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1. Million Dollar Homepage

1000000 pixels, charge a dollar per pixel – that’s perhaps the dumbest idea for online business anyone could have possible come up with. Still, Alex Tew, a 21-year-old who came up with the idea, is now a millionaire.

2. SantaMail

Ok, how’s that for a brilliant idea. Get a postal address at North Pole, Alaska, pretend you are Santa Claus and charge parents 10 bucks for every letter you send to their kids? Well, Byron Reese sent over 200000 letters since the start of the business in 2001, which makes him a couple million dollars richer. Full Story

3. Doggles

Create goggles for dogs and sell them online? Boy, this IS the dumbest idea for a business. How in the world did they manage to become millionaires and have shops all over the world with that one? Beyond me.

4. LaserMonks

LaserMonks.com is a for-profit subsidiary of the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Spring Bank, an eight-monk monastery in the hills of Monroe County, 90 miles northwest of Madison. Yeah, real monks refilling your cartridges. Hallelujah! Their 2005 sales were $2.5 million! Praise the Lord. Full Story

5. AntennaBalls

You can’t sell antenna ball online. There is no way. And surely it wouldn’t make you rich. But this is exactly what Jason Wall did, and now he is now a millionaire. Full Story

6. FitDeck

Create a deck of cards featuring exercise routines, and sell it online for $18.95. Sounds like a disaster idea to me. But former Navy SEAL and fitness instructor Phil Black reported last year sales of $4.7 million. Surely beats what military pays.

7. PositivesDating.Com

How would you like to go on a date with an HIV positive person? Paul Graves and Brandon Koechlin thought that someone would, so they created a dating site for HIV positive folks last year. Projected 2006 sales are $110,000, and the two hope to have 50,000 members by their two-year mark.

8. Designer Diaper Bags

Christie Rein was tired of carrying diapers around in a freezer bag. The 34-year-old mother of three found herself constantly stuffing diapers for her infant son into freezer bags to keep them from getting scrunched up in her purse. Rein wanted something that was compact, sleek and stylish, so in November 2004, she sat down with her husband, Marcus, who helped her design a custom diaper bag that’s big enough to hold a travel pack of wipes and two to four diapers. With more than $180,000 in sales for 2005, Christie’s company, Diapees & Wipees, has bags in 22 different styles, available online and in 120 boutiques across the globe for $14.99.

9. PickyDomains

Hire another person to think of a cool domain name for you? No way people would pay for this. Actually, naming domain names for others turned out a thriving business, especially, when you make the entire process risk free. PickyDomains currently has a waiting list of people who want to PAY the service to come up with a snappy memorable domain name. PickyDomains is expected to hit six figures this year. Full Story

10. Lucky Wishbone Co.

Fake wishbones. Now, this stupid idea is just destined to flop. Who in the world needs FAKE PLASTIC wishbones? A lot of people, it turns out. Now producing 30,000 wishbones daily (they retail for 3 bucks a pop) Ken Ahroni, the company founder, expects 2006 sales to reach $1 million.

Google is trying to get better and better at anticipating what we’re looking for whenever we search; that’s what Marissa Mayer has said. They have been making better use of geography, not just sensing our country and language but now asking us to say where we are so it can give us local results. Since last year, it has been using our search history, if we allow, to improve our searches. The universal search tries to freshen up results with news, multimedia, and more, and I sense that the algorithm is giving more weight to currency.

So here’s a question:

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TrustRank is a major factor that now replaces PageRank as the flagship of parameter groups in the Google algorithm. ( Note that a similar system is being used by Yahoo! Search as well ). It is of key importance for calculating ranking positions and the crawling frequency of web sites. It may also extend the grace period before penalties for accessibility and usability problems take place. There is no public information on a TrustRank score of a web site or URL, the only indications of trust are what you can perceive from a user point of view. TrustRank technology was based on the identification of web sites that have been an important resource on the Internet for a long time, web sites that are seen as “authorities” of a certain area of interest, web sites that are historically spam and error free, are provided by a long trusted source, promoted or maintained by a service that is seen less or nearly completely unlikely to show offensive material. The technology uses the most reliable network of references, and is - as PageRank - relying on links for many of its calculations, but also includes a lot of other factors that are next to impossible to be manipulated. Major portals, reference pages, national and international communities, long time conventional media publishers, governmental and educational pages, official pages of institutes, organizations, nonprofit organizations and the longest standing commercial web sites are among those that have been set or “voted” into the position of being a TrustRank hub. The algorithm for calculating TrustRank takes many parameters into consideration, from which the ones that are relatively new to Google ( not covered previously by PageRank and relevance calculations ) are examining linking patterns, the link profile, referral link age and history, and web page history. Trust can be accumulated by means common sense would indicate, including references from people at other trusted sources, refraining from using questionable and borderline business or optimization or methods, having no offensive content or major usability/accessibility problems, overall, “natural” growth and a clean web site history. Note that the TrustRank network evaluates all web pages, thus any and all inbound links carry this parameter ( with the sole exception of sources that are banned or penalized in the Google Index ). The system is currently the closest automatic quality factor, thus one can more or less deduct the impact of a new referrer from the source web site’s popularity, status and quality. The algorithms were based on examining both user and web site behavior, translating common indications of trust and distrust into parameters, and are being fine-tuned constantly for an even higher accuracy in identifying them. Note that TrustRank is a technology that has been patented to utilize the implementation of human reviews, and that both positive and negative trust, while can be accumulated automatically over time, can be and is sometimes overruled by manual evaluation. Trust can be lost if abused, and distrust can be restored with correcting problems and optionally a goodwill request for re-evaluation.

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Whether you’re a marketer at a large Fortune 500 company or a small business, search engine optimization (SEO) can be one of the most cost-effective tools for reaching a broader audience and increasing online sales. A solid and persistent search engine optimization program can increase search visibility for many types of content affecting the bottom line:  sales, customer service, recruiting, public and investor relations.

These are challenging economic times calling for prudent marketing decisions.  Search industry, business and analyst publications agree: search marketing is recission proof, or at least recession resistant.  To make sure your SEO program investment yields effective and efficient marketing results, keep the following tips in mind:

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Just What the Heck is Indirect Marketing, Anyway?
Indirect marketing is a way for a business to market their product, idea, or service without having to use the methods of SPAM or direct advertising and marketing.The idea behind indirect marketing is instead of sending a message out to your target market directly, just send them something like a friend request, or a vote, or a digg, or anything to get their attention. Once they see who you are and go to find out more about you, they then see your advertisement or links to places you want them to go. If you give them more incentive to interact with you, they will be more likely to do so. One thing I do to get people to click on my profile is make an interesting profile name that appeals to my target market. One of the main ideas is that you should not appear as if you are a marketer. At the least, it should be questionable to your viewers whether or not you are marketing the things that you are providing links to. This is, of course, optional, but I’ve seen better results posting on a profile as some girl rather than posting as my actual company.

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Google is the world’s largest search engine and was founded back in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. They made a huge effort and hire the BEST technical geniuses both from universities and from companies like Microsoft, IBM, and Yahoo. No doubt, it seems like a brilliant and foolproof strategy.

But, if you take a peek into the history; you’ll see everything that was on the top and seemed to be undefeatable had eventually suffered a dethronement either from the inside or the outside.

Now, the question arises if Google is to be eventually end, how will that happen?

For instance, the German government was dethroned by its own people without a single shot being fired. While on the other hand, Microsoft was dethroned by Google in the web, which was unbelievable to even Bill Gates himself.

So, both is possible in Google’s case too. It can be dethroned from the outside or inside. Let’s analyze both conditions:

•Inside Flaws That Can End Google
Google is no doubt a remarkable name in the online business industry. But, there is a basic flaw in its strategies that can eventually kill the company. One of it is being doomed to disappoint most of his employers and making it easier for them to leave the company. By doing this, Google is in fact, sowing the seeds of its own devastation. And it is quite possible that this flood of Google employees leaving the company and having a lot of experience can think to start a company of their own and can start giving a hard time to Google. And even if we assume that they do not have enough money to launch their ideas with their experience. But, there are always the venture capitalists on Sand Hill Road who are willing to invest in world-beating ideas and former Google employees can join hand with them to launch a company who can give a real competition to Google. So, it can be said that the end of Google can be an inside job.

•Outside Threats That Can Lead to End of Google
Secondly, the chances are there that some other company can come and can dethrone Google from the position it is enjoying currently. There are billions of human beings with trillions of “best ideas”, who knows if anyone’s idea strikes and next Google is created.

We’ve seen that there are 50% chances of both conditions. But, there is another 50% chance which says that Google will not end so easily. Let’s see what happens!

Adsense is considered as one of the most powerful tool in a website publisher’s arsenal. It enables a person to monetize their sites easily. If used properly, one can make money online easily. However if you are not using them rightly and just maximizing the income you squeeze from it, you are actually leaving a lot of money on the table. Something all people hate doing.

How you can start earning money with Adsense can be done easily and quickly. You will be amazed at the results you will be getting in such a short period of time.

Start by writing some quality content articles which are also keyword incorporated. There are a lot of people given the gift of being good with words. Writing comes easy for them. Why not make it work in such a way that you will be earning some extra cash in the process.

There are actually three steps to put into mind before you begin writing your ads and having an effective Adsense.

Keyword search. Find some popular subjects, keywords or phrase. Select the ones which you think has more people clicking through. This is actually a keyword selector and suggestion tool that some sites are offering to those who are just their Adsense business.

Writing articles. Start writing original content with keywords from the topics that you have achieved in your search. Take note that search engines are taking pride in the quality of their articles and what you will be writing should keep up with their demands.

Quality content site. Build a quality content site incorporated with Adsense ads that is targeting the subject and keywords of your articles and websites. This is where all that you’ve done initially will go to and this is also where they will prove their worth to you.

The proper positioning of your ads should be done with care. Try to position your ads where surfers are most likely to click on them. According to research, the one place that surfers look first when they visit a certain site is the top left. The reason behind this is not known. Maybe it is because some of the most useful search engine results are at the top of all other rankings. So visitors tend to look in that same place when browsing through other sites.

Some of those who are just starting at this business may think they are doing pretty well already and thinking that their clickthrough rates and CPM figures are quite healthy. However, there are more techniques and styles to generate more clicks to double your earnings. By knowing these techniques and working them to your advantage, you will realize that you will be getting three times more than other people who have been previously doing what they are doing.

Finally, Adsense has some excellent tracking statistics that allows webmasters and publishers to track their results across a number of site on a site by site, page by page, or any other basis you wanted. You should be aware oft his capability and make the most of it because it is one powerful tool that will help you find out which ads are performing best. This way, you can fine tune your Adsense ads and focus more on the ones being visited the most rather than those who are being ignored.

Another thing you should know. Banners and skyscrapers are dead. Ask the experts. So better forget about banners and skyscrapers. Surfers universally ignore these kinds of ad formats. The reason behind this is that they are recognized as an advert and advert are rarely of any interest that’s why people ignore them.

To really start making money with Adsense, you should have a definite focus on what you wanted to achieve and how you will go about achieving them. As with any other kind of business ventures, time is needed coupled with patience.

Do not just ignore your site and your Adsense once you have finished accomplishing them. Spare some time, even an hour, making adjustments to the Adsense ads on your sites to quickly trigger your Adsense income.

Give it a try and you would not regret having gotten into Adsense in the first place.

Source: adsense

Google is the world’s largest search engine and was founded back in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. They made a huge effort and hire the BEST technical geniuses both from universities and from companies like Microsoft, IBM, and Yahoo. No doubt, it seems like a brilliant and foolproof strategy.

But, if you take a peek into the history; you’ll see everything that was on the top and seemed to be undefeatable had eventually suffered a dethronement either from the inside or the outside.

Now, the question arises if Google is to be eventually end, how will that happen?

For instance, the German government was dethroned by its own people without a single shot being fired. While on the other hand, Microsoft was dethroned by Google in the web, which was unbelievable to even Bill Gates himself.

So, both is possible in Google’s case too. It can be dethroned from the outside or inside. Let’s analyze both conditions:

•Inside Flaws That Can End Google
Google is no doubt a remarkable name in the online business industry. But, there is a basic flaw in its strategies that can eventually kill the company. One of it is being doomed to disappoint most of his employers and making it easier for them to leave the company. By doing this, Google is in fact, sowing the seeds of its own devastation. And it is quite possible that this flood of Google employees leaving the company and having a lot of experience can think to start a company of their own and can start giving a hard time to Google. And even if we assume that they do not have enough money to launch their ideas with their experience. But, there are always the venture capitalists on Sand Hill Road who are willing to invest in world-beating ideas and former Google employees can join hand with them to launch a company who can give a real competition to Google. So, it can be said that the end of Google can be an inside job.

•Outside Threats That Can Lead to End of Google
Secondly, the chances are there that some other company can come and can dethrone Google from the position it is enjoying currently. There are billions of human beings with trillions of “best ideas”, who knows if anyone’s idea strikes and next Google is created.

We’ve seen that there are 50% chances of both conditions. But, there is another 50% chance which says that Google will not end so easily. Let’s see what happens!

Introduction to Directories
The human-edited online search properties are known as directories. Directory submissions are a vital part of search engine optimization. All the submissions done in a directory are reviewed manually by human editors.  All the submissions are compiled into different categories to make it sure that every web site gets submitted in its own appropriate niche. This is the reason that links coming from directories are considered to be very focused, relevant and content specific resource of useful information. An important thing to remember is that search engines prefers the web sites listed in good directories like DMOZ, Joeant, Jayde etc. and quickly add such sites.

Benefits of Directory Submission
When you submit your web site to various directories, it gives your web site a real boost in the search engine rankings. It also helps your web site gaining the top results of all major search engines. This thing is really important for web sites that are rich in Flash; images but have a small amount of content for the search engines to index them.

Miscellaneous Benefits of Directory Submission
Some other benefits of submitting your web site to good directories include:
•Directory submissions can really help in increasing the link popularity of your web site.
•Directory submissions will help your web site to get higher rankings in the search engines.
•Directory submissions can generate quality and targeted traffic for your site.
•Directory submissions are the most fast and affordable way of getting one-way links for your site.
•Directory submissions are the quickest way to list your site to major search engines such as Google, Yahoo and MSN.
•Directory submissions can help you get high Google Page Rank (PR).

Guidelines for Directory Submission
Directory submissions are quite difficult and time consuming. This is due to the reason that all the submissions are reviewed by human editors for quality and content check before adding it into the directory. However, below is a list of few guidelines which can help you increase your chances to be accepted by them:

•Always remember to submit your site to the proper category and sub-category or it will be rejected.

•It is a good idea to submit your site to the “regional portion” of a directory. For example, let’s say you own a real estate agency in California. Now while submitting your site to a directory you should be specific about the location of your business or service and submit it to the regional portion of the directory - Regional/US States/California/Real Estate.

•A sure-fire way to get added in the directories is to use this directory submission service known as “ResellerGo”.