Earn Money in Google Adsense Without A Website - Adsense Revenue Sharing

When you apply for a Google Adsense account, you also include your website as it is a one of the requirements for approval. Once approved, you can now put Adsense ads on your website and get paid for clicks or impressions on the ads. However, we cannot always predict the future. What if your site needs maintenance and must be closed down temporarily for a few days, weeks or even months? Or in worst case, you will have to shut it down permanently for your own reason? If you’ve got no site running, you will also have zero income in your Adsense account. However, it’s different this time.

You can now earn in Google Adsense even if you don’t have an active website. This idea (or whatever you may call it) is called Adsense Revenue Sharing. I don’t know who started this idea but I knew first this concept at DigitalPoint Forums - that’s how intelligent Shawn is :D.

Details & Process
Adsense Revenue Sharing is a way where you can have a chance to display your Adsense ads on another websites. These websites that allow you to display your Adsense ads are mostly community websites, thus, you contribute contents and get percentage for your ads to show. The process are pretty simple, let’s generalize it this way:

1. You must have already a Google Adsense account before you can participate.
2. Sign-up on websites (listed below) and put your Adsense ID (or even a custom Channel). Please see individual details on the sites you want to join on how to do this.
3. Contribute contents, i.e. create/participate a forum thread, submit articles, submit videos and among others.

Each time your submitted content viewed, you have a chance that your Adsense ads will show on that particular content and get paid if there’s someone that clicks on the ads.

Pros and Cons
With Adsense Revenue Sharing, you don’t need to have an active website to earn (take note that you need to have an active website when you apply for a Google Adsense account). Second advantage of this concept is you don’t have to promote the websites in which you put your Adsense ID to, the owners/administrators will responsible for this one. Last advantage of Adsense Revenue Sharing is that most of the websites that offer this opportunity have high traffic.

However, there are also a couple of disadvantages. First, you must contribute content to the website, no contribution - no earnings. Second, you will not earn 100% of the clicks since you only have a certain percentage to show your ads, therefore, expect a very low earnings. Also, there are some sites that has contribution restrictions, i.e. you need to have at least 100 post before you are eligible to participate the revenue sharing.

Adsense Revenue Sharing Sites
Listed below are some of the sites that offers Adsense Revenue Sharing. Out of the lists below, I only joined DigitalPoint (but not for this purpose), thus it is at your own risk and responsibility if you join them.

• DigitalPoint Forums
• NamePros
• Webmaster-Talk
• Domain Name Portal
• IDNForums
• NamesLot
• The Online Developer
• HTTPPoint
• HostNode
• Webmasters.org
• BlogUserhelp
• Work From Home Forums
• AuctionCut
• KernelTrap
• The Rant
• SoundChilds
• The Zizula Forums
• Article Wise
• Article Codex
• HotWebTools
• Article Trader
• Xomba
• Flixya
• MediaFlix.net
• Plug IM
• FreeRange
• Joomlaya
• ScratchProject
• Build Reciprocal Links

You Should Not
There are also a couple of sites that have Adsense Revenue Sharing but thier method makes the concept void. Let’s take for example a free blog hosting site, say call it an ABCDEF Free Blog Hosting. At ABCDEF, they stated that your Adsense will have a chance to display on the blogs that you created. Where’s the logic there? You created and write your own blog (but the thing is you are hosted from them) and then let them have their Adsense ads displayed on your blog, NO WAY!!! Avoid these things if ever you meet something like these. If you can’t afford to buy your own host, then just join Blogger where you have the total control on your Adsense ads.

Monster.com faces data theft

Monster.com waited five days to tell its users about a security breach that resulted in the theft of confidential information from some 1.3 million job seekers, a company executive told.

Hackers broke into the US online recruitment site’s password-protected resume library using credentials that Monster Worldwide Inc said were stolen from its clients, in one of the biggest Internet security breaches in recent memory.

They launched the attack using two servers at a Web-hosting company in Ukraine and a group of personal computers that the hackers controlled after infecting them with a malicious software program known as Infostealer.Monstres, said Patrick Manzo, vice president of compliance and fraud prevention for Monster.

The company first learned of the problem on August 17, when investigators with Internet security company Symantec Corp told Monster it was under attack, Manzo said.

“In terms of figuring out what the issue was, that was a relatively quick process,” he said. “The other issue is you want to make sure exactly what you are dealing with.”

His security team spent the weekend investigating, located the rogue servers, and got the Web-hosting company to shut them down some time either late in the evening on August 20, or early in the morning of August 21, he said.

Manzo said that based on Monster’s review, the information stolen was limited to names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses, and no other details including bank account numbers were uploaded.

On August 21, Symantec published a report on its Web site that said it had found copies of scam e-mails that the engineers of the attack were using, with the aim of getting information that was more valuable than just the names and contact details of Monster.com users.

Pretending to be sent through Monster.com from job recruiters, the e-mails asked recipients to provide personal financial data, including bank account numbers. They also asked users to click on links that could infect their PCs with malicious software.

Their ultimate goal in taking the data from Monster.com was to gain enough personal information to lower the guards of target victims when they read the e-mails, said Patrick.

Monster then announced on Thursday that the details of some 1.3 million job seekers had been stolen. reuters

Flip through e-books and smell it too

An electronic textbook website is launching a smelly e-book after finding college students like to be able to smell their books.

A survey of 600 college students conducted by pollster Zogby International found that 43% of students identified smell, either a new or old smell, as the quality they most liked about books as physical objects.

Six out of 10 students also preferred buying used textbooks over new or electronic textbooks even though e-books are generally a third less expensive. E-books sales have been slow to take off.

In an attempt to persuade students to try e-textbooks, CafeScribe.com said it was launching ‘the world’s first smelly e-book’. CafeScribe CEO Bryce Johnson said that from September the company will send every e-textbook purchaser a scratch and sniff sticker with a musty ‘old book’ smell. The survey found three out of 10 of students associated ‘mustiness’ with the books they most loved, although 16% associated best-loved books with the smell of ‘freshly-ground coffee’.

Now, charge your walkman with sugar

Bread and potatoes are sources of human energy, and now a carbohydrate diet is also powering up a Walkman.

Japanese technological giant Sony Corp, hoping to be eco friendly, said it has developed a prototype battery cell that generates electricity from carbohydrates and sugar. The test cells have achieved output of 50 milliwatts, enough to play music on a Walkman, Sony said. In a demonstration, a Sony employee poured a sugary sports drink to power a music player and speakers.

Sony came up with the battery by studying how living creatures generate energy. Sugar batteries would biodegrade and the source material can be found in plants grown around the world.

Plants regenerate through photosynthesis, “underlining the potential for sugar-based bio batteries as an ecologically friendly energy device of the future,” a Sony statement said. Sony said it would continue to develop the prototype and study ways to put it into practical use. Sony, which changed the way the world listened to music with the Walkman, has vowed to rededicate itself to innovation after suffering a troubled patch with the success of Apple’s iPod. Sony was also hit last year by the recall of millions of laptop batteries over fears they could catch fire.

One of the most talked about is fuel cell technology. While hydrogen-based cells have taken off for home or automobile use, versions based on methanol for use in electronics products have yet to be commercialised.

Free Phone Conferencing

These days, when every business wants to score an edge over its rival, businesses are making maximum use of cutting-edge services like Free Phone Conferencing. Free Phone Conferencing helps you avoid mammoth telephone bills. Generally, whenever you use a Phone Conferencing service you are made to pay a set monthly fee or rent, which depends upon how much you use it. With a Free Phone Conferencing service you have to pay a low monthly fee. Herein you get a dialer code along with a password, which lets you go into a conference according to your choice and will. You also get a toll free number with which you can call in the US or Canada at the same rates. The Free Phone Conferencing service is so flexible that you can also use it for personal business, too.

The way Free Phone Conferencing works is, you dial the toll-free number on your moderator card and, by using your conference ID and PIN, you can begin the conference right away. This makes you avoid all hassles with reservations, canceling or changing the time of the conference. The majority of Free Phone Conferencing service providers also provide you with twenty-four hour technical support.

So if you’re a frequent user of conference services then this service is best suited for you. By using this service you can remain in constant touch with your clients as well as your friends. And free phone conferencing is applicable to large and small companies alike, so go ahead and embrace this popular trend in the business world.

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Google nabs CNN ad deal from Yahoo

Google said Tuesday that it signed a multi-year advertising agreement with CNN.com, in a win over the news site's former partner, Yahoo.

As part of the agreement, Google will be the exclusive provider of contextually targeted text ads on CNN.com's pages (via Google's AdSense program). The deal does not include the placement of image or video ads, however.

Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

The deal is a blow to Yahoo, whose search-advertising group (formerly known as Overture) has been an ad partner of CNN.com for more than three years. In 2004, Yahoo's Overture extended its long-running agreement with CNN.com to supply contextually targeted ads alongside content. The news also comes not too long after Yahoo has updated and improved its ad-delivery system.

Google said that through its partnership, it will connect CNN.com with hundreds of thousands of small and large advertisers. David Payne, senior vice president and general manager of CNN.com, apparently liked the sound of that.

"Our new relationship with Google will deliver relevant ads to our users, enhancing their overall experience on CNN.com. We look forward to a successful partnership," he said in a statement.

Update: CNN.com also recently replaced Yahoo as its supplier of Web search and advertising results, according to CNN spokeswoman Jennifer Martin. In July, CNN.com started serving Web search results, including sponsored ads, from Google. That means Yahoo has lost out with CNN twice this summer because of Google.

IPhone + iPhone = Apple IIphone

You have to be hardcore to attend an Apple II expo 30 years after the machine's release -- but that doesn't mean you're dead. The Apple II was once cutting edge, and we fanatics still appreciate the latest toys.

Rob Walch, host of the Today in iPhone podcast, generously donated his time to attend KansasFest, the 19th annual Apple II convention being held this week in Kansas City, Missouri. There he presented his own iPhone and dissected its strengths and weaknesses, including vicariously via stress tests done by both PC World and Blendtec. As an example of the limitations Apple has forced upon iPhone users by locking out third party applications, Mr. Walch espoused, "Look at all the great features the iPhone calculator has: Plus, minus, divide... This is the worst calculator ever!" He recommends http://m.netninja.com/calc and other Web applications as a stopgap solution until Apple updates what Mr. Walch considers to be only v0.5 of the phone's firmware. Though the initial release of the iPhone features several of what he calls these "paper cuts" -- "they're annoying, but they won't kill you" -- Mr. Walch still feels the iPhone is the best cell phone he's ever owned, and that Apple made no mistake in the timing of its release.

He had comments on future releases, too. "The rumors of the iPhone Nano are greatly exaggerated," Mr. Walch dismissed. "Do I think there will be a hardware revision? Yes. Do I think they'll be quick, or the European iPhone will be G5? I think not." Look for a new model iPhone in February 2008, he suggests. And just like how he waited 18 hours to be seventh in line for his current iPhone, he'll line up for a new one, too. "Because," he said, holding up his current model, "my wife knows this one will be hers."

Before there were Quark and InDesign, The Newsroom was the desktop publishing software of choice.

The iPhone has a general appeal, but like KansasFest itself, there were plenty of more esoteric topics, too. Michael Mahon delivered a technical presentation on NadaNet. This parallel programming network uses Apple II machines exclusively and is his own design, eschewing TCP/IP, AppleTalk, or other existing network protocols. By eviscerating eight Apple IIe boards from their cases and housing them in a single frame, he's built the world's only AppleCrate, able to distribute and exchange data processing tasks using 8-bit machines. Unfortunately, the NadaNet is more a proof of concept and will not be used anytime soon to search for extraterrestrial life or fold proteins.

Of the products I've seen thus far, I'm most looking forward to v2.0 of Eric Shepherd's Sweet16, an Apple IIgs emulator. Currently at v1.7.3, Sweet16 is not as full-featured as Bernie ][ the Rescue, an older emulator that does not run on ICBMs (Intel Chip-Based Macintoshes). As a universal binary, Sweet16 is the hope of the future -- and it promises plenty of opportunities for that era, too. Sweet16 v2.0 will allow for plug-ins and expansions that will emulate add-on hardware, such as expansion cards. Theoretically, these software plug-ins could even emulate non-existent hardware, creating the possibility of programs written specifically for an emulated Apple IIgs. It calls into question whether software written to require a faux machine would still be in the spirit of the Apple II. By abandoning the classic hardware, are we forgetting our roots? Or is this no different from expanding via actual peripherals? I'm disinclined to argue the legitimacy of Sweet16's approach either way, given the alternative of no emulator whatsoever. But it's an interesting theoretical debate. What's your take?

OSI Model

Network equipment manufacturers have proposed and developed network architectures specific to their devices. For instance, IBM has developed SNA, DEC has developed DNA… These architectures have all the same defect: as they are manufacturer-specific systems, it is difficult to interconnect them, unless manufacturers agree on a common architecture. Consequently, in order to avoid the development of hundreds of solution for the interconnection of these heterogeneous architectures, the ISO (International Standards Organisation), body that depends on the UNO and composed of 140 national normalisation bodies, has developed a reference model called the OSI model (Open Systems Interconnection model). This model describes the fundamental concepts and the approach used to normalize the interconnection of open systems (a network is made up of open systems when modifying, adding or removing one of these systems does not modify the global working of the network).

When designing this model, taking the heterogeneity of the equipment into account was a fundamental issue. Indeed, this model was designed to allow the interconnection of heterogeneous systems for historical and economic reasons. Besides, it should not support a particular provider. Lastly, it should make it possible to adapt to the evolution of data to process without calling into question the investments. Thus, all this led the adoption of common communication and co-operation rules between the equipment, i.e. this model should logically carry out to an international standardization of protocols.

The OSI model is not a real network architecture, because it does not really specify the services and protocols each layer should use. It rather describes what the layers must do. Nevertheless, the ISO has developed its own standards for each layer, and this independently of the OSI model, i.e. as does any manufacturer.

The first works related to the OSI model date from 1977. They were based on the experience gained in the area of wide area networks and local private networks; the OSI model was indeed supposed to be valid for any type of network. In 1978, the ISO proposed this model as the standard ISO IS7498. In 1984, 12 European manufacturers, joined in 1985 by the main American manufacturers, adopted this standard.

The different layers of the OSI model

The 7 layers

The OSI model is composed of 7 layers:

The principles that led to these 7 layers were the following:

• A layer must be created every time a new level of abstraction is necessary,
• every layer has well defined functions,
• the functions of each layer must be chosen in the objective of the international standardization of protocols,
• boundaries between layers must be chosen so as to minimize the flows of data through interfaces,
• the number of layers must be such as there is no cohabitation of completely different functions within the same layer and such as it is not too difficult to control the architecture.

The low layers (1, 2, 3 and 4) are necessary to the routing of information between the two concerned ends and depend on the physical medium. The higher layers (5, 6 and 7) are responsible for the data processing relative to the management of exchanges between information processing systems. In addition, layers 1 to 3 intervene between close machines, but not between ending machines that can be separated by several routers. On the contrary, layers 4 to 7 intervene only between distant hosts.

The physical layer

This layer is in charge of the raw transmission of bits over a communication channel. This layer must guarantee the perfect transmission of the data (a bit set to 1 must be received as a bit set to 1). Concretely, this layer must standardize the electrical characteristics (for instance, a bit set to 1 is represented by a voltage of 5V), the mechanical characteristics (the shape of the connectors, topology…), the functional characteristics of the circuits of data and the procedures of establishment, maintenance and release of the circuit of data.

The typical information unit for this layer is the bit, represented by a given voltage.

The data link layer

Its has a role of “binder”: it will transform the physical layer into a connection a priori freefrom transmission errors for the network layer. It splits the input data of the sender into frames, sends these frames in sequence and manages the acknowledgement frames sent back by the receiver. To remind, for the physical layer, the data do not have any particular meaning. The data link layer must therefore be able to recognize the limits of frames. This can actually pose problems, since the sequences of bits used to identify boundaries may also appear in the data.

The data link layer must be able to signal a transmission problem by sending an appropriate frame. In a general way, an important role of this layer consists in detecting and correcting errors that occured on the physical layer. This layer integrates also a flow control function to avoid the blocking of the receiver.

The information unit for this layer is the frame made up of a few hundreds to a few thousands of bytes maximum.

The network layer

This layer is in charge of the sub-network, i.e. the routing packets over the sub-networks and the interconnection of the various sub-networks. When designing it, it is very important to determine the routing mechanism and calculation of the routing tables (static or dynamic tables…).

The network layer also controls sub-network congestions. It is also possible to complete it with accounting functions for invoicing on volume, but this may be delicate.

The information unit for this layer is the packet.

The transport layer

This layer is responsible for the good delivery of messages to the recipient. Its main role is to take the messages of the session layer, split them into smaller units and give them to the network layer, while checking pieces arrive correctly. Therefore, this layer also re-assembles the initial message when it receives the pieces.

This layer is also responsible for the optimization of the network resources: normally, the transport layer should create a network connection for every transport connection required by the session layer, but it is able to create several network connections by session layer’s process, for example to improve the bit rate. Conversely, this layer can use one network connection to transport several messages at the same time, using multiplexing. In any case, all this must transparent for the session layer.

This layer is also responsible for the type of service to provide to the session layer, any finaly to the users of the network: connection-oriented or connectionless service, with or without guarantee of the delivery order, broadcast… Thus, this layer is also responsible for opening and closing network connections.

One of its latest role is flow control.

It is one of the most important layers, because it provides the basic service to the user and controls the whole connection process, with all the related constraints.

The information unit for this layer is the message.

The session layer

This layer sets up and synchronizes the exchanges between distant processes. It binds logical addresses to physical addresses for distributed tasks. It also binds two application programs that must cooperate control their dialogue (which one should speak, which is currently speaking…). In this latter case, the service of set up is called the token management. The session layer also makes it possible to insert recovery points in the data flow in order to resume dialogue after a failure.

The presentation layer

This layer deals with the syntax and semantics of the transmitted data: it processes the data so as to make it compatible between communicating tasks. It will ensure the independance between the user and the data transport.

Typically, this layer can convert, format, crypt and compress the data.

The application layer

This layer is the point of contact between the user and the network. Therefore, it brings the basic network services to the user, such as file transfer, electronic mail…

Introduction

Just like the 19^th century was the century of the steam machine, the 20^th was certainly a matter of collecting, processing and distributing data. A world-wide phone network was deployed, the radio and the television were invented this century, as well as the telecommunication satellite and computer science.

A characteristic of these technologies is that these technologies have progressively converged. Gradually we passed from centralized systems with generally a single central computer used by several computer scientists, to a global network of devices and distributed systems that allow users to share out calculation and storage capabilities.

Some landmarks

• Beginning of the 60’s:
  • flight ticket booking systems
  • distribution of banking operations
• 1969: the American ARPA network is built to connect the main American research centres. It is the first architecture set with abstraction layers.
• 1974: IBM invents SNA (system Network Architecture) that allows the communication between a central system and remote peripherals
• 1975: Intel and Xerox write the Ethernet standard
• 1980: Beginning of the Internet
• 1982: IBM sells the Token Ring standard
• 1985: The IEEE publishes standards for the 802.X protocols (especially Ethernet and Token Ring)
• 1989-1991: Beginning of the Web, the main Internet application
• 1990: Beginning of the ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network)

From the beginning of the 80’s, networks world-wide have been progressively connected together to build the Internet. Internet means “interconnected networks”; it is a world-wide network that provides a set of services, set that is absolutely not limited to the Web, contrary to what we could commonly think.

Definitions

A network of computers is a set of independant computers (called nodes), sites or hostscommunication lines: connected together and that are able to exchange data with

The autonomy of computers excludes any master/slave relation; therefore, any system made up of a central controling unit and several slave units (e.g. a computer with remote printers and terminals) are excluded from this definition.

We call network system or network software a set of software modules that manage communications between sites. The software is installed on every node of the network.

We distinguish computer networks and distributed systems: a distributed system is a set of independant computers connected together that host a software so that the distribution into autonomous computers is transparent and not detectable by users. In concrete terms, when a user wants to launch a program, the operating system manages to select the best processor, find and convey input files to this processor and put results at the right place.

In the case of a network, everything is explicitely performed (we first have to connect to a given machine, send and execute a given command on this given machine, we must explicitely move files…); although in the case of a distributed system, everything is automatically performed by the operating system. The difference is located at the operating system level, and not at the hardware level (type of computer, type of connectors…). We can sum up all this on the following outline:

Goals and use of networks

Networks have been developed for certain reasons. There are mainly 4 of them.

Resource sharing

The first reason is resource sharing: networks give access to resources (software, databases, printers…) in an way independent from the geographical location of users. For instance, we use this to access shared trading data in a company: each employee of a global company can access balance sheets.

Increasing of reliability and performances

This is the second reason. Networks can be used to duplicate vital data onto several servers; in case of problem the backup version is immediately available. The increasing of performances comes from the fact that it is easy to increase performances of a system by simply adding one or two extra computers. This latter point, associated with an economical fact (see the next goal), makes mainframes useless.

Costs reduction

The third goal of networks is cost reduction. Personal computers are indeed less expensive than mainframes (about 1.000 times less expensive), and this only for performances only 10 times less efficient. Networks also allow people to reacte faster to some events (e.g. invitations to tender) and therefore to earn (or save) money.

Access information

This is also a main goal of networks. With networks and especially the Internet, it is very easy to be informed about any kind of subject. This latter goal is a very crucial one in the way people use networks. Nowadays it is even the main goal.

Other uses

Beyond these 4 points, networks have a couple of other goals, but these appear recently in the same time as liberalization of networks and especially with the emergence of the Internet. What is remarkable is that these new goals are not needs for companies. For instance, networks can be the medium for interative games and other entertainments, as well as the medium for communication. These reasons have rather important social consequences because they influence a lot people’s behaviors.

Computer Networking Definition

Computer Networking Definition
Definition of "Computer networking" is the engineering discipline concerned with communication between computer systems. Such communicating computer systems constitute a computer network and these networks generally involve at least two devices capable of being networked with at least one usually being a computer. The devices can be separated by a few meters (e.g. via Bluetooth) or nearly unlimited distances (e.g. via the Internet). Computer networking is sometimes considered a sub-discipline of telecommunications, and sometimes of computer science, information technology and computer engineering. Computer networks rely heavily upon the theoretical and practical application of these scientific and engineering disciplines.
A computer network is any set of computers or devices connected to each other. Examples of networks are the Internet, a wide area network that is the largest to ever exist, or a small home local area network (LAN) with two computers connected with standard networking cables connecting to a network interface card in each computer.
Networking Methods
Networking is a complex part of computing that makes up most of the IT Industry. Without networks, almost all communication in the world would cease to happen. It is because of networking that telephones, televisions, the internet, etc. work.
There are two (broad) types of networks in existence at the moment. These are:
Local Area Network (LAN)
A Local Area Network is a network that spans a relatively small space and provides services to a small amount of people. Depending on the amount of people that use a Local Area Network, a peer-to-peer or client-server method of networking may be used. A peer-to-peer network is where each client shares their resources with other workstations in the network. Examples of peer-to-peer networks are: Small office networks where resource use is minimal and a home network. A client-server network is where every client is connected to the server and each other. Client-server networks use servers in different capacities. These can be classified into two types: Single-service servers, where the server performs one task such as file server, print server, etc.; while other servers can not only perform in the capacity of file servers and print servers, but they also conduct calculations and use these to provide information to clients (Web/Intranet Server). Computers are linked via Ethernet Cable, can be joined either directly (one computer to another), or via a network hub that allows multiple connections.
Wide Area Network (WAN)
A Wide Area Network is a network where a wide variety of resources are deployed across a large domestic area or internationally. An example of this is a multinational business that uses a WAN to interconnect their offices in different countries. The largest and best example of a WAN is the Internet, which is the largest network in the world.
Wireless Networks (WLAN, WWAN)
A wireless network is basically the same as a LAN or a WAN but there are no wires between hosts and servers. The data is transfered over sets of radio trancievers. These types of networks are beneficial when it is to costly or inconvenient to run the necessary cables. For more information, see Wireless LAN and Wireless wide area network
In order for communication to take place between computers, mediums must be used. These mediums include Protocols, Physical Routers and Ethernet, etc. This is covered by Open Systems Interconnection which comprises all the processes that make information transport possible.

Traffic Generation Secrets Of The Gurus

Lets face it Internet marketing can be hard and frustrating if you do not know how to go about it and the so called gurus are not much help either, why, because if they tell you everything you will have no need to buy their products.

So how do you get to know their secrets? Well from my own experience it took me my first four months online to figure it all out. There are about nine effective ways that i know will get serious traffic to your site in no time. Here they are:

1.Plain old word of mouth or telling a friend. Yes as simple as it seems, this is an overlooked traffic generation secret. By just telling a few friends and family and getting them to tell a few friends and family you can start a form of viral marketing.

2.Newspaper and magazine advertising. You know the magazines are niche oriented, so why not put an advert in your niche related magazine/newspaper. You will be surprised at how many people who read that publication will check out your site out of curiosity.

3.Forums are a good place to advertise your site. You have to be a contributing member though. After posting to the forum a few times the moderator will let you include a link to your site.

4.Membership sites. Most well established membership sites have facilities where by you can joint venture with other members thereby exposing your website link.

5.Article Marketing. Perhaps the most effective traffic generating secret of all. Think of it this way, when you submit your articles to all the directories you are getting back links to your website and targeted prospects are getting to read your articles and then also click onto your link in the resource box.

6.Press Release. You can do a press release at various sites like prweb This will get your site traffic quick.

7.Google Adwords Campaign. This is a form of paid advertising whereby every click on your ad will cost you a small investment.

8.Submitting your website to directories. This is one of the most effective because of the links back to your site. These directories are well respected and will feature your site all over the web. But the problem with this method is it can be expensive and time consuming to manually submit your site to over 2000+ directories unless you use free directory submission like the gurus do.

9.Paid search engine optimization. Then there is plain old paying a company to undertake search engine optimization work for your website, which i must say can improve your sites rankings in the search engines significantly.

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Things you Need to Know About Search Engine Optimi

Author: Nikunj Parikh

In a world where a millions of users access relevant information via search engines it becomes very important for every business to have their websites feature in top listings on a search engine or else they might end up losing a large chunk of potential business. And search engine optimization (SEO) is one of the tools used to obtain higher rankings and search visibility thereby driving more traffic to your website. And in recent times SEO has acquired a lot of importance in online marketing strategies for various businesses.

What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO) ?

SEO can be defined as a process in which you strategize your website so that it is structured according to preferences of search engine and thus help the search spiders index them efficiently to gain better search engine visibility and higher search rankings.

SEO does not limit itself to only particular part of a website rather it cuts across all the important aspect of website right from designing and coding to linking structure, URL conventions and site flow.

What are the benefits of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) ?

One of the most significant benefits of SEO is that it provides you visibility on the search engine which are used by millions of users everyday and that to in a very cost effective and reasonable manner. And since your website is listed in organic search listings, the probability that a user will click on your site is higher, compared to paid listings. In fact studies show that likelihood of a user clicking on organic search listing is far higher than other means of internet marketing ?

And compared to other online as well traditional media of advertising SEO provides favorable

Above all, SEO can help you increase sales significantly as top ranking sites are considered more valuable and relevant resource of information. Thus you not only get good returns but you can also establish long term relationship with your clients.

Why do you need to hire a good SEO company?

Although there are many SEO companies out there, hiring a good Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Company is very important because there are many companies who boast of instant results but end up leaving you disappointed by not providing you with desired returns and a profitable return on investment (ROI).
return on investment (ROI). Recent studies have also shown that users are more biased towards organic search listings and thus efficient SEO can help you establish a trust with users and thus retain the visitors.

Apart from providing only short term gains, some SEO companies employ practices in which they help your website achieve top rankings just by trying to exploit technological loopholes in search engine’s algorithm and violating terms of service of search engine. This might help you in short term but could prove fatal to your business as there have been cases when search engines have penalized and in some cases banning the website altogether.

On the contrary a good search engine optimization company works on all the aspects of website and helps you achieve higher search engine rankings and increase traffic. Rather than trying to exploit the loopholes, a good SEO company will in fact try to understand what a Search Engines looks for in a website and optimizes your site accordingly and thus improving search visibility by abiding by the terms of search engines instead of using means that are considered unethical by search engines and risking penalties.

A good SEO company plays an active role in every aspect of your website development. It not only optimizes your site for better rankings but also for higher relevancy to users searching for information related to your business. In other words it helps you attract traffic relevant only to your area of n business by improving your website’s visibility for keywords specific to your website.

So although a good SEO company might not be able to provide you instant results but it can guarantee you a long term success and help you create a your own unique presence and distinct brand image in the world of web.

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How to Start a Home Based Business on the Internet

As children, we were taught to go to school and get good grades so that we could get into a good college. We were to go to college because that was the way to become a successful contributing member of society. So we thought we’d get a good job in the career field of our choice, and work hard for a company and we would be rewarded. Well, something has happened to that plan and we are watching, almost daily, people get la off who have dedicated their lives and their time to companies that are more concerned with their bottom line profits than with their loyalty. We are watching people forced to take buy-outs, forced to take pay cuts, and they have little choice in the direction of their lives. Some of these people have children in college or are already one check away from loosing it all. So what do we do about this? We have to start to take control of our own lives. One way to do this is by starting a home based business on the internet. I will teach you how to start a home based business on the internet.

The fact that you are reading this article means that you are looking to make a change in your life. Learn how to start a home based business on the internet, and it will change your life. There are countless others in your shoes who are looking for an opportunity to get free. The first thing you should do is think about the people you have direct contact with that are also looking for an opportunity to get free. Get a pen and make a list of these people. They are very important to you, and you are very important to them. Now you need to find the opportunity. There are lots of opportunities out there, but which one is best for you. You can assume that if it’s best for you, it’s best for your network of friends.

If the opportunity requires too much up-front cost, it won’t work for you. It can work, but you have to have friends who can also come up with the up-front cost. If the opportunity requires a lot of technological expertise, it probably won’t be as lucrative for you. Most people are not techies. If it required you to stock product in your home, it probably won’t work. The average person lives in 1200 sq. ft. of space. That’s not enough room to stock pile product. So what will work? Start a home based business on the internet.

You need a widely used product with mass appeal. You need a product that everyone uses. It needs to be something that doesn’t require a lifestyle change. What product is that? Travel. Travel is a $7 trillion a year business and growing. The baby boomer are retiring or being forced out, and they are traveling like never before. The baby boomers are market drivers. They drive every market they get their hands on. Travel is one of them. Use travel as a basis to start a home based business on the internet.

So now that you have a product, you need a company that deals in that industry. There are lots of companies out there that deal with travel, but I can guarantee one that is internetinternet using travel as your product.

So now you know how to start a home based business on the internet, YTB is a company that offers that opportunity. Check out the sites below for more info.

I am a Referring Travel Agent (RTA) with YTB. When you sign up to become an RTA through me, you can start making money instantly. Your website will be up and ready to go within minutes of joining. You will make money when you book your own travel, and when others book travel through your website (60% of the commissions). You will also make money by selling online travel sites like the one you will have. You'll get $50 per person, $1000 every sixth person. Once you get your seventh person you start you Power Team. The great thing is that as people get in the business whether you bring them, or someone you brought in brings them, you get paid. You also get 50% commission match of the people you brought in the business. Not to mention the free upgrades and the cheap all inclusive vacation packages! You are also guaranteed to make at least $6000. If you have any questions, visit http://www.travelpropower.com/nasajatravel You can also go to http://www.nasajatravel.com to book your travel needs.

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Simple Steps to Building an Online Business

Simple Steps to Building an Online Business
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Cole_Hirschfeld]Cole Hirschfeld

Many guides you'll read on starting an online business have complex steps involving business plans and market research and this and that... things that seem over our heads. Today, I'll give you a few simple, but effective, ways for you to create a website and attract visitors that are looking for what you have.

Step 1: Satisfy needs *for those without a website or idea*

A big mistake that most people make during market research is looking for the product before the market. To be able to fill someone's needs, you must know what those needs are first. This is not as difficult as you might think. A perfect example: the internet is designed to fill your need of market research, and this is exactly what you're going to use for said purpose.

Search online forums to see what people are having problems with, what they need, and how to fix it.

Figure out what a lot people are searching for that doesn't have a lot of competition. One great resource you can use is Google Trends. Here you'll be able to see what part of the world is searching for the term you enter.

Don't forget to research your competitors and emulate what they're doing, if it's proven successful.
Step 2: Write a compelling sales copy
A sales copy is what determines whether or not your visitor clicks "Buy" or "Back". There are countless examples of sales copies on the internet, but the most successful sales copies follow a specific formula which guides the visitor to the buy button from the moment they view it.

Arouse interest with a compelling headline.

Describe the problem your product can solve.

Show them why you can be trusted.

Add testimonials from people who've used the product.

Talk about the product and how it benefits the user.

Make an offer or guarantee.

Create urgency (usually through a special offer).

Ask for the sale
Make sure that in the text of your sales copy you are being concise because if people can't figure out what your product is straight from the start, they will often get frustrated and leave.

Step 3: Building your website
If you know nothing about building a website, there are plenty of resources available for you. If you plan to make a website that is fairly simple you can use any site building tool. Such tools can be found on download.com, or just searching Google until you find one for free. If your site requires more than just html (for example databases) than consider going to the site www.rentacoder.com. This site has over 180 thousand coders from almost every country in the world and you'll be able to find the right coder to fill your website's needs. (here again is an example of filling a need)
Things to remember when creating your site:

Make your site easy to navigate, and be consistent with the navigation throughout your site.

Use simple fonts that are easy to read.

Add an opt in option so you can collect e-mail addresses

Choose a domain name that is easy to remember
Step 4: Search Engine Marketing
One problem most new websites suffer from is getting traffic. Obviously pay per click advertising is not something you haven't seen, or probably used before. But using search engine marketing techniques gives you a lot more than just visitors to your site.

Allows you to test ad wording, prices, keywords, and headlines

Use these keywords and headlines in your sales copies, titles, and meta tags in your website.
Knowing this information is not enough. You must apply this to your website and marketing approach because you can get a step ahead by advancing your websites SEO (search engine optimization) and have more successful ad campaigns.

Step 5: Establish yourself as an expert
I cannot stress how important this step is. People feed off information from experts and they'll do the same to you if they're convinced that you know what the hell you're talking about. There are a few ways of accomplishing this:

Be an active member in discussion groups and forums that talk about your subject and put a link to your site in your signature.

Write valuable content and post it on social networks, article directories, and other places where people will be able to find it.

Make it easy for to use your content on their site (as long as there is a link back to your site), or to send your content to a friend.
By letting people use your content you are also working on one of the most important factors for your website's rank: link building. Having links to your site from other sites with similar content is crucial if you ever hope to raise your website's rank in the search engines.

Step 6: E-mail marketing
Utilize the e-mail addresses you collect from your opt in offer on your site. Many website owners collect the e-mails and let them rot in the database. Treat the people who give you their e-mail address like Gods. Send them coupons, special offers, updates to your site, etc. The best part about your e-mail list is that it is 100% targeted marketing. The people who have willfully given you their e-mail address are people who are interested in what you're selling, so don't let them down. Keep up their interest and make them come back to your site to see what you have to offer.

Step 7: Back-end selling to increase your income
There is a 36% chance that a first time buyer will be a repeat buyer. This partially goes along with e-mail marketing because if they buy from you once (and are satisfied), you've gained their trust to spend money on your site again.

Coupons, and special offers are a great way to get them to come back.

List items on check out page, or thank you page that compliment what they bought.

Reward your customers for being loyal, and chances are they'll stay loyal.
Step 8: Set up an affiliate program
Once you're up and running and you've gotten enough traffic that you're making sales on your own, you will be ready to set an affiliate program.

An affiliate program is an easy, low maintenance way to make money, get traffic, and grow your business. All you do is give your affiliate sign ups something to sell, share marketing materials, and write checks when they make sales. This will save you a truck load on advertising costs.

In today's age, the internet is like a vast city filled with opportunities, but unfortunately finding those opportunities is like finding a hay in a needle stack. I phrase it this way because it can often be discouraging trying to find an opportunity or to make your idea work. And even though you know that you have a million dollar idea, getting other people to see that can sometimes make you pull your hair out. So... following the simplest of steps first is where you'll find the greatest success.

Cole Hirschfeld is the owner of http://www.pennybush.com PennyBush.com is an internet

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Microsoft Unveils 'Surface' Computing

Microsoft chairman and soon-to-retire chief visionary Bill Gates has been touting alternative forms of computer-human interaction for years, such as tablet computing and voice recognition.

The company has recently said it will deliver on that promise by the end of the year with a device that presents information using an intuitive touch-screen interface based on a display embedded in a table top. The announcement came from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in Carlsbad, California.

Dubbed Microsoft Surface, the computer and its interface is the result of six years of collaboration between the company's hardware and Microsoft Research (MSR) divisions. But far from being a research project never meant to see the light of day, the company announced four launch customers for the product.

That doesn't mean you can look for them at your neighborhood computer store any time soon. Right now, at least, the devices are too expensive for the average household. While Microsoft would not reveal the actual cost to customers, they will likely range from about $5,000 to $10,000 each, a Microsoft spokesperson told internetnews.com.

Instead, Microsoft intends to sell the first versions to commercial enterprises. Indeed, Microsoft executives see markets for Surface in hundreds of thousands of restaurants, hotels and retail locations.

Ballmer announced that Surface's launch customers are Harrah's Entertainment, which is looking to initially install them as virtual concierge kiosks in its seven Las Vegas casinos. Similarly, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide will launch Surface at Sheraton hotels and resorts in its lobbies, including the ability to browse for music and download books with the use of a credit card.

International Game Technology will create gaming devices and systems via a development and distribution agreement with Microsoft ñ video poker on steroids anyone?

Finally, T-Mobile USA, owned by Deutsche Telekom AG, announced it is looking to use Surface devices as in-store kiosks where customers could compare phones and wireless plans simply by placing them side-by-side on the table top.

"Surface is one example of how we're turning our stores into a playground where customers can comfortably explore exciting new products in their own personal way," Bonita Inza, vice president of retail at T-Mobile USA, said in a Microsoft statement.

No Mouse, No Keyboard

First begun as a joint project between MSR researchers and Microsoft's hardware group in 2001, it has evolved into a commercial product that some analysts say is viable ñ even innovative.

Surface features a 30-inch diagonal square display built into a table configuration. It consists of a computer running a customized version of Windows Vista, a rear projection screen and five cameras that look through the screen to recognize and read items placed on the surface, as well as to track hand gestures and touch. It has wired 10/100Mbit Ethernet and wireless 802.11 b/g and Bluetooth 2.0 support built in.

It supports multiple touch points ñ Microsoft says "dozens and dozens" - as well as multiple users simultaneously, so more than one person could be using it at once, or one person could be doing multiple tasks.

The term "surface" describes how it's used. There is no keyboard or mouse. All interactions with the computer are done via touching the surface of the computer's screen with hands or brushes, or via wireless interaction with devices such as smart-phones, digital cameras or Microsoft's Zune music player. Because of the cameras, the device can also recognize physical objects; for instance credit cards or hotel "loyalty" cards.

This ability to actually deal with physical objects is one of Surface's unique capabilities. The idea, said Microsoft, is to bridge the physical and virtual worlds.

"It's very intuitive to use; it's not like anything else out there," Matt Rosoff, analyst for consumer strategy and corporate affairs at industry newsletter Directions on Microsoft, told internetnews.com. "It's a new category, and I think it's very innovative."

Want to move digital pictures around on the tabletop? Use your finger to push them around so you can see them better. Need to resize a favorite shot? Grab two opposite corners with your fingers and drag them apart to enlarge it.

For instance, a user could set a digital camera down on the tabletop and wirelessly transfer pictures into folders on Surface's hard drive. Or setting a music player down would let a user drag songs from his or her home music collection directly into the player, or between two players, using a finger ñ or transfer mapping information for the location of a restaurant where you just made reservations through a Surface tabletop over to a smartphone just before you walk out the door.

And whereas Microsoft usually doesn't build hardware to sell ñ like tablet PCs or mobile phones ñ this time the company smells money. "We see this as a multi billion dollar category, and we envision a time when surface computing technologies will be pervasive, from tabletops and counters to the hallway mirror," Microsoft CEO Ballmer said in a statement.

When will all this transpire? Surface will begin surfacing at its four partnersí locations by the end of the year, Microsoft says. Microsoft executives also see broader applications for surface computing, including in schools, businesses and homes and in several form factors, such as built into refrigerators, walls, or counter tops.

And make no mistake, Microsoft intends to sell a lot of Surface devices into consumer householders a few years down the line ñ hopefully, in three to five years, the spokesperson said. "It's what Windows Media Center [Edition] probably should have been," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at research firm Enderle Group told internetnews.com. "Even though it's not initially slated for your living room, it would fit well there once the price comes down." -inernetnews.com