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Nov 20 2008

Website - How to Make Your Website Unique and Special?

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Your website will be hit only if you can make it memorable, this means, the content you have on your website should be attractive and interesting for the visitors. If not the content should be able to provide guidance and information to the visitors. There are some very famous sites that are making excellent business with these tricks.

There are some other requisites for making your website memorable, these have been mentioned thousands of times, like small name for a website, a name that appears fun and easy to remember, it should also showcase what your website is all about. These have been successful tips, however, nothing beats personalization of your website, there are many websites giving news and links to blogs, this is good too, for the information seeking visitor this is a great boon.

There are some websites, that have put up large advertisements, which make browsing difficult than interesting, these advertisements will pop up with the mouse movement and stay with you till you leave the web page in frustration, this is sure to put negative marks for the website.

Also found some websites which put up a pop up window, people might end up clicking the pop up window because they want to see the website rather than the pop up. This marks sly business policy rather than a smart one, even biggies like Google rate such pages lower.

Apart from all the above your website requires to look professional and neat, you can include excellent graphics, interactive characters, etc. to your website. You should make your website as spacious and free from cramming links as possible, this way you will know best visitors, only those genuinely interested will visit your website.

You need to make it look neat and well formatted, you should make it properly aligned so that readers can follow the links properly and will not waste time searching for these. Another innovative way to make your website look attractive is to use innovative font for your website. A different look and a different perspective will definitely have impact on all those visiting your website.

http://www.internationalshoppee.com, is my website, where i do affiliate marketing. My website is not very professional looking but since I am learning new things about being a webmaster, I hope to be a self taught webmaster soon.

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Nov 20 2008

Professional SEO Skills For Better Search Engine Ranking

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People who are internet savvy and spent time in surfing quality things in the internet they will definitely come across the term SEO or Search Engine Optimization. SEO will help your site to get the better search engine ranking. SEO will to generate traffic for the site. SEO is a very simple thing which can be done by any people if he has proper knowledge on it. You will get lot of online information on SEO. Small websites can be easily optimized at home itself but for bigger sites it is always recommended that you contact SEO experts. And always try to outsource the work to local SEO companies. For example if your site belongs to Florida then always try to choose the Florida SEO companies. This will give you lot of advantages which are as follows:

  1. You can personally supervise their work for your site.
  2. Since your first target will always be local audience then the local companies will definitely know the trend of the market and they can plan the SEO work accordingly.

You will not get these advantages if you outsource the work to other countries or states.

Every fortnight the number of SEO techniques and tools are changing but the basic technique remains the same. You need not have to be a SEO expert but if you have the mind to see the future and big picture then you can flourish in this field. SEO is always a time consuming job. You need to have some patience in this field. Below some list of essential ethical SEO skills given that you have to master in it.

  1. First and foremost thing is link building technique. You need to know how to do link building for the site. You should also know the relevancy of the links.
  2. Basic HTML skills are highly required.
  3. You should first choose which keyword is relevant for the site. Unless and until you do this you will not get the desired traffic
  4. You should do a proper on page optimization for the site. This optimization should contain Meta tag writing, canonical issues should solved. Moreover the site should contain 404 error page and robots files. If they are not present then you should provide them.
  5. Your site and its content should be unique otherwise the search engines can penalize you.
  6. Account management is also other important thing
  7. Blogging is also very important. Your site should have a complementary blog this will boost traffic for the site.
  8. Social book marking is also very useful
  9. To improve the search engine rank you can also take help of Web analytics
  10. Since almost every fortnight the SEO techniques or the tools changes and even new tools are introduced so you should be completely aware of the SEO tools/techniques

If you are SEO professionals ten you should be aware of black hat technique. This technique is unethical. Never use that technique. Though initially you may have some great success but gradually you will loose the rank and soon your site will be no where. It is always better to use the genuine technique. Though they are slow yet they are effective and permanent.

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Nov 20 2008

Website Traffic Secrets - How to Roll in the Traffic and the ‘Dough’ From Classified Ads!

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One smart way to give your online business is a serious boost is by utilizing online classified advertising. Don’t count out this advertising technique; sites like Craigslist are among the most visited sites in America and in the world. That means loads of traffic you can tap on.

Here is how you can roll in the traffic and the ‘dough’ from classified ads:

Step 1 - Sign Up For These Classified Ad Sites

Step 2 - Create Your Classified Ad

Step 3 - Post Up Your Ad

That’s it, 3 simple steps to get started. Let’s outline them in detail so you can put them into action immediately:

Step 1 - Sign Up For These Classified Ad Sites

These are the classified ad sites you’d want to sign up with: Craigslist, US Free Ads, eBay Classifieds, MySpace Classifieds and GumTree. These sites are the sites that will ‘force feed’ your business with tons of traffic and leads!

Step 2 - Create Your Classified Ad

Now it’s time to create your ad. A classified ad is simple - it should consist of an attention-grabbing headline and 2 or 3 lines of body copy. Some of the sites you signed up with will allow you to place pictures in your ad. Make use of them! Include the main benefits of your offer in your ad’s body copy and also include a call-to-action (the action you want them to take - buy, sign up for list etc).

Step 3 - Post Up Your Ad

Post up your ad at the sites mentioned above to start getting traffic to your site almost immediately.

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Nov 20 2008

How Do I Get Traffic to My Website

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Traffic is the lifeblood of any website. You need traffic to make money. Without it, your website is dead. The only reason the gurus are making a ton of money and you’re not is because they get tens of thousands of visitors to their websites every month. If you want to succeed online, then you need to get traffic. Now, you might be saying, “But dude, I already know how important traffic is. I only want to know how do I get traffic to my website.”

I’m glad you asked that. So many people keep blabbering about the importance of traffic and all that and yet they fail to explain how to actually get that bit of traffic. But don’t worry, I’ll share many of my traffic generation methods in this article. But before I move on, allow me to talk about some very important things…

Unless you’re a yeti who’s been living in a cave for the past 27 years, you must have come seen or even heard about products saying to have the secret to riches and to the life of your dreams. The truth is that there is no such secret. I’m sorry to disappoint you but that’s a fact. Stop buying those kinds of products. You’re just wasting your time and money.

Let me spill the beans right here, right now. The “secret” to making money is traffic. You need traffic to make any amount of cash, period. Think about it, how is it possible to make money if there’s no one whom you can sell to?

Here are the techniques I use to get traffic to my website:

Search Engines

Search engines are an awesome source of traffic. There are millions of billions of searches on Google every month, encompassing almost every topic imaginable. No matter what other people might be telling you, search is still the primary way through which people find out stuff.

Now there are 2 ways to get hoards of visitors from search engines like Google. The first is from the organic search listings. This is obviously free. The second is from purchasing a spot in the sponsors section (the yellow section that you see on the right of the organic lists on Google is the sponsors’ section). This is paid and generally you’ll have to shell out money for every click.

You can boost your chances of getting on the natural (organic) listings more than ten times if you do some Search Engine Optimization. Optimizing your website for search engines gives it a high possibility of getting on the first page for your keywords.

Ok, now let’s move on to article marketing…

Article Marketing

I’m sure you know what an article directory is. If you don’t, then shame on you! Just kidding. Well an article directory is mainly like a tank or pool of articles. The authors of these articles give free reprint rights to their articles and they include an author resource box, in which they can promote their website, in the articles. Webmasters and ezine publishers go to these directories looking for articles to reprint on their websites. In this way, the authors of the articles get free publicity and the website owners and ezine publishers get free content. It’s a true win-win for both parties.

Well, article marketing involves creating and submitting articles to directories such as EzineArticles.com. You pick a suitable keyword, target your article around it, and submit it to an article directory. That’s the basic gist of article marketing.

Yahoo! Answers

Yahoo! Answers is a great way to drive some targeted traffic to your website. Yahoo Answers is a question-answer website. That is, it’s a place where people ask and answer questions.

Now Yahoo Answers isn’t the only question-answer site out there. There are many others but Yahoo Answers has the highest traffic of all of them. Thousands of questions are posted on Answers every day. It really is the king of all question-answer sites.

To use Yahoo Answers as a traffic generation tool, all you have to do is:

  1. Pick a category related to your website
  2. Start answering questions in that category

Quite simple, eh?

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Nov 20 2008

Google Sitemaps And Your SEO Strategy

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Like many of you, I am always trying to find as much information as I can on Search Engine Optimization. And also like many of you, I am doing it myself. I read online and buy books on search engine optimization and many of them all say the same things, just in a different way.

Sadly with most search engines the solution is simply the number of links pointing back to your site. The search engines feel that they can control the quality of their search results by focusing on the websites that have a large number of links pointing to them.
Simply put, it’s a popularity vote. Their reasoning is that if nobody else thinks your site is important, why should they index it.

That doesn’t mean you can’t get your site indexed though. In 2005 Google created a submission system called Google sitemaps. Yahoo soon followed with one of their own as well.

Aside from taking advantage of this tool to insure your site indexing, Google sitemaps also provide a variety of statistics related to your site. You can see what the search engines see in regards to pages that they can’t find, your page rank and even search statistics.

“That’s really great Ben, but my site is HUGE and I don’t know anything about xml and how to format these things”. Well I had the same problem, I have sitemaps with over 6000 links in them, and frankly I was not about to try and manually create a sitemap with all of those links, I just don’t have the time. So I went ahead and created a smaller sitemap of all of my sites with a dozen or less elements included so that I would at least get something indexed.

That was until I stumbled over a sitemap generator that did all of the work for me. There are others out there but this one has a web page that you can go to and have them generate your sitemap, as well as a desktop version. It’s called the ROR sitemap Generator. And all you have to do is key in your domain name and let it do the rest.

Save the sitemap to your directory, and viola! I used the desktop version personally because I’ve found that it performs quicker and doesn’t hang up on sites with thousands of links. They also have the “ROR Feed Generator” which I’ve used with equal success.

Another tool is GSiteCrawler You can use it for Yahoo sitemaps which are in text format compared to xml format.

Oh Yeah, and the best part, these tools are free. You can find them at http://www.rorweb.com/ and http://www.gsitecrawler.com. You will be able to let this tool create your sitemap, save the generated map as sitemap.xml, upload it to your website root directory, then log into your Google sitemap account and enter the path to your sitemap and let google do the rest.

I recently did this for a friend and his site was indexed in 3 days. That’s uncommon, it might take up to 30 days, but you’ll get your pages indexed on google, and many of the other search engines will be able to index your site now too. Is it guaranteed? No, but I personally have had 100% success getting my pages and sites indexed.

Just in case you need help with Google sitemaps, here’s how you want to do the complete process.

1. Set up your account with Google sitemaps at www.google.com/webmaster/sitemaps

2. Generate your sitemap.

3. Place your sitemap in your root directory of your website.

4. Log into your Google account.

5. Click the “Add” tab to add a new sitemap with your account.

6. Select the “General Website sitemap” option.

7. Click Next.

8. Put in your domain name and path to your sitemap.xml file.

9. Click “Add Web sitemap

10. Take a deep breath, let out a big sigh, let the dog out or take him for a walk and wait.

Now you’ve taken a major step in the right direction with search engines and utilizing Google sitemaps with your SEO strategy. I hope this helps anyone trying to increase their site visibility using the D.I.Y. method, which is all many of us can afford.

Thanks for reading and much success.

Ben Cortese

Ben Cortese is a developer and business analyst for the financial industry and enjoys developing websites through MerchantWeb Marketing

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Nov 19 2008

Keyword Research Revealed

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Where to Start the Research?

When you have to begin the optimization for your website, you might wonder where to start the research. To start with, you can use some free downloadable keyword search tools like Goodkeywords or online search tools as Wordtracker free version. Later on when you are used to the concept, you can think about investing in paid software. Also these softwares that you initially use are free for a reason, aren’t they?

Start the Training

Start training yourself using tools like Wordtracker, Google Keyword tool and the Yahoo Tool. Once you become good at searching you will feel the need for a better tool.

After learning how to perform a good keyword research you can start maximizing these keyword results by using it for article marketing, adsense or ppc campaigns.

Good Tips on How to Get Good Keywords

In this article I will give you some good tips on how to get good keywords for you ad campaigns. First identify the keyword that describes your website the best and go to the Google Keyword Tool or Wordtracker Tool and type this keyword. If your website is about learning music then using the keyword “learn music” would help. Once you type the keyword in the search engine then it would display all the results of websites that have this particular keyword.

How to check competition?

Check the number of searches each keyword is bringing up and the competition for that keyword. Many times you will find that some keywords bring up many sites. If you find that there is competition for a particular keyword, then that keyword might be profitable. However you should realize the difference between profitable competition and too much competition.

Get Targeted Traffic

One easy way to find a good keyword is to use a long tail keyword. Typically when people are searching for a keyword they usually type in a long tail keyword instead of one word. For example if I am looking for roses I wouldn’t type in “flowers” which are very common or generic. But instead if I choose to use “rose bouquets online” my search becomes more specific. Even for a good ad campaign these kinds of keywords achieve more meaningful and targeted traffic.

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Nov 19 2008

Doing Only SEO is Not Enough

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Everybody talks about the importance of search engine optimization (SEO) - and without a doubt it is important. Your website is useless if you don’t have traffic. In addition to giving you more traffic, SEO also gives you relevant traffic - it is much more likely that the people who end up on your website through search engines are actually interested in what you are offering.

It is important to realize that getting a lot of traffic to your website is not the ultimate goal - it is a means to an end. Do you want to increase your sales? Do you want to build a relationship with your potential clients? It is absolutely necessary to have a proper strategy for your website that is aligned with your overall organizational goals.

Most businesses are interested in increasing their profits - and your website can be your best sales and marketing tool. In order to achieve that you need to generate leads from your visitors in order to turn them into customers. Even on top websites 95% of people don’t buy anything on their first visit to the website - and that is a waste of traffic. The more traffic you get, the more you waste if you are unable to generate leads from those visits.

You need to get e-mail addresses of as many visitors as possible - but you need to give them something in return. Usually the best strategy is to offer them something they regard as valuable, but doesn’t cost you much or anything at all, like useful information about your industry. For instance, if you’re in the real estate industry, you can offer ‘Top 10 things to know when buying a condo’ or ‘What you need to know about buying a property’. A top 10 format is useful as there is strong evidence people are more likely to find it attractive as compared to a conventional article.

Once you build up your lead generation systems, you need to start a relationship with your prospects. Research data indicates that you need at least 7 contacts with a person before he/she seriously considers buying your product. Send your leads a useful piece of information every 2-3 days for a total of at least 7 times to show off expert knowledge about your industry. This helps you to position yourself as an authority on the subject and increase trust - which is fundamental for converting the prospect into customer. Finally, make a sales pitch: give them a discounted offer for a limited period of time and you will see your sales numbers going up.

Your business success on the internet relies on an integrated approach. Start with SEO and then use all the weapons in your internet marketing arsenal. Make sure the sales copy on your website captures the attention of the visitors from the first lines. Then set in place effective lead capturing mechanisms and sell to those leads. This approach guarantees sustained success and makes sure you’re utilizing your potential online.

Peep Laja is a search engine optimization (SEO) and internet marketing expert. He runs his own consultancy Panama Internet Marketing, where strategy is combined with creativity to deliver effective websites that convert visitors into customers.

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Nov 17 2008

Successful Organic SEO

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There are many benefits or pros for utilizing organic search engine optimization. The main concern is one that is at the top of the list for most people starting a business. That concern is cost. Organic search while usually not as expensive as other means of search engine optimization money wise it is time consuming. That is if you do the optimizing yourself. If you are not able to do this yourself then you will need to hire a professional, and that can get costly.

If you are able to implement the ways to optimize your site yourself then you are really going to be able to save money. The only time the costs are usually high for organic SEO is when you have to bring in an outside company to do the work. Now once you learn how to SEO your sites yourself you are in a much better position to get your rankings up and this will help you make money.

A site that is highly ranked makes money a few ways. If you are utilizing Google AdSense or any other ad programs like that, then you want to get a high ranking. The higher ranked sites are going to have higher traffic and additionally then going to have a higher click thru rate. This is how you make your money with an AdSense program. The more people click on the ads on your site the more money you make. Additionally if you are ranked high and your site pops up for your keywords, whatever product or service you are selling is going to get seen by more people. This will mean more sales or business for you.

Why is Organic search engine optimization better?

* Organic listings usually mean that you will have more click throughs by people searching the web as these listings quite usually are objective and unbiased. Statistical analysis has shown that more people click on the organic searches than click on the paid for listings. Organic results seem to stick around longer as they got there by hard work and not paying money. Spend the time and doing the work to get to the top, usually ensures you will stay there. It is more peace of mind knowing you earned your ranking rather than hoping that you don’t run out of money to have to keep your ranking. Many organic searches last for years and will continue to do so as long as the work is put in to keep them ranking. The fact that they are so cost effective makes organic searches a great ROI or return on investment.

So What are the Cons?

The Cons are not many, as the benefits are very good. However, just about anything has cons and there are a few here as well. Organic results can be difficult to measure analytically. This is not good for anyone that needs to have everything documented and analyzed. Organic search engine optimization can also take a lot of time, as was mentioned earlier. It takes time and you have to have the knowledge of how to do it. The paid campaigns happen right away but organic results will take longer. No matter what some SEO guru tells you, no one is going to get you ranked immediately. It takes time and hence you have to learn to be patient.

It can take weeks however it will be mainly months to start to see your rankings start to go up. The average site will start to see rankings in about 3 to 6 months. The fact that it is hard to put a dollar value on organic searches can make it difficult for a company to justify spending money on it. Some people and companies need to see everything that is going on in print on paper and this is not always something that can be shown with organic searches.

Is it worth it or not?

Well obviously that is going to be up to you and your situation. Whether you use organic search engine optimization or if you decide to go ahead and pay for a campaign it really going to depend on you and your circumstances. Organic searches have many pros and a few cons. Deciding if the pros or the cons weigh heavier for you all depend on what is the most important to you.

If you have the time and the knowledge to put into making a successful seo campaign then organic searches should work for you. If you don’t have the time but perhaps you have the money then you can pay an outside company to take care of this for you. However if you want to jump right to the top of the list, you can pay for a pay per click campaign. Just remember that if you don’t optimize your site if you run out of money then you are going to plummet in ranks.

Civita Dyer is a search engine optimizer, virtual engineer, Jane of all trades. She has been writing for many years and has been highly published. Check out her services at http://www.cdvirtualservices.com and http://fresh-web-content.com

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Nov 17 2008

Don’t Forget the Signature! How E-Mail Signatures Really Help

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You should be promoting your website in every email you sign out. Be sure to add a hotlink to your email after you sign your name. A short ad can also help move people to your site. Staying in touch with visitors via email is the best way to bring them back to your website. Include news about your website in the mailings. And add a link for visitors to sign up for the mailing list.

The subject line is the most important part of your email. Today thirty five percent more reading materials are received than last year. Some receive over three hundred emails a day. There is no way to figure how many sites the average surfer will click on a day, but on a good day you might get over two thousand hits! Although all emails sent are not read, the ones that grab their attention or fulfill an immediate personal need will. People are showing more selectiveness about what they will use their time reading. Most use software that will sort through their emails for them. The product will delete the emails the person doesn’t have an interest to read.

It is very important that you avoid the image of one that sends junk mail. It is imperative to get the right subject lines in your emails to avoid being seen as junk mail. If you send something that seems like junk mail, it will most likely be deleted without thought. Put your important information first, some programs will condense the information, even your name. You have to make your point right away.

You don’t want to be condensed or put into the junk mail category on someone’s email settings. This will ensure that the information you are sending out is going nowhere. You want to make sure that everyone you send the email to sees it and reads it.

It is your responsibility to meet the needs of the common Internet surfer and at Words You Want that is exactly what we specialize in. Words You Want are experts at directing traffic to your website. Words You Want specializes in writing web content to assist any website in attracting more traffic and aid in search engine optimization. They proudly offer services in ghostwriting of articles, eBooks, and web content.

Words You Want are experts at directing traffic to your website. Words You Want specializes in writing web content to assist any website in attracting more traffic and aid in search engine optimization. They proudly offer services in ghostwriting of articles, eBooks, and web content.

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Nov 17 2008

First Time Waterfront Property Owners

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Many people dream of buying waterfront property. Options are becoming more abundant in waterfront property and first-time waterfront buyers have many more factors to consider verses a traditional home. This brief guide is intended to help answer some of the questions you may have before your purchase.

In addition to the traditional first-time buyer knowledge necessary, waterfront property is more than just choosing the right home. It’s about the total package of home, land, and water. By this we mean the amount of water frontage, options for docks or boathouses, boat slips, type of soil, changes in water levels, wildlife, etc.

Soil, Terrains, and Shorelines:
It is advised that you check the type of soil present and determine if the soil drainage is good, sewer systems and performance, landscaping, etc. It would be advised to have the soil tested by professional lab or environmental group. Also check if the shoreline is rocky, sandy, or clay. A rocky and some types of sandy soil shoreline generally will yield clearer water than clay soil types. But if you have children or grandchildren, a rocky shoreline could be dangerous due to the fact that the rocks tend to be slippery. Also check county records and determine what types of industries are in the area. If you find that there are industries using the water, it would not hurt to have the water tested for safety.

Docks, Boathouses, and Boat Slips:
If there waterfront property you are looking at does not currently have a dock or boathouse and if this is something you may want to install, be sure to check with county offices that govern the lake, river, or channel to determine if a permit has been applied for allowing you to build a dock or boathouse. Some lakes and municipalities do not allow but a certain number of docks and boathouses to preserve the integrity of the water. Many properties that are in waterfront communities that are not on the water have deeded boat slips.

Wildlife:
Check with the community homeowners association or local wildlife officials concerning what type of wildlife call the area home. Depending on where you are looking for property, animals like alligators, snakes, deer, bears, and others love water because it serves as both a food and water source allowing them to survive. Just be knowledgeable of what is in your area.

Water Frontage:
Water frontage is the amount of land that fronts the water. How many sides of the property is fronted by water. The more water frontage, the more you can expect to pay based on land value.

In closing, it is also recommended that you seek out the services of a professional home inspector before closing on your waterfront home to verify the home is structurally sound and that there are no unknown electrical, plumbing, mechanical, or structural problems present.

Hubert Miles is the owner of Waterfront Houses USA, a network of websites dedicated to bringing buyers and sellers of waterfront waterfront property together. Featuring waterfront homes for sale in the US and Canada.

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