We have also published our tool to mirror the WordPress repository. We took a different approach. Our tool, Morpheus, mirrors the exact WordPress API. It fetches and maintains only the latest versions of plugins, themes, and the WordPress core. This limits disk space considerably.
There’s also a plugin that connects to WordPress.org by default but falls back to Morpheus if needed.
We’re still working on improvements. Right now, we only support English-language updates, but we’re adding more languages and features. Our goal is to support the entire API.
While this is Google's App Store and they can do pretty much anything they want, having such rules is simply anti-competitive. It is as good as saying that on Google Chrome, they will not allow people to visit Firefox.
Google has a 90+% of smartphone marketshare in many parts of the world, and this is abusing their power. Amazon is not installing malware or breaking copyright. Everything else should be allowed.
Amazon's store absolutely is allowed. Users just have to go to Amazon's website to download and install it for themselves. Considering that using Amazon's store means trusting not only Amazon and the store app, but every app installed via their store (almost certainly including some Google has never seen), this is an entirely reasonable requirement.
Do you have non-employee shareholders (ie investors)? If not, it might be cheaper to elect S-Corp status and file as an S than it will be to continue doing your taxes as a C-corp.
(I'm almost certain that filing as an S-Corp is cheaper than as a C-Corp, but not as clear on the conversion cost, which might be trivial or might not.)
You need to talk to an accountant. Don't put this off. Being in the hole on taxes really, really sucks.
It's different: it's a recommendation of our product and it drives real clicks back to Mixpanel (excluding google). Powered by badges are extremely common and are more akin to an ad. The main difference is that Rapgenius' sole goal is to game Google, ours is not.
it's actually not - Matt Cutts specifically made a video about these exact type of "widget" links a few months ago. He recommended that they be no-followed.
I don't understand how stat counter gets away with what they do. They offer stats similar to google analytics. They seem to get most of their ranking from including a link back to them with a random anchor text from a set of terms they want to rank for in the JavaScript block to install stats.
That is a valid point. However, there are many campaigns that are no longer active or have relevance. The learnings from that can be made public.
Alternatively if someone has the expertise in this field can start a new campaign and show how a campaign should be built for a new product. I am sure there will be a wide audience which will be willing to pay significant amount of money to learn from this.
...there are many campaigns that are no longer active or have relevance. The learnings from that can be made public.
Sure, that could have value. It would require a long term pre-publication plan that says, "At some point, I'm going to trash this successful campaign so that I can write a book." I don't know that you do that though, do you? If you're making $10,000/yr with AdWords, would you really trash that so you could make $10,000/yr with a book that's going to be "stale" within a year or two?
FWIW Perry Marshall's basic guide to AdWords is a good start for most people.
"But (like other ways of bestowing one's favors liberally) it's safe to do it so long as you're not being paid to."
We at blogVault love the above line. We often have our customers ask us for help with things completely unrelated to what we do. However, we always refuse to be paid for it. We always tell them that we are in the business of backups. Everything else we will help out but could not accept any payments for. It ensures that we don't have to commit to deadlines etc.
Hmmm... I highly doubt your site has been hijacked if you can still access the registrar and your whois information is showing.
Can you tell me the name of the domain and registrar.
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Jacques, I had sent these questions in a mail to you. However, the answers should help others in identifying the appropriate lawyer.
1> What area of Criminal law this pertains to.
2> Is she an Indian?
3> Is she looking for professional representation or someone in personal capacity. Based on this we can look up one from a prominent firm or not.
- It is not a good idea to discuss the details of the case right now. There is a police case, it is completely made up as an excuse to get hold of the person we're talking about (I've seen the case filing). The main charge is kidnapping, and she's the victim - but somehow she still gets arrested. India for the win.
- She's an Indian national.
- We need a professional, influential, trustworthy lawyer and are willing to pay (reasonable fees).
There’s also a plugin that connects to WordPress.org by default but falls back to Morpheus if needed.
We’re still working on improvements. Right now, we only support English-language updates, but we’re adding more languages and features. Our goal is to support the entire API.
https://github.com/blogvault/morpheus