Google has released information on how to rank at the top of the search engine destination, in just one simple step.

If you have ever sought to see your website in the number one spot at Google – your quest is over. Google has introduced SearchWiki. What exactly is SearchWiki and what does it do?

Who among us has not dreamed of ranking in the very top spot at Google for the most lucrative and competitive search terms in our industry? And who also among us has worked tirelessly day after day, grooming our websites, creating rich, unique and compelling content, using every white hat SEO technique in the book – only to fail in our quest for the number one spot? Our dreams dashed by the mighty Google algorithm.

According to the Official Google Blog entry on the subject, ”Today we’re launching SearchWiki, a way for you to customize search by re-ranking, deleting, adding, and commenting on search results. With just a single click you can move the results you like to the top or add a new site. You can also write notes attached to a particular site and remove results that you don’t feel belong. These modifications will be shown to you every time you do the same search in the future. SearchWiki is available to signed-in Google users.”

Below are the blog’s pointers:

1 – The SearchWiki does have a few caveats. First – any changes that you make to the search results are seen by you and you alone. Also, you must be logged into your Google account to see your Google SearchWiki results.

2 – Another interesting feature – it is absolutely impossible to remove the AdWords paid advertising results. A great addition to the ability to move results around is also the ability to add completely new results that are not even represented on the page.

3 – Not listed for a key search term? Just go to the entry window at the bottom of the page and type in your URL. One feature that is sure to be interesting over time – the ability to add comments to particular search entry. I was able to add the very first comments under the search term ‘web hosting‘ for website hosting company 34sp.com. If you log into your Google account and search ‘web hosting’ then navigate to the bottom of the page and you will see a link entitled, ‘See all notes for this SearchWiki’. According to what I have read at Google – you should be able to read my notes about the company there.

4 – According to the Official Google Blog, this new feature may be the first step towards actually incorporating user feedback into broader search results. Quoting the blog, ”This new feature is an example of how search is becoming increasingly dynamic, giving people tools that make search even more useful to them in their daily lives. We have been testing bits and pieces of SearchWiki for some time through live experiments, and we incorporated much of our learnings into this release. We are constantly striving to improve our users’ search experience, and this is yet another step along the way.”

So live it up and put your site right up to the number one spot. Even if it’s just in your own browser, it still feels really good. For further information on new developments at Google please visit, http://labs.google.com.

With the largest index of websites available on the World Wide Web and the industry’s most advanced search technology, Google Inc. delivers the fastest and easiest way to find relevant information on the Internet. Google’s technological innovations have earned the company numerous industry awards and citations, including two Webby Awards; two WIRED magazine Readers Raves Awards; Best Internet Innovation and Technical Excellence Award from PC Magazine; Best Search Engine on the Internet from Yahoo! Internet Life; Top Ten Best Cybertech from TIME magazine; and Editor’s Pick from CNET. A growing number of companies worldwide, including Yahoo! and its international properties, Sony Corporation and its global affiliates, AOL/Netscape, and Cisco Systems, rely on Google to power search on their websites. A privately held company based in Mountain View, California, Google’s investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers and Sequoia Capital.

To learn more about the Google video on SearchWiki on the Official Google Channel at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Pl1H0dIXE.

For more information about Google, please visit: www.google.com.

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Maybe 3 Ways To Boost Your Affiliate Sales

The ideal world of affiliate marketing does not require having your won website, dealing with customers, refunds, product development and maintenance. This is one of the easiest ways of launching into an online business and earning more profits.

Assuming you are already into an affiliate program, what would be the next thing you would want to do? Double, or even triple, your commissions, right? How do you do that?

Here are some powerful tips on how to boost your affiliate program commissions overnight.

1. Know the best program and products to promote. Obviously, you would want to promote a program that will enable you to achieve the greatest profits in the shortest possible time.

There are several factors to consider in selecting such a program. Choose the ones that have a generous commission structure. Have products that fit in with your target audience. And that has a solid track record of paying their affiliate easily and on time. If you cannot seem to increase your investments, dump that program and keep looking for better ones.

There are thousands of affiliate programs online which gives you the reason to be picky. You may want to select the best to avoid losing your advertising dollars.

Write free reports or short ebooks to distribute from your site. There is a great possibility that you are competing with other affiliates that are promoting the same program. If you start writing short report related to the product you are promoting, you will be able to distinguish yourself from the other affiliates.

In the reports, provide some valuable information for free. If possible, add some recommendations about the products. With ebooks, you get credibility. Customers will see that in you and they will be enticed to try out what you are offering.

2. Collect and save the email addresses of those who download your free ebooks. It is a known fact that people do not make a purchase on the first solicitation. You may want to send out your message more than six times to make a sale.

This is the simple reason why you should collect the contact information of those who downloaded your reports and ebooks. You can make follow-ups on these contacts to remind them to make a purchase from you.

Get the contact information of a prospect before sending them to the vendor’s website. Keep in mind that you are providing free advertisement for the product owners. You get paid only when you make a sale. If you send prospects directly to the vendors, chances are they would be lost to you forever.

But when you get their names, you can always send other marketing messages to them to be able to earn an ongoing commission instead of a one-time sale only.

Publish an online newsletter or Ezine. It is always best to recommend a product to someone you know than to sell to a stranger. This is the purpose behind publishing your own newsletter. This also allows you to develop a relationship based on trust with your subscribers.

This strategy is a delicate balance between providing useful information with a sales pitch. If you continue to write informative editorials you will be able to build a sense of reciprocity in your readers that may lead them to support you by buying your products.

3. Ask for higher than normal commission from merchants. If you are already successful with a particular promotion, you should try and approach the merchant and negotiate a percentage commission for your sales.

If the merchant is smart, he or she will likely grant your request rather than lose a valuable asset in you. Keep in mind that you are a zero-risk investment to your merchant; so do not be shy about requesting for addition in your commissions. Just try to be reasonable about it.

Write strong pay Per Click ads. PPC search engine is the most effective means of advertising online. As an affiliate, you can make a small income just by managing PPC campaigns such as Google AdWords and Overture. Then you should try and monitor them to see which ads are more effective and which ones to dispose of. Try out these strategies and see the difference it can make to your commission checks in the shortest of time.