Is it true that the public blogs networks are really dead?

How to study my customers in order to make more conversions? What are the best possible ways.

Which are the best sources to get content ideas? Where i can learn that what my audience is really wanting, what their problems really are? I am not talking about community forums or boards. I am looking for other options.

I am getting sales from my traffic less than 5%. Is it bad or good?

Is putting keywords in general tags worth it? I mean along side with meta and head description. Am I going to get effected for high Keyword Density?

Can anybody suggest me some good alternatives of Yahoo answers? I will be extremely helpful. Thanks in advance.

How I can track that how many clicks I am getting in my urls in the social media channels?

I have came across this question many times that 'which are the good books to learn affiliate marketing?'. So, I am here posting a list of some good books.

- "Affiliate Marketing: Learn How to Make Your First $1000 Passive Income Online" by Ray Hamilton

- "The Complete Guide to Affiliate Marketing on the Web: How to Use and Profit from Affiliate Marketing Programs" by Bruce C. Brown

- "Affiliate Marketing Simply Done: A Beginner's Guide" by Scot Badders

What do you webmasters suggest that what should a newbie do to make money? Is it blogging, affiliate marketing, sailing own products, which one?

When you are participating in a community forum or board. Then which strategy of content marketing gets your more leads? Articles that provide in-depth information like tutorials & how-to's or straight to the point comments that resolves any problem instantly.