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		<title>Article Submission&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Articles as links The fundamental base of the internet is not the page, but the link. A great way to accumulate links is to write articles and submit them to places interested in quality articles. When you write articles for free you are typically given a by-line or author bio which you can link to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Articles as links The fundamental base of the internet is not the page, but the link. A great way to accumulate links is to write articles and submit them to places interested in quality articles. When you write articles for free you are typically given a by-line or author bio which you can link to your website. Most of these articles get picked up by many other sites which can provide us with valuable link backs. Where do I submit articles in my field? Some places will accept articles automatically and some require editorial approval. If you know your industry well you should know some places that accept articles. And if you have distributed it correctly, it will sit on hundreds of different web sites. Publishing informative articles on your own website and marketing them on social media and press release sites etc. is a great SEO tactic and the rewards can be plentiful.</p>
<p>If someone re-publishes your article then that’s fine, but don’t go out of your way to get an article published twice, only one copy will rank in the search engines and pass weight to your site. There is another important factor you need to remember. Once you have distributed an article online, it will exist online FOR A VERY LONG TIME &#8211; with YOUR NAME attached to it. And if you have distributed it correctly, it will sit on hundreds of different web sites. Clawing an article back at some point in the future will be a very difficult if not impossible task. Don’t publish any of your articles in more then 1 place. This one rule will help you on so many different levels with SEO. Publishing the article on your own site and article sites is a complete waste of time as article sites generally generate very little traffic and only one copy of the article will be counted by the search engines. Typically it is a good idea to review the editorial guidelines of websites before submitting articles.</p>
<p>This means you need it to reflect positively on your name, and on your business, not just now, but for a long time into the future. And an article you have put together in just five minutes with little care or attention is unlikely to do you or your business any justice. If you want article submissions to work for you as an online marketing strategy, it is absolutely essential that you give the highest priority to ensuring the quality of the article. Reading a few articles from the site should give you an idea what they are looking for. Don’t post anything really decent that stands a chance of getting links to an article directory, publish the good stuff on your own site in a blog or articles category and publish all of your OK articles on article directories. In addition to searching out people in your field you may want to use some of the Yahoo Announcement Groups and other article resources.</p>
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		<title>Search Engine Optimization (SEO)</title>
		<link>http://blog.sevenoutsource.com/2008/09/05/search-engine-optimization-seo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is often considered the more technical part of Web marketing. search engine optimization (SEO) is the art of getting a website to work better with search engines like Google, Yahoo, MSN and ASK. This is true because SEO does help in the promotion of sites and at the same time it [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;">Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is often considered the more technical part of Web marketing. search engine optimization (SEO) is the art of getting a website to work better with search engines like Google, Yahoo, MSN and ASK. This is true because SEO does help in the promotion of sites and at the same time it requires some technical knowledge – at least familiarity with basic HTML. SEO is sometimes also called SEO copyrighting because most of the techniques that are used to promote sites in search engines deal with text. Search engines need to understand a link is a link. It’s thought all search engines rank websites by the quality of incoming links to a site from other websites and hundreds of other metrics.</p>
<p>Generally, SEO can be defined as the activity of optimizing Web pages or whole sites in order to make them more search engine-friendly, thus getting higher positions in search results. Generally speaking, a link from a page to another page is viewed in Google “eyes” as a vote for that page the link points to. SEO, the process of choosing targeted keyword phrases related to a site, and ensuring that the site places well when those keyword phrases are part of a Web search. Search engine optimization, the use of various techniques to improve a web site&#8217;s ranking in the search engines and thus attract more visitors. Search engines look for sites that employ these techniques in order to remove them from their indices.</p>
<p>As an Internet marketing strategy, SEO considers how search engines work and what people search for. Deciding to hire an SEO is a big decision that can potentially improve your site and save time, but you can also risk damage to your site and reputation. Another class of techniques, known as black hat SEO or Spamdexing, use methods such as link farms and keyword stuffing that degrade both the relevance of search results and the user-experience of search engines. Optimizing a website primarily involves editing its content and HTML coding to both increase its relevance to specific keywords and to remove barriers to the indexing activities of search engines. Make sure to research the potential advantages as well as the damage that an irresponsible SEO can do to your site.</p>
<p>SEO helps to ensure that a site is accessible to a search engine and improves the chances that the site will be found by the search engine. Keep in mind that the Google search results page includes organic search results and often paid advertisement as well. The higher a Web site ranks in the results of a search, the greater the chance that that site will be visited by a user. Advertising with Google won&#8217;t have any effect on your site&#8217;s presence in our search results. It is common practice for Internet users to not click through pages and pages of search results, so where a site ranks in a search is essential for directing more traffic toward the site. Google never accepts money to include or rank sites in our search results, and it costs nothing to appear in our organic search results.</p>
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		<title>In directory submission a website is enlisted with an online directory.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 18:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You must submit your site to the proper category and sub-category to have it reviewed by the proper editor! Because directories are generally quite large, they need a certain amount of PageRank to get all of their pages indexed properly. Our submission services ensure that each manual directory, we submit to is relevant to your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">You must submit your site to the proper category and sub-category to have it reviewed by the proper editor! Because directories are generally quite large, they need a certain amount of PageRank to get all of their pages indexed properly. Our submission services ensure that each manual directory, we submit to is relevant to your site; each directory is chosen based on pedigree and reliability. Directory editors are overloaded with submissions: they won&#8217;t do your job for you and research the proper category for your site. Submit to the sites on our best free directory list. These are established sites that have actively adding free submissions.</p>
<p>However a high PageRank isn&#8217;t the be-all and end-all. Google&#8217;s recent crackdown on directories6 has made visible PageRank even more irrelevant when it comes to choosing directories. Inappropriate submissions are much more likely to be rejected instead of forwarded to another editor. There are directories out there that have no PageRank whatsoever that can offer value. The links that you get are one-way permanent links for your website; no reciprocal links are required. You may also increase your chances if you submit to the regional portion of a directory.</p>
<p>Our service ensures that each directory, we submit to has been thoroughly researched and not blacklisted by any search engine. If a directory is ranking well in the search engines then you can rest assured that it has enough PageRank. For instance, imagine that you own a real estate agency in Alabama and want to submit your Web site to Yahoo. In the main directory portion &#8211; Business and Economy/Real Estate &#8211; there are 343 sites listed already. However, if you look at the regional portion of the directory &#8211; Regional/US States/Alabama/Real Estate &#8211; there are 11 sites listed. We now offer full packages for link building based on our new SEO Model. Better still,- we offer only one-way linking services so no reciprocal links are required.</p>
<p>Whether you are looking to do a free directory submission or are willing to pay for the top web directories on the internet, our extensive web directories list and free directory submission tool will help you submit to directories more easily and get more one way text links to your site. In general, editors are more willing to accept sites into categories that have relatively few listings. Our package include manual directory submissions, article writing, submit, professional press release writing and syndication, social bookmark submits, relevant forum links and contextual link. Any major search engine that actually catalogues and indexes a directory has to meet certain criteria. We allow our users to give 10 unique titles and 10 unique descriptions to avoid duplication of content.</p>
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		<title>Outsourcing means sourcing from outside.</title>
		<link>http://blog.sevenoutsource.com/2008/04/18/outsourcing-means-sourcing-from-outside/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outsourcing is subcontracting a process, such as product design or manufacturing, to a third-party company. Outsourcing, in literal terms, means sourcing from outside. The decision to outsource is often made in the interest of lowering cost or making better use of time and energy costs, redirecting or conserving energy directed at the competencies of a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Outsourcing is subcontracting a process, such as product design or manufacturing, to a third-party company. Outsourcing, in literal terms, means sourcing from outside. The decision to outsource is often made in the interest of lowering cost or making better use of time and energy costs, redirecting or conserving energy directed at the competencies of a particular business, or to make more efficient use of land, labor, capital, (information) technology and resources. The term is increasingly used to refer to sub-contracting of a set of functions or processes by one firm to another, or to a group of individuals.</p>
<p>Outsourcing became part of the business lexicon during the 1980s. It is essentially a division of labour. Outsourcing also allows companies to focus on other business issues while having the details taken care of by outside experts. The latter organisation is often in another physical location, or another country altogether. In some cases, the entire information management of a company is outsourced, including planning and business analysis as well as the installation, management, and servicing of the network and workstations.</p>
<p>Outsourcing is being pursued as an active business strategy in the current economic scenario, since it enables a firm to focus on core-competency areas. It is an arrangement in which one company provides services for another company that could also be or usually have been provided in-house. It also frees the firm from resource and labour intensive functions, which are now performed by trained personnel at much lower costs. The specialized company that handles the outsourced work is often streamlined and often has world-class capabilities and access to new technology that a company couldn&#8217;t afford to buy on their own.</p>
<p>Outsourcing is a trend that is becoming more common in information technology and other industries for services that have usually been regarded as intrinsic to managing a business. The processes or activities that are being outsourced could range from customer service and telemarketing, to IT management, software development, market research and even financial portfolio management. Outsourcing takes place when an organization transfers the ownership of a business process to a supplier.</p>
<p>The key to this definition is the aspect of transfer of control. This means that a large amount of resources and attention, that might fall on the shoulders of management professionals, can be used for more important, broader issues within the company. Domestic outsourcing refers to outsourcing where both the primary company and the independent contractor or subsidiary are located in the same country. This definition differentiates outsourcing from business relationships in which the buyer retains control of the process or, in other words, tells the supplier how to do the work.</p>
<p>One of the main reasons for outsourcing is to reduce costs but it is not always necessary to outsource work overseas to reduce costs. It is the transfer of ownership that defines outsourcing and often makes it such a challenging, painful process. In outsourcing, the buyer does not instruct the supplier how to perform its task but, instead, focuses on communicating what results it wants to buy; it leaves the process of accomplishing those results to the supplier. Plus, if a company is looking to expand, outsourcing is a cost-effective way to start building foundations in other countries.</p>
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