After writing a book about SEO and even publishing my own SEO products and services, I still seem to get the same question over and over again. That question is simply what the secret is to top search engine rankings. Other than applying SEO best practices, there are really only a couple of SEO techniques that stand above all else.

I consider some SEO techniques to be true secrets because they are not generally talked about or shared by others. You might wonder why this is. Simply put, there are a number of reasons why these secrets are not shared and it often has to do with the fear that as more use these secrets the less effective they will be.

Anyone constantly focused on SEO and you are anything like me, you probably want the fastest and quickest way to put your website on top of major search engine rankings. You know the value of having the number one position and want to get there.

For someone makes their income online, I can promise you that being ranked number one for a competitive keywords makes a huge difference in your online performance. The difference between a number one ranking and lower rankings comes down to making a living online or making nothing at all.

Okay, so what are some of these „secrets“? I would be happy to share one at no charge. Let me begin by saying that not every secret is complex or all that unique. Often times, secrets are simply techniques that applies in a unique way, create a significant difference. That is how I view these SEO secrets simply because they probably wont move mountains but can have a dramatic impact on your search engine rankings whether you have a website, blog, or squeeze page that you want to promote.

So here it is. If you want to achieve number 1 Google rankings for any keyword, simply follow the road map of the top ranked website for that keyword or keyword phrase. Does it sound too simple? Yes, it is simple but not easy. In order to duplicate the success of your number one competitor, you need to discover why he has a top ranking.

The best place to start is by analyzing the links into your competitor’s website. These are referred to back links and carry a lot of weight when thinking about SEO. These third party links often contain link text that includes the keywords you want to rank highly for. Contact these websites and attempt to have them link to your website in the same manner.

The obvious challenge here is not only finding who is linking to your competitor, but to actually build links from the same web pages. This if often easier said than done. The good news is that there are a number of software programs that can help you do this. I’ve personally used a number of them and can tell you that they work.

Use this technique to improve your rankings. Simply learn what makes your competitor rank in the number one position. Specifically, find out who is linking to him and how they are linking. By duplicating the linking strategy, you can dramatically improve your website ranking for the specific keywords you choose.

In the past you had to go to a store if you wanted to rent or buy a movie. These days you can stay at home and get movies form a movie download site. Following is list of a few movies that you can get using a movie download site.

50 First Dates: Is an inspirational story of true love. Henry Roth meets and falls in love with Lucy Whitmore. The problem is that Lucy, due to a traumatic event in her past, wakes up every morning forgetting her past. The condition seems permanent so for their relationship to continue Harry will have to start over meeting Lucy every day, for the rest of their lives.

The Siege: New York is under attack by Islamic terrorists. All enforcement agencies must work together to chase down the terrorists. Martial law is called, and CIA and FBI agents work together to take down the terrorists down as quickly as possible.

The Nutty Professor: Professor Sherman Klump is fat, really fat. Having unsuccessfully tried every diet possible, he invents a state of the art fat gene formula. He tries it, and immediately is half the man he used to be. He now can start to pursue a long neglected love life, but there is one problem. His new invention is unstable, and he can return to his former self at any time.

Predator 2: A newer predator arrives on Earth. He is stalking the underworld in LA. Drug dealers are dying under very strange circumstances. Even though the predator is helping the LAPD out, they still are trying to hunt the predator down.

Dick Tracy: Big Boy Caprice and his mob are wreaking havoc on the streets of Chicago. Add to that, a loyal girlfriend, an orphan needing his help, being seduced by the sultry Breathless Mahoney, and a new threat in town know as the Blank, and you can see that Dick Tracy is a very busy man. It will take all his powers to save the city.

Encino Man: When Stoney and Dave are digging a hole in Dave’s backyard for a swimming pool. While doing so, they come across, a prehistoric man, frozen in a block of ice. When the ice thaws, the prehistoric man, they name Link, comes to life. Can Link learn to live in the modern world?

Four Brothers: The rough and rugged Mercer brothers have just found out that there adoptive mother has been murder. The four men gather back at home to decide what to do. They soon start coming to the streets of their youth to track down the killer.

The Matrix Revolutions: Outside the matrix, humans battle valiantly against the onslaught of Sentinals. Meanwhile Neo is inside the matrix, trying to get to the source, and stop the devastation from within. Neo eventually confronts the Deux Ex Machina, and makes a deal to stop the war. His confrontation with Smith will decide the fate of both civilizations, and his true destiny.

White Noise: Jonathan Rivers has lost his wife Anne. Then, he is contacted by a man who claims to have heard Anne’s voice, and has a recording of it. Then Jonathan himself captures a recording of Anne’s voice, and an image of her on video. Anne’s message to Jonathan is to find the brutal killer that took her life, so he won’t harm anyone else.

We have already seen the music industry take off online. With improvements in internet speeds, and other advancements, it is now possible for movies to be downloaded as readily as music. If you love watching movies, it is well worth looking into.

It wasn’t that long ago that a trip to the corner video shop was the most convenient way to get a movie. As technologies have advanced, downloading dvds from off movie download sites is becoming very common. Here are some examples of movies you can acquire through a movie download site.

Tombstone: Lawman Wyatt Earp is ready to retire. He has successfully cleaned up the streets of Dodge City, and moves to Tombstone. There he meets up with his brothers, and longtime friend Doc Holiday. With a band of outlaws, called The Cowboys, are running wild in the region. This sets up the infamous shoot out at the OK Coral.

The Long Kiss Goodnight: Samantha Crain has amnesia. She has moved on to a new life, a suburban mother with a beautiful 8 years old daughter. She takes a knock on the head, and slowly, she starts to have memories of he past life. These memories will turn Samantha’s nice cozy new life upside down.

Hitch: Alex Hitchens is a profession hook up man. He helps men succeed with the women of their dreams, for a fee. He eventually meets the woman of his dreams. Will she love him when she learns who he really is?

Bean: Mr. Bean is a funny character played by genius comedian Rowan Atkinson. Being the caretaker of the Royal National Gallery, Bean is asked to take the famed Whistlers Mother painting to LA. This trip proves to be an incredible adventure for Mr. Bean.

The Adventures Of Huck Finn: Huckleberry Finn decides he has had enough of his drunkard father’s abuse, so he runs away from home. He meets and befriends Jim an escaped slave. Together they travel the Mississippi River. They have many adventures on the way, including meeting Susan Wilkes, a spry 12 years old girl who gives Huck his first kiss.

The Talented Mr. Ripley: Tom Ripley dreams of the good life. He pretends to be the friend of a wealthy family’s son to get a free trip to Europe. Once meeting Dickie and seeing the lifestyle he lives, he looks to stay as long as he can.

Air Force One: U.S. President James Marshall has taken a very tough stance on terrorism. To strike back the terrorists have taken him hostage aboard Air Force One. Can we free the President from this dangerous situation?

The Godfather Part III: This is the last episode in this spectacular series of films. Don Michael Corleone is trying to turn the family empire into legitimate businesses. By tying the family assets to the Vatican he will complete the task. But can he really escape the mafia world in which the family has made millions?

Pearl Harbor: This epic movie looks at the devastation of that eventful day, December 7, 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. This story follows the incredible courage of a nurse and two daring pilots, who bravely move forward, all the time trying to deal with the overwhelming catastrophe before them.

We saw an explosion in the music business online a few years ago. Downloading movies from movie download sites is now seeing the same type of growth. If you love watching movies, it is well worth looking into.

Some people might consider the above to be harsh, but really the reason it is true is because when you get to the $10 barrier, you are actually into both some Windows and some Linux hosting packages that have benefits far in excess of what you could ever hope to get from a discount plan. Therefore, it makes no sense to pay that same amount of money for a discount plan when you could simply take the Windows or Linux plans and get all of the added support that you would not get under a basic plan. Support under Windows plans includes things like support for ASP and MSSQL; things that would perhaps not be there under most discount plans. Windows and Linux plans can both be found for in the $10 to $15 range per month for their basic incarnations and then if you want more space, more bandwidth or anything else, it just increases from there.

There are way too many specific types of web hosting packages in the world today to really tackle them all in detail, but for the most part you can actually figure out what the prices of related items should be based on the price knowledge of just two or three different kinds of web hosting. So, without further ado, those three types of web hosting are discount web hosting, Windows web hosting and Linux web hosting.

Despite what you may be thinking by the title of this article, this article is not a comparison of different prices from different web hosting companies. There are a number of places where you can get that information, so it seems rather useless to just add another. Rather, what this article does is give you general information on what you should be looking for in terms of the best web hosting prices for particular web hosting packages that you might be interested in. This is useful information because it is information that you can keep in mind when you are shopping around for a web hosting package and information that you can use to determine whether or not the price you are getting is a fair price to begin with.

Some people might consider the above to be harsh, but really the reason it is true is because when you get to the $10 barrier, you are actually into both some Windows and some Linux hosting packages that have benefits far in excess of what you could ever hope to get from a discount plan. Therefore, it makes no sense to pay that same amount of money for a discount plan when you could simply take the Windows or Linux plans and get all of the added support that you would not get under a basic plan. Support under Windows plans includes things like support for ASP and MSSQL; things that would perhaps not be there under most discount plans. Windows and Linux plans can both be found for in the $10 to $15 range per month for their basic incarnations and then if you want more space, more bandwidth or anything else, it just increases from there.

As with any other types of businesses, publishing your own online newsletter a.k.a. eZine has its share of drawbacks, in spite of the several benefits it offer.

The purpose of this article is not to scare you away with the disadvantages of publishing your own eZine, as the benefits are quite often more attractive. However, I will also show you how you can easily tackle the cons.

One challenge most beginning eZine publishers face is the creation of eZine content. Creating your own content can be tiresome, especially if you are not a gifted writer. You can also run out of ideas often while your publishing schedule is threatening you.

Create your content in advance. You can compile 30 days worth of content in one day, for example. If you are not blessed with writing skills, you can broker the writing task to capable freelance writers which you can find at places such as http://www.elance.com/ or http://www.rentacoder.com/. While you need to pay for such services, you are at liberty to take the credit for written articles.

Alternatively, you can republish articles from article directories such as http://ezinearticles.com/. This is a free method you can use in making content, provided you include the resource box of the original author and that the article has republishing rights stated .

In conclusion, you can easily tackle the content creation challenge using the mentioned methods that do not require writing on your part, free or paid.

Free sounds good, doesn’t it? Why shouldn’t it? It’d be difficult to find anyone who didn’t appreciate something that was free- especially if that something would usually come with a big price tag.

After all, the saved money can really add up. It can also be put to better use elsewhere, like investing it into streamlining your business.

Using free Private Label Rights content is one of the ways that business owners can cut down expenses and maintain their business. Using free PLR can also be one of the smartest moves that any business person makes.

But finding free PLR can be a little hard. Quality is the main concern of anyone trying to find PLR content.

Saturated markets provide many, many options to business owners.

A saturated market means that prices will drop and that quality will vary.

The fact is that bad PLR is everywhere. It’s so common that it can often be found in the same places as good PLR. That’s why you have to be resourceful when scouting for it.

So the burden of finding free, quality PLR falls on you. It may be difficult, but it’s not impossible. Here are the three things you should consider doing to get your hands on free PLR that you can work into your business

Search the Internet

For some people, that’s common sense. But if you think it’s „common sense“, then you’re probably not doing it right. It’s a lot more difficult to find good PLR on the Internet than most people think because there are businesses that make money off of selling a lot of bad PLR. Good businesses, though, will be willing to give you access to good PLR under the same (or better) terms. Try researching startup PLR businesses. Inquire about introductory package deals or trial memberships. They may be able to set you up with some content so that you’ll spread the word about their business.

Barter

Instead using money to get access to PLR content, some companies will let you use their PLR products if you create and submit something of your own. Think of it as a trade. You get to use their work if they can use yours. A word of warning, though: even though you may submit only one article and get to use five of theirs, you can be sure that your article will be packaged, sold and profited from. If you don’t mind that idea and really dislike spending money on PLR, this can be the deal you’re looking for.

Join forces

Affiliates exist to help each other, so why not look to affiliates? Get close to a PLR content website. Sometimes, PLR content websites will let you use their content if you agree to become their affiliate and do them advertising favors. For business owners who can handle leading a few visitors to another business’s website, this can be the ideal solution.

One way links are usually from topic-related sites.So search engines don’t penalize you. One way links are aswell accepted as non-reciprocal links. Link building is an effective way of promoting and publicizing a website in the World Wide Web. Link building is the process of getting other web sites to place a link to your web site on their own web site.

Linking is another imperative factor of page rankings which will be covered in greater detail in off-page techniques, but is also a part of on-page optimization. Internal linking generates a hierarchy of synonymous page rank based upon which pages are linked most. Many webmasters often do not realize they are making a mistake when chain-linking content more than two levels away from the homepage, or mesh linking. Mesh linking occurs when every page contains a link to every other page in the site, giving every page with equal importance.

Search engine optimization is best described as a marketing technique of preparing a web site to enhance its chances of being ranked in the top results of a search engine once a relevant search is undertaken. Search engine optimization is a process, one that must always be revisited and adapted as search algorithms are changed by the search engines. Seo is about relevance. An irrelevant keyword does you no good at all and in some instances might be harmful because it can leave the search engine confused as to what your article is about. Seo is NOT just about link building and fixing broken site architecture although they are part of it.

Text links are very important to search engines, since anchor text often succinctly labels the content of a links target page. Search Engine Optimization companies, more commonly SEOs, are companies who specialze in the practice of analyzing and editing your Website architecture to make it more accessible by the search engine robots and spiders that index your Website’s content. Anchor text is the most important item in a backlink.

One way links are very important to your websites success. But while buying links, you need to choose one way links that wont give harm to your website One way links are the best solution. Try to submit your site(s) only to quality, high pagerank sites. One way links are the most powerful links at this time. Link popularity dramatically affects the search engine rankings of a site. One way links are those links wherein a website links yours without your site having to link theirs. Two-way or reciprocal links are those wherein a mutual agreement has been arranged between your site and another site to post each other’s link.

Link Building helps your site to gain page rank. Higher the page rank, more chances it gives your site to rank high in search engines with relevant keywords. Link Building involves so many other variables. This assumption is as arbitrary as today’s NCAA tourney matchups being decided by number of links. Link building is a proces of test and experiment. If anything doesnt work for somebody, it doesnt mean this wont work for you.

SEO Experts conduct an intense keyword research to find the right words and phrases that can become a part of the content. These words and phrases have to be placed strategically for maximum impact. When you work with a search engine marketing firm to promote your website, they cannot guarantee where your listing will appear .Search Engine Marketing is a part of, or form of Internet Marketing Services, and is meant to promote products and services of a company by marketing the company’s website, on the Internet and Search Engines. The marketing and promotion of a website is achieved by raising its visibility and ranking in the result pages of Search Engines.

The primary concept underlying marketing is that of individual needs, which we define as follows: A human need is a state of felt deprivation in a person. Human needs are plentiful and complex. They include basic physiological needs for food, clothing, warmth, and safety; social needs for belonging, influence, and affection; and individual needs for knowledge and self-expression. These needs are not created by an external force, but are part of human life.

When a need is not satisfied, the person is unhappy. An unhappy person will do one of two things – look for an object that will satisfy the need, or try to eliminate the desire. People in industrial societies try to reduce their desires to what is available.

Maslow is renowned for what is called the hierarchy of needs. Maslow was a ground-breaking psychologist, in that he was the first to ponder the humanistic approach to understanding and explain human behavior. Maslow held the conviction that humans were inherently good, that humans tend toward love and growth.

Maslow posited that people want and are forever striving to meet various goals. Maslow later refined his model to include a level between esteem needs and self-actualization: the need for knowledge and aesthetics. Maslow later speculated that this level does not stop, it goes on to self-transcendence, which carries us to the spiritual level. Maslow’s self-transcendence plain recognizes the human need for ethics, creativity, compassion and spirituality.

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs can be practical for any company. Needs are a big component for small-business growth and competitiveness. People looking to start a business for additional income are not looking for a product. They are looking to solve a need. Generally a need for more monthly income.

Melaleuca is, in their own words, „The Wellness Company“. They concentrate on creating products that help people get healthy and stay that way. The products they present include vitamins and supplements, household cleaning products, personal hygiene products and first aid essentials. Again, no one is looking for the latest vitamin, cleaning product or hygiene product. they are looking for a healthier life, an easier way to clean their house and body.

A Melaleuca business owner could potentially have a very large customer base if the products are presented with the needs a client may need to have filled. The products are diverse and can appeal to a variety of needs. Whether you have people who are interested in improving their health though nutritional supplements or parents who want to make sure that the products in their home are safe, Melaleuca can meet those needs.

The size of a Melaleuca business and the speed with which it will grow are dependent on the effectiveness of the marketing communicating solutions to perceived needs. When client needs are satisfied, then can the needs for self-actualization be activated and a possible distributor may be the outcome.

So not long ago you became involved in a home business, convinced yourself your going to be great at this. Your going to get rich, expensive car, travel the world, have complete control over eveything, and don’t forget be your own boss. Sleep in if you like, no more kissing anybody’s you know what.

The comp plan is out of this world, and the product will sell itself. Your affiliate website you send your prospects to is unbelievable, it will do all the work for you. The company leaders come on with their video’s and really know how to inspire people. Get them to want to know more.

Then 2 months go by, then 3 and 4. Before you know it’s almost been a year and no one has come on board your great opportunity. You are in disbelieve, you did all you were suppose to do. Ok, maybe you got a couple to join, but then they dropped out after a while, and now you have to see them on the holidays.

I suppose that’s the way it goes down for some, regardless of what advise they get they never get a handle on networking. Each day they work the tools that have been provide them by their company, only to be dissapointed to get maybe 2 visitors a week at their website. That’s no way to get ahead.

What you need to realize is, there’s more than being diciplined and using those tools for your marketing chores to drive traffic to your opportunity website. I’m not talking about spending money each week on phone leads, not a chance. They call them warm leads, already interested, uh huh.

It never fails, there’s always that one thing, that part of the puzzle most networkers miss. Their emotions of doubt start to tire them out, everything they tried doesn’t bring them any closer to growing a solid home business. From the beggining they thought this was their opportunity that would solve all their problems, but now failure has now got the best of them.

I’m so inspired by my affiliate website, I read through it at least once a week. Each and everytime I’m impressed, everything is in place so well. Product, comp plan, it’s a true work of art. An inner genius that anyone with any sense would want to connect and be a part of that’s looking for a home business. But without a sponsoring system forget it, it doesn’t matter how good your opportunity is!