Comments for J. David Rogers http://www.jdavidrogers.com Internet Marketing and Business Development Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:08:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Picking the right classified ads platform for Joomla by Viking http://www.jdavidrogers.com/2007/12/12/picking-the-right-classified-ads-platform-for-joomla/comment-page-1/#comment-1283 Viking Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:08:54 +0000 http://www.jdavidrogers.com/2007/12/12/picking-the-right-classified-ads-platform-for-joomla/#comment-1283 Thanks for posting this review. I will follow your advice and use AdsManager. Cheers! Thanks for posting this review. I will follow your advice and use AdsManager.

Cheers!

]]> Comment on Drupal or Joomla? Picking a CMS by John http://www.jdavidrogers.com/2007/04/07/drupal-or-joomla-picking-a-cms/comment-page-1/#comment-1282 John Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:06:47 +0000 http://www.jdavidrogers.com/2007/04/07/drupal-or-joomla-picking-a-cms/#comment-1282 I'm on a lot of open source project communities and the one thing I've noticed that may help you answer some questions as to your inquiries going unanswered is that the drupal forum is often treated like a linux forum, while a joomla forum is often treated like a corporate help box. Let me explain: with a corporate help box people are paid to answer the same questions over, and over, and over again. While the Joomla community members are not paid they are willing to answer the same questions over and over again (although as the forums get bigger and bigger i'm not sure how long that will last). In a linux forum people are definitely willing to help but you have to be willing to help yourself first. If the same questions has been answered elsewhere nobody is going to answer it again. That is what a search box is for. It also helps the forums stay a reasonable size with out having to much garbled information in one place or another. Now I'll explaing why the linux approach is better for the searcher. If you want to help yourself and seek something out, you'll search. If one forum topic is dedicated to your answer, everybody's ideas, opinions and answers are in one place, you just have to read. However if the forum topic you are searching for has been answered in a million different places, you may not find the answer to your specific problem in one place, you may have to leaf through pages and pages of different forum posts to find what you need assuming you have the patience to do that and not get frustrated and walk away. So in conclusion I would never test a forum or community by asking a question and checking response time because every forum has people looking through posts. I would check a forum and a community by searching an example question and seeing if there are intelligent and accurate answers to what I'm looking for. In this way you can also test response time by seeing when each person posted there answer. I’m on a lot of open source project communities and the one thing I’ve noticed that may help you answer some questions as to your inquiries going unanswered is that the drupal forum is often treated like a linux forum, while a joomla forum is often treated like a corporate help box.

Let me explain: with a corporate help box people are paid to answer the same questions over, and over, and over again. While the Joomla community members are not paid they are willing to answer the same questions over and over again (although as the forums get bigger and bigger i’m not sure how long that will last).

In a linux forum people are definitely willing to help but you have to be willing to help yourself first. If the same questions has been answered elsewhere nobody is going to answer it again. That is what a search box is for. It also helps the forums stay a reasonable size with out having to much garbled information in one place or another.

Now I’ll explaing why the linux approach is better for the searcher. If you want to help yourself and seek something out, you’ll search. If one forum topic is dedicated to your answer, everybody’s ideas, opinions and answers are in one place, you just have to read. However if the forum topic you are searching for has been answered in a million different places, you may not find the answer to your specific problem in one place, you may have to leaf through pages and pages of different forum posts to find what you need assuming you have the patience to do that and not get frustrated and walk away.

So in conclusion I would never test a forum or community by asking a question and checking response time because every forum has people looking through posts. I would check a forum and a community by searching an example question and seeing if there are intelligent and accurate answers to what I’m looking for. In this way you can also test response time by seeing when each person posted there answer.

]]> Comment on Picking the right classified ads platform for Joomla by John Napoletano http://www.jdavidrogers.com/2007/12/12/picking-the-right-classified-ads-platform-for-joomla/comment-page-1/#comment-1281 John Napoletano Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:48:08 +0000 http://www.jdavidrogers.com/2007/12/12/picking-the-right-classified-ads-platform-for-joomla/#comment-1281 Anyone have ideas on how to fill the initial database, with classifieds from other sites for example? API or sharing available? Anyone have ideas on how to fill the initial database, with classifieds from other sites for example? API or sharing available?

]]> Comment on Picking the right classified ads platform for Joomla by Marco http://www.jdavidrogers.com/2007/12/12/picking-the-right-classified-ads-platform-for-joomla/comment-page-1/#comment-1278 Marco Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:33:34 +0000 http://www.jdavidrogers.com/2007/12/12/picking-the-right-classified-ads-platform-for-joomla/#comment-1278 What about Almond Classifieds? I was looking for a module that would offer a Craigslist look and feel and Almond does the job really well. Any thoughts? I am still deciding on the paid add-ons.... Thanks, Marco What about Almond Classifieds? I was looking for a module that would offer a Craigslist look and feel and Almond does the job really well. Any thoughts? I am still deciding on the paid add-ons….
Thanks,
Marco

]]> Comment on Increase Adsense Revenue with A/B Split Testing by Rex Dixon http://www.jdavidrogers.com/2009/02/11/increase-adsense-revenue-with-a-b-split-testing/comment-page-1/#comment-1277 Rex Dixon Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:40:59 +0000 http://www.jdavidrogers.com/?p=67#comment-1277 Have you ever thought of trying a service such as http://www.performable.com to assist you with the testing process? Also, have you ever shared your testing results on http://www.abtests.com for example? What are your thoughts about the entire business of split, a/b, and multivariate testing? Have you ever thought of trying a service such as http://www.performable.com to assist you with the testing process? Also, have you ever shared your testing results on http://www.abtests.com for example? What are your thoughts about the entire business of split, a/b, and multivariate testing?

]]> Comment on Increase Adsense Revenue with A/B Split Testing by Caramoan Tour Package Blog http://www.jdavidrogers.com/2009/02/11/increase-adsense-revenue-with-a-b-split-testing/comment-page-1/#comment-1275 Caramoan Tour Package Blog Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:12:00 +0000 http://www.jdavidrogers.com/?p=67#comment-1275 I recently added an Adsense square ads on my travel blog. my adsense earning is still low since i dont have large volume of internet traffic yet. ` I recently added an Adsense square ads on my travel blog. my adsense earning is still low since i dont have large volume of internet traffic yet.
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]]> Comment on Picking the right classified ads platform for Joomla by Cheryl http://www.jdavidrogers.com/2007/12/12/picking-the-right-classified-ads-platform-for-joomla/comment-page-1/#comment-1269 Cheryl Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:29:30 +0000 http://www.jdavidrogers.com/2007/12/12/picking-the-right-classified-ads-platform-for-joomla/#comment-1269 Thanks for the info! Was just looking for comparisons and I appreciate your feedback. Will install adsmanager and see how it goes (Joomla site). Cheryl Thanks for the info! Was just looking for comparisons and I appreciate your feedback. Will install adsmanager and see how it goes (Joomla site).

Cheryl

]]> Comment on Drupal or Joomla? Picking a CMS by Owen McNamara http://www.jdavidrogers.com/2007/04/07/drupal-or-joomla-picking-a-cms/comment-page-1/#comment-1262 Owen McNamara Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:14:12 +0000 http://www.jdavidrogers.com/2007/04/07/drupal-or-joomla-picking-a-cms/#comment-1262 In my limited experience to date I have actually been pleasantly surprised that Drupal is easier to use than I had been led to believe, and Joomla is actually harder than I had expected. It is not completely clear just how all the elements fit together whereas with Drupal I found a very clear description of the underlying design and understood much more quickly. I have found it difficult to get free well written tutorials and guidelines for Joomla, whereas with Drupal it is much easier. I am still undecided but starting to lean towards Drupal for most sites, and Wordpress for Blogs. Maybe Joomla is stuck in the middle? It is pretty, seems great to start with but perhaps isn't so great once you get into it. One problem though I has was with my Fantastico installation of Drupal as it gives SQL errors. This is not a Drupal problem so I will be manually installing on my real site. To help contribute to the discussions I did a review of a Webology survey and put a long ad-free blog on my personal blog. Hope you find it useful: http://owenmcnamara.com/2009/08/08/comparison-of-drupal-and-joomla/ I think both Joomla and Drupal are great but each has strengths and weaknesses and perhaps each appeals to a slightly different type of web developer. Thanks for your article Owen In my limited experience to date I have actually been pleasantly surprised that Drupal is easier to use than I had been led to believe, and Joomla is actually harder than I had expected. It is not completely clear just how all the elements fit together whereas with Drupal I found a very clear description of the underlying design and understood much more quickly. I have found it difficult to get free well written tutorials and guidelines for Joomla, whereas with Drupal it is much easier. I am still undecided but starting to lean towards Drupal for most sites, and WordPress for Blogs. Maybe Joomla is stuck in the middle? It is pretty, seems great to start with but perhaps isn’t so great once you get into it. One problem though I has was with my Fantastico installation of Drupal as it gives SQL errors. This is not a Drupal problem so I will be manually installing on my real site.

To help contribute to the discussions I did a review of a Webology survey and put a long ad-free blog on my personal blog.

Hope you find it useful: http://owenmcnamara.com/2009/08/08/comparison-of-drupal-and-joomla/

I think both Joomla and Drupal are great but each has strengths and weaknesses and perhaps each appeals to a slightly different type of web developer.

Thanks for your article

Owen

]]> Comment on Picking the right classified ads platform for Joomla by SJ Rivera http://www.jdavidrogers.com/2007/12/12/picking-the-right-classified-ads-platform-for-joomla/comment-page-1/#comment-1258 SJ Rivera Fri, 15 May 2009 07:24:53 +0000 http://www.jdavidrogers.com/2007/12/12/picking-the-right-classified-ads-platform-for-joomla/#comment-1258 Very NICE COMPARISON. I was looking for this observation as I too am building a membership site. The only thing with Noah's Classified is that (from my perspective) it can't be branded thoroughly. There is the option to change the "look" but it is very limited. I do LUV this program but that would be a major trade-off for me not to be able to "brand" the site properly. I think the price is O.K. and the features have a "logical progression" for Noah but... and there is A BIG BUT (limited "branding" capabilities). I come from a corporate Sales and Marketing background and "branding" is SOOOO KEY!!! Everything else aside... I will be following your advice as well. THANK YOU :) Very NICE COMPARISON. I was looking for this observation as I too am building a membership site. The only thing with Noah’s Classified is that (from my perspective) it can’t be branded thoroughly. There is the option to change the “look” but it is very limited. I do LUV this program but that would be a major trade-off for me not to be able to “brand” the site properly. I think the price is O.K. and the features have a “logical progression” for Noah but… and there is A BIG BUT (limited “branding” capabilities).

I come from a corporate Sales and Marketing background and “branding” is SOOOO KEY!!!

Everything else aside… I will be following your advice as well. THANK YOU :)

]]> Comment on Drupal or Joomla? Picking a CMS by Social Networking Foundations « Blog http://www.jdavidrogers.com/2007/04/07/drupal-or-joomla-picking-a-cms/comment-page-1/#comment-1255 Social Networking Foundations « Blog Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:34:15 +0000 http://www.jdavidrogers.com/2007/04/07/drupal-or-joomla-picking-a-cms/#comment-1255 [...] Drupal vs Joomla. He picks Joomla but makes a case for Drupal as a better base engine, IMO. Another Drupal vs Joomla article. [...] [...] Drupal vs Joomla. He picks Joomla but makes a case for Drupal as a better base engine, IMO. Another Drupal vs Joomla article. [...]

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