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Simply brilliant is http://woorank.com it pulls data from all the sources into a well structured report.

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Yes, you are right, there is another area where Adwords makes sense too, where there isn't much competition or demand. (to elaborate, I was selling a very niche item for

Yes, local parking is key. Once upon a time councils saw this as a way to get some extra cash, but it is now back firing badly, as what they gain in parking there have lost many times over in loss of business rates from empty retail units.

Believe it or not, Surrey was going to 'equalise' all villages/towns by insisting on no more 'free parking' in any shopping location! It was over turned by public outrage. They should be doing the reverse, creating MORE free parking, in our local town they needlessly painted yellow lines (no obstruction or issues where they did) just to force people into the paid bays. Free parking does need to be limited to a couple of hours or 4 hours, in most places though to stop hogging by rail commuters and local office workers.

I think the question warrants this answer.
Answer Part 1: Yes
Answer Part 2: It is a marketing channel

Sorted

DMOZ is a virtually a dead service in my opinion. As far as I understand is no longer valued by Google (Mention of DMOZ & Yahoo directory was dropped from Google Webmaster guidelines at least a year ago) I have not heard of any one getting successfully listed for around 2 years.

Don't loose sleep over it.

Correctly set up, AdWord is one of the few ways you can see a direct Return on Investment. If you install the right conversion tracking code, and ideally back it up with correctly set up Google Analytics, you can get very good data.

This means, if you understand your operating margins, if you are getting a +ve return on investment, then you can effectively spend a fortune and make a bigger fortune.

A large online player may spend

Will local independents fill the gaps left by the failed mega chains, or will the highstreets just deteriorate further into pound stores.

Think about it, what can't cost effectively you buy online?
1. things that cost less than a postage stamp
2. A night out
What else?

@theflyerexpert phonecovers is just posting semi sensiblle/insensible posts to get forum count/backlinks I believe, I wouldn't worry

So is phonecovers