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Harnessing the Power of Testimonials

Let's say you want to take your spouse out to a nicerestaurant. You read the 'dining' column of your localnewspaper, and ask family or friends for recommendations.What they're doing is 'endorsing' a restaurant: 'Tha...

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Smartpages - Legitimate SEO Or Spam

Smartpages are highly optimized pages which draw stampeded of search engine traffic to your website....or so the sales blurb goes. The fantasy is that smartpages are the push-button answer to online success. The reality is quite far removed from that...

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End of the Free Ride; Many Top Search Engines & Directories Switching to Pay Model

Search engines are in a constant state of change. Just when you think you've got the rules down, someone comesalong and changes them. If you've been paying attention lately, you'll notice that many of the top searchengines and director...

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Is your website’s link directory even worth having

A reciprocal link directory if a vital part of having a good Google page rank. However there are ways to make it a useful and important part of your website for reasons other than a high ranking in the Google directory.Let’s face it, getting (and k...

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How to Submit to the Open Directory Project ODP

The ODP (http://www.dmoz.org/) is organized into categories and subcategories, and as simple as it may sound, the key to submitting is finding out where your site should be listed. There are two good ways to determine where your site belongs. You can...

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Does Insecurity Halt Your Personal Growth

Everyone big or small, old or young would love to feel asense of security and well being all of the time in such aseemingly short life. However, through life’s trials of inevitable ups and downs,we sometimes believe that our self worth is supposed...

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The Procrastinating Perfectionist

Are you a procrastinating perfectionist? I once read an article dealing with the fear of failure and success. The author described it as the following: “The curse of the procrastinating perfectionist”. Boy did I ever associate myself with that st...

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I Need to Accomplish Something

Do you have trouble taking a day off? Boy, I do. When I take a day off I lie around all day, read novels, eat whatever I want, take a nap, and generally do whatever I want. It’s awful. I get depressed, I don’t feel well, I don’t accomplish anyt...

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Honor Your Creativity

Many years ago, I saw a movie entitled 'The Last of Sheila', starring James Coburn, Dyan Cannon, James Mason, to name just a few. I love mysteries and I still remember this as one of the best I've ever seen. The overall mystery was ver...

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Look in Your Fridge

Have you looked in your refrigerator lately? What do you find there? Leftovers from yesterday that are still appetizing? Or bits and pieces of meals you've eaten at some indeterminate time in the past? Do you save food that isn't enough for...

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