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LAMP

Short for Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP, an open-source Web development platform, also called a Web stack, that uses Linux as the operating system, Apache as the Web server, MySQL as the RDBMS and PHP as the object-oriented scripting language. Perl or Python is often substituted for PHP.

The key to the idea behind LAMP, a term originally coined by Michael Kunze in the German magazine c’t in 1998, is the use of these items together. Although not actually designed to work together, these open source software alternatives are readily and freely available as each of the components in the LAMP stack is an example of Free or Open Source Software (FOSS).

LAMP has become a de facto development standard. Today, the products that make up the LAMP stack are included by default in nearly all Linux distributions, and together they make a powerful web application platform.

BAMP

Short for BSD, Apache, MySQL, Perl/Python/PHP BAMP is an open source Web development platform that is a variation to the LAMP stack. BAMP uses BSD as the operating system, Apache as the Web server, MySQL as continue

1. Write something great about your niche and email other bloggers to let them know – there’s a good chance they’ll link to you.

2. Have a signature link in forums that  points to your site.

3. Post links to your pages to social        bookmarking sites.

4. Leave comments on other people’s blogs and link back to your site (tip: look in the digg upcoming section for blog posts about to get a lot of traffic).

5. Have the opposite opinion on everyone else on a popular topic. Everyone will link to you saying your wrong.

6. Answer questions on Yahoo Answers.

7. Post in Yahoo and Google Groups with a link to your site in your signature.
8. Make a 404 page that redirects to your homepage – no point losing visitors.

9. Have an opt-in form – trade links with someone else who has an opt in form on your confirmation page.
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