Most people know a good movie can transport you into another world. A good movie has the power to uplift the human spirit and take people to a higher plane. Movies can open your heart, expand your mind, take a current idea and change it, or alter someone's life if moved to do so. Watching a favorite movie is like visiting an old friend.

My brothers and I were blessed to be born in the George Lucas and Steven Spielburg time of Star Wars, and Indiana Jones. The magic of seeing these movies at a young age lit our imaginations and many summers were spent investigating the woods near our home pretending to be Indy, Han Solo, or Luke Skywalker.

In May 1974 Jon Landau – a music critic said that He had seen rock and roll’s future and its name was Bruce Springsteen after joining a Bruce’s show. I hope you will get Bruce Spingsteen Presale Password to join his concert soon. Then, Jon Landau was Bruce’s manager and helped him to produce” Born to Run”.

1975-1981: In Aug 1975, Springsteen and his band the E. Street Band held a 5-night, 10-show performance at New York’s Bottom Line club which involved all media attention and was transmitted live to public on WNEW – FM. Ten years later, Rolling Stones magazines praised that performance like One of Moments That Changed Rock and Roll. If you want to know more about his performance catch Bruce Springsteen

An article excerpt for Paying Bills Online Keeps Your Books And Credit Rating On Track

Virtually all banks offer online bill paying as a service to their customers. When you pay bills online, you have a record of your transaction and your payment is transmitted almost instantly. For added convenience, you can schedule bill payments automatically on a certain date, either as a one-time payment or on the same date each month.

Another way to pay bills online is through Paypal. Once you've set up your account, you can send money to just about any person or company in the U.S. The money is electronically transferred in minutes. This is particularly useful when you want to send money to a friend or family member who's stranded in a distant location.

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Enjoying the wonder of nature is something most of us don’t do enough of. If you are fortunate enough to live in an area where birds, chipmunks and squirrels abound, it’s lovely to sit out in the backyard and just absorb all that nature has to offer by watching the wildlife. Having a feeder filled with seeds is wonderful for the area birds, but can become a haven for the squirrels that frequent the neighborhood. With a squirrel proof bird feeder you can provide feed for the birds without having to worry about the squirrels interfering.

The first thing you are likely to notice when you go shopping for one of these for your backyard is how wide the selection is. This is particularly true in the spring and summer months when everyone is out buying outdoor accessories for their homes. Most gardening or hardware stores will have different feeders including a squirrel proof bird feeder or two to choose from. The type you buy will depend on several factors including price and where you will be mounting or hanging it.

Affiliate marketing is one of the most effective means of generating a full-time income through the Internet. It's a fair deal between the merchandiser and his affiliates as both benefit from each sale materialized. Like in other kinds of business, a great deal of the profits in affiliate marketing depends on the affiliate's advertising, promoting and selling strategies. Every day, as affiliate marketing industry expands, competition heightens  so an affiliate marketer must be creative enough to employ unique and effective ways to convince potential buyers to purchase or avail of the products and services offered affiliate marketing, an affiliate marketer doesn't need to have his own products and services to sell. All he needs to do is to refer people to the merchant's business site for them to buy the products and thereby, earn a commission.

The key to an affiliate marketer's success is to choose a good affiliate program and to employ excellent marketing techniques in promoting or selling the products to consumers. Why good and not the best affiliate program? There is no best affiliate marketing program, as one program might make one affiliate marketer a millionaire and the other a frustrated marketer. In other words, it can be a success to one and a failure to another. But you  certainly need  a good affiliate marketing program to start with.

It seems that each spring home owners are looking for new ways to spruce up their landscaping. Everyone likes to have a nice looking yard. There are many trends now to help people extend their living space into the outdoors. This is done through outdoor furniture, planters, rock gardens and creating separate areas in the yard. Even small yards can be arranged to create useful welcoming spaces.

Many people with small yards feel that they are limited in what they can plant, however with the development of miniature trees, now even the smallest yard can have a wide variety of trees and plants. A new favorite among home owners of compact yard are miniature fruit trees. These trees are developed to take up much less space than traditional fruit bearing trees. The miniature fruit trees have a shorter height at maturity and have more compact branches. They still have beautiful blossoms in the spring of the year and produce edible fruit. Another advantage is that many of the miniature fruit trees are self pollinating so if you only have room for one tree it can still bear fruit.

Many times, when people see someone with dreadlocks, they automatically assume that person is dirty. I guess, this is from the media portrayal, and also, just from not knowing.  Honestly, at one point, I said I would "never get dreadlocks, they don't wash their hair".  Talk about putting the fut in the mouth or...dread in the head...okay, that was lame, please forgive me. 

But honestly, I usually sported the bald/low cut look for a majority of my life, that is, until I started to cultivate the dreads.  Everyone has their own reasons for starting to grow dreads, and it's true, that there are various methods to do so, some of which are simply a "neglect" method, meaning, they just neglect to do anything to their hair, and eventually, locks will form. (Surprise, surprise...)

Some have spiritual reasons, some do it to be rebellious, others just for fashion, and some just to stay all-natural. For me, it was a blend of spiritual and personal. I've always been very impatient, I still am, I like instant results. So, growing dreads from a bald head definitely tested my patience, there were times I wanted to cut them, because they just weren't growing!.

It was maybe 12 years ago, when my dad and uncle first introduced me to fried turkey.  Of course, as a teen, I was thinking.....what are they talking about?  All I knew was oven roasted turkey, you know, they kind we have for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

But somehow, my uncle and my father had created a "turkey fryer".  I mean, they actually used an old deep pot, on top of some type of furnace or water heater burner....welded to some legs and hooked to a propane tank! Needless to say, this was before they had the turkey fryers readily available in retail stores.

As I watched them perfect the art of frying a turkey, after a few years, I began to notice more and more turkey fryers available for purchase, as well as flavor injector kits, and all types of stuff related to it. I won't say they started it, but I know they were a couple of the few doing it before it became such a commercial way of cooking the turkey.  Now, more people know about it, and it isn't such a weird thing to hear.  I can still remember the look on my friend's faces when I first asked them if they wanted some fried turkey.  Ha, man, they thought I had lost my mind!

I'm not sure how many of you have children, but if you do, and you have more than one, you will soon realize that they are not all the same!  I, like many new parents ( not new anymore) had the assumption that each child would be just like the firs one. I assumed they would have the same attitudes, same likes and dislikes, and same respect for my rules.  WRONG! Now, I don't have any problem children, but what I do have is 3 individuals with 3 very distinct personalities.

The challenge a parent must endure, is how to raise 3 individuals. Or 4, 5, 2, 12, whatever your number may be.  Thing is, each situation they put you in requires different actions for each child. While one justneeds talking to, the other may need something taken away.  What you did with your first child in that situation may not necessarily work with the other two.

Getting to know your children and their personalities is key, I think, to having a nurturing relationship with them. Just by knowing their personalities will better help you deal with the many trials and tribs of parenthood.  I love being a father, wouldn't trade it for anything, and I think raising children has to be one of the most difficult, yet, rewarding parts of life.

Signs of a cheating spouse are difficult at times to spot. A cheating spouse can appear to be the next-door-neighbor-type; reliable, steady, and ever present while hiding a very quilty secret from their friends and more importantly, their spouse. They may be emotionally unstable and many clues present themselves to give away the cheaters secret if you know what to look for.  There are four main signs of a cheating spouse which scream affair if you listen.

Signs of a cheating spouse involve communication of some sort. Telephone usage is predominant in the heart of an affair. The cheating spouse will usually behave in one of two ways concerning telephone communication. They will either not answer their cell phone at all while in the home environment, or they will discreetly walk into another area of the home in order to get privacy for the conversation. Both behaviors are signs of a cheating spouse and are a dead giveaway something is wrong in the relationship. Calls at odd times are also signs of a cheating spouse.

When I look around at the many immigrants in the United States I often wonder why most of the people that are coming into the United States don't fight in the war along side our men and women. Many immigrant men and women are shopping, taking all the good jobs and starting new businesses, while our men and women rough it out over seas fighting for our country. 

The prison cells are getting fuller and fuller why can't we send those that break the law to war. This may sound a little cruel but really, why can't these guys and gals that like to stay in trouble do some time in the desert and maybe they will be less likely to go back to that same old criminal mind set once they are out of jail. The military has a very strict and effective discipline system and discipline is what the majority of the lawless need.
And as dangerous as it may be, prisoners that are eating up tax payer's money should have their very own military regiment. These guys should be given a special name and have special assignments that will allow them examined the seriousness of the crime they committed. 

Lately, a lot of people are looking to make extra income on the Internet.  Like I said before, there are many ways to do this.  However, there are also many scams.  One of the easiest ways to make extra money online would be to get paid for what you type.

There are various ways to do this, but you must know what you are getting yourself into.  Some of the opportunities offered, are basically recruiting you to write ads, these may or may not be what you want, and the are not necessarily guaranteed to like your ads.

But, other things like getting paid to post articles on blogs, forums, and general article websites to exist.  I would say this would be the easiest way to generate some extra money.  You can find people and sites that pay anywhere from $4 to $10 or more per article you write.  Now of course the more money means the better quality your article needs to be.

Some companies will charge you a fee, and really they are just acting like a broker, gather sites that pay for articles or blogging, and then giving you access to this list of sites.  That could be okay if you find the right company.  Other's will be free, but this will be working directly with the

Well, so do I!  You see, many people are finding that you can make a very good living from the comfort of your laptop or desktop.  The thing is, there are very many scams out there, so, jumping on the first thing you see may not be wise.

When looking for a way to generate income online, I suggest you do your research. Google is your friend!

All you have to do is type in the program you are interested in, followed by the word scam or review, and you'll get pages upon pages of stuff to read.  Just because it comes up under scam, doesn't mean it is, many people use that tactic to get people to look at the page they are promoting.

Also, know that there are many ways to make money online.  You can make money by going into business for yourself, with a product to sell.  You can make money from selling wholesale products, digital products, or even promoting the website of  another person.  What you choose really depends on what you like to do and what you are comfortable with.  There are also Internet

Teenagers like adults suffer from stress. Some adults think that teenagers have it made because they do not have to pay the bills, work a 9 to 5 job, and take care of children. Teenagers might not have to deal with those kinds of problems but they do have problems of their own.  These problems might not seem serious to an adult but they are very serious to the teenager.

Every teenager is going to face some amount of stress in their lives, from the family, for their grades, in getting a job, in getting their drivers license, stress with friends, stress and drugs, and so much more. Helping your child through stressful times in their life is going to be important.

Your teen is going to face stress, when grades come out. To fight the stress about grades, talk to your teen about how they are doing in school all the time, not just at report card time. Voice options, such as, if they get a bad grade, offer to help them learn the subject. Spend extra time learning about history or calculus and get the teen interested in getting a better grade. To get a better grade, a teen has to work hard all semester. One failing grade can be overcome and

E-Books are online cash generators

There are a lot of things you can do with e-books to make money on the internet.

E-books can also bring a lot of traffic to your website. If you need to find prospective customers a free e-book can be the perfect solution. Just ask your website visitors for their contact details in exchange for a free ebook. Make sure the e-book has good information about the products you are selling on your website and make sure it has links that lead back to your website.

People have always been prepared to pay for information. People buy books all the time to educate themselves on how to live longer, to be a better parent, to skateboard, even to read faster. If you have knowledge on a particular subject make an e-book out of it and sell it on eBay, or you can sell it on your website.

I've been visiting a lot of forums over the years and I have notice that there are two questions that often come up.

What is better a free web host or a paid one and which web host is the best?  I have had both paid and free. I can tell you that a free host is definitely not the way to go unless you absolutely have no money. A free web host puts ads on your web page that are most likely not even related. They also make your page look busy and junkie. As for which web host is best, when asked that question in a forum you will get a variety of answers. Everyone has their opinion about their favorite web host. It is good to listen to what they have to say but in the end you have to pick the web host that best suits your needs. When I first started out I picked a host that was very popular and expensive. It was an excellent web host as it had everything and then some. That is why I cancelled. It was too expensive and a little confusing. I chose a different web host with a simple plan and have not regretted it to this day. I started up with the cheapest plan and as my business grew I upgraded.

Thousands of people start diets everyday to lose weight. Some do lose weight but a lot of people do not and even end up adding on a few more pounds.

In our society we think the only way to lose weight is by dieting but all it does is make you feel worse about yourself and probably does more damage than good to your health.

The people with the diet mentality believe that fat is bad and thin is good. You begin to diet to become thin only to set in motion endless dieting and failure.  You begin to get angry with yourself, feeling guilty or ashamed because you have failed, so you start another diet and the cycled is repeated.

This anxiety becomes so intense that you find yourself overeating or going on a binge to cope. Most of your time is spent worrying about what you're eating, not eating, how much you weighted yesterday, today and how much you will weigh tomorrow. No matter how strict you are the outcome is the same, failure.

With the mortgage situation being as it is and people are losing their homes because they cannot keep up with the payments, lenders have foreclosed their on liens or mortgage. Does that mean it is not the right time to buy foreclosures? No and yes. If you do your research buying a forclosures can be rewarding and profitable. If you go in without the slightest clue or as if you were buying a new home, then that is where problems will arise. When buying a foreclosure you have to remember that the homeowner was not planning to put the house on the market so they did not have time to do the repairs that might be required. That means whoever buys the house must fix all the repairs themselves. So of course you want to pick a foreclosure that you can afford to fix up. A house that is in need of costly repairs might be selling for 30 to 40 percent below market but the repairs can bring the cost back up. If the house is in poor condition just remember the first rule in real estate is location, location, location. If it in area with high prosperity resale values then consider making a low offer.

Destin is a fisherman's paradise and I just love Destin, Florida. I lived in Fort Walton Beach, about six miles north of Destin and I tell you, and the Emerald Coast is really something to see. The sand dunes are not as tall anymore due to hurricanes, the beaches are so white that your really do need to wear shades with really good UV protection. The water is a beautiful blue-green color which makes it very easy to see every swimming sea creature that comes in your path. We use to go down to the pier and just sit and watch the people fish, play volley-ball, have a good time on the beaches.

The cost of living in Destin is pretty steep but your pay is at least two dollars more than what Fort Walton Beach residents income is. Working at Wendy's or Burger King pays at least $8 per hour. This is not a lot but if you worked as a Hooter Girl on the Beach, you could exceed $400 a day in just tips! No joke.

Destin has the famous Bungee Jump, The Big Kahuna, The go-cart tracks, and much, much, more. Tiger Woods comes to Destin and plays gold on our beautiful gold courses. Seafood

When I am out an about around town running errands and taking care of business or just out, I have noticed how older men open the doors for their wives or girlfriends. I could probably watch for at least an hour before I see a young man open the door for his wife or girlfriend. Now don't get me wrong, there are still some gentlemen out there, but they are sure hard to find unless they are of the older generation, over forty at least.

But you know, I really don't blame the man for this I blame us women who wanted to be equal with the man. I blame all those women that told the man when he tried to open the door for her that she could get it and she didn't need his help. We were getting spoiled and WE put a stop to it. Personally I really like being pampered and treated like a lady and trust me you really do need to act like a lady to be treated like a lady. Ladies don't sit like men, ladies wear dresses at least some times, ladies don't walk around swearing and using abusive language, ladies don't get stupid

There are many ways to make money online. I know at least 101 ways to do so. You can go to the Warrior Forum and do a search and find a list of money making ideas. They are not just ideas though they have already been tried and proven by countless of internet marketers. Most of those ways take time to see any physical results but they do work in long term. I have been searching for ways to make money in a short period of time, say at least a week. I found a program that does just that. It is called Project Payday. I did have to pay to get this program, but at least it paid for itself when I put the program in use. I did find out however, that I could have had this information for free if someone would have bothered to put it out there. It is similar to PTC and GPT sites only you make much more money and in a shorter amount of time. It is called Freebies sites.

There have been many times while teaching the children's Sunday school class that I have had to tell a child not to expose their family personal business to everyone. A child does not understand that he or she is exposing mom and dad's personal information, and that people will judge their parents according to what has been said by that child. Many children are suffering from lack of attention in many ways. Nowadays both parents usually work outside the home and many children are must take care of themselves.  Children are forced to grow up so very fast and it is a wonder what they are doing and seeing while parents are at work. I try to make it my point to hug and kiss my child each day and try to find out what is on her mind. Every child need to be hugged and told they are loved very often. Parents that love their children will spend more time with them teaching and being taught, so to speak. I learn a great deal from children and I don't take those little ones for granted. I look well into the situation as to who is doing what, where and why it is being done. There is a lot of peer pressure out there that is tearing many children apart. Some children are being teased humiliated due to the fact they are poor. Some children have such bazaar issues at home that they are extremely defensive or very quiet and reserved. I have been in a situation where

SOCOM 3:US Navy Seals has exploded over previous games as a first person shooter game by adding numerous improvements to the base game which include 32 player online play, vehicles which are drivable, larger maps, and the ability to swim.

As a single player, you get to be the squad leader of a four man team of Navy Seals. There are three main campaigns in which you are assigned different tasks to perform as you navigate through the environments. North Africa, South Asia, and Poland are the areas on your assignment list. Tasks are varied in this game and range from freeing hostages, to marking enemy tanks for allies to destroy, capturing enemy officers, and other military objectives. There are scores of vehicles you can drive which are armed with all kinds of military weaponry, such as Humvees with missile launchers, gunboats, dunebuggies, and trucks. Since the environment area is quite large, there is always some sort of transportation to help you get to your destination quicker. Hand-to-hand combat is also included, but is not frequent in the game. Most enemies can be taken out from a safe location far away before they detect your presence. There are the obligatory tunnels and towns to check, and this is where most of the close combat occurs.

During my early twenties, I had a very strong desire to have children. There were times when I just couldn't bear watching ladies walk down the street with their babies in strollers or carrying their babies in stores, parks or where ever I saw them. Tears were sometimes very hard to hold back.  Several tests were performed to find out why I could not have children and basically the answer was unknown. Those Dr's really didn't have a clue because most of the reasons they gave me were really conflicting. I was really a mess and was determined to do everything that I could possibly do to find out why I could not get pregnant.

In Ismir, Turkey I had a gypsy woman perform and old family home remedy, I took Geritol iron supplement, and tried things I never heard of in order to get pregnant.

I began to become distraught and I started giving up. Later I just left that issue where it was and decided that having a child was not going to happen and that was just the way it was to be. I could not understand it but I began to accept it.

In October of the year 2000, my mother paid me a visit in Panama City, Florida. November is my birthday month and my mom and I decided we would spend some time together. Mom was to stay in Panama City for about a month for a vacation. One of the most favorite things that my mother loves to do is shop so we had every place mapped out in which we were to go shopping. We spent most of the first weekend together doing so much and we had a great time.

Later that weekend in the evening, my mother told me of some strange pains in her legs that have been bothering her for about a year.  I was not very happy with my mother for not letting me know that she was having problems and I became very concerned because she was in pain at that very moment. Mother was feeling poorly and I could see the pain written all over her face so I had to decide whether I needed to go back home with her, take her to the Dr in Panama City or what. I later decided to take her to the Dr in Panama City because the pain became worse. I had given her

Have you noticed the young men who wear pants down to their knees?  What is the belt really for when the pants are that low? It's really amazing the way a person's walk is altered by the way a pair of pants is worn. Just the other day I saw a guy walking down the street as if he was struggling to take the next step. What if something or someone got after him? It would be very awkward trying to run and hold up your pants at the same time. I would say don't get caught in a situation where you have to run for it because your chances of getting caught is greater if you have your pants down to your knees. If you try to jump a fence this really might be a problem. Wearing your pants down to your knees is truly a set up if you're prone to get in trouble a lot.  I would think it is very uncomfortable. I really would like to know how that fashion statement got started. What ever happened to the neat look? Maybe the neat look is called the geek look in today's fashion, but I am impressed if I see a male wearing his pants around his waist with a belt. Now don't get me

Have you ever yearned to be a patient person and found it to be the most difficult task to achieve?  Have you ever whispered a small prayer such as "Lord, please help me through this?" Have you every experienced issues that just pop up without warning?  Unlike the word pop up in surfing the internet, we can't block a pop up. How we deal with these issues determines what level of emotional growth we're at. Well. I am a witness that if you've ever asked for patience you will begin to see different challenges popup all over the place. Every time you look around there will be things popping up and distracting you from your normal daily life. When we are taken out of our comfort zone we sometimes become irrational. For instance, on a particular day,   I remember telling myself that I would go about the day being.....

 Truthfully I have known for years if I ever had the opportunity to write something, what my topic would be. I am sure we are all familiar with the topic of abuse. There are many types of abuse and quite often we hear the devastating effects it has. Rarely do we hear the good, the success stories.Today I want to tell you my story with the hopes that by sharing it may help one person not have to live through the pain I did. For 18 years, 9 months and 8 days I lived in an extremely verbally abusive relationship.I am sure we have all heard "sticks and stones may break my bones...., and as a child I believed this. But let me tell you words damage your soul and in ways can hurt you and leave marks much greater than a bruise or a black eye ever could. I know this all to well. Looking back on the years now, what appeared then as difficulties and as a way of life that I never saw an end to; I have now learned to take those years and treat them as a blessing and a lesson. I have learned to spend from this day forward learning from this day. I've always tried to live by a quote I once heard from Henry Ford, "Smile despite the circumstances and laugh through the pain. Life is full of hardships but it is how you deal with them that will in the end define your character".

The greatest contributor to any kind of abuse is the silence. The embarrassment of what is happening and the lonliness that the abused feels, more often than not keeps them there and stops them from seeking help. Today I look back and ask myself "how could you have lived in that situation for so long?" But unless you are in an abusive relationship it is so hard to explain.

Get Home Business Leads Using Free Articles

Use the power of free article submission to get new home business leads. The information highway is starved for content! One of the absolutely best ways these days given the extreme competition for keywords to get traffic and home business leads is to write articles about those keywords which best describe your business. Writing article also gives you credibility in the internet community which will add to your sales figures. Home business leads are the lifeblood of your business. Make it easy for customers to find you by writing good content about your products or services. Soon home business leads will be finding you.

Google loves content. You love sales. Pretty easy here to add the two up and get to the meat of this subject. Articles! Write them. Explain your service. Describe how your product or service can benefit them. People do not want to be sold to. Give them information so they can make up their own mind. Present yourself professionally, and make sure your content helps your readers in some way. Building credibility using articles will boost your sales and bring you new home business leads. This is a no-brainer folks.

Author bio - Heather Giles is an internet marketer and author. To learn more about internet marketing, go to HereToSucceed. You can also post your articles here for free. Fly Article

Home Business Leads

When talking about home business leads, many hurdles present themselves to the average internet marketer. How do I get home business leads? The home business leads I get are useless. No one buys anything. You started your home business to make money and profit from helping others, didn't you? You have a great product, but the home business leads you are getting are very low, or no good. How do you find good home business leads without spending a fortune? How do you find people who are interested in your business given the massive amount of competitors out there? Getting home business leads is the life blood of your internet business. No leads equals no sales.

Sites abound on the internet which offer free leads. Many of these sites are called FFA sites, meaning free for all. You can post your ad in exchange for receiving ads from others. Who is your sales audience in this case? Other marketers! This is a terrible concept due to the fact they are not buying, they are selling! Home business leads from these sources only yield you poor leads at best. You will get an occasional home business lead from these types of companies, but not the avalanche you are looking for when it comes to sales.

The internet is a huge place. Millions of new people sign up and on everyday. There is more than enough people and traffic to generate those precious home business leads you are looking for. Google has them everyday. What is the most common phrase when talking about internet searches? Just google it!

Get home business leads by using the power of the internet and the search engines. Your product is probably in demand, or you would not be trying to sell it. To get the traffic which brings you the home business leads, you need to focus on precious keywords, and write content for them. Google loves content. Does your product help with a health problem? Write an article. Does your product benefit others in some way? People want to know. Writing good content for products allows it to sell itself. The key to getting home business leads is to be where those folks are looking. Make it easy for them to find the product. Article content, blogging, email communication can all help those interested people find your product and your business. People are not afraid to search. They are looking for products and services every minute of every day.

These techniques help find and develop home business leads without paying for them. Why spend more profits on leads which will not benefit you? I've told you how to find those leads by having them find you. Home business leads coming to you are much easier to work with. Chasing after leads only leaves you frustrated and wondering why you are failing with your business. The truth is, you are not failing, the right people for your product or business can't find you. Make it easy for them. Just write content for your product. you know it better than anyone. It's yours! Have passion for your business. write about it, blog about it. Before you know it, those home business leads will be finding you and your business without any extra effort on your part. Use the magic of the internet to your advantage. Work once, and get paid over and over.

Author bio - Heather Giles is an internet marketer and author. To learn more about internet marketing, go to HeresToSuccess. You can also post your articles here for free. Fly Article

Internet Marketing and working from home these days is tough!

There is stiff competition, and every day thousands of new people will try their hand at being successful.

You can go it on your own, or you can try a legitimate business to make the extra income you are looking for,

Heather Giles

Veretekk Marketing

Developing A Killer Search Engine Positioning Strategy

If you are anything like I was when I first began online, you have probably created a brand new website, spent hours of your time and possibly hundreds or thousands of dollars creating a home page, submitted it to the major search engines and hoped that people would mysteriously show up at your site and buy whatever it is you were selling.

After a couple of weeks go by and only a few stray people show up at your website, you decide to try and "optimize" your website around your main keywords in hopes that you just might rank well in 1 of the major search engines. Another couple of weeks go by and still no luck.

At this point you probably give up and decide to either build another website around a different target market or just lose all hope and quit. Well, news flash, as you have probably figured out by now, this is not the way to go about doing things.

You can register with search engines till your fingers won't type anymore, but unless you truly understand how search engines work and how to use their indexing features, you are wasting your time.

Let me give you a specific example of what your very first steps MUST be when creating any website... no matter what the subject matter.

I will use a handbag related website as an example. Before you start creating and collecting content for the website, you need to do a little keyword research. This is VERY important and should not be skipped. To do your keyword research, go to: goodkeywords.com.

They have a very good keyword tool, and best of all it's free! Once you have downloaded this software, you can enter the most generic keyword for a website into the software. In our example, our keyword would be "handbag". Good Keywords will return a list of related terms. The "count" column will then show us how many times the specific keyword has been searched for the previous month within the Overture.com search engine. Generally, you can multiply that number by 8, in order to estimate the number of times that keyword has been searched within Google for the previous month. The task is to find which multiple keyword combination most clearly matches your site's intent and yield few enough documents in searches that you will be able to attain rankings. These are your "power combinations." You will rarely want to target single keywords even if a single keyword is what you really want, you may not be able to attain a search engine ranking on it. For a brand new website, you might better use your time to pair the keyword with something more specific. More specific keywords have the added advantage of ensuring that your prospects are more qualified. Besides, given the millions of documents indexed in the Web and the number of possible ways to interpret a single keyword, a single keyword can be more misleading than helpful.

Do NOT start off by choosing highly competitive keywords to optimize. Why, you ask? If a keyword is highly competitive (more then 5,000 searches for the previous month) then 10 times out of 10, the competition you will have to outrank will be extremely fierce. This is not something you should try to take on right away.

Let's use the handbag website as an example. "Handbag" by itself does not target any specific audience. It is too broad. A search on "handbag" at almost any search engine will return over 30 million other websites (web pages)! I don't know about you, but that's an lofty goal to start with. If you scroll down, you can find some more specific keywords to pair with handbag like "discount" or "discount leather," to gain real meaning.

These could be possible keywords you should target to begin with. Once you have your list of 3 to 4 keywords, you need to go to Google and check out the competition to see exactly how hard it will be to optimize for the specified keyword.

You will want to evaluate the page ahead of yours by literally clicking on their listings, visit their site, and select View from the pull-down menu in your browser and then Document Source in Netscape Navigator, or Source in Microsoft Internet Explorer. This allows you to view the actual HTML, code that makes up their page and see if the sites above you are actually optimizing their "onpage optimization factors."

As you view the source file from your competitors, you need to look for a few things. Ask yourself, "Is a particular keyword more prominent in their Title tag than in Mine?" If this page has a keyword in the third position, make sure your Title tag has a keyword in the third position. If their page has the keyword twice in the title, in position three and seven, you do the same without copying their Title tag. If their page has 264 words of copy, write 264 word of copy. If their 264 word of copy contains three occurrences of the targeted keyword, yours should have three, and so on.

Ok, now we know how to out optimize the top ranking sites.... at least for all the onpage optimization factors that Google deems as important.

Remember, the main idea behind ranking well on Google is to analyze the top ranked websites and then do those things that they're doing, BUT just a little better to one up them, which will lead to a better ranking. In theory, you can build a page that is identical to theirs in format. However, the search engine will treat the two pages differently depending on what other ranking factors the engine considers such as link popularity.

Pamela Upshur is the owner of Upshur Creative. Upshur Creative combines fresh, contemporary, fully functional turnkey websites with the best PHP scripts and databases to create the largest and most comprehensive turnkey collection for entrepreneurs. Visit her site at: Turnkey Web sites