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Okay, so you've learned how to properly optimize your website. However, onsite optimization may not be enough to gain significant rankings, particularly if you're up against some stiff competition. To really compete in the “Wild West” of the internet, you're gonna need some high quality backlinks. Lots of them!

Backlinks are simply inbound links leading to your website from other sites. If you have a lot of backlinks from external high PR websites, Google will deem your website popular and important. Think of backlinks as building your reputation.

With zero backlinks, the search engines don't know what to think about you. You're not important, and for all Google knows, you could be a spammer! But some nice backlinks from sites that Google already favors will change this perception around. If a powerful, high-authority website is linking to yours, it must mean that there's something special about your website.

The more backlinks you have, the more weight Google will give your website in the search results. Always try to include the keyword you want to rank for as the anchor text.

Don't build backlinks too quickly or you may be penalized. Make a habit out of steadily building 5-10 backlinks a day.

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So now we’ve seen the kind of link structures we want to build the next step in our SEO promotion is making them as effective as possible, as quickly as possible. Your link wheel pages on high authority sites will naturally get indexed very fast because of the attention Google pays to those sites. But once you start creating links to them using any of the other techniques we’ve discussed, the pages containing those links are not going to get indexed anywhere near as quickly and that limits how effective they are. If Google hasn’t found and indexed them, they’re not helping your rankings.

The next thing we need to do is alert Google to the existence of all our links. And we do that by building yet more links using services that Google pays a lot of attention to. Check out Appendices C and E for lists of social bookmarking sites and RSS directories that you can submit to. Not only will services like this get your backlinks indexed really fast but they’ll also increase the value of the backlinks. That means you get higher rankings faster.

Now we’ve covered the basics of Rapid Link Indexing let’s take a look at some more advanced tricks that make the technique even more powerful and even quicker to do.

Floods #3, #4, #5 and #6 are all further ways to give your backlinks more juice and get them indexed quicker so they can get on with their job of pushing your main pages up the SERPs.

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We've all heard about green living and we all know what living green is all about. At least, most of us think we know what it's all about.What it's really all about is making eco friendly smart choices in the way we live our lives.

We've all heard the traditional methods of living green from turning off lights and lowering thermostats to buying hybrid cars and building green homes.We think either we can or cannot do it or are already implementing these green practices into our lives. Many of us live this way because we like to save money even without thinking about doing it for our planet.

Others, on the other hand, may think they're living green to the best of their abilities but are not making smart choices. In other words, their hearts are in the right places, but their heads are misinformed or have been mislead. Believe it or not, there are some Dos and Don'ts regarding effective ways to help the earth and live green.

Since we started using computers there's been the debate of whether to shut your computer off or leave it on when you're not using it. You're not going to be saving much if you're turning it off when you'll be using it again in 15 minutes. In fact, you may actually be doing more harm. However, shutting it off for the night will make a big difference in your energy usage and the life of your monitor. Screensavers, unlike popular belief, do not save energy. If you won't be using your computer for 15 minutes or so, put it on sleep mode.

Switching the light bulbs in your home from conventional light bulbs to Energy Star compact fluorescent light bulbs is a great help to the environment and will also be a help to your pocketbook. These fantastic light bulbs last a very long time and will really cut down on your electric bill. However, wait until your current light bulbs are totally burnt out before replacing them. You'll be wasting money and energy replacing perfectly good bulbs. Make this transition one bulb at a time and you'll really be making a difference.

Have you been thinking of buying a hybrid SUV to reduce pollution and conserve fuel? SUVS are still gas guzzlers and not very economical. If you're serious about saving energy and fuel, you may want to consider a smaller car that's not a hybrid. It would almost make more sense than a hybrid SUV.

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There are quite a number of tools available to help participants in eBay auctions get what they want ,at prices they are willing to pay. Some automatically submit bids at the last moment, others submit an automatic increase your bid if your previous bid has been exceeded, up to an amount you determine of course. Still others, used mostly by those who participate in eBay auctions on nearly a full time basis, track status of bids, payment sent or received, and in some instances even track when purchased articles have been shipped.

One can invest in tools that send automated e-mail messages to either buyer or seller, thanking that person for their business, or asking when payment is gong to be received. When you're constantly bidding on a number of items, it becomes like a business, and those in business are always on the lookout for tools that make what they are doing easier and more profitable. It's no different with eBay auction tools.

Let's say for example, you are selling an item at auction, and you have similar items you eventually plan to sell. A tool that can help you do this is one that automatically sends emails to those who have bid on your item but lost. The e-mail can inform them of items you plan to place in a future auction, or simply have for sale. If they missed out this time around, you give them another opportunity, which some will undoubtedly take advantage of. The message in the e-mail can also thank bidders for their interest in what you put up for sale. A thank you is always a nice, personal touch, even if it's automated.

There are tools that track payments received, non-payments, and payment due. If payments for items you've sold at auction are made to PayPal for example, payments received and the amount in your account can be tracked, without you constantly have to log into PayPal. Funds can even be transferred to your local bank account at specified intervals.

This is just a small sampling of the auction tools available, the purpose of which is to make you aware that there are some helpful tools out there. Some you will pay for, others are free. But it's certainly worthwhile to see what you might put in your toolbox that can make participation in eBay auctions, whether as a buyer or a seller, a more enjoyable and profitable venture.