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 Are you a bit fed up with corporate "give-aways" ?
Hi Folks,

I am up to my ears with free pens, calendars, calculators, diaries, note-books, etc etc.

It does not bend my thinking as to who I may do business with.

So ...


 GOD made some mistakes, how would you being his press agent or spin doctor address these claims?
name some of them-...


 Why are almost all stores selling "Vista" computers?
I was helping someone shop for a new computer. We tried Best Buy, Circuit City, WalMart, KMart, and Target. Only WalMart had an "E MAchjine" with Windows Home Edition of XP. I hear nothing ...


 What is the difference between advertising and marketing? long answers please.?
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 How can a 13 year old make lots of money before school starts?
hi,every year my mom takes me back to school shopping in August on no tax weekend.I wanted to help pay for most of the cost.I want to make about $300 before the summer is over!any ideas of what i can ...


 How can I get market for ready made meals in London, using less than £100?
The Foods are continental with natural healthy ingredients only....


 Help me name my business!?
I am a consultant with Brown Bag Party which is an adult novelty company. I need to think of a business name for myself. Here are four names I've come up with. Tell me which one you like best!<...


 What is all this thing about making tons of money online while you sleep?
A lot of so call internet gurus are charging fees for attending their workshops and seminars on how to make money by building your own website then drive traffic to it, then make money when people ...


 How can I rank #1 in search engines fast?
I want my website to be on the first page of the search listings right away and I don't have too much advertising money to use? Please help!...


 Why won't the search engine find my site?
How long does it take for a new site to be found by search engines? Are there any other ways to speed it up?...


 Anyone have a name for an internal company newletter. It is for the Customer Experience Team.?
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 Can you suggst a name for a fund management Company which is globally recognizable?
we want to start a fund management company . to start with the co would be investing the the Stock and Commodity matkets later on may venture into Real Estate, or any other profitable business ...


 Can i find an online job that do pay me as most websites i have visited found to be fraud??
currently i am a student, i am curious in finding a part time job that
would help me to cope with my college expenses......


 How should i advertise my moms website?
My mom has a advertisement business where she advertise for different brnds of weight loss products, books, and other great stuff, but we are having a hard time advertising, what do you suggest The ...


 What are the things i need to consider before i make a logo for my organisation?
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 A good pair of SOCKS - what are the features it should have?
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 How can i promote my pizzeria without paying for advertisement?
how can i stand out open almost a year but the last couple of weeks have been bad i might have to close a pizzeria down the road closed an they have been there for years i'm just worried
A...


 Hi i have just made a website but don,t know best effective way to get large amount of traffic.?
my website is www.vshareclip.com, please give your view of website what you think of it!!

any help appreiciated..

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 Good advertising and PR ideas?
My family owns a candy shop in Philadelphia. I wanted to help out by gathering some info. on good ways to advertise/pr inexspensivley. Any help is appreciated. Please answer seriously. THANKS!...


 I would like to use the Virgin Mobile logo on my website - can I? What do I do?
I would like to use the virgin mobile logo on my website. I have contacted them and emailed them and they said that they would get back to me. The last reply from them was on 14 september 2006.
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Manny M
How do i increase the traffick to my website?
                     
 




Consultant
Tip 1. Enjoy better rankings by writing higher quality content.

Did you know Google is literally rewarding well-written content the benefit of "true relevancy." All I mean to say here, is that just by becoming a better "writer" and creating higher quality content, you can benefit from certain elements that are at work behind the scenes. Strive to write better content for your visitors and it will work for you not against you.

Tip 2. How well "focused" is your content for each page you are working on?

If you try to keep very focused on one topic per page, you will do much better than having multiple topics on the same page. If your page is specifically about the "benefits of using nostalgia" as a topical reference, are you actually using the keyword phrase for example "using nostalgia" within your readable HTML text? So many times, new students of SEO forget about the importance of focus.

Tip 3. Where is the best place to get started?

One of the best places to get started is by researching your target audience's search behavior. Ultimately, you want to target the exact phrases that your ideal buying audience is using when they search. Watch this short video demo on keyword research using Wordtracker for some tips.

Tip 4. Once you have got your keyword research done, you need to get started right away.

Some people are so completely overwhelmed that they put off actually getting started on their Web site for far too long.

Walt Disney put it simply like this:

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."
Walter Disney

Of course he was not speaking about SEO but the principle still applies. Why not make a list of strategies that you like to apply on your Web site, but then take one single item and work on it immediately, until it gets done. Sometimes even the simplest of changes have significant impact and I always feel badly when I see anyone taking to long to "get started."

Tip 5. Have you heard that "link building" is important?

Perhaps you've heard that link popularity and link reputation is important. It is important, but don't become so obsessed with linking that you build your entire strategy only "just around link building." You want to use all of the basic principles to carry your Web site through and you may want to do some linking based on the look of the "competitive landscape" for your keyword phrase.

You also want to build links based on what "makes sense" for your visitors.

Some search engines like Google give more weight to elements like link reputation which is an "off-page" influence while other search engines like Yahoo will give more weight to "on-page" influences such as your keyword phrase usage and how it is used on the page.

Tip 6. Have you read Google's Webmaster guidelines?

It is good to check it from time to time as things do get updated and are subject to change.

Tip 7. What is important to Yahoo?

What does Yahoo! say it wants in a Web page?

Original and unique content of genuine value
Pages designed primarily for humans, with search engine considerations secondary
Hyperlinks intended to help people find interesting, related content, when applicable
Metadata (including title and description) that accurately describes the contents of a web page
Good web design in general

What 14 things does Yahoo! say it does "NOT" want in a Web page?

Find out all of their guidelines here:
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/search/basics/basics-18.html

Tip 8. What about researching important keyword phrases in other languages?

Are you wanting to perform keyword research in other languages?

What if you are trying to find keyword research suggestions for other languages such as Spanish or French or German? Now you can research keywords in several other languages including French, Dutch, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish and Spanish at Keyword Discovery. Check out Keyword Discovery by clicking here.

Tip 9. For effective search engine marketing, you need more than just top rankings.

Remember to include strong calls to action to compel a response from the reader.

What do you want the reader to do once they finish reading your content? You need to clearly build these options into each page and leave nothing to guess work. Describe what action you would like them to take and never assume that they will just know what to do, because they won't act unless you spell it out.

Tip 10. SEO and Cascading Style Sheets.

An understanding of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) can help you with a number of SEO work-arounds to meet challenges with complicated design issues. W3Schools provides an excellent CSS tutorial free of charge, complete with a lot of examples and quizzes.

Tip 11. Don't ever limit the search engines to only just one way of finding your pages.

Put links to new pages on your site map. Make sure you link to your site map from every page of your Web site.

If there's a corresponding page on your site that you can use to link to the new page, do so. Mention the new page on your blog. Do you have a directory associated with the particular topic dealing with the content of this new page? Add a link on that page. Just make sure that you give the search engines multiple ways to find all of your important pages

Tip 12. How compelling are your Meta descriptions?

Are you remembering to use your important keyword phrase in the description?
Are you taking time to write unique descriptions for each of your pages?
How about a call to action?
Are you remembering to include good calls to action in your description?

Tip 13. Have you tried Fagan Finder?

This Web site has over 100 tools that you can use to dig for information on a URL. There are more nooks and crannies to this site than you can possibly imagine. http://www.faganfinder.com/urlinfo/

Tip 14. Do not obsess over Google Page Rank.

Did you know that a page with a high PageRank can be out ranked in the SERPs by a page with a lower PageRank? Remember that PageRank isn't the "end all" in SEO. It's only one piece of the pie.

Tip 15. Don't use your keyword phrase in ALT text.

None of the search engines consider ALT text when determining relevancy. ALT text should be used only to describe images. Putting keywords in the the Alt tag to try and influence even a marginal advantage is a waste of time. Don't do it. Use every tag for the purpose in which is was specifically designed to be used by the W3C.

Tip 16. Create content that serves your customer's needs FIRST and your own needs second.

Far too often, our focus is so narrowly limited to just our own objectives for a Web page. One powerful tip is to first research the specific needs of your customer (within a niche) and then deliver up high value, based on your research and give the searcher EXACTLY whatever it is that THEY want, first.

Think about it - try it out and see what happens when you meet the client's interest first, before introducing your own objective.

Tip 17. Are you using your researched primary keyword phrase prominently in your Title Tag?

The Title Tag of your Web page is still extremely influential for relevancy in most search engines. Try using your researched phrase once, up front in your Title and remember the value of creating a compelling Title that engages the reader. Avoid stuffing your Title full of keywords and instead create a compelling Title that reads well and accents a benefit.

Tip 18. Remember that most major search engines no longer look at the your Meta keyword tag when determining relevancy.

Use moderation and be careful not to over-use any single word multiple times in your keyword Meta tag. Try and use approximately a half dozen words that are actually being used within the Web page content.

Tip 19. Do not use the same Title tags, Meta Keyword Tags and Description Tag on every page of your Web site.

Keep your Title, Keywords and Description all specific to the individual page you are working on, unless you want to get falsely flagged for duplicate content penalties.

Tip 20. Remember to use alternative synonyms sometimes instead of over using keywords.

Your Thesaurus can be your best friend or else watch this video on how you can choose semantically related keywords with the help of Wordtracker's Full Search tool.

Tip 21. Check out Robin Nobles list of 148 muscle words you can use on your Web site

Here is Robin's list of muscle or power words you can print out or save to your hard drive, words you can use on your site in your title and description tags along with your keyword phrase, and in your heading tags and your content.

Tip 22. Create content that deserves to be found within the top ranks.

One of the single most important aspects to managing your time well, is to stay focused on creating high value, original content that is useful and engaging to your visitors. What kind of content should your Web site contain?

Create content that is truly relevant (and honestly deserves to be found at the top.)

Create content that serves your customer's needs FIRST and your own needs second.

Create content that will meet your visitor's exact search query and satisfy it.

Create content your visitor will be GLAD that they found - something of true merit.

Create content that is based on real "behaviorally based research" rather than guessing at keywords.

Create content that is written for your specific visitor so that it flows smoothly and reads well to them.

Create content that is original and you can feel proud to have created.

Create content that has a solid, well written "call to action."

Create content that is based on what a "search engine understands" through artificial intelligence (AI.)

Tip 23. Pay attention to keyword usage in page names. Use hyphens not underscores.

Be sure when naming pages after your full keyword phrase, that you connect
the words together using a hyphen (-) rather than an underscore (_)

Example: A search engine will understand: antique-clocks.html
but will not understand both words if you use: antique_clocks.html

How much advantage does this tip give you? Only marginal. But sometimes there is only marginal difference between ranking number 10 or ranking number 1.

Tip 24. Don't forget to use optimization with your press releases.

Have you thought about optimizing some news about your business this week? You can put your news story out in front of thousands of publishers and editors through the PRweb service.

But the question is - what will your unique story angle be?

There are so many times we get so wrapped up in what our competitor is doing, we seem to forget the power and impact of taking a reverse or opposite approach.

Learn how to tell your story from a different and more interesting perspective than everyone else and your stories. Catch your audience by surprise with some genuine news and make your news story stand out in the eyes of publishers. Surprise your audience with a different approach and watch the impact it can have on your Web site. Its only news, but people love fresh ideas or a story told from an alternate approach.

Tip 25. Are you trying to increase the frequency of robot visits to your Web site?

Are you aware of the value of fresh, original content added to your Web site on a consistent basis? Of course you are. Does it real improve the findability of your Web site? You bet it does and it increases the frequency of the Spider visits too.


#1 Internet Advertising Agency
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There are many different ways to get high quality targeted traffic but the most cost-effective one is by far search engine optimization.

The search engine optimization techniques are so important because the best kind of website traffic by far is going to be search engine traffic. This type of traffic is traffic who is highly targeted and because of that not only are they going to be interested in reading what you have to say but they are also going to be more interested in buying whatever you have to offer.

We have a huge database of SEO articles, proven small business marketing strategies at:

http://affordable-search-engine-optimization-services.com/seo-newsletters.html

Happy reading!

Serge

SEO Consultant

http://affordable-search-engine-optimization-services.com/


Abdul Teffy -
Try Google AdWords. How it works? Basically, your site will be published in thousands of website publishers who opt to monitize their sites with the Google AdSense program, the twin program of the AdWords.

Sign up for Adwords is free but you got to have minimum of $20 in the Adwords a/c. As it is a cost-per-click program, your a/c will be deducted depending on how much is your cost of keywords.

More of this, just go to https://adwords.google.com

Good luck!


isibingo
4 Tips Getting Visitors to Read Your Article and Increa

Article writing should be a major part of your internet marketing strategy. In most cases, depending on the content, articles can greatly increase traffic to your web site. But there is a problem.

The internet was built for those of us who love to surf through the information rather than read volumes at a time. Since many people do prefer scanning, there is a pretty good chance your entire article will not be read. Visitors usually look for sentences or paragraphs that capture their attention, and then return to the search engines to continue surfing. If they happen to come across a poor or mediocre article, they will leave even sooner. You can bank on that.

So what does it take to get your visitors to read more than a few sentences and view your article as a quality resource? The answer is to provide a well written article with plenty of useful content. You can get more web site traffic by using the following tips.

1. Use Sub-headings

A good sub-heading can peak the curiosity of your visitors and get them to read more of your article. Do not try to be too cute. The sub-heading should be relative to your subject without overwhelming the content of article. The whole purpose of a sub heading is to lead the visitor to the next section of your article. Integrate your subheadings without allowing them to be distractions.

2. Use Bullets and/or Numbers

For whatever reason, people like lists. Most of us will take reading articles with bullets and numbers over those with long drawn out paragraphs. With so much information available today, attention spans are not what they used to be. People get bored very easily, so you must capture their attention fast and hold it. Formatting with bullets or numbers allow you to keep the pace and momentum of your article moving forward. Think in terms of the soundbytes you see on television; descriptive and catchy but very brief. Apply that to your article writing.

3. The Hook

Each paragraph of your article must hand off to the next one. Develop a main point for each paragraph without giving too much information away concerning the rest of the article. Think of each paragraph as steps that get your visitors to take action. The action in this case is you want them to continue reading your article and click on your web site link in the resource box. Give your readers just enough in each paragraph to get them to the end of your article.

4. Your Credibility

This by itself can determine your site traffic. If you are just starting out, the best credibility is to provide good content. The product or service you offer might be great but let us face facts: among millions of websites, people do not know you. Earning credibility does not happen overnight. It is going to require a steady flow of unique content before you stand out from the crowd so get started writing now.

Whether immediate or long term the point is get readers to go beyond just scanning your article. Utilize these tips while staying focused on providing informative content and watch your web traffic steadily increase.


Kuan Hoong
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I have written several articles on building traffic for website or blog:

- 10 Simple Tips to increase traffic from Search Engines to Your Blog

- How to get traffic from Digg Comments

- How to get traffics from Yahoo! Answers


genealogist84
Some ways to increase traffic:

1. Have original content on your website that will increase your search engine rankings

2. Get incoming links by writing webmasters with similar websites and ask if they will link to your site

3. Post on related message boards about what your website offers

Good luck.
--
http://www.familypulse.org


VicSEO
Since 85% of Internet users rely on search engines to find goods and services, it is essential that every business promote their business via a published domain named website on major search engines such as Google.com, Yahoo.com & MSN.com. These major search engines are the Yellow Pages for all business which can be reached by anyone having an Internet connection.

Begin by publishing your website's domain name for FREE at Google's search directory, visit "http://google.com/addurl/?continue=/add... and fill-in the form. In another way, Google, Yahoo or MSN provide a Yellow Pages kind of advertisement for every website according to a set of ranking protocols. And there's where web designers and search engine optimizers play an critical role in marketing websites which in turn, display goods and services to be discovered [via search directories] by the rest of the world. The greater the appearance or presence that one's website can generate on search directories, the greater number of customers will accordingly visitor one's website.

As for the cost to market one's website via the Internet and more particularly -- search directories, will depend initially with the proper design of webpages and the proper placement of metatags which are: <Title>, <Description> and <Keywords>.

A searchable <Title> would be "[name of the goods/services - a generic domain name is okay unless you own a well-know brand], [city], [state - postal abbreviation]" -- up to 65 characters and spaces. The <Description> would be up to 20 words comprising a complete readable sentence which promotes interest in your business, i.e., "We sell quality _____ at a reasonable price, etc." And <keywords> would consist of 12-15 compound plural words separated by commas, i.e., "cars, planes, transportation, etc."

In conclusion, webpages can either be rather straightforward using only HTML text or be crafted totally as a graphic Flash configuration. Either way, care should be taken to complete the Properties entries for Title, Description and Keywords so that there is something that search robots can index. The more one is educated in crafting effective webpages along with metatag placement, the less will be spent to hire third-party consultants to assist you in this matter.

To demonstrate how search engines/directories work, go to Yahoo.com and type in the following search query: "pizza downtown los angeles." [Note: do not include the quotes (").] Again, this is a very generic query which means you want to order a "pizza" from "downtown" and in what city -- "Los Angeles." Sounds fairly simple and then hit Enter. In a moment or two, there will appear some 1.3 million search results and among the top Five rankings will be a business called "Pizza Next Door, etc." The significance of this demonstration is to illustrate that most Interest shoppers will discover "Pizza Next Door," forthright because of its high web presence and ranking within the Top Five. So these shoppers are more or less likely to patronize this pizza establishment and hopefully in the long term; validate the owner and his family as having a profitable Internet enterprise.

To further illustrate how one can achieve a TOP 10 page ranking on Google.com, type in the following search query: "ecommerce tutorials seo." [Note: do not include the quotes (").] Again, this is a very generic query. Then hit Enter. In a moment or two, there will appear some 1.44 million search results and among the TOP 10 rankings will be a website called "Welcome to Downtown Los Angeles."

Good luck!


Michael M
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A great company to market to your business is DirectoryM.com, we provide online directories within major online publications. They are sure to make your site more traffic. www.directorym.com


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