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Promotion: link popularity: link building

SEO is so broad and you may be overwhelmed by it if you are new in internet marketing... or even an experienced one already.

Why? It is because what works a few months ago may not work today. That is how fast the search engines' algorithm changes.

Here are some things that you may hear from other firms that may raise a red flag:

1. We can make you on Page 1 in XXX months. - Yes, this is the one thing we wanted to hear. But.. uh-oh, nobody can promise that. When you want to be on Page 1, there are many factors - SEO virtual assistants can do just as much but there are those are not in their hands, experts or not.

2. We have the following packages... - In SEO, there are no ready-made packages. There is no one size fits all. A good SEO company should analyze your site first and talk to you about your expectations before preparing a personal 10f8 ized package.

3. We are the cheapest! - Quality comes with a price. That means if you want quality work, you should be prepared to pay a certain price. But there are some, you can choose any in the Philippines, that can offer Quality and  Cost Effectiveness. You just have to know where to look.

Finding a SEO company is just like looking for a perfect dentist for you. You should be comfortable with them and has given you an impression that you can trust them. And also, make sure that you have everything in writing.

And another thing to do is to find out if their company is ranking in search engines. You would not want to have a dentist with bad set of teeth, isn't it? If they are good, their search engine page ranking should also be good.

Should you want to be more personalized, you can opt to hire a virtual assistant from the Philippines instead that can do SEO tasks for you. It is all up to you!

Promotion: link popularity: reciprocal links: link exchange

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Exchanging links has been around for a long time, but I would like to point out some really useful tips to help you rank higher in search engines.

First and foremost: Only exchange links with related sites. Why? First off, a user who is on a gaming site (for example) doesn't really care much about a site that has information on gardening- generally speaking of course. The user came to the site to play games and they are most likely only going to follow links that are related to gaming in some way.

Second: Manually exchange links, if you use software you won't build quality links, Google is capable of identifying link directories, if your site is in a bunch of link directories your site may experience the "sandbox" effect. This happens when your site receives just about no traffic from search engines, to fix it try to stop using the directories, let authority sites link to you- this will provide a quality you and there parties.

Third: Page Rank or PR is only a small factor, I found out that related content is the most important factor to ranking high, yeah it's nice to get a link from a page rank 5 or 6 website, but often times this won't happen until more people start to notice your website.

Whenever I am on the web browsing forums I always see people looking for high PR sites, which ultimately is fine, but I think they also need to keep in mind that it is just as equally important to find sites with related content. If all your inbound links are coming from something totally different than your nice then that raises suspicion to Google and the visitors of your site.

You'll be surprised of how many people are willing to help you, Many webmasters want to link related content, especially if your site is of value, just remember that whether it be a one way link or a reciprocal link it still contains value.

More Discussion:

Now I would like to talk a little bit about Alexa. No Alexa is not a girl (in this case). Alexa happens to be a very powerful and popular website estimator, it determines your global traffic rank and regional traffic rank. For example: Google is Number 1 Globally and Regionally (USA). If you're site is written in English then your target goal should be to have more than 80% of your visitors be of that language. Why? This has to do with the likelihood of your site being recommended to others, if a user from another language comes on they will have to use a translating service to view your page, they probably won't refer your site but it will become more as a "one time use" type of deal.

Whatever your niche may be- Try finding related sites. Gaming Link Exchange sites are really easy to find, you can contact the webmasters and ask them, some webmasters are pretty strict about what sites they exchange links with.

Alexa traffic ranking and Google Page Rank is updated every few months, this depends on your backlinks, traffic etc... Everysite needs backlinks to rank, I don't care what type of service your are offering, the internet is very competitive, start by competing for small niche words, here is what worked for me: Try ranking for a specific game you have hosted on your site, if you try to rank for a general term like "games" it could takes ages, literally.... but if you ranked for the game Super Mario Crossover you are more likely to get on the first page of Google, because it is a less competitive keyword/phrase.

There is always room for more websites, if you have good content you will get traffic, like I stated earlier you need backlinks, links can be acquired from other bloggers who come across your site and recommend it on their blog, To track your traffic you should use some sort of meter, I recommend sitemeter, they have a free and paid version, I happen to find Sitemeter very addicitive I constantly am looking at how people found my site/where they were referred from. There are plenty of other trackers like Who is Amung us etc...

Any site can be profitable, whether you are selling a product or just offering ads, most gaming sites make their revenue from ads meaning they don't sell anything special or out of the ordinary, here is a general rule of thumb for adsense earnings: 1,000 Vists= $10 USD approximately... This can vary on days but I find this to be very fitting, so if you don't have a blog I recommend starting one... It could be an extra 100 bucks a moth. The way I look at is this: Gas for my car, food... Yeah, extra cash is nice, especially when it comes from something I enjoy doing.

Well Good luck and never stop the SEO link building process!

Relationships: dating sites and servises for singles

Currently running her website, , Sebastyne is a big fan of online dating, and finds dating in general interesting.

Web design and development: graphics: web: templates

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Beginnings...

Our group - SongSpring - does not do much touring. We play locally and do most of our work in our studio. However, we wanted to see the three years of work that went into our first effort - a theme collection of original instrumental music - see fruition as a finished, shrink-wrapped, distributed CD.

I first heard about CreateSpace long after we had temporarily shelved our CD for lack of funds. CreateSpace gave our CD a second opportunity to see the light of day. As a comparative benchmark, the average cost for manufacturing an "Indie" CD (if the CD consists of all your own original material and no mechanical rights are involved) is about $2,200 for a standard CD Case, 4 page booklet insert, and just 1,000 copies. After that, you have a pile of CDs and no real way to market them (unless, of course, you are a touring band, or you are able to sell them out of the trunk of your car!). By comparison, CreateSpace allowed us to publish for free.

Background...

On a trip to San Diego early in Summer 2008, I talked with my brother-in-law, a writer, who happened to mention CreateSpace. He has already published two books using their tools, and their placement of his novels onis giving him both exposure and driving sales. When I investigated further, I found that not only does CreateSpace provide self-publishing tools for writers, but also shrink-wrapped, bar-coded CDs and DVDs for musicians and video producers, with a digital download option made available on Better still, they absorb all the up-front costs of getting your CD out to market! Best of all, CreateSpace was recently purchased by the giant giving unknown authors the same potential clout as bigger players by making their creations visible to millions and by being searchable directly on

We decided to try using CreateSpace to manufacture and distribute our first CD, "Old California - In Search of a Lost World", and found their guided process easy to follow. Using Adobe , we were able to upload all the artwork for the CD, including the booklet, cover art, CD face artwork, and tray (inner and outer). The finished product was submitted as Jpeg files in specific dimensions provided in their guidelines. For me, this process took about 10 days, working on it part-time, but I was learning some of the tools for the first time, including Photoshop. You will need to have access to Photoshop, though CreateSpace provides all of the templates needed, and you can download a free trial version of Photoshop from Adobe, good for 30 days.

Proof Positive...

Next, we were stepped through all phases of the CD creation process, from obtaining a barcode (free), to entering all of the track information. For a manufactured CD your audio files should be uploaded in CD-quality AIFF or WAV files -- we used the tracks from the final Master CD we received from DiscMakers when we first finished the production/recording phase of our CD a year or two earlier. These files needed to be compressed and uploaded to the Create Space site using WinZip or, in our case, the Mac OS X equivalent "Archive" option you get when right-clicking on a group of files.

After everything was entered (including our checking account information so that Amazon and CreateSpace could transfer funds into our account for each month's sales) we received a Proof Copy in about five days. In our case, we found numerous corrections to details we had missed on the first round, so we ended up requesting second and then third and final proofs after revising the manufacturing information and tweaks to the cover design. Side note: we were never charged for these proofs, though subsequent proofs were shipped snail-mail and took about seven days each to arrive.

Once we approved the final Proof, we were able to enable the CreateSpace site to begin selling our CDs on CreateSpace and Amazon simply by logging in to our account and "Approving" the proof online. Instantly, our CD became purchasable on on CreateSpace, and then about two weeks later, it appeared on At Amazon we were provided with our own mini-website where users could peruse the CD, read the descriptions, listen to samples, and choose whether to download immediately for about $8.95 or purchase as a normal CD for $16.95, including shipping. Here's another caveat: CreateSpace and Amazon keep a percentage of the profit for each sale. However, you also have the option of ordering large quantities for yourself directly from the CreateSpace site for a very reasonable cost of about $5 each.

There are Marketing Options as well -- we chose to launch an Ad-Words campaign on Amazon with specific keywords to drive traffic to our site, but we are also using peer networking - related music sites - to gain visibility. In any case, being searchable on Amazon is better than just sitting out there in the void! CDs are all shipped as shrink-wrapped, barcoded professional product.

Some Technical Notes...

CreateSpace uses "Publishing on Demand", an area in which they and Amazon have been pioneers. It does not matter if someone orders 1 or 1,000 copies - the shrink-wrapped CDs are only created as needed, and then shipped the same day. Because of this, these CDs are not the same as mass-produced CDs, but rather are "burned". This MAY render them unplayable on some ancient CD players from the 1980's, but in all other respects the product is virtually indistinguishable from mass-produced CDs, right down to the barcode, on-disk printing, and shrink wrap.

Cautions...

It is wise to register your final proof copy track names with GraceNotes prior to releasing your CD. CreateSpace maintains a consistent "Proof" copy of your first CD, so if you use iTunes (or other products listed at to register all your original track names with the GraceNotes Online Database, all purchasers of your CDs will be able to see the track information on their laptop or iPod. This is a free service and is industry standard - virtually every commercial CD is registered at GraceNotes.

Also, be sure to choose ASCAP or BMI if you are publishing your own CD. Immediately after you release your CD, you can use their websites to track performances of your music on radio and Internet stations - and receive quarterly royalty checks. I am an ASCAP member, and I like getting my royalty checks. As a member, I have the ability to log in and upload mp3 versions of all the CD tracks. This way they have a digital "fingerprint" of each song. I assume BMI has a similar service.

Finally, COPYRIGHT your CD using an SR (Song Recording) form downloadable at the Library of Congress. You can just use one form to register all the songs on a single CD, and last time I checked, the fee was about $35. This legally protects your CD even further, though technically simply releasing your CD on Amazon is an implicit copyright. Still, don't take chances. Go to httpgov to get these forms, or follow the links on ASCAP or BMI.

Sales...

The Jury is still out on the bottom line - SALES - but for getting the CD produced, the process was easy to follow and the response times from Amazon/CreateSpace's staff were excellent, always within 24 hour window.

The link to our Amazon site can be found on our own website at Our CD - "Old California - In Search of a Lost World" - is an instrumental collection of original music.

To visit CreateSpace site, go to