The Terrible Twos

By Sylvia White

The terrible twos. Is it a myth or has your gorgeous baby developed into a fiend of mischief over night.

The change from baby to a young child can be quite painful for some parents but have you ever wondered why ?

The main problem is boredom, he or she has discovered that there is more to life than sitting playing with toys, the mind becomes active they want to be involved in what is going on around them.

Expecting your little treasure to sit contentedly while you get on with your daily tasks is now a thing of the past, he or she will want to take part in the running of the house and nothing is going to stop them.

As a baby life was almost routine, feeding times, bath time, nappy changing, bedtime, suddenly this has changed he now has more time on his hands as routines change with growing needs.

One way to avert this unsettling time is to cater for their every need which of course is an impossibility when you have a home to run.

Your little tot is on a learning curve and he is interested in all you do even to the point of wanting to copy so a visit to the Early Learning Centre is helpful.

At the age of two to three your Child does not know the difference between sexes, your son will happily play with a doll or a car and vice-versus so a few household type toys are useful.

A vacuum cleaner for a start so they can join in and do their bit, an iron and ironing board to keep them busy while you set about the ironing, a dustpan and brush so you can teach them to pick up the bits that are dropped.

A plastic painting or play mat is a good idea they are quite large and while you are washing the dishes you can sit them on the kitchen floor with a little bowl of water and a dolls tea set so they can copy what you are doing, any upsets that occur are easily cleaned up.

Give them a duster when you polish and when you empty the washing machine give them some small items to fold in their own way, or you can even buy two or three handkerchiefs and give them a wash each time so they have their own washing to deal with.

As you put your cleaning aids away try and get your child to do the same even storing them in the same place as yours. leaving them out for continuous play will spoil the enjoyment of doing the jobs and they will soon get bored with it, plus your child may learn the need to be tidy.

A daily walk to the shops or the park is a treat for any young child, point things out as you go and say the name it is surprising what they take in at this age.

If it hasn't already happened your child should now be ready for a nap so you can rest for a while or do whatever you want to do, the problem is that as your child gets older he will often fight against sleep and when that happens he can become irritable and appear naughty.

 Instead of scolding try a bit of motherly love, nurse him for a while and if that fails a walk down the garden often works, he will either get over his tiredness or finally give way to the much needed nap.

A good practise is to start as you mean to go on by placing your child in the cot each day even when tiny, they will then be used to the daily ritual, this can continue until climbing becomes an obsession and the cot sides hold a challenge for him.

When they become bored with their toys a saucepan and wooden spoon will delight them and a cardboard box large enough for them to climb in will occupy them for an hour or more. Anything out of the ordinary that is safe will keep your child happy for varied lengths of time.

Each stage of your son or daughters life is a learning curve, as each year passes so your child will change and what he learns from you now will effect his future habits and behaviour.

Tantrums are not allowed and if this happens do not scream or shout at your child just let them get on with it, continue with what ever you are doing and ignore it, he or she will soon realise that you are not interested and they will get over the tantrum much quicker, they will eventually stop as they realise it does no good.

You are the person that will mould your child into the person you want him to be until he or she reaches the age where they can think and act for themselves.

Tips to Reach the Top of the Search Engines

By Sylvia White

1/Choosing a Domain name for your website is not a problem. It can relate to the business you have chosen or you can even use your own name. It is not an important consideration despite some peoples beliefs,

2/ Keywords are a prime consideration, Keyword rich web pages will climb higher on the search engines, so place a lot importance and thought to the keywords you are going to use.  You will find the use of wordtracker a great boon in this respect.  Do not place a load of keywords across your pages, just place them through out your text where ever posible.   You can write up to 200  or more words of text at the beginning of your site with keywords placed skilfully as  many times as posible but not as just obvious keyword placing.

3/ Meta tags are important, the meta description being the most important, It must be a description of what your business is about with main keywords included. meta keywords are not important with Google, but some search engines do take notice of them, you can posibly use them for miss spelt words.

4/ Linking is also very important, make sure the websites you link to are high quality and imformative to visitors, this will give your own website a big boost.

5/ Getting high ranking takes time, don't expect to instantly jump into top position, be patient and while you are waiting ad more informative pages to your website, a site map is a big help to your visitors and very easy to do. If you know about a particular subject then write it down and ad to your website, also you can submit this copy to other websites with your own name and url at the end, if they are good enough to use your copy you will be seen by others and attract even more traffic to your website improving your popularity.

I am not a site optimisation expert by any means, but by using these methods I have managed to retain top placements in Google and other search engines.for my websites,

Weblogs or Blogs

By Sylvia White

Weblogs or blogs are taking over the web, This is good news for some and bad news for others.

The good news is that it costs absolutely nothing to start a blog or weblog,

The bad news is for those that make their living designing websites or selling domain names and hosting a drop is more than likely to show up before long.

What difference is there between a website and a weblog ?

Let us start with websites.

You first of all buy a domain name then hosting, this can be vary in cost depending on the type of website you are building.

If you can't build your own website you then pay someone to design and build it for you.

Next you ad content and to have a successful website you continue to ad fresh content daily or weekly.

You then work out a linking program which is ongoing throughout the life of your website.

Now you wait for the search engines to spider your website and send you traffic.

If you have optimised your website correctly, begun a good linking campaign then you should start climbing up the ranks, but this can take many months of pain staking work.

Your key words are all important but don't forget there are millions of websites probably competing for the same keywords you are so you must be one step ahead all the time.

Sign up to as many directories as you can find and don't get discouraged when other websites ignore your request for exchange links, just go on to the next one.

As your PR builds up it will get easier as more websites will start linking to you.

As you see your website climbing up the searches do not relax, now is the time to step up your work.

Ad more web pages, look for interesting information that will give your website the edge over others.

After many , many, months of hard work you should soon see the benefits and start to make money from your website.

Blogs or Weblogs

Next we have the blog or weblog,  these are springing up all over the web and most of them are free.

A weblog is simple to get started you don't have to build a website, just join free then follow the simple instructions,

Decide on what subject you want to write about, it could be anything at all from business to babies. Keywords are all important here as well as you want the search engines to pick up what your blog is about.

Where it could take months for your website to be successful a blog is different it can be picked up by the search engines straight away.

Just join an affiliate program and ad your url at the end of each blog or place Google adsense ads to your blog to start making money.

The Sirlook site has loads of information to help you on that score it explains exactly what to do.

A blog or weblog is the easiest way to make money on the internet and it is free, no more searching for ways to make money.

You don't have to stick at one either, you can do as many as you want all with different subjects, just remember to place those adsense ads to your sites and you'll soon be rolling in money.

Another bonus is that you can search for info on the web and copy and paste it to your weblog so no hard work is involved.

Just by spending a couple of hours a day or less depending on how many blogs you have set up could soon bring you in full time earnings and it won't cost you a single cent.

What could be better than that!

What Can You Do

By  Sylvia White

Do you have a hobby or a favourite pastime ?  Reading !  Writing !  Art!  Darts !   Don't laugh I'm serious: darts is a favourite pastime for many thousands of people Men and Women. What I'm getting at is,  it could be anything.    Snooker, cookery, animals.  in fact anything you love doing or working at. OK Why am I asking you this ?    

Because if you have a hobby or a pastime, and you have a website,  then tell others all about it.  What can I tell them about darts!!!  No silly. not that you throw three darts at a board and thats that.  For a start , how many games do you know about ?  One Two, plenty,  Ok begin by explaining the rudiments of the game about the scoring, what teams you have played, how many games you have won.  

This is of interest to thousands of people and may even convert a few none players,  This explanation goes for any interest you have,  explain it in as much detail as you can. make sure its interesting  so people will read it and your all set. 

BUT  There are thousands of articles out there on the internet  how will mine be any different ?  Everyone has different opinions and different thoughts on a subject. Use your own  know how,   the way you do it is bound to be different to some one else's idea of how it should be done. You might have little tricks they would like to know about, a way to make some thing seem much easier than it is. What about tips !  I mean idea's that you have thought up.  

Here's one of my own,  probably thousands of people already use this idea, but I only thought about it at Xmas when I found my fridge was full to bursting and I couldn't squeeze another thing into it.  I found the ideal fridge with loads of room.  On the window sill out side.  In the freezing cold every thing kept perfectly.   I just have to say though,  my back yard is very secure so I had no qualms about leaving it there.

Well have you thought of something  you can write about ?  OK get going.   WHY !  Because if you have a website and you want traffic, Get your article or E book out on the internet, I am sure a few webmasters would like to show your work of art,  Just make sure you ad your signature and  of course your website Domain name as anyone interested in your article may just pay you a visit. Hooray, traffic arriving at your website, you have taken the first step towards earning your living on the internet.  

PS Please don't ask me how you can earn your living by writing articles,  JUST DO IT.

Are You a Winner Or a Loser

By Sylvia White

What do you do next !  you have been working so hard to perfect your website you are certain there is nothing else you can do to improve it.  So why is there no sign of it in any searches ?

Boredom is setting in and you are wondering if it was worth all the bother after all.  With millions of websites already out there how is yours ever going to show up.

The thoughts of all the money you were going to make is slowly disappearing. Do you give up and call it a day, or do you sit and wait patiently for it to appear one day.

Well if you go for the first option your a loser straight away and don't deserve to make money.

And if you go for the second option what a time waster you are.

Lets look at Google, this is the search engine that every one is vying to get in the top ten.  You could liken it to a finely tuned piece of engineering. Don't worry it knows you are there and when the time is right your website will suddenly appear in the searches.

It may not be the top ten but at least it is there, Now if you have been sitting back and idling away the time waiting for it to turn up, then it is likely it will do the same and sit comfortably midst all the hundreds of other websites that are doing the same.

So instead of getting bored or giving up, keep working,  ad more pages, ad articles every day,  Keep linking to other websites.

Google loves websites with loads of pages, and I don't mean pages of ads, It loves facts and figures, ideas and tips, news articles.  Where to go, How to do that, Why does that happen.!

Do some research for new pages, have a bit of variety in your website, your visitors will love finding something different to the businesses, even if that's what they were searching for in the first place, they don't mind being diverted if its interesting enough.

You can place some matching ads on each page as well, also don't forget that as each page is different you need different keywords.

A winner is never idle so keep that in mind and forget boredom

Once Upon a Time in a Changing World

By Sylvia White

Once Upon a Time was always the start of fairy tales and children’s stories, now it has a different meaning.

 For instance, once upon a time children could go out to play or call for their friends and spend hours merely enjoying themselves, or as children do getting into all types of mischief.

 Once upon a time they could say bye mom and go off to school with their friends and then walk home happily at the end of the day.

 Once upon a time there were seasons for all the childish games we use to play, but all those times have disappeared.

 It is a rare occurrence now to see children playing out in the streets like in years gone by. 

 Parents are frightened to let their children out of their sight even for a few minutes. If you have to take the children on a shopping trip it can be nightmare keeping watch on them and purchasing your goods at the same time.

 I have three grand children, the eldest is ten years and they have never been allowed out in the streets without their parent or a responsible person with them.

 Times have changed and as far as a child is concerned certainly not for the better, even their futures are uncertain in a world where computers are taking over our lives, our well being, and our jobs.

 Once upon a time a daily trip to the corner shop where you heard all the gossip was great, it might take half an hour to buy a loaf of bread and a bottle of milk but the friendly atmosphere and the chance to chat to friends and neighbours every day was something not to be missed.

 Your weekly trip to the supermarket is now a chore that has to be endured, very rarely is a smile or friendly word seen or heard, unless by chance you happen to meet your next door neighbour and even then time doesn’t always allow for more than a few words as life seems all rush and bustle these days.

 Once upon a time you could cross the roads without fearing for your life or go out alone in the evening and know that you would be safe as houses, but times have changed so much in the last few years that none of these things are possible unless you are very brave or foolhardy.

 Can things get any worse? Who knows what is around the corner and what some mad professor will invent that will invade our space even further, time can’t go back which means it must go forward, but to what?

Shop till You Drop with Credit Cards

Shop till you drop is very easy to do in this day and age with the credit card companies urging you on with offers hard to refuse.

 You can shop till you drop with one credit card after another offering you nine months free credit making you believe that the goods you purchase are a bargain.

 Shop till you drop has a double edged meaning; you can simply drop yourself into a load of debt and end up not knowing which way to turn.

 Your first couple of credit cards are fine you can manage the payments with no problem, after six months of paying on time they up the limit on your credit cards so now you have more money to spend.

 This is easy you think so why not have another and another, very soon the payments become harder to manage and you start paying one credit card payment with another to make life easier.

 At this point your spending is limited due to reaching the limit on all your cards so you opt for another credit card simply to help out with the payments you think!

 But the shop till you drop spending habit is hard to curb, after paying the monthly payments on your other credit cards you still have money in the new one and it is like a red rag to a bull.

 With another card at the limit you now decide the only way out is to apply for another, you are now down to paying minimum payments on all your cards, they may be just about manageable but you are in desperate need of new clothes or other items to add to mountain of clothing that is packed tight into your wardrobe.

 It is quite probable that many of these clothes or items have only ever been used once and some may even still be unworn, but that shop till you drop habit takes no account of that and you are once again back online applying for yet another credit card.

 You finally reach the position of being unable to pay the minimum payment on some of the cards; the interest mounts up at an alarming rate and finally you are refused credit and you reach rock bottom.

 The shopping trips are over and done with and this is when depression sets in if you let it.

What can you do to get out of this mess?

 You are being bombarded with demands for money you owe, it is no use hiding your head in the sand and ignoring them, this will make the companies even more determined to get their money.

 Sit down and make a list of every single amount you owe, then make a list of all your household bills including your food.

 First of all look at your food bill, is it extravagant with no care as to what the prices are of each item.

This is your first task. If you eat out a lot or pop into the local shop for your lunchtime sandwiches this must stop.

 A sandwich made at home is probably a quarter of the cost of one bought in a sandwich shop. Start checking prices when you shop for food items, many can be bought quite cheaply and are just as good as those high priced top brands.

 Go through all your clothes and items you have bought which you really weren’t bothered about in the first place, it is probably there only because you couldn’t resist a bargain.

 Ebay is a great auction place and all the items of clothing etc you don’t need can bring in some welcome cash to start paying off at least one of the credit cards or loans you may have taken out.

 Your next job is to sit down and write to each of your creditors, explain your situation and make a reasonable offer that you can afford to start paying off your debts.

Most of your creditors will be sympathetic and accept your offer as they will realise that unless they do payments may not be forthcoming.

 Now if you still want to shop till you drop change your shopping habits and instead of the shops start going to car boots and jumble sales, only buy items that you think will have a good chance of making a profit on Ebay.

 What you deem as junk someone else will jump at it and that extra profit can help to pay off your debts much quicker.

 What did you say? It is below you to visit such places. Don’t forget you’re a pauper now and you have to stay a pauper until you get debts and your life sorted out.