A quick search of the results in Google will show more than 8 pages of companies advertising their services or programs to submit your website to the search engines.
The prices varied wildly, but the fact of the matter is that any site submitter or company offering search engine submissions is just taking your money. (It’s kind of like paying an ATM fee).
Here’s the honest truth. Unless you run a local business, there’s no point to submitting your website to Google, Yahoo, or MSN. If you do have a local business, then making sure your local listing is claimed on their maps and your proper information is included is a good idea.
Let me explain. This is one of those services designed to prey on the new and uninformed website owners. Let me explain how your website gets indexed by major search engines like Google. All search engines use programs called spiders to crawl the Internet. Basically, this is a program that hops from one website to another and reads everything on the page. It then looks for links and goes to those pages next. When it finds a link to a website that it hasn’t seen before, it reads that page and includes it in the search engine index pages (SERPS).
The time it takes your website to appear on the search engines varies wildly – I’ve seen anywhere from 22 minutes to 6 weeks.
The search engines all have a free “submit url search engine” page you can use to submit your website to them, but it’s rather pointless to use since I just explained their preferred way to rank a website. Heck, sometimes you don’t have to submit a website or get a link in an way, shape, or form, since they look at new newly registered domains and check those out once in a while. So, yes, it is even possible to get your website listed in the search engines for free without ever doing a thing (getting ranked well is another story, however).
So do yourself a favor and save your money on these programs and companies. If you ever see a company offering to submit your company to thousands of search engines, take a moment to think of how many search engines you can name off the top of your head. If you’re like most people, you might be able to list 4 or 5. I do this for a living and I was only able to come up with 10.
In fact, the top 5 search engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN/Live, Ask, AOL) have a combined 99.7% market share! That means the other thousands of search engines out there are fighting for .3% of the market.
In other words, you’re not going to see any traffic from those search engines no matter how well you rank. And if those search engines are any good, you won’t need to submit your url to them since all search engines follow links and if you have links to your website, they’ll include you.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
HOW TO NEGOTIATE A RAISE
Undoubtedly one of the most nerve-wracking times of any job is when raises are getting handed out. Most people believe they are getting paid less than they deserve or are working too many hours for the salary they receive. While employees tend to overvalue themselves when compared to what employers are willing to pay, if you have enough research to back up your request for a raise, there are several tactics you should know before you march into your boss’s office and demand more money.
To begin with, don’t for a minute believe that because your boss likes you, he or she will definitely give you a raise. The only determinant for salary is your perceived value to the company, so if you are friendly with everyone but do little work, you might want to reconsider asking for more money. If you think you’re on the borderline, in the weeks before you plan to ask, make sure you work diligently, going above and beyond the call of duty. Make sure you don’t appear to be “sucking up,” however, as that will most likely cast you in a negative light when it comes time to hand out raises. Instead, work as a model employee (which you should be doing anyway).
Once you’ve built up a sufficient amount of tasks that you’ve completed, keep a log of what they are by date. This will aid in your presentation, as you can clearly point to the dates when you completed different responsibilities, focusing on the ways they have helped the company. This type of proof will be invaluable to you in convincing your superiors of your value to the company and of the need to reward you with a raise.
If you can outline what you do for the company, how efficiently you do it, and why it is valuable to the company, spend some time researching what a typical person in your field with your level of experience makes. Salary.com and stats.bls.gov/ocohome.html are excellent resources for this, but you can also look at your local library and at other sites on the Internet.
Once you’re equipped with the proper resources, you have two options when it comes to presenting to your boss—either schedule an appointment to discuss your salary with him or wait until your next performance review. Most companies have an annual or semi-annual review for all employees, at which time they evaluate your performance over the preceding year or half-year and decide whether or not to give you a raise. If you are close enough to this time, you should probably wait until then to make your case. If your review is still several months away, make a formal appointment with your boss at a time when you know he will be available to give you his full attention.
When you meet with your boss, make sure you convey your reasons for wanting a raise. Don’t include personal reasons, like “I want to buy a better car,” or, “I need more money for college.” Your employer is, as stated before, concerned with your value to the company, so point out the things you have done in the past that have furthered the company’s goals. Make sure what you’re requesting is realistic—don’t ask for a 300% increase in your salary unless you’ve suddenly been given 300% more responsibility. Also, don’t offer an ultimatum (“If you don’t give me a raise, I’m quitting”) unless you truly intend to quit if you don’t get a raise.
If your boss agrees that you deserve a raise but can’t afford to pay you more, try to expand your benefits instead—get additional vacation time, expanded medical coverage, or a better employee discount. If your request for a raise is denied, try to find out where you can improve, so that next time you ask, your boss will have no choice but to reward your efforts. Not only will the company be happy with your performance, but you’ll be happy, too—all the way to the bank.
To begin with, don’t for a minute believe that because your boss likes you, he or she will definitely give you a raise. The only determinant for salary is your perceived value to the company, so if you are friendly with everyone but do little work, you might want to reconsider asking for more money. If you think you’re on the borderline, in the weeks before you plan to ask, make sure you work diligently, going above and beyond the call of duty. Make sure you don’t appear to be “sucking up,” however, as that will most likely cast you in a negative light when it comes time to hand out raises. Instead, work as a model employee (which you should be doing anyway).
Once you’ve built up a sufficient amount of tasks that you’ve completed, keep a log of what they are by date. This will aid in your presentation, as you can clearly point to the dates when you completed different responsibilities, focusing on the ways they have helped the company. This type of proof will be invaluable to you in convincing your superiors of your value to the company and of the need to reward you with a raise.
If you can outline what you do for the company, how efficiently you do it, and why it is valuable to the company, spend some time researching what a typical person in your field with your level of experience makes. Salary.com and stats.bls.gov/ocohome.html are excellent resources for this, but you can also look at your local library and at other sites on the Internet.
Once you’re equipped with the proper resources, you have two options when it comes to presenting to your boss—either schedule an appointment to discuss your salary with him or wait until your next performance review. Most companies have an annual or semi-annual review for all employees, at which time they evaluate your performance over the preceding year or half-year and decide whether or not to give you a raise. If you are close enough to this time, you should probably wait until then to make your case. If your review is still several months away, make a formal appointment with your boss at a time when you know he will be available to give you his full attention.
When you meet with your boss, make sure you convey your reasons for wanting a raise. Don’t include personal reasons, like “I want to buy a better car,” or, “I need more money for college.” Your employer is, as stated before, concerned with your value to the company, so point out the things you have done in the past that have furthered the company’s goals. Make sure what you’re requesting is realistic—don’t ask for a 300% increase in your salary unless you’ve suddenly been given 300% more responsibility. Also, don’t offer an ultimatum (“If you don’t give me a raise, I’m quitting”) unless you truly intend to quit if you don’t get a raise.
If your boss agrees that you deserve a raise but can’t afford to pay you more, try to expand your benefits instead—get additional vacation time, expanded medical coverage, or a better employee discount. If your request for a raise is denied, try to find out where you can improve, so that next time you ask, your boss will have no choice but to reward your efforts. Not only will the company be happy with your performance, but you’ll be happy, too—all the way to the bank.
Friday, March 20, 2009
WHAT SMART GIRLFRIENDS NEVER DO
Once you’re been dating the same guy for a while, its easy to relax. In that first blush of red-hot romance, no effort seems to great. Intoxicated by love or lust or both, you swipe your lips with a delicious gloss and shell out a ten of money for a bottle of fragrance no large than your big toe. You take extreme yoga just so you can wrap your legs around his neck. And it pays off.
Then at some point you begin to feel comfortable. Maybe its six months into the relationship when you’ve started spending every weakened at one another’s place or when you’ve actually gone ahead and moved in together. You gain 5 pounds and don’t sweat it- you’ll get back to the 9ym one of these days.
Temptingly easy to commit such small insidious aids can lead to a big problem; an overdose of families. These are the little behaviour you can so easily drift into that together have a potential to kill of a relationship magnetism mystery and sex appeal.
Below are the seven common sins of too coming couples and advice on how to keep sexual allure alive.
1. GIVING GIFTS HIS MOM WOULD BUY
Ever notice how guys don’t take it upon themselves to surprise you with your favorite deodorant? Yet women seem to glory in presenting their lover with a three-pack of boxer shorts. You may thinks it shows how close you are to him but you also risk jumping from lover to mom (ew!).
When you still want to fell hot for each other, a special fountain pen is fine; what if he truly needs underwear? Pick out some boxer briefs you think he will look sexy in-----and tell him so.
2. FLOSSING TOGETHER
Do you really want to watch your dream lover picking the night’s meal from between his teeth? Do you want him to see you it? Worse. How about witnessing you wax the five o’clock shadow beneath the pert tittles nose he loves to kiss? Just close the bathroom door and maintain as much mystery as possible. Let him see you at your best. And don’t think of doing anything on the toilet in his presence (and encourage him not to do same.
2. DRIFTING INTO A SEX RUT
It’s a classic scenic: you’ve discovered what workers for each of you in bed, so you cut to the chase and do only that. Do not believe that just because you are sexual with your partner, you know exactly what really that man wants in bed if its becoming evident that your are going to be in his life for a long time he may not tell you what really turns him on for fear of rejection often men who cheat on their wives or girlfriend, end up having one kind of sex at home, perhaps , more adventurous, kind of sex with their other women And don’t be a slave to sex schedules . Containing it solely to bedtime and the bedroom. How much more thinking would it be to show up one day unannounced at his job, come into his office , shut the door and tell your lover who thinks he knows everything about you; don’t say a word . I m going to be here for exactly 10 minutes . try to be spontaneous.
3 Baring All , All the time
In one of the episodes of a particular soap opera, a guy qrumbles that his new girlfriend spends too much time in the nude. That seems like a strange complaint for a guy into make but think about it few of us truly want to see a nuked person squat to pick up a sock off the floor. Overexposure may anesthetize your man to how provocative your nude form is . so make un effort to keep the vision of your unclothed body special. Id go as far as to say that nudity should be connected only to sex. Not to house work or to readily in bed . id go even further and say there is no need for your lover to see you getting dressed
4 Flaunting your flaws
You are well past formal dating , his razor is at your place , his dog is sleeping over too . this is a critical time as you stand the risk of getting sick of each other. You think what difference does it make if I talk to him about my dental problems? Because he loves you . but would you tell him of that same problem on your first date
Since you wouldn’t do that on your first date it is of no use doing it later. if you think you have any flaw , do not flaunt it , rather , the bottom-line is fixed or forget
5 DRESSING DOWN, DOWN , DOWN
Once you are a couple its easy to fall into bed wearing sweats and an old tee shirt , but it makes the bedroom a less magical place . the problem is that you can be very well loved and yet not remain sexually attractive to your partner. So get out a few of those teddies from your dating days. Every night after a new opportunity to look , it not fantastic at lent a little special else you are sending a message that going to bed with him is business as usual
6 SPENDING EVERY NIGHT TOGETHER
The deadliest sin is that of crowding one another too much togetherness is a surefire way to cool passion. If he glues onto you every so often tell him , this weekend in unavailable. Whether you keep your own apartments or have moved in together, resave at least one night in a week to go out with your friends. Taking separate vacations is another fun way to create a little air of mystery , because you don’t know the persons every movehey its also a great opportunity for phone sex.
Then at some point you begin to feel comfortable. Maybe its six months into the relationship when you’ve started spending every weakened at one another’s place or when you’ve actually gone ahead and moved in together. You gain 5 pounds and don’t sweat it- you’ll get back to the 9ym one of these days.
Temptingly easy to commit such small insidious aids can lead to a big problem; an overdose of families. These are the little behaviour you can so easily drift into that together have a potential to kill of a relationship magnetism mystery and sex appeal.
Below are the seven common sins of too coming couples and advice on how to keep sexual allure alive.
1. GIVING GIFTS HIS MOM WOULD BUY
Ever notice how guys don’t take it upon themselves to surprise you with your favorite deodorant? Yet women seem to glory in presenting their lover with a three-pack of boxer shorts. You may thinks it shows how close you are to him but you also risk jumping from lover to mom (ew!).
When you still want to fell hot for each other, a special fountain pen is fine; what if he truly needs underwear? Pick out some boxer briefs you think he will look sexy in-----and tell him so.
2. FLOSSING TOGETHER
Do you really want to watch your dream lover picking the night’s meal from between his teeth? Do you want him to see you it? Worse. How about witnessing you wax the five o’clock shadow beneath the pert tittles nose he loves to kiss? Just close the bathroom door and maintain as much mystery as possible. Let him see you at your best. And don’t think of doing anything on the toilet in his presence (and encourage him not to do same.
2. DRIFTING INTO A SEX RUT
It’s a classic scenic: you’ve discovered what workers for each of you in bed, so you cut to the chase and do only that. Do not believe that just because you are sexual with your partner, you know exactly what really that man wants in bed if its becoming evident that your are going to be in his life for a long time he may not tell you what really turns him on for fear of rejection often men who cheat on their wives or girlfriend, end up having one kind of sex at home, perhaps , more adventurous, kind of sex with their other women And don’t be a slave to sex schedules . Containing it solely to bedtime and the bedroom. How much more thinking would it be to show up one day unannounced at his job, come into his office , shut the door and tell your lover who thinks he knows everything about you; don’t say a word . I m going to be here for exactly 10 minutes . try to be spontaneous.
3 Baring All , All the time
In one of the episodes of a particular soap opera, a guy qrumbles that his new girlfriend spends too much time in the nude. That seems like a strange complaint for a guy into make but think about it few of us truly want to see a nuked person squat to pick up a sock off the floor. Overexposure may anesthetize your man to how provocative your nude form is . so make un effort to keep the vision of your unclothed body special. Id go as far as to say that nudity should be connected only to sex. Not to house work or to readily in bed . id go even further and say there is no need for your lover to see you getting dressed
4 Flaunting your flaws
You are well past formal dating , his razor is at your place , his dog is sleeping over too . this is a critical time as you stand the risk of getting sick of each other. You think what difference does it make if I talk to him about my dental problems? Because he loves you . but would you tell him of that same problem on your first date
Since you wouldn’t do that on your first date it is of no use doing it later. if you think you have any flaw , do not flaunt it , rather , the bottom-line is fixed or forget
5 DRESSING DOWN, DOWN , DOWN
Once you are a couple its easy to fall into bed wearing sweats and an old tee shirt , but it makes the bedroom a less magical place . the problem is that you can be very well loved and yet not remain sexually attractive to your partner. So get out a few of those teddies from your dating days. Every night after a new opportunity to look , it not fantastic at lent a little special else you are sending a message that going to bed with him is business as usual
6 SPENDING EVERY NIGHT TOGETHER
The deadliest sin is that of crowding one another too much togetherness is a surefire way to cool passion. If he glues onto you every so often tell him , this weekend in unavailable. Whether you keep your own apartments or have moved in together, resave at least one night in a week to go out with your friends. Taking separate vacations is another fun way to create a little air of mystery , because you don’t know the persons every movehey its also a great opportunity for phone sex.
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