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Written on: 23. 05. 2009 [12:44]
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gjensen
Gerard Jensen
registered since: 02.01.2009
Posts: 39
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TheSandcat wrote: I don't think he is a script. anyway, the IT guy could just delet this nonsense. Search Google for something called "XRumer" and you may find out that this is harder to do than one might first think it would be - IP banning won't work for example. Captchas and email authentication of your registration may put some breaks on this nonsense though... I seriously doubt that this Chinese guy truly has the stammina to post his ads (which basically contain the same text over and over again) to thousands of websites all by his own - and I'm pretty sure he lacks the intelligence to use anthing else than XRumer for his forum attacks. If this forum would use true email activation (that is: not you define the initial password for your account but the email activation script does - which in turn sends that new password to an email adress that has to exist with the order to execute a specific link with a time-limited token in its URL, so as to be able to actually use your new account), plus enforce the use of Captchas (so you have to enter a random passphrase to submit your postings - and that passphrase is presented to you only as a distorted graphic, so it can't be read by easily by spam-script), spambots like his XRumer would only stand much less a chance to post their crap here. Not that the mm_forum extension to Typo3 (hint to the sysop if you ever read this: keeping the backend login to such a highly frequented site at its default position - not a good idea...) wouldn't support activation emails with passphrase and Captchas - but you'd need a sysop to activate this, and that may indeed prove to be the crux here. Gerard |
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Written on: 03. 10. 2009 [04:23]
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Sphinx
Kamau Anthony
registered since: 22.12.2008
Posts: 4
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Hi Friends, Sorry been away for a long time... kind of been rather busy trying harder as per the advisory given prior...; wow! you are one tough teacher... actually, its like you teach the way the real world teaches... no smile, nor play, nor laugh... straight to the iron tough... its a very tough way to learn believe me.... so do not be wonder why a newbie would skip away from "tough hard talk" for sometime.. Perhaps you were correct in a way... Probably some missing links here could be this, viz: http://www.makeyourminisiteeasy.com/adwordscourse.html If you have that, and a reliable host like the one mentioned within, viz: http://profitsh.thirdsphereplus.com/ Perhaps with these two, the teacher would rate this a little better... i am sure you will at least find quite some start up momentum with these two... neh? ON ANOTHER NOTE By the way; on another note, if any of you guys have some ideas we could perhaps explore on in this route...? B2B, B2C, Etc... Let me know please... maybe its better if we exchanged ideas cos the post is not getting deleted. This way we might perhaps form a worthwhile network and make at least something good out of all this...? For example, "thinking aloud"... the mapone shrimps (i.e.; the caterpillars from Ohangwena - African Cuisine is gaining in popularity, and perhaps an experimental ideas can help)... think that can be commercialised... ideas buddies... if any...? My best regards guys... keep safe... Hitting the Head against a Wall can be really tough... sometimes the challenges in life make me feel that way... 
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Written on: 05. 10. 2009 [16:24]
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gjensen
Gerard Jensen
registered since: 02.01.2009
Posts: 39
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Sphinx wrote: ON ANOTHER NOTE By the way; on another note, if any of you guys have some ideas we could perhaps explore on in this route...? B2B, B2C, Etc... Let me know please... maybe its better if we exchanged ideas cos the post is not getting deleted. This way we might perhaps form a worthwhile network and make at least something good out of all this...? For example, "thinking aloud"... the mapone shrimps (i.e.; the caterpillars from Ohangwena - African Cuisine is gaining in popularity, and perhaps an experimental ideas can help)... think that can be commercialised... ideas buddies... if any...? Hm. Mopane worms may be a rather hard sell outside of Africa - but the main question that remains with any type of Internet based business is: would a business idea work in "real life" - that is: without a single Internet connection, email etc., just by the sheer power of a professionally working entrepreneur that did all his maths? After all, if you have a business idea that is not viable in Namibia due to a lack of possible target market which you have never evaluated before starting your business, you are bound to have an Internet shop that is not going to be viable because you have no idea as to what is "hip" to be sold on the Internet and what is not. Mopane worms are not something you will see on a kitchen table in Europe or the US. Not now, not after a huge (and expensive) marketing campaign, not even if you manage to have that product promoted by high ranking Namibian politicians. Even if they taste like honey and look like little marzipan eggs - the problem here: you have overlooked that in order to even export one single mopane worm to Europe, you would have to comply to so many laws, regulations and (again: expensive) examinations. But just imagine you *can* export it the way you want, perhaps you have just found a wealthy market in Asia (which I would consider a plausible place to look for a market for mopane worms - after all, they already take a shine to fried insects for example) - how do you think you could manage to deliver? In Botswana, they have already had a heavy harvesting programme before 1995 - with the result that the moth that is resposible to lay the eggs that then turn into the worm nearly disappeared. Additionally, what impact do you have on the ecology with this? After all, mopane worms are harvested from trees, which in turn will most likely be felled in the harvesting process. Make a small success of *your* company, and you can be very sure that dozends will follow your idea - so even if *you* manage to do everything right without killing your product and/or your thriving company, what can you do about the much more naive approach of others? B2B, B2C etc. - that's all buzzwords you can think about if you have found a viable business concept. What applies to "brick and mortar" businesses (that is: all those that produce something and could sell that in any normal shop) obviously also applies to Internet shops: Amazon couldn't sell books, if there wouldn't be companies producing it (which explains why we do not really have an "online bookshop" in Namibia that would sell Namibian books - simply due to a lack of "produce"), and on the other hand customers that think it's cool to buy books online, as the process of buying a shrink-wrapped version in a book-shop is not much different from buying it over the Internet. You can't sell mopane worms over the Internet, if you can't combine the product harvesting with the required Internet know-how plus the awareness of possible international markets for these worms. If you have all that - go ahead, build your business and thrive on your success. If things lack somewhere - then I sincerely doubt that you will find a "how to make money quickly" brochure on the Internet that teaches you all that in just a couple of pages and with that covers all the specifics of your new business idea that you so far haven't spent a thought on. Amazon knows zip about a certain books quality. That's not their business. Their business is making purchases over the Internet easy. Which explains why these days you can buy books, DVDs, computers, perfume, baby clothes and even frying pans over their website - and believe me, if their would all of a sudden be a huge rush for mopane worms in this world, you could probably buy them here too. Do you have what it takes to build a similar online purchasing website for Namibia? If so, you could sell anything Namibian here - holidays, houses, safaris, mopane worms, omajuva mushrooms, stamps, or arts and crafts. If you do not - well, then I think its much more convenient for you to find a site that allows you to do such sales. Try to sell your stuff on Amazon for example: http://www.amazonservices.com/content/sell-on-amazon.htm If that doesn't work - then I bet my butt that you won't be any more successfull with multi-level-marketing scam sites. If it *does* work - then you have successfully become trader in one of the words most successfull online purchasing portals, plus you can gather the required funds that would allow you to get some professional to build a website for you that links to your trade efforts on Amazon (or any other trading platform for that matter - Amazon just serves as a prominent example). |
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Written on: 20. 10. 2009 [13:39]
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goldbaker88
Gold
registered since: 20.10.2009
Posts: 3
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Great postings! Regards, Gold 
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