tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80947876382496995402024-02-08T09:29:50.553-08:00Webmaster's ToolsOrca Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386958889467262312noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094787638249699540.post-43644280128198651322008-06-23T23:11:00.000-07:002008-06-23T23:13:29.583-07:00Google Trends For Websites RocksThe new Google Trends product that measures website traffic (the old product simply measures search queries) is a great way to get data on website traffic. It may not be perfect, but it's yet another data source to help people understand what's happening on the Internet. <br /><br />But curiously Google has blocked most Google properties from the product. Do a search for Google.com and you get nothing. Same for YouTube, Blogger, Picasa, etc. As Google Operating System pointed out, there are a few smaller properties that do show data, so it isn't an across the board exclusion. <br /><br />Google isn't supplying any good explanation for the exclusion. They told GOS: "We have policy of not providing interim financial guidance, and have decided not to release Google numbers in accordance with that policy." That explanation doesn't make sense because the tool should be an estimate based on the same data sources that Google uses for everyone else. <br /><br />A better explanation, provided by one of our commenters. is probably that Google simply isn't able to use its own tools for estimating traffic - since by definition all the data is being gathered by Google for the product is from Google users (their toolbar, for example), the data for Google's sites would be skewed to 100% of all Internet users. It points out an inherent flaw in the product, and I'm not sure Google can easily solve it.Orca Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386958889467262312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094787638249699540.post-46932230535140250882008-02-27T07:57:00.000-08:002008-02-27T07:58:29.584-08:00Making Money Online With Affiliate Marketing - Tricks of the Tradearch engine optimization e-books. It's simple, just register for an account there and then browse the many products and choose one you like, then start promoting it.<br /><br />How do you know when an affiliate product is worth it?<br /><br />Make sure the commission you receive is at least 50% of what the selling price is. Also, $30 should be the minimum commission amount you receive, otherwise you won't be making money online with affiliate marketing - your profit margins will so small it won't make sense to continue your efforts.<br /><br />B) Next In Line?<br /><br />Make sure there is a demand for the product(s) you select. How do you do this? First you must think as a consumer, NOT a seller.<br /><br />What kinds of keywords will your customer be using to search for the type of product you're promoting?<br /><br />How much will the customer be willing to spend?<br /><br />Can your product help the potential customer?<br /><br />Making money online with affiliate marketing is so much easier once you have thought about and solved these issues in the beginning. It is imperative that you attempt to predict the mindset of the person you're selling to so you can make sure you are putting the product in front of the right person. This will get you into profit more quickly.<br /><br />C) Some Marketing Items To Consider...<br /><br />Article Marketing<br /><br />Once you choose a product to promote, write commentaries, product descriptions and/or reviews so that you are creating a web presence about your product. Article marketing will easily be one of the most powerful methods you can implement for making money online with affiliate marketing. This method will not only help your presence online to grow but it will build your credibility, which is very important.<br /><br />Oh yeah, in most cases article marketing is completely free!<br /><br />Getting The Most Out Of Your Link<br /><br />This is very important. Whenever you make a post in a forum, comment on a friend's MySpace page, or even send an email to someone, always include your link. As the number of your links online grow, so will your profits. It is very common for people to click links simply out of curiosity.<br /><br />Forums<br /><br />Forum participation is very effective. Make efforts to excite people about your opportunity by spreading the word like a virus. The Internet is perfect for this kind of thing.<br /><br />Lightning Fast Financial Success<br /><br />The most important element in making money online with affiliate marketing will come down to your marketing effectively online. If you're not sure of how to flood your site with targeted traffic, then making money will become a great challenge.<br /><br />If you learn to master online marketing then you will absolutely succeed!Orca Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386958889467262312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094787638249699540.post-28500600810555803112007-11-26T23:26:00.001-08:002007-11-26T23:26:47.999-08:00Myspace Layouts - the Missing ElementThe world has become so fast paced that people don’t want to stand by reading a page of information, they would much rather look at a presentation and understand the message. It has come to a point where images and videos are used more to promote a product or service and this has extended from businesses to our daily routine. We are all in such a hurry that we wave bye instead of saying “goodbye”, show the watch to point to the time and so on. It is a healthy habit considering how we use our hands and motions to indicate what we are upto or capable of. Imagine dancing a few steps to tell someone you are off to a dance class? That would impress them to no end. The same applies when you are interacting with others online through a forum. You can take the assistance of MySpace Layouts to dress up your pages and convey messages to people who come by. These MySpace Layouts will have boxes for content, and for your personal information. There will also be provisions given in the MySpace Layouts for putting up pictures and videos. One might even be able to use the MySpace Layouts to put in a slideshow of their favorite pictures.<br /><br />As long as the page does not look too cluttered or it becomes difficult for people to read the text, these extra frills from MySpace Layouts can remain. However, if by using these from the MySpace Layouts, you are aiming at cutting across as professional, you might not really succeed. Because when our pages are filled with text, pictures and other fun elements, it loses its professionalism and becomes a fun page. So, it is advisable for you to choose from the MySpace Layouts sensibly. It might help make friends, but will it help you in your professional endeavors by using those MySpace Layouts?<br /><br />The MySpace Layouts site offers more than just backgrounds and most of us who have been there know this fact. There are surveys that we can create on MySpace Layouts page that will help us find out about others, or reveal more about ourselves. Apart from this, the MySpace Layouts website will contain MySpace music backgrounds, which will have musical notes or instruments as the background picture. These MySpace Layouts work well for a musician or an aspiring singer. Similarly, if a person loves animals, they can put in one of the many MySpace Layouts available on the site. Or they could upload a picture of their pet and using MySpace Layouts generator; create their own personalized one of a kind background. Whatever you decide to do with the MySpace Layouts, make sure to have put some thought into it if you are hoping to see some kind of visible improvement in your career or job front, welcoming new opportunities.Orca Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386958889467262312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094787638249699540.post-79498182858645789482007-11-26T23:24:00.000-08:002007-11-26T23:26:07.540-08:00Living in a Digital DarshanThe internet just might be a way to transfer more of the Spirit than we know, or is there a deeper secret here? Obviously fundamentalists might not agree with me, but I see the internet as a digital darshan! The bandwidth of connectivity (the world) combined with the instant connectivity (nano seconds), make it an ideal tool. The Indian word "darshan" means a direct transfer of higher consciousness. Why not? Let’s just DO IT!<br /><br />More and more people are becoming fully awake. The process theology of A.N. Whitehead would emphasize the BECOMING while I want to accent the AWAKE! Pacal Votan, known as a magician of time, understood mathematics, or numbers, as a type of language that transcends the subjectivity of human verbal experience. He believed- “All is number. God is a number. God is in All.” And in an intriguing way, the Maya’s message is that we are intimately linked with and informed by the Galaxy. All of life is ordered by the same basic, re-occurring patterns. We are all BECOMING something- as a collective consciousness.<br /><br />Maybe Carl Jung wasn’t too far off!<br /><br />From the slow emergence of we homo sapiens to the agricultural age, to the industrial age, the current age of digital knowledge, and on to the age of wisdom or what may be in 2012 the Golden Age. Time is speeding up even if we’re not aware of it. A 2012 final fantasy?<br /><br />French paleontologist and spiritual guru, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (of whom I’m devouring about a dozen of his works) believed that we were moving towards a speeding up of time. Unfortunately he left us in 1955, long before the interent, or otherwise he might have been even more impacting in his theorems. Even with that, he took us from cosmogenesis (birth of cosmosphere), to goegenesis (birth of the earth), to biogenesis (birth of life), etc., etc.<br /><br />He was ultimately leading us to Christogenesis and isn’t that what we who live within the Christian traditions believe: without denying those who live outside of our traditions!<br /><br />But of course, it all began with Mayangenesis!<br /><br />Am I saying that one needs a computer to hear God? No way!<br /><br />But what does appear obvious to me is that the internet is a tool for cosmic consciousness beyond anything that our finite minds can comprehend: currently. It’s a collective consciousness.<br /><br />It’s a true ONENESS! Maybe an indirect digital darshan?<br /><br />Author: Ernie FitzpatrickOrca Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386958889467262312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094787638249699540.post-19500078573543219862007-11-24T08:05:00.000-08:002007-11-24T08:07:06.763-08:00How Can I Get My Website Found OnlineWhen you put up a website for your business, you should treat the occasion as you would opening up a physical storefront. Not only do you have to worry about making sure that it is presentable and accessible, you also have to think about how to make sure that people can find it. While with physical storefronts, you would use signs, television ads and newspaper inserts, thinking about how to get your website found is a little bit different.<br /><br />When you are thinking about ways to make sure that your website can be easily found by the people who are looking for your type of service, there are many options open to you. The first and most obvious is to make sure that your site is a desirable place for browsers to visit and that contains a good deal of information on who you are and what you do. Doing this actually serves two very important purposes. The first is that having an informative, smoothly operating site is quite important. The second, less obvious reason, is that a good website that is optimized for the search engines can bring a great deal of relevant traffic to your page.<br /><br />To draw people to your website, working to make sure that your page appears first page on a list of natural search results is essential. To this end, you need to take a look at what criteria search engines use to rate their results. While context and keyword density is certainly a factor, so is the popularity of your site, which is measured through how many sites link to you without you providing a reciprocal link in return. People work on bulking up this ranking through what is known as link-building, where they actively campaign to put links to their site on directories, web pages and article directories.<br /><br />If you've spent any time on the internet at all, you are already aware of what a powerfully pervasive tool Google can be. A truly enormous percentage of internet traffic runs through Google's servers every day, and there are many opportunities to take advantage of that. Take a look at Google Adwords, the search engine's pay per click program. In this program, you will choose several keywords, and when these keywords are searched, your link will appear on the sidebar. You'll only pay when someone actually chooses to click your link. This is a directed form of advertising that is an excellent way to get people who are really interested in your services<br /><br />Essentially, remember that the best sort of advertising that you can use is the one that is best suited to your site. Think about what your services are and what sites people who are looking for your services will frequenting. Many businesses have found a great deal of success in soliciting the services of a search engine consultant. A professional can help you find your feet in the online world, and offer you experience when it comes to making sure that your website is found by prospective customers. If you wouldn't tackle a physical advertising campaign without help, why would you do so online?<br /><br />There are many options open to you when you are looking to advertise your website, so make sure that you consider them all!Orca Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386958889467262312noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094787638249699540.post-14675043645418250702007-11-04T11:14:00.000-08:002007-11-04T11:15:06.312-08:00Getting Hooked On Link BaitingIf you have spent any time at all on the internet, there is a good chance that you have participated in or observed the effects of link baiting. Link baiting is the process where a site does things to garner unsolicited links from other sites and these "hooks" can range from putting up information to using negative reviews of popular products. In terms of internet marketing, link baiting can be a terrific way to make sure that your website achieves good notice from the search engines and from people who are just surfing the web.<br /><br />Informational link baiting is quite popular and has the added benefit of giving you a reputation as an expert in your field. People will want to link to you because you provide good information, especially if it relates to their own site. Though it will require some effort, you will find that this type of link baiting draws you a healthy degree of traffic that is relevant to your business and services. Some informational hook will show thee browsers how to do something, or explain the history or workings of your type of service. You may also want to provide news hooks in the form of a news feed of some sort.<br /><br />Entertainment hooks are quite popular as well. The prevalence of online quizzes, especially quizzes that can be posted in places like personal blogs are an excellent form of link bait, though they often prove to be quite ephemeral. A good internet quiz or meme is terrific way to take advantage of the viral nature of the internet. You'll give people a favorable impression of your site and your services in this way. If you make sure that the entertainment is geared towards aiming people at your services, you can make sure that though they might come for the entertainment, they'll stay for your sales pitch!<br /><br />Depending on your services, you might also want to provide tools for the use of those browsing your site. You'll find that people will happily link to tools that they think their friends will find useful and that this is a great way to get whole networks of people interested in what you have to offer. For instance, a financing firm might offer a mortgage calculator, while a makeover site might have a tool that allows users to "apply" makeup to a picture that they upload.<br /><br />The one of the most important things to understand about link baiting is that there are both good ways and bad ways to go about it. Often, when you read about link baiting, you will see that people are quite negative about, and there is a reason for this. One popular method when it comes to link baiting is to post something negative about someone or something famous. While this can pull everyone from people who strongly support your point of view, to people who strongly disagree with it to people who are just hoping to see some internet drama to your site, at the end of the day, this is essentially a counterproductive type of link bait. You will achieve a rather nasty reputation as well find that there are plenty of people who might like your services, but despise your attitude. If you decide to make link baiting a part of your website marketing plan, do it responsibly!Orca Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386958889467262312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094787638249699540.post-65914725347497489192007-10-31T10:44:00.000-07:002007-10-31T10:46:14.672-07:00Internet Marketing - How Newbie Can Lay Foundations Of SuccessAs a newbie in Internet Marketing each of us has faced an uphill task; the task of seeing money come to us quickly. The thirst to see money in one's account before one can start full throttle in the business. Each of us indulging in the business of income through internet desire: a checklist method of working, predictable hours of input, a foretold time when income would start and the timetable of amount of income to expect. I have some Dos and Don'ts for you.<br /><br />Remember that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, hence follow one course at one time - do not get attracted to too many pop-ups or other advertisements that will chase you on your way. Lucrative advertisements will call you - promising the moon BUT be careful. You have to apply yourself and experiment intelligently. Do not throw away your money. Studying available literature is the key to sound foundation before starting any business. This is the first & foremost investment that you have to make. Without it your other investments in form of time or money may go waste. Navigation is started after mastering the basics otherwise accidents are bound to follow. Today programmes with multiple income streams are in vogue as compared to single income streams. Slow & long term residual income is desirable rather than a one shot fast buck.<br /><br />I can suggest to you few ways to read and build your basics.<br /><br />Subscribe to a reliable free newsletter. Several free newsletters are available to you on the net. They get delivered regularly in your email and guide you in several ways to strengthen your knowledge about web business.<br /><br />You can also read ebooks, several are downloadable free. These ebooks can turnout to be your philosopher and guide. They can virtually catch you by your hand and take you to your goal. Several are in step by step guideline format. They may prove to be a goldmine for beginners who want to start but have no directions. They also protect you from making mistakes that prove to be costly and may be inevitable when you are new in this field.<br /><br />You can subscribe to blogs or attend web forums. Both are full of rich knowledge for beginners. They help you identify scams and expose you to common problems faced by most. The good thing is that solutions can also be found right there in these resources.<br /><br />Reading all the above like a course in your graduation and examining yourself for retained knowledge and skills can prove to be your biggest asset. Applying them in business to ensue will differentiate you like a professional from a layman. You will need less help, you will waste less time, you will be confident of your decisions and you will be sure of your success.<br /><br />I wish you all the very best in your endeavors and am sure that success will come your way if you keep your cool; read and take guidance; start after a foundation has been laid and do not be in an undue hurry to either spend or to earn.Orca Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386958889467262312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094787638249699540.post-34091805753796019032007-10-26T11:53:00.000-07:002007-10-26T12:38:55.115-07:00SEO Can Give Your Business The Success You WantSearch engine optimization or SEO is a method that can increase the amount of visitors to your website by ranking on top of the search engines. The better the chance the website can be visited by internet users, if the higher the rank the website has in the search engines’ results.<br /><br />As the user performs a search through the search engine for a particular keyword or keywords, the website which is on the top rank can be seen on the first or second page of the search engines results. With the use of search engine optimization, it can guarantee that the website can be available and seen on the top rank of the search engine and it has good chances that the website will be visited by plenty of internet users.<br /><br />If you truly want to gain success for your company, you should optimize our website. This article will offer some tips on how to gain success.<br /><br />Your website will be left hanging there if you do not optimize it. In order for you to achieve success, you have to be on the top rank of the search engine results and this can happen with the means of search engine optimization.<br /><br />But search engine optimization is quite complicated and requires lots of work, so you need to learn more about this internet marketing in order to optimize your website well. Another way to make sure that you will have an optimize website and can give you the assurance and guarantee that you will be on the top rank of the search engines results and to gain traffic and popularity is by the help of a professional SEO Company.<br /><br />Definitely, you know that you have heaps of competitors, so if you do not make improvements and do not optimize your website, your business will not earn and your money and effort will just be put into waste. So you have to make use of this internet marketing in order to assure your company that you will gain success.<br /><br />Most people use the internet in finding information, products and services through the help of the search engines. But these people rely to those websites who are on the top rank, so you have to be on the top rank in order to be visited and be known to the internet users and you can achieve this with the help of SEO Company. But do not work with just a SEO company, you have to make sure that it is the right and professional one that can aid you to success.<br /><br />In order for you to find the best SEO company, you have to type the specific keyword or the topic of your business, like for instance if you are into real estate business, such as Miami real estate, simply type Miami real estate on the major search engines and look for the website that is on the top rank, and search for the SEO company that made that possible.<br /><br />SEO Company can definitely aid you to success, with its how-how tools, strategies, methods and experiences, the company can guarantee you that you will be on the top rank of the major search engines results.Orca Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386958889467262312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094787638249699540.post-21347252047641541892007-10-25T01:25:00.000-07:002007-10-25T01:26:51.967-07:00Make Money Online with Tnx<a href="http://www.tnx.net"><img border="0" alt="Sell links on every page of your site to thousands of advertisers!" src="http://us1.tnx.net/tnx_468_60.gif" width="468" height="60"></a><br /><br />With Google reducing pagerank of sites selling links (Eg .Stanford Daily) the Link business has a got a big threat from it. If you don’t know what I am talking about, Google is strictly against paid links or in Google terms “selling PR” .Probably, this is the reason why the Pagerank export hasn’t happened for over a five months now. But the subject of our today’s post is about another Web service called TNX which lets advertisers buy links and thus improve search engine rankings and publisher generate revenue from his site by selling links, but in a different manner with a mission to<br /><br /> * Assist website owners in attracting targeted visitors and clients from search engines and relevant websites.<br /> * Reduce the dependence on search engines.<br /> * Improve quality of the search results for those websites that join TNX system.<br /> * Increase the income of every webmaster who joins TNX system.<br /> The working<br /><br />TNX combines the benefits of Contextual Advertising, Text Link Brokers and Relevant Exchange of permanent non-reciprocal text links.<br />It’s a bit easy to speak these lines but the folks at Tnx have done their best to give the desired results. Search Engines like Google want high quality relevant back links for higher Search engine ratings.<br /><br /> TNX allowes publishers to sell links from each page on their website, and for advertisers it allowes to buy millions of links from other sites in few clicks. TNX is a convenient tool that allowes publishers and advertisers to save time, efforts and money: in just a few minutes you can have thousands of links from hundreds of high quality relevant sites linking to yours.<br /><br /><br />All links are direct, they are located on main pages and inside pages that are also very important. Ads are displayed mostly on well-noticeable spots so they can attract visitors.<br />The system can be used to promote main page of the advertiser's site as well as inside pages.<br />Site publishers can not only use TNX.net to earn money, they can also use it to promote own websites by taking advantage of our system as an advertiser (balance in the system is unified).<br /><br />The point system<br />TNX is probably the first monetizing web site using the point system.Its a very complex , so I tried sorting out a bit.<br />If you are an advertiser, you can buy 20,000 points with 20$ (1,000points = 1$)<br />With these 20,000 points you can buy static links for a month on (subject to availability)<br />- 20 000 different PR0 pages from different websites (1point/link)<br />- 400 different PR1 pages from different websites (50points/link)<br />- 200 different PR2 pages from different websites (100 points/link)<br />- 100 different PR3 pages from different websites (200points/link)<br />- 40 different PR4 pages from different websites (500points/link)<br />- 20 different PR5 pages from different websites (1,000points/link)<br /><br />Lets take, you have a got a PR 3 blog and Want to sell 5 of its links. Selling it directly to advertisers would require a lot of effort and luck too.Instead,you will get 1000 points /month in your account . Then you have got a choice, buy targeted links from other sites with the points you earned or sell the points to Tnx itself. The price for 1000 points is 0.63 $ currently but it has an weekly inflation of 2 % .So far you earned only 0.63 $ for the links but here, the key lies here:<br /><br />The Bonuses<br />For whatever site you sign up and get approved, you’ll get 7000 points as a bonus if you signup now.Now, head off to the DP forums post, paste your ID and get 2,000 more points in your account.Note:Offer for a limited period.<br /><br />Which makes the tally:1,000 + 7,000 + 2,000 = 10,000 points = 6.3 $<br />An Impressive 6.3 dollars by no extra efforts<br /><br />A newly launched affiliate program is just as interesting...<br />When you bring a new webmaster to the system, you will receive 13.3% of all "TNX-points", he/she will earn in the future (a reward for referring an advertiser is also available). This amounts to almost half of the system's commission! Interest is paid for the lifetime.<br /><br />Example: When you refer a webmaster to TNX and advertiser pays 100 TNX-Points for a link on your referral's website, your referral (webmaster) gets 75 points and you get 10 points which is 13.3% of his income.No bans , no restrictions, No over changes makes this program a stand out.Text Link Ads referral is a high paying one but how many advertisers/publishers get approved in it to bring you the commission? For me, 1 out of 100* referrals of Text Link Ads gets approved.Google AdSense has some restrictions over promoting the referral products.This program has much scope from the referral point of view for bloggers which doesn't has a wide influential audience.<br /><br />Its good that they have worked on the minimum site requirements page so that Webmasters can come to know how to increase their chances of getting approved.<br /><br />In addition to the criteria (number of visitors, PR) we also look at the following:<br /><br /> - site’s idea. There is a huge number of sites in the Internet, and each of them was created for a certain purpose. We want the sites participating in our network to be created for people and not for search bots.<br /><br /> - design, navigation simplicity. We would rather accept a site with plain white background without any graphics rather than a site with irritating composition of sharp colors, blinking banners and dozens of buttons on pages.<br /><br /> - actual and unique content – is the main criteria for an Internet project’s success. Without it the site will become invisible for search engines that might decide that it’s just a mirror of another site.<br /><br /> - domain name. The best names are resonant and short, easily rememberable. We prefer second level domains COM, NET etc.<br /><br /> - site’s theme. We do not welcome entertainment-erotic sites, sites about earnings, pyramids, etc.<br /><br /> - lack of forbidden methods of promotion of site in search engines (for example, link bank, because search engines can delete such sites at any time as soon as they find a violation).<br /><br />Security:This site wins it here.Google is strictly against paid reviews, and if you perform a quick site search on Google with ReviewMe.com for lets take John Chow Dot Com, you'll see the inventory right in the search results.Once you are caught by a Googler, you are the next John chow.TNX doesn't reveal all details of the link selling site to the advertisers , so now the Webmasters can sleep freely<br /><br />Tip for TNX owners:Give ready made widgets that are compatible with most of the blogging platforms as of current Php, only supported by Wordpress is mandatory.<br /><br />Conclusion:TNX system has tried to innovate the Link Buying /Selling market.A service newly launched and has got 27,646 users already.If you want to earn some bucks by selling links, are lazy, fear of Google, don't get direct advertisers then TNX is the right choice for your blog<br /><br />Sign up for <a href="http://www.tnx.net">TNX</a>Orca Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386958889467262312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094787638249699540.post-59444355231447774092007-10-25T01:11:00.000-07:002007-10-25T01:14:44.872-07:00Incremental Backup for Blogger Blog Posts and CommentsAbhishek is looking for methods to help him download his entire blog archive offline.<br /><br />The good old option is to use website ripping software like wget or HTTrack to create a mirror copy of any blog with images on your hard disk.<br /><br />If that sounds too geeky, here's an excellent alternative - Greg Duncan has created a free blogger backup software that's extremely easy-to-use and gives lot of control over the backup process. [enlarge the screenshot]<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.labnol.org/assets/images/IncrementalBackupforYourBloggerBlogPosts_C0F2/downloadbloggerbackup.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.labnol.org/assets/images/IncrementalBackupforYourBloggerBlogPosts_C0F2/downloadbloggerbackup.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />With Blogger Backup, you can backup your blog posts into a single file or one blog post per file or multiple posts per file. The future versions may even save your blog posts into PDF files that you can distribute as eBooks.<br /><br />Blogger backup can download everything or you can do incremental backups meaning backup just the new posts since your last backup or download blog posts posted between any two given dates. <br /><br />Best of all, Blogger Backup can also extract and save your Blog readers comments offline. No image support yet but you can always use Picasa web albums to download your Blogger photos.<br /><br />Written by Amit AgarwalOrca Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386958889467262312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094787638249699540.post-54680190114306173882007-10-24T23:35:00.000-07:002007-10-24T23:36:49.130-07:00Keyword Keepers And LosersChristmas comes up faster than we'd like, and before we know it, it's time to hand out those Xmas presents! Whether you're a last minute shopper or you like to have everything taken care of before December, buying Christmas presents online can make your life a lot simpler. Christmas is a great time of year to sit back and enjoy the company of your friends and of family that you've When you are trying to get your site and your information further up on the list of Google search engine results, keyword research is the best way to get started. While Google and other similar search engines use a wide variety of parameters to find what the searcher is looking for, keywords still top the list in terms of getting results.<br /><br />The first thing to do is to figure out how your site is getting hits. Through the use of Google Analytics, you can put a piece of code on your home page that will tell you how people are getting to your site. This can tell you if your keywords are appropriate in terms of getting you the right kind of browsers. Remember that a high traffic count does not necessarily mean that your site is getting good traffic. If the majority of people getting to your site are just briefly stopping in and deciding that you are not for them, all this is doing is running your bandwidth costs higher.<br /><br />Google AdWords is another tool that you can add to your arsenal when it comes to researching keywords. Whether or not you want to continue to use it as a main staple of your advertising campaign is definitely up to you, but in terms of figuring out what is actually effective in terms of bringing hits to your site, Google AdWords can be invaluable. Essentially, this pay per click program will bring up a small link to your site whenever certain key words are used. Although you will pay every time someone clicks your ad, this can tell you what words are soliciting the most response.<br /><br />It is also very possible to become stuck in terms of what keywords you can use. If you already operate in an overcrowded market, you'll find that getting your site to the top using the most obvious keywords is all but impossible. At that point, your strategy should be using the less obvious keywords but using them well. There are several tools that can help you figure out what keywords you might want to try integrating into your site. Google offers a keyword tool that will help you generate related terms that you can use. Remember to use your best judgment; while some of them will be keepers, others will be misleading or misrepresent your site. Use as many as seem appropriate; multiple keywords can bring more business to your site, but beware of keyword stuffing.<br /><br />It is very important to avoid keyword stuffing and spamming as the top search engines will penalise against it. Once this happens it can really effect your website both short term and long term so it is important to understand what to avoid. One way to check this is to read your page text and ensure it sounds natural. If it is stuffed it will sound strange and not make much seance so as long as it reads well you will normally find that the weighting is fine.<br /><br />Search engine results are among the best ways to get new and relevant traffic to your site, so do your research and make sure that every word counts!<br /><br />Author: Norman VincentOrca Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386958889467262312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094787638249699540.post-29281366698992673942007-10-17T09:54:00.000-07:002007-10-17T09:55:53.292-07:00Successful Link Building StrategiesLink Building<br /><br />One of the most important branches of website promotion is ‘Link Building’. For every website’s promotion link building campaign is compulsory. A little introduction about link building and than we move on to the concerning subject which is “with out wasting your time money on experiments what are the best link building strategies”<br /><br />Introduction:<br /><br />Link building is about getting back links to a particular website. Which is the most efficient and effective way of web marketing. Only you have to do is get backlink from other’s website to your website. For example there are two same main theme category related websites one is SiteA and other is siteB. They have recently come on the internet. SiteA has its on visitors and SiteB has its own. Suppose SiteA has 10 visitors and SiteB has 10 as well. Now the question what is their purpose on the internet' Definitely they want to increase their visitors so it can be possible to increase their product sales.<br />Is there any method or any way so they can increase it'<br /><br />Yes there is if SiteA put a link of SiteB on its web page and SiteB put a link of Site A on its web page. What will happen' 10 vsitors of SiteA can be interested in service given by SiteB. Same 10 vsitors of SiteB can be interested in product given by SiteA. So in this way the probability of buying product and the service will increase. What exactly you are doing is increasing the link popularity of your website.<br /><br />Link building also effects on Search Engine Ranking. The more quality Backlink you get for a websites the more you get the top position in search engine. Link building process is very critical which take your online business website to the top of the search engine and also can be cause of yours panelizing by the search engine. Use all the legitimate ways of building link popularity for your site which I’ll discuss in the last section of this article.<br /><br /><br />Types of Link Building:<br /><br />There are three types of link building given below.<br /><br />One way link building:<br />In this you get back link from other sites and you don’t give back link to them from your website.<br /><br />Two way link building:<br />In this method you give Backlink from your website and get the same Backlink to your website as well<br /><br />Three way link building:<br />In this you get link from others and in return you give a Backlink from one of your other website. Instead of the wesbsite where are taking Back Link.<br /><br />Let’s take a look at some diagram on the types of link building.<br /><br /><br />Here comes the most effective the most efficient strategies of Link Building.<br /><br />1. At the time to asking other’s to add your link add their link first to your site and than ask them to add yours<br />2. Always give them the exact html code of your website.<br />3. Don’t forget to place you target keyword title as anchor text in the code.<br />4. Try to contact others on by calling them this much effective than email.<br />5. Make sure they placed your link according to your requirement. Mail them to change and if they still don’t response without wasting your time move on to the next.<br />6. Find out your theme related website to exchange link with.<br />7. My prescription is that grab link exchange forms of websites related to your theme and want to exchange links as well.<br />8. Take a deep analysis of Backlinks of competitors related to your field. Your make a search in yahoo or googe like this. “link:http:// www.google.com”<br />9. That syntax will show you all those links that are linking to Goolge. Just like that you check who is linking to your top competitor and request them to link you as well.<br />10. Buy Backlink from valuable sites this method is a bit costly but drives worthy traffic a lot to your website. Just remember some points at the time of buying<br />11. Buy link on the most viewable page of the seller’s website. That page should have a good PR as well and also having informative things to read.<br />12. Natural link building is very very very useful for your website’s promotion. That a bit difficult for the brand new website. Its very time taking but it can be archived when you done all above discussed strategies.<br />13. Use some Blogs to submit your comment. But don’t post spam comments that should be informative and natural<br />14. Article writing and submission also gives you natural Backlink. There are many sites you search on search engine with the keyword “Free article submission”<br /><br />15. At Yahoo and Google search bar grab link exchange form with the syntax given below<br /><br />• inurl::add_link "keyword phrase"<br />• inurl:submitasite "keyword phrase"<br />• inurl:user.php "keyword phrase"<br />• inurl:add_site "keyword phrase"<br />• inurl:add.cgi "keyword phrase"<br />• inurl:addlink.asp "keyword phrase"<br />• inurl:add.php "keyword phrase"Orca Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386958889467262312noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094787638249699540.post-21519467289559519202007-10-15T10:59:00.000-07:002007-10-15T11:00:14.750-07:00Link Building And Places To Submit Your LinksSearch engines are a great way to get people to your site. The problem is no matter what you sell, search engine rankings for your keywords are most likely competitive. What makes it worse is, people usually don't bother looking for listings beyond the first few pages of the search results. The good news is, on the Internet a small company can effectively compete with companies that are willing to spend thousands of dollars for search engine optimization.<br /><br />This is what makes it fun. When it comes to competing for keyword position in the major search engines you can stomp large companies in the ground. You will not be able to do it for all keywords, but you will be able to beat them consistently for many keywords. That is if you have a well thought out, persistent linking campaign.<br /><br />Used effectively, link building can be one of the single best techniques you can use for getting your web site listed in the first few pages of a keyword search. Link quantity and quality are an important element of every search engine's ranking algorithms. If your site doesn't have links, it will not rank well for competitive keywords.<br /><br />Places to submit your link.<br /><br />Link Directories<br /><br />There are hundreds of free link directories where you can submit your link. Search Google for, "link directory". Submit your site to a few new link directories every day. You will soon get link requests from members of these directories. Be picky, only exchange links with sites that are in some way related to, but do not compete with your site.<br /><br />Article Directories<br /><br />Good articles will bring one way, related links to your site. Write articles which are related to the subject of your site and submit them to free article directories. At the bottom of each article you can put a link back to your site. Don't just link to your home page, link to pages deep within your site. If your articles are worth reading, there is a good chance that web masters looking for content will use them on their site. There are no better links than one way links that point to pages deep within your site.<br /><br />Blogs<br /><br />Search for sites with blogs that relate to your site. If your site is about gardening search Google for, "blog gardening". This will pull up gardenings sites with blogs where you can leave your comments and a link to your site under your name. It is important that your blog comments are genuine and not spam.<br /><br />Forums<br /><br />Search for forums with the same niche as your site. Leave your link in forums signature. Again, it is important that your comments are genuine and not spam.<br /><br />Web Directories<br /><br />There are thousands of free web directories where you can submit your link. Always submit your site to the major search engines like Google and Yahoo by hand. This means going to their site and filling out the information they ask of you. Doing this to all the thousands of web directories is not possible. I recommend using an automated submission program like AddWeb.<br /><br />Press Releases<br /><br />Write press releases about your site and submit them to press release distribution services. Search Google for, "press release distribution service".<br /><br />Social Networking<br /><br />Social network services like MySpace and Facebook provide ways for people with the same interests to interact, such as chat, messaging, email, video, file sharing and blogging. Search engines and people love social networking sites, participate in them and leave a link to your site under your name.<br /><br />Social Bookmarking<br /><br />Social bookmarking is a way for people to remember, organize and share bookmarks of web pages and see what others have bookmarked. As people bookmark sites, sites that are of more use are bookmarked by more users. Thus, sites are ranked based on their usefulness.<br /><br />Links are one of the most important ways for visitors to find your site. It's all about getting people to your web site. With persistent link building the search engines can find your site faster and will rank you higher on their search results.Orca Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386958889467262312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094787638249699540.post-65456876864603580012007-10-12T12:31:00.002-07:002007-10-12T12:32:19.221-07:00Blogging - History Exceeds ItselfWhen blogging was a relatively new concept many bloggers simply looked to the medium as a way to empty their thoughts into an electronic file. Many viewed the medium as a journal that may never be read by anyone else.<br /><br />In fact, early bloggers saw very little activity without sending out a direct invitation to view the blog to friends and family.<br /><br />There are two primary roots to blogging. The first is old style message boards (now commonly referred to as moderated forums) and the second root is Online Diaries.<br /><br />The earliest predecessor for blogging goes all the way back to 1983, but like most early Internet ideas they were basically useful only to the computer geeks and technicians.<br /><br />Blogging as we see it today really came to the forefront in 2004. If blogging were a pot of water the boiling point wasn't reached until that year.<br /><br />Today blogging is incorporated into almost every form of social networking site. Business Blogging (b-blogging) is common with many online businesses.<br /><br />Perhaps blogging has been embraced because the individual blog owner becomes the journalist, publisher and commentator without the need to consult with any of those journalistic types.<br /><br />Blogging may seem meaningless initially. It may, in fact, seem more like an old style online diary read by a very few. You may even believe that the medium has no impact on your business marketing strategy. However, like Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategies it can take some time for blogging views to reach the boiling point.<br /><br />One way to improve blogging traffic is to post a link to the blog in any signature line when participating in forum discussions. Make a prominent link to the blog on your primary business site. Use links from other blogs, which may become reciprocal. You can even mention your blog in any company ezines, newsletters or autoresponders.<br /><br />Many Internet users have come to view blogging as an alternative news source. If your business is on the cutting edge of your industry a business blog might become authoritative and be referred to by other bloggers for additional content. Their backlinks only serve to improve the traffic to your blog.<br /><br />The growth of blogging serves the interests of knowledge and entertainment seeking consumers as well as businesses that understand what type of content their visitors are most interested in.<br /><br />Blogging has really allowed a free exchange of ideas with the belief that if you meet the intellectual needs of the customer they are more likely to return with both trust and their credit card.Orca Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386958889467262312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094787638249699540.post-9965966356974663102007-10-12T12:31:00.001-07:002007-10-12T12:31:36.821-07:00SEO - The History Of OptimizationVirtually every good thing comes to an end. Strategies that were once standard in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) ultimately came to an end when individuals with less scruples than a box of corn flakes manipulated the system to their advantage.<br /><br />Some of the earliest optimization methods were a simple alphabetical list much like a phone directory, but by 1996 web site programmers tried their luck at placing specific keywords in parts of the programming and they began to learn they're manipulations had some influence in site rankings.<br /><br />A variety of algorithms were utilized in 1997 that allowed programmers to crack the SEO code at Excite. These programmers were able to produce # 1 results for their clients at will.<br /><br />What began as client-based assistance ultimately led to nefarious systems that sought a corner on site rankings to the exclusion of any competitor.<br /><br />It wasn't long before most search engines began using Yahoo as a means of checking site rankings. Most programmers learned that by 1997 their clients needed to be included in Yahoo - and they needed to perform well in that arena if they wanted similar results elsewhere.<br /><br />By late 1997 Infoseek offered anyone the opportunity to optimize a website and made the role of programmers less prominent. Angry programmers strike back by essentially creating a mirror site of top ranked sites and diminishing the effectiveness of the rankings.<br /><br />In the next two years search engines develop complex, multi-level algorithms that were difficult to decode and made little sense. However, these systems would serve as a foundation for filtering spam and punishing offenders with banned sites.<br /><br />By the late 1990's algorithm decoding essentially ceased. It was getting too hard to try to fool the new systems that were developing and many of the original ideas for SEO assistance were now considered Black Hat SEO.<br /><br />As the Y2K doom reports fade into memory a fresh realization hits programmers. The roller coaster ride that had been SEO now fell to one search engine for acceptance. If you could not make it with this search engine you would find little acceptance elsewhere.<br /><br />Today Google is the gold standard for SEO. This search engine provides details on acceptable ways to promote your site through optimization.<br /><br />Now that a comprehensive standard has developed programmers are back in the fray seeking to serve customers by attempting to gain respectable rankings.<br /><br />Interestingly there are some SEO firms that must remember the old days of SEO because they continue to insist on using methods that could ultimately cause a site to be banned from search engines.<br /><br />Learn what you can about SEO strategies. With this knowledge you can begin to personally implement strategies that help your site rankings in the long run.<br /><br />Above all keep up to date on SEO strategies because this is an area that has a long history of being refined.Orca Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386958889467262312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094787638249699540.post-32222722458049620592007-10-08T12:36:00.000-07:002007-10-08T12:37:38.838-07:00Making Good Websites that Stand OutWebsites, there's literally billions of them out there in cyber-space. How many of them do you go to and just think this is boring, bland, or hard to use? It seems like too many to mention. So what makes a good website? I reckon it's about interaction. You've got to make the visitor interested. You've got to grab their attention. Many sites use plenty of bright and shiny gimmicks to attract you, but once you make it through to the content of the site it's just not worthy. A good site uses easy navigation, relevant content, and interactive media like comments and message boards. If you're fortunate, whoever builds your site may even have a few tricks up their sleeves to make it really fun with sound, video, and other interactive fun stuff.<br /><br /><br />Do you want people to come to your site and then tell their friend and family about it? Do you want to have huge amounts of visitors? Do you want to succeed in making your dreams come to fruition on the Web? Make your website exciting! It might be easier said than done, but there are people around whose job it is to construct and design sites for a living. If you can afford it, go for the best. How great is it when you come across a site that has some special feature that you've never seen elsewhere? Isn't it great when you find a site that relates to one of your interests that is simple and easy to get to the information you want? If you want to have people to come back again and again, you've got to keep updating the content to keep it fresh and interesting. Have a way for people to communicate with yourself and others who are into the same things. E.G. Forums, message boards and comments. The aim is to catch the 'viewer's' interest. A lot of sites just look like giant advertisements and you have to search for the needle in the haystack to find out what the actual site is for. I know advertising is a way of making money, but if you want your site to have an authentic, respectable atmosphere that exudes a feeling of integrity, you better be careful. People are becoming wary of this consumer driven, mindless attack at the average civilian's wallet. Some people will automatically leave a site if a bunch of commercials pop-up on the screen. Pop-ups, don't even make me go there? So, the aim of the game is to make a site that offers the public to be part of the action as well as being a source of knowledge or information that is in demand. A simple to navigate, good 'feel', and if possible-innovative site is the means to becoming the popular Internet magnate you've always dreamed of becoming. Another important fact is the idea of 'you'. Your website is a chance to put your identity out there in the world. Be yourself. If you try to appeal to an audience in a way that doesn't reflect your true self, you're destined to fail. Be honest and speak from your real perspective on life. Give it to us from the heart.Orca Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386958889467262312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094787638249699540.post-52982356402415426382007-10-04T00:25:00.000-07:002007-10-04T00:30:41.833-07:00How To Ensure Targeted Traffic To Your WebsiteOnline businesses are cropping up everywhere on the Internet these days. For every product and service out there, thousands of enterprising individuals and companies are making websites to market to the vast online world. Already established companies are beginning to look forward to the future that is the Internet. Even contemporary establishments that had formerly frowned on the Internet as a temporary hype are now jumping on the bandwagon and grabbing themselves an online presence.<br /><br />Obviously, with this massive proliferation of online businesses, the logical conclusion is the increase of competition between online businesses engaged in the same product or service market. Thus, the only way for an online business to survive and to flourish is to drive as much human visitor traffic to the site as possible. Of course, offering the best deal on the Internet will help build traffic but first you need to get your potential customers aware of your existence.<br /><br />One of the best ways that you can drive traffic to your website is through Targeted Traffic. You can seriously increase sales with Targeted Traffic backing up your online business. Targeted Traffic helps to deliver to your website a high amount of visitors daily. With increased hits from targeted online visitors, you have an improved chance of making a sale from your traffic.<br /><br />What's more, to help you to more efficiently increase sales with Targeted Traffic, Targeted Traffic Hits sends to your site only people who are actually those interested in your products and/or services. They don't just send random traffic and hope for the best. You can increase sales with Targeted Traffic merely by getting "targeted traffic" visitors to your site. This is the essential function of Targeted Traffic Hits. With Targeted Traffic, you are never left second-guessing whether you have the right kind of traffic or not.<br /><br />The service that Targeted Traffic offers is focused mainly on offering links from purchased expired domain names. When domain names are abandoned, Targeted Traffic picks them up depending on the keywords and the links that could lead to that domain name. Naturally, during a web search, a web surfer will find links toward this domain name, depending on the type of search that they made. Usually, Targeted Traffic uses domain names whose names are connected to the particular traffic that Targeted Traffic determines as optimal for the search. Once a user enters the bought domain, he or she can then organically chooses the links that are located there to further find the service or product that they truly want.<br /><br />Once you decide to increase sales with Targeted Traffic, you can be sure that the company will be working diligently to increase your traffic. They will be using tried and tested techniques that are not deemed as "black hat" by search engines. Using only organic search links helps to ensure that your website is healthy for the long-term. Targeted Traffic is also fair, they only count each unique traffic hit to your site and will not count repeat visitors. Thus you are assured that you are getting the best targeted traffic service at a very reasonable and fair price. Why waste time with random visitors when you can ensure Targeted Traffic Hits for your web site.Orca Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386958889467262312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094787638249699540.post-27140991528882891442007-10-02T05:09:00.000-07:002007-10-02T05:10:28.440-07:007 - Steps to Building a Team - not a Mailing ListStop trying to sell something all the time to your mailing list, this is one of the biggest mistakes of most list owners. They see their list as dollar signs. That is why people opt-out of their list and don’t read their emails.<br /><br />7 - Steps. How To build a team instead of a useless unresponsive list?<br /><br />Here is my input on How To build a team of people who will follow your lead into most any program that you have to offer.<br /><br />Step 1. Use a lead generating system that actually offers something of value to the person who is thinking about joining your team.<br /><br />Step 2. After they sign up send them to a website loaded with tools and helpful software that will help them to build their team also.<br /><br />Step 3. Send them a welcome letter in their email congratulating them for joining your team. Note: Don’t try to sell them something at this time. Send them a FREE Gift and start building a relationship with them first.<br /><br />Step 4. Answer all their questions that they may have about the free gift or software that they received, when they joined your team. Remember you are building a team not a mailing list.<br /><br />Step 5. Never, and I mean Never, share or sell your list to anyone... Period! Protect your teams information at all cost. You will be rewarded many times over in the end for your trust.<br /><br />Step 6. Give them some learning tools to educate them about your system and how it works. And give them advice about building their own team. You must educate your team and doing so will give the person self esteem and worth. See, people want to be part of something of worth while and that actually works.<br /><br />Step 7. After they have proven themselves by following your training advice and learning tools, that you provided them. Then invite them to your product or service that you are selling... Let them prove themselves first.<br /><br />When you build a team like this, they will join almost any program or service or even purchase your products in a heart beat. Why? Because you helped them also build their own team and taught them how to keep them on their team and not opt-out, because of abusing their mailing list.<br /><br />See what I’m trying to say here? Stop looking at your list as dollar signs, instead help them to become successful first and they will help you become successful also.<br /><br />Email your team from time to time about new products that you have to offer. And send them free advice about ways to increase their marketing skills and income.<br /><br />I do this through my newsletter called “Raptor Marketing” and blog site and my team loves me for this. They are always looking for my next newsletter or blog post.<br /><br />And by treating your team with respect you will profit for years to come.<br /><br />I’ve been amazed at the response that I receive from my team when I offer them a new ebook or product through my email promotions (back end sells).<br /><br />I have actually made more money from back end sells then I have from front end sells. How did I accomplish this? I stop abusing my list or (team). I give them more things FREE, instead of trying to sell them something all the time.<br /><br />Try this it works like crazy.<br /><br />Yes, there is power in a team, not an abused mailing list.<br /><br />To learn more about team building see my recourse box. You can thank me later.<br /><br />Copyright © 2007 & Beyond All Rights Reserved.<br /><br />This article may be distributed freely on your website and in your ezines, newsletter, your blog site or ebook as long as this entire article, copyright notice, links and the resource box are unchanged.Orca Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386958889467262312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094787638249699540.post-9730753224293117952007-09-25T09:14:00.000-07:002007-09-25T09:16:02.991-07:009 Ways to Keep Your Online Identity SecureIn a world where you can do virtually everything online, one has to wonder where all the information is going, and how it is being protected. High speed Internet access and devices like Blackberry's give us constant access to the Internet, and therefore, the ability to exchange information via the World Wide Web. But with this convenience also comes a price.<br /><br />Local and national news stations run stories frequently about hackers that have corrupted someone's database leaving millions of facing the possibility of identity theft. How do you go about protecting your identity when you're online? And, is it really safe to do business online?<br /><br />#1- Install a firewall on your computer. A firewall is software that installs on your computer to prevent unauthorized access to your computer. Without a firewall in place, you become exposed to hackers while surfing the Internet or simply having your computer connected to the Internet. There are many available, both free and paid, stand-alone or part of a package.<br /><br />#2 - Use anti-virus software to avoid contracting a virus which can monitor your computer habits. Remember, anti-virus software is usually an annual subscription, don't let your subscription expire.<br /><br />#3 - Don't use the same password for all of your online accounts. It can seem tempting to keep them all the same just for the sake of simplicity, but if you do, and a hacker gains access to your desktop, you may find that they are able to also gain access to all of your personal accounts.<br /><br />#4 - Use spam filters in your email. Most hosted email solutions now have anti-spam solutions. If they offer it, use it!<br /><br />#5 - Avoid Email Scams. - Different than spam, email scams use social engineered methods to convince you to trust the sender. Often these scams talk about large sums of money that need to be deposited in your bank account. If you respond, you will begin emailing with a live person, maybe for months, that will work to gain your trust and then steal your money through gaining access to your bank account.<br /><br />#6 - Don't ever click links in emails from senders you do not know; this is one of the easiest ways for hackers to gain access to your information.<br /><br />#7 - Make sure websites you visit are secure. These are easily distinguishable just by glancing at the toolbar on your browser. A URL that begins with 'Https' indicates a secured and encrypted site.<br /><br />#8 - Beware of phishing. Phishing emails are those that look like emails from reputable sites like PayPal, eBay and even your bank, but are designed specifically to steal your identity. The hope is that you will read the email, panic at its information and click on a link within to verify your account details. The website you visit appears as being from the vendor and you are asked to enter your personal information to verify your account. Once you do this, you will find your account at a zero balance within days. One way to avoidphishing is to avoid clicking the embedded link in the email and instead type in the organizations official URL in your browser and login on the official page.<br /><br />#9 - Watch out for misdirected urls. When you type in a misspelled URL, you can be redirected to a bogus website, although it looks authentic. Often you are asked tologin with your legitimate credentials, which are captured by the bogus site. Then you are often given an error notice that the site cannot process your request and to return at a later date. This buys time for the criminals to take your stolen credentials, visit the legitimate site, and drain your bank account.<br /><br />Keeping your identity safe online takes work and persistence, but it's worth it. The only certainty when dealing with identity theft is that the battle will never end. As the hackers become savvier, the solutions will become more high-tech and you will need to stay on top of what's current. Common sense plays a large role in keeping you and your family safe from online identity thieves.Orca Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386958889467262312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094787638249699540.post-51995544445517895052007-09-24T11:25:00.000-07:002007-09-24T11:27:03.134-07:00How to Use your Autoresponder for Maximum ProfitsIn order to maximize the profits you receive from your internet marketing it is important to automate as much of your internet marketing business as possible and autoresponders are one of your main tools in doing so. In this article we discuss how you can best use your autoresponder to maximize profits.<br /><br />Maximize Profits by Using your Autoresponder to Create an Opt In List<br /><br />One of the first ways you should use your autoresponder to maximize profits is by creating an opt-in list. Create an opt-in page on your website with a form where people can fill in their name and email address and then send this information through to your autoresponder. As soon as people have sent in the form they should get a request to confirm their subscription and then give something in exchange for their email address. Start immediately to send them information either through running an autoresponder course or starting to send them your newsletter. Using an autoresponder to create an opt-in list means that you will be able to increase the exposure people have to your products and make them more likely to buy from you.<br /><br />Maximize Profits by Running an Autoresponder Course<br /><br />Your autoresponder can also be used to maximize profits by running an autoresponder course. The purpose of the course should be to give practical information through which you can sell your products. By using autoresponder courses to maximize profits you are not only ensuring that people stay on your opt-in list to get the latest information or the next part of the course but you also increase their exposure to your products.<br /><br />Maximize Profits by Improving Customer Service with an Autoresponder<br /><br />Autoresponders are also great for improving your customer service and the more people like your company and the better customer service you offer, the more likely people will be to buy your products. Create an FAQ email that can be sent out via your autoresponder when people have questions they need answered so that they can get an immediate reply to commonly asked questions.<br /><br />Maximize Profits by Sending Product Descriptions through your Autoresponder<br /><br />Another way you can maximize your profits using an autoresponder is to send people product descriptions and specifications using your autoresponder. Give people an option to order more details on any of your products via your autoresponder and so make more sales.<br /><br />Maximize Profits by Allowing People to Order Information through your Autoresponder<br /><br />If you have lots of content and articles on your website then allow people to request that this information gets sent to them through your autoresponder. Have copies of your articles and content programmed into your autoresponder to be sent out to people when they request it. Also constantly update the information you have on your website and in your autoresponder so that people keep coming back to find more. Allow people to send your articles to others after they have received them in your autoresponder provided that they keep it as is so that more people will visit your website.<br /><br />In conclusion, autoresponders are a great way to automate your internet marketing business and maximize your profits. You can use your autoresponder to create an opt-in list, send out autoresponder courses, provide additional information via autoresponder, answer frequently asked questions, and get the content on your website emailed to them. All of these methods increase the exposure the client gets to your company or improves their perception of your company and so maximizes your profits from each customer.Orca Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386958889467262312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094787638249699540.post-37755099242340244252007-09-20T04:39:00.000-07:002007-09-20T04:40:45.276-07:00Make More Money Online - How to Create Effective AdsIf you wanted to make more money online, you will have to have your own online business. No matter what kind of business it is, you may consider to use Google Adwords, Yahoo Search Marketing or any other kind of advertising methods to help you promote your business. Therefore, you must know how you can write an effective ads before you can capture more business online.<br /><br />As you know, more and more people are getting online, and they wanted to make money online. Small business owners are increasing drastically. And this includes bloggers as well. Since they are managing small business, they don't have much budget to run advertising campaign. And if they run an advertising campaign, they will have to make sure that it will be a hit! So I'm going to discuss with you how you can create an effective ads.<br /><br />1. This is the most basic, and same with every money making concept. You will need to identify the reason and the goals of your advertising campaign. So you see, it is the same as the Millionaire Mindset you will need if you want to be a Millionaire. You may want to get more traffic to your site, and hence more sales. And your goals can be attracting 10,000 visitors to your site after one month. There are many reasons and goals, just define yours.<br /><br />2. Look for the most suitable sites for your ads. Of course, if you want to use PPC campaign like Google Adwords, then your ads will appear on many sites that are relevant. So just assume that you would like to set up a banner ads now. The things you should do is to look for a site, or a few, that is the best for your target market. For example, if you are selling weight loss pill, then you may consider to advertise on a site that talks about weight loss only. If you have more than one product, then you should consider on a site that has a larger category of audience.<br /><br />3. The content of your ads are very important. An effective ads content can bring a lot more visitors than the one that has low quality. You should write something eye-catchy and call to action phrases. Write benefits of your product or service and not features. Your ads must have something that is different from your competitors, just think of what makes your ads so special that it could attract more visitors than other ads. As for the description on your product or service, the more detail your ads, the better filter the ads will be. For example, when you write some description like "make money", your targeted visitors will be large, it is not concentrated. You may get a lot of clicks, but less quality. But if your description sounds like "make money using blogs" then the click through rate of your ads may be less, but more quality. Therefore, the a detailed ads will also work as a good filter. It is up to you to choose between quality or quantity. The above are just examples.<br /><br />4. And lastly, if you want to run your ads campaign, be sure to create a few more different ads, and keep switching them. For example, if you are using Google Adwords, then you may create at least two ads, and advertise them both. Then change the ads with lower click through or conversion, change it to be better. Use the better ads as standard and keep changing the one with less quality.<br /><br />With all the tips here, I believe you can now create a better and effective ads. So now you can capture more traffic and your conversion will increase. To Your Success.Orca Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386958889467262312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094787638249699540.post-58266657658699493402007-09-18T22:20:00.000-07:002007-09-18T22:23:03.501-07:00What is Link Exchange?Link exchanges have been used by webmasters for years as a means of direct marketing. Recently, this practice has gained more popularity among webmasters due to the fact search engines prefer websites that have many inbound links, thus improving positions in the Search Engine Result Pages (SERPs). To the search engines, this is an accurate means of determining the importance of websites. This practice by the search engines to rank websites has helped lead to the popularity of linked-based search engines, like Google. Thus, link exchange software and services have become popular.<br /><br />There are various ways to initiate a link exchange with another website. The primary way of beginning a link exchange is to email another webmaster and ask to exchange links. Another way to find websites looking to exchange links is to visit webmaster discussion boards. These websites might have link exchange forums or link exchange directories where webmasters can request link exchanges from a specific category or have open requests to allow any website to exchange a link.<br /><br />The basics of the link exchange<br />If this is all a bit foreign to you, let's start with the basics: There are two kinds of links: "outbound" links and "inbound" links. Outbound links are links on your site that point to other websites. Inbound links point from outside sites to specific pages within your site. Therefore, as you can see, any specific link is both outbound and inbound, depending on your point of view. A link on your site - yoursite - pointing to our site - othersite - is outbound for you, and inbound for us.<br /><br />Link Exchange Increases PageRank<br />Google's PageRank is an important measure of the popularity of each web page. The higher your site's PageRank, the better your site will rank in Google's search results. The more high quality links you have pointing to your site, the higher its PageRank will climb.<br /><br />Link Exchange Increases Link Popularity<br />The number and quality of websites that link to your website (link popularity) is one of the most important factors that help all search engines (not only Google) to determine your site's relevance for a search phrase. Exchanging reciprocal links with other websites has proven to be an extremely effective solution for webmasters seeking to improve their search engine rankings.<br /><br />Benefits<br />* increases your search engine ranking dramatically.<br />* helps to get a link to your site on similar sites.<br />* finds sites that are linking to your competition.<br />* automates your email contact with other sites.<br />* generates and maintains your links page.<br />* automatically checks partner sites to ensure they are maintaining their link to your site.<br />* imports your current links pages.Orca Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386958889467262312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094787638249699540.post-27326808025669714302007-09-18T07:04:00.000-07:002007-09-11T23:35:06.519-07:00Download New 3 cloumn Blogger Template<div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">How to install your template</span><br />Step 1: Click on Download 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not approve of their blog. Although this type of reaction is popular with blogs focused on political or controversial issues, bloggers who maintain a personal blog may also face disapproval from those who do not approve of the bloggers choices in life. This article will discuss subjects such as dealing with negative comments on a blog, dealing with criticism from friends and family members and will touch upon situations in which blogging can cause legal problems for the blogger.<br /><br /> Dealing with Negative Comments on Your Blog<br /><br />Negative comments posted on a blog are one of the most common forms of disapproval a blog may receive. These comments may be posted in response to a specific blog posting or may be posted as an objection to the blog in general. These negative comments may be very troubling to the blogger but fortunately there are some methods for dealing with these comments.<br /><br />Bloggers who are concerned that negative comments may influence other blog readers have a few options for dealing with these negative comments. One way to do this is to set the blog to not allow comments. This will effectively eliminate the comments but it will also eliminate comments from supporters of the blog as well. Another option a blogger has is to simply delete the negative comments as he finds them. This is not a very effective method because other readers may have time to read the comments before they are deleted. Bloggers who are online often and are not concerned about negative comments appearing on the blog for a short period of time may utilize this method. Another method of dealing with negative comments includes rebutting these comments on the blog. Finally, bloggers often have the opportunity to ban visitors who are leaving negative comments from making future comments.<br /><br /> Dealing with Criticism from Friends and Family Members<br /><br />Bloggers may also face criticism from friends and family members for the content of their blogs. Friends and family members may not use the comment section to express their disapproval but may express their concerns directly to the blogger in person, via telephone or via email. This can be a difficult situation for bloggers because they may be torn between maintaining the blog according to their vision and keeping their friends and family happy. In many cases friends and family members may object to a blog because they believe it can be potentially harmful to the blogger or because they are concerned about how the blog will reflect on them. In these delicate situations the blogger has the option to either delete or modify the blog or to speak to the friends and family members to explain his feelings without making changes to the blog.<br /><br /> When Blogging can Cause Legal Problems<br /><br />Bloggers should be aware there are some situations in which their blog can cause legal problems. Making statements about another person which are untrue and defamatory can result in the subject of the blog seeking retribution for libel. Other blog postings can also be found to be illegal for a wide variety of other reasons. Bloggers may assume freedom of speech laws protect them fully but there may be situations in which the statements in a blog are not protected under freedom of speech laws and the blogger faces legal ramifications for his postings. Blogging which violates the copyright laws of another can also cause legal problems.Orca Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386958889467262312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094787638249699540.post-90650528773815933222007-09-07T00:43:00.000-07:002007-09-07T00:45:30.310-07:00One-way Links, Reciprocal Links, Three-way Links: What Works Best?There are a lot of rumors about one-way links, reciprocal links and three-way links on the Internet. Which of these links work best for your business and which links do you need to get higher search engine rankings?<br /><br /> What are one-way links?<br /><br /> A one way link is a simple link from one website to the other. For example, if you link to http://finance.yahoo.com/ and that page doesn't link back to your website then it's a one-way link from your site to their site.<br /><br /> What are reciprocal links?<br /><br />A link is a reciprocal link if you link to a website and that website links back to your website. You send visitors to the other site and the other website sends visitors back to you.<br /><br />That makes sense because all visitors leave a website sooner or later. You can send your visitors back to search engines or you can send them to affiliates websites that send you traffic in return.<br /><br /> What are three-way links?<br /><br />Some webmasters believe that reciprocal links don't help web pages to get higher search engine rankings. That's why they invented three way links: Website A links to website B, website B links to website C, website C links to website A.<br /><br /> Which links will help you to get higher search engine rankings?<br /><br /> Good inbound links will help you to get higher search engine rankings. None of the link types above is worth more than the other.<br /><br />It's important that the links to your website are from related sites and on-topic. If a reciprocal link is on a low quality page with links to every Tom, Dick and Harry then it won't count much. However, that's also true if the same page carries a one-way link or a three-way link.<br /><br />It doesn't matter if a link is one-way, reciprocal or three-way. It does matter if a link is on a related website. Links from high quality websites will help your rankings, links from garbage sites won't.<br /><br /> If you want to improve your search engine rankings, try to get links from web pages that have something to do with your site. Link buildings tools can help you to find these sites.Orca Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386958889467262312noreply@blogger.com0