Do It Yourself Search Engine Optimization On A Budget

First, let's start with the basics of on page search engine optimization. You need to make sure that the keywords you are targeting are correct. For instance, if you're selling custom embroidered scarves, we wouldn't want to target just the word "scarf" or "scarves", these words will have too much competition and will be virtually impossible to rank highly for. Instead, target your keywords. Appropriate keyword phrases might be "custom scarves", "embroidered scarf" and the many variations thereof. Almost always you will find dozens or even hundreds of appropriate, highly targeted phrases for whatever you're selling.

For further refinement of your keyword list, I recommend using tools at Nichebot.com and Wordtracker.com. Both are excellent and will help you find additional keywords to target that will bring traffic to your site but are also realistic.

Once we have a keyword list, we need to add these keywords to your site. The most important places to add keywords are to your body text, in natural language, not keywords stuffed in randomly, and to the title of your pages. The page title is extremely important to all the search engines, it should contain your company name and also a couple of your most important keyword phrases. However, other places you can add keywords are to the alternate text of images (one short phrase only), anchor text (this is the text that appears in your links) and meta-tags. Meta-tags have much less importance than they used to, but some search engines do still read them. You can also add keywords to any page names if you are adding new pages, so if you are adding a new product line, maybe customized aprons, then the page file name can be "customized-aprons.htm". Add keywords to every page of your site, but don't stuff them in randomly. Also, the main page of your site is the most important page, make sure you have added your most important keyword phrases to this page in the page title and body text. There is much more to on page search engine optimization, but these are the basics and should be sufficient for most websites.

Next, we begin promotion. Many people think that submitting to thousands of search engines should be the first step. Wrong! There aren't thousands of search engines and the only ones that matter are the ones you've heard of, like Google, MSN and Yahoo. There's not even a need to submit to these search engines anyway, it's best to let them find your site via a link. And so we begin the second and probably most important part of search engine optimization, which is link building. The key to link building is not quantity of links, but quality of links. You want links to your site from other websites that have a good reputation and are highly targeted to your content. So, if your site sells vintage postcards, then appropriate links you should be concerned about getting should be from antique and collectible directories, other antique and collectible stores (not direct competitors though), antique and collectible forums and ephemera related sites. You can get some idea of the quality of a link by looking at the Google Pagerank. The higher the Pagerank, the better the link, usually.

Here are the best ways to get links:

Write Articles! You don't have to be an author to write a good, informative article. Write an article from 400 - 700 words and distribute it to the largest article directories like Goarticles.com, EzineArticles.com and Articlecity.com. They will post your article to their site and make it available to the millions of website owners, ezine editors, bloggers and other publishers for use in their publications. When your article is used, your bio must be included, and of course, you added a link to your site in your bio, right? This results in dozens, even hundreds or sometimes thousands of completely free and often related, one way, incoming links to your site. The search engines love them!

Submit To Directories! There are hundreds of directories out there that will give you a link for free. Find a list at Info.vilesilencer.com along with information on how best to submit to these directories for maximum effectiveness. If you do have some promotion budget, consider paying for listing on the major directories like Yahoo Directory, Business.com or any niche directories that don't offer free submissions. These are considered very high quality links to search engines.

There are many other ways to build your links, from posting on niche forums and community sites, to blogging, to exchanging links, to press releases and more. Link building should be an ongoing process. Take it slow and steady and focus on gaining the highest quality links possible instead of the greatest number possible. Search engines love HIGH QUALITY links to your site and this is absolutely the key to getting more visitors.

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Your DIY Solar Pool Heater For Clean Fun

A solar pool heater means more enjoyment, more fun out of your swimming pool. After all, why do you have one? It's an expensive asset on which you also spend valuable time and money, maintaining it.

There are four ways to heat your pool

electric heater
gas, usually a propane heater
using a pool cover
solar pool heating

You would know already that heating a swimming pool electrically or with gas is very expensive. Consequently many people make a choice - not to heat the pool at all at cooler times of the year or day.

But this means wasting your asset just because it is expensive to heat. Why have a pool and then not swim in it? Use solar power energy and make your pool or outdoor spa an hospitable environment to enjoy at any time. A solar pool heater - or spa heater - allows you to extend the use of your pool or outdoor spa into spring and autumn, cool evenings and mornings.

Further advantages of solar pool heating include:

You save on energy, gas or electricity, running a conventional pool heater
Solar energy is free!
You reduce greenhouse gas emissions

You can buy a solar pool heater, up to a cost of $2000. Or you can build one yourself. For much less.

Is a DIY solar pool heater not incredibly complex and expensive to put together? No, it only requires a good set of instructions and basic handyman's skills to build one yourself.

And the cost? It can actually be done for as little as under US$100.

Yes, of course you do need a circulation pump and if that runs on mains power it will take a measly 15 to 20 Watts only for a 30,000 litre pool. But of course, using a solar powered pump will not even require this use of mains power.

There are solar pool heaters for different situations, and they come in any size. Rooftop systems lay flat on your roof and are best for the very large pools, or you may like to consider an on the ground system. The on the ground system is installed right next to your pool with a maximum exposure to the sun's warmth.

It is the on the ground system that could be built for under US$100.

So, in selecting your solar pool heater system you need to know the size of your pool and your local weather conditions (you do need sunshine!).

Just remember that heated pool water is a good environment for bacterial and algae growth so must monitor correct chlorine or salt levels to the water. You should get expert advice about that from your local pool supplier.

Oh, and the pool cover. Yes, by all means use it as a passive solar top-up of your pool enjoyment.

Now enjoy your swim!

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Do It Yourself Affiliate Sales

In the modern economy, there are many forces at work that are making people look for other work, new jobs, or alternate income. One of the pathways to a new situation is by becoming part of the new and growing Internet e-commerce industry.

Sell Products to Internet Surfers

One method involves selling products to the millions of Internet surfers. You could sell your own products, but most likely you will find success by selling the products of others. You can make a commission that varies between 2 and 75 percent, depending on what product you are selling.

How you go about this requires work and creativity, as any successful business does. It's not a get rich quick scheme.

If you have a lot of resources, tens of thousands of dollars, your pathway is different from that of someone entering the market with very low resources.

How to Sell Products on a Small Budget

Let's discuss the low budget person because that describes most of us. To get into e-commerce on a budget or with very few resources, the competition is great and you must be knowledgeable and skilled to be successful. You have to learn from others, because trial and error learning is expensive.

It is generally unsuccessful to simply put ads for a product on a new website and expect them to create a cash flow. You have too little traffic to matter. The rate at which casual visitors click on ads is very low and the rate at which those who click then go on to purchase the product is also very low. We are talking about rates as low as 0.001 percent. You need thousands of visitors to have any sales. But remember, most of that traffic is casual and not highly interested in buying the product when they first arrive.

How to Get Visitors Who Will Purchase Your Products

There are ways to get traffic that is more interested in your product. One is by directly advertising using a service like Google Adwords to send interested people to your website or that of the vendor. But you have to deliver very targeted traffic to have a good rate of conversion. And that means your ads have to be written to attract buyers and to not attract casual surfers.

You can do this by advertising and sending people directly to the site - or you can have a site of your own and send those people to your own site. This is called a Pre-sell Landing Page. Setting up a landing page or website takes work but probably much less than you expect. You can build a website yourself using freely available information.

When the interested person comes to your web page, your goal is to prepare them and sell them on the product. Success at this operation is a numbers game. It usually costs money to advertise to get people's interest. For example, it might cost 20 cents to get a person to your website or to send them to the vendor's website. Then out of 100 people that you send, only 1 to 5 will actually do something like buy a product or sign up for an offer. Therefore, you've paid for a lot of people that did not lead to a successful sale. So you have to keep the cost low and the profit high in order to be successful. Many people spend too much money advertising for the wrong people and wind up spending more money on ads than they make selling a product. So you have to know what you're doing, and there are many sources of information on how to do this correctly.

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DIY Cabinets

With all of the DIY shows on T.V. these days it seems that everyone is jumping on the bandwagon of renovating or at least re-inventing rooms of their homes. It isn't usually until a homeowner is knee deep in some of these "as seen on t.v." projects, that they realize they don't have the skills to complete the project themselves. Thus, forcing a homeowner to find a legitimate contractor or laborer to come in and finish (and yes usually fix) the project. This inevitably results in a homeowner's budget being double and tripled.

While some projects are above the skill level of the average DIY'er, one project that anyone can do is re-vamp their kitchen. A kitchen overhaul can be accomplished using a very popular, cost-effective, elegant product...RTA Cabinets. These cabinets are solid wood, and can be found in a variety of finishes and designs. It allows you the flexibility of choosing what types of cabinetry to use in your kitchen at a fraction of the price as custom cabinets. RTA cabinets are offered at such an attractive price point because the come un-assembled. However, the assembly and installation of these cabinets is easier than putting together an unassembled children's toy.

RTA cabinets and assembly/installation guides can be found all over the internet. Some sites even offer a live chat option which can provide you real time help from a customer service representative. With all of the support that is provided from RTA cabinet sites, installing these cabinets is one project you will be able to finish on time, on budget and without frustration.

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Turn It On - The DIY Network, Something For Everyone

Do it Yourself home improvement has a tendency to bring out the handyman and handywomen in everyone, even those who aren’t particularly handy. For this reason, do it yourselfers are often forced to seek guidance: they read books, they attend seminars, they consult their local hardware store, they call their father in hopes that someone, somewhere, will tell them what the heck they are doing. While all these sources may prove helpful, some do it yourselfers choose to take a different route: they turn to the DIY network.

The DIY network features a variety of home improvement shows. But, going above and beyond regular home improvement shows, this network has programs laden with specifics. Not every show is perfect for everyone – if you’re trying to build a deck you might not need to watch a show about how to remodel your kitchen – but with the variety of programs offered, you’re sure to find one that helps you get a handle on your hammer.

Ed the Plumber: Yup, you guessed it. This show is about plumbing. For anyone who has ever spent a sleepless night listening to a leaky faucet or walked into a bathroom only to find a massive flood (and nearby animals lining up two by two), Ed the Plumber may just be the show for you. Hosted by Ed Del Grande, a professional plumber, this show provides specific instructions from beginning to end on how to fix the plumbing problems that may plague your house. And, if the show fails to solve your problem, you can send a question to Ed. He may either answer you in his column or feature your problem on a future program.

The New Yankee Workshop: For anyone who would like to engage in woodworking, but finds that wood leaves them, wait for it, petrified, The New Yankee Workshop is perfect. The host Norm Abram, a man with amazing carpentry and woodworking skills (he may actually be part woodpecker), provides detailed instructions on how to make everything from poker tables to colonial furniture. A man who will leave you both inspired and filled with creative ideas, Norm Abram can bring out the lumberman in just about anyone. He’s talented, he’s patient, and he “wood” love to help you create the furniture of your dreams.

10 Things you Must Know: If going to medical school is essential to becoming a doctor, watching 10 Things you Must Know is essential to becoming a do it yourself home improver: you can’t perform surgery on your house without knowing what you’re doing. No matter how experienced you are in home improvement two things are likely: you can’t predict mistakes and you will eventually want to improve something you’ve never improved before. 10 Things you Must Know gives you the foresight to avoid potential problems and teaches you the mistakes to avoid before you make them. The host, Amy Mathews, brings together experts to provide tips on what you have to know about the most basic projects.

The DIY network is a goldmine for anyone who sets out to fix even the simplest thing. Stay tuned next week when we feature more DIY network programs, programs that are a staple (gun) to successful home improvement endeavors.

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DIY Solar Panels - Building Your Own Solar Panels For Home Renewable Energy

Shifting to renewable energy sources isn't just about getting into the 'green' movement of today. And it isn't just a move to make you look good in the eyes of the environmentalists out there. Remember that the shift to renewable sources of energy is helpful to your family as well as this will lessen your dependence on the traditional sources of energy and you can cut a significant chunk of energy bills.

Renewable energy and energy generators come in many shapes and sizes, but one popular renewable energy source is the heat coming from the sun. That's right, the free sun's rays can also be used and harnessed in order to heat water and generate electricity. You may probably think that doing this is complex and labor intensive. It isn't and it's very easy to assemble devices that can harness this energy source. Power can be harnessed from the sun through the use of DIY solar panels. These DIY solar panels can be assembled by just following simple guidelines and instructions that are available for purchase online.

What people know as solar panels actually come in two types. The first one is the solar photo-voltaic module and the other is the solar thermal collector. If you would like to have a device that can heat water inside your home, then the thermal collector should be used. If you want added electricity then the solar photovoltaic module should be used. The use of these solar panels is a step in a good direction in order to reduce your household's dependence to the traditional energy sources.

DIY Solar Panel Kits

Make your own solar panels from as little as US$2.95 per Watt

As PV solar power becomes more and more popular around the world as a clean, green means of generating electricity, the costs of photovoltaic solar panels have remained stubbornly high - still at at least 4 pounds per Watt for large panels here in the United Kingdom. The weak dollar has made imports from China, Taiwan, and USA more attractive, but once the costs of shipping and customs duty are taken into account, prices are still high.

An alternative to expensive commercial solar panels is to build your own using solar cells. In this article we will look at DIY solar panel kits available from Silicon Solar Inc.

Making Your Own Solar Panels

Solar panels whether commerically-made or DIY-made are constructed by wiring solar cells together in an array. Pictured below is such a solar cell. The Silicon Solar kits are supplied with a set of solar cells, detailed assembly (soldering and wiring) instructions, interconnection material (metal ribbon), a soldering iron, and liquid solder for easy soldering.

Prices start from $48.95 for a 7.7V 1.04A 8 Watt panel kit ($6.11 per Watt), up to $169.95 for a 16.5V 2.55A 42 Watt panel kit ($4.05 per Watt).

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Do it Yourself Appliance Paint

You didn't plan to use the bottle of Appliance Paint so soon but you had to get the new Island into the kitchen some way and it being so heavy you decided to use the dolly. Well how could you know that the axel stuck out and was in the wrong place at the wrong time and scratch! A big unsightly dig in the paint. Now you got to repair it and you're just glad that you have the paint to do it with. Most new appliances come with a bottle of touch up appliance paint. So here you go.

Most of us have had similar situations that have been cause for panic. Fortunately someone had the background to know that things like that happen and you're on the road again.

Now what if you didn't have the bottle of touch up paint? What would you do then? Well you could go to your appliance store where you got the unit and you might be able to find just the right thing. One of the other places to look is good old Amazon or Nextag.com. Both have spray or brush bottles and the prices range from below $5.00 to over $20.00.

If it's just a little scratch or chip the bottle with the brush will fit the bill just right. A bigger scrap may need to be taken care of with a spray can. Because the mark is probably on the front cover you may be able to take that part off if you can find the screws that attach it. If it has electrical connections, such as switches and gauges you may need to unplug them. If that is the case MAKE SURE YOU UNPLUG THE UNIT FROM THE WALL PLUG! A little 110 volts and a little water and a bare finger could make the next meal unnecessary. Please Safety first!

After you unplug and remove the panel you can take it in the garage and do the prep work, such as remove handles and chrome trim and start to mask off areas that you don't want painted. Then you can clean the surface and start to put a light coat of paint on. Several (3 or 4) light coats are a lot better than one heavy coat. Just make sure you let the paint dry between coats.

As soon as the last coat is dry pull the masking tape off at a right angle to the surface so it doesn't pull the paint of with it. If you let the paint set up for a day or two you may want to use a razor blade to cut the paint at the edge of the tape. Just be careful! It's sharp.

Now take your time and re-assemble the panel to the appliance and install the handles and gauges and whatever you took off. Remember, you don't get points for extra parts left in the garage.

Now stand back and look. If everything went well you won't be able to tell where the old paint stops and the new begins. Also remember, you know where all the marks were and even if you can see them just a little bit nobody else will be able to. I'll bet that you won't be able to see the difference because the new appliance paint is very good and blending.

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Do-It-Yourself Bedroom Furniture

Having a piece of bedroom furniture that will endure, that is pleasing to look at, and that will compliment the other furniture in your home. With planning, patience for sight, DIY bedroom furniture can be helpful to you.

Waiting for your new house? All it takes is planning and designing your bedroom accessories to suit your own taste.

Come in, close the door and escape into your own personal sanctuary. Your bedroom is much more than a place to sleep, so turn it into a retreat that's rejuvenating during your waking life too. For that, smart wardrobe and storage solutions are just as important as a comfortable bed.

Several types of superior wood products have been developed by modern technology. The majority are wooden 'sheet' materials - flat sheets of laminated or compressed wood products that are generally stronger, more flexible and less likely to split than ordinary timber.

The important thing is that, you can choose your own material like teakwood, rosewood and laminated box. You decide the height and width of your wardrobe with fitted sliding doors where it offers space solving storage and easy access to your clothes.

Also decide the height of the bed, either high or low. A headboards that are handsome as well as utilitarian will look better with cabinet tablets on each side for telephone, clock, radio and books. Telephone book and other articles can be store beneath. A table lamp on both sides will help to create or enhance the atmosphere in a room. Lamps on the wall, floor or table are great for this. You can use reflected light from cabinet lighting up to a picture or other decorations. This makes your bedroom look more welcoming and inviting. All these depends on your wish, desire, choice and selection.

Do It Yourself furnitures are also available in the internet. You might want to take a look at it online.

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DIY Wind Generator That's Affordable and Powerful

A diy wind generator is more practical than at any time in the past. By teaching ordinary people how to build their own power saving devices for a cheap price, they are doing the world a favor. The ability to easily save 80% on electric bills every month is enough to be considered life changing for a lot of people. This article will help you take the right path to ensure you save the most and get the most quality for your dollar.

The modern DIY wind generator is fiendishly simple nowadays- You have to learn where to get the parts and how to put them together correctly. If you think about making each of these steps as simple as possible without losing any quality then you'll get an idea of the advancements that were made.

With the right combination of affordability and quality, you can guarantee a DIY wind generator for less than $200 that will cut a large chunk of your power bill off. The size of this depends on how much energy you use of course-how big your house is, how economical you are- but on average, people tend to save 80% from an investment of around $150. The trick to this is of course the a powerful design mixed with easy obtainable and cheap parts.

Another very interesting development in the world of the modern DIY wind generator is the simplicity of the plans themselves. Many people won't even try a do it yourself project for fear of complication and failure. This is being taken care of now! The modern DIY wind generator plans are actually focusing on the ordinary person-teaching them how to be successful in the easiest way possible-thus massively heightening the chances of success and doing the world a public good.

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Do it yourself

Do It Yourself
Do it yourself (or DIY) is a term used to describe building, modifying, or repairing of something without the aid of experts or professionals. The phrase "do it yourself" came into common usage in the 1950s in reference to home improvement challenges that people might choose to complete independently.In recent years, the term DIY has taken on a broader meaning that covers a wide range of skill sets. DIY is associated with the international alternative rock, hardcore punk, and indie rock music scenes, indymedia networks, pirate radio stations, and the zine community. In this context, DIY is related to the Arts and Crafts movement in that it offers an alternative to modern consumer culture's emphasis on relying on others to solve needs.