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What do I need to get started?

Not much! If you fit into any of the following categories, we can help you:

• Buyers/Sellers: Do you have something to sell? (Real Estate, Second hand or New Items, etc) Are you looking to buy?
• Services: Do you have a service you can offer? Are you looking for a service?
• Job Seekers: Are you looking for a job?
• Employers: Are you looking to save costs on finding your next employee?
• Parents and Service Providers for Parents: We have a network dedicated just for you at www.InternetBaoBei.com
• Seniors: We recently launched our new site dedicated to and for seniors at www.TheBoomerLink.com . If you have a product or service you would like to target to seniors you can advertise on the Boomer Link. All listings is of course ... FREE!

If you could answer yes to any of the above categories, we can be of service to you. To get started, you only need to Register your email address, and within minutes we will send to you a confirmation email message.

We don't collect any personal data other than your email address. No phone numbers, addresses, credit card data.

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How much will it cost me?

The good news is, our basic services are free to all members in all locations. This means you can register and post any number of listings, resumes, recommendations, etc all free no matter where you live or work. We don't discriminate and charge some people some of the time for some things.

You may be telling yourself, this seems too good to be true. Most other sites charge for something, how to we make our income?

We do have 3 categories of optional services that we charge for.

• Translations: We charge a small translation fee if you would like your listing or resume translated to or from English and Chinese.
• Post to more than one location: If you would like your listing to appear in more than one location, we charge a small fee (only $1) for this service. This helps cut down on spam postings, and makes it easier if you really have a product or service you need or would like to list in all cities of a state, or all states in a country, or globally. With over 17,000 active locations on the Dragon Exchange, it would take hours to post a listing in all 17,000 locations. But using our Multiple Location feature, a single posting can appear in all 17,000+ locations within minutes!
• Dragon Cash: With Dragon cash, you can bid with other people in your area to have your listing appear higher up in our search results. For as little as 1 cent, if there are not other listings competing, your listing can appear at the top and stay at the top for as long as you like! I common complaint we found with other classified sites, is you may have an urgent job to fill, or would like to give your listing the most visibility, but within minutes of posting your listing, it may be at the bottom of 100s of other listings, never to be seen again. With our Dragon Cash system, you can bid with others, and keep your listing at the top, gaining the most visibility!
• Resume Database Search: For a small yearly fee, we make our growing resume database searchable to employers. For more details on this feature, please visit our For Employers page for further details.

That is it! If you have no need for either of these optional features, then your use of the Dragon Exchange sites is completely free! And we are dedicated to keeping it free for years to come!

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What will I get out of it?

By using the services of the Dragon Exchange you gain several benefits over other people or companies:

• Free links back to your site: If you own a website, you know that links to your site is a valuable asset and helps your standings in the major search engines. So at a minimum anyone who has a website can benefit by creating a listing and linking back to their own website. We don't even ask for a link exchange for this service! (though one would be appreciated)
• Reach Local and Global: Some free classifieds sites are only for local sales or services, other sites, often charge to advertise or list globally. At the Dragon Exchange, we offer both, and both are always FREE!.
• Employers Save Recruiter Costs: Many other sites charge for job listings, sometimes $100 or even $1000 for single job postings that last a limited time. Our biggest growth have been from employers job listings as everyone tries to save on any costs during these tough economic times.
• Job Seekers: If you're looking for a job, or just want to play it safe during these times, we invite you to join our exchange and post your resume using our private resume database. Only paying employers are allowed to search our database, and you have the option to block certain employers to keep your resume confidential.

There are many other benefits, too numerous to mention here. We invite you to try us out for yourself!

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Can I see how many times my resume has been viewed?

Log into your account and click on the Manage Resumes link. From here you can view your resumes, along with the number of times each has been viewed.

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Does it cost anything to post my resume?

We do not charge for resume posting.

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How can I set up a Job Search Agent?

For JobSeekers, you can setup one or more job search agents as follows:

Log into your account
Click on the Advanced Search Button. From here you can choose your search criteria.
Enable the "Save Search" check box.
Your New Agent will now be saved, but it is not active yet. To activate your Job Search Agent

Go to your Account Page,
Click on the Manage Listing Search Agent link.
Edit your agent and choose a useful name for your agent.
To activate, enable the "Active" check box.
Your agent is now active. Each day or weekly (depending on what you have chosen, your agent will run. If there are matching new listings, you will receive an email with a summary of the new listings matching your criteria. To view the complete list, log into your account and your run the search agent manually. The complete set of results will be shown.

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How much does it cost to post a job?

All Listings, Jobs, Real Estate, Items for Sale, etc are all free to post on the Dragon Information Network.

Most Job websites (Careerbuilder, HotJobs, etc all charge a fee, sometimes several hundred dollars. But all of our Job postings are always free for all locations. Even "free sites" such as Craigslist are not really free for everyone by charging a few for a growing list of locations.

Create your no risk no obligation account and get started today! You could be saving $100s even $1000 today!

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How Do I set up a Resume Search Agent?

For recruiters, you can set up a resume search agent as follows:

• Select New Resume Search from your accounts page
• Choose the criteria for your search
• Enable the "Save as Resume Search Agent" check box

Your Resume Search agent will be created, but not activated. To activate your Resume Search Agent:

• Click on the Resume Search Agent link in your accounts page
• Choose the agent to edit
• Give the agent a useful name to yourself
• And click on the "Active" check box to enable

Your Resume Search Agent is now created an activate to run each day or week depending on the frequency you have chosen.

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How much does it cost to Search Resumes?

Nothing! Once you have registered your company and posted your first job, you are eligible to search resumes. Once you have requested access to our Private Resume database, we will review your account, and in most cases your company is given access.

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What things do you charge for?

We charge only for translations on our free classifieds site www.LongDaGe.com. Everything else is free!

• We charge for listing translations: If you want to have your listing translated into Chinese or from Chinese to English, we have a small charge for this based on the length of your listing. Once translated, your listing cannot be changed. This is an excellent way to reach people who only speak Chinese! In fact, did you know that as of Feb 2008, the majority of people using the Internet speak Chinese! Even if you are in an English speaking country, you can reach the large number of Chinese speaking people in your country by having your listing translated to Chinese.
• We charge for reply translations: If you happen to receive a reply to your listing in Chinese, you can either translate it for free using one of the online translation tools, such as Google translate, or you can have a professional translation done by the Dragon Information Network.

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How do you verify listings?

Unlike most sites, that claim to be easy, or claim to serve their members, we truly do. We do not require your telephone number to register you account, and we do not require "Monkey Text" (you know those text boxes that most sites require you to type in characters showing that you have an IQ at least as great as a monkey). We do everything to serve you and make things easy for you to use our site. We have a team of people who review each listing, and if there is an issue, we contact you personally!

Wouldn't it be great if every site were so personal, or truly had "customer service"!

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What does the name Longdage mean?

Longdage comes from the Chinese words Long - meaning dragon, and DaGe - meaning brother.

Chinese dragons, unlike European legends, stand for good deeds, strength, health, harmony and good luck. We hope to put these characterizes to work for you.

Some other information about Dragons and LongDaGe

• LongDaGe is also the nick name used for Jackie Chan!
• In Chinese it is pronounced with 3 syllables, but in English, it can be pronounced with two, Long/Dage (as in badge)
• People born in the Year of the Dragon are healthy, energetic, excitable, short-tempered, and stubborn. They are also honest, sensitive, brave, and they inspire confidence and trust. Dragon people are the most eccentric of any in the eastern zodiac. They neither borrow money nor make flowery speeches, but they tend to be soft-hearted which sometimes gives others an advantage over them.
• Born in the year of the Dragon, you are a confident director a strong ally and a determined leader.

Characteristics of people born in the year of the dragon:

• Tough Negotiator
• Lover of Romance
• Pleasant Storyteller
• Holder of great values
• Sentimental and soft hearted
• A Supportive Friend
• Have a Vibrant Personality

The year of the Dragon years include: 1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000

Famous People Born in the year of the Dragon:

Famous people born in the Year Of The Dragon include Bruce Lee, Joan of Arc, John Lennon, Sandra Bullock, Courtney Cox, Rosanne, Jimmy Connors, Salvador Dali, Shirley Temple Black, Mr. Rogers, Wynona Judd, Chuck Norris, Al Pacino, Christopher Reeves, Robin Williams

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Some fun facts about LongDage.com and the Dragon Exchange

• Launch Date: The Dragon Information Network was launched on August 27, 2007 and we've come a long way since then.
• Each day, we have 10,000 to 20,000 new members join us!

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How our Feedback System Differs from other systems (ie craigslist)

We feel the Dragon Information Network feedback system is not only more fair than other systems, but also brings the human element into the picture. Before implementing our feedback system, we reviewed other sites, such as craigslist, and found the following flaws in it:

• Anyone can post a negative feedback: this means that feedback can be posted by someone, or an application, that is not a member of craigslist. In fact there are companies who advertise that they have teams of flaggers, that you can hire, to remove competitors listings off of craigslist, so yours remain and stay at the top!
• Flagging removes listings: with the craigslist system, after a certain number of flags, listings are immediately removed from the site. Again, with companies armed with teams of flaggers, in most cases, legitimate listings are being removed by these teams of flaggers with their software. We did some tests of craigslist, and found that about 80% or 90% of our legitimate listings were being removed by flagging, even through they did not violate any of the terms of craigslist.
• No human review: when listings are flagged on craigslist, there is no human that reviews the listing and determines if the listing is correct, or if the flagger is correct.

We value our members time and energy to post correct listings, and we have put into place a system that treats our members as people, not as reviewers for our site. We have found that people who have switched from a site such as craigslist to our site, they are so relieved that they can finally post legitimate listings, without the fear that others (their competitors or just random flaggers) will flag their listing enough to have it removed. We call this syndrome "Flag Fatigue", and hope that our site offers relief for those suffering from Flag Fatigue.

Our motto is "We work harder - so you don't have to!" and this is one area where we have won praise from our members and really shine!

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What personal data to you collect and what do you use it for?

To create an account with the Dragon Information Network, we collect as little information as possible. This is for your own protection. The only piece of information required to create an account is your email address. We use this for communication with you from our site. We recommend that you do not per personal information, such as phone number or your email address in your listings. This will help protect you from spam emails from other people, and spam text messages sent to your cell phone.

We also recommend never to give out your phone number to anyone or any other website or company. You never know what they may do with this information now or in the future.

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What happens if my listing gets flagged?

While we hope that most people will post appropriate listings, there are cases where some people will post things that are not appropriate or by mistake. What happens in these cases?

• First we will review your listing. A real person will review your listing and communicate with you through your Dragon Information Network inbox to let you know that it is in violation of our terms, and allow you to correct the situation. If you are not willing to correct the situation, we will remove your listing from the site.
• If a Dragon Information Network member finds your listing and feels it is not appropriate, they can flag your listing, which brings it to our attention and to your attention. If after repeated warnings, appropriate action is not taken, we may have to remove your listing.

In call cases, you will get a personalize message from our staff about your listing. We strive to keep the site personal, and do not allow listings to be flagged at random or removed without reason or without letting you know.

Other sites, to save cost, simply allow anyone to flag and cause your listing to be removed. This has even resulted in companies hiring other people to flag competitor listings!

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What is Monkey Text?

Monkey Text is the phrase we use for those text boxes that most websites use to avoid spam or abuse. But in most cases, these do little to avoid spam or abuse of those sites, and simply give the impress that those sites are cutting down on abuse or spam, when in fact it is usually on the rise, making those sites less useful.

At The Dragon Information Network, we have taken a different approach. We feel we should serve our customers and members, and as such, we have a team of customer services representatives serving you, the members and users of our site. So you will not see Monkey Text boxes, checking to see if you can type in what you see. If your listing follows our terms, you can simply post and be done. If your listing does not follow our simple guidelines, our team will review it and let you know.

What could be simpler than that?

We have brought back the "User Friendly" back to the web, and our Customer Service servers our members and customers.

Other sites, such as craigslist, not only require the entry of monkey text, but the text you are entering is actually to help another company (http://recaptcha.net/) with their scanning of books and text project! We fell that not only is this a distraction for the end user, but in effect you are performing the work that another company is too lazy or does not want to perform! Since the text you are required to enter in is unknown, at times, offensive words are found that are not suited for younger children.

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Can I bulk upload listings directly to LongDaGe.com?

We now offer a bulk upload facility, to allow jobs and other types of listings to be uploaded in bulk. Contact us for details of our bulk upload file format, and procedures.

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Flagging - What is it? What is it not?

We often are asked, what is flagging. Other sites have a flagging system, and we believe our flagging system is substantially better and more effective than their flagging systems.

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How do I delete my account?

If for some reason you no longer wish to be a part of the Dragon Exchange community, you can delete your account from your account page. Choose the Delete Account link, and once you confirm your intentions, your account will be delete.

Please be aware that this step is irreversible. Once deleted, we cannot recover your account or any of your listings.

Any listings you have posted will be deleted. Any forum postings, or replies you may have sent to other members will still remain.

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