OverHall IT!
Computer Corner Issue 7
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Vol. 2, Issue 7
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Table of Contents:
1. Welcome Message
2. OverHall Events
3. Computer Corner
4. Computer Tip of the Month
5. Jokes, Quotes, and Anecdotes
6. Products, Books, and Web Site Reviews
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1. Welcome Message
This issue was difficult for me in the sense that it has been hard
deciding what to put in the Keyword article, there is so much I
want to tell all of you! One point would bring up another point that
you need to know and the article was quickly becoming a book.
So I asked the Universe to help me get this out to you, shortened
up the article, and I will continue focusing on keywords in
forthcoming issues with ALL the stuff you need to know until I have
exhausted all my knowledge on the subject.
I recently returned from my South West Enough is Enough speaking tour
in which I had the chance to visit, for the first time, beautiful Phoenix,
Scottsdale, and Sodona. I then flew to Austin, TX and presented at
the National Association of Professional Organizers annual conference
before a PACKED room of beginner organizers. What a thrill and a honor to be a part of such an exciting event!
We’ve had a lot of new subscribers, welcome and I hope you enjoy the
newsletter. The Balance Issue of OverHall IT! Will be out shortly.
Please forward this issue to anyone you think might enjoy or
be able to use it.
Whether you're thinking of getting a web site, just got one, or
have had one for awhile, the Computer Corner Issue is here to
help you * OverHall IT *. In the forthcoming Computer
Corner 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"?
Editors Note: Last time I showed you how and where to use
keywords in the HEAD TAG of your web page and promised
to discuss the use of keywords in the body of your web page….
let’s get started.
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2. OverHall Events
LOOK and SEE—I might be coming to your town!
Paula Langguth Ryan and I are winding down our Spring/Summer
2001 tour, OverHall Your Life for More Space,
Time and Money & Break the Debt Cycle—For Good!
JUNE 8, 6:30-9:30pm: How to Understand (and Heal) Your
Relationship with Yourself, Others, Your Money and
Your Stuff. Raleigh, NC. Call 800-687-3040 for
reservations and directions. Suggested donation: $40.
JUNE 24, 3-6pm: "OverHall Your Life for More Space, Time
and Money & Break the Debt Cycle For Good!
Ft. Washington, MD. Call 800-687-3040 to register. Space
limited to first 25 participants. Suggested donation: $25
Starting July 10, 2001 in Lusby, MD
One hour a week for four weeks 8-9 PM on Tuesday
A new type of Organizing seminar:
Your Home, Your Life
A four week journey that will help you awaken the Spirit in
you and your home! We'll de-clutter, organize, and awaken
three rooms in your home using professional organizing tips,
Feng Shui, color, smell, and meditation.
Call Southern Community Center TODAY to register:
410/586-1101; $40
FUTURE Enough is Enough TOURS
**NEW SEMINAR**
"How to Understand (and Heal) Your Relationship with
Yourself, Others, Your Money and Your "Stuff" --
Coming to These areas in 2001-2002
Sept 20-Oct. 4, 2001 -- New York, New Jersey, Boston
November 10-16, 2001 -- Virginia
January 2002 -- Maryland
February 2002 - South Florida
March 2002 -- Tennessee
April 2002 -- Arizona
May 2002 -- Chicago
June 2002 - Los Angeles area
August 2002 - Northern California
September 2002 - Northern Florida
October 2002 - Colorado, New Mexico
November 2002 - North Carolina
If you know of any organizations, spiritual groups,
schools, associations or corporations that are looking for
a speaker or who might like to host a seminar, please have
them call 800-687-3040 for booking information.
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3. Using Keywords in the Body:
Put Them Here, Put Them There, Put Them Everywhere!
By: Janet L. Hall
The keywords you are using MUST be reflected in the page
content, the BODY, of the web page you are trying to
improve or build.
There are many places you can, and should place your
keywords to help you get a higher ranking in the search
engines; remember, this is the ultimate goal. People
searching for you WON’T find you if you don’t use your
keywords throughout your web page!
TOP Seven Areas to Place Your Keywords in the BODY of
Your Web Pages:
1. Beginning and near the top of web page.
2. Headlines (Headings) and Subtitles.
3. Links.
4. Site Address in Links.
5. Name of Images.
6. ALT (Image) TAGS.
7. Background Images.
This month we'll look at the top first four, one at a time, and
next month we'll finish up with the last three.
We continue building and organizing your web page from
last time by inserting the BODY TAG:
<BODY> This TAG is automatically inserted for you by
FrontPage and probably other web page design software
after your ending or closing HEAD TAG </HEAD>
<BODY>
1. Beginning and near the top of web page :
Here you want to type in a paragraph, or more, of
information about your services, products, or yourself, being
sure to incorporate and use the KEYWORDS you have
selected for that page. Get your most important and relevant
keywords as close to the top of your web page.
Many designers and beginners put logos, images, or
banners near the top of their web page. Bad mistake! This
can cause some of the search engine spiders to be "caught
in the web," so to speak. They can’t read the image, so they
stop retrieving information from your web page and web site;
they move on to another web site to spider. They might be
able to retrieve the first few lines on that page, and those
lines of text might get used as the description of your site
when someone is searching for you. Since search engines
seem to be in a constant change of what they want, it’s
important that your first few lines of text be your most
important information, with your most important keywords in
there!
According to wordtracker.com, "Make the first 25 words in
the body of your page keyword rich…Spread your keyword
phrases throughout the body of the page in natural sounding
paragraphs. Put a keyword at the end of your body text as
well."
Another trick you might try to boost your keyword relevance
is by putting your keyword phrases in bold in your BODY
text.
2. Headlines (Headings) and Subtitles:
The headlines, subtitles, and titles in the BODY of your
web page are considered headings. Not to be confused with
the HEAD TAG I wrote about in issue 5 of OverHall IT!
( http://www.overhall.com/issue5.htm
)
Heading TAGS are numbered, one, <h1>, being the most
important and largest. The Heading TAG is written as: <h1>,
<h2>, <h3>, and so on. The ending or closing TAG is
written as: </h1>, </h2>, </h3>, and so on.
Heading TAG Sample:
<h1>OverHall IT! </h1>
3. Links are usually presented on your web page as blue
text and underlined. Links to other pages on your web
site or to another web site are always written the same,
with the exception that you place the web address (URL)
of the web site or page that you want people to go to. It
is also another place you can place your keywords.
Below is an example of a link to my web’s home page:
<A HREF="http://www.overhall.com">Click here to get
organized</A>
Notice the opening TAG is <A HREF=" "> and the closing
TAG is </A>. After the first quotation sign you type in the
web site address or web page you are linking to. Next,
insert another quotation mark, then a bracket, after which
you type the text that you want to be blue, underlined, and
containing your keywords; the words that a person will click
on to move to the web site or page you have linked to. Then
your closing TAG </A>.
Here is an example of linking from my home page to
another:
<A
HREF="http://www.overhall.com/issues_and_articles.htm">
organizing tips and organizing articles</A>
Please notice how I used an underscore, _ , between the
words in the web address. You can also use a dash (-) to
separate words in addresses. By using the underscore or
dash, the search engines will see the words as individual
words in a phrase. If not broken up, issuesandarticles, the
search engines see a single term, DON’T DO THAT!
4. Site Address in Links:
When you are building your pages, make sure you name
the new pages (the htm pages) after your KEYWORDS.
Let’s examine one of my addresses: My domain name is
http://www.overhall.com and I’ve built a page about a dated
filing system that I think is a terrific product, that I sell, and
that I refer to as a tickler file. My keyword is tickler file. So
that page is called tickler_file.htm and the address looks like
this: http://www.overhall.com/tickler_file.htm See how I used
my keyword as the name of the htm page?
I’m still in the process of fixing some of my pages because
when I made them I didn’t know to put my keywords in the
name of the address. I then have to decide whether to keep
the old ones up on the Internet, because people might have
bookmarked them, or I can redirect the person to the new
page. Then I have the task of resubmitting them to the
search engines. So, TAKE YOUR TIME when you start
building other pages, carefully deciding on your keywords
and using them in the address.
Okay, using this and last month's lesson, let's see what your
web page should look like:
WEB PAGE EXAMPLE:
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE> disorganized? organizing help, clutter tips,
organizing tools</TITLE>
<META NAME="DESCRIPTION" CONTENT="
disorganized? need help getting organized? Organizing
solutions to simplify your life. got clutter? get rid of clutter.
live the life you've been dreaming of, clutter free, get an
overhall">
<META NAME="KEYWORDS" CONTENT=" organizing,
organising, clutter, overhall, overhaul, organized, get
organized, organizing tools, stuff, disorganized, clutter in
your life, stay organized, professional organizers">
<META NAME="AUTHOR" CONTENT=" janet l. hall, owner
of overhall consulting, professional organizer, speaker,
author can help you get organized and get rid of your
clutter">
<!--//overhall consulting website is maintained and updated
by professional organizer, janet l. hall//--!>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
Are you sick and tired of being stressed out, disorganized,
and frustrated by the clutter in your life?
<H1>let overhall consulting help you</H1>
Our website is loaded with <A
HREF="http://www.overhall.com/issues_and_articles.htm">
organizing articles</A>
</BODY>
See how I inserted the BODY Closing TAG </BODY>.
This is the TAG you insert at the bottom or end of your page.
TIP: Each page on your web site needs to be given it’s OWN
HEAD information.
Editors NOTE: In the examples above, anything typed in
lower case should be replaced with YOUR title, YOUR
description, YOUR keywords, and YOUR author and
comment information. In the examples above the TAGS
have been typed in UPPER CASE; however, this is not
necessary when entering this information onto your web
page. All brackets and other symbols need to be typed in as
presented in the above examples. All information typed in
lower case in the BODY should be replaced with your
information and links.
Next time we'll finish up with the image TAGS, until then,
Happy TAGGING!
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To schedule a needs assessment or coaching session
for your life or computer, call Janet at 800-687-3040 or
mailto:janet@overhall.com
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4. OverHall IT! Computer Tip of the Month
Look at your keyboard. Do you see a key with the Microsoft
"flying window?" If you need to quickly get to your desktop
or to your electronic filing cabinet (Exploring), press this key
with the letter D. You are quickly taken to the desktop
screen. Press the "flying window" key and the letter E and
you are quickly taken to the filing cabinet screen. Neat!
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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5. Jokes, Quotes,
and Anecdotes
In March 1992 a man living in Newton near Boston Massachusetts
received a bill for his as yet unused credit card stating that he owed
$0.00. He ignored it and threw it away.
In April he received another and threw that one away too. The
following month the credit card company sent him a very nasty note
stating they were going to cancel his card if he didn't send them
$0.00 by return of post. He called them, talked to them, they said it
was a computer error and told him they'd take care of it.
The following month he decided that it was about time that he tried
out the troublesome credit card figuring that if there were purchases
on his account it would put an end to his ridiculous predicament.
However, in the first store that he produced his credit card in
payment for his purchases he found that his card had been
canceled. He called the credit card company who apologized for
the computer error once again and said that they would take care of
it.
The next day he got a bill for $0.00 stating that payment was now
overdue. Assuming that having spoken to the credit card company
only the previous day the latest bill was yet another mistake he
ignored it, trusting that the company would be as good as their word and sort
the problem out.
The next month he got a bill for $0.00 stating that he had 10 days to
pay his account or the company would have to take steps to
recover the debt.
Finally giving in, he thought he would play the company at their own
game and mailed them a check for $0.00. The computer duly
processed his account and returned a statement to the effect that
he now owed the credit card company nothing at all.
A week later, the man's bank called him asking him what he was
doing writing a check for $0.00. After a lengthy explanation the
bank replied that the $0.00 check had caused their check
processing software to fail. The bank could not now process ANY
checks from ANY of their customers that day because the check for
$0.00 was causing the computer to crash.
The following month the man received a letter from the credit card
company claiming that his check had bounced and that he now
owed them $0.00 and unless he sent a check by return of post they
would be taking steps to recover the debt.
The man, who had been considering buying his wife a computer for
her birthday, bought her a typewriter instead.
Found at: http://www.100percentjokes.com
~~ 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?subject=newsletterjokes
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Thanks
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"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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