Google's SEO Starter Guide- Free to Download

Google's SEO Starter Guide When it comes to optimizing your website for the search engines who knows it better then Google. Well, they've decided to compile this secret information into a PDF ebook and share it with the rest of us. How nice of them. It won't cost you a dime and after reviewing it can tell you it's loaded with helpful tips that if followed will help your rankings.

Go and download your copy before they change their mind and start charging for it. All hail Google!

ElfYourself for the Holidays

ElfYourself by OfficeMax - Powered by JibJab- I love this! Now I'm really going to get into the holiday spirit knowing I can "Elf Myself" and my boyfriend and my dogs.....the possibilities are endless. Come on, have some fun and show off your dork side by making your own little video and then send it to all your friends. They'll be so impressed with your talent.........they'll want to try it too. Forget work, take some time just for you and become an Elf today. You know you want to

SitePoint : The Twitaway Free Book Giveaway

SitePoint You've got about 12 days left to grab this free 208 page ebook. "The Art and Science of CSS" can be yours at no charge by going to this page and signing up to follow Sitepoint on Twitter. How cool is that?

Google Webpage Removal Request Tool

Webpage removal request tool- Usually the question is "How do I get my web pages listed with Google?". But sometimes there may be a page that you need removed. Well, there's a place at Google for that too. Just fill out the form and Google will take your request into consideration. Bookmark this one as you may not need it now, but someday you might.

::Why Not Me Movie - Motivational Movie

OK, so it's Tuesday and you're bored or maybe a little depressed that things aren't going your way. Before reaching for that bottle of "Jack" reach for your mouse button and watch this very touching motivational movie. If you've ever doubted your ability to do or be something this will have you thinking "why not me?".......you'll be inspired. So Click here to watch it now.

The ThanksGiving GiveAway 2008

David Canham and Bill McRea have teamed up to bring this years best Giveaway. Make sure to join “The Thanksgiving Giveaway 2008” and JV with the top names in Giveaway marketing.

Join now and get in on this huge opportunity to grow your list and generate sales!

This is an unbelievable chance to test your offers, build a list a make some real money. You can also download some great free ebooks while there.

"Google's "Display Ad Builder" Makes You Look Marvelous"

If you use Google Adwords for your pay-per-click advertising, you'll want to sit up and pay attention. Google has introduced a new tool for their users called "Display Ad Builder". It's purpose is to help you make professional graphical ads with no design experience.

If you're already an Adwords user, you can access the "AdBuilder" from within the Adwords interface. Inside you'll find over 40 professionally designed templates to choose from. You can customize the colors, fonts, images and text of each template to your exact specifications. You can also upload your own images, logos and videos to use in the creative process and add your own text. If you're all thumbs when it comes to design, this is really going to be of great assistance to you.

The ads created with Google's Ad Builder will be run on Google's content network which has over one million website partners to date. Only those who choose to run image or video ads can display these graphical ads on their site, so if you're an Adsense user and haven't opted in for image and video ads, and would like to run these ads on your site, make sure that you do.

Google's new tool is available to all advertisers in the U.S. and Canada. For more information see:

http://www.google.com/adwords/displayadbuilder/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu1oaWkXSHM

If you've been holding back on running image based ads in your pay-per-click advertising, here's your opportunity to look like a pro, no design school needed.

Write to the President

Write to the President Elect of the USA- I don' t know about you but one of the reasons I'm glad the president election is over is that the commercials have stopped. All the mud slinging frankly gives me a headache. It's like little kids on the school playground, he did this and she did that. Too much negativity which is no good for anyone.

No matter if you wanted Obama to win or not, he's the new President of the U.S. - If you have something on your mind that you'd like to say to him stop over at this site and write him a letter. The address to send it to is included.

Amazon.com's Holiday Toy List: Videos of this year's hottest Toys & Games, Sport & Outdoors, Video Games, and More

Amazon.com's Holiday Toy List This is so cool! Shop by child's age or price range. You'll find an array of really cool videos that demonstrates what each toy can do. I'm not a kid anymore but watching these videos makes me wish I was again. They have the coolest toys for kids these days. If you're going to be doing any Christmas shopping this year for kids, put this on your hit list.

Happy Belated Halloween

It's a tradition every year that I dress the dogs up in Halloween costumes then use those pictures to create cards for my friends and family. My friends actually look forward to my cards in anticipation of what the dogs will be that year. It's fun. I enjoy it although I can't say as much for the dogs. But they'll do anything for food so I bring out the treats before the photo shoot and they're pretty easy going about the whole thing. I'm sure deep down inside they hate me for making them look so silly, but so far their not talking. (LOL) Here's a peek at what they looked like this year.

Google and the G1 Cell Phone

The first Android powered phone and it's powered by Google software. They call it the G1 and it's now available. On the downside it looks like it's only available thru T-Mobile which is not my carrier. I wonder if others will be able to offer it soon. It looks way cool and since I love Google I'd love to have one of these "bad boys" for myself. Oh, a girl can dream can't she (LOL) Similar to an I-Phone and costing a little under 200.00 with a 2 year contract.

For more see:

http://www.fastcompany.com/big-idea/android-google-s-new-phone-will-force-apple-unlock-its-iphone-within-6-months

"Test Your Landing Pages With Google's Website Optimizer"

If you're doing any kind of pay-per-click advertising, you need to know what's working and what isn't when it comes to your advertising campaigns. Testing and tracking needs to be your middle name. So what are we testing? Your landing pages of course. A landing page is the page someone is sent to when they click on your ad. If your landing page isn't "converting" you'll be throwing good money after bad.

A conversion is what happens when someone visits your landing page and performs a wanted action. When you test your landing pages and find out what's working, you can use that information to increase your conversions.

The problem with testing is that the software you need is generally very expensive. Well, how would you like a top notch testing solution that won't cost you a dime? Google offers a free service called "Website Optimizer" http://www.google.com/websiteoptimizer . It runs from within your own web browser so there's nothing to download or install.

The first step is to decide what you want to test. You can test different headlines, graphics, layouts, calls to action, long copy versus short copy - all contained on the same page, or you can create two different pages to test against each other.

If you already use Google Adwords, you can access Optimizer from within the Adwords interface. It can be found under the "myclient center".

You can choose from two types of tests:

1) A/B Testing- Also known as split testing, and the easiest type of test to run. In this type of test you set up two different versions of your landing page and traffic is then split between the two to find out which one has a higher conversion.

2) MultiVariable Test- A bit more complicated, this type of test allows you to test different elements all on the same pages. For example, you could test different headlines, graphics, blocks of copy, etc.

Your landing page, (aka test page), must include some call to action. In other words, it must ask them to do something -subscribe to your ezine, buy your product or service, or download something.

Google calls each test an "experiment". There are only four steps when it comes to setting up an experiment. You'll be given some code to copy and paste onto your test page, and your conversion pages. A conversion page is where the viewer goes after performing the wanted action on your landing (test) page.

Make sure you set everything up correctly from the get-Go. If not, and you need to make a change to something, you'll have to go back and re-paste the code on all of your pages. Once the code is in place, Google's validation tool will tell you if something was not done correctly in your setup.

You can decide to test all or only a percentage of your website traffic. Keep in mind if you go with only a certain percentage of your visitors, the test will take longer to complete. Experiments can also be stopped or paused at anytime.

After your experiment starts, you'll be shown the estimated duration and number of impressions and conversions tracked. Google's graphical reports are simple and easy to read and understand. So even if you're not a math guru, you'll understand what you're looking at when viewing the test results.

Some other helpful resources to help you are:

Google's Optimizer Blog
http://www.websiteoptimizer.blogspot.com/

Website Optimizer 101- A Quick Start Guide
http://www.tinyurl.com/yxwman

Google Analytics Blog
http://www.analytics.blogspot.com

There is no doubt that testing and tracking your landing pages will increase your conversions. If you've been sitting on the sidelines, here's your chance to become a "landing page detective" - and the best part is, it won't cost you a dime.

Stop throwing money away and know once and for all what's working with your landing pages. Google's Website Optimizer makes it simple and easy for you to start testing. So what are you waiting for? Get out that white lab coat and wipe off those beakers -it's testing time.

Gia Looking Smart

OK, OK, I think Gia is the cutest dog ever, but maybe I'm partial. Here she is wearing my glasses. I caught her in bed with one of my books. Such a smart dog!

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Vote for Baxter- Gia and Dakota

Pet Photo I entered my dogs in the cutest pet contest at Progressive. Please stop by and cast your vote for Baxter here http://www.progressive.com/petphotos/pet-image.aspx?id=1540

Vote for Gia here http://www.progressive.com/petphotos/pet-image.aspx?id=1543

Vote for Dakota herehttp://www.progressive.com/petphotos/pet-image.aspx?id=1544

Thanks for your help. I already know they're the cutest just need your help in proving that to everyone else

Domains for 1.99 at GoDaddy

Cheap Domains Need to register a few new domains? GoDaddy is offering up certain extensions at only 1.99 for the first year. Limited time offer so check it out today and get those domains registered now.

Free Shipping Coupons

I love to shop online, but sometimes when I fill my basket and I'm ready to check out the shipping charges have me reaching for my back button.

If you're tired of paying too much for shipping check out FreeShipping.org - Plenty of stores who won't charge you a dime for shipping. Sign up for their newsletter to be notified of ongoing specials.

Also, check out http://www.freeshippingon.com/free-shipping they also list plenty of online stores with a "no shipping charge" policy. Now get out your credit card and go shopping. At least the shipping is free.

CopyrightSpot - Free Plagiarism Detection

"CopyrightSpot allows you to discover all the spots where your licensed and unlicensed original writing lives on the web." Type in your url and see what you find.

Free PhotoShop Templates

Need some website help? Maybe a whole new re-design? Don't sweat it. This site has free templates done with Photoshop. Just browse through and download the one that's just right for you. http://www.templateyes.com/photoshop-templates.htm

Very professional looking and you won't have to pay that fancy pancy website designer after all.

The "Remember When Movie"

At the risk of sounding like my mother, things were different when I was a kid. We actually went outside and played and didn't hang out on computers and play video games all day. We actually used our imaginations and invented our own fun. We didn't need someone to come along and entertain us. If you remember those days fondly watch this movie....."memories like the corners of my mind, misty water color memories of the way we were".........sing along now.....

http://www.therememberwhenmovie.com/