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<title>Common problems during pregnancy and some tips to alleviate them</title>
<description>Being pregnant should be one of the happiest times of your life with all the expectations and dreams for the future.  However, there are a number of some symptoms of pregnancy that can make this time quite uncomfortable.  Here are a few of the more common...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_104693_61.html</link>
<pubDate>17th November 2006</pubDate>
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<title>Traffic from high competition phrases.</title>
<description>How to write articles on competitive keywords and still get traffic.

Quite often you'll find phrases that are perfect for writing an article on, but has so much competition you wonder if it is worth it. 

e.g. In my own research on BBQs, "how to bbq"...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_104397_64.html</link>
<pubDate>17th November 2006</pubDate>
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<title>Working with keywords</title>
<description>So how much competition does that phrase have?

I would say it does not have any competition other than the two pages relating to my article.

If you were to create a page with that phrase in it, your page will be one of only 3 in Google with the exac...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_98915_16.html</link>
<pubDate>15th November 2006</pubDate>
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<title>How can you find in-demand phrases that are EASY to write articles on?</title>
<description>How can you find in-demand phrases that are EASY to write articles on?

Simply filter phrases according to certain words they contain.

We are looking for the types of phrases people use when searching for answers to their questions.  If you can ident...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_80321_16.html</link>
<pubDate>12th August 2006</pubDate>
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<title>Why count keywords when themeing is so easy?</title>
<description>While on-page optimization has less of a ranking impact than it use to, it is still wise to get your main phrases into the page.  Google themselves state this in their webmaster guidelines:

"Think about the words users would type to find your pages, an...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_79978_16.html</link>
<pubDate>08th August 2006</pubDate>
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<title>How can a webmaster benefit from article marketing?</title>
<description>Articles have a very special role in the overall functioning and ranking of a web site.

Articles can:

 - get your site traffic from the search engines
 - increase the ranking of other pages on your site
 - get you recognised as a leading expert in...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_78510_16.html</link>
<pubDate>01st August 2006</pubDate>
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<title>Finding the best keywords for your main pages.</title>
<description>Websites often have three main types of pages built for visitors - article pages, main pages and homepages.  

In the strategy outlines in "Creating Fat Affiliate Sites" (see resource box to get your free copy) these three types of page have very differ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_77811_4.html</link>
<pubDate>29th July 2006</pubDate>
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<title>Which keyword research tool is best for you?</title>
<description>Your keyword research will ultimately dictate how (and if) visitors find your site.

Your job in this stage of the site building process is to find out the exact phrases that people type into the search engines, when they are looking for information or ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_65648_16.html</link>
<pubDate>23rd June 2006</pubDate>
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<title>How to check if a niche site will be profitable</title>
<description>To be profitable, there has to be:

a) Demand
b) Good affiliate programs you can promote (also high bids at the Pay Per Click Search engines is a good indicator).

To find out this information, I use Wordtracker and affiliate networks like Commission...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_64292_16.html</link>
<pubDate>18th June 2006</pubDate>
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<title>Spam techniques that will get you banned or penalized.</title>
<description>There are a number of techniques that webmasters have used over the years to try an outsmart Google.  Today, many of these will get you banned, or at best penalized, so that your sites don't rank well, and consequently don't get the traffic you need.

1...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_63962_16.html</link>
<pubDate>16th June 2006</pubDate>
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<title>The easy way to find potential niches</title>
<description>Finding a profitable niche to build a site about is a two-step process.

1. Find several potential niches.
2. Check to see which one is most profitable.

This article looks at the first part - coming up with ideas.

This is often the biggest stumbl...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_63622_16.html</link>
<pubDate>16th June 2006</pubDate>
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<title>An Overview of Building 'Fat' Affiliate Sites</title>
<description>There is a lot of planning and decision-making involved in starting an affiliate site.  It is tempting to take short-cuts because everyone wants to see quick results.  However, I cannot emphasize enough the need to take your time.  

Below,I have outlin...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_63221_4.html</link>
<pubDate>16th June 2006</pubDate>
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<title>How to avoid being a thin affiliate.</title>
<description>What's all this about thin affiliates?

In a "leaked" document reportedly coming from Google, the big G gave guidelines to human spam-busters on how to classify affiliate sites as thin or not.  

A "thin affiliate" is basically one that creates pages ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_62271_80.html</link>
<pubDate>12th June 2006</pubDate>
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<title>Designing a quality information site requires quality keyword research</title>
<description>It's impossible to ignore the importance of keyword research in the design stages of your website.  A quality information site must cover the information that people want to read, and for that, you need to know what they type in at the search engines.

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<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_52801_62.html</link>
<pubDate>12th May 2006</pubDate>
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<title>Think theme, not keyword phrases</title>
<description>I was reading through some articles that were submitted to my article site the other day.  Some are really very good, but on the other hand, some were not.

Of the "bad" ones, the thing that struck me was how easy it was to pick out the main keyword the...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_49265_62.html</link>
<pubDate>02nd May 2006</pubDate>
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<title>When will Duplicate Content Cause you Problems?</title>
<description>Let me ask you a question:

If you pick up an article from an article directory and post it on your site, will your page/site be penalised?

From what I have read on forums and in emails recently, a lot of people think they will be penalised for using...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_45510_62.html</link>
<pubDate>20th April 2006</pubDate>
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