increase search engine ranking and generate

design and development has come a long way since the days
of static webpages. The new Social Networking programs, like
the one launched by Yahoo and http://Del.icio. us, have changed
the internet. Now, instead of fancy templates and keywords,
webmasters need to write cutting-edge articles that will
generate hundreds of in-bound links.

The Social Network is a new type of search engine that is
managed through tag software directories like
http://Del.icio. us, Readit, Digg, Raw Sugar, and a host of
others. These directories have one purpose, to find the most up
to date content they can, and give it to the people who are
surfing the web.

The Social Network has become so popular that the major search
engines are catching on. These directories, also called
blogging search engines, attract Google and Yahoo by keeping
track of new content. This has made Social Networking vitally
important to all websites. However, the new Social Networking
has made web content more valuable than it was before. In-bound
links are now so important that many webmasters are including
tagging software on their webpages. This lets the visitor add a
Digg or other blog search engine tag without leaving the
webpage.

To make a strong impact and encourage visitors to tag the page,
and create in-bound links, webpages need photographs. Finding
web photographs can be very difficult. Stock exchanges offer
free photos, but they are all high resolution. It can take
hours to find a good photo. Then, it needs to be resized and
reformatted to 72dpi, low resolution.

A better way to add photographs to a webpage is to sign up with
a service like http://Plinkme. com. This is a stock exchange
program for webmasters with a few improvements on the
traditional stock exchange. The biggest benefit is that the
photos are free for commercial websites. This is a bonus for
webmasters who often spend hours searching through stock
exchanges, looking for the perfect photo, only to find that it
has restrictions for commercial use attached.

Most stock exchange services like Comstock are for the benefit
of the photographers. Services like http://Plinkme. com are
designed for the benefit of the webmaster as well as the
photographer. Plinkme has several benefits over traditional
services. The first is the way it puts photographs on the
webpage. The webmaster puts code on the page. The code chooses
a picture based on keywords, and then displays it on the
website. The webmaster doesn't need to worry about sizing or
resolution.

The Plinkme code adds links to the Plinkme website and the
photographer' s website. This takes care of any copyright or
commercial restrictions. This code is excellent for SEO managed
websites which change the webpages content every few months so
they can ping the page again.

Today's content websites are demanding. Content Management
Systems like Mamboo, PhpNuke, and even Bricolage are designed
to make web management easier. However, many SEO
traditionalists still prefer to use static pages for their
content. The web code from a site like Plinkme is JavaScript,
so it will fit on any type of webpage, dynamic or static. The
best thing about Plinkme is that it is free. This makes the
service accessible to small and non-commercial websites.

However, Plinkme also understands that there are some hands on
webmasters who will not be interested in having the JavaScript
code select their photographs. That is why they include a self
serve feature. The webmaster can select the images they prefer,
and then copy and paste the code for that specific image to a
particular webpage.

There are many photo services on the internet, but Plinkme has
gone the extra step to help webmasters. They understand how
important in-bound links are, and they include an inbound link
from the Plinkme gallery to every photo on your site. A large
content based website can generate fifty or more in-bound
links, just by adding photographs to their webpages.

Search Engine Optimizing is no longer the only way to rank high
in the search engines. Increasing content almost daily, and
pinking search engines, is only half of the secret to success.
There is so much content on the internet now, and so many
webmasters claiming to be experts. It is difficult to make
visitors stop and read an article. Encouraging them to finish
reading the article and then tagging it can be almost
impossible. That is why webmasters are adding photographs to
articles instead of just using them in templates.

There are several ways to add photographs to a website. The old
way of downloading a photograph and then linking to it slows
down webpages and uses bandwidth. Selecting photographs from
stock exchanges can be risky. Many webmasters have received
legal challenges for the use of a picture that they downloaded
with no restrictions, only to find the photographer changed the
restrictions at a later date. It is also very difficult to
change the photographs to a low resolution, 72 dpi, resized,
and web safe color version without ruining the photo.

The best solution is to use a web safe stock exchange program
that has already done all the work, and will host the
photographs on their server. This gives webmasters the best of
both worlds, providing great photographs while saving
bandwidth.

About The Author: Salim Jordan is an internet enthusiast.
http://Plinkme. com is among other things a free online
marketing tool; increase search engine ranking and generate
inbound links. Visit http://www.plinkme. com

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