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In years past written content was enough to have on your website in order for the search engines to like your pages.

You will find a checklist of important things to have on your website pages further down the page, but don’t bypass the good stuff in the middle.

I truly believe that if you combine the checklist elements with good Homestead SEO, you will find your website pages in the top of the search engine results pages.

As the Internet continues to evolve, there are other important factors other than written content that Google, Yahoo and Bing are considering to be important.

In fact, I recently read an article where SEO experts were discussing the possibility of  Facebook (FB) “Likes” being used in the algorithms to help determine a website’s rank in the SERPS.

Have you noticed how people are placing the FB like icon on all of their post pages these days and encouraging people to click on them?

Here’s an excerpt from the article I read on Webpro News about Facebook “likes.”

“In this video, Clay suggests that likes, referrals, and recommendations will become major part of all the ranking algorithms used by search engines. You can see that the search engines are already very interested in this kind of social data, from Bing’s deal with Facebook to Google’s desire of Facebook’s data.” Watch the video about FB “likes” information.

Recently, Ezine articles was effected by Google’s algorithm changes. The CEO of the article directory website has reported that they have experienced a huge traffic drop since the Panda update. The initial report was around a twelve percent decrease in traffic.

Now, this is just my opinion, but Ezine articles only allows its members to post written content. It appears to me that Google considers just written words on a page to be “old school.”

Hear me out on this one. Content is more than just words on the page. Did you know that every minute 24 hours of video footage gets uploaded to Youtube? Yet, Ezine doesn’t have a video section on their website.

What do you like to experience when you visit a web page?

I personally like to be able to watch videos, view images and quickly skim over the written words. Did you know the only images that can be found on Ezine articles are the member’s profile images.

Google feels that images are so important that they have designated an entire section that displays billions of images on every topic you can image.

Here’s a checklist of things I feel should be incorporated on our website pages:

• Images
• Add Videos to Homestead Website
• RSS Feeds
• Alt Tags On Intuit Website Images
• Written Content

If you have all of the above checklist elements incorporated on your website and have a good handle on Intuit SEO, you should do well in the search engine results pages.

If you can give your visitors the best possible user experience through using all of these elements, then I believe that Google will see your website as an informative site. After all, the search engines want to give their searchers the most informative results that will provide the best user experience.

With this in mind, we should give our visitors a full-course meal and not just an appetizer.

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I remember when I first heard about Youtube. When they hit the Internet scene, I thought why didn’t I think of that? The name was different, short and easy to remember. I visited the website and instantly knew that this was where the online world was headed.

The insight was so on target that I talked to a friend of mine about developing a video based website like Youtube for a particular niche to be able to participate in. Not long after that conversation, Godtube came on the scene. My plans quickly went out the window. I tried to get on the bus, but someone beat me to it.

Did you know that every minute thirty five (35) hours of video gets uploaded to Youtube? Here, read what Google says in this information about how they are protecting copy written materials better. That’s where I read the information.

Doesn’t it make sense though, people by nature are lazy. That’s why we sit around watching TV all of the time. The same thing is starting to happen on the Internet, people would rather absorb information by visual and audio presentations than read about “everything.”

There are several options for creating videos that are rather easy to use. Jing has a screen recorder that will record whatever is on your monitor screen. Flip Video has a small inexpensive hand-held digital recorder that has outstanding sound and visual rendering capabilities.

Here are a few links to valuable resources:

Jing

Flip Ultra

All Video Converter

Internet Course on Making Money Through Using Videos

You can find information on Youtube about anything that has to do with producing and editing videos. I have Windows movie maker and that is the program I use to edit mine. You can find plenty of tutorials on Youtube to help you learn how to use Windows Movie Maker.

If you are still using dial-up, you are living in the stone ages or perhaps on some far away mountain that does not provide hi-speed connections. How unfortunate for you if this is your situation. It’s not going to be possible to produce and upload clips with ease. If this is YOU…you just missed the biggest bus in the history of the Internet. What worked a few years ago is fading quickly into the shadows of video production.

Have you heard of the term “viral” used to describe content syndication on the Internet? Videos just naturally go viral. What this means for you is that you can get your information out to more and more people effortlessly. You post one good clip with a hefty description in the more info section and people will just naturally start spreading the content all over the place for you.

If you want people to use your vids, make sure you include a really long description with the clip. This makes your video content more valuable to people who want to use them on their websites.

Adding a Youtube video to your Intuit website is not difficult. You need to copy the “embed” code from the Youtube video and then use the “Add html” icon in the site builder to enter the code into. Size the box to the correct dimensions by using the “Properties Editor” files on the right.

The most important part of embedding a video on your Intuit websites is to include plenty of text on your web page to accompany the clip. Search engines still use the written word to determine what your pages are about.

Now, don’t be left behind. Hurry up and learn all you can about using videos to increase traffic to your website and convert visitors into longstanding friends. It’s a great way to add a personal touch to anything you are doing online.

In recent months I read an article from an SEO Pro who was stressing the importance of occasionally including an anchor text link to a high page rank site in the first two paragraphs of an article. If we are going to do this type of thing to achieve higher placements with the search engines, then we are going to have to make certain that we don’t send them away forever. What good would it do to get a high ranking spot on Google just to have our potential customer click off within the first few seconds of landing on the page?

Something that I generally practice doing is after I write an article I always check the connections to other sites to ensure that I remembered to set the new page to open in a different window. If you are anything like me, I get so caught up in designing the pages that sometimes I forget when adding a link to another neighborhood website to make it open in a different browser window.

The basic idea is that if bad back-links pointing to your website pages had an affect on your ranking, then your competitors could sabotage your position in the search engine results by creating these forms of evil site backlinks. So, keeping this in mind they do not affect your placement.

There is something that we must be aware of though, if we have links pointing to what are considered to be bad neighborhood websites, then this will affect our rankings because of the association being in our control.

If you do not know how to discover who is linking to your website, go to Yahoo Site Explorer and enter the URL of your website in the upper text box..

Read some factors that affect where and how our sites place in the search engine results pages of Google by clicking on the link.

Google has made it clear in many of their posts related to this subject that there are may things that affect how a website ranks. Here is quote from one of their articles on the subject: “If your site receives links that look similarly dodgy, don’t be alarmed… read on! While it’s true that linking is a significant factor in Google’s ranking algorithms, it’s just one of many.” It’s good to know that bad links do not affect how we place in the serps.

As I have said in many of the articles I’ve written, the most important thing that we can do is to continue to generate content. As we do this, we become recognized as an authority on the subject that we are writing about. Generally, what happens is that as we continue to publish helpful information related to our niche other “good neighborhood” websites start linking to our pages.

In my opinion, the content on the eHow site is very poorly done because the information is too short to really explain anything in great detail. I’ve researched their website in relation to a couple of the niches that I am knowledgeable about and they really are not even close to giving quality information. I looked at one article about how to remove a virus from Windows XP. eHow basically said something like this: 1) Click on the virus protection icon located on your desk top. 2) Follow the directions 3) Restart your computer… Now is that pathetic or what?

If you are building an online business through generating content on your Intuit/Homestead, this is no time to be slacking off. Huge content sites are growing at incredible rates of speed because of the money to be made with affiliate programs like Adsense. If you want to survive and stay in the top of the search engine results pages, you must stay focused and work hard. DO NOT treat your Internet business like a hobby.

Don’t get discouraged because of the competition, just stay focused on publishing quality information about your Homestead website niche.

Tips for Growing Your Content Website Among the Competition

1) Before you write an article,  always do a few Google searches to see who is competing for the keyword phrases you are considering
2) You must publish no less than two hundred and fifty words in one article, five hundred is even better
3) Learn Intuit/Homestead Website SEO
4) Write one article per day

The real key to winning with your Intuit/Homestead site is going to be learning proper Homestead website optimization techniques. By getting proper training in this area you will have a fighting chance at competing among the competition in your niche. Trust me the sooner you learn about optimization the better you will perform in a competitive niche.

In this article you will find everything you need to learn how to make an eBook using Open Office freeware. You will then be able to export it as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file. Once you are finished, you can upload the eBook to your Intuit/Homestead website.

In the following paragraphs, you will learn how to make the cover, set up the table of contents, link chapters and headings, insert images and also how to protect your ebook using the PDF security settings.

E-Book Cover Maker
This system for making E-Book covers has a free trial-offer. It is easy to use. Just upload your photos for the cover and binder area. If the photos need to be altered at all, you can use Gimp which is freeware.

Open Office
This is another freeware program. Watch this video to see how the program will create a table of contents for you and also link chapters and titles together. A professional E-Book can be created rather quickly using the Open Office program. Once the eBook is completed, it can be exported into an Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

How to Set Up Your eBook
YouTube is a great place to learn how to do things. Following is a wonderful video called “How To Make A Book With The Free PDF Editor In Open Office” which will walk you through how to set up the following:

1) The header
2) The footer
3) Inserting copyright symbol
4) Inserting graphics
5) Linking URL
6) The Title page
7) The Copyright
A message from the author
9) Tables and columns
10) Select borders
11) Page breaks
12) Developing a disclaimer page

How to Automatically Create a Table of Contents
Here is a wonderful video that demonstrates how to command the Open Office program to generate a table of contents which is linked to the sections you select inside the E-Book.

How to Link Chapters and Set the Security Settings for Your E-book
This video tutorial for Open Office demonstrates how to set the protection settings. You can set up passwords and also set the security settings to allow the document to either be able to be printed or to not be. You can set your pages’ security settings so that people cannot copy and paste your work. You will also learn how to create links for all of the chapters and headings in the E-Book.

How to Transform the Open Office Document into a PDF
With every new program comes a learning curve. To export the text document that you created using the Open Office free software, click on “file” and then select “export” as a PDF. That is basically all there is to creating an E-Book in a PDF format using the freeware Open Office program.

Finished E-book

All of the search engines will find you through putting together various combinations of words on your Sitebuilder pages. The more words you publish, the better your chances of being found become. This is why you need to continually be publishing new and fresh content for your Intuit/Homestead website niche.

Learn Homestead website SEO too, if you want to really achieve greater levels of success with your website SEO is a must.

Writing affective content:

1) Learn Homestead Website SEO

2) Learn how to do keyword research

3) Publish an article per day

As you learn more about optimizing your pages and continue to publish articles on a daily basis, you will see an increase in website visitors. If you have registered with various affiliate companies for Homestead website users and strategically placed banners and text links on your article pages, you will make money.

If you have only purchased a five page website package from the Intuit/Homestead company, you will need to start a free WordPress.com blog. As you publish articles, create back-links that direct people to your money pages on your Sitebuilder pages that you have your affiliate companies set up on. You can also add additional pages to your account with a Sitebuilder upgrade if you would rather keep all of your information on your website.

Give it a try for a six month period and see what happens. Much of the results that you achieve will depend upon the level of competition that there is in your niche. Try to find keyword phrases that others have not discovered yet.

I started using books to help inspire me a few years ago. The inspiration for me comes through describing things that I see in the pictures. Because one of my niche websites focuses in on custom kitchen cabinet designs, the possibilities for content generation are endless, especially when I find a great kitchen cabinet design book.

What I have discovered is that by investing a small amount of about eight dollars in a book, I get enough inspiration to write close to one hundred articles of original content. Those one hundred articles have the potential of making a lot of money with my Homestead website if I understand how to optimize my content correctly.

If you need help understanding content optimization start with the free Homestead website SEO ebook.

Books work as great tools for overcoming writer’s block and they also provide an escape from sitting behind the computer all day long. It’s always a nice break for me to go into a bookstore. One of the things that I am reminded of when I do this is that content is king.

When you gaze at a library of content where the shelves are filled with books from the floor to the ceiling, there is an awareness that happens in relation to content generation. People want information that we possess.

I will often take a trip to the local library when I am in need of accessing my creative writing skills that just don’t seem to be working momentarily.

I cannot explain what happens when I walk into a place where there is a huge collection of books, but I do know this; there is always a renewed passion inside to publish more content onto the internet. I am always reminded of the importance of content generation as a means of attracting visitors to my websites. No matter what our niche is, someone out there is going to be looking for information related to the things that we know.

Walking into a huge bookstore is a great reminder to me that the sky is the limit when it comes to making money on the internet through selling informational products. Not just through selling products, but by placing valuable content online and incorporating Adsense on Homestead website pages, you can make a sizable income as well.

Using books for content inspiration is a great way to keep the flow of publishing articles onto your website going on a regular basis.

If fact this particular article was inspired yesterday through me taking a trip to Books a Million. I left the mega library with one book that within less than twenty fours has compelled me to write seven articles.

The Internet is an endless sea of information. You can find something on just about any topic in the world by doing a quick Google search. I spend a lot of time behind this flat screen writing valuable content and sharing the knowledge that I have gained through the years on various subjects. It is very refreshing to just take a break from the world of the computer and step into a library where real people are looking for books filled with information.

If you are in need of finding inspiration because you are experiencing writer’s block, then I highly recommend that you take a break for the Internet and go visit your local library or bookstore. I guarantee you that you will find enough content as inspirational materials to keep you writing for years to come. You will be able to fill the pages of your Homestead website with article after article of valuable content on an on going basis.

It has been discovered that readers online have a tendency to skim over the content on our pages. If we don’t GRASP them immediately, they may click off and go to another website in moments.

How can we get the attention of our readers? Here are a few tips to consider when you are writing your Internet content.

It’s been suggested that the first sentence in the paragraph is the most important one. If it is interesting enough or provides useful information that the reader is looking for, then they may just continue to read what you have written.

Some tips that I have read about writing content on the Internet suggest that paragraphs should have only one topic and be concise. This would tie into making sure that the first sentence is very descriptive of the paragraph.

By writing small paragraphs, visitors don’t feel overwhelmed when they take a look at the page. Short descriptive sentences have the ability to capture them long enough to skim the entire page.

Bold print between paragraphs is a great way for website visitors to skim the content on our sites.

By highlighting text and also including hyper text anchor links (Homestead SEO ebook) reader’s eyes can be drawn to these areas. If the content is compelling enough, they will click the link or read the highlighted text.

Having a professional looking website will certainly help draw the visitors attention to the content on the web page.

Images speak volumes and can cause a visitor to stare and then read the content. If you choose creative photos to add to your Homestead website content this will help keep them reading through your pages.

Creative sub headings can grip the eyes of your visitors.

A very powerful way to get the readers attention is by adding bullets or making lists. In a quick review, let’s look at the content writing tips we have compiled in this article already.

•    Readers skim pages on the Internet rather than read all of the details
•    The first sentence in a paragraph is the most important one. It should be very descriptive.
•    Paragraphs should have one topic.
•    Paragraphs should be short. Two to three sentences is generally enough.
•    Bold descriptive print between paragraphs is a great hook for getting readers to stick around.
•    Highlighting text and having anchor text links in the copy can keep them reading the content.
•    Make sure that your website is professional looking. You know what I am talking about.
•    Creative sub headings will be very helpful.
•    Add bullets or number lists describing how to do certain things.
•    Choose creative pictures and add them to your web pages.

There are literally thousands of different approaches for writing and publishing the content on your pages. I think the most important thing is to just keep the copy simple and to the point. If your web page is filled with a bunch of senseless wanderings, instead of professional tips, then your readers are going to click off fast. If the website is professionally designed and has interesting looking topics, then there is a good chance that the visitors will stick around for a few minutes.

The best thing that you can hope for is that they will return to your website for more of what you have to offer. This site is loaded with tips to help Homestead users achieve success on the Internet. Please take a moment to go deeper into our website. You may just find some very helpful tips that are perfectly suited to help you with website design.

Why would anyone use article creator software?

Well, if you are working on building an online presence, then you will need to consider leveraging the many article website plate forms that are available to promote your Homestead website site through.

If an article is unique it has a better chance of ranking in a good position in the search engine results pages than if it is exact duplicate content. Some internet search engine marketing specialists suggest that once your article gets indexed on your own website by Google that you can take the same identical content, change the title and then post it to article websites and it will bring additional traffic.

You should publish it on your site and wait for it to get indexed by the search engines because you will get credit for being the original author. By publishing the original work on your site first you can get the page rank recognition from Google as well.

But what about being penalized for duplicate content?

Duplicate content penalty only applies to your own website. You will be penalized by Google if you have two of the same identical pages on your own site. It’s OK to have duplicate content on an article website and even in RSS feeds. If it wasn’t millions of people would be in trouble with Google because there are RSS feeds everywhere posting duplicate content all over the Internet.

If you take time to spin or alter the article by using a software tool such as the Mass Article Creator, then every piece of content that you submit to the many article sites will be unique content.

Why would I want to submit articles to places like Ezine Articles?

There are several reasons that people submit to article websites, but mainly two that bring great benefits.

1) Traffic- You will see an increase in traffic by entering your articles. Have you noticed that Google serves up a lot of Ezine Articles in the top of the results pages? The reason is that Ezine has a very high page rank. You can submit your content and it will make it on the front-page of Google almost every time depending upon how much competition there is in your niche. In the authors bio section you can add a link to your Homestead website; this is how you get a boost in visitors.

2) Link Juice- You are allowed to add a backlink pointing to your website when you submit articles to article directories. If you choose websites that have high page rank a back link can be very beneficial for your site.

Not only is the Mass Article Changer great for making many articles from one, but it’s a great way to enrich content with unique keywords too. Once you upload your content into the software content spinning system, all you have to do is hold the mouse cursor over a word and the program will give you a list of optional words to replace it with. Your content can become rich with a large assortment of variations of one word.

When changing one article into several take time to really make them original pieces of work. I always go beyond what the software suggests and change some of the sentence structure. I would only publish them in article directories or on blogs. I would not place them on my Homestead website where the original article was posted. When you are finished there should be very little relation to the original piece.