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Claudia Gómez is energetic and vibrant. She talks fast and exudes passion. So it's probably no surprise that she made the trek over the Andes from Argentina to Chile, along with stops in Burgundy and the Loire sandwiched in between.
Gómez, 44, is a big part of the team at Viña Garcés Silva, which produces wines under the Amayna label. She handles PR and the commercial side, while also working on the winemaking itself (along with fellow winemaker Francisco Ponce). That's a lot of hats to wear, but considering her energy level, it comes as no surprise. (And in what may be a first for me, the native-Spanish speaking Gómez elects to converse in French with me rather than trust her English, which of course, is much better than she thinks.)
Gómez, 44, was born in Argentina. Her parents owned vineyards and sold their grapes during the 1970s, well before Argentina's qualitative wine renaissance. After her father became ill, the family sold off its vineyards and Gómez made her way to Chile, earning a degree in agriculture with an eye on entering the wine business. From there she took a detour to France, studying the chemistry of winemaking in Bordeaux before taking an internship at the domaine of Jean-Marc Boillot in Pommard. No surprise that she fell in love with Pinot Noir (and to a lesser extent, Chardonnay) while there.
While working in France, Gómez met Alphonse Mellot (the son of Sancerre vigneron Alphonse Mellot), whom she eventually married, living in the Loire for seven years. Not surprisingly, she fell in love with Sauvignon Blanc while there. The couple eventually went their separate ways, and Gómez returned on her own to Chile, where she connected with the Garcés Silva family, joining the nascent winery just after it bottled its first vintage in 2003. Today, the winery specializes in Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay—Gómez's favorites—along with Syrah. That's a pretty disparate mix of varieties to produce under one roof.
The Garcés Silva family was among the first to plant vineyards in the Leyda valley of Chile, a markedly dry and cool coastal area that has emerged in recent years as a source of high-quality grapes. They now have several hundred hectares of vines from which they sell off the majority of their production (Viña Montes is one of the prominent buyers for their Leyda designated bottlings). Viña Garcés Silva keeps just 33 hectares of Sauvignon Blanc, along with Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and a drop of Syrah for the Amayna production. Starting this year, an additional 10 hectares of Syrah is to be planted. Total production is just 13,000 cases, with a maximum potential of 20,000 (currently, just 2,000 cases come to the U.S.).
I tasted through some barrel samples of the winery's latest wines (though I tasted the wine after Gómez left the samples with me, they were not tasted blind). Both reds are destemmed entirely and fermented in stainless steel, with a 10-day cold soak before fermentation. There's a little punching down, no pumping over, and they're moved to barrel (about one-third new) just before the primary fermentation ends for their ensuing malolactic and élevage, which typically last about 14 months.
"We ferment the Syrah the same way as the Pinot because we want to keep the tannins elegant," said Gómez, combining her Burgundian and Loire-based experiences. "We're looking for elegance always."
Both of the 2008 reds are potentially outstanding. The 2008 Syrah San Antonio Amayna is fresh and racy in style, with white pepper, violet and black cherry fruit. It has a nice sappy finish with a lingering note of crushed Damson plum and there's judicious toast throughout. The 2008 Pinot Noir Leyda Valley Amayna is silky, with briar, crushed cherry and incense flavors. It shows nice bright acidity with a lingering note of sweet earth on the finish.
Gómez makes no bones about her first love though—Sauvignon Blanc. When I tell her I see more long-term potential in Chilean Syrah than Sauvignon, Gómez laughs.
"It's a bet then," she said. "I will make the best Sauvignon Blanc in Chile and prove you wrong."
The winery makes two versions, one fermented in tank and and another in barrel. In previous vintages I've preferred the barrel-fermented version for its extra dimensions of flavor, richness and length. The 2009 Sauvignon Blanc Leyda Valley Amayna Barrel Fermented just completed its ferment a couple of weeks ago, and the sample I tasted was still noticeably cloudy. But it shows lots of floral, mâche and white asparagus notes with good weight. It's still reticent but has fresh underlying acidity and excellent length. Along with the Sauvignon Blanc bottlings from Viña Casa Marin, it has become one of the best Sauvignon Blancs in Chile after just a few vintages, though I'm still willing to wager Syrah comes out on top in the long run.
It's been a long road for Gómez, but she's managed to pull her love for a few disparate varieties together after finding a new home on the cool, coastal frontier of Chile's wine industry. Viña Garcés Silva may still be low profile here in the U.S., but that probably won't last for long.
Jose — June 5, 2009 6:57pm ET
James I could not agree with you more. I think she is the soul of Amayna. I hope at some point the owners allow her to make her own wines. She is probably the most talented winemaker in Chile today but unfortunately for Chile she does not make wine.
James Molesworth — June 5, 2009 8:50pm ET
Jose: That's a strong statement. Alvaro Espinoza, Enrique Tirado, Maria Luz Marin, Aurelio Montes and a few others might have something to say about who the best winemaker in Chile is...in either case, Ms. Gomez definitely has talent...
Jose — June 6, 2009 9:52am ET
James: I know everyone of them and they are the pillars of Chile. Tasting their wines made me want to produce there. They also have tremendous personality. I think the main difference with Ms. Gomez is that she has years of winemaking experience with the best: Mellot, Didier among others. She has not made any wines herself in Chile so my comment was also a bit theoretical .I think she has the passion, the talent and the vision. Unfortunately for Chile, she does not produce wine herself. She and Patricio Tapia sent us to Lo Abarca and Maule. They were totally right. Have a good week end.
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UPDATE: New research has revealed up to one in eight Australians are living below the poverty line. The Australian Council of Social Service report found more than 2.2 million Australians live in poverty, including more than half a million children.
A few weeks ago ABC's Four Corners ran a report on the Australian children growing up in Australia's "welfare ghetto".
At the time, Mamamia wrote:
When 12-year-old Jessica Burns was asked what she wanted from her future, she answered: "a good job, like where you get like heaps of money. I'd be like a decent mum, like a husband with no violence and everything, so it could be a happy family, you know, but like that would never happen…"
They say the simplest dreams are the hardest to come by but it's a sad and sorry state of affairs when a 12-year-old Australian kid can't be excited and optimistic about what's lies ahead. But that's the way it is for thousands of children – here in our country – who are living below the poverty line.
Last night's Four Corners program on the ABC focused on the children of five families living in the NSW suburb of Claymore. Claymore is a public housing estate which was built by the New South Wales Government in the 1970s and is home to more than 3000 of the state's poorest families.
Thirty years on from its creation: Claymore is a "welfare ghetto."
Jessica's is one of the families who live there. When ABC reporter Sarah Ferguson (Sarah is the same journalist who exposed the abattoir atrocities in Indonesia) arrives at their house, Jessica hasn't been to school for two days, her 14-year-old brother Hayden is complaining he's being bullied at school and her father Brett has moved from the house into the garage because of arguments with Jessica's mother Caroline. (It's later revealed that Brett has physically abused Caroline. In front of the children.) The family rely on Centrelink payments to survive.
SARAH FERGUSON: Caroline Burns sometimes struggles to make ends meet.
CAROLINE: You know sometimes we have to go the second hand shops but – and I'm not fond of second hand shoes, but you can go to the new section. So and they've got some nice stuff there and it doesn't it doesn't bother me really.
JESSICA: She does have enough money sometimes, but just like, 'cause her pay day's on Friday and if something is in the week and it's like too much money for example, I don't know, like $100 or some s**t, I don't say anything, I don't bother.
SARAH FERGUSON: Sometimes Jessica misses out.
JESSICA: It was a 'scursion and I really wanted to go. And then, I was going to ask, but I didn't. Because I thought like maybe they needed the money for something else.
CAROLINE: I hate having to say no. I really hate having to say no.
On the other side of Claymore, lives the Blake family. The core of the family is Kristen. She's a single mother looking after five children. The youngest, Katelynn, is just five months old. Kristen worked in an aged care facility until she became pregnant with Katelynn and she says that she wants to teach her kids about the importance of having a job. Three of the children Katelynn is raising are biologically her sister's kids.
SARAH FERGUSON: What was the situation with Amy and the children? Why did you step in?
KRISTEN: A lotta drug problems, drug addiction, mental problems. She would bring her paranoia out onto her children. She wouldn't let the kids play outside, she would keep them confided in the one room, not even allowed to go upstairs. She shaved Alanah's head as a child so that nobody would rape her.
SARAH FERGUSON: Alanah is now 14.
(To Alanah): Were you scared when you were living there?
ALANAH: Yeah 'cause we had like other people watching us, not just her, people we didn't know, friends that gave her drugs. We had her watching us.
KRISTEN: It was Alanah mainly who was affected with what happened because she was three nearly four and she would have to mother Jacob. And if it wasn't for her he wouldn't have been fed. Whatever was in the cupboard is whatever she fed him, you know.
SARAH FERGUSON: As far as the three children are concerned Kristen is their mother now.
The report exposed the harsh realities of daily life for these kids who are "growing up poor" right here in Sydney. Many don't have relationships with one or both of their parents (more than half the families in Claymore have only one parent).
Kids have parents who cannot read or write. The rate of teenage pregnancy in Claymore is five times the national average. And according to one 15-year-old girl, young boys in the town just "get drunk, they smoke a bit of weed and they burn houses down."
Many of the children we met had stories of random violence, much of it linked to drug and alcohol abuse.
All of them talked to us more about fear than they did about money or missing out.
The obvious question arises: why is so much pain and disadvantage concentrated in one suburb?
It's not as if successive governments didn't know what was happening here.
1n 2010, more than 30 years after the suburb was built, the federal and state Labor governments announced a multi-million plan to demolish Claymore and start again.
Bulldozers moved in last year, 99 houses were knocked down.
Almost 1,000 more were slated for demolition, to be replaced by a mix of private and public housing, radically changing the makeup of the suburb.
But the incoming state Liberal government says no money was budgeted to pay for the re-development.
The project is on hold.
This kind of poverty is not limited to Claymore and its surrounds. According to a recent report, there are more than 2.2 million Australians living below the poverty line. More than 600,000 children under 15 live in households where no-one has a job.
Mamamia spoke to Captain Michelle White of the Salvation Army, who said the problem of children growing up poor was widespread. "The situation with children experiencing poverty as a result of their parents being dependent upon Centrelink is indiscriminate. It's not just a pocket here and a pocket there. Basically when a parent's only source of income is from centrelink the impact upon the child is significant."
So how do you fix it? Michelle says early intervention is critical. "It's all about connecting with children and family and young people and giving them positive outsets and engaging young people," she says.
Author and media commentator Jane Caro also spoke to Mamamia. She is adamant that education is the key to giving these kids a future. She says that schools need resources to make a difference. (Editor's Note: The NSW Government recently announced a $1.7 billion cut to education spending). Jane writes for Mamamia:
Australia is the 3rd lowest spender in the OECD on public education. Yet we have a school system that is increasingly dividing itself along social class lines. This is true to some extent of all education systems, but in Australia we compound the inevitable effect of geographical concentrations of poverty and disadvantage – as highlighted on 4 Corners last night – by educating our advantaged and disadvantaged kids not just in different schools but in entirely different publicly subsidised education systems.
Our most advantaged kids are increasingly leaving the public school system for private schools and taking all their resources, including their aspirations, cultural capital and engaged and involved parents with them.
World wide research shows that when you concentrate disadvantaged kids in the same schools it compounds their disadvantage. In other words, they do worse than they would in a more mixed environment. We are increasingly creating ghettos of privilege and underprivilege in our education system.If we want to offer the children of Claymore real hope for their future, we must start funding the schools they go to realistically. If we are going to lump our poorest kids together in the same schools, we must fund those schools as welfare hubs, reduce class sizes and make sure they are staffed by highly skilled and specialised teachers who are rewarded appropriately for tackling the huge educational disadvantages that are inevitably caused by poverty.If public education is the promise one generation makes to the next, ours is the first generation to break this promise – particularly to our poorest and most vulnerable children – since universal, compulsory, secular education for all children was introduced back in the 19th century. Education funding shouldn't be about rewarding or punishing parents, it should be about helping all our children regardless of how lucky or unlucky they were in the lottery of birth.
Minister for School Education Peter Garrett spoke at the opening of a $1.7 million performing arts centre at Claymore's local high school. His message to the students: "We have total confidence and faith in you, in the teachers in this school and the community schools. And total faith and confidence in the students at these schools that can be whatever they want to be, that they can realise their dreams and their potential…"
Perhaps. But the daily reality for kids in Claymore is not one of dreams and potential – it is an overwhelming sense of helplessness and being trapped in a cycle they may never break out of.
You can watch the full report here.

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To the new class, you will stay in line, you will represent those who sent you, or you will join those who get pink slips tomorrow. More over, if you fail to hold up your principles this country will fall back into the clutches of those who would would destroy us.
To the voters, you need to remember that this is just the first phase of the American Restoration. The incoming Congress, by design, will not solve all our problems. It took us over 80 years to get into this hole, it will take multiple election cycles, and the blood, sweat, and tears of millions of individuals to build up our families, communities, and nation to sustainable prosperity.


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Great donuts and a convenient location to our resort. We went here a couple of times during our stay.
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The Krispy Creme on the 192 opposite Polynesian Isles Boulevard is excellent. You can watch the doughnuts being made through the glass walled cafe and being boxed up straight off the production line. A perfect accompaniment with a cup of coffee.
big variety of flavours,so fresh you can see them being maid.never seen my disabled dad move so quick when offered a free sample!
We tried this place because we all know how Krispy Kremes taste so much better when they are hot and fresh. This store has a working doughnut factory that makes doughnuts for the Publix around the area. Pretty neat! The staff were friendly, and the hot doughnuts were delicious.
On our trip to Disney found this right next door. All of our Krispy Kremes have closed. Great to get these again fresh. Love the Key Lime.
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It was expanded to cell phones, which makes sense, and now it's undergoing closer scrutiny and the cost is dropping.
It's still a good idea, and it's weak points are being addressed. I don't think Obama made this his focus, or even spent any time on it. You may want to blame him, and I like the way try to shift it, like when Bush was president it was Pelosi and Reid, but now with Boehner it's all Obama.
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Philadelphia's Poison Ring
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Agent Landvoight arranged for Stanly Phillips, a street-wise agent of the Secret Service, to work with Meyer.� On August 1, 1938, Meyer and Phillips met with Herman Petrillo at a local diner.� Petrillo was uncomfortable discussing the plans in public, so the three men went outside and sat in his Dodge sedan.� Meyer introduced Phillips as Johnny Phillips, a friend of his that was fresh out of prison after serving time for murder.�
Herman Petrillo didnt seem to mind and the conversation soon turned to Alfonsi.� He suggested that they take him to the Jersey coast and drown him.� They could leave his clothing at the scene and it would look like an accident.� Phillips was not interested in the murder plot and wanted to get his hands on some of Petrillos counterfeit money.� In order to work this in, he suggested that Petrillo give them some money to buy a car.� They could use the car to transport the victim to a dark country road, where they could then run him over with the car and leave his body along side of the road.� Petrillo liked the idea, but suggested they steal a car, rather than purchase one for the job.� Phillips decided not to press the matter and the men decided to think the crime over.
According to Poison Widows, the cat-and-mouse games continued for the next several weeks and on August 22, 1938, the men convened at a local eatery on Thayer Street.� Petrillo still did not want to give the men money to buy a car but did, much to Phillips' delight, offer to sell them some fake bills.� Petrillo reached into his wallet and pulled out a counterfeit five-dollar bill.� Phillips was awestruck by the quality of the bill and quickly started making arrangements to buy $200 worth of the bogus bills.� Petrillo, initially reluctant to deal, finally agreed and said he would need two weeks to deliver.
Phillips was ecstatic about the possibility of finally arresting Herman Petrillo.� After years of undercover work and sting operations, he now had his man right where he wanted him.� Or so he thought.� When the two-week time period arrived, and then passed, he began to worry that Petrillo might have gotten wind of their plan and asked Meyer to try and find out what was going on.� Petrillo was nowhere to be found.� No one had seen him in over a week and he could not be found at any of his usual haunts.�
Meyer was getting increasingly nervous and decided to check on Ferdinando Alfonsi, the man Petrillo wanted dead.� He knew where the man lived and drove over to his house on Ann Street.� Posing as a construction worker, Meyer knocked on the door and waited anxiously.� Finally, just when he was about to turn and walk away, a middle-aged woman opened the door.� Meyer pretended to be interested in doing some work on the home and asked to speak with the man of the house.� However, to his immediate dismay, the woman informed him that her husband was very ill and could not get out of bed.� As quickly and politely as he could, Meyer apologized for having disturbed them and made his way back to his car.
Agent Phillips got a sick feeling in his stomach when Meyer explained the situation to him.� Perhaps they had spent too much time focusing on the bogus bills and not enough time protecting the intended victim.� Phillips called together several agents and the group, posing as insurance representatives, went to check on Alfonsis condition.� While they had no problem getting inside, they were shocked when they saw Alfonsi.� His pupils were bulging and he could neither move nor speak.� The agents then contacted the Philadelphia police.�
Meanwhile, Petrillo contacted Meyer and told him he had their money.� A meeting was arranged at a local bus stop and later that day Meyer and Phillips met him there.� Petrillo gave the man an envelope, which contained 40 counterfeit five-dollar bills.� Philips was happy to finally get the money, but was also concerned about Alfonsi and decided to see what he could find out.� Pretending the men still wanted the job, Phillips asked Petrillo if he still wanted Alfonsi taken out.� Petrillo grinned and said that they did not have to worry about it.� He is in the hospital, and he is not coming out, he said.


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Joe D'Amico's NCAAB Big 10 Game of the Month
Joe D'Amico's NCAAB Big 10 Game of the Month
Wisconsin vs. Michigan State, 02/16/2012 19:00 EDT, Score: 55 - 69
Point Spread: -6/-105 Michigan State
Sportsbook: 5Dimes
Result: Win
Today's winner is Michigan State over Wisconsin. This is my Big 10 Game of the Month.
When these two teams met on January 3rd, it was just about the most-controversial ending to a college basketball game this season when referees took away an OT 3-pointer due to a disparity between a stadium clock and game clock with just two-tenths of a second left in the game. Michigan State is 15-0 SU at home TY and come off of a huge win on Saturday as they beat Ohio State, snapping the Buckeyes 39 game home win streak. The Spartans are holding opponents to just 37.4% shooting from the field and have the 3rd best rebound margin in the nation at plus 10.2 a game. Draymond Green is a monster on the boards. The Forward has led the team in rebounding in 20 of the squads 25 contests this season. On top of all that, he is a mere 2 blocked shots and 1 steal away from being the 2nd and 5th all-time in those categories for MSU. The Badgers needed 26 points from Jordan Taylor just to keep in stride in the first meeting but were out-rebounded, 38-27. Wiscy failed to cover 3 of their L4 and 7 of their L11 overall while Michigan State has won and covered 3 in a row and 5 of their L6 outings. The home team is 11-4 ATS the L15 meetings. The Badgers are 1-5 ATS the L6 games played at the Spartans and the Spartans are 6-0 ATS their L6 games played at home. Take Michigan State. Thank you.
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Make all schools year round and then maybe maybe people will vote for another bond issue. Until then, I wont vote to give the school system a "dime". The post indicated that the CC didnt approve another site so they must have approved this on.
Stuff like this is why the school board should have nothing to do with land and building schools. they should lay PROVABLE requirements out to the county commissioners and the the commissioners should handle property purchase and building. It is also time to STOP building more schools. It is time to use other options to provide educational opportunities for the kids in Wake County. The Traditional Public school system is a dinosaur that needs to end. Absolutely ZERO accountability exists. thus the students end up with substandard education.
not much of a school can be housed on 2 acres of land. Appears to be another waste of money by our wonderful wake county board of education.
The building across the street, that looks like an old school, is being remodeled and will be the Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy in the fall.
What about the building right down the street that looks like an old school. It's not two blocks away from the YWCA site. Did anyone see about reopening that school?
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Cristiano Ronaldo will today join the rest of the Portugal squad. The Real Madrid forward, who suffered a sprained left shoulder during the match against Barcelona, was examined at his home by Real Madrid doctors, who have said that his injury is not serious and that he does not need to undergo more tests in a hospital. Real Madrid have already informed the Portuguese Football Federation that Cristiano Ronaldo will join their national team squad in Óbidos. Once there, the Whites' player will be kept under observation and will have no problem in playing on Friday in Moscow for Portugal against Russia in the World Cup 2014 qualifier.
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*This article is free for re-distribution if you include the links at the bottom, thanks! These days, there is a great demand for quickly learning a foreign language. Whether you are a businessman moving to France, or a student studying abroad in America, or even if you have a crush on a Japanese girl, learning a new language is more about your approach and repetition than it is about the time you spend studying. In other words, quality over quantity is always most important! Overall, you should teach your brain a language through variation of input. The below approaches might greatly help you focus: 1. Overview of structure, grammar, history - This is a great way to start out, by reading written summaries of a language's history, etymology, and grammatical structure (in your native language, if available). While it doesn't always seem relevant, it truly helps to know how a language evolved over time. More importantly, reading on paper how sentences and words are constructed will teach your brain the necessary linguistic patterns. 2. Rehearsing of audio examples - This is one of the great benefits of modern technology. You could be 5,000 miles away from a language's native population and still listen to audio clips of proper pronunciation by using CDs and mp3s, etc. Don't make the mistake of thinking that audio clips are merely teaching you new words - instead, focus carefully on how native speakers pronounce words, use inflexion in their speech, and so on. 3. Reciting of vocabulary - When it comes down to it, you really start to comprehend a new language by increasing your vocabulary knowledge base. Even with huge holes in your fluency, you can start to grasp the main ideas of a conversation by growing your raw vocabulary retention. Even without the correct pronunciation or fluid understanding of your secondary language, your vocabulary base is always your memory's biggest milestone. 4. Practicing phrases, common speech, and natural exchange - While vocabulary helps you to pick up ideas that you hear or read, it still does not offer you much in the way of communicating your own thoughts to others. The best way to improve your ability in common phrases and expressions is to find foreign friends or penpals or language exchange partners who are native to the language. While classes or tutors are helpful in achieving the above-mentioned points, the best way to naturally develop your speaking ability is to practice in a realistic, organic environment with a friendly acquaintance. This will help you to learn slang, pop culture references, and such. JuJu is a free international community of friends and penpals that allows members to exchange snail mail letters or find travel companions and language exchange partners. Features include private chat, forum board discussions, user photos, blog posts, and free classifieds. Join us to find your free penfriend today! |
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Posted 17 October 2003 - 09:29 AM
I guess you can create your own , it doesn't seem so hard to do
affiliate can link to you site with a param , you can us this param to know where the sales comes from and pay them accordingly. and they will link to your pages giving you the boost in backlink
Posted 17 October 2003 - 09:36 AM
They need something to track everything - and I know there are programs out there that do this. I'm just hoping that someone out there has had some experience with one or two of them and can make a suggestion.
All the best,
Posted 17 October 2003 - 09:41 AM
I don't think that the size of the site is very relevant , they work in .net , it's fairly easy to do.
but you say
They need something to track everything
you know what they need and want more than I do.
No I don't know any software to do it , sorry.
Posted 17 October 2003 - 09:54 AM
In any case, thanks for your help so far. I appreciate your taking the time to read the saga.
All the best,
Posted 17 October 2003 - 09:59 AM
That affiliate "should" (technically speaking) beat out your site in the rankings even aside from my comment about the keyword stuffing. Their frequent use of the term 'rug' is used in context at least, and not just thrown in randomly or in hidden text someplace like various spoofy sites do.
But the real reason they've attained a higher ranking (imo) is because of all the PR directed from their other websites towards that affiliate site. At the bottom of all their numerous webpages they have a spot for "webpages of interest" or whatever, and 'rugs' is one of them.
So they *are* playing by the rules, but also using some 'grey' practices along the way. However I've utilized the inherent traits of the SEs to get my sites indexed faster and ranked higher too, so I'm not one to talk. But I wouldn't try to trick the SEs, even if I thought I could get away with it.
All's fair in love and war.. and SEO. The search engines create the algorithms - it's our job to learn how they work and use that knowledge to our benefit without breaking the rules.
Solutions..? If you want to go on a jihad to rank higher than your affiliates it would take a lot of work, but anything's possible.
If google puts more weight behind backlinks from related sites than nonrelated sites (as they claim, iirc) then although that affiliate has a heck of a lot of incoming links, most are not related to rugs (i.e. one I saw was from a site selling movie posters).
So if that's true, then you'd have to get as many incoming links from related websites as possible - anything to do with rugs especially (I doubt links from websites about Persia (i.e. historical) or Persian cats would be considered related... but then again, who knows <G>).
Grey method: find discussion groups/forums that deal with rugs or a theme as close to that as possible. Make some *worth while* posts in that forum - answering any questions people have asked if you can; don't just post an advertisement for no reason or ask a lame question (<G>) - and put that rugman url as your sig, preferably with keywords in it if they let you add the link with a 'link title'.
You may want to check to see if that forum is spidered by google first - many are - and if so, it'll help your ranking.
I have a web design company that use to rank about #12 or #13 in town a few months back. I made very few changes to the site since then, but HAVE posted maybe a dozen or so posts in unrelated forums with a sig consisting of my keywords and url since then. Now I rank #2 in town for my primary keywords as well as #1 for a whole bunch of other search terms (like 'Media MyTown'). I didn't make those forum posts to rank higher - and didn't think it'd matter much since they must have zero PR - but I can't think of anything else I've done since I was #13... and you needn't go nuts and make 500 posts or anything.. <G>... just a couple or half dozen sprinkled among a few different related forums.
Similarly, find someone with a blog and have a text link added in there somehow (dunno if you know anyone with a blog, but if so - try it).
Conjecture - Google recently added a thesaurus like feature to their search bar wherein you can use the "~" symbol to get similar meaning keywords searched for (sorry, I forget the details) and I *think* I read they'd recently bought out some company with a SE algorithm based on 'like terms' *. OH - and didn't Google *just* add 'like terms' to their AdWords advertisements...? Why yes, I believe they did. So they DO have a thesaurus like capability
* don't quote me on this... it could have been a dream I had <G>, but I'm pretty sure I read something along those lines.
Now, if this is all TRUE... then I'd be willing to bet google will add something to their algorithm where search rankings will not only be based on the keyword being looked for (in url, title, description, on page text, etc) but ALSO any 'like terms' found on the page (words similar to the keyword). i.e. in your case, look up 'rugs' in the thesaurus and it'd certainly show "carpets". So google might determine a page with the words 'rugs' and 'carpets' on it is going to be more 'on topic' than a page that just features the word 'rugs' with no other words related to that theme...
Note that my theory may be completely wrong.. it's just something that's occured to me since I've seen Google add two or three 'thesaurus-like' capabilities/features to their workings in the past few months.
But if I'm *right*... then I've just given away an incredibly hot SE tip and you read it here first.
So, long story short:
- get incoming links from websites related to rugs
- get any other inbound links you can get too (whether related to rugs or not, but use 'persian rugs' as the link title) - any other sites they own or sites you maintain that can get away with what that affiliate site did ('websites of interest' links).
- ensure every internal page to that site has a link to the home page, and use keywords in the link (i.e. 'persian rugs home page'
- make a few posts in forums related to rugs and include the url (with keywords in the title tag if that's a feature to that forum)
-get a link in a blog somewhere if possible
- for future possible rankings improvements, ensure you have some words similar to 'rugs' on your page(s). Look those two words up in the thesaurus (or www.thesaurus.com ) and sprinkle the results on your pages.
Hope that helps.. and sorry for the long windedness (is that a word?).
- Steve Gill
Posted 17 October 2003 - 10:24 AM
As mentioned before, I think they should start their own affiliate program and cut out using the quickserve Commission Junction links. Then THEY will get all the benefit of this work their affiliates have done.
Don't get me wrong - I don't intend to go on the warpath to oust their affiliates! Not at all. Those affiliates have obviously got quite a system working, even if they're using some grey areas of SEO.
I'm just saying that the page they're *linking* to, should get some of the benefits of that, don't you think?
Rugman's site *does* contain many instances of "carpets", "area rugs", and other related terms, so I'm not at all worried about that.
My original concern was that one day they were #8 and the next day they were completely gone. And I was not *using* any grey areas of SEO for them, so I can only assume that Google was somehow unable to index their site. They were #8 for "persian rugs" before, whether or not they had a page rank of 0. It didn't seem to matter then. Not that they would be #1 or anything if the other Page Ranks are hugely above theirs, but they shouldn't have disappeared quite as completely as they *did*. THAT is what worried me.
I can only assume that their site was down or something when Google came by to index because it was mentioned that they aren't forcing session IDs or cookies on anyone and I honestly can't think of any other reason why their site would be unindexable.
Anyway, this is all speculation. I think I'll need to work on their paid inclusion into Lycos and Inktomi, and see what happens with the engines in the near future.
And as was pointed out, it's a very good thing these affiliates are on their side! I have no intention of stirring the hornets nest.
Posted 17 October 2003 - 10:41 AM
i don't know how familiar you are with programming but
My concern was that with so many different products, simply making up their own urls wouldn't be good enough to track everything
you don't need to create a new url by products, the links to your urls needs to add a parameter so if your link is
then your 'goon' affiliate will link to .../rug/persians.aspx?affiliate=goon
then you can know who referred the sale to you.
if you need to manage other info then you can add some parameters
oups the engine might see those as different url and not helping with your backward link.
plan B :
your affiliate should "Post" the data to your page, the link will always be .../rug/persians.aspx
but in the request you could collect the info that you need.
"Posted" data comes from forms , the affiliate will create a form that links to you site.
talk to the programmers they will know what i'm talking about.
is pretty simple
and in .net they can simply create an object that will deal with all this , then simply include this object in every page
You don't need to change any of your url
Posted 17 October 2003 - 11:13 AM
I think it's gathering the data into one page of stats - once affiliate sales had been tabulated - that would concern me most. Obviously, we want to be able to properly track and pay these people.
Posted 17 October 2003 - 11:35 AM
Isn't that qksrv domain related to consumption junction?
Maybe your site *was* down when google spidered, or maybe their bot went nuts somehow. It might be worth sending an email to google asking them to correct this, if you don't want to wait for the next spidering (whenever that is..and it may not fix the problem even then, depending on the cause).
At least you have rugman well covered in the Adwords...
Just fyi.
- Steve Gill
Posted 17 October 2003 - 12:24 PM
thanks for the idea I think that when I have the time I will work on building such an application
when I have the time
don't worry their IT guys will know what you are talking about even if you don't.
by the way the site is very nice.
Posted 17 October 2003 - 01:14 PM
I thought spiders did not follow forms. If the form posts to the URL then the link is in the 'action' - if spiders don't follow this link then how will this be of any use?your affiliate should "Post" the data to your page, the link will always be .../rug/persians.aspx
Posted 17 October 2003 - 03:26 PM
Guys, I'm really stumped on this one and I'm hoping to get some different perspectives on things to know how to handle it from here.
Hi Jodi,
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Please understand that while we do want to help you with your situation, on this one we will need to be vague, so as to not give away the farm.
If you can SEE and FOLLOW the "logic" in the results below, then you can pinpoint the "PROBLEM" you are having with the main site's pages being outranked by their affiliate's pages.
Jodi, we hope this information will be helpful and point you in the right direction to continue your research and analysis, but if not then we apologize for only being able to reveal such a limited amount of information in a free public forum.
So their results have dropped off the map because their affiliate link seems to have more "relevance" than their main site?? Huh?
I have been doing SEO for a LONG time and this is the first time I've ever come across anything like this (maybe I'm not working with clients in the right industry for it, huh)? Do any of you have any advice? Is there anything that can be done about this?
Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated. We worked very hard over several months and were just starting to see awesome results. I'd hate for them to just disappear.
Jodi, you may want to click the following link and read all of our posts in the thread to further help you with your "PROBLEM" as you can clearly see that we always advise our clients and students to not fall for the misconception that some SEOs believe in and therefore many who follow their advice have mistakenly accepted that "Content is King" when it is clearly NOT. This in turn will then lead to questions such as yours.
"CONTENT" is NOT King when it comes to acquiring high rankings, but "LINK REPUTATION" is!
We must disagree with those who say that "Content Is King" and say that "Link Reputation Is King."
Oh, and by the way Jodi, are the RugMan.com folks using StoreFront 6.0, do you know?
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::: Affiliate Page is ranked #19 :::
Luxurious Oriental and Persian Rugs at or Below Wholesale Prices ...
... Featured Merchant: Hand-woven tribal Persian rugs. Up ... Luxurious, Affordable,
& Risk-Free Oriental & Persian Rugs at Rugman.com. Rugman ...
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Posted 18 October 2003 - 07:48 AM
(they had a huge bit of .NET garbage at the top and when they got rid of it, their listings skyrocketted!),
So you are saying by removing the ASP.NET meta tags the web site rankings improved dramatically?
<meta name="GENERATOR" Content="Microsoft Visual Studio 7.0"> <meta name="CODE_LANGUAGE" Content="C#"> <meta name=vs_defaultClientScript content="JavaScript"> <meta name=vs_targetSchema content="http://schemas.microsoft.com/intellisense/ie5">
You were referring to these kinds of meta tags right?
ASP.NET also keeps track of all the postback data in the hidden input tag near the top of the page, call "__VIEWSTATE", which can be huge depending on the page. If you look at the source code for Rugman's Collector's Gallery you will see the huge amount of encrypted data. I have often wondered if this would effect ranking a site. Would this have any effect on spidering the page?
I ask that because I am designing several ASP.NET sites right now, one is for rugs! Not Persian tho.
the main site's pages being outranked by their affiliate's pages
So you guys are saying that links from other web sites could possibly lower your ranking, as well as improve it?
Posted 18 October 2003 - 08:05 AM
BTW, one of the things that I try to watch for is how Microsoft ASP.NET handles other browsers. Even though they only represent a small percentage of today's viewers I still feel the other modern browsers should be able to view the sites I design, as examples: NS 7.1 or Mozilla 1.4.
Anyway, when I checked rugman.com with NS 7.1 and Mozilla 1.4 I got bounced out to: "Content/Compatibility.aspx" page, which would not allow me to view the web site. The page does say you need IE 5.0 or NS 6.0 later. Well NS 7.1 is later.
You might want someone to look into that.
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Presumption of funniness is not exactly a capital offense. But it's a performer's crime nevertheless, a rookie sort of miscue that helps to sink Folger Theatre's ill-conceived spaghetti-western version of "The Taming of the Shrew."
No one could possibly be more impressed with the antics of director Aaron Posner's yuk-yuk production than several of the actors themselves. I stopped counting the times they shot the audience winking looks, as if to say, "Wasn't that a good one?" or "Darned if I get the point of that line!"
Sometimes — and especially in sub-par Shakespeare — an idea takes hold in the rehearsal room that every character, no matter how tangential, is a riot. You can see this error put to practice in Posner's OK Corral-inspired production, as various actors struggle, to lethally hammy effect, to turn inconsequential ripostes into upstaging bits of extraneous business.
No one is guiltier of attitudinal excess than Danny Scheie, in the heretofore secondary role of Grumio, servant to Petruchio, the brutal wooer of hellcat Katherine. Although the list of characters in the original text lumps Grumio with seven others as Petruchio's manservants, Folger embellishes the description, identifying him as Petruchio's "trusty, flamboyant servant." Thanks — we wouldn't have known. Employing a voice like the eardrum-splitting wheeze of a strangled cat, and a sibilant "s" that puts you in mind of Carmen Ghia in "The Producers," Scheie has decided, with Posner's blessing, that the real shrew is Grumio.


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Louisiana state court rules voucher program unconstitutional
The Associated Press (AP) reports in The Washington Post that Governor Bobby Jindal's voucher program that uses tax dollars to send students to private schools has been ruled unconstitutional by a state judge who said it is improperly funded through the public school financing formula. Judge Tim Kelley sided with arguments presented by teachers' unions and school boards seeking to shut down the voucher program and other changes that would funnel more money away from traditional public schools.
More than 4,900 students are enrolled in 117 private schools with taxpayer dollars, in one of the largest voucher programs in the nation.
The judge said the method the Jindal administration, state education leaders, and lawmakers used to pay for the voucher program violates state constitutional provisions governing the annual education funding formula, called the Minimum Foundation Program or MFP. "The MFP was set up for students attending public elementary and secondary schools and was never meant to be diverted to private educational providers," Kelley wrote in a 39-page ruling.
Superintendent of Education John White said the state will appeal the ruling. Jindal did not immediately comment.
"We believe that while his decision was very thoughtful, it's in error and that it's not consistent with the interpretation of the Louisiana Constitution," said Bill Maurer, a lawyer representing two parents with children in the voucher program and two pro-voucher groups. Maurer said he did not expect Kelley's ruling to immediately force voucher students from their private schools, because Kelley did not issue an injunction against the program.
It was the second legal setback this week for the voucher program that Jindal pushed through the Legislature this year as part of a sweeping education system overhaul. In the same week as this ruling, a federal judge halted the voucher program in one Louisiana parish, saying it conflicts with a decades-old desegregation case.
Source: The Washington Post, 11/30/12, By AP
[Editor's Note: Scott M. Richard, Executive Director for the Louisiana School Boards Association, has issued the following press release:
"On behalf of the Louisiana School Boards Association and 43 public school boards, we applaud the decision rendered today by Judge Kelley.
"LSBA Legal Counsel Bob Hammonds clearly conveyed the issues for the court as to the unconstitutionality of the flawed state legislation that siphoned public dollars away from the state's funding formula for public education.
"Public tax dollars dedicated to public education should have never been diverted to private entities; and, the Louisiana Constitution has been upheld on behalf of Louisiana's almost 700,000 public school children."
In November 2012, Legal Clips summarized an article by the AP in The Times-Picayune, which reported on the federal judge's decision regarding the conflict between the voucher program and an existing desegregation order mentioned in the above article. Earlier in November 2012, Legal Clips summarized another article by the AP in The Times-Picayune, which reported how the Tangipahoa Parish school system argued that Louisiana's new voucher law, which pays private school tuition for some lower-income students from low-performing schools, diverts state money from the local school district. As a result, the system was telling a federal district court that the law affects its ability to comply with orders in the 47-year-old federal desegregation case.
Articles providing additional background on the Louisiana voucher program were summarized by Legal Clips in August 2012, July 2012, June 2012, again in June 2012, April 2012, and again in April 2012.]


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The good news is we have tax caps.
The bad news is that for those that haven't reached them, taxes are going to be increased a lot because they can't increase those that have already reached the cap.
My taxes were at the cap as soon as the cap was established, so really you should be glad you weren't paying that much all along.
Eventually everyone will reach the cap and the only way they can get more is if we are stupid enough to vote for some increased funding. I can see the touching yard signs with children on them now....
Oh, and support vouchers because every student that takes a voucher lowers the cost of education.
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