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From one of the members:

As for Google, cross-linking no longer works like it used to and 'link farms' are a bad idea. Having a relevant link on a site can be a good thing, as long as the subject matches but irrelevant links are pointless. It has to be used very carefully. We feel cross-linking is debatable whether it works so we don't do it.

And my reply:

Cross linking works when a visitor to my site finds a useful link to someone else's site! And someone on someone else's site finds a link to mine! I agree that link banks per se are a bit of a waste of time. I know the ones you mean... Just big long pages of nothing but a jumbled-up mess of links that no normal person is ever going to look at. But I really believe that a decent, nicely categorized, easily searchable Links Directory is a different matter altogether!

Where I am coming with the linking thing is enabling surfers to do what they used to do before Google came along and virtually took over the whole show... IE, surf the net without depending on Google's assistance! Webmasters, more than anyone else, are responsible for allowing Google to take-over the Net - by overly concerning themselves with Google's search rankings.

Cheers man.

Keep me updated on that site, once it's up and running I'll be invading! Bwahahah!

Well, I should have a bit of spare cash next year, which will take care of the cost of setting the thing-up.

But with 12 fully-fledged membership sites on the go already, I simply don't have the time for monitoring any more. So I am going to need the promise of a dedicated, thoroughly spam-hating, very aggressive full-time moderator to keep an eye on the thing for me - and eject any spammers with all due haste on a daily basis!

I'll also need some suggestions for the different categories of the Forums, Gallery set-up etc., etc...

Any offers?

Google and Co... I have given-up with them a long time ago! They keep on changing their algorithms every five minutes anyway. If they want to send me traffic, well that is very kind of them - but if not, it's up to them! I just figure that if If I can make websites that people like and find useful, then the word will get around sooner or later - with or without Google!

So if any member here can give us a little 'plug' in their blog or whatever social networking site they may happen to belong to, then we would be immensely grateful!

Any views on the mega rip-off industry of so-called SEO - the Search Engine Optimization that people seem to spend an inordinate amount of time, money and worry on?

I quite liked that first track!

'Tried the next one and had to turn it off, half way through...

Different!

I really need to add some newer stuff to my music collection...

I've always been mad

I know I've been mad

Like most of us are

Then you have to explain why you are mad

Even if you are not mad

Home. Home again

I like to be here when I can

And when I come home cold and tired

It's good to warm my bones beside the fire

On The Run.

That's the one!

The sun is the same

In a relative way

But you're older

Shorter of breath

And one day closer to death

When I come home cold and tired

It's good to warm my bones beside the fire

(Or was that feet? Anyway... That's the one. From Dark Side of the Moon...

The other one I can never get too much of is that one with the fly getting swatted, in Umuguma?)

Please feel free to correct my poor spelling, etc...

Yesterday Upon the stair i met a man who was not there...

He was not there again today, Oh i wish this man would go away.

-Hughes Mearns-

I know that I am mad.

I have always been mad.

Then, you have to prove that you are mad...

Even if you are not mad!

Pink Floyd (Dark Side of the Moon)

Hi, I'm a newbie here and a constant lurker. So glad o be a part of this forum site :-)

Feel free to lurk!

As long as you don't spam my forums, you will always be welcome here!

Hello there, this is gwyn, from the Philippines!!!

Hello and welcome to the Forums!

Awesome, if you want we can get this moved to there? if it would make things easier?

The way the articles thing works is that I can move or copy individual posts from any Thread in the Forums - and make them as an 'Article.' However, I can't actually move an entire thread. What I had in mind with the Articles thing is a collection of tips on various different genre and media. So if we get any replies to this forum that contain specific tips or ideas on Comic Art, then we can certainly make them into articles.

IP (Invision Power) Articles is still fairly new software but I am hoping that in some future development, they will make it so that users can sort the articles by various different methods - like most viewed, highest rating, most commented-on, etc, etc. That way, users of the site should be able to find the most useful tips quickly and easily...

When I get off the ship next week, I'll be working on refining the Articles set-up at artfreaks.com and then, once I am happy with it, I will make the thing more visible on the site so that any member can use it, if they want...

On 9/3/2010 at 8:34 AM, NullBoss said:

...SO!

Anyone got an ideas, hits or tips that may help?

Cheers.

There's a new 'Articles' section here at artfreaks.com. I haven't quite figured it-out myself yet, but if anyone has got any hot tips on Manga or Comic art, you can either post them as a reply to this topic - or go strait to the Articles section and upload a new article there. (I will promote a copy of any replies that contain useful tips or information to an article in the Articles section, so no worries - it will get in there one way or another!)

Just click on Browse -> Articles

To be honest, I don't think that any music particularly helps me to be creative. In fact, during my past creative episodes I was probably working in silence and went into some kind of a 'state of flow...'

But generally, I just listen to whatever music I am in the mood for. Sometimes its Mahler. Sometimes its Led Zep!

Cigars are the way to go!!

I make my own from leaves grown locally in the Philippines. I buy the leaves in bundles and that way, they work-out at about 15 pence for a leaf! They make damn fine cigars too! I have been told by more than one shipmate that they smell quite nice - although I don't think that anyone would want to smoke them indoors...

Welcome to the site. Nice work you have got there.

One of these days, I will be setting-up a new site called MangaVibe.com

www.mangavibe.com

(It's just "sleeping" at the moment as I don't have the time or the money t do anything with it right now...)

Gustav Mahler

Sibelius

Puccini

...for creativity or relaxation.

Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest and Lynyrd Skynyrd when I want to let my (non-existant!) hair down!

Actually, I like most genre of music. I like a lot of the modern stuff too...

(Not to keen on Country, though. And that is about it!)

Yep! "Reputation" is on. It's those little green and red Plus and Minus signs at the bottom of each post.

You have also got User Ratings in the members profile pages

At the moment, the ranks are as follows:

Member rank: Number of post required (Includes comments on images in the Gallery)

Site Admin -1

Interested 0

Slightly art-freakish! 3

Confirmed art freak! 10

Fully established 20

Part of the furniture 50

Founding member 100

As usual, I am always open to suggestions for new rank names.

Unfortunately, I don't have any way of setting ranks for number of images posted in the Gallery. (That would require some new software development, which is above my head - and my pocket!!)

Image rating is currently off but I can bring that back if that is what the members want.

There is also that reputation thing - which I am not too sure about. (I'm not even sure if I have got the thing switched on?)

What happens when women drag there men along to the supermarket

'Proof' of what can happen if a wife or girlfriend drags her husband or boyfriend along shopping.

This letter was reputedly sent from the Head Office of a large supermarket chain in the UK, to one of their customers:

(It's a Joke, joke, JOKE!! Just a joke, OK?!!)

Dear Mrs. Murray,

Whilst we would like to thank you for your valued custom and use of the In-store Loyalty Card, the Manager of our store in Banbury is considering banning you and your family from shopping with us, unless your husband stops his antics.

Below is a list of his actions over the past few months all verified by our surveillance cameras:

1. June 15th: Took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in people's trolleys when they weren't looking.

2. July 2nd: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.

3. July 7th: Made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to feminine products aisle.

4. July 19th: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official tone,

gusto ko sna magpunta ng London to study at nakita ko that queens global has program to offer..

any feedback will be appreciated.

tnx!

I've never heard of them.

(By the way, this topic should really be in "Kwentuhan" - but since it's very rare that anyone ever posts anything in either of these two forums, it can stay where it is!)

I love the feminine pose one. Brilliant!

The priest entered his donkey in a race and it won.

The priest was so pleased with the donkey that he entered it in the race again and it won again.

The local paper read:

PRIEST'S ASS IN FRONT

The Bishop was so upset with this kind of publicity that he ordered the Priest not to enter the donkey in another race.

The next day, the local paper headline read:

BISHOP SCRATCHES PRIEST'S ASS

This was too much for the bishop, so he ordered the priest to get rid of the donkey.

The priest decided to give it to a nun in a nearby convent.

The local paper, hearing of the news, posted the following headline the next day:

NUN HAS BEST ASS IN TOWN

The bishop fainted.

He informed the nun that she would have to get rid of the donkey, so she sold it to a farmer for £10.

The next day the paper read:

NUN SELLS ASS FOR £10

This was too much for the bishop, so he ordered the nun to buy back the Donkey and lead it to the plains where it could run wild.

The next day the headlines read:

NUN ANNOUNCES HER ASS IS WILD AND FREE

The bishop was buried the next day.

The moral of the story is ... being concerned about public opinion can bring you much grief, misery and even shorten your Life.

So be yourself and enjoy life!!

Stop worrying about everybody else's ass and

You'll be a lot happier and live longer!

People Who Loves smb eventually loves artfreak. I'm not alcoholic, I just joined artfreak because of its main topic which is all about arts, artfreak's a very useful site, though I'm not sure if it's valid for me to do my posts here.

Hence, I enjoyed reading and posting in this site..

P.S

I love Philippines!

ArtFreaks.com is more than an art site... Even art freaks have lives outside of their art - and I would like to think of this website as a place where people can just drop by and enjoy a friendly chat, post their news, plug their own high quality websites and generally chill-out for a few minutes after a busy day!

So... As far as I am concerned, it is very valid for you to post here!