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		<title>Link building intro</title>
		<link>http://eightblack.com.au/2011/12/23/link-building-intro/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Reward for Awesome Content Great content earns links. If you regularly post good articles and related content, website owners and editors will reward you with referring links. Having said that, nothing is given to you on a platter. You have to do some basic things to gain traction in a crowded market. But a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-108" title="link building" src="http://eightblack.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/2N8573.lowres-300x300.jpg" alt="link building" width="300" height="300" />A Reward for Awesome Content</h3>
<p>Great content earns links. If you regularly post good articles and related content, website owners and editors will reward you with referring links. Having said that, nothing is given to you on a platter. You have to do some basic things to gain traction in a crowded market. But a regular diet of awesome content earns links over time.<span id="more-107"></span></p>
<h3>A Varied Approach</h3>
<p>There are a number of ways to start building links to your website: you can <a href="http://lnx.com.au/" target="_blank">buy text links</a> or seek the services of a text broker. You can separate your objectives into basic link building and more strategic methods. Basic link building includes social book-marking, blogging, directory submissions, and other methods. None of this is easy. But it sure is effective.</p>
<h3>Every Website Has Potential</h3>
<p>Step back and consider who might benefit from reading your website. Then contact the website owners of those sites and see if they might include your link on a list of resources. You may get a few cyber-doors slammed in your face, but the links you acquire will be very valuable for ranking.</p>
<h3>Live to Link Another Day</h3>
<p>Link building never ends. In other words, you need to constantly acquire new links for your content.<br />
There are several ways to do this. For one, you can build links yourself, hire an SEO agency or find a <a href="http://lnx.com.au/" target="_blank">link broker</a> to help you build links.</p>
<p>Whatever direction you decide on its important to keep moving forward and keep building links. Links are the livelihood of your website.</p>
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		<title>History of Blekko</title>
		<link>http://eightblack.com.au/2011/12/22/history-of-blekko/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blekko was founded in 2007 with the goal of revitalizing the way that search engines work. Over the next three years the founders raised approximately $24 million in capital funds, which they then invested into building Blekko&#8217;s infrastructure. On November 1, 2010, Blekko.com was officially launched, bringing with it a new way to search the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-103" title="blekko" src="http://eightblack.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/blekko-300x221.jpg" alt="blekko" width="300" height="221" />Blekko was founded in 2007 with the goal of revitalizing the way that search engines work. Over the next three years the founders raised approximately $24 million in capital funds, which they then invested into building Blekko&#8217;s infrastructure. On November 1, 2010, Blekko.com was officially launched, bringing with it a new way to search the web.</p>
<p>Building on the success of innovations such as Twitter&#8217;s hashtags, Blekko operates in a slightly different way than its competitors; instead of merely typing in a basic search term, although this option is still available, Blekko users are encouraged to type a slash before their search. This filters the results in a way which includes content from trusted websites. Editors and registered users can create new slashtags on a wide variety of topics. Slashtags are typically kept to one word but in some instances two words can be used as long they are formatted correctly, such as /book-reviews.</p>
<p>Slashtag sorted search results provide users with easily accessible data about each site contained within the search results, including each sites&#8217; search engine rank and search engine optimization data. Blekko released a web search bill of rights upon the site&#8217;s initial launch and the incorporation of this type of data was listed among its guidelines. In order to access this information, however, users must first register with Blekko.com.</p>
<p>Blekko.com hasn&#8217;t yet achieved a level of popularity that is anywhere near Google&#8217;s, but some Internet experts theorize that Blekko&#8217;s revolutionary search techniques may eventually lead it to compete head to head against the Internet search engine giant. It remains to be seen if a more customized level of searching will win out against the change of adding a slashtag before all search terms.</p>
<p>Examples of Blekko searches:</p>
<p><a href="http://blekko.com/ws/dejan+seo" target="_blank">http://blekko.com/ws/dejan+seo</a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Article &#8220;History of Blekko&#8221; brought to you by <a href="https://blekko.com/user/dejanseo" target="_blank">Dejan SEO</a></p>
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		<title>Find, Promote and Rank Superstars of the Web</title>
		<link>http://eightblack.com.au/2011/09/26/find-promote-and-rank-superstars-of-the-web/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s official: The Internet is powerful enough to create stars. In recent years, many individuals have gained fame solely through online accomplishments. Top bloggers, YouTube performers and social media gurus are among those who’ve gained millions of followers. Now a new website, Superstars of the Web, makes it easy to learn more about your favorite [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-98" title="superstars" src="http://eightblack.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/superstars-300x127.png" alt="superstars" width="300" height="127" />It’s official: The Internet is powerful enough to create stars. In recent years, many individuals have gained fame solely through online accomplishments. Top bloggers, YouTube performers and social media gurus are among those who’ve gained millions of followers. Now a new website, Superstars of the Web, makes it easy to learn more about your favorite Internet stars. This interactive site also lets you nominate online leaders and help boost people’s popularity.</p>
<p>http://superstarsoftheweb.com/ &#8211; superstars of the web catalogs each star made famous for online achievements. First, the site devotes a profile page to each superstar. Second, the site ranks the online leaders by combining their achievement scores with popularity scores. Achievement scores reflect each person’s online accomplishments, such as articles posted or videos that have gone viral. Achievement scores also help recognize people who work behind the scenes, such as web developers and those involved in “green” technology. Meanwhile, popularity scores combine factors such as Facebook likes, Twitter re-tweets and comments posted on Superstars profile pages.</p>
<p>The popularity score feature is expected to draw a large following. This form of participatory journalism lets fans contribute to the rise of their favorite stars. In fact, website visitors can even nominate new stars for profile pages. Visitors can also assist with promotion by adding comments to profile pages, liking the stars on Facebook, and following them on Twitter. With constant real-time updates, it can be exciting to track the rankings of the Internet’s movers and shakers.</p>
<p>Finally, the Superstars of the Web series blog features articles about Internet fame and the stars themselves. New blog articles will be posted daily. Take part from the beginning &#8212; check out the Superstars website today!</p>
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		<title>Microsoft: The Story</title>
		<link>http://eightblack.com.au/2011/09/08/microsoft-the-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[History Paul Allen and Bill Gates in 1975, beat the hands together and founded a company: Microsoft was born. The first product they made ​​was a Basic interpreter which could be used for several computers. In 1980 they received the order from IBM for a driver to register for the IBM PC. They had no [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_93" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 250px"><img class="size-full wp-image-93" title="bill and allen" src="http://eightblack.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/bill-and-allen.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="165" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Paul Allen and Bill Gates</p></div>
<p><strong>History</strong><br />
Paul Allen and Bill Gates in 1975, beat the hands together and founded a company: Microsoft was born. The first product they made ​​was a Basic interpreter which could be used for several computers. In 1980 they received the order from IBM for a driver to register for the IBM PC. They had no driver, and bought one from another company, namely QDOS. Microsoft changed the name to MS-DOS and gave it to IBM. Microsoft and IBM then began working on a proprietary operating system. It would be icons and a mouse pointer. They conflict, however, the palsy, and made ​​their own operating system: Microsoft released Windows, and IBM did with OS / 2 Warp at this time. Microsoft won the battle and broke through with Windows. Later, they also made Office. Microsoft came in a very dominant position, and had (has) a near-monopoly in the OS market. The competition was not happy with this monopoly, it is very difficult to compete against a giant. In 2001 they were fined by the EU, because of the violation of the competing rights.<span id="more-92"></span></p>
<p><strong>Marketing</strong><br />
Microsoft has a very public-friendly marketing. Link them to each product once the name of their company, which is a very big reputation yields. They provide you with software to schools and students, making them even more distribute their software.</p>
<p><strong>Products</strong><br />
Microsoft offers many products.<br />
<em>- Software:</em></p>
<ul>
<li>The OS (operating system) Windows . On January 29, 2007 was announced a new version of Windows Vista.</li>
<li>The office suite Microsoft Office . The latest version, Office 2007, was launched along with Windows Vista</li>
<li>The encyclopedia Microsoft Encarta</li>
<li>The Instant Messaging System Windows Live Messenger . This was formerly MSN Messenger.</li>
<li>The browser Microsoft Internet Explorer . Here&#8217;s just released a new version, IE7.</li>
<li>The audio and video player Windows Media Player . Here too recently a new version of it: WMP 11</li>
<li>The e-mail program Outlook Express</li>
</ul>
<p><em>- Hardware:</em></p>
<ul>
<li>Mice</li>
<li>Keyboards</li>
<li>The media player Zune</li>
<li>The Gaming Xbox and Xbox 360</li>
</ul>
<p><em>- Online Applications:</em></p>
<ul>
<li>The e-mail service Hotmail. There&#8217;s also a news version of Windows Live Mail. Due to unknown, the name will come back into Windows Live Hotmail.</li>
<li>The search engine Windows Live Search (formerly MSN Search)</li>
<li>The portal Windows Live</li>
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		<title>Marketing Trends in Tourism</title>
		<link>http://eightblack.com.au/2011/09/08/tourism-trends-in-europe-marketing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marketing is all about buying and selling services and products to customers. It promotes the services and products using advertising. However, first there must be a market study. What does the customer want? Is there a market for the product / service? How do we distinguish ourselves from the rest and how we reach (potential) [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://eightblack.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/marketing.jpg" alt="" title="marketing" width="222" height="227" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-87" />Marketing is all about buying and selling services and products to customers. It promotes the services and products using advertising. However, first there must be a market study. What does the customer want? Is there a market for the product / service? How do we distinguish ourselves from the rest and how we reach (potential) audience? The range of travel is so vast and varied a good marketing strategy is crucial.</p>
<p><strong>Trends and developments</strong><br />
For information people turn increasingly to the Internet to read other people&#8217;s experiences. For a company it is a &#8216;by using&#8217; story, which means that people do not directly impact because they turn to others for providing information. As just mentioned, many people are turning to blogs and sites to to find out if that destination or accommodation suit to the needs. Businesses are trying more and more marketing tricks to get over the Internet. A lot more money is invested in marketing and promotion via the Internet. An example of this is that companies are engaged in developing better, more efficient ways of tourism products to present to the public. Furthermore, companies, in order to continue to differentiate, are investing a lot of money in the development and implementation of research and new research techniques. They want to differentiate fact and will make every effort to deliver innovative and unique products and concepts that can not be both. Companies opting for less traditional marketing techniques like advertising etc.<br />
<span id="more-86"></span><br />
<strong>The consequences for tourism</strong><br />
Internet is by far the main source of information for people and for the conduct of marketing. In the coming years, the tourism industry even further entrench the world called the Internet. Today, many companies spend a small part of their marketing budget to the execution of advertising on the Internet. They see the Internet as an &#8216;extra&#8217; way for the execution of advertising. In the future marketing of the tourism industry all over the Internet to find its way.<br />
Companies must be more aware of what customers want. What is their online behavior, where are they interested? How and what we can make our site the best information? Companies spend more attention to segmentation and positioning of their product on the Internet.<br />
People often look at the unique selling points of a company. Tourism operators will therefore be more apart from the crowd.<br />
In making decisions in the areas of travel marketing messages will be based on experience and feel a greater role. People no longer believe in the standard advertisements. They go on instinct and want to &#8216;normal&#8217; people hear. People find the questions from customers more reliable than what companies tell them.</p>
<p>Economic crisis is always present and people with a small budget will always be there. This number will increase. People want as much or more for less. Tourism companies will also pay great attention to their low budget and budget travel packages. They will have to find ways to offer the same or more for less money. However, there are more people who settle for their basic personal needs. They consciously choose a less luxurious holiday and want the lowest possible price. Think of airline Ryanair. You get what you pay and many people find that&#8217;s fine.</p>
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		<title>Promote your own website</title>
		<link>http://eightblack.com.au/2011/09/08/promote-your-own-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have your own website and a lot of time and effort was built into that. But there are few visitors. How can you promote your own website? How do you get more visitors to your website? Social media is an important component to the website under the spotlight. MySpace and Facebook, but the absolute [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-84" title="search" src="http://eightblack.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/search.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="180" />You have your own website and a lot of time and effort was built into that. But there are few visitors. How can you promote your own website? How do you get more visitors to your website?</p>
<p>Social media is an important component to the website under the spotlight. MySpace and Facebook, but the absolute top among the social media &#8211; Twitter. There are many possibilities for the promotion at the Twitter website. It is often insufficient for your site to place a link from your Twitter account to your post. It is better to ensure that the number of followers increases. How do you do that? You can start following people who tweet about the same topics and interact with them.</p>
<p>If you have money to spend, you can get paid advertising. The most popular and relatively cheap way to get paid to advertise is Google AdWord. You have to give much attention to creating the perfect ad. It helps if the ad has some free things to offer. The clicks are likely to increase. Name the price only when absolutely necessary or cheaper compared to other products. Never mention the word &#8220;buy&#8221; in the ad. Finally, it also helps to exert pressure. People think they have to be quick.</p>
<p><strong>Search Engine Optimization</strong><br />
It&#8217;s hard to go higher in the search engines, or the coveted number 1 position in Google search. To increase your success, it is important that you end up in Google Sandbox. This may take some time. The &#8220;Google Sandbox&#8221; is designed to ensure that new sites do not end up high in Google&#8217;s search results. That explains why your website might end on the last page. To acquire a better position the so-called &#8220;linkbuilding&#8221; important. This means that you expand the links to get your website on other websites. Think of blogs, forums and link partner pages.<span id="more-83"></span></p>
<p>Article writen by Dejan SEO team, if you are interested please leave <a href="http://www.seo.net/compare/seo-companies/australia/queensland/dejan" target="_blank">dejan SEO review</a>.</p>
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		<title>Google: The most popular terms in 2010</title>
		<link>http://eightblack.com.au/2011/02/14/google-the-most-popular-terms-in-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Comparing the results of the most searching terms of last year from Google came to the conclusion that the concepts of the fastest growing &#8211; Chatroulette, iPad and Justin Bieber. As far as sports, to be expected in the first place there were the World Cup, a social network Twitter and Facebook were ranked as [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-26" style="margin: 5px;" title="Google" src="http://eightblack.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Google-300x211.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="169" />Comparing the results of the most searching terms of last year from Google came to the conclusion that the concepts of the fastest growing &#8211; Chatroulette, iPad and Justin Bieber.</p>
<p>As far as sports, to be expected in the first place there were the World Cup, a social network Twitter and Facebook were ranked as the eighth and ninth place in the category of terms with the strongest growth compared to last year.</p>
<p>Justin Bieber, who took third place on the overall list, the category of entertainment is by far the first, followed by Shakira and Eminem, while Lady Gaga sixth.</p>
<p>A term that has seen the biggest drop is the swine flu, and the largest increase was noted Haiti, Besiktas and Chile.</p>
<p>As far as the consumer electronics sector, the biggest increase had iPad, iPhone and Nokia 5530th 4 A more detailed insight into the searched terms with the greatest growth can be found here , or in the attached video.</p>
<p>Who knows, maybe your phrase will be on the first place this year. It&#8217;s up to you and your online marketing skills.<span id="more-25"></span></p>
<p>Post by <a href="http://www.pivotpage.com/advertising-real-estate.html">http://www.pivotpage.com/advertising-real-estate.html</a></p>
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		<title>Doing business in crisis</title>
		<link>http://eightblack.com.au/2011/02/11/doing-business-in-crisis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The exports of the two leading nations of the Pacific are declining due to economic crisis, especially New Zealand last year declared a recession, while Australia is a stagnation in growth. But contrary to what happens with Asian countries, their economic problems may not affect significantly to Chile. The international credit crunch following the crisis of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-38" title="business" src="http://eightblack.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/business.jpg" alt="business" width="110" hspace="10" height="78" align="left" />The exports of the two leading nations of the Pacific are declining due to economic crisis, especially New Zealand last year declared a recession, while Australia is a stagnation in growth. But contrary to what happens with Asian countries, their economic problems may not affect significantly to Chile.</p>
<p>The international credit crunch following the crisis of the financial system has been a decline in global trade, so that exporting countries such as Chile, Australia and New Zealand are diminished their shipments, but for their luck main destination, the nations of the Asia Pacific, while.</p>
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