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According to unpublished data from the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (2004) the number of immigrant overseas trained nurses nearly tripled between 2000 and 2004 (cited in Jeon & Chenoweth, 2007, p. 17)
. In 1996 the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (1999, cited in Omeri & Atkins 2002, p. 496) reported that 23.6 % of all qualified nurses were born outside Australia, including 7.4% from a non-English speaking background.
Statistics from 1982 to 1994 indicate that the sources of immigrant nurses were as follows: 48% from the UK/Ireland, 25% from Asia, 12% NZ/Oceania and various countries all over the world (Hawthorne, 2000, cited in Hawthorne, 2001, p. 217).
The phenomenon of a growing CALD workforce within this group is seen to be a result of the global nursing shortage (Jeon & Chenoweth, 2007, p. 17). The dilemma is that the CALD nurses were found to experience difficulties in transition that seemed to be caused mainly by language and cultural barriers (DEST, 2007, Chapter 7.1.4).
However, the situation might have changed over time due to increased cultural awareness and acceptance as well as rise in numbers of skilled migration (Australian Bureau of Statistic, 2006). Nowadays, nurses are required to prove a high level of English language ability in by passing the International English Language Test System (IELTS) with a score of seven or Occupational English Test (OET) grade B for the professional licence to practise with the Australian Nursing & Midwifery Council (ANMC) (n.d.) and the state nursing board’s registration, before applying for a skilled visa DIAC (n.d.).
In the past the English language test was judged to have prevented 67% of CALD nurses % from outside Australia and 41% of those in Australia from applying for nursing registration (Hawthorne & Toth, cited in Hawthorne, 2001, p. 222). They further report that only 29% of CALD nurses gained nursing registration immediately without attending a bridging program, and of those required to complete competency-based bridging programs 90-95% had passed in Victoria whereas only 55-71% passed in NSW.
Despite having passed the hurdles of the English language test, professional recognition and visa conditions that determine successful transition to the new Australian work place, is sill experienced as a huge challenge. Therefore, some NESB nurses end up working as Nursing Assistants or are even lost to the nursing work force (DEST, Chapter 7.1.4; authors observation).
DEST therefore postulates that bilingual/cultural skills should be better integrated and more valued and that support and encouragement is needed, “rather than perceiving their other language as an impediment or embarrassment to be denied or ignored”(Chapter 7.1.3). (Background of research proposal, Nov. 2007)

It appears that I was right telling you to check your Google Caffeine rankings in a recent article called Google Caffeine Update - is it Good News for You?.

Today, just a couple of days after the article went live, Google announced the official launch of Google Caffeine – the new search architecture. At http://www2.sandbox.google.com/ where the developer's preview used to sit we have this message:

"We appreciate all the feedback from people who searched on our Caffeine sandbox.

Based on the success we've seen, we believe Caffeine is ready for a larger audience. Soon we will activate Caffeine more widely, beginning with one data center. This sandbox is no longer necessary and has been retired, but we appreciate the testing and positive input that webmasters and publishers have given."

Caffeine is being rolled out and obviously there gonna be changes in the search results. I hope you had enough time to check your Caffeine rankings, because if you did you now know what to expect from the big update it could be an unwelcomed surprise. Keep your Rank Tracker project or excel spreadsheet at hand and all ranking fluctuations should be easy to foresee.

The transition to the new search architecture will take place in spoonfuls – data center after data center. When you see that your site rankings coincide with or become close to the ones you recorded when you last checked your positions in Caffeine that will mean that the new architecture is already there.

For those of you who didn't check Caffeine rankings – don't be surprised to see your sites' Google positions go either way. And even if your rankings go down, there's no need to panic. Just keep on doing good SEO, stick to the best practices preached here on Site Reference and other high-profile SEO sites such as searchenginejournal.com, searchcowboys.com, searchengineland.com and many, many others (there're too many to mention all of them). I'm sure it will help you restore your rankings in the new Google.

I've been monitoring the rankings of a couple of sites in Google against Caffeine with the rankings checker I recommended you to get in the previous article (and still recommend by the way). You can get a free copy of Rank Tracker or any other rank checker that checks multiple keywords and keep an eye on your rankings fluctuations. I'll be keeping my finger on the pulse and as soon as I'm able to evaluate the changes I'll let you know.


Actually I was going to end the article here, but one more tip... If your website's traffic depends on Google rankings which is true for a vast majority of sites here's what you can do to safeguard yourself from a drastic traffic drop. Go to your Google Analytics account (or whatever you use for traffic stats) and export all the major keywords that drive you traffic. Then get a free copy of Rank Tracker or any other rank checker that checks multiple keywords and keep an eye on your rankings fluctuations. This way you'll be able to spot ranking drops as soon as they occur and try to fix things preventing traffic drops. Maybe you'll see your rank for your major selling keyword drop – a PPC campaign can be a quick fix for the time your SEO efforts take effect. Ok looks like I got 500 words ;)

Cheers, and may you rank high in the new Google.


Richard Gilmore is an Internet marketer, freelance SEO, author and addicted guitar player.

The timing and amount of blood flow you experience during your monthly menstrual cycle depends on the coordinated performance of your endocrine glands, which produce the hormones necessary for menstruation to occur when pregnancy does not. What they do affects what happens in your reproductive organs.

First, What Are the Reproductive Organs?

The uterus is a pear-shaped organ which, in its non-pregnant state, is collapsed and about the size of your fist. It is located between the bladder and the lower intestines.

The lower third of the uterus is called the cervix. The cervix has an opening called the "os," which opens into the vaginal canal and permits your period to flow out.

Extending from each side of the uterus are the fallopian tubes. Near the end of each fallopian tube is an ovary.

The ovaries are almond-sized organs which produce eggs. Each ovary contains from 200,000 to 400,000 follicles. These follicles contain the material necessary to produce eggs.

The inner lining of the uterus is called the endometrium. The endometrium sheds during menstruation. In addition to endometrial tissue, your menstrual flow also contains blood and mucus from the cervix and vagina. When pregnancy occurs, the endometrium thickens and fills with blood vessels that mature into the placenta that contains the growing fetus.

Which Hormones Interact with the Reproductive Organs?

The area of the brain called the hypothalamus, together with the pituitary gland, which also is in the brain, control the hormones necessary for reproductive health.

Six hormones serve as chemical messengers to your reproductive system. These hormones include:

* Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)
* Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
* Luteinizing hormone (LH)
* Estrogen
* Progesterone
* Testosterone

During your menstrual cycle, GnRH is released first by the hypothalamus. This causes a chemical reaction in the pituitary gland and stimulates the production of FSH and LH. Estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone (yes, the "male" hormone) are produced by the ovaries in reaction to stimulation by FSH and LH. When these hormones work harmoniously, normal menstrual cycles occur.

Your Menstrual Cycle in Phases

The menstrual cycle is divided into two phases--the follicular or proliferative phase; and the luteal or ovulatory phase. The follicular phase includes the time when menstruation occurs and is followed by proliferation or the growth and thickening of the endometrium. This phase typically lasts from 10 to 14 days, starting with the first day of menstruation.

Estrogen and progesterone levels are at their lowest during menstruation. When bleeding stops, the proliferative phase begins causing the endometrium to grow and thicken in preparation for pregnancy. During the next (approximately) two weeks, FSH levels rise causing maturation of several ovarian follicles and the size of the eggs triple.

FSH also signals the ovaries to begin producing estrogen which stimulates LH levels to surge at around day 14 of your cycle triggering one of the follicles to burst, and the largest egg is released into one of the fallopian tubes.

This phase is followed by the premenstrual phase, known as the luteal phase. This premenstrual period lasts approximately 14 days. After ovulation, LH causes the corpus leuteum to develop from the ruptured follicle. The corpus leuteum produces progesterone.

Together estrogen and progesterone stimulate the endometrium to prepare a thick blanket of blood vessels that will support a fertilized egg should pregnancy occur. When pregnancy occurs, this blanket of blood vessels becomes the placenta which surrounds the fetus until birth.

When pregnancy does not occur, the corpus leuteum deteriorates and becomes the corpus albicans. Once this occurs, progesterone and estrogen levels decline, and the endometrial lining is shed during menstruation.
* Periods can vary greatly from woman to woman and from month to month and still be normal. Generally, the length of your menstrual cycle can fluctuate from 3 weeks to 5 weeks, without alarm.

* When counting the days in your cycle, always count the first day of your period as day one. The average period lasts about 6 days, although some women may experience slightly shorter or longer periods and be perfectly normal.

* Variations in the amount of menstrual flow and the timing of menstruation are quite normal in young women during the first few years following the onset of menstruation. Periods may be irregular or very light. The use of oral contraceptives can often cause fluctuations in menstruation which include either light periods or spotting/bleeding between periods.

* It is not uncommon for young women to feel frightened when dark clumps of tissue is discovered in their menstruation. However, this is usually nothing abnormal and just a part of the endometrium, or uterine lining that is shedding.

* The average age of the onset of menstruation is about 12 or 13, however it may begin as young as 8 for some girls or not until 14 or 15 for others. If your period has not started by the time you are 16, see your physician to determine whether there may be an underlying condition.

Source:

Menstruation. ACOG Education Pamphlet AP049.http://www.acog.org/publications/patient_education/bp049.cfm. Accessed 08/26/09.

More people are starting to browse the web with mobile devices as it is now a “on the move” business tool. Usually when people are not in their offices, they are not near a computer and so they cannot reach you online. This is false! By having a mobile website you are opening your doors to users accessing the web from a mobile device such as a cell phone.

Most companies have a regular website but not a mobile website. A mobile website (light version of a normal website) is optimized to be viewable on the mobile web and a cell phone. Very few businesses today have a website that can be easily viewed on a mobile phone.

Mobile websites are different than normal websites found on the web. Cell phones have small screens and usually limited abilities and cannot process large websites full of graphics because most websites are developed and designed for the web, not the mobile web. Cell phones requires simpler websites, smaller in size and with few graphics.

A dedicated optimized mobile website is needed if you want your “website” to be displayed on cell phones. Mobile websites are much smaller and usually have fewer pages. The message on your “mobile” pages should also be more focused what your mobile audience wants to know.

The mobile web is much lighter than the normal web. Desktop computers connects to the web through a stable high speed connection. Cell phones by their nature have to connect on the move. Connections are transferred from cell tower to cell tower and are affected by carrier coverage. This makes it quite limited in bandwidth.

Even though to view your website depends on network coverage, by having one you are enabling yourself to be found easily.

Reasons for having a dedicated mobile website.

* If your company depends on local customers.
* If your company depends on advertising.
* If your prospects want to get information on the go.

The mobile web is still young but it is growing fast. To be the leader in your market and niche, it is highly recommended to get a dedicated mobile website.

I have been using the mobile web for a couple of years now and I have optimized this blog to be “mobile” ready. Browse to our blog from your cell phone and you will see. This helps me answering my visitors comments when I’m not in front of my computer. A mobile blog that I can access anywhere!

This week we are taking a look at GolfAsian.com, an agency that plans golf vacations in Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. With a well-organized website and great customer service, they are poised to become a leader in the golf vacation industry - with a few website tweaks and online marketing strategies.



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SEO: using primary and secondary key phrases
Mark has made some strong efforts toward optimizing the Golf Asian website. Each page has a unique title tag and meta description, two key areas that draw visitors in from the search engines. He is also making use of some key phrases in the on-page titles and in the anchor text of links within the content. However, many of the phrases targeted throughout the site include specific golf locations and cities such as Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket, and Hua Hin. Unfortunately, these specific locations are not getting many--if any--searches.

SEO will serve GolfAsian.com best by targeting visitors who are looking for a golf vacation, but aren't sure where they want to go. I would recommend using broader terms throughout the website that aren't location specific.

keywords.jpgBased on some keyword research, some phrases that are worth targeting as primary keywords are:

* Golf vacation
* Golf vacations
* Golf holiday
* Golf holidays
* Golf vacation package
* All inclusive golf vacations
* Golf trip
* Golf trips
* Thailand golf

Only use the specific locations as secondary keywords on the pages that are about those cities, courses, packages, etc, and always in combination with the primary keywords. This way, you are focusing on more general search traffic while still ranking for the handful of people searching for a specific destination.

*Tool Tip: Not sure how to check if people are searching for your keywords? Sign up for a service like Keyword Discovery or Wordtracker. Sometimes these services offer a free trial; so plan ahead and cram your keyword research into a few days.

Link building: beat the competition with a backlink
Currently, GolfAsian.com has around 4,000 inbound links, but they are all coming from just a handful of websites. While lots of links are good, they aren't going to help you if they are all coming from the same source. Links from a variety other quality websites are critical for ranking well in the search engines, as well as driving traffic to the website.

Instituting a link building campaign will help improve rankings for more competitive primary keywords, as well as fill up the results for secondary, less competitive phrases.

A few tips for getting more links to your website:

1. Search for authority sites. A "quality" link is one that comes from a site that has lots of other quality sites linking to it. A good way to find websites to court for links is to check the backlinks of your competitors. See who is linking to the high-ranking competition and ask them to link to you too.
2. Get listed in directories.It's important to be listed in general directories like Yahoo and DMOZ, but also target industry specific directories such as those for golf, travel, and vacations.
3. Go slowly. Getting two many links too quickly is a red flag for search engines.
4. Use anchor text. When a good site links to you, you want them to do it using phrases you are targeting such as "golf vacation packages." Use your best judgment based on your interaction with the site manager on whether you can request specific anchor text, or just be happy with anything from a good site.


backlinks.jpg*Tool Tip: to check the links coming into your site, go to http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/. Type in your domain, including the "www" if that's your primary URL. Click "Explore URL." It will automatically show you the pages of your site that have been indexed; just above the results, click on "Inlinks" so see your incoming links. You can change the settings to exclude links from your own domain and to include links to any page of your website.

Layout: featuring everything equals featuring nothing
In general, there is too much happening on the Golf Asian website. By trying to feature so many different things, nothing ends up getting featured. The key areas that need to jump out from every page are:

* Website name
* Tagline
* Navigation
* Call to action

The content needs to be obvious and easy to scan. Break up long paragraphs by using section headers and bulleted/numbered lists.

Choose a few items to feature in the sidebars and rotate them, instead of trying to feature everything at once.

Cut the homepage content in half, and then cut it in half again. The homepage needs to function more like the back cover of a book, giving visitors a taste of what they will find inside the website. Give a 2-3 sentence overview of what the site is about (using keywords) and then drive visitors to the deeper content.

The GolfAsian.com website is filled with great information that is well organized and relatively easy to navigate. Cleaning up the layout, using more general key phrases, and instituting link building are key changes that will drive more relevant traffic to the site.

Do you know how to do SEO for your videos? Do you have a video or two on your site but are unsure how to do search engine optimization for them?

You are not alone. For a long time it was difficult to say what would help a video rank well in search engines such as Google, but it has become a lot easier than it used to be.

Here are the top 10 SEO tips for videos:

1- If you plan to upload a video to both your site and video distribution sites like YouTube, be sure to post it to your site first. That way you can get links through the embed codes where possible.

2- Make sure that your site has more content than you give the video distribution sites. For example, your site could include a “part 2” to the video or a textual transcription that can’t be had anywhere else. This can entice people to link to your site rather than the video distribution site.

3- Use your targeted keywords in the video’s file name, title, and in the tags where it is appropriate.

4- Build links to the video both internally and externally. Video, like any other content on the Web, will be judged by the same link standards.

5- Create a video sitemap for any videos on your site to make it easier for search engines to find all the video content.

6- Optimize the URL of the page where the video is located by naming the page with the keywords. Only have one video per URL.

7- Tweeting, bookmarking, and mentioning the video on social media sites are great ways to gather links.

8- Cross link your video to other relevant videos that you have done. This will help all of your videos rank better and be more useful for your visitor, which always leads to more views.

9- Create useful content that your visitors will want to link to. This will help to build natural links and encourage comments which also influence search engine rankings.

10- Use a video distribution service such as TubeMogul or Traffic Geyser to spread the video quickly across the Internet. These services can save you a lot of time.

These tips are primarily SEO related. There are a lot of topics about video that need to be discussed to get the most out of a multimedia campaign, but we shall talk about them in another post. Watch for them to come in the future. In the meantime, start recording!

Bonus tip: YouTube will soon let you connect with your friends easier. They are going to suggest people you know by recommending those you have sent videos to via email. Also, if you have connected your Gmail account with your YouTube account, they will suggest people from your contacts that also have a YouTube account.

The idea is to promote subscriptions between friends. One of the key factors in making all of this work is to be sure that your account settings are correct. If you’re not sure, simply go to the privacy settings within your YouTube account. There is a box there that states, “Let others find my channel on YouTube if they have my email address.” Make sure that the box is checked so you can be found and maybe even increase your subscriptions.

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(PRWEB) October 26, 2007 -- The London-based Pension and Population Research Institute Recently (25 October) launched 'Assessing the Damage', a 32-page report by its Director of Research, Patrick Carroll, into the demographic impact on society, and the consequences for women's health, of the 1967 Abortion Act.

Speaking at the launch at the Royal Society of Medicine in Wimpole Street, London, Mr Carroll said that the report discusses how national statistical data can be used to assess the effect of the 1967 Act.

"The 40th anniversary of the passing of the Abortion Act is a significant opportunity to re-assess the impact on society that has resulted from this legal and cultural change. Given that we live in such a politically correct age, for many my report is probably a rather inconvenient analysis, but it could however be a first step towards a restoration of the situation that will benefit many," Mr Carroll said.

Through statistical analysis and comparison Mr Carroll, who is an actuary and statistician by profession, looks at the impact of nearly seven million legally induced abortions over the last 40 years, abortion's bearing on family structure and its adverse health consequences.

"Statistics on abortion in England and Wales are unusually comprehensive and detailed by international standards and when combined with information from live birth data and mortality it is possible to estimate what I have called the 'Lost Generations' that are missing as a result of this legislation,"

Mr Carroll said.

The 'Lost Generations' are those who might have been born had they not been terminated as a result of the 1967 Act, some of whom could now be grandparents.

At a time of low birth rates and increasing infertility Mr Carroll says that the impact on actual population today of a still increasing abortion rate is serious. In his report he estimates that the United Kingdom's working age population has been reduced by nearly 7% since 1967. Had the Lost Generations been included in the working age population today, for example, National Insurance Contributions for men might on average be reduced by nearly £290.00 a year (£5.56 per week) or nearly £210.00 (£4.01 per week) for women.

"In the UK and Ireland there is good reason to be concerned about abortion and its impact in the continuing demographic context of late marriage and late childbearing. Our abortions are more damaging to health because so many are carried out on women before they give birth to live children," Mr Carroll said.

On an individual level, abortions are a greater threat to fertility and the physical and mental health of a woman who has yet to have children, than those that occur in a mother who has had a full-term pregnancy.

Patrick Carroll argues that there are national implications too, as live birth rates fall below replacement levels. In England, Wales and Scotland he argues that the abortion rate has contributed to the decline in Great Britain's birth rate.

However in Northern Ireland, where the 1967 Act does not apply, there has also been a considerable decline in the birth rate since 1968, but the prohibition on abortion has maintained fertility at a higher level than in Great Britain.

The Report also looks at the interaction between abortion and the decline of marriage, fertility, family size, family life and parenting. This includes its effect on women's health in relation to breast cancer. In his research Mr Carroll found abortion to be the best predictor of modern breast cancer trends.

Dr Joel Brind, Professor of Human Biology and Endocrinology at Baruch College of the City University of New York, came across the link between abortion and breast cancer in 1992. He was in London to support Mr Carroll at the launch of the report.

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For further information and embargoed advanced copies of the report, please contact Terry McErlane on +44 (0)7860 862231 or +44 (0)7736 230585

Notes to Editors

1. Publication of the Report

The Report will be posted on the websites of the Pension and Population Research Institute http://home.btconnect.com/papri and the Medical Education Trust www.mededtrust.org.uk

2. Patrick Carroll M.A, F.I.A

Patrick Carroll is Director of Research at the Pension and Population Research Institute and an actuary and statistician by profession. He has contributed several papers to actuarial literature that include Pension Age in a Changing Society (1990), Abortion and other Pregnancy-Related Risk Factors in Female Breast Cancer (2001). Mr Carroll is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries.

3. Dr Joel Brind

Joel Brind PhD is a biochemist who has specialised in reproductive steroid hormones and their links to human diseases since 1972. A graduate of Yale College, he earned his PhD in basic medical science from New York University in 1981 becoming a Professor of Human Biology and Endocrinology at Baruch College of the City University of New York in 1986.

4. Pension and Population Research Institute (PAPRI) and Medical Education Trust

The PAPRI is a charitable trust with educational aims that includes research into Pensions, Demography, Insurance and Investment. The publication has been funded by the Medical Education Trust, a registered as a charity set up to promote a better understanding of the nature of man and of the nature of health.

Type in a couple of womens health fitness keywords into Google or any one of the many search engines and what do you get? You get some great sites related to womens health fitness and more

There are tons of womens health fitness websites some are little more than advertisements but many others provide a terrific supply of information relating to womens issues. Scientific research, data from studies, health conditions, nutrition, and fitness, as well as prevention and treatment information.

It?s important for women to get accurate information about issues that directly relate to their health and that includes the latest on womens health fitness. What was thought the best advice only a year or so ago has now been improved.

For example today it is a well known fact that women suffer heart attacks at the same rate as men but they often present differently to emergency wards to many go undiagnosed. It has also bee shown that womens health fitness is critical to keeping women healthier especially after menopause when their natural protection dwindles.

Studies have also shown that women health fitness can make a big difference in a womens ability to maintain here weight. It seems after 40 women get the privilege of a few extra pounds suddenly appearing around the waste line and so with some proper exercise routines you can better defy mother nature.

Womens health fitness is finally getting the same attention that mens has for decades. Suddenly we realize that besides helping to keep the pounds off women also need to make sure that they are taking care of their cardio workouts.

This brings us to another subject ? weight loss. For many women this is an ongoing battle that?s not easy to resolve. Many would love to convince you that you need all kinds of diet pills to lose those pounds when really what you need is much simpler. You need to ensure that the calories you are burning exceed the calories you are taking in.

There are plenty of excellent health fitness resource sites for women and there are just as many terrific magazines that are full of helpful exercise tips, nutritional tips, and all kinds of tips to have you looking and feeling great. And isn?t that what all women want? To look and feel their best?

Women may a great deal more attention to how they look and feel then men do. In general women are much more in tune to the signals their bodies are sending them and they are also much more interested in health fitness and how it affects their overall well being.

Men are more interested in fitness to great a buff, polished look although slowly they are beginning to recognize and understand the value of a cardio workout. Women on the other hand have long understood how their health fitness and their overall well being were directly related. And for one to have a terrific overall well being they needed to have a good health fitness ethic.

So the only question that remains is which type of health fitness program best suits your own personal lifestyle and goals.

Get all the latest information about Fitness, from the only true source at http://www.1fitnessinformation.com. Be sure to check out our Health Fitness here pages.

Womens heart health is a subject that should be on the tip of everyone's tongue, but for some reason not too many people seem to be talking about it. Unlike other womens issues that have people mobilized and raising awareness, when it comes to the heart there doesn't seem to be too many people championing the cause. It seems as though I can't drive anywhere without seeing a car with a pink breast cancer awareness ribbon magnet attached to it, but where are the magnets for heart problems.

You'd think that there would be tons of soccer moms concerned with womens heart health, especially given the fact that heart disease is the number one cause of death today for American women. I'm constantly hearing about how men die of heart attacks, but more women than men die every year in the United States of cardiovascular disease. Additionally, 23 percent of women over the age of 40 who have heart attacks die within a year. When you compare that to the 18 percent of their male counterparts, it's hard to understand why this isn't more of a women's issue. Where are all of the specials on Oprah? Where are the races for cures?

Even scarier, 64 percent of women who have heart attacks and die suddenly have had no previous symptoms. It's truly a silent killer, striking otherwise healthy people when they least expect it. Also, after the age of 40 the lifetime risk for cardiovascular disease is more than 50 percent in women. The worst part is that diagnostic tests and procedures that work well for men don't work as well in women. This is particularly true of ECG tests, which is also known as the exercise stress test. All in all, more people need to be aware of womens heart health.

For more information on womens heart health, visit the Womens Health Forum. It's free to become a member, so visit http://www.WomensHealthForum.org/ and join today!

Where do you go when you need womens health specialists? Do you rely on womens health magazines, or do you just ask your friends whenever you have a question that you don't know the answer to? Many women avoid either and prefer to use the internet instead as their sole source of information that deals with their health. There are a lot of great sites out there that you can search through to find more information on whatever health problem you may be experiencing. Even better, some sites allow you to search through symptoms, essentially helping you to diagnose yourself. You should still see a doctor, but it can put your mind at ease to know you're probably only dealing with a cold, rather than the life threatening illness you thought you had.

Also, there are a lot of awesome forums you can use to discuss womens health issues with other people. A lot of womens health specialists frequent many of the forums and give their opinions, so they can be a great resource to turn to. The great thing about forums is that you can post your questions anonymously, and depending on how busy the forum is that day you can get your answer in minutes. Also, since there are different people that can respond you can get different answers and pick which ones you like best.

On the other hand, you have to take a lot of what you read on forums with a grain of salt. Indeed, the main strength is also the main weakness, as because everyone can post anonymously you can never be sure who you're taking your advice from. Sure, the people may claim to be womens health specialists, but they may just be plumbers or unemployed weirdos. As long as you go into the forum with that in mind, you can usually benefit from what forum members have to say.

For more advice on finding the best women's health specialists, visit the Womens Health Forum. It's free to become a member, so visit http://www.WomensHealthForum.org/ and join today!

Despite a growing body of new women's health research, the idea of equating women and men's health still persist.

Fundamentally, a stage is set for simplifying women's health to a point of triggering dangerous health consequences for women.

This is not to say that breaking complex subjects into simpler parts is wrong.

In fact it is very important to do this in order to manage information overload. However, significant problems can arise whenever you make things simpler than they are.

This is what I call the "theory-to-practice" dilemma.

For example, the 10-day weight-loss diet might sound great at first, but in the end, short-cuts to health will always defeat your confidence as you end up weighing more than when you first started.

If health issues were simple, medical and health professionals would have broken the code to health long ago. Unfortunately, many media messages continue to promote one-dimensional and over simplified solutions for women's sexual and overall health problems.

Marketers know the time demands placed on modern women today and offer up seductive and tempting simple one-step solutions to complex problems such as sexual dysfunction.

And so a vicious circle of poor health decisions is created.

The consequences are more than minor.The social, physical and emotional impact of poor health choices impacts everything you do.Your quality of life depends on good health choices, yet women are at greater risk of making poor choices.

Not because they are not informed, but because they are misinformed.

Consider the following physiological differences between men and women:

# Ibuprofen, as a pain reliever, is not as effective in women as in men.

# Men and women display different symptoms of heart attack. Chest pain is most common in men while women's symptoms are subtler, often characterized by generalized fatigue, abdominal pain and nausea

# Women with irritable bowel syndrome will respond better than men to certain types of treatment (serotonin receptor antagonist).

# Men and women absorb and excrete some drugs in different ways and at different rates. Some drugs are more effective in women while others have more severe side effects in women than in men.

Clearly women are different then men. More importantly, women are more sexually sophisticated than men! Now the question is what to do?

Make sure when you research a potential product that the product claims are based on female-subject research.

You will find that most are not; this is just a fact of science.

When this happens do not completely discard the science, but become more active in asking your health care provider questions about how the medication or treatment is different for women.

Never assume your doctor will tell you about gender differences!

You should especially be watchful of products sold on the Internet. The biggest problem with most websites is that they tend to make Women's Sexual Health Issues extremely simpler than they really are.

For example, many websites promote or over emphasize the benefits of a single health product rather than providing critical; background information on how the product may fit into your lifestyle.

The promise to cure a female sexual dysfunction such as vaginal dryness withthe application of a specially formulated cream is often an oversimplification.

It is seductive to get that quick fix, but treating a symptom often just shifts problems to other parts of the body.

This is not say that you should not seek products that will relieve symptoms or provide a short term benefit - the caveat is that one-step interventions are not enough to achieve optimal sexual health and overall wellness.

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During pregnancy your nutrition needs are going to increase. Even before becoming pregnant it is a good idea to make every effort to start eating healthy and taking a women's multivitamin. A prenatal multivitamin is a better choice during pregnancy.

Let's start with the recommended daily intake of food during pregnancy.

DURING PREGNANCY :

7 or more Fruits and Vegetables (3 fruits/4 vegetables)
Fruits and Vegetables high in vitamin C are the best. These include strawberries, melons, oranges, papaya, tomatoes, peppers, greens, and broccoli.

9 or more Whole Grain Products
A fortified breakfast cereal containing iron and folic acid is the best way to start each day. Enriched bread, rice, pasta, and any whole grain product are your other choices.

4 or more dairy products
Low-fat milk or non-fat milk, yogurt, and cheese are the obvious choices.

60 grams of protein (two or more 2-3 ounce portions of lean meat)
Other sources of protein include eggs, nuts, dried beans, and peas. Do not eat undercooked or uncooked meat or fish. (NO SUSHI) Do not eat deli luncheon meats

PREGNANCY NUTRITION FACTS

Fish

Some fish are higher in mercury content than others. Mercury can cause problems with your growing baby's brain and nervous system.

Fish to avoid completely:
shark
swordfish
king mackerel
golden snapper
white snapper

Fish eating limitations:
Limit your intake of fish to 12 ounces a week
Limit your intake of white tuna or tuna steak to 6 ounces a week

Safest fish to eat:
shrimp
salmon
catfish
light tuna

Weight

Calorie intake should only be increased by 300 a day during pregnancy for the average woman.
Weight gain should be around 28-40 pounds for women that are underweight at pregnancy.
Women that are overweight at pregnancy should gain only 15-25 pounds.
Weight gain should be around 2-4 pounds the first trimester and 3-4 pounds a month for the remaining time.
Excess weight gain is hard to lose after pregnancy because your body's fat increases up to one third during pregnancy.
Breast feeding burns 500 or more calories per day making it easier to lose weight.
Consult your health care provider for your specific healthy weight gain.

Vitamins and Minerals

Check the RDA chart for your needs during pregnancy.

Folic Acid is a special concern because a deficiency can lead to neural tube birth defects. Your multivitamin should contain 400 mcg of folic acid. Birth defects happen before you even know you're pregnant so always take a multivitamin with folic acid during child bearing age.

Vitamin C taken in doses over 500 mg/d can lead to your baby being born dependent on large quantities of vitamin C.

Iron is also of special concern because the average American diet does not provide enough iron during pregnancy. If your prenatal multivitamin does not contain enough iron your doctor will prescribe an additional supplement. Iron is needed for you and the baby to have healthy teeth, bones, and blood.

Water is often overlooked during pregnancy but it is vital for you and your baby. It carries the nutrients from your body to the baby and it helps prevent constipation, hemorrhoids, swelling and urinary tract infection. A minimum of 6 eight ounce glasses a day is required. Juice can count toward your 6 glasses but be careful of the added calories. Any drink containing caffeine actually reduces the fluid in your body and cannot count towards your 6 glasses.

Calcium is needed by you and the baby for strong teeth and bones. During pregnancy you need 1,000 mg/d and 1,300 mg/d if you are less than 18 years old.

Alcohol Consumption

There is no safe time or amount of alcohol to consume during pregnancy. No alcohol is the only way to insure the health of your baby. Alcohol you drink goes to your baby through the umbilical cord. Alcohol affects the baby's growth, the baby's brain, and can cause birth defects. These effects will remain with your unborn child for his/her entire life. FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders) is the name given to anyone affected by their mother's alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Problems learning, memory retention, and hearing are just a few things that alcohol can do to your child.

Caffeine

Caffeine in large quantities can lead to low weight babies. It also reduces the amount of vital water in your body. Although not yet proven, some studies suggest that it may harm the fetus. While not as dangerous as alcohol it should still be avoided.

Diabetics

Diabetics can have perfectly normal babies like every other woman. There are a just a few things you need to be careful of.
1. Keep your blood sugar under control for a minimum of 3 months before becoming pregnant.
2. Make sure you get enough folic acid at all times during your child bearing years (400 mcg/d).
3. Don't let your blood sugar get too high during pregnancy. This can lead to birth defects or your baby having blood sugar level problems

Ways To Control Morning Sickness

*Eat 6 small meals instead of 3 large ones
*Don't go without eating for long periods of time
*Don't drink fluids with your meals
*Don't eat greasy, spicy, or fried foods
*Avoid unpleasant smells
*Don't get over tired

Hello, my name is Frank Keller and I am the owner of the Women's Health Supplements website. Don't be fooled by the name, we are not another vitamin retailer. All articles are not just reviewed by me they are written by me. From artificial sweeteners and bottled water to pregnancy nutrition every word is written to help you make an informed decision about your health. Content is chosen from your suggestions.

Please visit us at http://www.womens-health-supplements.net to review our articles or to give us your recommendations for new articles. Healthy eating and a good nutrition plan takes very little of your time but is the single most important thing you can do for your health. Have a happy and healthy day!

For many women, menopause brings relief from monthly periods, freedom from worry about unplanned pregnancy, and excitement about entering a new phase of life.

For many others, menopause brings physical and emotional upheaval linked to changes occurring as the female body makes its transition out of the child-bearing years.

Herbs for menopause No 1 - Black cohosh ( cimicifuga racemosa) - Black cohosh Cimicifuga racemosa is equally at home in the perennial border as it is in its shaded haunts in the eastern deciduous forest. Pre-colonial botanical observers in America couldnt help but notice the handsome, robust foliage, with the tall spikes of brilliant white flowers, waving like a flag to attract attention.

Herbs for menopause No. 2 - Chaste tree ( Vilex agnus- castus) Chaste tree has been used for menstrual cycle problems. It has also been used in combination with other products for certain hormone imbalances (e.g., hyperprolactinemia). Some herbal/diet supplement products have been found to contain possibly harmful impurities/additives

Herbs for menopause n. 3 - Damiana ( Turnera diffuse) - Damiana leaves are harvested from the plants Turnera diffusa, a small shrub native to Mexico, the American Southwest, and the West Indies. Damiana is also known by the name Turnera.

The common name Damiana includes the species Turnera aphrodisiaca, which is used interchangeably with Turnera diffusa. Besides being used in the production of a popular Mexican liqueur called Damiana, this herb has enjoyed a long and unwarranted history of use as an aphrodisiac, supposedly able to stimulate the libido of men and women alike Herbs for menopause no. 4 - Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) Dandelion (the entire plant preparation) has been used for stimulating appetite and for relieving stomach fullness and gas (dyspepsia). Dandelion leaf has been used for stimulating the appetite, and for promoting water loss and blood circulation. It has also been used for gallstones and arthritis

Herbs for menopause No. - Chaste tree ( Vilex agnus- castus) Chaste tree has been used for menstrual cycle problems. It has also been used in combination with other products for certain hormone imbalances (e.g., hyperprolactinemia). Some herbal/diet supplement products have been found to contain possibly harmful impurities/additives

Herbs for menopause n. - Damiana ( Turnera dif

fuse) - Damiana leaves are harvested from the plants Turnera diffusa, a small shrub native to Mexico, the American Southwest, and the West Indies. Damiana is also known by the name Turnera. The common name Damiana includes the species Turnera aphrodisiaca, which is used interchangeably with Turnera diffusa. Besides being used in the production of a popular Mexican liqueur called Damiana, this herb has enjoyed a long and unwarranted history of use as an aphrodisiac, supposedly able to stimulate the libido of men and women alike Herbs for menopause No. - Chaste tree ( Vilex agnus- castus) Chaste tree has been used for menstrual cycle problems. It has also been used in combination with other products for certain hormone imbalances (e.g., hyperprolactinemia). Some herbal/diet supplement products have been found to contain possibly harmful impurities/additives

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What Is Gestational Diabetes?

Gestational diabetes occur only in pregnant women. This diabetes is caused due to disorder in the placenta of the pregnant women. When the pancreas of the women fails to produce extra insulin, the blood sugar level becomes unusually high. This condition is termed as gestational diabetes. It is essential for all future mothers to have a complete knowledge of the link between women and gestational diabetes.

Diagnosis

Gestational diabetes is diagnosed when the woman is about 24-28 weeks pregnant. It is diagnosed by ýoral glucose tolerance testý in which the woman is instructed not to eat for 4 to 8 hours. Then her blood sugar level is measured by the medical caretakers.

After checking the normal sugar count, she is given a sugar drink and after 2 hours the sugar level test is redone to assess abnormality in blood sugar level. If the womenýs sugar level is below 140 mg/dl then she is certified to be in the safe limit. However, if the sugar count is more than 140 mg/dl, she is diagnosed with gestational diabetes.

Causes

Gestational diabetes is more likely to happen in obese women more than 25years of age and who have following records ý

A family record of diabetes or has prior experience of this disease in past pregnancies can lead to gestational diabetes.

Women who delivered an unusually large and healthy baby or a baby born with birth defects in the past can have gestational diabetes.

If the women has excess amount of amniotic fluid, she is prone to gestational diabetes.

Symptoms and risk factors

Symptoms of gestational diabetes can be assessed by the delivery of baby and both the mother child condition-

The blood sugar level of diabetic pregnant women becomes abnormally high.

The fetus that nourishes in this abnormally large amount of sugar level becomes large enough to be delivered by vagina. One needs surgical operation to deliver the baby.

Doctors notice high amount of insulin in the body of the newborn baby. After few days the baby is exposed to the condition of hypoglycemia i.e. low level of blood glucose because the baby is no more influenced with motherýs high sugar level.

Unusual hunger, thirst, weight gain or high blood pressure is sign of gestational diabetes.

Recurrent vaginal infection and excessive urination are signs of gestational diabetes.

Treatments

A planned and balanced diet devoid of sweets is prescribed to the diabetic women to keep the sugar level in the normal range of 60 to 120 mg/dl. The diabetic lady should exercise at least 3 or 4 days a week to maintain the sugar level in the body by burning excess fat. Balanced food and exercises can help in maintaining the normal pregnancy weight gain which is vital for treating gestational diabetes.

In case of severe gestational diabetes, a weekly or daily glucose level test is advised to the diabetic mother. If all these treatments prove ineffective, then insulin injections are recommended by the doctors to control the blood sugar level in the diabetic lady.

Complications

If the disease of gestational diabetes is left untreated or is not properly controlled than the baby can develop certain complications that includes- Macrosomia, jaundice, respiratory distress syndrome, death after 28 weeks of pregnancy or in infancy. Gestational diabetes can occur in future pregnancies as well.

So the pregnant ladies must seek doctoral advice and get complete details of how to prevent this diabetes in future as well as present pregnancy.

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Since the 60s, smoking women has continued to grow: the proportion of smokers rose from 10 to 22% in 40 years on the 15 million smokers in USA. The women smoke more and more and earlier. The first cigarette is usually taken between 14 and 16 years. Cigarette smoke passes from the lungs to the brain within 10 seconds, carrying so much faster than would intravenous injection of illicit drugs. Smoking cigarette send some 4 000 chemicals to the body.

Tobacco and gynecological disorders

Smoking decreases the secretion of estrogen. It may therefore be responsible for menstrual disorders with irregularities and pain. There is also often a change of tone of voice, which becomes hoarse, and an increase of hairs. Menopause occurs 1 to 2 years earlier than average among smokers. Hot flashes are more intense and the risk of osteoporosis is increased. Tobacco also promotes the development of precancerous lesions of the cervix.

Tobacco and skin

Due to a lack of oxygenation of the skin, smokers are more often dull complexion and "clouded". The cellular exchanges have slowed and the waste is not eliminated. The skin loose his radiance and elasticity. Wrinkles appear prematurely, with 10 to 20 years ahead, especially at the lips. Smoking stimulates the production of free radicals that damage the elastin and collagen.

Tobacco and pill

35% of women aged 20 to 44 years who take contraceptive smoke, increasing from 4 to 10 times the risk of cardiovascular problems. Combining a contraceptive with cigarettes is a major health hazard, especially past 35 years. Indeed, nicotine promotes deposition of fat in the blood vessels and damages arteries. The blood thickens and the risk of thrombosis, stroke and cerebral vascular accident (stroke) is accentuated. These evils are aggravated by contraceptives.

Smoking and Pregnancy

Cigarette smoking decreases by 50% female fertility: thickens the cervical mucus, preventing sperm progression, lack of estrogen reduces the quality of the uterine wall and restricts blood flow necessary for the implantation of the egg. Smoking increases by 3 the risk of miscarriage, and by 2 ectopic pregnancies and premature births. There is also stunted fetus that is not well oxygenated. Its weight is generally lower than 200 g at birth. In addition, smokers lactating produce 25% less milk than non-smokers.

Tobacco and weight

Smoking reduce the taste and smell. In addition, nicotine stimulates the nervous system that causes a cut-hunger, slows the storage of fat in adipocytes and artificially increases energy expenditure to 200 calories per day compared to non-smoker. The smokers have a weight lower than they would if they do not smoke (around 4 kg). So when you stop smoking, you just go back to your normal weight. No need to worry! However physical activity is still recommended to stabilize the weight. If you start to gain to much weight, try to eat better by cutting in the fat and salt.

It may be a good idea to consult a dietetist to help stabilize your weight while you stop smoking. Consulting a dietetist is a sure way to establish a healthy and balanced diet. Using dangerous product like laxative and purgative are dangerous and not the solution to long lasting weight loss!

Good luck!

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Hippocrates and Medicine

The Greek physician, Hippocrates (460 to 377 B.C.) is known as the father of medicine. He is known as one of the main players in 'medicalizing' and 'professionalizing' the traditional, often ritualistic, healing practices of ancient times. Hippocrates changed the face of healthcare and paved the way to the scientific study of medicine.
Ancient Healing Practices

In ancient times, priests and shamans would administer healing to the sick. Their wisdom was past down from generation to generation. Illness was mostly thought of as a supernatural phenomena, whereas Hippocrates believed all illness had a natural cause.

Historical Changes in the Healing Practice of Massage

A really interesting historical change in the field of massage was brought about Hippocrates as noted by Robert Noah Calvert in "The History of Massage"(2003). Calvert suggests that Hippocrates changed the actual direction and technique of massage.

Shamans and priests would typically massage away from the core of the body and make sweeping motions out towards the arms and legs. The rationale behind the traditional, indigenous form of massage was to rub or brush away evil spirits and sickness out of the body and out through the limbs.

Hippocrates, on the other hand, stressed that massage should be directed toward the centre of the body or toward the heart. His rationale for stroking upwards was to help eliminate waste products from the body. His technique actually changed the way massage had been practiced for centuries, although, the more ancient healing practices are still performed in the traditional manner.


Energetically speaking, sweeping down the legs creates a very different effect than sweeping up. If you are an energetic healer or have ever experienced the two methods, you will undoubtedly notice the difference it makes.

The Roots of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

The ancient healing practices of the past is what we call alternative and complementary medicine today. Reflexology is noted to have been around since about 4,000 B.C. The history of herbal medicine goes back some 60,000 years.

Traditional Chinese Medicine and acupuncture has been practiced in Asia for over 5,000 years.

So despite all of the changes Hippocrates initiated in the way we treat and understand illness, and in the way that massage is practiced, ancient healing wisdom has survived. We don't have to believe in supernatural causes to believe that we feel better after having a massage or foot reflexology treatment. The essence of our ancestor's wisdom, thankfully, remains intact.

The history of massage reveals how this ancient healing practice has withstood the test of time.

Massage therapy has been touted as one of the oldest forms of medical treatment.

First recorded in China during the second century B.C. in The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine, massage was mentioned as a recommendation for the treatment of certain ailments. In India, the traditional healing system of Ayurvedic medicine also prescribed massage for a variety of medical conditions. Physicians of ancient Greece and Rome utilized massage as one of the primary methods to treat pain. In the West, during the fifth century B.C., Hippocrates also instructed his fellow physicians on the many benefits of rubbing.

History of Swedish Massage

It would seem that the impulse to rub a hurt was quite instinctual, but up until the early 1800s, there were few advances in the actual massage techniques until Swedish massage was developed. A Swedish doctor named Per Henrik Ling is often mistakenly associated with Swedish massage. He actually incorporated massage with medical gymnastics and physiology and developed the Swedish Gymnastic Movement System. Early on, physiotherapy was actually originally based on Ling's manual methods.

Massage Therapy had been used for many medical and psychiatric conditions until scientific breakthroughs in medical technology and pharmacology substantially changed the foundation of medicine in the West. Quite simply, drugs became the solution for many ailments and electrical instruments gradually replaced manual methods.

Massage is a Natural Healing Therapy

Over the years, though massage faded in and out of our Western medical system, it seems there has always been an awareness of its inherent healing and therapeutic value. During the 1960s, a wave of interest in natural healing once again revitalized the practice of massage and has continued to be a popular method of dealing with stress. Perhaps this is why massage has become mainstream as the increased pace of life has created all sorts of stress related problems.

In 1997, a U.S. survey showed that consumers spent between four to six billion dollars on massage, approximately 30 percent of the total amount of money spent on complementary and alternative medicine. At the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine, medical doctors are researching the beneficial effect of massage therapy on a variety of conditions such as stress-related disorders, depression and anxiety, pain, and auto-immune disorders. I think it is fair to say that our ancestors were on to something when they rubbed themselves well!

Historians of massage often fail to show the role women healers have had in the way massage was practiced and shared from generation to generation.

Massage History – Woman and Massage

Much of what has been written on the history of massage typically emphasized the male shaman, priest and healer. In ancient times, massage was one of those healing arts that typically was passed down from generation to generation. What role did women play in this? Most cultures had midwives who utilized massage, particularly through the stages of pregnancy.

Midwifery, Massage and Women

In every continent, from Africa, Australia, Central and South America, Europe, North America, to Asia, the midwife has been using massage to help woman during the stages of pregnancy and labour. Woman have always been healers. They bathed and looked after the sick, the young and the old; looked after pregnant women; delivered babies.

Historically, women healers were persecuted, excluded from the medical profession and even barred from practicing medicine until around the 20th century.

Massage Therapy and Women

Interestingly, the massage therapy profession is probably one of the most popular emerging job titles of 2005 according to Salary.com. The American Massage Therapy Association estimates that only 16 to 18 percent of therapists in the United States are male. Essentially, massage therapy is predominantly a female profession.

Massage is one of the oldest recorded healing practices. Ironically, though, what was passed on from generation to generation between woman was rarely documented. It is well known that indigenous cultures have an oral tradition and rarely have written documentation on their cultural practices. Perhaps this is one reason why women are not well-documented and not given much credit in the history of massage. The reality is, that women have always been healers.

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After the princd sent the wman away, she turned into a beautiful fairly. She cursed the prince and his castle. The prince became a beast. He was very ugly now. All his servants became furniture. The prince could be a human again if a women fell in love with him

Meanwhile, on the other side of a mountain, there lived a girl. Her name was belle. She lived with her father, Maurice. One day, Maurice traveled past the castle. It was raining very hard he came into the castle. When the Beast saw him, he captured him.

Belle was so worried because her father didn't came back. She began to look for him. She arrived in the castle and she foumd her father there. Bella agreed to stay in the castle so that her father, could go home.

First, belle didn't like Beast because he was mean. Then, slowly he changed. He was not mean anymore. Belle began to like him and finally she fell in love with him.

Right after she declared her love to beast the spell was broken. The Beast and his servant bcame human again. The Beast and Belle got merried. The lived happily ever after

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Write your own articles


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You should publish articles on the internet, to be an acceptable webmaster. It should be original and creative. Running your own blog is a very good idea to impart tips and tricks that people could use. However, writing advice articles then publishing them through various websites that can guide your readers through simple problems is a much greater idea. When they learn to trust you with little things, they will come to you for the bigger things. So I suggest to continue writing until you gain someone’s trust. Reading advice from you will make your readers consider you as an expert. Every new article you publish you are certain to have new readers, possibly turn into your future customers. Just throw out least content as possible for the purpose of Search Engine Optimization.

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Have a website that is all about who you are, what you do, and what sets you apart from others. The main component to your online success is your website. Your website must be set up for easy navigation, ordering and communication, not only present yourself professionally. Hire or ask a professional to create your website that enables you to sell product and also sell yourself.

Join forums that you have expertise

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Join in forums that talks about a topic that you have proficiency. Soon you will be famous in the community, you will earn respects and gain a reputation which is essential in having a business with the web-surfers. If you’re already active in several online communities, this will come more easily than if you’re a brand new internet user. You should post knowledgeable information that focus on establishing relationships and learning from other experts in a specific area. Don’t spam your new company website it will give them negative impression, and will be turned off to you and your entire business. Don’t forget the main purpose of forums, to build relationships and make business. It’s like knowing you first then we will buy your product.

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Most people dwell too much on the “rules” or accepted expectations for sites like Twitter. In this video, Michael Gray points out that there is no right way or wrong way to use Twitter. He says the only right way is when you are getting out of it what you want and what you’re putting into it.

What works for one person or business may not work for you. Therefore, it is important to determine your goals early and to do whatever you have to do to meet your goals.

Michael does give some basic tips that everyone could adopt and practice to build their reputation in the community. They are:

- Be polite
- Make friends
- Start conversations
- Ask questions
- Answer questions

Most people prefer tweets that are not self-promoting. Michael says bigger brands have more flexibility in this regard, but even they should not take advantage of it. Twitter is about engagement and most self-promotions do not encourage it.

The value you receive from Twitter is ultimately determined when you identify your goals and work to meet them. It’s not about how many followers you acquire. What really matters is how many of those followers actually know who you are and are helping you meet your goals.

Most people think of search engine optimization to improve their search engine rankings as being such a skilled task that, without putting a great deal of time and effort into it, it is simply beyond their capabilities. Wrong! Yes, improving search engine rankings in competitive topic areas does require a good deal of knowledge and expertise and search engine optimization experts are needed, but most websites aren't in very competitive areas. Many of them can achieve top rankings by applying just the search engine optimization basics - which can be learned in less than 30 minutes.

This article lays out the basics of search engine optimization. It can be well worthwhile trying them before paying an expert as, oftentimes, the basics are all that's needed.

NOTE: the SEO copywriting method (a.k.a. search engine optimization copywriting) applies these basics to a site's existing pages. It doesn't go into more advanced search engine optimization techniques that require more knowledge and expertise.
What is Search Engine Optimization?
Search engine optimization is the process of achieving top rankings in the search engines for a website's most relevant search terms. The most relevant search terms are the phrases that people are most likely to type into a search engine when looking for what the website has to offer. These are the search terms that it is essential to rank highly for, and these are the search terms that search engine optimization targets.

The first step is to choose the most suitable search terms for your site. Then allocate one or two of them to each suitable page within the site. One search term per page is preferable, but two per page is not so bad. Sometimes it is useful to split a largish page, that covers several closely related topics or several aspects of a topic, into two or more smaller pages so that a different search term can be targeted on each of them. Matching search terms to a page's content is essential.

NOTE: smaller pages are better than larger ones because it is easier to target a search term when there is less text on the page to dilute the focus.


Search Engine Optimization - the basics
Link structure within the site

An obvious, but sometimes overlooked, aspect of search engine optimization is to make sure that search engine spiders can actually find (crawl) all of the site's pages. If they can't find them, they sure as hell won't get spidered and indexed, and no amount of search engine optimization on them will help.

Some points to note
# Spiders can't see links that are accomplished by Javascript so, as far as search engines are concerned, they don't exist. Don't use them if you want spiders to follow your links.
# Google won't spider any URL that looks like it has a Session ID in it, so URLs with longish numbers in them must be avoided. These are usually dynamic URLs.
# Make sure that all pages link to at least one other page. Links to pages that don't link out are called "dangling links", and the reason to avoid them can be found here.
# It is good to structure the internal links so that targeted search terms are reinforced. E.g. organize the links so that a topic's sub-topic pages link to the topic page with the right link text (see below), and vice-versa.

Off-page elements

Link text
some link text
This is one of the two most important elements for good rankings. The link text can be on pages within the site or on other sites' pages. Either way, it is important. The target page's main search term should be included in the link text. When possible, don't use identical link text for every link that links to a page, but do include the target page's main search term in the link text.

Google attributes link text to the target page - as actually being on the target page, and it treats it's pseudo-presence as being an important element of the target page. Links carry even more weight if the text around them is concerned with the target page's topic and search term(s).

On-page elements

The Title tag

This is second of the two most important elements for good rankings. Make sure that the page's search term is contained in this tag, and place it as near to the front as is reasonable, whilst ensuring that it reads well. There's nothing wrong with placing the search term up front on its own, followed by a period; e.g. "Pagerank. Google's PageRank and how to make the most of it". The target search term is, of course, "PageRank". Obviously each page's Title tag should be different to the Title tags on the site's other pages.

The Description tag

Some search engines, such as Google, don't display the Description like they used to do but, even so, it should still be included in each page for those engines that do, and for the odd times when even Google displays it. Write an appealing description for the page and incorporate the page's search term into it at least once and, preferably, twice. Place one instance of it at the start or as near to the start as is reasonably possible.

The Keywords tag

The words in the Keywords tag were never treated as keywords by the search engines; they were treated as text on the page. The tag isn't as effective as it used to be but there is no reason to leave it out. So put plenty of relevant keywords into the tag and include the search term once at the front, and a second time further along the line. There is no need to seperate keywords and keyphrases with commas, as is often done, since the engines ignore commas.

The H tag
some heading words
"n" is a number from 1 to 6; the biggest heading size being 1. H tags are given more weight than ordinary text and, the bigger the H size, the more weight it receives. So include the target search term in H tags at least once on the page, and two or three times if possible. Also, place the first H tag as near to the top of the page as possible.

Bold text
Bold text is given more weight than ordinary text but not as much as H tags. As much as is reasonable, enclose the search term in bold tags when it appears on the page.

Text
Use the search term as often as you can on the page whilst not detracting from the page's readability. Make sure that you use the term once or twice very early in the page's body text and as often as possible throughout. Reword small parts, and even add sentences, to make sure that the search term is well represented in the text.

In all probability, each word in the search term will be found on the page seperate from the search term itself. This is good. In fact, if they are not there on their own, add a few of them through the page.

Alt text

Include the search term in the alt text of all images on the page. Keep in mind that some systems such as Braille readers and speach synthesisers use the alt text, so you might want to make them usable whilst including the search term.


Summary

1. Select your main search terms.
2. Allocate each search term to a suitable existing page. Split some pages if necessary.
3. Organize the internal linkages and link text to suit the target search terms and their pages.
4. If possible, organize links from other sites to suit the target search terms and their pages.
5. Organize all the on-page elements to suit each page's target search term.
6. Sit back and watch your rankings improve!

Maybe between we all this time understood word meaning a virus.ok after I look in one site antivirus and I want to inform semantic about virus to you.this all one eye that we can understand what it aught word meaning in that virus definition is alone.lets we go to understanding virus.

Adware

Adware is software that presents banner ads or in pop-up windows through a bar that appears on a computer screen. Those advertising spots usually can't be removed and are consequently always visible. The connection data allow many conclusions on the usage behavior and are problematic in terms of data security.

Backdoors

A backdoor can gain access to a computer by going around the computer access security mechanisms.A program that is being executed in the background generally enables the attacker almost unlimited rights. User's personal data can be spied with the backdoor's help, but are mainly used to install further computer viruses or worms on the relevant system.

Boot viruses
The boot or master boot sector of hard drives is mainly infected by boot sector viruses. They overwrite important information necessary for the system execution. One of the awkward consequences: the computer system cannot be loaded any more…
Bot-Net
A Bot-Net is collection of softwarre bots, which run autonomously. A Bot-Net can comprise a collection of cracked machines running programs (usually referred to as worms, Trojans) under a common command and control infrastructure. Boot-Nets server various purposes, including Denial-of-service attacks, etc., partly without the affected PC user's knowledge. The main potential of Bot-Nets is that the networks can achieve dimensions on thousands of computers and its bandwidth sum bursts most conventional Internet accesses.
Dialer
A dialer is a computer programm that establishes a connection to the Internet or to another computer network through the telephone line or the digital ISDN network. Fraudsters use dialers to charge users high rates when dialing up to the Internet without their knowledge.
EICAR test file
The EICAR test file is a test pattern that was developed at the European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research for the purpose to test the functions of anti-virus programs. It is a text file which is 68 characters long and its file extension is “.COM” all virus scanners should recognize as virus.
Exploit
An exploit (security gap) is a computer program or script that takes advantage of a bug, glitch or vulnerability leading to privilege escalation or denial of service on a computer system. A form of an exploit for example are attacks from the Internet with the help of manipulated data packages. Programs can be infiltrated in order to obtain higher access.
Grayware
Grayware operates in a way similar to malware, but it is not spread to harm the users directly. It does not affect the system functionality as such. Mostly, information on the patterns of use is collected in order to either sell these data or to place advertisements systematically.
Hoaxes
The users have obtained virus alerts from the Internet for a few years and alerts against viruses in other networks that are supposed to spread via email. These alerts are spread per email with the request that they should be sent to the highest possible number of colleagues and to other users, in order to warn everyone against the "danger".
Honeypot
A honeypot is a service (program or server), which is installed in a network.
It has the function to monitor a network and to protocol attacks. This service is unknown to the legitime user - because of this reason he is never addressed. If an attacker examines a network for the weak points and uses the services which are offered by a Honeypot, it is protocolled and an alert sets off.
Keystroke logging
Keystroke logging is a diagnostic tool used in software development that captures the user's keystrokes. It can be useful to determine sources of error in computer systems and is sometimes used to measure employee productivity on certain clerical tasks. Like this, confidential and personal data, such as passwords or PINs, can be spied and sent to other computers via the Internet.
Macro viruses
Macro viruses are small programs that are written in the macro language of an application (e.g. WordBasic under WinWord 6.0) and that can normally only spread within documents of this application. Because of this, they are also called document viruses. In order to be active, they need that the corresponding applications are activated and that one of the infected macros has been executed. Unlike "normal" viruses, macro viruses do consequently not attack executable files but they do attack the documents of the corresponding host-application.
Polymorph viruses
Polymorph viruses are the real masters of disguise. They change their own programming codes - and are therefore very hard to detect.
Program viruses
A computer virus is a program that is capable to attach itself to other programs after being executed and cause an infection. Viruses multiply themselves unlike logic bombs and Trojans. In contrast to a worm, a virus always requires a program as host, where the virus deposits his virulent code. The program execution of the host itself is not changed as a rule.
Script viruses and worms
Such viruses are extremely easy to program and they can spread - if the required technology is on hand - within a few hours via email round the globe.
Script viruses and worms use a script language such as Javascript, VBScript etc. to infiltrate in other new scripts or to spread by activation of operating system functions. This frequently happens via email or through the exchange of files (documents).
A worm is a program that multiplies itself but that does not infect the host. Worms can consequently not form part of other program sequences. Worms are often the only possibility to infiltrate any kind of damaging programs on systems with restrictive security measures.
Spyware
Spyware are so called spy programs that intercept or take partial control of a computer's operation without the user's informed consent. Spyware is designed to expolit infected computers for commerical gain. Typical tactics furthering this goal include delivery of unsolicited pop-up advertisements. AntiVir is able to detect this kind of software with the category "ADSPY" or "adware-spyware".
Trojan horses (short Trojans)
Trojans are pretty common nowadays. We are talking about programs that pretend to have a particular function, but that show their real image after execution and carry out a different function that, in most cases, is destructive. Trojan horses cannot multiply themselves, which differenciates them from viruses and worms. Most of them have an interesting name (SEX.EXE or STARTME.EXE) with the intention to induce the user to start the Trojan. Immediately after execution they become active and can, for example, format the hard drive. A dropper is a special form of Trojan that 'drops' viruses, i.e. embeds viruses on the computer system.
Zombie
A Zombie-PC is a computer that is infected with malware programs and that enables hackers to abuse computers via remote control for criminal purposes. The affected PC, for example, can start Denial-of-Service- (DoS) attacks at command or send spam and phishing emails.

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