Research company or business that is selling to you:

- Look for a phone number and address; all legitimate businesses will have one.

- Understand return policies, in case you're not happy with product you receive.

- Ask questions. If company has quality service, they'll have answers for you.

Research product or service you are buying:

- When shopping online, you don't get benefit of picking it up product and taking a good look at it. You may want to just use internet for your research and later see if you can find it in a local store . But internet also allows you to search for best deals. So, in this sense, you may choose to use local store to put you at ease about product, and purchase it online to get best price. 

The “Holy Grail” in Digital Marketing is “Real-Time” Data.

Isn’t that really what transition from HTML 4.01 to XHTML to XML, and CSS and lot is all about?

I don’t really understand masses (Site Owners) clamoring for positioning in quarterly Google PR updates. What’s use? That’s not “Real-Time” Data! I hope by now we all, anyone listed in Google Directory @ http://directory.google.com/ knows we can go there and check a more in-depth “PR – GreenBar”, that encompasses more algorithm considerations and is updated more frequently than “public” PR exhibited in toolbar!

How do these Hosting Companies that don’t provide Statistical Packages remain in business?

That is only first step. How can any web developer properly support themselves or clients without access to “Real-Time” Data? How on earth, without those tools do you effectively manage your or a client’s position for any key-phrase without that information?

The answer is: You don’t and you can’t!

Why would anyone continue to Host with a company that doesn’t provide both statistical packages and a control panel? Many provide multiple statistical packages.

Let’s go a step deeper though:

Google and Yahoo both grant API licenses in their “Developer Networks”

YAHOO and GOOGLE Both Have “Developer Networks” in Beta:

YAHOO’s Developer Network can be found here; http://developer.yahoo.net . Several applications are already developed and available on their “Applications Page”; http://developer.yahoo.net/wiki/index.cgi? The “Application List” includes one of which is a “Link Popularity Checker using PHP and Yahoo API; http://www.checkurl.info/tools/link_popularity_checker.htm.