21 No-Cost (or Extremely Low-Cost) Ways to Remind Your Special Other of How Much You Love Them

It’s so easy, as we race through each day trying to accomplish an impossible number of tasks, to forget about those we love. Soon, and often unintentionally, one partner, or both, are left feeling unappreciated, overlooked and in need of some serious “TLC.”

Logically, we all know that a relationship must receive attention if it is to grow. Realistically, few of us take the time to fan the relationship flames as often as we should. But help is on the way.

Showing your special someone how much you love them doesn’t have to take a lot of time or cost a lot of money. In fact, it’s better if it doesn’t — it’s the little things that we remember most. So don’t wait until next Valentine’s Day to show your significant other that you love and appreciate them. Try to incorporate at least one of these romantic ideas into your partner’s day, everyday (and when you’ve done them all, keep going by creating your own, or repeat the cycle!)

    1.Cook them their favorite meal. Have it ready to go when they walk in the door, complete with candles.

    2. Leave a note for your special other (or tuck one into a lunch/briefcase) telling them how much you care.

    3. Try your hand at a love poem that includes special memories only the two of you share. Leave it somewhere unexpected.

    4. Make your partner a CD of “your” songs. Have it playing when they come home.

    5. If married, have your wedding vows framed and give it to your spouse “just because.”

    6. On a cold day, warm up their car for them.

    7. Volunteer to do their share of the housework so they can relax.
    8. Let them sleep in.

    9. Pamper your significant other by running a bath for them. Include bath salts, candles, and soft music, then wash their hair.

    10. Give your partner a massage (before they ask for it).

    11. Bring them lunch at work.

    12. Stop to say hello, kiss and hug every time you come in the front door.
    13. Pack a lunch and take your special someone on a surprise picnic or walk in the woods. Or, pack a desert and go stargazing.

    14. Flirt with them.

    15. Hold his or her hand.

    16. Bring them a blanket or sweater if they look cold.
    17. Tell them you love and appreciate them, don’t just assume they know.

    18. Create your own holiday, then surprise your significant other with a celebration. This could be: “Happy 18 days since your last cigarette,” a 2.5-year anniversary, or “I Love You More Than Ever Day.”

    19. Leave a flower and a note on the windshield of their car.

    20. Cuddle for at least five minutes in the morning before getting out of bed.

    21. Buy them a small, but meaningful, gift such as their favorite gourmet coffee, a pair of warm socks because their feet are always cold, a book on tape for them to listen to while stuck in traffic, etc.

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How Blogs And RSS Boost Your Search Engine Visibility

Marketers have found that blogs are excellent tools for communicating with their audience. Anyone who has something to sell or an idea to promote can benefit from using blogs.

Search engine marketers especially favour blogs because they have a number of features that make them the darling of search engines.

1. Fresh, Updated, Relevant Content

When you write a good blog about a theme that you’re passionate about and post to it frequently, you’re creating fresh, keyword-rich, content that search engines love.

2. Natural, One-Way Links

Search engines view links to your site as a recommendation of your site content. More links pointing to your site or blog boosts your visibility and search engine rankings.

Google gives more weight to natural, one-way incoming links, and blogs make it easy to get two types of one-way links to your site.

Similarly Themed Blogs

A well-written, authoritative blog, with unique content, is likely to get linked to from a number of other bloggers writing on similar topics. These are natural links that are viewed highly and given more weight by search engines like Google.

RSS Feed Syndication

Blogs and the RSS feeds built into them, help you build valuable, one-way links to your site by syndicating your content online.

3. Get Indexed Within Hours

When you post to a blog it “pings” a number of services that list blogs. This notifies the service that your blog has been updated.

Search engines like Google give more weight to blogs that are updated regularly. It is possible to get your pages indexed in Google and other search engines within hours of writing your first blog post.

Compared to the time it takes to index a website (days, even weeks), you can see why blogs are better search engine optimisation tools than static websites.

Indirect SEO Benefits of Blogs

Besides the SEO benefits, a well-written, authoritative blog can also create publicity and branding for you, which promotes even more people to read and link to your blog.

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Ionic Air Purifiers Are Welcomed To Eliminate Pollution


When the person wishes to attach pollution and preserves good health for him and his family, he has to select the suitable purifier for his house to get fresh air. There are huge types of purifiers in every place at different styles and prices as well. Ionic air purifiers are famous types of them. In addition to common specifications, such as minimize pollution, demonstrating good smell, removing fumes, etc… this type of purifiers can generate negative ions, then releases them into air. As soon as the ions touch air molecules, which are positive, their polarity will be altered. However, they can attract bacteria and dust then remove them. Selecting the suitable type of these purified must taken into consideration.

As to general characteristics of ionic air purifiers, they are considered filterless. In other words, there is no necessity to get filters or replace them. These purifiers have great fans to accelerate the circulation of air. They are easy in control, in moving, and in working as well. No doubt, they will reduce pollution issues and preserve fresh air in all corners of the house. They will be great useful, especially if one of the family members is suffering from allergy or chest disease. A last tip related with selecting that purifier, which is suitable for the person’s budget as a basic.

7 Proven Ways to Resist the Urge to Smoke

When you decide to stop smoking the most difficult part is to resist the urges. It doesn’t matter that each craving lasts only 3-5 minutes. It’s still the whole 5 minutes to battle with your willpower! These 7 tips will help you to resist the urge to smoke one urge at a time.

1. Remind Yourself Why You Quit

Every time you experience a craving remind yourself why you quit. It’s the excellent idea to take a blank index card and list all the reasons why you decided to quit smoking. List as many as you can, the more the better. If necessary, take the second index card. Carry them with you all the time. Every time you feel the urge to smoke take the index card and slowly read all your reasons why you decided to stop. After you finish reading your urge will pass! (If not, read them one more time or come up with more reasons.)

2. Reward Yourself.

Make it a habit to reward yourself at the end of each nonsmoking week. Think of something you want (it doesn’t have to be something expensive, a nice home made meal or hot bath will work). Take the index card and write down what would you give yourself at the end of the week. When the urge comes take a look at the index card with your reward. Isn’t it worth coping for 3 minutes? :)

3. Be prepared for your urges!

Get yourself prepared for the urge to smoke in advance. In most cases something triggers the craving (certain feelings, people, or places). You have to know what triggers the urge.

Lets do a really quick exercise. Take a blank piece of paper and divide it into 2 columns. On the one side list your triggers (like “stuck in traffic”, “drinking morning coffee”, “arguing with colleague”…) and in the second column write down the alternative course of action.

For example, instead of smoking while drinking your morning coffee you could read a newspaper. Instead of smoking after the hot argument with your colleague you can take a walk around a block or write down everything you think about this person, then tier this piece of paper in shreds and throw it away. Don’t be lazy, write it down! This exercise really works!

4. Call your friend.

This method works great. Call someone who can support you, who can talk with you for a couple of minutes. You can call your nonsmoking friend, or someone who’s trying to quit smoking too.

5. Distract yourself with a quick task.

Think of a small task you have to do, something what would take you 5-10 minutes. Make a call, send a fax, make yourself a cup of coffee, water the plant in your office. Anything! Your task is to distract yourself until the urge will pass. (Hint: Try to find activity that makes smoking impossible!)

6. Drink a Glass of Water.

Take a glass of water and drink it with a straw. First of all having something in your mouth to chew on will help, second it will take you a couple of minutes to drink the whole glass and the urge will pass. Plus, don’t forget that you’re supposed to drink 8 glasses of water every day!

7. Power Tip.

That’s the disgusting one, but it often works. Print a small picture of smoker’s lungs (you can find one here: http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/lungphotos.html) and put it somewhere in your wallet. I know the view is not pretty, but something like this can stop you dead on your track from lighting up. Take a look! Really! THIS could be your lungs! You love yourself, and you respect your body. Why harm yourself?

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You Are Naming Your Baby… What?

My name is E-l-o-d-i-a. I wouldn’t make that up. My mother did, but I wouldn’t.

People often ask me if I got teased, when I was a child, because of my name. I tell them “Nope”. Children didn’t have a problem with my name. It’s the adults that seem to have a problem.”

Looking back, I have two theories why I wasn’t teased for my name. One is that children tease the obvious and they had plenty of material to work with, due to my nose. Two, they love to rhyme and there are not too many words that rhyme with the name Elodia (E-low-dee-a). Think about it. So far, I can only come up with one……..Cambodia. Trust me, after all the nose jokes “Elodia from Cambodia.” couldn’t’ have hurt my feelings one bit.

I can remember clearly, telling the teacher my name, on the first day of school, when I was five years old. She was not as prepared for the first day of kindergarten, as was I.
She should have worn gingham and black patent leather shoes. They helped.

She bent down and looked me in the eye and asked “What is your name?” I said “Elodia.” She then had this look of sheer horror on her face and she actually jumped backwards. I might as well have said Lucifer. Now that I think back, I guess I can understand her position. Here she was looking at this cute Caucasian, blonde, freckled face, pigtailed little girl (and I was cute) and then hearing this strange and “ethnic” sounding name escape from my lips. This wasn’t in the teacher’s manual. I could tell.

She became extremely nervous and said “Well. We’ll just have to think of something more appropriate to call you.” Now, can someone tell me what could be more appropriate to call me than my name?

She pleaded “You must have a nick-name. Don’t you?” I shook my head “No.” I wasn’t about to tell her my family called me “Baby Ann”. Next, I’d be telling her that I sleep with two of my sisters and I still wet the bed. No, she’ll just have to learn to deal with the cold hard facts. Hey, I thought I was the one coming to school to learn?

That was the first of many name adventures to come.

My name is Spanish. It sounds more like “E-lo-thee-a” with the accent. Try to imagine Antonio Banderas and how he would sound pronouncing my name. I do it all the time. Not that he would be, but I can dream.

I asked my mother where she got my name and she says she named me after a friend. Not just any friend, but her best-friend. However, I am over forty years old and I have yet to meet this friend. She doesn’t call, she doesn’t write. I have my suspicions.

Maybe she gave me a difficult name due to having had a hard time bringing me into this world. Call me crazy but I asked her and she said I almost killed her.

I asked about two of my sisters and did she have a hard time birthing them. She said one labor was only an hour and the other she didn’t even feel a cramp. She just pushed once and the other babies came out. Their names are Julie and Cathy. You decide.

My name is a great conversation starter. Here are some of the things people tell me after an introduction and what I am really thinking when I reply to them, politely, with a smile and a nod. Not too big a smile because I would hate for them to see me gritting my teeth.

“That is such an interesting name. Where did you get it?”

Thinking: “Um, Ebay?”

“Is it a family name?”

Thinking: “No, the people in my family…they have other names.”

“Your name is so pretty. It sounds so, so melodious.”

Thinking: “Take the “M” off melodious, you idiot, and you’ll find out why Elodia sounds so melodious.”

Then there are the funny people who say real slow and with a wave, “Hellllo- to- ya”, and that’s always cute. (Serious eye rolling going on here.)

It might sound like I am complaining but I honestly LOVE my name. I can’t imagine having had another one. Not that I’ve never been called anything else. I’m sure that’s happened. Once.

I wouldn’t trade my name, even if I could find personalized souvenirs while on vacation.

Because of my name I think I stand out in a crowd and I am remembered. Oh, never mind that’s my nose again, standing out in the crowd, but it does help me to be remembered. I think they remember me as the lady that they can’t remember how to say her name.

My name has given me a voice, as I have learned to tell the stories about my name over and over and over again. And best of all, it has taught me a sense of humor.

I now have eight daughters of my own and I have named them all Elodia. No wait. I didn’t do that. George Foreman did that. No, he didn’t name his daughters Elodia. He had lots of little George Foreman’s but he added the name “Grill” on the end. I see them everywhere.

No, I did the intelligent thing when I named my children. I gave them all names that start with the letter “D”. You should hear how smart I sound when I try calling one of them. I sound like a broken CD player “Da,da,da,da,da,da…….you whatever your name is. It starts with a “D”. Get over here!”

To confuse me further, my mother and my sister’s son, lived with us for a short time. Their names are Dora and Danny. We just referred to them as “Da-motha” and “Da-nephew”.

My point is…no matter what you name your child, they may or may not wind up liking their name, but they are still going to wish you had given them a nose job at thirteen.

To find out more on baby names visit http://www.babynamesebook.com and to contact Elodia visit http://www.elodiatate.com

© Copyright 2004 Elodia Tate all rights reserved. Permission to reprint granted with full article reprint, author credit and a link back to my site. Oh, and a bottle of White Zinfendel wouldn’t hurt either.

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Elodia Tate is a best-selling author, and professional speaker who is known for using humor & story telling to connect with her audience. She enjoys speaking to small groups as well as large audiences, and has been labeled as a “Health Activist” for the right to choose your own path to wellness.

Online Sports Competition Wagering — the Beginner’s Guide

Join two of everybody’s predominant pursuits and what you will expose is something that’s known as a sportsbook gambling web location. What could be more resourceful? Think of a cluster of people clapping to support a given favored local club, and continuously wagers will be proclaimed complementing the hubbub. Aspiring to get a share of the delights, spectators will typically seek to presage who is the likeliest to win the approaching struggle. In the end, this will develop into a friendly, good humored struggle known as sportsbook gambling web location.

Sure, it might well sound a craving however, sportsbook betting is, in reality, purely diverting and to connect with fellow sports aficionados. You can wager a a little amount of silver and all the same have a extravagant time. Beyond this, here are many basic pointers to help everyone get started sportsbook betting.

In order to bet, you’ll likely want to search for a sportsbook gambling web location, i.e. a setup that admits sportsbook gambling web location. In the U.S.A., there are four states where people can do sportsbook betting legitimately, but inofficially you may go for it anywhere you like assuming that you pin down a bookie and you happen to be legally an adult. Included in the games you’ll be able to wager on are professional and, further, college class football & college basketball, professional baseball, professional hockey, and, further, dog and horse racing. You’ll be able to bet on the general score of a competition or game, when a given opponent will be defeated, and even whether a given tossed coin in a competition or game will come out heads or tails.

The bookies firm confide in stats and maths to help you guess which club you think is the likeliest to win. First, you’ll see spread, which is a points lead allocated to a disadvantaged contestant that is presumed to take a licking by a specified number points. We’ll be able to select a lot of varied sorts of bets: parlay bets, straight bets, over/under stakes, teaser wagers, and so on, the straight bets, where you’ll simply specify the party you believe is the likeliest to prevail or go under being the general favorite in sportsbook betting.

So why don’t you simply have a stab at it and have lots of fun at one go? Simply safeguard you won’t get ripped away and throw away your entire retirement pension on a bee! Because else you will probably find yourself feeling sorry for yourself all your life! Sign up for the best bet on sports with vip sport book action online today!

The Exploding International Property Market Space — Fostered by Property Index

PropertyIndex.com make it easy to find property in Spain, whether you are looking for a villa or an apartment, they can help you find the right property.

Despite the fact that PropertyIndex.com is a rather young firm, they were incorporated only in March of 2007, they were quick to gain in reputation. As a matter of fact, they are a very undemanding firm dedicated to proposing expert advice to any person aiming to rent, buy, sell or let property in the most popular regions of the world. Their promise: to help you hit upon exactly what you have called for very quickly and, obviously, without pain. Property is up for grabs in a wide selection of areas across the globe now, unquestionably the most fashionable area being real estate for sale in Spain. It should really be no big deal to write a list of the ripping real property available for sale in Spain, one explanation for choosing property here being real property you can purchase and the chance of living between this exciting people.

It’s one of the most favored regions now, and with the scenic beauty and great climate surrounding you, how can you say no! Property in Spain is rich in history, this area of the world has been and still is home to more than a few indigenous nations. About 25 years ago you would find merely a tiny number of English keen on real property in Spain. Ask everyone who has relocated to Spain and they will be certain to substantiate this. Plenty of people would tend to see it as a plain vogue and others tend to see it as a almost an infatuation. The people who are willing to relocate over here will typically range from young families looking for an exciting new life perspective to retirees who want to take it easy.

Note that there might well be hitches when looking to acquire real property overseas; as is to be expected, there will be a hundred steps when brainstorming, calling in or completing. If you only miss one single minute action it will definitely create huge hitches as well as, critically, loss in financial terms. As everybody will assume with this popular area, real property might well be quite expensive in this place which is, of course, unquestionably because of the wide spread demand. In spite of this homebuyers patently are spoiled in a part of the world full of sunny scenery. It offers everything a client could relish and then some.

The Universal Calibration Lattice® - Your Own Personal Connection to the Universal Energy Source

Now is an incredible time to be on Earth. All of us in our divine wisdom agreed to be here doing the journey of human at this most auspicious time in the annals of humankind. We are ascending as a species and as a planet.

The Electro Magnetic Field Balancing Technique® provides us with a one time permanent hookup with the new energy dynamics of this dance of Ascension. EMF is unique in that it hooks us up to the Universal Calibration Lattice®, balancing our energy anatomy in a step-by-step process. Instead of just going to a practitioner of energy work and being worked on for a specific polarity, EMF sets up the activation to the connection between our chakras, the UCL, and the Cosmic Lattice (the universal energy source).

This dynamic, of incorporating the UCL as part of our energy anatomy, gives us a personal resonance, enabling us to co-create the reality we desire on a very wonderful inter-dimensional level. This means that the emotional, spiritual, physical, and mental bodies of our being are hooked up and balanced.

When we express feeling and intent through the long informational fibers of the UCL we clarify and amplify our communication with the Cosmic Lattice. This new energy dynamic makes it possible for us to manifest the soul part of our being that is truly one with all that is.

After this new energy dynamic has been permanently activated within your being, by way of experiencing an EMF session, you can exercise and strengthen the horizontal figure 8 self-balancing loops by going into core posture.

This is a basic, conscious deep breathing posture. You inhale and feel, sense, imagine or think about a ball of light and energy 24″ below your feet. You say: center below with a strong connection, or simply center below. You feel the energy going through your body and down through your center below.

Then you exhale & feel, sense, imagine, or think about this golden ball of light & energy 24″ above your head and say: center above. You feel the energy flow through your body and up through your center above.

You can repeat this until you feel very grounded with center below and center above. Then you say: radiate core energy. You inhale and feel the energy expanding outward to the four prisms, which consist of 3 long informational fibers, that are connected by the figure 8, self balancing loops. The prisms are located 24″in front, in back, and on both sides of your body. Feel the energy emanating from your core. You can place your intent within the 4 prisms of the UCL and send it out to the long informational fibers. When you exhale you can feel your breath go through your head to your center above.

When each of us goes into this posture, we raise the level of our own vibration. This can be your springboard to consciously co-creating. Watch the rhythm of your breathing, be the observer, and allow the energy to flow though without judging or attaching to it. When we raise the level of the vibration for ourselves we raise it for the rest of humanity and Gaia too. This is a universal connection, meaning that anyone can access and utilize it.

Before the activation of the UCL in 1989, our connection with spirit was upward to the heavens, connecting to cosmic transmissions, and beneath our feet to ground with the energy and power of Gaia. This was the vertical dynamic of the old energy.

Now the horizontal dynamic is in play. This is our time to mature into a more powerful spiritual enablement. The horizontal spiritual dynamic involves honoring and recognizing the sacred nature of the here and now, which exists in every direction around us.

As we exercise and strengthen the horizontal fibers, (the figure 8, self-balancing loops) of the UCL we will increase our co-creative ability. This is a key part for creating our evolution. It is our spiritual path in the new energy to manage energy, creating heaven on earth.

Each of the 4 prisms represents different directions of energy flow. The front prism corresponds to the future. The right side represents what we give out, and the left side is what we receive.

The back prism represents our personal history, or our past. This is where a lot of excess electromagnetic energy surrounds old, fear filled or worry filled events, which keep on repeating in our lives. There may be events from your past, even past lives, that you may not be consciously aware of. These events may still be creating a charge that affects the present. If you have not sufficiently resolved such events, they divert the energy and affect everything you do. These are called residual energies and because the energy is unbalanced surrounding these events they will cause a variety of unwanted effects in your daily life.

Balancing of the back fibers helps to release and recycle the excess charges of energy in your energy body. The ability to release & rearrange these energy charges creates an opportunity for release that is often called a karmic release from restrictions of the past.

This is a way that we can directly reclaim the energy we have devoted to highly charged emotional attachments from our past. When we put our intent in the fibers, which are made up of conscious elements of light, they respond to our intentions. During an EMF session we give intent to clear old karmic agreements and free up the energy that was attached to past events. We are freed from the cycle of having to relive the same old patterns. This is a transformation process we have gifted to ourselves with this new energy dynamic.

The UCL makes wisdom and the higher spiritual understanding of our being available to us on the earth plane. Through EMF we have created the foundation that supports self-empowerment and being enlightened.

Eli Galla is a certified practitioner of the first four sessions of the EMF Balancing Technique®. Correcting the flow of light, with the EMF Balancing Technique ®, will accelerate your healing process. Empower yourself to co-create love, abundance, joy etc. in your life now!

He helps his clients integrate the new energy dynamic, by providing information about prayer, meditation, and nutrition. He specializes in “distance sessions” over the phone, & may be contacted at 206-344-5164, eli@seaofjoy.com & http://www.seaofjoy.com

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A House for the Devout on the Web - Build A Website for Your Religious Institution

When you are apart of a religious institution, you have a responsibility to reach a wide range of people. Not only the congregants who attend services or meetings but also those who are interested in attending as well as those curious about the workings and tenets of your religion. When you build your own website, you have the ability to cater to all of these needs in detail and with ease. Here are just a few ideas on what a religious institution might like to have on their website.

A mission statement for your institution. What does your institution stand for? Is your institution different from others in your sect? Are there specials standards or beliefs that your institution adheres to? This is the page to lay out what it is that your group or religion stands for, your goals, and where you are in attaining those goals.

The history of your institution. Whether your institution is brand new or it started 150 years ago, a brief history of how your group got to where it is now may interest those who are considering joining you. As values, leaders, and goals changed, so may have your institution.

The history of your religion. Some may come to your site in hopes of learning more about your religion in general. Describe the origins and build up to the changes that led your particular group to practice the way that they choose. Offer profiles of important leaders and prophets. Outline basic tenets, guidelines, or commandments that are important to the foundation of your religion. Offer links to more information or contact information should readers have questions and would like to speak to a religious leader from your group.

Schedules and directions. Whether visitors need to find your building for a wedding or other ceremony, potential members want to know where you are located, or members would like to find out when a special event will happen or times for evening services, this is the page for it on your website. You will be able to easily update and make changes through your web host if necessary and even include contact information for group leaders should anyone have questions about the content and focus of a group.

A page for each group in your institution. In addition to the schedule on your web site, you may offer links on the schedule to a page dedicated to that particular group. This group page may have meeting times and event locations as well as leader contact information, upcoming special events, themed studies, and announcements. Member birthdays or special announcements, mission of the group, and group members and contact information may also be included.

Updates. The whole of your religious institution, if not large now, is growing. It may be difficult to keep up with everyone’s news. Whether it’s a marriage, a birth, or a death, a page dedicated to the special events in the lives of the congregants or members will help keep your religious institution as connected as any family.

Forums. Interactive forums are easy to build through your web host. Members can easily contact one another and discuss topics relevant to the institution at large or for individual groups. This is a great place to put a call to action or describe open volunteer positions or upcoming opportunities to serve the community.

Service notes and highlights. In order to assist your members in better learning the materials offered at meetings, it may be of interest to provide study guides or notes for future meetings as well as the scripture or holy writing references so that they may read ahead.

Contact information. Whether there are corrections, suggestions, or questions, certainly your religious institution will want to be accessible to the community. Posting contact information on your site will allow members and visitors alike to have equal access to those in leadership positions and create a larger community.

Madison Lockwood is a customer relations associate for ApolloHosting.com. She brings years of experience as a small business consultant to helping prospective clients understand the ways in which a website may benefit them both personally and professionally. Apollo Hosting provides website hosting, ecommerce hosting, vps hosting, and web design services to a wide range of customers. Established in 1999, Apollo prides itself on the highest levels of customer support.

Search Engine Spam

Running an online business relies to a greater or lesser extent on search engine traffic. Be this free search engine traffic or pay per click traffic your business still relies on the search engines to profit and survive.

There’s a problem. Actually let me rephrase that and say there’s always been a problem. Abusers. Some people have to take shortcuts to profit. No matter how straightforward it might be to actually do some work and then profit from this work they simply can’t accept that as a business model. They need the easy, quick, fastbuck way. The model where they don’t have to think or research. Just push a button and hey presto instant business.

Who are these people? Search engine spammers. You’ve never heard of it called search engine spam but you’ve seen it time and time again. You do a Google search for something and you find a page full of links to casino and holiday sites. Or the site redirects you immediately to another site to buy something. Or even worse the entire website it made up of bits and pieces of text from other websites all muddled together on a page.

Do you enjoy reaching these sites? I didn’t think so. Why do those sites exist? For the profit of the owner. The people who design these sites call themselves entrepreneurs and online business people. I hate to burst their bubble but they’re spammers.

You don’t agree? Ok well are the people who send out junk email spammers? By definition they are because they send useless information to us day in and day out in the hope of making a sale.

Search engine spammers are doing the exact same thing except they’re far worse. They’re polluting entire search engines with their auto-generated pages of rubbish. Actually finding useful information online now is getting harder because these guys are so deseparate to make a buck they don’t mind ruining the online experience of millions of web surfers.

So if you are running an online business or intend starting one then do the entire search engine world and Internet users in general a favor. Do not use these automated content generators. Be creative. Have an original thought. Have an opinion. Write about it with passion. Put it online. Profit will come.

EzineArticles Expert Author Niall Roche

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