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There can be zillions of reasons why your visitors return to your web site. One might be very interested in seeing your animated photo on your main page, but kidding aside I've gathered 12 elements that invites your visitors to repeat their visits.

1. High-Quality Content.

We have all read that "Content Is The Thing" according to Michael Dean of Kittyfeet.com. We have not set-up our website to just fill-it with endless links of your favorites but we're there to discuss what can we contribute to the web. Fill it with regularly-updated quality content and they'll return asking for more.

2. Ease Of Use.

We have all heard of "user-friendly" computers and softwares. Why not do the same to our web site. Provide a navigation bar that's easy (and fun) to use forgetting the fancy stuff.

3. Quick To Download.

Assume your web site is going to be viewed by the oldest browser, slowest modem and limited number of palettes.

4. Updated Frequently.

You have prepared high-quality content but the problem is you only update it once a year. Set a realistic goal first that at the least you'll bring new content to it once a month and then increase the frequency.

5. Rewards, Contest and Incentives.

Make sure your visitors enjoy a very "rewarding" visit to your site and expect him to return or just remind him to get his prize, reward or a mention of his name in your monthly newsletter. He'll sure return. Contest is one great idea. Email me on this one and I'll give you the free code.

6. Favorite Brands.

We all know zdnet.com is the site for free downloads, cnn.com for up-to-the-minute customizable news. Why not link to them? Do you know that zdnet.com offers link partnership? (I don't get money from this one, folks :-)) I know a site that just updates their visitors on what's happening to over 200 branded ezines and you know what visitors like it and return.

7. Cutting-edge Technology.

We can't all compete with this category but I'm sure there are lots of software out there to simplify the task. So grab one!

8. Games.

Online game sites are becoming famous nowadays. Visitors too need sometime to play online. Give what they need and they'll ask you for more.

9. Purchasing Capabilities.

Web surfers also shop around and they're looking for convenience on how to do it. Be the first one to do it for them. Add a shopping cart of some sort to your web site and it would be better if you can accept credit cards online.

10. Customizable Content.

Try to create a simple database (Excel of MS Access would do) and connect it on your web site. Every visitor will have its own content and experience. An example of this is planetit.com (tell them I referred you, just enough to receive thank you from them, yes, no money involved here either.)

11. Chat and BBS.

Message Board or interactive forums replaces BBS (bulletin board system) nowadays. Even I have one on my web site (just to make sure) and I'm amazed at the number of visitors from around the globe who post on it. Just make sure you get their email addie so you can reply.

12. Freebies, Jokes and Quotes.

I don't know about this but I've received return visits on this one. I even got a search engine for jokes on my site and people return just to read jokes. These same people who spent considerable amount of money reading jokes and quotes will soon ask for a price quote.

You know studies have shown that it takes 4 to 5 visits for a person before he sets his eyes on what you can offer. A simple element (but it's not included on the 12 elements I've mentioned) is just to place a text on your web site (bold letters, not caps) saying "Please bookmark this site" can go a long, long way.

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Ylang Ylang is helpful for treating PMS symptoms, including Mood Swings!

Ylang Ylang is effective for reducing emotional blockages in the heart region.

A distinctly feminine (yin) oil. Ylang Ylang is passionate and alive with feeling. Use Ylang Ylang when needing to integrate and heal shadow elements of the Divine Feminine. Ylang Ylang will activate the Divine Feminine's mysterious allure and capacity for living life fully.

Ylang Ylang is a healing oil for men needing to connect with and express the more feminine and intuitive side of their nature. Blending with Petitgrain, Bergamot or a Spice or Wood oil will help make Ylang Ylang's intoxicating sweet, floral essence more agreeable to a man if that is a concern.

Ylang Ylang has been traditionally used in beauty and skin care. Its plant hormones promote cellular regeneration. Its moisture balancing effect on the skin's natural sebum production, makes Ylang Ylang suitable for sensitive, oily, dry and mature skin types.

Ylang Ylang stimulates hair growth. May be a helpful treatment for split ends. Add a few drops to your favorite shampoo or conditioner.

BEAUTY OIL RECIPE: 1/2 oz of pure filtered jojoba oil (in dispensing bottle) add 2 drops Frankincense, 4 drops Ylang Ylang and 1 drop Carrot Seed. Blend ingredients together and allow them time to naturally synergize, minimum 1-3 hours.

FACIAL MASSAGE INSTRUCTIONS: Give yourself a relaxing facial massage with Beauty Oil. Dispense a small amount of oil on your finger tips. Start at your dcolletage and make gentle circles with your finger tips, moving upward and covering your entire face, ending at your forehead and temples. Finish your relaxing facial massage with long, slow, even upward strokes beginning at your dcolletage and moving upward to your forehead and temples. Allow the oils to saturate and nourish your facial skin cell tissue for up to one hour before rinsing thoroughly with a gentle cleanser. Or you may circle-drape a wet, hot hand towel over your face after your facial massage and rest for 10-15 minutes or until the towel cools.

Highly recommend as an aromatic mist!

BLEND WITH: A good fixative Ylang Ylang blends well with Citrus oils, especially Bergamot or Petitgrain, Wood oils like Atlas Cedarwood, Himalayan Cedarwood, or Sandalwood, Spice oils like Cinnamon leaf and Clove, Frankincense, Vetiver.

PLEASE NOTE: There are many cheap, synthetic copies of aromatic oils, but these are not recommended for therapeutic use. For best results purchase the highest quality oils you can possibly find. Use certified organic essential oils, or oils that have been tested and are pesticide free.

Aromatherapy is a gentle and noninvasive complementary health care system used for balancing and synchronizing your body, mind, spirit and emotions to enhance your health. Properly administered essential oils are a natural, safe and effective way to enhance your health and well-being and can produce satisfying results where other methods have failed. Please consult with your physician regarding serious health concerns and do not attempt to self diagnose.

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Think of Las Vegas and you think of music, right? Elvis, Wayne Newton, Tom Jones. But where do you go when you want to see concerts by bands and artists whove hit the charts within the last twenty years?

The best place to see concerts in Vegas is without a doubt at the MGM Grand Garden arena, though the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay is a very close second. In fact, the House of Blues has a vociferous fan base that swears its much better than the Grand. The House of Blues features attractions that just arent going to make it to the Grand, at least not yet. MGM gets the big names like U2 and the Eagles, while the House of Blues gets the really interesting bands like the Dropkick Murphys. Either way, both venues have played a role in making Vegas a top destination for currently popular acts.

Theres only one thing in Las Vegas thats louder than a rock concert and you really dont even have to move your head as much. Some might consider it a strange relationship to marry Vegas and Nascar, but then who ever thought Vegas and punk rock would get married? The Las Vegas 400 has quickly settled in as one of the citys top local sports events. Of course, its not called the Las Vegas 400 anymore, but why give a certain car company free advertising when you dont have to. If watching cars go in a circle for three hours isnt your idea of fun, then you can always check out the National Finals Rodeo. This 10-day event features all those things that make rodeos what they are: roping, broncin and clowns slipping on cowpies. Who wouldnt prefer that to Nascar? Then again, Nascar features car wrecks at 150 mph.

Oddly enough, Las Vegas has no major professional sports team. Perhaps the Saints will eventually make the move if certain congressmen have their way and New Orleans isnt rebuilt. Until then, Las Vegas is the name and hockey is the game. Whaaaattt? Las Vegas has a hockey team? Yes. But thats not the really weird part. Las Vegas has a hockey team, the Wranglers, who play inget thisthe East Coast Hockey League. Theyre not bad, either, making it into the playoffs in their first year in town.

But lets face it, we all know that when it comes to sports in Las Vegas, there was, is and always will be just one show in town. The Running Rebels of UNLV. Sure, they havent been a bona fide contender since they had to start playing by the same rules as their opponents, but memories of past NCAA Tournament glory keep bringing the fans back.

Norplant implants are one of the long acting contraceptive methods. It includes consist of six matchstick-sized plastic capsules, which are inserted under the skin of your upper arm by a trained health care provider. They make a very small cut on your upper arm in order to place the same. The Norplant implants can stay there under the skin for up to five years. After five years, you need to have replaced the same with new capsules. However, if you feel discomfort, you can easily get it removed at any given time.

Function After being planted, the Norplant implants start working within 24 hours. It releases a progestin hormone that keeps the ovaries from releasing eggs. At the same time, it also thickens the cervical mucus, due to which, it becomes difficult for sperm to enter the uterus. This way, it effectively prevents any chances of pregnancy.

Effectiveness Norplant implants are one of the most effective contraceptive methods. As per the reports, the effectiveness rate of this contraceptive method is more than 99%. This means that with its perfect or typical use, less than one woman out of 100 will become pregnant.

Side Effects Though the Norplant Implants are extremely effective and safe method yet there are certain side effects that you might face after the insertion of the capsules. Let me point out a few of them.

Spotting between your menstrual period
Longer or heavier bleeding during your periods
Irregular intervals between your periods
Sometimes, you may have no periods at all, but it does not mean you are pregnant.
Other side effects may include Headaches, Nausea, weight changes, breast tenderness, etc.

The good thing is that none of these side effects are harmful to your health, but in case, you find these symptoms, you must consult your health care provider or facility.

Benefits There are ample benefits of using Norplant Implants. Some of them are listed below.

It can effectively prevent the pregnancy for up to five years.
The best thing is that they are not linked to sexual intercourse.
They are quite safe even for the breastfeeding mothers and their babies.
It does not require any special daily attention.

Things to Consider Since it requires a small cut in the upper arm, it is likely to leave a scar. Also, make sure that you have the Norplant Implants inserted or removed by a trained health care provider only. Again, although you can get it removed anytime, but after the duration of five years, it is a must to get it removed because by then it does not remain effective at all and does not prevent pregnancy. If you want to continue birth control, you should get the same replaced with a new one. Also, keep in mind that these implants are supposed to work for birth control only, and they do not provide protection against HIV infection or other sexually transmitted infections.

Overall, there are a number of factors that you should consider before deciding whether Norplant implants is right for you.

Do you know how to use referrers to increase your traffic? How to increase your conversions? This article is the second in our series on learning how to analyse and understand your web site's statistics. The goal of this series is to help you increase your site's revenue.

Part one was about using your sales statistics to enhance your web business (part one can be found here: www.redcarpetweb.com/promotion/0509.html#feature). Part two is about using your referrer statistics to increase traffic, ranking, and conversions.

Part 2: Referrers

A referrer is a website that directly sends you traffic. The bulk of your traffic is referred by search engines, but other sites send you traffic as well. These referring sites will help you increase your position in search engines because by linking to you, they are essentially "voting" for your site. The search engines take these "votes", and count them towards how popular your site is. The more popular the site, the higher the site will rank on a search. Of course it is not that simple; content actually plays a more important role, but everything should be taken into consideration when fighting for your hard-earned placement within the search engines.

Referring domains

So to get back to our main point: How can you use referring sites to help you make more money? Simple. By looking at your statistics, and finding out who is linking to you, you can see trends or patterns and capitalize on your site's strengths. For example, if you sell real estate, who is linking to you? Local businesses? Government sites? Other real estate sites? Is it only sites you have swapped links with or are there a pleasant amount of unexpected sites linking to you as well?

If you do not have many sites linking to you, than maybe you should consider posting more useful information on your site. Try to make your site useful for anyone who wants to know about your industry (not just potential customers) by writing new informational pages. This will do two things:

1. Your potential customers can find out about your industry without leaving your site, thus increasing your site's professionalism and usefulness.

2. Other sites in your industry will start seeing your site as a useful resource to link to. You will become a leader in sharing information about the industry online.

This can only lead to more links, more traffic, and ultimately more people talking about your site.

Exchanging links is a good idea too, but it should only be done if the site is appropriate to link to. Do not link to sites that are unprofessional, or sites that are just a gathering of links (link farms); it will make your site lose its authority.

Finally, there are directories. Directories like www.dmoz.org will link to you if you have good useful content on your site. Even if people do not actually search for your site on those directories the links from them tend to propagate your site throughout the web. Take your time and read the directory's instructions carefully before submitting. If you submit to them haphazardly, they will simply ignore you.

Search Engine Referrers

Looking at your site's statistics, you can find out which search engines are sending you the most traffic. Usually the search engines that show up in statistics are Google, Yahoo, MSN, and Ask Jeeves. Find out with search engine sends you the most traffic, then take a look at what keyphrases the surfers are using to find you. These keyphrases will tell you what your clients are looking for.

For example, here at Red Carpet Web Promotion, we get a lot of searches for carpets. Obviously we do not want or need this traffic, but due to our name it cannot be avoided. For us, it is important to keep track of this "carpet" traffic because it skews our numbers. If traffic doubles one month, is that because our position for "carpets" went up, or is it because our position for "web promotion" went up? It is important for us to figure this out, because if our position for "web promotion" went up but we did not get more sales, than we would need to update our web site to convert these potential clients into paying customers.

By verifying the keyphrases that people are finding you with, you will better understand why people are coming to your site. If you are a plumber and most people find you with the keyphrase "sump pumps", you'd do best to make sure your site, or the section of your site they are arriving at, offers them sump pumps! Likewise, if they are coming from a site that is referring you as a great deep well repair man, than make sure that that section of your site promotes your deep well repairing skills.

Conclusion

Look at your stats regularly, see where your traffic is coming from, and make sure your site caters to these people. If they are coming looking for sump pumps and you do not sell sump pumps, either start selling them, or sell something of value to these people. If you do offer the product that these people are looking for, but they are not buying, than figure out why. Is it your price? Is the shopping cart too complicated? Do people not see the "Buy a Sump Pump Here" link? Figure it out and fix it fast, because the Internet is so fickle that your "sump pump" traffic might be gone next week, and you would have missed out on the easy jackpot.