Business Directory Advertising on WiredPages

I am thinking of adding an interface to the WiredPages Business page that would provide business profile listings associated with the ProfessionalProfiles service.

The interface would work in a manner similar to the FashionFinds interface on the lower Style & Events page.

Though I promote the ProfessionalProfiles service quite a bit-- I am not getting the response in terms of profile registrations I had hoped for.

That being the case, I am also looking into partnering with local business directories and using their more robust listings [as delimited text files that they would provide periodically] as the source of the business profiles-- I would promote via WiredPages. Of course, clicking on summaries or links on the interface would return to the source partner.

Everyone is talking about doing business closer to home these days. I am finding audiences but not finding those that want to list directly. Partnering with a well established local business directory might be a good solution for both the local economy as well as another way for me to showcase my talents insofar as coming up with new ways to promote and advertise online.

Why would I want to keep it local? I do have a large audience in both the Washington and Baltimore metropolitan areas and because the data will only show 1 or up to 3 listings at a time-- I want to keep it to a regional type service rather than a more global service that may have hundreds or thousands of listings.

If you have a business directory and would like to learn more-- use this contact form.

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Business Line Issues Resolved

I reported here-- I was having problems with my business line. Those issues have now been resolved.

That said, I believe my business communications are interfered with so be careful with whom you think you are speaking to.

I am a sole business owner and run QiSoftware and Hosting-Q. I do not outsource any of my business dealings or work and have no affiliation with the US Government, local US governments [city/state], US Military nor foreign interests and/or governments.

I am a sole proprietor with one employee [myself]. If you believe you have been defrauded as related to QiSoftware or Hosting-Q-- contact the FBI. Not even the US Military should be interfering in my business.

Regina D. Thomas
QiSoftware/Hosting-Q

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another example of an affiliate marketing interface

I have been integrating affiliate marketing interfaces on WiredPages.

The latest, an interface that provides information about sports events and ticket purchase-- and is located on the WiredPages Sports page. To access the interface, click the "OpenTicketing" button-- illustrated on the right. This is what the interface looks like:



Click the "ClickToClose" button to close the interface. I initially thought this interface would be similar to the list box Birthday interface on the Style page [lower left]-- however I changed my mind.

The sports events interface is a Java Servlet while the Birthday interface is a combination Servlet and Applet. This having nothing to do with why I choose to implement the interface in the manner shown.

Give you ideas for interfaces you want on your sites? I am available.

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iTunes problems...

I have two interfaces that offer the most popular iTunes songs. One for the Q's Wire shopping page and the other for the WiredPages Entertainment page. Both interfaces are inoperable because the feed is not there. A manual check provides the feeds are available with my affiliate info-- so I am not sure what the problem is.

I am in no hurry this weekend to correct the problem. I may fix it on Monday. This notice to provide-- I know of the problem-- but feel there is really another problem-- and I would prefer to correct the actual problem rather than what appears to be someone changing the original feeds. Apple may have simply changed something as related to the certification of the feeds. I received no notification stating this was the case. I have no idea how many use iTunes feeds for affiliate marketing but since I am having problems getting credit for sales, there is a question of grand theft. I want to figure out why a change would have been made without notifying me. Too many in high places-- appear to have their hand in the wrong cookie jar-- and the FBI may be undecided as to how to jail-- a very important leech-- maybe even one of their own. I am going to help them.

That said-- I want the grand theft case--to be the reason the FBI cannot continue to ignore. $.99 per iTune-- may take for ever. Every little bit helps.

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Custom CJ Web Services Interfaces

WiredPages was set up to provide a way for me to demonstrate my software tools. The latest interface-- demonstrates Java Servlet technology accessing Commission Junction's Web Services to pull affiliate ads.



There are a myriad of affiliate interfaces demonstrated amongst the pages of WiredPages to help you get some idea-- of the types of custom interfaces that can be developed and integrated on your site or blog.

Contact QiSoftware to get a free estimate for your custom site tools and interfaces..

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Counting Impressions @LinkShare

I have been doing some research into why it is I am not getting impression data for one of my affiliates [iTunes]. I developed servlets for the shopping page of Q's Wire and the WiredPages Entertainment page to render the top 10 songs according to iTunes.

LinkShare the affiliate manager, awhile back introduced major changes to the web services they offer and also explain how to create on the fly impression images. I am just getting around to reading about the new offerings.

iTunes was in the forefront of allowing affiliates to create custom feeds and I used their custom service to generate feeds for use with my servlets, however their feeds do not provide the impression image-- hence I could not check to see if things were tracking.

The 1x1 impression image that is normally used to count impressions was not available with the custom iTunes feed I generated-- however I am using CD cover images which I thought should provide the count-- but do not.

I have never had any iTunes sales-- and occasionally get clicks from the two pages that offer my feeds.

I am going to be updating the servlets to create the 1x1 impression tracking images and hopefully this will enable the impression tracking for my sites.

Unfortunately, the Barnes and Noble feed is not a feed but a "I did it the hard way" parsing of the page adding my affiliate information-- to each link. Impressions are not tracking. Still looking into how I can get this affiliate-- that is associated the Google Ad Network to work-- too.

By the way, if you are a LinkShare affiliate-- I can develop custom interfaces to automate generation of your online affiliate links/ads and storefronts.

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