17 May 09 Links Building Strategies
Search for related websites by using relevant keywords. Filter out all interesting websites and contact them. Search engines like to see links from these sites because they know the listing has received a human review.
Search engines prefer to see links gradually accumulate from various web sites that relate to the same theme or topic of the site being linked to. This is reasonable, because that is the way inbound link growth would occur if a site is becoming known over time for the quality of its content.
Search engines consider an inbound link to be one “vote” for your page (or site). Search engines do not really condone reciprocal linking. Search engines are not looking for who has the largest amount of links, but at the quality of those links as well. A website owner can use any method they want to build links, but they also have to be ready to monitor those links.
Blogs create this same link-trust factor. Blog readers have a certain ‘trust’ in the author. The only dofollow link you get is on the right panel under your user bio, although it is not anchor text friendly.If you are done reading and ready to sign up you can add your blog . Blogs, on the other hand, provide a constant source of new link fuel. You do not need to get terriblely creative either.
Articles expose your product and give you those all-important natural links. Article marketing is one of the quickest and most powerful way to build meaningful links .
Web directories have seen better days and are now under scrutiny from search engines as glorified link farms. As the shift from quality was monetized into paying for premier listings, the quality slid for most directories and anyone and everyone with a few bucks was granted access to a link.
Social media optimization is a set of methods for generating publicity through social media, online communities and community websites. In other words, this strategy consists of using websites based on information and media sharing such as MySpace, Digg, YouTube and StumbleUpon.
Social Media book-marking is the strategy used in the story above. It is also usually the quickest way to get your content read. Social media campaigns are one of the best ways to build links. Unfortunately, most marketers are still not taking advantage of the many benefits provided by a strategic social media campaign.
Google is actively trying to dampen the impact of any “artificial” linking campaign. Having most of your links on PageRank 3 or higher web pages would seem to be a dead give-away that your links are “artificial,” since the vast majority of web pages are PageRank 1 or lower. Google looks at these relationships (who links to the people who link to the people who link to you). Google places a lot of weight on links from older sites. This is the reason that we have the Whois creation date.
Create a short article on your niche topic and submit it to article directories for a backlink and some traffic. You might get more links if your article is picked up and published on other websites. Creating your own stats counter might not be the best use of your time, though. Create a few websites with similar themes and create a few links between them. For example, if you sell children’s books on one site, you can also make a site on children’s literacy and so forth.
17 May 09 Obedience Training for your Dog
Obedience training is one of the most important aspects of having a dog. When I say training I mean more than just house training your puppy. In fact, if you love your dog and you love being a dog owner, both you and your dog will be happier, easier to live with and get along with, and even safer than if you fail to train your dog.
A well-trained dog is a pleasure to own. A well-trained dog requires fewer restrictions and a well-trained dog does not create embarrassment and will always reflect well upon his or her owner.
Just to cite a few examples, a well trained dog will not frighten or annoy the visitors to your home with excessive barking, inappropriate jumping or other annoying habits. Also, a dog that is leash-trained and will heel nicely at his owner’s side and will do a sit command without hesitation is much more welcome in a public place among other people and pets than a rowdy and out-of-control. The bottom line is that the more reliable and trustworthy your dog is, the more of a pleasure he is to own. Also, a well-trained dog receives much more positive attention and interaction from other people, be they family members, friends or even people you have never met before. Nobody enjoys an unruly and ill-mannered dog but a well-trained and obedient dog can melt many hearts.
You are your dog’s leader. You are the alpha dog. It is your responsibility to turn your puppy into a well-mannered adult dog. Training also strengthens the bond between a dog and his or her owner. It builds mutual respect, communication, understanding and makes it clear to your do that you are the leader of the pack, or what is commonly referred to as the “alpha dog”, if your dog does not respect you as the leader, both of you will encounter problems, especially if your dog is a bit more high strung and rowdy by nature.
A well-trained dog that responds quickly and efficiently to voice commands is also a much safer dog. Imagine if your dog slipped out of his collar in the middle of a busy intersection, if you can safely heel him back across the street and then have him sit and put his collar back on, many tragedies could be avoided. Also, if the gate is inadvertently left open and your dog leaves the yard, if he is trained to follow your commands you can quickly bring him back home, saving you time, energy and frustration.
Many of the dogs that end up in shelters do so because of a lack of training by their owners. It is the owner’s responsibility to train the dog to conform to the family’s rules and to be a good “dog citizen”. A well-trained dog is also easier to adopt into another family, thereby saving the dog from an untimely end. Far fewer dogs would end up in shelters if the owners took obedience training seriously. A well-loved and well-trained dog is a pleasure to own. A rowdy and out of control dog is a hardship to own but it is not the dog who is responsible for that. It is always the owner.
A well-behaved and properly trained dog is a pleasure to own. Your dog will be able to go anywhere and do anything without being a nuisance or annoyance to you or to others.
