515 words

This is a perennial question among writers and wannabe’s.

Many of us dream of writing a book. Why not. What

greater story cans one write about than one’s own. Each

day brings a new beginning, a new page in the book of life.

What can you write about?

Someone said everyone has a story. How true. Each day

that pass by, is a page in your book of life Where to start?

From the very depths of your soul, from your heart.What

stirs you? What excites you?What challenges you? What

frustrates you? What makes you happy?

Are you having the so-called writer’s block? All blocks

can be readily removed, dealt with and best of all, replaced

with determination .Just sit down and start writing. Think

of a word, write about that word and keep writing. Simplistic?

Not really. A word can get your fingers flying on the

keyboard, or if you believe in paper and pen, go ahead

and let your thoughts flow out from the tip of your pen

to that precious paper.

Develop the habit of writing everyday, yes, everyday.

Write something and you’d be amazed at the database

of ideas stored in your brain waiting to be discovered.

You do not have to write about a new idea, a new concept,

a new theory. Think of a fresh approach, a different angle,

a different perspective.

Think of this: You go on a nature hike with four of your

friends. You take the same route, see the same scenery,

under the same canopy of foliage and sky and step on

the same terrain, hike under the same weather conditions.

After the hike, surely there will be five different versions of

the experience or adventure. You go home and describe the

day’s hike to family and friends, each one will have different

picture of the scenery, of the hikers and their experience. If

this day was captured and frozen in time with your camera,

each pair of eyes that looks at the picture will have different

perspective of each picture. Each one will see different features

that attracts their attention.

Life within you, life around you, people in your world,

your hobbies, your dreams, your adventures. The list goes

on. There is always an angle waiting to be discovered, an

idea eager to be interpreted, to be written and shared

with the world.

So, what’s holding you back? What is important is to

just sit down and start writing. Tap into that deep reserve

of knowledge that lies deep within. Swim in the river

of experience, enjoy the swim as you get in deeper, your

strokes stronger and more confident.

Don’t put it off for another day. Surprise yourself.

The world awaits to hear from you.

END

515 words

This is a perennial question among writers and wannabe’s.

Many of us dream of writing a book. Why not. What

greater story cans one write about than one’s own. Each

day brings a new beginning, a new page in the book of life.

What can you write about?

Someone said everyone has a story. How true. Each day

that pass by, is a page in your book of life Where to start?

From the very depths of your soul, from your heart.What

stirs you? What excites you?What challenges you? What

frustrates you? What makes you happy?

Are you having the so-called writer’s block? All blocks

can be readily removed, dealt with and best of all, replaced

with determination .Just sit down and start writing. Think

of a word, write about that word and keep writing. Simplistic?

Not really. A word can get your fingers flying on the

keyboard, or if you believe in paper and pen, go ahead

and let your thoughts flow out from the tip of your pen

to that precious paper.

Develop the habit of writing everyday, yes, everyday.

Write something and you’d be amazed at the database

of ideas stored in your brain waiting to be discovered.

You do not have to write about a new idea, a new concept,

a new theory. Think of a fresh approach, a different angle,

a different perspective.

Think of this: You go on a nature hike with four of your

friends. You take the same route, see the same scenery,

under the same canopy of foliage and sky and step on

the same terrain, hike under the same weather conditions.

After the hike, surely there will be five different versions of

the experience or adventure. You go home and describe the

day’s hike to family and friends, each one will have different

picture of the scenery, of the hikers and their experience. If

this day was captured and frozen in time with your camera,

each pair of eyes that looks at the picture will have different

perspective of each picture. Each one will see different features

that attracts their attention.

Life within you, life around you, people in your world,

your hobbies, your dreams, your adventures. The list goes

on. There is always an angle waiting to be discovered, an

idea eager to be interpreted, to be written and shared

with the world.

So, what’s holding you back? What is important is to

just sit down and start writing. Tap into that deep reserve

of knowledge that lies deep within. Swim in the river

of experience, enjoy the swim as you get in deeper, your

strokes stronger and more confident.

Don’t put it off for another day. Surprise yourself.

The world awaits to hear from you.

END

We should all know the importance of articles to internet based companies as a method of website promotion. They contribute in driving traffic to your website and ultimately determine the success of the site. A good website owner needs to understand the benefits and undertake a constant article promotion strategy. The results can be very beneficial in relation to the amount of work involved. Link popularity, an increase in search engine results, and surge in traffic are the more well-known benefits. Becoming an authority in your niche is another major benefit that can be obtained if article marketing is carried out correctly.

Articles can have a great effect in giving a site high rankings in search engine results. The likelihood then is greater website exposure resulting in greater traffic and sales/profit.

However, there are important factors to remember when writing articles to obtain the maximum benefits that an article can provide for your site. So what are the main criteria that all articles should include? We will go through a few of them here.

Good Quality Content:

The most obvious requirement is for well-written, informative articles that will benefit the reader in some way, and help them further understand the topic that you are discussing. There is little point in just filling your article with keywords, but instead must provide good reading material. Whilst being informative, try and make your article entertaining, and one which will stick in the readers mind, rather than something that a reader may read a paragraph or two of and then disregard.

If possible, provide figures, facts and statistics on your topic. People like to see accurate stats, and will begin to trust you more as an expert in your niche should your content and stats be helpful to them.

It is important to read through your article once it is finished and also to check through for good grammar and any spelling errors.

Relevant Keywords and Phrases:

Throughout your articles, remember to center the information around the keywords and keyword phrases related to your topic. When people search the internet, they are usually searching for something specific rather than just browsing. It is highly likely that the majority of traffic being driven to your article will be from a search on google, yahoo, or any other major search engine, so ensure that you keep this is mind when writing.

Do not try to include keywords that are irrelevant to your article, merely to drive traffic to your article from search engines. If your site is about automobiles, then use keywords that are related, such as cars, car parts, truck accessories, and any other relevant terms. There are many tools on the internet that provide keyword analysis to determine what keywords and keyword phrases are mostly sought out. Use these tools to create a list of terms that you wish to target in your article.

Keyword Density:

Now that you have identified your keyword phrases and specific keywords to use, you must use them fully. It is very unlikely that a search engine will “get to grips” with what your article is about if you only use a keyword once throughout the entire article. You must have good keyword density in the article content in order for the search engines to rank your article high in the search results. Aim for between ten to fifteen percent of keyword density within the content.

For those that are unsure what keyword density is, it is the number of times that a keyword or a keyword phrase appears in an article. Although it is important to have good keyword density, it is equally important not to go too high or too low with keyword density, as it results in either the essence of the article being lost, or being too low for the search engines to pick up the terms.

Article Links:

Do not forget to include a link to your website. There is no use in writing an informative article, if the reader can not then click on a link to your site to find out more. Your website will not benefit without one!

We should all know the importance of articles to internet based companies as a method of website promotion. They contribute in driving traffic to your website and ultimately determine the success of the site. A good website owner needs to understand the benefits and undertake a constant article promotion strategy. The results can be very beneficial in relation to the amount of work involved. Link popularity, an increase in search engine results, and surge in traffic are the more well-known benefits. Becoming an authority in your niche is another major benefit that can be obtained if article marketing is carried out correctly.

Articles can have a great effect in giving a site high rankings in search engine results. The likelihood then is greater website exposure resulting in greater traffic and sales/profit.

However, there are important factors to remember when writing articles to obtain the maximum benefits that an article can provide for your site. So what are the main criteria that all articles should include? We will go through a few of them here.

Good Quality Content:

The most obvious requirement is for well-written, informative articles that will benefit the reader in some way, and help them further understand the topic that you are discussing. There is little point in just filling your article with keywords, but instead must provide good reading material. Whilst being informative, try and make your article entertaining, and one which will stick in the readers mind, rather than something that a reader may read a paragraph or two of and then disregard.

If possible, provide figures, facts and statistics on your topic. People like to see accurate stats, and will begin to trust you more as an expert in your niche should your content and stats be helpful to them.

It is important to read through your article once it is finished and also to check through for good grammar and any spelling errors.

Relevant Keywords and Phrases:

Throughout your articles, remember to center the information around the keywords and keyword phrases related to your topic. When people search the internet, they are usually searching for something specific rather than just browsing. It is highly likely that the majority of traffic being driven to your article will be from a search on google, yahoo, or any other major search engine, so ensure that you keep this is mind when writing.

Do not try to include keywords that are irrelevant to your article, merely to drive traffic to your article from search engines. If your site is about automobiles, then use keywords that are related, such as cars, car parts, truck accessories, and any other relevant terms. There are many tools on the internet that provide keyword analysis to determine what keywords and keyword phrases are mostly sought out. Use these tools to create a list of terms that you wish to target in your article.

Keyword Density:

Now that you have identified your keyword phrases and specific keywords to use, you must use them fully. It is very unlikely that a search engine will “get to grips” with what your article is about if you only use a keyword once throughout the entire article. You must have good keyword density in the article content in order for the search engines to rank your article high in the search results. Aim for between ten to fifteen percent of keyword density within the content.

For those that are unsure what keyword density is, it is the number of times that a keyword or a keyword phrase appears in an article. Although it is important to have good keyword density, it is equally important not to go too high or too low with keyword density, as it results in either the essence of the article being lost, or being too low for the search engines to pick up the terms.

Article Links:

Do not forget to include a link to your website. There is no use in writing an informative article, if the reader can not then click on a link to your site to find out more. Your website will not benefit without one!

For those of us who write and submit articles to various content directories, we do so primarily for one reason:To get the link back to our site.However, it’s important to keep in mind that not all links are equal in the eyes of the major search engines.How your links “appear” to the search engines can be nearly as significant as the number of links that actually point to your site.

As you cultivate links to your site, the goal is to have as natural a link structure as possible.What this means is that search engines like to see links presented in a manner that does not appear to be phony, or an effort to fool the search engines into thinking your site is more popular than it actually is.In our efforts to do this, it is important to keep in mind the following:

First, your incoming links should increase gradually.Search engines see a sudden jump in links as artificial and not an indication of your site’s popularity.When you submit your articles to an article directory, your links generally increase gradually as they are picked up over time and published on web sites and archived ezines.

Second, whenever possible, your incoming links should not be reciprocal.Many of you are now saying, “easier said than done”.Perhaps, but submitting articles to article directories is a great way to build these types of links.

Search engines view sites that rely heavily on reciprocal links as not necessarily containing sought-after content that others want to voluntarily link to.That is, pure link reciprocity implies that the only purpose of the link is to build links and has nothing to do with the quality of the content on the web site.

Third, it’s very important to be consistent in how the link to your site is published.The following example will illustrate this point:

The following URL’s all point to the same page, of course.However, as far as the major search engines are concerned, they are all different:

articlelists.com

articlelists.com/

articlelists.com/index.html

.articlelists.com

.articlelists.com/

.articlelists.com/index.html

Therefore, if your incoming links vary as listed above, your page rank is being watered down by up to a factor of six.So if you are not already doing it, be sure to be consistent in how you have your incoming links published.

This last item discussed here concerns anchor text.Anchor text is the actual text that appears for a particular hyperlink, and is perhaps one of the most important issues to consider when building your incoming link structure. For example, in the following link, Free Article Directory, the words “Free Article Directory” constitute the anchor text.However, when you place your cursor over the link you will see the destination site, .ArticleLists.com, displayed in the status bar.

There are two important rules of thumb to remember about your anchor text.The first is that your anchor text should vary.That is, the incoming links to your site should not all have the same anchor text. This creates a more natural appearance to the search engines and will help in your rankings.The second rule is to place your keywords into your anchor text whenever possible.The reason this is important is because search engines view the anchor text as an indication of the topic of your webpage. So you get a two-for-one effect:You not only get the desired inbound link, but you also create a more natural-looking incoming link structure which will be viewed more favorably by the search engines.Of course, you would first want to do some keyword research to determine the popularity and importance of various keywords relating to your web site, and then use the ones for which you are trying to rank well.

When you begin to view your inbound link structure from the perspective of the search engines, you begin to see the logic of what needs to be done to rank well.For the search engines, it’s all about content and delivering the most relevant web pages possible for a given search term.

Creating an inbound link structure that appears more natural, or voluntary, will indicate to the search engines that your content is indeed something that their users would find useful.Assuming your site publishes quality content, you have, in a sense, helped the search engine do their job; and in the process you’ve gone a long way in making your web site more visible on the Internet.

For those of us who write and submit articles to various content directories, we do so primarily for one reason:To get the link back to our site.However, it’s important to keep in mind that not all links are equal in the eyes of the major search engines.How your links “appear” to the search engines can be nearly as significant as the number of links that actually point to your site.

As you cultivate links to your site, the goal is to have as natural a link structure as possible.What this means is that search engines like to see links presented in a manner that does not appear to be phony, or an effort to fool the search engines into thinking your site is more popular than it actually is.In our efforts to do this, it is important to keep in mind the following:

First, your incoming links should increase gradually.Search engines see a sudden jump in links as artificial and not an indication of your site’s popularity.When you submit your articles to an article directory, your links generally increase gradually as they are picked up over time and published on web sites and archived ezines.

Second, whenever possible, your incoming links should not be reciprocal.Many of you are now saying, “easier said than done”.Perhaps, but submitting articles to article directories is a great way to build these types of links.

Search engines view sites that rely heavily on reciprocal links as not necessarily containing sought-after content that others want to voluntarily link to.That is, pure link reciprocity implies that the only purpose of the link is to build links and has nothing to do with the quality of the content on the web site.

Third, it’s very important to be consistent in how the link to your site is published.The following example will illustrate this point:

The following URL’s all point to the same page, of course.However, as far as the major search engines are concerned, they are all different:

articlelists.com

articlelists.com/

articlelists.com/index.html

.articlelists.com

.articlelists.com/

.articlelists.com/index.html

Therefore, if your incoming links vary as listed above, your page rank is being watered down by up to a factor of six.So if you are not already doing it, be sure to be consistent in how you have your incoming links published.

This last item discussed here concerns anchor text.Anchor text is the actual text that appears for a particular hyperlink, and is perhaps one of the most important issues to consider when building your incoming link structure. For example, in the following link, Free Article Directory, the words “Free Article Directory” constitute the anchor text.However, when you place your cursor over the link you will see the destination site, .ArticleLists.com, displayed in the status bar.

There are two important rules of thumb to remember about your anchor text.The first is that your anchor text should vary.That is, the incoming links to your site should not all have the same anchor text. This creates a more natural appearance to the search engines and will help in your rankings.The second rule is to place your keywords into your anchor text whenever possible.The reason this is important is because search engines view the anchor text as an indication of the topic of your webpage. So you get a two-for-one effect:You not only get the desired inbound link, but you also create a more natural-looking incoming link structure which will be viewed more favorably by the search engines.Of course, you would first want to do some keyword research to determine the popularity and importance of various keywords relating to your web site, and then use the ones for which you are trying to rank well.

When you begin to view your inbound link structure from the perspective of the search engines, you begin to see the logic of what needs to be done to rank well.For the search engines, it’s all about content and delivering the most relevant web pages possible for a given search term.

Creating an inbound link structure that appears more natural, or voluntary, will indicate to the search engines that your content is indeed something that their users would find useful.Assuming your site publishes quality content, you have, in a sense, helped the search engine do their job; and in the process you’ve gone a long way in making your web site more visible on the Internet.

We all know why we write articles, we all know it takes a long time and we all know that each article directory expects the article to be in it own special format.

Wouldn’t you like to make your life a whole lot easier? As an owner of an articles directory I some times see 10 articles per day from the same author. I know that using article writing software will make his life managing the software a whole lot easier.

So every now and again a product comes on the market that’s perfect for article writers. One such product just came across our desk, and it’s so handy, yet so cheap that we had to tell you about it.

It’s called Article Notepad; it’s basically like Notepad but specifically designed for articles.

With it your articles are much better organized allowing you to create, edit, and save all your articles in one place.

We use it ourselves now instead of having different articles stored in txt or doc format scattered throughout my hard drive.

It features support for Title, Summary, Main Body, Resource Box, and Keywords. It also has a word count and the feature to save your resource boxes and import them into new articles.

Also a point which may of interest to you is that the full version has resale rights so if you want a relevant product to sell from your web sites where you keep 100% profit then this would be a good one.

The best part is that it’s only $15!

Here’s the link:

.articlesbase.com/article-notepad.php

Any by the way, this article was written using Article Notepad!

We all know why we write articles, we all know it takes a long time and we all know that each article directory expects the article to be in it own special format.

Wouldn’t you like to make your life a whole lot easier? As an owner of an articles directory I some times see 10 articles per day from the same author. I know that using article writing software will make his life managing the software a whole lot easier.

So every now and again a product comes on the market that’s perfect for article writers. One such product just came across our desk, and it’s so handy, yet so cheap that we had to tell you about it.

It’s called Article Notepad; it’s basically like Notepad but specifically designed for articles.

With it your articles are much better organized allowing you to create, edit, and save all your articles in one place.

We use it ourselves now instead of having different articles stored in txt or doc format scattered throughout my hard drive.

It features support for Title, Summary, Main Body, Resource Box, and Keywords. It also has a word count and the feature to save your resource boxes and import them into new articles.

Also a point which may of interest to you is that the full version has resale rights so if you want a relevant product to sell from your web sites where you keep 100% profit then this would be a good one.

The best part is that it’s only $15!

Here’s the link:

.articlesbase.com/article-notepad.php

Any by the way, this article was written using Article Notepad!

Why should you write articles for a Christian audience? Christians everywhere are looking for good Christian web content, and when you write quality articles, you help provide that content. When you write Christian articles, you are providing yourself and your web site with web exposure. And when you write articles, you increase your own web credibility.

1) There is a dearth of good Christian articles on the web. Perhaps because there is a perception that there is not as much profit in a Christian consumer (I happen to think the opposite—if you have a quality product, the Christian consumer will purchase from you). Perhaps because the Christian author is not willing to place his articles on a secular web site. Perhaps because Christian authors feel compelled to ‘water down’ their article.

2) By writing to the Christian audience, you provide a much-needed service to the Christian Internet market. Many Christians are simply discouraged by the lack of good Christian content on the web, and thereby spend less time on the internet. By creating good content for a Christian audience, you can help increase the Christian market size.

3) By writing Christian articles and posting them to your own web site or blog, you add good quality content to your own site, helping to increase your search engine visibility.

4) When you write Christian articles and submit them to the various article directories, you create exposure for your own web site. Simply place a link back to your own web site at the end of the article, or in the resource box, whichever the particular article directory prefers. When your article is read, and the reader appreciates your content, they will often click through to your site, providing much-needed web traffic for you.

5) By writing Christian articles and submitting them to the various article databases and directories, you establish backlinks to your own website, which can help with some search engine rankings.

6) When you write Christian articles, you establish yourself as an authority on whichever Christian topic you write about. From your website, you can link to the particular article directories that accept your article, giving you and your web site added credibility.

7) We want your articles! When you write your articles, submit them to both the web site where you are reading this article, and to my website, listed below.

Why should you write articles for a Christian audience? Christians everywhere are looking for good Christian web content, and when you write quality articles, you help provide that content. When you write Christian articles, you are providing yourself and your web site with web exposure. And when you write articles, you increase your own web credibility.

1) There is a dearth of good Christian articles on the web. Perhaps because there is a perception that there is not as much profit in a Christian consumer (I happen to think the opposite—if you have a quality product, the Christian consumer will purchase from you). Perhaps because the Christian author is not willing to place his articles on a secular web site. Perhaps because Christian authors feel compelled to ‘water down’ their article.

2) By writing to the Christian audience, you provide a much-needed service to the Christian Internet market. Many Christians are simply discouraged by the lack of good Christian content on the web, and thereby spend less time on the internet. By creating good content for a Christian audience, you can help increase the Christian market size.

3) By writing Christian articles and posting them to your own web site or blog, you add good quality content to your own site, helping to increase your search engine visibility.

4) When you write Christian articles and submit them to the various article directories, you create exposure for your own web site. Simply place a link back to your own web site at the end of the article, or in the resource box, whichever the particular article directory prefers. When your article is read, and the reader appreciates your content, they will often click through to your site, providing much-needed web traffic for you.

5) By writing Christian articles and submitting them to the various article databases and directories, you establish backlinks to your own website, which can help with some search engine rankings.

6) When you write Christian articles, you establish yourself as an authority on whichever Christian topic you write about. From your website, you can link to the particular article directories that accept your article, giving you and your web site added credibility.

7) We want your articles! When you write your articles, submit them to both the web site where you are reading this article, and to my website, listed below.