Ridding Yourself of Being A Manipulator to Better Your Relationships – Casino
Ridding Yourself of Being A Manipulator to Better Your Relationships
Brian Maloney
One of the oldest character flaws in humans is their ability to manipulate each other. Its insidious nature tilts our everyday playing field toward the manipulator. The manipulating person has a basic personality flaw that has a direct link to control, but primarily the ever-abundant insecurity issue.
So, how is it that we deal with these types of people to level the perverbial playing field
Well, for a moment, lets just consider the problematic issues that these types of people have so as to better understand what approach to take.
In being manipulative, one would only need to look at the why and what, not the how, because the how is obvious. How do they do it They use words as their arsenal for control.
One should understand that manipulative people are generally control freaks who need to have the people they attempt to control conform to their ideology. By leveraging control over a particular situation, they satisfy the craving to fill that void of not having personal control, therefore obtaining it from another person.
It is quite obvious that always trying to tilt the scales for yourself by being manipulative reflects a security problem in yourself. It
You are Being Lied About Reciprocal Links! – Site
You are Being Lied About Reciprocal Links!
Vishal P. Rao
Exchanging links has been an important part of generating traffic since the concept of Internet marketing was first established, but at least 90% of people looking to trade links dont understand the real benefits and, therefore, fail to make the most of them.
The vast majority of web site owners think that exchanging links is only helpful because it can boost their rankings in search engines such as Google.com. They are however, useful for this purpose since the number of links back to a site is figured into ranking calculations. But according to WebSideStorys StatMarket Web site optimization service, search engines account for only little more than 13% of an average web sites traffic.
The most important benefit of a link exchange is the traffic resulting directly from these links. That same StatMarket research found that 21% of site visitors get there via links which means the links themselves are more useful than the search engine listings!
Search engines are highly unpredictable. They keep changing their algorithms every now and then. Your site is on the top 10 results today but it may not be so tomorrow.
I dont say you should neglect search engines. However, your main concern should be getting traffic from direct links. Search engine ranking should be your secondary concern.
Furthermore, your links page can serve as an excellent resource for your visitors. As any Internet marketer will tell you, its the content that makes a successful site. When you provide useful links for your visitors, your site becomes more credible, more helpful, more likely to be bookmarked for future visits. All of which adds up to a steady stream of traffic.
So how do you identify sites that can send you more of direct traffic Here are some pointers to consider while exchanging links:
1 Look out for sites that have good content.
Content is the #1 reason people go online. If a site has good content, more number of repeat visitors itll have.
2 Look out for sites that display a prominent link to their links page on their home page as well as on the rest of the pages.
When I say prominent, I dont mean a link with h1 font size! What I mean is that the link should not be less prominent than the rest of links on the site.
Many web masters, particularly those who want links to help only their search engine ranking, will hide their links page or place it only on their home page, some where at the bottom with a -1 font size. The most common reason for doing this is a fear of losing visitors, but that fear is absolutely unfounded when you really understand how the Internet works.
Say your web site has a 1% conversion ratio. That means for every 100 visitors that visit your site, you make one sale. Now what about the rest 99. They are looking for something else, isnt it So what do they do They have 3 options:
a Go back to the previous site.
b Visit your links page if you have one, hoping that they would find the information on sites listed there.
c End their browsing session.
So which do you think is the best option I would definitely want my visitors to go to my links page and visit my link partners rather than go back. Because I know that my link partners would send some visitors in the same way to my site.
Now this exchange would only happen if we had a prominent link to our links page on all the pages of our site, should our visitors decide to leave us any time.
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There are some sites that have their links page designed for link partners rather than for their visitors!
Theyll use the following texts to link to their links page: "Lets Trade Links", "Trade Links" and so on... Such sites are more interested in finding link partners than providing information to their visitors. The end result is link partners visiting each others site.
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3 Look out for sites that have tightly themed and categorized links page.
Sites that trade links solely for search engine rankings have links to sites on almost all the subjects on their links page. Typically ranging to hundreds of them on a single page. These pages are never going to be visited by those looking for additional information.
Whereas sites that have their links categorized are more user friendly and are more likely to attract visitors.
Conclusion
There is no point in looking for quality sites when YOUR links page is designed without keeping the interests of your visitors in mind. Only when we start thinking of our links page as a service to our visitors rather than a tool for higher search engine ranking, well be able to make the most from reciprocal links.
About The Author
Vishal P. Rao is the editor of Home Based Business Opportunities - A web site dedicated to opportunities, ideas and resources to help you start and run a home based business. Visit his site at: http://www.home-based-business-opportunities.com
Pop-Ups Still Work. At Least For The Time Being – Site
Pop-Ups Still Work. At Least For The Time Being
Jason Blackston
Do you remember playing with the jack-in-the-box toy as a child You knew that if you kept winding it up, eventually jack was going to burst out of the top and startle you!
Many of you found old jack-in-the-box an annoying toy and confined it to the toy box.....
Well, it reminds me of pop-ups on the internet. Eventhough you know that when you get on the internet there is a good chance a pop-up will present itself, you always act surprised and somewhat violated.
But as irritating as they are, pop-ups work. Most businesses are able to utilize pop ups for growing their list. This way they can market to you for years to come. Others actually make sales off of pop up offers.
Now, these days if you dont want to deal with pop ups, you have the pop up blockers and stoppers. This pretty much remedies the situation if you dont like multiple offers etc.
However, many people still dont have any type of pop up blockers because they havent gotten around to purchasing it or because they actually want to view the pop up offers.
*Aggravating Pop Ups Mop Up!
With jack-in-the-box, jack always popped up. With pop ups, you can have multiple offers. Depending on the pop up software, you can have them pop up on entrance or on exit and even have them set on a time delay.
Plus, you can have them load on the front or behind the page. And even position them to the exact spot on the page where you desire.
**Remember when I said that pop up blockers and stoppers can pretty much be stopped these days
Not so fast!!
Check out this article online at http://www.govisitors.com/jb/article4.html
After you get there youll notice a pop up that flies onto the page.
Even if you have a pop up blocker set up on your computer, it shoudnt stop it. You see, this pop up is built into the html page. This way when it loads, it does not open in a separate window. It is a part of the page and can not be stopped.
Maybe its sneaky, but it works....
The word on the street is that Pop Ups will soon be done away with. Believe me, this will not hurt my feelings in the least! They tend to annoy me also. However, until then, you can continue to reap the benefits of utilizing pop ups for your business!
About The Author
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