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Google, our internet in their hands.

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:13:49 -0500

Search Engine Tips. M. Pugh.Where there was once a myriad of ways to confuse and manipulateGoogle, one thing is now becoming apparent. The aim of Google isto present a fair and unbiased return for your efforts,genuinely rewarded whether large or small, wealthy or poor. Theaim is to eradicate any form of cheating and manipulation, infavour of pure results which reflect genuine attempts to putyour infant website on the adult web. By and large, and much to Googles credit, this goal is beingachieved, step by step, yard by yard. Meta tags are now all butredundant, multiple repetition becoming useless. We all know thescams and the tricks, and we all know they are becoming lesseffective.I was a systems programmer for many years, quite a few of whichwere in designing and building efficient indexes for hugeconcerns. Armed with this perspective it is easier for me to seewhere Google is headed in the long run, their ultimate goalbeing a real index for real people with real websit...

Internet Time Management

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:38:59 -0500

Don't Waste Time Jumping From Idea to Idea. Maintain Focus andyou will find yourself becoming much more successful earning aliving online. So many people jump from project to project..idea toidea..program to program wasting time and money in the process. Focusing your energies on one solid plan is the only way you canuse your time effectively.My first few years of Internet marketing were a series ofseeking the "hot" new marketing or business product. I realizedthat slowly, I was bleeding myself dry and not coordinating anytruly effective advertising campaigns. Week to week I would signup for the next Free program and even flip flop between programs.Work on one project. Do everything you have to do to make thatone project successful. Edit your sales letter. Create newheadlines. Put up multiple follow-up letters. Try new ads. Signup new affiliates. Keep working on it.It takes enough of your time to advertise one program, much less or . It takes enough money just to get...

Do We Really Need The Internet?

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:33:06 -0500

As someone who earns their living entirely online, I consideredmyself the last person I ever thought would ask the question,"Do we really need the Internet?" However, the extended power outage of almost days, ongoingloss of Internet access, combined with many other eventssurrounding the recent Hurricane Isabel caused me to reassess mypriorities. When "high-tech" business gets into a head-on collision with anatural or man-made disaster, we all need to ask, "Do we reallyneed the Internet?"Well, when you're in line for hours to get gas so you cansiphon the tank to run your father-in-law's generator in orderto save , worth of food in three freezers - you don't needthe Internet, you need the expectation that you'll find gas.When you're driving around for hours trying to find ice so youcan have a cold drink and make your family more comfortable on a degree day - you don't need the Internet, you need patienceand a sense of humor.When a good friend of yours fall...

WARNING! What EVERY Internet User Needs To Know

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:13:39 -0500

Right now, you could be involved in in the sale and distributionof child pornography and not know it. This is because two thingsyou're familiar with - computer viruses and spam - are beingused by criminals to involve you in their illegal activities.It's not surprising to anyone with an e-mail account to learnthat spam has reached epidemic proportions. In fact, it's beenreported that more spam was intercepted in July, than inall of combined, and accounts for of all e-mailreceived!The number of virus and virus-like attacks have also increaseddramatically. On average, they are present in about one in e-mails. Source: http:zdnet.com.com--.htmlSo, what does this spam epidemic and the rise in e-maildelivered viruses have to do with child pornography?In this scam, Trojan horse attacks are the culprits. If youdon't know EXACTLY what a Trojan horse, you are extremelyvulnerable. Read a simple and concise explanation here:http:www.irchelp.or...

The Emergence of Internet

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:27:13 -0500

The advent of internet can be marked, when it was created nearly years ago as a project of the US Department of Defense.Internet technology has changed the way in which business isbeing done today. It has turned the world into huge virtualmarket where the prospective customer can order and buy thingsof his choice sitting right in front of the computer terminal.This technology helps users to transact online. Hence from its workplace terminal itself user has access to thewhole world. On the contrary for all its technological wonder,the Internet has suffered for years from a reputation of beingdifficult to learn, hard to use and downright homely compared tothe interfaces of bulletin board systems, online services andmost of the software, people use on personal computer.Henceforth emerged the World Wide Web. And the World Wide Web has changed all this. The web has quicklybecome the Graphical User Interface to the internet and itstands unrivaled by any online service in ...

What's New with Article-Writing on the Internet?

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:14:38 -0500

My marketing clients are always amazed at what happens when theywrite articles for the Internet.Their articles start turning up on websites, and their URLsstart turning up on the search engines.It's a formula that really works and it's a win-win formula:they enjoy writing and helping others, they increase theirknowledge as they write, the readers benefit, and the writersgain recognition.Almost overnight you can become , and on google in acategory, and pop up also under amazing keywords. In time youcan establish your expertise, drawing clients and customers toyour website for the right reasons, building a firm foundationfor a business of practice. You can also avoid the 'link farms' the spiders don't like,because you'll be racking up so many "real" links from thearticle sites. You'll also get more requests for link trades andother alliances than you can handle.Clients write me all the time that articles I've written aboutthem have helped them place. For example, ...

Internet Marketing and A 50th Wedding Anniversary

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:01:26 -0500

So what do these two things have in common? On the surface, notmuch. If your objective is to have a long and successful careerwith an online business, then sustaining business success ismuch the same as sustaining a long and successful marriage.Recently I attended the th wedding anniversary of my parents.As I listened to them answer questions about their life andmarriage, and how they succeeded, I could see similar traits orcharacteristics with an online business.I've been married for years and while I'm not perfect, I'velearned a thing or two through my own mistakes. :-Here are the common characteristics. Listening - In marriage you have to listen and understandeach other's wants and desires. In business you have to listenand understand the customer's wants and desires. Trust - Customers will buy from you again and again if theytrust that you have their best interests in mind. In marriage,trust is an essential element to make a marriage successful. Communi...

Are You An Internet Daredevil?

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 07:05:16 -0500

I went and saw the new superhero movie 'Daredevil' thisweekend, and for some reason it got me thinking about theInternet. This is probably a sign that I spend far too much timeonline--I can't even take in a flick without pondering on someaspect of cyberspace. But regardless of whether it's healthy ornot, I decided to put my thoughts on paper and share them withanyone who is willing to read them. Hopefully, you are.For those of you who don't know, the superhero Daredevil isblind. But he still kicks major bad guy butt. And he stillscores with major babes like Jennifer Garner it was well worththe . dollars for the movie just to see her in leather.Hubba Hubba! And for you ladies, Ben Affleck wore a tight redleather suit most of the movie!. The point is that here is aguy that has lost one of his major senses and yet he doesn'tgive up. He's not afraid to live in a world that is gearedtowards people with sight. And not only does he live in thisworld-he triumphs.Most of...

Are You Marketing to Who's REALLY on the Internet?

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:13:06 -0500

How do you score on the Internet marketing EmotionalIntelligence Test, i.e., are you marketing APPROPRIATELY t owho's REALLY on the Internet? EQ means, among other things,reality-testing and empathy.Remember that email rounding the Internet recently: "If we couldshrink the Earth's population to a village of people, thisis what it would look like: There would be Asians, Europeans, North and South Americans, and Africans. Seventypeople would be non-white; white. Seventy would benon-Christian; Christian ...."NOW SHRINK THE US INTERNET WORLDOkay, now lets shrink the Internet world and take a look: If people were using the Internet, of them would bewomen, and of them would be men. . If women were doingbusiness, of them would be doing it on the Internet and would not be . If men were doing business, would be doingit on the Internet and would not be. If women werespending over US in a -month period online, of ...

Writing for the Internet

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:31:33 -0500

Have you ever received an email in which the formatting has beenlost and all the lines run together? Did you try to decipher it?Not likely. Delete.Email recipients read with one finger on the delete key. Oneclick and your email is gone. Internet users surf the Web withtheir finger poised on the mouse button. One click and they'regone. As a web site owner or ezine publisher, you must have goodcontent, but to keep your customers from clicking away orhitting the delete key, you must strive to make their onlinereading experience as easy as possible.Reading online is about slower than reading from print and alot harder on the eyes. And although people browsing the Web arelooking for information, they're also very impatient. For thesereasons, most visitors to your web site will only scan yourcontent; they won't read it.You probably scan when you read the newspaper so you know what Imean. You glance at the headlines and from there choose thearticle you want to read. This ...