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Tips for Maximizing Your Clickthrough

Tips for Maximizing Your Clickthrough

- Make sure your Meta TITLE tag gives a clean, readable overview of the page – and also sells the page!

- Let the search visitor know, in as few words as you can, that they’re very likely to get what they want quickly from this link.

- Keep Meta TITLE tags under 66 characters (for Google). Any longer and the title will be shortened, which may make an incomplete phrase and compromise appeal.

- Avoid the temptation to stuff your Meta TITLE tags with multiple permutations of the same terms. You might get more good rankings, but if the title isn’t appealing, you could sacrifice traffic.

- Always use meta description tags, and use them to sell the click as well.

- Make sure the meta description contains your target search phrase, or Google may grab content from the page instead.

- Keep meta descriptions under about 150 characters, or they will also be chopped off.

- Keep your text short, punchy, to the point. Don’t feel you have to use all the space available. A short Meta Title tag or Meta Description will be easier to read and could work better.

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How to build long term traffic organically

Something you can start on. You need to submit your site to as many directories as possible. If you can do it 1 hour a month, it will be great. 1 hour every 2 weeks and its incredible. 1 hour every week and you will see results quicker. 1 hour every day and within a year you will easily be making money off adsense.

Directories will get you a small amount of traffic, plus good page rank with google, which later you can use to sell links.

This is just stuff you do in your spare time… for fun.. fire and forget. Dont think about how much time it takes or it will be a hassle. Just do a little at a time and it adds up big in the future.

Lets say you have a jewelry site and you want to submit your site to as many directories as possible:

Go to google and type:
jewelry directories

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=jewerly+directories&btnG=Google+Search&meta=#hl=en&sa=X&ei=6pICTtSOJq7ciALPi9X3BA&ved=0CB8QvwUoAQ&q=jewelry+directories&spell=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=97a511600a7064dc&biw=1920&bih=946

FIND THE FREE ONES. If it asks for money, just move on. If you put in all the info and it asks for money just exit. I usually have a notepad open with my:

link
description
keywords
names and phone numbers (i dont usually put real names or phone numbers in and sometimes you cant leave them blank and sometimes i dont want to enter my real name or phone, this doesnt matter)

YOU HAVE TO SEARCH AROUND ON HOW TO ACTUALLY SUBMIT THE URL. SOMETIMES IT ISNT EASY. AFTER DOING IT FOR A BIT, YOU WILL FIND IT QUICKLY. Sometimes its easy and you will find SUBMIT SITE, or ADD URL in the bottom right or top right, sometimes in the middle bottom etc. (add your site etc or sometimes its just a contact us link) Sometimes you will need to make a reciprocal link (that means link back to them) so you may want to create a links page and put their link on that page. Look for the category or submit link right away, if its PAY, leave… dont bother. If its not, then submit.

There are a billion directories out there. If each one gives you 1 hit, and you submit to a lot of them, you will get some really good organic traffic……… AND build your page rank. Building page rank will allow you to sell links, get higher search engine listings, will have people come up to you eventually and ask to buy links on your site and will help with Adsense in the future, AND possible allow you to sell your site at the end, for big cash.

Finding complimentary partners.

Example

I have a site that offers web design. I dont want to link to other web designers…

But I use a lot of photos in photo shop. I could approach a site with HIGH PAGE RANK that does photo restoration. (this is just one idea) I just simple let them know my page rank, traffic stats and it would be a good idea to partner up. Do not make generic messages, personalize them all and you will get better results. It takes awhile to build strong connections so if you fire 10 off and no one accepts, don’t worry and move on.

I could also approach people who make photo shop plugins and ask for a reciprocal link. I check their page rank (i installed the google page rank bar on my firefox) and if their page rank is equal to or more or at least near my page rank, I ask them to become partners. I send them an email with the amount of traffic I am getting and then ask (do this later… as your traffic grows)

Another idea… if I dont want to do advertising, I can link to people who submit websites

Another idea… I can link to people who do BRYCE 3d designs.

I just approach them, let them know my page rank, let them know traffic stats and then ask them if they would like to link and let them know I will place them in a prominent place on my front page. Save these links for the best of the sites with the highest page ranks.

Classified ads

The next thing you can try is type on google

free classifieds

You can save the bookmark of your search in your bookmarks to know what page on google you are at… I just keep going… i have been doing this for years.

This are all things you can do for FREE, that may give you value in the future. Few follow these steps even when ask them to. And most fail. Just do it. :)

FORUMS:

Write on forums. This is a really good way of organic search engine marketing AND it can bring you a lot of valued traffic. Start this way.

type in google

Jewelry forums

Sign up for an account and talk about what you love!! :) At the bottom in your signature, put your website. Or even offer your website on the forum (make sure you follow all the forum rules) This is just like talking on facebook or where ever, but the difference is, you are building your business.

Be an expert in your field. Help people and you will be surprised what business opportunities come out of it.

Remember… I dont have time to do all these things either. What I do is just one little thing. 1 day I may just talk on a forum, the other day, I may make a new web page, the other day, I may add my site to directories, and many days I dont do shit :) The key is just to fire and forget and it adds up big time!

Creating web pages:

Make as many web pages as you can. The more the better. Link them inside your site. Blogs are good for this, or just make a new page for the keyword you desire.

Want the keyword…

pink crystal jewelry

Then make a new page that talks about it. Create it quickly, link it to your front page or at least somewhere and then forget it. I have created over 800 pages…

These are just a few ideas of what you can do, to build long term solid organic traffic as well as build your page rank and your site worth!

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Where are outlook emails stored and thunderbird email

Where are Outlook 2003 emails stored?

I’m having to reformat my computer, because i cannot boot up windows. I have a very important email i received through Outlook 2003. Is there any way i can get this email? If i can get access to the files, where are the emails stored?

Many thanks,
Daniel.

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the email data is usually stored here:

C:\Documents and Settings\*Username*\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

They won’t be stored as single items but as pst files, if in doubt back the entire folder up and then once you have formatted and reinstall, copy them back across to that destination (once you have reinstalled Outlook2003).

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Re: Where are Outlook 2003 emails stored?
I would like to add an additional note to this thread that might make things easier for some new users.

“Local Settings” is a hidden folder.

So, in order to access,
“C:\Documents and Settings\*Username*\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook”

While in Windows Explorer
1. Click on “Tools” in the top menu
2. drop-down and click on “Folder Options”
3. On Folder Option window, click on “View”
4. put dot next to “Show hidden files and folders”
5. click “Apply” then “OK”

Now, users will be able to see the folders and files in “Local Settings”

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Transferring data to a new profile – Thunderbird

Sometimes when you have problems with Thunderbird and can’t figure out what’s wrong, it’s easier to create a new profile and transfer any data you want to save, rather than keep trying to fix your existing profile. This article is also useful if you want to merge multiple profiles. If you’re using Firefox or SeaMonkey, see Transferring data to a new profile – Firefox or Transferring data to a new profile – SeaMonkey.

See Move to a new PC or Moving your profile folder – Thunderbird instead if your profile is okay and you just want to move it.
Contents
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1 Preparation
2 Create a new profile
3 Identify what you want to salvage
3.1 Account settings
3.2 Add-ons
3.3 Address books
3.4 Cookies
3.5 Dictionaries
3.6 Mail
3.6.1 Less important mail and news files
3.7 Lightning add-on
3.8 News
3.9 Saved passwords
3.10 Tags
3.11 User styles
4 See Also

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Preparation

Since you may be copying files over existing files with the same name, its a good idea to first back up your profiles as a precaution. MozBackup is a popular way to do that if you use Windows.

You may also want to compact your folders using File -> Compact Folders to avoid copying “deleted” messages that haven’t been physically deleted yet (they’re just marked for deletion and hidden from view).
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Create a new profile

Create a new profile, if you haven’t done so already. To do this, completely close Thunderbird by choosing File -> Exit (or Quit). Use the Profile Manager to create a new profile. Make note of the name you give to the new profile so you can distinguish between the old and the new. Then completely close Thunderbird.
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Identify what you want to salvage

If you haven’t identified what set of files is causing your problem, it’s recommended you copy files from your old profile folder to the new one in several steps, testing whether things are still working okay between steps. Since re-entering your account settings can be error prone (and you need accounts to check whether a lot of the functionality is working), it’s frequently a good idea to copy them first.

A list of files used to store each type of data is provided below. It’s recommended that you only copy data that you either can’t recreate (such as messages) or would be a lot of work to recreate (such as address books and account settings) to the new profile. Its frequently quicker to re-install or re-configure something than to spend time debugging what you did wrong. This article assumes you’re using Thunderbird 1.5 or later. If you’re using a older version, you may need to look at Files and folders in the profile – Thunderbird to see if there are any changes that affect you.
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Account settings

user.js (an optional file) and prefs.js

You may need to manually edit the paths in prefs.js to reflect the new profile location. If the new profile doesn’t have the same extensions, you may have some unused preferences set by those extensions, but that usually doesn’t harm anything.
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Add-ons

extensions directory – Themes and Extensions.

Delete the extensions.ini, extensions.cache and extensions.rdf files in the directory. They will be regenerated when you start Thunderbird. This avoids potential problems due to old paths.

A few extensions store data in additional files in the profile, usually at the top of the directory. For example, the Lightning extension uses *.sdb files to store calendars. You’ll need to move them separately.
[edit]
Address books

abook.mab and history.mab – Personal and Collected Addresses address books.

If you have any other address books, Thunderbird will ignore them if you just copy them. See this article for how to migrate them.
[edit]
Cookies

cookies.txt

Thunderbird disables cookies by default. If you have any, they might be for the webmail extension.
[edit]
Dictionaries

persdict.dat – (optional) Personal spelling dictionary

Any other optional dictionaries (such as the UK version of the English dictionary) are extensions. Your default dictionary is installed as part of Thunderbird and is not part of your profile.
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Mail

Mail directory – POP accounts
Local Folders directory – Global inbox and/or locally stored messages. It’s in the Mail directory.
ImapMail directory – IMAP accounts

popstate.dat (in each POP account directory) – Keeps track of which messages have been downloaded from the POP server.
msgFilterRules.dat (in each account directory) – Message filters

The simplest way to migrate your mail is to copy Mail and ImapMail (and their sub directories) to the top directory in the new profile, overwriting the existing ones. See Empty folders if it doesn’t work.

However, the safest way is to use the ImportExportTools extension to import whatever folders you want to keep. When you run the menu command, it gives you the option of selecting a directory and having it find and select all of the folders in that directory and its subdirectories. See Importing folders for how to install and use that extension.

See this article if you are an advanced user and want to manually move several folders.

You need to copy the popstate.dat file for each POP account to prevent Thunderbird from downloading all of the messages for that server again (assuming they haven’t been deleted). If you have any message filters, they’re also stored in each account directory. If you copied the Mail directory, then you have already copied those files.

If you stored your attachments in a separate directory, you need to also copy that directory. By default, attachments are stored within the mail folder with the messages (you don’t have to do anything).

If you didn’t copy the existing account settings, you will need to create new accounts. If you recreate a POP or IMAP account using the same mail server in Tools -> Account Settings -> Server Settings, it should reuse the directories you copied. For example, Gmail uses a pop.gmail.com server, so it will always create a pop.gmail.com subdirectory within the Mail directory to store everything for that account. However, if you have multiple mail accounts with the same mail server, it’s going to add a suffix (localhost-1, localhost-2 etc.) to the mail account directory, and you’ll need to figure out which directory is used for each account. In that case, it’s probably best to avoid this problem by using the ImportExportTools extension.
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Less important mail and news files

mimeTypes.rdf – Actions to perform on downloaded files
virtualfolders.dat – Saved Search folder settings
training.dat – Custom training for Junk Mail Controls
mailviews.dat – Custom message views

If you want to migrate these files, save them for last.
[edit]
Lightning add-on

cookies.sqlite – Lightning’s cookies are stored separately
permissions.sqlite – Permissions
storage.sdb – Calendar data

[edit]
News

News directory – Newsgroups messages and settings.
hostinfo.dat in News directory – Lists all the newsgroups available for the current server
msgFilterRules.dat – Message filters for the newsgroups
*.rc in News – subscribed newsgroups

If necessary, create a new “newsgroup” account for each news server in the new profile (“File -> New -> Account”), then close Thunderbird and copy over the “News” folder contents.
[edit]
Saved passwords

key3.db – Key database for passwords. The two other files require it.
signons.txt Saved passwords.
cert8.db Security certificates used by SSL etc.

Normally you would copy all three of these files or none of them.

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How to Hard Reset the Rogers Dream

How to Hard Reset the Rogers Dream – on 7 Jan 2010 10:18 AM

A master reset restores the original factory settings and will erase all downloaded content, including ringtones, contacts stored in the handset memory, etc. It does not erase data stored on the SIM card or memory card (if available). Back up all necessary data on the device memory before proceeding.

Menu Path Method:
From the Home screen, press the Menu Button and select Settings.
Select SD & phone storage.
Select Factory data reset.
Select Reset phone.
Select Erase everything.
The device will dump all of the data and reload.

Key Stroke Method
Power the device OFF.
Press the Home Key and the Power Button until the device vibrates (quickly) and the Rogers Logo Flashes.
You should now have a screen with a Warning Triangle on it.
Slide open the keyboard and press ALT and L; this should bring you to the System Recovery Utility.
Press ALT and W to start the recovery process.
Once the process is complete, it will show “Data Wipe Complete”.
Press the Home Key and the Back Button to reboot the device.

I hope this helps someone!

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Godaddy Promo Codes

Here is a godaddy promo code that works AS OF OCT 11 2010

BTPS412 – $2.50 (30%) off / $7.49 any .COM (renewals too… just used it)
WORKED

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Calgary Intersection Safety Camera Locations

Need Locations of the Intersection Safety Cameras in Calgary?

Updated: Thursday, July 15, 2010 11:16 AM
Intersection Safety Cameras
Intersection Safety Camera Locations

The Intersection Safety Camera program consists of more than 40 intersections monitored by cameras throughout the City of Calgary; in a continuing effort to promote safety and awareness in motorists at intersections. The Intersection Safety Cameras will be rotated into intersections that have experienced increases in collisions and violation rates.

Should you require any further clarification please contact Traffic Section, at
403-567-4000.

The fixed Intersection Safety Camera intersections are located at the following locations:
•001 – Macleod Tr/162nd Avenue S.E.
•002 – Macleod Trail/12th Avenue S.E.
•003 – Centre Street/20 Avenue North
•004 – John Laurie Boulevard/53 Street N.W.
•005 – 68th Street/16th Avenue N.E.
•006 – Sarcee Trail/Richmond Road S.W.
•007 – 4th Street/6th Avenue S.W.
•008 – 61st Avenue/Barlow Trail S.E.
•009 – Crowchild Trail/24th Avenue N.W.
•010 – 11th Avenue/4th Street S.W.
•011 – 11th Avenue/14th Street S.W.
•012 – 17th Avenue/44th Street S.E.
•013 – 14th Street/Heritage Drive S.W.
•014 – 14th Street/Northmount Drive N.W.
•015 – 64th Avenue/4th Street N.E.
•016 – Anderson Road/Acadia Drive S.E.
•017 – 9th Avenue/11th Street S.W.
•018 – Barlow Trail/32nd Avenue N.E.
•019 – 52nd Street /32 Avenue N.E.
•020 – Bowness Road/Shaganappi Trail N.W.
•021 – Canyon Meadows Drive/Bowbottom Trail S.E.
•022 – Southland Drive/Acadia Drive S.E.
•023 – Fairmount Drive/Southland Drive S.E.
•024 – Elbow Drive/Southland Drive S.W.
•025 – Beddington Trail/Centre Street North
•026 – Falconridge Boulevard/64th Avenue N.E.
•027 – 1st Street/17th Avenue S.E.
•028 – McKnight Boulevard/Barlow Trail N.E.
•029 – Barlow Trail/Centre Avenue East
•030 – Shaganappi Trail/Northland Drive N.W.
•031 – Blackfoot Trail/42 Avenue S.E.
•032 – Memorial Drive/52 Street N.E.
•033 – 16th Avenue/10 Street N.W.
•034 – Edmonton Trail/McKnight Boulevard N.E.
•035 – Memorial Drive/28th Street N.E.
•036 – Macleod Trail/7th Avenue S.E.
•037 – Bow Trail/33rd Street S.W.
•038 – 17th Avenue/33rd Street S.W.
•039 – Elbow Drive/Heritage Drive S.W.
•040 – Country Hills Boulevard/Beddington Trail N.W.
•041 – Glenmore Trail/Barlow Trail S.E.
•042 – McKnight Boulevard/Falconridge Boulevard N.E.
•043 – Macleod Trail/25th Avenue S.E.
•044 – Country Hills Boulevard/14th Street N.W.
•045 – Deerfoot Trail/16th Avenue N.E.
•046 – Macleod Trail/Sunvalley Boulevard S.W.
•047 – Deerfoot Trail/Memorial Drive N.E.

So you better slow down in Calgary!

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Purpose of this area

Welcome to the Frynge.com blog. This area, will provide information that helps our clients better manage their own web sites, as well as providing ADVERTISING TIPS AND TECHNIQUES, HELP FOR ONLINE SALES, INCREASING YOUR BOTTOM LINE, WEB SITE MANAGEMENT, WEBMASTER TIPS/TRICKS AND RESOURCES you can use to help build a successful online business or successul web site.

I am leaving comments open to this point, to allow others to offer their ideas and help.

What I intend to do, is to offer free tidbits of gold, that I come across on a daily basis, in order to pass these on to my clients and anyone who enters this site.

I hope this resource center helps you in some way

Kelly Sigethy
Frynge.com

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10 ways to get traffic to your site

10 Better Ways Than “SEO” To Get Web Site Traffic

Does your web site clearly tell your prospects why they should do business with you instead of your competitors? Does it have a clear “call-to-action”? Are you set up to track your visitors and conversion rates? And lastly, do you know what a visitor is worth?
If you’ve done all this, you’re ready to bring traffic to your site. If you haven’t, go back and do those things or you’ll be wasting money.

Everyone wants “organic” or “free” traffic, but it’s a full time job to try to keep on top of the search engines changing rules. Instead, if you build a good content-rich site and do the things on this list, you’ll get traffic from these things and help your ranking at the same time.


:: Pay-Per-Click (PPC)

Get trafficc in an hour with PPC. Google and Overture (now Yahoo) are the primary ones, but you might also want to consider FindWhat.com. Key to make this work: know your visitor value, bid on hundreds of keywords and phrases that are not too competitive, and track each keyword or phrase separately.

:: Distribute Your Content

write articles of value to your target market. Distribute that content for other webmasters to use on their sites as long as they keep the link back to you in a “resource box” at the end of each article. Distribute your articles through article directories, ezines, and your blog. Key to make this work: valuable content.

:: Submit Press Releases

submit electronic press releases frequently with news of interest to the media and your target market. Since press releases are news, if they get picked up, it will be quickly and you can get hundreds of links back to your site this way. Key to make this work: write 300 � 500 word releases, include a link back to you, and have them written and distributed by experts who know how to optimize each release for keywords (not typical PR firms).

:: Set Up a Blog with RSS

to be effective blogs must have frequently updated content. Base yours on information helpful to your customers, not sales pitches. Don’t do it unless you can commit some ongoing time to it. Seth Godin says the keys to a successful blog are (1) Candor, (2) Urgency, (3) Timeliness, (4) Pithiness � be short & to the point, (5) Controversy. Key to make this work: make it interesting to your visitors, submit to all the blog directories, ping the search engines when you post, distribute your content with RSS (others can use on their blogs or web sites without the hassle of negotiating permission and distribution doesn’t get caught in sp@m filters like email).

:: Get One-Way Incoming Links

All the above will create incoming, one-way links, but you can also buy links from other sites and from text link brokers. Don’t bother with reciprocal linking, it’s dead. Make sure you get links from pages with a Google page rank higher than 0. A site Google rates as 0 maybe because they are penalizing it for some reason and if you link to it, you will get hurt as a result. Key to make this work: Make sure links have your keywords in the anchor text and make sure they are text, not graphical links. Make sure they are from other relevant sites, not link farms or FFA sites. Best is links from pages without many other links.

:: Give Other Sites Your Testimonial

let them publish it on their web site as long as they link back to you. This can get you a one-way link from a site that would otherwise not give it to you. Key to make this work: keep it short and to the point.

:: Email Promotions

Advertise in Ezines, place ads in someone else’s email newsletters that reach your target market. Key to make this work: track everything carefully.

:: Joint Ventures

Get promoted to your JV partner’s customer database by your JV partner. John Reese sold over $1 Million of his information product in 24 hours exclusively by using joint venture promotions from his partners sending his offer to their customer lists. He paid his partners 50% commission on salës. Key to make this work: know your visitor value and have a tested and proven sales page that converts well BEFORE you contact JV prospects.

:: Get Affiliates

If selling a product, offer a commission to affiliates to sell for you. Each affiliate’s link to your sales letter conversion page will bring you traffic and a better search engine rank too. Key to make this work: Make it financially attractive to your affiliates, provide all the promotional and sales materials, give them as many tracking codes as they want so they can track each thing they do at their end, do the work for them and make it easy to sign up. Provide tested emails, banners, and other tools for them to use.

:: Buy Other Web Sites

Find web sites that already rank high on your keywords, verify their traffic with the site owner and buy their site. Make sure to get ownership of the domain name you can let them still use their content elsewhere. Check deleteddomains.com to see what domains you register for a few dollars that their owners have let expire. Key to make this work: Check Google page rank, Alexa rank and number of back links for any site before you buy it. (One marketer I know challenged some SEO experts to see who could get ranked highest on a given term in 24 hours he won, the techies did a lot of things, but the marketer just bought the site that was # 1.)

And lastly, the one everyone usually starts with…

:: Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Lots of technical issues and you should hire an expert to do it for you. Anyone who guarantees high rankings is a fraud because no one can guarantee Google or Yahoo will do anything and the rules change constantly. (They will guarantee some key word like your company name, but not a competitive word that would do you any good). How your site is designed is the key to this.

The big 3 of SEO are:

Content
Relevant one-way incoming links with good Google PR
Proper site design.

Everything listed in the 10 points above helps with content and providing one-way links, so all you need to add is proper site design. Key to make this work: don’t think one page site, think a site with hundreds of optimized pages all tightly themed and relevant to one target market. Make sure to get someone ethical and competent. People publishing articles on MarketingSherpa.com or SiteProNews.com are typically good.

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