Mike224

Okay, it sounds like you have big job on your hands. I designed similar thing related to maps years ago for one of my sites, but I did it using flash Flash is easier, but may no longer be the modern approach (but then who knows what the future is, the iPad doesn't dictate everything ) I've seen people do similar things with maps using jQuery and I've come to like jQuery my self lately. It's slick, especially when using googles content delivery network If you look at this persons site : gethifi.com/blog/jquery-vs-flash-for-interactive-map They have outlined their approach "jQuervy Vs Flash" for designing a map I would start small though, I mapped the whole of the UK got every county correct, got all of the outlines right, and then ended up not even using it!!!! So start with a few small examples before designing the whole map, and make sure its what you really want. >>> Relating to your mouse over event that I think you were really asking about. There are lots of resources relating to mouse over events but simply try it your self if you do this <div onMouseOver ="alert('test')"> here </div> you can see what happens additionally if you do this: <div id="here1id" onMouseOver="doJobOn('here2id');"> here1 </div> <div id="here2id" onMouseOver="doJobOn('here1id');"> here2 </div> <script> function doJobOn(id){ document.getElementById(id).innerHTML+="doYouSee?"; } </script> What happens? So you can get an idea of how you can update another div when hovering over an unrelated div

PR? I don't think anyone thinks that PR is affected by geographic location (PR is just one factor that has an 'impact' and SERPs and its related to links!!... and its also one of over 200 factors in googles search algorithm... I think I'm going to be saying this a lot) like I say, forums (although fun and sometime a useful source of help) provide a place for opinions which aren't always accurate, but reflections of people own experiences (there own experience is only a small sample of the big picture) If you watch Matt Cutts video related to server location you might be able to form your own opinion for "location having an affect on SERP results" www.creative-seo.co.uk/search-engine-optimisation-blog-uk/search_engine_optimisation/Matt-Cutts-Confirms-that-server-Geographic-location-affects-SEO.php -2 years old, but still relevant (and more up to date than some 'opinions') ... Its more than likely that your host wont even change the location though, but find out what is changing Changes DO HAVE AND IMPACT and not all of them are positive

Are you staying on the same server, the same host country and keeping the same domain name and same IP address? What is it that's actually changing when you change the hosting package. Without knowing the intricate details, is not always advisable to give some one advice and even then you should take the advice with a pinch of salt (after all, replies on forums are often just opinion based) If you find there is a difference in location, then this change in package could very much damage your SEPR results .. The same hosting company can have servers in many different locations, for some companies its cheaper for them to host outside of the UK, this can have an impact! find out more about the upgrade, and ask the host their opinion. If you have it in writing that there "should" be no significant difference, and that none of the above points will be changed then you "should" be fine << I'm sure it will be fine, most host usually know what they're doing but you do run across the odd cowboy every now and then [PS an upgrade in package does not always go hand in hand with an upgrade in speed, it depends on the details of the package]

okay.. some mixed opinions Renaissance-Design: I Think considers: "the natural ration of no-follow links" << I have always considered this my self. What better way to detect someone voting for thier selves than to count all of the votes that "count" and compare this figure to "all of the votes that don't count" After all a vote is what a link really is according the original PR philosophy, and a link to your self is just like voting for your self... if this is done many times the voting system is very corrupt indeed! Zed: has posted a one liner mentioning "writing content for forums is spam" << That's quite funny, did you mean in to be zed? <chuckles> BlueDreamer: Considers the traffic from signature links an important factor. << I dont discount the traffic, but as you say, you really have to keep it up, this seems like a lot of effort with no long lasting reward SniderDK: Sounds like a kind true hearted altruist << I don't disagree with your "great content" point, but you do need more than great content if you want the edge over your competitor. I've also found that its impossible to take off a site without any inbound links (or just no-follow links) I actually created 2 sites about 4 years ago (as a test more than anything), one I heavily promoted which has many thousands of back links, many of which were eventually created naturally by the content writers, the other of which I didn't promote The one that has many back links now gains more than 700 visitor a day from Google, if I'm lucky the other gets between 2-7. They're are not exactly the same, and there are possibly many other reasons, but both have similar themes, and provide the ability for the user to create the content and promote it <self driven sites are great> My point is, PR and Great content have a positive feed back and threshold affect, and posting on relevant forums can be a great way to become an expert in that niche, help people and give your PR a gentle nudge in the right direction (this is why I love forms) If a PR (or another method of traffic) threshold isn't reached, the great content is never found and you never receive the reinforced PR for your great content However, if you have both PR (or another method of traffic) and great content on your site, the great content is found, and every now and then you might get a +1 or even a link, reinforcing your SERP results / more traffic (+Ve feed back) [i realise PR is one of over 200 cofactors used in the Google algorithm, and there are many more cofactors.. I even believe PR is being phased out as we speak, but at the moment it is still important] Thanks anyway people... I'm sure the forum owner will be happy with the new content you provided ...Thanks for your answers

Hi there, new to this forum... I just wanted to ask a few questions I've recently create a new site and want to promote it (its a UK based site), I'm not planning to spam (Hell no). But I am planning to write lots of content, both on site and off site. I don't mind helping out other people where I can, its been a about a year since I got me' SEO gloves on, I'm sure its changed quite a lot, but I've never been an algorithm chaser. I was wondering, for all of the people that write useful content on other peoples forums, what they get from it if the site is a no-follow site? Assuming you have a signature: Is the traffic from signature links often considerable. Especially 6 months down the line when the content is buried? Do you think some search engines count no-follow and consider a "natural" ratio of no-follow and non-no-follow links? - If so, it might be a good idea to have a proportion of no-follow links This is really a question aimed at those that write content on forums (not those silly one line spammers that try to post as many messages as possible to get there post count up) Any thoughts before I fire off into my on line Marketing mode ?