S999s guide

Promotion: link popularity: reciprocal links: link exchange

What is the core of success of your ? The desire of potential link partners to put link on your page. And how to encourage them? Show them that your any of your link exchange directory pages has very good chances for people turning back to it again and again.

Of course, there are many ways to make your directory pages a lovely place for link partners: quality of your site, SEO value, PR of pages, etc. But today I will focus on one simple feature that can turn your pages into a gluer for site visitors.

Make your link exchange directory pages socialized.

Perhaps, you saw the growing fashion for different social networks that help people to find quality info recommended by other people. These networks practise various approaches, but the core idea is about sharing quality resources. With one feature added to your directory pages you increase their potential for stable traffic. And what is better - your link partners will see that too.

Here is the tip - put a short sentence offering your site visitors to bookmark this page.

Yes, I know that bookmark feature already exists in all browsers and people can use it. But is it bad to ignite them to do that? Look at the example.

You have a page with some introductory text about this category of your directory; in this text you explain what type of sites you pick and show your site visitors that you really do good job to give them shortcut to quality resources in the niche. It is good in terms of psychology, because visitors are prepared to review the links. And it is good for SEO, because search engines don't see typical piles of links, but see relevant links, with unique info in the introductory passage. If you check search other articles about link exchange, you will see that adding unique content to link pages is becoming a must.

So, by the end of this passage put a sentence where you offer your users to bookmark your page, as this will save them time on searching for good resources in this niche, because you already have done this job. This sentence changes nothing about your links on the page, but the tricks of psychology have already started their job. And if your site visitors like the quality of resources that you picked for them - in their brain the idea of 'bookmark it, bookmark it' will be playing in loop. I personally wasted many good pages and had to start the search again and again. With this sentence being nicely visualized I would surely not come into this mistake and would have bookmarked the page from the beginning.

Advantages of encouraging visitors to bookmark link exchange pages.

1. Your visitors will get glued to these pages.

2. Your potential link partners will see that your pages are likely to attract visitors that comes back to these pages again.

Surely, your link partners will understand that the chances of their links to be clicked on the pages of this kind are much higher. So, their possible shifting behavior to put or not to put link on the page will be used into your favor.

3. Extra SEO benefits for bookmarked page.

If a page is bookmarked by many people, search engines will see it too. It is still quite disputable if bookmarking of a page is a very powerful factor in ranking a particular page. But definitely it benefits for the page. Because a bookmarked page is most likely to be a useful page in the niche. The more people bookmarked it, the more value it should have. As for search engines it is easy to check if the page is bookmarked or not, this factor will surely work as a booster for the page, and link directory in general.

My example with sentence was just an example; you are welcome to be creative about encouraging site visitors to bookmark your link exchange directory pages. But one thing is definite - your link exchange directory, site visitors and potential link partners will win from this feature integrated into your site.

Travel: vacation rentals: villas for rent

Q4 2009 saw a continued recovery in the Phuket property market. Sales of resort property improved but were still at low levels and mainly concentrated in a limited number of projects. The level of built but unsold inventory of completed condominium and villa units is low.

Prices for built property have remained relatively stable with few examples of forced sale situations. Purchasers are cautious and are focusing on projects promoted by known developers where there has been visible construction progress. We believe that demand is recovering.

Selected Newly Completed Condominium Projects

Ocean Palms Phuket Developed by West Haven Developments Co., Ltd., Ocean Palms is situated approximately 500 meters from Bang Tao Beach. The project has 66 units including studio, 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom, and penthouse units.

Mandala Condominium (Block C) Developed by Baan Mandala Condominiums Co., Ltd, Mandala Condominium is located near Bang Tao Beach. The first block of 8 apartments was completed in Q4 2009. This block consists of 6 apartment and 2 penthouses. The whole project is a collection of 24 apartments with private pools.

Selected Newly Completed Villa Projects

Baan Thai Surin Hill Developed by Surin Hill Development Company the villa development is located in Surin. It comprises 5 units and it was launched in 2005.

Baan Yamu Phase 3 Developed by Phuket Prime Property Co., Ltd. the villa development is located in Cape Yamu. It comprises 20 units and offers a freehold ownership title. The project was launched in 2008.

Overall Phuket has come through the combination of the global financial crisis and Thailand's political problems relatively unscathed. The opportunity and challenge is for developers to identify target markets and create properties that match those requirements. Potential buyers will be more cautious and will want to be confident about ability of developers to deliver product both in terms of their financial resources and development expertise.

Web design and development: graphics: web: templates

photoshop templates.

If you are selling an eBook, studies show that having an image of the book creates an increase in sales. A 3D cover gives the customer the feeling that they are actually getting SOMETHING for their money, not just a bunch of digital 1s and 0s.

There are several ways of creating an image for you to use. The first is to pay a designer to create one for you. The advantages of this are that you can usually receive an image or collection of images (in various sizes) that really looks nice. However, these custom images can be costly...between $50 and $200. And frequently it takes several iterations before the designer makes a 3D cover that matches exactly what you need.

The second method is to buy Adobe Photoshop and an Action Script. An Action Script is like a macro or mini-program within Photoshop. In the case of creating a 3D book cover, it involves converting the flat image and giving it effects like depth perspective, reflection, shadow, etc. There are existing templates and scripts for Photoshop that produce some really beautiful images. The difficulty is that both Photoshop and the Action Scripts are fairly pricey and have a bit of a learning curve. Photoshop costs $300 and the popular scripts for the 3D covers run about $50 to $100.

The third method is to use GIMP. GIMP is a free graphic software package that is as close to Photoshop you can get. There are some technical differences between GIMP and Photoshop which high-end graphic designers will argue about. But for the purposes of designing your own 3D book cover, GIMP can produce the same quality image as Photoshop.

GIMP is 'open-source' software. It is not owned by any one company. It is available freely on the internet.

There are several steps to creating a photo-realistic 3D cover. First, the image actually consists of several smaller images: the face, the spine, and the top edge. Reflections are created for the face and spine layers. Highlights are added to give texture to the book, especially at the bend and top edge. Those 'layers' are then wrapped around a box within GIMP.

One of the best things about mastering the GIMP technique is that GIMP can open . There are free book cover templates available on the internet, but they are all in PSD files, which is Photoshop's format. Those free files can then be opened by GIMP, and the technique for wrapping can then be applied to those files as well, all without having to pay for Photoshop!

In addition to being fun, designing your own 3D Book covers can be profitable. Many internet marketers are looking for graphics to go with their products. Once you learn how to create those graphics, you then have the ability to sell them! Search Internet Marketing forums for people looking to buy graphics, or sign up with one of the many freelance design websites on the internet.

However you choose to create your 3D book cover, always strive for top quality results. A poor image, such as those created by free websites, can hurt your eBook sales. It is better to have NO image than to have a bad one.