Does anyone know how the amazon.com rankings work?
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Amazon.com does not disclose exactly how the rankings are calculated, but those who have analyzed the rankings over time have some theories.\n\nRankings are based on actual sales. If copies sell, the ranking will go up. Rankings may change hourly.\n\nThere is a good explanation of the system at the Foner Books site, link below.
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I know that you have to pay, and that you bid to be at the top, for that particular subject. Say, for instance, you sell furniture. Well, if you want your website to be the first one that shows up, when people search on Yahoo for furniture, then you have to outbid the other companies for that category. You pay by the hit. So, whoever bids the most per hit, gets their website at the top. You have to bid each day I believe. I'm not sure exactly how to get started on that, but if you look around a little on Yahoo, you should be able to find it.\nGood luck.
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I think babycenter is a good source.  They have consumer ratings as well as if you look anything up on amazon....they have consumer ratings as well.\n\nBut the consumer reports website is the best way to go.
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Hi, your search engine ranking is based on approximately 130 different factors.  \n\nYour new site(same address) will get ranked accordingly based on your new content and how it relates to your new meta tags(and about 129 other things)... \n\nI am assuming your site has a completely new direction or focus.  If you simply updated your content, your ranking will likely increase.\n\nUnless, you completely blow your keyphrase relevency, and on page factors like that.\n\nAlso, if you have been creating effective backlinks with keyphrases, you will want to go change them to reflect your new focus.\n\nhope that helps...
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I dont worry about a sites rank when purchasing. \n\nI check credentials such as, encryption of my info. Owner of the domain. I look for real contact info. Phone numbers. Try to find someone else who purchased through them. Google them.\n\nIf all of that leaves you thinking they are shady... get out of there.
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Here is a site that google and yahoo check first when it does its order.  follow the directions and you can get bumped up on the list.  Make sure you don't have your site password protected so that there crawlers can index you.\n\nhttp://www.dmoz.org/
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Amazon have reviews of most books.  These are often reader reviews too.
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Amazon Marketplace is is where sellers other than Amazon can sell their used or new items. When you are looking at an item, look to see who it is available from. It can say one or both of the following: Ships from and sold by Amazon.com and/or available from these sellers. In my experience as an employee, I have seen items ship all over the world. If it says ships from and sold by Amazon then it should ship anywhere in the world. If you select an item from a different seller, there is a chance that they will not ship overseas. The great thing about Amazon is that they will post a link to sellers of an item even if they sell it cheaper than Amazon does. That way, you have a choice as to where to go to purchase an item.\n\nOf course, if you are still unsure about shipping to your country, you can always email customer service. The website also lists links to several of their international sites.\n\nThe first link I've listed should take you to a a portion of Amazon's site that lists deadlines for international orders. The second will take you to an Amazon.com help page that will have helpful information on it. Both will have a button on it that you can click on to contact customer service.\n\nHope this helps!
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If it's legit, voting for a website may help the website, advertisers, and the voting system know how many people enjoy that website.\n\nFor instance, if a poll is being run by CompuRag - the world famous (fictitious!) computer magazine (which gives out awards every year in their equally famous [fictitious] "Best Of Last Year" issue) you can probably guess that they just want users opinions on which sites they visit, who'se the best, etc...\n\n(Assuming that our fictitious magazine is legit, they may give out an award which the website will proudly present, though the website may also put that award to use by bumping up their advertising charges for the next year - still, worthy, and legit.)\n\nIF, on the other hand, a company like e-Spam (equally fictitious as the earlier mentioned CompuRag) is NOT a legit company (or merely posing as one,) the moment you click on the link, you may be deluged with pop-ups. What's worse, is they may take you to a seemingly-legit polling site, ask you a few questions about the website that you like, then ask for your e-mail address, (Anonymous Indeed!) which they'll use to spam you 'till the cows come home.\n\nOf course, the more awards a website can garner, the better off it is. (The more money they'll receive from SOMEone... either a legit company via click-throughs, {and having an award says "we get x-thousand visitors a day, etc..." means there might be more / better targeted advertising...} or via illegitimate means - both "help" their website.)\n\nSo, if you want to help out your favorite website, go ahead! It's not likely a legit website will resort to pulling a fast one like agreeing to be polled for by a company that wants to sign you up for spam! (Hey! Even if they are, just don't give your e-mail address!) Other than that, turn on your pop-up blocker, click there, and see what happens! If you recognize the pollster, you may well be doing your favorite website a favor!\n\nGood Luck!
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http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/home.htm\n\nConsumer reports is the best resource for unbiased consumer ratings.  They get no money from companys.  \n\nI also like to look at amazons costomer reviews before i buy anything.  Just search for whatever you want and there will be tons of reviews and ratings.
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The most successful affiliate websites are those websites that choose affiliate programs that their audience need and want. Affiliate programs work best if they are integrated into the site -- not the main and only focus of the site. \n\nThis is especially true for affiliate programs that even provide web pages to their affiliates -- which means that if they have 1,000 affiliates then you will have 999 competitors offering the same products with the same exact website (with a minor variations here and there). Plus, you will be competing with the main company as well. \n\nThink of Amazon.com and its affiliate program. There are hundreds of thousands of Amazon affiliates selling books and other products for Amazon. If the site owner simply creates a website with books of Amazon -- without some value added -- people will not bother to visit his site. So income will be minimal at most.\n\nThe key is for your site to create value added that visitors will want to come that is unique. If visitors will want to buy books, for example, why would they come to YOU instead of going straight to Amazon? Why go to an affiliate when they can go to the real deal?\n\nYou're on the right track with your plan to include articles (the more original the better). If you want to promote several affiliates, think of a theme for your site that will link them together -- or create different websites.\n\nThe benefit of a website relative to a blog is the flexibility in terms of layout that it provides. Blogs are more limited.
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You need to get your site listed in the directory.\nI think the number of sites linking to yours will also effect your ranking.\n\nCheck out the link for more details.
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register your site with major search engines like Yahoo and Google. Then it will be a while for web spiders to crawl through your site and index you where they think your site belongs. Good luck getting your page up on the first page of listings though, because the algorithms of google and yahoo for determining page rankings are not public, and getting your site up on top has allot to do with clean code and incoming links.
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u have to surf the site and the easyest way to get creds is by playing rank its link is down in sources
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http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/Rank_1.html
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Yes. Amazon.com is a secure website which will not share your billing information with anyone.. I have been shopping with amazon and eBay for a long time now. I also work for one of the high tech companies in the silicon valley and I can guarantee you that for companies so big, your trust and their reputation is too important for them to mess up on this part. They have many layers of protection to prevent thefts of information, let alone giving your info to someone voluntarily. They know they operate on trust and something like selling or theft of users' info would lead their business to shut down completely.\n\nAlso, as a side-note, make sure when you are led to any page on the web asking you for credit card or bank info, that the page url starts with https:// . This shows that the page is secure and the info cannot be intercepted by someone.
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That all depends on the Keywords you enter. The more specific your keywords, the higher the position. Have you submitted your website? I tried several Keyword searches including the name of your company "Designer Pro India" and even it didn't show up until the third link. I also took a look at your PageRank with Google and it is zero...