Continuing my theme of how as a small business you can improve your search engine results. In a previous article I extolled the virtues of article writing and in this one I shall consider the practicalities and usefulness of adding a weblog to your site in order to drive more traffic to your web pages.

I am presuming that you have optimised your site, added numerous pages of content and update or add to that content at least on a weekly basis. All of this I did with our own website but still the search engines only visited the site about every 4 - 6 weeks. So although our content was being added to sometimes on a daily basis I couldn’t induce the Google spider in particular to visit the site more often even though I was submitting sitemaps to Google.which informed it of these updates.

I then started reading about the benefits to businesses of having a weblog attached to the site. SEO’s were and still do wax lyrical about how search engines just love weblogs. On this basis I decided to give it a go and looked around at the various free blog sites and finally settled on http://www.blogger.com as this site allowed the blog to be integrated into the website and offered a multitude of templates to choose from. So I chose my template and went through the process of integration with the website which is a very simple and easy process to follow. The next step was to start writing the blog. Very quickly I discovered that it was the ideal vehicle for announcing new services, new products and new branch openings as well as informing the readers of our day to day activities and experiences. All of it is excellent content and the SEO’s were quite correct in that the search engine spiders do love it. So much so that the googlebot spider visits everyday to update the web pages and the weblog. This now means that when my content changes or new pages are added they are immediately indexed by Google. This has done wonders for the search engine placement of the site.

The second benefit that SEO’s talked about was the increased number of links that having a blog would bring in. This part I didn’t quite believe as I couldn’t see how it would do this. I am still not certain of how and why it does attract links but the truth of the matter is that it does. The articles and the weblog seem to inhabit a world of their own and they certainly take on a life which you have no control over. However the combined effect is to boost your own content, attract search engines to visit your site frequently, increase the number of backlinks to your site and increase the number of visitors. All of which are of tremendous benefit to you as a business.

The latest figures I saw published for the number of businesses with weblogs was only 2%. So all you small businesses out there with a website, get writing articles and add a weblog to your site. Keep that updated, preferably on a daily basis, and you will soon see dramatic effects both on your visitor numbers and your search engine placement.

David Smith is the owner of www.wesparkle.co.uk a commercial cleaning services company which provides cleaning services throughout the UK

A key part of the Euromillions Euro lotto is the Loteria de El Gordo which you may find it worthwhile to know more about. With payouts up to two point six billion Euros, the Elgordo Lottery claims one of the biggest jackpots in the world. And yet there’s more. This lottery puts more than thirteen thousand prizes up for grabs, which works out to a prize winner for every six contestants. A surprisingly good rate when compared with other major lotteries.

In the Euromillions Euro lotto, there is one monthly drawing. Even more substantial prizes can be won at bigger draws held during three months around the year. These 3 special draws take place in January, summer, and around Christmas: they are, in order, El Nio, San Ildefonso & Elgordo (which is best translated as: ” Fat Cat”).

Unlike typical Euro lottery systems, the Elgordo Lottery employs balls with five digits printed on each one ranging from 00,000 to 84,999. One ball apiece is drawn from two bowls; the first bowl indicates the winning ticket, while the second determines the prize value.

To enter the draw, one choice is a full ticket, called a “serie”. The other option is cheaper; called a “d©cimo” worth one-tenth of a full ticket. Sadly, both these choices are costly ways to play and they don’t upgrade your prospects of a win . For this reason the e-lottery scheme is used by many Euromillions Euro lottery players.

Using the e-lottery system, you are guaranteed to win a prize. You simply buy your way into the Euromillions Euro Lotto syndicate where you’re sorted into teams. With each team numbered between 0 and 9, the last digit on the winning ball signifies the winners and they go on to take the money. The prize is divided equally among the members. In anticipation of next month’s lottery, the syndicate offers subscriptions once again and the e-lottery continues.

Some people feel a little concerned on hearing that they would have to share these big pots. The thing is, there’s still a lot of money to share out when the original prize was more than two and a half billion Euros. With a guaranteed win once a month, the e-lottery system is both more affordable and less of a worry as you know you’ll get a return. The syndicate is the truly smart way to play.

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Cable TV is not as popular as it was before. Cable companies have been steadily losing subscribers to AT&T for some time now. It started when AT&T offered enhanced programming choices for a very reasonable price. Maybe you are having a second thought about switching? See what you can get when you switch to ATT Uverse

What is probably the most reason why people is switching to AT&T, is the huge selection of programs. With this, you will always find some thing you will be interested to watch. Once you subscribe, you will have the option to choose from a variety of program packages Uverse offer. There is a family package that features family oriented programs. Alternatively, if you desire to have more, there is a big selection of options that allow anywhere from 150 to 250 stations to view. If you are a sports fan, indulge yourself with a sports package that allows you not to miss the next big thing. There is also a movie package for movie fanatic.

And since HD programs are very popular nowadays in American household, they offer 100 channels for Uverse subscribers. That’s more than half your cable providers could give you. If you spend money on an HDTV for you and your family, better make that switch.

Finally, if you have a person in your household that likes sports, AT&T Uverse is the right one for you. You don’t have to miss a single game just because of another game that that is blocked by your region. AT&T Uverse wraps all sports events irrespective of the number of viewers. You can look at all Sundays of pro football games, or soccer games from across the world. It doesn’t get any better than this for the true sports aficionado.

It’s clear to see that there are lot of stuffs to look forward to including the affordability of the service. If you want you can add additional features that will improve your pleasure and have you asking yourself why you did not switch at an earlier date.

It seems like Blogs are everywhere these days. You can’t seem to surf the Internet without seeing the word Blog somewhere. The intent of this article is to explain the basics what a Blog is and how you can use them to help promote your business and gain valuable information quicker that surfing the Internet.

The word Blog is short for web log. Basically a Blog is just an area set aside you to write articles that can easily be accessed with a special program called a RSS reader. In case you’re wondering RSS stands for real simple syndication.

When you set up a Blog you select a template that will house your information. Once you have the Blog set up you can post whatever information you like. It’s really a fast way to get your articles and information up on the web and the templates look great! You don’t have to mess with all the technical end of getting something up on a web page (HMTL layout, FTP, ect…). The real cool thing about Blogs is that you can get the software to read them for free. Also, you can set up an account and create your own Blog for free!

One thing I should note is, you can read Blogs with your standard browser and post comments on the content of the Blog. An optional way to read Blogs is by using a RSS reader program. You simply subscribe to whichever Blogs that you want to and they are available immediately in the reader. Personally I like to use the reader because you have all of the Blogs that your interested in one place and you don’t have surf all over the Internet to read them.

The free reader that I use can be downloaded here: http://www.rsspublisher.com/.
To get your very own free Blog, which you can post to go to: http://www.blogger.com/start.
I think you will find that they are very easy to set up and post to.

The are many advantages that Blogs offer over a web site or ezine.

1. You don’t have to mess with an HTML layout. You just post your info and the info looks wonderful because the Blog uses the template that you set up.

2. You can post as often as you like. I can’t imagine that I would send an email to my ezine every day but with a Blog you can post as much as you would like.

3. Email spam filters do not block Blogs because they are not an email communication.

4. You can make as many Blogs as you like on any subject.

I hope this will help you start your own Blog and officially start you down the road to being a Blogger!

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Steve Veloudos owns and operates Zebra Music LLC. It’s a one stop shop for jingles, radio production, custom music, library music, and sound design. Visit Steve’s web site and get free monthly music that you can use for your productions.
http://www.zebramusic.com
zebra24@msn.com
480-540-7768
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