As a Senior SEO Strategist with SEO Specialist Online I receive hundreds of emails a day. It's Not often that one catches my eye like this one did. You see at closer to 64 years old then I like to admit, when I read the Wooden Bowl,  I realized that children are remarkably perceptive.

Their eyes ever observe, their ears ever listen, and their minds ever process the messages they absorb.

If they see us patiently, provide a happy home atmosphere for family members and friends, be honest and imaginative and polite to our clients, they will imitate that attitude for the rest of their lives. The wise person realizes that every day the building blocks are being laid for the child’s future. Let us be wise builders and role models.

As time passes from today, I guarantee you will remember the tale of the Wooden Bowl tomorrow, a week from now, a month from now, a year from now, Enjoy!

The Wooden Bowl

A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and four-year-old grandson.The old man's hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, and his step faltered

The family ate together at the table. But the elderly grandfather's shaky hands and failing sight made eating difficult. Peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor. When he grasped the glass, milk spilled on the tablecloth.

The son and daughter-in-law became irritated with the mess. 'We must do something about father,' said the son. I've had enough of his spilled milk, noisy eating, and food on the floor.'

So the husband and wife set a small table in the corner. There, Grandfather ate alone while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner. Since Grandfather had broken a dish or two, his food was served in a wooden bowl.

When the family glanced in Grandfather's direction, sometimes he had a tear in his eye as he sat alone. Still, the only words the couple had for him were sharp admonitions when he dropped a fork or spilled food.

The four-year-old watched it all in silence.

One evening before supper, the father noticed his son playing with wood scraps on the floor. He asked the child sweetly, 'What are you making?' Just as sweetly, the boy responded, "Oh, I am making a little bowl for you and Mama to eat your food in when I grow up."

The four-year-old smiled and went back to work..

The words so struck the parents so that they were speechless. Then tears started to stream down their cheeks. Though no word was spoken, both knew what must be done.

That evening the husband took Grandfather's hand and gently led him back to the family table. For the remainder of his days he ate every meal with the family. And for some reason, neither husband nor wife seemed to care any longer when a fork was dropped, milk spilled, or the tablecloth soiled.

On a positive note,

I've learned that, no matter what happens, how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.

I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles four things: a rainy day, the elderly, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as making a 'life..'

I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance.

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back sometimes.

I've learned that if you pursue happiness, it will elude you But, if you focus on your family, your friends, the needs of others, your work and doing the very best you can, happiness will find you.

I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.

I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.

I've learned that every day, you should reach out and touch someone.

People love that human touch -- holding hands, a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.

I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.

I've learned that you should pass this on to everyone you care about .I just did.

I am not going to be the one who lets it die. I found it believable -- angels have walked beside me all my life--and they still do

May God Bless You,

 Jim Gras
Melbourne, FL. USA
Senior SEO Strategist
Skype: jamiboy
SEO Specialist Online

Today Google Real-Time Search Changes Everything. Not being where your customer is looking could be costing you their business! Search engines are tightening up the loopholes to manipulate positioning.

So-called “doorway” pages, tricks with meta tag/keyword files, etc. no longer are effective. Keyword positioning, along with indexing, is the way to be seen on today’s Internet.

• The vast majority of clicks occur within the top 5 positions on a search page.

• As a rule, the more competitive the business category, the harder it is to attain decent placement. Conversely, the more competitive the business category, the more important placement is to success of the business.

Entrepreneurs and small businesses constantly find themselves looking around asking themselves why they can’t quite seem to find a good fit for what they need from service providers.

People do business with who they like, who they trust and who truly care about their business. In fact, a recent study by US News & World Report revealed that when clients leave their current provider it’s not because of a pricing or product problem, but a “people” problem. People that no longer value their business, or seem indifferent to it. A whopping 68% of them.

• A fractional 14% defected because of a pricing issue followed by 9% who were successfully wooed by a competitor.

• With Google Real-Time Search the playing field has been leveled.

• No longer can you or your competition sit back and think they own their TOP organic Google positions!

Google search engine ranking factors are among the most important items to check in any SEO work. This will ensure that the strategies formulated are effective, current and optimal for the best search engine ranking results. Every search engine optimization analysis examines the website's performance against these important ranking factors. This article series will take a closer look at these factors and find evidence for their existence, so you will know that you are on the right track when performing SEO on your website.

If deficiencies are found in a site's Google search engine ranking factors, the SEO in charge will attempt to make some changes to the website in such a way that it will now become search engine friendly and compliant with SEO ranking factors. Taken from a broader perspective, these improvements cover three important aspects:

• Content (using optimal titles, checking content quality, focusing relevance to targeted keywords, etc).

• Links (how other sites reference the website in terms of quality and quantity).

• Technical aspects (i.e. crawlability of the website) to name just three.

Are all big factor's in SEO, to improve Web Site Search Engine Rankings, with the Top Ten Search Engines, like Google, Alta Vista, AOL Search, Ask Jeeves, Excite, Inktomi, Lycos, MSN, Teoma and Yahoo.

SEO is the skillful art of placing researched keywords, that have a known searching audience, into various places on a web page that are known to be given weight by the ranking systems and algorithms of Major Search Engines

It is estimated that less than two percent of the commercial and small business website content writing on the Internet have had any optimization for search engines today still.

Our SEO Campaign Management Services provides you with the ultimate search engine optimization (SEO) system - virtually ensuring you will obtain top ten search engines rankings for your chosen web sites and keywords to Improve Web Site Search Engine Rankings

Furthermore, we are aware of all of the major search engines Webmaster and marketing guidelines and all of our marketing strategies and techniques are compliant with these guidelines and we work one on one with you to insure your knowledge of How does search engine optimization work.

All of our clients enjoy greatly improved positions in the Top Ten Search Engines for competitive keywords. The free, organic positions available through natural search marketing are the most coveted spots on these algorithmic search engines.

A properly optimized Web Site can take you from search invisibility and zero rankings to top spots in these Top Ten Search Engines, especially if optimization is combined with known off page ranking factors.

Those who act now, with decisiveness and confidence will lead their competition for the rest of this decade, while their competitors catch on and try to catch up. Spam free, guideline compliant marketing is at the top of our list, to make sure our client is protected.

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I Hate Spam!

I don't know about you, but I absolutely hate spam.
 
Did you know that the contact form on your web site is a spammer's favorite place to harvest your address so they can send you all their junk email?
 
It's true!
 
That's why you need to check out this new software that just became available.
 
It's called My Contact Station, and it is an all-in-one secure website contact solution that solves the email harvesting problem, provides an attractive interface for site visitors and installs easily in a matter of minutes!
 
I'm going to keep this short, because I have no doubt that you are going to want this the moment you see it... especially when you see the price!
 
If you have a web site, secure your site from spammers right now with My Contact Station.
 
http://ihatespam.24ex.com
 
To your success,

Jim Gras
Senior SEO Strategist
SEO-Specialist-Online.com
Skype: jamiboy
800-897-6458

Today Google Real-Time Search Changes Everything

The real-time Web is here. Google has officially jumped into real-time search, taking full advantage of its recent partnerships and changing the face of search engine optimization. Conduct a search on Google and you might now see a sizable part of the page dedicated to real-time search. This is a scrolling, live update of content from across the Web about your query and one of the most significant public-facing changes Google has made in a long time. It's also one of the biggest changes to SEO (as it applies to Google) in recent history as reported by Website Magazine.

The real-time updates - or Latest results - take up a significant portion of screen space. After the sponosored listings at the top of the page, then the top organic result comes the real-time updates. In some cases, the box is also very close to the fold. In short, as it stands today, your company's organic listings might have already changed dramatically. While the total number of results does not seem to have changed, you might have dropped below the fold. That means checking your search positions immediately, and getting to work on improving them.

Below is a Google results page for Obama health care. The first result is the top result, then you will see the real-time results. The bottom result after the real-time box is just above the fold. This is a hot topic, so keep in mind that not all queries will produce real-time results, or results will be ordered differenlty. For example, a search for zhu zhu (a popular toy this holiday season) shows real-time results, but at the very bottom of the page. Also impacting the position of real-time results and normal organic listings will be the number of paid search results.

One thing is for certain - Web professionals stock in Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, FriendFeed, Jaiku and Identi.ca just went through the roof. Those companies are now partners, waist-deep in the Google mix; and that's where many of the real-time results are coming from. In short, if you're not on some or all of these networks, its time to get started. And you must go beyond just making a profile. These real-time results will take into account your social graph - the connections you make and your authority in the space, as well as the content you provide on these networks. We're talking quality here. Businesses must provide value to their social connections. For example, if you tweet an important piece of information and it gets re-tweeted by your followers, you can bet Google will take notice. Google will be examining accounts' social stock and including those in the updates - on the first page of Google. You will also notice that real-time results are not limited to social networks, but include blogs and other websites. Content creation and optimization (creative copy, keyword-friendliness, etc.) becomes a mission-critical business objective.

It will also be interesting to see if these new partner networks get flooded with content noise, once publishers realize the opportunity. It's quite possible the personal space users feel they have within networks like Facebook will be come serious spam magnets.

Don't miss out Get a free evaluation and analysis of your current search engine performance and see how we can make it even better focusing on optimization for Googles Social Search and real-time results.

Below is a brief video of Google's latest innovation. It's not hard to see the impact looming for Web professionals.

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Veretekk Platinum Control and Search Engine Optimization

What do these two stand for? Simply put seo stands for search engine optimization but that can mean many different things depending on who you speak to and the Veretekk Platinum Control system is your tool for getting there.

Search engine optimization is a process of creating a site that is setup optimally to rank high in Google and other search engines. If you are looking to grow your business online, you need your site listed in the top of the search engines.  There are over 400,000,000 searches online daily.  These are people that are looking for information and items to purchase.

Are You where your customer is looking?

To outrank your competitor you just need to do a bit better than them at everything, knowing what that is where professionals can help you.

That is the Veretekk Platinum Control system!

Search engine optimization is a process of creating a site that is setup optimally to rank high in Google and other search engines. Veretekk Platinum Control means strong placement on the Internet.

It is becoming an absolute necessity, even for brick and mortar based retailers and non-internet related service providers. Consumers under 40 years of age are much more likely to search the Internet first for almost anything (making the Yellow Pages and other directory advertising much less effective).

At least first page placement is vital to be effective on the Internet. Your potential customer, client or user rarely clicks beyond the third bona-fide choice they are presented with. If your site is not on the top half of the first page, forget about being effective on the Internet.

Do you know what separates the struggling, heartbroken and cash-poor online entrepreneurs and small business owners? From the confident, clued-in marketers pulling down huge numbers and results?

The Veretekk Platinum Control system!

The search engines have one goal: to deliver the best possible results in response to someone’s query.  They are constantly tweaking their algorithm to make sure they are ranking the best sites.
 
People are changing how they search, site owners are changing their sites and the engines need to respond and make sure their algorithm is always fresh (to prevent people who have found ways to scam their way to the top with black hat techniques).  While most people dread algorithm changes, I find them a great opportunity.  If you are aggressively but ethically optimizing your site, you should have nothing to fear and any shake ups create opportunity for you.

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Not being where your customer is looking could be costing you their business!

•Search engines are tightening up the loopholes to manipulate positioning. So called "doorway" pages, tricks with meta tag/keyword files, etc. no longer are effective. Keyword positioning, along with indexing, is the way to be seen on today's Internet.

•The vast majority of clicks occur within the top 5 positions on a search page.

•As a rule, the more competitive the business category, the harder it is to attain decent placement. Conversely, the more competitive the business category, the more important placement is to success of the business.

•At least first page placement is vital to be effective on the Internet. Your potential customer, client or user rarely clicks beyond the third bona-fide choice they are presented with. If your site is not on the top half of the first page, forget about being effective on the Internet.

•Strong placement on the Internet is becoming an absolute necessity, even for brick and mortar based retailers and non-internet related service providers. Consumers under 40 years of age are much more likely to search the Internet first for almost anything (making the "Yellow Pages" and other directory advertising much less effective).

•Companies that offer "voodoo" search engine positioning or "secret" methods will tell you not to expect results for several months. Meantime, they will keep asking you for money. While you're waiting for results, potential customers are doing business with someone else WHO IS NOW at the top of the search engines .

Get a free evaluation and analysis of your current search engine performance and how we can make it even better! 

Eagles and Bears - Blessed are the Peacemakers

The war had been going on for centuries.  The war between the Eagles and the Bears.  Nobody in the forest knew what started the war.  But everyone know how often Bears were injured terribly or killed by dive bombing Eagles or just as often Eagles were killed in large numbers by sudden attacks by Bears or as they dove and the Bears swatted them from the sky.  Far too often the ones hurt the most were the children or babies or mommies of the baby Eagles and Bears who wanting nothing more than peace to raise their children.

Nevertheless, rumor had been in the air for a long time of a war to end all wars.  A final battle was coming that would pit every Bear in the woods against every Eagle and a final victor will emerge.  But nobody knew when that day would come.  But that day did come, before anyone was prepared for it.  It came about when Bartholomew Bear was playing in the woods by himself.  He wasn’t supposed to do that but sometimes children forget the warnings of their parents because they want so much to explore and learn.  He was chasing a butterfly laughing and leaping at it from a log to a stump to a rock and then to the ground.

Suddenly he felt a shooting pain in his foot.  He cried out before he even know what happened but he heard the SNAP of that man trap closed on his foot and he knew he was in big trouble.  He must have cried for hours wishing his Mommy or Daddy would come.  Little did he know they were preparing for the final battle, the war to end all wars with the Eagles. 

The butterfly lit on his bear shoulder.  “Can’t you get your foot out Bartholomew?”  The butterfly said.  “I want to play some more.”

“NO,” the little Bear cried big tears in his eyes.  “This trap has my leg in these pointy claws and it really hurts.”

“There is another one right next to it.”  Mr. Butterfly observed.  “Make sure you don’t get your other foot in it.  I will fly for help.”

“Yes please hurry.”  The sad little Bear begged his friend.  It was not long later that Bartholomew saw his help coming.  Dozens and dozens of bears appeared on the ridge. 

“Wow they sent everyone” he remarked to himself as more and more Bears lined up on that ridge and just stood there staring over at the other ridge on the opposite side of the valley Bartholomew was in. 

On the other side, the armies of the Eagles were gathering.  Filling the trees of the thick forest there, they dug their talons in and stared hatefully at the army of Bears just across the way not knowing the poor helpless Bear cub was trapped between them.

“DADDY HELP ME!”  Bartholomew’s voice suddenly rang out.  Both armies looked into the valley and recognized the plight of the child Bear.  He was crying loudly as he looked up spotting his Mommy and Daddy in the Bear army on the ridge.  Oh, the hearts of that Mommy and Daddy were torn seeing their child in that spot.  When the battle begins in just moments, the two armies will rush into that valley and the killing will be most awful. 

The Chieftain of the Eagles watched the little Bear.  His heart was touched but not enough to call off the attack.  “Daddy we have to stop it.”  His son Edgar Eagle said to him perched on the same branch with him.

“No son.”  The king of the Eagles declared.  “We can only hope somehow the Bear child survives the battle.”  The Chiefton of the Eagles watched the situation, unwilling to call the attack but unwilling to call it off.  He did not see the tiny Mr. Butterfly light on the beak of Edgar Eagle.

The entire armies of Bears were in anguish watching Bartholomew struggle.  But despite the begging of Bartholomew’s Mommy and Daddy, the King of the Bears would not call off the attack.  The clamor for war began to rise and Bartholomew was terribly afraid.  Suddenly, before the call to attack, a lone eagle soared out from the wooded side of the valley ridge.  All eyes were glued to that lone figure as it did several near spins and spiraled down in long elegant arches toward the stranded Bartholomew.  All of a sudden, the king of the Eagles knew who it was. 

“EDGAR VeretekkPlatinumControl” The cry went out and both army’s tensed knowing the son of the King of the eagles had gone into the valley first.  He landed at the side of the frightened Bear and looked at his injured leg.  “Don’t worry.”  Edgar VeretekkPlatinumControl said to Bartholomew.  “I come to help” but as he moved around assessing the problem.  SNAP the other trap closed on Edgar’s foot.  While Edgar VeretekkPlatinumControl was a soldier, the pain of the trap caused him to cry out in misery.

Without a call to war, suddenly two figures burst from either side of the valley.  The King of the Eagles shot form the ranks to the aid of his son and the king of the Bears rushed to help the fallen Bartholomew.  Seeing their kings’ rush to save the children, both sides suddenly dropped their armor and weapons and rushed into the valley.  The thunderous stampede was not a charge to battle and death but to save the precious youth plus the internet marketing newbie and for mercy. 

Within moments, the two armies were working like a single-minded people to free the children.  The Bears had the strength to pull open the traps and the Eagles the keen eyesight and ability to figure out the mechanisms so they opened them safely.  Slowly and carefully, the traps were pulled from the legs of Bartholomew and Edger and they were free.  Bartholomew rushed to the arms of the king of the Bears weeping with gratitude and Edger VeretekkPlatinumControl to the king of the Eagles CEO Tom Prendergast embracing him for stopping the attack to save their lives.  Then, just as though it was the natural thing to do, Bartholomew ran to the king of the Eagles and embraced him and Edgar wept in the arms of the King of the Bears. 

A thunderous shout of celebration went up from both armies.  The war was over forever.  Never again would the Bears and the Eagles live in warfare but instead they would be brothers and friends for eternity.  And all because the son of the King was willing to fly into the valley and was willing to give his life to save his enemy and give him life instead of death.

Veretekk Platinum Control can make you soar like Eagles and fight like Bears. The Internet has come of age. New technology has been developed and new opportunities have been created with this technology that you probably haven't heard off yet.

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Do you want success on the internet?

The Internet has opened a whole New World of opportunity for even the smallest home-based business owner. There are countless numbers of new self-made millionaires that achieved their newfound success on the Internet. These new millionaires are no different from you and me. They started their Internet businesses from the ground up, found a niche and built their success one day at a time as described by Shelley Lowery author of the acclaimed web design.

Although there are a great deal of hyped up business opportunities on the Internet that really never make much money for most people, the fact of the matter is that you really can make money on the Internet - a lot of money. You simply must take the necessary steps to make it happen. You must have a sincere desire to succeed and the attitude for success.

If you are sincerely passionate about your success, you will succeed - it's that simple.

The true secret to creating a successful Internet business, is pure determination. Most people fail just at the moment they are about to succeed. Why? Because they give up. They lack the true passion that it takes to succeed. As long as you keep trying, you'll never fail.

Below is list of what I feel are the most important ingredients for Internet success:

Sincere Passion
In order to be successful, you must be completely passionate about your business and your success. If you don't have a sincere passion, you won't have the necessary personal drive that you need to take action.

Your Own Domain (www.yourdomain.com)
Businesses hosted on a free server are not taken seriously and are generally considered to be unprofessional. If a company doesn't care enough about its business to get its own domain name, potential customers may not feel comfortable doing business with them. A company with its own domain name and a professional looking website will have a much higher rate of success when compared with most business sites hosted on free servers.

Professional Website
Your website is a direct reflection of you and your business. Creating a professional website designed to sell will take a great deal of time and effort, as there is much more to take into consideration than design. You must look at a much broader picture and specifically design your website to sell.
 
Marketing Strategy
Developing a successful marketing strategy is an essential part of your online success. In order to succeed, you must develop and implement a strategic plan that includes all of the following:

• A great product
• A website specifically designed to sell
• A killer Veretekk marketing strategy

Each step plays an important role in your overall strategy and must be developed to its fullest potential. If even one step fails, your chances of success will be minimal.

As an Internet entrepreneur, it is your personal responsibility to ensure that your visitors feel very comfortable with you and your website. In order to gain your visitors trust and confidence, you must build your credibility.

Internet marketing or online business, as normal business includes countless different ways of doing business and making money online. Most of the successful internet-marketing professionals use more than one or a combination of Internet Marketing business models.

All you need to select the right Internet Marketing business model is careful analysis of your strengths and weaknesses.

Selection of the right Internet marketing business strategy is an essential part of your online success. The Next Generation of Veretekk Power gives you just that with The Veretekk Platinum Control. The Internet has come of age. New technology has been developed and new opportunities have been created with this technology that you probably haven't heard off yet.

The process of achieving success on the Internet is a challenge. What is success on the Internet? It is not just making money, however that is a primary goal. Here are the top goals of a successful Internet marketer.

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Have you ever heard the saying,

"I know that I waste half of my advertising budget.
The problem is I don't know which half!"

It's this very philosophy that is prompting me to strongly
inform you... advertising doesn't work!

Let me show you why: Get the Facts

There is no way to track effectiveness (or ineffectiveness)
It's impersonal
The target audience is too large
It's costly to redo or improve
There is no call to action

What surprises me is the number of small business owners that save their
marketing dollars just to waste them on ineffective advertising.

Then, they complain because nothing is working and they don't have any
customers..

I know what you're thinking,

"Isn't advertising and marketing the same thing?"

Well, not really. Let me explain the differences
.

Advertising includes: commercials, billboards, radio, and newspapers.

Marketing includes: emails, letters, postcards, and fax.

So how is follow-up marketing better than advertising?

You can track response rates
You can quickly change campaigns that aren't working
You can specifically target your audience
It leads prospects to an immediate sell

If you really want to attract more customers, you will learn to market
and leave the advertising to those gazillion dollar companies.

Get the Facts Today

SEO-Specialist-Online.Com
800-897-6458
Skype: jamiboy

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Managing Your Brand To Perform In Universal Search Results

Achieving and sustaining top ranking visibility for your brand on important organic terms is increasingly getting tougher.

This is because natural text listings no longer rule on the search result page. There are many other elements that appear sometimes ahead of or intertwined with the natural results, including local listings with a map, shopping listings, latest news, top blogs, images, videos and even book reviews can appear.

Google calls these mixed result types Universal search; others call it blended search. These other elements can push what were once top performing organic listings into second or third page positions, as first reported by Lori Weiman from search engine land.

Consider these keyword examples:

“Desktop computers”. The natural listings are intertwined with three shopping listings. If you want your brand to show in the number one spot, you have to compete with the shopping listings that will appear above you.

“Pizza delivery”. Three natural listings on top, followed by seven map listings. If you are a pizza shop showing 4th in natural results, you are below the fold.

“Refrigerator deals”. You’ll see a forum with a description and four forum listings intertwined in the SERPs before you even get to the organic listings.

“Ghost”. If you’re looking for a product named with a word with multiple meanings, such as “ghost,” you may find several videos and image listings beating you out.

Just as SEO has finally become a commonplace tactic in the online search marketing mix, we now find that the evolution of the layout of the SERP requires a new approach. As brand marketers, we need to re-think our strategy for how to achieve top visibility for our brand on our major terms on the free SERPs.

We think of this as a new opportunity to be found in a growing class of page elements.

We hope this information will help you develop your web-site to a more effective and profitable. Stop by for a Free Web Site Evaluation of your Business

Jim Gras Senior SEO Strategist Skype: jamiboy 800-897-6458

Steven Turner SEO Strategist Skype: saturner1251 888-301-9094

Lou Veltri SEO Strategist Skype: netbusopps 888-783-6196

Mike Augustine SEO Strategist Skype: luckylifestyledesigner 800-507-1945