Most Important SEO Tools Of The Trade

Lauren · Posted: May 4, 2006, 6:15 pm Post subject: Most Important SEO Tools Of The Trade

Mommy's Helper - Mom's Market Ezine
Issue #128
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

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Editor's Rambling:
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Note from Anita

Spring is certainly in the air - or is that a little bit of summer I smell? Either way ... I?m LOVING this weather! How about you? This past weekend I had the privilege to meet one of our very own Shannon (aka CBBBShannon) Shannon held an event called Shop For a Cure in efforts to help out the American Cancer Society. I had a fantastic time and it was truly great to meet someone face to face after all this time. Thanks for a wonderful time Shannon!

I also got to meet quite a few wonderful women at this event. Visit our Direct Sales Industry News Blog to keep up with the whole story at http://direct-sales-news.blogspot.com

We?re celebrating Moms and the insane things we have to put up with from our kids! Have you seen our Mother?s Day Contest yet? If not, stop on over and enter at http://mommyshelperonline.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3990
Let us know ... what drives you insane?

Till next week...

~Anita DeFrank
Mommy's Helper

Note from Kara

Rain, rain go away! It's been quite the wet week here, and our yard is in dire need of being mowed. If only it would stop raining long enough for us to do it! Not to mention I would like to get my garden planted, along with more home improvement work outside. Although we have plenty of work to do in here. We're currently working on getting the living room painted, and then will be painting more areas of the house.

On a side note, yesterday I posted on a very important topic that seems to be getting out of control. If you are involved in a raffle group of any kind, you'll want to read this:
http://mommyshelperonline.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3995

See you next week!

~Kara Kelso~
Mom's Market

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Most Important SEO Tools Of The Trade

Before you start optimizing your site for search engines, there are some tools that you should arm yourself with. These tools can become your best friends when it comes to SEO, especially when you're just starting out. The first and most important step in any search engine position campaign is recognizing which keywords you should optimize your site for, and there are several pieces of software that are useful for this, including Wordtracker, Optilink, Arelis, and SEO Detective.

WordTracker's keyword research service is the only one on the Internet that provides a comprehensive database of the most popular keywords in a particular industry. It can help you recognize associated keywords that you may have never thought of. One of the differences between WordTracker and other tools is that it can spot subtle differences, for example singular and plural keywords, or often-misspelled ones, and tell you which versions are more popular.

Optilink has become very popular in a short period of time because of the power it gives you over search engines. Every site that links to you boosts your ranking, especially if its content is relevant to yours. Optilink helps you to come up with strategies to improve your link structure and get a better ranking. Here are some of the things it does:

1. Analyzes the link structures of your top-ranking competitors.

2. Tells you why your competitors rank well, so you can try to copy what they're doing.

3. Tells you what kind of rankings you can expect if you adopt similar linking strategies.

4. Helps to monitor sites you've exchanged links with, to ensure that they're still linking to you.

Arelis has an excellent way of increasing the link popularity of your site -- by exchanging with other sites that are related to yours, giving you a head start on your SEO. Arelis does the work for you, identifying sites that it thinks you should try to exchange links with. If you look for the sites yourself you'll often find it's not worth the time, but an SEO tool like Arelis lets you do it instantly. Once you've got links, you can manage and maintain them automatically.

SEO Detective helps you to check your sites rankings - this is good to see how your SEO efforts are working. Many people just optimize and submit, thinking the work is done, but they're wrong. You need to continuously check your site's rankings, and SEO Detective is a reliable and quick tool for doing this.

The only real problem you might have with any of this software is that search engines can change the way they display their results, breaking the tools until their authors update them. This means that most position reporting software gets outdated very quickly. It's not that much of an issue, though, as most software is provided on a subscription basis with updates included, rather than bought only once.

If you really want to stay ahead in the SEO industry, you should try as many different tools as you can. By paying attention to what tools others are using and learning how they work, you will have the edge in the SEO market. So get out there, and download these SEO tools of the trade!

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Childcare
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Outdoor Games and Activities for Toddlers

It's a beautiful day and your toddler or preschooler is begging to go outside. What to do when you get out? Here's some simple ideas:

Walk to Park
The walk alone is enough to keep them busy. When you there, of course they'll even have more to do. It's a great time for you to relax a bit and enjoy the day, keeping an eye on them while they bounce from one activity to the other.

Play Fresbie
If you have a small backyard, you might need to go to the park to do this. However, if your yard is big enough this is a simple activity you can do at home.

Baseball/T-ball
Another possible at home activity if your yard is big enough. All you really need is some cheap baseball equiptment (plastic ball, plastic bat) for younger children.

Walk around neighboorhood
There's many interesting things to do while walking around the neighboorhood. You can count the animals and birds you see, count certain colored cars or house, or any number of fun games.

Pool Time
If it's a nice enough day, you can either fill up the kiddie pool in the backyard, or head to the local public pool. Either way it's sure to please the kids!

Be sure to see our other ideas for things to do with your children!

Article Source: http://wahm-articles.com

About the Author: Kara Kelso is the mother of 2 and owner of several online businesses. For more ideas like this, visit: www.idea-queen.com

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Coffee Break
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Sweet Addiction

?Lisa Barker

Is it me or do most two-year olds sound like Forrest Gump?

It?s not that mine is always asking for a box of chocolates, it?s the way he asks for it. ?Mommmm-MA? Can I have a BOX of choc-LETTES??

Run, Momma, run! That?s what I have to do when my youngest gets it in his head that he wants candy. He?s a little sugar addict.

For most of the world (excluding some bachelors) there are five basic food groups. They are vegetables, fruits, grains, meat and/or legumes and dairy. For little sugar addicts there are also five basic food groups: hard candy, soft candy, candy on a stick, chocolate and non-chocolate.

Now, my son is a candy connoisseur. Pinky extended he picks up one piece at a time, pops it in his mouth and with pursed lips thoroughly crunches it down, savoring every last bit.

This is the same child that can swallow green beans whole lest they touch his teeth or tongue. Give him candy and he?s in the best mood. But deny his pitifully cute request for some candy and?you have a hyper-hopping-red-faced little terror on your hands. ?Candy-candy-candy-gimme-candy-NOW!?

For this I?d like to thank those who have dedicated their lives to plastering my child?s world with sugar. (Don?t tell me I just have to say ?no? or turn off the television. That?s work. I want to point some fingers.) From commercials advertising cereals, breakfast tarts and snacks that look and taste like candy to the actual items stocked at kid level in the grocery store (especially in the checkout line), the world is well-supplied for the pint-sized sugar addict.

Don?t ask me to ask him to abstain. We all know he?s going to do it anyway. Can?t we just give him sugar-free candy? Asking my son to deny himself is like expecting a recovering alcoholic to stay strong while working in a bar. It makes a great situational comedy, but in real life it doesn?t always work. In real life Sam takes a drink?and my son turns into a holy terror because mom said ?no? to a box of Sugar Bombs cereal.

Now I have to heave my son down the supermarket aisle. He?s stuck to my leg because he refuses to let me walk away without a box of Sugar Bombs. People in the checkout line give me ?the look??the one that says they?ve been inspired to use birth control.

We finally make it to the van and I want to reward myself with some peace and quiet. So?I take the candy I bribed him with in the store and pop it into his mouth.

What? You expected a different ending? Hey, life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you?re going to get.

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Jelly Mom? is written by Lisa Barker, author of "Just Because Your Kids Drive You Insane...Doesn't Mean You Are A Bad Parent!" and syndicated through Martin-Ola Press/Parent To Parent. To publish Jelly Mom, buy the book or leave comments, please visit http://www.jellymom.com.

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Recipes
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Amaretto Cheesecake

1 1/2 c graham cracker crushed
1/2 Stick butter, melted
15 oz Ricotta cheese
8 oz Cream cheese
4 Eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 c Sugar
1/3 c Amaretto liquor
1 ts Vanilla
1/4 ts Salt

Great topped with strawberry jam. Combine crumbs of graham crackers and butter; press over bottom and sides of greased 9 inch spring- form pan. Chill. Preheat oven to 325. Beat together ricotta and cream cheese until smooth. Pour mixture into pan; bake 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until firm in middle. Cool 30 minutes in pan before removing. Cool completely (preferrably in refrigerator overnight) before serving. Top with fresh fruit, or jam.

Do you have a favorite recipe to share?
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Note: Recipes must be quick, easy, healthy, and original. Nothing from a cookbook or a box please.

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