New Business Resolutions - 2

My second idea to develop my search engine ranking business in the next year is to limit time spent sitting at the laptop. I will move away from the desk at least once an hour, to avoid neck strain. It is too easy to spend much longer sitting in one position unless there is a reason to move. Unless the dog can be relied on (he can't) I will need to set an alarm.

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New Business Resolutions - 1

What will I do differently from now on to make a difference to my business?
1. Monitor where I spend my time
In many corporate workplaces time spent on different projects is logged so that it can be charged out to clients. Sole entrepreneurs need to do the same: I am going to do this for one week, and compare time spent against income generated, to channel my efforts to the areas that are performing financially.
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Performance Appraisal Software

Performance Reviews are important for giving employees and managers constructive feedback, and career planning. In many organisations the process has been allowed to overshadow the review itself and this gives a bad impression of appraisals. There is some simple Appraisal Software that can make appraisals more enjoyable and productive for all involved. It is available now for a free preview, so you can check it out without obligation.
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Best Financial Resolution

There are a number of income opportunities that are free to join, reputable and can only benefit you financially. One such is this - the new website, AGLOCO. These are the benefits:

1.AGLOCO pays you, as an Internet user, your fair share of the value created while you do your normal surfing.
2. AGLOCO's free virus checked toolbar puts you in control of what appears on
your screen
3. AGLOCO is a 100% Member owned company which rewards the Members who
help build the company. Founder Members of the site will never pay to be a part of it.

Bill Gates has given the site his backing - is it worth checking out? What do you think?
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Agloco update

Well I know this site must be REALLY good because the reaction has been so positive. I have had a high number of signups from my subscription list, who have seen the benefits of free signup at this site:
1.AGLOCO pays you, as an Internet user, your fair share of the value created while you surf.
2. AGLOCO's free virus checked software puts you in control of what arrives on
your screen and what data you allow outsiders to collect.
3. AGLOCO is a 100% Member owned company which rewards the Members who
help build the company. Founder Members of the site will never pay to be a part of it.

In its first month, AGLOCO signed up tens of thousands of Members and created enormous Internet 'buzz' (over 700,000 pages in Google's search talk about AGLOCO).
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Postie Patrol - Paid to Post

The recent PPP Postie Patrol in Chicago looks like a great way for grown ups to play scavenger games. The day began with a load of HP equipment, and a target of objects and images to gather. Despite the cold the happy hunters ran around in the bitter cold gathering their prizes, and having a real laugh along the way. Have a look and you will see what I mean - they met loads of people and made some odd requests of some of them, and of course they picked up plenty of Digital Photography Tips along the way. There is also a very nice cash prize, so as it was so cold that day I guess this is the most fun you can have with your clothes on. I really enjoyed hearing from the contestant that she had one of the best days for a very long time. Pay Per Post offers massive opportunities for fun while you get paid.
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Paid to Read eMails - Income Possibilities

There are a number of 'paid to read' sites. The way they mostly work is by asking you to read a web page for a given period, after which you are credit with a sum in the region of 2c.
email paysU works in this way, and also offers other earning options when you log into your account. If you open all the emails and log in frequently this can be a good extra income stream.
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Full Report of the Iraq Study Group

The situation in Iraq affects every one of us and it is importnat to get a balanced view of what is happening and proposals for future actions. The recently published Iraq Study Group Report
is therefore essential reading, regardless of your views or background. You can buy the officially published bound-book copy from a politically neutral store and get the full picture.

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SEO - do not get banned (part 6)

Be creative with your keyword searches. Brainstorm the terms that are used in your niche and use every possible variation in your web copy. This was you will pick up low hanging fruit rather than chasing the plums at the top of the tree alongside every other internet marketer. Sure there are fewer searches but would you rather have five visits a day for each of ten less popular terms, or hang about waiting for ten visits from your jackpot term?
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SEO - do not get banned (part 5)

If you use other people's material, credit the originator. It will not harm your rankings and it will save you from being banned or sued. You will not get away with plagiarism for very long as it is easily detected.
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Music Downloads

I like one stop sites that provide what they promise. One of those is www.PopViral.com , where you can browse the best music video offerings and decide which you might want to download. This is a portal that brings together the best available online, an essential prerequiste to save browsing time. At the moment they have eclectic offerings ranging from Cliff Richard to McFly so you really should find something there to suit your tastes.
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SEO - do not get banned (part 4)

Avoid using duplicate content on your website. If you have pages that appear on other sites, the search engine bots will pick this up and your page rank will drop. For the worst offences, you could be banned altogether. You can easily check your content here.
Read part three
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Blog Review

I read a post by a business advice blogger today who had been on the receiving end of some critical self-appointed monitors over at digg, where there are a few folk who reel at the sight of any 'commercial' material. The author of the blog has made some other good points including, 'join anything online that you are invited to'. That is a good motto for any Internet Business in the new year, to investigate any new idea that is available - it could be a source of great contacts or advice.
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SEO - do not get banned (part 3)

You may have seen sites or blogs where the meta tags are stuffed with keywords or the content consists primarily of repeated keywords, rendering the page unreadable. This technique may achieve higher page ranking in the short term, but it will soon be picked up by the search engines and this will result in a penalty for your site.
(read part two)
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Small Business Advice

Free sources of business advice are vital for any small business, who do not have hige budgets to check out all the legal implications affecting their business, including their obligations as employers. A free blog that provides up to date information on the impact of minimum wage increases on small businesses, equipment leasing options. There is also help with bookkeeping methods, and tax information. Retirement benefits are covered - something that small businesses can overlook far too easily. Added to that is payroll assistance, company formation options, and state law updates. Any small business needs a good friend, and this blog is a source of sound unbiased advice.
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Wiki Search Engine Challenge to Google

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is planning to launch a new search engine next year, to be called Wikiasari. He’s clearly aiming for Google. He says:
“Google is very good at many types of search, but in many instances it produces nothing but spam and useless crap. Try searching for the term ‘Tampa hotels’, for example, and you will not get any useful results…Essentially, if you consider one of the basic tasks of a search engine, it is to make a decision: ‘this page is good, this page sucks.’ Computers are notoriously bad at making such judgments, so algorithmic search has to go about it in a roundabout way…But we have a really great method for doing that ourselves. We just look at the page. It usually only takes a second to figure out if the page is good, so the key here is building a community of trust that can do that.”

The new company will be the third business division of Wikia, the for profit company that Wales founded in 2005 and is now led by CEO Gil Penchina. The other two business units are the main Wikia wiki site itself, and the recently launched OpenServing product.

Wikia has raised over $4 million in capital, including a recent round by Amazon. Despite the fact that the original article reported that Amazon is involved in the project, Wikia is making it clear on the site that they are not involved in any way (other than as a shareholder of Wikia).
From Techcrunch
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Software Tracks Keystrokes

For peace of mind and reassurance on the security of your computer, you can now obtain keystroke logging software, with the ability to record email, chat and instant messages, web site visits and URLs, keystrokes typed, P2P activity, programs launched, online search details, activity at myspace and similar sites, and visual snapshot recording. You can also obtained full details of the most frequent tasks carried out on the computer. The software only gives a retrospective overview but also examines and analyzes tracked activity to decide if you need to be notified immediately of irregular activity. It is available in different specifications for home office or office network use, and is a key element for parents who are concerned to protect their children and young people in their online activities. Even if you do not have day to day physical access to the computer, eBlaster software will provide you with full remote tracking data software so you can check from afar that no untoward activity is occurring on the computer in question. Parents who installed this software have reported that the software has helped keep their children on the right track. Many have found that they were visiting sites they should not have been going to, and this opens up discussion of online safety and protection. Once they know that the keystroke logger tracking software is in place, the young people start to use the web carefully and advise their friends to do likewise.
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SEO - do not get banned (part 2)

Here are some more methods that could get your site banned from the search engines:
Keyword stuffing - the practice of inserting bunches of keywords into tags or putting repetitive keywords in web copy, rendering it unreadable to the human eye. It could achieve higher SERPs initially, but it will flag up on the search engine algorithms.
Ready made Web Templates: sometimes called “Adsense ready” or “Adsense compatible.” Manay of them simply contain duplicate content, a big no-no to the serch engines. You can check here for a legitimate Adsense website template
(Read part one)
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Web 2.0 Reality TV

I like websites with personality and the ability to draw the audience in. One such is Rockstartup. Over there you will share the ups and downs of a Web 2.0 startup. These guys have made a load of videos charting their progress, it is enjoyable to watch and reassuring to see that other people around the world all face similar frustrations. There is high drama and comedy as they encounter Pay Per Post's Postie patrols, and go to parties and tradeshows. In true reality TV fashion there are also office escapades, love triangles, love squares, meetings, eatings and confessionals. Basically they want to leave an impression: their only mission is to rock the boat. If you enjoy reality TV - and even if you do not - go on over to this reality show, it should at least raise a smile.

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Happy Christmas to Internet Marketers Worldwide

This is the last hour at the laptop before the festivities begin. We have enough food on the house to feed dozens, the dog will dine for weeks on the offcuts and even has his own presents. This is teh day to count our blessings and wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Prosperous New Year. Cheers!

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Search Engine Optimization Agencies

methods. A range of services is available Whatever search engine optimization (SEO) techniques you are using, they will not help you in the long term unless your web pages contain relevant, quality content. A search engine optimization agency can then help you use that quality content with the most effective SEOfrom SEO companies, including search engine submission, obtaining a specified number of backlinks to your site, and assistance with planning and budgeting pay per click advertising campaigns. If you want to keep your optimization in-house, you can also get a free evaluation of your website content, and a detailed report on its suitability for high SERPs placement, from Search Engine Optimization Toronto.
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Digital Camera and Printer by HP for Me!

I am getting more interested in all that is available at PayPerPost since I heard about some of the prizes that are up for grabs. Now there is a HP 6 megapixel digital camera and photo printer on offer and I WANT THEM! That may sound a bit pushy but we Brits have to work at it, you know. The reason I actually need them is to start spicing up my blogs, and the only camera I have available as a rule is a really basic mobile phone job. Certainly not up to the job if I am going to be Pay Per Post's next top roving reporter. I have also not printed a photo off for over a year and we have some fantastic new shots since our friend came over recently and fired off over 200 fab shots on his new camera - you guessed it, an HP six megapixel. Now I do not often get excited about electronics but that piece of kit was awesome, and it made me a bit jealous, you know? We were all talking about the extent to which digital photography has changed the way we use images. When the shots were limited by the amount of film, very few of us could afford to take as many as we wanted. I have also seen professional photographers caught out with stale film, or no film at all, so I think digital photography is the best thing since sliced bread. If I win I am going to carry the camera every morning when I take my dog to the park, and get some shots of the changing scenes that we witness. Fingers crossed, here goes!!
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Social Bookmarking made easy

Well I was a bit slow, but now I have installed easy links to your favourite social bookmarking sites on each post. You can easily keep a note of any posts that catch your eye here by clicking one of the buttons. They include del.icio.us, technorati, digg, furl and many more - if you are not already a member, it is easy to sign up. I have not got a widget for my two top favourites, stumbleupon and squidoo, but if you click the links you will land on my pages and you can join very quickly.
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Getting Paid to Blog - the Blog

If you are interesting in the income source for bloggers, Pay Per Post, you may want to have a look at the site's own blog. For this website is more than just a place to post and get paid - there are a number of promotions and interaction between the blog posters, the company and the advertisers. The blog is updated every day, often several times, with examples of posts and videos that have been made for the latest publicity campaigns, as well as advice for the users of the site to make the best use of all the opportunities. Some of the bloggers' opportunities consist of video posts and there are often some nice fat prizes, sponsored by the advertisers, for the best example. So if you fancy winning some extra cash or goodies, head down there.
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SEO - do not get banned (part 1)

If you are using search engine optimisation you will probably have heard the terms 'white hat'- within the rules - and 'black hat' - frowned by the search engines.

All the major search engines can and do penalize sites if they find black hat methods being used. The penalty can be a drop in page rank or removing the site from the search engine's listing, often known as banning. If you are banned, clearly you will receive no organic search engine traffic. Pay Per Click will be your only option to get visitors to your site.

It is easy to fall into the trap of using some of the black hat methods if you are not fully versed in what is acceptable and what is not.

1. Doorway pages these are pages designed to attract the search engines but they contain very little material for the human reader. Doorway pages were one of BMW's mistakes when the car giant was banned from Google. One of its pages appeared at first to contain a sparse amount of javascript, but when javascript was disabled the page content was revealed. It was simply stuffed with the desired keywords, making no sense at all for the audience.

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Equity release loans for business

Mortgages are a fact of life for most of us: you really need to understand as much as possible about the mortgage market to use it to advantage. If you can, pay off your loan as soon as you can: if you need more cash you can always go back to your lender - or another - for a home equity loan, and draw down more cash. That is exactly what we have just done. We remortgaged the house to free up cash for investment into the business, and the deal we got was very advantageous.
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Long Term Income From New Cooperative Site

Do you wish you had been a founder of Microsoft, or the genius behind myspace? Without a time machine you can carry on dreaming! However, there is a new free member owned site called AGLOCO. It is a fast-growing site that intends to reach 10,000,000 Members in its first year. AgLoco has been backed by no less than Bill Gates, who released a statement saying that he loves the idea. What makes this site special enough for Bill Gates to endorse it?

1.AGLOCO pays you, as an Internet user, your fair share of the value created while you surf.
2. AGLOCO's free virus checked software puts you in control of what arrives on
your screen and what data you allow outsiders to collect.
3. AGLOCO is a 100% Member owned company which rewards the Members who
help build the company. Founder Members of the site will never pay to be a part of it.

In its first month, AGLOCO signed up tens of thousands of Members and created enormous Internet 'buzz' (over 700,000 pages in Google's search talk about AGLOCO).

I want to stress that AGLOCO is a respectable site. Every additional Member raises the value for all the Members, so everyone benefits as the site grows.

It is free to join and Membership will never cost you anything. Find out more about AGLOCO - and sign up now.

This no cost membership could be seriously good for you. Please make sure you check it out today.

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London Blogger Competition 2006

Today sees the launch of our London Blog of the Year Competition, open to blogs run by Greater London residents that have been established for at least 90 days. UK bloggers are a growing force in the blogosphere, and we want to recognise this in our locality. We could even start London Bloggers meet-ups or would we all rather relate to each other in the blogosphere instead?

Very simple to enter:
1. Write a post on your blog with a link back to this blog on your blog's home page: extra points if you include a cool London photo!
2. Send me an email with the permalink of your post, confirming that you live in london - address or landline phone number.
3. Closing date 5 January in case you are offline over the holidays.

The judge's decision is final, depending on relevance and quality of posts.
PRIZE - a six-month link from this PR3 blog, up to 180 x 60 box if you have a button, otherwise a text link

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Business Website

There are, of course, hundreds of thousands of websites on the topic of Business, Webmaster resources and Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Some are more interesting than others: John Chow lives in the US and has a site in a Blog format with some interesting stuff on business topics, spliced in with a bit of wit and personality - unusual on the web, where many take themselves a tad too seriously. Recent informative articles on the site include 'Google Duplicate Content Policy', 'Keyword Tracking', and 'Adsense Image & Ad placement policy'. This last topic has caused consternation recently among bloggers and webmasters alike, all worried that they could breach Google's TOS. I have seen several conflicting views on many forums, but on this site he has reprinted Google's guidance straight from the horse's mouth together with clear illustrations of the types of ads that they will not allow.

I mentioned that the site has a bit of personality, starting with the aspirational fast car image in the header, proving that he shares that passion with most other males. The posts are tagged according to an eclectic range of topics including cars (of course), investing, technology, the net, videos - and Fine Dining! John Chow dot Com is a good read and you will probably stay there for a while.
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Property Investment Opportunity

Here is a property investment opportunity for new duplexes in Florida that have been designed to provide affordable housing for key workers, while at the same time they offer an attractive proposition for backers. These units cost $285,000, with full payment due only on completion. Similar duplexes are selling in this area at present for $325,000, offering a potential investment appreciation immediately. Just follow affordable housing, duplex, SW Florida, Equity. Sponsored Post.

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Paid to Search - Free PPC Advertising Credits

If you have not heard, Search BigDaddy is a powerful new search engine, a potential Google competitor. If you want to get website traffic or readers to your blog, you can join for free, get $50 free Pay Per Click advertising credits, and earn Pay Per Click Money every time you search on BigDaddy. To repeat - Search BigDaddy is free to join, free credits for joining, and more credits for every search you make. Can you see any reason not to join Search BigDaddy?

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What to do in an emergency

If you have a home emergency over the holidays, there is a site that could prove very useful. San Diego Water Fire and Mold Removal specialises in post- flood, fire or other emergency help and restoration for your home. Most of us are lucky and we rarely witness the aftermath of this type of emergency, so we do not really know the right things to do. This site not only offers a full repair and restoration service, their website also contains advice and help for homeowners in an emergency. You can find out what to do about electrical appliances, stains, leftover food, how to salvage carpets and curtains. If you are leaving your home unoccupied over the holidays this site is an essential for you.

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Christmas gift for you

Here is a completely free offer for oyu - well it is Christmas. I have not done my Christmas shopping for my own family so thsi takes my mind off that problem. Just go here and you can download this free guide to get you started with search engine optimization.
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Make a difference today

If you visit Light To Unite and click on the candle, Bristol-Myers Squibb will donate $1 to the National Aids Fund. For just a few seconds of your time, and at no cost to you, you can make a big difference (and it seems that you can click daily as well).
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Keywords for Blogs vs websites

If you want to find keywords and phrases for your main web pages you will want to research the best keywords for your chosen niche. When you start a new blog you will follow a similar process, but once you start posting to your blog you are unlikely to have time to keyword research for every post you make.

While you should try to stay on topic as much as possible, you can write more naturally without excessive attention to optimized copy. There are benefits to this:

1. You will start to rank highly in the search engines for some long-tail keywords that others have missed.

2. Your content will read better and sound more natural, leading to more inbound links and higher traffic.

You can download a free step-by-step guide to Search Engine Optimization here.

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Link Baiting defined

I have mentioned link baiting before - to end any confusion, here is the accepted Wikipedia definition:

Link bait is any content or feature within a website that somehow baits viewers to place links to it from other websites. Attempts to create link bait are frequently employed in the overall task of search engine optimization.

'You may have heard the term link bait discussed in search engine optimization circles. In SEO speak, link bait is content that attracts natural incoming links from other blogs and websites.

Link bait is content that people want to link to, and share with their own readers.

It all starts with your blog content. If you are serious about getting more links to your blog to gain more visitor traffic, and higher search engine rankings, it takes great posts. There is no other alternative as powerful for receiving inbound links than interesting and informative original content. Simply put, if no one finds your posts of value, no one is going to link to them. Of course, that's not you.

The question then becomes one of developing and writing great posts to attract those one way incoming links. The best course of action on your part is to stick to your main blogging niche.

If your blog theme is crochet, then write about crochet topics for the vast majority of your postings. As a result, other craft blogs and sites in general, and crochet themed blogs and sites in particular, will link to many of your posts. Write material that no other bloggers provide, and your blog becomes an important information source.

Sidebar: I mention crochet blogs in the example because they are my Mom's favourite craft blog. She is a life long crochet practitioner. The house is filled with her handmade crochet items.

Another powerful link bait tool is to offer something for free to your readership. A website tool, an ebook, pdf whitepaper, or a contest with prizes are all well known link attractors. Bloggers are generous and heavy linkers.

As a result, your free items are very likely to receive, at the very least, a few inbound links. More likely, the amount of new links added will be quite high. For both traffic building, and for blog SEO, the added links are extremely poweful.

Targeting your blog to the desired reading audience is the best course of action if you want to develop link bait. Along with the links to individual posts, your blog stands a very good chance of also being added to the blogger's blogroll, providing a permanent link to your blog.

For SEO rankings, long term links from theme related are especially good value, as the search engines consider web pages receiving permanent links to be important sites for that theme. Staying power has its advantages.

If you are serious about receiving some linky love in the form of incoming links, it's essential that you create great posts. This is especially important if you are a new blogger who lacks a long term network of blogging friends and associates.

The way to establish your reputation, as a good blogger within your blogging niche, is through your writing. Natural one way links to your blog won't happen any other way.

Great posts are link bait for other bloggers to find and follow.

Write a great post today, offering information of items of value to your readers, and some linky love is sure to follow.'

by Wayne Hurlbert
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Free SEO Tools For You

Here is a very useful free tool that shows you how the spiders see your site. Really useful for checking out any bad links or - as I found - misspellings. Everything is listed out for you, including outbound links.
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Where should your blog be?

Th choice of blog 'platform' is important, and will stay with you for a long time. You will see a lot of very knowledgeable people using wordpress, and they seem to find it suits their needs. I have tried wordpress and blogger and I find, despite the restrictions, Blogger is best for me. It is fast and easy to set up, and requires no knowledge of code. There are lots of quality design options, and in my view a well-designed blogger blog looks better than many wordpress blogs, which end up looking overcrowded.
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How to float your ads around posts

Here is a very good idea for placing Adsense ads among your posts - this will achieve a more natural look for ad blocks such as 250 x 250 or 336 x 280. It looks very simple to do: if you have any problems please leave a comment here, or at blogging secrets

'After doing a guide for Ultimate Adsense Guide-Put Adsense in Between The Post(Beta), now i come back again with part 2. After my experiment,I have come to the conclusion that wrapping around your blog post to the Adsense advertisement generates a higher click thru rate. The use of wider ads like 336 x 280 works best. Blending ads to your background color and removing the borders gives higher click thru rate.

Many readers are asking me, how were you able to wrap around your blog post to the Google Adsense? Simple, just follow the following steps.

First, don't need bother about the amount of post to display, since it auto adjusted.

Now go to Settings > Formatting and set Enable Float Alignment to No.
Then, insert the following code on your template just after the

'di v class = 'post-header-line-1'/

di v style = float: left;"

YOUR ADSENSE CODE HERE AFTER MODIFY
(tutorial for modify click here)

(You may change left to any position you like,that's it.)
Then, save your blog. If you followed all my instructions, you'll be able to see your Google Adsense on any page on your blog, just like the one I have right now here at the time of this writing. '

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Adsense Advice Relaunch

We have found a way to pack more into the page at my Adsense Advice Blog, having finally tracked down a lovely new blog template from Thur a genius kite-flyer from Rotterdam. He has designed some excellent templates and he is willing to share them with the world. There really are some very nice people still around, I am pleased to say. If you spot any glitches or omissions in the new template, please leave me a comment. Thanks!
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Adsense Advice Blog

We have found a way to pack more into the page of our Adsense Blog, having finally tracked down a brilliant optimised new blog template from Thur a genius kite-flyer from Rotterdam. He has designed some excellent templates and he is willing to share them with the world. There really are some very nice people still around, I am pleased to say. If you spot any glitches or omissions in the new template, please leave me a comment. Thanks!
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Wii for Christmas

Unbelievable excitement about the new Nintendo Wii this Christmas, I don't recall anything like this since my niece wanted a cabbage patch doll - yes, that was a while ago. We received a plea for a Wii this week (rhyming slang), and I am pleased to say we were able to supply one. It will be taken up to Yorkshire in my partner's car in a few days time, and one family will be very happy - or is that just relieved? Aah, the spirit of Christmas .....
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Top Scams this Year

This is a list of some of the worse scams, online or offline, this year. You may find some that you had not heard of , so it is a valuable read for anyone who wants to avoid being ripped off. You can read about some of the newer scams to avoid, here.

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Site visits monitored

Do you know who visits your blog or website, how long they stay, and what they read during their visit? You can get all this data - and more - for free. Sitemeter.com compiles all your visitor information and will sned it to you by email as often as you want. The information is more comprehensive and user friendly than the webalizer stats, as sitemeter excludes spider visits. In order to get a more accurate count of the visitors to your site, you ask Site Meter to ignore your own visits to your site. and your own hits to the site.

Sitemeter is easy to install on your page, you just need to visit the site, sign up quickly and you will receive a confirmation email. You can immediately (and easily) install the code on your page to record your visitor information.
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Flowers for Christmas

Flowers make a great gift at any time, and at Christmas a florist with taste can create a gift that is well received and saves you time and energy. DotFlowers makes it easy to order Christmas flowers online. It is like a digital flower shop that combines the personal touch of a local florist with the convenience of online flower delivery. Specializing in both traditional and contemporary arrangements, DotFlowers is here for all your flower needs this Christmas. Whether you need red roses, lilies or a mixture, you will find something to tempt you. Bouquets, baskets, floral arrangements and table decorations are available in varied designs and at all prices so you can choose the design to suit your tastes at www.dotflowers.com

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My Heart for Christmas

Exercise is more beneficial if you use a heart rate monitor, but attaching the chest straps before exercising always seemed a bit too much effort to me, even though I know it is a good idea to use them. A heart rate monitor will show you when your heart rate has reached the right level for your needs - for example, fat burning or stamina building. Now there is a wristwatch type monitor that gives accurate readings, showing the highest and lowest readings, with a memory for up to 20 previous readings. Of course it shows the time of day and has a countdown timer as well. To check the current heart rate reading all you need to do is place your fingers on the watch face for a few seconds. Heart Rate Monitors make an excellent Christmas gift

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Free Guide to Adsense Arbitrage

Adsense remains a serious marketing option for any online business. Making a success of Adsense, however, involves more than simply pasting the code on your web pages. Smart webmasters use Arbitrage to attract traffic using low priced keywords, and direct them to optimized web pages where they can earn a higher clickthrough price. Complicated, possibly - so get this free guide to lead you through the process and you can decide whether this is the route for you.
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Christmas Gifts - Luxury Ties and, Scarves

Here is an idea for Christmas gifts - Peter Belisi is a man with a passion for ties and accessories. He designs and markets the most stylish and beautful ties, scarves and bags, and also knows his product. Did you realise that neckties date back to Croatian soldiers who came to Paris in 1635 to help King Louis XIII. They were wearing silk scarves tied around their necks in a distinctive fashion. The French, always with a focus to fashion, loved the style and adapted it as their own.
For the scarves this season he has used a thicker, more luxurious 18mm silk to create more texture and softness. Also included is an elegant hand rolled border. Luxury is in the details. We hope you agree these scarves from Belisi.com bring the touch of style we all crave this season.

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Search Engine Optimization - SEO or Pay Per Click- PPC Part 6

You can also set a budget for a certain period. The moment your budget has been used up by the target number of clicks, your ads will no longer be displayed until the next period you want it again displayed. You will also be able to adjust well to changes in market demands and trends.

In deciding which of the two strategies will work right for you, think of your goals and of your resources. They definitely offer benefits and advantages that will work for your good. The better way to approach this two is to evaluate according to your short term and long term plans. Take the PPC course for your short term goals and choose SEO if you have long term ones. There world is out there for you now. Just make sure you do what will work best for your entrepreneurial endeavors and visions. The secret to success lies in your hands. Just study your options well and you’ll get exactly what you want. Previous post

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Search Engine Optimization - SEO or Pay Per Click- PPC Part 5

There are some guaranteed benefits when you use a PPC campaign well:

PPC lets you advertise to the whole of the online community. It is also relatively easy to set up.
At first glance, PPC advertising may seem very expensive. Could it possibly happen that someone out there will go on clicking on your ad? This will definitely give you a large bill without the expected profit on your part. If this provides a lot of worries, be rest assured that there is a protection for you. Networks are able to recognize fraudulent clicks.
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Linking strategy

Linking strategy is an important part of search engine optimization, and Google takes quality links into account in its algorithm so any webmaster or blog needs to consider increasing link popularity. Sites with a high number of inbound links will rank higher in organic search results, so these web pages will receive more search engine traffic to their sites. Inbound links mean that other webmasters consider your site important enough to place a link to you on their web pages. The more relevant the site's theme, the better. It also helps if the text in the link(anchor text) contains your key words. This linking strategy will also pay off with the other search engines too, so it is worth putting some effort in , to increase link popularity.

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Search Engine Optimization - SEO or Pay Per Click- PPC Part 4

PPC means Pay Per Click. It gives way advertising on a search engine. These are sponsored listings that you see whenever you make a search. There will be a charge whenever a visitor or web surfer clicks on any of your ads. There will first be a bidding process. The highest bidder for the price per click will definitely get the chance to be first listed in the search engine.

With this kind of advertising, you can still basically control your campaign as you get to create your own ad. You will also manage the target audience and still stay within the bounds of your budget. Most of the providers of PPC advertising will allow you to specify the target market, either by topic, industry or geographical location. You can also very well check if your ad gets to be shown at all and if it is competitive with the rest. Previous Post
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Search Engine Optimization - SEO or Pay Per Click- PPC Part 3

To get started with search engine optimization, you will have to build on your own internet site frequently hit internet links to web site pages. The process will involve IBLN or Independent Back-Linking Network, wherein hundreds or even thousands of pages will be utilized to promote a particular website of a client.

In SEO, there is no need for you to pay for the clicks although it will require you to spend time doing research to get a favorable combination of ads and target audience. The SEO process is a long term one. It requires months, 6 months at the least, before the proper outcome is fully achieved, but once the goal is accomplished, you will definitely get a steady source of profit.
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Truck Accessories

Truck owners can now indulge themselves and their vehicle with a wide range of accessories for their prized vehicle. You can buy a truck tonneau, soft cover, hard truck lid and specify locking panels to allow you cargo hauling access when you need it most.
It is really easy to find the right items for your own vehicle - just supply your truck make and date of manufacture and you can get quality automotive accessories to fit, at discount prices. Every truck accessory and part will be compatible with your special vehicle. How about a hard ABS bedcover that folds back in sections, or a lockable Tonneau? These covers are secure, simple to use, check them out, because they're hot!

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Search Engine Optimization - SEO or Pay Per Click- PPC Part 2

You have to expose your website. Make it known. It has to be visible. It has to be frequently targeted by consumers and surfers.

There are basically two options available to you, SEO or PPC. These two are probably the most desirable strategic alternatives for search engine marketing.

SEO - Search Engine Optimization. Some researches indicate that 60% - 70% of internet surfers and users actually resort to using the Google search engine to find and locate web sites and pages, for any topic they desire. SEO is the process taken to make sure that the internet uses will find your website when ranked among the top results of a search. This way you can make sure that you will be visible and can clearly stand out from the rest. Previous Post
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Seeking an overseas partner

If you are surfing for information regarding russian brides, most of your search results will produce dating, matchmaking and introduction agencies. you probably ask yourself if they are honest. You need to understand that there is a big story behind the term 'russian brides'. Who are these women seeking marriage abroad, what they are like and why are they available? Two things are most important. The majority are quite clear in seeking a potential partner, and almost all of them say: "I want my husband to love and understand me." Another important requirement you will see is for their future partner to be financially secure. This means a stable job and ability to provide for a family. This does not mean you need to be rich. Your wealth or handsome appearance may possibly even have a negative effect. In some cases women do not try to pursue an acquaintance to a rich, good-looking guy because they do not consider themselves good enough. If a man seems too good to be true to her, this makes her feel insecure.

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Keywords and Advertising

When thinking of keywords, think like your target customers. What do you think are they going to search so they can get to your site? Also, use specific keywords or key phrases. Submitting a single word or a very general phrase to a search engine will not get you to the top of the search results compared to submitting specific keywords that describe your product and services perfectly.

Track your ads. Always check how much you have spent on placing links on frequently visited sites and on PPC. There are services that allow you to monitor PPC transactions and how many of these end in sales. You always need to consider if the ads that you have placed on these websites are getting you to your target consumers and if these ads can lead to revenue.

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Search Engine Optimization Tips

Choose your domain name wisely. It is still being debated whether domain names matter when it comes to search engine placement. Whether they do not, having product related domain names help consumers remember your domain, that they can go back to your site easily, even without the links.

Make sure you have useful content on your sites. While keyword density is important in search engine placement, having useless information or annoying repetition of keywords will not increase your customer's confidence in your site. It may even affect your sites traffic and can get your site removed from search engines. So make sure that keywords are used strategically

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Internet Marketers Legal Pitfalls

Internet marketers need to be aware of the danger of infringing copyright law with material gatehered from the internet, and even products and software that have been purchased or received in good faith. You personally may not have taken the copyright stuff, but you could still runs the risk of being challenged by the owner or the owner's attorney. Be careful when dealing with resale rights products. There really is no way to make sure that the software was not pirated, the work was not plagiarized, and images used on the boxes were royalty free.

If you use these resale or private label products on your site, or offer them for sale, it could come back to bite you in the butt pretty hard if they violate any copyright laws. And ignorance to the problem does not excuse you from guilt. You are still liable within the terms of the law and the laws of your country.

And even the producer of the original product may not know of this. In good faith, he/she could have outsourced the code on elance only to get purchase code that was stolen by the programmer, or that the programmer used without rights.

Those are some of the areas to be aware of: for a free guide explaining all the legal aspects of internet marketing, click the link in the post title. If you require quality representation at a reasonable cost, you might consider contacting simmons jannace stagg, whose attorneys are encouraged to approach each case with a fresh perspective and to look for opportunities to resolve conflicts in a cost-efficient and effective way. They have successfully tried many cases for clients, yet have also been successful employing alternative dispute resolution techniques and negotiations on behalf of their clients.

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Pay Per Click Advertising

Placing ads on some sites cost some money. However, there are also sites that can place a link to your site, product or service in exchange of having their link being displayed on your site. This is also true about the newsletters sent by site owners to its mailing list members regularly.

Also, having helpful links placed on your site and having sites link to your pages help in boosting search engine ranking. This is similar to making a statement that your site's content is important that other sites have links to your web pages.
Pay-per-click (PPC) is also a good method in Internet marketing. You will only need to pay for the ad if the link is clicked. If you prefer this method of advertisement, make sure that you are using services that set limits on daily expenses. There are also services that help you determine effective keywords and monitor the PPC results.

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Free Effective Advertising for Your Website

There are a number of ways to promote your website without a huge advertising budget.

1. Place an ad on the websites frequented by your target customers. Before doing this, you need to define who will be your target customers. Placing an ad on sites that they usually visit will increase the possibility that your ad will gain the attention and will be followed your target customers.

Also, consider the website's search engine placement, traffic, external linking and the other ads placed on it. External linking will determine if there are other sites that link to this site. This will mean that people can get to the site where your ad is placed, even if they are browsing a different site. Check if many of your competitors have ads on this site.

There are also many creative ways to find free advertising media. You can get a free report here on hidden publicity methods:


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Still stuck for Christmas Gift Ideas

If you are still stuck for ideas on Christmas Gifts this year, then consider Christmas Gift Baskets. They are available in varied range and styles, and you can opt for appropriate Christmas Gift baskets in accordance with the price tag.

Christmas Gift Baskets of chocolate are ideal for chocolate lovers. You may add chocolate bars, boxed chocolates and chocolate candies to make the Christmas gift basket a real delight for your loved one.

One of the most commonly used christmas gift baskets comprises wine and cheese. You could include two bottles of wine, some port, two contrasting cheeses and some oatcakes for a traditional touch.

Gift baskets or hampers are a traditional present for anyone who has performed a service for you during the year: you do not need to know all about their preferences, as well chosen christmas gift baskets will contain a range of items that the whole family can enjoy.

If you order the gift basket for direct despatch to the recipient, remember to include a persoanl message in the hamper.


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Start Podcasting Make Money

Discover How You Can Start Making Profits From The Podcasting Boom. Easy and Fast to Set Up for Any Website

Podcasting is a way of distributing multimedia files, for example music video or audio broadcasts, using RSS or Atom syndication across the Internet. These can then be played at any time on a computer or mobile device. The term podcast, like radio, can mean both the content and the method of delivery. Podcasting has become a massively popular way of listening to downloaded tracks on the move, and it is rare to see anyone under the age of 40 walking without an earpiece playing favourite music on an MP3 to pass the time.

The opportunity for webmasters is to offer direct download or streaming of their files; a podcast is distinguished by its ability to be downloaded automatically using software that reads RSS or Atom feeds.

Usually a podcast features one type of show, with new episodes released either sporadically or at planned intervals. Here in the UK it became clear that Podcasting had reached critical mass when BBC Radio started offering podcasts of its most popular programmes. Website owners need to learn about the potential of this new medium, or risk being left behind.
Internet entrepreneurs who are on the look out for the next opportunity have found their target in this new trend. Podcasting opens up opportunities for any webmaster or blogger to make these look easy:

* Create information products without writing one word

* Make regular podcasts to a membership group or optin list

* Store podcasts on the web for visitors to hear at any time

Podcasting is like making a radio broadcast to the world, and it is about to become a key element in website content. The good news is that podcasting is not surrounded by complex technology or rules and regulations. There is no licence required, unlike radio broadcasting. Podcasting requires no expensive equipment – a simple microphone is enough. Even a home based business can start podcasting, recording their contributions and uploading an MP3 file to the server in the same way as any other web content. Finally, the software can be obtained for free.

We have a tell-all guide to podcasting, showing how to profit from podcasts. "Podcasting Made Easy" is ready for you right now (by instant download).

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Avoid FFA sites

If you are offered the 'new' website promotion program, 'Instant Booster', please leave it alone. It is simply a rebranded set of free FFA submitters that was around two or three years ago. There is a money back guarantee but you can save yourself the effort and hassle of ordering and asking for a refund. The headline reads: 'Can you afford to loose (lose) 300,000 potential customers per year?' Yes, you can, if they are not looking for your product! The program will just create tons of links to FFA farms. Your site 's page ranking can suffer if you are associated with 'bad neighborhood' links - do not bother.

Instead, follow the tried and tested techniques - solid Search Engine Optimisation (SEO). It is not as complicated as you may think. Keep reading for tips, and sign up for my regular updates. When I find paid software that works, don't worry - I will rave about it here!

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Search Engine Optimisation

Search engine optimization (SEO) is the method used to attract targeted visitors to your website or blog via natural or 'organic' listings in search engines. Unless you are going to spend a fortune on Pay Per Click advertising, you need to make search engine optimisation a key part of your website promotion strategy. This means everything you write for your site or blog needs to conform to search engine optimization principles. An optimized web page will include a properly formatted set of metatags and web copy containing your keyword phrases in correct proportions to the overall text length. Done properly, Search Engine Optimization is an effective long term marketing strategy.
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