Automatic Bookmark [Archive]

kah22

11-11-2007, 06:45 AM

Hi guys I wonder if someone could help me out here.

I have a review site attracting visitors via adword campaigns. One of the problems I find is that a visitor might visit my site, have a look around, read my review and depart before clicking on a link to the vendors page.

The question is how to make it easy for him to find me again. Is there any code I can insert onto a page so that if he clicks a ‘Bookmark This Page’ link it will automatically add the page to his bookmarks.

I’m sure there is only I just don’t know where to find it.

Many thanks for any help provided.

Kevin

Are We There Yet ?

11-11-2007, 09:46 AM

The simplest method

<a href="#" onClick=window.external.AddFavorite("http://www.your-site.com","your-site.com")>Click here to Bookmark this site</a>

Enjoy

kah22

11-12-2007, 09:03 AM

The simplest method

<a href="#" onClick=window.external.AddFavorite("http://www.your-site.com","your-site.com")>Click here to Bookmark this site</a>

Enjoy

Thanks very much for your reply.

Works lovely with IE is there anyway I can get it to work in other browsers. I do appreciate that IE have the majority of surfers but it doesn't look professional if potential customers using the like of Firefox get blank results

Many thanks

Kevin

markp-r

11-12-2007, 11:29 AM

Hi Kevin,

This is what I use:
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in your html source code <head>:

<script type="text/javascript">

/***********************************************
* Bookmark site script- © Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/

function bookmarksite(title, url){
if (document.all)
window.external.AddFavorite(url, title);
else if (window.sidebar)
window.sidebar.addPanel(title, url, "")
}

</script>

-- then where you want your "bookmark us" text or button:

<a href="javascript:bookmarksite('DESCRIPTIVE BOOKMARK NAME GOES HERE', 'http://YOUR-WEBSITE.com')"><img src="YOUR BUTTON IMAGE" width="108" height="26" border="0" alt="Bookmark Us" title="Bookmark Us" /></a>

-- This works in most browsers that I've tested...

Good luck...

kah22

11-13-2007, 03:05 AM

Works great not all I've got to do is get people to the site, get them to bookmark it, buy something and keep returning. Shouldn't be that difficult :)

golden14

11-21-2007, 08:55 PM

Mark,
As ever you come through with the goods, I've used a few different ways but this one reads good to my mind. Implementing it as we speak!
Hope all's well,
Dickie

MikeCabarles

12-20-2007, 11:16 AM

Thanks for the tips too!

Another Alternative way of looking at the problem is this:

Why wait for them to call back? Put an optin box on your site with an absolutely irresistible offer. And you follow them up with email marketing!

The lead generation content you are offering may well be free (but doesn't have to be) but it definitely has to be something that every good prospect will adore. and absolutely HAVE to have. Find that hot button - give it to them and hey presto you have another income stream - a list of responsive prospects!

Studies show that people who initially spend as little as just $1 tend to buy more and higher value items later. To price your 'ethical bribe' at a ridiculously low price should not be considered a filter - yes you will get less response but the quality of the response will be higher. Those who start off this way can eventually be lead to spending hundreds if not thousands of dollars with just a few weeks or months.

It's not always easy to come up with the right sequence of offers to broadcast to your new mailing list, but a course on email marketing and autoresponders would probably be one of the BEST and most profitable things anyone could do after learning how to make adsense work.

Cheers,

Mike