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Actual for You - Internationalizing Your Websites
Making money on the Net is the goal of any internet marketer. Achieving that goal however is another thing altogether.It is said that 95% of internet marketers fail to make any sizable income from all their activities. This is a shame and pitiful. One reason for this is the lack of persistence.Many join one opportunity after the other and give up when the expected returns fail to show up on time. How many of you have joined one internet opportunity to simply give up when the profits did not arrive at your appointed hour? When this happens, we simply jettison that opportunity and jump unto the next one.As any successful webmaster can attest, Rome was not built in a day. Most believe all the bullshit ads they read such as “Make $500 a Day” and dive into internet marketing with that mentality. When reality sets in, disillusionment eventually accompanies it.To eventually earn that $500 a day, you simply have to be persistence. The money is in not giving up.The primary reason why persistence is crucial is that the money is the conversion ra
Once you've grabbed the files from each datacentre they will all have the format
Every Web site owner should have a check list of maintenance activity for their site on a monthly, quarterly and yearly basis. One of the items on your yearly checklist should include checking your domain name.Years seem to fly by and you may have registered your domain name for a two or three years so you don’t worry about when it expires. You may also have a false sense of security because you feel that the company you bought the domain name from will inform you. You’re right, the company will inform you, but it is not fool proof.Keep in mind, depending on which company you used, if their main business is registering domains they probably don’t care if your domain expires. Many of these companies have backorder options. Backorder options gives someone the ability to backorder your domain so the very second your domain expires it is registered with the person that backordered it. It may not seem legal, but it is.In addition, the company that backordered your name can be kept anonymous – even if they end up with your name. Yo
We've all seen the seamless way that large sites such as Google seem to 'know' which territory a surfer is coming from and then delivers content appropriately. The truth, however, is that even though there is some cleverness behind the approach there's no magical all-knowing code lying in the background. With some fairly simple perl code and some FTP data downloads you too can replicate this functionality for your own website.
Don't believe me? Well, in this article I'll show you exactly what you need to do to gain this functionality for your own web pages.
The basic process involved is to glean your users' IP address (addresses of the form 127.1.1.0) which tells you what server they're using to access the internet. The example given on the left represents a dot-decimal notation which comprises four octets in decimal separated by periods. Everyone is familiar with this notation, however it's not very useful if you need to find a number within an IP range (the repositories provide us with IP ranges rather than a list of numbers). To convert from decimal-coded octets to a single decimal number the following process is used (eg. for an IP 1.2.3.4) 1.2.3.4 = 4 + (3 * 256) + (2 * 256 * 256) + (1 * 256 * 256 * 256). The numbers are split and reversed then each is multiplied by 256^n with n in the range 0 to 3. This results in a pure decimal number.
OK, so you can get your site visitors' IP addresses and convert them to decimal notation (which aids comparisons), but how can you convert these to the country of origin for your visitors? Thankfully for us, the actual allocation of IP addresses so- called Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) which are RIPE NCC (Europe), ARIN (North Americ and part of the Caribbean), LACNIC (Latin America and Caribbean), APNIC (Asia Pacific) and AfrINIC (Africa). Each of these publish a daily list of all the registry data and they make these data available via anonymous FTP. To find them simply navigate to the ARIN home page (which you can find via any search engine) and look for the list of RIRs on the left-hand border. These link you out to the respective FTP sites. Each is a standard repository where the latest version of the data file is available as delegated-*-latest so it's easy to write an automated script that will download the files on a daily basis.
Once you've grabbed the files from each datacentre they will all have the format (
Affiliate programs are a great way to make money on the Internet – one of the few ways, in fact, that has managed to stand the test of time. The web today is a very different place to what it was at the start of e-commerce, but the success of affiliate marketing programs has only increased. In an unstable market like the Internet, it makes sense to seize on proven strategies like this and put them to work for you.So what is an affiliate program? Basically, the idea is that, instead of running your own e-commerce website, fulfilling orders and all that jazz, you just set up your website to drive customers to someone else’s. For example, if you’re running a website with DVD reviews, you might think that it would also make sense for you to sell the DVDs – so you just sign up to an affiliate program, and link through to a store that does using your affiliate code. In return for the referral, you get a commission as a percentage of the sale price, typically somewhere from 1% to 5%.The most important choice you have to make is exactly which affiliate program to
Don't believe me? Well, in this article I'll show you exactly what you need to do to gain this functionality for your own web pages.
The basic process involved is to glean your users' IP address (addresses of the form 127.1.1.0) which tells you what server they're using to access the internet. The example given on the left represents a dot-decimal notation which comprises four octets in decimal separated by periods. Everyone is familiar with this notation, however it's not very useful if you need to find a number within an IP range (the repositories provide us with IP ranges rather than a list of numbers). To convert from decimal-coded octets to a single decimal number the following process is used (eg. for an IP 1.2.3.4) 1.2.3.4 = 4 + (3 * 256) + (2 * 256 * 256) + (1 * 256 * 256 * 256). The numbers are split and reversed then each is multiplied by 256^n with n in the range 0 to 3. This results in a pure decimal number.
OK, so you can get your site visitors' IP addresses and convert them to decimal notation (which aids comparisons), but how can you convert these to the country of origin for your visitors? Thankfully for us, the actual allocation of IP addresses so- called Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) which are RIPE NCC (Europe), ARIN (North Americ and part of the Caribbean), LACNIC (Latin America and Caribbean), APNIC (Asia Pacific) and AfrINIC (Africa). Each of these publish a daily list of all the registry data and they make these data available via anonymous FTP. To find them simply navigate to the ARIN home page (which you can find via any search engine) and look for the list of RIRs on the left-hand border. These link you out to the respective FTP sites. Each is a standard repository where the latest version of the data file is available as delegated-*-latest so it's easy to write an automated script that will download the files on a daily basis.
Once you've grabbed the files from each datacentre they will all have the format
There is a debate among web design experts as to who is responsible for procuring content for the website. Many professionals want the content to be the responsibility of the site owner. The reasoning is simple – the site owner should have a better understanding of the site products or services than the web designer.The other side to the argument is that the web designer needs to assist the site owner in obtaining original knowledge-based articles to compliment the site. In this scenario the web designer also works with freelance writers to develop all site content. This includes everything from “How To” articles to the “About Us” and “Home Page” sections.Many web designers are interested in developing the ‘look’ of the website without being responsible for what the content says. However, more and more web design experts are beginning to offer full content services as part of their monthly or annual contracts. Obviously the customer bears all costs related to the content, but many entrepreneurs enjoy less work in site management.One element to this
OK, so you can get your site visitors' IP addresses and convert them to decimal notation (which aids comparisons), but how can you convert these to the country of origin for your visitors? Thankfully for us, the actual allocation of IP addresses so- called Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) which are RIPE NCC (Europe), ARIN (North Americ and part of the Caribbean), LACNIC (Latin America and Caribbean), APNIC (Asia Pacific) and AfrINIC (Africa). Each of these publish a daily list of all the registry data and they make these data available via anonymous FTP. To find them simply navigate to the ARIN home page (which you can find via any search engine) and look for the list of RIRs on the left-hand border. These link you out to the respective FTP sites. Each is a standard repository where the latest version of the data file is available as delegated-*-latest so it's easy to write an automated script that will download the files on a daily basis.
Once you've grabbed the files from each datacentre they will all have the format
To install or not to install?This question is at the forefront of debates concerning the management of nursing homes. At present, the issue of whether or not to put security cameras in nursing homes and where these should be placed is extremely controversial and is far from resolved.Merits of Installing Security Cameras in Nursing HomesThe most important argument in favor of security cameras is their deterrent value against abuse and substandard care. These security cameras have been given the moniker "granny cams" and are said to be a positive step in reducing the potential for elderly abuse. Experts believe that granny cameras could singlehandedly restore public confidence in nursing homes because they give family members instant access to recently stored footage. They can, thus, closely monitor the well-being of their parents or grandparents.Security cameras retail for at least $630 and may go up as high as $1,590. On top of this, there is a $20 monthly fee for accessing the server and another $10 monthly to upload images via a data-only l
OK, so you can get your site visitors' IP addresses and convert them to decimal notation (which aids comparisons), but how can you convert these to the country of origin for your visitors? Thankfully for us, the actual allocation of IP addresses so- called Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) which are RIPE NCC (Europe), ARIN (North Americ and part of the Caribbean), LACNIC (Latin America and Caribbean), APNIC (Asia Pacific) and AfrINIC (Africa). Each of these publish a daily list of all the registry data and they make these data available via anonymous FTP. To find them simply navigate to the ARIN home page (which you can find via any search engine) and look for the list of RIRs on the left-hand border. These link you out to the respective FTP sites. Each is a standard repository where the latest version of the data file is available as delegated-*-latest so it's easy to write an automated script that will download the files on a daily basis.
Once you've grabbed the files from each datacentre they will all have the format
It is widely accepted that major search engines, such as Google, Yahoo! and MSN, place a very high importance on inbound links from authority websites.The fastest way for a new niche website to get in all the major search engine indexes is to acquire links from 'expert' websites. Links from relevant authority websites can get your site in the Big Three indexes literally overnight.Although, asking those sites for links is almost pointless, you can provide an article or participate in the site's forum and embed a link to your website into your article byline or forum signature, that is a common practice. Be unique, have something worth saying.But how to find authority websites for your niche?Myriad Search Authority Finder is a relatively new meta search engine by Aaron Wall (SEO Book) designed primarily to help find authoritative websites for your keywords. Want to know which websites rank well for your niche key phrase? Myriad Search will show you, presenting search results with their relative rankings from Google, Yahoo, MSN and Ask.co
Once you've grabbed the files from each datacentre they will all have the format (eg from the European data file):
ripencc|GR|ipv4|62.1.0.0|65536|20000216|allocated ripencc|CH|ipv4|62.2.0.0|65536|19981211|allocated ripencc|SA|ipv4|62.3.0.0|8192|20000721|allocated ripencc|SA|ipv4|62.3.32.0|8192|20020109|allocated ripencc|GB|ipv4|62.3.64.0|16384|20010629|allocated ripencc|SE|ipv4|62.3.128.0|8192|20001005|allocated ripencc|PL|ipv4|62.3.160.0|8192|20020114|allocated ripencc|GB|ipv4|62.3.192.0|16384|20030212|allocated ripencc|FR|ipv4|62.4.0.0|8192|19970513|allocated
As you can see from the example above the data format is relatively simple and easy to parse as the data is delimited by the pipe "|" character.
COLUMN VALUES ----------------------------------------------------------------- REGISTRY: apnic,arin,ripencc,lacnic,iana COUNTRY_CODE: One of 240 unique 2-character country codes or "*" or "ZZ" (unassigned) ADDRESS_TYPE: asn,ipv4,ipv6 ADDRESS: Either the starting IP Address or AS Number or "*" NUMBER: Number of IPs in range or "1" if ADDRESS_TYPE is "asn" DATE: Date IP range or AS Number was added to database or "*" RANGE_TYPE: "allocated" -> borrowed; "assigned" -> owned
Only the ipv4 lines are needed, so the others can be discarded, as can any lines with wildcard '*' characters in them. This reduces the file size to about 2.4 MB and about 750 000 lines. Generally I load this into a database and use the ISO 3166 country code definitions (search for this on the web) to build another database that converts the two-letter codes in the file above to full country names (the only exception to this is GB which is the ipv4 code for the United Kingdom whereas the ISO 3166 code is UK). I fix this by appending 'GB United Kingdom' to the end of the code_to_name database I create. Once all the data has been loaded into a database and the IP numbers have been converted to decimal ranges I can start to do something useful.
As a simple example here's an SQL query that fetches some data across the two databases I've created:
select cc.country, cc.code, ip.registry, ip.ip_from, ip.ip_to from country_codes cc, ip_maps ip where cc.code = ip.code and ip.code = "GL";
and returns the fol
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