Wanna Know What Google Sees In Your Blog’s Home Page?
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How often do you change the way your blog homepage look? Or how frequently do you change your blog theme - to a premium theme or custom theme perhaps? There are also many free themes available for download so you practically can change your blog theme everyday if you liked to. But have you ever considered how Google sees your changed homepage?
Have You Put Your Best Keywords on Your Blog HomePage?

Some people say it’s good SEO to put your main keywords on your blog homepage although I like to put it down as good common sense. After all your homepage is undoubtedly the most important page compared with any other inside pages of your blog.

Most of us frequently made changes to our homepage more for the aesthetics reason. Yeah pretty much the look and feel of it simply because we wanted to give our blog a fresh look. Like having a new coat of paint for our home from time to time if you will.

Well given that your main keywords are located on your homepage, you may want to know how Google sees your new homepage whenever you decided to give it a new look.
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For laid-off job seekers, contract and free-lance work can be a good way to make some money. But getting free-lance work requires a different approach than a traditional job search. "It's all brand new to somebody who is used to getting a paycheck every two weeks," says Kate Lister, author of "Undress for Success: The Naked Truth About Making Money at Home." Here's a guide on how to look for free-lance work:

Specialize. Finding a niche will help you stand out and will save you time getting to know customers and their business. For example, if you're planning to do contract work in public relations, will you focus on promotional work or damage control? What products or industries do you know about most? "The mistake a lot of people make is trying to be all things to all people," says Ms. Lister.

She suggests looking at jobs posted online for contract work to see what hiring managers want. Look at other people's project proposals and work profiles to get a sense of the competition. "Try to figure out where the unmet need is," says Ms. Lister. This kind of information is available through free-lance job boards like oDesk.com, Guru.com, or Elance.com.

Know your worth. Setting rates is a daunting task. Ms. Lister cautions against setting prices too low at the beginning; raising rates is far more difficult than lowering them. Contractors often don't realize that only a portion of work time is billable. Assume that for every billable hour, you typically will spend one nonbillable hour on either marketing or administrative work. Set your rates to compensate for that unbilled time. Read Full Article»

Why'd you decide to make moisturizers after a 10-year career as a banker?

I wanted to stay home with Vivian, and I wanted to start a business. As it happens, I have two golden retrievers that not only lick the lotion off your body, but they also hunt you down for it. So at first I was really just looking for something to help my dry skin. I started looking for something I could use in the shower because then it would save a step, you wouldn't have to dry off first, and I thought it would help it soak in more.

Why name the product after your daughter?

Well, Vivian L. kind of sounds like Chanel, which I liked. But really the name was special to me. Vivian is named after my godmother, who is someone very special to me, and my daughter also helps me make the butter sometimes. My husband didn't want to do it because he said that we'll have to start a new company if we have another child because of the jealousy.
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