By David Leonhardt
From the obvious to the "Hey-I-never-thought-of-that-great-idea-before", here are 10 of the top 52 tips on how to optimize your website for its turbo-charge rocket ride up the search engine rankings.
Be bold. Use the tags around some of your keywords on each page. Do NOT use them everywhere the keyword appears. Once or twice is plenty.
Deep linking. Make sure you have links coming in to as many pages as possible. What does it tell a search engine when other web sites are linking to different pages on your site? That you obviously have lots of worthwhile content. What does it tell a search engine that all your links are coming in to the home page? That you have a shallow site of little value, or that your links were generated by automation rather than by the value of your site. Here is an example of deep linking, in this case to my personal happiness workbook.
Become a foreigner. Canada and the UK have many directories for websites of companies based in those countries. Can you get a business address in one of those countries?
Newsletters. Offer articles to ezine publishers that archive their ezines. The links stay live often for many years in their archives.
First come, first served. If you must have image links in your navigation bar, include also text links. However, make sure the text links show up first in the source code, because search engine robots will follow the first link they find to any particular page. They won't follow additional links to the same page. You can see this in action at the link to the home page on this web site monitoring page
Multiple domains. If you have several topics that could each support their own website, it might be worth having multiple domains. Why? First, search engines usually list only one page per domain for any given search, and you might warrant two. Second, directories usually accept only home pages, so you can get more directory listings this way. Why not a site dedicated to gumbo pudding pops?
Article exchanges. You've heard of link exchanges, useless as they generally are. Article exchanges are like link exchanges, only much more useful. You publish someone else's article on the history of pudding pops with a link back to their site. They publish your article on the top ten pudding pop flavors in Viet Nam, with a link back to your site. You both have content. You both get high quality links. (More on high quality links in other tips.)
Titles for links. Links can get titles, too. Not only does this help visually impaired surfers know where you are sending them, but some search engines figure this into their relevancy for a page.
Not anchor text. Don't overdo the anchor text. You don't want all your inbound links looking the same, because that looks like automation - something Google frowns upon. Use your URL sometimes, your company name other times, "Gumbo Pudding Pop" occasionally, "Get gumbo pudding pops" as well, "Gumbo-flavored pudding pops" some other times, etc.
Site map. A big site needs a site map, which should be linked to from every page on the site. This will help the search engine robots find every page with just two clicks. A small site needs a site map, too. It's called the navigation bar. See how the second navigation bar at the bottom of Last Minute Florida Villas is like a mini-site map?
There you have it: 10 of the 52 Top SEO Tips, a free tip sheet that comes with Don't Get Banned By the Search Engines:
There is a lot more to search engine optimization, and there are always more details when looking at an individual site. But these tips should help any website significantly improve its rankings.
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Friday, February 27, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Combating Viruses, Worms and Trojan Horses
The first step in protecting your computer from any malicious there is to ensure that your operating system (OS) is up-to-date. This is essential if you are running a Microsoft Windows OS. Secondly, you need to have anti-virus software installed on your system and ensure you download updates frequently to ensure your software has the latest fixes for new viruses, worms, and Trojan horses. Additionally, you want to make sure your anti-virus program has the capability to scan e-mail and files as they are downloaded from the Internet, and you also need to run full disk scans periodically. This will help prevent malicious programs from even reaching your computer. You should also install a firewall as well.
A firewall is a system that prevents unauthorized use and access to your computer. A firewall can be either hardware or software. Hardware firewalls provide a strong degree of protection from most forms of attack coming from the outside world and can be purchased as a stand-alone product or in broadband routers. Unfortunately, when battling viruses, worms and Trojans, a hardware firewall may be less effective than a software firewall, as it could possibly ignore embedded worms in out going e-mails and see this as regular network traffic.
For individual home users, the most popular firewall choice is a software firewall. A good software firewall will protect your computer from outside attempts to control or gain access your computer, and usually provides additional protection against the most common Trojan programs or e-mail worms. The downside to software firewalls is that they will only protect the computer they are installed on, not a network.
It is important to remember that on its own a firewall is not going to rid you of your computer virus problems, but when used in conjunction with regular operating system updates and a good anti-virus scanning software, it will add some extra security and protection for your computer or network.
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A firewall is a system that prevents unauthorized use and access to your computer. A firewall can be either hardware or software. Hardware firewalls provide a strong degree of protection from most forms of attack coming from the outside world and can be purchased as a stand-alone product or in broadband routers. Unfortunately, when battling viruses, worms and Trojans, a hardware firewall may be less effective than a software firewall, as it could possibly ignore embedded worms in out going e-mails and see this as regular network traffic.
For individual home users, the most popular firewall choice is a software firewall. A good software firewall will protect your computer from outside attempts to control or gain access your computer, and usually provides additional protection against the most common Trojan programs or e-mail worms. The downside to software firewalls is that they will only protect the computer they are installed on, not a network.
It is important to remember that on its own a firewall is not going to rid you of your computer virus problems, but when used in conjunction with regular operating system updates and a good anti-virus scanning software, it will add some extra security and protection for your computer or network.
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What Are Blended Threats?
Added into the mix, we also have what is called a blended threat. A blended threat is a more sophisticated attack that bundles some of the worst aspects of viruses, worms, Trojan horses and malicious code into one single threat. Blended threats can use server and Internet vulnerabilities to initiate, then transmit and also spread an attack. Characteristics of blended threats are that they cause harm to the infected system or network, they propagates using multiple methods, the attack can come from multiple points, and blended threats also exploit vulnerabilities.
To be considered a blended thread, the attack would normally serve to transport multiple attacks in one payload. For example it wouldn't just launch a DoS attack — it would also, for example, install a backdoor and maybe even damage a local system in one shot. Additionally, blended threats are designed to use multiple modes of transport. So, while a worm may travel and spread through e-mail, a single blended threat could use multiple routes including e-mail, IRC and file-sharing sharing networks.
Lastly, rather than a specific attack on predetermined .exe files, a blended thread could do multiple malicious acts, like modify your exe files, HTML files and registry keys at the same time — basically it can cause damage within several areas of your network at one time.
Blended threats are considered to be the worst risk to security since the inception of viruses, as most blended threats also require no human intervention to propagate.
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To be considered a blended thread, the attack would normally serve to transport multiple attacks in one payload. For example it wouldn't just launch a DoS attack — it would also, for example, install a backdoor and maybe even damage a local system in one shot. Additionally, blended threats are designed to use multiple modes of transport. So, while a worm may travel and spread through e-mail, a single blended threat could use multiple routes including e-mail, IRC and file-sharing sharing networks.
Lastly, rather than a specific attack on predetermined .exe files, a blended thread could do multiple malicious acts, like modify your exe files, HTML files and registry keys at the same time — basically it can cause damage within several areas of your network at one time.
Blended threats are considered to be the worst risk to security since the inception of viruses, as most blended threats also require no human intervention to propagate.
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What Is a Trojan horse?
A Trojan Horse is full of as much trickery as the mythological Trojan Horse it was named after. The Trojan Horse, at first glance will appear to be useful software but will actually do damage once installed or run on your computer. Those on the receiving end of a Trojan Horse are usually tricked into opening them because they appear to be receiving legitimate software or files from a legitimate source. When a Trojan is activated on your computer, the results can vary. Some Trojans are designed to be more annoying than malicious (like changing your desktop, adding silly active desktop icons) or they can cause serious damage by deleting files and destroying information on your system. Trojans are also known to create a backdoor on your computer that gives malicious users access to your system, possibly allowing confidential or personal information to be compromised. Unlike viruses and worms, Trojans do not reproduce by infecting other files nor do they self-replicate.
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What Is a Worm?
A worm is similar to a virus by design and is considered to be a sub-class of a virus. Worms spread from computer to computer, but unlike a virus, it has the capability to travel without any human action. A worm takes advantage of file or information transport features on your system, which is what allows it to travel unaided.
The biggest danger with a worm is its capability to replicate itself on your system, so rather than your computer sending out a single worm, it could send out hundreds or thousands of copies of itself, creating a huge devastating effect. One example would be for a worm to send a copy of itself to everyone listed in your e-mail address book. Then, the worm replicates and sends itself out to everyone listed in each of the receiver's address book, and the manifest continues on down the line.
Due to the copying nature of a worm and its capability to travel across networks the end result in most cases is that the worm consumes too much system memory (or network bandwidth), causing Web servers, network servers and individual computers to stop responding. In recent worm attacks such as the much-talked-about Blaster Worm, the worm has been designed to tunnel into your system and allow malicious users to control your computer remotely.
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The biggest danger with a worm is its capability to replicate itself on your system, so rather than your computer sending out a single worm, it could send out hundreds or thousands of copies of itself, creating a huge devastating effect. One example would be for a worm to send a copy of itself to everyone listed in your e-mail address book. Then, the worm replicates and sends itself out to everyone listed in each of the receiver's address book, and the manifest continues on down the line.
Due to the copying nature of a worm and its capability to travel across networks the end result in most cases is that the worm consumes too much system memory (or network bandwidth), causing Web servers, network servers and individual computers to stop responding. In recent worm attacks such as the much-talked-about Blaster Worm, the worm has been designed to tunnel into your system and allow malicious users to control your computer remotely.
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What Is a Virus?
A computer virus attaches itself to a program or file enabling it to spread from one computer to another, leaving infections as it travels. Like a human virus, a computer virus can range in severity: some may cause only mildly annoying effects while others can damage your hardware, software or files.
Almost all viruses are attached to an executable file, which means the virus may exist on your computer but it actually cannot infect your computer unless you run or open the malicious program. It is important to note that a virus cannot be spread without a human action, (such as running an infected program) to keep it going.
People continue the spread of a computer virus, mostly unknowingly, by sharing infecting files or sending e-mails with viruses as attachments in the e-mail.
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Almost all viruses are attached to an executable file, which means the virus may exist on your computer but it actually cannot infect your computer unless you run or open the malicious program. It is important to note that a virus cannot be spread without a human action, (such as running an infected program) to keep it going.
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The Difference Between a Computer Virus, Worm and Trojan Horse
The most common blunder people make when the topic of a computer virus arises is to refer to a worm or Trojan horse as a virus. While the words Trojan, worm and virus are often used interchangeably, they are not exactly the same. Viruses, worms and Trojan Horses are all malicious programs that can cause damage to your computer, but there are differences among the three, and knowing those differences can help you to better protect your computer from their often damaging effects.
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Saturday, February 14, 2009
How interminable Website Traffic - The secret is to hit the right keyword!
Anyone who has a website is trying to get website traffic and learn every trick in the book to achieve this goal. Have a website that looks great and has content to match, but just can not seem to reduce the level in terms of search engine listings and website traffic? It could very well be because of some basic errors of keywords you can be doing. Take a look at what can be seen in its "Get Website Traffic" campaign.
Hitting the right keyword
Your choice of keywords that could catapult to success or leave overnight floundering about you in the bottom rung of the ladder. What exactly is that about keywords that can make or break a Web site?
Keywords are the words Internet users enter into search engines to reach the pages they want. The mistake many site owners is in your choice of keywords. You may have chosen keywords that are relevant to your site's content, however, this may not be exactly what users are looking for. An example is the difference between the use of "pest control" and "get rid of ants." "Get rid of ants is likely to get website traffic is more specifically described as a specific topic and resolve a specific problem that the reader is looking for. "Pest Control" on the other hand, covers a wider spectrum, something that you will see everything that is not often used by people searching online.
While it is important to use appropriate keywords to get website traffic, it is equally important to make sure you use it sparingly. The filling of its content with a load of keywords that the text is hard to see, read and even ensure that your site is frowned upon by search engines.
Hitting the right keyword
Your choice of keywords that could catapult to success or leave overnight floundering about you in the bottom rung of the ladder. What exactly is that about keywords that can make or break a Web site?
Keywords are the words Internet users enter into search engines to reach the pages they want. The mistake many site owners is in your choice of keywords. You may have chosen keywords that are relevant to your site's content, however, this may not be exactly what users are looking for. An example is the difference between the use of "pest control" and "get rid of ants." "Get rid of ants is likely to get website traffic is more specifically described as a specific topic and resolve a specific problem that the reader is looking for. "Pest Control" on the other hand, covers a wider spectrum, something that you will see everything that is not often used by people searching online.
While it is important to use appropriate keywords to get website traffic, it is equally important to make sure you use it sparingly. The filling of its content with a load of keywords that the text is hard to see, read and even ensure that your site is frowned upon by search engines.
Web Traffic Secrets - Get the right way of traffic and the wrong way
While there are several ways to get website traffic, you need to know is there a way to do it and then it is not the wrong path. Straying into the road less favorable than could land in a place of problems and prevent him from obtaining website traffic that you desire. To set the right path, take a look at some of the most fundamental elements of the traffic gain.
Content - It's just a word, but means the difference between running a successful website and one died. Just having a website once off unique content is not enough. You must ensure that your content is dynamic, meaning that visitors should always have something new to amuse your mind. Consider blogs daily use applications such twitter, create channels for articles published on its website.
In addition to content that you also have to look at the technical aspect of your website, an important aspect for users on your website and search engines. What this means is that you must make sure your home on the Web is easy to navigate, contains all the labels right to meet and which is free of grammatical and spelling errors - there are more of these on its website, unless confidence is likely that you will draw in visitors.
As a final tip in this short course on how to get website traffic, all you need do is you know. This means getting your site listed on search engines, joining the forums related to your subject, the media marketing (like Facebook), etc. However, be careful to always stay within your industry and have care in the easiest way. The most successful websites on the Internet - which get website traffic - are those where the human touch is always evident. Avoid paying for your website to all search engines and web directories a thousand, do it yourself. Search engines and visitors love to be seen, both of which are crucial if you want to get website traffic.
Content - It's just a word, but means the difference between running a successful website and one died. Just having a website once off unique content is not enough. You must ensure that your content is dynamic, meaning that visitors should always have something new to amuse your mind. Consider blogs daily use applications such twitter, create channels for articles published on its website.
In addition to content that you also have to look at the technical aspect of your website, an important aspect for users on your website and search engines. What this means is that you must make sure your home on the Web is easy to navigate, contains all the labels right to meet and which is free of grammatical and spelling errors - there are more of these on its website, unless confidence is likely that you will draw in visitors.
As a final tip in this short course on how to get website traffic, all you need do is you know. This means getting your site listed on search engines, joining the forums related to your subject, the media marketing (like Facebook), etc. However, be careful to always stay within your industry and have care in the easiest way. The most successful websites on the Internet - which get website traffic - are those where the human touch is always evident. Avoid paying for your website to all search engines and web directories a thousand, do it yourself. Search engines and visitors love to be seen, both of which are crucial if you want to get website traffic.
Five steps to make money with affiliate internet marketing
It is planning. Many people enter into affiliate marketing is planning to make a fast buck. It is difficult for them to blame. Since the formation of CDnow almost thirteen years ago, affiliate marketing has become one billion dollars per year industry. There are also benefits, including little or no overhead, residual income, receivable
for the work of their downline and not have to deal with any customer service problems.
But it remains a business and many people do not understand that a business requires planning. No matter how great the product or service, if you do not have the guidelines laid out in advance, then, probably as a wind up to ninety-five percent of the participants (and internet) that does not make money online.
Affiliate Internet marketing is hard work, time, patience, errors, uncertainty and learning. The key is to create a work plan and the same.
Where to start?
1. Your Office.
If you work outside your garage, kitchen or bathroom (hey sometimes you do what you gotta do), make sure your office is comfortable with adequate lighting, ventilation and as little distraction as possible. It is difficult to get any work done with the phone ringing every 15 minutes. If necessary, let the answering machine pick up. Set aside blocks of time in which to concentrate on anything other than its affiliate marketing
2. Learn and keep learning.
Study of the affiliate marketing are making money. Visit the affiliate marketing forums. While his overall goal is to become successful, you may occasionally have to change their strategies. Forums are a good place to get tips and ideas you can adapt to your business. Also, many affiliate programs offer conference rooms. This allows you to chat live with the creators of products, and other merchants involved in affiliate program.
Some conferences are just cheerleading sessions. They shot him to sell the product, but do not give you any form of selling. However, many vendors offer a solid support, and any response to all questions in real time and to recommend strategies for affiliate marketing to help. If the merchant is planning conferences on a regular basis, take advantage of it.
3. Its objective market research.
It is not enough to know what is happening with your product or service. What are the new trends? Watch television. Read newspapers and magazines. Find out where are the hot emerging markets and how it affects your business. Do not just read the news from members. Get as much information as possible about what is happening around the world and then apply it to your business partner.
4. Your own website.
This is the command center for your affiliate marketing campaign. Yes, you can promote different programs, but this makes it more difficult and less profitable for you. Having your own website means that you can capture the information of the visitor before sending them to market. If you do not like the product being sold at this time, you can always contact them about other offers or promotions later. The beauty is that once your name and email address, you can contact them while they remain in their option on the list. This is called "backend" and you can believe that is how many members of the traders make their money. The money is in the list and the only way is to have its own website where people can register.
5. Do not kid yourself.
We all want to be millionaires by the time the sun goes down, or at least early in the morning, but that is not reality. Affiliate marketing is a tough job to set an achievable goal. Realistically how much you can generate profits in a month? Start with something small. If you earn five hundred dollars last month to shoot fifty seventy percent next month. That may seem small steps, but you can stop receiving false expectations leading to disappointment and, finally, to renounce all together. It may take a while before seeing any money to hang there.
AffStat According to 2007 more than eighty percent of the affiliate programs offer revenue sharing. If you plan and manage your internet affiliate marketing as a business, then there is no reason why you can not participate in the benefits.
for the work of their downline and not have to deal with any customer service problems.
But it remains a business and many people do not understand that a business requires planning. No matter how great the product or service, if you do not have the guidelines laid out in advance, then, probably as a wind up to ninety-five percent of the participants (and internet) that does not make money online.
Affiliate Internet marketing is hard work, time, patience, errors, uncertainty and learning. The key is to create a work plan and the same.
Where to start?
1. Your Office.
If you work outside your garage, kitchen or bathroom (hey sometimes you do what you gotta do), make sure your office is comfortable with adequate lighting, ventilation and as little distraction as possible. It is difficult to get any work done with the phone ringing every 15 minutes. If necessary, let the answering machine pick up. Set aside blocks of time in which to concentrate on anything other than its affiliate marketing
2. Learn and keep learning.
Study of the affiliate marketing are making money. Visit the affiliate marketing forums. While his overall goal is to become successful, you may occasionally have to change their strategies. Forums are a good place to get tips and ideas you can adapt to your business. Also, many affiliate programs offer conference rooms. This allows you to chat live with the creators of products, and other merchants involved in affiliate program.
Some conferences are just cheerleading sessions. They shot him to sell the product, but do not give you any form of selling. However, many vendors offer a solid support, and any response to all questions in real time and to recommend strategies for affiliate marketing to help. If the merchant is planning conferences on a regular basis, take advantage of it.
3. Its objective market research.
It is not enough to know what is happening with your product or service. What are the new trends? Watch television. Read newspapers and magazines. Find out where are the hot emerging markets and how it affects your business. Do not just read the news from members. Get as much information as possible about what is happening around the world and then apply it to your business partner.
4. Your own website.
This is the command center for your affiliate marketing campaign. Yes, you can promote different programs, but this makes it more difficult and less profitable for you. Having your own website means that you can capture the information of the visitor before sending them to market. If you do not like the product being sold at this time, you can always contact them about other offers or promotions later. The beauty is that once your name and email address, you can contact them while they remain in their option on the list. This is called "backend" and you can believe that is how many members of the traders make their money. The money is in the list and the only way is to have its own website where people can register.
5. Do not kid yourself.
We all want to be millionaires by the time the sun goes down, or at least early in the morning, but that is not reality. Affiliate marketing is a tough job to set an achievable goal. Realistically how much you can generate profits in a month? Start with something small. If you earn five hundred dollars last month to shoot fifty seventy percent next month. That may seem small steps, but you can stop receiving false expectations leading to disappointment and, finally, to renounce all together. It may take a while before seeing any money to hang there.
AffStat According to 2007 more than eighty percent of the affiliate programs offer revenue sharing. If you plan and manage your internet affiliate marketing as a business, then there is no reason why you can not participate in the benefits.
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