Friday, July 13, 2007

Earn Residual Income Through Different Payment Methods

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If a person is going to earn residual income then one of the first things they should understand are the payment methods used for paying a residual income. Nobody gets into residual income opportunities that is not interested in making money, so it is only smart for a person to understand how they will be paid that money. There are seven ways generally used to pay out residual income. Some ways have been very successful, but others have not. That is why it is so important that a person has some idea about these methods before getting started in any residual income opportunity.

In the beginning the main payment structure for residual income was a uni-level matrix plan. This was also known as a pyramid. This method hinged on getting people to sign up in multiple levels. The original person would be on top of the pyramid and rely on those below them in their pyramid to make them money. If all worked out then the person at the top would make a great income, but this type of plan is hard to build. It relies on people to keep recruiting and building that down line. It rarely works out because the person at the top is usually the only one making money, which is why newer payment methods were developed.

A forced matrix plan is the most common. Forced matrix plans also have some other additional payment methods associated with them that makes earning potential much greater. The basic forced matrix plan is like a uni-level plan, but each level has a limit of people. For example, the people the person recruits are limited to only 5. Then if they recruit more they fill a new level. This ensures everyone is making money. Under a forced matrix a person may also earn bonuses. There is a fast start bonus where a person earns an incentive to get as many recruits as possible within a limited time. They then receive a nice bonus pay out. There is also a sponsor bonus where a person gets a little extra bonus for every person they sign up. Matrix plans are also set up so that once a person recruits enough people they can then leave their original sponsors team and start their own. To prevent the original sponsor form losing out they earn a breakaway bonus where they still get a commission from the team that became independent. This helps everyone to work together and help each other instead of trying to keep those underneath restrained so they can not recruit too many people and break away.

The type of payment in a residual income opportunity can be confusing. There is always a lot of talk about down lines and commissions. It is really important for a person to make sure they understand the payment method. It is the bottom line of any residual income opportunity. Many opportunities have fallen by the wayside because they did not have a string payment method. By making sure the payment method is understandable and logical a person should be able to feel comfortable with their chosen opportunity.

By: Diep Tran

Diep Tran is Internet marketer, owns a Plug-In Profits Site and webmaster of Internet Home Business Opportunities. For An Internet Home Business Opportunity To Make Money Online, Visit: www.internet-wealth.biz


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Thursday, May 31, 2007

Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI) And SEO


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Indexing has always been considered a highly targeted science. Enter a search query into Google search and the pages that are displayed are generally optimized towards that exact word or term. However, in their continual battle to server the most relevant but most natural pages with genuinely useful information Google has injected latent semantic indexing (LSI) into its algorithms.

What Is LSI?

LSI is a unique indexing method that potentially takes Google search one step closer to becoming human in its way of thinking. If we were to manually search through web pages to find information related to a given search term we would be likely to generate our own results based on the theme of the site, rather than whether a word exists or doesn't exist on the page.

Why Search Engines Might Adopt Latent Semantic Indexing

The extremely rigid form of "keyword indexing" also meant that black hat SEO techniques were easier to implement. Search engines could be manipulated into ranking a site highly by using set formula. Originally, cramming a page with a particular keyword or set of keywords meant a site would rank highly for that search term. The proceeding set of algorithms ensured that your link profile played more of an important part than your keyword density. Reciprocal linking soon followed once again making it possible to manipulate the search engine spiders by exchanging links with tens, hundreds, or thousands of websites.

Reciprocal linking was soon beaten as Google and to a lesser extent Yahoo and MSN gave less credence to a reciprocal link as they did to a one-way inbound link. Latent Semantic Indexing is another, particularly powerful, method to try and make their result pages appear more natural with natural pages filled with natural content.

The Effects

The introduction of LSI has seen some dramatic changes in the search engine result pages already. Sites that had previously performed well because of an impressive link profile based on a single keyword have found their pages slip in the rankings. Other pages with a more diverse portfolio of inbound links are taking the lead with search terms for which they had not previously performed.

SEO is far from dead because of LSI, in fact if anything, it has probably increased the need for professional white-hat SEO on your website. The field of SEO, though, has almost certainly changed. Website content copywriting for Google's benefit is not merely made up of keyword density and keyword placement as it once was and link-building techniques will need to change to incorporate LSI algorithms but it can be done.

Writing Content For LSI

If optimizing solely for Google then a web page can, theoretically, be naturally written and naturally worded. When we write we instinctively include the appropriate keyword in our text. In order to avoid repetition (or keyword optimization, as it was once called) we would often alter some instances of these keywords for other words with the same or very similar meaning. We naturally include the plural or singular form of a keyword as well as different tenses and a number of different stems of that keyword. In the eyes of LSI algorithms this is all good news.

Looking At Your Link Profile

A link profile should no longer consist of thousands of links with the same anchor text (that of your primary keyword). There's no reason to panic if you already have this kind of profile. Instead you should look at relevant and similar terms and improve your link profile by gaining links using these as your anchor text.

What It Offers Web Searchers

From the point of view of web searchers, LSI offers some distinct advantages over its earlier form of indexing. For example, LSI recognizes that the word "engine" in "search engine optimization" is not related to searches for terms like "steam engine" or "locomotive engine" and is instead related to Internet marketing topics. In theory, LSI results give a much more accurate page of results as well as providing a broader range of pages still geared towards a particular topic.

Where Google Leads, Others Generally Follow

It is widely acknowledged that Google is the search engine at the forefront of latent semantic indexing. On the whole they try to generate results pages that are literally filled with genuine, useful results and LSI certainly provides another string in their bow. Yahoo and MSN, for now, seem more than happy to go along with keyword specific indexing although Yahoo are known to look at singular and plural keyword variations as well as keyword stemming when judging keyword density.

The Effect On Your Website

How it affects the individual Webmaster is dependent on how they go about promoting their site already. If the pages are filled with natural content including keywords and keyword alternatives, and the link profile is similarly diversified for a number of related keywords then the fact is it won't change very much. However, if all of your efforts have been concentrated, either on-page or off-page, with a single keyword then it's time to readdress the balance.


About the Author: Matt Jackson is a homepage content author for WebWiseWords. WebWiseWords specializes in natural web content writing that appeals to search engine spiders and to human visitors.


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