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google adsense รองรับภาษาไทยแล้ว

2008-03-27T00:29:00.000-07:00

หลังจากได้ติดตาม google adsense มานาน ว่าเมื่อไหร่ ทางพี่กู จะรองรับภาษาไทยสักที จนในที่สุดพวกเราคนไทยตาดำๆ ก็ได้รับข่าวดีกันซะที เพราะเมื่อไม่นานมานี้ ทาง google ได้ทดลองให้ google adsense รองรับภาษาไทยกันแล้ว

แต่ไม่รู้ว่าพี่แก จะเปิดให้ใช้อย่างเป็นทางการเมื่อไหร เพราะพี่แกจับตาดูประเทศไทยอยู่ แต่คงไม่นานเกินรอแน่นอนครับ ถ้าทุกคนทำตามกฏข้อบังคับของ ทาง google adsense ครับ

วิธีนำเอา Code โฆษณาจาก Google Adsense มาติดในเว็บหรือบล๊อก

2008-02-26T00:22:00.000-08:00

จากเรื่องที่แล้วผมเขียนเรื่องการสมัคร Google Adsense ไปแล้ว มาเรื่องนี้ผมขอเขียนเรื่องการนำเอา โค้ดโฆษณาจาก Google adsense มาติดในเว็บหรือบล๊อกของเรานะครับ

บางท่านอาจจะชำนาญแล้วก็ไม่เป็นไรนะครับ แต่ผมหวังว่าเรื่องนี้อาจจะช่วยให้ผู้ที่ยังไม่รู้ หรือยังงงๆ อยู่ได้สามารถนำไปใช้ได้ไม่มากก็น้อยนะครับ :)

มาเริ่มเลยนะครับ ก่อนอื่นต้อง login เข้า account ของตัวเองก่อนที่ www.google.com/adsense

เมื่อ login เข้ามาแล้ว คลิกที่แทบ สร้า Adsense(Create Adsense)ดังรูป

จากนั้นก็จะมาที่หน้าสำหรับเลือกประเภทของโฆษณา ให้เลือกที่ Adsense สำหรับเนื้อหา (หรือ Adsense for content สำหรับภาษาอังกฤษ)ตามรูปนะครับ

หน้าต่อมาจะเป็นหน้าสำหรับให้เราเลือกว่าจะรับโฆษณาแบบไหน แบบหน่วยโฆษณาหรือแบบเป็นลิงค์ ดูตัวอย่างของโฆษณาได้ด้านข้างครับ จากนั้นคลิกที่ ดำเนินการต่อ (หรือ Continue ในภาษาอังกฤษ)

หน้าต่อมาสำหรับเลือกรูปแบบและสีสำหรับโฆษณาที่จะนำไปติดในเว็บหรือบล๊อกของเราครับ สำหรับรูปแบบโฆษณานี้ต้องเลือกขนาดความกว้างและความยาวไม่ให้เกินพื้นที่สำหรับวางโค้ดในเว็บหรือบล๊ออกของเรานะครับ ถ้าขนาดของโฆษณาใหญ่กว่าแล้ว จะทำให้โฆษณาที่แสดงนั้นไม่สมบูรณ์ครับ

เมื่อทำการเลือกรูปแบบและสีสำหรับโฆษณาเสร็จแล้ว คลิกที่ ดำเนินการต่อ (หรือ Continue ภาษาอังกฤษ)เลยครับ

เทคนิคการเพิ่มสีให้กับโฆษณา
- ควรทำสีโฆษณาให้กลมกลืนกับเว็บหรือบล๊อกนะครับ ให้คนอ่านเห็นแล้วคิดว่าเป็นส่วนหนึ่งของเว็บเราเลยยิ่งดีครับ อันนี้จะเพิ่มจำนวนการคลิกได้

หลังจากเลือกรูปแบบและสีเสร็จแล้วก็จะมาที่หน้าสำหรับสร้าง แชแนล (channel) สำหรับโฆษณานี้ครับ แต่ถ้าไม่อยากสร้าง แชแนลสามารถคลิกที่ ดำเนินการต่อ เพื่อไปหน้าต่อไปได้ครับ

ข้อดีสำหรับแชแนลคือจะช่วยให้เราสามารถติดตามได้ว่า โฆษณาตัวไหนมีคนคลิกกีคนครับ

หน้าต่อมาให้เราชื่อของโฆษณานั้น หลังจากตั้งชื่อเสร็จก็คลิกที่ ส่งและรับรหัส(หรือ Get code ในภาษาอังกฤษ) ดังรูปครับ

ขั้นตอนสุดท้ายคือการ ก๊อปปี้ โค้ดที่ได้ไปวางที่เว็บหรือบล๊อกของเราได้เลยครับ

หลังจากที่วางโค้ดในเว็บหรือบล๊อกของเราแล้ว โฆษณาจะไม่แสดงทันทีนะครับ ต้องรอประมาณ 10 นาทีครับ เราจึงจะเห็นหน้าตาของโฆษณาบนเว็บของเรา

และเราสามารถกลับมาแก้ไขสีของโฆษาใหม่ได้ครับ แต่ไม่สามารถเปลี่ยนรูปแบบของโฆษณาได้ โดยคลิกที่แทบ สร้าง Adsense แล้วก็คลิกที่ จัดการโฆษณาครับ

วิธีการสมัคร Google Adsense

2008-02-25T20:46:00.000-08:00

การสมัคร google adsense นั้นมีขั้นตอนการสมัครที่แสนจะง่ายครับ 3-4 ขั้นตอน ก็เสร็จ ใช้เวลาสมัครไม่เกิน 10 นาทีก็เสร็จแล้วครับ แต่ว่าก่อนที่จะสมัครนั้นเราต้องมีเว็บหรือบล๊อกที่เป็นภาษาอังกฤษก่อนนะครับ ถึงจะสมัครได้ และเนื้อหาควรมีสัก 10 หน้าขึ้นไปนะครับ เพื่อให้ดูดี ครับ

สำหรับขั้นตอนการสมัครมีขั้นตอนตามนี้เลยครับ

1. เปิดเว็บขึ้นมาแล้วไปที่ www.google.com/adsense แล้วคลิกที่ Sign up now

2. จากนั้นจะมาที่หน้าที่ 2 หน้านี้จะมีฟอร์มให้เรากรอกข้อมูลอยู่ 3 ส่วน ตามรูป

ส่วนที่ 1 Website Information
- Website URL : ให้กรอก url เว็บไซต์หรือบล๊อกของเรา
- Website Language : ให้กรอกภาษาที่ใช้ในเว็บไซต์ของเรา ให้เลือก english-english

ส่วนที่ 2 Contact Information
- Account type :เลือกประเภทของ account ของเรา ถ้าเป็นส่วนบุคคลให้เลือก Individual หรือ ถ้าเป็นในนามของบริษัทก็เลือก Business ครับ
- Contry or torritory : เลือกประเทศของเรา คือ ประเทศไทย
- Payee Name : ใส่ชื่อผู้รับเงินครับ ก็ใส่ชื่อของเราไป
- Street Address : ใส่ที่อยู่ เช่น บ้านเลขที่, หมูบ้าย, ซอย , ตำบล ถ้าไม่พอก็ช่องข้างล่างอีกก็ได้ครับ
- City/Town : ใส่อำเภอครับ
- Province : ใส่จังหวัด
- Postal Code : รหัสไปรษณีย์
- Phone : หมายเลขโทรศัพท์ โดย ใช้ 66 แทนเลข 0 ตัวหน้าครับ เช่น 02-1234567 เป็น 6621234567
- ตรง Email preference เป็นการรับข่าวสารจากทางกูเกิ้ล ให้ทำเครื่องหมายถูกได้เลยครับ

*หมายเหตุ : หลังจากที่เราสมัครเสร็จแล้วเราจะไม่สามารถ แก้ไข ชื่อผู้รับเงิน ที่อยู่ และ ประเทศ ได้นะครับ ฉนั้นควรตรวจดูให้แน่ใจก่อน

ส่วนที่ 3 Policies
ส่วนนี้จะเป็นนโยบายของทาง กูเกิ้ล ครับ ให้ทำเครื่องหมายถูกทั้ง3 ช่องเลย

เสร็จแล้ว คลิกที่ Submit Information เลยครับ

3. มาหน้าที่ 3 กัน หน้านี้จะเป็นหน้า สำหรับยืนยันข้อมูลของเรา ถ้าต้องการที่จะแก้ไขสามารถคลิกที่ปุ่ม Back ได้เลยครับ หลังจากนี้จะแก้ไขไม่ได้แล้ว

ตรงหัวข้อ Which best describes you? จะให้คลิกอยู่สองช่องคือ
3.1 I have an email and password(google account) I already use with Google services...

ช่องนี้จะถามว่าเราจะใช่ account เดียวกับ บริการอื่นๆ ของ Google หรือไม่ ถ้าเรามี account อย่างอื่นของ Google เช่น Gmail, Adwords และอยากใช้เป็น account เดียวกัน ก็คลิกช่องนี้เลยครับ
หลังจากคลิกที่ช่องนี้แล้ว จะมีช่องให้คลิกเพิ่มอีก 2 ช่อง คือ
- I'd like to use my exiting Google Account for Adsense.
คือ จะใช้ข้อมูลที่มีอยู่แล้วในการสมัคร adsense ไหม
- I'd like to choose a new login name and password just for adsense.
คือ จะเลือก login name และ password ใหม่ หรือเปล่า ถ้าคลิกที่ช่องนี้ ก็จะมีช่องให้สำหรับเรากรอก login name และ password อีกที หรือ

3.2 I do not use these other services. I would like to create a new Google Account.
ถ้าเราต้องการสร้าง account ใหม่เลย ให้เลือกช่องนี้ครับ จากนั้นจะมีช่องสำหรับกรอก loging name และ password ใหม่ตามรูปครับ

หลังจากเลือกข้อ 3.1 หรือ 3.2 แล้ว ให้คลิกที่ Continue เลยครับ หลังจากคลิก Continue แล้วก็จะมาที่หน้าขอบคุณ แต่ยังครับ ยังสมัครไม่เสร็จครับ ที่หน้าขอบคุณนี้ จะบอกให้เราไปเช็คอีเมล์ที่เราสมัครไว้เมื่อกี้ครับเพื่อเป็นการยืนยันอีเมล์ที่เราใช้สมัครไปเมื่อตะกี้ครับ ก็ให้เราไปเช็คในอีเมล์นั้นเลยครับ

ในอีเมล์ของเราก็จะมีอีเมล์มาจาก Google โดยให้เราคลิกที่ลิงค์ที่ทาง Google ให้มาเพื่อเป็นการยืนยันอีเมล์ของเราครับ เมื่อเราคลิกที่ลิงค์แล้ว ก็เป็นการยืนยันอีเมล์ของเราเรียบร้อยแล้วครับ

ขั้นตอนต่อไปคือนั่งรอ หรือทำอย่างอื่นรอก็ได้ครับ ทาง Google จะใช้เวลาประมาณ 1-2 วัน ในการตรวจสอบเว็บของเราที่ใช้สมัครครับ ถ้าเว็บของเราผ่านก็จะมีอรเมล์มากจาก Google ว่า ขอแสดงความยินดีกับคุณด้วย คุณได้สมัครผ่านเรียบร้อยแล้วครับ

เท่านี้ก็สมัครหาเงินกับ Google Adsense ได้เรียบร้อยแล้วครับ สำหรับเรื่องต่อไปจะเป็นเรื่องเกี่ยวกับ การนำเอา Code โฆษณา จาก Google Adsense มาติกในเว็บหรือบล๊อกของเราครับ

- วิธีนำเอา Code โฆษณาจาก Google Adsense มาติดในเว็บหรือบล๊อก

Make Money Online ง่ายๆ โดยไม่ต้องลงทุน

2008-02-24T20:09:00.000-08:00

วันนนี้ไม่มีอะไรทำ (ขี้เกียจมากว่า 55 ) เลยมานั่งหัดเขียนบทความเองซะหน่อย เพราะปกติไม่เคยเขียนเองเลย จะถนัดกอปปี้ มากกว่า55 นี่เป็นบทความแรกเลยก็ว่าได้ ฮา

ส่วนที่ขึ้นหัวเรื่องว่า Make Money Online ง่ายๆ โดยไม่ต้องลงทุนนั้น เพราะเห็นเพื่อนหลายคนถามมาว่า อยากจะมีเงินใช้โดยไม่ต้องลงทุน ผมก็เลยเอามาเขียนเป็นคำตอบให้ซะเลย ย้ำนะครับ ว่าอันนี้สำหรับผู้ที่คิดจะเริ่มทำจริงๆ

สำหรับการหาเงินบนอินเตอร์เน็ตนั้นมีทั้งลงทุนและฟรี แล้วแต่ความชอบครับ บางท่านอาจจะชอบแบบไม่ต้องลงทุนเลย แต่อาจจะลงแรง บวกกับความขยันและอดทน เช่น การสร้างบล๊อก เพื่อเขียนบท หรือโปรโมทสินค้าของตัวเอง หรือ อาจจะเป็นตัวแทนขาย หรือที่เรียกว่า Affiliate marketing เช่น amazon, cj.com, clickbank ฯลฯ หรือบางท่านอาจจะพอมีทุนบ้าง ก็อาจจะเช่าโฮสเป็นของตัว แล้วสร้างเว็บไซต์ ขายสินค้า ของตัวเอง หรือ ทำ Affiliate marketing และอื่นๆ อีก เยอะแยะมากมาย

สำหรับบทความนี้จะเขียนเฉพาะการทำหายรายได้ผ่านอินเตอร์เน็ต โดยไม่ต้องลงทุนแม้ต่บาทเดียวเลยครับ แต่มีข้อแม้นะครับ ต้องมีอินเตอร์เน็ตก่อน สำหรับสิ่งที่ใช้เป็นเครื่องมือในการหารายได้ผ่านอินเตอร์เน็ตแบบฟรีๆ ของผม สิ่งนั้นก็คือ ... Free blog ต่างๆ นั่นเอง ไม่ว่าจะเป็น blogger.com หรือ wordpress ใช้ได้หมดครับ แต่ผมจะใช้ blogger ละกัน เพราะชอบ ใช้ง่ายดี ฮา มาเริ่มต้นกันเลยครับ

1. สร้างบล๊อก(ภาษาอังกฤษ)
สร้างบล๊อกสำหรับเขียนบทความ หรือ อาจจะทำแนะนำสินค้า จาก amazon, clickbank ฯลฯ แต่ต้องเป็นภาษาอังกฤษเท่านั้นนะครับ แต่ถ้าใครที่ภาษาอังกฤษไม่แข็งแรง หรือไม่ชำนาญ ก็สามารถไปกอปปี้ บทความตามเว็บที่ให้บริการ free content ได้ครับ แต่อย่าลืมให้เครดิตเจ้าของเว็บด้วยละกัน

2. ทำเงิน หลังจากที่เรามีบล๊อกเรียบร้อยแล้ว จากนั้นก็ถึงเวลาที่ต้องทำเงินกันแล้ว เครื่องมือที่จะทำให้เราสามารถทำเงินได้มีดังนี้ครับ
- Google Adsense google adsense คือ การที่เราไปเอาโฆษณาของ google มาติดในเว็บเรา โดยโฆษณาที่จะแสดงบนเว็บหรือบล๊อกของเรานั้นจะสัมพันธ์กับเนื้อหาบนเว็บหรือบล๊อกของเรา โดยขั้นตอนการขอโฆษณามาติดนั้นก็ไม่ยุ่งยาก แค่เราไปสมัคร google adsense แล้วจากนั้นก็เอาโค้ด(code) มาใส่ในบล๊อกของเราได้เลย

- Affiliate Marketing ตัวต่อมาคือ การเป็นตัวแทนขายสินค้า หรือ Affiliate Marketing มีหลายที่ให้เลือกครับ เช่น amazon.com, cj.com, clickbank.com และอื่นๆ อีกมีเยอะเลย แต่ที่เลือกมาเท่านี้เพราะผมทำแค่ 3 ที่เองครับ และจ่ายจริงไม่มีโกงชัวร์

3. ทำการโปรโมท บล๊อกให้ดัง หรือ Search Engine Optimization(SEO)ขั้นตอนนี้ถือว่าจำเป็นอย่างมาก ถ้าเราไม่โปรโมทคนก็จะไม่รู้จักบล๊อกของเรา ยิ่งเราทำให้บล๊อกของเราอยู่อันต้นๆ ของเว็บ search Engine เท่าไหร ยิ่งเป็นผลดีต่อบล๊อกเรา แต่ถ้าไม่มีคนเข้าบล๊อกของเราผลกระทบโดยตรงก็คือ ไม่มีคนมาคลิกโฆษณา หรือ ซื้อสินค้าของเรานั่นเอง ฮา และสุดท้ายก็ไม่ได้เงิน 55

แถมอีกวิธีนึง ที่จะทำเงินได้ คือ หลังจากที่เราโปรโมท หรือ ทำ SEO ให้บล๊อกเราจนติดใน เว็บ Search Engine แล้ว ลองเช็ค ค่า pagerank หรือ traffic บล๊อกดู ถ้า traffic เยอะๆ หรือ pagerank ของบล๊อก มีค่า 4 ขึ้นไปแล้ว สามารถเอาบล๊อกของเรา ไปเสนอขายโฆษณาได้ ที่ textlinkads.com นะครับ แค่เอาบล๊อกไปสมัครจากนั้นรออนุมัติ ถ้าอนุมัติแล้วก็เอาโค้ดมาติดได้เลยครับ ราคาขั้นต่ำ ก็ประมาณ 20 USD. ต่อ 1 ลิงค์ ครับ สูงสุดติดโด้ 8 - 10 ลิงค์

นี่แค่บล๊อกเดียวนะครับ ลองคิดดูถ้าเรามีสัก 10 บล๊อก แล้วติดโฆษณาทั้ง 10 บล๊อกเลย... แต่ต้องขยันโปรโมท ขยัน อัพเดท นะครับ อัพเดทอย่าง สามวัน ครั้งก็ยังดี

ส่วนเรื่องต่อไป จะอธิบายขั้นตอนและวิธีการสมัคร google adsense และ affiliate ทั้ง สามตัวเลยครับ(amazon, cj, clickbank) รวมทั้งวิธีการทำ Search Engine Optimization(SEO) หรือ การโปรโมทบล๊อก ครับ

- วิธีการสมัคร Google Adsense
- วิธีนำเอา Code โฆษณาจาก Google Adsense มาติดในเว็บหรือบล๊อก

Height PR Directories List

2007-11-28T06:37:00.000-08:00

If you finding more back link to your site. Here I have listed the general directories on the internet in which you get a valid link for the search engines.

1. Easy Web Directory
2. URLZ Web Directory
3. Universal Information Exchang
4. Livedir.net - Directory
5. Jayde
6. CANLinks Directory
7. Festival de Cine Portatil
8. InfoListings Directory
9. Cyber-Find
10. Ritahe-Alth Directory

11. Submit Directory
12. Skoobe.biz
13. LiteDirectory
14. Pro Link Directory
15. InfraSec-Conf.org
16. Gmdir
17. SirPac Web Directory
18. Gain Web
19. Global Index Directory
20. Arakne Links

21. Nicksyear Directory
22. Web1Directory.com
23. SearchtheWeb.com
24. JHUCR Free Directory
25. Pliner.Net
26. Submission For You
27. Business Seek.biz
28. Tsection
29. Keyword Directory
30. Astrosearch

31. IllumiRate
32. Domaining.in
33. Eliteweb.cc
34. Uc33 Web Directory
35. Skype Media Web Directory
36. Clarib Web Directory
37. KCindex Web Directory
38. Pegasus Directory
39. Link Centre
40. SearchSight.com Directory

41. Sams Directory
42. DBUJ Free Web Directory
43. Scrabblestop.com
44. SEO Directory Hopunloppu.fi
45. Inteligentd
46. TopSites Submlime Directory
47. SEO Executive
48. Cyber Web Search
49. Suggest Link.net
50. 3windex Exclusive Web Directory
51. XP SEO Directory
52. Dynn.Org Web Directory

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Increasing Google Pagerank For your Website

2007-11-06T00:50:00.000-08:00

So you've heard about Google Pagerank and you know what it is. Now that you know exactly what it is, I am sure you want to increase your pagerank so you can get better rankings in the SERP's and get more website traffic. Search Engine Optimisation is the art of gaining a better pagerank through the knowledge and experience of an SEO expert. Search Engine Optimisation covers all facets of what it takes to get a website ranking well in the SERP's, from onsite changes like titles and meta tags, to offsite SEO factors like linking. Since your website probably has a low pagerank and you would like to do something to increase it this article covers some hints and tips that will aid you in your efforts. Many so called SEO experts have brought to the SEO marketplace tools that you can assist you in increasing your website pagerank. However it should be noted that the majority of these tools are useless and really do not assist you at all. What will increase Google pagerank is applying some of the techniques listed below to your site. Using these proven methods will guarantee a way of boosting your websites pagerank and they are all completely free SEO techniques. So you should ask yourself, why spend the money to increase pagerank when we’ll tell you how to do it for free?

Increasing pagerank

As we said, there are several SEO techniques to increase a web site’s Google pagerank. Even if you only follow one of the techniques below, you can expect to see a positive difference in your website’s pagerank.

Technique #1: Content

Despite the fact that SEO experts constantly talk about the importance of content, most web masters ignore their advice to make sure their sites have quality content. It’s really crazy, particularly when you consider the fact that Google looks at content when determining pagerank. Thus, one of the greatest techniques toward improving pagerank is to simply make sure your site has quality content. This content should ALWAYS be relevant to the topic of the site. The content should not be too long (greater than 2500 words a page) or too short, should be informative and should include the right amount of keywords (a keyword density of 2-5%). If your content has all of this, you should be in very good condition to increase your pagerank.

Technique #2: Back links

The major determining factor in Google’s pagerank is back links. These are incoming links from one site to your site. What these links tell Google is that your site must have good content on it, or else other sites would not be linking to it. Now you might think that all that matters is the links, right? Not exactly. Google has gotten very smart and accurate with pagerank, and so they can tell bad links (i.e. Links from link farms, irrelevant sites etc.) from the good links (links in articles, links from relevant sites etc.). The most effective technique in increasing pagerank is to gather good back links. The next two techniques on our list deal with this. Also you can find directories for submission your site in to these directories that can help you for back link you your site.

However, I has listed best directories more than 500 directories for you click here

Technique #3: Forums and Blogs

Google is known for quickly indexing forums and blogs. Literally the fastest way to gain a good back link is to simply post a link to your site on a forum or a blog. Most forums consider outright linking to be spam, so you’ll have to make sure you do this in the right way. Try joining forums relevant to your site’s topic and put a link to your site in your signature, if it’s allowed. Also, put a link to your site in your profile. Then post 1-10 times. Your posts should contribute something to the forum so that they are not edited or, worse, removed.

As for using blogs to gain more links, you can try to create a blog of your own and casually put a link to your site on it. You can also try commenting on other relevant blogs and including a link to your site in these comments. Once again, you need to be cautious in how you do this—you don’t want to make comments that are outright promoting your site.

Technique #4: Articles

An popular way of gaining a better Google pagerank is to write articles. These articles are based off of your site. For instance, if you run a photography site, you may write an article on digital photography. At the end of the article, you might include something like “for more on digital photography, visit insert site.com”. Article back links are very effective because they are considered credible by Google. One thing to remember is to not mention your site too many times; one or two mentions per article is fine. You can submit your articles to AssociatedContent.com and Ezines or you can use article submission services or Article Submitter software.

Article Source: http://www.superfeature.com

Creating a web page with HTML – Text Formatting

2007-11-06T00:49:00.000-08:00

TEXT FORMATTING
Text formatting enables you to design your text like bold, italic or underlined, align your text to right, left or center and you will also be able to manipulate the fonts used in the web page.

TEXT ALIGNMENT
Text alignment feature allows you to align text against the left margin, right margin or center. All the major browsers support the text and element alignment attributes.

Alignment of Individual Elements
The ALIGN attribute is used to align individual heading or text. It has only three values.LEFT, RIGHT and CENTER. Always remember to keep in mind your Web page design before using any tag and it’s attribute.

Block Alignment
Block alignment of text is done using the tag. This tag stands for division and has many attributes associated with it. The tag is used to align a block of text, and all that comes within the and is affected by this element. Using the tag you can align i.e., Paragraph, images and headings. A major advantage of this tag is that by using it once you are able to align a whole lot of text unlike the ALIGN tag. You can align tag to the values of LEFT, RIGHT, and CENTER by using ALIGN within the tag.

CHARACTER STYLES
At this stage of your knowledge of web authoring, it is important to know what are character styles and how they are used in a web page. Character style tags are those which are used to display text within HTML elements. For example, to make text bold or underlined. You can manipulate text appearance using either logical style or physical style. Let’s begin with logical style tags.

Logical Styles
Logical style text tags are used to define the way the text is to be used in a particular context. They are mostly used where the developer need to display a quote, a definition or emphasize on a word.
If the text using a logical tag appears normal in your browser then it means that the browser does not support that logical style tag. Each browser may interpret these tags very differently. Due to this unpredictable nature of the logical tags, it is wise not to depend on them

Physical Styles
Physical tags are mainly used for formatting text like displaying text as bold, underline or italic. Unlike the logical they are much more stable since they are not browser dependent. They are displayed exactly as you define them while writing your HTML code.

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Creating a Target Keywords List

2007-11-06T00:45:00.000-08:00

The use of appropriate key words is one of the most important aspects of search engine optimization. Selecting and targeting pertinent key words and phrases is crucial for building web traffic and getting the audience you want for your web pages. Like any other type of advertisement, your key words must be carefully chosen to ensure that you achieve both high page rankings and relevant traffic. Achieving high page ranks is useless if the traffic it brings you is not the right audience. For this reason, many experts believe that the target key word list used for a site can mean either success or failure for a web site or online business.

It is no longer enough to simply choose a relevant domain name for an online business or web site. Choosing the right key words for the site is now equally if not more important. The majority of people who visit a site get there by using a search engine. They will type in two or three words that describe what they’re looking for, scan the resulting list generated and pick one that seems relevant until they get the answer or product they need. This is where target key words are utilized. Key words are what enable people to find your site; choosing the right key words for your site will ensure the right people find you.

With this in mind, identifying your target audience is the first step in creating relevant key words and phrases. Again, this is not dissimilar to targeting television advertisements. Consider location when you are developing your target market. For example, if you own a used car dealership in Hayward, California, any traffic you get from outside a very specific area is virtually useless to you. Similarly, if you operate an online business that does not ship outside the USA, generating traffic from other countries will not help you make sales. By adding key words that are specific to your location as well as your product, you will better hone into your target audience, improve your rankings, and achieve a better conversion rate, which will help increase your site’s page ranking, in turn.

Keyword competition should also be taken into consideration when developing a site’s key word list. Going back to the used car dealership example, let’s say a potential customer types in the word “cars” into a search engine. They’ll never find what they need, because it’s far too general—generating around 500,000,000 different sites to choose from. Typing in “used cars” generates almost 70,000,000. That’s still too many to deal with effectively. Using “used cars Hayward” generates almost 900,000 hits, and narrowing the focus even further by using the zip code rather than the city name reduces it to less than 25,000.

Choosing key words for your web site works the same way. If your key words are too general, your target audience will never find your site, because the search terms generate so many web sites that it is impossible to look through them all. However, if you go too far in the opposite direction and use too many key words, or key words which are too specific, you risk losing business as well. The best key word phrases are no more than three words in length.

So how do you choose the right key words? The first step is brainstorming with colleagues, friends or an SEO professional, to come up with a list of 20 or more appropriate key words. The Google Keyword Tool is an excellent place to research key words. By entering key words into this tool it will give you an idea of the popularity of certain words and offers you alternative key words and phrases.

Once you have a good list of terms, you may want to refine it to call out the strongest terms that have the best potential for sales or traffic conversion. There are several good online research tools available, which can help you decide which words will be most effective for you. Some good examples are WordTracker and Keyword Discovery. These sites may charge a fee for using their database. After reviewing the terms, eliminate the key words that rank poorly or are very unpopular, then prioritize the remaining terms according to search popularity. These terms will become the keywords you will want to focus your initial SEO campaign on.

Always remember that when it comes to key words, you are focusing on optimizing your traffic rather than maximizing it. Setting up the right keyword list for optimization is the cornerstone to a successful web site.

Article Source: http://www.superfeature.com

6 Things To Know Before You Start An Internet Marketing Business

2007-11-06T00:42:00.000-08:00

Are you ready to start an internet marketing business? Here are 6 things you should consider when starting an internet business of your own.

1. Even though you are doing your business at home and on the internet you may have other costs. Those could include getting it up and running such as a table or desk to work on, chairs, a phone, file cabinet, bookshelf, paper, pens, and paper clips. You will need a computer, possibly a printer, computer paper, and so on.

2. You may have more time than money. Others will have more money than time. It is cheap to set up an internet business, but you have to deal with your own set of circumstances and build it from where you are starting.

3. You will need hosting for a website or blog, a domain name, and someone to build your own website. It may even be you, or you can hire someone to do it for you at places like eLance.com. One other thing that all successful internet marketers do is build a mailing list using an autoresponder company such as GetResponse.

This is perhaps the most important step and should not be skipped. Building a mailing list is as simple as offering something for free in exchange for contact info from your prospect. The long term benefits of having a mailing list of thousand of names you can market to is obvious.

4. Be sure and include quality graphics on your website. This will make it look more professional. Add a blog and really begin to gain momentum quickly by adding a comments sections and other things like video, audio, and polls to make it really interactive.

5. Someone in your company will have to learn to write. You will be replying to email and adding fresh content to your site or blog if you get one. fresh content is what makes an internet business advance beyond that of the competition.

You can hire a good ghostwriter if you do not like to write, or do not have time to do it. The important thing is to build an internet business by offering many pages on content relating to many different keywords people are searching for products on. If you do that you will be a success.

6. Finally be prepared to become an expert on getting traffic to your site. Without visitors you will not make any money in your new internet marketing business.

Article Source: http://www.superfeature.com

How To Start An E-Commerce Business

2007-08-14T09:43:00.000-07:00

The dot.com boom of the 1980s permitted legions of people to cash in on the mushrooming availability and popularity of the Internet but when the bubble burst, there were those who did not cash in but instead ended up owing the bank a small fortune. Those who profited were also those who were able to find a way of starting an ecommerce business without a bank loan. Granted, some might have dipped into their credit cards or homes equity, which is only marginally better but by and large they only invested that which they knew they could afford to lose.

At this point in time potential web entrepreneurs are a lot more hesitant to march to the bank and ask for a loan to fund their ecommerce business. They have learned from the mistakes of others and perhaps they are already so strapped in their personal finances that they know adding another monthly payment will send them over the abyss. Those who are able to not take out the loans in order to invest them in a shiny new ecommerce opportunity will also be those who will live to try another day. The others who may or may not succeed will require years some even decades to financially recover from a failure.

It is important to understand that you do not need to start an ecommerce business with a bank loan. Instead, there are alternative ways of funding your entrepreneurship and those methods might in the long run be safer. For example, you will need a great computer and the latest software to make your presence known on the Net. While it is tempting to buy the latest and greatest machine, find out if you can simply upgrade that which you already have.

Usually you will be able to do so for a fraction of the price that a new system costs. If a new computer system is indicated, wait until special sales events come up and take advantage of them. Refurbished units and used machines which are for sale on many of the major auction sites are also a good idea. Similarly, do not worry about having an office to start out. You spare bedroom will work just fine until the money begins to roll in. It is important that you do not spend money on items which will do little to further your business.

Thus, if you are making and selling e-books, an office is unnecessary. Advertising, packaging and other incidentals can all be tackled at a shoe string budget until your business grows to such an extent that you can get a bit fancier. While it is tempting to ask for money from the bank, remember that you will need to repay this money no matter what. Starting an ecommerce business without a bank loan makes more sense in the long run, since you will be able to finance the next phase of your business with the monies you earn from the current phase.

Source : http://www.articlesbase.com

How to Get Internet Advertising Cheap!

2007-08-14T09:42:00.000-07:00

How do I get internet advertising cheap? Awesome question. Well lets start off with free internet advertisement and then move to cheap internet advertising.

Free Internet Advertisement

Among the best ways to get free ads for your site online are link exchanges. While frowned upon by some I have found them to be extremely successful. The basic concept of it is "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours". You put my link on your site and I'll put yours on my site.

Sounds easy enough right? Well it really is.

To get started with this link exchange concept you will need to create a links page on your site. Decide up front whether you want to put text links, or image links. Image links require banners and may make your links page load slow, while text links load faster and often don't take away from the overall look and feel of your site. I would suggest text links. In order for this free internet advertisement scheme of ours to work you need to find sites you would like to place your link / or ad on. It's always best to put your link on a page of similar content. The reason for this is simple; If you run a website for "Beach Volleyball Lovers" and you put your free advert on a site for Russian Hockey Fans you probably aren't going to get many people clicking through to your site. So find a site that is similar to yours and contact that person via email and say something like hey I run such and such site, and I would like to exchange links with you. The more people you contact the more internet advertisements you get.

Once you have that Free Internet Advertisement / Link exchange stuff down to a science it may to time for you to purchase some cheap or affordable internet advertising

Cheap Internet Advertisement

My 2 personal favorites on the way of internet advertisement companies are the 2 giants; Yahoo and Google.

Google Adwords and Yahoo Publisher are my current solutions to internet advertisement on the cheap. Yahoo currently has a .10 CPC(cost per click) minimum on all ads. Google on the other hand does not. It's possible to put ads on Google syndicated searches for .01 CPC That is as cheap as it gets. However if you want the ads on their search engine search results I believe there is a .05 CPC minimum. Either way Google seems to be the cheaper of the two companies as far as the advertisement goes.

Another concept I would like to touch upon is "branding" or getting the name of your company out there. If you sell antiques and put an ad on Google, it may be displayed 1,000 before it is clicked. That means your banner or ad with your Sites name was displayed 1,000 for .05 cents. Well.. dam that's a deal. Eventually people will start to associate your sites name Bubbas Antiques with quality quality antiques. Believe it or not people branding is what sells. If you are thirsty and see 2 pops (sodas) on a table one says Pepsi and the other says Bubbas cola you are most likely to buy the Pepsi.

So again there are many ways to get internet advertisements cheap or free. All you need to do is get out there and do it.

Source : http://www.articlesbase.com

How do I make a Mobile Device Website?

2007-08-14T09:35:00.000-07:00

Mobile Devices like the BlackBerry and Pocket PC are becoming ever more popular. People are moving away from the office so that they can become more productive.

As this trend continues it becomes even more popular for the webmaster or business to have a website that is friendly to a mobile device.

It's best to retain those web users and maybe even gain a few new one in the process. Website's specifically engineered for mobile devices do just that.
Why can't mobile devices use the same website as pc's and mac's?

Well the main reason is that the pages are way to large. Most websites are made to be viewed at a 1024x768 resolution or at least 800x600. Well the BlackBerry 8730e has a resolution of 320x240. It's the equivalent of looking at a map through a pinhole.

So what needs to be done? We need to lower the resolution of the web page. Because we can't expect 90% of your users that are on PC's to look at a tiny website on their screen we need to create a duplicate site.

There are a few solutions, but the best one in my opinion is to do it by hand. 1st consider why someone would be viewing your website from a mobile device? There are a few main reasons 1.Looking for email address 2.Looking for phone number 3.Looking for location 4.They want to know more about your company

OK. I'm getting ahead of myself here. So we must create a second website for mobile users. Most people choose to go with the mobile.yourwebsite.com approach. I think that creating a subdomain is probably the best and fastest way to deal with the situation.
Creating Subdomain for Mobile on Apache Web Server

If you are running your site on an apache web server chances are that it has cpanel and in cpanel there is a create subdomain icon/text. If this is the case go there and follow those directions. It will then create a folder on your site like so. http://www.yoursite.com/mobile/ and when users go to mobile.yoursite.com it will show the contents of the mobile folder.
Creating Subdomain for Mobile on IIS Server

Creating Subdomain on IIS Server is a little more tricky that on Apache. First you must create a folder in the inetpub called mobile. Then you need to add new website by right clicking My Computer going to Manage and then Services and Then IIS then Web Sites. Create a new website naming it Mobile Site, then make sure that the properly / Home Directory Tab is showing the contents of the mobile folder. Then go to the control panel and select network devices and right click your network connection and go to properties. Then click the advanced button and make sure the tab is on IP Settings. Add an IP address (a new one not the same one as your other site) and then save all that.

Now you need to NAT the incoming request for mail.yoursite.com to that internal ip address. I may have skipped a step or two but i thing i have all that covered. If you have questions just google "Subdomain Setup IIS Tutorial"

Now back to what we where talking about earlier, making a few pages specifically for the mobile device browsers You need to create at least 4 different pages

* Email Directory
* Phone Directory
* Location
* About

If your organization is not that large you can probably compress Email / Phone directory into 1 contact page.

These pages need to be minimal. Minimal text, minimal tables, minimal pictures ect. Also NO FRAMES, NO JAVASCRIPT, and NO FLASH as most mobile device browsers can't read any of those.

Assuming that everything has wen 't well you should have a mobile friendly website that can be viewed by any user anywhere. Make sure to post a link on your main page linking to the Mobile Page, and give it out to your customers as well.

Source : http://www.articlesbase.com

Leverage Web Directories To Boost SEO!

2007-08-14T09:34:00.000-07:00

The pioneer of the web directory would have to be dmoz. The big benefit of Dmoz is that it is an open source link directory By open source I mean it is free to get into. It is not easy to have your site included in Dmoz but I recommend that every give it a shot. The websites that do get included will surely see reap so big benefits. It's not unheard of for webmasters to purchase domain names just because they are indexed in Dmoz.

Internet link directories are websites that have a sorted list of websites by specific categories. Internet directories are mostly used to find information on a specific subject

Directories have their initial category and are then split into a subcategory. Under the category of computers, for instance, one would find several subcategories for hardware and software, the Internet, hacking, ethics, education, computer jobs, algorithms, robotics, and virtual reality, to name a few. Each of these subcategories would be divided further into sites providing more specific topics.

Internet web directories are also used to help a webmaster improve their seo. Directories are useful to webmasters as quality backlinks. This is how they help build a web sites link popularity.

There are many different types of link directories such as general directories. The other directories will focus on a specific niche. If you are going to use web directories to help you build backlinks submit to as many as you can. Getting a link placed in a general web directory is good but if you can find one that relates to your niche it's even better. If your website is in a niche topic, using a niche link directory can allow you to get traffic that is highly targeted.

99% of directories and edited manually by a human. Just about all search engines will use website bots to index and add your website to their engine. The best part of a directory is that they are easy to maintain and create. It does not take much effort to create a quality directory. These are just a few reasons they have become a favorite source for webmasters.

Directories follow different processes for submitting links. The directory can ask you to register before submitting a link. Some will let you submit a free link but it can take a long time for you listing to show up. The fastest way to get listed is to pay for your inclusion. While getting your site listed in a popular link directory may cost money, it is well worth it. In addition to this, you will find that your site will begin receiving traffic much faster.

Try and submit you site to only the best link directories to get a good return on your investment. Having your site included in such a directory would give it the benefit of being listed as a quality site, as well as ensure high rankings. Submitting to directories is one of the most commonly used methods to improve a websites seo and PR standings. Your website will become much more visible, and this will allow you to gain larger amounts of traffic. The last benefit of submitting to directories is that you will now be able to sell quality advertising space.

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The Importance of Incoming Links

2007-08-14T09:32:00.000-07:00

When you to go google, and type in a search term, well say for example "make money online". The most revelant search terms will show up. How do you get those spots?

Some people will argue with me here the single most important factor is the incoming links. There are a few types of different incoming links. I personally have had 3 websites rank on number 1 for google.

1. One way links: One way links are just that. You have a website giving you a one way link to your website. These are valued the highest of all the links coming in. How would you go about getting these types of links? There are websites out there that offer that. Go to google and type in "one way links" You'll get plenty of results. It never hurts to do a little research on the sites before accepting their terms.

2. Reciprical links: These are links that would exchange with someone, and the most common type of link. How would you go about getting these? Simple, you just ask. Send them an email with your name your website, telling them you want to link. Put the link on your site first, and let the webmaster know where it is. If they don't respond contact again in a week. Still no response, delete the link.

3. 3 Way Links: They are 3 different websites all 1 way linking to each other. For example: Site A,B,C... Site A Links to B Site B Links to C Site C links to A. If this is confusing, draw it out on a piece of paper in a triangle shape, and you will see A--B B--C C--A.

Another important thing to remember is to link to websites that have the same theme as yours. Incoming links can't hurt you, but your out going links can. If you have a website about dogs, you don't want links coming in from Debt Companies, get it?

Of course there are a few other things that contribute to getting a high ranking page, but I'll go over that at a different time.

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Downloadable Audio Books: Demand Up And Prices Down

2007-08-14T09:27:00.000-07:00

Yes, audio books demand is growing very rapidly and the industry has a hard time delivering what consumers demand. And the increased demand means for consumers that prices are coming down as quantities increase.

One has to distinguish between the physical product audio book, that is delivered on cassettes and CD's and the digital audio book that can 'only' be downloaded from the Internet. But let's first look why the demand has increased that much:

The hectic lifestyle most of us are forced to lead leaves little time to sit down and read a book. Commuting, heavy work schedules, the kids, different daily chores use up a lot of time. There is simply not enough time left to pick up a book and sit down to enjoy it....

On the other hand we all have time in the day when we are not really busy mentally, where the brain is in 'idle' or has at least a lot of spare capacity. Whilst you are occupied with work that demands that you use your eyes (and hands), the mind would be glad to get decent and stimulating input. Just think traffic jam, weeding or cutting the grass, or any other manual chore and housework that use up hours every day, or jogging, working out - any type of sport that mostly occupies the muscles.

An audio book, read by a professional narrator who is telling you the story, is an ideal way to 'read' books that you wanted to read for a long time, but that lack of time did not permit. Story telling has a very long tradition and with the new technology, it is gaining popularity again.

"For many people, listening to an audio book is an opportunity to hear an author firsthand," says Mary Beth Roche, president of the Audio Publishers Association (APA) and president of Audio Renaissance, a New York-based audio book company. "It's like having the very best lecture series, not just in your own town, but in your own car or home." - and at your command, they'll read when YOU are ready to listen.

Audio books used to be thought of as limited special products for only the blind and sight impaired or for kids and lazy people who either can not or do not want to read themselves. This has dramatically changed over the last few years. A survey of the Audio Publisher's Association has found that the average listener to audio books is about 45 years of age and has an average yearly income of more than $50'000, at least a college education and often more advanced degrees. And these people are very Internet savvy.

In short: These affluent middle aged internauts are the ideal customers for on line audio book shops. Downloading an audio book is like picking up their email for these customers and they appreciate the ease of purchasing a new novel in form of a down loadable audio book, be it for their iPod, Zune or other MP3 player.

"Middle-class, well educated, and smart, that's a great demographic to have," says Eileen Hutton, vice president of editorial for Brilliance Audio, one of the oldest publishers of audio books.

Roche says there is no data on sales for the industry as a whole. "We are just beginning to send out surveys to compile sales information, but individually, members of the Association boast of annual sales increases in the double digits," Roche adds.

Audio book sales are increasing so fast that the audio book industry is not able to keep up with the demand. Creating an audio version of a book is more costly and time intensive than printing. More often than not, an actor or a professional narrator has to be hired to narrate the book, and there's the cost of the recording studio, a production crew, post production and packaging ( that applies to conventional audio books on CD - Down loadable audio books don't have that cost attached.). A large saving can be made by making the audio books available as down-loadable audio file. This is also reflected in the cheaper prices for audio books that are down loadable directly from an on-line audio book store.

The peak sales season for audio publishers are in the spring as Americans prepare for those long driving vacations or basking on the beach, and before the Christmas season, when people are shopping for holiday gifts. Sales start to be a lot more even though, as people routinely pick up audio books to feed their MP3 players.

Audio books are especially good for children who hate to read because of problems in school. That way they are familiarized with the adventure of using their own imagination to paint their mental pictures of what they hear, rather than just staring on the TV screen. Also, if they have the book and the audio, reading along can help to overcome reading problems:

"Librarians and teachers have been using audio books for years in the classroom, but parents aren't making the logical connection at home," says Amanda D'Acierno, director of audio publishing at Random House. "It's been proven that listening and reading go hand and hand. If children can hear the spoken word and follow along with the book that helps them. Listening is much more in tune with the way humans learn than sitting down and reading a book."

People who for some reason or other don't have the reading skills they should have, but are intellectually fit can listen to audio books to continue their education and listen to self help audiobooks, language course audios etc.

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Making Money with Blogs - Blogging Isn't Just for Online Diaries Any More

2007-08-14T09:24:00.000-07:00

At first blogging was strictly used as a tool for online diaries. Then blog and ping came along and people began making money with blogs. Then in 2006 tag and ping was introduced and blogging became an even more formidable tool in the hands of internet marketers.

Today many of the most well-known internet marketers have their own blogs which they use to keep customers informed of what's happening. Many marketers use a blog as a way to promote their upcoming product launches and to dialog with their visitors. By leaving comments visitors and customers can interact with the blogger, using the comment box to ask questions, give testimonials, and let their thoughts be heard.

Anyone, whether experienced or internet newbie, can set up a blog, make a post, and have search engines spidering their site within minutes. Visitors can be coming to their blog in less than a day.

Blogging Tools

There are lots of great tools for bloggers to use. Many of these tools are free. Blogging software such as Wordpress combined with a multitude of plugins, tag and ping, RSS, and social bookmarking work together to making blogging a phenomenal way to get your product or information before the public.

There are plugins that put tagging on steroids, such as Ultimate Tag Warrior. There are plugins that help you put video on your blog with a simple line of code, such as Fallen Media Plugin. And at least one plugin, Akismet, that takes care of spam comments.

There are plugins that create a static home page on the blog, similar to a home page on a static web site. If you don't want a home page, perhaps you would like to make a permanent post that stays at the top of the main page. There is a plugin that will do that called Adhesive. There is also a plugin called Adsense Deluxe that simplifies placing Adsense ads on the blog.

Favorite Wordpress plugin downloads can be found at:

Headzoo.com - some of the best plugins for Wordpress

Wp-Plugins.net - has an amazing number of plugins for Wordpress

There are also free themes available for you to use with your blog. A theme is the look of the blog. If you are using Wordpress, check out Themes.Wordpress.net for an unbelievable number of free themes you can download and use for your blog.

The Importance of a Good Ping List

First of all, if your blog is keyword-rich, the search engine spiders will visit your site's quality content, especially if you update and ping your blog regularly, once a week at the very least.

For lists of possible sites to add to your ping list do a search on the term "ping list" or visit these two sites: SeoBlackhat.com/2005/09/05/rss-ping-list/ and InternetFamous.net/2007/list-of-ping-services.html.

Submitting Your Blog and RSS Feeds

Two more ways to get more traffic to your site is to submit your blog and your RSS feed to sites like Technorati and Ice Rocket. A great list of fifty-five such sites can be found at MasterNewMedia.org/rss/top55.

There are many sites where you can submit your blog, such as Technorati and Icerocket. There are also sites like these that include feed aggregators that will syndicate your RSS feeds. Or you can use a service like RSS Submit to submit your RSS feeds automatically.

Conclusion

This is just a quick rundown of the tools available for bloggers to generate traffic to their blogs. Of course, new tools are being created all the time. Last year tag and ping and social bookmarking became popular.

Now we are in a new year with new possibilities. Whatever happens, blogging is continually gaining in popularity as a way to make money online.

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Google Adsense - Make Money With High Paying Keywords

2007-08-14T09:15:00.000-07:00

If you are a website publisher looking for a fast and easy way to make money, Google Adsense program is for you. Posting relevant, text-based Google adsense ads on your web site's content pages will earn you money every time someone clicks on them. Many people are now realizing that this is a good way to make money.

How much you will earn per click depends on how much the advertisers are paying for the keyword. Keyword is the most important factor. If the keywords the advertiser have chosen are high paying keywords, you could earn more dollars per click. On the other hand, low paying keywords will earn you just a few cents per click.

Start making money out of your website using Google Adsense now:

1. Sign up for a Google Adsense account.

2. Insert the Adsense code into the web pages. Google Adsense ads will start to appear after that.

3. You start to earn money when visitors click on the Google Adsense ads, this will range from a few cents to a few dollars per click.

4. You can log in to your Google Adsense account to check your statistics.
a) go to adsense setup
b) select channels
c) select Adsense for content and click on URL channels
d) Add in all the URL of your web pages. (If you have many web pages containing AdSense ads, this will help you to monitor the clicks on different pages.)

Once you start to make money from this website using Google Adsense Program, you may want to build as many sites as possible to maximise your earning. Of course there are other factors that will affect how your website will perform, you may learn it step by step in a later stage.

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Article Marketing And Article Submissions Are The Way Of The Present

2007-08-14T09:14:00.000-07:00

In today's online world, article marketing and article submissions are starting to be even more and more in style with so many webmasters beginning to become conscious of the many pros of writing and submitting articles. The issue that many of these site owners have is that they simply do not have enough time in the day to write and submit several articles. It's at this point that an article submission service comes into play.

Of course, you want to choose the right service, and here is a simple tip for you. Be sure that the article submission service offers manual article submissions.

Now more than ever, article marketing websites and directories are claiming higher and higher record breaking submissions of well written articles. Search engines are now placing much more weight on one way inbound links to your website. One of the best ways to attain those links is by writing unique articles. That's why today people are devoting more and more of their time writing these informative articles. Actually, this is a practice that all webmasters should get in the habit of doing as it is an excellent way of accumulating these one way links.

Should you use an article submission service?

Like I said before, many of us do not have the available time to allocate to article marketing. Because of this fact, a new service has arrived where individuals or companies are thrilled to submit your uniquely written articles to numerous article directories, which is more often than not at least twenty, for a fee of course. A good few of these people and companies also offer article writing and submission services, whereby not only will they submit your article, but they will also write it for you. This can free up all the time that you currently devote to article marketing. Now you can use that time to help grow your business.

There are several sites on the web that offer these article submission services, and they all pretty much submit to the same article directories. Of course, you want to be sure that your articles are getting submitted to the best of the online directories, like ezinearticles.com.

Of course, you shouldn't focus your entire internet marketing campaign on article submissions. There are many other techniques you can use to attain inbound links and thus drive traffic to your site. One of these techniques is directory submissions. The idea is the same as article submissions, you submit your site to many online directories that categorize your site and display it, similar to yellow pages.

Another technique is text link ads. These are ads that webmasters will put on their site linking back to your site. Usually, you will have to offer them something in return. Sometimes, this is money or some other form of payment. Others, it's a reciprocal link which goes to a web page of their choosing.

It is important to accumulate as many backlinks as possible, since they will help you drive traffic to your site and help push you up in the search engine rankings. But, that's for another article. However, it's safe to say that you should be putting a major effort into getting backlinks.

Because of this, article marketing has already become incredibly popular, however it is my opinion that soon enough it will become substantially larger and a must for anyone trying to achieve high rankings in the search engines.

The best advice I could give is to start writing right now and if, like many others, you don't have enough time, find someone to write for you for a fair price. As in many other areas of life, the harder you work the more the reward. Well, at least the smarter you work.

This holds true on the internet as well, you can't write one article, or have one written, and expect to see a drastic improvement in your sites traffic or search engine rankings. Set your sites on writing half a dozen articles per week, or so, and you will see a huge difference in your site traffic after a few months and possibly even before then. I know it sounds like hard work, but remember there are always ways to work smart. Sometimes it's as simple as having someone else work hard.

Time is money and it's important that you know what your time is worth. For example, if your time is worth $250 per hour, and you can write 3 articles per hour, each article is costing you $80 or so.

In my opinion, it's pretty easy to justify the cost of article writing and article submissions due to the added time it frees up which can be spent on more profit generating activities.

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How to Write for the Web Successfully

2007-08-14T09:08:00.000-07:00

Online readers love free information. They scour the internet daily looking for specific information to solve their problems, help them be successful, live longer or get healthy. You should join the information revolution too! Publish your free helpful solution-oriented articles to the web.

But wait! There are a few things to keep in mind when writing for the web. Long paragraphs are usually acceptable for print media; they are not for the web. If you want to write articles that web users will love to read and put to use follow these 7 simple tips:

1. Make your article scan ready. A study by Jakob Nielson publicized as guru of web page usability by the New York Times published that only 16 per cent of his test users actually read the copy they found online; 79 per cent of them simply scanned it. Your impatient web readers will want important information to jump out at them.

Some practical ways to make your text scannable are: headings, sub-headings, bulleted list, numbered lists, easy steps and/or typeface variation. For example, compelling headlines are considered an art. Are you drawn to the author's article as "How to Write Web Articles" or "5 Tips to Write Winning Web Articles?"

2. Keep it short. Get and keep the attention of web readers by delivering short messages. You put effort into gaining your web reader's attention; now make their click worthwhile with brief compelling copy in bite sizes.

Start with the conclusion. Your readers may not make it to the end of your piece to get it. Web readers don't want to get bogged down in long blocks of text. So get to the point early and use the rest of your article to support that main point.

3. Make Your Title Sizzle. Dull titles will not capture your readers interest. It will make your article fade into the sea of other boring articles listed in article banks these days. You have to create a title that will reach out and grab your reader by the collar.

To get your article read, start with a sizzling title. Make it short. Create interest. Include the main benefit or solution in your title.

4. Talk to Your Targeted Audience. Your information is not for everyone. Avoid generalities. Choose a friend or family member that's interested in your topic. Write your article to them. Writing to a friend will make your copy personable and friendly.

You won't come across as a fussy hen, do this, do this, don't do that. You will connect with your readers as a friend giving advice. Your article will do a better job of building creditability for you. Creditability inspires trust and readers only trust their friends.

5. Add substance. Resist fluffing your articles. Include practical valuable information in your copy. Everyone loses when you don't take the time to impart substance. It increases the reputation of the web being an unreliable source of knowledge. Additionally, lack of substance will block your road to profitable referrals.

Do the research and/or draw from your knowledge and experience to illustrate. Your stories and real life examples will meet your reader's need for practical information and connect with their emotion. It's a known fact emotions will move people to action. Whether you desire them to act by signing up or making a purchase, add substance and improve your reader responses.

6. Make it web professional. Create a more web professional look by using short sentences then format your page to approximately 65 characters per line in email and 75 for web page. Long stringed sentences that stream from side to side of the web page look visually unprofessional. Select a layout for your article from several short article formats that include the how-to, tips list, question-answer, problem-solutions and interview.

Make your introduction and summary short but do add one. Your web readers don't want just a list of boring facts and information. They want to connect with you by reading your personable introduction and practical tips with a definite ending or summary. Remember excited readers become enthusiastic buyers and enthusiastic buyers will refer your product or service to all their friends.

7. Use your keywords. Thread your keywords throughout your short article as naturally as possible. Otherwise your copy will sound stiff and dull. To gain visibility on the search engines, your site must be "indexed" by their robotic software.

In its most basic form, they must be able to compare the code, keywords and other Meta tags with the actual content of your article. From this they reach a conclusion regarding the context of your article. This and other factors will affect how well your article or web page places in the search engines.

You may use these guidelines for all kinds of web copy. The same elements of using keywords, making your article professional, adding substance, keeping it short and making your copy scannable will improve the quality of your articles. Practice the above simple principles and write winning articles to distribute on the web everywhere.

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The Top 10 Tools For Monitoring The Success Of Your Website

2007-08-14T09:05:00.001-07:00

1. Google Analytics

Google Analytics has become the preferred option among frëe statistics programs. Like any other stats program, Google Analytics provides data on the number of visitors, and page views, referral sources, entry and exit pages, and more. Unlike most other programs, Google Analytics includes the ability to track and monitor pay-per-clíck (PPC) campaigns. Other useful information includes the geographic location of your visitors, their internet connection speed, and their screen resolutions. You can sign up for Google Analytics at:

2. Google Webmaster Tools

Want to know how the largest search engine in the world sees your website? Google's Webmaster Tools will give you loads of information such as the pages that are indexed, errors found by the Googlebot (dead links), your search engine rankings for specific search phrases, your anchor text on inbound links, internal and external link data, and robots.txt and sitemap data.

By knowing how Google sees your site you will find some basic items that you'll need to change in order to reach your maximum potential in search engine traffíc. You can sign up for Google Webmaster Tools at:

3. SEOmoz's Page Strength Tool

SEOmoz is one of the leading search engine optimization (SEO) firms and their website provides a wealth of information through their blog, articles and tools. Their Page Strength Tool shows you the "relative importance and visibility" and the "potential strength and ability of a page to rank in the search engines." SEOmoz provides a quick way to get a basic look at the strength of your page. The Page Strength Tool can be used at:

4 Sitening.com's SEO Analyzer

Sitening is another leading SEO firm with several valuable tools on their website. The SEO Analyzer differs from SEOmoz's Page Strength Tool in that it checks the internal structure of your site to determine how well it is constructed (in terms of search engine optimization). The structure of a website is the framework for a good SEO campaign, and Sitening.com's SEO Analyzer will help you to build the right framework. Sitening.com's SEO Analyzer can be found at:

5. Mike's Marketing Tools

MikesMarketingTools.com has two tools that every webmaster should use regularly. The Search Engine Rankings Tool will show you where your site ranks in several of the top search engines for a specific word or phrase. You can save time by using this tool instead of visiting each search engine and clicking through the search engine results pages to find your website.

The Link Popularity Tool will quickly show you how many inbound links each search engine recognizes for your site. Inbound links are a major factor in search engine rankings and each search engine recognizes a different number of links. From this tool you can also clíck through to see the specific pages that are linking to you. To use these tools visit:

6. Summit Media's Spider Simulator

The spider simulator shows you "how a search engine reacts to your pages and what can be done to boost your usability." Search engine spiders see web pages much differently than human visitors do. A page may look attractive and well-designed to a human visitor, but a search engine spider may not be able to find what it is looking for. This page is a great tool to assure you that your site is built for maximum search engine results. The spider simulator can be used at:

7. SelfSEO Page Speed Checker

Your average website visitor will have a very short attention span. To have the best chance of making a positive first impression on new visitors your page must load quickly enough that they do not leave right away. SelfSEO has a Page Speed Tool that shows you how long your page takes to load. The tool allows you to enter multiple pages to chëck at one time. It is a good idea to compare the load time of your page against pages from several other websites. Try entering your homepage and the homepage of several of your competitors. If your page loads considerably slower than the others, try to make the file smaller by reducing the number and size of images or by cleaning up the coding. The Page Speed Tool can be used at:

8. Dead Links Checker

Having dead links on your website can frustrate visitors and damage your search engine rankings. However, checking all the links on your site manually is not realistic. Fortunately there are a number of tools online that will automate the process. The W3 Link Checker will crawl through your pages and report which links are broken. To use this tool visit:

9. GoogleRankings.com

GoogleRankings.com will show you which words and phrases appear most frequently on your website throughout the text of the page, title, headings and meta tags. This is a useful tool to be certain that your pages are optimized for the words and phrases that you are targeting.

10. FeedBurner

If you publish a blog, FeedBurner's service is a must have. Feedburner will provide you with statistics regarding your blog's feed and you can give your readers the option to subscribe by email instead of RSS. There are a number of other features that you can read about at FeedBurner. With FeedBurner you can always see how many subscribers you have and how many of them are clicking through from your feed to your site.

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