Volume 2 Issue 19 8-17-07

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Table of Contents for this issue.....

1. Authors Comments
2. Q & A, Suggestions and Comments
3. eBay Classified Ad Wrap up
4. eBay Countdown
5. Privacy Policy

Author's Comments

We were threatened by Tropical Storm Erin this week, but it turned out to be a non-event. We went to bed Wednesday with predictions of rain starting at 1:30AM on 8/16 with winds in the 30 – 50 MPH range.

When we awoke Thursday, it was dry and dead calm. The storm turned north of us and drenched San Antonio, Austin, and Houston, TX. We received weather reports from two of our children who live in Austin and San Antonio.

We are now watching Hurricane Dean as it moves toward us. It is projected to hit the coast of the Western Gulf of Mexico (Mexico or Southern USA) sometime late next week.

Q & A, Suggestions and Comments

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eBay Classified Ad Wrap up

Please refer back to the article in Volume 2 Issue 15 for the background on the ad about which I am writing the wrap up in this issue.

I started the test ad on July 18 and it expired today (Friday, 8/17) so this will be the final analysis. With four hours left to go, the ad had 168 visits. It was pulling in about five hits per day. The amazing thing was that it ended with 185 visits (17 hits in the last four hours). The surge of visitors in the last day came due to the following reasons:

1. The ad was a featured ad. This put it at the top of the search page for whatever search it fell on.
2. The default search sequence for eBay is Time: ending soonest. Since the ad was ending today, it was at the top of every search on the keyword “web hosting”.

Read the rest of the wrap up at

http://www.boomer-ezine.com/V2I19_081707.htm#EBAYCLS

eBay Countdown

When I logged on eBay today, I was greeted by an offer to try a new eBay tool called eBay Countdown.

Here is what eBay said about the new tool.

http://www.boomer-ezine.com/V2I19_081707.htm#EBAYCOUNT

Privacy Policy

Last week we discussed the importance of having a privacy policy for your website and a link to it on your home page (index).

Let’s look at what you need to have in your privacy policy.

The privacy policies that I studied had the following components.

I am posting two privacy policies for your reading. These are posted for free distribution. By using either of these or a combination of the two, you absolve and hold harmless John Howe, Inc. from any consequences from using this information.

http://www.boomer-ezine.com/V2I19_081707.htm#PRIVACY

I am not a lawyer so I will not make any recommendations about any privacy policies. Use your own judgment or pay an attorney to approve your policy. Just remember that it is important for you to have a well defined privacy policy.

That wraps up our issue for this week. Until next week, stay tuned.

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