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Despite the controversy of the New version of StumbleUpon, there are many great tools have been added to it such as you can know the similar interests of the other stumblers by their tags, the views and the reviews of your topics.

It also reduces the ability of spamming others by adjusting sharing with stumblers who accept shares of the toolbar. There are certain benefits of the old Stumble Upon which does not exist in the New version such as html editor which was controlling the code of images, videos, topics and the background of the stumbler’s account and the topics. In this article you will know some solutions of these obstacles.

I- Background

1- change background of your blog by :

* sign in to your account

* go to settings

* choose “customize your profile” then choose the color themes you want.

2- put background to your images,videos, topics

<center style=”border: 2px solid #ffffff;background-image: url(‘insert background location from any site you want’);
background-color:#000000; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 10px;”> put the code generated when you add review to the page </center>

example

1- I choose topic from site, this topic : http://dl8.glitter-graphics.net/pub/478/478188lt2qyg0w1s.jpg

2- I add this topic to my blog

3- edit the topic and copy the code

4- choose url of background you want such as http://dl5.glitter-graphics.net/pub/534/534755h92efycwnw.jpg

the code will become

<center style=”border: 2px solid #ffffff;background-image: url(‘http://dl5.glitter-graphics.net/pub/534/534755h92efycwnw.jpg‘); background-color:#000000; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 10px;”> <a rel=”nofollow” href=”http://dl8.glitter-graphics.net/pub/478/478188lt2qyg0w1s.jpg”><img border=”0″ width=”352″ height=”264″ src=”http://dl8.glitter-graphics.net/pub/478/478188lt2qyg0w1s.jpg“/></a> beautiful cat</center>

the result is

2- Fonts

1- Font color

to change the color of your text, add this code to your page

<span style=”color:red”> the text </span>

example:

the text is (stumbleupon is a great community website), if you want to change color from back to red. the code will become

<span style=”color:red”>stumbleupon is a great community website</span>

the result is : stumbleupon is a great community website

2- font size

to change the size of your text, add this code to your page

<p style=”font-size:xx-small;”>the text</p> this is for very very small text

<p style=”font-size:x-small;”>the text</p> this is for very small text

<p style=”font-size:small;”>the text</p> this is for small text

<p style=”font-size:medium;”>the text</p> this is for medium text

<p style=”font-size:large;”>the text</p> this is for large text

<p style=”font-size:x-large;”>the text</p> this is for very large text

<p style=”font-size:xx-large;”>the text</p> this is for very very large text

example:

the text is (stumbleupon is a great community website), if you want to change font from normal to large. the code will become:

<p style=”font-size:large;”>stumbleupon is a great community website</p>

the result is stumbleupon is a great community website

3- HTML Image Link Code

*If you want to add image to your blog whatever its size insert this code

<img src=”insert url of your image” />

example

if you want to put any image to your blog

1- copy the location of your image

2- add it to your code <img src=”http://blog.boxbe.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/love.jpg“/>

when you put this code to your page, the result will become

* if you want to add images to your blog with certain size add this code

<img  src=”insert url of your image“width=”write width you desired“height=”write height you desired“/> </a>

such as

<img  src=”http://blog.boxbe.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/love.jpg” width=”200” height=”80“/> </a>

the result is

These information will handle the common problems of the newest version of stumbleupon and waiting your comments if you have any problems.

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Since Google announced they will allow other ad networks to use adsense inventory, many arguments appear on the surface. This reminds me of Shakespeare’s play “much ado about nothing” ..oh “Ado” is archaic word , it means “fuss”. There is a lot of fuss around and controversies among adsense publishers about this update. Many of them see that they notice a drop of earning since they allowed the “Certified ad networks” to appear, while others block them. Some others started to analyze this new step and talk about the CTR and eCPM .
The comical part in this play is that, there is nothing to be talked about?

As google adsense adviser explained in Webmaster World forum“Guys, this is not a good idea. I can’t share the exact numbers, but I would be shocked if a single one of you were seeing any impressions whatsoever from Google certified ad networks yet. We’re rolling this out slowly. Very slowly.”

In addition , you can see the video from google in order to clear the clouds. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HyJPOVLd3I

It is logical that everything takes time to be mature, then we can analyze it. And it is also logical that this step will increase the potential earnings because it is built on competition between ads networks to get your ad space and the highest one will be shown, so the publisher will get the maximum revenue. So this step will be great. But to keep your current income intact, you can block “google testing network”. I think that will give you some peace of mind. And I do recommend that you have to give this step a full chance for next two months at least.

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Two days ago, I received an email from tax service with title

“Notice Of Unreported Income”
The content of the message is as following:
“Taxpayer ID: passwd-txt-sales-00000174073547US
Tax Type: INCOME TAX
Issue: Unreported/Underreported Income (Fraud Application)
Please review your tax statement on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) website (click on the link below):
review tax statement for taxpayer id: passwd-txt-sales-00000174073547US
Internal Revenue Service”
If you click on the above link, you will go to governmental page . For pro surfer, you will see it is a true site, there are no suspected links or so. But Take care, don’t be fooled by this . It is a trap. I’m lucky I managed to discover that because I’m not a US Citizen or have US Based business. The other thing that helps me to discover this fraud email is that, I already have several email addresses to check and I found this message in all my emails.
Takecare.

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StumbleUpon has launched to its fans and users the new feature of the share tool. This technique aims to facilitate the process of sending the pages to friends. this technique is more easy to use. You  only need to go to your favorites and choose the image or the page you like, then the share button will appear. After that, chose the friends you want to share with. And the pages will be sent through emails. Wow it is too easy way! It is so simple than the stumbleupon toolbar. By this new feature of sharing , everything can be shared with no time.

The new users of the stumbleupon will not need downloading the toolbar of stumble. All the newest and latest topics will be shared with no effort. This new feature of sharing will make the process of rating topics more easy.

The benefits of the new technique could be a great thing for the users of SU. But ,truthfully this way is a great portal for spam. And an interesting way to bother others with nonsense. This way will make the shouters and fool people kill their time with an easy way and without  effort.

The toolbar of SU enables users to appreciate the time and force them to send the topics which are already important. And the usual technique of sharing  is more sociable than the new one.

SU is a perfect way of marketing the valuable topics. And more sophisticated tool. It depends upon the good quality of topics. The new feature of share makes any one send any thing despite the interest of the other.

StumbleUpon tries by this new technique to attract more traffic and increase the visitors . But unfortunately the numbers say something else.
Many users of SU find that this way of sharing  is the most annoying one. And it kills the chance of having a space of beautiful interests.
But some others find this way is so cool. And most of those people has no hobby except invading others’ space. ??

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If you are a google adsense publisher, you may have heard many frightened stories about the banned publishers who suddenly found their account disabled and their businesses are destroyed even before start because they depend on Google to earn money.

Some are threatening and some other is moaning but both didn’t push Google to open their accounts again. Actually, banned publishers should be so calm and be sure of that if they are following Google’s policies, they can reinstate their account back.

Google disables publishers’ accounts immediately as an immediate measure to stop any attempt that may drain advertisers’ budgets, and then they investigate if this messure was right or not. So don’t panic. It is not the end of the world. When Google disables any account, you receive the famous massage which informs you about the right action you can do. The message contains a link to info page. If you visited this page, you will find that there is a link to a form page that helps you to reinstate your account.

To fill this form, you have to consider the following points:

1- Be calm, polite and honest

2- Fill all required info

3- Explain all your marketing activities in details and traffic flow.

4- If you monitor your web traffic, please attach a log file.

You may need to wait for two weeks or more before receiving a message from Google, notifying you that they are processing your appeal and review your site. This review may take a week. If they enable your account, you will get a very friendly message including the following “Thank you for clarifying your situation. We have reviewed your
circumstances and have reinstated your account, effective immediately.
Please note that there will be a delay of up to 48 hours before our
servers are informed of the update and ads start running on your website
again.”

You may wonder how I’m sure of that. It is simply because I was there in this banned world. As I came back you can too. If you are sure of the fact that you are following their rules and policies , and if you are sure these invalid clicks were never generated by you, or any automated method, then you can have some hope of reinstating your account again.

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Recently , as an adwords advertiser, I got recently message from Google saying that.

“Hello,

Our attempt to charge your credit card for your
outstanding Google AdWords account balance was declined.
Your account is still open. However, your ads have been suspended. Once
we are able to charge your card and receive payment for your account
balance, we will re-activate your ads.

Please update your billing information, even if you plan to use the
same credit card. This will trigger our billing system to try charging
your card again. You do not need to contact us to reactivate your
account.

To update your primary payment information, please follow these steps:

1. Log in to your account at http://adwords.google.com/select.
2. Enter your primary payment information.
3. Click ‘Update’ when you have finished.

In the future, you may wish to use a backup credit card in order to
help ensure continuous delivery of your ads. You can add a backup
credit card by visiting your Billing Preferences page or visit the
AdWords Help Centre for more details:

Thank you for advertising with Google AdWords. We look forward to
providing you with the most effective advertising available.

The Google AdWords Team.”

I got this message at my email address which I used to subscribe to Google. And I also didn’t pay the last invoice because I issue a new credit card. So it is normal to receive such message and use the above link to update my payment info. Oh , But wait, if you are in my shoes, please don’t do that. The link above is fake and will lead you to another url.
http://adwords.google.com/select this link is not the real one. If you look to the HTML code , you will find the real one is http://adwords.google.com.qsoil.cn/select/login

What does it mean? It means that as soon as you click on the above link, you will be forwarded to another copy cat site of google adwords to steal your log in data. Or to drop a Trojan into your pc and they can steal all your personal info or drop a virus that can destroy your pc.

So please be careful. Evil is always there.

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Adding reciprocal links to your website will help you in two ways. While reciprocal links are not the only way to build quality traffic to your website, they are very useful. The second way that reciprocal links work to help you are by boosting your rankings with the search engines. When using reciprocal links to help you build quality traffic, the first step is to find link partners by searching in the major search engines.

Websites may not respond to your request very quickly. The process can actually be a little frustrating. When looking to build quality traffic for your home based business, be sure that you keep good records of all of the sites that you approach when looking to build reciprocal links.

But how do you persuade high quality, relevant sites to link to yours? If you haven’t received a response in about three weeks time, send a polite reminder to them. When you are dealing with like websites, it is easy for some to get lost in the shuffle. The trick is to find sites that actually complement yours.

You can follow the next steps:

1-     Do good quality research to find quality links to help you build traffic for your home based business. When the search engines rank sites, they evaluate the amount and the quality of the websites that you have linked back to you and your home based business.

2-     Begin your quest to draw quality traffic by placing a link from one of the complementary sites to your website. While many experts will tell you it is best to actually contact the website you are choosing to link to before hand; this can show initiative on your part and that you truly like their site.

3-     Check out their resource pages, you may find some sites that you would like to link to as well.

4-     Be patient, but also do not give up. When you are beginning a home based business, one of the many ways to draw quality traffic to your website is by learning how to add reciprocal links to your site.

5-      While some people do actually link to their competitors, it is best to stay with sites that are complementary and not direct competitors.

Individuals that visit or shop the site that you link with are now able to visit your website by clicking the link that has been placed on the linking site. Try to not go for the first companies that you come across on the web; do your homework. But there are things you must do to increase your success when learning how to add reciprocal links to websites

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You worked hard to put your business online and you did your best to promote your products or services. You started to get customers…now what is next?
many business owners see that if they did the above steps and earned money, that means they succeeded…oh no…it is not the truth. There is one missing step.

It is After-Sale service or Customer Support service. Some businesses see that this step is time and money consuming. They already sold their product so why they should pay for this extra step and hire staff for it.

The answer is :

1- Your customers will come back again to buy from you rather than buying from someone else they don’t know..

2- keeping your customers satisfied will make them loyal to you and they will promote the product for you to their friends and family

3- By good Customer Support, you will brand your products and your business reputation will be “trusted”

I want to show you how far the customer support can be and how far it can affect customers. I have a personal experience as adwords advertiser. A few months ago , there was a problem in using “website Optimizer” which may affect the security of websites that use its generated code. First, I’m living in the Middle East and I never thought of that I’ll receive a phone call from Google that telling me about the problem and they apologize for the inconvenience may occur. The lady who was talking is calm , cool and talk in simple and clear English. She said they call me to remove the code immediately from my sites because they found a bug in “Website Optimizer” that may harm my site.

The call is ended but I felt a lot of comfort and trust in Google because they delt with me as I’m the only customer . They cared to talk to me personally not through email to be sure of that the problem will not affect my business which is too small for them to care about. But they do care and that means they contacted all their clients who may be estimated as 400.000 advertisers and spent a lot of time and human resources to support their clients.

So do you know now how should the customer service be?

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Your targeted audience is the group of individuals that you feel can most benefit from your business and whatever you are offering.  Therefore, your business can still benefit from innovative Internet marketing ideas, even if you do not have the experience or the time needed to find and implement those ideas yourself.

That is why a large number of business owners, maybe even your competition, are still relying on old and possibly outdated Internet marketing strategies. Your business can also benefit from innovative marketing ideas without having to do any of work yourself. With an Internet marketing specialist, all you have to do is explain your wants, your needs, and pay a reasonable fee. Implementing new marketing strategies is the best way to give your business a little push past the competition. Now that you know exactly how innovative Internet marketing ideas can help you and your business, what are you waiting for? Innovative Internet marketing ideas are ideas that are relatively new. By getting your business out into the public eye, with Internet marketing, you will likely find that your customer count and sales increase; thus creating a profitable business. After a close examination, you will likely see that there are number of different ways that innovative Internet marketing ideas can help you and your business. Internet marketing is using the Internet to get your business and its purpose out the general public, namely your targeted audience. What is nice about Internet marketing, even innovative Internet marketing ideas, is that it is relatively easy to keep up-to-date on the latest happenings. You can also use the Internet to find new marketing ideas, by performing a standard Internet search.

As previously mentioned, innovative Internet marketing ideas are ideas that are relatively new. This method of familiarizing yourself with Internet marketing ideas is great, but it can also be time consuming; you often need to weed through the old marketing ideas to find the new ones. If so, there is a good chance that you have heard of innovative Internet marketing ideas before. Marketing, including Internet marketing, is important to the success of any business, but not all business owners have the time to give marketing the attention that it deserves. This means that many business owners haven’t necessarily had the opportunity to use these marketing ideas or strategies. Although implementing these ideas may be considered a risk, because they are new, they are a great way to get ahead of the competition. It is also important to note what the push past the competition may do for you. If you have yet to examine innovative Internet marketing strategies, you are advised to do so. Whether you run an online business, an Internet business, a business that sells a product, or a business that sells a service, you can benefit from Internet marketing. For example, if you use the Internet or regularly read business journals or business magazines, you will likely be presented with new, innovative marketing ideas. To start increase your profits today, you are advised to start researching or seek assistance from a professional. That is why you are advised to take advantages of these resources, which are often free or available for a relatively affordable price. Depending on the Internet marketing specialist that you choose to work with, they should not only be able to research innovative Internet marketing strategies for you, but they can also implement them for you.  This can be done by hiring the assistance of a professional Internet marketing specialist.

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Marketing ideas are just that, ideas. Marketing ideas are there for the taking, whenever you are ready. Marketing ideas are the toughest things in the world to breathe life into. Marketing ideas are adjustable and changeable no matter the sector off business you are aimed toward. The inspiration for a new marketing plan can be derived from just about any business out there that shows they have the resolve to make it in the business world.

On the internet world, these marketing ideas are changing frequently and what it is working today may not work tomorrow. The net is mad and online marketing should always be innovative. Innovative Internet marketing ideas are ideas that are relatively new. This means that many business owners haven’t necessarily had the opportunity to use these marketing ideas or strategies. As a new business owner, you can greatly benefit from finding and implementing innovative Internet marketing ideas.

Online, you can find a large number of websites that offer free Internet marketing ideas, many of them are new ideas. By using the Internet, often with a standard Internet search, you can find innovative Internet marketing ideas that are sure to make your business a success.

Search For Events offers a simple, quick way to access information about networking events, charity events, workshops, seminars and conferences happening in your local area. Search engines love them. All the big search engines (such as Google) are including RSS/Blog content as bonus items in their scoring formulas these days.

During search, you will find many ideas , some theoretical and some others are practical.

You have to revise all these marketing ideas. Trying and testing will give you the most valuable experience you may have. You will know what is true and what is scam. Yes, you may encounter some brilliant ideas that too easy to be true. You will also learn which ideas can applied to promote your product or services. And at the end , you will have the ability to create your own marketing ideas.

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