Dispelling Fears About The GoogleBomb Algorithm Update

Google algorithm updates always bring the fears of webmasters to a boiling point. In the aftermath of an algorithm update, some people come out swinging, making claims that Google is trying to put them out of business. Others look at their Google rankings and pat themselves on the back for having survived another "algo" update.

It has been known in search engine optimization (SEO) circles for quite some time that one could successfully implement what is referred to as a GoogleBomb. The best example was a search on the phrase "miserable failure". A search on those words within Google would show George W. Bush's biography at the White House website, in the top three or four results of the search results. This would occur, despite the fact that neither word in the search criteria resides on the White House website. At one time, Bush's biography had been in the #1 spot, but counter-bombing campaigns moved Bush's listing down the page a bit.

Many people have written about this phenomenon in time's past. I have even written about it myself. When I wrote about it, my point was to show the importance of anchor text in a link to build the value of a web page in the Google search engine result pages (SERPS).

The "miserable failure" GoogleBomb came to exist within a loophole within the Google algorithms. Google puts a lot of value on the anchor text that point to a particular web page. It is part of their "one link one vote" philosophy as to the value of a web page.

Bloggers joined forces to create thousands of links pointing to the White House website with the words "miserable failure" in the anchor text. The shenanigans of the George W. Bush bashers were eventually countered by their fellow bloggers on the other side of the political aisle. Eventually, the search phrase "miserable failure" would also bring up the Michael Moore and Jimmy Carter websites in the top few results for that search phrase.

The average person who did not understand the nature of the SEO game would occasionally stumble across these esoteric search phrases and get him or herself into a huff, because they thought that Google was stating their own political views. Of course, Google really does not have an opinion, at least not one that would ever appear in their search results.

The GB Update...

In this case, the GB Update is not so-named because "George Bush" disappeared from the "miserable failure" search results. Instead, it is so-named because it is the "GoogleBomb" update, which Google implemented in January of 2007.

Once the update was implemented, the "miserable failure" search began to only return pages that talked about GoogleBombs from a technical standpoint.

With the GB update officially rolled out (http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2007/01/quick-word- about-googlebombs.html), people began the standard Google-update panic process.

Hundreds of posts began appearing on forums concerning the GB updates and the fear that link-building efforts undertaken by search engine marketing (SEM) companies and webmasters would be hurt as well.

So, I did a bit of research. I have run several linking campaigns on my own behalf, and on the behalf of clients. Those campaigns were put together with a mix of keyword phrases nestled in the anchor text of links to our websites. I checked the status of all of the websites I represent, and without fail, our linking campaigns had not been hurt by the GB update.

Interesting Changes From The GoogleBomb Update

According to Matt Cutts of Google, the changes in the GB update were all completed within the Google algorithm. Cutts has always said that Google does not like to manually rearrange the search engine results, so an algorithmic solution to the GoogleBomb was in order. A few of the Google engineers worked together to find a solution to the GoogleBomb issue.

In an attempt to understand what had changed, I looked at a few of the more notorious GoogleBombs of past and discovered some interesting facts.

Broken Google Bombs:

* "Miserable failure" no longer returns George W. Bush, Michael Moore, or Jimmy Carter websites. * "Worst president ever" now only returns pages that make the claim the GW Bush has earned that title. * "Waffles" no longer returns results that point to the John Kerry website. * Tony Blair's homepage no longer comes up under the search term "liar".

Unchanged Google Bombs:

* A search for "Scientology" still has the "Operation Clambake" listing in the #2 spot (2007-01-31). Operation Clambake is a website that is critical of Scientology. * "Click here" still points to the Adobe website (although this was not actually a GoogleBomb). * "French military victories" still goes to the same page on Albino Black Sheep when you hit "I feel lucky" on Google's search page. (I still get a kick out of this one.) * The "great president" GoogleBomb survived. It still points to Bush's bio on the White House website.

The Question On Everyone's Mind

Everyone seems to be asking the same question. How does Google defuse Google Bombs?

Well, Google isn't saying, so we are left to figure it out on our own. Based on what I was able to uncover in my study of Google Bombs, I came up with a theory.

What I have been able to take from the results shown above is that Google may have targeted only "negative links". If you want to review what is shown above, all of the Google Bombs that are now gone had negative connotations to them. All of the Google Bombs that survived can be construed as having positive, or at least non-negative, connotations to them.

If my assertion is correct, then average, ordinary webmasters will have nothing to fear from the Google Bomb update. My sites and my client's websites also reflect that the Google Bomb update did not have any affect on us.

Maybe I am just grasping at straws, but I don't think so. You be the judge... "Worst president" is gone, and "great president" survived. To me, that says a lot.

The Google Bombing Legacy Continues...

Following my logic, Google Bombing is still a possibility for those who Google Bomb with a positive set of anchor text keywords. So, some Google Bombs will continue to live well into the future.

In 2004, Search Engine Watch suggested that Google Bombs are better defined as Link Bombs, since they can affect all of the major search engines, including Yahoo and MSN.

Google has finally addressed link bombing in a positive way, but Yahoo and MSN are still prone to link bombing attacks. For example, as of this writing, MSN still has George in the top spot for "miserable failure" in the MSN Live results.

Bill Platt has been involved in article marketing and link building since 1999. If you are in the market to have someone build keyword anchor text links to your site, using unique and interesting content as the foundation, then Bill's team can help you: http://www.LinksAndTraffic.com - If you would prefer to talk to Bill by phone, you can call 405-780-7745 between 9am-6pm CST, Monday thru Friday. http://www.PlattServicesInc.comMarji Blog98275
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Words that Inspire: Peace

Can you have PEACE amongst chaos?

Dictionary* says:
State of tranquility or quiet, freedom from civil disturbance, a pact or agreement to end hostilities between those who have been at war.

What it REALLY means:
The feeling of contentment with your life at present; your state of being when things feel comfortable, at ease, light; time in which you feel centered, calm and well.

Why it MATTERS?
Creating PEACE lessens worry, increases pleasure and enhances your 'here and now'. More PEACE in your life allows for more enjoyment and appreciation of your life.

Questions that INSPIRE:

* Describe your most recent experience of PEACE. How did it feel?
* What can you do, think or experience differently to bring more PEACE in to your life?
* How does greater PEACE impact you and your life?
* How might your PEACE impact the world?
* Does PEACE conflict with excitement and adventure?
* Can you have PEACE amongst chaos? How?

SIMPLIFY Update:

* Sometimes I THINK I need more than I really do. It can be more clothes, more money, more whatever. However the TRUTH is that I never NEED as much as I think I do...I can actually do with less, and still feel ok. To me, that is part of living a simpler life.
* Simplifying is liberating! It's cathartic and enables you to get out from under things that are draining and make room for better energy to flow in to your life.

How would SIMPLIFYING make you feel?

* More in control
* Free and limitless

What do you gain if you SIMPLIFY?

* Time and space, freedom of choice
* Space, a feeling of organization, mutual understanding
* More time, more physical activity

I would love to hear your answers and comments. Take 45 seconds to reply to these questions at http://www.JulieCohenCoaching.com/contact.html. I will keep all responses confidential and reply directly to you.

* (Websters New Collegiate Dictionary, 1977, G. & C. Merriam Co.)

Julie Cohen, PCC, is a career coach. She helps her clients clarify and achieve their professional and personal goals including greater career satisfaction, life balance, leadership development and personal growth. For questions, comments or to discuss this article, Julie can be reached by visiting http://www.juliecohencoaching.com/contact.htmlMilena Blog89711
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Make Money Online - Helpful Advice On How To Start

Many people are looking at the internet as a way of earning an additional part-time or even full-time income. It can be a good idea but with millions of available options, and websites proclaiming to have the answers to questions you have not even thought of, where do you start ? This article will offer you advice that will at least get you started in the right direction.

You are probably reading this article for only a couple of reasons:

1. You do not currently make enough money and need to make more money on a part-time basis without compromising your full-time job. You do not have a lot of time available to make more money.

2. You are not happy in your job or do not like working for a boss. You are looking for an alternative way of earning money, preferably full-time but with something that you can start on a part-time basis. 3. You are already trying to make more money and have tried many different business opportunities but with no or very little success. You realize you need help.

If you can associate with one or more of the above-mentioned reasons for reading this article then please continue reading.

There are millions of people all over the world that do not like what they are doing for a living. Maybe it is the job itself, a rude boss, or not earning enough money to have a decent standard of living. Whatever the reason(s), most people find it very difficult to make a new start.

We are all creatures of habit that dislike change and value safety and security. Starting a business often takes us outside our comfort-zone. We need to build our confidence, not only in ourselves but also in any new opportunity that we are considering.

This can be achieved by:

- Learning as much as possible about any new opportunity.

- Having the possibility of doing it on a part-time basis as a trial to see whether it is any good.

- Spending as little money as possible on any new business opportunity. You don't want to add more stress to your life by spending lots of money (that you can't afford to spend) on things that may not work at all.

Many people consider the Internet as the ideal way of making more money. I agree with them. Problem is that most people actually lose more money on the Internet than make money. There are millions and millions of ecommerce websites on the Internet and it is estimated that at least 95% of these websites are losing money every month!

Why do I like to do business on the Internet?

a. It allows me to have an international business, potentially reaching many millions of people all over the world.

b. Like most people I do not enjoy face-to-face selling. With the Internet there is no need for face-to-face selling. No fear of being rejected by customers or insulted by people having a bad-hair-day.

c. I can make money 24 hours a day. Even while sleeping someone can be buying a product or service on my website.

d. I can run my business from anywhere in the world, as long as I have a computer and access to the Internet.

e. Once my business is setup it basically runs on autopilot. That does not mean I do not need to work on it. It means I do not have to spend eight hours every day working on it. One or two hours should be sufficient.

f. It allows me to have my own business with unlimited earning potential. Whatever I put in I can get out. The sky is the limit and I am not working to make my boss or company rich.

Fact of the matter is that it is becoming more and more difficult to ignore the massive ecommerce potential of the Internet. Whether you are selling products or services online or have any other type of business, you need the Internet to promote your business as more and more consumers are doing online searches to find what they are looking for. Does not matter if you are a plumber or an electrician, you will need the Internet more and more in the future to promote your business.

O.K. We have established that the Internet offers us a huge potential to make more money, part-time or full-time. We have also established that most people are not actually making any money from the Internet.

Where do we start?

We start by learning as much as possible at our own pace without forcing anything. Remember that knowledge is power!

I recommend that before you do anything on the Internet that you join a suitable company as an affiliate or join a network marketing company. The point is not whether you want to pursue a

long-term career as an affiliate. The important point is that you can join most affiliate programs for free and receive very valuable information and training for free. In addition, you can actually make a lot of money while learning! This, in my opinion, is the best, safest and easiest way to start.

Many companies that offer affiliate programs do their best to offer their affiliates as much training and support as possible. Why? It is in their best interest. The better advice, training and support they give you the more money you will make for them.

Remember that as an affiliate you do not need to buy or sell anything. You only need to get people to promote the company you are an affiliate of. All sales resulting in your referral will earn you a very nice commission, normally anything between 20% and 50% of the sales price. That is not bad at all! Many companies will even give you a free affiliate website that you can promote.

What is the catch?

The catch is that it is not always easy to promote a certain product or service. People do not automatically visit your affiliate website. This is where the training comes in. If you can succeed as an affiliate for a company you can succeed with your own Internet business in the future. There will be no need to pay expensive school fees.

To your success !

Francois du Toit is the owner of http://www.money-maker-advice.com, a website designed to help new entrepreneurs succeed by evaluating various online and offline business opportunities, affiliate programs and network marketing options. The website also offers free articles and tools that will assist webmasters in building profitable websites.Melisa Blog42226
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Affiliate Programs The advantages of being an affiliate

Affiliate programs are becoming more and more popular as a fast-track way to start an internet business. These programs can offer huge advantages for affiliates, especially when they offer online training, support and marketing tools. There is a lot of money to be made if you join the right program.

I am a strong believer in the value of affiliate programs and believe that the best way to start an internet business is to become an affiliate of another program or to join a network marketing company. Why? To learn as much as possible from your sponsor(s) and make use of all the free advice and tips you will receive from them.

When you are eventually ready to start your own business you will already have a lot of experience and knowledge (that you obtained for free!) that will give you a huge advantage and save you a lot of money and time.

By the way, there are many very successful internet marketers that earn all of their money through affiliate programs and network marketing programs.

If you find a great affiliate program where you can make a lot of money and you decide to stay with the company instead of starting your own new business then good for you! If on the other hand you want to start a new business of your own then you would have at least learned a lot from the affiliate program, and hopefully made some money as well in the process.

The biggest mistake people make is to jump all the time from the one affiliate program to the other without taking the time to learn and understand the program and system. There are many programs on the internet. If you are going to leave what you are busy with every time you think you have discovered a better program then you will never learn anything.

Take your time to learn and be patient. I can assure you that you will not become an overnight millionaire following any affiliate program. Like any other business it takes time to build a successful affiliate business, even with the support and training you may receive.

I tend to look at things very logically. If something does not make sense to me I rather avoid it.

Consider the following:

You develop a great product that you want to sell for $10 on your website. It might have costed you thousands of dollars to develop and many many months of hard work with no income while you were developing your product. You are finally ready to launch your product. Since you are only one person with one website you realize the need to establish an affiliate program where you can have hundreds of affiliates promote your company and get thousands of people to buy from you. In order to get affiliates interested you must pay them between 20% and 50% of your sales price or gross profit.

I don't know about you but the above scenario looks like a lot of very hard work without any guarantee of success. The thought of it certainly does not get me excited.

Now consider the following - You join the above company as an affiliate and earn say 50% commission on all sales. You do not need to buy the product and have no investment in the company. You can start to sell the product from the 1st day you become an affiliate and make a lot of money. In fact, the company will make 50% and you will make 50%. You have no risk and can walk away from the program anytime you wish. What a pleasure! This is what I like the most from affiliate programs.

Remember that not all affiliate programs are good. Many of them only offer products that you would not want to give away for free to your mother-in-law. Furthermore, the support program and training offered is not always top quality.

I do not know about you but I cannot promote any product or service that I do not understand or do not believe in. You should always be able to sell the product to yourself. If you would not buy the product because you do not believe in it then please do not promote it to other people as the best product out there. You will sleep a lot better at night!

Remember that ultimately it is up to you to make a success of the program.

To your success !

Francois du Toit is the owner of http://www.money-maker-advice.com, a website designed to help new entrepreneurs succeed by evaluating various online and offline business opportunities, affiliate programs and network marketing options. The website also offers free articles and tools that will assist webmasters in building profitable websites.Marcelle Blog83228
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Make Money With Top Search Engine Rankings

Its no secret that Google gets most of the traffic on the internet, followed closely by Yahoo and MSN back in third place.So if we're going to beat the next guy at getting some free search engine traffic what is required and where would you start?

Well first of all you have to realise that you aren't likely to rank at the top of most keywords overnight, infact it can take months of hard work to rank for high traffic keywords so the key here is to start with keywords you can target that don't have a lot of competition.This makes your job 50% easier before you even load a page to the internet.

Next lets look at the specific engines, google takes the longest to rank for out of the top 3 so I like to look closely at MSN search because my experience tells me that even though they dont get anywhere the same amount of traffic I can rank higher and faster here.So my first port of call is to do keyword research specifically with MSN in mind.I use a few tools here but by far the easiest way to do this is to use the free keyword reseach tool at digitalpoint.com .Here you can check keyword patterns and traffic patterns for your desired keywords to see how many searches are performed in the major engines, and also to find spin off keywords you probably would'nt have considered before.You can also check both Overture and Wordtrackers results against each other here to get a feel for how the traffic patterns are going to be for a top rank with your selected keyword.

A rule of thumb I use for MSN is that the traffic for any keyword I search in digital points tool is divided by approx 3-4 to give me an idea of the traffic in MSN.So if my desired keyword had 1000 searches per day according to both Wordtracker and Overture then I can confidently say a number 1 rank in MSN should provide about 300 searches.This doesnt mesn you will get 300 hits , in fact you may only get about half the searchers hit your site through MSN or any search engines for that matter even if you rank # 1.

So now I can confidently say a top rank for that keyword will provide approx 150 hits or visitors per day.So now we have chosen a keyword that looks good whats next?

Check out the competition on MSN.Theres no point choosing words that you realistically will never rank for .The competition pays big money to be at the top so unless you have the same budget stay away from that game.Those so called gurus of the internet will squash you .My reccommendation is to rank for terms that have less traffic and thats easier to get to #1, especially in MSN.

So what am I looking for when it it comes to my competition ? well we all know that relevant , theme related inbound, 1 way links from authority sites are the easiest way to rank # 1 or top 10.

In fact it doesnt take too many high quality inbound links to rank for thousands upon thousands of terms.So here is where the fun begins, After you have uploaded your site and optimised the page with all the relevant html tags etc then gathering links to your page is the single most important task you can undertake to rank.I am not an authority on link gathering but here are a few suggestions.

Write high quality articles about your chosen subject or pay someone to write articles , then submit them to the free article directories, here your article will be picked up by other webmasters and placed on their site with your link on them, This can create many many 1 way links very quickly for your page.

Approach other webmasters in your chosen topic and request link exchange(I personally dont do this as its boring and outdated and honestly is very time consuming)

Use social bookmark sites like del.ici.us to get your content out there and also to get you links from your tags.The search engines love social bookmark sites, I use about 25 of them and they always provide high quality 1 way links, and often with very high PR.

Write a blog about your site and link to it then feed that blog using rss or other syndication methods.this can also provide 1 way links and better results in the search engines.

Buy links. Yes buy them , a few high quality , related links with good Google Page Rank will help massively.

These few ideas I use every day and many more to get traffic and beat the next guy in the engines, especially MSN.

So there you have it a few small ideas to get you moving so go forth and "make money".

So the only thing left to do after you have achieved a top rank for a number of keyword terms is to make money from them and here are my top two ideas for making money that I use everyday.

1) Google adsense, Sign up free and place the ad code on your page and you will earn a share of each and every click visitors make from those ad blocks.

There are dozens of other places you can earn on a "pay per click " basis but Google stands out head and shoulders above the rest in my opinion.

2) Affiliate marketing, If your site or page is about losing weight, then sign up free as an affiliate to any one of hundreds of sites that sell these type of products .Then place a link on your page which has your personal code embedded into it and if a visitor clicks on your link and decides to buy then you will recieve a share of that sale.Sometimes as high 70% of that sale.

So there you have it, now go out there and make some money online, because if you dont I will do it for you.

Calvin Leonard is experienced in the field of network marketing and internet marketing.His Main Business focus is to teach people how to http://www.wealthsuccess.usana.com through quality business.Manya Blog27769
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Can You Get A Bachelor Degree Online At A University?

There are lots of reasons why you might want to get your education without actually setting foot on campus. And now, there are many ways you can do this. If you want to get your bachelor degree online at a university, it takes lots of discipline and determination, but it is convenient and you can do it without moving or having to quit your job.

What Should You Look For In A Program?

There are lots of options for studying on the internet. Most major colleges offer web courses and degrees. There are also institutions and companies that offer degrees on the internet only. It depends on what suits you. You also must keep in mind what employers in your field are looking for. But, how can you tell if this is the real deal or not? Here are some tips that can help you when you are trying to decide what's right for you.

No matter what kind of program you are interested in, you have to make sure it's accredited. This means that it is recognized as being a 'real' educational institution by an official organization. There are six such organizations given the authority by the US Department of Education to offer accreditation. It basically means that the institution meets certain standards of educational quality. If you go to a school that is not accredited, the degree you get may be worthless to employers, so it is important to make sure.

What Degree Program Should I Pick?

One good way to decide what major is best for you is to look at the course catalog and check out the required classes for the major. Do they sound interesting? Is that what you want to study? This will help you determine if that's what you want to do or not.

Another way to decide if a certain program is for your or not, is to look at the faculty. What kind of experience do they have? And what qualifications? Usually, the more PhD's you see, the better. Also, find out where they went to school. Where are their degrees from? A real school has faculty from all over the place, who have graduated from many different schools. If they all graduated from this school, that should tell you right there that this is a scam. Look for real qualifications!

Where the students go after they graduate is also an indication of the quality of the education. Look to see what professional organizations are connected to the school. This will help you when you get out in the real world. Contact someone from the school and talk to them about your educational and professional plans, and see what they have to say. A live person can answer your questions about a particular degree program better than a website or schedule of classes can. After you have consulted someone, see if the program suits your long-term goals or not. Try to find the one that suits you the best. Look at where the school's graduates go and ask yourself, is that where I want to be? It is important to keep looking ahead and thinking about how the education you get now will benefit you for the rest of your life.

Here's another thing to keep in mind: if the school accepts everyone who applies, that might be a bad sign. Real schools have entrance requirements that must be met by prospective students.

How Is Studying On The Internet Different?

It may seem obvious, but before getting into a degree program using the internet, make sure that you have a fast, reliable internet connection. Make sure that your computer can handle all the heavy use it's going to get. If you get into the program and start having computer trouble, that will cause big problems. You will spend a lot of time on the web. Most assignments will be there on the internet and you will have to download and upload them. Instead of classroom discussions, you will be communicating through a thread in a forum. In most classes you will be required to log in a certain number of times each week and make contributions to these forums.

Find out from each prospective school what type of support for students is available. Make sure that you are able to communicate with your professors. You will be doing most of the work yourself, but teachers must be accessible. And, can you communicate with the other students in the class? This kind of interaction is an important part of your education, so you have to keep the lines of communication open. Taking a course on the web means that you will have to spend lots of time with a good, reliable computer.

How Much Should I Expect To Pay?

One of the advantages of taking a class like this is that you don't have to pick up and move somewhere. That saves you lots of money on your education. However, if you take a course through a recognized school, you will still be paying tuition and fees. No matter how you do it, education is not cheap. But, doing it that way, you will cut down on your relocation and living expenses, which will help. Even for these kinds of classes, financial aid may be available.

Actually, classes taken over the web often have slightly higher tuition than traditional classes taken on campus. So, you might actually end up paying more. Still, the benefits may outweigh the costs for you. These programs are ideally suited for adult workers. They are designed for working adults, so there is a lot of flexibility. It might be the right choice for you.

Nic Haffner is a writer and internet publisher who likes to write about elearning and educational issues in general. You can read more at his e-learning news and in depth information website http://www.1-elearning.comMyrah Blog97586
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Why Your Writing Time Is Worth More Than Money

I used to think that everything in my life was geared around saving money. Even when it came to my writing I would rather waste time doing things the long way rather than spend money that would help speed my career along.

Bu then something happened that made me realise that my writing time is worth far more than money and now my time is much more profitable.

The thing that happened was Nick Daws Quick Cash Writing course. Id been receiving Nick Daws Ewriter Newsletter for a few months when he started mentioning his Quick Cash Writing course. I took a look at his sales page for this product and saw that it came with a 60-day money back guarantee and that the course promised that I could earn 30-times the cost of the course by the time Id finished it.

So I reluctantly parted with my cash and downloaded the book. Once I started reading it I couldnt wait to get started and began the course with great gusto.

By the time I was halfway through the course I realised that the initial promise of earning 30-times the cost by the time Id completed the course was wrong because Id already done it.

I was totally hooked on this course because it made me start writing, told me where to submit my work and kept me writing more. The cheques were rolling in and I was extremely happy.

So then I decided to try Nick Daws other course, Write Any Book in 28 Days or Less. Again I began the course with the same amount of gusto and 4 weeks later I sat looking at my manuscript which was pretty amazing considering I didnt even know what I was going to write about when I started. Since then my manuscript has been edited, finalised and has now been sent to my agent.

But I was now an addict for downloadable products because now I knew how much time I could save (Id never had written a book in 4 weeks without the course) and how much money I could earn (Id never been so motivated to write so much without the Quick Cash Writing course, which Ive done several times now).

So then I spent more money and bought Jim Edwards Write and Publish Your Own eBook in as Little as 7 Days, which I also did and the eBook has been very profitable indeed and Im now writing my second.

I also bought Jim Edwards Affiliate Link Cloaker so that none of the visitors to my website could tell which links contained my affiliate code which stopped my website looking like a sales pitch and which increased my sales.

I then also bought Article Submitter which helps me submit all my articles to article directories in minutes which was a job that used to take hours.

But then I made the ultimate and most expensive purchase and it wasnt even downloadable or related to writing in any way. I bought an iRobot called Roomba and it runs round my house on its own and vacuums the carpets, rugs and floors while I write.

Does Roomba make me lazy? No, I dont think so. Vacuuming in our house takes a long time because with 3 pets there are a lot of animal hairs around that can be difficult to pick up, but Roomba is built to be especially good with picking up pet hairs and so it is. Ive now gained extra hours to write each week.

But the whole point Im trying to make here is that in my opinion, my writing time is more important than money. In fact Ive discovered that, through careful selection of products, the more money Ive spent the more Ive earned.

Thanks Nick. Thanks Jim. Thanks Roomba.

Ruth Barringham is a freelance writer and runs successful websites at http://www.writeaholic.co.uk and http://www.workathomeaholic.com.Melli Blog9800
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Getting The Tools For Do-It-Yourself Car Repair

It's great to be able to do as many things as possible by yourself. Imagine fixing your vehicle without having to take it to a mechanic and pay your first kid's college savings? That is the reason why do-it-yourself car repair is such a big deal. Everyone and their grandmother wants to get under their own hood and get it all fixed up by themselves. How great would it feel to be able to take care of yourself?

If you are interested in cars and want to empower yourself and fix your own auto, the first thing you should do is have a good, thorough look at the manual. Familiarize yourself for all the thousands of tiny little parts of your vehicle. Although it sounds like a daunting task, everything will make more sense after you have absorbed it. And best of all: It will save you piles of cash as well. So, get each auto part figured out and see how it all works together.

If you want to fix something in your car and make it run better, you want to make sure you know what you're doing. IF you want to do something more important, like replace your brake pads, you want to be sure you're doing it right. That's a job you certainly don't want to screw up.

After you've perused the appropriate vehicle manual, you need to stock up on tools. But before you go and shell out the cash at your local automotive store, take a look on the internet. You can often find better deals online, as well as tips on what brands are the best. There are loads of forums online where you can get free advice.

How Can You Save Cash?

Before you purchase anything on the internet, make sure it's what you need. You can go to a 'big box' shop like for example Wal-mart and do some window shopping. Go somewhere with a wide selection of tools and look around. Ask the staff for advice. Then, when you know just what you need, go home and order it from the internet. It is important to make sure you are getting the right things;it can be an expensive pain to have to send the wrong thing back.

The most important thing is to make sure your repairs are thorough. You don't want to make any mistakes that will cost you more money later. If you are totally clueless, check out some online forums.

Terry Bolton is a writer and internet publisher of Car Repair Info. You can go to http://www.the-car-repair-portal.com for more.Merle Blog46821
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The Roles And Duties Of The Parole Or Probation Officer In The Criminal Justice Field

The Parole or Probation Officer plays important roles in the criminal justice field. Those interested in this profession will have active and exciting duties to perform. I will be discussing some of those roles and duties in this article.

If you are indeed contemplating a career as a probation or parole officer, below are the duties you can look forward to performing:

1. Dont let the names or titles fool you. In most criminal justice systems, parole or probation officers perform the same roles and duties. In the few criminal justice systems where their roles are different, the parole officer is involved after the offenders have served some of their time in prison while the probation officer works with those who are given probation sentence. This probation sentence does not require serving some time in prison.

2. The probation or parole officer is involved in pre-sentence investigations. The courts need help when sentencing a convicted criminal. The criminals character and records are important. It would be unfair to sentence a person who just committed a crime for the first time to the same sentence as a habitual offender.

This is where the parole or probation officer must help the courts. He or she will investigate the offenders record. This can be done by talking to friends, family, and digging into public records. The probation or parole officer must then present his or her findings to the court to help guide the courts sentencing.

3. The parole or probation officer is involved in pre-parole investigations. Again the investigation will involve digging into the convicted criminals behavior and record while in prison. The parole or probation officer will accomplish this by talking to wardens, relatives, complainants, and even the police.

4. The probation or parole officer is involved in the rehabilitation of the parolee. In this instance, the officer must help plan the parolees effective re-introduction into society. This will involve helping the parolee acquire job training, job, and social skills by recommending the appropriate resources. The parole or probation officer must also monitor how the parolee in progressing in these resources.

5. Probation or parole officers have the power to arrest parolees or probationers. If a parolee or probationer breaks the terms of the parole and the probation or parole officer feels it has become necessary to send him or her to jail, then they must arrest the parolee.

This means parole or probation officers can carry guns. While they are advised to seek police assistance if the need for arrest arises, there are times police will not be readily available. So a gun may be needed in case the situation becomes dangerous.

As you can see, probation or parole officers perform many roles or duties in the criminal justice field. It will be hard to cover all the duties and roles in this short article. But I think you have enough information to help you make informed decision on this profession. For those that are interested in getting into the profession, now is as a good a time as ever.

Note: You are free to reprint or republish this article. The only condition is that the Resource Box should be included and the links are live links.

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Seek Income Opportunites through Work from Home Online

I am writing this article because I feel, following my success, I can share with you my secrets. I spent years searching for the best source of income and found that work from home online had all the answers. Now, I earn just over $1,000 per month (average figure based on ten months) and have found that the simplest ways to make money don't always revolve around selling products.

When I started my first online business, it failed within months. It was over two years ago and I was under the impression that selling products at a good mark-up was the key to running a successful online work at home business and would help me fund my future. Having tried a selling opportunity, I found that I need specific skills as a basis for my business. Even with selling and marketing skills, which were definitely not my strong point, I found that if the products weren't quite what people wanted then you could be doing lots of work from home and earning a very small income.

It was under a year ago that I found the current online work from home opportunity. It ended up being one of the good ones and believe me there aren't many - I needed no capital to make this work and I could work from the comfort of my home without having to even speak to anyone. My site, http://www.mysecret2success.com is proof that you can make an online work from home career work for your product/s and not against you as I've experienced before.

The best thing was that after hitting the bottom of the business pile, I needed no sales pitch and I didn't even require special software or tools to ensure my success. I had a great chance at building a work from home online opportunity and began to see results within very little time without the need for sales letters and all the other items that previously were making my products look poor.

This unique and superb business opportunity was an excellent way to work online, from home. I now see on a daily basis that my site is attracting more and more people that are anxious to discover how I built up a great income just by giving away free products to customers.

By initially being confident and seeing that this work at home online opportunity could be a success, you can see results by choosing a venture that has been proven by others. Instead of going it alone and risking losing out before you've seen a penny, the best way is to work from home, online, and in the comfort of your own environment - all with the support of a team who are doing the same and getting a happy feeling that they are part of a successful online work from home business.

There are thousands of different business opportunities out there. Some are good and some aren't. I would have to say one of my favorite and most successful business opportunities is also one of the most unusual work from home pieces of advice Ive come across. I found this opportunity about 10 months ago and within this short time I have grown the business to make it pay a monthly income of $1,000. How did I achieve this income? Simply by giving away free online education through Success University.

When I began my first online business around 2 years ago, I wanted to sell things to make an income, so I was driven towards selling products and e-books. The problem being that original good quality products are hard to create. To make things worse, I wasn't much good at copy writing and the sales letters that I was producing weren't doing my products justice.

Along with this was the fact that I had no knowledge on how to market a product and had not set up vital parts of my business to ensure that I would have a running chance at making an income. Without tools such as auto-responders, website tracking, e-mails and product fulfillment, sales were scarce and I decided that that work at home online opportunity was not working for me.

Things didn't look good. I was really hitting rock bottom until I come across some proven, unusual business work from home online opportunities. By finding unusual online businesses such as Success University, I had the opportunity to give away free products and still make a great income.

That was when I found the real formula to make money online. With any unusual business opportunity, the rule of thumb is, if you are sincere about wanting to help someone, it is inevitable that you will see the money come in.

This unusual opportunity was a very good lesson for me to learn. How else can you earn a good online income as well as working from home, just by giving away quality products to your customers for free?

Keep in mind that if you are new to online working done from home, especially if you are still not seeing any results, the easiest way to begin your venture is to join a proven program and give their product away for free. If you aren't having luck in giving away free products than you really shouldn't bother selling to people.

Doing it all on your own is one of the toughest ways to make a start. Finding a product, setting up a website and making sales are things that can't be learned overnight. It takes time and experience. Going it alone, you are more likely to fail or your business will sit stagnant until you learn the basics.

By using a proven, online home opportunity and giving away free products, you can build your confidence, kick start your online training and prepare yourself for your own big business launch later on down the road.

Kelvin Tan is a great Work From Home Online expert who has earned in excess of $1,000 per month and continues to build a high income through his website. You can claim your free bonus as well as finding out exactly how he does it at http://www.mysecret2success.com. Marci Blog8933
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Search Engine Optimization for Affiliate Marketers

Search engine optimization (SEO) is a compartment of search engine marketing, and deals with humanizing the number and/otherwise excellence of visitors to a web site from "natural" (aka "organic" otherwise "algorithmic" search engine) listings. To all intents and purposes, SEO is marketing by attractive to machine algorithms to enhance search engine relevance as well as eventually web traffic. This is equivalent to foot traffic in retail advertising. The name SEO can as well refer to "search engine optimizers", an industry of advisors who perform optimization projects on behalf of clients.

Search engines display different kinds of listings on a search engine results page (SERP), including paid advertising in the form of pay per click advertisements and paid inclusion listings, as well as unpaid organic search results as well as keywords specific listings, such as news stories, map locations, definitions, and images. SEO is worried with improving the number as well as positioning of a site's listings in the organic search results.

There is no wonder and now it is so transparent that how to rank high with the major search engines because we have a huge search engine optimizations. What is search engine optimization? Before learning about search engine optimization we have to be clear how search engines works.

Now the users are provided most relevant and up-to-date informations for their key words by the search engines. They are refined pieces of technology which permit users to quickly discover relevant websites by searching for a word or a phrase. Search engine results are ineffective to users if the information doesn't relate to the search term by the search engines, otherwise if the results are old. People be expecting the most up-to-date and new information that is useful to them.

Keep on updating your website everyday as well as adding some materials will assist you gets become aware of by the search engines. So, if you are about to sell any type of product otherwise service online, you have to optimize your website intended for the search engines, in order to boost traffic as well as sales. It is because over 90% of your business will likely come straightforwardly from search engine results. And for that reason, it is completely important to optimize your site intended for search engines for you to have the maximum deals in the entire world.

Search engine optimization (SEO) is the course of action by which webmasters otherwise online business owners make use of strategic copy to enlarge their website's status. It is certain that the internet has enhanced so fast over the years as well as the competition for the best search engine location has created a huge market. For that reason, better understanding the fundamental elements of Search Engine Optimization is very important for an online business' success.

Making use of successful search engine optimization techniques will get better the page rank of your website. There are several tricks that can be used to boost page rank; the most successful method is to provide high class content consistently. This seems like a simple conception but there are many websites that fails to supply content that visitors find interesting. Sites which offers content that are out of the ordinary, well-written and regularly updated create highly occupied visitors who are more to be expected to return to the website in the upcoming days. So, if you can set your website separately from those boring, dead sites then do it. You'll certainly have a step closer to accomplish high page rank all the way through search engine optimization.

The next important factor for a successful search engine optimization is to include keywords as well as phrases within your content. To make certain that you are properly targeting your market, you have to make certain that the keywords as well as phrases you have on your site are the keywords as well as phrases that your site is in fact optimized for. The more keywords you use in your content, the more likely it is that online visitors will find your site when they do some do research with those words. If you are unfailing with these techniques, then your on the whole search engine optimization will enhance, boosting your page rank.

You should also have to extend a linking strategy as an element of your search engine optimization. Not only does this endow with free advertising for your site, other than it makes the feeling that your site is very important because of its affiliated links. For each link that you have pointing back to you, that is an additional chance for your potential customer to find you. The more inbound links that you have spot to your site, the higher you will be ranked in the search engines.

One more is to develop a content stratagem. People who acquire to search from the internet are seemed for information. The more information you supply for them and the more helpful it is, the more probable you will make the sale. Scripting articles are the most effective way to build up content for your site. When scripting articles to post on your site, make certain that you develop a clear means of position their content. You can do this by simply adding up a new page to your site. This will consent to room for extra articles to be added as you write them, and will allow you to build up an archive of articles which will maintain to draw online visitors. Make certain also that you have integrated your archived articles in a directory that is next to the source web of your site so that the search engines will register your online articles.

Always bear in mind that search engine optimization techniques are important in developing your site's status. With that thing in mind, make certain that you write high-quality, keyword wealthy content as well as link your site to and from a premeditated family of other sites. These things will help get better your site's popularity and coerce increased business all the way through your online business.

Ran Victor is a expert Copywriter of India Seo . He written many articles about search engine optimization and seo services india . For more information about India seo services, search engine company and India seo company . Contact him at ron.seocopywriter@gmail.comMillie Blog26490
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Free Hair Removal Guide 301 Proven Tips And Strategies

The Complete Hair Removal Guide 301 Proven Tips and Strategies is an invaluable free download which answers all your questions relating to hair removal.

The ebook starts off with a helpful article getting the whole challenge of hair removal into perspective. If you are looking for the perfect answer you will be disappointed. Each method has advantages and disadvantages.

You will need to prioritize your main needs and see which method comes close, depending on whether you want your hair removal method to be long lasting, convenient, economical, as painless as possible, or natural and kind to the skin.

The nine main methods are discussed in detail. They are:

Electrolysis / Laser Hair Removal / Depilatories / Waxing / Sugaring / Shaving / Hair Inhibitors / Tweezing / Threading

Each method is discussed in an easy to understand Answers To Frequently Asked Questions format. There are additional Tips and Suggestions pages for many of the methods.

Additional information pages cover questions on pubic hair removal and Brazilian waxing.

There are also special interest pages on head shaving, ingrown hair, hair removal and bodybuilding, eyebrows, skin exfoliation, hair growth and the hair system.

A one page chart of body areas gives you the recommended hair removal methods for specific body areas at a glance.

The ebook is easily navigable in Adobe Acrobat reader. Just make sure you have the Bookmarks pane open on the left (Click the Show/Hide Navigation Pane button on the top toolbar) and you will be able to easily jump around the ebook and go to the articles that particularly interest you.

See the Resource Box below for the download link.

Mike Jones is a writer and webmaster with over 10 years experience. Download the free hair removal guide here: http://www.1bodycare.com/guide.htmlMarilee Blog81398
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Why So Many People Fail In Affiliate Marketing

More and more people are lured into affiliate marketing and you might be one of them. Indeed, affiliate marketing is one of the most effective means of generating a full-time income through the Internet. Its a fair deal between the merchandiser and his affiliates as both benefit from each sale materialized. Like in other kinds of business, a great deal of the profits in affiliate marketing depends on the affiliates advertising, promoting and selling strategies. Everyday, as affiliate marketing industry expands, competition heightens as well so an affiliate marketer must be creative enough to employ unique and effective ways to convince potential buyers to purchase or avail of the products and services offered.

Compared to traditional advertising practices, affiliate programs are more effective, risk-free and cost-efficient. But why do many people still fail in affiliate marketing? There are a lot of reasons and a lot of areas in the program to look into. The most critical aspect in the affiliate program is advertising. Many affiliate marketers fail in this aspect because they lack hard work, which is the most important thing in affiliate marketing and in all other kinds of business as well. Although it pays to be lucky, you cannot merely rely on it. Affiliate marketing isnt as simple as directing customers to the business site. If you want to earn big, of course, you have to invest time and great amount of hard work in promoting the products. As earlier mentioned, the competition is very high and customers nowadays are very wise, too. After all, who doesnt want to get the best purchasethat is, to pay less and get more in terms of quantity and quality.

Lack of preparation is also a reason why one fails in affiliate marketing, whether he is a merchandiser or an affiliate. Part of the preparation is researching. On the part of the merchant, he has to be highly selective in choosing the right affiliate websites for his affiliate program. In order to be sure he has the best choices, he must have exhausted his means in looking for highly interested affiliates whose sites are sure fit to his products and services. The affiliate sites visitors must match his targeted customers. On the other hand, the affiliate marketer must likewise research on the good-paying merchandisers before he signs up for an affiliate program. He must ensure that the merchants products and services match his interests so he can give his full attention and dedication to the program. He can get valuable information by joining affiliate forums, comparing different affiliate programs and reading articles on affiliate marketing where he can get tips from experienced affiliate marketers on how to choose the best merchants and products with high conversion rate.

The website is a very important tool in the whole affiliate program. As an affiliate marketer, you should plan how your site is going to be, from domain name to the design, the lay-out, the content, and ads. Some users are particular about what they see at first glance and thus when they find your site ugly, they wont read through the content even if your site has many things to say and offer. On the other hand, there those who want information more than anything else. Affiliate marketers with rich-content web sites are usually the ones who prosper in this business because the content improves traffic to the site. Websites with high quality contentswith relevant keywords and more importantly, right information about the product and not empty hyped-up advertisementsallow you to earn big in affiliate marketing even when youre asleep. If you wont be able to sustain the interest of your site visitor, you wont be able to lead him to the merchants site. No click-through means no sale and thus, no income on your part.

Selecting a top-level domain name is also crucial to the success of the affiliate program. Lots of affiliate sites dont appear in the search engine results because they are deemed by affiliate managers as personal sites. Major search engines and directories would think of your site as transient ones and thus, they wont list it in the directory. Before you decide on the domain name, know first what you are going to promote. Many fail because their sites are not appropriately named, so even when they feature the exact products the customer is looking for, the customer might think the site is not relevant and thus, wont enter the site.

Above all, an affiliate marketer must be willing to learn more. Certainly, there are still a lot of things to learn and so an affiliate marketer must continue to educate himself so he can improve his marketing strategies. Many fail because they dont grow in the business and they are merely concerned about earning big quickly. If you want long-term and highly satisfactory results, take time to learn the ins and outs of the business. Continue to improve your knowledge especially with the basics in affiliate marketing ranging from advertising to programming, web page development, and search engine optimization techniques. Likewise, study the needs and wants of your site users and how different merchandisers compete with each other.

Keep on trying

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Why Becoming A Myspace Whore Can Make You Money

Ok, its not exactly flattering to be called a whore, but who cares when youre making money, right?

Before you send me hate mail or report me to the local authorities, let me explain myself a bit further.

The term that Im referring to is myspace whore. If you havent heard it than I really do apologize for exposing you to such an inappropriate phrase, but if you know anything about Myspace.com, then you know that that quote is thrown around like tator tots in a food fight. However, the definition of myspace whore isnt as bad as it sounds. Basically, it refers to a member who has an enormous list of friends most of whom he or she has no personal relation with. In other words it means someone who likes to network with as many people as they can. Whether it be for their own reasons or what were going to be talking about...to make money.

You see, unless youve been living under a rock for the past couple of years, you probably know that Myspace has become the supernova of online social networking sites. Boasting an 80 million registered user database, Myspace has surpassed Google, MSN and AOL with its 38.4 million U.S. visitors this past year.

So what does that all mean to the internet marketer...everything!

Imagine advertising your product or an affiliates product to 80 million potential customers. Imagine breaking that 80 million down by demographic region, age, sex, ethnic background, relationship status, hair color...get the picture. I dont know of many other places that can produce such a huge number of targeted traffic for absolutely zero dollars, and there are plenty of channels by which to advertise.

Blogs
Forums
Bulletins
Newsletters
Classifieds
Friends
Groups

Like I said before, not bad for a website that can generate all that traffic for free!

I think the toughest part of your endeavor is going to be

Ej Abram is an expert in online marketing and advertising with three years of experience. If you would like to learn more about making money with your myspace account then visit http://www.myspaceincomestream.comMeggan Blog12616
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How To Use Public Domain Works For Profit

If you are new to marketing online, there are a lot of things you will know in the long run.

But if you are already an experienced specialist, for sure, you are aware that increasing traffic to your website is not an easy job.

You are almost certain that you already know that the search engines are the best and only free way to get additional targeted visitors coming to your website.

This simply means your website needs to have quite a few pages of related content.

The more unique your content is, the more improved your site will be because the principal search engine in the world, which is Google, is the source of the biggest percentage of all search engine traffic and uniqueness is one of the standards they use when taking into account how high your site will rank.

Getting a few articles from some of the ezine article directories will not be as effective as it used to be because you are only copying the content that is likely available from perhaps hundreds of other websites on the Internet.

These content affluent pages are obtainable for everyone to use for a number of reasons, including sellable expansion which is evidently outlined under the Public Domain policies of the United States copyright laws.

Although Public Domains can be useful tools in earning profits, you will need to follow some policies and rules.

The first policy states that you can legally reproduce any part of books, films, art works, and manuscripts in the early years before 1923. Meaning you can copy each and every word in the books which comes from public domain.

Find a public domain book which is relevant and similar to the market that you are targeting.

A lot of experts in the Internet marketing field have used public domains wisely for their websites. After doing so, they have noticed their sales have gone higher and they are getting high traffic from their sites. This is the reason why most web site companies have adopted the strategy to their own sites.

There is software available that you can use that will enable you to make corrections of the pages displayed on your website. You wont really need to check it from the top to the bottom. This shortens your job in checking and proofreading.

You will find out how to come up with hundreds of more article thoughts and ideas every day of the week.

These article thoughts are so influential that they oblige people to read through them and make you free money in the process. That is why a piece of writing is so prevailing. Not only do you get free and high traffic, but you can probably earn thousands of dollars in sales from the development of articles and public domains.

The Quick Page Generator will provide you with the absolutely fastest way to writing a winning article. Whether you believe it or not, there are only two main factors that will determine whether your piece of writing is so good that no other publisher can turn it down or make your piece get thrown in the pile along with the rest. The Quick Page Generator will show you how.

It will also illustrate to you how to write your articles faster than your opposition every time. By the time you finish reading the ebook, you will be trained on how to write influential articles in no less than 45 minutes and that includes the distribution to online publishers.

You will find out how to discover thousands of publishers who have been dying for your radiant articles every day. Publishers are accurately searching for writers and good quality content to launch to their subscribers and good readers.

You will become skilled at how to make the best use of your free traffic. There is really no use in having thousands of people coming to your web site unless you know how to obtain the most from them.

Use the Quick Page Generator and see the wonders. You will never really have to worry about getting your site banned in the search engines either.

For more information on how to produce high quality content for your website, visit http://www.bcp-systems.com/Recommends/qpg

Ian Simpson is the owner of http://surefire-systems.com providing powerful software and resources for active internet marketing.Marieann Blog77870
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Top Up With Affiliate Marketing Ideas

Affiliate marketing ideas is one of the most popular online business ideas. Find out the benefits of making money online with affiliate marketing programs and why it has become so popular.

There are plenty of small business ideas you can make use of to make money online. Countless of people have turned to the Internet, looking for an opportunity to make money from home. It may seem as tough task at first, but you can succeed online if you are willing to learn, have passion for your idea, and most important, have the determination to just start.

One of the most ingenious ways to earn extra money or even replace your current income, is to let proved affiliate marketing ideas work for you.

Affiliate marketing ideas first came to use in 1996 when Amazon.com started paying web sites for referring people to their site. Now many years later affiliate marketing programs are a cornerstone in the online business world. Even the big guy companies such as Dell,Walmart and Apple have implemented affiliate marketing.

Affiliate marketing ideas provide a risk free form of promotion to produce revenue from your web site. Affiliate marketing has become an increasingly popular small business idea because :

There are no production costs
It has very low start up costs
You wont need employees
You will have no inventory
No order to process
No shipping
No customer service
Virtually no risks

To be able to unleash your affiliate marketing ideas, you do need a web site

I know that there are some people who declare that it's possible to make affiliate money without a web site. According to those guys, you can use contextual advertising through Yahoo! publisher and Google AdWords. In theory this technique is very sound, but when it comes to reality, you have to master pay per click advertising into the smallest detail. Believe me, that is only for the very best campaign savvy marketers. If you try this model without the right skills you will end up paying more for the ads then you earn from affiliate marketing.

I strongly advice you to choose the safe way, create your own web site. Learn about organic search-engine optimization. Having real estate on the web is much like owning a piece of property, it will mature and increase in value with age.

There are literally thousands of people just like you, making a very good living from selling other peoples products online. No wonder affiliate marketing ideas is the number one money making opportunity online. Be ware though, as we all know, there isn't any working get rich quick programs online or offline. Affiliate marketing is like any business, to make money it takes education, persistence and passion.

Learn how to realize affiliate marketing ideas by this step by step affiliate tutorial!


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Starting Out on the Web to Make Money

This article is for people who are just starting to get online and make money. In this article, I will detail what needs to be done in the first few days starting out in the internet marketing realm. Please be aware that in most cases you will not start making money immediately online. There are some ways to earn money online in the first few days, but do not expect to pull in $100 or even $10 in your first few weeks. Regardless of what any website says, people did not fall into $1000 or $5000 in their first few days online. They laid a foundation of links, research, web pages, and marketing efforts before they were able to pull in large amounts of money. Keep in mind the old phrase Rome wasnt built in a day when starting your online business effort. It might be a week, a month, or two months before you start making consistent money. The important aspects are research, patience, and persistence. Take the time to lay a strong foundation and avoid the pitfalls of trying to make money online in a short amount of time. This is KEY starting out. If you fall down too many times, eventually you dont want to get back up

That being said, there are a couple of easy and inexpensive ways to start making money online.

1 Paid Surveys/Product Trials
2 Blogging and AdSense

1 Paid Surveys/Product Trials/Email Reading

Ill start off by saying you should be skeptical of any site that charges you money to give you surveys or try out products. When was the last time you had to pay someone to interview you for a job? Same principle. Before you sign up with any of the sites listed below, create an alternate email address in Yahoo or another Email provider. This can be your Survey/Product/Spam email address. This will keep your main email box from getting filled with stuff you dont want or need.

Now the sites listed below offer to pay you money for completing surveys or testing out products. Sounds pretty easy right? For the most part it is, but be careful with the product trials. If its a limited time trial, you may start getting charged if you arent careful.

Check out the sites listed below. These are ones Ive used before and have had no trouble with. They are FREE to sign up for so youre not in danger of giving up money with no return.

Hits4Pay.com
Treasuretrooper.com
SendEarnings.com

2 Blogging and AdSense

Go to www.blogger.com and setup a blog (short for Web Log). You can choose from a variety of templates. Name the blog something that will distinguish what the blog is about. If its about gardening, name it gardening tips or how to garden or make your garden beautiful. The title is important as youll see later. Once youve got your blog setup, you can start posting information about your topic. Once youve successfully created a post, go into your blogger settings and go to the template tab. You should have an AdSense link up there. Now you are asking, what is AdSense? AdSense is a program that delivers content relative ads to web pages. For instance, go to http://cheap-carinsurance.blogspot.com. Notice the small ads above and below some of the postings. Those are AdSense ads. How do you make money off those? A company or individual has paid Google to run these ads. Whenever someone clicks on these ads, the person who has the ads showing makes money. Granted it may only be $.20 or $.30 (or less sometimes), but its basically free money for the webpage owner. Now before you think you are going to make yourself rich by clicking on your own ads, DO NOT DO IT!!! Google is smarter than you think. I know of more than one person who has been banned from the AdSense program due to click fraud. Besides, if someone told you that you could make $.20-$.30 based on someone clicking on an ad based on something you wrote and they could do this 24 hours a day/ 7 days a week/ 365 days a year and you would pay nothing (NOTHING) for this to happen, why would you risk losing it? Dont click on your own ads..period!

Now some of you may be seeing a nice business idea here. If you arent, here it is. You can setup multiple FREE blogs on different subjects and have the AdSense code on all of them. This means instead of one page getting a few clicks a day, you could have 5 pages getting a few clicks a day. I would recommend updating your blog content every 2 or 3 days. This is crucial if you want your blog to get picked up by search engines like Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc. If you blog on gardening is specific to organic gardening, then you want to make sure you mention organic gardening a few times each entry and put it in bold. This will help the search engines pick it up faster. You can also use http://ping-o-matic.com to let blog engines know that your blog has been updated. More Traffic to your page = more potential ad clicks = more money in your pocket. See how easy this is? You are not going to make a fortune this way, but it would not be unreasonable with 5-10 quality blogs to make an extra $5-10 a day depending on the amount of traffic you are getting.

Next time, more ways to advertise your blog.

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How To Make a Money Tree

Would you like to make money even when you are not at work? The secret is to design a business at home that will continue to pay you even if you stop working. This is what's called residual income. You can learn how to make a money tree that, once cultivated, continues to make you money with just a little bit of maintenance.

Residual income is a lot like earning royalties for writing a popular book or creating a pop song. You just work hard on it in the beginning and let the money flow in day and night for years to come.

Is residual income just a foolish dream? There are many enterprising people that turned their dream of earning residual income into reality. They learned how to make a money tree by understanding the business models available about creating residual income. You can also start learning these principles and start making your own residual income.

Writing a book is one of the most popular techniques of creating residual income, but there are many types of products that you can make such as software programs or even a physical product. The secret ingredient is to design your business of selling your product to be as automated as possible. One of the best methods on how to make a money tree is to set up your business so that you don't have to continue working as hard later.

You already have an idea of how this works when you write a book. Traditionally you would sign up with a publishing company to earn royalties or sell your book by yourself. You did the hard part of writing and perfecting the book. Then the fun part happens when you publish your book and collect your profits each time your book sells.

You can also sell a product by creating an online sales page on the Internet that will convince your audience of the benefits of purchasing it. The online sales page will continue to sell your product for you once you complete setting it up.

Everyone usually has a special knowledge or skill about a particular topic. Anyone can most likely find a topic worth writing about. If the thought of getting your book printed and shipped to your buyers seems a little daunting, then you can easily write your book in PDF format that buyers can download from your website immediately after purchasing it.

Create a professional sales page to share lots of information about your product with your prospective buyer. Brush up on your marketing skills and remember to automate the system as much as possible. Learn how to make a money tree and you will make a system that will sell your work even when you don't.

If you are not ready to create your own product yet, you can make an online system selling other people's product and earn commissions. Many online businesses make use of affiliate programs to easily grow their sales force. Joining an affiliate program is free and the businesses will share their profits through commissions.

Once you do develop a book or product of your own, you can get your own sales force by starting your own affiliate program. The affiliates you recruit will refer customers to you and you compensate them through the sales they generate. This is another great example of residual income. Learn how to make a money tree and you will have the knowledge to build another on top of another until you have an orchard of money trees all earning you multiple streams of income. You could be living your dream life so learn how to make a money tree!

Copyright 2006 Antonio Jimenez

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Another False Idea-It Takes Money-To Make Money

The idea that it takes money to make money is a false one. This is a common knowledge idea (which are usually wrong).

When you are in the situation of living within a tight expense budget and you do not know anything about any "business model", it certainly does seem like it takes money to make money. It also seems like there is a lot of risk involved (and given the circumstances, I would agree).

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This whole idea leads most people to believe that investing is risky. In reality, the more knowledge and experience you have, the less risk that is involved and the less money that is usually required.

This is true no matter what business model you choose to pursue. It is all the learning and preparation that take place before an investment that determine the profitability of the investment.

Your level of financial education not only determines how successful your business investments will be but, It is directly related to the quality of people you employee and the businesses you partner with.

Most people have not invested their time into learning about there finances so that is why most people feel it takes money to take money. This belief can lead many people to confuse investing with gambling. Much like gambling when you are relying on "luck" to determine the outcome there is a large amount of risk involved.

Investing is only risky when the person making the investment has no knowledge or experience handling that type of investment. Than the investment may require lots of money and risk.

The less knowledge and experience a person has, the less control they have over the possible outcomes. The less control they have over the outcome, the less certain they are of the outcome. Whenever you invest your money into a situation where you are not certain of the outcome, you are not really investing, you are gambling.

It is important you do not confuse gambling with investing.

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Why So Many People Fail In Affiliate Marketing

More and More people are lured into affiliate marketing and you might be one of them. Indeed, affiliate marketing is one of the most effective means of generating a full-time income through the Internet. Its a fair deal between the merchandiser and his affiliates as both benefit from each sale materialized. Like in other kinds of business, a great deal of the profits in affiliate marketing depends on the affiliates advertising, promoting and selling strategies. Everyday, as affiliate marketing industry expands, competition heightens as well so an affiliate marketer must be creative enough to employ unique and effective ways to convince potential buyers to purchase or avail of the products and services offered.

Compared to traditional advertising practices, affiliate programs are more effective, risk-free and cost-efficient. But why do many people still fail in affiliate marketing? There are a lot of reasons and a lot of areas in the program to look into. The most critical aspect in the affiliate program is advertising. Many affiliate marketers fail in this aspect because they lack hard work, which is the most important thing in affiliate marketing and in all other kinds of business as well. Although it pays to be lucky, you cannot merely rely on it. Affiliate marketing isnt as simple as directing customers to the business site. If you want to earn big, of course, you have to invest time and great amount of hard work in promoting the products. As earlier mentioned, the competition is very high and customers nowadays are very wise, too. After all, who doesnt want to get the best purchasethat is, to pay less and get more in terms of quantity and quality.

Lack of preparation is also a reason why one fails in affiliate marketing, whether he is a merchandiser or an affiliate. Part of the preparation is researching. On the part of the merchant, he has to be highly selective in choosing the right affiliate websites for his affiliate program. In order to be sure he has the best choices, he must have exhausted his means in looking for highly interested affiliates whose sites are sure fit to his products and services. The affiliate sites visitors must match his targeted customers. On the other hand, the affiliate marketer must likewise research on the good-paying merchandisers before he signs up for an affiliate program. He must ensure that the merchants products and services match his interests so he can give his full attention and dedication to the program. He can get valuable information by joining affiliate forums, comparing different affiliate programs and reading articles on affiliate marketing where he can get tips from experienced affiliate marketers on how to choose the best merchants and products with high conversion rate.

The website is a very important tool in the whole affiliate program. As an affiliate marketer, you should plan how your site is going to be, from domain name to the design, the lay-out, the content, and ads. Some users are particular about what they see at first glance and thus when they find your site ugly, they wont read through the content even if your site has many things to say and offer. On the other hand, there those who want information more than anything else. Affiliate marketers with rich-content web sites are usually the ones who prosper in this business because the content improves traffic to the site. Websites with high quality contentswith relevant keywords and more importantly, right information about the product and not empty hyped-up advertisementsallow you to earn big in affiliate marketing even when youre asleep. If you wont be able to sustain the interest of your site visitor, you wont be able to lead him to the merchants site. No click-through means no sale and thus, no income on your part.

Selecting a top-level domain name is also crucial to the success of the affiliate program. Lots of affiliate sites dont appear in the search engine results because they are deemed by affiliate managers as personal sites. Major search engines and directories would think of your site as transient ones and thus, they wont list it in the directory. Before you decide on the domain name, know first what you are going to promote. Many fail because their sites are not appropriately named, so even when they feature the exact products the customer is looking for, the customer might think the site is not relevant and thus, wont enter the site.

Above all, an affiliate marketer must be willing to learn more. Certainly, there are still a lot of things to learn and so an affiliate marketer must continue to educate himself so he can improve his marketing strategies. Many fail because they dont grow in the business and they are merely concerned about earning big quickly. If you want long-term and highly satisfactory results, take time to learn the ins and outs of the business. Continue to improve your knowledge especially with the basics in affiliate marketing ranging from advertising to programming, web page development, and search engine optimization techniques. Likewise, study the needs and wants of your site users and how different merchandisers compete with each other.

Keep on trying; dont get disappointed if your first attempts did not pay off. Thousands are attracted by the possibility of generating skyrocketing incomes through affiliate marketing and so they sign up in any affiliate program without carefully understanding every aspect of the business. When they dont get instant results, they quit and sign up for another program and repeat the process of just copying links and referring them to others. When you sign up for an affiliate program, dont expect to get rich in an instant. Work on your advertising strategies and be patient. Youll never know how much you can get if you dont persevere.

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Growing Opportunities For North America

There is an ugly trend taking place all across North America these days. That trend is lack of financial security for many hard working people. The corporate world, also kindly referred to as "Corporate America" no longer has the loyalty to it's employees as days gone by. More and more you hear of major corporations closing their doors and as a result more and more hard working people are left wondering what they can do.

So what are some options that will allow people to take control of their lives, their finances and their future? There is always the lottery, but considering one in every few million people win the lottery it isn't the most optimistic option.

A real, simple option for many people across the United States, Canada and globally is Network Marketing. Now, before you close your mind to this option consider the facts from research which was done over four years ago.

- In 2002, more than $28 Billion dollars was made through Network Marketing in the United States alone.

- Network Marketing industry has created more millionaires than any other industry around.

- Many of the mainstream products and stores you see today in retail shopping malls around the country were started because Network Marketing companies introduced the products to the mainstream. - Many fortune 500 companies have created Network Marketing divisions in their business to assist in distribution of the products.

- Although Network Marketing is a massive industry in North America, it pales in comparison to what it is like Internationally where opportunities are not as easy to come by.

- It may be the only business model where a normal everyday person can acheive amzing financial results.

Why Network Marketing? Many successful Network Marketing companies take the guess work out of starting a business for you. They provide the products, training, system, marketing tools and resources, and they are incredibly affordable considering the return on the investment possibilities. The requirement from you, is that you put forth the effort to succeed.

Why do people turn their backs to a business model that is proven to work? Failure- almost everyone knows someone who "tried one of those things" and failed. What those people don't realize is that their failure was a choice. A person who tries something for a couple of weeks was destined to fail before they even got started. Any network marketing company is a business and deserves to be treated as a business. If it is treated as a hobby the results you see financially will resemble what happens with a hobby. Hobbies cost money, businesses make money.

One important aspect to look into is the companies longevity. Literally thousands of network marketing companies are started every year. Most of them never make it past the first year of business. So, be on the lookout for a company that has been around for at least five years. If they have made it that long, you know they are in for the long haul. By that time most companies have proven they work, because if they don't work they wouldn't have made it that long. They've also had plenty of time to prove that they are a legitimate business. Government officials do not allow companies to survive if they are not legitimate, five years of business gives the government ample time to do their research.

Although the term Network Marketing may carry with it a bad reputation, it is wise to begin opening your eyes to the possibility. Job security, great retirement plans, benefits are all a thing of the past. In today's society you are responsible for your future, not your employer. Make a conscious decision to secure the kind of life you deserve.

Copyright (c) 2006 Eric Seidelman

Eric Seidelman is a successful home business entrepreneur. For more than 2 years he has successfully assisted countless people to start their own home business and take control of their lives. Visit: http://thenextbigboom.com/EricSeidelman/t/49 for more information about how Eric Seidelman can assist you.Maurita Blog13857
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How to Market with Articles

Writing articles is a very effective way to get one way links to your site as well as to have people learn more about your website or service. However, there are ways to do this that can make you more successful versus have your articles be overlooked and not considered.

Shane Pearce has written the Lazy Man's Guide to Article Writing which outlines some helpful tips. I was first impressed with his tip that when you submit your article to an ezine publisher or a webmaster, that you can offer him to use his own affiliate link in place of your own. For instance, if you have written an article on motivation and have a link to a clickbank ebook on motivation and goals, you can offer the publisher that he use his own affiliate id instead of yours. What this means is that the ezine or website publisher will be getting a free article already written with a link that may give him some monetary income. You still would have your own information in your resource box at the end, so people can click to your website as well. Think about what the website publisher you write to will get out of the exchange and find a way to make his or her life easier.

Other tips he gives are to read frequently asked questions to find out what people want to know about in terms of popular topics. Shane discusses how to make a viral ebook based on a faq niche that can be passed around. If there are frequently asked questions on a topic that is a sign that the topic has an interest as well as the fact there may be an interest in some guide or tutorial.

Also I like the sample autoresponder examples he uses as well as different ideas for a signature file at the end of one's article. I think he is very good at showing how to integrate a couple of affiliate links without being pushy. He recommends sending people to opt-in to a mailing list as part of your signature file.

Another section I found useful discusses how to create checklists and use them both for your website and in articles that lead back to your website. People like checklists. Shane discusses how to use these. They also help break through writer's block or paralysis because you can have a list of steps .

There are ideas given about utilizing both 2-tier affiliate programs and residual income programs that will help you keep you earning as your articles circulate around the net. Shane gives some interesting suggestions on types of sites that work for this.

I also like that Shane gives an example of a flop he did of an unsuccessful attempt at marketing. He analzyes it and compares it to something someone else wrote he feels was better expressed. It is a very interesting study covering various ways to get your articles noticed and published. I publish articles regularly but learned some valuable tips from this ebook.

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Bush sent North Korea $55 Million, but Wanta $4.5 Trillion still not turned over to American people

Michael C. Cottrell, treasurer for the Wanta financial group set to repatriate $4.5 trillion into the U.S. economy, said he received documented inside information the Bush administration sent North Korea $55 million the day after it set off a nuclear testing device.

Cottrell's announcement Thursday came as a shock to the world since it previously was thought the U.S. was strongly opposed to North Korea's actions, publicly denouncing the nuclear testing and indicating strong financial sanctions should be imposed.

However, the transfer of money to North Korea, taken from the offshore and off-the books account earmarked for Ambassador Leo Wanta and the American people, shows the real behind the scenes intentions of the Bush administration.

Although publicly the Bush administration castigates North Korean officials for their actions, behind the scenes the $55 million pay off is proof positive the Bush administration is working hand-in-glove with countries like North Korea to promote war--ot stop it.

"It looks kind of strange, doesn't it," said Cottrell Thursday while appearing as a guest on Greg Szymanski's radio show, The Investigative Journal at www.gcnlive.com and www.arcticbeacon.com "We have it from credible sources that $55 million was transferred from the offshore money to North Korea the day after the nuclear testing took place."

Although Cottrell would not speculate on the Bush administration motives while having solid evidence the money was released, other researchers close to the North Korean scene said the $55 million amounts to nothing more than "a pay-off for a job well done."

Cottrell's announcement also provided more evidence the Bush administration was involved in treasonous and duplicitous actions, demonstrating the interests of the American people, as well as its security and stability, were not really Bush's first priority.

"Who are the real controllers and who Bush owes his first allegiance we are not sure, but one thing we are sure of it is not the American people," added Cottrell, who appeared on the show to talk about how the Bush administration has again failed to release the Wanta $4.5 trillion as previously agreed upon.

Concerning the $4.5 trillion earmarked for the American people now sitting in a New York Citibank account, Cottrell said the Bush administration failed to release the money again on Wednesday, causing him to go public with further allegations of that the U.S. officials are violating the rule of law and misusing the Wanta money while not honoring it's financial commitment to Wanta.

"One thing for sure, the money will be eventually released and we have word from the Chinese that if Bush doesn't live up to his agreement with Wanta, then the Chinese are going to pay us," said Cottrell, adding $1.6 trillion in taxes will be paid to the U.S. Treasury and $270 billion in taxes to the state of Virginia.

Cottrell said the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board was having "a hard time swallowing" the big chunk of cash because it appears their goal is bring America to its financial knees by extending the official U.S. debt bubble to $10 trillion instead of trying to revitalize the economy.

"We've had to make a deal once the money is released to pay the taxes off in $20 billion dollar chunks," added Cottrell who couldn't give a firm date on when he expected to see the $4.5 trillion but hinted something big was going to happen within the next two weeks.

Asked what was the real importance of the Wanta story, he said it clearly showed how the Bush administration has violated the rule of law by not honoring its financial commitments, demonstrating the administration was more concerned with lining the pockets of global banksters and "privateers" with trillions of dollars instead of doing the right thing by enforcing offshore tax payments and stabilizing the American economy.

Cottrell added that since President Reagan passed Executive Order 12333, the last three presidential administrations have illegally used offshore money for their own nefarious purposes without paying U.S. taxes to the tune of more than $100 trillion dollars.

He also said the thievery continues on a large scale, including the illegal use of the $4.5 trillion earmarked for Wanta.

"Instead of the U.S. officials honoring the Wanta agreement and the rule of law entered into last May, we have caught them using the money illegally and filling financial holes to cover their tracks," said Cottrell.

As background, Wanta has been at odds with the powers that be ever since he was declared legal trustor of more than $27.5 trillion accumulated as a result of his financial efforts on behalf of President Ronald Reagan to destabilize the Russian currency at the end of the Cold War. Wanta negotiated a settlement with the Federal Governemt to return $4.5 trillion for the benefit of the U.S. economy.

Besides the $4.5 trillion supposedly earmarked for the American people with $1.6 trillion to be paid in federal taxes, Wanta's shocking testimony opens the door to the devious way the last three presidential administrations have been bilking the American people out of trillions of dollars, using the "off the books offshore" money for covert purposes, including funding to the New World/Illuminati's quest to destroy America socially, economically and politically.

Recently, The International Currency Review of England, one of the few outlets covering the Wanta story, issued a news release about the status of the $4.5 trillion, including numerous violations of law by U.S authorities as well as a list of banks affiliated with the Wanta money.

Here are pertinent excerpts of the Currency Review's release:

"For the past month or so, Ambassador Leo Emil Wanta the Principal and Trustor of the original $27.5+ trillion (now, with accruals, worth in excess of $70 trillion) raised from 200+ international banks in accordance with President Reagan's instructions to finance the 'post-Cold War' security regime has refrained from public statements concerning the US authorities' defaults on their formal Settlement undertakings, which provided for $4.5 trillion to be made available for the use of the Ambassador and his Virginia-based corporation for taxable US project operations."

TRILLIONS OF U.S. OFFICIAL SECURITIES IN DEFAULT

"As of 26th October, more than $4.275 trillion of US Treasury securities and Federal Reserve Notes (FRNs) were reported to be in default in several European financial centres, including London. Whatever band-aid arrangements have been made to mask these massive defaults believed to include round-robin trades out of Birmingham [UK], Germany and India, crudely disguised with the assistance of a large Japanese institution, and back again to the United Kingdom legal action is known to have been taken in the US court system against the Federal Reserve in respect of certain of these defaulted transactions. The 'Full Faith and Credit of the United States' means that when US official securities are redeemed, the United States will provide cash against the redeemed paper. This pledge can no longer be relied upon."

"** Now, with these defaults on financial market transactions, the 'Full Faith and Credit of the United States' has been shown to be non-existent."

LIST OF BANKS WITH WANTA BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS

The global institutions which must disgorge Ambassador Wanta's funds, or which have handled transactions for him and his Title 18, Section 6 USG corporations contracted to the US Government, or which have banking relationships with the Ambassador and his corporations, include, but are not necessarily confined to, the following organizations:

AB Invest [Avenue Banque]
ABN-AMRO Bank N.V., Amsterdam,
Agape Holdings, Ltd, Barbados
Agricultural Bank of China
Algemene Spaar-en Lufrentenkas
Algemene Spaar-en Lufrentenkas/ASLK Bank
Altalanos Eriekforgalmi Bank Rt (AEB RT)
Amsouth Bank, N.A
Amur Commercial Bank, Moscow
Anglo Manx Bank Limited
Arab Jordan Investment Bank
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Melbourne
Bacob Savings Bank, Borgerhout, Belgium
Banca di Roma, Rome
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro
Banco Ambrosiano Veneto

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