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Using IPL Wisely: Step-by-Step

Edited 3-2-2013

So you've decided to use IPL. You have been given an IPL limit. This limit is probably $100; maybe more depending on different factors.

Here I'm going to give you some tips to make IPL an easy ride. Did you know you can use IPL to your advantage? Consider the following:

SEO Blogging Tips

If you have a website or blog, or if you work with anything related to the Internet, you’ll certainly need to know a bit about search engine optimization (SEO). A good way to get started is to familiarize yourself with the most common terms of the trade, and below you’ll find 20 of them. (For those who already know SEO, consider this post as a refresher!).

1. SEM: Stands for Search Engine Marketing, and as the name implies it involves marketing services or products via search engines. SEM is divided into two main pillars: SEO and PPC. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization, and it is the practice of optimizing websites to make their pages appear in the organic search results. PPC stands for Pay-Per-Click, and it is the practice of purchasing clicks from search engines. The clicks come from sponsored listings in the search results.

2. Backlink: Also called inlink or simply link, it is an hyperlink on another website pointing back to your own website. Backlinks are important for SEO because they affect directly the PageRank of any web page, influencing its search rankings.

3. PageRank: PageRank is an algorithm that Google uses to estimate the relative important of pages around the web. The basic idea behind the algorithm is the fact that a link from page A to page B can be seen as a vote of trust from page A to page B. The higher the number of links (weighted to their value) to a page, therefore, the higher the probability that such page is important.

4. Linkbait: A linkbait is a piece of web content published on a website or blog with the goal of attracting as many backlinks as possible (in order to improve one’s search rankings). Usually it’s a written piece, but it can also be a video, a picture, a quiz or anything else. A classic example of linkbait are the “Top 10″ lists that tend to become popular on social bookmarking sites.

Easily Stir Up a Great Article With This Recipe

Even the most successful chefs practice with recipes. Failing occasionally, the chef takes risks by tweaking the recipe based on their own style and taste.

Eventually, the recipe transforms into an entirely new, enticing, and delectable result that makes your mouth water in anticipation.

Having reached perfection, the chef will More

Infographics

Content marketing is centered around the concept of providing valuable information to current and potential customers in order to positively influence their purchasing decisions and behavior. A few traditional examples from the content marketing infographic include the publication and distribution of guides, books, and catalogs.

This infographic highlights important moments in the history of content marketing, beginning at 4200 B.C. with a translation of a cave drawing, jumping to 1895, with John Deere’s launch of its first customer magazine and up to nowadays. More

Whenever you enter your query on a search engine like Google, a list of websites spring up in response.

However, the order in which they appear may not be quite as random as they seem. In fact, there is an entire process that denotes which website is going to dominate the list and vice versa.

This process is called Search Engine Optimisation, commonly known as SEO. It’s a technical tool that improves the visibility of a particular website in a search engine’s results. The more frequently a site appears on the list, the more visitors it will receive.

In the recent years, several organisations have made a beeline for “experts” that promise to make their site more visible through SEO. However, tech gurus insist that these “experts” should not be trusted as this is not something people outside Google can get to the bottom of.

“If everybody knew how SEO works they would be number one on the list, wouldn’t they?” points out technology expert Vijay Mukhi. “A lot of people who claim that they understand the process don’t because Google wouldn’t want to make that knowledge public.

But from the little that they have made known is that, the visibility of a website depends on how many people have linked to that website. In other words, this means how many web pages have mentioned that particular website. The more people link to you, the more popular you get. So the power lies in the hands of the users,” Vijay says.

He goes to share an interesting anecdote. “A couple of years ago there was a controversy More

Tools for My FanBox Fans and Friends

Do you suffer from a FanBox addiction?  Here is a list of free tools that may help you get around the web more efficiently.

602Pro PC Suite 2001

License: Freeware

If you're sick of the Microsoft Office monolith, consider this product; a freeware 

Wordprocessing, spreadsheet and graphic editor program that does a surprisingly good job of giving Office a run for its money. It doesn't need tons of memory or hard drive space to run (it's only 13MB), and can even be used as a quick-and-dirty HTML editor as well.

Get your Software Here: Software602 Form Filler

IrfanView 3.61

Free for Personal use 

A fast, simple and free image viewer and editor that supports all major graphic formats.

This program also features drag-and-drop support, directory viewing, TWAIN support,

slide shows, batch conversion and modifications such as color depth, crop, blur and

sharpen. It has Status Bar entry, language and video bug fixes, and comes in English and

German editions.

Get your Software Here: IrfanView

Copernic 2001 Basic

License: Freeware

The ultimate search engine? This is probably as close as you're going to get.

It aggregates searches from multiple search engines to create the most thorough,

exhaustive and powerful search engine you can get without paying.

The deluxe version of the program (US$29.95) contains a great many advanced features,

such as newsgroup searches and support for languages other than English, but the basic

version is powerful enough for almost everyone.

Get your Software Here: Coppertonic Desktop Search Home

WebLog Expert Lite

License: Free

WebLog Expert Lite is a free log analyser that lets you quickly learn information about

your site's visitors. It gives information about accessed files, referring pages, search

engines, browsers, operating systems and more.

Get your Software Here: WebLog Expert Lite

Facebook has recently been hit by a spam app this software seems to be spreading rather quickly but their are steps you can take to slow this down More