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Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I stumbled upon a great article in regards to this crucial issue and I thought of listing the main points here. For the complete article please visit SEOmoz.org1. Choose the Right Blog Software2. Host Your Blog Directly on Your Domain3. Write Title Tags with Two Audiences in Mind4. Participate at Related Forums & Blogs5. Tag Your Content6. Launch Without Comments (and Add Them Later)7. Don't Jump on the Bandwagon8. Link Intelligently9. Invite Guest Bloggers10. Eschew Advertising (Until You're Popular)11. Go Beyond Text in Your Posts12. Cover Topics that Need Attention13. Pay Attention to Your Analytics14. Use a Human Voice15. Archive Effectively16. Implement Smart URLs17. Reveal as Much as Possible18. Only One Post in Twenty Can Be Linkbait19. Make Effective Use of High Traffic Days20. Create Expectations and Fulfill Them21. Build a BrandAs you can see from the points above, it is a very comprehensive look on increasing traffic and more importantly good quality traffic.Happy Read
Text Link Ads 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Text Link
Ads (TLA) is a site I've come across providing bloggers the opportunity to place fixed text ads on their site. Unlike Google Adsense, YOU have control over the ads that will be shown on your blog, which is an excellent way of avoiding unsuitable ads popping up & annoying your readers or ads which are of conflict to your blog.Basically, TLA gives you a script to install on your blog/site, which will display the ads. You get to review all ads currently in rotation, and approve/reject as you see fit. You can opt to be emailed every time a new ad is sold, to again give you the chance to approve or reject it.The ad revenue is split 50/50 between you and TLA, and you may select PayPal as a payment option, or checks if you prefer. More good news is that as TLA ads are not contextual, you can run them alongside your Adsense ads. For more information, click on the banner: Technorati Tags: make money, internet marketing, marketing, link ads Read more:Text Link Ads
Submit Your Blogs to Directories 1970-01-01 00:59:59 So you're ready to launch your blog to the world and you keep reading about submitting to directories. What are those exactly and how will it help your blog? Well, there are two main purposes for doing this:1] Get readers to find your blog easily.2] Help in your Search Engine strategy.For a start just submit your blog to as many worthy directories out there and some will require a link back to them so this might take some time to setup. I would highly suggest starting with these blog directories listed in Google Directory and work your way down. The other good recommendation would be BlogTopList.com which rank blogs based on their category and traffic.Next step requires further research work on your part. Depending on your blog topic, there might be some topic specific directories out there which you should submit your blog to as well. A good example would be Chef's Blog Directory if your blog is about food and iTravelnet.com if it is about Travel.Generally it takes time for your blo Read more:Submit
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Writing Catchy Blog Content 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Earlier we talked about finding a niche topic to start off your blog which is a very crucial component. Today let's look at content and making it interesting to attract loyal readership which ultimately is the success factor of every blog out there today.First and foremost give your content a catchy short and sweet title. This will determine if the reader will be interested in what you have to say further. There is no right or wrong way of naming your title but do bear in mind to keep it simple and straight to the point. You can also incorporate some keywords in the title for search engine purposes. Always remember that your title acts as a doorway to your content so make it interesting and grab the attention of your potential readers and make them keen to read more.Of course the best title needs awesome content as well or you will be shooting yourself in the foot. Now is the time to show your ideas and opinions to the world and make sure you make full use of this opportunity. Ensure Read more:Content
Effective Online Advertising 1970-01-01 00:59:59 There are several forms of advertising online; banner ads (the most pervasive), keyword purchases at portals, search engines and directories, email campaigns and trading links.Banner advertising used to be the most effective way to get your website noticed but with click through rates dropping to .04%, it is time to explore additional avenues. The company Net Ratings, attributes the change to "the evolution of web surfing into web searching" The best way users can find you is if they are looking for you.Active Media Research asked business what were their top rated promotional methods. The percentage is the response by companies for an excellent or very favorable rating:49% Search Engines and Directories22% Button Links18% Online Press Releases17% Reciprocal Ads & Links10% Affiliate Programs6% Banner Advertising
Greenfield Online suggests that users are influenced by visually stimulating ads. Although the click through rate for banner advertising in the Big Bear Valley is well
AdBrite 1970-01-01 00:59:59 This very unique program offers you to sell advertisement space on your blog. Signing up is rather simple and easy to incorporate the codes to your blog which is great. The important part is filling out your blog information afterwhich they will list your blog in the proper area where potential advertisers will find you.I believe setting the advert prices is where it gets tricky. On your part you would want to earn as much as you can but the advertisers are looking would be looking for the lowest price or at least at a bargain. Due to this I find the various pricing models such as 7 days, 1 month or any other time frame you prefer, help in deciding this factor after toying around with it for a while.At the end of the day, AdBrite would best serve those blogs or sites with higher traffic. Click on the button above or below to sign-up with AdBrite and support this blog. Thanks!Technorati Tags: make money, internet marketing, marketing, advertising, contextual ads, adbrite
Buzz Your Blog Postings 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Blogg-Buzz is new site which is similar to Digg was launched not too long ago. The main difference is that Blogg-Buzz only accepts Blog posts. This opens a new avenue for all bloggers to get traffic and readers to their blog.You can submit stories in Blogg-Buzz, comment on stories, spy on who is buzzing, find out the Top Buzzers, add friends and even send Private Messages to other Buzzers! So, it can be real fun once you start using it.Blogg-Buzz can be useful for those who want to find the best content on the Blogosphere as well as for those who want to get extra traffic to their Blogs. http://www.blogg-buzz.com/Technorati Tags: make money, internet marketing, marketing, internet marketing, publish, traffic
FREE SEO and Site Analysis Tools 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Why is SEO
so important? Well it makes your blog more visible and accessible to the entire world of internet community. Thus more traffic and readership which translates to higher possibility of generating income via all the programs you have implemented on your blog. At the end of the day though... it is easier typed than achieved.I have stumbled upon a site which provide a whole suite of tools to get you on your way and best of all... its FREE! If you are serious about making your blog a success in terms of making money, then make sure you try out the many tools on offer at WeBuildPages.comThey were established back in 1999 and managed over 5,000 websites as they claimed. So whether you are totally new to the SEO concept or an expert, these tools will definitely help along the way in your objectives. You can find out crucial information like who is linking to you and analyze your competition with Competitor Tool which is my personal favourite.I'll just highlight some of the tools be Read more:Analysis
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Get Top Keyword and $50 in PPC ads for FREE! 1970-01-01 00:59:59 This is a heck of a sweet deal. For free you can get one top keyword and $50 worth of ppc advertising. I talked to the owner of this company today for an hour. This looks and sounds like the real deal. Check out the Alexa rankings for this new company at the first link below.Here is the page that explains this search engine and what makes it different from any other search engine: Give away free advertisingHere is the search engine itself: Search Engine portalThis is a terrific opportunity and it has a great chance of taking off quickly. Test it out yourself for free and then decide if you want to upgrade. You don't have to upgrade though as a free member gets a top ranked keyword and $50 in ppc money.Don't let this opportunity slip away... claim your Top Keyword
NOW!Some user comments:"The ultimate one stop shop for success is all here. A great opportunity to supplement your income, a greater place to get a huge amount of traffic to your site, and an awesome back office with outstan
Blog Traffic Exchange and Generators 1970-01-01 00:59:59 One of the most effective way to generating immediate eye balls to your blog is via Blog TrafficGenerators
. This is done by Pay-Per-View exchange concept with other bloggers registered with the service. In normal terms that means you read other people's blog and they will read yours via a browser surfing mechanism. You will earn credits by doing so and use that credit to gain exposure to your blog and also utilize their banner exchange or text link advertisements by purchasing them with the credits you have accumulated.They also provide ingenius games where you can gain even more exposure and have fun doing it by investing your hard earned credits of course. The other ways of earning more credits is by referrals and the obvious last option is to purchase them with your cold hard cash.On the positive and personal side, you will be able to view many different blogs out there and learn from their writing, design and cool features being used. You might more often than not find some blogs Read more:Exchange
Improving Banner Advertising Click-Through Rate 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Why do people click on some banners and not on others? There are several things you can do to make your banner more attractive and effective towards your marketing plans.Banner
advertising is measured by "click-through rate". Click
-through rate is the percentage of page views, to the number of times a visitor clicks on the banner. If your banner is viewed 20 times and is clicked on once, it enjoys a 5% click-through rate.To increase your probability of click-throughs, you want to make sure the viewer can understand the benefit of your offer quickly. If your message is vague and can't be understood in a couple of seconds, the average viewer will move on.Try to have your banner motivate the viewer with a call to action. Phrases such as, "Free' or "Click Here' have actually been very successful.An animated banner can catch the individual's attention, but you must still deliver your message quickly. You also need to be sure that the animation doesn't have too large a file Read more:Advertising
Clickbooth - Monetize Your Blog 1970-01-01 00:59:59 ClickBooth is an advertising solutions provider and the banner right on top is one of their many campaigns. It works both ways. It caters to both publishers as well as advertisers. I am not an advertiser, so I will be covering only the publishing aspects. Any advertisers can go to the ClickBooth site and there are enough resources there to help you out.First of all, you need to create an account and get your site registered. After that, you have to wait for the site administrator to review your submission and then, once approved, you can start publishing ads on your blog.For publishing ads on your blog, you have to start a campaign. The one I am using above is an optimized rotator. This displays a random ad each time the page is loaded. And then the performances are tracked. Slowly, the number of times low-performance ads are shown is reduced. Thus, you get an ad-space that is filled using ads that are specific to the kind of traffic that you receive on your blog. ClickBooth uses the t Read more:Monetize
Track Outgoing Links With MyBlogLog 1970-01-01 00:59:59 MyBlogLog.com is indeed a great free add-on to your blog which enables you to understand your readers better. By placing some short codes on your blog template, you will be able to see in real-time which outgoing links from your site are commonly visited by your readers.By doing so, it helps you to understand what works and what doesn't especially your affiliate and advertising programmes.Technorati Tags: traffic tracking, internet marketing, MyBlogLog, online advertising, outgoing links, ad campaigns, affiliate program Read more:Track
Is PageRank Important for my Blog Revenue Strategy? 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Well logically speaking it is quite important as many established money making programs refer to this and offer your blog revenue projects based on this criteria. A good example is PayPerPost which has taken the blogsphere by storm, in order to obtain more opportunities from their service, your blog need a high pagerank; of course the higher the better.The other important benefit in having a higher pagerank is to improve your blog's search engine result position as this is one of the many technique search engine uses to determine their search results. Whether you want to play the SEO game or not, we have to acknowledge that this is a very major source of traffic.Now, lets take a look at how Google describes pagerank:PageRank
relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an indicator of an individual page's value. In essence, Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. But, Google looks at more than the she Read more:Revenue
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Your Reason and Purpose for Blogging 1970-01-01 00:59:59 After browsing through thousands of blogs, I've come to realize that there are many types of bloggers out there. Some do it for the sole purpose of making money, some for therapy and some simply for passing time. There are ways of course to slightly tell the difference by their content and how their blog is put together among the most obvious.This blog of mine I can honestly say is for the sole purpose of learning the concept of making money through blogging in particularly for my other blogs. This is where I come to share what has worked for me and review programs which have caught my attention. If I'd ask myself the same question for my gaming and food blogs, then its purely passion.So which category do you fall under?The funny thing about us bloggers and readers, we seem judge a blog fairly quickly as we would a stranger knocking on our door. So let us start evaluating ourselves with the following questions:-Do you blog for yourself - for entertainment, therapy or as a journal doc Read more:Reason
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Be Wary of the WealthToolBox.com Craze 1970-01-01 00:59:59 The beginning of a brand new month and I shall start it with a unique post about a new making money craze by WealthToolBox.com which was made known to me at MyLot recently. This post isn't about how great this opportunity is but rather to share my thoughts on why I think we all should be wary of this company. So don't worry about all the links to their site in this post as there are no referral code embedded since I'm not a member.Alright then, first let us look at the overview of this opportunity posted on their site:Join, earn, share, learn.Are you looking for ways to earn money online? WealthToolbox can help you start earning this week. For a limited time, we'll start your account with $50 (normally $10). Your account will be instantly created and funded. You could earn money on your account balance today.Sounds awesome doesn't it? No investment required from our part and above all we get $50 bucks straight away. They will then invest our $50 for a period of 24mths... we will Read more:Craze
Earn Money Blogging Report - Week 2 1970-01-01 00:59:59 This week was a very good week indeed with traffic almost doubling and a huge jump in revenue from Adsense and Adbrite. This week also brought back the faith for me on affiliate programs which I initially thought would never work but Amazon.com definitely proved me wrong with 4 sales in the bag.I've also started dabbling in MyLot although not as much as I'd like cause it is really fun participating in so many interesting discussions. Anyhow I did managed to obtain 5 new referrals but so far only 2 are active from my observation.Earn MoneyBlogging
Report - Week 2Visitor Stats for Last 7 Days - Reporting by Google Analytics# - Figures which has improved over previous week.Page Views---------------806 #Unique Visitors---------555 #Returning Visitors------161 #Top 5 S.Engine & Directory Referrals This Weekmybloglog.com-----------------57 #petalingstreet.org--------------42 #technorati.com------------------31mylot.com-----------------------28 #digg.com-------------------------24 #
Ethical Methods to Improve Blog's Pagerank 1970-01-01 00:59:59 The reason I used the word 'Ethical' in the title is because I've read about some devious tactics on achieving a higher pagerank. A simple search for 'text links' in Ebay will give you an idea of how this is done.Since I am not one who is keen in taking that road and compromise the integrity of my beloved blog, let look at some of the many advices I picked up and am implementing to my blog as of this week starting with the most basic and importance.Provide Original High Quality ContentThis is the starting point of the entire exercise. The idea behind this is to create content that users would want to share with others.Utilize Google Sitemaps FacilitySubmit your blog to view how Google sees your blog and when it was last updated in their database.Submit Your Blog to DirectoriesLets start linking your blog to various Directories such as Open Directory and Yahoo Directory. Take some time to submit to the many Blog specific search engines and directories too. A good list to start with Read more:Methods
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Earn Money Blogging Report - Week 1 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Although this blog was started early this month, I was busy structuring the blog for the first 2 weeks or so and only really started promoting it last week. So hence the REAL start of my earnings report as inspired by Mike, Westen and LFC of Internetbazaar. I truly believe reporting these earnings and sources will help readers understand what works and what doesn't. I personally have learnt a lot from studying those 3 bloggers I mentioned above.Alrighty then... let the very first week's Reporting Begin!Earn MoneyBlogging
Report - Week 1Visitor Stats Last 7 Days - Reporting by Google AnalyticsPage Views---------------414Unique Visitors---------264Returning Visitors-------72Cumulative Total Page View---------------414Cumulative Total Unique Visitors--------264Top 5 Referrals This Week:technorati.com-----------------34mybloglog.com-----------------22digg.com-------------------------16Blogmad--------------------------15 (stopped beginning of the week)BlogExplosion-------------------13
In Fear of Google for my Revenue Channels 1970-01-01 00:59:59 As I ventured into the wonderful world of making some money online, there have been a lot of coverage on Google
Adsense and how for so many webmasters it is the most recommended source of revenue for the past few years since its inception. Being a person who always prefers to take the road most traveled and proven, I've implemented Adsense to all my blogs as well.Since I was just at the starting point of my blogging journey, I placed more attention on building my site and making it presentable so that I have a good home to house my contents. But by doing so I did not take the time to read many of my money generating provider's guidelines and regulations. Well the past two weeks have been a real eye opener for me since I got a warning email from Google.It seems that my traffic generation exercise with BlogExplosion and BlogMad is against Google's policies which I didn't know at the time. In fact I posted earlier about how Blog Traffic Generators can help in your blog traffic and per Read more:Revenue
It's Time to Own the Internet 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I recently joined AGLOCO because of a friend recommended it to me. I am now promoting it to you because I like the idea and I want you to share in what I think will be an exciting new Internet
concept that is their slogan: 'Own the Internet'.So what exactly is AGLOCO all about? Well.. AGLOCOâ„¢ is a global community, whose owners are its Members (you and potentially the millions of internet users out there). Their goal is to capture a significant portion of the value generated by our online activities and return it to Members in cash. Best of all, it is totally free, Members will NEVER have to pay anything, nor will they have to disclose ANY personal information!AGLOCO's story is simple:Do you realize how valuable you are? Advertisers, search providers and online retailers are paying billions to reach you while you surf. How much of that money are you making? NONE!AGLOCO thinks you deserve a piece of the action.AGLOCO collects money from those companies on behalf of its members. (F
Storage for Your Blogging Journey 1970-01-01 00:59:59 In your quest to make money from your blog, you will find yourself in need to store some digital data which you would like to show your readers like images, videos and compressed files. Well here is a superb solution called MediaMax powered by Steamload.You can use MediaMax to store, organize, and access all your media, including photos, videos, music, movies, and more! Currently they are offering a whopping 25 GBs Free. I find it is a great place to store some of my important files too securely which I can access by using any web browser.The most important criteria to me when it comes to storage service providers is the speed and I must say, MediaMax scored very well in this crucial area. Not only that, they allow uploading of files up to 25 MB in size.Click Here to get your 25 GBs Free Online Storage today.Technorati Tags: online file storage, media storage, backup data, download, upload files Read more:Blogging
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Dressed to Impress Your Blog Theme 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Appearance is everything today to make the proper first impression on your visitors, your blog would have to be visually pleasant or captivating depending on your blog topic. This of course would be best done when setting up your blog at the very beginning in order to avoid coding issues and long hours to apply the new theme with your blog already containing contents or worse case scenario being totally lost why your blog is not displaying the way you want it. So what are the available solutions?There are 3 ways to go about it:1] Use standard templates provided by your Blog service provider.2] Download free templates online and implement it on your blog.3] Engage designers to do it or design it yourself.Most of the standard templates are quite common and therefore your blog will most often be similar to several others out in the blogsphere. Designing yourself is a good option if you can do so with ease but engaging others to do it requires investment for your blog project. So one of th Read more:Dressed
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Registered Domain Name with Money Earned 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Today is a very auspicious occasion for this blog as I was able to utilize the money I made from Money
4Blogs.com for my very own brand new domain name. I was offered a certain amount by placing a link on 2 of my blogs (you can see it under Useful Links on the right sidebar for this blog) for a 1 year period. Not bad actually considering this blog is only 23 days old and my Food Blog which is less than 2 mths old.If you would like to participate with Money4Blogs.com, just visit their site and submit your blog or blogs details and PageRank for their consideration. They will take a day or two and email you their offer. Its pretty straight forward actually and they are very fast in replying to my questions too.Here are some of the criteria of what they are looking for in a blog:* The blog should be written in English* The blog should be updated regularly* The blog ideally is seen by Google* The blog should be over 3 months old* The blog MUST have original content* The blog MUST NOT have Read more:Registered
SEO - Changing Title Display 1970-01-01 00:59:59 As I am focusing on SEO
this week, I found a very important element which will greatly help in the possibility of obtaining higher positions in search results. This is done by simply changing your Blog Title
display and thus effecting the search result title of your blog pages as Search Engines prioritize this when someone searches for a certain keyword.Blogger Classic TemplateReplace the following code:<title><$BlogPageTitle$></title>With the following new code:<title><MainOrArchivePage><$BlogTitle$></MainOrArchivePage><ItemPage><Blogger><$BlogItemTitle$></Blogger> - <$BlogTitle$></ItemPage></title>New Blogger Beta TemplateThis blog is using Blogger Beta template and in order to do this it gets slightly more complicated. I managed to do it from the help of the following blog article:Widget Based XML: Changing
the Blogger Title TagTechnorati Tags: make money blogging, title display, improve search resul Read more:Display
Make Money Sharing Your Videos 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Viewing videos online is very common these days with the advancement of broadband coverage and the affordable prices of handycam in the market. This have spurred self made home videos all over the world and sharing it via internet the most efficient distribution network for everyone to see.Recently YouTube.com owned by Google announced that they will soon start sharing revenue with its users. YouTube founder Chad Hurley has confirmed that his team is working on a revenue-sharing mechanism that would "reward creativity". He said the system would be rolled out in a couple of months and use a mixture of advertisements, including short clips shown ahead of the actual film.For those of you who are keen on earning money this through this creative method and would like to start now rather than waiting for YouTube, there are 2 money making video sharing providers available at the moment and they are Revver and Flixya.I did a video submission of an Elephant Show taken from my trip to Pattay Read more:Money
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Boost Your Blog Traffic and Rank with the Z-List Concept 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I read about this amazing concept of link exchange feature to help propel the lesser connected blogs and drive visitors. Since this week I'm SEO focused, this couldn't have come at a better timing. I was pleasantly surprised to find my blog being included in Trotas' Make Money On the Net blog which he in turn obtained from Dosh Dosh's blog. So here I am making mine and in hope some of you will carry on with this Z-list.So what exactly is the Z-list?The Z-list was created by Mack Collier from The Viral Garden blog and is intended to help small blogs to build links traffic and obtain better rankings. The main idea behind this is geared towards sharing of links with an open heart and not expecting anything in return (but you will as there are lots of good hearted bloggers out there). From the list below you can see that not only business and marketing blogs are listed but also technology and art related blogs among others thus you can suggest as well blogs which are not in the same t Read more:Boost
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Add Adsense in New Blogger Beta Post 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I received 2 emails recently asking how I managed to place Google Adsense
after each post using the new Blogger
Beta platform.Well here is what you should do:Go to Beta Blogger template page, click on 'Edit HTML' tab and tick the checkbox of 'Expand Widget Templates'. Look for the following lines of Beta Blogger template HTML code usually found somewhere after the half-way mark of the entire codings:<divpost-" + data:post.id'><b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'><data:post.body/>Then place your Google Adsense code after: <data:post.body/>Now after doing so, the problem you'll faced is that Blogger will not accept the codes thus unable to save changes made or the Adsense ad will not appear correctly or at all when checking on your blog. The issue is with the following Adsense codes: There are 2 solutions to this, which is either to remove those 2 codes completely or manipulate the codes. Removal would be totally against Google Adsense TOS so that lea
Earn Money Blogging Report - Week 3 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Surprisingly this was another fairly good week although I've been busy travelling lately due to the coming Chinese New Year. I've placed some focus on working on my Search Engine Optimization although it requires more time to see the effect.I've also removed all my Commission Junction affiliate programs and have gone with Sharesale instead. It was quite shocking to hear about Mike's experience with CJ recently too and made me glad I discontinued with them.Earn MoneyBlogging
Report - Week 3Visitor Stats for Last 7 Days - Reporting by Google Analytics# - Figures which has improved over previous week.Page Views---------------822 #Unique Visitors---------559 #Returning Visitors------192 #Top 5 S.Engine & Directory Referrals This Weekmybloglog.com-----------------66 #petalingstreet.org--------------59 #digg.com-------------------------38 #mylot.com-----------------------35 #technorati.com-----------------29Top 5 Blog Referrals This Weekturnonepoundintoonemillion.blogspot.com----
Make Money with Your Online Searches 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Most of the time all of us uses Google or Yahoo to do our searches. The reality of this is of course we are not remunerated for any of this but I've recently stumbled upon a brand new Search platform that DOES pay us just by using them to do our searches which means being paid for doing something we do every single day. Introducing the SlashMySearch.com Search N Earn Program. Get paid to use our search engine.Why use Slash My Search?SlashMySearch is a brand new search engine that is designed to get the best results out there on the internet quickly and effectively. Using proprietary algorithms, it is able to "slash" through more of the junk and find the most relevant results. They claim to filter results from Yahoo, AltaVista, Excite, the Google search engine, their own databases and several other sources. They also track what results are visited the most and refine their database with that information. Also, when visiting results, they load them into a frame with tools at the top to Read more:Money
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