Bjornenki.com’s free preview tool lets you see what any changes you make to your blog’s meta description will actually look like on Google (without having to wait days for Google to index it)

Thanks to blaineblogger.com’s informative post: How to preview your Google search engine listing before it’s listed

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Hard Earned Money Testing Video Games

by GuestPoster on December 30, 2009

Game testing is one of the roads less traveled for people who want to earn a living.

Although it sounds cool and fun, testing games is still a job that requires hard work. The job may all be about gaming, but like any other job, it has to be taken seriously.

Being one of the lucky ones to make a living out of passion, in this case the passion for gaming, it is not exactly paradise. There are sacrifices that you have to make. The truth is, if you are just starting in the industry, you will be paid less. But as you work your way up, the salary builds up.

For a beginner, it is recommended to start a career with the smaller companies. These lesser known companies are more likely to hire beginners and game testers with no or little experience. However, they also pay less.

You will get paid depending on the volume of the output you turn in. And this will depend on the volume of assignments you will be given. In consequence, your salary will depend on the rate you sign up for and the amount of work handed to you.

This is why you have to prove yourself so the higher-ups will trust you with more work. You have to turn in assigned work completed in full detail and on time.

You also need a keen attention to detail and must never lose your passion along the way. Money is hard-earned. But with the right attitude, the drive and the skills, you can succeed.

Sample websites for a video game tester and a women’s video game tester.

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WordStream launches The Definitive Guide To Keyword Organization.

December 23, 2009

Keyword organization is taking your complete list of keywords and organizing them into relevant groups.
Why is keyword organization important? It is the very foundation of any search marketing campaign. If you build your campaign on a shaky foundation of unorganized keyword research, it can result in a failed effort.
So, whether you are starting [...]

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Google Site Performance shows you how fast your website is, and how to make it faster.

December 20, 2009

Google has recently launched Site Performance, an experimental feature in Webmaster Tools that gives you data about your website’s speed and makes suggestions on how to make it faster.
Research shows that speeding up your website can result in increased user retention and activity, higher revenue and lower costs.
On Site Performance, you’ll find how fast [...]

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Google Browser Size lets you see how your website will appear in multiple browser window sizes.

December 19, 2009

Ever wonder how much of your home page or landing page that visitors will see when they come to your site? Are key buttons such as ‘order now’ appearing above the fold?
Well, now Google Browser Size helps answer these questions.
It is a visualization of browser window sizes for people who visit Google. For [...]

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WordStream has launched two new free, next-generation keyword tools.

December 18, 2009

Grouping and organizing your keyword data is the key to increasing exposure, clickthrough and conversions, leading to higher ROI from search engine marketing.
Now you can group keywords faster and discover new keyword niches with the help of WordStream’s full suite of free tools, including these two new free tools:
The Free Keyword Niche Finder – [...]

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Custom USB accessories for marketing

December 16, 2009

Custom USB accessories and peripherals have become the absolute rage these days. Why’s that? More and more individuals and small businesses have started to use these little personalized gadgets for a great many uses.
A custom USB peripheral such as a flash drive can go a very long way toward promoting a business, for example. [...]

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AttentionWizard shows you what your website visitors will be looking at.

December 11, 2009

Wonder what people who visit your website or landing page look at first? Or second? Or what they totally ignore?
Wonder no more. A new site, AttentionWizard.com, (now in beta) will show you—visually.
They do it by instantly creating an “attention heatmap” of your web page that predicts where people will look during the first few seconds [...]

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Search all craigslist city listings at one time

December 8, 2009

Allofcraigs.com lets you search all Craigslist city lists simultaneously.
You can refine your search by region or category. You can specify exact words or unwanted words. You can use search values like price, year, size, salary or mileage.
Plus you can also search all of other sites including backpage, kijiji, oodle, and gumtree.
Allofcraigs.com is a [...]

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Google hot trends shows what people are searching

November 29, 2009

Google Hot Trends gives you an instant snapshot of the hottest 40 terms people are entering into their Google search box.
It’s valuable information for people who monitor trends and public sentiment. It can be very useful for marketers to see what consumers are interested in and for Internet marketers researching potential keywords and market [...]

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