OverHall IT! Issue
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- Welcome to OverHall IT! The Computer Corner Issue.
All administration and publication information is now located
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February 15, 2001
Vol. 2, Issue 3
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Table of Contents:
1. Welcome Message
2. Computer Corner
3. Tip of the Month
4. Jokes, Quotes, and Anecdotes
5. Products, Books, and Web Site Reviews
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1. Welcome Message
Opps! I just realized I NEVER mailed this out! With being on
travel and playing catch up when returning home after three weeks,
my mind just didn't remember to do this. Thank you for your
patience and understanding. The Balance Issue will be out in the
next copy of days.
SPECIAL NOTE: OverHall IT! is now published bi-monthly.
The Computer Corner section will be published each month
in the middle of the month, and the OverHalling and Balance
section will be published towards the end of the month.
Whether you're thinking of getting a web site, just got one, or
have had one for awhile, the Computer Corner is here to
help you * OverHall IT *. In the forthcoming middle of the
month issues I will be taking you step-by-step through the
processes you need to learn and do to have a top notch web
site.
Okay, ready to start "OverHalling"?
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2. Field of Dreams: Getting a Homerun With Your Keywords
By: Janet L. Hall
"If you build it they will come," from the movie Field of
Dreams has become a popular phrase among newbies to
the Internet, uneducated web site owners, and those filled
with dreams of getting rich quick. That phrase is far from the
truth when it comes to your web site.
Many factors and variables come into play when trying to get
people to come to your web site, one of which is your choice
of keywords.
If you’re using Microsoft FrontPage or a similar software
package to create your web pages, guess what? Keywords,
page titles, descriptions, and META TAGS are NOT
automatically put on your pages. These important variables
may be missing from your pages unless you enter the
information yourself.
Even worse, if you’ve hired someone to design your site and
pages for you and they don’t know how important these
variables are and aren’t including them…no one will find you,
your services, your products…no sales, no business.
The key to STARTING your field of dreams is to determine
the keywords people are using to find your web site OR the
number one keywords that are getting your competitors the
top rankings in the search pages. Please remember, this is
just the beginning, you have a lot more to learn, such as
where to place the keywords on your web pages, how many,
and much much more. (Stay subscribed to OverHall IT! And
you will learn!)
In turn, each search engine has it's own set of criteria or
requirements to enable your web site to be ranked near the
top of the search pages. And some, you can even buy your
way to the top of the pages.
So, how do you determine what keywords you need on your
pages to make a home run?
Seven Homerun Keyword Strategies:
1. Game Plan: Write out a list of keywords and have your
friends, family, and client's review for suggestions. Select
two to three dozen that are the most important for your web
pages. (NOTE - Each page on your site should have it's own
keywords.) If you already have keywords - this is a good
time to * OverHall * them <g>.
2. Batting Order: Put your most important keywords near the
beginning of your TAGS (more about TAGS next time) and
at the top of your page.
3. Field Position: Know where to place your keywords
throughout your pages.
4. Double Play: Look up your keywords in a Thesaurus, such
as Roget's Internet Thesaurus at http://www.thesaurus.com
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and use some of the alternative words as your keywords.
5. Signals: Don't forget to check out and use regional
terminology and common misspelling of words.
6. Clean up: Keyword and Statistical Software can be
purchased to assist in choice of keywords and the weight
(sometimes referred to as keyword density) of your
keywords.
7. Stealing Bases: What are your competitor keywords that
are ranking at the top of the search engines?
I hope you can get a Grand Slam!
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To schedule an organizing consultation or coaching session
for your life or computer, call Janet at 800-687-3040 or
mailto:janet@overhall.com
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3. OverHall IT! Computer Tip of the Month
Before you forward an email, remove all the unnecessary
header information and clutter that is not needed but using
the cut function.
After you have clicked on FORWARD and before you CLICK
on SEND, select the unnecessary text (place pointer in front
of text to be cut, CLICK and hold down while moving mouse
to end of text you want to cut; text should be highlighted or
blue) and press the CTRL and X keys at the same time,
WaLA, text is gone. Now you can forward a clean email
I’d like this section to be yours! If you have a computer tip
that you'd like to share, please email it to, mailto:janet@overhall.com?subject=ComputerTip
I’d love to hear from you so we can all learn something new!
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Looking for a new way to add revenue to your business
or to improve your website? Check out Tom Antion's
Electronic Marketing Butt Camp CD at
http://www.antion.com/t.cgi/123221/buttcampcd.htm
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4. Jokes, Quotes, and Anecdotes
>> There are three kinds of death in this world. There's heart death,
there's brain death, and there's being off the network.
-- Guy Almes
>> If you don't double-click me, I can't do anything.
-- John Aniston, on how computers have taken over his life
>> The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some
people it is a complete substitute for life.
-- Andrew Brown
>> There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his
home.
-- Kenneth H. Olson, President of DEC, Convention of the World
Future Society, 1977
>> Those parts of the system that you can hit with a hammer (not
advised) are called hardware; those program instructions that you
can only curse at are called software.
-- Unknown author, Levitating Trains and Kamikaze Genes:
Technological Literacy for the 1990's, describing the difference
between computer hardware and software
~~ If you have a joke, quote, or anecdote that would fit well
into OverHall IT!, please feel free to email it to me.
mailto:janet@overhall.com
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5. Products, Books, and Web Site Reviews
>> Links to the top 500 words and FREE keyword software at
Keyword Wizard http://keywordwizard.com
>> Actual keywords in actual time that people are typing in at
metacrawler http://www.metaspy.com
>> Maximize Web Site Traffic: Build Web Site Traffic Fast
and Free by Optimizing Search Engine Placement. This
booked is PACKED with GREAT information!
Order today at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1580623697/overhallconsulti
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That's it for this issue of computer corner, the balance issue will be
here before you know it!
Smiles, not Piles,
Janet L. Hall
Professional Organizer, Speaker, and Author
http://www.overhall.com
"If your current systems aren't working for you... get an
"OverHall"!"
Janet L. Hall is the owner of OverHall Consulting, which is
based out of Southern Maryland and can be reached at
800-687-3040 or 410-586-9440, or e-mail her at
mailto:janet@overhall.com
Janet can "OverHall" your
office, home, and computer clutter and can deliver a
customized speech or seminar for your next event.
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