Article Database is the name of my article directory and I think the name I have chosen for it says it all.
I may be wrong in feeling the need to write this article. It is possible the names similar to that of my website were developed first or completely without having seen mine; however, I am correct I believe that I have good reason to write this article.
Have you ever seen how people copycat the success of others? This is a very common practice on the Internet. A case in point may be my article directory Article Database.
I started my article directory Article Database at http://www.article-database.com in mid to late January of 2006 and by late March received a Google PR rank of 3 for www.article-database.com and PR4 for www.article-database.com/news/. I have since done searches and I can easily find my site when searching Google for article-database. However, to find Article Database seems to be a bit more difficult.
It appears to me that when people want to increase their SEO they go looking for website names that have already received a PR from Google and then try to capitalize on that websites success. I am not positive about this but I do believe that articledatabase.org came after article-database.com as it is also copyrighted with 2006. They may have more articles than I do. Did they actually get these solicited and published to the site directly by the authors? I am not saying that they didn't but they may have added the articles themselves. That could explain why as of June 14, 2006 they do not show a Google PR of their own.
Such is also the case with articles-database.com. I am not sure when they launched and maybe they were before me but I am wondering why they have no Google PR? The only difference in the URL of their site and mine is that they used the word articles rather than article.
I attribute my PR ranking to many things. The first of these is that I ran a publicity release using a popular publicity release software. Secondly I found some authors and contacted them and started receiving authors contributing directly to my site. After this there were several articles on the site, so I submitted the rss feeds of the categories with the most articles to some of the most popular rss feeds such as MyYahoo, Newsgator, Google, and many others. I then created a WordPress blog about writing and article marketing, and submitted it to several blog directories and rss feed directories. Then I started making posts to the blog on a semi-regular basis. The authors who contribute to Article Database are also notified when new articles are posted. In addition I use the same software to send a newsletter to everyone who has signed up as an author or user of my system. I also posted an article to several article directories that I titled Article Directories - Ten Great Reasons To Submit Articles To Them.
Am I complaining about other article directories having the same name as mine? I don't believe that I am complaining; rather I am just pointing out the strange fact that when someone sees something working that they often try to copy it, and that is more than true on the Internet. Often a website name or URL is made to be similar in order to get some type of search engine advantage or the benefits of potential misspellings of the original website.
I believe that in my own way, I am saying that if these and other websites saw the Google PR of my blog and decided to name their article directory after mine, I take it as the sincerest form of flattery. I am sure that some one in cyberland will grab up other domains based around the terms article database. I am glad that I am one of the first.
Article Database - When A Good Thing Is Copied
The Cheating Boyfriend Test: Is There Such a Thing?
Are you a female who thinks that your boyfriend is cheating on you? If you do, you may be looking to reaffirm that your suspicions are true. While many other women in your shoes turn to spying on their boyfriend or the hiring of a private investigator, you may be interested in taking a cheating boyfriend test. But wait, is there even such a thing?
Yes, there are tests that are called cheating boyfriend tests. They may also be referred to as cheating boyfriend quizzes. As for what they are, you will find that it depends. They tend to target teenagers and young adults, like college students. As for how they help you determine if your boyfriend is cheating, it is done by asking a series of questions. Your answers to these questions will have an impact on your score, which means that your boyfriend may be cheating on you.
Although cheating boyfriend tests do sound kind of fun and neat, there are some important things you should know about them. You do not want to make the mistake of breaking up with your boyfriend, especially if you are in a long-term relationship, just because someone’s boyfriend test says that yours is cheating. This may end up being an embarrassing and costly mistake on your part.
The questions that are found on most cheating boyfriend tests are simple. In fact, you could say that they are too simple. Common questions asked include does he accuse you of cheating? Has your boyfriend changed his appearance? Has your boyfriend started hanging out more with his friends? Although these questions do signal the sign of a cheater, they are not guarantees.
Speaking of no guarantees, that is why you are urged to proceed with caution. Just because a boyfriend cheating test claims that your boyfriend does cheat, it really doesn’t mean that he does. With that said, it also works the other way around too. Basically, you should not invest too much into what a five question quiz tells you. If you are truly suspicious of your boyfriend, consider approaching them and voicing your concerns.
Boyfriend cheating tests, although they do not have guarantees, are popular. You should be able to find them online and free of charge. There are, however, websites that want you to pay to take a cheating boyfriend quiz. Do not do this, as it will likely end up being a waste of your money. If you do want to do a cheating boyfriend quiz, perform a standard internet search with the phrases “cheating boyfriend test,” or “free cheating boyfriend tests.”
In keeping with costs, it is important to avoid cheating boyfriend tests that can be sent to your cell phone. Most of these cell phone text messaging programs, like ones that allow you to receive jokes and horoscopes, are money wasters. In fact, they could even be considered scams. To get a boyfriend quiz delivered to your cell phone, you may have to pay a monthly or a text message fee. You may not even get the results until paying even more money. Stay away from these traps.
It is also important to note that boyfriend cheating tests, especially those that you find online, are not developed by professionals. Yes, professional relationship experts do have a serious of questions that resemble these quizzes, but most of what you will find online is written by everyday individuals, just like you and me. For that reason, do not put too much into what your cheating boyfriend quiz results are, as the information is likely unreliable and not researched.
As a recap, cheating boyfriend tests are easy to find online, with a standard internet search. Avoid having cheating boyfriend tests sent to your cell phone, as they can get costly. As fun as cheating boyfriend tests can be to fill out, especially when surfing the internet with a bunch of your friends, remember to not rely too heavily on their results.
That Thing We Don’t Talk About
Have you ever heard the phrase, “The 200 pound gorilla in the room”? It’s a phrase that refers to a topic that nobody talks about but it so dominates everybody’s thoughts. Everyone knows the gorilla is there but nobody gets anxious because, after all, you don’t want to upset the gorilla.
There is a 200 pound gorilla in the room in any time being spent with a senior citizen. It is a topic that is blatantly pertinent to anyone in their golden years but it is a topic that nobody talks about either because it’s too upsetting or nobody knows how to talk about it. But it is a topic that weighs on the mind of your senior citizen mom and dad virtually every day. The 200 pound gorilla in the room is death and the end of life issues that are ahead for every senior citizen at some point or another.
As the caregiver for your elderly mom or dad, you should be aware how heavily the topic we don’t talk about weighs on the minds of your parents. If you have lost one parent, the surviving spouse is even more aware of the issue. But there are good reasons to remove the stigma from talking about end of life issues with your elderly parent. That is because there are numerous end of life issues about which you must reach some decisions before that time actually comes along including
§ The condition of the Will.
§ Do not Resuscitate and other advance directive document decisions to give to end of life medical personnel.
§ A review of insurance and the location of other financial documents that you, the executor of the Will or the person who has power of attorney will resolve.
§ Any desires the senior citizen might have about funeral arrangements.
In order to be able to discuss the end of life and issues related to death, you will have to be at a point emotionally that you can deal with the topic yourself. Many of us bury our thoughts of death in a mental trick we play that seems like we think we will not have to go through this part of life. We do that perhaps because we prefer to think about life or because we are uncomfortable about discussion of the afterlife and religious ideas.
So to get ready to be able to be a good caregiver and counselor to your aging mom or dad, you should sit down and get some peace and resolution about the topic yourself. If that means confronting your religious anxieties, well, that is part of adulthood and those who are depending on you including your aging parents and your children may be looking to you for some answers in that area. It will take some courage but face those issues so you can be ready to help your parents face them too.
If you have a religious faith and your parents share that outlook, this is the time to review the afterlife assurances that come from your religious upbringing. By spending time with your mom or dad reviewing the doctrines of heaven and the comfort those religious texts brings, you can give them renewed hope and peace about the coming of death because they will know that passing from this life is not the end.
Don’t let the 200 pound gorilla stay in the room. Confront the issue of death with your aging parent or parents and do so with compassion and kindness. If you do, you will help your parent reach a place of peace and acceptance about what is going to happen that will benefit them for the whole of their golden years remaining on this earth.