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Google uses PageRank to rank your pages. To maximize your rank, you must understand how to work with it.

Page rank is defined as follows:

We assume page A has pages T1…Tn which point to it (i.e., are citations). The parameter d is a damping factor which can be set between 0 and 1. We usually set d to 0.85. There are more details about d in the next section. Also C(A) is defined as the number of links going out of page A. The PageRank of a page A is given as follows:

PR(A) = (1-d) + d (PR(T1)/C(T1) + … + PR(Tn)/C(Tn))

Note that the PageRanks form a probability distribution over web pages, so the sum of all web pages’ PageRanks will be one.

The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine (Sergey Brin and Lawrence Page, founders of Google)

To conform to the PageRank algorithm follow these steps:

1. Get inbound links to your website

Google ranks your pages according to the number of links pointing at your page. Try to get as many links pointing at your pages as possible.

2. Your Title Tag

The title of your page is important. Place a descriptive title to you HTML tags in the section of your web page. Do not leave it with a title like “New Page”, or “untitled”.

3. Content-Laden Pages (Keyword Density)

Use more of your keyword on your pages. Be focused on your content. It has often been observed that Google considers keyword density a large factor in ranking pages in search engine results, more so than many other search engines.

4. Keyword-laden Links?

Insert more description on links to your website. For example, a link with the text “Cheap Medical Store” pointing at your site will cause your site to be listed earlier if a visitor searches for “cheap medical store” than if the link simply said “click here”.

5. ALT tags on Images

Place description on images. Add ALT tags to achieve this on images. Google indexes the text given in the ALT tags of images.

6. Use the Google Toolbar

The Google Toolbar is an ActiveX control that installs into IE, and shows the Page Rank of any page that you visit. The toolbar can be obtained from http://toolbar.google.com/ If you use Internet Explorer, you can get an idea of what Google thinks of how important your site is in general, by downloading the Google Toolbar.

7. Others

Good Google Search Engine Optimization looks at over 100 items, but here are some of the major items that Google analyses on web pages:

• Words in Headings

• Words in Bold

• More weight is given to first 25 words of text on a page

• Words in URL

• Having more than 250 words on a page helps.

• Phrases used to describe pictures.

• Other major items covered on separate pages here. . .

• DMOZ listing, PageRank, Back Links.

• Google may also penalize for having too much repetition, or by “Spamming” them.

If it looks like you are trying to “trick” Google, then there is a chance you may penalized by Google. You must follow good practices.

8. Advice

• Concentrate on a niche that isn’t too big.

• Think about the keywords that you should use.

• Make a site map so that it’s easy to get to all your pages.

• Target the audience. Find out who should know about your site.

• Be creative in marketing your site. Newsletters are a must.

• Steer clear of any tricks like hidden text/links, sneaky redirects, etc.

• Add a page of content a day to your site.

About The Author

Brian Daniels (sales@xcelweb.com) is the founder of http://www.xcelweb.com, a company dedicated to online Internet Marketing and Web Design. He has just released a new Ebook dedicated to Internet Marketing and Search Engine Optimisation.

Perhaps you are like many of the people I talk to who have moved
on from the stress of the holidays and are now feeling the
stress of everyday life. Would you really like to reduce or even
eliminate some of the stress rather than just “manage” it? Would
you like a healthier, happier life?

Stress is epidemic in our country. Norman Cousins, author of
Anatomy of an Illness said that “stress is the most serious
medical problem of our time.” Chronic stress releases dangerous
stress hormones and shuts down our immune system. Stress plays a
major role in most illnesses including cancer, heart disease,
fibromyalgia, migraines, gastrointestinal problems, arthritis
and many more. Stress related symptoms are the reason for 90% of
doctor office visits. Stress kills.

If you are like me, you have probably taken at least one of
those “stress tests.” You know, the kind where you check off all
of the possible life stressors you have experienced and then
realize you have checked most of them. Then what? Do we just
wait to get sick? What are we supposed to do about it?

Most of the people I talk to say that the stress management
strategies suggested to them include exercise, nutrition, yoga,
meditation, relaxation, deep breathing, and perhaps a hot bath.

What if I told you that NONE of these will help you reduce or
eliminate your stress? They all may be helpful in boosting
immune function, clearing the mind, or developing physical
fitness. But they will provide, at most, momentary relief from
the ongoing problem of chronic stress.

WHY? Because stress is EMOTION that results from LIFE EVENTS. An
event happens, we interpret it, we generate emotion. Stressful
emotions include fear, worry, anxiety, anger, rage, grief, hurt,
shame. Emotions eat at us. They make us sick. Stressful LIFE
EVENTS include relationship problems, life/work balance
problems, career issues, parenting problems, life issues around
purpose and priorities, financial problems, and many more.

If we have financial problems, we worry about retirement, the
mortgage, the 401k, just paying the bills. We ruminate about the
worst that could happen. We fear possible losses. We develop
anxiety and ulcers. Existing illness worsens.

If we feel angry about past events, our parents or our former
spouse, we think about the injustices, we fan the flames. We
ruminate, become resentful and bitter. Dangerous stress hormones
pour into our system. We develop heart disease or
gastrointestinal problems.

Of course it’s always easier to run to the gym and work out,
rather than run home and work out our problems.

It’s easier to sit in the corner by ourselves and meditate,
rather than sit at the financial counselor’s office and struggle
to work out a budget.

What can you do? Gather your courage and identify and face the
specific issues that are causing the stress in your life. You
can reduce stress, enhance relationships, simplify your life and
feel healthier and happier.

Follow these four steps to live a healthier, happier life.

1.Identify the source of the problem.

2.Decide what needs to be done to resolve the problem.

3.Develop a step-by-step plan to achieve the desired goal.

4.Follow through one step at a time.

If you need help with any of the steps, get it. There are
excellent resources in the area to help you with any problem
that may be causing you stress. Determine for 2004 to begin a
new life with less stress and more fun.

If like me you have been selling (or even looking at selling) eBooks on the Internet, you will know the difficulty of getting your ebooks “noticed”. How is it that some of the “poorest” eBooks are some of the best sellers?

Simple, MARKETING.



As I myself have found over the last few months, you need to be one step ahead of the crowd, and use new marketing techniques to highlight your eBooks. I have spent many days researching and producing a new eBook, only to have difficulty maximising sales to a respectable level. Until now !!



I recently came across the lastest marketing trend by accident, and it has the potential to make a massive difference to the way eBooks (and eBay Stores, etc) are marketed. PIXEL ADS !!!



If you are not aware of Pixel Ads, you have obviously not heard of the milliondollarhomepage, which has made a young man US$1 million over the last 4 months!!



The idea is simple :-



- The site consist of one main advertising page.


- The page is split in to small squares(a group of pixels), which can be acquired for advertising.


- After purchasing the square(s) the buyer can then overlay a picture of their choice, and a description of their site (which is displayed when viewers move over their particular squares).


- The square(s) purchased also contain a direct link to the buyers webpage (or any other marketing site, e.g. eBay Store, Clickbank Page). When a viewer clicks on the square, the link is activated.


- The advertising charge is a one-off payment, with the site guaranteed for a minimum 5 years.



The beauty of these sites is their simplicity, the great value for money, and the fact that they are Search Engine Friendly.


Every link from the site has an impact on the Website’s Search Engine Rating, which brings in more traffic.



For those quick enough to take advantage, there is the possibility to advertise your version of popular eBooks, and multiply your sales.



This is the latest trend in Online Advertising, and the more specialised the site, the more targeted the traffic. The more targeted the traffic, the more chance of sale!!



Good luck for the future,

Mark Benson
http://www.ebookpixelpage.com

In today’s high paced digital world there is a very high value placed on information. Not just the kind of information you read in the newspaper or your favorite trade journals, but the type of information that we generate on a day to day basis with our digital devices. There was a time when a concept like “offsite data backup” was relegated to the geeks in IT at Fortune 500 companies…

That time is gone.

With mission critical data stacking up in both our professional and private lives more and more every day ANYONE who uses a computer should think about the safety and security of that data. And it’s not just geeks and big companies generating large amounts of important information. The average computer user is doing more than just word processing nowadays. Email, spreadsheets, financial data, personal music collections, movies, and more are digitally encoded onto the hard drives of millions of regular computer users just like you every day. How many of them do you think have considered what it would be like to LOSE IT ALL?

But today even the casual computer user has the ability to ensure the security and safety of their critical data. Online backup (or remote backup) solutions are available and within the reach of even the novice computer user. Many offsite backup solutions are as easy to configure as a web browser or media player software and can be installed and set up in a matter of minutes. Better yet, these online backup solutions can be set up to function in a completely transparent manner (that is, once you install and configure the application you don’t have to touch it again, sometimes called “set and forget”). Backups can be scheduled to occur at intervals you choose or can be invoked manually before performing a risky computer operation such as updating your operating system or adding a new hardware device.

Nowadays we all have data that we want to preserve and ensure it’s usefulness to us, and if you are serious about protecting your data you should seriously consider an offline secure backup solution.

Your DATA is your LIFE. Protect it!

Harald Anderson is a freelance writer and webmaster for http://www.online-remote-data-backup.com an online backup service. Experience the Digital Peace of Mind that safe, secure, encrypted online data backups can offer. Online Backups

The mobile phone market is very competitive, arguably more so now that the majority of people who want or need a mobile phone have one. This means that companies want to target consumers to switch to their network. This can work in our favour as there are many companies wanting our business and prepared to offer various goodies in exchange for our money.

Work out your tariff first

The most important thing to work out before buying a mobile phone or switching your current mobile phone is to work out what do you really need? It is important to work out what the correct package should be for you as having the wrong one can seriously cost you money and is a waste straight into the pockets of the company.

First of all you need to work out how much you will use your mobile phone. This will help allow you to find the cheapest tariff which will match your usage and need of your mobile phone. This can be based on how much usage you have made of your present mobile phone, but also think ahead to estimate how many calls you will or may make in the future.

The tariff is the setting of the manufacturer. This will set the costs of your calling from your mobile phone and number of free minutes. However it is the retailer who sets the prices and this can vary with each retailer even though the tariff is the same. The key is knowing which tariff matches your usage. Then you can compare prices and find the cheapest for you.

Are you prepared to switch your network if necessary?

If you find your true tariff is different to what you have at the moment with your present mobile phone, then you can save money by using this new tariff without having to change networks. Ensure your package allows you to call mobiles on other networks in your deals with them.

You can try threatening to leave your present supplier if you can find a better deal elsewhere. Sometimes this works if you are fully prepared and have all your research and prices in front of you when you call your mobile phone company to complain, but not always, so be prepared for all questions, that company will not give you up easily so play on their fears and grab what you can from them which suits you, and you may not get a second chance to impress. If you try this a few weeks before your contract ends, this may be the best time to negotiate with them. Try to stick to as short a contract as possible if this comes up.

If you are offered a discount, add up all the prices to ensure that the amount you will pay in total is good for you. If you are unsure, ask them for a total cost before signing up to anything. Do not sign up to anything unless you are happy and understand everything you are agreeing to, especially if you will be locked into a contract (a minimum of 1 year, perhaps more.).

Then compare companies to get the cheapest price for the same tariff

As prices vary according to each retailer, a bit of research is needed to find out which retailer has the cheapest price for your tariff. Sometimes the smaller retailer will be cheaper than the major one, it depends on what is available. Try E2save and Dialaphone to start off with as they may have cheaper deals to combat the muscle power of the big guns. There is no harm in trying the major players such as Carphonewarehouse, Phones4U and The Link since they will be keen to gain your custom too. You have the power as the consumer to play the companies by comparing prices over the Internet and showing them the prices of their competitors and asking them to beat it.

Calling from mobile phones to landlines

Remember it is far more expensive to call a mobile from a landline than a landline from a mobile. Try to ring from a mobile to a landline whenever this situation occurs, or tell each other this when calling. Try to use up all of your free minutes allocated with your mobile phone deal to make full use of your benefits with your mobile phone. Calling mobile phone to mobile phone is very expensive and should be a last resort if needing to use a telephone.

Questions to ask: Make sure you properly research as many mobile phones packages as possible before you purchase anything and do not buy the first package you see. Find out what mobile phone packages exist and which would suit you best eg pay as you go? For emergency use only? Contract? Will you be making a lot of mobile phone calls to a landline? Or to another mobile? What time of day will you be using your phone? Having a rough idea of what you will want the mobile phone for before you use it could make a difference on the package you eventually purchase (and getting hold of deals which mobile phone providers would not like you to know about).

Your attitude and actions have a huge impact on your child’s potty training success. The following potty training techniques don’t work and should never be done:

• Punishing your child for accidents

• Making your child wear soiled diapers or underwear

• Making your child sit on the potty for more than 5 to 10 minutes at a time

• Making your child “hold it” if he or she needs to go

• Making your child sit on the potty when he or she is crying

Try to make potty training fun and exciting for your child. Positive reinforcement generates better results than negative reinforcement. Browse our selection of potty training products to choose the right product to use with your chosen potty training technique.

Copyright © 2004 ZIP Baby. All Rights Reserved.

Danna Henderson

ZIP Baby

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Las Vegas, NV 89109

About The Author

Danna Henderson started ZIP Baby in order to provide parents with comprehensive potty training information as well as a large variety of potty training products. For more information about potty training, visit How to Choose the Right Potty Chair or Seat.

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When hunting for your region free solution online the best rule (as with most things) is not to part with your hard earned money. In this article the webmaster of DVD-Unlock briefly looks over the options available.

Region Free Solution 1 - Remote Control / Key Sequence

Many low to mid-range DVD players have secret menus or “back doors”, these methods can let you change things such as:

- The current region setting on your particular model (In most cases this is were the Region Free setting can be set)
- Switch between PAL and NTSC
- Modify the Macrovision setting
- Enable VCD and sometimes MP3 playback

Access to these secret menus normally requires the user to enter a sequence via the remote control, codes for particular players can be found all over the net on both free or a “paid for” basis.

Personally I would avoid subscription, one off payment or “required donation” sites because they will normally contain the same information that the free sites have.

Region Free Solution 2 - Upgrading or downgrading your players firmware

This method involves changing the software installed on your model and normally involves downloading the update from the Internet. Once the download is complete the update can be burned to a disk, (quite often in a certain way depending on your DVD model) the disk is then placed in the DVD player.

This method is one of those things that if it works, it works great. If it fails on the other hand you could be looking at a dead player.

Region Free Solution 3 - Chipped Remotes

This is a method I have never performed, but have been made very aware of.

Many sites now are offing chipped remote control units, these units are supposed to be pre-programmed to unlock your particular player normally by the touch of a button. On the face of it this seems like a great solution for DVD players that would not normally be unlocked. In reality the cost of these remotes can cost around the same price as a brand new region free DVD player. I have also been made aware of numerous sites which basically take your money and don’t deliver, have poor customer support, don’t answer emails, etc.

Now I am sure there are lots of reputable chipped remote dealers out there on the net, I just don’t know of anyone who’s found one; to be honest I could not justify the cost anyway.

Region Free Solution 4 - Purchase a Region Free Player

If you cannot find a free unlock code for your player I seriously think the best option would be to purchase a cheap region free player, you can normally pick them up locally plus take them back if you get any problems.

Tim Day
http://www.dvd-unlock.co.uk/

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Although it’s not required feel free to contact me via my website and let me know if you use this, you might even get a return link.

Selecting Wedding Songs and Wedding Music

The Wedding songs you chose for your wedding will be the
soundtrack of your life. You’ll never forget the special way
your spouse looked at you during your first dance as man and
wife. It’s one of those things that you’ll remember until the
end of your life. But what type of music should be played at
your wedding? A little bit of everything! Yes, you and your
spouse are most definitely entitled to have your own taste in
music. But remember, you want to keep everyone happy. A little
bit of diversity goes a long way. Make the younger and older
guests comfortable with a nice variety throughout the night. The
key here is to keep everyone dancing the night away. You want to
see smiles throughout the evening that can be captured in your
photographs which will be cherished for years to come.

You’d most likely make better use out of a DJ rather than a
band. Of course, that’s your choice to make. Nevertheless, you
should bear this in mind: A band may have a hard time catering
to such a wide genre of music. Unless, of course, you’re
determined to have a band sing at your wedding. Just be certain
they have plenty of tunes for everyone to dance to. Nobody wants
to see their guests playing “guess that tune” at their own
wedding. Popular contemporary music will keep the party going
all night long. That’s exactly what you want! As the night tones
down, play softer music throughout dinner. This will relax your
guests and make for a very peaceful setting. The sound of
clanking wine glasses will let you know when it’s time to kiss.
But that’s just music in itself, isn’t it? Don’t be shy, you’ll
get used to it after the first few times you hear silverware
against glass.

There are some very important wedding songs that you will need to choose
for your wedding. The most important, of course, being the new
couple’s first dance. This song should be mutually agreed upon
by both wife and groom. In addition, another important song to
choose is the bride’s dance with her father. These dances always
choke everyone up with tears and sighs! Make sure these songs
capture your sweetest sentiments. You’ll also want to make sure
that a photographer is there to capture every beautiful moment
and smile between your family members.

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The one-time friend turned killer that was once such an indispensible, yet unnoticed, part of our daily lives for so many centuries, is now a feared enemy. It is Asbestos (from the Greek for ‘inextinguishable’) and is the reason for thousands of global compensation claims by mesothelioma lawyers against employers, manufacturers and processors of asbestos-related products. Many asbestos workers, and those unwitingly exposed to asbestos, have been given a mesothelioma diagnosis for which there is no cure, maybe just a little temporary relief, until the inevitable distressing death a few months or years after diagnosis.

Mesothelioma is a time bomb because it can be that less than a day’s exposure to asbestos dust is enough to produce mesothelioma, some 30-40 years later, when mesothelioma symptoms are first noticed. Though most mesothelioma victims are men, because mainly they worked in those industries, sometimes their wives and family too are innocent sufferers from this disease, inhaling the asbestos dust shaken from their husband’s/fathers’ clothing, or hair, at the end of the working day.

Whether the fault lies with manufacturers & employers (assuming they knew of the dangers) or the employees (did everyone diligently use respirator equipment and protective clothing, if it was supplied?), is something for the mesothelioma lawyers, insurance companies and courts to thrash out.
Meanwhile, asbestosis & mesothelioma victims are dying a painful and inexorable death, before their cases can even come to court or a settlement is reached. As there is no cure for mesothelioma or asbestosis, all that can be done is to make the sufferer’s plight as comfortable as possible, before death finally brings mercyful relief. Although various governments have introduced, albeit belatedly, anti-asbestos legislation, sufferers find that in some cases the time limit for claiming compensation is unrealistically short, given
the long time (30-40 years) before mesothelioma symptoms are first noticed. Many victims are dying before they get a court verdict, or even before they get to court. Unlike its Greek derivation, Mesothelioma and asbestosis victims are not inextinguishable.

What is Mesothelioma
Mesothelioma is a form of cancer in the fluid-filled sac between the Mesothelium lining the lungs, or abdominal cavity or heart, and the body. In a healthy person, the mesothelium secretes a fluid which lubricates these organs, allowing them to expand, contract and easily slide over neighbouring tissues. Fluid in excess of that required for lubrication is removed through the blood & lymph system. In a person with Mesothelioma, the asbestos fibres penetrate the organ, into the fluid sac, producing cancerous cells which attack other cells, thickening the fluid, causing pain, and difficulty with breathing. Peritoneal Mesothelioma and, less commonly, Pericardial Mesothelioma, are not as common as the pleural type, but just as deadly.

The Causes of Pleural Mesothelioma
Pleural Mesothelioma, the most common form of mesiothelioma, is caused, according to all known evidence, exclusively by inhalation of asbestos fibres. These fibres are very thin & sharp enough to penetrate the lining of the lung, entering the plural sac, thereby damaging the mesothelium cells. Often, cancerous growth results, as described above. Other factors also come into play, including the changes induced in macrophages by their ingestion of asbestos particles. The asbestos seems to stimulate the macrophage to produce free radicals, which then affect DNA to induce cancerous cell behaviour. The chances of a person in an asbestos-related environment developing lung cancer, are said to be about 50 times increased if that person smokes, though there is no evidence to show that smoking itself causes mesothelioma. Ironically, one brand of cigarettes in the 1950’s used asbestos in the filter tips.

There are other factors too that can play a part, such as heredity, general health and diet. Although not too much has been clincially proven about these factors, as with all diseases, the better the person’s health the better their chances of not catching a disease.

The History of Asbestos.
It is probably not generally known that asbestos has been around since 4000 BC, when it was used in lamp wicks and candles. Interestingly, it was also used in the cloth wrapping of Egyptian mummies. Maybe this is the real origin of ‘The Curse of The Mummy’ stories; grave robbers, and maybe Egyptologists, could expect to get their just desserts! Clothing made from asbestos was highly prized in ancient times to wrap the bodies of Kings, so that their ashes would not mix with the earth or other contaminants during cremation, and it is said the Romans simply threw their asbestos napkins into a fire to cleanse and purify them.

Asbestos, a type of silica, is mined from three main types of metamorphic rock:- Chrysotile (white asbestos), Amosite (brown asbestos) and Crocodilite (blue asbestos). Other asbestos bearing rocks such as Tremolite, Anthophyllite and Actinolite are not in such common use but could still be found in some construction work, talcum powders and vermiculite. During the Middle Ages there does not appear to be much evidence of asbestos use; they probably had other problems, like recurring plagues and crusades, to contend with.

The fact that asbestos workers developed respiratory illnesses, and died young, was known as far back as Roman times when Pliny the Elder commented that asbestos workers seemed to have many health problems, advising against buying asbestos-workings slaves as they “died young”. Obviously, there were no mesothelioma lawyers around then! The deleterious effects of asbestos, in modern industrial times, have been recorded as far back as the start of the 18th Century but little notice was paid by factory owners & Governments to the plight of asbestos workers - labour was cheap and life even cheaper; nothing should stand in the way of the sacred cows of Industrial Progress and the profits of industrialists and politicians.

That it took until the 1970s before more stricter legislation to restrict its use and safeguarded workers was drawn up, is scandalous. A charitable reason for this inertia may be that asbestos had become so widely used in almost every aspect of our everyday lives, delivering such tremendous benefits, that there was such a reluctance to finally admit that something so useful could also be so deadly. People who have expounded the virtues, and made a lot of money out of, asbestos are hardly likely to suddenly throw up their hands and admit to being wrong. The alternative, less charitable, explanation can only be that greed and profit were more important than employees’ health.
Deja vu!

There are many ex-asbestos industry workers who are living time bombs, not knowing if the deadly fibres have affected their health.
As employers & governments have reluctantly been forced to legislate to compensate workers with Mesothelioma, there needs to be greater awareness of sufferers plight.

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