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DAY 76

UPDATE: Wednesday, 11-May-2005 10:47 PM

Hi, Sam here... Just running a test with this page. That's why text is missing. Later I'll update you!

OK, I am back. A bit sooner thanks to a new program that I installed in *record* time. I will talk about the programs and the programmers site in the software area soon, with links to his work. The reason that I will do so is that the installation system the programmer has setup makes installing server based software a "snap" and I have installed a lot of CGI based programs to tell you that.

So, here is what I did, while I was away:

Update: Wednesday, 11-May-2005 10:56 PM

I installed a link tracker program. Here is the importance of such a program.

When I registered with a several search engines I later noted that the search engine "bots" were coming around and 'spidering my site' -- Now they are doing it very often. Google Bot is at my site just about daily.

Anyway, the next item is advertising. Just like measuring the effectiveness of search engines by looking at the log files of the domain, I look at a link tracking program to see what is happening with the advertising that I put out.

In this case I got a good offer from an Internet veteran who has been running adverting for about 10 years on the Internet. I will give his offer a shot and see what happens. To measure that I now have this URL:

http://www.p31.com/cgi-bin/linktracker/click.pl?jump=1

JUST A NOTE: The above URL is what I'll place with the advertiser, and it will then lead to the next page.

When the above URL is clicked you will go to "DAY 77" of this blog. The hit counter in my admin area will register ONE. By creating ONE link for each advertising buy that I make, I can effectively measure the response rate from each.

This is a MUST for you as you build any business on or off the Internet. IF you cannot measure the effectiveness of your advertising, don't do it.

So, here goes. I'll give the entire setup a run and see what happens. Then I'll proceed to setup the AD and go from there.

Once again, the results and effectiveness will be discussed in the days after the ad run. Read on, you'll lean something as I build the penny events!

Out for now, Sam!

OH, YES --Before you go to DAY 77, I must tell you. I had some trouble coming up with an entire ad campaign. So, I resolved it by doing what you'll see in the next page.

My goal is to find about 10 people to work with and I think it will resolve that I need. That it. Just wanted to tell you what it is... before I surprised you.

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