Getting the following message from a reader was definitely one of those “Uh Oh” moments.

Hi. Just to let you know that your homepage of 101date.com says “What’s hot in 2006“. I’m sure 2006 was a very hot year, but what’s the temperature going to be like in 2009? – that’s what I want to know.

I’m half way through your affiliate book – Fan-Bloody-Tastic, I cannot put it down.

Anyway, must fly, it’s been a pleasure.

Ian.

Thank goodness for readers like Ian!!!

Placing dates on your site is a VERY effective technique for improving sales conversions, unless those dates happen to be very, VERY old.

So, I corrected the faux pas immediately, and made it look like this:

Of course, that will be all well and good until 2010 rolls along and I forget again to update the text.

There is a fix however. Embed a date script, just as you would use in the footers of your sites to create the Copyright © (current year) text.

Here’s the script:

<script language=”JavaScript”><!– Begin
var time=new Date();
var year=time.getYear();
if ((navigator.appName == “Microsoft Internet Explorer”) && (year < 2000))
year=”19″ + year;
if (navigator.appName == “Netscape”)
year=1900 + year;
document.write(year + “</left>”);
// End –>
</script>

So, there… now you can plan to party hearty on New Year’s Eve without having to worry about changing all those dates at midnight.

I was keen to use Kasamba’s javascript code to promote their live professional relationship coaching and counselling services on my Sage-Hearts.com blog but the javascript wouldn’t work, so I wrote up a small endorsement and plugged in a standard HTML banner.

When I mentioned the ‘problem’ to Debbie Shapiro, Kasamba’s Affiliate Program Manager, she responded quickly and suggested that I upload the Inline Javascript Plugin to my blog.

Installation and getting it to work was Sooo easy. Download the plug, unzip it, upload it to your plugins folder and then activate it under the Plugins tab. Then, when you want to add a javascript to a post or a page, simply encase the script between [inline][/inline] tags.

Here’s what the new post on the dating blog looks like.

Wow, gotta love an affiliate manager who is not only helpful, but geeky too.

About Kasamba: With thousands of experts in over 600 categories, and with over 5 years of experience in the Expert Advice industry, Kasamba provides a user-friendly platform for customers to find experts for consultations in real time, via email, and chat.

Affiliate payouts are good. They pay you a one-time referral fee in the amount of $50 for each new customer in the fields of Spirituality, Professional Counseling, Coaching & Personal Development, Computers, and Tutoring. Generate more than 10 new customers in any month and the fee goes up to $75, and if you generate more than 100 new customers in any month and the referal fees goes up to $100.

Well worth a look.