An Autoresponder is often used as an e-mail marketing tool, to immediately provide information to prospective customers and then follow-up with them at preset time intervals. They automatically reply to incoming email with 1 or several pre set, personalized messages. What you do is create the message(s) one time, load them into your autoresponder and the program sends all your messages sequentially in the given order and time intervals that you set it for. This means that once you have all your messages set, your autoresponder will continue to generate potential revenue from leads for many weeks, months, or forever, as it will continue to email the leads by itself. Note that 82% of failed online business's do not use autoresponders.

There are a ton of free and paid autoresponder services available. Here is a short list of some of the better ones:
- http://Aweber.com - Aweber is by far the best autoresponder out there. This one, however is not free. Well worth the money though
- http://Getresponse.com - Free Autoresponder with Advertisements.
- http://Sendfree.com - Free
- http://Freeautobot.com - Also free, good for smaller lists.
- http://EmailAces.com - This one does have a cost, but it is very professional.
- http://Constantcontact.com - Another fee based autoresponder and survey service
- http://sendstudio.info - You host it, pay one time script purchase fee.

There are also ways to manage your own autoresponder service, meaning you manage all the software and send the emails through your own web servers. In our opinion its better to use a manged service like Aweber because it will save you time, as well as give you the piece of mind that your emails are being sent without having to worry about mail server issues, spamcop complaints, etc.

Here are a few features that a good autoresponder and list manager will include:

Opt-In Confirmation
This is a simply email that your subscribers will receive immediately following their sign up. It will ask them to click a link and confirm that they want to be added to your list. This will save you from people trying to get your company in trouble for spam by typing in random email address's in the subscribe field. It also insures the autoresponder that you are not in any way responsible for sending unsolicited emails.

Tracking and Reporting
This function will track and report how many of your subscribers performed certain actions, such as opening the email, clicking certain links, etc.

Group Mailing Function
This allows you to separate your list members into particular groups, and thus personalize messages and send certain messages to certain list subscribers

Scheduled Mailing Function
This function will allow you to set time intervals for your emails. For instance if someone registers for your list, you may want them to receive one message right away, and then another after 5 days, another after 3 days, another after 4 days, etc. This function allows you to quickly set these time intervals for your entire list so that it does all the work for you as long as you have an autoresponder series set up.

Subscribe/Unsubscribe
Autoresponders will give you code to add to your site in order to allow visitors of your site to quickly subscribe. They will also have a function usually a link in emails you send through their service, which will quickly allow subscribers to unsubscribe.

Once you open an account, you then get the code to place on your website so that you may allow visitors to your site, whether it is a sales page or a squeeze page, to sign up and get informed about your offers/guides/etc.

The Benefits of an Autoresponder:

* Targets the recipient based on name, location, and other given information. For stance each email sent will have the persons name in the subject or body if you choose. ie. "John, Check out this new offer"
* No work needed managing a mailing list
* Allows you to offer guides, articles, and email courses to sow your expertise to your customers and gain their confidence in you and in your products or services.
* No need to individually email subscribers every so often with material.
* No spam issues since the emails are sent through the Autoreponder company's servers
* Stay in touch with your visitors
* Turn visitors leaving your site into possible future clients
* Provides leverage should you enter a Joint Venture (JV) with other Marketers, as you can Promote their product to your list of "XXXX" members and they will promote your product to their members.

Studies have shown that simply setting up an autoresponse and email capturing system on your sales page can increase your sales by as much as 70-75% over the long run.


Example of How to Use an autoresponder to make more sales, Get more traffic, and stay connected with your visitors:

The Problem:
Most webmaster or product creators, have the same problem. They may pay money for traffic via Pay Per click advertising, or just get free traffic from Search engines, article marketing, or a number of other ways. This traffic comes to their site, doesn't buy a thing, and usually never returns. This is called "wasted traffic," and ends up costing you more money then you earn from it. Having said this, maybe you are already making a ton of money from your traffic selling your product, affiliate products or just from advertising on your site. Not everyone that comes to your site buys from you or clicks an ad, and unless they have a real reason to return later, they likely will just continue surfing the millions of other pages on the net.

What you want to Accomplish:
Wouldn't it be nice to be able to stay in communication with the visitors who come to your site each day, being able to update them via email about new offers you have, products you recommend, and changes on your site? This is exactly your goal. Instead of having traffic drive through your site, you want to have them stop at the red light, and become part of your perpetual audience.

How do I Accomplish this?
Via an autoresponder and list. The list truly is an internet marketers most valuable tool.

How it works:
You want to collect as many of these visitors email address's as possible. Usually the best way to tempt people into entering their email on your site is to offer something for free. If your site is about online dating, offer them a free guide on how they can find the love of their life online. Somewhere on your website, the side panel, via a hover pop, or exit pop, you will have a simple 1 or 2 line form for them to fill out in order to get this "Valuable Guide" "Absolutely free". They enter their email address and name to get the free guide. When they do this their email address will be added to your mailing list. You have the autoresponder set so that as soon as they sign up they get an email with your free guide. You then set other autoresponses, for instance every 10 days with new guides and tips in them, but in these emails you will also try and sell them material (either products you created, or other products as an affiliate). The autoresponse system will automatically take care of sending out the emails dependent on how long you have them set to be sent from the initial signup of the member. Things you can include with your weekly or bi-weekly tips could be:

* Recommendations of your own products
* Recommendations of product you sell as an affiliate
* News about information at your website in order to get them to check back, visit and click ads
* Whatever else you wish to communicate with your subscribers about.

What you have Accomplished:
Let's see. For example pretend that you get 2,000 unique visitors per day to your ordinary website about Online dating, and normally sell dating ebooks via ads on your information based site. Normally without an autoresponder you may sell 2-3 ebooks per day for affiliate commission of $20 a piece ($40 - $60 per day total). Now what if you had an exit pop-up on this same site so that when your visitors left your website they would see the offer to get your "Free Valuable Internet Dating Guide"? Remember you have 2000 Unique visitors per day. If just 2% of these visitors took you up on your offer and subscribed to your list for the free guide, you would get 40 new subscribers each and every day. Thats 1200 people per month, or 14,400 potential future buyers per year, that you now have direct email communication with. Now if you decide to set your autoresponder to email them every 10 days with new tips, sneaking your affiliate links or promotions into the emails each time, that would be 36 sales opportunities per year, per subscriber. Do the math. 14,400 subscribers X 36 Emails to each = 518,400 possible sales every year. That right, Instead of having visitors leave your site without earning you a dime, you have just turned those visitors into over half a million email sale possibilities, as well as possible return visitors.

Using A Squeeze Page to Capture Opt-in Subscribers

You can also use a squeeze page in order to monetize your traffic better, and capture a good deal of subscribers. The following TeamEarners guide will teach you all about Squeeze Pages: http://www.talkgold.com/forum/r216628-.html

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The definition of arbitrage is: "The use of different markets/market makers in such a way that you gain a risk free profit no matter what the outcome of the event is." It's a win win situation. A few benefits to Betting Arbitrage:

- Always win no matter of the outcome of the situation you invest in.
- Never lose - Profits are 100% Risk Free each and every time.
- An arbitrage bet can be made in minutes and allow you to profit over $100 easily.
- Cash in with NO prior business knowledge.

There are hundreds of online bookmakers for thousands of sporting events each week. Not all of these online sports books have the same odds given for each and every event. Some sportsbooks may favor one team, athlete, or event, and others may favor the other team, athlete, or event. In this case you have an arbitrage situation, where no matter what the outcome is, you are guaranteed to walk away with more money then you started with.

Example of an arbitrage betting opportunity:

These types of opportunities are extremely frequent if you know where to find the information. In our example we use a tennis match between, "Tom" and "Bob". There are two sports books which have this match available, "Sports Book A," and "Sports Book B".

Sports Book A offers a line of 1.50 for Tom winning - A $700 bet for Tom returns (1.50X700)= $1,050 if he wins
Sports Book B offers a line of 3.50 for Bob winning - A $300 bet for Bob returns (3.50X300)= $1,050 if he wins

Thus, no matter what the outcome is, you will walk away with a $50 profit, a 5% return on your investment. Sure, $50 may seem like a small amount, but what other investment returns 5% within 3 hours or so?

What kind of returns can one expect?

The returns of arbitrage opportunities vary to a great degree, however most arbitrage bets have a return of 2-8% with the average bet returning about 4.5%. Check out http://www.sports-arbitrage.com/arch...ults=Arbitrage for a complete list of thousands of past arbitrage opportunities with the return they made, next to each. As you can see, on a daily basis there are a large number of these arbitrage bets available. There are people that do this as a career and earn a very nice living from it.

Getting Free Arbitrage Notices:

So Far I have found one website that offers you free listings oif arb bet opportunities available each day. The catch is they only list the ones that pay 1% per bet and under in profit. Still this can be a great way for people to test the industry out and see that you can actually make money risk free. The website directly to the free daily arbitrage opportunities is: http://www.arbets.com/?aff=8 then click on "free arbs". For the higher arbitrage opportunities, which average 4% per opportunity you can pay £75 per month. Considering that there are enough opportunities posted each month to make you Thousands of risk free dolalrs, the price is well worth it.

Here are some more sites that Post free daily or weekly opportunities:
- http://www.arbspy.com/SportsArbitrage.aspx - 100% Free daily list
- http://www.gamblers-paradise.net - Free Opportunities ranging from 0.75 - 3% per bet
- http://www.oddstorm.com - Free for Bets that profit 1.5% and less
- http://www.arbexpert.com - Free 7 day trial
- http://www.zero-risk-arbitrage.com/p...orisktrial.htm - Free 5 day trial
- http://www.juicetrading.com- Software with Free 1 week trial

Resources you will need

Now, to start off if you are serious you will need to find a service which provides you with updated high profiting Arbitrage opportunities. It can be very time consuming looking at hundreds of sportsbooks to find these opportunities by yourself. We recommend the following Services which are both reliable companies that provide up to the hour arbitrage opportunities:

http://www.arbets.com/?aff=8
http://www.arbhunters.co.uk
http://www.sports-arbitrage.com

Additional Money can be Made

Not only will you make money on each and every pair of bets you place, but you will also make quite a bit from the sportsbooks themselves. Many sportsbooks have a sign up bonus. They may offer a 50% bonus on any deposits you make. For instance if you deposit $500, they will ad $250 to your account. There is a catch though, you must wager the deposit amount and bonus "x" number of times before you can cash out the bonus. Having said this, it doesn't matter since you are wagering in risk free opportunities.

The Catch?

We often get the question, "There must be a catch, right?" There really isn't a catch. There are a few things you need to realize though before getting started, that may make sports arbitrage betting a little less appealing:

- You need to bet a lot of money in order to make a little. Most arbitrage opportunities will earn you on average, between $2 and $45 per $1000 bet.

- You need to have a lot of capital to get started most of the time. Considering that you need to wager $1000 or more per betting opportunity to really walk away with more then a buck or two, and the fact that there are dozens of sportsbooks, you'll be required to have $500 in each of the possible sportsbooks you may use. Since there are maybe 30-40 possible sportsbooks that a wager opportunity will pop up for, that is $15,000 - $20,000 in free cash you will need to get started. Note that if you want to start out small, and only use a few sportsbooks, then you will find less opportunities, but some profits will still be there.

- Sports books constantly change their lines. You have to be careful not to "mess up". If you see an opportunity make sure you place both bets at the 2 sportsbooks within seconds of eachother, to avoid those changing lines. This can be stressful, so make sure your office is quiet and avoid outside distractions like instant message windows popping up and kids screaming in the background.

- Sports books have different rules. For example, one sportsbook may return your bet if the outcome of the game turns out to be a tie, while the other sportsbook may consider it as a loss, or take part of the bet. Considering that these occurances are rare, and the chances of you winning or losing are 50/50, over the long run this is not a problem and doesn't reduce your odds.

Some Advice to Beginners

Start out slow, making sure you are placing the right bets, or the right games, in the right leagues. Use "paper bets," meaning don't use real money, just pretend to bet and keep track as to how well you would do. When you do start out, start off with smaller bets until you get the hang of it, and see that you are making money. Investigate each sportsbook before you put money into it. Although there are not too many scams out there, they do exists and can cost you a large portion of your winnings if you do fall into one of those traps. Learn the rules of each sportsbook, and understand the math behind each bet completely. Don't just blindly follow posted arbitrage opportunities. Make sure you understand in your head why the opportunity is a no fail one.

Other websites you may want to check out before you begin are:

- http://www.arbforum.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl - The Largest Forum for Arbitrage
- http://www.betlines.net - Get lines for basically every sportsbook online
- http://www.sportsarbitrageguide.com/wordpress - Sports Arbitrage Blog
- http://www.bet.de.ms/ - Very good Bet Arbitrage calculator whish will help you understand how each bet will work for you.
- http://www.arbbest.com/forum/ - A very good forum dedicated to Sports Arbitrage Betting.
-http://www.sports-arbitrage.com/infopage.php?display=Bookmakers&listorder=80&menu= resources# - A huge list of over 150 online bookmakers.

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HYIPs - What are they?

HYIP is an acronym for "High Yield Investment Program(s)". When we think of Investment program, we usually automatically get suspicious. High Yield Investment Programs have been around for hundreds of years, but didn't really hit their peak popularity until the internet came about. Now the owners of these high yield programs can start them up with basically no physical contact with their investors. This means that they don't have to worry about any government intervention, such as taxes. This however also means that they don't have to worry about doing anything legal. Probably about 99.9% of all online HYIPs are not being honest with you. The majority of these programs are Ponzi Schemes, named after Charles Ponzi who scammed millions from his friends and family by creating a program that appeared to be a high yield investment. His program basically invested none of the money from his investors. Instead it used the money from new investors to pay the returns to the initial investors.

For example if John, Jack, and Susan invest $100 into a Ponzi, then Peter, Chuck, Brian, and Randall invest $200 each into the program later on, John, Jack, and susan are simply getting paid with the money invested from Peter, Chuck, Brian, and Randall. The majority of the online HYIP's are simply this type of investment scheme.


Can You Make Money From HYIPs?
All in all the admin usually makes off with a large sum of money once he decides to close it down. However the initial investors those who get in when the program first starts up will also end up making a large sum of money. The legality of these types of programs are highly disputed. It is obviously illegal to own and operate a program of this type. As for the initial investors, as far as I know there has not been a lawsuit put out against them, since they simply believed that they were investing in a legitimate program.

There are literally tens of thousands of people online making money on HYIP's. There are actually people who make a living investing in these programs. It takes time to learn the ropes of HYIP investing, and most people lose money when they first start out.


Tips on making money with HYIPs
Ok, here are some tips that I have learned by simply reading forums, and investing myself.

Tip #1 - Don't fall for the "Extra" High Yield Investment Programs:
Once you dig into HYIPs and find them, you will see there are various kinds of programs with various payout amounts. Some of the lower paying HYIPs pay as little as 0.1% Daily, while some promise returns as high as 1000% daily, and even higher! Now it's just common sense that it is totally impossible to see returns of 1000% daily. An example of this would be if you invested $100 into one of these programs which promised to pay you back $1000 the next day. Even the best traders in the world can not make these kinds of profits on a consistant basis. I personally recommend limiting yourself to investing into only programs that pay 2-3% daily and less. These are the programs that will last the longest, and usually end up having administrators who are more patient (meaning they won't close up and run with the money as soon). I always feel that the lower the payout the better the investment when dealing with HYIPs.

Tip #2 - First in First Out:
Since the majority of HYIPs are in fact Ponzi Schemes, this means that those investors who get in first will be the ones to see the most profits. I recommend using sites like http://www.goldrater.com, and http://www.talkgold.com (along with a lot of other ones which I will get to in a bit) to find the newest programs as they launch. A mistake that I think too many people make when investing in HYIPs is that they use rating sites like these to find programs that have been paying out for a long time. Remember only 0.1% of online HYIPs are real investment programs, so this is a mistake. Those programs that have been paying for a real long time usually will be the ones to fail the soonest (not always the case but most of the time this is true).

Tip #3 - Professionalism is the Key:
When you are deciding which HYIP(s) you want to invest into, you should look at many aspects of the programs site. You will see some programs that look like a 5-year-old created, while you will also see some that appear to have invested thousands of dollars into their design and programming. It should be quite obvious that you want to invest in the programs that make themselves appear the best through their sites. Those administrators of these programs that want to make their program last long, will usually take the time to make their site(s) look and feel the best. Those admins who only want to take in as much money as possible before running usually will quickly put together a site that looks like crap.

Tip #4 - Evaluate the Programs Referral system:
The majority of HYIPs now offer referral programs to their members. They usually offer a percentage back to the referrer of their referrals deposits. Most programs offer between 1-10% for referral bonuses. I believe that the programs with the lower referral bonuses are generally the programs that tend to last longer. However I also have found that a small referral bonus is better then no referral bonus at all, because it's those programs that end up getting the most investors. Again if the program is a Ponzi scheme, you want a program that will have a high number of investors.

Tip #5 - Due Dilligence is important but not as important as people make it out to be:
Due Dilligence on a program is a very important procedure to perform when deciding on programs to invest into. Due Dilligence also referred to as "DD" or DDU" is the process of verifying a program. For example if an address is given by the owner of the investment, you should investigate and try and determine if this address is correct. If a phone number is provided, you should call it and see if you can actually get through to someone. Other forms of Due Dilligence would be:

- Investigating the domain name used for the site. How long has it been registered for. Are the details on the registar correct? Can you contact the admin through those details? When was the domain name registered (in comparission to how long the admin says the program has been around for)?

- Investigate the IP address used by the admin. This can be difficult to do, but you should be able to send the admin an email. When you get a response, you can view the header of his response to find the IP address that the email originated from. Determine if this IP address matches where the admin claims to be from.

- Test the honesty of the admin. This is difficult to do as well, but you can do it by comparing things the admin says on his site to other details that you can dig up on him through his registration, IP address etc.

All in all, Due Dilligence can help you determine the honesty and potential reliability of a programs' administrator. However most DD does not help from my experience. The main reason is that 99.9% of these programs are scams, thus DD doesn't prove anything. It is very simple for an admin to put an address on his site or domain registration to an office somewhere in the United States or even offshore. It is almost impossible for you to determine if in fact he works from that office or not, unless you were to pay them a visit. As for telephone numbers, they are also useless in proving anything since any Joe Schmo can go out and purchase an untrackable pre-paid cell phone.

Tip #6 - Look for programs that are getting the most buzz:
When investing in or gambling with an HYIP it is important to realize one thing. The more popular they become the better the chance of the program succeeding, whether it is a ponzi scheme or an actual investment program. For this reason you should be looking for two things.

- Programs which are getting a lot of buzz in forums. Look at forums like Talkgold.com and Moneymakergroup.com for the most active HYIP threads. The programs which attract the most people are the ones you want to get into as soon as you possibly can, as they are likely insured to stick around more then the dull boring programs which have barely any activity in the forums they are discussed.

- Programs which advertise heavily. We particularly like programs which purchased paid sticky spots at Talkgold and MoneyMakergroup. Simply look to see which programs are paying the big bucks for the featured spots at these forums, and you should be able to pick a winner.

Tip #7 - Watch for Serial Scammers
More and more these days we have what I like to call "serial scammers". These are people who don't just open up a program that fails due to natural process's like business mistakes, but instead launch programs one after another simply to rip people off. It's not easy to figure out which programs are run by these serial scammers, however there are some hints that can give it away.

- Look at forums such as Talkgold and Moneymakergroup for threads which have a ton of short replies by relatively new members. I know that talkgold usually breaks up post bumping cheerleading groups, but some of the other forums seem to thrive on them as it creates more activity. A cheerleading group often indicates an admin that has been around the block and thus considered a serial scammer.

- Look for clues on the site. Often these serial scammers will use the exact same template or script as another one of their past hyips. They can often leave hints behind such as names of previous programs in their terms of services, email address's, or copyright sections.

Tip #8 - Don't Wait Too long
Many times we see potential HYIP investors/players wait around to see if a program will pay out for a while before investing. Sometimes they even do small test spends to see if the programs are paying on time. Avoid this trap. Check rating sites to see if programs are paying on time, and use this guide to look for programs that fit the criteria of possible long lasting programs. If you like a program, jump right in, don't wait on the sidelines.

Tip #9 - View everything you encounter with skeptisism.
Don't beleive anyone online, and if they tell you to trust them, don't. While reading internet forums and watching people claim that a certain investment is the best thing since sliced bread, don't beleive it.

Just because a doezen people claim to be getting paid on time or that a program is amazing, it doesnt mean you will not lose money in it. There are cheerleading rings that are paid off by HYIP scammers that go into forums to try and get people excited about a program. Watch closely.

Just like you shouldn't be fooled by Cheerleaders, also be careful not to believe everything you hear from the naysayers. Although naysayers who claim that every program is a scam, and that you will lose your money don't have as much at stake as do cheerleaders, you have to view everything with skeptisism. Make up your own mind, don't allow others, you have never met, to do it for you.

Tip #10 - Never, Ever Invest Money you Can Not Afford to Lose
The Most important tip is this one. Never, ever invest money you are not willing to lose. This means, kids college funds, retirement funds, money needed to pay bills, money that isn't yours, etc. Be ready to lose it, and look at hyip investing as a gamble. Pretend you are playing a game of texas hold'em, instead of actually investing. Like in Texas Hold'em you are gambling, however, if you use the right strategies, techniques, and don't get greedy, you will make money.

The Simplest and most Lucrative HYIP Strategy

Simply start with a given amount of money. For this example we will use $1000. Now you want to look for 4 currently running programs which have launched within the last 10 days and meet all of the criteria below:

- Unique Design
- Believeable story that checks out
- Custom script (not goldcoders or any of the other common scripts)
- Responsive admin (posting and answering questions are forums)
- Payout rate of between 1-5% daily (check out the recent study we have done: http://www.talkgold.com/forum/r205538-.html )
- Purchased large advertising spots, paid stickies, etc at the various HYIP related forums and monitor sites.

Invest $250 into each program. When you start receiving interest back, you will reinvest 20% of this back into the 4 programs. Continue doing this putting aside the other 80%. This 80% will be split in half. Half we will call your "Investment pocketbook" used for new programs, and the other half for you to keep, and never invest into hyips with again. Once the first program fails, you will look for another program that meets the specific requirements above and invest 1/4th of whatever is in your "Investment Pocketbook". You will continue using the same strategy over and over again. Unless you get extremely unlucky, you will likely walk away a winner and this will allow you to continue to build upon your hyip profits.

The trick is to not get too greedy, never fall in love with one particular program, and alway put that 40% away for non hyip investments.

Legitimate Vs Real HYIPs:

Example of a Legitimate HYIP

The Start:

Jon wants to start up an online business. A website to sell his personally designed clothing. He figures that to start the business he will need $30,000 in startup cash. He doesnt have this money so he creates an HYIP to pitch the idea to the online community so that he can obtain the $30,000 from possible investors he will need. He decided to take in 300 investors of $100 a piece.

The Payouts:

He calculates that he can make approximately $15,000 per year in profit selling his clothing online. This means he can pay investors back at a rate of 50% per year. He decides to offer a payout plan of 4% monthly (48% per year) for 4 years (a total return of 192%).

The Incentive:

If this all works out like Jon plans, investors would profit 92% plus get their initial deposit back. This means they have a return on investment of 23% per year which beats the average the stock market returns per year by at least 10%. Investors should be very happy if Jon makes good on his word. Having said this, there is a large risk involved, more so then investing in the US markets.

For Jon, the deal is great. He gets to start his own business with little of his own startup capital. All he has to do though is wait 4 years before reaping the rewards. After 4 years the business will be his 100% and he wil not owe a thing to investors.

Conclusion:

This model could work for a variety of ideas from people looking to start up their own business to people who are looking for capital to try out their new investing or forex strategies. Depending on where you live, and the laws that your jurisdiction fall under it may or may not be illegal to start such a program without proper accounting procedures and documentation.


Example of a Pyramid Type HYIP

Jon wants to make a little extra cash. He makes an hyip where he offers to pay investors 10% per day for 15 days. He may or may not claim to be doing forex trading or running a business with the money Instead of actually using the funds to make money to repay his investors, he instead just takes money from the newer investors to pay the old ones back (with interest). This model will work for Jon as long as he continues to increase the rate at which he takes in new investment money. He will also put aside a stash of cash to keep for himself. A program like this will continue to allow new investors to invest, while a program like the legitimate Hyip example above may or may not close to new investors.


HYIP Resources

There are literally hundreds of HYIP Rating sites and a good handful of Forums out there for discussing HYIPs. Here is a list I have composed

FORUMS

Must Visit HYIP Forums

- http://www.talkgold.com/forum
This is the single largest HYIP forum online. It has been in existance for over 3 1/2 years now and is used by just about ever HYIP investor out there. It is extremely active, and very useful. The admin allows freedom of speech to occur, which can allow some major arguments to happen. However this freedom of speech is what I truly believe makes talkgold.com the most useful HYIP forum online, and the most popular. You can see the truth behind a lot of programs since nothing is deleted. This is the must visit forum if you want to learn about HYIPs.

- http://www.thehyipforum.com
This is another forum that took the idea from Talkgold.com and allows freedom of speech. However they limit the arguments, and also limit some of the bad language. This is a fairly new forum that has started off pretty quickly.

- http://www.web-life.org/vb
Web-Life.org is a smaller community but a lot of the big time HYIP investors hang out there and share their information there.

- http://www.hyipdiscussion.com
This forum is similar to all the other ones. They tend to not allow quite as much free discussion, as they remove some posts that tend to be argumentative. The owner(s) also tend to favor some programs over others. This is a very good informative community though and should be used if you invest in HYIPs.


Could Check these out too

- http://moneymakergroup.com
- http://hyipstalk.com
- http://www.goldentalk.com
- http://goldentalk.com
- http://www.moneyfanclub.com
- http://www.moneytalkpro.com
- http://www.hyipforum.org
- http://www.carigold.com
- http://www.ebgenius.com
- http://www.etalkmoney.net

HYIP MONITORING SITE - These are sites that monitor whether programs are paying or not. Many of these sites also rate programs on how long these programs have been paying and how reliable they are.

MUST VISIT MONITORS:

- http://www.talkgold.com
If you visit talkgold.com and don't go straight to their forum, you will see a list of HYIPs on their main page. These programs are listed in descending order by their listing date. This means all the new programs are at the top. They usually have several new programs listed daily. They don't rank the programs based on anything but what is good about them is that they have links to every programs forum right next to the details of the investment.

- http://www.goldpoll.com
This one gets a lot of new listings so if you are looking for the newest listings it's a good place to start. A lot of "Extra" High Yield Programs tend to list here though, so you have to weed through them a bit.

Could check these out too
- http://www.maxhyip.com
- http://www.hyipinvestment.com
- http://www.hyip-navigator.com
- http://www.cash1688.com
- http://hyip.com
- http://www.yield365.com
- http://www.invest-tracing.com
- http://www.hyipsensor.net
- http://www.more-earning.com
- http://www.hothyips.com
- http://www.hyipmax.com
- http://www.hyipranks.com
- http://www.hyipsonar.com
- http://www.besthyipsite.com
- http://hyipbanker.com
- http://www.megahyip.net
- http://www.hyipinfo.org
- http://www.lotushyip.com
- http://www.hyipranking.com
- http://www.checkyourhyip.com

There are plenty more, but most of them are very inactive and not really worth your time.

HYIP RATING SITES - These sites are designed to let investors rate programs on whether they are paying or not, and whether they are reliable or not. This is a good quick way to see the current status of a program.

MUST CHECK OUT RATING SITES:

- http://www.goldrater.com
This is one of the most popular HYIP Rating sites online, and is very good if you are looking for new programs, as a lot of new HYIP's list here. The rating system can be manipulated but the admin tends to do a good job weeding out the cheaters.

- http://www.ministryofgold.com
This site is by far the most active, and lists the most programs, but it has come under much criticism as of late. There have been reports that the admin removes those members who vote programs negatively (when they stop paying). Whether this is true or not I don't know. They also tend to have a majority of listings for the junk HYIPs (You know, the Extra High Yield Investments), the ones that pay too high returns. It's a useful site though if you are looking for the newest programs.



- Conclusion

The online High Yield Investment Industry is walking a fine line between legal and illegal. Technically as long as you believe a program is legitimate then you are not breaking any laws. On the other hand, investing into a known ponzi scheme is technically illegal. Having said this, no HYIP advertises itself as an illegal ponzi scheme, thus the burden of guilt falls on the shoulders of the operator of the program rather then the investors. We have not seen any records of any HYIP investor being brought up on charges for simply investing in an HYIP, or a ponzi for that matter.

High Yield Investing Programs can be extremely lucrative if you spend time understanding the industry. Don't just dive head first into the arena. Instead, take the time to read the forums and the various links I provided above. Once you feel comfortable, then test out the waters with a small amount of money and see where it takes you.

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Everyone wants traffic. Traffic equals money in the website world. There are literally hundreds of ways to get traffic to your website, many free, many that will cost you a bit of money. This guide will go over some of the more popular ways to attract traffic to your sites:


Free Ways to get traffic to your website:

#1 Search Engine Optimization.
This is discussed in further detail in the SEO guide we have. Search engine optimization is the practice of optimizing ones website so that it will rank high, and therefor attract more clicks in the various search engines like Google, Yahoo, msn, etc.

#2 Article Writing.
Writing articles as a way to generate traffic and increase ones page rank has become quite popular over the last couple years. The great thing about article writing is that once you write an article it is possible to get hundreds of links to your site within a few weeks, which means possible hundreds of new visits. Write an article about something you feel you know a lot about, a subject you think you can teach people about. Articles should be anywhere from 350-1500 words, and be well written. One done writing the article, it is now time to submit it to the dozens of free article directories online. What is so great about these article submission websites is that they usually have an "about the author" field. Here you can put a link to your website as well as tell them a little bit about yourself. When the article goes up in their directory you will automatically have a link from that page to yours. Not only will you get traffic directly from the article directory you just submitted to, but you will also get secondary traffic from the people who republish your article on their site. Article submission directories allow anyone to republish the articles they carry as long as the republisher also adds the "About the author" section to their site, meaning your link will also appear on their site. Article submission is a powerful tool, because just one article submitted to one directory for free could literally turn into dozens of links to your site and thus traffic.

Like I said there are literally hundreds of different article submission websites online. Here is a list of just some of them:

- http://www.goarticles.com
- http://www.isnare.com
- http://www.ezinearticles.biz
- http://www.articlesfactory.com/submit.html
- http://www.allthewebsites.org/articl...cle_editor.php
- http://www.marketing-seek.com/p.php/artsubmit
- http://www.ecomallbiz.com/marketingw...rmationform12/
- http://www.businessnation.com/cgi-bi...ticles/add.cgi
- http://www.biz-whiz.com/Submit_News.html
- http://www.freesticky.com/stickyweb/contact.asp
- http://www.promotionworld.com/pop/fe...itarticle.html
- http://www.powerhomebiz.com/termsofu...submission.htm
- http://www.im4newbies.com/forum/post...=newtopic&f=39
- http://www.valuablecontent.com/admin...=createArticle
- http://www.constant-content.com/?area=authsubmitash
- http://www.advertisingknowhow.com/me...iclesubmit.php
- http://www.thriftyfun.com/
- http://www.article-emporium.com/submit-article.cfm
- http://www.storebuilder.co.uk/submitcontent.html
- http://www.workoninternet.com/Submit_Article.html
- http://www.ezau.com/latest/articles/0127.shtml
- http://www.amazines.com/articles.cfm...d=051054055051
- http://www.ebooksdeal.com/cgi-bin/ar...cgi?action=add
- http://www.content-articles.com/Submit.aspx
- http://www.articlesubmissions.com/ar.../submitarticle
- http://www.marketingsource.com/articles/submit
- http://www.netterweb.com/artcls/articlesubmit2.htm
- http://www.womans-net.com/forums/
- http://www.articlehub.com/add.html
- http://www.learningfolder.com/submitarticle.aspx
- http://www.theezine.net/archive/add.html
- http://www.articledepot.co.uk/newarticle.php
- http://www.articlepros.com/
- http://www.certificate.net/wwio/ideas.shtml
- http://www.allfreelancework.com/submitarticles.php
- http://www.advisor.com/wtips.nsf/submitarticle
- http://www.SubmitYourNewArticle.com
- http://www.TheArticleZone.com
- http://www.freezinesite.com/articles.cgi?action=add
- http://www.boconline.com/sub-art.shtml
- http://www.internet-search-engines-f...bmission.shtml
- http://www.homebiztools.com/contact.htm
- http://www.articlesphere.com/submitarticles.php
- http://www.articlesubmitterpro.com/b...d=&action=post
- http://www.linkgrinder.com/submit_article.cfm
- http://www.articles.simplysearch4it.com/addart.php
- http://members.article99.com/submit-article.php
- http://www.ultimatearticledirectory....=submitarticle
- http://www.selfseo.com/submitstory.php
- http://www.articlefever.com/modules/AMS/submit.php
- http://www.jogena.com/articles/articleform.htm
- http://www.stickyarticle.com/
- http://www.articlewarehouse.com/Subm...cleWriter.aspx
- http://www.alumbo.com/cgi-bin/submitcontent.pl
- https://www.huginc.com/ecom/frmauthr...submission.asp
- http://www.howtoadvice.com/Submit/
- http://www.digital-women.com/submitarticle.htm
- http://www.impactarticles.com/artman...hawaii&login=1
- http://www.smartads.info/articles/submit/
- http://www.webarticles.com/home.php?c=submit
- http://www.articlebeach.com/index.ph...=submitarticle
- http://www.ebooksnbytes.com/articles/submit.shtml
- http://www.reprintarticles.com/articlesubmit.php
- http://www.free-articles-zone.com/Submit_article
- http://www.onelasvegas.com/directory...t_Article.html
- http://www.articlestop.com/articles/...anager.php?a=1
- http://www.bullmarketer.com/article_submit.php
- http://www.linksnoop.com/art_submit.php
- http://www.allmerchants.com/submit-article.php
- http://www.cyberindian.com/post-article.php
- http://www.linkgeneral.com/logon.asp
- http://www.cumuli.com/ezines/post.html
- http://www.webmastertraffictools.com...ctory/add.html
- http://www.accessify.com/contact-us/...an-article.asp
- http://www.a1articles.com/submit_article.php
- http://www.businesstoolchest.com/articles/submit.shtml
- http://www.sierratimes.com/submit/
- http://www.article-directory.net/Submit
- http://www.home-based-business-oppor...-article.shtml
- http://www.clickforcontent.com/index...create_article
- http://www.work-at-home-jobs-iowa.co...newarticle.php
- http://www.click-partners.com/postnu...ews&file=index
- http://www.articlefinders.com/submit.html
- http://www.website-promotion-ranking...om/article.htm
- http://www.fresh-articles.com/cgi-bi...submit&login=1
- http://www.articleshelf.com/submit.php
- http://www.ezine-writer.com.au/base-...t-article.aspx
- http://www.newfreearticles.com
- http://www.dime-co.com/articlesub.html
- http://www.business-opportunity.biz/addarticle.php
- http://www.connectionteam.com/submit.html
- http://www.theselfimprovementsite.co...php?type=story
- http://www.writingcareer.com/freeart...sword=articles
- http://www.bigarticles.com/cgi-bin/add.cgi?d=1
- http://www.bpubs.com/cgi/add.cgi
- http://www.articles411.com
- http://www.boazepublishing.biz/artic....php?act=login
- http://www.uniterra.com/submit-article.htm
- http://www.cashflowseller.com/ArticleSubmit.html
- http://www.articlesmagazine.com/submitstory.php
- http://www.webpromotionguru.com/contact.htm
- http://www.articletime.com/submit.php
- http://www.articlebar.com/submit
- http://www.patsula.com/smallbizportal/articles/post.php
- http://www.themanager.org/Content1/Submit_article.htm
- http://www.theallineed.com/submit-articles.htm
- http://www.bharatbhasha.com/submit_article.php
- http://www.articles4business.com
- http://www.internethomebusinessartic...nid=1&Itemid=0
- http://www.article-dir.com/contact.php
- http://www.articlenexus.com/articles/submitarticle
- http://www.homebusiness-websites.com...itarticles.php
- http://www.articlepeak.com
- http://www.awomaninbusiness.com/submit_article.html
- http://www.business.afreepress.com/rw/rw.cfm
- http://www.xongoo.com/submit.html
- http://www.biz-ewomen.com/cgi-local/links/add.cgi
- http://www.articlepoint.com/submit-article.php
- http://www.smallbizarticles.com/cgi-...ticles/add.cgi
- http://www.businessclique.com/
- http://www.articleshaven.com/newarticle.php
- http://www.articlesbase.com/publish-articles.php
- http://www.businessknowledgesource.c...itarticle.html
- http://www.businesshighlight.org/user-submit-article
- http://www.articlesubmission.com/cgi...cgi?action=add
- http://www.womensarticles.com/submit_article.php
- http://www.rapidarticle.com/submitarticles.php

If you just write one article per week, thats 52 articles in a year, and potentially thousands of one way links to your website, generating traffic and passing along Pagerank, helping you in search engine ranking. When writing article with the purpose of selling a product via an affiliate link or directly, try to target them to your readers by:

1) Telling them what their problem(s) are
2) Tell them why this problem is so bad, and how important it is for them to fix it.
3) Show them why your product or service you may be writing about is the best solution for their problem. Do it though in a way that doesn't look like you are trying to sell anything, instead you are just trying to help people with the same problem(s) you had.

You can also pay people to write articles for you if you are limited on time. Some places to look for article authors are:

- http://www.forums.digitalpoint.com
- http://www.elance.com
- http://www.rentacoder.com

You can usually have articles written for the $5-$30 range, depending on quality. Here are a few quick tips on finding a good writer, sicne there are a lot of horrible ones out there:

- Be clear about your terms
- Know what you want
- Don’t take the first or the lowest bid for your project
- Build a relationship of trust and get to know your authors capabilities

#3 Posting at Forums with a signature.
Believe it or not, some of the largest blogs and forums got their jump start by simply being active in other community sites. When you gain a reputation at another large forum and insert a signature linking to your site which is related to the forum topic somewhat, you will get a bunch of free traffic. Every single reply to a post you make at another forum where you have a signature linking to your site is just one more inbound link as well as potentially several visits to your site. Keep your signature short, simple and too the point. Determine the interests of the average user at the particular forum and then make your signature appeal to these interests. For a list of 1900+ different forums with over 500,000 posts each, check out the following url: http://www.big-boards.com . Remember to use good anchor text if the forums allow html signatures, as discussed in the SEO guide. Also many forums have a free advertising section. This won't get you a ton of traffic but will help a bit.

#4 Offer Something for free.
Everyone likes free stuff. Basically this idea is to offer a free ebook you may write, a free script you may have coded, or bought resell rights to, or another product. Give distribution rights to whoever downloads your product, meaning they have the right to also give it away. The trick here is to embed a link to your website within the ebook, script, or whatever else you are giving away. You should also try and make money this way by embedding affiliate links to possible products or services you recommend. This way when other people give your product away for free they are also giving away a plug for your website. This is viral marketing at its best! Some of the largest highest ranked websites online today are those who started out giving away free information products.

Once you have a free ebook, or file to distribute, the best way to go about distributing it, is uploading it at all the various Torrent sites. Doing so will basically make it available and searchable to millions of people all over the world. Remember to use a really catchy title (something that makes someone want to download it), use good keywords in the title and provide something of value. For a list of some of the more popular torrent sites that you can upload your free file to goto: http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/...ent_search.htm .

Giving away free Ebooks
If what you are giving away is a free Ebook, then also add it to these free ebook websites:

- http://www.ebook2u.com
- http://www.scribd.com
- http://wisdomebooks.com
- http://www.getfreeebooks.com
- http://published.com
- http://www.ideamarketers.com
- http://e-library.net
- http://www.virtual-ebooks.com/addabook.htm
- http://www.ebookjungle.com

Word Press Theme Creation and Giveaway
If, on the other hand you are a good designer or know someone who can design Wordpress themes for you, thats a great way to get possibly hundreds or even thousands of free site wide back links.

Wordpress is the free blog software which a large number of popular blogs use today. Of course the blog creators don't want their blogs looking the same as everyone else's, thus themes are very important. WordPress themes are basically the skins of the blog, the layout, and the graphics/design. What people do is create themes and give them away at various websites. They embed a link at the bottom of the theme so that whoever uses it for their blog will automatically be linking to the theme creators chosen website, with the anchor text that the creator chose. There have been some very well known webmasters who not only reported receiving thousands of monthly unique visits from people simply clicking through to their site on blogs using their themes, but also who got ranked #1 in Google for some very competitive keyword phrases.

When you are designing your theme you want to go for popularity so scour the Internet for the most popular themes, rank the themes by download total at http://themes.wordpress.net and try to get an idea for what makes a good, highly download theme.

A few tips to follow to ensure you make a popular theme:
- Make the colors light. Light themes get almost 2 times as many downloads as darker theme.
- Give the user options. Include a few different header graphic options with the download
- Make it unique
- Make sure it is optimized for search engines
- Add functionality for the most popular wordpress plugins.

Just to give you an example of the power of giving away a word press theme, just look at http://themes.wordpress.net and sort by total downloads. The top downloaded theme has been downloaded over 25,000 times. That means that the creator of that theme has close to 25,000 site wide incoming links from different blogs. Yes 25,000 blogs are linking to his site that he placed in the footer of the theme he created. (note that some bloggers who use the themes sometimes illegally remove the link at the bottom, and not all people who download the theme use it, but 25,000 downloads is huge). This can give you a tremendous Pagerank bump, helping you greatly in search engine rankings, and also send you tons of click through traffic.

Once your Wordpress theme is created, you are ready to start giving it away for free. Where are the best places to post your theme free of charge so that people can start downloading it and putting it to use on their blogs? Here is a list:

- http://themes.wordpress.net
- http://www.johntp.com/wp-skins
- http://www.wpskins.org
- http://www.fresheezy.com
- http://weblogtoolscollection.com/news
- http://freewordpressthemes
- http://themes.rock-kitty.net
- http://www.themesbase.com
- http://www.ithemes.org/WordPress
- http://www.bloggingthemes.com
- http://www.bloggingthemes.com/themeUpload.php
- http://wpthemesfree.com
- http://www.themes-wp.com
- http://www.wordpressthemebase.com
- http://www.webmaster-talk.com
- http://web2feel.com
- http://board.themevibes.com/wordpress-themes
- http://forums.digitalpoint.com/forumdisplay.php?f=16
- http://www.bloggeries.com/forum/word...blog-templates
- http://forum.easywordpress.com/f19/w...-themes-design

#5 Add your comments and links to blogs.
Before I go into more details, you want to avoid blog spamming. No one likes a blog spammer and ultimately it will hurt you rather then help you. What you need to do is find blog posts that relate somewhat to the site you are running. Then leave a helpful or interesting comment to theirs posts in a way that you can incorporate your website url without looking like you are just posting to spam. If you are running a site that discuss's bicycle wheels, then look for blog posts related to bicycles. For instance if a post discuss's the crazy terrain found on various outdoor bike tracks, reply saying something like, "Yep I blew a tire last week riding in the mountains in Colorado. Apparently my wheels were not up to standard. I found a lot of good information about the different types of bicycle wheels at http://xxxxx.com". Now you may ask,, "How do I find new blog posts related to my category?" Well that's quite easy. Simply goto http://www.technorati.com and do a search. You wil be amazed at how many results come up.

Also note, that there are blogs that do not utilize the "NoFollow" tag. This means Google pagerank will be passed onto you when your link is posted. Here is a short list of some of the higher PR blogs out there that do not use the nofollow tag:

(PR Updated March 2008)
http://www.seobythesea.com - Main Page Pr 6
http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog - Main Page Pr 6
http://andybeard.eu - Main Page Pr 5
http://www.jimboykin.com - Main Page Pr 5
http://www.johnon.com - Main Page Pr 5
http://www.bigoakinc.com/blog - Main Page Pr 4
http://www.seobuzzbox.com - Main Page Pr 4
http://www.ogletreeseo.com - Main Page Pr 4
http://www.itinfusion.ca - Main Page Pr 4
http://www.searchgrit.com - Main Page Pr 3
http://essentialkeystrokes.com - Main Page Pr 3
http://i.nconspicuo.us - Main Page Pr 3

For a larger list of hundreds of blogs not using Nofollow then check out:
http://courtneytuttle.com/blogs-that-follow

#6 Having a Memorable Domain Name
This is very important. You want a domain name that people can remember so that they will revisit your site at a later date. If you have a website about mountain bikes, then obviously don't use a domain name like mybigfatstomach.com. usually domain names which relate to your topic are best. I have found that shorter domain names are better then longer ones, and .com domains are much much better then any other extension. If you have domain name BigEarning.net, it is more then likely a good percentage of your visitors who wish to visit your site again will only remember "BigEarning", and not the .net extension. Therefore at a later date they will more then likely type in Earning.com, which clearly wouldn't be your site. A really cool website I like to use to search for good avialable domains that will relate to my content is: http://www.nameboy.com/

In addition to haveing a catchy domain name you should also purchase some of the main typo's or misspellings of your domain. A recent study showed that Youtube.com loses as many as 520,000 unique vistors per day from people typing in the wrong url. If you don't buy the typos of your site and it becomes big, someone else will.

#7 Submit to all the Free directories possible.
Read our guide for directories for a huge list of the best free directories online. Free directories are free links, meaning free traffic as well as Google page rank.

#8 Create a newsletter.
This is a point that a lot of webmasters totally ignore. You are getting traffic to your website already, so why not have a link on your site to allow your visitors to sign up to a free newsletter? Think if you had 1000 people sign up, and you sent out a newsletter every month or so. You would get hundreds of repeat visits from these newsletter subscribers every month. Not only will you get traffic from your newsletter but you will also be able to put subtle advertising for products you are selling or are an affiliate for, converting these newsletter subscribers into cash! Just search Google for "free mailing list scripts," and you will find a bunch of them to download and try out. Another great thing about having a newsletter is that it will give you one heck of a jump start on any new sites you launch in the future. Also another way to get subscribers to your newsletter is to simply summit it for free to the various newsletter directories. Here is an example http://www.ezine-dir.com . I recommend searching Google for "ezine directory" and "newsletter directory". A great free mailing list script is: http://www.phplist.com/

#9 Analyze your webstats and logs.
Find out where people are coming from, what keywords they are typing in to get to your site, and the general interests of these people. Then cater future content towards these visitors. If you see you are getting 20 hits a day from people searching for hand breaks, while being directed to your bicycle blog, then write content dealing with "hand breaks". This will keep the visitors happy and make them continued readers. If you don't have a good stats program on your server to begin with then register with Google Analytics at: http://analytics.google.com/. Here are some more tools that are great for tracking stats and traffic to your website:

- http://CrazyEgg.com - Provides visual “Heat Maps” to show where your visitors are clicking.
- http://Statcounter.com - ANother Free web traffic stat tracker
- http://Extremetracking.com - Free and paid stat site
- http://Visitorville.com - Windows application that helps you visualize your web site traffic through a video game-like interface, for example, animated characters representing a visitor to your site.

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Forex traders can earn a ton of money from the comfort of their own home. However it can also go the other way. Although you hear stories of people making an average return of 2-3% per week or more, there are also people who are not experienced who lose much more. Before trading, you must have a clear understanding of how the trillion dollar plus per day market functions.

Here are a list of the positive aspects of learning Foreign Exchange trading (from babypips.com)
-You are your own boss!
-You don’t need any customers!
-You don’t need employees!
-You can operate from home, work, vacation or anywhere else in the world as long as you have a high-speed Internet connection.
-You never have to worry about job security, harassment or any other employment-related anxiety.
-You never need to worry about employer payroll, strikes, theft, rent increases, health inspectors, lease problems, being sued, etc…
-You don't need to do any cold calling.
-You decide which days you wish to work.
-You make the decision to take a vacation at a moment's notice.
-You are your own boss!

What is Forex?

Forex stands for Foreign Exchange. The market is in place so that currencies can be quickly and easily exchanged for one another in order to ease in transactions between countries who operate on varying currencies. For instance if you were to Travel from The US to Europe you would need to exchange your US dollars to Euros. How do you do this? You enter the forex market and exchange your currency at the going rate. Every Day over $2 trillion ($2,000,000,000,000) is exchanged in the market. This is 3 times all the stocks and future contracts exchanged worldwide on a given day or 80 times the dollar volume of the Nasdaq.

What determines the Exchange Rates and how does it work?

In almost all cases, the exchange rate of a currency versus other currencies is a direct reflection of the condition of that country's economy, compared to the other countries' economies. So if the US Economy just released data showing it has grown at a faster pace then predicted, then the USD (Us Dollar) will go up in relation to the other currecnies on the market. Having said this, the underlying cause of a price change just like any other free opened market is supply and demand. If supply of the USD is lower then it's demand at the current price, then the USD will increase in value. Unlike other large markets, for instance the NASDAQ, the forex market is opened 24/7 365 days out of the year, making it even more hectic to follow if you have an open position.

Forex Currency symbols:

Just like ticker symbols in the stock market, each currency in the Forex market has it's own 3 letter symbol as well as a nickname. Here is a list of the more frequently traded currencies:

Symbol, Currency, Nickname:
USD - US Dollar - Buck
EUR - Euro - Fiber
JPY - Yen - Yen
GBP - Pound - Cable
CHF - Franc - Swissy
CAD - Canadian Dollar - Loonie
AUD - Australian Dollar - Aussie
NZD - New Zealand Dollar - Kiwi

For a list of all the other Currency symbols as well as other Forex related symbols goto: http://www.forextraderonline.com/symbolGuide.htm

Why Trade Forex Currencies:

#1 - No commissions
No clearing fees, no exchange fees, no government fees, no brokerage fees. Brokers are paid for their services through something called the bid / ask spread.

#2 - No middlemen
Spot currency trading eliminates the middlemen, and allows you to trade directly with the market responsible for the pricing on a particular currency pair. This is unlike that of most stock exchanges, except for those brokers on the floor.

#3 - 24-hour market
There is no waiting for the opening bell The Forex market never sleeps. This is awesome for those who want to trade on a part time basis, because you can choose when you want to trade, morning, noon or night. Trade when you want how often you want.

#4 - Virtually Impossible to corner the Market
The Forex Market is so huge that not even the Central Bank could corner the market if they wanted to.

#5 - Leverage Available
Leverage will allow you to control a very large contract Value. You can often trade on a 200:1 margin which means if you put $10,000 into a forex account, you can then purchase up to $2 million in currency contracts. This allows the trader to earn larger returns on their money. Be careful though because you can also lose a ton.

#6 - Extremely Liquid Market
Once again, the market is so large, and there are so many trades in a given day that it is always possible to quickly execute a trade within seconds.

What Does It Cost to Trade Forex?
An online currency trading (a “micro account”) may be opened for with a couple hundred bucks. Micro accounts and the mini account, are both great ways to get your feet wet without drowning. For a micro account, we'd recommend at least $1,000 to start. For a mini account, we’d recommend at least $10,000 to start.

How to Read an FX Quote

Currencies are always quoted in pairs, such as GBP/USD or USD/JPY. The reason they are quoted in pairs is because in every foreign exchange transaction you are simultaneously buying one currency and selling another. Here is an example of a foreign exchange rate for the British pound versus the U.S. dollar:

GBP/USD = 1.6500

The first listed currency to the left of the slash "/" is known as the base currency (in this example, the British pound), while the second one on the right is called the counter or quote currency (in this example, the U.S. dollar).

When buying, the exchange rate tells you how much you have to pay in units of the quote currency to buy one unit of the base currency. In the example above, you have to pay 1.6500 U.S. dollar to buy 1 British pound.

When selling, the exchange rate tells you how many units of the quote currency you get for selling one unit of the base currency. In the example above, you will receive 1.6500 U.S. dollars when you sell 1 British pound.

The base currency is the “basis” for the buy or the sell. If you buy EUR/USD this simply means that you are buying the base currency and simultaneously selling the quote currency.
You would buy the pair if you believe the base currency will appreciate (go up) relative to the quote currency. You would sell the pair if you think the base currency will depreciate (go down) relative to the quote currency

Long Vs. Short Positions

-If you wish to buy a position, meaning you buy the base currency, and sell the quote currency, this would be considered going Long
-If you wish to sell a position, meaning you want the base currency to fall in relation to the quote currency so you can later buy it back, this would be considered going Short.
Bid/Ask Spread

All Forex quotes include a two-way price, the bid and ask. The bid is always lower than the ask price.

The bid is the price in which the dealer is willing to buy the base currency in exchange for the quote currency. This means the bid is the price at which you (as the trader) will sell.

The ask is the price at which the dealer will sell the base currency in exchange for the quote currency. This means the ask is the price at which you will buy.

The difference between the bid and the ask price is popularly known as the spread.

Let's take a look at an example of a price quote taken from a trading platform:

On this GBP/USD quote, the bid price is 1.7445 and the ask price is 1.7449. Look at how this broker makes it so easy for you to trade away your money.

If you want to sell GBP, you click "Sell" and you will sell pounds at 1.7445. If you want to buy GBP, you click "Buy" and you will buy pounds at 1.7449.

In the following examples, we're going to use fundamental analysis to help us decide whether to buy or sell a specific currency pair. If you always fell asleep during your economics class or just flat out skipped economics class, don’t worry! We will cover fundamental analysis in a later lesson. For right now, try to pretend you know what’s going on…

EUR/USD
In this example Euro is the base currency and thus the “basis” for the buy/sell. (Examples taken from http://babypips.com)


If you believe that the US economy will continue to weaken, which is bad for the US dollar, you would execute a BUY EUR/USD order. By doing so you have bought euros in the expectation that they will rise versus the US dollar. If you believe that the US economy is strong and the euro will weaken against the US dollar you would execute a SELL EUR/USD order. By doing so you have sold Euros in the expectation that they will fall versus the US dollar.

USD/JPY
In this example the US dollar is the base currency and thus the “basis” for the buy/sell.

If you think that the Japanese government is going to weaken the Yen in order to help its export industry, you would execute a BUY USD/JPY order. By doing so you have bought U.S dollars in the expectation that they will rise versus the Japanese yen.
If you believe that Japanese investors are pulling money out of U.S. financial markets and converting all their U.S. dollars back to Yen, and this will hurt the US dollar, you would execute a SELL USD/JPY order. By doing so you have sold U.S dollars in the expectation that they will depreciate against the Japanese yen.

What is a PIP?

The most common increment of currencies is the Pip. If the EUR/USD moves from 1.3450 to 1.3453, then you would say it increased by 3 Pips. A Pip is simply the last decimal place of a quote. One pip in the EUR/USD quote would be 0.0001, where as one pip in the USD/JPY quote would be 0.01 since a USD/JPY quote looks like this: 117.97, only goes to the 2nd decimal.

What is a Lot?

Forex is traded in lots. The standard size for a lot is $100,000. There is also a mini lot size and that is only $10,000. As you already know, currencies are measured in pips, which is the smallest increment of that currency. To take advantage of these tiny increments, you need to trade large amounts of a particular currency in order to see any significant profit or loss. For instance if the EUR/USD goes up by 1 pip and you own (1) $100,000 lot, then you only really make $10.00. (.0001X100,000 = $10.00) This is why leverage come in handy.

Order Types:

Market Order
A market order is an order to buy or sell at the current market price. For example, EUR/USD is currently trading at 1.2140. If you wanted to buy at this exact price, you would click buy and your trading platform would instantly execute a buy order at that exact price. If you ever shop on Amazon.com, it's (kinda) like using their 1-Click ordering. You like the current price, you click once and it's yours! The only difference is you are buying or selling one currency against another currency instead of buying Britney Spears CDs.

Stop Loss Order
A stop-loss order is a limit order linked to an open trade for the purpose of preventing additional losses if price goes against you. A stop-loss order remains in effect until the position is liquidated or you cancel the stop-loss order. For example, you went long (buy) EUR/USD at 1.2230. To limit your maximum loss, you set a stop-loss order at 1.2200. This means if you were dead wrong and EUR/USD drops to 1.2200 instead of moving up, your trading platform would automatically execute a sell order at 1.2200 and close out your position for a 30 pip loss (eww!). Stop-losses are extremely useful if you don't want to sit in front of your monitor all day worried that you will lose all your money. You can simply set a stop-loss order on any open positions so you won't miss your basket weaving class.

Limit Order
A limit order is an order placed to buy or sell at a certain price. The order essentially contains two variables, price and duration. For example, EUR/USD is currently trading at 1.2050. You want to go long if the price reaches 1.2070. You can either sit in front of your monitor and wait for it to hit 1.2070 (at which point you would click a buy market order), or you can set a buy limit order at 1.2070 (then you could walk away from your computer to attend your ballroom dancing class). If the price goes up to 1.2070, your trading platform will automatically execute a buy order at that exact price. You specify the price at which you wish to buy/sell a certain currency pair and also specify how long you want the order to remain active (GTC or GFD).

Forex Signals:
Using various technical studies, numerous types of signals can be derived from currency charts:

-The SMA (Simple Moving Average) shows traders buy signals when currency prices rise above the average line. Sell signals also occur when the price falls below the simple moving average line.

-MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence) studies have a signal line that is used to generate a buy signal (above the line) or a sell signal (below the line).

-Volume indicators are used to determine market interest. High volume (especially near the bottom of the market) can indicate the start of a new trend while low volume indicates investor uncertainty. For instance if a currency pair is trading rather low, and the volume suddenly picks up in a few upticks, then this could indicate a larger trend upward.

-Bollinger Bands indicate potential changes in the market for a currency. Sharp price changes usually occur when the bands tighten while prices that touch one band tend to go all the way to the other band. The tighter the bollinger bands the greater the chance of a price breakout either way.

The 2 Types of Market Analysis:

Fundamental Analysis:
Looking at the market, and analyzing it on the current economic, social and political forces. An example of Fundamental analysis would be noticing that the United states economy is doing well, and then coming to the conclusion that the US dollar is also going to do well and gain strength. If the Economy of the United states is performing well, then the Federal Reserve of the US will have to raise interest rates in order to alleviate inflation. As interest rates rise the dollar becames more valuable to investors, since it earns more money for them now that rates have risen.

Technical Analysis:
If I need to sum up Technical Analysis with one word, that word would be "charts". By viewing various charts, one can notice trends which can often predict future price movements. If the price breaks a certain point that had been acting as a ceiling, then it is likely that a positive breakout has occured. Of course, you can't always just rely on trends, and it is much more complicated than our example.

To become a successful trader, you must always incorporate both types of analysis.


List of Resources all Traders should have:

Information and News:
- http://www.forexnews.com - Everything you need to know about the current events in the Forex world
- http://www.dailyfx.com - Up to the minute forex breaking news
- http://www.forex-sam.com - Filled with tons of information graphs, charts and analysis
- http://www.finotec.com/en/Archive/today - Finotec Daily Forex News and Analysis
- http://www.forex.com - Up to date news as well as a free practice trading account
- http://www.forexblog.org - One of the top Forex trading blogs updated daily
- http://babypips.com - Free forex course for all levels of understanding
- http://www.investica.co.uk - Global currency market analysis, including daily strategic reports, weekly analysis, market commentary and hedging recommendations.
- http://www.fx-charts.com - Free forex trend signal charts for the 4 major currency pairs, updated on a 5min basis, free forex forum, trading tools for short term forex traders and trading learning centre.
- http://www.e-forex.ro - Free Trading signals
- http://www.forexmentor.com/blog - Peter Bains professional Forex blog
- http://forexadvice.eu - Packed with great Forex information and tips
- http://www.forex-daytrading-systems.com - Site dedicated to Forex trading systems

Forex Tools:
- http://www.babypips.com/tools/economic-calendar - The Forex calendar.
- http://www.oanda.com/products/fxmath/ - A bunch of Forex related calculators
- http://www.babypips.com/forexpedia/index.php/Main_Page - The Forexpedia. Every term and word you ever need to know about Forex
- http://fxtrade.oanda.com/spreads/SpreadCostCalc.shtml - Spread/Cost Calculator

Forex Related Forums/Message Boards:
- http://www.forexfactory.com/forum.php - One of the busiest Forex related forums, with a lot of good systems
- http://www2.oanda.com/cgi-bin/msgboard/ultimatebb.cgi - Oanda's forex discussion
- http://forums.babypips.com - Baby Pips Forum, Learn forex trading
- http://www.piptrader.com/forum/default.asp - PipTrader forum
- http://www.commoditytrader.net/forex_forum.htm - Commodity Trader forums
- http://www.daytradingthemarkets.com - Different type of forum about Forex.
- http://www.moneytec.com/forums - MoneyTec Forums. Around since 1999

Brokers:
- http://www.apexforex.com - Commission free online Forex broker with free real-time charts, quotes and news and flexible contract sizes. Only 3 pip spreads and free 60 day real-time trading demo.
- http://www.brokers-search-engine.com - The largest online database of brokerage services.
- http://www.fxcm.com - One of the leaders in the industry
- http://www.fxsol.com - Forex Trading with FX Solutions offers online foreign exchange traders the advantage featuring low spreads, commission free 24/7 trading,

Other Resources:
- http://www.forex-bookstore.com - Forex Books you must read
- http://www.top100forexsites.com - List of the top forex related websites
- http://www.forex-directory.org - Directory of everything "Forex"

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It's not all about traffic. It's about conversions. But it's hard to get conversions if you don't have the traffic, and while Google is one of the best potential sources for traffic, Google has other search engines besides web search that people use all the time, and it will not hurt to rank in them too.

Conversions are the goal. Visibility is the strategy. Unfortunately, like most strategies, they take effort and paying attention to detail. The web may be taking a huge turn toward social, but search isn't going anywhere. You need to be found where people are looking.


1. Ranking in YouTube

As you may or may not be aware, YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine behind Google. Those businesses using online video are going to want to maximize their YouTube efforts by employing some easy strategies to gain more visibility.

Here are a few tips:

- An accurate and descriptive title

- Make sure your description is just that - descriptive. It should be accurate and unique, and use complete sentences.

- Descriptive keyword tags

- Avoid keyword stuffing

It's best not to overlook the social element of YouTube as well. Active participation on the social level will contribute to your views. And let's also not overlook the fact that YouTube can actually help you rank in Google itself. Some other tips:

- Use Keyword Rich Descriptions and Tags

- Include the word "Video" in your titles because people do search for it.

- Use a link for the very first thing in your descriptions.

- Make sure and utilize your thumbnails. YouTube pulls these from the 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 marks. Make them count.

- Encourage participation by enabling everything.

- use meta data

- use captions and subtitles

- use watermarks

- use Google Maps integration


2. Ranking in Google Image Search

One in five searches are image searches, and alt tags and file name optimization are key. Other tips to double dip in image SEO include:

- Add images to your Google Local Business profile

- Enable Google Image Labeler in your Google Webmaster Tools account.

- Add images to local business citation sources.

- Add images to blog posts or news articles for syndication in Google news.


3. Ranking in Google News

News page views are up to trillions monthly. More and more people are getting their news online. That's why the newspaper industry is struggling. I don't have the hard numbers, but I'm willing to bet a significant amount of people are getting news from Google News. The following needs to be kept in mind for Google News:

- Only indexes articles three days old or less

- Only indexes it once

- Read Google News Help for Publishers

- Google News XML Sitemap and monitor it

- Section names (keywords in News XML Sitemaps)

- Host "most popular" and "breaking news" sections on your site

- Sub-headlines or beginning of article copy is pulled in as Meta description


4. Ranking in Google Maps/Local Search

While this one may seem fairly obvious, you need to think about terms a local searcher would use to find your business. They’ll most likely use the city and state in their search, so you’ll want your site to be optimized for those as well as business-specific keywords.

For example, if you run a record store in Nicholasville, Kentucky, you’ll want to optimize for phrases like “Record Store, Nicholasville, Kentucky”, “CD Store, Nicholasville, KY”, “Music, Nicholasville KY”, and so forth. If your business is located in a small town, you may also want to optimize for the nearest larger city. Tips like:

- Anchor Text + Authority Matters, But Less

- Local Groupings

Following are the suggestions for ranking in local search:

- have pages, mentioning your area of service

- your phone number

- your physical address

- directions on how to reach your office

- use landmarks ("after you pass the Street A and Street B intersection, you'll see the Eiffel Tower" that's three landmarks altogether)

- have links pointing to you from local websites and directories

- have a domain hosted locally (if locality is your primary concern)

- have ccTLD (country-specific domain - google.ca, for instance)



5. Ranking in Google Blog Search

Back in '07, Slawski started a thread in the Cre8asite Forum looking at positive and negative things that can have an affect on your Google Blog Search Rankings. Among the positives he included were:

- Number of RSS subscriptions
- Clicks on SERP post links
- Blogrolls
- number of "high quality" blogrolls the blog is in
- ability for visitors to tag posts
- whether or not people are tagging them
- References to the blog by sources other than blogs
- Pagerank

Some negatives he mentioned:

- if posts come in short bursts or predictable intervals
- if post content differs from feed version
- If content includes a lot of spammy words
- duplicate content
- if posts are the same size
- Link distribution
- If posts mostly link to one site

It's important to note that results from other Google search engines often turn up in regular Google results, in case you need any extra incentive to pay attention to them. This is part of Google's Universal Search. There are lots of opportunities to get your site found in Google other than just regular web search. And this is just organic stuff. There are certainly paid search opportunities to think about too.

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Since the internet first started directories have been a big thing for website owners. You always hear from the SEO experts "submit your site to as many directories as possible. There are 2 main reason why directory submissions are important for the health of a website:



#1 - The obvious answer is that the more places your site is listed, the easier it is for people to find it.
Some important things to remember is to write a good detailed description.

#2 - Directories increase your sites Google PR (page rank), making it ultimately rank better for the key words and phrases you want it too. The higher the PR of the directory page that your site is listed, the more PR (Page rank) your site will get passed to it. Also the total number of links into your site will increase your Page rank as well. Meaning the more directories that list your site the merrier.

Tips for submitting to directories:

#1 - Don't over hype your site as many directories frown upon this, but make it so that people want to click your link. An example of a good directory submission is as follows:
Title: Talkgold Money Making Forum
Description: Forum dedicated to teaching the everyday man how to make a living online
Keywords: affiliate marketing, make money, hyip, make money tips, investing advice, how to earn online, online money, make a living

#2 - Make sure to vary your anchor text and descriptions. Don't use the same anchor text and description for all of your directory submissions. A good way to set up a red flag with Google is suddenly to gain a lot of links to your site with the exact same anchor text and the exact same surrounding text. Ideally, all of your directory submissions should use unique wording. At least, have a bunch of versions of anchor text and descriptions that you use when submitting to directories.

#3 - Don't always look at the price it costs to add to a directory. Sure money does matter especially when working on a small budget, but think of the money as a long term investment. Many directories has a yearly fee or 1 time fee, meaning the money spent today will go towards helping your site in the long run.

Types of Directories:

- Free to List:
There are literally thousands of directories that do not charge a thing for site additions. These are the directories you should add to first. You should note that many of the free directories also have premium listings for higher, and more visible links. Many of the free directories may also take days, weeks, months or even years to add your site. The most popular totally free directory would be http://dmoz.org. Dmoz has been around for over a decade now. The great thing about dmoz is that not only will you get Page rank from their site and traffic from their site, but many little directories use the dmoz feed, which in turn adds your site to dozens of sites at once. The one problems with dmoz is that it takes forever to get your site add, and sometimes it never will be added.

- Paid to List directories:
Just like there are thousands of free directories to submit to, there are also plenty of "Paid to List" directories. These directories can change literally any amount the wish, and usually get your listing up within a day of payment. The good thing about these types of directories is that there are less links meaning more PR is spread to your page.

- Bidding Directories
Bidding directories are a relatively new type of directory. The idea behind Bid directories is that you pay for how high up in the directory you are listed. If you want the first spot in a certain category then you need to pay more then anyone else in that category. Another plus about bidding directories is the fact that they usually list the highest bids in all categories on the very front page which carries the most Page rank. Bidding directories can get quite expensive, especially if you go for some of the more popular, high page rank directories, but ultimately they will probably help your site the most. An example of this type of directory is http://bigweblinks.com. I will list some of the more popular Bidding directories at the end of this guide in the link section:

What to look for in a directory:

Well like mentioned above the main thing to look for in a directory is PR and back links. Here is a great list of a ton of top ranked directories listed by Inbound links according to google:

For an incredible list of the newest directories along with their Google PR check out the following link which is updated every couple weeks usually:
http://info.vilesilencer.com/main.ph...o-friendly.php
and
http://www.submit-add-url.com - List of over 9000 Free One way Directories

More then 1,000,000 backlinks

- http://dir.yahoo.com - 339,030,616
- http://www.dmoz.org/ - 4,632,835
- http://www.business.com/ - 2,318,784
- http://www.alivedirectory.com/ - 1,913,153
- http://www.bigweblinks.com/ - 1,153,339

From 500,000 to 999,999 backlinks

- http://www.relmaxtop.com/ - 955,902
- http://www.avivadirectory.com/ - 862,289
- http://botw.org/ - 526,158
- http://www.romow.com/ - 524,656

From 250,000 to 499,999 backlinks

- http://www.linksjuice.com/ - 456,509
- http://www.dirsensei.com/ - 438,394
- http://www.2yi.net/ - 419,353
- http://www.haabaa.com/ - 383,166
- http://www.sevenseek.com - 376,523
- http://directory.v7n.com/ - 363,854
- http://www.directorydump.com/ - 326,338
- http://www.allydirectory.com/ - 314,700
- http://www.elegantdirectory.com/ - 307,410
- http://www.gii.in/ - 303,566
- http://www.excellentguide.com/ - 262,139

From 100,000 to 249,000 backlinks

- http://www.cascandra.com/ - 239,644
- http://www.elib.org/ - 239,143
- http://directory.sootle.com/ - 235,842
- http://www.ewebpages.org/ - 235,551
- http://www.domaining.in/ - 225,430
- http://www.directorydream.com/ - 222,255
- http://www.stpt.com/directory/ - 219,686
- http://www.addurl-free.com/ - 194,945
- http://www.apahcinc.org/ - 174,448
- http://www.linkforever.net/ - 172,678
- http://www.umdum.com/ - 167,814
- http://www.kwikgoblin.com - 167,566
- http://www.map100.com/ - 155,922
- http://www.maxlinks.org/ - 146,756
- http://www.mingleon.com/ - 143,261
- http://www.emillie.net/ - 139,592
- http://www.fourfind.com/ - 136,163
- http://www.szab.net/ - 134,113
- http://www.submission4u.com/ - 131,464
- http://www.index-it.net/ - 127,978
- http://www.linkwith.us/ - 127,160
- http://www.dirsurfer.com/ - 124,941
- http://www.goguides.org/ - 122,839
- http://www.biz-king.com/ - 122,202
- http://www.sleekdirectory.com/ - 119,064
- http://www.allinfodir.com/ - 112,199
- http://www.wezp.com/ - 108,074
- http://www.uncoverthenet.com/ - 107,262
- http://www.browse8.com/ - 103,980


AvivaDirectory.com listed the following Directories by their http://Seomoz.org Page strenth, indicating basically which directories are the strongest all around, which means they are the best value. It also shows the prices to get listed:

Page Strength 10
- http://www.dmoz.org/ (Authority Directory) (free)
- http://dir.yahoo.com (Authority Directory) ($299 per year) (Directory subdomain has page strength of 10 as well)

Page Strength 9
- http://www.business.com/ (Authority Directory) ($199 per year)

Page Strength 8.5
- http://www.stpt.com/directory/ ($99 per year) (Directory folder has page strength of 6.5)

Page Strength 8
- http://botw.org/ (Authority Directory) ($69.95 per year or 199.95)
http://bubl.ac.uk/ (Authority Directory)

Page Strength 7.5
- http://www.alivedirectory.com/ (Authority Directory) ($49.95 per year / $74.95 per year)
- http://www.avivadirectory.com/ (Authority Directory) ($49.95 per year / $74.95 per year)
- http://www.uncoverthenet.com/ (Authority Directory) ($59 / $199 per year)

Page Strength 7
- http://www.2yi.net/ ($9.95 / $54.95)
- http://www.bigweblinks.com/ (bid for placement; min $49.90)
- http://www.elib.org/ (50 Euro / 150 Euro)
- http://www.ezilon.com/ (free / $49)
- http://www.gii.in/ ($25 / $100)
- http://www.relmaxtop.com/ ($20 per month)
- http://www.romow.com/ ($30 / $60)
- http://www.sevenseek.com/ (Authority Directory) ($40 / $99.95)
- http://directory.v7n.com ($49.95) (Directory subdomain has page strength of 6.0)

Page Strength 6.5
- http://www.chiff.com/ ($59.95 per year)
- http://www.directorydump.com/ ($34.99 / $49.99)
- http://www.domaining.in/ (free / $25 per year)
- http://www.e-topic.com/ ($19.95 / $34.95) (directory folder has pagestrength of 5)
- http://www.elegantdirectory.com/ ($39.95 / $79.95 per year)
- http://www.ewebpages.org/ ($17.95 / $49.95)
- http://www.gimpsy.com/ (Authority Directory) ($40)
- http://www.goguides.org/ (Authority Directory) ($39.99 / $69.95)
- http://www.haabaa.com/ (#30 / #50)
- http://www.index-it.net/ ($25 / $40)
- http://www.joeant.com/ (Authority Directory) ($39.99)
- http://www.kwikgoblin.com/ ($24.95 / $49.95)
- http://www.linksjuice.com/ ($19.97 / $49.97)
- http://www.map100.com/ ($10.95 / $91.95 for 180 days)
- http://www.mozdex.com/directory/ ($29.95 per year / $49.95 per year) (directory folder has page strength 5)
- http://directory.sootle.com ($19.99) (directory subdomain has page strength of 6.5)

Page Strength 6
- http://9ug.com/ ($5.99 / $19.99)
- http://www.abilogic.com/ (Authority Directory) ($9.95 / $39.95 per year)
- http://www.allinfodir.com/ ($19.95 / $69.95)
- http://www.allydirectory.com/ ($24.95 / $44.95)
- http://www.apahcinc.org/ ($24.95 / $49.95)
- http://www.biz-king.com/ ($10 / $25 per year)
- http://BlogTagstic.com/ ($9.97 / $29.97)
- http://www.browse8.com/ ($35)
- http://www.cascandra.com/ ($11.95 / $29.95 per year)
- http://www.cbravo.com/ ($8.50 / $18)
- http://www.dirsensei.com/ ($25 / $50)
- http://www.goongee.com/ ($19.99)
- http://www.mingleon.com/ ($14.95 / $34.95)
- http://www.site-sift.com/ (Authority Directory) ($49.95 / $100 per year)
- http://www.skaffe.com/ (Authority Directory) ($44.99)
- http://www.submission4u.com/ ($29.99 / $65.99 per year)
- http://www.uksmallbusinessdirectory.co.uk/ (Authority Directory) (30 pounds / 50 pounds)
- http://www.webworldindex.com/ (Authority Directory) ($25)

Page Strength 5.5
- http://www.anthonyparsons.com/ ($10 / $40)
- http://www.arcadeforce.com/ ($29.95 / $59.95)
- http://www.bloggeries.com// (unknown)
- http://www.busybits.com/ ($25)
- http://www.cdhnow.com/ (min. bid of $39.95)
- http://www.directorydream.com/ ($19.95 / $69.95)
- http://www.dirsurfer.com/ ($24.95 / $39.95)
- http://www.dirwizard.com/ ($19.95 / $59.95)
- http://www.ehealthsites.com/ ($19.95 / $34.95 per year)
- http://www.emillie.net/ ($15 / $25)
- http://www.excellentguide.com/ ($14.99 / $39.99 per year)
- http://www.freewebindex.com/ ($24.95 / $49.95)
- http://www.homesalez.com/directory/ ($59.95 per year) (directory folder has pagestrength of 4.5)
- http://www.idk.in/ ($14.95 / $49.95 per year)
- http://www.link-pimp.com/ ($19.99)
- http://www.linkcentre.com/ (74.95 Euro per year)
- http://www.linkforever.net/ ($11.90 / $16.90 per year)
- http://www.linksfactory.net/ ($49.95 / $34.95)
- http://www.nobledirectory.com/ ($25 / $40)
- http://www.onlinewide.com/ ($29.95 / $59.95 per year)
- http://www.pegasusdirectory.com/ (free / $17)
- http://www.platinax.co.uk/directory/ (#14.95) (directory folder has pagestrength of 5)
- http://www.qango.com/ ($50)
- http://www.szab.net/ ($9.95 / $24.95)
- http://www.thisisouryear.com/ ($19.95)
- http://www.tygo.com/dir ($39.99) (directory folder has page strength 5.5)
- http://www.umdum.com/ ($40 / $100)
- http://www.vxbox.com/ (3 Euro)
- http://www.web1directory.com/ ($15 / $35)
- http://www.webahead.net/ ($5 / $12)
- http://www.webverve.com/ ($5.95 / $19.95 per year)
- http://www.webs-best-directory.com/ ($19.99)
- http://www.wezp.com/ ($10 / $50 per year)
- http://www.wowdirectory.com/ (Authority Directory) ($43 / $65 per year)

Page Strength 5
- http://www.123kidzarea.com/ (n/a)
- http://www.2addhere.info/ ($9.95 / $39.95)
- http://www.addurl-free.com/ (free)
- http://www.all4seo.net/ ($9.90 / $15.90 per year)
- http://ask-dir.com/ ($30 / $50 per year)
- http://www.azoos.com/ ($89.95)
- http://www.bakie.com/ ($25.95 / $49.95)
- http://www.beaconpost.com/ ($29.95 / $39.95)
- http://www.bestinternetresource.info/ ($19.99 / $34.99)
- http://www.biz-dir.co.uk/ ($20 per year / $50 per year)
- http://blogaboutmysite.com/directory ($15.99 / $30.99) (directory folder is pagestrength 3)
- http://blogannounce.info/ ($9.95 / $16.95)
- http://www.businessseek.biz/ ($12 / $20 per year)
- http://www.citystar.com/ (unknown)
- http://www.deeplink.us/ ($5 / $8)
- http://www.dirarchive.com/ ($24.95 / $46.95)
- http://www.directory.biz-giant.com/ (unknown)
- http://www.dirspace.com/ ($6 / $40 per year)
- http://www.easyfinddirectory.com/ ($24.95 / $29.95)
- http://www.ebusiness-directory.com/ ($9.99 / $34.99)
- http://www.eonte.com/ ($34.99 / $59.99)
- http://www.frogengine.com/search ($29.95 / $49.95) (directory folder is pagestrength 4.5)
- http://www.galaxy.com/ ($9.95 / $99.95)
- http://www.global-weblinks.com/ (free / $40 per year)
- http://www.highstuff.com/ ($9.95 per year / $39.95)
- http://www.incrawler.com/ ($24.95 / $49.95)
- http://www.leadingdir.com/ ($9.95 / $39.95)
- http://www.linklister.co.uk/ (#5 / #15)
- http://www.linkopedia.com/ ($9.99)
- http://www.linksholder.com/ ($15 / $30)
- http://www.linkspub.com/ (reciprocal / $50 per year)
- http://www.linkverve.com/ ($24.95 / $49.95 per year)
- http://www.linkwith.us/ ($29.50 / $59.50 per year)
- http://www.livelydirectory.com/ ($19.99 / $39.99 per year)
- http://www.makeasearch.com/ ($2.95 / $12.95)
- http://www.massivelinks.com/ ($24.99 / $59.99)
- http://www.photarium.com/ ($7 / $19.97)
- http://www.prolinkdirectory.com/ (free / $9 for 3 months)
- http://www.qoobe.org/ ($24.95 / $95.95)
- http://www.search4i.com/ ($15 per year / $25 per year)
- http://www.search-group.com/ ($15 / $125 per year)
- http://www.searchbuster.org/ ($18 / $35)
- http://www.searchnlink.com/ ($3.95 / $10)
- http://www.searchturtle.com/ ($7.95 / $39.95)


Some very important and must see links related to Directories:

Information, Blogs, and Directories of directories:
- http://www.koopy.org - A directory of Bidding, paid, and Free directories
- http://www.webdirectorylist.com - Another directory of directories
- http://www.directorylist.org/free-directories - List of 200 free directories


Forums:
- http://forums.digitalpoint.com/forumdisplay.php?f=25 - Digital Point forum for Directory discussion
- http://www.resource-zone.com -The official Dmoz.org forum


Top Bidding Directories: (updated Dec 2007)
- http://www.bigweblinks.com - Currently the Most popular Bidding directory - PR 7
- http://www.webdirectorybid.com - The second most popular bid directory - PR 7
- http://www.mrktcity.com - PR 5
- http://Totalposters.com
- http://www.webdirectorylist.com
- http://www.algasos.com
- http://www.magx.net
- http://www.seodollar.com
- http://the100lists.com
- http://www.ventedoy.com
- http://www.bloggerspoint.com
- http://www.cyberweblink.com
- http://www.mrktcity.com
- http://www.realwd.com/keywords
- http://www.sponspot.com
- http://www.browndwarf.com
- http://www.zorg-links.com
- http://www.cdhnow.com
- http://www.famousdirectory.net

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