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SEO keyword help

{ February 24, 2008 @ 6:06 pm } · { References for Authors }
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http://www.nichebot.com

This nifty tool helps you with SEO and keyword stuff. If you are looking to write something keyworded, this checks related keywords on Keyword Tracker and Overture, giving you the number of times the keyword was searched, the number of pages on which the keyword appears, your competition and the number of pages per search. This really helps choose keywords for your articles.

UK writing

{ February 24, 2008 @ 6:02 pm } · { References for Authors }
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Many people question UK writing – here’s a great source for you to check out when you’re writing your next “UK article”.

http://www.krysstal.com/ukandusa.html

Free word processors

{ February 24, 2008 @ 5:56 pm } · { References for Authors }
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If you do not have Word on your computer, have no fear - you can download this freeware, and save your documents as a Word document.

www.abiword.com

or

www.openoffice.org

Keyword Counting

{ February 24, 2008 @ 5:54 pm } · { References for Authors }
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There are a few ways to count keywords in your articles to ensure you have the right density – here are a few to help you out!

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This one does text files on your computer. Not word docs, just text files or html files.. very nice.
http://www.dirfile.com/sva_soft_keywords_analyser.htm

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This is a free program too.

www.webtamers.com/NoteTabPro.zip

He says “If a client requests a certain number of keywords, or a saturation percentage, this text software will give you additional information when you request a word count. It will list all the word percentages. Cons are: no editors. I copy/paste my work into Word and then make the changes.

Sidenote: If you highlight a keyword at the top of your text and press Control F, you can jump to the next keyword, and so on, throughout your article. So, if a client wants a keyword used 7-10 times you can make sure you’ve got them. MS Word has this function, too.”

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You can find words in your articles when you write them by using the “Find” feature in Word. Click on “Edit” then “Find” use “highlight all words in document” then press next. When they are all highlighted, click either BOLD or Highlight with color button so you can readily see them when you close the “find” pane.

Help with Headlines and Titles

{ February 24, 2008 @ 5:53 pm } · { References for Authors }
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This from another writer:

Here’s a few links to help you come up with attention grabbing headlines when you’re running low on ideas:

http://www.copyblogger.com/10-sure-…ulas-that-work/
http://www.copyblogger.com/headline-swipe-file-3/

In fact, just go read www.copyblogger.com – there’s a world of great advice there.

Text to Speech

{ February 24, 2008 @ 5:52 pm } · { References for Authors }
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It’s always a good idea to read through your articles before sending them to your editor or client. It helps to read them aloud to ensure that it sounds good. You can use a free text-to-speech editor to read it outloud for you as well.

A few choices are:
www.text-reader.com/
www.naturalreaders.com
Adobe PDF has a reader as well.

These can really help you understand if your writing is clear or if the sentences are run on.

Article checker

{ February 24, 2008 @ 5:51 pm } · { References for Authors }
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Here is a free article checker that I hope many of you will utilize. It’s always a good idea to check your articles yourself before submitting them. This works similarly to copyscape.

http://www.webmasterlabor.com/tools/checker/