I'm trying to add a Facebook Like Box from the FB developer's social plugin page. The first thing the code asks me for is the "Facebook Page ID." Of course, when I click the help icon, it simply says "The ID of the Facebook page for this like box." Uh, thanks, that really explains it. Those wise guys.

Anyways, if anyone could help me find the ID of a Facebook page, I would be very grateful. By the way, the page is already aliased, so the ID doesn't show up in the URL as it does with un-aliased pages (those withour usernames).

I'm trying to hit the "Like" button on Facebook and I keep getting the error message "An error occurred while writing to our database. Please try again later."

Is anyone else experiencing this?

I just got an email from a guy at More Digital, which claims to be a "UK based Digital Marketing Consultancy."

Here's the email (I substituted my domain name for privacy purposes):

Hi,

Kind regards,
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I checked out MoreDigital.com and it appears to be a legitimate website. I'm trying to decide if I should reply and at least see what the offer is (ie. rates for the text-links) or simply ignore this. It is an unsolicited email (mailed to my domain's whois email address), so I'm of course a little suspicious and wary. Any thoughts?

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I'm using Sedo.com for an external escrow (domain transfer) transaction. Their fee is 3% ($50 minimum), which for anything above $800 or so is going to be cheaper than using escrow.com (I've used them before and the transaction went smoothly, although their "inspection period" could use a little more transparency - it closed on me before I had the domain in my registrar account).

Anyways, they're asking me if I want to keep the domain transfer private. What does this mean and is there an advantage to me doing so?

Do you have a recommendation as far as Webinar Software goes? I need global conference calling that supports audio, video, webcasting and web conferencing services.

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Is there a way to decide what image Facebook uses as a thumbnail when I post a link to my site on my FB page? It keeps grabbing this random background image which isn't very useful.

I'm trying to submit one of my stories to reddit.com, and I keep getting the error an error occurred while posting (status: 502). When I try and re-submit, sometimes the error is an error occurred while posting (status: 504).

Does anyone know if they're blocking my submissions, or is the site simply experiencing intermittent problems?

I'm trying to 301 redirect pages from one website to another. I know I need to add the new pages to Google Webmaster Tools and my website's sitemap. The question is - should I leave the old pages up, and in the old sitemap, until they're transferred, or is it safe to take them (the pages and the sitemap links) down right away?

Goes without saying that I'd like to keep as much link juice as possible during this transfer!

Has anyone used Sedo's domain brokerage service? They're asking for a $69 up-front fee, plus 10% of the final sell price, to help brokerage a domain purchase for me. I've tried getting in touch with the domain owner directly, but haven't had any luck so far, so I thought I'd try this approach.

All they ask for, after you register on Sedo.com, is the name of the domain you're interested in purchasing, the final amount you're willing to pay, and a $69 application fee (which gets refunded if your application is not accepted).

Thoughts gurus?

I'm loving the Facebook like box widget in the sidebar of my website, but the appearance of it could be improved upon IMO. For example, the website icon or thumbnail that appears next to each post in the stream takes up too much room! It makes the stream super narrow and hard to read. And since the thumbnail appears in the header with a link to the FB page, I really don't see a reason to have it repeated in front of each post.

Sooooo, gurus - is there a way to remove the thumbnail icon of the posts in my Facebook stream?

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I'm getting the following error when trying to chat in Facebook: "Chat Error. Chat disabled for internal login." WTF? Anyone know how to fix this? Does internal login mean I logged in from another service, as opposed to directly into FB?

I laugh out loud when I hear the statistics on Google Plus and the raving news releases such as "Could Google Plus topple Facebook? Google+ has 25 million users and is growing at a rate of one million each day."

That may be folks, but just like Twitter, people sign up for an account because they're curious and then don't do jack with it.

If there's anyone out there using a Google+ account that actually does something with it, please comment below!

What is the difference between SEO and SEM? I hear the two terms being thrown around a lot, but most of the time it appears like SEO is used synonymously with SEM. Are they both the same, ie. interchangeable?

I'm trying to get Drupal and FCKeditor to work together so they syntax highlight my <code> tags, but right now FCKeditor is simply escaping them.

Is there a big SEO advantage to using <code> tags over plain text?

I've noticed on quite a few web pages that whenever a page fails to load up completely in the status bar there's the message that the browser is attempting to load google-analytics.js or something to that effect.

So it appears that having Google Analytics installed could significantly impede my visitors' experience, and potentially turn them away entirely. Is there something that can be done about this? I love Analytics and am not ready to ditch it yet, but this is a serious problem.

Does anyone know who the IP http://122.181.150.52 belongs to? I had it serving some Google Adsense ads of mine, but since I only allow approved sites/ addresses to serve my ads it was blocked. When I visit the site it goes to a simplified login screen with a "MindTouch" logo at top left.

Anyone ever heard of this? I'm going to hold off on letting them serve my ads until I learn more...

Should I include links to my images (in addition to pages) in my Google sitemap.xml? It seems to make sense to me, since you can get significant traffic from Google Images (images.google.com).

Of course, I thought it best to check with the Gurus on this one first <img src="http://forum.guruofsearch.com/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_wink.gif" title=";)" class="bb_smilies" />

I know, I'm the girl with all the Sedo questions. Sorry to take up the board with these but I love Guru of Search! Thanks so much for your time and answering my questions.

I recently had a potential buyer bid on a domain name of mine. The domain is short, catchy, and has an interesting registration history - it was initially registered in 2001, and then off and on until April of this year, when I grabbed it.

I didn't think the buyer's offer was enough, and they were final about it, so I declined it.

Now I'm thinking about submitting this domain name to Sedo's appraisal service (the premium, for $49). They promise:

The Premium Domain Appraisal greatly extends the level of research and analysis that your domain receives. We analyze at least 10 factors, provide a list of recent comparable sales, and give you some personalized tips on selling and marketing your domain. With our Premium Domain Appraisal you receive:

* An expert estimate of the domain name's value.
* A list of recent comparable sales.
* Advanced analysis into areas such as search engine friendliness, branding potential, possible buyers, and marketing strategy.
* The completed Premium Domain Appraisal via Email within three business days.

Has anyone used their domain appraisal? Any feedback on whether it's worth it? The offer I got on the domain was in the 4-digit range, so I don't mind forking out $49, but then again, it the service is crap I could have gone out and had a nice meal instead.

I've got an offer for a domain name I've got parked on Sedo. The offer is below what I'd like to sell it for, but the seller is also acting like it's their final offer. I can't quite decide if this is a bargaining tactic or if it's for real.

Here's what they said: "Sorry, [your offer] is way too high. I've been authorized to bid up to [my budget] so I won't try and drag this out. If you accept [my budget], great. If not, thank you for your time. "

It definitely has a final tone to it. Ultimately, I don't want to pay for an appraisal for the domain name, the Sedo fees as is (10%) are already taking a big chunk of my potential profits.

One thing I've considered doing is putting my domain name into an auction. Sedo states that if no one bids higher, the offer automatically wins. My question is, can I bid higher on my own auction to therefore effectively cancel the offer at the last minute?

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I forgot to re-register my domain name - it just expired. I heard that there was a domain name redemption period, in which I still have time to renew my domain? I'm not sure how this works, however, or if there's an extra fee?

Paying my invoices on Sedo.com is a royal pain in the @ss. When I select the "credit card" payment option, sometimes the payment goes through, sometimes it does not. The other annoying thing is that none of the invoices are combined. So if I win ten domains in an auction, there's a separate invoice for each, meaning I need to enter my billing details and credit card number ten times!

Needless to say, after paying about half the invoices (with the occasional "credit card payment didn't work" message - of which, I should point out, my credit card provider knows nothing - on their end everything looks fine), I got my credit card declined four times in a row, and then the message that as a result, the credit card and Paypal payment options have been disabled, and I need to wire funds within 5 days.

Are you kidding me? There's no way I'm paying my banks $50 wiring fee for each invoice. I'm still waiting to hear back from Sedo, but if this doesn't work out (paying them money for C'st sake) I'm done buying and selling domains on their platform.

Is there a limit to the number of ad units I'm allowed to create in my Google Adsense account? I can't seem to find the answer in Google support forums. I recall they're being a limit when I first signed up, but now I don't see one.

The reason I ask - I'm testing different ad units, and therefore am creating many of them. I don't see a "delete" option so am simply "hiding" the ones that I don't use anymore.

I'm trying to add my bbPress forums' local search to my Google Analytics reports. It's asking for a "query" parameter. Any ideas what to use? Do I need to insert "search.php" (the URL for the bbPress search page)?

Has anyone out there compiled a list of "NC friendly" affiliates? In other words, affiliates that are cooperating with NC's affiliate tax/ nexus law by accepting affiliates and paying the corresponding taxes to the state?

I know NY has a similar group that was gathering links to NY friendly affiliates, but they don't appear to be as active.

I'm of the opinion that eventually this affiliate tax law will pass for all states (it's already passed for NY, NC, CO, RI, and CA has it back in consideration for this year). I'm disappointed in those affiliates that don't take the time to setup the tax payments. It feels like they're just joining the "popular" anti-tax/ Amazon movement and aren't paying attention to the relationships they're severing and the profits they're losing. I think they're going to end up on the losing side of this war and will regret it...