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Example: This radio has six preset buttons. (singular)
Example: Most radios have six preset buttons. (plural)

2. Person Agreement: A subject should also agree in “person” (1st person perspective, etc.) with its subject.

Tip: This affects only 3rd person singular subjects
in the present tense.

Example: He runs to the store.
Example: The table looks warped.

Tip: Non 3rd Person Singular Subjects

Example: I run to the store.
Example: We run to the store.

Tip:  The verb “to be” is an auxiliary verb and has eight forms.

(1) Present Tense: am, is, are

Example: I am hungry.
Example: She is hungry.
Example: We are hungry.

(2) Past Tense: was, were

Example: I was hungry.
Example: We were hungry.

(3) Infinitive, Past Participle & Present Participle: be, been, being

Example: He has yet to be identified.
Example: He had been mean to my sister.
Example: He was being mean to my sister.

Hint: An agreement problem can sometimes occur when the verb of a sentence precedes the subject.

Example: [Wrong] There was several writers waiting
for their articles to be approved.

Example: [Right] There were several writers waiting
for their articles to be approved.

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* This article title is too short to get any hooks and the reader has to guess what your angle to the topic will be about.

Example 2: “Car Audio and Electronics”

* This is better, yet it does not explain why someone should read the article.

Example 3: “Car Audio and Video That Will Make Your Friends Envy You?”

* Now we have picked up a 2nd keyword, “video” and a reason why to read the article.

Example 4: “Car Audio Components, Subwoofers and Tweeters-7 Tips to Amp Up Your Stereo”

* Here you see multiple high value keywords, gave a reason to read the article and even used a high value keyword as a verb, “Amp.”Tip: Use a keyword tool such as GoodKeywords, Google Suggest, or Wordtracker to help identify keywords for your article titles.

Also, ask yourself this question: “Do the first 3 words of my article title introduce the topic of the article?”

1. Start your article title with your article subject.

2. Avoid starting with ‘junk words’ or conjunctions, such as “a” or “the.”

3. It is acceptable to start your article title with a verb and then roll directly into a dense keyword relating to the subject of your article.

4. Consider using two article topic hooks in your article title.

Example: “Yoga Moves – 7 Tips To Flatten Your Abs With Hatha Yoga Techniques”Topic hook #1 is “Yoga” or “Yoga Moves” Topic hook #2 is “Flatten Your Abs” or “Hatha Yoga”

Can you imagine the possibilities of using two very narrow topical hooks to help your reader know what the benefit will be if they invest the time to read your article?

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Article Sets Defined: A “set of articles” is anytime you produce 2 or more articles at a time.

Types of Article Sets:

1. Article sets by topic or sub-topic.

Example: If you were writing about racquetball   as your topic, you could make a plan to write   2 articles on racquetball nutrition, 4 articles   that goes into detail about each of the   different color of racquet balls on the market
and what they mean, and a 10-pack of articles on   forehand or backhand drills.

2. Article sets by style of writing.

Example: One style might be all bullet points,   another lists of things, another is a Q&A   approach, another might be conversational   or discussion of issues.

Note: Each type of writing is best when done in   sets of the same style.

3. Accidental article sets.

Example: Your target is to produce (2) articles   that are 400 words each. While getting started,   you get on a roll and accidentally produce a   fantastic 800 word article. Break the article in   half, give the other half a new title and you
have an instant article set…even if it was   created by accident.

4. Article sets based on customer or prospect frequently asked questions.

Example: Customers or prospects are always   asking questions. Tune into them, group them by   topic, and then hammer out some article sets   that answer each question. Using the racquetball   topic, you might have 7 questions from your   audience on how to prepare for a tournament.   Each of them makes excellent article topics.

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In that article the spiders were the object of our desire. My quote “… almost any written content will give you untold opportunities to flood the spiders data bank with keywords and phrases. Not just 10 words or 30 words but hundreds of keywords and phrases.” Today I want to discuss the other reasons for fresh content. In a recent article on his How to Blog for Fun & Profit blog, T.L. Pakii Pierce lays out what he calls “The Four Pillars of Effective Blogs” T.L. wrote;

“You cannot create a success blog without compelling content. Compelling blog content is not a compelling sales message. It is much better to create compelling conversation that wins a relationship than to try to leverage your blog for an opportunity to deliver a compelling sales pitch. Looking for the sales pitch opportunity is much to short-sighted and usually ends up with you shorting yourself by not delivering valuable information that can boost your business in the mind of your audience.”

TL’s article is a must read if you are going to follow any of the sage advise you hear from my big mouth. (I have placed a link in my Bio sig below) He writes from the Blog perspective but his advice is relevant to all content minded websites. T.L. brings up one of my favorite topics, he talks about showing your passion, that passion is contagious and channeling your passion will help you write more compelling content. As he says, “write to inform.” In his article he also discuses communication, credibility and community. I urge you to take a few minutes and study these points, the success of your website depends on a firm understanding of these basic principles.

You know your products or service better than anyone. Write from that knowledge base, communicate your ideas or thoughts with authority but more like a friend or trusted advisor. On target topic articles with minimal text link ads that educate your viewers or potential customers will serve you well in the long run. The content will remain relevant long after that item goes off sale.

Make your reader want to come back, offer a monthly newsletter, or better yet, create an articles vault. Share these articles with a “creative common copywriter license” and encourage other webmasters in your topic field to use or link to your content. With a Creative Commons license, you keep your copyright but allow people to copy and distribute your work provided they give you credit — and only on the conditions you specify.

I have spent the past 5 years building fishing and outdoor themed websites and If I have learned anything in that time it is that content is king. Float tube fishing articles and product reviews that were written over 4 years ago still bring a constant source of traffic from the search engines.

Write it and they will come.

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Its a good practice to use all lower case characters in a url. Never try using all caps or first letter caps.Its really confusing.

Kill the spaces

Never use spaces in ur file names.Spaces can lead to the awful %20 signs in your filenames.Avoid using spaces for the same reason.

Use underscores and hyphens

You can use the underscore character and hyphen in place of spaces in your filenames.

Use URL encoding if necessary

Suppose space is unavoidable in the file name, then you must use url encoding for the same so that the space is replaced by a plus(+) sign.

Avoid @#$%&^

Avoid characters like the dollar sign and ampersand symbol.

Use short to-the-point filenames

Use filenames that are precise, yet simple.

Organize your content based on filetype

Split your site into many folders like images, scripts, media, files and pages.

Organize your content based on use

Split your content based on use and requirement.

Protect premium content / Restrict access

Restrict access to certain parts of your website if you dont want public access to them

Take regular backups

Taking a regular backup of your entire website is a good practice.

Get people to review your site

Criticism is definitely constructive. Get others to speak up about your website

Never put up confidential info online

Never ever try putting your confidential info like credit card no , bank accounr no etc online.

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