http://www.valuablecontent.com en-us http://www.valuablecontent.com N/A frun04@gmail.com Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:58:33 PDT 20 http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/31241/1/The-Presence-of-Wiki In today's technological driven world information about anything can be found on the internet and with the relatively new format of information distribution know as Wiki, it is much easier and faster than ever before.  But like the past methods of information Wiki has both is advantages and disadvantages. James Freman Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/31216/1/Making-money-using-forums Internet forums have the potential to generate some serious cash through the very popular way of socializing and holding discussions on any topic. The trick to make cash using Internet forums is simple, and the following tips will give you some ideas to make money out of discussions. Ryan Chua Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/29639/1/The-Power-of-Blogs-for-Writing-Your-Book Need to publish a book… Blogs are powerful web-based marketing tools & great for content management. Combined together they expose your mind & heart to your readers. Patsi Krakoff Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/28871/1/Yahoo-Guidelines-for-submission-and-optimization Yahoo optimization and submission need to be followed via certain guidelines which can not be ignored. In the present scenario getting listed and optimization in yahoo has become the primary need for all the websites. To have the online presence, promotion in yahoo search engine is the key factor for Search Engine Marketing. Nivea David Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/28653/1/SEO-Forums---A-way-of-Web-Promotion Forums are a great means to promote and market your business website.They are active platforms to share your relevant topics withthe expert guidance with enough proof of relevant article links. Certain guidelines need to be kept in mind while posting in forums. Nivea David Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/27502/1/6-Steps-for-Successful-Online-Marketing-for-Your-Business---Step-6 There are six pain points in any Internet business. Read our 6-step formula for online success. Patsi Krakoff Thu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/27500/1/6-Steps-for-Successful-Online-Marketing-for-Your-Business---Step-4 The most important step in order to convert your visitor into a client is by being very clear about the purpose and making a compelling offer. Patsi Krakoff Thu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/27499/1/6-Steps-for-Successful-Online-Marketing-for-Your-Business---Step-3 How you write & what you say is responsible for first & lasting impression with a prospect. Read, to know how to write content that convinces people you are a savvy & trustworthy person. Patsi Krakoff Thu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/27497/1/6-Steps-for-Successful-Online-Marketing-for-Your-Business---Step-2 Attracting subscriber can be the most challenging & crucial task. Here are several incentives that work for increasing sign ups. Patsi Krakoff Thu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/27496/1/6-Steps-for-Successful-Online-Marketing-for-Your-Business---Step-1 Building a successful business online is more than putting up a website & waiting for the orders to come rolling in. Read, how to attract the right kind of prospects to your website. Patsi Krakoff Thu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/25961/1/Making-Money-From-Your-Web-Site-Traffic Owning a website is not just about the design. There are things you need to consider in order for you to profit. Daryl Campbell Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/24716/1/Feedback-systems%3A--How-They-Work-to-Protect-Your-Online-Reputation--Part-I Feedback helps keep everyone safe online.  Kamau Austin Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/25231/1/The-6-Requirements-for-Any-Traffic-Generating-Solution One word comes to mind when I think of trying to get traffic to my site: Migraine. We all have to go though this hair-pulling process in order to make any money online. Come on, if no one comes to your site, then who will buy your products??? Nobody, that's who!  That's all over now! Carrie Castro Sun, 11 Feb 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/24870/1/How-to-Use-the-Internet-Safely-to-Find-Service-Providers-Part-2 Care is needed when looking online for service profeesionals.  Follow these pointers to find reputable professionals online. Kamau Austin Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/24853/1/How-to-Use-the-Internet-Safely-to-Find-Service-Providers-Part-1 Finding an online professional to handle some of yout business tasks has never been easier. Kamau Austin Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/23941/1/Webmaster-Staffing-Success%3A-It%92s-All-About-Staff-Management Web owners are always in search of new and effective strategies to take the load off  their shoulders or just have some extra pair of hands to help them out on their website management ventures. Massomeh Indanan Sat, 09 Dec 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/23653/1/Google-Page-Rank-Explained One of the criteria used by Google when displaying search results is the Page Rank (PR). The higher the PR, the higher a page will be shown in search results. In this article we explain how Google calculates he PR and how you can optimize your website for achieving a high PR. Andrew Nielsen Sun, 26 Nov 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/23652/1/How-To-Make-Money-On-Blogs Making money from a blog requires skill, luck and work. In this article we describe how it can be done. Andrew Nielsen Sun, 26 Nov 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/23629/1/Ten-%26quot%3BNew-Rules%26quot%3B-for-Successful-E-Newsletters A cleverly crafted headline (or subject line for email) will determine whether or not your email gets opened and read. Here are ten "new rules" that are shaping effective ezine content today. Patsi Krakoff Fri, 24 Nov 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/23202/1/Setting-Up-Your-Own-Internet-Radio-Station Radio has been lagging for some years now, seeming to be a dinosaur compared to streaming internet radio, podcasting, XM satellite radio, Jason Cole Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/22873/1/SIGNS-YOU-MAY-NEED-A-NEW-WEB-DESIGN Think you have a great website? Put it to the test with our checklist of website must-haves! We also include a link to helpful SEO tips that will boost your traffic and sales. Alexandra Saieh Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/22467/1/Texas-Born-and-Bred A perspective on Texas by a Native Texan John Johnson Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/22365/1/How-To-Block-Sites-Access-Manually This tutorial will explain how to block sites without third party software Raymon Antony Sun, 01 Oct 2006 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/21575/1/Geesee---Online-communication-the-way-it-should-be%21 Geesee, Ltd. is announcing the preparation of a new online innovative communication service called Geesee. Roman Pohancenik Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/21523/1/Computer-Viruses%2C-Worms-And-Trojans-Explained Most people have heard of computer viruses but in actual fact there are different types of viruses, each with different ways of spreading and infecting your computer. Find out more about the differences and how you can avoid them. John Lenaghan Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/21451/1/Wi-Fi-vs.-WiMax-%96-Wi-Do-I-Care%3F We've gone from HiFi to Wi-Fi, and next on the endless chain is WiMax. The transition from 'High Fidelity', which simply related to sound quality, to 'Wireless Fidelity' or Wi-Fi, took about thirty-eleven years. The transition to WiMax is already in play, yet most of us haven't figured out what Wi-Fi is really all about. Dennis Schooley Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/21287/1/Identity-Theft%3A-Phishing-in-Dangerous-Water Identity thieves have a new online weapon and its spreading. Daryl Campbell Mon, 14 Aug 2006 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/21169/1/VoIP---A-Layman%92s-Look---Should-You-or-Shouldn%92t-You%3F So why do we care about the real-time transmission of our voice, in telephone quality, using Internet protocol (VoIP)? Dennis Schooley Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/20136/1/Finding-a-Good-Web-Designer The Internet is more popular than ever and any business that is not online is losing out to its competitors. Andrew Ward Mon, 12 Jun 2006 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/20114/1/A-Beginners-Guide-to-ISP-Inbox-Delivery This is a guide in helping you to avoid your emails be sent to a bulk or spam folder and what to consider in minimizing complaints. Verna Jabat Sat, 10 Jun 2006 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/20051/1/Information-On-Multiple-Streams-of-Income Be careful in choosing your multiple streams of extra income. I t is always advisable to have them interrelated to each other, all of them culminating at your core competence to achieve better and fruitful results. Cher How Tan Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/19744/1/The-7-Best-FREE-Web-Tools-and-Utilities-That-You-Need-To-Know-Abou As more and more new users sign up for Internet access for the very first time, most are completely over-whelmed by the huge array of relatively high priced web services and tools available. They then ask themselves "what are the best free web services and tools available". Here are 7 of the best free web tools and services we have found on the web. Bruce Hearder Fri, 19 May 2006 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/19560/1/The-Growing-Trend-of-Comparison-Shopping-on-Your-Mobile-Phone This article deals with the growing trends of online comparison shopping and how you can compare retail store prices with prices online, directly from your mobile phones. Michael Brito Wed, 10 May 2006 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/19551/1/Internet-Creativity-Has-Only-Just-Begun. If you've got a creative itch you have to realize that it is in computers and the Internet that your future lays. You might look at what already has been created in life and in technology and think that we've finished evolving. Wake up people, it's only just M6.Net Tue, 09 May 2006 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/19550/1/Boy-with-a-website-makes-millions A 19 year old boy in the USA has become a millionaire simply because he had a great idea and put a website on the Internet to promote it. M6.Net Tue, 09 May 2006 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/19549/1/One-Golden-Idea The 'dreamer' brother of a hard working executive searches for an easy way to make millions. He finds it on the Internet but then gives up when his brother secretly makes things tough for him. His executive brother goes ahead with the idea vowing to give his brother ten percent without explaining. M6.Net Tue, 09 May 2006 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/19413/1/Enlightenment-online An old man's attitude suddenly changes from cranky to peaceful and happy. What could websites have to do with this transformation? M6.Net Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/19266/1/Christening-Gift Expectant Parents find life easier after brother's secretary sets up a website to update relatives on the pregnancy and birth. The brother decides that the website is so cheap he can pay for it for the child's whole life, to let friends and relative always get updates and photos. M6.Net Mon, 24 Apr 2006 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/19265/1/Useless-Scrawl Brutish aliens who don't understand the concept of writing have their secrets published openly on the Internet. M6.Net Mon, 24 Apr 2006 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/19264/1/Scary-Little-People A woman is convinced faeries are passing for humans and up to something sneaky in modern cities. Two faerie secret agents argue over whether she knows something they do not by reading over her website. M6.Net Mon, 24 Apr 2006 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/19263/1/Modern-Advertising Someone working as an unappreciated assistant receives a two and a half million-dollar fee from his own company for producing a website-based ad campaign that costs just slightly more than one thousand dollars. He then gives away half a million to charities. M6.Net Sun, 23 Apr 2006 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/18936/1/Misspell-a-Web-Address%2C-Other-Sites-Make-Money. This is an informational article only. Pete Glocker Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/18888/1/Want-to-break-into-politics-like-Kinky-Friedman%3F-Get-a-website. Thinking of running for politics? Check out Kinky Friedman's new website and you might just get a few ideas of how to construct your online approach to make it a winning one. You never know, by simply having good campaign goals, a communicative website, and utilising all means to relate to others, soon you may be in the public eye. M6.Net Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/18779/1/Delicious-Colors Person with a cookbook for people without a sense of smell finds it isn't commercially viable to publish. However, he finds out that it is viable to distribute by having his own website. Plus, he can make a cash profit. M6.Net Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/18778/1/A-planet-where-everyone-has-a-website Can you imagine a planet where every single person on the globe has their own personal website? I can. I've been there. It's called Ruferius and it revolves around one of the stars in the Sirius 'Dog Star' system. It's not like people are exceptionally intelligent or evolved on Ruferius, the thing is it's illegal to not have your own website. M6.Net Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/18767/1/Interacting-Via-The-Internet It is impressive to notice how fast, easy and cheap (free in many cases) it has become for everybody to communicate via the internet. Technolgy has changed the way we interact to each other and make business, and the developments are far from over. Here we review briefly the many possibilities. Roberto Zarotti Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/18441/1/How-to-choose-Autoresponder-properly. In order to be really successful online businesses need to understand what it is about the Internet that makes it so appealing to customers. Autoresponders are the powerful marketing and customer service tool  that make your customers desire for instant gratification work to your advantage Eugenijus Sakalauskas Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/18355/1/Unlimited-Creativity The Internet removes the costs of printing, distribution, and marketing, so people can, and do, produce online comics that are amazingly creative, radical, and risqué. M6.Net Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/18310/1/Article-submission-sites---Why-can-not-I-use-pictures If you write articles for Newspapers or magazines you will have noticed that most of the stories have photographs or pictures accompanying the text. So, why is it that this area of the most modern medium for the written word doesn't allow images? M6.Net Sun, 05 Mar 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/18147/1/Is-It-Bad-SEOs--And-What-about-Bad-SEO-Clients You hear all the time about bad SEOs. Bad SEOs are offering worthless services, failing to deliver on their internet marketing promises, polluting the search engine results-well, a lot of bad things. Lee Rummage Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/18100/1/Four-Minute-Delay Two crew on an interplanetary exploration craft discussing the feeling of being isolated from Earth, and finally deciding that a four minute delay means nothing when it comes to email. M6.Net Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/18097/1/Our-Future-in-Technology Younger generations are now more skilled in the use of Internet as well as there being an increase in the popularity of computer games. The present level of encouragement for using technology in schools has helped us as a society prepare for the demands of the future. M6.Net Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/17841/1/Public-Relations-and-the-Internet Although the field of public relations is quite new, it is seen to be pivotal to many companies when coordinating advertising and marketing campaigns. Public relations has been increasing in popularity, especially now with the Internet being used as a tool for communication in modern society. M6.Net Sun, 12 Feb 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/17840/1/Being-On-line-Connects-Us-Off-line Research shows the Internet is strengthening social contacts rather than isolating people. M6.Net Sun, 12 Feb 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/17839/1/Never-Have-to-Buy-a-New-Internet Books become out-of-date and need replacing. The Internet doesn't M6.Net Sun, 12 Feb 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/17781/1/Branding%2C-Positioning-and-Differentiation Different products need to be different brands with different names. However, the only thing common about this sense is that it's all too commonly ignored in the hopes of cheating risk and the possibility of failure. Scott White Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/17734/1/Two-Dads%3A-One-computer-maniac%2C-the-other-computer-phobic. Summary: One father is a computer maniac. Whenever a new technology, software, gadget, or website emerges he is one of the first to grab it up and evaluate it. My other father has an old piece-of-crap box that looks something like a computer, with a tediously slow dial-up connection to the World Wide Web. M6.Net Mon, 06 Feb 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/17712/1/Shakespeare-Did-Not-Need-The-Internet. Summary - The Internet lets aspiring artists talk to experts and other artists on a daily basis regardless of their geographical isolation. 'Nearly' great artists and writers can grow into 'Great' artists and writers. M6.Net Sun, 05 Feb 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/17640/1/By-the-way%2C-Are-we-on-the-same-continent%3F Summary - It's nice how little geographic location matters with Internet friends. It's also amusing to realize you neither know, nor strongly care about what country your friend is in. M6.Net Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/17590/1/Make-your-own-TV-show Summary: With the advent of the Internet and legal file-sharing you can now film your own TV show and put it up on the Web for everyone to see. If it's any good, word will get around. M6.Net Mon, 30 Jan 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/17588/1/Social-software%3F-Check-out-Google-Map-mash-ups. Summary: Social software is where someone takes an existing computer program and combines it with another idea to make it more personalized for people. M6.Net Mon, 30 Jan 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/17585/1/The-Global-Village-Never-Sleeps Summary - Any time of the day you can go online and find people to talk with who share your interests. It's good for shift workers, insomniacs, and people with uncommon interests.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> M6.Net Mon, 30 Jan 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/17481/1/Combing-the-Power-of-Google-Adsense-and-Email-Marketing Discover the secret to increasing your revenue from Google Adsense by taking advantage of your email list. Scott Patterson Tue, 24 Jan 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/16718/1/Google-Adsense-Strategies-and-Tips Knowing the strategies of Google Adsense can monetize your site... Alden Smith Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/6926/1/Do-I-Need-a-DSL-or-Cable-Connection%3F If you spend most of your time on the internet waiting for large files to download or if you are a webmaster that uploads tens of thousands of files onto your web sites each day, a DSL or cable connection might be the answer. Brian Shoemaker Mon, 12 Dec 2005 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/6742/1/Make-your-customers-feel-comfortable-and-secure-when-they-visit-your-website Tips to help you increase your website conversion rates. Manoj Mansukhani Fri, 02 Dec 2005 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/6738/1/The-One-Key-To-Huge-Online-Success If there was one key thing you could do, that would ensure you of huge online success, wouldn't you want to know about it?  Well there IS. Read this article to find out about this vital key to your online success.... Beth Scott Fri, 02 Dec 2005 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/6720/1/7-Easy-Secrets-to-Understanding-Web-Statistics Don't be confused by the huge amount of data in your web statistics log.  Here is a brief explanation of what to look for... Alden Smith Fri, 02 Dec 2005 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/6711/1/Finding-Freelance-Journalism-Work Writers today have so many choices- should I work full time, should I be in print or broadcast media, how about freelance work? The path you choose to tread is "your own." Never select a career based on the needs of family/friends/or popular opinion. Paul wilson Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/6687/1/Hit-the-Nail-on-the-Head%97Effective-PR Public relations entail media relations, creation of press releases, copywriting and making of brochures/catalogues, advertising, and sponsorship. Whether you have a home based business, a freelance service provider, or run a small firm/ business,  Paul wilson Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/6487/1/Getting-Content-for-Your-Site-Free-and-Easy Website Owners: Still paying for ghostwriters and struggling with rss feeds for content? Stop. Get free website content from article directories. On-topic content for YOUR website. YOUR blog. YOUR ezine. YOUR forum. Free. Easy. Now. Learn how here. Andre Best Sun, 20 Nov 2005 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/6187/1/Death-of-a-Salesman-%96-Lesson-Learned Lessons learned from reading the play Death Of  A Salesman. Your business not only affects you but also your associates. Enjoy what you do in your internet home business so that you don't become a tragic figure.   Kay Schwartz Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/1433/1/Future-Internet-3%3A-People-are-leaving-the-rat-race-and-its-ignorant-ways-behind The strangest thing is happening out in that magical meeting place called the Web. People from all over the world are using Internet technology to connect with others who want to leave many aspects of modern social paradigms behind. M6.Net Mon, 10 Oct 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/1432/1/Internet-Dating%3A-Future-Internet%3A-Human-Collaboration-Example-2 Internet dating has become a huge phenomenon in our contemporary, technology-based society. It is very interesting to say the least, and after speaking to a few colleagues and friends, it also seems to be a very controversial subject as well. M6.Net Mon, 10 Oct 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/1110/1/How-To-Make-Your-Stiffest-Competitor-Your-Best-Joint-Venture-Partner Once you understand this simple fact, it's easy to see how YOU can to turn your biggest competitors into your best Joint Venture (JV) partners. Jim Edwards Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/1021/1/How-To-Avoid-Spam-Robots Spammers who need fresh email addresses release software spider programs that comb the Internet and suck email addresses off Web pages, guest books, and anywhere else you might post your email address. Jim Edwards Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/925/1/Simple-Survey-Leads-To-Big-Profits-Online However, with inexpensive online tools, even a one-person business can now quickly and easily conduct powerful surveys to discover exactly what customers want - and then give it to them. Jim Edwards Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/859/1/Podcasting%3A-Internet-Radio-On-Demand...-and-MORE%21 If you haven't heard the term "podcast" yet, you will. Jim Edwards Fri, 02 Sep 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/832/1/Stop-intrusive-pop-up-ads-and-regain-control-of-your-online-experience%21 You try to read a friends' webpage located at a free web hotel, but every time you click on a new link the screen is smothered with commercials about mortgages, miraculous diet pills and MLM-marketing. Jason Frovich Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/629/1/Newsbytes-From-The-World-Wide-Web Information on Google's desktop search, Sony's Ipod, and News RSS feeds. Jim Edwards Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/625/1/My-Online-Crystal-Ball Most people making predictions about the future never face accountability for their erroneous or vague forecasts. Jim Edwards Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/596/1/How-to-Prevent-Online-Identity-Theft Identity theft rates one of the fastest growing crimes in America today and the Internet can make it even easier for some criminals to take your good name and drag it through the mud. Jim Edwards Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/580/1/How-to-Have-Your-Own-Online-Party Online parties can be a successful and fun way to  build your home business. These parties are similar to home parties except that you do not have to pay a small fortune for refreshments and snacks! terri Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/577/1/Internet-Communication How do we keep Internet communication simple? Let's start by taking a look at the different methods used to communicate on the web. It is important to understand the nuances and benefits of the different forms. S. Housley Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/549/1/Online-Guru-or-Scam-Artist%3A-How-Can-You-Tell%3F You want to start your own online business. You want the financial independence from corporate America. You want to pursue your dreams. You need help. Who do you call? Michele Schermerhorn Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/492/1/Access-Your-PC-From-The-Road Have you ever sat in front of your computer and wished you could show someone else what appeared on your screen? Jim Edwards Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/466/1/Surviving-Tough-Times-Online With economic problems dominating the headlines, all businesses, online and off, need to make the most of every single customer contact if they hope to stay in business! Jim Edwards Tue, 16 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/449/1/eBay-buys-Shopping.com---Boon-or-Bust-to-Online-Merchants%3F A summary and analysis of the recent acquisition of Shopping.com by eBay. Scott Smigler Tue, 16 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/429/1/Can-You-Survive-In-An-Online-World%3F Well, three or four years ago, email, Web surfing and downloading files qualified you as "electronically literate," but not any more! Computer and online survival skills now encompass much more than that. Jim Edwards Tue, 16 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/10355/1/12-Steps-to-Creating-a-Business-Online \"E-commerce.\" A word pervading our society, making headlines around the world, and causing the stock market to rise and fall with startling ease. Jim Edwards Fri, 12 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/237/1/B2B-firm-gets-millions-after-private-placement One of China's biggest business-to-business (B2B) Internet companies has raised US$82 million in a new round of private placement, helping it grow as an industry leader globally and fend off challengers. Super Admin Thu, 11 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/227/1/Overcoming-Information-Overload-with-Information-Aggregators The Web continues to grow rapidly. Users find it difficult to know where to spend their browsing time. Web site owners find it difficult to attract visitors. Information aggregators help with these problems. Ron Tower Thu, 11 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/10343/1/The-Ten-Web-Page-%5C%22Commandments%5C%22 The following \"commandments\" represent the ideals towards which every new or existing website should strive. Jim Edwards Wed, 10 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/10319/1/How-to-Get-Rich-Playing-With-WORDS%21 How many times have you read or heard on the news that someone hit a state lottery? Winning Millions of Dollars. The odds of winning a major state or multi-state lottery is for example: 1 in 120,526,770 is your chance of winning the most popular multi-state lottery in the U.S. Power Ball. Terri Wells Tue, 09 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/10313/1/Explore-the-Earth-from-Home What the!!?? Google Earth? Has a company taken over our world? No, just mapped it out for you to look at. M6.Net Mon, 08 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/10258/1/The-2-Sides-of-Reseller-Web-Hosting When discussing the Reseller Web Hosting Market and which hosting company has the best Reseller plans, the discussion should be broken into two parts. There are really 2 disctinct types of customers in the Reseller market and 2 types of plans to accommodate them. The first customer is someone who owns multiple sites but doesn't want a lot of separate hosting plans to keep up with. The second customer is the owner of a hosting company. rodney ringler Fri, 05 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/10233/1/PR-Tools-That-Are-Good-For-Online-Business PR is good for business, especially good PR! Everyone knows that. Is this true for PR online? Very much so true, especially when a website uses appropriate PR for its attentive audience. elva chen Wed, 03 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/10230/1/Reclaim-Your-PC-from-the-Internet-Spies Most Internet users recognize the need of protecting their computers against viruses, as the vast majority of us sooner or later become painfully aware of these nasty little programs when they shut down our PC, spam our mailbox or delete our files. Jason Frovich Wed, 03 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/10205/1/Tips-on-How-to-Design-a-Great-Site Simple guidelines on how to design a web site so that it is more user-friendly. David Lim Tue, 02 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/10181/1/Ok%2C-you%5C%27ve-got-a-puter%2C-and-you-get-online. You surf your favorite sites, Sports, Shopping, Cowchip Tossing Blogs, and so on. Doug Woodall Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/10180/1/It%5C%27s-War-I-Tell-You%21 As you may or may not know, a new computer is extremely vulnerable when you first get online with it. Doug Woodall Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/10178/1/Another-Fine-Mess%21 I was reading an excellent article today titled "Identity Theft" by Judith Collins at eWeek.com, when it got me to thinking. Doug Woodall Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/10177/1/Spyware%2C-this-time-it%92s-personal%21 First the basic definition of Spyware: It is a type of software which is installed onto your computer without your permission. Doug Woodall Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/10169/1/The-never-ending-Spyware%85%85story It's been with us since 1993, it's gotten more intrusive, more complicated. It's created a whole ecosystem, so to speak. Doug Woodall Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/10061/1/Low-Cost-Web-Hosting-Services---Don%5C%27t-forget-about-uptime Once you have your company\'s web site up and running, it is vital that you do everything possible to keep it that way. Nothing sets off alarms in a customer\'s head faster than a non accessible web site or one that has features which do not work. A web site is literally your company\'s window to the world and every aspect of the site; including the design, content, accessibility, ease of navigation, and uptime, says a lot about your company. John Michaels Tue, 26 Jul 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/10056/1/Multiple-Website-Hosting---Subdomains-are-the-Answer%21 Subdomains are sort of a site within a site. They are not, however, simply additional pages of an existing web site. The subdomain can have a web site all its own, completely separate from the site located at the main domain name. John Michaels Mon, 25 Jul 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/10055/1/CGI-Web-Hosting---3-Essential-Scripts-for-your-Business If there\'s one thing that people love it is a web site that has plenty of automated features. Sites that are highly interactive tend to get the most traffic and generate the most business for the companies that run them. Automated features can also play a \"behind the scenes\" role, making your site easier to use, run smoothly and allow for things like online sales and password protection. John Michaels Mon, 25 Jul 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/10022/1/Linking-for-Fun-and-Profit Learn how to build links the right way. Steven Pronger Sun, 24 Jul 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9958/1/Web-Analytics---Getting-it-Right Web analytics is the key ingredient in developing Internet marketing success. Without proper understanding and use of web analytics, success will always remain elusive. Will Moore Tue, 19 Jul 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9952/1/Quickly-Eliminate-100%25-of-Your-Junk-Emails Like me, you\'ve probably received every Viagra email there is. However, those days are over. I\'ll show you how to stop spam from ever seeing your Inbox again. Anthony Vita Tue, 19 Jul 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9937/1/An-Easy-Way-To-Include-RSS-In-A-Web-Site RSS is more and more important for Search Engine Optimization, because visitors as well as search engines prefer web sites with fresh content. The article shows a simple way to include daily fresh content in a web site. Lil Waldner Mon, 18 Jul 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9935/1/New-Article---Adsense-Offsets-you-Advertising-Costs How many times have you pondered about starting a website but you weren\'t sure if you could pay for it? Many established and start-up website owners are finding saving space on their website for advertising is a profitable way to cover the website costs as well as a way to draw in traffic. elva chen Sun, 17 Jul 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9802/1/Seven-Frequently-Asked-Questions-About-Choosing-A-Domain-Name Tips on what to consider when selecting a domain name for your business website. Rupe Parnell Sat, 09 Jul 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9791/1/Why-eBooks-Are-The-Most-Overlooked-Path-To-Online-Prosperity The Internet now makes it possible to come up with an idea, turn it into an ebook, distribute it over the Internet, and start making money - all n 30 days or less. Jim Edwards Fri, 08 Jul 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9782/1/The-Secret-Shady-Practices-of-Affiliate-Marketing Is affiliate marketing ethical? Or is it dominated by shady practices? This article reveals some of the dirty tricks used, how to avoid them and how to market ethically. Keith Rougvie Fri, 08 Jul 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9777/1/Discover-Hidden-Profits-in-%5C%22Spare-Change%5C%22-Time How often do you sit in front of your computer and wait? Jim Edwards Thu, 07 Jul 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9774/1/Getting-started-with-pay-per-click-advertising Pay Per Click is the fastest and most efficient way to promote your business but who are the major players and how do I get started. What does it cost? These questions and many more are answered here as well as good information on the three major PPC engines. Bob Williams Thu, 07 Jul 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9772/1/How-To-Write-Persuasive-Articles If you use articles to generate traffic to your site, you may think it\'s enough to write something interesting and have a link. There\'s more to it, if you want more traffic. Steve Gillman Thu, 07 Jul 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9757/1/Writing-Articles---Six-Mistakes-To-Avoid Writing articles is probably the single best way to generated free traffic to your web site. Just watch out for these mistakes. Steve Gillman Wed, 06 Jul 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9740/1/Predicting-The-Future-Online This article describes the 6 key trends that will affect how all of us do business online this year. Jim Edwards Tue, 05 Jul 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9739/1/Permanent-Traffic-From-Writing-Articles Do you want to create permanent traffic streams for your website? Try writing articles. Intimidated? There\'s one type of article that almost anyone can write. Steve Gillman Tue, 05 Jul 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9733/1/Search-Engine-Submissions-That-Boost-Link-Popularity%21 The article explains how and where to submit websites to search engines and directories in order to boost the link popularity. Quality counts, not quantity! Lil Waldner Tue, 05 Jul 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9732/1/Optimizing-Google-Adsense-For-Better-Performance-and-More-Money%21 So you want to make money with Google Adsense? I don\'t blame you, who doesn\'t want residual income! This article will show you how to better optimize Google Adsense to make more money from your web site(s). Martin Lemieux Tue, 05 Jul 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9709/1/People-accusing-you-of-sending-sp%2Aam%3F-FIVE-%5C%27Email-Marketer-must-know%5C%27-tips. How to defend yourself from people accusing you of sending sp*am. Radhika Venkata Mon, 04 Jul 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9708/1/Affiliates%2C-3-Things-You-should-Own-though-You-don%5C%27t-Own-a-Product. Tips for affiliates on how to increase their affiliate commission. Radhika Venkata Mon, 04 Jul 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9699/1/Ways-To-Get-Free-Web-Site-Traffic You don\'t have to just sit there and wait for free web site traffic. There are ways to generate it starting today. Steve Gillman Mon, 04 Jul 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9673/1/Busting-Online-Copyright-Thieves How safe is anyone\'s copyright online? Jim Edwards Fri, 01 Jul 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9671/1/Forums---Talk-And-Make-Money How would you like to talk about things of interest to you, and make money doing it? If you have a website, you have a way: forums. Steve Gillman Fri, 01 Jul 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9670/1/Cheap-Web-Hosting-is-No-Bargain Ever heard the saying "Penny-wise and Dollar-foolish"? Jim Edwards Fri, 01 Jul 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9664/1/Top-5-Webmaster-Tools-You-Can-Pick-Up-For-Pennies Webmastering software can cost hundreds of dollars. Do you know a little dirty secret that will allow to buy software for pennies on the dollar? Read on. David Deprice Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9661/1/Good-Keywords---More-Than-Good-Demand It\'s great to find good keywords for your web site, but high demand isn\'t the only thing that makes them good. Steve Gillman Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9660/1/5-Critical-Promotion-Mistakes-People-Make-With-Articles Did you realize that writing and publishing articles online represents one of the best-kept website traffic secrets? Jim Edwards Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9650/1/Free-Recipes-For-You-On-The-Internet The concept of cooking has undergone a significant change, thanks to the Internet. Cooking has become a great art and innovations in cooking are as significant as in any other field. Now the same old ingredients can be churned out to make mouth-watering delicacies. Gone are the days when people clung to their trade secrets and your only source of getting good recipes was from friends and family. Now you can get it all and much more on the click of a button. elva chen Wed, 29 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9644/1/Keyword-Research-Problems Be careful when you do keyword research,, or you might optimize based on bad information. Watch for these four problems. Steve Gillman Wed, 29 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9641/1/3-Secrets-to-%5C%22Striking-it-Rich%5C%22-in-Cyberspace The lure of low startup costs compared to brick-and-mortar operations and the promise of high rewards draws an ever- swelling crowd of merchants to the online marketplace. Jim Edwards Wed, 29 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9634/1/The-Power-of-the-BLOG The big trend on the internet is blogging. In this article you will learn the advantages of blogging. Now you can share your world with the people that are important to you. Matt Bacak Tue, 28 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9632/1/Podcasting-Trend There is a new trend when it comes to broadcasting your information out to people and you'll find out more about it inside this article. Matt Bacak Tue, 28 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9631/1/Make-Money-Blogging Have you ever thought that the blog could make money for you? We would look here in this article, ways and means, to make money blogging. You'll discover the Top 5 Ways to Make Money Blogging Matt Bacak Tue, 28 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9629/1/Adsense-%96-The-Powerful-Passive-Income-Generator If you are wondering how you can make more money online then you must read this aticle about Adsense - The Powerful Passive Income Generator. You'll discover the program that some people are using to make a four figure monthly income. Matt Bacak Tue, 28 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9628/1/Coping-With-Information-Overload In the information age, our minds get bombarded daily with so much data that we start filtering it out as a self- defense mechanism. Jim Edwards Tue, 28 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9620/1/Your-Own-Personal-Online-Shopper In the information age, our minds get bombarded daily with so much data that we start filtering it out as a self- defense mechanism. Jim Edwards Tue, 28 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9595/1/Between-Marketing-and-the-Webmaster So, what is the relationship between Marketing and Web designing? In other words, how can a better understanding of Marketing help you as a Webmaster to manage your business more profitably? Dele Ogundahunsi Mon, 27 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9581/1/Why-SEO-work-and-specifically-Google-Indexing-requires-a-complex-blend-of-skills Getting a company's name and products, or services, onto the first page of a genuine Google search isn't a trivial piece of work. In fact, there are four distinct skills that a search engine optimiser needs to possess. Most people possess one or maybe two of these skills, very rarely do people posses all four. John Fowler Sun, 26 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9571/1/Web-Conferencing---What-is-it%3F Web Conferencing is, very simply, a meeting, conference or seminar that is held over the World Wide Web. Web conferencing can refer to audio, video or text-based conversations and are conducted in real-time. Diane Parker Sat, 25 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9559/1/K.I.S.S.-or-the-Basic-Concepts-of-Usability If you\'re in the web business to make money, you will no doubt have come across the acronym, KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid! Charming, but apt. This refers not just to the layout of a web page, but the navigation, graphic, logo, database architecture . . . Blair Ballard Fri, 24 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9558/1/Web-Conferencing-Services---Types You may already have recognized the need for web conferencing within your organization. You have heard all about the many benefits and have decided it is the way forward for your company. Now all you have to do is decide which type of web conferencing would best suit your company\'s needs. Diane Parker Fri, 24 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9550/1/Turn-One-Time-%5C%22Hits%5C%22-Into-Repeat-Visitors Every website owner faces the same challenge: How to get more traffic to their website. Jim Edwards Fri, 24 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9533/1/5-Tips-To-Create-A-Kick-Butt-Mini-Course-That-Pulls-In-Thousands-of-Rabid-Subscribers...-in-a-Flash%21 One of the fastest ways to develop, build, and grow your own list of subscribers is to develop a \"mini\" course with an incredibly compelling promise. Jim Edwards Thu, 23 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9532/1/Telephone-Conferencing---Evolution-in-the-Web The need for businesses to communicate both internally and with each other has always been great. Successful transactions cannot be completed without communication - so much relies upon it; decent customer service; placing orders; winning new business. Diane Parker Thu, 23 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9523/1/Web-Conferencing-Tool---Reduce-Your-Communication-Costs The cost savings associated with web conferencing are well documented. Less time and money are spent on traveling, there is no need to hire meeting facilities and staff can focus on doing their jobs well instead of scheduling meetings. Diane Parker Wed, 22 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9521/1/7-Years-At-The-Keyboard Well, whether your business represents a laptop on a TV tray in the basement, or a mega-corporation with offices all over the world, my last 7 years in the Wild West online has revealed a few \"truths\" which should last from here until the end of computers. Jim Edwards Wed, 22 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9500/1/Does-Microsoft-Show-Hackers-How-To-Attack%3F After another security hole recently surfaced in Microsoft\'s Windows operating system, the software giant released a patch this past Friday to plug the possibly devastating \"back door\" which allows hackers to potentially seize control of any pc running Windows. Jim Edwards Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9497/1/Web-Conferencing-Software---Choosing-Your-Application It is worth bearing in mind that, when you are deciding which web conferencing application to utilize, none of the applications currently available will do everything well. Diane Parker Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9496/1/Internet-Conferencing---Advantages Nobody works in complete isolation. In virtually all lines of business, contact with other people will be required in some capacity. Whether it is meeting with clients or colleagues; presenting new ideas or products; or giving or receiving training, good communication is the key to running a successful business. Diane Parker Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9487/1/Let-The-Email-Wars-Begin Things just got a lot hotter in the hyper-competitive world of online email providers. Jim Edwards Mon, 20 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9483/1/What-is-web-site-monitoring-all-about%3F Many people do not understand what web site monitoring is about. In a retail environment, you can quickly see when something is out of place. On the Internet, web site monitoring helps. David Leonhardt Mon, 20 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9479/1/Cyber-Crooks-Go-%5C%22Phishing%5C%22 \"Phishing,\" the latest craze among online evil-doers, has nothing to do with sitting at the end of a dock on a sunny afternoon dangling a worm to entice hungry catfish. Jim Edwards Mon, 20 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9475/1/%93I-Finally-Discovered-A-Secret-To-FREE-Content-No-One-Else-Has%21%3F-size%3D How to find laser targeted free content. No matter what the subject matter, for product creation, e-zines, article writing, increase link popularity, and improve search engine rankings. Mark Kessler Sun, 19 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9474/1/%5C%22What-You-Did-Wrong-With-Your-Domain-Names%21%5C%22 A VERY important tip, if you want to be taken seriously, trying to improve search engine rankings in Google and other major search engines. Mark Kessler Sun, 19 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9466/1/Web-Hosting-Server---What-to-look-for As with any service, the question of what to look for in server hosting packages depends largely on the goals you have. If you have a company in need of a server host, your needs are naturally going to be much different than if you are an individual looking for a server host. Brian Thorn Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9465/1/Web-Site-Hosting-Plan---Key-Elements What are the key elements in a good web host package? The answer to that question depends mainly on the service you expect from the web host provider. To decide what you need, you\'ll need to have at least a brief understanding of the typical services and features offered by web hosting companies. Brian Thorn Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9464/1/Commercial-Web-Hosting---Business-Considerations There are many reasons why choosing the right web host pack can be beneficial for your business. Most importantly, if you don\'t purchase a package that offers you all the things you need to run a business online, you won\'t be able to attract and retain a faithful client base. Brian Thorn Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9455/1/An-Easy-Way-to-Choose-Attractive-Color-Combinations Lots of people struggle to come up with attractive color combinations when designing logos, banners or web sites. So, here\'s an easy technique that only takes a few minutes. Sunil Tanna Fri, 17 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9444/1/%5C%22What-You-Did-Wrong-With-Your-Domain-Names%21%5C%22 A VERY important tip, if you want to be taken seriously, trying to improve search engine rankings in Google and other major search engines. Mark Kessler Fri, 17 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9437/1/3-Fastest-Ways-To-Get-Traffic-To-Any-Website After all the debate over website design, shopping carts and credit card processors, every website owner eventually comes to the startling realization that they need one more thing to survive - website traffic! Jim Edwards Thu, 16 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9418/1/Website-Promotion-%96-Need-Inspiration-to-Write-Articles%3F--Check-Your-Stats%21 The best incentive to continue writing articles to promote your Website is to check your statistics. Once you see how well and quickly it works, you will want to continue. Charles Essmeier Wed, 15 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9412/1/More-Cool-Web-Tricks It seems like all the great tricks and tips that make people exclaim \"STOP! How did you do that?\" never make it into any manual (at least where I can find them). Jim Edwards Wed, 15 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9403/1/Website-Promotion-%96-Where-to-Get-Ideas-for-Writing-Articles Writing articles and submitting them to free content sites is a great way to promote your Website. But where do the ideas for the articles come from? Charles Essmeier Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9401/1/Website-Promotion-%96-Writing-Articles-May-Be-Better-Than-Hiring-SEO-Firms Writing articles about your Website's topic and publishing them on the Web is a great way to get high-value, external links to your site. It may also be safer than paying a search engine optimization company. Charles Essmeier Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9400/1/Internet-News-Services-Explode-Online It seems no matter how much information comes available online, people thirst for more. Jim Edwards Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9395/1/Is-Your-Email-Address-%5C%22Blacklisted%3F%5C%22 A lady emailed me yesterday very upset over the fact that her friend\'s Internet Service Provider (ISP) wasn\'t delivering important email messages. Jim Edwards Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9387/1/Seecrets-on-Website-Promotion%3A-The-hard-truths-on-writing-free-reprint-articles Monday, 13 June 2005 Experts in website promotion all agree on this: get as many inbound links as possible. To achieve this, write free-reprint articles, sent them to major article depositories and soon you will have hundreds, if not thousands of inbound links. That is the hype, the razzmatazz. The experiences of this techie turned internet writer may provide some useful pointers. Stan Seecrets Mon, 13 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9381/1/Avoiding-the-Deadly-E-Mail-Trap Imagine a world without email! Some of us can because we lived and worked before there was email. Susan Dunn Sun, 12 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9362/1/Get-Your-Web-Site-Noticed%21 This article shows how to attract visitors to your site, and in turn will attract more visitors to your business. Michael Rock Fri, 10 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9356/1/Web-Package-Hosting---Researching-Different-Alternatives One of the best ways to find a good web host package is to listen to what others say about companies that provide web hosting. Whether you\'re a business owner or an individual, you are likely looking for reliable web hosting at a competitive price. Finding the company that can best meet those needs can be a real challenge. Brian Thorn Fri, 10 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9355/1/Multiple-Site-Hosting---Stop-paying-more-than-what%5C%27s-necessary If you are looking for multiple site hosting in a web host package, you have plenty of options. There are literally dozens of web hosting companies that advertise multiple site hosting options. But what can you expect from these companies and what is it likely to cost? Brian Thorn Fri, 10 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9354/1/Cheap-Web-Package-Hosting---How-to-Minimize-Costs There are several steps you can take to help minimize costs with a web hosting package. Some require some effort on your part while others are simply a matter of common sense. No matter what your particular needs are, you\'ll likely find that there are companies out there offering web hosting with those needs in mind. Brian Thorn Fri, 10 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9351/1/Is-%5C%22Spyware%5C%22-Watching-You%3F Imagine my surprise when I received a phone call from a friend who told me he\'d been the victim of a \"spyware\" attack that left him shaking at his loss of privacy. Jim Edwards Fri, 10 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9338/1/Website-Promotion-%96-Writing-Articles-Generates-Traffic-Four-Different-Ways Writing articles and submitting them to free content sites is a great way to promote your Website at no cost. This technique generates traffic for your Website in at least four different ways. Charles Essmeier Thu, 09 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9335/1/What-is-Wiki%3F Wikis generally allow web pages to be written, edited and created collectively in a web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and simple text. Most Wikis are open, and allow any user the ability to edit the contents of a Wiki web page. Sharon Housley Thu, 09 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9329/1/How-Multiple-Server-Hosting-impacts-your-web-site%5C%27s-uptime Find out how multi-server hosting and failover monitoring can ensure your web site is there when you need it to be. David Leonhardt Wed, 08 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9324/1/How-To-Start-An-Internet-Business-%96-Designing-For-Usefulness The first step to starting any Internet business is conducting keyword research to determine if there is any interest in your idea. Once you identify a need, it's time to consider what your site should look like. Halstatt Pires Wed, 08 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9307/1/Website-Promotion-%96-Submit-Articles%2C-but-Spread-them-Around Writing and submitting articles to free content sites is a good Website promotion tool. Submitting articles to multiple sites makes it even better. Charles Essmeier Mon, 06 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9306/1/Website-Promotion-%96-The-Power-of-Writing-Articles Writing articles is the best-kept secret in the world of Website promotion. It is easy, yields fast results, and generates thousands of links to your Website. Charles Essmeier Mon, 06 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9290/1/Seecrets-on-Internet%3A-An-ant-watching-giants-fight-%28Google-vs.-Microsoft%29 Seasoned investors are familiar with 揟he trend is your friend? Knowing the current trend is vital to search engines consultants, website owners and investors, especially those with their 401K抯 and life savings invested in these companies. Stan Seecrets Sun, 05 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9255/1/To-Blog-Or-Not-To-Blog Web logs, commonly referred to as \"blogs,\" represent all the rage right now in online publishing. Jim Edwards Thu, 02 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9250/1/Block-Ads%2C-Defeat-Pop-Up%5C%27s%2C-and-STOP-%5C%22Page-Hijacking%5C%22 Who hasn\'t surfed the web looking for information only to have their session interrupted by those annoying pop-up windows displaying everything from banner ads to newsletter sign-up\'s? Jim Edwards Thu, 02 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9220/1/Basic-Search-Engine-Promotion I can\'t tell you how many times people have asked me, \"How to do I get my site to come up in the top ten of the search engines so I can get hits and sell my product?\" Jim Edwards Tue, 31 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9180/1/Seecrets-on-Website-Promotion%3A-Search-Engine-Wars-%96-a-Different-Perspective As at May 29, 2005, Google last traded price was $266 - an increase over its opening price of $100 on August 19, 2004. It is easy to be caught up by the outburst of irrational exuberance over this spectacular performance. Instead, this article tries to present a contrarian's view Stan Seecrets Sun, 29 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9168/1/Podcasting-Tools Podcasting is increasing in popularity and, realizing that many are interested in providing audio content in a podcast, we have assembled a collection of tools that make creation, promotion and listening to podcasts a little easier. S. Housley Sat, 28 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9147/1/Web-Site-Strategies-that-Work%21%21 Maximize the value of your website with this web strategy questionnaire by Philippa Gamse. Philippa Gamse Fri, 27 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9144/1/Web-Summary-Authoring A new and important role is emerging on the Web, Web summary author, also known as newsmaster, information DJ, current awareness maven, or RSS channel provider. Ron Tower Fri, 27 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9132/1/What-Does-2004-Hold-For-You%3F With 2004 almost upon us, right now makes the best time to start setting your goals for the coming year. Jim Edwards Wed, 25 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9131/1/The-Secret-of-Her-Success One such person, Rosalind Gardner, took her interest in online dating services and turned it into a business that generated almost half a million dollars in revenue last year and should do even better this year. Jim Edwards Wed, 25 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9119/1/Enhanced-Web-Browsing-With-%5C%22Toolbars%5C%22 As the Web grows more crowded and just plain \"noisy\" with information bombarding us from every angle, most people welcome any tool, trick or shortcut to help them wade through the mountains of data to find what they want. Jim Edwards Tue, 24 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9118/1/I%5C%27m-Guilty-Until-Proven-Innocent \"Spam\" (unsolicited commercial email) threatens to paralyze and ultimately destroy the email system as it currently exists on the Internet. Jim Edwards Tue, 24 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9108/1/How-To-Accept-Credit-Cards-Online \"How do I accept credit cards?\" Jim Edwards Tue, 24 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9087/1/Do-We-Really-Need-The-Internet%3F When \"high-tech\" business gets into a head-on collision with a natural or man-made disaster, we all need to ask, \"Do we really need the Internet?\" Jim Edwards Mon, 23 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9085/1/What-Does-That-Error-Message-Really-Mean%3F Surf the \'Net for about 10 minutes and chances rate very high that you\'ll encounter an error of one kind or another. Jim Edwards Mon, 23 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9071/1/How-to-Hire-The-Right-Web-Design-Firm Hiring the cheapest, fastest, or most elaborate design firm does not always equate to hiring the right web design firm. Jim Ray Sun, 22 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9067/1/Building-Content-Sites Highly targeted, focused sites that are related to specific market segments are highly advantageous and can often be created using existing web content. The key is to provide value. S. Housley Sat, 21 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9054/1/Uncle-Sam-Cracks-Down-Online%21 In a move that rocked the online world and left many Internet marketers shaking in their boots, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) initiated a sweeping crackdown on what they termed \"Internet Scammers\" and \"Deceptive Spammers.\" Jim Edwards Fri, 20 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9051/1/Some-%5C%22Free-Stuff%5C%22-Still-Survives-Online A few free services still exist on the \'Net in today\'s more realistic dot-com economy and today rates as good time as any to take a closer look. Jim Edwards Fri, 20 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9048/1/A-New-Scam-Hits-The-Web Virtually anyone with an email account eventually receives a message running one of the oldest scams in the book. Jim Edwards Fri, 20 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9047/1/Optimize-Your-Web-Site-Pt1 5 Top Tips for Optimising Your Site from and SEO expert. Darren Yates Fri, 20 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9046/1/The-Machine-Readable-Web The vast majority of the Web is intended for human readers. The goal has been to create an online experience for human beings. It is an open and ever growing body of information. This is all great, but it does present some problems. There is just too much there. We aren\'t sure what information to trust. We can get lost in the Web and waste a lot of time. So we need some software tools to help us, but the information itself is not structured in a way that software can easily deal with. Enter the machine readable Web. Ron Tower Thu, 19 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9043/1/Save-Time-%26-Sanity-With-Virtual-Assistants One of the great things about the online world involves the fact that you can find software to help you accomplish virtually any small job you can imagine, especially repetitive, mundane or boring tasks. Jim Edwards Thu, 19 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9042/1/More-Cool-Sites-Everyone-Should-Bookmark In that spirit of person-to-person sharing, we again tour the web to find the best, most helpful, unusual, or just plain cool websites every surfer should bookmark. Jim Edwards Thu, 19 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9040/1/Free-Software-Quickly-Eliminates-Time-Wasting-Tasks Much to my delight, I recently discovered a free software program anyone can use that instantly gave me back almost all of that wasted time! Jim Edwards Thu, 19 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9030/1/Web-Casting---The-Future-of-Online-Education Now, however, the appearance of cheap \"web casting\" creates an inexpensive opportunity for mass interactive communication between people spread all over the world. Jim Edwards Wed, 18 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9029/1/Top-7-Ways-to-STOP-Junk-Email The problem with junk email or \"spam\" (the popular slang for unsolicited commercial email) only seems to get worse with each passing day. Jim Edwards Wed, 18 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9023/1/3-Better-Ways-To-Search-Online Nothing creates a more frustrating online experience than pulling up your favorite search engine to find something simple and coming away empty handed after an hour of searching. Jim Edwards Tue, 17 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9022/1/STOP-Telemarketers-Dead-In-Their-Tracks By harnessing the power of the Internet to eliminate layers of paperwork and delays, the FTC created the \"National Do Not Call\" registry where consumers can register not to receive unsolicited sales calls. Jim Edwards Tue, 17 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9020/1/Share-Your-Best-Life-Story-With-The-World Well, that may hold true for traditional authors, but the power of the Internet makes it possible for more innovative authors to not only create books with compelling content, but to do it faster and easier than most ever dreamed possible. Jim Edwards Tue, 17 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9019/1/My-Top-10-Favorite-Internet-Tools When you make your living on the Internet, you can sometimes forget that the tools and resources you take for granted might rate an incredible discovery to someone who doesn\'t already know they exist. Jim Edwards Tue, 17 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9004/1/It-Truly-Is-a-%5C%22World-Wide%5C%22-Web On the surface it seemed simple enough, but as the week progressed I realized just how much the Internet permeates our lives, no matter which part of the world we call home. Jim Edwards Mon, 16 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9003/1/%5C%22The-Web%5C%27s-Best-Kept-Traffic-Secret%5C%22 Did you realize that thousands of website operators use a simple technique to generate targeted visitors to their websites without paying a dime in advertising? It\'s true. Jim Edwards Mon, 16 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/9000/1/Building-An-Effective-Furniture-Sales-Web-Site Article discussing the unique web design needs of on-line furniture merchants. Jim Ray Sun, 15 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/8976/1/How-to-Control-Search-Engine-Robots This article will help you understand how to block unwanted robot crawlers, keep crawlers from indexing parts of your site, and help crawlers index your site better for better search engine optimization. Michael Rock Fri, 13 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/8967/1/Slack-Economy-Fuels-eBay-Shopping With the current economic outlook appearing fairly bleak for many individuals and businesses, most feel the need to make every dollar count. Jim Edwards Fri, 13 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/8958/1/Sticky-Sites-Rule-The-Internet Cure your website traffic woes by providing visitors with content that will bring them back again and again. Bonnie Davis Thu, 12 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/8938/1/Are-They-Watching-You-Online%3F When surfing the Internet you probably take your anonymity for granted, most of us do. Jim Edwards Wed, 11 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/8933/1/The-Evolution-of-Google-AdSense The dot-com balloon is said to have burst but savvy publishers have grabbed the coat tails of the Google search monster and employ Google AdSense on content-rich websites. S. Housley Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/8932/1/All-Hits-Are-Not-Created-Equal After all the debate over website design, shopping carts and credit card processors, every website owner eventually comes to the startling realization that they need one more thing to survive - website traffic! Jim Edwards Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/8822/1/A-New-Culture-At-Microsoft%3F-Only-Time-Will-Tell It was like a refreshing breeze on a stifling summer day this past Friday as news of Microsoft\'s plans for IE7 spilled out onto the Web. An IEBlog entry by Chris Wilson, a member of the IE development team, finally dropped two details that may change website development permanently. That is to say, it\'s refreshing, if you believe it, and it may change website development permanently, if it actually happens. youstop Mon, 02 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/8769/1/Choosing-a-web-host-based-on-price%3F-Don%5C%27t%21 With all the offers of cut-rate web hosting, surely some money can be saved there. Or could cut-rate web hosting actually cost more? David Leonhardt Wed, 27 Apr 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/8764/1/5-Tips-for-Online-Shopping Shopping online has become more and more popular in America as we are all looking to save a little time and money. Melanie Breeze Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/8759/1/The-Power-of-Topic-Specific-Search-Engines Simply put, topical search engines are search engines focused on a specific industry, sector or topic. S. Housley Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/8758/1/The-Power-of-Topical-Search-Engines Simply put, topical search engines are search engines focused on a specific industry, sector or topic. S. Housley Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/8721/1/Top-10-Tips-for-Blogging There are no hard and fast rules on how to blog. Having said that, bloggers will likely increase their exposure by following some simple blog guidelines. S. Housley Tue, 19 Apr 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/8669/1/Google-Patent-Application-%96-Marketing-Highlights The recent patent application filed by Google reveals interesting factors used in generating rankings on the search engine. Highlights are included in this article. Halstatt Pires Wed, 13 Apr 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/8634/1/Web-Site-and-Network-Stress-Monitoring Why serious ecommerce websites need some form of stress testing tool. David Leonhardt Thu, 07 Apr 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/8627/1/Are-You-Safe-Ordering-Online%3F This article will show you how to have a safer online ordering experience! Michael Rock Wed, 06 Apr 2005 00:00:00 PDT http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/8581/1/How-Important-is-PageRank%2C-Really%3F Since webmasters spend so much of their time worrying about PageRank, an important question is: how important is PageRank, really? Bradley James Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/8567/1/How-Blogs-Can-Benefit-Individuals While there is a lot of debate about blogs replacing emails in the future, I would rather look at blogs in a different perspective. The purpose of all technology is to make life easier for the user. Blogging is an evolving technology which when harnessed by an individual could make it very easy for anyone to communicate effectively. Srinivasan R.G. Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/8556/1/Steps-to-Creating-and-Promoting-RSS-Feeds RSS, or Really Simple Syndication as it is commonly known, is a technology that gives webmasters the ability to easily distribute and publish syndicated content on the Internet. S. Housley Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/8551/1/Why-Your-Site-Needs-Fresh%2C-Relevant-Content It is said that content is king, but today \'fresh, relevant content\' is the master - or is it? Victor George Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/8476/1/Display-RSS-Feeds Content contained in RSS feeds can be added to websites a number of different ways. Each method for displaying the RSS feed has pros and cons associated with it. Webmasters will need to determine which option will best meet their hosting and technology needs. S. Housley Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/8473/1/The-Worst-Internet-Marketing-Strategy-Ever%3F Trying to build your online business? Avoid this \"temptation\" trap that can sabotage all your hard work and learn the single key to maximizing your success. Jason Potash Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/8452/1/Internet-Marketing-Solution---Content%2C-Content%2C-Content If youaˆ™re looking for the number one, hot Internet marketing solution that will propel your website to the number one spot on the most popular search engines you have a long search ahead of you. The truth is that there really isnaˆ™t one technique that will accomplish such a major feat for you. The most successful and popular websites employ a number of techniques to garner that longed for spot. That being said, however; you should know that not all techniques are equal. Some techniques will definitely get you more results than others and the granddaddy of them all is content. Jack Elmy Mon, 21 Mar 2005 00:00:00 PST http://www.valuablecontent.com/articles/8451/1/Internet-Marketing-Secret---Know-Your-Competition Okay, youaˆ™ve got your website up and running; youaˆ™ve crammed it with all kinds of interesting content; youaˆ™ve researched your keywords and you know who your target audience is. The next question is: Do you know who your competition is? Understanding your competition, what they do and what they donaˆ™t do; is a critical Internet marketing secret that can easily help you win or lose the race in attracting attention to your site. Jack Elmy Mon, 21 Mar 2005 00:00:00 PST