did not mean to ignore this thread...had things set to 'not' subscribe! a few different things were asked...sorry if this goes loooooooong
-> CMSPal works for just throwing up a quick site...not using MySQL is a benefit as it will run on the 'free' hosts that do not give you database access. looked into this little script...seems it was originally 'superm1n1cms'-com (change the 1 to i) cooky thing is that the site is still up, but the domain of the owner is offline? so not a clue if CMSPal is actually pirated (and renamed) OR if the opposite is true? did the program go PLR - MRR from yet another site? in any case it seems a 'lost' CMS!
don't really care as it works really well for a quickie site! the RSS feed you can add to RSS submission sites, easy adsense (and others integrated). fast, nice looking, a decent feature set. just the thing for the blackhat on the go!
-> multi IP - works and does not work...the idea being that
part of your PageRank is influenced by having many sites (not on the same IP) linking (recommending/voting) to your site. the big misconception is to build...well shit-sites! these will
not get index highly,
not get traffic, and
not develop PR of their own past 1 (IF that!) so their influence on traffic and PR ends up being negligible. it WILL work if the mini-sites are: highly targeted, and have really good content. some good examples: sites that have a tool like a color picker, lists of good expiring domains, reviews of the latest great WP plugs, free articles on "how to...", etc -> now link these back to your main site and you are in business.
the 'trick' is still to get mulitple IPs running, and that can really only happen with spending some money. for bang for your IP?
$19 is not cheap for only 50gig of bandwidth, but 5IPs over 5 classes. good for 5-7 blogs. lowest price I have found for multi IP.
otherwise break out the $$ for your own server! or just wait until your efforts can pay for it. most come with 5 IPs...just ask if you can have 2,3,4 different ones (2 need to be in the same class for the servers 'name', but the other 3 do not! though they will be somewhat near geographically. think about it! you can not have a server with 3 IPs in the US and 2 in say germany) so even with a server you are constrained a bit.
the thing is this: I have been doing a LOT of research into how the hell PRank actually works (did you know it is named after google exec Larry Page?) (found a site by a math professor, who was interested in the math used for the calculation...the site is gone, but can put together what I saved from the site...if I get say 20PMs that would like the info) there is more here
Code:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank#Algorithm
OWwwwie! head crushing math!
1) keep in mind that pages inside you site(s) have their own PRank. so you can actully get your PR + for the front page by playing with 'nofollow' internally.
2) PRank is updated only every 2-3 months!!!
so it can take some time to see if all of this is working
3) high PRank does not guarantee that your site will move up in the search engines.
4) no evidence that PRank has any effect on the other engines
I know it is posted somewhere but here is a cool plug 4 controlling this flow inside WPress
Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/157892274/WP_SEO_Sniper.zip
now this version may eventually 'break' with WP2.7 (as many plugs are it seems)...think this version is from may 2008. they actually have a free version that is always up to date
Code:
http://www.wpseosniper.com/seo/free-seo-plugin/
this may be a better option as the 'pro' version requires editing your WP template to get all of the features to work. this one makes the links from your blog 'categories' be "nofollow". so your index page will no 'leak' over to the category posts, but the posts will pass PRank on the link back to the top/homepage
looking all of this over you can see that this can be a lot of work. all I can say from experience is that setting up a few 'feeders' sites with attractive content that you use to direct traffic to the $money$ sites is well worth the effort, but going hog wild with any more than 10,12, 20 max IPs is just too much work for the return. that is why I am putting more time into the social bookmarking...which bring me to
-> book marking tool? I have tried a lot, and I really love SocialBot
Code:
http://www.incansoft.com/IS0028.php
this will not auto-create, BUT once you sign up? it will handle it all from there (on supported sites) btw- (this is NOT crackable! so do not ask, it checks its activation code
every time it is run...buy it! it is worth the money) go to the site and see all of what it does.
hope that covers some of the questions...some on topic, some off.
take care, and hope you were good this year and Santa treats you well
R-