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		<title>Search Engine Optimisation: One Link is Better than Ten</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[That canâ€™t be right! Shouldnâ€™t ten links be better than one? It is usually the case where more is better. However, when it comes to gaining links, having more links isnâ€™t necessarily better than having a few good links. In fact, having too many irrelevant links could possibly harm your websiteâ€™s visibility within the search [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That canâ€™t be right! Shouldnâ€™t ten links be better than one? It is usually the case where more is better. However, when it comes to gaining links, having more links isnâ€™t necessarily better than having a few good links. In fact, having too many irrelevant links could possibly harm your websiteâ€™s visibility within the search engines.</p>
<p>These days, search engines are placing more emphasis on incoming links to a website when evaluating rank. The reason being is because they are difficult to obtain from trusted sources (a &#8220;by the book&#8221; website such as the Dmoz directory) and it is a good way to partially eliminate the group of people who abuse the &#8220;on the page&#8221; factors of optimisation (page spamming). How is this so? Well, if you have someone who is abusing the &#8220;on the page&#8221; factors and they have no trusted links to their page (they will most likely not get any at all due to spam) then there is no chance of them getting a good listing. However, people have worked out ways in getting a large number of links, through link farms and other tactics, regardless of the quality of their website. As the search engines are aware of this, it brings us to the topic of how one link can be better than ten.</p>
<p>Obtaining one link from a trusted source can be very difficult in the sense that they do not issue links to just about anyone. If you have a good website with relevant information, then you will get them. It is for this reason one link from a trusted source can better a multiple of links from other websites. As a trusted source website is &#8220;trusted&#8221; by search engines, it will also trust the websites it links to. If you have ten links from your best friends, it will help you in some sense, but no where near as much as the one link from a source like Dmoz, unless one of your friends has a very reputable website amongst the search engines.</p>
<p>Having too many irrelevant links could harm your websiteâ€™s visibility in the search engines. What is meant by this is having links from websites that have no relation to yours. An example of this would be a site about cars linking to another site about medicine (unless the sites are reputable and have a good reason for the link i.e. there is a relationship made between cars and medicine). Search engines will pick up on this sort of link and will give it no weight in boosting your visibility. Obtain many of these irrelevant links, then it could be seen as spam (like a link farm tactic) and that will lower the popularity of your website within search engines.</p>
<p>The key here is to focus on quality and not quantity. Gaining a few good / relevant links will take you much further than a lot of irrelevant links. To get these quality links, start off by placing your website in directories, but be sure to avoid any &#8220;on the page&#8221; spamming as this will not get you accepted. Once search engines have acknowledged a presence of relevant links, follow up on it and research some ways to obtain more. As time passes, you will notice that your websiteâ€™s performance will increase, as the links age, provided you have carried out search engine optimisation. Avoid obtaining the irrelevant links even though it may be tempting to see fast results. It will only be a matter of time before a search engine realises the spam tactic, and as the saying goes &#8220;fast rise, fast fall&#8221;.</p>
<p>About the author: David Touri works for SEO Sydney, who aims to <a target="_new" href="http://www.seosydney.com.au">improve search engine placement</a> with <a target="_new" href="http://www.seosydney.com.au/pay_per_click_bid_management.html">search engine placement services</a> for websites in Australia and overseas. He is currently working on the Loaded Technologies website, who specialise in <a target="_new" href="http://www.loadedtechnologies.com/">ecommerce website development</a>.</p>
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		<title>Patio Ideas - Stepping Out With Stone Patio Designs And Brick Patio Patterns</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tired of retro concrete with a boring brick trim? Or perhaps the pressure treated border timbers holding back a creeping riot of crab grass down the middle of your patio or drive? Making a stone patio design change has never been easier. New materials like interlocking paving stones, improved engineering and installation open a new [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tired of retro concrete with a boring brick trim? Or perhaps the pressure treated border timbers holding back a creeping riot of crab grass down the middle of your patio or drive? Making a stone patio design change has never been easier. New materials like interlocking paving stones, improved engineering and installation open a new world of landscape patio ideas to add class, and value to your home and lifestyle.</p>
<p><strong>Outdoor Patio Ideas - The Creative &#8220;Ah Hah&#8221; Insight.</strong> Where does a new, bold and classy patio design idea come from? For starters, &#8220;think outside the box&#8221; &#8230;view your property fresh &#8230; eliminate all the conventional square edges and rectangles, and see whether new shapes and a wholly different integration of plants, patio and drive can be created.</p>
<p><strong><u>Step #1</u> - Measurements And Layouts. Take your time.</strong> Measure your present drive or patio space. Add any features or re-shaping that you&#8217;d like to consider. Once you have the gross dimensions worked out &#8230; or square footage, you&#8217;re ready to look at some of the contemporary stone patio designs &#8230; drawing from the wide range of interlocking earth hued long lasting textured stones &#8230; or perhaps an innovative brick paving pattern to highlight your property.</p>
<p><strong><u>Step #2</u> - Who&#8217;s The Right Contractor?</strong> Stone patio construction requires engineering knowledge, special measuring tools, excavating equipment and a trained eye for space and layouts. Unless you&#8217;re on the extreme edge of the do-it-yourselfer Bell Curve, you&#8217;ll be looking at local landscape construction firms to do the heavy lifting. Here&#8217;s the &#8220;inside scoop&#8221; on how to gauge the best artisans:-</p>
<p><strong>* Tip #1 - Background Business Stuff.</strong> The background &#8216;business stuff&#8221; you need to directly look over includes (a). a copy of the contractor&#8217;s license to operate (b). evidence of workers comp coverage and (c). evidence of accident and property liability insurance, to insulate you-as-customer from potential legal actions based on the contractor&#8217;s fault.</p>
<p><strong>* Tip #2 - Examples Of Job Performance.</strong> Here&#8217;s where your critical eye comes into focus. You want naturally to see current site work, in order to get a feel for how the contractor works, type of equipment, whether he shows up on schedule and so on. However, a deeper time-based view of the contractor&#8217;s skill will exist in past work &#8230; jobs that he performed 2 to 5 years ago! These are the sites where the &#8220;product quality&#8221; reveals itself. Did the patio or drive foundation buckle or sag? Did the paver stones or bricks move around? Did the edges collapse? Did crabgrass and other vegetation take over?</p>
<p><strong>* Tip #3 - Get Customer References</strong>. You can&#8217;t talk to enough customers, or competent referring tradesmen, when you&#8217;re selecting your contractor. After all, you&#8217;re making a substantial investment in your property. You want your new stone patio design to look terrific &#8230; and last for years with minimal maintenance and cost.</p>
<p><strong><u>Step #3</u> - Stone Patio Construction.</strong> Going from a stone patio design to a finished landscape is all about engineering know-how &#8230; building proper foundations, understanding the various materials and how they&#8217;ll integrate to create strength and long lasting durability.</p>
<p><strong>* Site Prep.</strong> First, your site is &#8220;prepped&#8221; &#8230;old stuff like concrete, wood borders, excess gravel and so on are removed. Your patio or drive is marked and elevation or depths marked and measured with strings.</p>
<p><strong>* Establishing Level &#8220;True&#8221; Grade.</strong> Small &#8220;cats&#8221; and back hoes scrape and re-position material, drawing down to around 7 inches below the final elevation. By hand, workman screed the patio or drive area, fine-tuning the grade so that it&#8217;s &#8216;true&#8217; and level, even where it naturally slopes away for drainage.</p>
<p><strong>* Sand And Compacting.</strong> Refined sand is spread across the patio &#8216;field&#8217;, then compacted and screed-leveled until a perfect grade and substrate has been created &#8230; at an elevation about 3 inches below &#8220;final grade&#8221;, or at the grade where your selected paving stone&#8217;s dimensions will complete the elevation.</p>
<p><strong>* Laying The Brick Patio Pattern.</strong> No matter whether you&#8217;ve selected bricks or an interlocking paving stone design, the next step is where the patio or drive &#8220;field&#8221; is actually set out &#8230; all the stones or bricks are laid down, true to your stone patio design. Dry sand is spread over the bricks or paver stones, followed by careful compacting which shakes and distributes sand into all the cracks. Result? Sand plus stones plus substrate &#8220;interlock&#8221; to form a solid, long wear surface.</p>
<p><strong>Bottom Line.</strong> Learn more about the patio ideas including stone patio designs and patio landscaping ideas that will create an outdoor living environment that will add a new lifestyle touch.</p>
<p>Learn more:</p>
<p>Patio Ideas: <a target="_new" href="http://www.wise4living.com/hgdeck/patio-ideas.htm">http://www.wise4living.com/hgdeck/patio-ideas.htm</a></p>
<p>Brick Patios: <a target="_new" href="http://www.wise4living.com/hgdeck/brick.htm">http://www.wise4living.com/hgdeck/brick.htm</a></p>
<p>Stone Patios: <a target="_new" href="http://www.wise4living.com/hgdeck/stone.htm">http://www.wise4living.com/hgdeck/stone.htm</a></p>
<p>Author Robin Derry is publisher for Wise4Living,com, a specialty knowledge site that gives insights and solutions on a wide range of product, technology and lifestyle interests for web-enabled people.</p>
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		<title>Search Engine - Friendly Way to Move Website Pages</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As your website continues to develop and grow, there will be times that you may want to reorganize the pages of your website design. When you expand or change your online business, it makes good sense to implement these reorganizations so that you can better manage your data and so that site visitors can easily [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As your website continues to develop and grow, there will be times that you may want to reorganize the pages of your website design. When you expand or change your online business, it makes good sense to implement these reorganizations so that you can better manage your data and so that site visitors can easily and logically follow the content on your web pages.</p>
<p>However, as you have built your website, the search engine spiders have been crawling and indexing your website and they expect to find pages where they were last posted. Also, other web pages may have been linked to those pages, and if you move them, their links will no longer point to valid page locations and eventually, you will begin to lose search engine ranking.</p>
<p>Fortunately, creating a 301 redirect is a solution to the problem that will make both the search engine spiders happy as well as maintain your inbound link integrity. You will need access to the .htaccess file in your website&#8217;s root directory. If you do not have access, ask your website administrator for assistance.</p>
<p>To redirect the page, add the following code:</p>
<p><i>redirect 301 /original_folder_location/original_page_name.htm http://www.your-domain.com/new_folder_location/new_page_name.htm</i></p>
<p>It is critical that you use the relative path for the original location (remove the &#8220;http&#8221;//www.your-domain.com) and leave a space between the original and new location. For the new location, you need to give the full URL, including the &#8220;http://www&#8221;.</p>
<p>This solution assumes that your server utilizes Apache. If not, consult your web administrator to find out what your options are for redirecting pages.</p>
<p>Marc Eskew is widely recognized for his work in Web Design, CSS, and SEO/SEM. Visit <a target="_new" href="http://www.fmxservices.com">http://www.fmxservices.com</a> for more information.</p>
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		<title>SEO Tips - 3 Steps to SEO Made Easy (Part 1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;SEO Made Easy&#8221;. Most of us want our site or blog to rank high in the search results on Search Engines like Google or Yahoo for our chosen keywords. We want lot&#8217;s of relevant visitors to our site, and we can provide them great value, and ultimately, increase our blog monetization.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;SEO Made Easy&#8221;. Most of us want our site or blog to rank high in the search results on Search Engines like Google or Yahoo for our chosen keywords. We want lot&#8217;s of relevant visitors to our site, and we can provide them great value, and ultimately, increase our blog monetization.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s all about relevance here&#8230; We want Google or Yahoo to &#8220;decide&#8221; what our web page is all about, accurately and relevantly (is that a valid word <img src='http://1prank.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> ), and return our site as results ON THE 1ST PAGE preferably to users that search the keywords and phrases relevant to our site!</p>
<p>So, let&#8217;s see how we can improve our SEO&#8230; and hopefully, I can make it easy for you. Let&#8217;s start:</p>
<p><strong>Step #1 - Choose Your Keyword</strong></p>
<p>When we are writing a post, choosing your keyword may look like a simple step, but choosing the right keywords would mean whether your post is on the 1st page in Google or in page 101 or worse appear in the most irrelevant pages. Let&#8217;s do it right&#8230; consider the questions:</p>
<p><strong>How popular are the keywords or phrases?</strong></p>
<p>In other words, how many times do people search for this keyword? Generally, if no one (or very few people) is searching for a keyword, it&#8217;s not as valuable. We should aim for keywords with a count of above 5000 for the past month. Do not bother about keywords below 5000. You can go to <a href="http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion" target="_new">http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion</a> for your keywords.</p>
<p><strong>How competitive are the words?</strong></p>
<p>How many other sites are trying to rank for the same keywords. Generally, the more competition there is for a keyword, the harder it is going to be to rank for it. Let&#8217;s look for competition less than 5 million and going under 3 million is best due to less competition. Check the number of Google results for the keywords at the top left corner of Google. Results 1 - 10 of about 5,000,000 for means that there are 5 million competing websites with the searched keyword.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s best if you can find words that are <u>popular with less competition</u>. That is why it pays to spend a lot of time in researching your keywords. You will be surprised at the untapped gems or niches that you may find.</p>
<p><strong>Step #2 - On-Page Optimization</strong></p>
<p>Now you have your keywords, how to optimize them on your blog post or web page?
<ol>
<li><strong>Page or Post Title</strong><br />This is most important as users look at it to know instantly what a page is about. The title is used in the SERPs (Search Engine Result Pages). If you want a high click-thru rate, try putting together a page title that is CATCHY but at the same time relevant to your post.An example: &#8220;Atomic Blogging - The inside and out of atomic blogging.&#8221;<br />The main keyword is [atomic blogging]. Its a good title because the main keyword is repeated once as the first phrase, and once later in the sentence. Try doubling your keywords and get good results in Google.</li>
<li><strong>Body Text</strong><br />You want to keep paragraphs short (short paragraphs help hold the attention of readers). Use your keyword as much as you can&#8230; especially in the first 20 words of your post. However, don&#8217;t overuse your keyword as it may result in an Over Optimization Penalty (OOP).</li>
<li><strong>First Sentence of the Body Text</strong><br />Use your keyword somewhere in the first sentence of the body text. This reinforces to the search engine the fact that the keyword is important.</li>
<li><strong>URL/ File Name<br /></strong>If your page is about &#8220;Atomic Blogging&#8221;, then you would name the page atomic-blogging.html. Always make sure to use a hyphen &#8220;-&#8221; and not an underscore &#8220;_&#8221; (most search engines have a hard time with underscores). Do not even think about using a space.</li>
<li><strong>Meta Tags (Meta Description and Meta Keywords)<br /></strong>Meta tags are located in the tags. They are invisible to users, and are used strictly by some search engines.<strong><br /></strong><br />- Meta Description: A descriptive sentence that describes your page. Make sure to use your keyword.<br />- Meta Keywords: Include a list of keywords. The best way is to write your body text, and then select keywords from that text.</li>
<p></ol>
<p>Experiment with the above. It&#8217;s not a exhaustive list of things that you can do to improve your SEO, but it&#8217;s essential.</p>
<p>Before I move on to the next and final step&#8230; just take a breather and check back again for Part 2 of <strong>SEO Tips - 3 Steps to SEO Made Easy</strong></p>
<p>Are you wondering &#8220;How These Confusing Search Engine Optimization for Google Works?&#8221; You don&#8217;t have to search very far&#8230; try visiting my website at <a target="_new" href="http://www.SuccessFullTime.com">Success Full Time</a> for more information.</p>
<p>Conrad is a specialist in internet marketing who loves to teach others and ultimately to help you make money online. Learn how YOU can make a full-time living as a successful internet marketer when you visit <a target="_new" href="http://www.SuccessFullTime.com">Success Full Time</a>.</p>
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		<title>Google&#8217;s Clicks in SEO</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
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Ever since its introduction it has been acting as a major source of income for Google. Google provides opportunities to deliver measurable, cost effective advertisement through their AdWords programme.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Google introduced AdWords as their innovative advertisement programme in 2000 and currently the AdWord division of Google is headquartered at Ann Arbor in Michigan.</p>
<p>Ever since its introduction it has been acting as a major source of income for Google. Google provides opportunities to deliver measurable, cost effective advertisement through their AdWords programme.</p>
<p>The Google&#8217;s AdWords is the largest of its kind and is of international nature. The AdWord clicks concentrate on speed, efficiency, accuracy, objectivity and ease of use. AdWords has provisions for text as well as slogan and image advertisements. Usually these advertisements are precise, to the point, colorful and eye-catching. They come with a head line and have one or two short sentences about their textual content.</p>
<p>Google AdWords follows the pay per click policy. According to this technology an advertiser will only have to pay if an interested user clicks on the advertisement displayed after a search, that is, the advertiser will have to pay for every click on his advertisement.</p>
<p>Google AdWords indulges in site-specific advertising technology. This enables the advertisers to reap maximum exposure for their advertisements among the targeted sector by placing their advertisements in sites, which are related to the subject.</p>
<p>All the AdWords advertisements are naturally displayed in www.google.com &#038; www.google.co.uk.</p>
<p>These advertisements are other wise known as sponsored links. Google depends upon the quality score to determine the bid rate of a customer. Quality score is determined on the basis of the AdWord advertisement and the keywords provided by the advertiser.</p>
<p>Key words form the very essence and soul of the AdWord advertising, as users tend to search for various related products or services on the basis of these key terms.</p>
<p>Google does also have provisions to safe guard their AdWord service from frauds, deceptions and irregularities. Click frauds or invalid clicks are wide spread and common. Click frauds usually pertain to invalid clicks that are artificially produced through deceptive methods. These frauds are usually resorted to for increasing the advertisers cost or for the multiple gains of the publisher.</p>
<p>The various sources of invalid clicks may be classified under the following heads:</p>
<p>Generated through</p>
<p>
<ul>
<li>Manual clicks</li>
<li>Automated clicks</li>
<li>Use of robots</li>
<li>Resorting to deceptive software</li>
</ul>
<p>Google has resorted to various measures for safeguarding Ad words from frauds. Google has come up with a technology that automatically verifies the authenticity of every click and even has provisions to filter out and remove the fraud clicks. Google comes up with a very efficient and powerful mechanism to fight the click frauds.</p>
<p>Google stresses on the importance of adhering to their terms and conditions while providing their AdWord services. Also they have the right to disable an account if it does not comply with the policies and terms of Google.</p>
<p>Article written by a employee of Creare Communications Ltd, The Creare Group Specialize in <a target="_new" href="http://www.crearecommunications.co.uk">Search Engine Marketing</a>, <a target="_new" href="http://www.crearecommunications.co.uk">Search Engine Optimisation</a>, Web Design, E-commerce Web Design and Pay Per Click campaigns.</p>
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		<title>Is Your Website Working for Your Business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The power of a website for small businesses cannot be emphasized enough. It is a must have marketing tool for small business owners.
Your website is a gateway to a worldwide group of customers and prospects; it markets and sells your products and services; it attracts and converts sales leads; it establishes your credibility and expertise, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The power of a website for small businesses cannot be emphasized enough. It is a must have marketing tool for small business owners.</p>
<p>Your website is a gateway to a worldwide group of customers and prospects; it markets and sells your products and services; it attracts and converts sales leads; it establishes your credibility and expertise, and much more.</p>
<p>And as a bonus, a website can do all this at a relatively low cost to build, maintain and update.</p>
<p>However, just because you have a website up and running, doesn&#8217;t mean that it&#8217;s doing what it&#8217;s supposed to do in terms of marketing and sales.</p>
<p>First you need to be really clear on what the purpose of your website is. For most small business owners and independent professionals, your website should do the following:</p>
<p>* Attract qualified prospects</p>
<p>* Convert prospects to customers</p>
<p>* Convert customers to repeat, profitable clients</p>
<p>* Collect the names of people who are interested in your business offerings</p>
<p>* Act as a 24/7 sales person - taking and processing orders and providing information</p>
<p>* Establish you and your company&#8217;s expertise by making articles, products, resources, speaking schedules, etc. accessible</p>
<p>So, does your website do all of the above? If not, there are 3 key areas that you can take a look at:</p>
<p>1. Content of your site</p>
<p>2. Design of your site</p>
<p>3. Promotion of your site</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s look at each of these in more detail.</p>
<p>1. Content of your site</p>
<p>Most sites focus on the business&#8217;s products, services, credentials, history, bios and processes. This information is not the primary motivator for why people visit your site - especially for the first time.</p>
<p>People go to a company&#8217;s website to seek a solution to some problem or pain that they are experiencing in their personal or professional life. They quickly scan the website to see if the site is aimed at them and if it offers what they are seeking.</p>
<p>They&#8217;ll download free information (like a special report, ezine or article) that addresses what they want and need. They&#8217;ll sign up for an appointment or buy something, only if your website content clearly outlines the benefits of your services and products and it&#8217;s something that the web visitors want.</p>
<p>2. Design of your site</p>
<p>Make sure that your website&#8217;s design, navigation, links and graphics are all serving the prospects and customers needs. Are they able to quickly and easily find what they need, take action and get any questions answered? Are you getting people to do what you need them to do?</p>
<p>For instance, I want people to sign up for my free special report so that they quickly get a taste for my marketing philosophy and they can decide if they want more information by clicking on my coaching services page. But I also want to capture their name and email address so that I can start a marketing relationship with them. So, my website is designed to make it easy for people to get the special report and for me to get their contact information - the opt-in box is on the top of every page and also mentioned on a couple of the web pages.</p>
<p>Remember that it is the content that will keep visitors on your site and visiting again and again. However, if your website&#8217;s design makes it difficult to find and get any of this useful content, they will leave and probably won&#8217;t come back.</p>
<p>3. Promotion of your site</p>
<p>You&#8217;ve got great benefits-driven and customer-focused content on your site and the navigation makes it super simple and fast for people visiting your website to find what they need.</p>
<p>Now you want to promote your website as many ways as you can to make sure that you are getting the first-time and repeat visits to the site.</p>
<p>Some ways that you can start promoting your website immediately are:</p>
<p>* Write articles, with your website link included in the resource box at the end, and send to article submission sites, ezines, forums, websites, associations and publications of companies that are targeting the same group of people as you</p>
<p>* Identify and use the keywords people use to search for your website (and similar sites)</p>
<p>* Make it easy for people to forward on your ezine and articles to friends and associates</p>
<p>* Make sure your website URL is listed on all marketing materials: business card, letterhead, brochures, direct mail, ads, etc.</p>
<p>* Give out your website address anytime you&#8217;re talking about your business - at seminars, speaking engagements, signature on bottom of emails, networking events, on your phone message, workshops, fundraisers, business functions, and so on</p>
<p>Take a look today at your website statistics and see if you&#8217;re pulling in and keeping all the visitors and prospects that you want and need. If you&#8217;re not happy with the numbers you see, then spend some time with your website and make sure that the content, design and promotion of your site is doing all it&#8217;s supposed to do.</p>
<p>Jody Gabourie, The Small Business Marketing Coach, delivers simple, innovative and powerful marketing strategies to help business owners find and keep their most profitable clients. To learn more about how she can help you take your business to the next level, and to sign up for her FREE special report, ezine and articles, visit her site at <a target="_new" href="http://www.jodygabouriemarketingcoach.com">http://www.jodygabouriemarketingcoach.com</a></p>
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		<title>Is It Better Creating Your Own Web-Site Graphics Or Better Paying For A Graphic Designer?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Operating your own website has become a lot cheaper these days, but the initial design and development is certainly not cheap, as you may have to hire the services of a website designer for creating a professional looking website.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Operating your own website has become a lot cheaper these days, but the initial design and development is certainly not cheap, as you may have to hire the services of a website designer for creating a professional looking website.</p>
<p>Hiring a professional website designer is all the more necessary, if you do not have the basic knowledge about websites and website design. Whether you opt for a professional designer or decide to design your own website will also depend on the availability of funds.</p>
<p>If you have the requisite funds, you can easily hire a professional graphic designer, but if you do not have adequate funds, you will have no other option other than to create the graphics on your own. If this is your first experience, chances are high that you may not have the requisite funds to hire the services of a professional graphic designer.</p>
<p>However, this does not mean that you cannot succeed in your online initiatives because you also can create professional looking graphics by using free graphics software tools that are easily available on the Internet.</p>
<p>It does not matter what method you use for creating the right graphics for your website. What really matters is having the right graphics on your website because it helps in attracting new customers. With the increase in the number of websites offering similar products and services, it has become very difficult to create a distinct image for a specific website.</p>
<p>However, by including innovative and unique graphics on your website, you can always get the attention of online visitors. By having the right graphics, you will also be able to derive the potential benefits of word to mouth publicity because visitors who find your site interesting are most likely to recommend the same to their friends, families and business associates.</p>
<p>This way, you will be able to market your website without having to incur additional expenses on conventional marketing techniques. Another benefit of having the right graphics is that it helps in developing customer loyalty because customers who find your site interesting will keep coming back for more.</p>
<p>If you are looking to cut down costs, then you need to create the graphics on your own. However, this may not always be easy because in order to create graphics you need to have the basic knowledge about the various tools and techniques. If you do not have adequate knowledge you can easily end up creating amateurish looking graphics, which in turn might prove detrimental to the success of your website. To learn the basics of graphics and the use of different types of graphical tools, you need to opt for a graphic design course.</p>
<p>The best option is to opt for an online course, as it will enable you to learn at your own pace and in your free time. You will also be able to increase your savings because online courses are far cheaper than those available in graphic schools and institutes. After learning the various techniques and methodologies online, you can start creating the graphics for your website. The online course will certainly help you create innovative and professional looking graphics for your website.</p>
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		<title>Questions To Ask When Looking For SEO Firms</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for a possible SEO firm to hire is not an easy task. It requires good evaluation and right judgment to have a successful result. New website owners usually don&#8217;t have any idea on what requirements to look for in a SEO company. Some may know a little but are still confuse with this basic [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Looking for a possible SEO firm to hire is not an easy task. It requires good evaluation and right judgment to have a successful result. New website owners usually don&#8217;t have any idea on what requirements to look for in a SEO company. Some may know a little but are still confuse with this basic knowledge. In order to get an efficient Search Engine Optimization firm, you can consider asking these questions from your prospective SEO firm. From the answers that you will receive from them, you can now assess their ability and experience. You can likewise check their knowledge about their work.</p>
<p>The first thing that you can consider to ask is their years in service or experience. Inquire about the projects that they have done as an Search Engine Optimization company. This is also your chance to ask regarding on how many of these projects are still working with them. It does not mean that the longer the SEO firm, the better they are. It is just a matter of knowing how long they have already survived the Internet competition.</p>
<p>You can also ask regarding the process on how they do there work. It is better if the Search Engine Optimization firm can tell you in layman&#8217;s term that you can understand. Once you are able to establish your communication with them, which means that you can understand what they are doing. Be careful with the process that they are discussing with you. They might be using the illegitimate process or the black hat strategy in getting their rank which will get your site banned.</p>
<p>Before they touch your website, ask the SEO firm if you belong to a viable industry. That is, if your industry is in the competitive level. They must be able to answer you because they are already familiar with the flow of business. They might have handled or encountered along the way an industry similar to yours. From these, they can already give you the price for the work that they will provide.</p>
<p>Always ask for straight answers, ask the SEO company if they have clients in the same industry as yours at present. This may affect their work if they have several clients in the same field. They are still competitors what ever they say that they are.</p>
<p>In terms of ranking, ask the Search Engine Optimization firm what they think about your present website? Ask if it is already viable to have a rank. You can further ask if the present design is already competitive or if it is attracting the right audience. There are some SEO firm that redesigns the website to improve its design while there are those that simply edits the contents of the site. If they decided to work on your website, how long can they give you a result or change in ranking? If you receive an answer like &#8216;you&#8217;ll be Number 1, within 2 weeks&#8217;, you might need to think again. This is one of the tactics of the scam SEO company. The normal rate is usually two months from the the start of the implementation of the website to the different search engines.</p>
<p>Another question that you can consider is if they have worked for different sizes of sites already. A good SEO firm has experienced working from small to big businesses and size is not a problem for them. They will surely handle each client as well as the others that they currently have.</p>
<p>Creating a link with other websites is the fastest way to build a rank. The higher the rank of the site one is linked with, the higher the pull it can create for a website. The SEO firm has several strategies on how to be affiliated with these sites. They either join the group or they can also have other arrangements with the sites. The SEO firm should be able to give you a time phase on how long they can achieve the link exchange for your site.</p>
<p>A banned site does not mean negative to a SEO company. There are some SEO firms that have banned sites because they were too aggressive with the way that they promote their site. But it is still better if the Search Engine Optimization firm does not have any record of it because might affect their approach with your site.</p>
<p>The best way to know the efficiency of the SEO firm is through their clients. You can ask them if you can contact their clients for feedback about their work. If they are truly good with their work, this is an easy task for them. They can give you sites and numbers to prove their work.</p>
<p>A Search Engine Optimization firm will bring life and traffic to your site. Choosing one wisely would further make your site viable in the industry that you are currently in.</p>
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		<title>SEO Tips For Beginners</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So let&#8217;s talk about Google and how it works, as a lot of people forget that Google is a robot which crawls the internet and applies a set of algorithms to rank data in it&#8217;s search engine. Google itself is not a person or a set of people it is a robot that crawls the internet. The people that are going to be visiting your site are human and thus what appeals to Google might not appeal to your users. Google Inc has done a fantastic job in trying to align what a person searches for and what what the Google Bot shows in the Google index. The Google algorithm which SEO consultants spend most of their time trying to crack determines how sites will rank in their search engine by determining over 200 factors.</p>
<p><b>Factors Google Considers</b></p>
<p>Google breaks factors in assessing where you site should appear in the search engine results page (SERP) by addressing on page (internal) and off page (external) factors surrounding your website. While these are both important there are hundreds of other articles available on the internet about these topics. When you are first getting into Search Engine Optimization and Web Development I find it is a lot more important to address web design, usability and functionality of your web site from a user and search engine friendliness perspective.</p>
<p>When you are creating content for your website it is very important that you make it relevant to what people are searching for. Grouping content into areas of your website allow you to pick up search engine traffic for many searches related to your main topics. In is important to consider your website will likely grow in size in the coming months and years and you will likely be adding more content and features. This is one of the most overlooked features that isn&#8217;t taken into account in a web design.</p>
<p>The layout of your directories and the internal linking structure of your site will also play an increasingly important role in your sites success as it grows. Google factors into account the internal linking structure of your site when determining search results so defining your internet linking structure around a few main keywords is an important consideration.</p>
<p><b>Building Links to Your Site</b></p>
<p>The easiest way to quickly increase your search engine rankings is to text inbound links to your site. Google ranks sites based on the amount of relevant links that point to a site. It&#8217;s a bit like high school all over again, if you site is in the popular and &#8220;cool&#8221; website network you will be ranked higher in the SERP&#8217;s and if you are in a bad website link network you will have trouble getting indexed and crawled by Google.</p>
<p>There are many ways to get links to your website from posting on a site link this one, to exchanging links with websites related to your own, using social media sites, putting content on other sites and blogs and running an affiliate program. There are many more ways to do this and this is really just scratch the surface of the possibilities.</p>
<p>The key with links is to make sure that the website linking to you is a creditable source and not engaging in any spamming or unethical business practices that are like to see it and those associated with it banned from the search engines. An example of this was a company I worked with that had a blog and it didn&#8217;t have spam protect and was overrun with spam comments. By getting rid of the comments and asking Google to reindex the blog they were able to reinstate their traffic.</p>
<p>This also brings up the point that you should always keep an eye on what you are being indexed for in Google. In one case a well know SEO company was appearing as number one for &#8220;Search Engine Spam&#8221; because they haven&#8217;t kept an eye on the negative keyword matching of their content. Google now has a tool called Google Alert that you can use to have them alert you when something happens that may negatively affect your business.</p>
<p>Lastly do not just focus on optimizing for Google, focus on Ask.com, Live.com &#038; Yahoo as well because they might generate high converting traffic for you. Although Google is the powerhouse of search Yahoo is still the most trafficked site on the internet and Windows Live is aggressively expanding it&#8217;s reach into the search market and is the fourth most trafficked site currently. If you want to expand your presence on the web then then learning search engine optimization is your best bet unless you can afford to hire a savvy SEO consultant.</p>
<p>Peter Laurent is a Search Engine Optimization and Lead Generation consultant having experience working with travel, building and financial services businesses and in a variety of other industries online. You can get more of Peter&#8217;s unique insights by visiting his blog for more tips and learning more about his <a target="_new" href="http://www.peterlaurent.com">Brisbane SEO</a> consulting experiments. You can also visit his website here <a target="_new" href="http://www.brisbaneconsulting.com">Brisbane Consulting</a>.</p>
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		<title>Site Traffic - 5 Free Techniques - Free, Fast, and Easy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone who has a website&#8230; built it to be seen, right? I know I want to be rewarded for my expense, hard work, and time spent building a website and garnering site traffic. Well, here are some basics for building traffic that you would be wise to implement and learn about. It may seem difficult [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everyone who has a website&#8230; built it to be seen, right? I know I want to be rewarded for my expense, hard work, and time spent building a website and garnering site traffic. Well, here are some basics for building traffic that you would be wise to implement and learn about. It may seem difficult or complicated now, but in time you will see that these are very simple procedures to use to get site traffic. The wonderful thing is&#8230; did I mention that they are all free?</p>
<p>1. Blog Comments</p>
<p>2. Article Marketing</p>
<p>3. Forum Posting</p>
<p>4. Email Signature</p>
<p>5. Classified Advertising</p>
<p>I have a few basic notes about each method of building site traffic:</p>
<p><strong>1. Blog Comments</strong></p>
<p>Blogs are HOT! Search engines like words. Do a google blog search (they have a nice directory) and find the blogs with loads of site traffic. Leave relevant comments in them! Do this on a regular basis and you will not only look really smart, be considered as some sort of expert (unless you leave really stupid posts, which is possible, I suppose.) You get site traffic from posts.</p>
<p><strong>2. Article Marketing</strong></p>
<p>Article marketing has been referred to as &#8216;bum marketing.&#8221; Maybe because it&#8217;s free? This is a very effective way to get your site traffic moving. Other webmasters or business owners use your article on their site - this is free syndication - and your bio box at the bottom of the short article has a link back to your site. This helps you in the search engine, establishes you as an expert, and helps that website visitor find you if your information is interesting or relevant.</p>
<p>Another positive to getting site traffic from article writing or article marketing is that you can tailor the article as you wish and lead the reader to the bottom of the article where you could make a simple offer and many will, out of need or curiosity, click and buy. Especially if your article is interesting and informative. So if you enjoy writing little blurbs, put it in a word pad and submit it to article directories! Articles are like seeds. Planting takes some effort and time, but the reward is worth it!</p>
<p><strong>3. Forum Posting</strong></p>
<p>This strategy is really very easy to implement and it is free: sign up for a forum that is within your &#8220;niche&#8221; or interest and start posting! Be polite and sensitive to others, offering practical advise, solutions, and goodwill, and this will establish you as an expert. You should start to get tons of traffic through that. Your &#8220;signature file,&#8221; which will be at the bottom of each post, will identify you and your chosen link. Simple.</p>
<p><strong>4. Email Signature</strong></p>
<p>You send email right? You should have a signature that goes out with all of your correspondence. Look in the help section of your favorite email provider and they will give you instructions on how to create one. Remember we want site traffic and this is just a simple way (like a business card) that you can expose your business or product to others&#8230; and it too, is free. Granted you will not get &#8220;hordes&#8221; of traffic from this, but it is the professional thing to do. As you discipline yourself with these simple tasks you will build your business. &#8220;Even the trickle eventually fills the bucket.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>5. Classified Advertising</strong></p>
<p>Most of you have seen online classified ads&#8230; this is how they work; Simply write short, snappy ads and post them up on Craigslist, US Free Ads and eBay Classifieds. These are hugely popular classified ad sites and you will get results. Now sit back watch your site traffic launch to the stars! Fast and free.</p>
<p>These are the time tested, and true ways to begin to get traffic to your sites&#8230; Everyone needs site traffic and you may need to use diverse traffic tactics to take you to a new level with your business website traffic goals. Begin building site traffic today.</p>
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