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Take Photographs Nearer To Home

December 28th, 2008 07:39pm Administrator

When you are on your travels, it is always a pleasure to take photographs of those faraway and exotic places. It can remind you of your holiday and the fun you have had. But don’t forget those places nearer to home!

Most towns and villages have places of interest. It may be an area of parkland or woods. Or churches, monuments and imposing buildings. People and activities.

And, near to home you have one great advantage - you can return at any time of day! For landscapes this might be early in the morning or before sunset whereas for cities you might want some vibrant night shots or human activity.

And you can visit in different seasons. The local park might be a place for kids to play, but in winter, when it is covered in snow, it transforms in to a paradise of virgin white, hardly recognisable. Even on the same day, the weather can change and transform a scene.

You may not even have to contemplate going very far for your images either. Your garden can be a rich hunting ground if only you look. Plants, flowers, interesting artefacts. Insects, fruits, leaves, birds, people and even discarded rubbish! Colour and vibrancy, activity and action.

Don’t commit yourself to one area. Search around and find new images in new places. Make your camera work for you. Think about your photographs before you take them and always be on the lookout for a new twist or angle on an old scene.

Of course, take your camera on your travels. But photographs nearer to home can also be ones that you hanker to keep.

Eric Hartwell runs the photography resource site http://www.theshutter.co.uk and the associated discussion forums as well as the regular weblog at http://thephotographysite.blogspot.com

60 Day Sandbox for Google & AskJeeves; MSN Indexes Quickest, Yahoo Next

December 28th, 2008 12:07pm Administrator

Search engine listing delays have come to be called the Google Sandbox
effect are actually true in practice at each of four top tier
search engines in one form or another. MSN, it seems has the
shortest indexing delay at 30 days. This article is the
second in a series following the spiders through a brand new
web site beginning on May 11, 2005 when the site was first
made live on that day under a newly purchased domain name.

First Case Study Article

Previously we looked at the first 35 days and detailed the
crawling behavior of Googlebot, Teoma, MSNbot and Slurp as
they traversed the pages of this new site. We discovered the
each robot spider displays distinctly different behavior in
crawling frequency and similarly differing indexing patterns.

For reference, there are about 15 to 20 new pages added to
the site daily, which are each linked from the home page for
a day. Site structure is non-traditional with no categories
and a linking structure tied to author pages listing their
articles as well as a “related articles” index varied by
linking to relevant pages containing similar content.

So let’s review where we are with each spider crawling and
look at pages crawled and compare pages indexed by engine.

The AskJeeves spider, Teoma has crawled most of the pages on
the site, yet indexes no pages 60 days later at this writing.
This is clearly a site aging delay that’s modeled on Google’s
Sandbox behavior. Although the Teoma spider from Ask.com has
crawled more pages on this site than any other engine over a
60 day period and appears to be tired of crawling as they’ve
not returned since July 13 - their first break in 60 days.

In the first two days, Googlebot gobbled up 250 pages and
didn’t return until 60 days later, but has not indexed even
a single page in 60 days since they made that initial crawl.
But Googlebot is showing a renewed interest in crawling the
site since this crawling case study article was published
on several high traffic sites. Now Googlebot is looking at a
few pages each day. So far no more than about 20 pages at a
decidedly lackluster pace, a true “Crawl” that will keep it
occupied for years if continued that slowly.

MSNbot crawled timidly for the first 45 days, looking over
30 to 50 pages daily, but not until they found a robots.txt
file, which we’d neglected to post to the site for a week and
then bobbled the ball as we changed site structure, then
failed to implement robots.txt in new subdomains until day
25 - and THEN MSNbot didn’t return until day 30. If little
else were discovered about initial crawls and indexing, we
have seen that MSNbot relies heavily on that robots.txt file
and proper implementation of that file will speed crawling.

MSNbot is now crawling with enthusiasm at anywhere between
200 to 800 pages daily. As a matter of fact, we had to use
a “crawl-delay” command in the robots.txt file after MSNbot
began hitting 6 pages per second last week. The MSN index now
shows 4905 pages 60 days into this experiment. Cached pages
change weekly. MSNbot has apparently found that it likes how
we changed the page structure to include a new feature which
links to questions from several other article pages.

Slurp gets strangely inactive then alternately hyperactive
for periods of time. The Yahoo crawler will look at 40 pages
one day and then 4000 the next, then simply look at the home
page for a few days and then jump back in for 3000 pages the
next day and back to only reviewing robots.txt for two days.
Consistency is not a curse suffered by Slurp. Yahoo now shows
6 pages in their index, one an errors page and another is a
“index/of” page as we have not posted a home page to several
subdomains. But Slurp has crawled easily 15,000 pages to date.

Lessons learned in the first 60 days on a new site follow:

1) Google crawls 250 pages on first discovery of links to site.
Then they don’t return until they find more links and crawl
slowly. Google has failed to index new domain for 60 days.

2) Yahoo looks for errors pages and once they find bad links
will crawl them ceaselessly until you tell them to stop it.
Then won’t crawl at all for weeks until crawling heavily
one day and lightly the next in random fashion.

3) MSNbot requires robots.txt files and once they decide they
like your site, may crawl too fast, requiring “crawl-delay”
instructions in that robots.txt file. Implement immediately.

4) Bad bots can strain resources and hit too many pages too
quickly until you tell them to stay out. We banned 3 bots
outright after they slammed our servers for a day or two.
Noted “aipbot” crawled first then “BecomeBot” came along
and then “Pbot” from Picsearch.com crawled heavily looking
for image files we don’t have. Bad bots, stay out. Best to
implement robots.txt exclusions for all but top engines if
their crawlers strain your server resources. We considered
excluding the Chinese search engine named Baidu.com when
they began crawling heavily early on. We don’t expect much
traffic from China, but why exclude one billion people?
Especially since Google is rumored to be considering a
possible purchase of Baidu.com as entry to Chinese market.

The bottom line is that we’ve discovered all engines seem to
delay indexing of new domain names for at least thirty days.
Google so far has delayed indexing THIS new domain for 60
days since first crawling it. AskJeeves has crawled thousands
of pages, while indexing none of them. MSN indexes faster than
all engines but requires robots.txt file. Yahoo’s Slurp crawls
on again off again for 60 days, but indexes only six of total
15,000 or more pages crawled to date.

We seem to have settled that there is a clear indexing delay,
but whether this site specifically is “Sandboxed” and whether
delays apply universally is less clear. Many webmasters claim
that they have been indexed fully within 30 days of first
posting a new domain. We’d love to see others track spiders
through new sites following launch to document their results
publicly so that indexing and crawling behavior are proven.

© Copyright July 18, 2005 Mike Banks Valentine

Mike Banks Valentine is a search engine optimization specialist
who operates WebSite101 eCommerce
Tutorial and will continue reports of
case study chronicling search indexing of Publish101 Article Resource

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Valentine

Getting Good Picture Results

December 27th, 2008 12:49am Administrator

Creating beautiful photographs can prove to be very difficult if you are not using the right equipment as well as the appropriate technique. To help you with that predicament, below are helpful tips to guide you in your quest for photographic enlightenment.

The first thing to keep in mind when shooting photos is that you have to look your subject in the eye. Direct eye contact can get your viewer transfixed with your picture thus enjoying more view time. Position your camera at your subject’s eye level to reveal those beautiful smiles. Getting a good angle will give you photos that are appealing and good to look at. A plain background is good for giving emphasis to your subject. It is never a good idea to have the background upstage the person or landscape you are taking a picture of. Also, if you are going to shoot pictures outdoors, use flash. Glare from the sun can create ugly facial shadows. For this problem, the flash is the key. You must also be particular with the proper distance between you and your subject making sure that you are not very near nor very far. The closest possible range for shooting pictures without making your subject blurry is about three feet. Other than that would be disaster. Subjects place in the middle make for boring photographs. Try to make your pictures livelier by placing your subject away from the middle. Just keep in mind that you’ll need to lock the focus if you have an auto-focus camera because most of them focus on whatever is in the center of the viewfinder. Failure to do this will give you blurry images which are sure to hit the trash bin. A common mistake that usually happens is taking shots beyond the range of the flash resulting in very dark pictures. You can avoid this by reading your camera’s manual or if not take pictures below ten feet away from you. A very important component of a great photograph is good lighting as this will greatly enhance the appearance of your picture. Choose the right time of the day like a sunset to improve your subject’s appearance. Try to take vertical pictures from time to time. There are subjects that will look better if shot vertically. The last but not the least, make conscious efforts to have better control of your shots to boost your picture quality. Take charge of your photo sessions. Manipulate every situation to fit your taste.

Armed with the right knowledge, you are most likely to produce great looking pictures. Continually try to hone your skills to improve your chances of making worthwhile pictures. Making great shots can be a very rewarding experience.

Get Cheap Cricket Items on the Internet

December 25th, 2008 08:52pm Administrator

When you are just about to begin to play cricket it is not always straightforward to tell what you need to acquire. If you go into a sports equipment high street retail store and ask them what you need, you will probably end up getting a large amount of equipment that you don’t need. Hence, it is wise to work out what you may require before you go shopping. That way you are more likely to obtain what you need, as opposed to what the shop landlord thinks you need.

Below, is more or less a complete cricket equipment inventory, you don’t need everything on this list, as several organisations will loan you gear especially at junior level:

Cricket whites, cricket bats, balls, helmets, gloves, batting (wicket keeping) inner gloves, wicket keeping gloves, batting pads, wicket keeping pads, box, chest pad, arm guard, inner thigh pad, cricket boots (bowling boots; batting boots), box (groin guard), stumps and bails. Find amazing deals on cricket sets.

For most of the cricket meetings you participate in you will require to have your own set of whites. Cricket whites contain white cricket trousers & cricket shirt. Make sure that you acquire an excellent pair of cricket trousers & also a nice white cricket shirt and jumper as it can get pretty cold if you are standing out on the pitch for a substantial long time in particular if you intend to play in England (the start and end of the cricket season are the coldest).

If you can not hire gear from your club the other most critical items of equipment are a cricket bat and box. A descent cricket bat is imperative if you plan to score plenty of runs and is a very special piece of equipment, so spend several hours picking your bat, ideally you would be recommended to go to a store and test drive one before you buy in order for you to know how it feels to hit with. When you know what you want you can often buy bats on the Web noticeably cheaper). You need a good box to protect your groin from the ball, as getting hit down below’ is particularly painful, so investing in a good box before you start is a clear must - you can’t bat without one.

Supertoto

December 25th, 2008 01:28pm Administrator

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Buy Women’s Cut out Swimsuits on the Web

December 25th, 2008 11:55am Administrator

In the modern world a lot of people prefer acquiring their swimwear on the World Wide Web; buying online is a very simple and appropriate way to shop in the tranquil of your own sitting room.

It is essential to guarantee whilst buying swimwear on the Internet that it fits you perfectly. When you get swimwear on the Web always confirm that the store provides a useful quality sizing diagram that gives all of the sizes you could require. With the assistance of a sizing diagram one can make sure to purchase a swimsuit or bikini that fits rightly, so reducing the demand to exchange for an alternative size. By and large most of the online swimwear shops don’t permit an exchange of goods so it’s typically always better to pick an online shop where exchanges are permitted. Several shops will accept the returns of swimwear if the tags and the original packaging are also returned along with it. Find eye-catching and sexy swim wear at great prices from designers such as StarBlu, Verde Veronica, Sunflair, Lola Luna, Seafolly and Continental Textile

Swimwear is a predictable part of the summer; although a significant majority of full-figured females feel fearful at the thought of shopping for swimsuits & bikinis that fit correctly. These women even consider wearing caftans by the swimming pool or at the beach instead of looking unappealing. Designers & shopkeepers have recognized the fashion problems of the overweight woman, and are at last featuring a wide selection of stylish bathing suit designs in XXL sizes, and the best place to stumble upon such swimwear is to acquire swimwear on the World Wide Web.

Special Dark FUDGE truffles

December 24th, 2008 07:22pm Administrator

SPECIAL DARK FUDGE TRUFFLES

•2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) HERSHEY’S SPECIAL DARK Chocolate Chips
•3/4 cup whipping cream
•Various coatings such as toasted chopped pecans, coconut, powdered sugar, cocoa or small candy pieces
1. Combine chocolate chips and cream in medium microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at HIGH (100%) 1 minute; stir. If necessary, microwave an additional 15 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, until chips are melted and mixture is smooth when stirred.
2. Refrigerate 3 hours or until firm. Roll mixture into 1-inch balls. Roll each ball in coating. Cover; store in refrigerator. About 3 dozen truffles.

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December 23rd, 2008 10:35pm Administrator

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10 Online Marketing Secrets Your Competition wish you will n

December 23rd, 2008 12:24am Administrator

Dazed, confused and bemused. This are few terms commonly used by the new player online. And we sure know how they feel, don’t we? Let me put it this way, the new player can easily get dazed, confused and bemused by the onslaught of information and opportunities (legitimate or scams) on the Internet. These same groups of people, sad to say are vulnerable to everything new that appears online. Many a times they end up as casualties in the Internet gold rush, without ever really making anything close to what we call real money online.

Just today I read a true story of a person who has been online for 5 years (I repeat 5 years). He had joined everything under the sun. From MLM to Online casinos. And he confesses, that after all these years he has just started on his own website this year to play the big boys game.

This is what he wrote ” In all the preceding history it may have become apparent to some of you already that I did not do what some of you did from day one”. Man! What can I say!

When you think about it, can you really blame this guy? Don’t forget along with the massive amount of opportunities, you can also be distracted by new FREE softwares, new free product downloads etc. Why just recently I got distracted by an Online Jukebox. Without realizing it, half the day was gone. I had to slap myself and get back to work.:D

Like my grandmother (maybe some of yours too) always said, “Anything worthwhile achieving always needs your total attention and focus”.

What are the key elements that you as an Online Entrepreneur need to focus on?

1. You should have a daily and monthly marketing regimen. Doing the things that has to be done without being distracted. Other than R&D one of your primary goals online would be to stay FOCUS.

2. How is your e-mail signature? By developing a compelling e-mail signature you are able to brand yourself and your products.

3. Start writing articles in your area of expertise. Make a list of ezine publishers in your target market group to whom you can submit these articles monthly. (With their prior permission of course). Add your resource box below your article, writing a brief description of yourself in the third party. Include your e-mail and website address for future enquires for your services or products.

4. Get started with auto responders to help you follow up and also to keep in touch with your customers and prospects

5. Set aside some time for R&D. Visit Newsgroups, Discussion boards, forums, and your competitor’s websites to study how people in your target group do business online

6. If you haven’t, you will need to start publishing your own newsletter or ezine as soon as possible. This is one of the best ways to build your own opt-in mailing list. Remember the secret is in your list. Your money is also in this list.

7. Even if takes weeks, sometimes months before you see results from search engines. You need to get your websites listed in all the major search engines and directories.

8. A common and welcomed activity among ezine publishers building their own opt-in list is ad swaps. Believe me this really works if you do it consistently.

9. Get your Salesmen in print in order. If you are not good at writing good sales copies or killer sales letters get professional help. This is an important tool to close sales online. A good killer copy will get your visitors to buy your products or services immediately right from your website. This means faster Return On your Investment.

10. Another on going activity would be for you to get your website, ezine, ebooks in as many of the respective directories as possible.

Mind you, this is only a few of the activities that should help you to stay focused. Remember your consistent effort, multi-tasking and patience are the things that will see you through.

A piece of advice, don’t get disappointed if you don’t see results immediately. Take it as your learning curve. It is not knowing everything about Internet Marketing that will make you successful but doing what has to be done everyday to build your Online business that can at least guarantee success.

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The SEO Gurus poem

December 22nd, 2008 09:12pm Administrator

Am I alone as I survey that vast wilderness outside,

Sat at home every day fettered by my own foolish pride,

I may believe I can conceive stunning cunning plans,

Yet I perceive the web I weave is lacking vital strands,

It may transpire my destiny is to conquer virtual space,

But I must wire the best of me to another spidery face,

For although knowing everything about business and site,

To grow means throwing other experts in to get it right,

So even this experienced spider who spins webs so fine,

Needs for bliss a guider to show the whole world online,

His creation, born bred and reared , now standing serene,

Will evoke elation and be revered if it can only be seen,

There’s no point in Picasso no mike in Michelangelo,

If the joints a no go and the sound man doesn’t show,

So that treasure you’re concealing from total global view,

Measures up and has meaning with others helping you,

We all have inborn talent and also inborn failings,

So often scorn a balance, chained to our own railings,

And our world misses a website that deserved to be a star,

But not unfurled in all its might, merely cowering from afar,

Why not take your Van Dyke, or Rembrandt seen by few,

And let us make it see the light, exposed to global view,

Don’t hide them in shadows behind barriers of your mind,

Where pride and jealous arrows make them hard to find,

Instead turn to experts just as good as you would like to be,

Who you’ll learn to trust, and who will set your website free.

John Fowler trained as a Mathematican and has worked in the IT industry for over 30 years, much of the time in sales related functions. He now spends his time between being a partner in SEO Gurus and as a sales and management trainer for ICT companies. John can be contacted via http://www.seogurus.co.uk