AutoRank PHP will allow you to quickly setup and completely manage top sites list on your page. Setting up a top sites list on
can be a great way to bring new traffic to your site in more ways than one. Creating a top sites list with large amount of
related data and having external sites put links to your site can quickly boost your search engine position, and will also help
to bring in traffic from the sites that are listed. Your member sites will be motivated to send you more traffic, since that will
put them higher on your list and give them the potential to get more traffic in return! Read on to find out more about the
incredible features included in this software package.
Be sure to have a look at the huge feature list to get an idea of what this software is capable of doing. All of these features
are included in the standard AutoRank PHp package, there are no addons or additional purchases required.
The end-user search engine included with AutoRank PHP allows your users to perform quick searches of your member site database. The search
engine uses a natural language search algorithm to provide the most relevent results for your users. Offering a search feature on your site
is a great way to provide your users with the tools they desire. Users will be more likely to bookmark and come back to your site when you
offer these types of features.
The search engine utilizes some built in MySQL functions to provide very quick searches. Even if you have a database of several thousand sites,
the search results will be generated in a fraction of a second. While this may not seem that important, it has been shown that web surfers don't
like to wait long for pages to load and will stay on a page longer if it has faster load times. With AutoRank PHP's search function you can be
assured that the search results will display quickly for your surfers.
I've been creating toplist software since 1998, and have the experience necessary to create a complete experience for both toplist administrators
and users. There are currently thousands of sites using AutoRank PHP and I have worked closely with current AutoRank PHP owners so I know what webmasters
are looking for in their toplist software.
As with all of my software, AutoRank PHP includes a complete database backup system so you can be back up and running quickly in the event
of a disaster such as a hard drive crash on your server. You can rest assured that your data will always be safe.
One of my primary goals when developing software is to make it as server friendly as possible. All of the server intensive code for AutoRank PHP has
undergone extensive benchmark testing to ensure that it is suitable to handle high traffic loads. In addition to this testing, AutoRank PHP has the
ability to split the load between two servers for very busy sites - one server will handle the front end website and the other will handle the backend
MySQL database. The software is also compatible with the popular PHP caching solutions, which can provide an even larger performance boost.
The software's user defined database fields feature allows you to store up three additional pieces information for each member site in the database.
You can optionally require that this data be provided by webmasters when they signup to participate in your toplist, and members will also have the
ability to edit this information using the end-user account management interface. Any of the additional data you collect can be displayed on your
toplist pages next to the associated account!
The user defined fields can also be indexed by the search engine feature so that when your surfers do a search on your site it will also search the
extra fields you have defined.
In addition to simply tracking the visitors that are sent to and from your site, AutoRank PHP offers additional features that allow your site visitors
to interact with your toplist. The comment system allows visitors to view comments about each site that have been left by other viewers. This is a
great way to get your visitors involved in your site, and will provide you with additional content that you can use to promote your site's value.
Visitors will also have the ability to rate sites on a scale that you specify (for example 1 through 10) so your site viewers will have another gauge to
determine which sites in your toplist are the best. Each site can have it's surfer rating displayed next to it in the toplist so your visitors can easily
see which sites are preferred by other surfers.
AutoRank PHP was built on the "set it and forget it" principle. What this means is that once you setup the software on your server, it can run on its
own for weeks, months, or even years without any outside intervention. This frees up your time to take care of other important tasks for your website.
Of course, the software includes a complete administrative suite, so if you want to check up on things every day you can. This also gives you control
over all of your members, the HTML that is displayed, banning items from your list, and much more. The administrative interface is one of the most user
friendly and intuitive available. If you do run into problems, the software includes a complete manual that describes all of the major functions.
Once you've got your toplist up and running, your main task will be to manage the member sites in your database. Users will be able to submit
new sites to your toplist and edit their existing sites that they had previously submitted. You can optionally require that all new site submissions be
approved by an editor before being displayed, and also optionally require all edited site data to be approved before the changes appear. This
allows you to make sure there are no inappropriate sites added to your toplist.
The AutoRank PHP control panel allows you to quickly view and edit any member site in the database at any time. If you need to modify the site URL, description,
or any of the other site data it takes only a few clicks in the control panel to do that. The control panel also has "quick" functions which allow
you to change many links at once. You can use a search and replace function to change a value in your link database on hundreds or thousands of
links at a time.
You will also want to make sure the sites in your database are following your rules, and AutoRank PHP offers plenty of features for that purpose. The
control panel has an interface where you can specify blacklisted items which are not allowed to appear in the site data. The blacklist can check
the site URL, HTML code on the site, words in the site title and description, and more.
When you purchase AutoRank PHP you will have access to all future versions at no extra cost. This is one of the most important things you should
consider when purchasing software. When you look at the purchase price of a program, you must also figure in the cost to upgrade when new
versions are released. With AutoRank PHP, you don't have to do that. The price you pay now guarantees you access to all future versions.
You will also have free access to tech support for life, so you can be assured that any time you have an issue you will be able to get
assistance. Tech support is handled through a forum interface, so you can easily search past messages to see if your issue is the same
that someone else was experiencing. This way you can often times get an answer to your question within a matter of minutes!
AutoRank PHP will continue to be under active development for many years to come, and in fact at all times I maintain a list of ideas for new
features that may be added. In addition to researching and developing new features myself, there is an active community of AutoRank PHP users who
are submitting feature suggestions all the time.
I try to work closely with AutoRank PHP owners so I can understand the features they want most,
and have setup a suggestions interface that will allow you to make suggestions at any time. You will also be able to view and rate other
suggestions so the ones that are most in demand will be added sooner. It's a great way to get involved in the development process and to
have your own ideas and features included in the software.
AutoRank PHP has all of the features you would expect in a standard toplist script. Below you will find a list of the major features
included with AutoRank PHP, however please don't consider this a complete list of features. Be sure to
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