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<title>Wow: Top 10 Websites That Make the Internet an Awesome Tool to Use</title>
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<![CDATA[<h3><a href="http://www.picitup.com/picitup/index.jsp" target="_blank">Picitup</a></h3>
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<p>This is an awesome new image locating tool that uses Web 3.0 technology to find and locate images and graphics that have been stored and published on the Internet. Unlike Google,Picitup makes locating the exact images that you need or are looking to see a whole lot easier to retrieve from the millions and billions of images published on the worldwide web. The Advanced filtering options allows users to filter images by categories, color, shape, layout, and size or you can retrieve images by visual ranks.</p>
<h3><a href="http://www.jumpcut.com" target="_blank">Jumpcut</a></h3>
<p>This website offers an incredible and unique opportunity for anyone interested in making and creating videos, rich multimedia content and share it with the world or narrow it to only those people that you want to see your finished creation. Jumpcut allows its members to make movies, music videos and even produce their own movie remix. Do everything from collaborating with the user community to using editing tools that makes making movies as easy as 1-2-3.</p>
<h3><a href="http://eyespot.com" target="_blank">Eyespot</a></h3>
<p>The world of accessing the Internet has become more than just logging in on a PC or laptop and exploring the world of information. Now, it includes mobile phones, portable players and other connected devices and being able to share you favorite videos that you create to this broaden market increases the opportunities to let your star shine more brightly. EyeSpot provides video editing and sharing software that is easy-to-use, intuitive, and accessible to all end-users.</p>
<h3><a href="http://chi.lexigame.com" target="_blank">Chihuahua</a></h3>
<p>The Internet is a fantastic place to find and play all kinds of new word games, but Chihuahua is a game that challenges the skills of the finest wordsmiths from around the world. Players must makes as many words as possible 4 letters or more (plurals and verb forms ending in S are not allowed) and at least one word using all 9 letters. Each and every word must incorporate the middle letter on the game board in each of the words. Players can play alone or compete against the world by putting their names on the scoreboard.</p>
<h3><a href="http://campfirenow.com" target="_blank">Campfire</a></h3>
<p>Campfire is a web-based, password-protected chat room that users can employ to collaborate, chat and communicate with up to 60 people at once. Users can share files, images, chat privately or even browse previous chats by person, room, or date given them more communication capabilities than any other chat room of its kind.</p>
<h3><a href="http://www.bloglines.com" target="_blank">BlogLines</a></h3>
<p>BlogLines is an easy-to-use blog and news feed search, online subscriptions, news reader, blog publishing and social sharing tool that allows users to organize and stay up-to-date with all of their favorite web content from a single location. There are numerous features that users can employ to customize their own unique experience and way too many to detail in this article.</p>
<h3><a href="http://www.blummy.com" target="_blank">Blummy</a></h3>
<p>Using Blummy users can add small widgets called &amp;ldquo;blummlets&amp;rdquo;, which will provide rich functionality to the bookmarks that they choose to save or share with others. JavaScript is used to provide the blummlets, so if you do not like using JavaScript, then you might want to steer clear of this tool.</p>
<h3><a href="http://notifyr.org" target="_blank">Notifyr.org</a></h3>
<p>This is an amazing free tool that allows its users to stay notified any time their favorite website, blog or news feed is updated from around the world. It works with any website and the updates are sent via email.</p>
<h3><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com" target="_blank">TravBuddy</a></h3>
<p>This is an excellent website to visit any time you are in the mood to travel, because this user-generate, content-rich Internet travel resource contains travel tips, suggestions and information that are shared among other world travelers like you. Discover the best places to visit, the best places to dine or shop and much more, before you even leave for the airport. TravBuddy is like a personal assistant that makes scheduling your trips a breeze.</p>
<h3><a href="http://www.omnidrive.com" target="_blank">Omnidrive</a></h3>
<p>Omnidrive allows users to aggregate not only all of their desktop files, but all of the user's files and data from different web applications within a single storage space. Users can access all their files and data from anywhere and share with other users or by email. Users can publish music, video or photos to the web or link to them from within forums, blogs or websites, thus making this the perfect desktop organizers for the information junkie or office professional that demands the best organizing tool on the market.</p><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webupon.com%2FWeb-Talk%2FWow-Top-10-Websites-That-Make-the-Internet-an-Awesome-Tool-to-Use.186645"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webupon.com%2FWeb-Talk%2FWow-Top-10-Websites-That-Make-the-Internet-an-Awesome-Tool-to-Use.186645" border="0"/></a>]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:46:36 PST</pubDate></item>
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<title>Top Sites for MySpace Graphics Codes</title>
<link>http://www.webupon.com/Social-Networks/Top-Sites-for-MySpace-Graphics-Codes.157919</link>
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<![CDATA[<p>There are loads of sites online offering free graphics codes for <a href="http://www.myspace.com" target="_blank">MySpace</a>, <a href="http://www.hi5.com" target="_blank">Hi5</a> and <a href="http://www.friendster.com" target="_blank">Friendster</a>. Find lots of cool pictures, messages and happy holiday wishes to send to your friends on these web pages.</p>

<a href="http://www.myspacejunks.com/" target="_blank"><h3>MySpaceJunks</h3></a>
<p>MyspaceJunks provides users with a wide selection of images and animations, ranging from cute and funny to apologies and condolences. You can find holiday and greetings messages such as &amp;ldquo;Happy 4th of July&amp;rdquo; or &amp;ldquo;Happy Birthday&amp;rdquo; in different styles and fonts.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.pimp-my-profile.com/graphics/" target="_blank"><h3>PimpMyProfile</h3></a></p>
<p>PimpMyProfile has become a popular source for html graphics codes, Myspace and Friendster layouts and provides creative options for contact tables and flash MP3 players to embed on your profile. They also offer options for pimping your phone, band marketing and finding free music.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.graphicsdb.com/" target="_blank"><h3>GraphicsDB</h3></a></p>
<p>GraphicsDB (database) have a huge picture gallery to choose from, as well as Myspace backgrounds, layouts, avatars and surveys. The website offers codes for hiding various sections of your Myspace profile, such as &amp;ldquo;Hide Online Now Icon&amp;rdquo;, &amp;ldquo;Hide Navigation Bar&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;Hide Extended Network Text&amp;rdquo;.</p>
<p>There are also some cute options for generating a personalized love note or love letter to send to a friend, boyfriend, girlfriend or Valentine.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.myspacepicturecodes.com/" target="_blank"><h3>MySpacePictureCodes</h3></a></p>
<p>This site adds new content daily, and offers Myspace backgrounds, layouts, cursors, graphics codes and comments. Their graphics categories include videos, cartoons, fireworks, playboy bunny glitters, bling graphics and celebrity graphics. It's a very busy site, with tons of content to choose from.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.myspacegeeks.com/" target="_blank"><h3>MySpaceGeeks</h3></a></p>
<p>MyspaceGeeks have some cool options such as Myspace tweaks and effects, and web games like tetris, air hockey and battleships. However, the site is a bit messy, and finding cool stuff can be difficult.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.blingcheese.com/" target="_blank"><h3>BlingCheese</h3></a></p>
<p>BlingCheese has some awesome comment graphics options, ranging from congratulations, seasonal and holiday messages to religious and fun comments. For sports fans, the site boasts a selection of team name graphics codes and for music fans, a selection of rap artists, pop artists and music bands. You can also find plenty of celebrity pictures from movies and television productions.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.wishafriend.com/graphics/" target="_blank"><h3>WishAFriend</h3></a></p>
<p>WishAFriend graphics categories include Love, Friendship, America, Zodiac and Girly options. The site offers code for Friendster, Hi5 and Myspace profile layouts and some fun options such as clocks, quizzes and quotes.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.graphicshunt.com/" target="_blank"><h3>GraphicsHunt</h3></a></p>
<p>GraphicsHunt has an attractive opening page that allows you to search by keyword for graphics. Simple keywords such as &amp;ldquo;Merry Christmas&amp;rdquo; or &amp;ldquo;Thanksgiving&amp;rdquo; leads to graphics focused specifically on your search choice. User friendly.</p>
<p>Thanks to these sites and others like them, you can now send your friends all sorts of messages for holidays like Halloween, Easter, Valentines Day and Christmas, 4th of July or New Years. There are many comments surrounding genres such as Goth, Emo, Rock and Pop. Many of these sites offer sweet glitter messages, and message generators to send personalized graphics to friends.</p>
<p>Happy hunting!</p><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webupon.com%2FSocial-Networks%2FTop-Sites-for-MySpace-Graphics-Codes.157919"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webupon.com%2FSocial-Networks%2FTop-Sites-for-MySpace-Graphics-Codes.157919" border="0"/></a>]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:21:18 PST</pubDate></item>
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<title>Make Your Own Website</title>
<link>http://www.webupon.com/Web-Design/Make-Your-Own-Website.126065</link>
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<![CDATA[<p>Are you interested in internet? Then you should try to make a new website your self. In the first time web designing is very hard. But if we know some languages and techniques, we can make our own websites. What are the requirements before we start to build a new website?  Read below.</p>
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<li> Suggest a service that makes a lot of money into your pocket and visitor's pocket. (Like free services)</li>
 
<li> Choose a domain that most suitable for that service. You can't change a domain in the time you like. So you must select a good domain name. What are the specifications of a good domain name? Are you confused? This is simple. You must choose domain name as your site name. So that chooses a small, quality, simple, meaningful, cool domain name. You can register for a domain at any hosting service provider. Make sure they are good hosting service providers. You can choose <a href="http://www.ixwebhosting.com" target="_blank">IXWebhosting</a>, One.com &amp;hellip;etc&amp;hellip; </li>
 
<li> Before taking a hosting service. You should compare that with other hosting providers. So you can save a lot of money. Take web space as much you want. Band width is also important. Select an unlimited bandwidth enabled hosting service. </li>
 
<li> A good domain name should only contain about 6 characters. So that chooses a small domain name as possible. That will enable the users to remember your website. If you choose a site like www.mywebsitefromusaukandaustralia.com. Then the users can't remember your website. So they will not visit your site again.</li>
 
<li> After the hosting service choosing. You want to design a site. The languages you want to use are, depending the languages that support your hosting service provider. Best languages are PHP, ASP, JAVA, ASP.NET, and COLDFUSION&amp;hellip;</li>
 
<li> Just consult your hosting provider for more information. If you don't know how you can use that languages just visit w3school.com for simple tutorials. </li>
 
<li> Create a design you like. You can use Adobe Photoshop, Adobe image ready, Macromedia flash, etc&amp;hellip;</li>
 
<li> Then start to arrange the details into a webpage</li>
 
<li> Home page is very important. You should want to give more importance for making a home page. If home page is very bore then the visitors didn't visit your site back.&amp;nbsp; </li>
 
<li> Flash animations are not important for a website. More images will decrease your rankings in Google, Yahoo, and Live&amp;hellip; You can use important keywords more than twice in home page. That will increase your ranking with Google, Yahoo, and Live&amp;hellip;</li>
 
<li> Macromedia Dream weaver is the best software for designing a site. I think that all web designers are using Dream weaver. But if you are professional web 2.0 designer you only want notepad or k-edit to design a site.</li>
 
<li> There are so many freelance designers. But they can't make good sites because they don't know how to know the customer.&amp;nbsp; </li>
 
<li> Choose <a href="http://www.paypal.com" target="_blank">PayPal</a> as the payment system. Also you can add credit cards for attracting more customers. </li>
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<p>&amp;nbsp;</p><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webupon.com%2FWeb-Design%2FMake-Your-Own-Website.126065"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webupon.com%2FWeb-Design%2FMake-Your-Own-Website.126065" border="0"/></a>]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 05:28:21 PST</pubDate></item>
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<title>10 Cool Websites Designed to Make You Say "Wow"</title>
<link>http://www.webupon.com/Web-Design/10-Cool-Websites-Designed-to-Make-You-Say-Wow.116144</link>
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I was so impressed when I found some of these sites that I just had to say “WOW”. I'm sure you will enjoy them.  </p>
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<h3><a href="http://www.jacksonpollock.org/" target="_blank">Jackson Pollock</a></h3>



<img border= "0" alt="" src="http://images.stanzapub.com/readers/webupon/2008/04/29/152809_1.jpg" /><br/><br/>



This is an amazing website. When it first loads you are faced with a blank white screen and the first thought is “there is nothing on the page”... but as soon as you move your mouse and click a few times... that's when the fun begins. Click on this link and get ready for some artistic fun.</li>
 
<li><h3><a href="http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/drum" target="_blank">Albino Blacksheep</a></h3>


<img border= "0" alt="" src="http://images.stanzapub.com/readers/webupon/2008/04/29/152809_2.jpg" /><br/><br/>



 This site will blow your mind. Everything starts off pretty slowly and you're tempted to think that not much is going to happen...but, if you hang in there, you're in for a feast of visual and auditory excellence.</li>
 
<li><h3><a href="http://www.devlisting.com" target="_blank">Devlisting</a></h3>


<img border= "0" alt="" src="http://images.stanzapub.com/readers/webupon/2008/04/29/152809_3.jpg" /><br/><br/>





This website is a treasure chest of free and almost free goodies on the internet. There is so much interesting stuff on this site that I have made it my home page. If you've been looking for that definitive list of useful stuff on the net, then search no more... Devlist has something useful for everyone.</li>
 
<li><h3><a href="http://www.htm2pdf.co.uk/default.aspx" target="_blank">htm2pdf</a></h3>


<img border= "0" alt="" src="http://images.stanzapub.com/readers/webupon/2008/04/29/152809_4.jpg" /><br/><br/>




I did not just say "WOW" when I discovered this website, I just kept on repeating, “OMG... OMG”... I always repeat that when I get really excited about something. This site is so useful and so easy to use that it's likely to become one of your most valuable web tools.</li>
 
<li><h3><a href="http://www.eyetricks.com/scary_optical_illusion.htm" target="_blank">Really Scary Optical Illusion</a></h3>



<img border= "0" alt="" src="http://images.stanzapub.com/readers/webupon/2008/04/29/152809_5.jpg" /><br/><br/>



 This website has a scary surprise in store for you. It even comes with a warning for people with a delicate disposition. View this site at your own peril. You've been warned!</li>
 
<li><h3><a href="http://www.image-metrics.com/" target="_blank">Image-Metrics</a></h3>




<img border= "0" alt="" src="http://images.stanzapub.com/readers/webupon/2008/04/29/152809_6.jpg" /><br/><br/>





 This site gives you a glimpse into the future of facial animation technology. Gone are the days of rigid and unrealistic animated faces. The realism that Image-Metrics have achieved in facial animation is truly awe-inspiring.</li>
 
<li><h3><a href="http://color.slightlyblue.com/" target="_blank">Flickr Color Selector</a></h3>


<img border= "0" alt="" src="http://images.stanzapub.com/readers/webupon/2008/04/29/152809_7.jpg" /><br/><br/>






 If you are looking for photos with a specific color then your search is over. This website does all the work for you, easily and quickly. Once you visit this website you will always return.</li>
 
<li><h3><a href="http://www.zefrank.com/scribbler/" target="_blank">Scribbler</a></h3>


<img border= "0" alt="" src="http://images.stanzapub.com/readers/webupon/2008/04/29/152809_8.jpg" /><br/><br/>






 For those of you who want to impress your friends with your drawing skills but can't really draw that well, check out this site. You create a simple line drawing, then click a button and the site will finish the drawing for you. Then you can email it to a friend.</li>
 
<li><h3><a href="http://www.jigzone.com/puzzles/18055D4EC714?z=0" target="_blank">Jigzone</a></h3>




<img border= "0" alt="" src="http://images.stanzapub.com/readers/webupon/2008/04/29/152809_9.jpg" /><br/><br/>





 Do you like jigsaw puzzles? This interactive site will keep you busy for hours. If you love doing jigsaw puzzles, you will surely love this site.</li>
 
<li><h3><a href="http://www.41q.com/" target="_blank">Personality Test</a></h3>



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 Learn more about your personality. When I took this personality test, I was shocked at how accurate the results were. A quick and easy interactive website that helps you know yourself even better.</li>
 </ol><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webupon.com%2FWeb-Design%2F10-Cool-Websites-Designed-to-Make-You-Say-Wow.116144"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webupon.com%2FWeb-Design%2F10-Cool-Websites-Designed-to-Make-You-Say-Wow.116144" border="0"/></a>]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:28:20 PST</pubDate></item>
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<title>Create Your Own Product with Private Label Rights</title>
<link>http://www.webupon.com/Money-Making/Create-Your-Own-Product-with-Private-Label-Rights.101695</link>
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<![CDATA[<p>If you are interested in Niche and Internet Marketing, you have probably already heard of the term "Private Label Rights".  Private Label Rights products or "PLR", can take the form of articles, e-books and graphics.  When you purchase a Private Label Rights product, in the case of e-books you will be given the raw text document, usually in Word format.  In the case of articles, you will usually have the work in .txt format or note-pad.  Graphics will be in PSD format for Adobe Photoshop which means that the "layers" will be intact for you to be able to change them.  So what does all of this mean to you, the buyer?  Putting it simply, by owning Private Label Rights products, you have within your means, your own product and a way of making money on the Internet in your own right.</p>
 
<p>Acquiring Private Label Rights products means that you are able to change the articles, put your name to them and make them your own.  You are able to change the contents of the e-book and the graphics and also put your name to them and call them your own.  In other words, owning Private Label Rights products means that all of the research has been done for you, cutting down your time of producing your own product.  There are a few things that you should consider when using Private Label Rights content for creating your own product and these are as follows.</p>
 
<p>First and foremost, you should read the rules that are included within your product.  This sets out clearly what you can and cannot do and you should adhere to this as it is a legal obligation on your part.  Unrestricted Private Label Rights products are the best type to have as you may do with them as you please and are therefore an excellent basis for creating your own product.</p>
 
<p>Secondly, by using unrestricted Private Label Rights products, you may use for example, three or four related e-books, such as healthy eating, exercise and losing weight, place them together and rewrite them to produce a brand new product.  You have probably heard time and time again that it is best to rewrite Private Label content and the reason for this is because you need to make the content your own.  By re-writing the content in your own words, you will make it sound like you have written it, thereby placing within it your own "personality", thoughts and ideas.  This makes the content unique to you.</p>
 
<p>You will also need to change the graphics of your content so that it looks completely different and you may utilize Private Label graphics for this or you could create your own if you are adept in doing so.</p>
 
<p>Creating your own product from Private Label Rights will take time and some of your hard earned cash however, to get ahead in Niche and Internet Marketing, having your own product is the way to go.</p>
 
<p>Although as I have said creating your own product will take time, if you do not take action now, you will be in the same situation in three months time as you are today.</p><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webupon.com%2FMoney-Making%2FCreate-Your-Own-Product-with-Private-Label-Rights.101695"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webupon.com%2FMoney-Making%2FCreate-Your-Own-Product-with-Private-Label-Rights.101695" border="0"/></a>]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 05:01:41 PST</pubDate></item>
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<title>SEO for Beginners</title>
<link>http://www.webupon.com/Search-Engines/SEO-for-Beginners.99843</link>
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<![CDATA[<p>This post is aimed at a pretty specific audience...just thought I'd make that clear from "go."  This topic will be of value to website owners, creators, marketers and researchers.  Our topic will be SEO of Search Engine Optimization.  Let's start at the beginning.  How about a definition.</p>
 
<p>Search Engine Marketing are terms used to describe the way in which a site is built, from myriad angles, and how the way a site is put together dramatically affects were it lands in a search engine's results pages.  Search engine results pages are the pages that come up when you type in a keyword, or set of keywords, in any search engine and click the "search" button.  Oh yeah, I almost forgot to define this as well...Search Engines are programs that quickly search and index all the sites networked through the internet.  Examples of the biggest search engines would be Google, Yahoo, MSN and Alta Vista.</p>
 
<p>You may be thinking thus far, "well, this is all fabulous, but why is it important."  It's very simple, really.  Everyone who has a website wants it to be seen, whether it's because you're an organization trying to build the public's awareness of what you do, or you're a site that sell products and services.  Without people seeing your site, your site does you very little good.  So, we're going to talk about how to get your site seen by as many people as possible!  Sound good?</p>
 
<p>Alright, well the first place to start is to discuss a little bit about how search engines index pages.  You've probably noticed while performing searches on Google or Yahoo that when you type in a particular keyword (or set of keywords) the same sites tend to appear, over and over, on the search results pages.  Being on the first page of search results has very plain significance.  It basically means that the search engine likes those sites, a lot.  You definitely want search engines to like you, because it's a pretty simple equation: higher page rank=more traffic=great returns for you!  Unless you're in business to lose money or turn people off, you fall into those who benefit greatly from that equation (you also probably aren't actually a business, just an FYI ;-)).  But, there are some very specific things that every site must master to have search engines like them.  Though, there is no perfect formula for search engine success, I can run through some basic things that will definitely help you get more traffic.  So, here we go...</p>
 
<p>Let's start on the foundation.  The foundation of any and every site is the HTML, or Hyper Text Markup Language.  HTML is the standard language that's read by search engines and allows you to link any text or media, whatsoever, to any other text or media content, anywhere on the web.  So, it's vitally important to have your HTML soundly written.  Some of the basics of good HTML are: good keyword meta-tags, appealing, user and eye-friendly page layout and excellent copy (site text), with a proper keyword density, which is usually approximately 3-5%.  HTML is vital, but it's not the whole story.  Not nearly.</p>
 
<p>Secondly, your site must have attractive graphics, natural eye movement conducive flow, and text, A LOT of text.  Search engines happen to love sites that are loaded with information.  But, it's important for you to organize that information well, because you can just put 50,000 words of text on your website's homepage and expect a search engine to be kind to you.  No, you must have good text content throughout all of the site, and (which is the third necessity) it must be very easy to navigate from the homepage to any other content within the site quickly and easily.  Search engines love article postings, blogs and link outs to other, good and relevant content.  A good site map, in this case is vital.  It should be logical, intuitive and put the user at ease, at all times.  You never want a user (or search engine) to be somewhere on your site and not know how to get back to the homepage or head somewhere else they want go within the site.</p>
 
<p>...Side note.  As you may be beginning to see, each of the elements that go into a good SEO strategy are HUGE subjects unto themselves.  But, we're just giving a survey here...</p>
 
<p>Anyway, let's get back to it.  Finally, and perhaps most importantly, you need a good linking strategy.  I'm going to give you some basics here as to what that means, and how you can achieve it.  Cool?  Alright, here it goes.  Allow me to share what I've learned in 3 categories.</p>
 
<p>First of all, post as much as you can and often as you can to blogs, forums, etc. These blogs and forums will let you include your URL, which means every one you finish gains you an incoming link. This is somewhat time consuming, but very effective.</p>
 
<p>Secondly, and perhaps the most obvious, is to ask the top sites in your niche if they'd be willing to exchange links with you...which you can usually do via their "Contact Us" page. This benefits you in two distinct ways: first, you're again gaining the incoming links, but secondly...those top sites are sites liked by Search Engines, meaning they've done a lot of things right, and having a link from them looks very good to a SE.</p>
 
<p>Third and Finally, Post articles on any topic about which you have knowledge. The best place to do this are ezine directories. These directories will generally accept a decent article, and there are some huge benefits here. First, you can post MULTIPLE articles to the same ezine. Secondly, each time you post an article, you get a chance to include your URL (that's right...another incoming link). And thirdly, other ezine readers can take your article, if the like it and put it on their site...and...you guessed, your link goes with them as well.  And, that about does it.</p>
 
<p>So, I very much hope you've found this helpful and informative and that as you learn more about each of these ingredients for good SEO you'll find great success!</p><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webupon.com%2FSearch-Engines%2FSEO-for-Beginners.99843"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webupon.com%2FSearch-Engines%2FSEO-for-Beginners.99843" border="0"/></a>]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:57:23 PST</pubDate></item>
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<title>10 Useful Internet Tools to Customize Your MySpace Page</title>
<link>http://www.webupon.com/Web-Talk/10-Useful-Internet-Tools-to-Customize-Your-MySpace-Page.66624</link>
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<![CDATA[																<p> Customizing <a target="_blank" href="http://www.MySpace.com">MySpace</a> profile pages is a very popular pastime for millions of MySpace members and leaves a good first impression on all visitors. Add videos, music, games, cool layouts, backgrounds, and much more fast and easy, now.</p>
 
 
 <p>So, who hasn't ever heard of MySpace by now? The last time I checked, there were over 112 million members interacting on the extremely popular social network owned by the leading search engine company Google. Not that's more cybercitizens than most countries and many nations combined. Now that is a huge cyberstate of differing personalities as proudly displayed throughout the millions and millions of MySpace member profile pages on the world's largest social network.</p>
 
 <p>MySpace kindly resembles “King Arthur's Round Table”, because no matter who you are every new member starts out with a MySpace default profile page void of any personality and flare. In the beginning, everyone starts out equally and after that, it's up to the new member to creatively transform his or her profile page into something personal to him or her.</p><p>Since some members are more computer savvy or process a higher degree of creativity, many MySpace profile pages reflects the talent and hard work of these members. It is always entertaining to visit a profile page that employs fantastic background art and graphics. Coupled with interesting videos and music maybe followed with photos of people, places or things that is alien to other visiting members. All of this work translates into a very cool MySpace profile page. </p>
 
 <p>The following list of websites are dedicated to provide quality and creative Internet tools and widgets to help make your MySpace profile page burst with personality and flare that will leave a good first impression on all who visit your MySpace profile page. Even if you already understand html, this list can make getting the job done a bit easier.</p>
 

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<li>
<h3>
<a target="_blank" href="http://freecodesource.com/index.php">Freecodesource</a>
</h3>
This is the perfect online source of MySpace customizing Internet tools of both the novice and the advance computer user. Here visitors can choose from a enormous collection of MySpace layouts, graphics, cursors and games that can be used to customize MySpace profile pages. Membership is free and turn-on your popup blocker, because I did encounter popup ads.
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<li>
<h3>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.pyzam.com/toys">Pyzam</a>
</h3>This is a great website for anyone who has a MySpace, Facebook, or Friendster presence, because of its entertaining assortment of flash toys and games that can be used to add deeper and richer personality to any social network that they're involved in. These games and toys are 100% original and hand made by the talented designers at Pyzam.
</li>

<li>
<h3>
<a target="_blank" href="http://zoomza.com">Zoomza</a>
</h3>If you are shopping around looking for some of the hottest layouts, graphics, backgrounds and proxies, then this is the site for you. Choose from thousands of professional looking layouts and graphics to add to your MySpace profile pages. Registration is required
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<li>
<h3>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.snaplayout.com">SnapLayout</a>
</h3>This is a great MySpace profile editor that makes customizing your profile page quicker and easier, then working with the default profile page that MySpace provides to new members. The drag and drop features that SnapLayout provides allows users to quick and easily change layouts, backgrounds, colors, patterns, and slideshows to their MySpace profile page. This is a wonderful tool for beginners especially.
</li>

<li>
<h3>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.widgetbox.com/tag/MySpace">Widgetbox</a>
</h3>Games, games and more games, this is a beautiful website with hundreds of flash video games to select from and add to a MySpace page or a blog. Widgetbox offers more than just video games, but also offers an array of other useful widgets that can make any MySpace page or blog even more interesting and keeping the visitors coming back for more.
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<li>
<h3>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.mygen.co.uk/index.php?page=create">MyGen 2.5</a>
</h3>This is probably one of the simplest MySpace profile generator Internet tools that I have seen. Its instructions are pretty much straightforward as all you have to do is select one of five tabs that represent, each of the five sections of your MySpace profile page and start editing it to your satisfaction. MyGen 2.5 will generate the MySpace code to be added to the MySpace account belonging to the user designing their profile page, once the user has finished editing. A very easy editing program to use whether you are a beginner or a pro.
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<h3>
<a target="_blank" href="http://photobucket.com">Photobucket</a>
</h3>This handy website is fantastic for anyone who desires to have more storage space for their photos. Members can store their photos, share them with the world on the web or keep them private it the user chooses or cut and paste a little code and add them to their MySpace page, Facebook, blog or include a picture into an email. Membership is free and required to gain access to the sites full benefits and tools.
</li>


<li>
<h3>
<a target="_blank" href="http://flikzor.com">Flikzor</a>
</h3>This is an excellent website for anyone looking to add a little technology to their MySpace page or blog, so that they can send and receive video messages from their friends. Membership is free and required.
</li>


<li>
<h3>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.snocap.com">SNOCAP</a>
</h3>This is an outstanding opportunity for musicians to expand their marketing and distribution capabilities on the Internet. Members of SNOCAP are given the abilities to sell their own music on MySpace and beyond. You set the prices that your music sells for, and then SNOCAP collects the money for the songs purchase and they pay you. Members can easily monitor their sells and the musician owns their copyrights to their music. Basic membership is free.
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<h3>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.sploder.com">Sploder</a>
</h3>You can never have enough games in the video game age and Sploder offers a unique collection of flash video games that users can add to their MySpace page, blog or even email to friends or family. The game quality here isn't the top of the line, but is more along the lines of many old DOS games, not pretty to look at, but fun to play. Membership is free and required.
</li>

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 <p>Disclaimer: The websites on this list are not affiliated in a business relationship with the author Nelson Doyle. The websites on this list are not paid advertisers and were selected by Nelson Doyle, because of their creative contributions to millions upon millions of MySpace users and bloggers worldwide.</p>														<a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webupon.com%2FWeb-Talk%2F10-Useful-Internet-Tools-to-Customize-Your-MySpace-Page.66624"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webupon.com%2FWeb-Talk%2F10-Useful-Internet-Tools-to-Customize-Your-MySpace-Page.66624" border="0"/></a>]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 06:15:10 PST</pubDate></item>
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<title>Userbars</title>
<link>http://www.webupon.com/Web-Talk/Userbars.31626</link>
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<![CDATA[<p>Userbars have become one of the most widely used graphics on the web.  They are used in the signature block within a forum.  Normally they are used to show interests, hobbies, software preferences, and site affiliations.  I often find myself creating mine to show sites I create or am an active member of.</p>
 
 
<h3>Here are some of many examples I have created.</h3>

 
 <p><a target="_blank" href="http://talkveteran.freehostia.com/">Talk Veteran Forum </a>:</p>
 <p><img  alt="" src="http://images.stanzapub.com/readers/webupon/2007/06/26/29803_0.jpg" /></p>
 
 <p>Nbc Heroes fan:</p>
 <p><img  alt="" src="http://images.stanzapub.com/readers/webupon/2007/06/26/29803_1.jpg" /></p>
 
 
<h3>Specifications:</h3>

 
 <p>Although there are no standards about the looks or sizes of the userbars, the following are a few unwritten rules most designers stick to:</p>
 <p><ul>
  <li> Width = 350 pixels</li>
  <li> Height = 19 pixels (some designers prefer 20 pixels)</li>
  <li> Font = Visitor TT1 (BRK), found <a target="_blank" href="http://www.dafont.com/visitor.font">here</a></li>
  <li> A striped pattern at 45º (lately I have noticed variations with a horizontal pattern)</li>
  <li> PNG format (GIF for animated bars)  </li>
 </ul></p>
 
 
<h3>Software:</h3>

 
 <p>Any graphics design software can be used to make these, even MS Paint.  I personally use The GIMP.  It is a very powerful Open Source program (that means is free).  It can be found at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.gimp.org">gimp.org</a>. </p>
 
 <p>I hope you enjoy making bars, but if you need help, then come look for me at my  <a target="_blank" href="http://www.paperclipdesigns.createmybb.com">forum</a>.</p><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webupon.com%2FWeb-Talk%2FUserbars.31626"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webupon.com%2FWeb-Talk%2FUserbars.31626" border="0"/></a>]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 08:41:18 PST</pubDate></item>
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<title>Don't Annoy Visitors to your Website</title>
<link>http://www.webupon.com/Web-Design/Dont-Annoy-Visitors-to-your-Website.31788</link>
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<![CDATA[<p>It seems that everyone has a website these days.  Some for fun, some provide information and some are used to earn money.  Regardless of its purpose, the point is that anyone can build a website.  However, building a good website seems to be another story.  Too many common mistakes are made when constructing a website and these mistakes go far to dissuade frequent visitors.</p>

<h3>Pop-ups</h3>

<p>I cannot think of anything more annoying than having a pop-up (especially a sneaky one that is not easily closed) right in the middle of something I am trying to read.  Anyways, a pop-up can be counterproductive to your website as it may simply lead a visitor to a new website.</p>

<h3>Long web pages</h3>

<p>Avoid using a long, continuous page to relay information.  Instead, use links and short pages.  A long page gets tiring and overwhelming whereas links to shorter pages allow for easier navigation to a specific topic or sub-topic.  Long pages also tend to make the site look amateurish – like you did not know how to create a new page.</p>

<h3>Too many graphics</h3>

<p>Graphics are nice when appropriately used.  But excessive graphics tend to slow down the loading of the page and this annoys people.  Stick to simple, related graphics.</p>

<h3>Under construction links</h3>

<p>Avoid putting in links to pages that remain under construction.  If you have not finished a page, leave the link out until that page is ready to be published.  It’s annoying and leaves the visitor feeling the site is incomplete – they are less likely to return.</p>

<h3>Plug-ins</h3>

<p>People get concerned when they are asked to download a plug-in to install before they can view your site.  The extra work is annoying and, if the plug-in involves a program that is obscure, chances are they will pass by your site and onto the next.</p>

<h3>Lack of Content</h3>

<p>Having minimal content not only hinders the ability of search engines to find your site, thereby reducing your hits but also annoys visitors who view your site in hopes for a clear idea of what the purpose of the site is.  Content based sites always seem to rank high in search engines too.</p>

<h3>Music</h3>

<p>Automatic music is generally annoying because it is not expected.  So someone surfing the web at work may not want the rest of the office to know what they are doing – music or loud sounds is a sure giveaway.  Anyways, web surfing is often done while working or listening to music already – interfering with that is aggravating.</p>

<p>By turning your head to these things when designing (or redesigning) your site, you can help keep your visitors happy and returning for those much coveted hits!</p><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webupon.com%2FWeb-Design%2FDont-Annoy-Visitors-to-your-Website.31788"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webupon.com%2FWeb-Design%2FDont-Annoy-Visitors-to-your-Website.31788" border="0"/></a>]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 03:50:50 PST</pubDate></item>
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