DLGuard software has long been providing website owners with an economical and automated means of selling ebooks/software/any digital media from their own domain. This DLGuard review covers 36 months using the product to highlight its key features and its principal constraint.

After a simple product installation on a web server the scripts provide customizable checkout and shopping cart pages. Most users will want to modify the scripts so the look & feel matches their site’s design (requires PHP scripting skills). Setting up an inventory of digital files is all handled through the admin console for the product. I started out writing ebooks and selling them using DLGuard so managing individual PDF files was a trivial task. It would be just as easy with MP3/Wav/image/software files.

The checkout script integrates with a dozen payment providers (including Paypal) and seamlessly automates sending auto-respond emails to customers with their individual download link. Customer tracking and reporting is all stored in the products database for future reference. This is required for refunds, but also serves a cross-selling purpose if you wish to promote future products using loyal customer mailing lists. The product can also support promotional coupons during checkout.

Download link security will however always be the most important feature in digital sales applications. DLGuard protects link by allowing you to configure two settings – restricting the number of download attempts that can be made and setting an expiration time limit on the link. This goes a long way to restricting malicious sharing of the download link.

The majority of DLGuard users run multiple sites. The one constraint that the product has in this regard is the two domain license limit. If you wish to install a shopping cart on more than two sites then you will need more licenses. Alternately, you could set up DLGuard on one domain server that handles sales from your multiple sites (the only flaw being that the checkout page design would not match your the design of all the websites).

On the face of it, DLGuard is reasonably priced and completely automates website selling and the delivery of digital products links. While users miss out on the promotional opportunities of having their products on larger hosted services, it is a good choice for those who are happy to market their own products and want a low maintenance solution to selling online.

Appart from it’s using in video playback, the replacement of other uses are being guaranteed by a lot of people. Some of them argue that javascript is a far better tool for making interactive websites. While this is the truth in some cases, arguments for it have been made trough a genuine misbelieve of the flash plugin and it’s uses in webdesign.

Probably the bigest dissidence is the accessibility of the flash plugin. Former issues like the disabling of the back and forward buttons, the absent of deeplinking and the missing ability for screen readers or screen translaters to read the page are used as an argument for proving the incompetence of the plugin. Meanwhile all of these can be enabled by using tools like SWFAddress and SWFObject.

A combination of the arguments are the foundation of the belief that a flash website can’t be indexed by searchenigines such as Google. While this was a valid argument a few years ago it isn’t anymore.  Since  the end of 2006 Google is capable of indexing swf files. Beyond that the using of alternative content is not only allowed by Google, it’s suggested as well. This means that you can have a full HTML page to explain to Google what’s to see inside the flash movie. Making the SEO argument more or less useless.

In my opinion Flash has a bright future ahead of it. Since HTML5 is still in draft it’s going to take some time before it gets fully accepted. The disagreement in appropriate videocodecs between browserdevelopers makes that there isn’t a certainty that there will only be one format to support. In addition the matching of Flash’s META tag and DRM support can take quite a lot of time too.  Finally the announced support for iPhone and iPad by Adobes cs5 release should bring promising times for the Flash platform and it’s developers.

• Blogs are easy to set up.
• They are easy to monetize.
• They dynamically update when you add content.
• They are easily optimized for search engines.

For someone who’s just starting out learning how to make money on the internet, even the simple process of registering a domain name and securing hosting can be a daunting task.  If you fall under that category, you will be happy to know that there is a much easier option.  The easiest way to get started with your own blog is to go to blogger.com and start your very own blog for free.  There you can learn all you need to know about how to post search engine friendly content, add tags, add ways to monetize the site, and begin building an income.  Since the blog is being hosted for free, you risk nothing but a little of your time.

The best part about starting your internet business with a free Blogger blog is that while you are learning the basics, you are actually building authority for that site that can later be passed on to your own self hosted WordPress blog.  You really only need to earn around seven or eight dollars a month for your domain hosting to be paid for.  With the proper keyword research, on and off-site SEO, and a little time, you can easily make that amount from your first free blog.

The moral of the story is this: You do not need money to start your own internet business.  It is quite possible to make money online for free.  It does take a little bit longer, but what is a little extra time, when you’re building an internet empire?

There are several stock photography sites such as Getty Images and Corbis that offer thousands of pictures of all genres and fields. For instance, if one is looking for some images of animals, all they need to do is go to these sites and do a search to find the picture that best suits their content. They could then obtain the picture and use it according to the agreement made between themselves, the photographer, and at times the stock photography website.

While some images can only be bought, there are some images that can be obtained for free, provided an acknowledgement is given for the photographer. In this case, these pictures could be found on other sites and the photographer receives credit for his work. If directly crediting the photographer could be an issue, then they can choose to buy the image and adhere to the rules stipulated on the license that comes with the image.

Stock photography has proven to be an essential part of today’s websites and web content. Not only has it provided a way for photographers to make some residual earnings from their photographs, it has also added color and flavor to many web pages. One should remember, however, to use images relevant to their content and always credit the photographer to the best of one’s abilities. This integrity on the website owner’s part is critical to ensure that these services can always be enjoyed and are accessible to all.