Overdoing it and tracking Santa December 23, 2006
Posted by neolithic in Interesting and Topical.add a comment
I think most of us still secretly enjoy the Christmas festivities, even though we may be reluctant to admit it. It is always good to sit together with your family and reflect on the years events and have a bit of fun. I personally cannot understand why people are driven to purchase food and alcohol in ridiculous quantities.
My wife works at a local supermarket and bears witness to the carnage that we call Christmas. Shelves are swept clean by greedy shoppers who seem to think the world is coming to an end. £350 worth of food balancing precariously in a wire trolley is a common sight as people get ready to binge for 3 days.
Much of the food will be simply wasted and thrown away without a second thought. It seems so arrogant to waste food when there are so many who have none. Setting aside the plight of populations who suffer drought and famine, there are many people in the UK alone who are sleeping rough on the streets and indeed have no food.
Maybe everyone who has excess food left over could donate it to a local homeless charity who could then distribute the supplies to the homeless people of the UK. This may already be in place but if not, someone should set about implementing a plan.
On a far lighter note you can now track Santa as he delivers christmas presents around the world. A very nice looking website titled “Norad tracks Santa 2006″ allows you to follow Santa using satellites.
I wish everyone a very merry christmas and a happy and healthy new year for 2007!
Using Article Marketing To Promote Your Website December 21, 2006
Posted by neolithic in Computers & Internet.add a comment
Are you an expert on a particular subject?
Do you have a website?
Would you like to increase visitor traffic to your website?
If you answered yes to these questions then article marketing may be for you.
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it is increasingly difficult to get good traffic to your site if any.
Consider the number of actual pages that are now available on the internet
(Billions) and you suddenly realise that maybe your site may never be seen by
anyone other than you and your friends.
This is not what you want to hear after spending many hours producing the perfect
site. You may have paid a great deal of cash out for your site but this alone
does not guarantee visitors. There are certain options available to generate
traffic and visitors to your site based around what is commonly named SEO or
search engine optimisation.
There are many factors involved in SEO, far too many to mention here. SEO costs
money and if working to a budget you may wish to look elsewhere.Quite by chance,
I discovered the world of article writing and more importantly, article directories.
Article writing is a very effective way to share your knowledge with the internet
community and also increase the volume of visitors to your own website. The
process is very simple and really only consists of two steps.
- • Write your article
- • Submit your article to the relevant category in many article directories
Writing Your Article
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Make sure your article includes relevant easy to understand information that
will be useful and helpful to your readers. Split your article into three parts
if possible.
The Introduction should draw the reader in and make them want to read the remainder
of your article. The body of the article is where you impart your useful knowledge
for the reader to both enjoy and absorb. And finally the conclusion should be
written so the readers remember your article.
Layout your article so it is easily readable. Use short paragraphs to make
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short and confronted with a large block of text most people will not read it.
Don’t forget to include author information and a web address for your site.
This is the crucial part of the article marketing process.
Submitting Your Article To Article Directories
Once you have created your literary masterpiece, it needs to be seen. This
can be easily achieved via submission to article directories. There are many
such article directories available. A simple search using Google will find a
list of directories waiting for your article submissions. Most directories will
ask that you register with them at no charge.
Author: Carlton Davies
Article Source: pagequest.co.uk










