Social Networking: A Strategy for Link Building?

Some say that social networking is good for building links. Because of this there are many SEOs saying that social networking is their main method. However there are still other people saying that these links are useless and is not enough to build your blog. Well, what do you think? Take a look at this short comic illustrating more about social networking.

I will talk more about this information in my later posts.

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Earning Plenty of Money without Even Trying Hard

Hey, have you heard about the secret millionaire, an old woman in Lake Forest, Illinois? Well here is my next post and is certainly related with her story.


At times, you may ask how you are going to live like a king being a millionaire and when that would be possible. Of course, you will likely answer “start your own businesses”. Nowadays, this seems to be the only way wherein you will be able to earn money without really trying at all and without working so hard. After working in the corporate world since I graduated from college, having a business is the most valid reason and the most logical thing to do for leaving the workforce.


Possible reasons are:


• You want to take it easy
• You want to enjoy the fruits of your labor
• You may be tired already.


In having your own business, you will earn your own money and you have definite control of your own time. If you work hard, you will definitely be successful as an entrepreneur and you will earn much more than those full time employees in the corporate world. Rewards are much fulfilling in the long run.


The way to earn income without working hard is through making an investment. You will save money, place it in a product of investment and then interest will be earned on its own over a period of time. Here are some financial products to select from:


• Bonds. There is a risk involved in bond investments. In this setup, you actually lend your money to different corporations that are raising more capital. You will in turn get income with regular interest over the corporate bond period that is issued to you. To avoid much risks, prudence needs to be practiced and also in selecting which bonds to invest. Try to check the bond issuers whether they are companies of good reputation with good business track record with regards to their service and product, whether they have solid financial record and their standing in the industry are of good credit. This will determine whether the investment is the right one for you. The so-called rate of return tends to be higher than what is offered by the government securities and bank deposits.


• Gathered money funds. You may like to enter fund pooling investments from other small investors like you. These may be the mutual funds operated by other mutual fund companies or the unit investment trust funds (UITF) that are bank-managed. You are not required to monitor the daily markets if you invest in these funds. The share price of the mutual fund or UITF varies depending on the net asset value (NAV) per share or per unit on a particular day. There are also funds that are involved in bond investment or bond funds, the equity funds, money market funds or even the balanced funds or combination of all of these funds. I personally invested in the mutual funds, and so far the returns are satisfying.


These are some of the possible investments wherein you can earn money without working too much. You just have to earn via investments. You should first save your money and then make an investment to be able to achieve results. Meet your financial adviser to be able to check which investments are right for you.

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Connection Between Twitter and Yahoo

On December of the previous year, Yahoo and Facebook made a deal together in order to bring out more of Yahoo’s social present status. Thus the result is that people will stay longer on the pages of Yahoo.

Well at present Twitter and Yahoo decided to bring Twitter into the properties of Yahoo, thus making it easier to bring the content of Yahoo into the Twitter stream. 


This is especially directed to people who regularly visit and also spend plenty of time in the Yahoo Finance, News, Sports and the Home Page sites.

Yahoo intended in a blog post to include three elements within the partnership, namely:

·         The Twitter updates that are public, relevant and in real-time are included in the search and properties of Yahoo like Finance, News, Sports and Entertainment.

·         The ability of the personal feeds of Twitter to access the properties of Yahoo

·         The ability to share content within Yahoo directly into the stream of Twitter or even update a status of Twitter directly

This partnership move comes following the launching of Google Buzz which has some of the properties of the services of Twitter. But the big difference between Google Buzz and this impending partnership is that Google Buzz doesn’t permit the users to put their posts back to Twitter.

I don’t know what others think about this kind of set up. But I think this Yahoo and Twitter partnership will be considered a big plus between the two. What do you think?

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Top Free Tools to Track Social Media

Social media growth signifies that it is important for all the businesses to be able to monitor their services, brands and industry as well through the countless users generated from various content sources.


Social media tracking is not easy at all. If you try to consider the amount of content that is created hourly, the effort done to track the different sources will really consume your time. To be able to assist you in streamlining the process, here are the top FREE tools to be able to track social media.


Google Alerts. These Google Alerts are updates that will arrive in your email about the latest Google results that are relevant like news, web, among others. These are based on your query or topic selection. http://www.google.com/alerts


Social Mention. Daily alerts of your brand, CEO, company, marketing campaign or even a competitor or developing news story or the latest news about a celebrity will be received on your email. Even the analysis and search on real-time social media are tackled. http://www.socialmention.com


Omgili. Omgili is your method in searching for subjective information and also searches for debates, opinions of consumers, discussions, answers, personal experiences, and even solutions. This method is contrary to other common search engines that look for web pages and sites. http://omgili.com


Yacktrack. This tracks conversation and monitors social media as well. As you produce content, you may be able to look for the comments on your content from different blog sources with the same topic about your content. This will eventually be targeted to the producer of the content and may also assist the people on commenting on the written content. http://yacktrack.com/search


Samepoint. This is a conversation search engine that permits you to see what other people are talking about. http://www.samepoint.com


Boardreader. This is search engine that is not complicated as expected that checks through different message boards, forums, and other social media forms. http://boardreader.com


BlogPulse. This is a trend discovery system that is automated for blogs. BlogPulse has a machine-learning application with different processing techniques with such natural language to be able to look for trends in ever dynamic blog world. http://www.blogpulse.com


Addict-o-matic. This looks for sites among the best live ones for the latest blog posts, news, images and videos. It is the perfect instrument to be updated with the hottest topics, perform searches and fulfill your addiction to check on what is the latest at present. http://addictomatic.com


There are other tools still to be discovered to be able to keep you updated of the content of social media. It was found out that these are the ones that work tremendously well as the aggregators. These will really update the social media campaign tracking.


If you have other tools in mind that you think is vital and significant to share, you may feel free to comments here below.

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A Hacking Case of Twitter or Facebook Account

This is the reality---your Facebook account or even your Twitter account will be hacked not now but in the near future. I myself became a victim when my Twitter account was hacked less than a month ago. It is a good thing that Twitter has the security policy of notifying the account owner that there is a possibility that your Twitter was hacked.

Now, what will you do if your Twitter account is hacked?

1. Go to the information page of Twitter to solve the problem or issue. And then,

2. Log out of Twitter

3. And then, clear the cache of your browser including the history of your browsing and private info.

4. And then, your browser may be closed down.

If you are using Firefox, go to Tools, then Clear Recent History, then click on the down arrow that is found next to Details; make sure to check all the boxes, and choose “Everything” so that the time range will be cleared.

If you are using Internet Explorer, go to Tools, then Internet Options, and then click on the button “Delete” under the Browsing History. Make sure the boxes are all checked except the InPrivate Filtering data and click on the button “Delete”.

5. Open a new browser, then log in to Twitter and your password should be changed. You may also make use of the password reset feature of Twitter to be able to set a new password before trying to log in again.

6. Go to your settings page and check the Connections. Cancel any access for a third-party application that you are not familiar with.

7. A support request may be submitted to let them know that all the proper steps are taken to reset your Twitter account and to be able to make a request of restoring your capability in direct messaging. Information may be included on any types of status that you didn’t post in the body of your request.

8. Your password should be updated in all of the third party applications that you applied for. If there is a third party application like Twhirl, Facebook, among others is trying to make use of your old password to have access to your tweets, it will lock you out of your account.

Now, what if your account in Facebook is hacked?

1. Go to the information page of Facebook for resolution of the problem.

2. If you are able to enter Facebook using your login email address, click on the link “Forgot your password” to enable the password reset code from Facebook.

3. Your browser cache should be cleared. The browser cache includes the history of the links that you browsed and even the cookies and private info. And then close down your browser as indicated above.

4. Your Facebook account may have been hacked or phished by a phishing website, or malicious software or worm. Go to the Facebook’s “Warnings” section to make sure that all is safe and secure again.

Always trust your instincts and take care in using Facebook and Twitter. If you feel or see that something is not right, it is better to delete or ignore it before clicking on it. You will save yourself hours in restoring a hacked Twitter or Facebook account.

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Making Plans to Succeed in Internet Marketing

If you are an internet marketing beginner, your first try in devising a plan will be vague. However improvement may be done as you get enough experience. You may be aware that you know something and the need to learn more about internet marketing. A timetable may be sorted out for your work day so that you may be able to know what you are required to do any time. Ensure that you don’t have any time wasted. Specific time period may be set in researching some affiliate programs and checking your email, among others.

Put some time everyday for any unexpected circumstances. Do not hurry up in bending any rules as directed by your schedule. Maintain your schedule and do not let any situation distract you. Focus on a specific item. If there is an item that is of interest to you, you may include a link to it within your bookmarks to go back to it later. These are the items that may distract you and you should have a definite time in dealing with them. If you are no longer a beginner, you will have fewer distractions in the long run. You may eventually have time reallocation.

If you are still a beginner, you definitely require that extra spare period of time that is entered into your time schedule.

Selecting a coach in internet marketing

First internet marketing rule is to always be in control of your business. This signifies that you definitely do not want to be involved with any program that gives assurance of having a marketing website that is ready to build. Do not be deceived with the stated phrase “turn key business”. If this is the case, you will not be in control of your own website.

These programs have high membership fees. Considering that it is high, you still may not be able to customize your website. It is really just an affiliate link and normally there are available affiliate links that do not charge any fees online.

The main importance of this program type depends on the offered training. The training quality varies a lot. It is best that you join a training program that is dedicated wherein you may learn the process of website development.

If you are a beginner, the best method to learn internet marketing is for you to enroll in a step by step course. The “gurus” should not be trusted at once who make promises wealth on an overnight basis. The requirement of internet marketing is work. The ultimate key to make money online is to work on a consistent basis.

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