Hi Gang, Happy Halloween! Trick or Treat smell my feet, give me something
good to eat....or so the song goes. Funny, you don't hear
kids say this anymore. Whatever happened to earning your treats?
The boys Halloween picture came out really cute and I put
together a little collage you http://www.merlesworld.com/halloween/boys_halloween.html If you don't have a high speed connection it may take a minute to load, but I promise it's worth it. Are these not the cutest faces you've ever seen? OK, I'm bias, but aren't all good Moms? <grin> Did I forget to tell you I'm a little crazy too? If so, now you know. Anyone heard anything new out of Clickbank? The new changes to come in December were all that was being talked about on discussion boards everywhere and now silence. If anyone knows something I don't, please share. I sure hope they come up with a better plan then the first one they had, which was to disable the old hoplinks.Now that was a dumb marketing move. Anyone that's been working the Net for years has thousands of links plastered everywhere that would suddenly be rendered useless. Yes, there was talk of being able to redirect them, but to where? Hardly a solution. Did I tell you I started a new exercise class? I usually
work out at home with videos here and there but my sister-in-law
and I thought we would take a class together. It's twice a
week for an hour with weights and it's a total body workout.
Ask me, I know, my body hurts sometimes the day after, but
I guess that's a good thing unless you need to be able to
walk or something. All kidding aside I've always been a firm
believer in exercise If you're going out trick or treating tonight, have fun,and
remember, just because your not a kid anymore doesn't mean
you can't enjoy these special days. After all, we're all kids
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"And You Thought Popularity Only Mattered in High School"
By Merle http://MCPromotionsPress.com
Remember the most popular kids in High School? Everyone
wanted to be around them, date them or be friends with
them. Being seen with the "in crowd" you look good.
Popularity has its advantages. Turn the clock forward
a few years and throw in the Internet, and even though
you might be long past your school days, being popular
still has its perks.
What I'm referring to is called "Link Popularity,"
and
if you don't have the faintest clue what I'm talking
about, strap on your seatbelt -- we're going for a ride.
Link popularity is very important to your website and
can give you an "edge" when it comes to ranking
with the
search engines. Oh, I see I have your attention now. Your
site's link popularity is based on how many other "quality"
related sites link to yours. It's based on incoming and
outgoing links so don't overlook the fact of setting up
your own "links page" to reciprocate a link to all
of the
websites who have agreed to link to yours.
The reason why search engines give sites with more links
a higher rating is based on the logic that if other
sites are linking to a site, it must contain valuable
content. Thus you'll score a few extra points for being
so popular and end up ranking higher.
What kind of sites should you link to, and how do you
find them? Good questions. Most site owners' biggest
fear is linking to their competitors. Not a great idea.
Instead of looking at it that way, what you want to do
is find "complementary" sites that will enrich your
website while making it more of an informative resource.
For example, say you have a landscaping /nursery site.
You could link to sites that explain how to grow better
flowers or shrubs, how to treat soil, tips and tricks of
landscaping design, etc. All of these sites will enrich
yours by providing more information on a subject your
website guests are already interested in..
So how do you find link partners? The easiest place to
start is with the search engines, by typing in keywords
that relate to your site's theme and searching for
complementary websites. You might want to check a site's
page rank with Google before deciding if it will make
a good linking partner. The experts say you should look
for sites with a page rank of at least 2 or higher.
Page rank can be checked with the Google toolbar.
Once you find some suitable partners, you'll want to
email each site owner asking if they would be interested
in swapping links with you. They may receive many such
inquiries so you'll want to make yours stand out from
the crowd by complimenting them on their site and telling
them the benefit of linking to your site.
I'd strongly suggest you stay away from banner and
button linking and use text links, for a few reasons.
The biggest is if you can write a fun, interesting site
description for yourself and use your key phrase in that
description, it will also rank higher with the search
engines. Remember this when sitting down to write up
your link text for the exchange. Smart website owners
know this and use it to their advantage.
If you would like automate the "link exchange process"
there are software and services that will help speed
up the process. Let's look at a few:
1) LinksManager: http://LinksManager.com
If you'd like to use a 3rd party service to automate
the process and can afford $19.95 a month, LinksManager
does a great job. No software to install and you can
import your current links page easily. Offers a 30 day
free trial.
2) LinkageExpress.com: http://www.LinkagExpress.com
If you don't want to do the job yourself you can pay
this company to find link partners for you. Twenty-five
link partners will cost you $497.00, and the prices
go up from there.
3) Zeus: http://www.Cyber-Robotics.com
A software program that actually goes out and finds link
partners for you. A demo version is available for free
but the pro version will run you $195.00
4) Reciprocal Marketing: http://www.ReciprocalMarketing.biz
An outside service that handles finding and setting up
reciprocal links for you. They only charge $1.00 per link.
5) Links 2.0:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/scripts/links/index.htm
Links is an easy-to-use Directory Management program.
It allows you to run a complex link directory without
being overwhelmed by editing and updating htm pages.
You can download it for $150.00
6) Link Survey:
http://antssoft.com/linksurvey/index.htm?refchr
Multi-purpose software that can compare inbound links
of your website with those of your competitors, locate
potential high-quality link partners of your website,
and more. Buy it for $39.95 or download the free trial
version.
7) Arelis: http://www.axandra.com/arelis/index.htm
Software to automate the process of finding link partners
also has a great "Find Competitor Links" feature
that
allows you to quickly find all Web sites that link to
your competitors, and these are good candidates to have
link to your site. Free trial version available.
So how popular are you? There are many ways to test
your website's popularity right online without the
expense of software. They all pretty much work the
same way: Just enter your url and hit submit.
Some of them are:
1) MarketLeap: http://marketleap.com/publinkpop/
2) I Need Hits http://www.ineedhits.com/free/popularity/
3) AddMe http://www.addme.com/popularity.htm
4) Submit Corner http://www.submitcorner.com/Tools/Assessment/
5) Link Popularity http://checkyourlinkpopularity.com/
6) Market Post ion http://linkpopularitycheck.com/
7) LinkPopularity.com http://www.linkpopularity.com/
If after checking your popularity you find out you're
lacking in the "popular" department, you'll need
to get
busy with your research and start compiling a list of
possible linking partners. Yes, it does take time, but
the benefits of a good linking strategy are well worth
it.
If you'd like to read more on link popularity check out
some of these great sites:
1) Linking 101: http://www.linking101.com/
Plenty of good resources to help you with your link
popularity.
2) Eric Ward: http://ericward.com/articles/primer.html
An excellent primer on linking.
3) Spider Food:
http://www.spider-food.net/link-popularity.html
Excellent information on linking strategy.
4) Linking Matters: http://linkingmatters.com/
You'll find more information here than you'll know what
to do with. Don't forget to download the 33-page PDF
report for even more resources.
5) Axandra:
http://www.axandra.com/arelis/increase-link-popularity.htm
A free ebook on linking especially geared towards those
who are using Arelis Software.
Remember, "no man is an island," and that is especially
true on the Internet. Make sure you're seeking out other
quality ,related sites and exchanging links with them
on a continual basis. By doing so, you'll make your
website a more valuable resource and increase your search
engine ranking at the same time... and that's one
"popular" marketing idea.
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Use this free software to check on how much you've
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We've all heard about making table less website pages
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Private Islands
They say no man is an island, but that shouldn't stop
you from owning one. If the price tag is a bit expensive
you can rent an island of your very own. Now this is
my cup of tea. I knew Gilligan was onto something.
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BlogSnob
"BlogSnob is a free service that allows you to publicize
your personal site. It's basically an ad exchange for
Blogs. The simple text ad blends into your site design.
You can easily customize how the ad appears on your
site." This is sort of like a "webring" for
bloggers
with a twist.
http://blogsnob.simpleads.net/
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"The mission of American Humane, as a network of
individuals and organizations, is to prevent cruelty,
abuse, neglect, and exploitation of children and
animals and to assure that their interests and
well-being are fully, effectively, and humanely
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A Movable Type plugin to eradicate
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"WireTap is a free product for MacOS X 10.2 or later
that allows you to record any audio playing on your
Mac, saving it to a file for later listening or
processing. This allows you to record news from
Internet radio stations such as the BBC News, sound
snippets from your favorite DVD movie, record the
audio from a game, or even iChatAV conversations."
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"Do you want to know what your buddy or co-workers
are doing online? Or perhaps you want to check up
on your children or spouse and know what they are
doing on the computer? With Perfect Keylogger it
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users, and logs everything that is typed in a
protected file." The lite version is free.
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