Comparative Value of Google Search Rankings

How likely is your URL to get a visitor click based on its keyword(s) search-terms Google ranking?

Click based on Google Rank #1: 42%
Click based on Google Rank #2: 12%
Click based on Google Rank #3: 9%
Click based on Google Rank #4: 7%
Click based on Google Rank #5: 5%
Click based on Google Rank #6: 4%
Click based on Google Rank #7: 4%
Click based on Google Rank #8: 3%
Click based on Google Rank #9: 3%
Click based on Google Rank #10: 3%

Your website url when found on Google’s 1st page of ten search-term rankings (as broken-down above):
Likelihood of a click: 90%

Your website url when found on Google’s 2nd page of ten search-term rankings:
Likelihood of a click: 10%

Note: Data is recently published and courtesy of a reliable source. All figures are rounded to the nearest percentage.

About Green Couches & Ancient Sea Creatures

There are a couple things we have been wondering about regarding both ancient sea creatures and green couches so I posted this on a third partiy site but it was immediatey automatically rejected by the blog as being spam (which it is not) so am posting it here since some readers may find it interesting.

Since at the time we were in the process of purchasing the domain name GreenCouches.com we were doing research about green couches so this was mainly about “Green Couches” which were discussed on that web site.

We asked if the term green couches refers to both the color of the couch and in addition, it being manufactured from non-toxic materials? Also, can a non-toxic couch be called a “green couch” if it’s a different color such as tan or brown for example, or is it usually in-fact green in color?

Another subject of interest is wanting to learn about is what was unique about that website as far as the design goes since it was said the site is somehow similar to ancient sea creatures which have spiral shapes? That was regarding the interesting sea creature picture and the statement: “a fossil of ammonite, an extinct ancient sea creature, which is often used as an “index fossil” to link the rock layer in which they are found to specific geological time periods.

How does a website possibly embody the basic shape of the spiral, a growth pattern used throughout nature because it allows the organism to grow at a constant rate without having to change shape (as does the structure upon which this that site was built)?

Do any readers of DavidGreen.com blog have any thoughts about how the spiral natural shape of the ancient sea creature fossils (pictured below) could somehow be related to making good websites?

Are Yahoo Traffic Quality Scores Nonsensical?

Yahoo! is a major advertising feed provider for a few well known domain name parking firms. Domains which are not active websites are usually parked so the domain-name owner gets an opportunity to earn revenue from pay-per-click ads which appear on the pages which are parked.

One of the larger and best domain parking firms is Parked.com, who reports by way of a graphical line chart viewable on the clients dashboard page showing their web-page visitor traffic quality scoring.

Even since the Yahoo feed traffic scores were openly disclosed we have always thought the scores made little sense and seemed nonsensical since the scores fluctuate a lot even though the parked domains and their visitor traffic stays basically the same.

In the past (again with about the same quality traffic) our score has ranged from a very low 1 and all the way up to a consistent 9 or 10, with 10 being the highest possible score, and has held as a 9 or 10 for  long time periods. Here is our most recent quality score report according to Yahoo! which covers the last nine quality score iterations:

2.5 – 3.0 – 0 – 0 – 6.0 – 1.0 – 1.0 – 5.5 – 7.0

In our opinion, it appears to be virtually impossible for such wild fluctuations to take place. In fact, the visitor quality scores almost appear like random numbers, keeping in mind the parked domains and their combined traffic are basically the same for the entire reporting period. What do you think?

Green Couches & Eco-Friendly Furniture: 7-11-10

Today is July 11, 2010, or 7-11-10 which is an extremely lucky date what with the 7-11 good luck aspect, combined with the year ending in 10 and 10 considered to be the best possible natural number.

To celebrate 7-11-10 we have made a new website about green couches, green chairs and other green furniture and home furnishings, which are not necessarily always green in color. A green couch and other green furniture is also environmentally friendly, green friendly, eco-friendly and nature friendly. Buying green-friendly home products helps the planet and also promotes the use of green sources of energy.

Green-friendly and eco-friendly home furnishings may be a green color but can also be done in other colors in addition to green, and preferably made from green-friendly and non-toxic furniture manufacturing methods.

GreenCouches.com would greatly appreciate any relevant feedback or comments you may have about green couches, green chairs or any other green-friendly home products which we could also add to the website since we are looking for green home products and green freindly furniture opinions to expand the new site, which you can visit by going to GreenCouches.com now by clicking the picture below:

WSPN.COM is the Women’s Sports Network

One of our most visited websites is WSPN.COM where we are working on developing a Women’s Sports Network, which is the main acronym meaning of WSPN. In addition to the women’s sports network relevancy there are nine other usage categories you will see on the left side of the wspn.com web-page.

We are offering you an opportunity to get your name published on the Internet plus a link to your Facebook page or to your own website if you can contribute some relevant content for wspn.com (which we can re-publish on our site) about women’s sports, or the rapidly growing in popularity game of “Netball” or any other acronym definitions, including other popular women’s sports.

Netball is fast becoming one of the most popular women’s sports in the world. Netball is a new type of basketball type of sport which is being played by more than 20 million people (believed to be mostly by women and girls) thruout the world. Netball is similar to basketball although there is no ball dribbling, the netball and basket are slightly smaller, there is no backboard and players are assigned to pre-determined areas of the court.

The same and sport of Netball is fast and lots of fun, with some basic skill making it even better of course, and can be played by women and girls of all ages, sizes and skill levels. You do not necessarily need to be tall, athletic or quick to play Netball as is required in the case of regular basketball.

Netball gives a lot more women and girls a chance to participate in a relatively new but fast growing sport which relies more on teamwork than natural physical skills and height. More information about Netball and other women’s sports can be found on the wspn.com sports web site.

We would appreciate any comments you have about WSPN.COM which feedback we could also add to our web site as we are looking for sports, in particular popular womens sport feedback to expand the wspn.com site, which website you can visit by clicking-on the picture below to visit WSPN now.

About Teenage Children’s Issues, including Acne

Over the July 4th weekend we have been working on one of our growing group of children’s and kids websites, including our teenage childrens site. Added some dynamic new features, including Amazon affiliate program products (see the Amazon product graphic below), plus new images and links plus more work on the website content.

The teenage children site covers misc teen issues including teenage acne, teen health, smoking and depression. Acne is one of the most common problems in teenagers affecting almost 20-million teens in the USA. Having acne can be extremely depressing for teens and cause their self-worth and self-esteem to become poor.

Acne is a skin disorder involving glands and hair follicles. Acne results from the clogging of glands leading to the formation of pimples and cysts. The condition usually begins with the onset of puberty in kids as young as the pre-teen years. As teens reach puberty the androgens also known as sex hormones are produced in high numbers leading to glands becoming over-active, which results in sebum being produced in high proportions and acne rosacea setting in.

If the hair follicles are partially blocked it results in blackheads and when the follicles are totally blocked they become whiteheads. Untreated, they eventually burst causing the oil, bacteria and skin cells to spill all over the skin resulting in irritation and formation of acne pimples. Acne can be very near the skin surface or deep in the skin, depending on the nature of the teenagers skin and oil produced.

There are several known causes why Acne Rosacea starts in teenage children. In addition to rising hormone levels due to puberty it can also be blamed on factors such as intake of drugs which contain lithium, barbiturates and corticosteroids. Acne can also be caused due to excess grease and oil in the scalp, due to cooking oil and use of some cosmetics. Acne rosacea problems sometimes can be inherited too so in taht case diet and health are not a major factor.

If you can contribute a reviews or comments about teenagers and our teenage children web site it will be most welcome and appreciated. You can visit it by going to Teenage Children now, or clicking-on the picture below:

Starting a Nonprofit Charitable Organization

Have you always thought about or wanted to leave the world a better place than you found it by starting a NonProfit Charitable Organization? A nonprofit charitable organization is a corporation with a main objective in support of issues or matters of private interest, or public concern (such as arts, charities, charitable work, education, research, politics, religion, or some other work) for non-commercial purposes.

There are a few different primary types of non-profits, one of them being a 501(c)(3), which is exempt from income tax and possibly also real estate property taxes, and able to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions. While it’s usually beneficial to consult with an attorney who is experienced in the area of nonprofit and charitable law to help avoid mistakes sometimes made when they trying to incorporate a nonprofit on their own, many people have been successfully established a non-profit on their own.

We recently finished redesigning our CharitableOrganizations.com web site, which is a domain name we have owned for 11-years, since 1999. It’s a non-profit’s guide about how to successfully establish a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Charitable corporation.

If anyone can suggest site improvements or relevant new content additions it would be appreciated if you posted any ideas.

We would appreciate any comments you have about charitable organizations and non-profits – which feedback we could also get permission to add to our site as we are looking for charity personal feedback to expand the charitable organizations website, which site you can visit by going to Charitable Organizations site now, or clicking-on the picture.

Alzheimer’s Disease a Very Sad Medical Condition

One additional web site about Alzheimer’s Disease has been completed (but we are still looking to add more content. Do you have any dementia related content we can use?).

A lot of people do not realize Alzheimer’s is more severe than only getting Dementia since Alzheimers is the 7th leading cause of death. The early stages of Alzheimer’s involve symptoms associated with memory loss. Alzheimer’s Disease is a Sad and Severe Medical Condition which unfortunately is not curable at this time. However, thanks to new medical research and the latest Alzheimer’s drugs Alzheimers Disease can be treated and at least slowed-down.

Those affected with Alzheimers may have a difficult time remembering what day of the week, or even the month or year it is. They may find themselves losing items more frequently than normal, forgetting about events, or confused and disoriented in familiar places.

Somewhat strangely and also ironically, old memories are not effected in the early stages of Alzheimers. An affected person will recognize old friends and family, but may not have any clear memory of recent events and personal interactions.

We would appreciate any comments you have about Alzhheimer’s – which feedback we could also add to our new web site as we are looking for Alzheimer’s and Dementia personal feedback to expand the Alzheimers.biz site, which site you can visit by going to http://alzheimers.biz/ now.

We would appreciate any comments you have about Alzhheimer’s – which feedback we could also add to our new web site as we are looking for Alzheimer’s and Dementia personal feedback to expand the Alzheimers.biz site, which site you can visit by going to Alzheimers now, or clicking-on the picture. Thank you.

Non-US Address Results in WIPO Loss Protection!

The FirstQuote.com WIPO Case Decision (domain kept) and its significant issues & deciding factors:

In our view, the most significant aspect of this case and perhaps in every other case ever presented to WIPO is this statement extracted from the case below: Moreover, the Respondent is based in Hong Kong, SAR of China, while protection of the Complainant’s 1STQUOTE-Marks and the Complainant’s business are limited to the United States of America.

That certainly is an incredibly powerful reason to have your domains registered at a non-USA address!

More… the respondent denies the complainant’s contentions. Respondent alleges that the phrase “First Quote” is the featured tagline for thousands of insurance, financial and legal websites and can be heard in numerous ads from agencies asking to “come in today for your first quote”. Upon the Respondent’s allegations, the disputed domain name is comprised of a generic term, which may be used in hundreds of ways, and the Complainant is attempting to leverage the domain name from its owner by using the UDRP forum to reverse hijack the domain.

The Respondent further states that there are 10 active trademarks for FIRST QUOTE in the US, that there is no proof that the Complainant is the sole owner of and creator of the phrase “first quote” and that the disputed domain name was first registered on January 15, 1997, 6 years prior to the Complainant’s claim of “first use” of the 1STQUOTE-trademarks and even before the Complainant was established, which also shows that the phrase had already been popular before complainant tried to claim it.

The Respondent further argues that he never intended to act in bad faith. Furthermore, according to the Respondent’s allegations, the Complainant has no website, brand, domain name, or anything else associated with “first quote” (rather than 1STQUOTE), and the Complainant does not even own the domain name <1stquote.com>. The Respondent also requests the Complainant should be fined for Reverse Domain Hijacking.

With regard to the Respondent’s bad faith registration and use, the Complainant contends that the Respondent registered the disputed domain name with actual or at least constructive notice of the Complainant’s 1STQUOTE-Marks and was using the disputed domain name in bad faith primarily to intentionally attract for financial gain Internet users to the Respondent’s web site by misleading and confusing Internet users who are searching for the Complainant’s website but, merely, misspell or mistype the brand name of the Complainant’s 1STQUOTE on-line application processing service. Respondent has denied these assertions and provided evidence of substantial third parties’ use of the term “first quote”, including the provision of services similar to those of the Complainant.

It seems to be more likely than not to this Panel, the Respondent acquired the disputed domain name, as he contends because of its meaning and because of the substantial third party use of the underlying words, and not with a view to the Complainant and its 1STQUOTE-Marks. The Complainant’s 1STQUOTE-Marks are not used identically in the disputed domain name but with a different spelling, and they enjoy less than average distinction, if any distinction at all, as they are made up of two generic words which are commonly used together.

Moreover, the Respondent is based in Hong Kong, SAR of China, while protection of the Complainant’s 1STQUOTE-Marks and the Complainant’s business are limited to the United States of America.As a result, on the balance of evidence, the Complainant has failed in this Panel’s assessment to prove that the disputed domain name was registered in bad faith, i.e. with the Complainant in mind.

We would appreciate any comments you have about trademarks and WIPO cases – which feedback we could also add to our web site since we are actively looking for personal feedback about trademark issues to expand the web site, which site you can visit by going to Internet Intellectual Property now, or clicking-on the image below. Thank you.

Chinese CC Domain Registrations Decline by 39%

Noticed on the newly redesigned igoldrush.com web site registrations of Chinese country code (.CN) domain names has declined a very high 39%. That is not too surprising in view of the loss of domain registrars who were once selling .cn names (before recent strict Chinese government domain restrictions were put imto effect), plus some other issues.

We owned ony one dot-cn domain, a name which we owned for many years. However, what with the comparatively high yearly renewal fees and its low traffic the Chnese domain- name was not worth renewing again this year.

I always wondered why Chinese people would actually type-in an English word followed by the .cn extension? I believe English use by the public is not nearly as common in China vs Europe and many other nations of the world. Can anyone confirm that with some statistics or opinons?

Apple Cider Vinegar can Cure Acid Reflux Disease

Another new website was competed this week: Apple Cider Benefits which is a small site (but lots of beneficial information) regarding the truly amazing health benefits of apple cider vinegar, which has a surprising number of health benefits, including acid reflux and weight-loss too. I can verify with first-hand experience some of the apple cider vinegar health benefits, such as the almost miraculous curing of acid reflux disease…get more details by visiting the apple cider benefits web site…

Acne may be Successfully Treated for Healthy Skin

How is acne rosacea treated? First, wash your face on a regulat basis. If the acne skin condition does not go away, there are several over-the-counter products (you can buy these without a doctor’s order) available in different forms, such as lotions, gels, soaps, creams and other facial supplies.

Common ingredients used in these acne products to fight acne are benzoyl peroxide, resorcinol, salicylic acid, and sulfur. If you have a bad skin reaction to any products you buy on your own, tell your doctor. Also, it can take time for these skin health products to work. If they do not make your acne better after two months, ask your doctor for help.

Your doctor can give you stronger medicines and prescription drugs, including anti-biotics or other pills and skin creams which consist of retinoids or adapalene in the cream. Retinoids can make you very sensitive to the sun, so avoid those sun-rays or use a strong sunscreen to protect your skin from too much sun exposure. Another word of caution: the medicine isotretinoin (the product is called Accutane) can cause birth defects and even losing a baby while pregnant (if it’s taken during pregnancy).

What can make acne even worse? •oil-based make-up, suntan oil, hair gels, and sprays •stress •your period •picking at your pimples •scrubbing your skin too hard •getting too much sun… What doesn’t cause acne? Dirty living conditions, sweets, candy and chocolates, fried food, and sexual activity do not cause acne. They are all popular myths which you can ignore as acne causes.

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New Fibromyalgia Center pain relief web site

Fibromyalgia Center Organization now offers pain relief products for sale (in addition to pain treatment information) on our relatively new Fibromyalgia Center web site, now offering pain relief advice plus severe pain treatment products to help people who suffer from chronic pain and fibromyalgia symptoms…Fibromyalgia Center is the place to learn about Fibromyalgia Pain and pain treatment programs…

The new site can be accessed by clicking-on the tired from pain woman below. Comments about pain or the site are welcome…

Antioxidant Vitamin Therapy new web site

We just released a new website regarding Antioxidant Vitamin Therapy which subject is rapidly gaining populariy for those wishing to keep a younger and achieve a healthier look.

The new site can be accessed by clicking-0n the girls photo below. Comments about the site are welcome…

Yahoo! buys Me.Me domain but is it smart of them?

Yahoo has just announced they have purchased the Me.me domain for a Twitter-Like Microblogging Site. Yahoo is apparently still going full-force with its Twitter competitor, Yahoo Meme. Yahoo has now bought up the clever domain name, Me.me, from the .ME domain registry, which is based in the country of Montenegro. No word on how much Yahoo paid for me.me domain name.

Yahoo calls the purchase “an essential component of our online branding strategy.” The buy suggests Yahoo is readying a wider roll-out of the service, which has not been advertised widely. On Meme, users may write short entries and add photos or videos to their pages, which are called “memes;” users can “follow” other memes and track entries from those pages via a dashboard.

The domain Me.me in our opinion is a dumb domain name and indicates how Yahoo! is alleged to be far from sharp or smart. Another example of Yahoo’s lack of success is the multi-year beta-testing of the Yahoo Publishing Network and its sudden closing at end of April.

To further demonstrate how allegedly dumb YPN was last year YPN called and emailed us to take down our access to their keyword ad targeting tool. They refused to say why other than saying they did not like the way we were using it. That was onviously BS since we used the tool exactly as intended to target ads about the subject of the site and domain and never wrongly deviated from its correct use.

YPN allegedly really did not have sufficient ad inventory in some important categories we were targeting so they allegedly did not truly desire the ad tool to be used correctly by us since that in-effect prevented them from running non-targeted ads. We believe they had inventory of non-important keyword ads such as dating, games and cell phones, etc., for example, but alleged low inventory in hgher paying categories such as financials, credit, trading and health for example, for which we were using the ad tool successfully (as they had in fact intended) until they took it away from us.

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