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I have been hinting at my involvement with a revolutionary product in domain parking and development for a few weeks now.  I am happy to announce the wait is over! Parking Revolution is now live and accepting memberships for the most innovative, automated and fully featured domain development product ever to be released.

Continue reading for full coverage and some live example sites!

An Inside Look at Parking Revolution

ParkingRevolution.com is truly living up to their name.  CubeVisions Software, the makers of SteadyNiche, are now blurring the line between domain parking and advanced web development with Parking Revolution.

There are several great features I can’t wait to share.. so I am going to walk you through the best ones right now.

• Fully Web Based - This advanced development software can be accessed from any computer online.  Each and every domain that you develop is hosted on Parking Revolution servers at no additional cost!
• Intuitive Control Panels -User friendly administration means anyone can easily find their way around both the customer control panel and their own personal parking and development control panel.

• Unparalleled Development Features - Parking Revolution is bringing amazing site development features to the table the likes of which our industry has never seen before. Here is just a small sample of some of those great features…
  • Word Replacement
  • RSS Feed Control
  • Unique Page Creation
  • Portfolio-Wide Widgets
  • Header & Footer Customization
  • CSS Design Control
  • Google Analytics
• First Class Support - The team at Parking Revolution has been enthusiastically interested in my feedback.  Using their simple support ticket system my one issue was corrected in just a few minutes.
• Multiple Money Makers - Paste your own Google AdSense code directly into your developed pages or update it easily throughout your entire portfolio.  eBay affiliates can plug in their campaign ID’s and start serving up relevant products and earning extra cash.  It’s also just as easy to add direct advertising or affiliate programs!
• Amazing Site Content - Your domains will no longer feel “parked” at all.  With news and articles being updated constantly, built in Job Boards, YouTube Videos, Flickr photo streams, eBay Products, contact forms, and much more.

And The Best Feature of All…

It’s just $15 per month to develop up to 100 domain names fast!

See Parking Revolution in Action!

Here are some sites I setup in just a few minutes all together!  Using default Parking Revolution options all I had to do was input keywords and a description for a fully developed, feature rich website!  Take a minute to browse one or more to see Parking Revolution in action!

Example Sites…

• Daily Poker Tip - Your source for insider poker tips and tricks.
• Junior Surfing - Latest news and videos on the world of Junior Surfing.
• GPS Explore - Top reviews, news and more on GPS Devices.

Sign Up!  Parking Revolution is amazingly only $15 per month to develop up to 100 of your domain names!  I can almost guarantee it will be the best toy you get this Christmas!  Visit ParkingRevolution.com now.

What do you think?  I’d love to hear your feedback on Parking Revolution.  Please leave a comment below.

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A True Domain Parking Revolution Has Come!

Original post by Mark Fulton

I mentioned in my last editorial, “The Evolution of Domain Parking and Mini Sites” that domain parking will gradually transition to feature rich mini-site development. Google recently announced the public launch of it’s AdSense for Domains program. As with all things Google, it is getting alot of buzz in the industry.

Will AdSense for Domains be worth your time? Let’s take a look at some of the benefits and shortcomings of Google AdSense for Domains.

What are the benefits of AdSense for Domains?

• Higher Conversions - There have been case studies and numerous reports on conversion rates for simple domain parking pages. Direct navigation (typing a domain into an address bar) has proven to be highly targeted traffic.
• Possibly Higher Revenue - This may turn out to be the opposite as Andrew of DNW points out here, Google has contracts for the advertising feeds it provides to parking companies. It is within Google’s power to “dial back” or reduce revenue shares for both parking companies and new AdSense for Domains users.

What is AdSense for Domains lacking?

• Search Indexing - Obviously Google is not going to index any domain enrolled in this program, a major drawback to anyone interested in driving more traffic and increasing site value.
• Domain Sales Contact - As far as I am aware there is no option to notify visitors that your domain may be for sale or how to contact you, please correct me if I am wrong.
• Unique Landing Page Design - Google is good at simplicity.  Pages may convert but won’t look good.
• Unique Keyword Rich Content - It is impossible to add any custom content whatsoever to your domains.
• Alternate Revenue - There will be no option to include affiliate links, products or leads of any kind.
• Customization - No real way to fix any of the above.

These are huge features that benefit domainers by increasing the short and long term value of your domain name properties.

Google’s AdSense for Domains is simply boring domain parking for the general public repackaged and sold direct from the provider. They are taking a step backwards in the evolution of domain parking.

Don’t worry about activating your AdSense for Domains account, it will probably just disappoint and waste your time. However, I must admit I will be interested to hear about initial conversion rates and revenue earnings per click.

What’s a Better Alternative?

Soon I will be announcing an amazing new product/service for domainers that will allow you to almost instantly develop full mini-sites with unique content and multiple revenue streams including Google AdSense direct from Google! There are many other great features I can’t wait to share. I am currently in beta testing and will have a full review completed when the product officially goes live.

What are your thoughts on Google AdSense for Domains versus automated mini-sites or more advanced domain parking?  Please comment.

This article is from DotSauce Magazine - The Domain Industry’s HOTTEST Publication!

Why AdSense for Domains is a Step in the Wrong Direction

Original post by Mark Fulton

Just announced on the official Google Webmaster Central blog, a best practices guide for Search Engine Optimization has been published for those new to SEO or not familiar with all of the best ways to improve your listings on Google search.

I quickly read the 22 page PDF guide and can confirm it does have some great tips and guidelines for improving your websites by optimizing all the things GoogleBot looks at when crawling you site. The guide features lots of illustrations, tips and tutorials, things to avoid, even some information on using social networks.

If you’ve been doing SEO for awhile now you may be aware of all the suggestions Google provides in their SEO guide.  I personally found it refreshing to read the guide over and see that I am doing things right! So, check it out and see what the Google SEO guide can help you with.

Get it: Google’s Search Engine Optimization Guide (PDF)

Google has also mentioned they plan to keep the guide updated as often as possible to keep suggestions and tech advice current.

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Straight From Google: Best Practices SEO Guide

Original post by Mark Fulton

[My apologies to those who received duplicate email announcements for this article, I had some issues with the RSS feed today.] - Mark

SEOmoz has just launched their own private index of the world wide web, currently 30 billion pages and growing.  So Google has done this already, right?  Well, SEOmoz is opening up this data to you through their new SEO tool, Linkscape.  Allowing you access to unprecedented domain and web page metrics which you can use to analyze and even compare 5 different domains simultaneously.

Linkscape is an awesome link research system where you can gather and study a domain or pages’ mozRank (similar to PageRank) and mozTrust.  Link information such as nofollow attributes, <img> tagged links, and many other cool metrics Google wouldn’t dream of sharing.

Snoop on your competitors and find out ALL their inbound links, the quality of those links and other deviously cool information that can help you drive your website to the top of search rankings.

I will leave SEOmoz to do the in-depth presentation of Linkscape.  Their website currently has a free demo available, lots of documentation and video tutorials and even a sweet comic strip detailing Linkscape in a humorous yet informative manner.

Linkscape is going to change the way SEO professionals live and work!

With an SEOmoz PRO membership ($79/month) you get full access to all Linkscape metrics plus full access to all their other sweet SEO tools.  I highly recommend it for any domainer.

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SEOmoz Announces Linkscape! SEO Tool for Domain Valuation and Much More

Original post by Mark Fulton

SEOmoz has just launched their own private index of the world wide web, currently 30 billion pages and growing.  So Google has done this already, right?  Well, SEOmoz is opening up this data to you through their new SEO tool, Linkscape.  Allowing you access to unprecedented domain and web page metrics which you can use to analyze and even compare 5 different domains simultaneously.

Linkscape is an awesome link research system where you can gather and study a domain or pages’ mozRank (similar to PageRank) and mozTrust.  Link information such as nofollow attributes, <img> tagged links, and many other cool metrics Google wouldn’t dream of sharing.

Snoop on your competitors and find out ALL their inbound links, the quality of those links and other deviously cool information that can help you drive your website to the top of search rankings.

I will leave SEOmoz to do the in-depth presentation of Linkscape.  Their website currently has a free demo available, lots of documentation and video tutorials and even a sweet comic strip detailing Linkscape in a humorous yet informative manner.

Linkscape is going to change the way SEO professionals live and work!

With an SEOmoz PRO membership ($79/month) you get full access to all Linkscape metrics plus full access to all their other sweet SEO tools.  I highly recommend it for any domainer.

This article is from DotSauce Magazine - The Domain Industry’s HOTTEST Publication!

Sponsored By midFlux.com! Providing affordable and accurate domain appraisals. We also provide domain articles and valuable information to help you with your domain needs.!

SEOmoz Announces Linkscape! Amazing Metrics for Domain and Page Valuation

Original post by Mark Fulton

You heard about the launch of Facebook’s Lexicon first here on DotSauce in April. This keyword tool tracks the popularity of words used in comments on Facebook friend profiles.

Some big news for Lexicon has recently been announced at the Inside Facebook blog.  It seems Lexicon is getting updated! Some powerful and practical new features can be previewed right now and are slated to go live soon.

How Can a Domainer or Developer Use Lexicon?

I can’t wait for the official update to go live so that I can dive in to some keyword research and do some trend domaining. I’m always on the lookout for interesting new keyword tools to use for finding available domains.

Discover ideas for new business or untapped niches all from what 7 million Facebook users are saying TODAY!

These types of tools can also be used to improve your website. By allowing you to explore your main keywords and discover associated keywords, long-tail keywords and negative keywords that you don’t want to be related to. This, in turn, allows you to develop more content and rank higher for a broader set of keyword terms.

Read our article “Facebook: Social Domaining” for a great resource about Domaining related Facebook groups and apps.

If you would like to connect with me on Facebook, visit my profile.
Show your support by joining the DotSauce Fan Page.

Preview the New Lexicon Features

The new version of Lexicon adds a number of new metrics. The preview version is limited to searches on 17 pre-selected terms, but offers a glimpse at what is coming.

• Actual numbers, instead of just relative volume. Now, you can see how many wall posts are actually being written containing the given term.
• Demographic breakdowns, by gender and age
• Geographic breakdowns, by US state, Canadian province, or UK country (no data is available outside of these 3 countries yet). You can also do comparisons between two terms on the same map.
• Sentiment over time. Facebook has not said exactly how it determines this measure. You can also compare sentiment between two terms.
• Associations. You can see terms frequently mentioned alongside a given term.

Preview of Keyword Associations

Preview of Dashboard with Demographics

Preview of Geographic Breakdown

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Facebook’s Lexicon Keyword Tool to Get Some Great Updates

Original post by Mark Fulton

You heard about the launch of Facebook’s Lexicon first here on DotSauce in April. This keyword tool tracks the popularity of words used in comments on Facebook friend profiles.

Some big news for Lexicon has recently been announced at the Inside Facebook blog.  It seems Lexicon is getting updated! Some powerful and practical new features can be previewed right now and are slated to go live soon.

How Can a Domainer or Developer Use Lexicon?

I can’t wait for the official update to go live so that I can dive in to some keyword research and do some trend domaining. I’m always on the lookout for interesting new keyword tools to use for finding available domains.

Discover ideas for new business or untapped niches all from what 7 million Facebook users are saying TODAY!

These types of tools can also be used to improve your website. By allowing you to explore your main keywords and discover associated keywords, long-tail keywords and negative keywords that you don’t want to be related to. This, in turn, allows you to develop more content and rank higher for a broader set of keyword terms.

Read our article “Facebook: Social Domaining” for a great resource about Domaining related Facebook groups and apps.

If you would like to connect with me on Facebook, visit my profile.
Show your support by joining the DotSauce Fan Page.

Preview the New Lexicon Features

The new version of Lexicon adds a number of new metrics. The preview version is limited to searches on 17 pre-selected terms, but offers a glimpse at what is coming.

• Actual numbers, instead of just relative volume. Now, you can see how many wall posts are actually being written containing the given term.
• Demographic breakdowns, by gender and age
• Geographic breakdowns, by US state, Canadian province, or UK country (no data is available outside of these 3 countries yet). You can also do comparisons between two terms on the same map.
• Sentiment over time. Facebook has not said exactly how it determines this measure. You can also compare sentiment between two terms.
• Associations. You can see terms frequently mentioned alongside a given term.

Preview of Keyword Associations

Preview of Dashboard with Demographics

Preview of Geographic Breakdown

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Sponsored By BigBangNames.com! Introducing a $100 No Reserve Auction format on .COM Domain Names. It also features “Killer Dot Bomb” auctions for Websites also in a no-reserve format.

Sponsored By midFlux.com! Providing affordable and accurate domain appraisals. We also provide domain articles and valuable information to help you with your domain needs.!

Facebook’s Lexicon Keyword Tool to Get Some Great Updates

Original post by Mark Fulton

IZEAFest is a three-day event to educate and connect bloggers and advertisers.  This exciting conference is hosted by IZEA, parent company of Pay Per Post and Social Spark.  The conference kicks off in Orlando, FL on Sept. 11th-13th.

Exciting Speakers and Valuable Sessions!

Over 20 fabulous and famous speakers will be presenting and teaching you the ways of pro-blogging.  Covering topics such as Growing Traffic, Blog Design, What Advertisers Want, Social Networking, Tools & Plug-ins and more.

These top bloggers will be sharing their secrets to success!

• Jeremy Schoemaker of Shoemoney.com
• John Chow of John Chow.com
• Merlin Mann of 43folders.com
• Neil Patel of Quicksprout
• Brian Clark of Copyblogger
• Michael Brito of Britopian
• Loren Feldman of 1938 Media
• Tamar Weinberg of Techipedia, among many others.

Click here for a full list of speakers.

Get a Free IZEAFest Conference Pass!

DotSauce is proud to be one of the official partners of IZEAFest.  We have been provided 2 free conference passes and some great discounts to pass on to you, our readers.

The first two people to comment below on this announcement who are sure they can attend IZEAFest will get to roll with me for free!  Just make your travel arrangements and I’ll get your pass taken care of.

Or Pay Just $50 Total With Discount Code “DotSauce”

Register for IZEAFest here and get $15 off the conference price!

Look forward to seeing you there!

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IZEAFest 2008: Helping You Grow Traffic, Build Your Brand and Network With Top Bloggers

Original post by Mark Fulton

Woopra, a website analytics application currently in Beta testing, is gaining popularity very quickly.  Instead of the traditional web based statistics, charts and graphs that you will find in services such as Google Analytics, Woopra is installed onto your PC.  Many feel Woopra’s best feature is the “Live” view, where website owners can watch visitors as they enter, navigate around the site and follow external links.

Here is a previously-recorded live video stream of Woopra in full-force!  GeekBrief.TV recently announced that an app has been created to copy and paste on your iPhone.  Big news in gadget world and Digg.com went wild about it, pushing it to the homepage with a huge number of diggs.

Woopra Live Stats as GeekBrief.TV Hits Digg Front Page

The Woopra software application is being hailed as a beautiful and innovative live representation of website statistics and I whole-heartedly agree. Allowing me to see how visitors navigate, track daily performance for uniques, page views, search queries and referrers.

Get Woopra Analytics For Your Website!

DotSauce has been part of the Woopra beta test for several months now, secretly watching your every move as you browse around the site!  It has been an enjoyable experience and I highly recommend signing up for the beta test.

Follow these steps to get approved:

• Register for a free account at Woopra.
• Add a website URL through your account manager.
• Wait. Woopra admins are known to do a batch beta tester approval once per month.
• Post on their forums, they may take notice of you!

It took DotSauce several weeks to get approved, so don’t get dismayed!

What analytics program do you currently use and how do you think it compares with Woopra? Would love to hear your comments, thanks!

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Live Video of Woopra Website Analytics During a Digg Front Page

Original post by Mark Fulton

Website Magazine is one of the premier print publications for webmasters, developers, You can now request a completely free subscription that will be delivered to your business or door step. All you have to do is sign up for your free subscription.

The August print edition of Website Magazine has already been shipped and is arriving to subscribers around the world. Don’t worry though, you haven’t missed out on this great content…

Access Interactive Digital Edition Now

When your subscription is approved you can visit your control panel (Requires free subscription login, see link above) to view the interactive digital version of the latest August issue.

With Website Magazine’s digital edition you can easily search for content, email articles to friends and colleagues and even print for later review.

Inside the August Edition

The feature article in the August edition “Innovative Ecommerce: An insider’s guide to profitability,” provides top secret guidance for online retail success. Covering topics such as reputation management, alternative payment options and more, it’s an important read for merchants and non-merchants alike. Many other important topics are also addressed including comparison shopping engines, social computing, getting listed in Google News, tax havens for online businesses, negotiating better affiliate deals and much more.

An Easy Way to Help the Environment

Subscribe now and a tree will be planted for you! New trees will be planted on behalf of all Website Magazine subscribers. To achieve this noble mission, the necessary funds will be graciously provided by the Replace-A-Tree Foundation, partners and environmentally-conscious individuals.

Other Cool Interactive Magazines

While I’m on the topic, I feel compelled to share this find.   I stumbled on to MagWerk’s quite awhile back (so the content might be a little outdated) but their digital interactive magazines are still very innovative.

MagWerk’s has published (virtually) a line of high quality web zines posing as real flip page magazines. Currently featuring a magazine on each of the following: Music, Gaming, Art & Design, Art &amp; Fashion.

These magazines are, in certain sections, very interactive and media rich with things such as sound clips and music while you read, animation, in-page link structures, pagination within pages , interactive graphics on mouse-over and click, live voting polls, embedded videos and who knows what else. Personally, I haven’t even read but a few pages from each magazine, so I assume there are much more surprises in the form of articles, reviews and more.

Enjoy these 4 high quality virtual magazines, we can only hope that all magazine publishers would someday try their hand and something as interactive and media rich as this!

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Free Subscription to the Interactive Digital Edition of Website Magazine

Original post by Mark Fulton

Joost De Valk, a leader in WordPress plugin development, has recently re-launched his blog under a new brand name “Yoast” which is how his name is phonetically pronounced. With the launch of Yoast.com comes an amazing WordPress SEO guide.

Visit: The Definitive Guide to High Rankings for Your Blog

While I must admit I have not read completely through the article due to it’s comprehensive nature. Virtually everything you could possibly imagine related to optimizing your WordPress based website is included.

The guide is broken down into 7 main optimization points:

1. Basic Technical Optimization
2. Template Optimization
3. Advanced Technical Optimization
4. Altering Your Blog’s Structure for High Rankings
5. Conversion Optimization
6. Comment Optimization
7. Off Site Blog SEO

This is a must read for anyone serious about the success of their blog!

If you like Joost’s WordPress SEO guide then you will love his professional and extremely useful WordPress Plugins. I especially recommend the RSS Footer plugin for anyone who’s blog content is being syndicated elsewhere.

This article is from DotSauce Magazine - The Domain Industry’s HOTTEST Publication!

Yoast’s Deffinitive Guide to WordPress SEO

Original post by Mark Fulton

Joost De Valk, a leader in WordPress plugin development, has recently re-launched his blog under a new brand name “Yoast” which is how his name is phonetically pronounced. With the launch of Yoast.com comes an amazing WordPress SEO guide.

Visit: The Definitive Guide to High Rankings for Your Blog

While I must admit I have not read completely through the article due to it’s comprehensive nature. Virtually everything you could possibly imagine related to optimizing your WordPress based website is included.

The guide is broken down into 7 main optimization points:

1. Basic Technical Optimization
2. Template Optimization
3. Advanced Technical Optimization
4. Altering Your Blog’s Structure for High Rankings
5. Conversion Optimization
6. Comment Optimization
7. Off Site Blog SEO

This is a must read for anyone serious about the success of their blog!

If you like Joost’s WordPress SEO guide then you will love his professional and extremely useful WordPress Plugins. I especially recommend the RSS Footer plugin for anyone who’s blog content is being syndicated elsewhere.

This article is from DotSauce Magazine - The Domain Industry’s HOTTEST Publication!

Yoast’s Deffinitive Guide to WordPress SEO

Original post by Mark Fulton

Joost De Valk, a leader in WordPress plugin development, has recently re-launched his blog under a new brand name “Yoast” which is how his name is phonetically pronounced. With the launch of Yoast.com comes an amazing WordPress SEO guide.

Visit: The Definitive Guide to High Rankings for Your Blog

While I must admit I have not read completely through the article due to it’s comprehensive nature. Virtually everything you could possibly imagine related to optimizing your WordPress based website is included.

The guide is broken down into 7 main optimization points:

1. Basic Technical Optimization
2. Template Optimization
3. Advanced Technical Optimization
4. Altering Your Blog’s Structure for High Rankings
5. Conversion Optimization
6. Comment Optimization
7. Off Site Blog SEO

This is a must read for anyone serious about the success of their blog!

If you like Joost’s WordPress SEO guide then you will love his professional and extremely useful WordPress Plugins. I especially recommend the RSS Footer plugin for anyone who’s blog content is being syndicated elsewhere.

This article is from DotSauce Magazine - The Domain Industry’s HOTTEST Publication!

Yoast’s Definitive Guide to WordPress SEO

Original post by Mark Fulton

Joost De Valk, a leader in WordPress plugin development, has recently re-launched his blog under a new brand name “Yoast” which is how his name is phonetically pronounced. With the launch of Yoast.com comes an amazing WordPress SEO guide.

Visit: The Definitive Guide to High Rankings for Your Blog

While I must admit I have not read completely through the article due to it’s comprehensive nature. Virtually everything you could possibly imagine related to optimizing your WordPress based website is included.

The guide is broken down into 7 main optimization points:

1. Basic Technical Optimization
2. Template Optimization
3. Advanced Technical Optimization
4. Altering Your Blog’s Structure for High Rankings
5. Conversion Optimization
6. Comment Optimization
7. Off Site Blog SEO

This is a must read for anyone serious about the success of their blog!

If you like Joost’s WordPress SEO guide then you will love his professional and extremely useful WordPress Plugins. I especially recommend the RSS Footer plugin for anyone who’s blog content is being syndicated elsewhere.

This article is from DotSauce Magazine - The Domain Industry’s HOTTEST Publication!

Yoast’s Definitive Guide to WordPress SEO

Original post by Mark Fulton

Joost De Valk, a leader in WordPress plugin development, has recently re-launched his blog under a new brand name “Yoast” which is how his name is phonetically pronounced. With the launch of Yoast.com comes an amazing WordPress SEO guide.

Visit: The Definitive Guide to High Rankings for Your Blog

While I must admit I have not read completely through the article due to it’s comprehensive nature. Virtually everything you could possibly imagine related to optimizing your WordPress based website is included.

The guide is broken down into 7 main optimization points:

1. Basic Technical Optimization
2. Template Optimization
3. Advanced Technical Optimization
4. Altering Your Blog’s Structure for High Rankings
5. Conversion Optimization
6. Comment Optimization
7. Off Site Blog SEO

This is a must read for anyone serious about the success of their blog!

If you like Joost’s WordPress SEO guide then you will love his professional and extremely useful WordPress Plugins. I especially recommend the RSS Footer plugin for anyone who’s blog content is being syndicated elsewhere.

This article is from DotSauce Magazine - The Domain Industry’s HOTTEST Publication!

Yoast’s Definitive Guide to WordPress SEO

Original post by Mark Fulton