How to Increase Your Google Rank in 5 Simple Steps

Throughout this article I'm going to use some terminology you may not be familiar with.

Inbound link - Theses are one way links coming into your website

Outbound link - There's are one way links that are leaving your website

Cross Links - These are link exchanges, eg you link to site A and site A links back to you

Page Rank/PR - This is on a scale of 1-10 and is how Google measures how important your website is

SEO or Search engine optimization is key to driving traffic to your website from search engines. People often wonder how to get those coveted 1-10 ranks for your keywords, but struggle in doing so. The first and most important step in obtaining those rankings is to target specific key phrases. Its better to target a specific phrase than an individual word, as competition for the individual words is very high and usually dominated by massive businesses.

1) Check out your competitors

For example, lets assume your business sells computers. It would be an impossible task to optimize your site for the keyword 'computer' or 'computers'. If you do a Google search for 'computer' you will see there are 1,330,000,000 results and the top ranking sites include apple and dell to name a few. You will never get into that top 10 list, there is simply to much competition.

2) So, what do I do?

Have a look at your website and ask yourself what do you sell? Is it computers specifically built to play games? If so you should try 'custom gaming pcs. This search term returns 413,000 results much easier to beat than the previous 1,330,000,000 results and the #1 spot only has 53 inbound links. This should be fairly easy to beat and take their precious #1 spot.

Before we start looking at how to build links, you need to make sure that your website has being optimized for your chosen keywords. I recommend a piece of software called http://www.seoelitedirect.com

3) Checking out competitors inbound links

If you haven't purchased SEO Elite (http://www.seoelitedirect.com) which has this superb feature built in. I will show you how to check out your competitors links, the long way...

Access toolbar.google.com and install the toolbar on your browser. Type your keyword into the search (in this example 'custom gaming pcs') and then click on options > more tab and tick the page info box. Simply click on the blue circle icon with an I in it and then choose 'Backwards links'. This will show you a sample of the incoming links a page has, as you can see the #1 spot has 53 inbound links.

4) Make friends with other websites

Look at each inbound link the #1 spot has, see if each page is relevant to your website, it probably is! Browse around the site and find a way to contact the webmaster, there is usually an email address somewhere. Simply contact the webmaster and ask if they would like to trade links with you. Take not of the green bar on Google tool bar, this tells you the Page rank of the page. Links from sites with higher PR are better than links from sites with low PR.

Do this for every site that is linking to the #1 site for your keyword. Then do it for spot #2, #3, #4 and so on. Some webmasters will just ignore your email, don't get disheartened, there are plenty more links out there waiting for you! If a webmaster refuses to trade links, thank him gracefully.

5) Results

After doing the above for a couple of weeks, Google will re-index their rankings and you will jump up the search rankings. It can take a few months for your page rank to be updated though so don't worry about that. The more links you build, the higher you will rank. The more you put in the more you get out of it.

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Online Money Making Tools- Keyword Tool

Among the online money making tools you've got for your online business I'm sure a keyword tool is the king and queen! A keyword tool is, in other words, the way to tell how your potential customers are looking into their need. After all, it takes a need and its satisfaction to bring a salesman and a customer together!

There are some available online money making tools that include a keyword tool, others that sell separately and some keyword tools that are free. Although snubbed by certain people these latter ones can be of huge assistance and if used properly do not have anything to miss compared to the more sophisticated tools that sell for a considerable amount of money. Here are some sources for you to explore:

1)The free wordtracker tool. This tool lets you know how many times a certain term has been searched for in the search engines. You can find valuable information here and if you look closely to the related searches that this tool provide you can see certain trends that potential customers develop when searching to buy. Some disadvantages are the not so accurate search volume that comes up with, not in terms of relevancy but in terms of volume and the fact that it does not provide you with some competition information that other tools give you. Nevertheless, it is really effective especially for people that know to read between the lines!

2)The keyword tool from Google adwords. This is again a fine keyword tool that has the main advantage to provide data straight from the source: Big Google itself! It gives you info on the search volume of keywords, competition lookout and other statistical data. Among the online money making tools that you may encounter this should become a daily habit! It also has a really powerful feature of keyword research that is similar to reverse engineering!

3) The Google trends. While this is not the typical keyword tool it is free and can be used to spot search terms over the period of time. You can learn for instance that the keyword you were thinking to promote declines during the winter and spikes during summer in terms of volume search. So going after it just before summer would give you something to anticipate.

Of course there are other online money making tools out there but the above ones are really well tested and they are free! They do have some weaknesses and only the combined use of them can help you get over these obstacles.

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Google does NOT consider CPC while paying you! So why do you?

Yes! While paying you for a click, Google doesn't consider the CPC an advertiser is willing to pay. So, why do you put so much emphasis on CPC? Google considers many other factors while deciding your payout. Predict your AdSense earnings by studying the behavior of keywords. Start thinking beyond CPC, and choose the right keywords for your Adsense websites.

The Top Paying and Searching Keywords

Top 11 Paying and Most Searched Keywords on Google and Yahoo

If you have a website, write articles, or want to profit through an affiliate program than this is gold to you! These keywords are the actual top 11 on the internet. Use them and you are on your way to increased traffic, profits and results. Here they are and a little about each to help you on your way.

1) Paris Hilton. Whether we like it or not Paris and her wild lifestyle are here to stay as she is now considered one of the biggest stars. She is sought after by almost every fashion designer and her keywords will do well with any fashion or clothing content.

2) Google. Well, this one is obvious as Google is the largest search engine (regardless what Yahoo says). Being that Google is a search engine it can be used in any content, but works best with relation to websites, search engines, computers and software.

3) Yahoo. The second largest search engine and distant second on Pay per Click campaigns - very, very distant at that. The same will work for Yahoo. Stick with computer related material and you will do well.

4) Ebay. The worlds largest marketplace and auction. Ebay, for the most part is a wholesale marketplace. It is ruled by feedback and can give you a good idea as to the real value of a car (check Ebay motors). On Ebay anything goes including people selling tattoo advertising on themselves. In other words, anything can be linked to Ebay in one way or another. Yes, there is even porn on Ebay.

5)Eminem. Yes, the real slim shady is back. According to R and B and rap he never left as he is the number one rapper currently. If you need content on current music or teen and young adult topics Eminem is sure to bring you visitors.

6) Britney Spears. She was the hottest pinup for teens and preteens, but now she is probably pregnant again. I wonder why Kevin Federline didn't make the list - is it that he isn't a good singer? Britney is great for adolescent or music related
content.

7) mapquest. Want to know where something is or how to get there. Being that we are getting closer to summer people are plotting out there vacations. Or, maybe, due to increasing gas prices thanks to George Bush, maybe they are figuring that its too far and will cost too much in gas. I bet if Hillary Clinton were President these gas prices wouldn't be any higher than $1.60 per gallon. These high gas prices have to do with the Bush family and their ties to big oil and energy. See, Mapquest can be linked to just about any content you want if you just try a little.

8) Tsunami. Even though the big one is over. Relief efforts are still in effect and so are the relief efforts for Katrina. Hint - these people still need lots of help. Tsunami is probably a big keyword due to the recent specials on TV about the next possible tsunami that might hit America. People are concerned and interested over these large scale natural disasters. When is the next earthquake going to hit California, will atsunami hit New York, and what will this hurricane season bring?

9) Girls. Yes, of course. There are millions of perverts and closet perverts out there that are a little over-fascinated with girls. As Donald Trump once said, "sex sells." Yes it does and nothing sells better than women or girls. They can sell anything including the worst items in infomercials and complete scams. A beautiful girl just needs to show a little cleavage and TV ratings soar. Just think what girls can do for your content.

10) American Idol. This is the top rated TV show and its in its 5th or 6th season. It has launched one star - Kelly Clarkson and a bunch of duds. Randy, Paula and simon have now become household names along with Ryan Seacrest. Any content you can tie into the current cast will do well. The previous casts should be avoided as they will soon go back to karaoke and such at local bars.

11) Skin care and skin treatment. This has always been a big one with women. It has been rumored that women will go without food before they will go without makeup and such. Just ask any department store how important skin care and skin treatment products are to their bottem line. Watch Shop NBC - almost every product on there has something to do with skin care and skin treatment for women. There are a wide variety of topics you can easily talk about here from the latest in laser therapy at dermatology offices and at home TCA skin peels for treating acne and wrinkles. Acne is and always will be a big topic as will wrinkles and their respective treatments. For more info on at home TCA skin peels please see the link below.

There you have it the top 11 keywords on the internet from Paris Hilton to skin care and skin treatment to Google and American Idol. All with tips on how to use them to make your content have more impact and drive more traffic.

David Maillie is an alumni of Cornell University and specializes in biochemical synthesis for public, private, and governmental interests and manufactures various skin peels and other for doctors offices and medispas. He can be reached at M.D. Wholesale:

Toshiba's Release new 1.8-inch HDD

Toshiba's New 1.8-inch HDD Achieves 160GB, the Industry's Largest^*1 Storage Capacity for Drive with a Serial ATA Interface

TOKYO—Toshiba Corporation today announced a new line-up of 1.8-inch hard disk drives (HDD) adopting a serial ATA interface, including the industry's first*1 drive of this type with a capacity of 160 gigabytes. The new 160GB drive, MK1617GSG, and an 80GB drive, MK8017GSG, will enter mass production in August.

Toshiba's new 1.8-inch HDDs boost interface speed to 1.5Gbps and offer a rotation speed of 5,400 rpm, faster than the current generation of Toshiba 1.8-inch HDD (MK1214GAH, parallel ATA, 120GB). By realizing the industry's first 160GB 1.8-inch drive with a serial ATA interface, Toshiba assures that mobile PCs will be able to meet the most demanding user needs.

The new MK1617GSG drive is more environmentally efficient than Toshiba's current MK1216GSG (120GB) model, and raises energy consumption efficiency, as defined under the Japanese legal standard, to 0.00281W/GB, a 25% improvement. The drive improves the maximum internal data transfer rate by approximately 17%, and supports faster data access in reading and writing that enhances overall performance.

Alongside Toshiba's 1.8-inch HDD of 80GB and 120GB serial ATA interface drives already in the market, the new drives will provide product manufacturers with a broad line-up that supports diverse applications. The new drives will also contribute to achievement of environmentally conscious products in full compliance with the EU's RoHS directive^*2.

Outline of New Models

Model name	Formatted　Capacity	Dimensions	Weight
MK1617GSG	160GB	54.0 x 78.5 x 8.0mm	62g
MK8017GSG	80GB	54.0 x 78.5 x 8.0mm	60g

Background

Hard disk drives for mobile PCs must be small, light and able to withstand vibration and shock. While Toshiba's 1.8-inch HDD are more robust than 2.5-inch HDD, they have not matched the larger drives in data transfer rates. However, the company's new 1.8-inch HDD combine a serial ATA interface with a faster rotational speed to realize a high speed transfer rate. Building on the achievements of providing a 1.8- inch HDD that employs industry's largest capacity with a serial ATA interface, and expanding its product line-up, Toshiba will continue efforts to provide innovative products that meet market needs for HDD integrated mobile PCs.

Key Features of New Products

1. Industry's largest storage capacity:160GB（MK1617GSG）
The new MK 1617GSG brings the industry's largest capacity of 160GB to a 1.8-inch HDD with a serial ATA interface.

2. Improved energy consumption efficiency (MK1617GSG)
Compared to the MK1216GSG (Serial ATA, 120GB, 1.8-inch HDD), the new MK1617GSG raises energy consumption efficiency, as defined under the Japanese legal standard, to 0.00281W/GB, a 25% improvement.

3. Lighter weight (MK8017GSG)
The new 80GB drive weighs only 60g, 3% lighter than the MK8016GSG (serial ATA, 80GB, 1.8-inch HDD).

4. Higher rotational speed (MK1617GSG and MK8017GSG)
The serial ATA interface supports an interface speed of 1.5Gbps, surpassing the performance of drives with a parallel ATA interface. The drives also operate at a maximum rotation speed of 5,400 rpm, 29% faster than Toshiba's current MK1214GAH (parallel ATA, 120GB, 1.8-inch HDD), supporting much faster data transfers. The disk's higher areal density improves the maximum internal data transfer rate by approximately 17%, and supports faster data access in reading and writing that enhances overall performance.

5. High vibration and shock resistance (MK1617GSG and MK8017GSG)
Compared to current 2.5-inch HDD (MK1652GSX), the new drives offer the higher levels of vibration and shock resistance needed in mobile PCs.

6. Environmentally conscious products offering efficient power consumption (MK1617GSG and MK8017GSG)
Alongside capacity improvement, Toshiba has also achieved a power consumption efficiency of 0.00281W/GB for the MK1617GSG, and 0.00563W/GB for MK8017GSG, as defined in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's Energy Conservation Law, assuring a more environmentally friendly design. The new drives also comply with the EU's RoHS directive.

*1	The industry's largest commercially available capacity in a serial ATA interface 1.8-inch hard disk drive, as of June 11, 2008 (source: Toshiba)
*2	The RoHS Directive, which came into effect in July 2006, is a European Union directive that eliminates the use of six hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.

Toshiba Group, a Corporate Citizen of the Planet Earth, is committed to realizing a better environment. Guided by Toshiba Group Environmental Vision 2050 Toshiba Group is implementing measures to boost environmental efficiency by 10 times in FY2050, against the benchmark of FY2000. Toshiba Group is seeking to reduce CO₂ emissions by a total equivalent to 57.6 million tons by FY2025, through the development and sales of high efficiency power supply equipment and systems, and the manufacture of environmentally conscious home appliances and office equipment. By working to mitigate global warming, make efficient use of resources and control management of chemicals, Toshiba creates value for people and promotes lifestyles in harmony with earth.

Main Specifications

Model name	MK1617GSG	MK8017GSG
Formatted capacity	160GB	80GB
Number of platters	2	1
Number of heads	4	2
Average seek time	15msec
Rotational speed	5,400rpm
Interface	Serial-ATA
Interface speed	1.5Gbps
Dimensions (W x D x H, mm)	54.0 (W) x 78.5 (D) x 8.0 (H)
Weight	62g (max)	60g (max)
Energy consumption efficiency	0.00281W/GB	0.00563W/GB
Shock resistance	Operating: 4,900 m/s2 (500G, 2msec)
	Non-operating: 14,700m/s2 (1,500G, 1msec)

Note: Hard disk capacity is calculated on the basis of 1MB = 1-million bytes, and 1GB = 1-billion bytes.

HP 2nd-Generations TouchSmart Released

HP has launched the 2nd generation of its touchscreen PC range, boasting bigger screens and double the RAM of their predecessor.

The second-generation Touchsmart models, dubbed the IQ504 and IQ506,
feature a thinner chassis, 22in widescreen display and 4GB of RAM, supported by Windows Vista 64-bit.

The announcement increases the momentum of PC touch technology, coming just weeks after Microsoft announced the new multitouch interface for the forthcoming Windows 7

The two models will feature an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, and 320GB or 500GB hard drive, depending on whether you go for the IQ504 and IQ506.

Alongside this you'll also get an integrated Wireless LAN, Bluetooth, DVD burner and 5-in-1 memory card reader. Customers opting for the IQ506 will also get a dual-format ATSC TV tuner.

The new TouchSmart PCs will launch in 17 countries in July, including the US and UK.

PC Gaming is in Good shape- Nvidia

Despite dire predictions from other corners, "the PC is "extremely healthy" and has a strong future as a gaming platform." said Roy Taylor, the vice president of content and developer relations at Nvidia.

"PC gaming is in really, really good shape, but traditional retail sales data measured by ChartTrack and NPD is lackluster, there's no question about it," he said. "By and large, PC games don't go into stores. If you look at the success of Steam, it's clear that many PC gamers prefer to download."

Taylor also pointed to the popularity of MMOGs, a heavily PC-dominated genre, saying that game subscriptions are a major source of revenue not accounted for in sales charts. "World of Warcraft is the most notable success, but there are at least half a dozen other MMOGs that are very successful," he said.

"On top of that, we have online advertising, and if you add all these revenue streams you can see that PC retail is extremely healthy," he continued. "If you were only to read NPD or ChartTrack, you would not get that impression."

His comments pointing the sales figures from Europe revealed that Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, the recently-released fantasy MMOG from Funcom, is competing strongly with Grand Theft Auto IV. The PC-exclusive title moved past Grand Theft Auto to claim the top of the charts in both Sweden and Germany, and came in second behind GTA IV, and ahead of the major PlayStation 3 release Haze in the U.K.

Age of Conan

Humanity, it seems, loves barbarism. Funcom has announced today that their recently released MMO Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is at or near the top of the charts in at least seven countries and has over half a million subscribers so far.

In Germany, Age of Conan is No. 1 on all-format and PC, while the console-orientated UK market has Conan as No. 2 on the all-format charts, only beaten by the GTA 4 juggernaut. The game is the biggest launch for a PC title this year in the UK with a firm No. 1 placement on the PC charts, and the game had the biggest ever MMO launch - outside of the World of Warcraft franchise. In Sweden and Norway, Age of Conan storms in as No. 1 on both PC and all-formats, while contributing to making it the biggest week for PC games in 2008.

“The current momentum and sales are simply awe-inspiring, and it’s great that so many gamers and retailers are helping us to make Age of Conan the MMO sensation of the year,” said Morten Larssen, VP of Sales and Marketing at Funcom. “As more charts and figures come in from additional markets, we expect to see a similar trend there too,” he adds.

As Microsoft’s DirectX 10 is undoubtedly the future of PC gaming, Funcom has decided to ship only the DirectX 9 version at launch, giving the team more time to focus on building a DirectX 10 version worthy of Microsoft’s great vision for the future of PC gaming. This postponement will let Funcom include even more features in the DirectX 10 version of Age of Conan than originally planned.

"The current momentum and sales are simply awe-inspiring, and it's great that so many gamers and retailers are helping us to make Age of Conan the MMO sensation of the year," said Morten Larssen, vice president of sales and marketing at Funcom. "As more charts and figures come in from additional markets, we expect to see a similar trend there too."

Low-Power PCs research by CAI (Computer Aid International)

Rural Africa's unreliable energy sources for PCs has led Computer Aid International to investigate low-power computing alternatives and experiment with the new wave of low-cost machines targeted developing countries.

Computer Aid International (CAI) collects and refurbishes unwanted PCs from U.K. businesses then ships them for reuse in education, health and not-for-profit organizations in developing countries.

"The power supply in Africa's rural areas is unreliable, leaving little choice for steady energy beyond environmentally questionable diesel generators or expensive solar panels and power-generation technologies," said Tony Roberts, CAI's founder and director of development.

"In the past all of the computers that we provided to Zambia and other countries were desktops PC with standard CRT monitors [averaging 200 watts]," said CAI's London Workshop Production Manager Kenfe Tekle.

"Tekle manages a team of 12 technicians who refurbish about 100 PCs per day.
Not all CAI PC recipients have energy issues." said Gertjan Van Stam, (technical director of LinkNet in Zambia) a recipient of Pentium III and IV computers from CAI , he added that he does not have power problems because LinkNet taps main lines from the national electricity grid.

But Roberts explained that in rural areas without main electricity (or no reliable main electricity), CAI has experimented by providing PCs with flat TFT (thin-film-transistor) screens to schools using solar power in order to reduce power consumption.

"We also piloted the use of laptops in preference to desktops for the same reason," Roberts said. "Although these power savings were very useful to those schools reliant upon solar power we decided to conduct research into a range of new computers that claimed much lower power requirements. he said.

"CAI has been looking at low power computing using the traditional desktop power sources of electricity, solar panels and diesel generators," Roberts said.

CAI Technical Officer Ugo Vallauri explained that when they looked at solar energy they realized that many solar panels were not created to power computers. When solar panels are used to power PCs, often one panel powers only one PC.

"The research also showed that the capital of setting up a solar panel system proved very expensive at first because solar panels also needed batteries to help power the computers. One incurs costs in setting up, and in the long run it becomes less and less expensive," said Vallauri.

Vallauri said using generators "was very expensive because rural communities in Africa do not have access to loans or micro-credit to keep running an oil energy source as the prices of fuel in Africa keep on rising."

Vallauri added that research also shows that the use of generators is low cost at first but proved to be very expensive in the long run.

This is why CAI has decided to test new products, Roberts said. He said universities in Kenya, Zimbabwe and Nigeria will field-test the power consumption of the Intel Classmate, OLPC's XO, the EEE PC, NComputing's X300 and Inveneo's Communication machine.

The research will be done by the universities' IT personnel, who are expected to form teams to look at issues specific to the African environment.

The research will be done by the universities' IT personnel, who are expected to form teams to look at issues specific to the African environment.