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		<title>Busby SEO Challenge, Increase your Backlinks</title>
		<link>http://fastlink.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/busby-seo-challenge-increase-your-backlinks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ericm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that majority of web traffic to a website comes from search engines? In a study conducted by ComScore Media Metrix in 200, shows that 37% of people who use the Internet use Google first to mine information from the web. Yahoo comes in next with 30% and the rest uses AskJeeves, AOL, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fastlink.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2669668&amp;post=9&amp;subd=fastlink&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did you know that majority of web traffic to a website comes from search engines? In a study conducted by ComScore Media Metrix in 200, shows that 37% of people who use the Internet use Google first to mine information from the web. Yahoo comes in next with 30% and the rest uses AskJeeves, AOL, MSN and other search engines. The goal of Internet sites is to get indexed with search engines, preferably Google and Yahoo since these are the two biggest search engines in the Internet and are the biggest source of traffic.</p>
<p>Now you need to keep in mind that there are millions of pages on the Internet and getting to the first page of search engines is the ultimate goal of any Internet marketing campaign. It just like on the <a href="http://www.camalaniugan.com"><strong>busby seo challenge</strong></a> you must put your site on the top. Several studies have already shown that 90% of Internet users do not go beyond the first page of search results. Those in the first few pages of results are pages with the higher page ranking, so in order to get more people to go to your website, you need to increase page rank. In laymen’s term, you need to be more popular.</p>
<p>Now, <strong>increasing your page rank is not an easy task</strong>. There are two methods by which this can be done – through search engine optimization (SEO), and <a href="http://www.isellpagerank.com/">search engine marketing</a> (SEM). Some people might think these are the same, well, they are very similar but the control that advertisers have over customers’ landing page makes the biggest difference. I know that’s a little too technical so I will try expound more on this.</p>
<p>SEO differs from SEM in that it uses the organic or the natural flow of traffic from the Internet. It involves link building and back linking. SEO professionals focus not only on the number of links to the website, but also on the quality of these links. How many people are actually buying from your online store? How many people directly search for your site? Are you providing content which are relevant and useful for your visitors? These are some of the questions that a SEO professional needs to address, not to mention the easy retrieval of information from a website.</p>
<p>Now SEM, has higher costs because you will need to pay for click costs (also known as a <strong>pay-per-click</strong> campaign) and management costs. In this methods, sites can buy text links to their site from a website with higher page rank and more traffic. Let’s say you want more people to visit your online store, you can buy space at ebay so that your link can be displayed on their site. Because there are more people visiting ebay, then the chances of seeing your advertisement is higher and there is a greater chance of people visiting and buying from your site.</p>
<p>In the Internet world, your competitors are also your allies. Even if you are selling the same products and services, your <a href="http://www.camalaniugan.com"><strong>competitors</strong></a> are willing to help you with traffic as long as they are compensated. The Internet has reinvented the way business is done nowadays and it is bound to continue in the next few years.</p>
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		<title>SEO Challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ericm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I heard to my friends that there another seo contest. It&#8217;s a seo competition will come starting on this June 01 and ends up to August 31, 2008. All link builder, seo&#8217;er and webmaster has been invited on this seo contest to joined and get the $5000 as a winning award for the person&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fastlink.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2669668&amp;post=7&amp;subd=fastlink&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="margin-bottom:0;">As I heard to my friends that there another seo contest. It&#8217;s a <a href="http://www.camalaniugan.com/busby-seo-challenge/">seo competition</a> will come starting on this June 01 and ends up to August 31, 2008. All link builder, seo&#8217;er and webmaster has been invited on this seo contest to joined and get the $5000 as a winning award for the person&#8217;s or company own the highest entry website in the Google search engine. All contestant must put the required links on their sites and must be registered on the Busby Web Solutions to be able to participate on this seo contest. No age limit and anyone can be register as long as he/she or they have their own websites/blogs.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">You may used your all techniques in link building, post some some articles on your websites. The required links must be post on the page on their website must be visible. Pornography, discrimination, and other illegal behavior are forbidden to be published. Optimize the word “busby seo challenge&#8221; on your website. The <a href="worldcup.busbywebsolutions.com/index.php?/seoworldcup">Busby Web Solutions</a> used the AU Australian datacenter as the  based results.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;">For contestants who will win on this <a href="http://www.camalaniugan.com">Busby SEO Challenge</a> will get $5,000 for first prize, $2,000 for second prize, and $500 for the third prize. This is so interesting contest for the people who wants or participate on this seo contest. So if you are good keyword optimizer or a link builder, you are invited to join this seo competition. For those website/blogs who set on the highest rank will win $5000. This contest will end up on august 31, 2008 at 12:00 midday Perth, Western Australia time.</p>
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		<title>How to increase your backlinks in Busby SEO Challenge</title>
		<link>http://fastlink.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/how-to-increase-your-backlinks-in-busby-seo-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ericm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many ways on how to increase your backlinks. In the contest &#8220;Busby SEO Challenge&#8221; you will need to optimize you blogs or site for you able get rank in the search engines. Make a poweful link build method. As the contest 3 month it&#8217;s much enough for optimize the keyword &#8220;busby seo challenge&#8220;. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fastlink.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2669668&amp;post=6&amp;subd=fastlink&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are many ways on <strong>how to increase your backlinks</strong>. In the contest &#8220;<strong><a href="http://www.camalaniugan.com">Busby SEO Challenge</a></strong>&#8221; you will need to optimize you blogs or site for you able get rank in the search engines. Make a poweful link build method. As the contest 3 month it&#8217;s much enough for optimize the keyword &#8220;<strong>busby seo challenge</strong>&#8220;. Many webmaster and seoptimizer has been participated just to get the $5000 as prize for the participant who won on this <strong><a href="http://www.camalaniugan.com/busby-seo-challenge/">busby seo challenge competition</a></strong>.</p>
<p>Build a link to your relevant sites or blogs, either submit to any web link directories and social boomarking sites for you gained rank that will boost your site rank in the search engine. Make a proper page optimization, especially to your titles and contents. If your do this, you will gained more traffic and equals more backlinks.</p>
<p>Goodluck!</p>
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		<title>Free Articles: A Tasty Recipe For Building Your Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ericm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Free articles are a great way to build free publicity for your company. Here is a simple recipe to get make it work for you. Before you get started, gather your supplies: Keywords related to your subject, enthusiasm for the subject (essential), computer, internet access, word processing software, etc. Take one business owner (you) with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fastlink.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2669668&amp;post=4&amp;subd=fastlink&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Free articles are a great way to build free publicity for your company. Here is a simple recipe to get make it work for you.</p>
<p>Before you get started, gather your supplies: Keywords related to your subject, enthusiasm for the subject (essential), computer, internet access, word processing software, etc.</p>
<p>Take one business owner (you) with an interesting story subject related to the business. It could be new trends or products that are available, changes in the way your industry does business or a case history about how one of your clients was positively affected by something in your industry. (Note: in a case history, be sure to obtain the clients permission before use.)</p>
<p>Use one keyword to use at the beginning of his article&#8217;s headline. Add the reason for the article: For example: Cell phones: These new technologies will help you.<br />
<span id="more-4"></span>Use the same keyword to start the opening (lead) paragraph of the article. Add dash more keywords to taste. (Optional: add other keywords for great custom-blended flavor.) Caution: keywords added too liberally may ruin the article&#8217;s taste. Search engines will avoid your finished article.</p>
<p>Stir in many short sentences and paragraphs of information that is really useful to clients. Explain unfamiliar terms using down-to-earth language. (Serving suggestion: iceberg lettuce works better than arugula.)</p>
<p>Add information in a logical fashion throughout preparation. Be creative: use chronological order, lists, dos and don&#8217;ts. Be aware that your article should not taste like anyone else&#8217;s. If it does, lawsuits and other unfavorable reactions could result.</p>
<p>Tip: Prepackaged information may be used if proper attribution is given with the article or if the wording is restructured to be as different as possible. For example, if borrowed information uses an example, change the details of the example: Bob Jones to Tina Tuttle etc.</p>
<p>Variations may be added at any point. Consider seasonal and/or regional needs and availability. Is a holiday approaching? Is it nearly tax season? Is your article intended for a colder or warmer region? Take these factors into account and season the article accordingly.</p>
<p>Fold-in at least one link to your company&#8217;s website, preferably to a page that has more information on the subject. Fold-in other links if they contain truly useful information that the reader will want, even if it&#8217;s to sites that aren&#8217;t yours. This will also gain exposure to your website and your expertise. It will also increase the article&#8217;s rankings on search engines.</p>
<p>Stir the ingredients carefully until they are well blended. Before serving, have a friend or colleague taste the article to see if is to their liking. Adjustments can be made at this point if necessary. Taste it yourself and use spellcheckers to prevent mistakes.</p>
<p>Caution: be sure to remove all fat from the article. Overblown wording that blatantly plugs a business adds gas, making the article inedible. Search engines will reject your finished dish. Before this happens, discard and start over.</p>
<p>While the main course is simmering, prepare bio-box: In a separate bowl stir in your name, another link to your company&#8217;s website, along with information about your expertise in the subject. Add an offer or enticement to give the reader to click the link. (Serving suggestion: visit mysite(dot)com and sign up for my widgets e-newsletter.)</p>
<p>Top the article with a bio-box just before serving.</p>
<p>This is a very easy recipe, but some people just do not have the time or talent to prepare articles effectively. It is very acceptable to seek out college students or others with writing skills. They can turn out the recipe with pleasing results. Your guests will appreciate better quality food.</p>
<p>Once you try this recipe, you will find that you want to prepare it often. This is encouraged. Use it five or six times a day as an effective article marketing strategy. Many variations are easily possible.</p>
<p>Enjoy: This recipe serves many:<br />
1. The cook, who wrote the free article, gets free positive exposure for his company;<br />
2. Web publishers get free content for their websites and a fresh voice for the web pages;<br />
3. Users get valuable information they need from an expert (you). Nutritional value depends on the individual needs of the diner.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Link building has benefits for webmasters. There are beliefs that this improves your search engine ranking as well as generally gets the word on your site out to a greater audience. As with most options for webmasters, this area offers both potential benefits as well as penalties.</p>
<p>The easy ways are simple. Enlist the power of family, friends and associates who all have web pages or web sites. Get as many as possible to link to your web site. Of course, this is only the start of the links you&#8217;ll want.</p>
<p>There once was a popular practice online called, &#8220;link farming.&#8221; This was in high demand because it was believed that links had a far greater impact on a web site&#8217;s popularity. In truth, links do help your web site, but this is only to a point. You can&#8217;t have a poorly coded web site and expect to jump to the top 100 just by linking.</p>
<p><span id="more-3"></span> People who operated link farms didn&#8217;t focus enough on content and, as a result, web engines began punishing those who maintained pages too similar to link farms. Why was this an unwanted practice?</p>
<p>One of the main reasons this was undesirable was because the pages simply had no real content. Web masters who practiced link farming literally created page after page of links. There was no content, no navigation, nothing of any substance whatsoever. Web surfers were finding themselves trapped on pages that didn&#8217;t offer anything aside from links.</p>
<p>Search engines grew wise and began avoiding such link-filled pages. Soon after that, those once-popular web sites started declining in popularity and visitation.</p>
<p>There are a far better methods of utilizing the power of links and webmasters can rest assured there will be no rank deductions for practicing them. Remember, the benefits of link exchanges should be two-fold. Not only do you want your rankings improved, you want more traffic.</p>
<p>Link exchanges are a great way to both give and create links to your site. In turn, this will give a good flow of traffic. These are best done on pages where surfers are told to expect links. You can give your page such titles as, &#8220;friends,&#8221; &#8220;affiliates,&#8221; or even, &#8220;associates.&#8221; In order for your page to avoid the &#8220;link farm&#8221; category, you must consider your visitor.</p>
<p>For every link you offer, give them some information on what the site is about. Link farmers avoided this and didn&#8217;t give their visitors any information on the site. You can include the site&#8217;s title, its mission, or just a brief statement on why it is appropriate on your web site.</p>
<p>The best link exchanges will be with sites offering similar information. If you maintain a web site on the fun of homemade crafts, you may not see a great benefit from linking with an online casino company. However, you can link with suppliers, teachers, or hobbyists and see a great influx of traffic.</p>
<p>One practice that you don&#8217;t want to undertake is the fruitless link. Many webmasters will link up with anyone and everyone, regardless, and expect this aggressive linking to have a positive result. It does little more than annoy many other webmasters and imply your site is a &#8220;seedy,&#8221; one.</p>
<p>Aggressive linking has no merit and there is no reason for it. Certainly, you can&#8217;t often get direct permission from a site&#8217;s administration and this doesn&#8217;t cover legitimate recognition. If you cite a work or post on a message board that another member may benefit from a web site you visit, there&#8217;s nothing wrong with that. That&#8217;s a genuine purpose. Just linking for the sake of linking doesn&#8217;t give you any results.</p>
<p>Many webmasters who link this way spend far too much time attempting to drum up visitors who may or may not be curious when they should also be focusing on code, purpose, organization, and drawing legitimate, steady traffic. Link exchanging is the greatest benefit when it&#8217;s a cooperative effort. Otherwise it would simply be called, &#8220;linking.&#8221;</p>
<p>Another way of building links is through the paying services. These companies do require a financial investment, but many are highly worthwhile. Be wary in this arena, though, it may get you into trouble with the search engines if you are simply buying links from another site. You can always trade content with associates in your industry. This helps when a &#8220;blurb&#8221; is left. You may find that just a link in the copyright information of your article or press release can drive a great deal of traffic to you.</p>
<p>These tips are only the start in a topic that has held the attention, and fascination, of webmasters for years. Linking can be beneficial and draw a great deal of traffic to your site; however a few rules must be observed to obtain optimum link efficiency.  <!-- google_ad_section_end --></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Link building has benefits for webmasters. There are beliefs that this improves your search engine ranking as well as generally gets the word on your site out to a greater audience. As with most options for webmasters, this area offers both potential benefits as well as penalties.</p>
<p>The easy ways are simple. Enlist the power of family, friends and associates who all have web pages or web sites. Get as many as possible to link to your web site. Of course, this is only the start of the links you&#8217;ll want.<br />
<span id="more-1"></span>There once was a popular practice online called, &#8220;link farming.&#8221; This was in high demand because it was believed that links had a far greater impact on a web site&#8217;s popularity. In truth, links do help your web site, but this is only to a point. You can&#8217;t have a poorly coded web site and expect to jump to the top 100 just by linking.</p>
<p>People who operated link farms didn&#8217;t focus enough on content and, as a result, web engines began punishing those who maintained pages too similar to link farms. Why was this an unwanted practice?</p>
<p>One of the main reasons this was undesirable was because the pages simply had no real content. Web masters who practiced link farming literally created page after page of links. There was no content, no navigation, nothing of any substance whatsoever. Web surfers were finding themselves trapped on pages that didn&#8217;t offer anything aside from links.</p>
<p>Search engines grew wise and began avoiding such link-filled pages. Soon after that, those once-popular web sites started declining in popularity and visitation.</p>
<p>There are a far better methods of utilizing the power of links and webmasters can rest assured there will be no rank deductions for practicing them. Remember, the benefits of link exchanges should be two-fold. Not only do you want your rankings improved, you want more traffic.</p>
<p>Link exchanges are a great way to both give and create links to your site. In turn, this will give a good flow of traffic. These are best done on pages where surfers are told to expect links. You can give your page such titles as, &#8220;friends,&#8221; &#8220;affiliates,&#8221; or even, &#8220;associates.&#8221; In order for your page to avoid the &#8220;link farm&#8221; category, you must consider your visitor.</p>
<p>For every link you offer, give them some information on what the site is about. Link farmers avoided this and didn&#8217;t give their visitors any information on the site. You can include the site&#8217;s title, its mission, or just a brief statement on why it is appropriate on your web site.</p>
<p>The best link exchanges will be with sites offering similar information. If you maintain a web site on the fun of homemade crafts, you may not see a great benefit from linking with an online casino company. However, you can link with suppliers, teachers, or hobbyists and see a great influx of traffic.</p>
<p>One practice that you don&#8217;t want to undertake is the fruitless link. Many webmasters will link up with anyone and everyone, regardless, and expect this aggressive linking to have a positive result. It does little more than annoy many other webmasters and imply your site is a &#8220;seedy,&#8221; one.</p>
<p>Aggressive linking has no merit and there is no reason for it. Certainly, you can&#8217;t often get direct permission from a site&#8217;s administration and this doesn&#8217;t cover legitimate recognition. If you cite a work or post on a message board that another member may benefit from a web site you visit, there&#8217;s nothing wrong with that. That&#8217;s a genuine purpose. Just linking for the sake of linking doesn&#8217;t give you any results.</p>
<p>Many webmasters who link this way spend far too much time attempting to drum up visitors who may or may not be curious when they should also be focusing on code, purpose, organization, and drawing legitimate, steady traffic. Link exchanging is the greatest benefit when it&#8217;s a cooperative effort. Otherwise it would simply be called, &#8220;linking.&#8221;</p>
<p>Another way of building links is through the paying services. These companies do require a financial investment, but many are highly worthwhile. Be wary in this arena, though, it may get you into trouble with the search engines if you are simply buying links from another site. You can always trade content with associates in your industry. This helps when a &#8220;blurb&#8221; is left. You may find that just a link in the copyright information of your article or press release can drive a great deal of traffic to you.</p>
<p>These tips are only the start in a topic that has held the attention, and fascination, of webmasters for years. Linking can be beneficial and draw a great deal of traffic to your site; however a few rules must be observed to obtain optimum link efficiency.<br />
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