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Randy's Home Business Blog November 2006 Archive

By Randy Duermyer, About.com Guide to Home Business

Google, Yahoo and MSN to Standardize Site Maps

Wednesday November 29, 2006
Google, MSN and Yahoo, the three most popular Web search engines have agreed to standardize their site-mapping services. Anyone who has attempted to optimize their Web site for search will ... Read More

D-I-Y SEO Series - Tip 10: Create a Site Map for Your Website

Tuesday November 28, 2006
A site map is a separate HTML page that acts as a directory of the pages on your website. Each page listed in the site map is hyperlinked. Site maps ... Read More

Cyber Monday Kicks Off Online Shopping Season

Monday November 27, 2006
Cyber Monday - the Monday following Thanksgiving is one of the busiest online shopping days of the year because people are going back to work at their office and use ... Read More

Choosing a Domain Name for Your Home Business Website

Sunday November 26, 2006
Domain names provide the backbone identity of your home business website. Choosing a domain name for your site can be difficult. In DIY SEO Tip 2 we looked at selecting ... Read More

D-I-Y SEO Series - Tip 9: Use Keywords in Your Hyperlinked Text

Friday November 24, 2006
The text used to anchor a link - the part of the text that is hyperlinked - is important and needs to be keyword related whenever possible. "Click Here" does ... Read More

Home Business Idea: Scrapbooking

Thursday November 23, 2006
If you're into scrapbooking, you could consider escalating your hobby into a home-based business. As this article on setting up a scrapbooking business suggests, there is a market for scrapbooking ... Read More

D-I-Y SEO Series - Tip 8: Get High Quality Inbound Links to Your Website

Wednesday November 22, 2006
Most home based business website owners engage in reciprocal linking strategies - agreeing to exchange links with other sites. While this is helpful if you reciprocate with related, high-value websites, ... Read More

Outsourcing Centers Could Result in Urban Renewal

Tuesday November 21, 2006
US companies have grown accustomed to offshoring jobs to foreign countries to save money. However, as this Houston Chronicle piece suggests, there is increasing popularity in outsourcing jobs that remain ... Read More

D-I-Y SEO Series - Tip 7: Use Keywords in Your META Description

Monday November 20, 2006
Making keywords part of a compelling description that describes your home based business website can result in more clicks withint the search results for your home based business website. You ... Read More

The Top Seven Mistakes eBook Authors Make

Sunday November 19, 2006
This guest article by Jim Edwards and David Garfinkel provides tips for success in authoring and marketing eBooks. It's true, eBooks are very hot right now and they present an ... Read More

DC Area Counties Discuss Pandemic Contingencies for Businesses

Saturday November 18, 2006
At a conference in Annapolis, Maryland, county agencies, the county's two hospitals and the Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce joined forces to present an overview of pandemic ... Read More

Company Announces AdSense Business Package

Friday November 17, 2006
AdSenseProject.com has announced in this press release that they will soon be offering what they consider to be a complete package of tools you can use to create your own ... Read More

D-I-Y SEO Series - Tip 6: Use Lots of Keyword-Focused Content

Thursday November 16, 2006
The saying "content is king" on the web is still true and always be. In fact, it's just about the only thing you can pretty much rely on not to ... Read More

Work From Home Jobs May be Offered to Baby Boomers

Wednesday November 15, 2006
According to this report, every day marks the 60th birthday of one or more of the nation?s 78 million baby boomers. As a result, two-thirds of companies expect baby boomer ... Read More

D-I-Y SEO Series - Tip 5: Use Keywords in Your Navigation

Tuesday November 14, 2006
In the old days it was common to use image maps with hyperlinked hot spots for website navigation. Many home based business websites still do, but image maps and hyperlinked ... Read More

8 Questions for Investigating Home-Based Business Opportunities

Monday November 13, 2006
Are you thinking about investing in a home-based business opportunity? Before you part with your hard-earned money, keep in mind that home based business schemes abound. Therefore, it's very important ... Read More

D-I-Y SEO Series - Tip 4: Use Keywords in Page Titles

Sunday November 12, 2006
What you place between and in the HTML for your web page is critical when it comes to ranking higher in the search engines and getting more traffic ... Read More

Be Careful Claiming Office In Home Deductions

Thursday November 9, 2006
In her USA Today article, Your Money writer Sandra Block advises that in a September fact sheet issued by the IRS, indications are that you may be more likely to ... Read More

D-I-Y SEO Series - Tip 3: Use Keywords in File Names

Wednesday November 8, 2006
Because you are not prohibited from using the same file names as your competitors, as you would be with your website's domain name, and because you can do this regardless ... Read More

D-I-Y SEO Series - Tip 2: Use Keywords in Your Domain Name

Tuesday November 7, 2006
If you don't already have a domain name for your home based business website (like www.mydomain.com) or have been considering changing it, selecting the right domain name is an important ... Read More

Home Business Idea: Image Consultant - Interview

Monday November 6, 2006
As a professional image consultant, Noelle Hoyt, owner of home based business Boutique Noelle, strives to determine how a client can best achieve a look that will reflect their best ... Read More

Home Business Ideas: 5 Home Design Business You Can Start

Sunday November 5, 2006
With the raging popularity of home design, home improvement and remodeling, starting a home based business in these areas could be very lucrative. Additionally, the nature of a home design ... Read More

D-I-Y SEO Series - Tip 1: Select Good Keywords

Saturday November 4, 2006
Search engine optimization techniques present an opportunity to boost the traffic coming in to your home based business. Before you can start optimizing your home based business website for better ... Read More

Home Business Idea: Scented Candles

Friday November 3, 2006
Featured on KTRE-TV in Lufkin, Texas, three ladies from the area are just melting up a storm producing scented soy candles in their home. They market their home-made candle business ... Read More

How to Interview Potential Employees

Thursday November 2, 2006
About's guide to Human Resources, Susan Heathfield, provides some great tips on How to Interview Potential Employees. If your home based business is growing and you need to hire help, ... Read More

Home Business Idea: Image Consultant

Wednesday November 1, 2006
Until very recently, I had no idea what was involved in being an image consultant. Then I saw this article about image consulting and what it takes on average ... Read More
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