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  • The Moving Target in Internet Marketing
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] Read a few books on internet marketing and you will get the impression you will be a success forever if you just learn the particular technique being discussed. This is hardly the case.


  • The Ins and Outs of Domain Suffixes
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Domain-Names] In the fast paced world of the internet, it can be easy to use certain functions without knowing what they really are. This is particularly true for the suffixes on domains, so let's take a closer look.


  • Updating Your PPC Campaigns with Seasonal Terms
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:PPC-Advertising] PPC is a fairly simple system to set up. Once you start to make a profit off of it, it can be easy to get lazy and just leave the ads alone each month. This is a mistake as there are plenty of opportunities to make money on seasonal terms.


  • Why PPC Should Always Be Your First Marketing Strategy
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:PPC-Advertising] Pay per click marketing, or "PPC" as it is known, tends to be a love it or hate it proposition. Some businesses love it while others avoid it like the plague. Regardless of where you fall in the debate, you should always use PPC at the outset of your marketing efforts.


  • Design For Your Audience
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Design] When you sit down to create a site, it can be easy to lose your way. The number one aspect you must focus on is your audience. Fail to do this and your site can crash and burn.


  • Blogging Numbers - An Overview
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Blogging] It is easy to see how quickly the phenomenon of blogging has exploded on the Internet in recent years. Ah, but what are the hard numbers about the number of blogs and who is using them?


  • How To Start Blogging
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Blogging] With the popularity of blogs and blogging on the rise in the past few years, many people may be wondering – how do I start blogging and create my own blog for others to read?


  • A Look Back At The Beginning of Blogging
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Blogging] Blogs are an important part of Internet culture – nearly everyone either has a blog of their own or reads one regularly – but how did this phenomenon get started?


  • Beware The Leaky Affiliate Program
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Affiliate-Revenue] A popular method for making money on the web is through the promotion of products or services offered by a third company. This affiliate relationship works well, but there are some things to watch out for.


  • The PPC Branding Myth
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:PPC-Advertising] PPC is touted as many providing many things to the site owner. The use of a PPC campaign as a way to build a brand is one. In most cases, branding with PPC is a waste of money.


  • Are You Really Making Money on PPC?
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:PPC-Advertising] Pay per click is a common online marketing strategy, but many people don't make a profit off of it. In fact, many people are not even clear how to go about figuring out if they are profitable or not.


  • The Basics of RSS Feeds
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:RSS] With the new technology available in the worlds of electronic communication and the Internet, it can be hard to keep up with all the latest gadgets. In this article, we cover the basics of RSS feeds.


  • Intro to Social Networking
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Social-Networking] Some of the most popular websites online today have to do with meeting friends and renewing old relationships – but what are social networking websites really about?


  • Adding Value to Your Site with RSS Feeds
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:RSS] Most of the people who use Internet services agree – when there is a new technology out there it should be implemented on websites – and this is why you should use RSS feeds for your site.


  • Why Pay-Per-Click Advertising Is Critical for New Sites
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:PPC-Advertising] Pay-per-click advertising is one of those internet marketing platforms that is both loved and hated. Regardless of your particular position, it is a critical platform for marketing new sites.


  • The Problem with In-House SEO
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Once you make the decision to incorporate search engine optimization into your online marketing plan, you need to decide whether you are going to handle it through a third party or in-house.


  • SEO for the Business Executive
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] As a business executive, you have years of experience in the brick and mortar business world. The same is probably not true for ecommerce and the potential of SEO for your business.


  • The Foundation of SEO
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Start reading up on SEO and you can soon lose the forest for the trees. In this article, we take a step back and look at the basic foundation necessary to obtain rankings.


  • Google's Universal Search and the Impact on SEO
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] As you know by now, Google has been integrating a new universal search platform. The question many have is how this will impact the SEO game.


  • Return On Investment is the Key to PPC
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:PPC-Advertising] There is no better way to generate immediate traffic for your site then to use PPC advertising. You need to focus on return on investment to evaluate if this is a good marketing medium for you.


  • The Path to A Successful Web Business
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online] Anyone can spend a few bucks and own a web business. That doesn't mean the business will be a success. There are some keys you need to focus on to do well.


  • The Immediate Need Problem
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Ecommerce] For sites selling products of one sort or another, poor conversion rates can be indicative of a problem unique to the web. This is known as the immediate need problem.


  • Parsing Keywords for SEO
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] As you probably know by now, keyword research is the key, pun intended, to getting rankings that produce traffic for your site. That being said, not all keywords carry the same value.


  • Can Your Niche be to Small?
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online] On the web, it is often far better to be a big fish in a small pond then to be a small fish in a big lake. In practical terms, this means you want to focus on dominating a niche market. Ah, but can your niche be too small?


  • Building a Niche Site Within a Larger Site
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Ecommerce] It usually is considered an unwise move to try to be all things to all people in business. With your site, however, this may not be entirely true.


  • The Successful Site Solves Problems
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online] So, you want to start a website. Do you start with a hot product, a blog or what? Truth is, you need to figure out what people are having problems with and solve them.


  • The Most Important Thing In E-Commerce
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Ecommerce] When developing a website, one can quickly get so immersed that you can lose the forest for the trees. When this occurs, you risk failing to emphasize the most important thing in e-commerce.


  • Resize an Image Using Photoshop
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Design] Photoshop is a wonderful tool for graphic design, web development and any other form of digital media creation. In this article, we discuss resizing an image using the program.


  • Building Links for Google Rankings
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] The focus of your marketing should always be on Google because it controls the most traffic. To this end, building links for Google rankings is a tricky matter.


  • Why Keyword Research Is Critical
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Site-Promotion] Once you start an internet business, you quickly learn the value of keyword research. In fact, keyword research is critical to your success.


  • Taking Time to Select Your Domain
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Domain-Names] One of the first steps in launching a site is, obviously, to pick a domain. This may seem a simple task, but it is a critical step that should be given some serious thought.


  • Expanding Your Keyword Research
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Keyword research should be the first step in any marketing plan. In fact, it should be the first step in e-commerce development as you need to know if there is interest in your business idea.


  • Swipe Traffic From Sites Ranked Above You With Your Meta Title
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] The general consensus is the site ranked first in search results will get more clicks then the site ranked second and so on. While this is generally true, there are ways to have readers gravitate to the second or third position. It all has to do with meta titles.


  • Meta Titles and Descriptions for SEO
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] For years, people slaved over the meta title and description for each page of their site. Search engines have devalued this approach in relation to rankings, but these two factors are still important.


  • Google's New Patent Application - Digital Billboards
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Ecommerce] Always looking for a new potential marketing forum, Google is thinking outside of the box again. It recently filed a patent application for digital billboards.


  • Internet Marketing for Professionals
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] Most professionals approach internet marketing by throwing money at the problem. While this will produce some results, there is a better way to go about marketing your services.


  • SEO For Geographically Restricted Sites
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] The web is often touted as a way to reach a huge audience that spans the globe. Many people mistakenly believes they should only be online if they have a business that caters to people regardless of their location.


  • Writing Meta Titles Correctly for SEO
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] When pursuing search engine optimization, you are going to have to confront the issue of meta tags. There are a couple of strategies when it comes to writing them, but meta titles require some specific care.


  • Avoid Temptation When Doing Keyword Research
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] To be successful on the web, you must provide solutions to the problems your visitors have. Keyword research is the key to figuring out what those problems are.


  • The Competing Column in Wordtracker and SEO
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] If you are going to make it big on the web with search engine optimization, you have to do keyword research. Wordtracker is a fairly popular tool with many webmasters.


  • PPC-The Desire for An Exact Bid Amount
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:PPC-Advertising] If you run PPC campaigns, you are undoubtedly aware of the changes made over at Yahoo to the old Overture platform. Range bid pricing is in. Gee, I wonder where they got the idea.


  • Percolating and SEO – The Long Term Approach
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Time is against you when trying to optimize a site, particularly if you have a brand new domain and site. Letting a site percolate is sometimes a good strategy to undertake.


  • The Problem of Lots of Visitors and Few Sales
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Ecommerce] If you have had a site up for any time at all, you know it is a challenge getting people to visit it. Once you get them, nothing is more aggravating than not getting sales.


  • A Lazy Way To Find Article Ideas
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing-Articles] If you write articles to promote sites, you can run into writer's block in a big way. It can get so bad that you can’t even come up with any ideas for articles.


  • Article Byline Linking Strategy
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing-Articles] Many people that write articles to promote their site just throw together any old author byline without giving it much thought. With the byline, a little strategy can go a long way.


  • The Advantages and Disadvantages of Working in SEO
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] If you are considering working in the field of search engine optimization, you need to know what you are getting into. Here is an attempted humorous take on some of the advantages and disadvantages of starting your own optimization business.


  • Keyword Research for Seasonal Site SEO
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Keyword research is one of the necessary steps that must be undertaken as part of a search engine optimization plan. That being said, you have to be careful when doing it for a seasonal site.


  • SEO for the Seasonal Site
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] There are many business areas that are seasonal in nature in the brick and mortar world. The same is true for the web, which can make optimizing the site a bit tricky.


  • Keyword Research vs Hope
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online] Admit it. When you first decided to start a for-profit site online, you expected to make tons of money quickly. If you didn’t, we need to discuss the concept of keyword research vs hope.


  • Marketing a New Site with No Money
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Site-Promotion] The online world is primarily the world of small businesses. Most start sites with little or no money to spend on marketing. Fortunately, there is a free way to generate traffic to your site.


  • Slacking on the Quality of Your Articles
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing-Articles] There are numerous ways to go about generating traffic on the web. Writing articles is a method that has two benefits, but only if you keep the quality of your work at a high level.


  • Evaluating Product Lines for Your Site
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Product-Launching] If you have a product oriented site, you obviously need products. There is an interesting way you can use keyword research to help you evaluate the products that are going to sell.


  • Using SEO Keyword Phrases in Your Articles
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Article-Marketing] If you are attempting to obtain search engine rankings for your site by publishing articles, you are making a smart choice. There is, however, one big issue you need to watch out for.


  • Picking New Products for Your Online Business
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Product-Launching] If you run an online business selling products, you eventually are going to want to expand your product line. Instead of winging it or thinking up new ideas, you should use online tools to verify there is a need.


  • SEO and the Fold
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Most discussions about seo focus on getting into the top 10 of the rankings for a particular keyword phrase. In truth, the discussion should be about the fold.


  • When Not to Use Business Names for Domains
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Domain-Names] As a business, your mindset is to promote your name and brand as much as possible. This is not always a good idea when it comes to picking a domain name for your site.


  • Google to Dominate Entire Physical Universe?
    [Business] As you may have heard, NASA and Google have just announced a partnership of sorts. While it seems like an information sharing agreement, a close reading reveals some rather startling things.


  • Internet Marketing in 2007 - What Will Happen
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] To say that internet marketing is a fluid medium for advertising is a small understatement. As we come to the end of 2006, what can we expect for 2007?


  • Using 2006 Site Stats to Mine Gold in 2007
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Traffic-Building] One of the inherent problems with running a site is tends to consume you. You get so caught up in the daily work that you can often completely miss larger patterns.


  • SEO for Holidays Throughout The Year
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] When preparing a plan for your search engine optimization efforts, it can be easy to miss out on time sensitive keywords. With the holiday season about to end, now is a good time to rethink your strategy.


  • Internet Marketing After The Holidays
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] Alas, another glorious holiday shopping season ends online. Is it time to call it a year and relax? Not if you want to make some more money.


  • Site Checklist for the Holidays
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Ecommerce] If you sell on the web, you know nothing beats the holiday selling season. That being said, you need to tweak your site a bit to maximize sales during this epic period.


  • Humor and Writing Your Articles
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing-Articles] One issue that creeps up often when writing articles is whether you should use humor in them. While this might seem like a good move, the answer is not entirely clear.


  • Writing Time-Oriented Articles
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing-Articles] The first step in writing an article for distribution is to come up with a subject. To really make hay, you should always look to see if there is a time element you can incorporate as well.


  • Specifics Get Your Article Picked Up
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing-Articles] When writing articles you intend to submit to directories, it is tempting to just pound them out quickly. If you add specifics to your article, however, your article will get picked up by publishers at a much greater rate.


  • Why You Should Use Alternating Author Names
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Article-Marketing] When you open an account with an article directory, you are almost always asked to create an author name. Most people put their real name, but this can be a mistake in some situations.


  • Thoughts on Article Directory Oddities
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Article-Marketing] If you publish articles to promote your site, you have probably noticed the directories evolve. Some things are just odd, but others are not good developments.


  • Which Article Directories Should You Submit To
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Article-Marketing] Publishing articles is a tremendous way to generate links to your site. There are now thousands of article directories, so which should you submit your articles to?


  • How Many Links Do I Need to Get High Rankings
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Link-Popularity] If you are pursuing a search engine optimization campaign, your link popularity will become an issue. So, how many links do you need to get high rankings?


  • Time and Search Engine Optimization
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Listen to anyone who remotely knows anything about search engine optimization and you will hear all kinds of strategies and tips on getting high rankings. Time, however, is rarely mentioned.


  • Insight to SEO Jargon
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] If you have an online business, sooner or later you will start looking into search engine optimization. Better known as “SEO”, the field is full of jargon. Here is a little clarity on some of the terms used.


  • Domain Names and Search Engine Optimization
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Domain-Names] There are a lot of factors involved if you are considering building out a site with search engine optimization in mind. Your domain name is just one, but an important one.


  • Email Holiday Strategy –-Not Just For Christmas
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Email-Marketing] If your business sees a rise in sales during any of the holiday periods throughout the year, you should maximize said sales by using a time-tested holiday email strategy.


  • Generate Secondary Sales From Previous Customers
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Ecommerce] Every business spends untold amounts of energy, time and money obtaining customers. Surprisingly, many then fail to revisit those customers for secondary revenues.


  • How Many Articles Do You Need To Get Rankings?
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing-Articles] A fairly popular way to go about link building for a site is to publish articles. This raises the question of how many articles one needs to publish to see results?


  • That Annoying Guy With Top Rankings
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] If you are in the Internet game, or probably any business, there is that one annoying guy who will tell you everything is easy. He is full of it, particularly when it comes to rankings.


  • I Lost My Rankings – SEO Nightmare?
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] If you are ethical, search engine optimization efforts can take a long time and a lot of effort. So what happens when you find your rankings have disappeared one day?


  • Root Keywords Are Key To SEO Efforts
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Whether you are just starting out with search engine optimization or an old pro, keyword research is the foundation upon which top rankings are built and root keywords are the most important.


  • Google Duplicate Content Filter for SEO -- The Good
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] The much maligned Google duplicate content filter is generally the bane of most sites. There is, however, one way to use it to your advantage.


  • Google Duplicate Content Filter for SEO -- The Bad
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Many people use article distribution as a technique for building inbound links to their site. For many, this strategy has run into problems because of the Google duplicate content filter.


  • Making Money On A Site That Bombs
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Development] You spend a lot of time and effort to build out and market a site. You are getting a lot of traffic, but the site isn’t profitable. What now?


  • Link Building For SEO On A New Site
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Ah, the joys of link building and search engine optimization. If you have a new site, here is a tip that you might want to consider. Then again, you may just want to pitch it.


  • Driving Your SEO Professional Insane
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Checking the rankings of your site in the search engines can become addictive. This is fine so long as you do not drive the person handling your seo work insane.


  • What You Should Expect From A SEO Professional
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] For many businesses, search engine optimization is a confusing subject. To get the most out of it, you need to define the role of the person or business handling the seo.


  • Get The Most Out Of Your SEO Professional
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Many businesses go through all kinds of steps before hiring a search engine optimization professional. Unfortunately, they often then sabotage that person from the outset.


  • Conflicting SEO Expectations
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] SEO is undisputedly the best method for generating traffic and profits. That being said, you need to understand the inherent conflict that can arise with SEO.


  • Moving To The Next Level With Adsense
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:PPC-Publishing] When you first start promoting Adsense on your site, the potential is obvious. After a few months, however, you need to move to the next level to maximize revenues.


  • Placement of Adsense Ads – Location, Location, Location
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:PPC-Publishing] Once you have made the decision to use Google Adsense, you need to consider where to place the ads on your pages. Much like real estate, it is all about location, location, location.


  • The Basics of Google Adsense
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:PPC-Publishing] Google Adsense is a unique program that can produce a lot of revenues over time if you are patient. Here is an overview of the basics of Google Adsense.


  • Pay For Action Adsense – A Fundamental Problem
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Affiliate-Revenue] Ever inventive, Google has been sending out emails to select Adsense publishers regarding a new pay for action program. This is bad news for publishers promoting Adsense.


  • The Red Herring that is Google Pagerank
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] Google likes to offer all kinds of neat little tips and clues regarding how it views sites. Google PageRank is one such tool, but with questionable value.


  • Online Turnkey Sites – Good and Bad
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online] You have decided to open a site online, but are not sure where to start. This brings us to the subject of the online turnkey sites.


  • Why Internet Businesses Crash and Burn
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online] As you know from the dot.com debacle in the late 1990s, starting an Internet business is no guarantee of success. Internet business failures happen, but often for obvious reasons.


  • The Catch-22 with Accepting Credit Cards
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Ecommerce] The Internet is a unique beast when it comes to payment transactions. You need to accept credit cards on your site, but there is a problem given the nature of credit card protection.


  • Emphasizing Your Keyword For SEO
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Once you get into the search engine optimization game, you will learn all kinds of fundamental axioms. Emphasizing your keyword in code is one.


  • Tried and True Way To Make Money On The Web From Home
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:PPC-Advertising] With downsizing and such, many people are looking for ways to earn a living or supplement their income. Here is tried and true method.


  • Finding Your Nook and Cranny
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online] Online or off, a time tested method of succeeding in business is to focus on an unexploited area. You are probably wondering how. Here is your answer.


  • The Advantage of Going After A Nook On The Web
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online] Focusing on a nook to the exclusion of everything else is a tremendous way to make money.


  • Web Marketing - A Look Into The Crystal Ball
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] It may be hard to believe, but the Internet as we know it is just over 10 years old. So, what does the crystal ball show us about the coming evolution of web marketing?


  • Getting Indexed in Google - Quick and Easy
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Traffic-Building] Google is the dominant search engine on the net, controlling more traffic than Yahoo and MSN combined. This means you need to get your entire site into Google as fast as possible.


  • You Work Hard For Traffic - Get It To Convert
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Ecommerce] Anyone can build an ecommerce site. Getting traffic is going to be the first hurdle, but doing so will only matter if you can convert it.


  • Word of Mouth Marketing on The Web
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] Online marketing presents you with an opportunity to get more bang for your buck compared to traditional marketing. This is particularly true for word of mouth marketing.


  • Marketing on Search Engines - Getting the Biggest Bang for Your Buck
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Site-Promotion] With its global audience, the Internet provides a unique revenue generation platform with search engines. This is where your business will be made or thrown on the refuse pile.


  • The Great Thing About Virtual Offices
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online] Running a business online is all about flexibility and freedom. One of the keys to this is your virtual office.


  • Tips on Getting Your Domain Name Right
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Domain-Names] If you are going to start a web site, you have to have a domain name. There are a couple of tricks, however, you should know before you buy one.


  • The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Of Business Opportunities
    [Home-Based-Business] Evaluating business opportunities can be a bear. How do you know what is legit and what is not? Here are some thoughts regarding web opportunities.


  • Where To Get The Traffic You Want
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Traffic-Building] Not all traffic is the same. Getting a gazillion hits is great, but not if it is from random subjects and subjects. You want to focus on traffic that has a reasonable chance of converting.


  • Search Engines and Small Markets
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] If your business is focused on a very particular, small market, you are going to love search engines. The more focused you are, the easier it is to win on the engines.


  • Making Big Money By Going Small on the Net
    [Home-Based-Business] You will hear over and over that the quickest way to find success on the net is to find an area with little competition. I second this advice.


  • Improving Management of Your Business
    [Business:Management] All companies have business processes that can be improved. Most companies can benefit from automation or further automation of solutions.


  • Issues You Will Confront When Using Third Parties To Build Out Sites
    [Home-and-Family:Parties] Nearly every ecommerce site revolves around a database to support inventory, listings and transactions. Building out the database can be a challenge. Here is what to expect.


  • Keyword Research and Product Lines
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] As you have probably heard over and over, keyword research is a pivotal step for success. Taken a step further, it can develop your product lines for you.


  • First Steps To Starting A Site – An Example
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Development] A dog is rumored to be man’s best friend. There are lots and lost of men. Sounds like a good subject for a site that will make us rich, Rich, RICH! Okay, I got a bit carried away.


  • Run An Internet Businesses From Your Home?
    [Home-Based-Business] Stuff these envelopes and you will make a million dollars in 20 minutes. Yeah, right. Don’t buy the fluff. So, can you really run an Internet business from home?


  • Keyword Perspective – Avoid This Mistake At All Cost
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] In this article, we are going to discuss a major problems involving keyword selection for existing businesses. It is a simple mistake, but one most people do not think about.


  • Two Vital Tools For SEO – Well, For Me
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] The Internet has revolutionized business and you need a presence to make money in the digital age. While everyone has their favorite tools, I prefer two in particular.


  • One Philosophy [Rant] on Online Marketing
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] Online marketing more often than not takes a beating in the press. In truth, it is one of the singularly great things about the net if you can get the hang of it.


  • And Then There Were Adwords... An Introduction
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:PPC-Advertising] If you have been looking into Internet marketing, you have probably seen Adwords mentioned now and again. Why don’t we cover the basics of the program.


  • Web Sites... In The Beginning
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Development] For many business areas, the Internet has set a new standard and changed the playing field. To take advantage, you need a site. But where do you start?


  • Strange Internet Businesses Make Money
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online] Coming up with a profitable site that will make money can be a bit of a challenge. If you get a little strange, you can make money hand over foot. Don’t laugh!


  • The Internet is Used 24/7, But Timing Still Matters
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online] With so much information on the net regarding Internet marketing, identifying the best approach is difficult. Following is a discussion of the timing issues you should keep in mind.


  • Is Branding a Legitimate Internet Marketing Strategy
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] Internet marketing is all about hard results, not generic concepts of branding. Still, there are ways to go about branding your product or service on the net without spending a fortune.


  • One Internet Marketing Approach
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] Whether you are new to Internet marketing or frustrated by the experience, the concept is undisputedly a challenge. As they say, there is more than one way to skin a cat.


  • Optimizing for Rankings – Things to Do and Avoid
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Search engine optimization is a much-debated topic and there is a lot of different on the net. Let’s cut through the muck and discuss things you should and shouldn’t pursue to get high rankings.


  • How to Analyze a Competitor's Website
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Development] Competitors' websites, if analyzed properly, can give you all sorts of information that you can use to increase the traffic and the popularity of your site. Here is an article on how to analyze a competitor's website.


  • Analyzing the Competition - Check Indexes
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] The beauty of the Internet is the inherent open nature of competition. It is so open, you can check indexes when analyzing the competition to improve your site.


  • Abandonment - Why Visitors Don't Turn Into Customers
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Development] Every good Internet business understands the value of conversions versus hits received. Far too often, businesses become fixated on the hits they are receiving instead of monitoring their hit to sale conversion rate. This misguided focus is the road to ruin because it fails to take in the issue of abandonment.


  • 6 Tips For Raising Your Search Engine Rankings
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Whether your site is profitable or not with PPC advertising, search engine rankings are an important factor to consider in improving profitability. The higher you are on a variety of search engines, the better off your profitability.


  • Sales From Your Site - Make It Simple For Prospects
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Ecommerce] Building a web site often can lead to interesting deviations caused by practicalities and changes in perspective. This is okay so long as you keep things simple for prospects.


  • Intelligent Design - Basic Design Guidelines
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Design] When talking about intelligent design, we are not talking about the creation of man. Nope, this is more important! The creation of your media and site products.


  • Types of Web Site Features
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Design] As web platforms and software grow at exponential rates, site owners are faced with a plethora of potential features. So, what is out there?


  • Effective Data Management
    [Business:Management] Mining data is one of the keys to running an effective business. Here’s a primer on effectively managing your business data to maximize the efficiency of your business.


  • Web Hosting for E-Commerce Sites
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Hosting] If you’re going to pursue an e-commerce site, hosting is going to be an issue. Here’s a primer on web hosting for your site.


  • Sales Process - What Can You Automate
    [Business:Sales-Management] In the current complex and competitive market, managing the sales process is an important factor for most businesses. By automating a company’s sales process and efforts, one can increase its productivity.


  • Data Storage - Managing Massive Amounts of Data
    [Computers-and-Technology:Data-Recovery] Perhaps it is karma, but the more successful you become, the more data you will have to deal with. Effectively managing massive amounts of data often comes down to the issue of data storage.


  • Managing Customer Contacts
    [Business:Customer-Service] You work extremely hard to attract customers for your business. Once you have them, managing your customer contacts can help you keep them from jumping to competitors.


  • Information Exchange - Business Communication
    [Business:Workplace-Communication] While it may sound obvious, the key to any business is the exchange of information with prospects. Without effective business communication, you are doomed to failure.


  • Using E-Mail Newsletters as a Business Development Platform
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Email-Marketing] When it comes to e-commerce, spreading your reach is extremely important. E-mail newsletters can be an effective method for expanding your business development platform.


  • E-commerce Store - Build Your Own
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Ecommerce] If you have a product oriented business, the Internet offers a unique ability to reach a broad audience. With new technology, it is easy to build your own e-commerce store.


  • Web Design Tips
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Design] Web Design is an art, yet following basic steps can help lead even a non-artist to a good design. For the novice or the expert, there is always more to learn with these web design tips.


  • How to Really Annoy your Web Site Visitors
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Design] It is quite easy to build a web site. It is even easier to really annoy your web site visitors.


  • ASP vs PHP
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Design] When building web sites, ASP and PHP are very popular languages. Here’s my opinion on whether ASP or PHP is best


  • A Letter to Santa From An Internet Marketer
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] Yo, Santa! How’s it going in the great white north? Seeing as it tis’ the season, here is my letter about what I want for Christmas.


  • Search Engines - Getting Indexed
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Before you can even consider getting high rankings in Google, Yahoo and MSN, you have to get indexed by the search engines. Here’s how you do it for free.


  • Search Engine Database - Are You Indexed?
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] The vernacular is "build a site and they will come." This cliche is only true if your site is indexed in the relevant search engine database.


  • Search Engines - Pieces of the Pie
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Advertisers and search engine optimization campaigns are focused on getting the most bang for the buck. To organize your effort, you need to know which search engines have the biggest pieces of the traffic pie.


  • The AOL Sweepstakes - A Pirate's Booty
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] Time Warner is fielding offers for AOL, which has grabbed the attention of MSN, Google and Yahoo. So, what does it all mean in the search engine wars?


  • A Publisher's Rant - A Checklist of Items
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing-Articles] Assuming you’ve read my rants on articles, you may want a checklist of items to consider for future articles. I am at your service.


  • A Publisher's Rant - Why I Hate The Body of Your Article
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing-Articles] I’m a publisher for numerous sites. I HATE many of your articles. Here’s why I hate the body of your article and what you can do about it.


  • A Publisher's Rant - Why I Hate Your First Paragraph
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing-Articles] I’m a publisher for numerous sites. I HATE many of your articles. Here’s why I hate your first paragraph and what you can do about it.


  • A Publisher's Rant - Why I Hate Your Article Headlines
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing-Articles] I'm a publisher for numerous sites. I HATE many of your articles. Here's why I hate your headline and what you can do about it.


  • A Publisher's Rant - Why I Hate Your Articles
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing-Articles] I’m a publisher for numerous sites. I HATE many of your articles. Here’s my rant and what you can do to change my mind.


  • Using Newsletters to Jack Up Revenues
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Email-Marketing] A main use of a newsletter is to distribute information to your readers about your site including product announcements, site updates, news and more. For business or affiliate web sites the newsletter becomes a tool to remind your visitors about your site in order to bring them back or make a sale.


  • Become an Affiliate - Run an Online Business
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Affiliate-Revenue] Are you looking for an online business that involves ZERO or minimal investment? If your answer is yes then read on.


  • Keys for a Successful Affiliate
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Affiliate-Revenue] To be a successful affiliate you should know some basic things about marketing. Considering the following points before becoming an affiliate can save a lot of time and money.


  • SEO - Why Site Width Matters
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Many search engine optimization efforts are focused on pushing the home page of a site. This is a fundamental mistake that can result in the site missing out on a lot of traffic.


  • 4 Tips For Raising Your Search Engine Rankings
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Search engine rankings are an important factor to consider when you have a web site that needs more traffic. If your web site doesn’t have a good position in the rankings then it will be hard to find.


  • Web Business Overview - Marketing
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] You’ve done your research, written a business plan and created a web site. Now it’s time to market your web business.


  • Web Business Overview - Site Practicalities
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] When starting a web business, the first step is generating a business plan. Once completed, it is time to move on to the particulars of your site.


  • Web Business Overview - Have a Plan
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Development] So you've decided you'd like to go into business on the web, eh? This article will give an overview of options that are available for your web business and will help to give you an idea of what goals should be set for your project.


  • Increase Web Site Visitor Return Rates
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Traffic-Building] Every visitor to your web site is a precious potential client. It was hard work to get that site visitor there in the first place, so you should make every effort to encourage the potential client back.


  • Web Site Navigation
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Design] Once a visitor gets to your web site, you want to make sure they can find what they are looking for quickly and easily, or they will just go elsewhere. If a web site is easy to use and understand, visitors will come back time and time again.


  • The Chicken or the Egg and the Internet Marketer or Site Designer
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Ecommerce] An age-old question is, “Which came first? The Chicken or the Egg?” In ecommerce, the same question can be applied to site designers and Internet marketers.


  • Starting A Business - The Three 'Ps'
    [Business:Entrepreneurialism] There are a lot of factors to consider when starting a business. Primary among these are the three “P”s – Plan, Prepare and Persist.


  • How to Start a Business
    [Business:Entrepreneurialism] Businesses come in all shapes and sizes. Some business owners started as kids while other business owners have bloomed later after years of careful planning. Whatever stage of life you're in, owning a business can be one of the most rewarding experiences you'll ever have.


  • The Wonders of Content Management Systems
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:CMS] As you get serious about your web site, your time will become invaluable. A content management system is the best way to maximize your efforts...


  • Updating Your Web Site Efficiently
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Development] Many new webmasters, and even seasoned web designers, create web sites that are very inefficient in regard to updates. Using simple solutions, such as content management systems, the efficiency of updating a web site can be improved dramatically.


  • Email Marketing Campaigns
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Email-Marketing] Email marketing campaigns allow you to get in front of your clients time and time again, at a fraction of the cost of printed mailings. E-newsletters also add value to your web site, can boost holiday sales and can make your marketing job easier.


  • Keyword Tracking
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] Keyword tracking allows a site owner to know what keyword searches are resulting in sales. Search term information can be logged into a database to see which keywords are producing the most sales per search and to determine where to focus web marketing.


  • The Power of Web Forms
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online] Web forms allow site owners to gather information about their site visitors. Here are some tips on making the most of your web forms.


  • Sales and the Importance of Following Up
    [Business:Sales] Sales are the life force of any business. Here’s an outline of the key factors in getting them for your business.


  • Lead Management Software
    [Business:Sales-Management] Efficient lead management is the cornerstone to good sales. Without it, keeping track of follow-up calls, meetings, and details relating to prospective clients can be nearly impossible. With proper lead management tools, all the information you will ever need will be at your finger tips.


  • How to Succeed in Business
    [Business:Entrepreneurialism] Every one has their own definition of success. My definition of success is to be happy while working at something I believe in and am passionate about. Here are six steps I use to achieve my definition of success.


  • Turn Your Web Site into a Lead Generation Machine
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] With a few simple steps, you can turn your web site into a lead generation machine. Here's how: Hook - Get your audience interested in what you have to offer. Make it exciting with catchy copy, and compelling graphics. Project professionalism and let you potential customer know how much better off they will be with your product or service.


  • Business Tools to Help You Run a Successful Business
    [Business:Small-Business] Setting up a small business, whether web based or not, can be a very time consuming and difficult task. The increasing popularity of the Internet and the resources available has seen a massive increase in business tools to help you on your way.


  • The Effective Use of Business Lead Databases
    [Business:Marketing] Business lead databases are an incredible resource for any business wanting to generate clients. Leads are the life source of almost every successful business. Without leads you have no customers, no sales, no referrals, and definitely no income.


  • What Ecommerce Software Has to Offer
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Ecommerce] Setting up a website can seem a daunting task to many of us. Not everyone is proficient at building stunning, effective and dynamic websites; but if you have a product or a service to sell, then having your own website utilizing ecommerce software is one of the most fruitful methods of making sales.


  • Email Marketing Software Helps You Keep Track of Your Marketing Campaign
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Email-Marketing] For an advertising or marketing campaign to run smoothly and effectively good organization is required; for larger emailing campaigns this usually requires some kind of email marketing software. However, email marketing software has a lot more to offer than you would probably imagine.


  • What is Link Trading and How Do You Trade?
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Traffic-Building] Link trading is the task of getting links to your site on other sites by trading.. umm.. links. This is done to get more traffic to you web site. Link trading creates more traffic in two main ways, increased search engine rankings and also from the traffic the links themselves generate from people clicking on them.


  • Why Use Lead Management Software?
    [Business:Sales] Having a popular website, or popular company of any type, is entirely dependant on sales. Maintaining a healthy profit is key to the long-term survival of your business and this means knowing the difference between your effective sales leads and your ineffective sales leads.


  • Local Businesses and Web Sites
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Ecommerce] It seems that most successful businesses these days have web sites, even businesses that service only certain geographic areas. On the web, where the market place is global, localized businesses can be at a great disadvantage.


  • Benefits of Web Site Templates
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Design] Okay, you are ready to join the masses and put up a web site. You’ve put a lot of thought into the design and are ready to go. Perhaps you should give more thought to using a web site template.


  • Advantages of an Online Site Builder
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Design] There are numerous choices when it comes to building web sites. One of the first choices you will have to make is whether to use an online or offline site builder.


  • For Automated Sites - PHP and MySQL Are A Perfect Match
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Design] You’ve decided to automate your web site. Now what? Here are some ideas to help you choose how to automate your site.


  • What an Automated Web Site Can Do for Your Business
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Design] As your Internet business grows, your free time will dwindle. Site changes will become time consuming and stressful. Automate your site and you can use your time for better purposes.


  • Visitors Leave After Seeing My Home Page - Aye, Carumba!
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Development] One of the keys to a profitable web site is analyzing your hits to visitor ratio. What does it mean if you have a low hit to visitor ratio? This article provides the answer


  • Analyzing Traffic - Visitors V. Hits
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Development] A key component to every web site is traffic analysis. When analyzing traffic, it is important to understand the difference between hits and visitors…and why both are important.


  • Web Site Design - Focus, Focus, Focus
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Design] When creating a web site design, it is easy to fall into the trap of trying to be all things to all people. In reality, the key to a good web site design is focus, focus, focus.


  • Google Cache - Why You May Want To Avoid It
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Sites will take extraordinary steps to get every possible page into Google to enhance their page rank. In the case of the Google cache, this tactic can sometimes come back to haunt sites, particularly sites selling products


  • Here Come The Holidays - Ready, Set, Go!
    [Home-and-Family:Holidays] Here comes Santa Claus…here comes Santa Clause… Yep, it’s almost that time again. As we head into September, every e-commerce site should be formulating a plan for the holiday season. Even the sites selling the, “I hate the holidays” t-shirts.


  • The Site Map - Important or Not?
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Have you ever visited a web site and noticed the "Site Map" button jammed somewhere near the bottom of the page? Ever click on it? Probably not. So, why do sites have site maps?


  • Picking Keywords for SEO - A Different View
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] The first step to developing any search engine optimization effort is picking keywords. The general consensus is pick keywords with solid amounts of traffic and a minimum of competition. At the risk of being laughed off the Internet, here’s a different view.


  • Internet Marketing - Long Term Strategy
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] Once your site is up and running, the best method for getting immediate traffic is pay-per-click search engine marketing. Although you have to be patient, you should also be focusing on search engine optimization as a long term strategy.


  • Internet Marketing - Short Term Strategy
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] After spending a lot of time and effort on building a site, many wonder where they should start with Internet marketing. Site owners can be bombarded with pitches about marketing and it is hard to sort out what should be done. In this article, a short term marketing strategy is discussed.


  • Pay Per Click and Search Engine Optimization - A Perfect Marriage
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:PPC-Advertising] Pay per click or search engine optimization, which one should you use? Many view PPC marketing as a colossal waste of money while others disdain search engine optimization. In reality, the two marketing strategies form a perfect marriage.


  • The Secret To Getting Indexed In Yahoo
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Getting indexed in Yahoo has become very difficult in the last few months. The indexing robot, Yahoo!Slurp, has become erratic. For some sites, the robot will view all pages, but only add a few to the Yahoo database. For other sites, sub-domain listings actually start disappearing! So, what’s the secret to getting indexed?


  • PPC Advertising - The First Step In A SEO Marketing Campaign
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Often, sites view seo and PPC marketing as exclusive marketing techniques. Each marketing method has its advocates. In reality, both have a place in the Internet marketing process. If you intend to pursue a major seo effort, a PPC campaign is a critical early step.


  • AOL Gives Up The Ghost
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online] The company that dominated dial-up Internet use is coming to grip with the future. As broadband use increases dramatically, AOL has watched subscriptions decline and advertising dollars move to Google, Yahoo and MSN. Facing irrelevance, AOL has decided to act.


  • Server Stats - Analyzing Traffic To Your Site
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Development] Analyzing traffic to a site is a key factor in tweaking search engine optimization and marketing campaigns. Determining how people get to your site is critical. Surprisingly, few sites take advantage of the data available on their servers.


  • The Secret To Promoting Sites With Articles
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing-Articles] Publishing articles on the Internet is a tremendous way to increase the number of inbound links to your site. As articles are assimilated into search engine indexes, they also begin to act as landing pages generating traffic for your site. Whenever possible, you should publish articles to promote your site.


  • Online Consumers - What Are They Complaining About?
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Ecommerce] For many businesses, e-commerce represents a tremendous method for generating revenues. To maximize the profit potential, you need to keep an eye on issues that drive your prospects nuts. The FTC maintain a list of the top 10 “dot.cons” complained about by consumers. If your site falls within one of these industries, you must make sure you address these concerns.


  • Google Sued Over 'Click Fraud' in Adwords
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:PPC-Advertising] On June 24, 2005, a lawsuit was filed against Google for alleged click fraud on the Adwords pay-per-click program. The Plaintiff, Click Defense, claims Google failed to enact appropriate measures to guard against fraudulent clicks resulting in unwarranted marketing fees. Click Defense claims it has lost over $5 million to click fraud.


  • Pay-Per-Click Search Engines - The Basics
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:PPC-Advertising] Search engine optimization can take a long time to show results. The Google sandbox alone can delay optimization results by 6 to 8 months. So, what can you do to get traffic while you wait? Pay-per-click [“PPC”] campaigns fill the time gap. This article discusses the basics of PPC advertising.


  • How To Start An Internet Business - Meta Tags and Keyword Density
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Okay, you have a domain name, layout and content. Now we get to a step that will go a long way to determining how the site will rank. Yes, we are going to focus on two infamous topics, meta tags and keyword density.


  • How To Start An Internet Business - Site Layout
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Ecommerce] The fourth step of how to start an Internet business involves the layout of your site. When organizing it, two audiences must be considered. Obviously, visitors to the site are the first audience. You must also keep in mind the second audience, search engine robots. Both audiences are extremely important and, fortunately, both want the same thing.


  • How To Start An Internet Business - Content, Content, Content
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Ecommerce] When it comes to e-commerce, the time-tested cliché is, “Content is king.” In this case, the cliché is correct.


  • Google Adwords - Manipulating Keywords For Success
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:PPC-Advertising] As you probably know, Google Adwords is a pay-per-click solution offered by Google. As with other PPCs, you are given the ability to place your small advertisement on various platforms controlled by Google. While the platform provides you with a large audience, you must manipulate your keywords to generate success.


  • Improve Conversion Rates - Load Times
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Development] Your site is getting traffic, but conversion rates are horrible. Everything seems to be working, so what’s wrong? Your site may simply be to slow.


  • Improve Conversion Rates - Effective Content
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Development] Your site is fast and getting traffic, but conversion rates are disappointing. You may have problems with the tone of your content...


  • How To Start An Internet Business - Designing For Usefulness
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Design] The first step to starting any Internet business is conducting keyword research to determine if there is any interest in your idea. Once you identify a need, it’s time to consider what your site should look like.


  • Meta Tags - An Introduction
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Design] A long, long time ago… In a galaxy far, far away…meta tags were the key component to search engine rankings. Okay, it was about 2 years ago, but that’s a long time in the Internet galaxy. Although still relevant, the evil empire…er, Darth Google, has led a movement by the search engines to de-emphasize their importance. Despite this effort, meta tags are still important. They represent the only method for a site owner to exert some control over how pages are listed in search engine results.


  • Domain Name - How To Pick One
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Domain-Names] Picking a domain name should be easy, right? Why, I’ll just use my business name. Not so fast, Sparky. A good bit of thought should be given to selecting a domain name.


  • Google - A Bit of History
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] The first question most people have is, “What the heck is a “Google?” It is a play on the word “googol,” which is the mathematical figure 1 followed by 100 zeros. Depending on the level of your love for math, this is either the greatest or lamest name for a search engine. Regardless, the clever kids at Google have turned it into a cultural standard.


  • Google Patent Application - Linking
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] The recent patent application filed by Google details numerous items the search engine uses to rank web pages. In this article, we focus on the value of linking.


  • Google Patent Application - User Data As Part of Ranking Process
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] In this third article, we continue to dig into the patent application of Google regarding the method used to rank sites in search results. Interestingly, Google asserts in the application that it “might” consider user data as a factor in organizing search results.


  • Increasing The Perceived Value of Your Product or Service
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] Whether online or offline, small businesses often show little faith in the quality of their service or product. Instead, they tend to focus on the limitations and lower their prices. This natural insecurity can lead to disastrous financial results because lower prices cripple your return on investment.


  • Web Site Design Mistakes
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Design] Some wise human once said "Learn from the mistakes of others. There isn't nearly enough time to make them all yourself." Hence this article. Here are five of the most annoying and common web design mistakes.


  • Alexa Toolbar - The Ultimate Internet Tool
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] There are numerous tools available on the Internet to assist online businesses. A valuable tool that you should use is the Alexa Toolbar. Even better, this tool is free.


  • Creative Search Engine Optimization - A Case Study
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Search engine optimization this and search engine optimization that. You read and hear about it all day, but what about your site? While there are plenty of articles providing useful information, this article shows you how a real world example met with success. The point of this article is to emphasize creativity when approaching tough optimization situations.


  • How To Start an Internet Business - The First Step
    [Home-Based-Business] The vast majority of web sites are destined to fail before they are even built. Why? Because people building sites almost always put the cart before the horse. Actually, most don’t even include the horse.


  • Google Patent Application - SEO Highlights
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] The recent patent application filed by Google details numerous items the search engine uses to rank web pages.

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