerry's ice cream cone icons on election day, Pan said.

'What we're trying to build is a platform where users can easily interact with the brand,' Pan stated on a panel about advertising in web ap"

Juicing Your SEO

SEO guru Hamlet has released Ranksense which helps increase SEO/SEM traffic and efficiency

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Juicing Your SEO

SEO guru Hamlet has released Ranksense which helps increase SEO/SEM traffic and efficiency

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The Tradeshow Jungle - Was Your Territory Marked?

Most industries have their share of trade shows and conferences. How can we be sure we're getting the most out of attending? How can you meet new sales prospects, reconnect with an associate, or close a deal? Advaliant's Chantelle White has put together a great set of step by step tips.

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Facebook Tries to Woo Marketers - WSJ.com

Facebook Tries to Woo Marketers - WSJ.com:

Despite its surging Internet audience, Facebook Inc. has yet to prove it can wring steady revenue out of advertisers. Now it's trying a new tactic to woo Madison Avenue.

The Palo Alto, Calif., company is rolling out a new ad format called "engagement ads" that further blurs the line between marketing and social networking.

The new ads appear on the main screen when a person first logs in to Facebook. They prompt a user to do something within the ad, such as comment on a movie trailer or RSVP for the season finale of a TV show.

If the user completes the action, such as adding Bravo TV's "Project Runway" show to a personal list of events, Facebook tries to get Bravo's ad in front of more eyeballs by sharing a notice about what the user has done with their friends.

Facebook has a lot to prove with the new ad format, which it began quietly testing in August and started making available to all advertisers this month. The company says 70 of the U.S.'s 100 largest advertisers have advertised on its site since 2007. But its share of total number of U.S. online display ad views was just 1.1%, according to market research firm comScore Inc., in its most recent report in June.

News Corp.'s Fox Interactive Media Unit, which includes rival MySpace.com, is the market leader with 15.9% of display-ad spending, according to comScore. News Corp. also owns Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.

"I haven't heard of anyone purchasing something off an ad on Facebook," says Angie Tulgetske, vice president of RE/MAX Preferred Choice Properties, which resells timeshares and spends thousands of dollars a month on search ads but avoids social-networking sites. "I wouldn't think any of my marketing dollars would be spent advantageously there."

Facebook's new push also comes as economic turbulence hits the online ad market. U.S. online advertising growth is expected to decelerate from 17% in 2008 to 14.5% next year, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau, an internet-advertiser trade group.

Advertising on social-networking sites appears particularly vulnerable, analysts say, because advertisers are still searching for the right ways to measure the effectiveness of ads on those sites.

Advertisers say that buying ads on Facebook and MySpace generally costs far less than buying premium ads on media properties such as Yahoo Inc. or Time Warner Inc.'s AOL, although prices vary widely based on the type of ads and the target audience. Facebook charges more for the engagement ads than other display ads on its site.

The new ads won't appeal to all Facebook users. Heather Watson, 32, who lives in Nashville, Tenn., recently saw the engagement ad for "Project Runway." Ms. Watson says such ads "detract from the [Facebook] experience," and she clicked the "not attending" option to wipe the Bravo ad from her view.

Mark Zuckerberg

In public appearances, Facebook's 24-year-old Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg insists that his company remains more focused on expanding its user base than its revenues. The right business model for the site will emerge over time, he has said.

This year, Facebook's revenue is expected to more than double to between $300 million and $350 million, say people familiar with the matter. But the company has mounting costs. At an industry conference last week, Mr. Zuckerberg said the company didn't need to raise more money and wasn't planning on going public for a few years.

Still, Facebook has intensified its campaign to curry favor with Madison Avenue. It has hired top ad sales executives from companies including Yahoo and periodically hosts teams of senior ad executives at its graffiti-clad offices. It has also sent squads into online-ad agencies, such as Starcom MediaVest Group, to pitch products and generate awareness about its free research tools.

Ads systems are built over time through continual tweaking, says Facebook's Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg. She says Facebook's existing ad offerings are working well but "undersell Facebook's broader opportunity."

Facebook has tried many ad efforts in the past, starting with basic "fliers," the low-budget graphical ads users could buy to promote things like events. The company began building its own internal sales force in 2005, and in 2006 struck a deal to display banner ads sold by Microsoft Corp. It also added products like "social ads" in which Facebook shared a user's action with others on the site.

But many marketers stayed away, concerned advertising alongside user-generated content might tarnish their brands and that the site appealed only to college students. As Facebook has widened its audience, it has run into another problem: users weren't clicking on ads when they browsed each other's profiles. Jeremiah Owyang, an analyst with Forrester Research, estimates the rate at which users click on Facebook's display ads is less than 1%. Mr. Owyang also describes Facebook's array of ad offerings as "confusing."

More recently, Facebook has seen some traction with an ad service for smaller advertisers that generally spend the bulk of their budgets on search-engine ads. The service allows users to buy targeted banner ads through a Web site. Facebook says tens of thousands of advertisers are using the system every month.

Online advertising agency G5 Search Marketing Inc. has used the system to buy ads for clients such as a California-based local storage company. The storage company in May found it ended up getting more visitors per dollar spent on Facebook than Google, says Dan Hobin, CEO of G5.

But he adds that only a handful of clients have tried Facebook, in part because Facebook offers to reach specific groups that are far smaller than the size of the audience his clients want to reach.

Usability Post » Categories vs Tags

Usability Post » Categories vs Tags:

Categories vs Tags

October 17th, 2008 by Dmitry
Usability

Content focused sites like blogs and online magazines have various ways to organize and sort their content. Sorting articles by date and by author is usually done automatically by the content management system. There are two concepts which can be used on top of that to organize your site’s content: categories and tags. While you can use both of them at the same time, it’s probably too much bother — so which one should you use and why? Let’s examine each one in turn.

Categories

Categories are like folders — they’re collections of things related to one theme or topic. This actually isn’t strictly true because in the digital world you can attach more than one category to your content, but the function is the same — to categorize.

The main advantage of categories is that there is a set amount of them — and if you want to utilize them properly then there shouldn’t be too many either. This lets people scan through the list quickly to choose the topic they wish to browse. Categories give your content structure and an easy browsing experience.

The downside of categories falls on the publisher. Firstly, you have to decide on the list of categories you want to use. This is usually harder than it sounds because you need to make sure there aren’t any categories which would have too many or too few posts in them. There is no point making a category if all your posts are included in it or if there is just one post. And secondly, whenever publishing new content, you need to decide which category to put it in. This isn’t too hard if you keep your category list short and assign multiple categories to content, but it still requires a little effort.

Tags

Tags are the digital equivalent of real tags — little labels you attach to things. Tags have an advantage over categories in that they aren’t pre-set. When you attach tags you write them in manually and have the freedom to write whatever you want. If a tag doesn’t exist already, it will once you’ve hit publish. There is no need to worry about finding an existing category to fit the post into — you just write the labels you feel best represent the content.

The downside of tags is in the browsing experience. One of the most popular ways to browse by tags is using something called a “tag cloud”. A tag cloud is a big block of tags listed one after another, with each tag link having its own size depending on how many items are tagged with it.

Tag clouds are great for showing what sort of entries are posted the most on the site, but browsing by tags is difficult because there are usually just too many of them. The other problem is that they’re unbalanced — there may be only entry attached to a particular tag, or there may be thousands.

OK… so which one do I use?

The answer is… it depends. It depends on what type of content you have and how your search works.

If you’ve got a site like YouTube or Flickr where users submit their own content and you have thousands or millions of submissions then categories won’t be as useful as tags because there may be thousands of entries to each category. This makes browsing very difficult and in most cases impossible. Each tag may also contain thousands of entries, but there will be many more tags with a much more focused yield of results; and using combinations of tags will also greatly narrow the number of results your visitors have to browse through.

If your site-wide search uses tags when looking through records then tags can and will add a clear benefit. If your search is something very simple, like an external Google search which simply filters results by your site address, then tags may not be as useful because they won’t be used to find the results.

I don’t think that for blogs tagging makes much sense. Sure, it may be easier to tag things, but the browsing experience isn’t that great. Sometimes you will have just one post attached to a tag — what use is that? People will generally want to find posts on a particular theme, and that’s the primary function of categories. What’s more, you’re not limited to using just one category — attach a couple if you feel the post is relevant to both.

This is just my take on tags and categories, I’m sure some of you may disagree. I’m very interested to hear whether you use tags or categories on your blogs (or both?) and why do you prefer one over the other — please do post your thoughts in the comments below.

Affiliate Marketing Resources

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Using Light, Color and Contrast Effectively in UI Design

Using Light, Color and Contrast Effectively in UI Design

August 14th, 2008 by Dmitry
Design, Usability, User Interface

User interface (UI) design is both an art and a science. Artistic talent comes in handy when coming up with an attractive style and aesthetic, but at the core of UI design lies logic and method.

Very basic things like light, color and contrast are often overlooked, which can negatively affect the UI by misdirecting user’s attention and not providing enough focus on the things that matter. Here’s a quick overview of how to use each of these elements effectively.

1. Light — create depth using light and shadow.

Light can be used to create depth. Lighter shades appear closer to us and darker shades further away. This isn’t strictly how light works, but since the user interface lives in a very basic environment of a computer display, there’s not a lot we have to work with.

Think of a button. When a button is pressed, most designers tend to make it darker. Why? The reason is simple — we imagine the button as a 3D object. When this object is pressed, we assume it goes further away from us. We may also assume it goes into an opening on the surface of the “device”, and thus is now covered somewhat from a light source.

Using this basic idea we can build the UI metaphor by basing it on 3D objects with depth. Color things you want to appear to be sticking out lighter. Color things that are carved inwards darker. This doesn’t apply to every aesthetic style, but generic things like OS interfaces tend to follow this principle — especially when depicting real world objects like buttons and switches.

2. Color — use heat to manage focus.

Colors don’t all behave the same way. There are those that are considered cold — blue and green shades — and there are those that are warm — red and yellow. Warmer colors expand when placed next to colder colors, they literally spill out and take dominance. Here’s an example:

Take a look at the square on the right with the blue and the yellow color segmens. The yellow is warmer and brighter and so it takes prominence on the image.

What about the red and the green? This one is trickier, but the warmer red is taking control here. The colder green contracts inwards, letting the red move forward.

This is very similar to point 1 — warmer colors are brighter. Not only that, they also appear closer to us. Use warmer colors for elements you want to pop out and get noticed. Colors like red are especially good for this purpose, and it’s no surprise that pretty much all the US presidential candidates’ websites had the donation button in bright red.

3. Contrast — attract attention with higher contrast

Higher contrast items stand out — they catch your eye. Look at the following example of a content window with some text, and a button. Here we’re using both, brightness levels and contrast, to manage the user’s attention and focus.

In the first instance, the text is on a darker background, while the button is on a lighter surface than the rest of the pane. The button has the highest contrast between its black text and the light grey surface it sits on. It’s also the lightest element on the surface — it pops out.

On the right I’ve flipped the shades. Here the text pops out because it sits on a lighter background and has a high contrast between the text and the background. The button now fades away.

Use contrast to manage user’s attention. You don’t necessarily need to make buttons lighter (that will depend on your design style and theme), but you do need to make them stand out enough so that they’re not overlooked. Decrease contrast for less important areas of your UI to make them take a back seat.

Example: The OS X interface

Let’s see a real world example of these principles from a well known usability expert — Apple. This is the interface for the OS X operating system’s control panel for the Mac:

You can see contrast and 3D metaphors at work here. Buttons are light and high contrast, while becoming darker when pressed. Certain content areas are bevelled inwards to group together various items and because they’re less hierarchically important. It looks good and it’s very usable.

Think through your UI design process logically. Are you trying to depict a real life object like a button or a switch? Use shadow and light to create depth and 3D feel appropriately.

Do you need to manage user’s focus, for example give prominence to the welcome message or a notice on your site? Color that box in a warm color like yellow. Ensure that all the important controls have enough contrast to stand out so they’re not overlooked.

I hope you found this useful — please don’t hesitate to post any thoughts or resources in the comments below.

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GREATER MEDIA CHAIRMAN PETER SMYTH AND THE BORDES FAMILY NAMED RECIPIENTS OF THE 2009 GOLDEN MIKE AWARD MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2009 GALA AT THE WALDORF

Greenwich, Connecticut (November 6, 2008): Broadcasters Foundation of America Chairman Philip J. Lombardo is pleased to announce Greater Media, Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Peter Smyth and the Bordes family will be presented with the 2009 Broadcasters Foundation of America Golden Mike Award on Monday, February 23, 2008 at a black-tie gala at The Waldorf Astoria in New York City.

Co-founded in 1956 by Peter A. Bordes, Greater Media is considered one of the premiere family-owned broadcasting companies in the United States. It is the parent company of 23 AM and FM radio stations in the Boston, Charlotte, Detroit, New Jersey and Philadelphia markets. In addition, Greater Media owns a group of weekly newspapers in central New Jersey, and several telecommunications towers throughout the United States.

Golden Mike honors will be presented to members of the Bordes family and Smyth, who joined Greater Media in 1986 as General Manager of WMJX-FM in Boston, and was appointed Vice President/General Manager the following year. He was subsequently promoted to the positions of Senior Vice President/Regional General Manager, Group Vice President of Radio, and Chief Operating Officer.

In October 2000, Smyth was named President and Chief Operating Officer, and in March 2002, was promoted to Greater Media's President and Chief Executive Officer. He was named Chairman of the Board in October 2008.

"It is an honor and privilege to recognize such an outstanding broadcasting family for their tireless commitment and dedication to the radio industry," said Lombardo. "Peter Smyth and the Bordes family are shining examples of what makes radio such a great medium to be a part of."

The Broadcasters Foundation of America is national public charity that provides financial assistance for radio and television broadcasters who are in acute need.

Persons wishing to attend the Golden Mike Award should contact Gordon Hastings at ghhMANAGEMENT, telephone 203-862-8577, 203-661-1476 or gordon@gordonhastings.com. Tickets and tables may also be purchased at www.broadcastersfoundation.org by clicking on the 2009 Golden Mike Award icon.

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PubCon Search Marketing Conferences 2008

PubCon Search Marketing Conferences 2008: "WebmasterWorld PubCon 2003-2008 Speaker Biographies

Peter Adams
President
Matchpoint
Tony Adam
SEO Manager
Yahoo
Joe Agliozzo
CEO
BetterPPC
Rainer Ahlfors
VP of Engineering
Wildcat Software
Glenn Alsup
President
Viewmark
Jeremiah Andrick
Program Manager, Live Search Webmaster Center
Microsoft
Paul Apodaca
Director, Program Management
Yahoo! Search Marketing
Elisabeth Archambault
Freelance Affiliate Marketer
Wedding-Resources
John Ardis
Vice President of Corporate Strategy
ValueClick, Inc.
Amy Armitage
Director of Business Development
Lunarpages Web Hosting
George Aspland
Founder & President
eVision, LLC
William Atchison
Founder
Crawl Wall
Andy Atkins-Krueger
Managing Director
Web Certain Europe Ltd
David Averill
General Manager, ContentLogic
InfoSearch Media
Brian Axe
Product Management"

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MediaTrust is an ecosystem of digital media, marketing, and publishing solutions. MediaTrust combines innovative online media and advertising technology with human service and expertise. MediaTrust is comprised of: Advaliant, a performance-based affiliate marketing network; Data Management and Search & Social Media Optimization services and the MediaTrust Integrated Solutions Group (ISG). The ISG is made up of media specialists that analyze client needs and build customized performance-based campaigns that optimize results for advertisers, agencies and publishers.

Companies that choose MediaTrust benefit from relevant and intelligent online campaigns that deliver higher ROI and greater success in acquiring customers, creating brand awareness, generating sales and driving traffic.

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33 Reviews of the Best Affiliate Marketing Forums

By Tim Scheer posted 9/29/2008

Here is a list of the top 33 affiliate marketing forums.

1. 5 Star Affiliates
   Alexa: 134,671 | Compete: 22,639 | Members: 7,000+ | PR: 4
   5 Star Affiliates is one of the best all around sources for affiliate marketing information and networking. Linda Bouquet, the owner of the site, does a great job of providing free resources for anyone interested in affiliate marketing. They specialize in helping new affiliate marketers get started and pointed in the right direction. The forum is pretty active and all topics revolve around the affiliate marketing world. The moderators are also very quick to help and answer questions. There is also a thread for affiliate managers to post their affiliate program for feedback and review!
   
   
2. Affiliate Forum
   Alexa: 249,190 | Compete: 452,526 | Members: 2,000+ | PR: 4
   Affiliate Forum seems to sometimes be un-moderated with the amount of "spam" posts that are posted daily, but always has a few hundred active users online at any given time. Posts can at times receive a lot of views, but responses are few and far between. The fact that the domain is "AffiliateForum.com" guarantees them a certain amount of affiliate traffic, so even though there is a lot of spam, it's one not to ignore. A thread for website reviews is also available here.
   
   
3. Search Engine Watch
   Alexa: 19,877 | Compete: 3,357 | Members: 15,000+ | PR: 7
   Search Engine Watch Forums is a very popular forum for SEO and affiliate marketing topics. The more active in the community you are, the more boards and threads that you have access to post to. They have a small section dedicated to affiliate marketing but still gets a lot of traffic and attention.
   
   
4. Affiliates 4u
   Alexa: 74,834 | Compete: 73,596 | Members: 26,000+ | PR: 4
   Affiliates 4u is a great forum with a lot of activity. Based out of the UK, they focus on UK affiliate programs, but also has a section for all other countries as well. The general affiliate marketing threads are universal, but they focus on talking about affiliate programs that are most successful in the UK. This forum is very active, with 1,000 users online at any given time.
   
   
5. Affiliate Link
   Alexa: 589,606 | Compete: 948,353 | Members: 500+ | PR: 1
   Affiliate Link is much smaller and less active than most of the affiliate forums out there. There is enough activity to get some results from joining the community, but would not spend as much time as the rest of them. You will at most see 20 or 30 active users online. With only 575 total members, there are better places to spend time.
   
   
6. Affiliate Helper
   Alexa: 123,493 | Compete: 123,863 | Members: 1,000+ | PR: 2
   Affiliate Helper is a small forum with about a dozen threads pertaining to affiliate marketing, building a website, and general "making money online" ideas. This is more active than Affiliate Link, but seems to be fading fast.
   
   
7. Revenue Source
   Alexa: 121,162 | Compete: 218,551 | Members: 21,000+ | PR: 5
   Revenue Source covers topics ranging from affiliate marketing, reseller programs and also site design and development threads. They give affiliate managers the option to list their affiliate program for a review although it must be approved by a moderator before posting, you can get decent traffic from here.
   
   
8. DNForum
   Alexa: 19,046 | Compete: 13,545 | Members: 60,000+ | PR: 5
   The DNForum is one of the more popular forums for all online marketing techniques and ideas. Thread Categories range from Domains, Content Development and Affiliate Marketing. They have free forums, and also upgrades are available to be able to post in the "Platinum" or "Gold" members only threads. These threads usually allow you to advertise a product or service or help wanted types of categories. All around a good resource and a very active forum.
   
   
9. Associate Programs
   Alexa: 53,810 | Compete: 17,447 | Members: 18,000+ | PR: 6
   Associate Programs is another good resource with very helpful moderators. Allan Gardyne runs this website and personally answers many questions asked on the forums by new affiliates. They focus on providing information and resources for new affiliates, while providing a thread for website reviews and other general online marketing strategies. It doesn't have the most members but members are high quality.
   
   
10. Affiliates Directory
    Alexa: 101,479 | Compete: 161,811 | Members: 3,000+ | PR: 5
    The Affiliates Directory is a small forum that is attached to an actual directory of affiliate programs. You can create an account to list your affiliate marketing program in their directory. The forum is not very active, but good to get link exposure if you make a few posts with your affiliate link.
    
    
11. WebProWorld
    Alexa: 81,225 | Compete: 23,686 | Members: 66,000+ | PR: 6
    WebProWord covers a wide range of topics. The biggest topics here are in the Search Engine talk and webmaster tools and programming tricks. They do have one affiliate marketing thread which is pretty popular. A good all around source.
    
    
12. Click Consultants
    Alexa: 60,286 | Compete: 146,022 | Members: 2,500+ | PR: 3
    Click Consultants is a very, simply clean forum that focuses primarily on affiliate marketing topics, and affiliate publisher information. Also has a "Learning Center" with affiliate resources available.
    
    
13. Conquer Your Niche
    Alexa: 59,557 | Compete: 162,351 | Members: 40,000+ |PR: 3
    Conquer Your Niche topics range from marking, traffic generation, to general marketing. They don't offer specific affiliate categories, but under general marketing is where you will find a lot of affiliates actively post here.
    
    
14. Webmaster Talk
    Alexa: 38,048 | Compete: 14,852 | Members: 62,500+ | PR: 3
    Webmaster Talk is a great forum that covers all of the main topics for webmasters and online marketers. They dedicate a lot of threads to programming and database questions. This is a very active forum, with usually 500 people online at any time. They are strict about spam, so be careful not to spam your links right away! This is a great forum to become an active member of the community in.
    
    
15. eWealth
    Alexa: 51,433 | Compete: 106,636 | Members: n/a | PR: 4
    eWealth focuses on the individual affiliate networks and clickbank offers. They have some threads that offer affiliate resources and also a place available for website design reviews and feedback.
    
    
16. ExperienceAdvertising Forums
    Alexa: 143,008 | Compete: 131,090 | Members: 600+ | PR: 4
    ExperienceAdvertising Forums is a small, basic forum that covers some general affiliate topics, SEO, and web design. There are only 8 categories available and a lot of the text on the site is red!
    
    
17. Forum for Webmasters
    Alexa: 1,000,000+ | Compete: 131,090 | Members: 9,000+ | PR: 4
    Forum for Webmasters is another small, simple forum that has 9 categories that relate to web design and web development. They offer a thread for website reviews, and two threads that relate to affiliate marketing, and making money online. Not a lot of activity, but worth a post or two.
    
    
18. More Niche
    Alexa: 59,792 | Compete: 43,583 | Members: 29,500+ | PR: 4
    The headline for their forum is simple: A meeting place for affiliates, merchants and the MoreNiche team. Honesty, transparency and effective communication between all parties. 4 Categories that keep it simple... General talk, affiliate talk, and link exchange requests.
    
    
19. SitePoint
    Alexa: 3,011 | Compete: 2,615 | Members: 277,000+ | PR: 7
    SitePoint is by far one of the most popular forums for affiliates or internet marketers. They cover all major topics that relate to programming, web design, affiliate marketing and other SEO. They also offer the Sitepoint Marketplace which you can purchase premium listings and other upgraded listings for premiere placement. With 277,377 members, becoming an active member of the sitepoint community will be great exposure for you long term, and a great place to network with others.
    
    
20. Warrior Forum
    Alexa: 12,648 | Compete: 10,137 | Members: 93,000+ | PR: 4
    Warrior Forum is also a very active site that focuses on general online marketing and discussions on making money online. They also offer programming and design support threads and other threads to network or share your products with others. Another great forum that will benefit you to become a spirited active member.
    
    
21. DigitalPoint
    Alexa: 2,075 | Compete: 1,708 | Members: 200,000+ | PR: 7
    DigitalPoint has been called the best and the worst of internet marketing forums. They have one of the most active forums with on average 2000-3000 active members online at any time. The threads they offer cover all of the major online marketing topics. This forum is hit with a lot of spam naturually because of the amount of people that are active here. Even with this fact, becoming active on DigitalPoint is sure to give you good exposure.
    
    
22. iWebTool Talk
    Alexa: 21,182 | Compete: 8,658 | Members: 13,000+ | PR: 3
    iWebTool primarily covers general webmaster and programming threads. They also offer a "marketplace" to buy and sell domains, or if you would like to post a service you are looking to purchase. They also offer a website review thread and some general online marketing threads that you will find active affiliate posts.
    
    
23. WickedFire
    Alexa: 80,498 | Compete: 22,403 | Members: 29,000+ | PR: 4
    WickedFire has a lot of great topics for internet marketing and making money online. They claim to be the "bad boys" of the internet forums because they consider themselves to be R rated. You must become a true active member of the community in order to post on this site, otherwise you will very quickly be flamed and banned from the site. They do not take spam lightly here. If you do get a foothold, you will find a lot of successful affiliate marketers to network with and you will gain a lot of exposure to links you might post here.
    
    
24. Affearners
    Alexa: 20,7595 | Compete: 406,248 | Members: 1,500+ | PR: 3
    Affearners is a semi active forum thats covers mainly affiliate marketing and affiliate networks. They have a few web design threads here but the focus is on the affiliate world.
    
    
25. X10Hosting
    Alexa: 9,451 | Compete: 38,085 | Members: 147,000+ | PR: 3
    X10Hosting primary topics revolve around website hosting and website design topics. They have a couple of general online marketing topics which you will find affiliate marketing threads. They offer a point system based on earning points by posting useful information and getting positive feedback from other members. One of the more active forums available for webhosting and webdesign, but you will still find affiliates here too!
    
    
26. DevShed Forums
    Alexa: 6,154 | Compete: 6,648 | Members: 230,000+ | PR: 4
    DevShed is a very active forum that has dozens of topics available. One of the most universal covering the widest range of internet topics. They have the most programming, database and networking threads. Webdesign and marketing are all covered here as well. With so many members, you are garunteed to find what you are looking for here.
    
    
27. Major Geeks
    Alexa: 3,444 | Compete: 3,660 | Members: 147,000+ | PR: 5
    Major Geeks is primarily a gaming and tech forum, but with so many members selective posts depending upon the type of exposure you are looking for can generate a good amount of traffic to your site.
    
    
28. The Switch Boards
    Alexa: 125, 611 | Compete: 262,419 | Members: 3,000+ | PR: 4
    A lot of general internet threads are available here, along with a "Critique my website" thread to help generate some more traffic and feedback. Small community, only worth a few posts.
    
    
29. ABestWeb
    Alexa: 56,031 | Compete: 16,223 | Members: 47,000+ | PR: 5
    ABestWeb has a majority of affiliate marketing threads, with a very active userbase. With 774,000 posts and an average of 2,500 users online at any time, this is another one of the top forums to become an active member of. They are also very strict about spamming and affiliate links, so make sure to be an active community member.
    
    
30. NetAffiliateTalk
    Alexa: 919,287 | Compete: 950,368 | Members: 100+ | PR: 2
    NetAffiliateTalk as of now only has 101 members. The few posts and threads that exisit now do recieve a high volume of views, but not many responses. This might be worth only a few minutes for an introduction post, or a website review post.
    
    
31. The V7 Network
    Alexa: 45,884 | Compete: 13,934 | Members: 47,500+ | PR: 5
    V7 focuses on online marketing, web development, and web design. With over 500 online on average at any time of day, this is a good, active solid community to become part of. They also offer a webmaster marketplace to offer seo or other web services to readers.
    
    
32. SEO Chat Forums
    Alexa: 23,596 | Compete: 5,206 | Members: 47,000+ | PR: 4
    Seo Chat covers all of the main online marketing and search engine optimization categories you need. This is a very active forum, with 400 people online on average at any time. Another good one to become active on.
    
    
33. Wealthy Affiliate Forum
    Alexa: 38,946 | Compete: 31,505 | Members: n/a | PR: 4
    Wealthy Affiliate Forum is part of the membership you can purchase to gain access to a large variety of benefits and affiliate resources. They garuntee to get you more exposure by becoming a member.

RS #28 - Joseph Morin of Storybids

RS #28 - Joseph Morin of Storybids

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