Archive for March, 2009
March 19, 2009 at 5:26 pm · Filed under The Web & Blogs
If I came up to you and said the word “Cow”. Your first thought would probably be, “Who on earth are you”, but more than likely you will think “Cow what? Milk? Cheese? Dung? Farm Animals? Mother in Law?”. Your mind will start making word associations with the word cow and go through your mind anything to do with a cow or cows.
Well, this is exactly what Google does with their adwords and they call it “Broad Match” and it involves delivering your ad to the user based on what they think is a relative keyword or phrase, plural, synonym or variation.
The benefit to you as an advertiser is that this system helps you drive more traffic to your web site and helps you save time when creating your campaigns because you don’t have to spend time filtering lists and list of keywords.
Also, when choosing keywords for your search engine marketing, you should try and apply the principle of broad matching. Don’t just stick to the generic popular keywords, start thinking of variations of the phrase in order to capture the users looking for those associated phrases. Of course, its slightly more complex than the way I just explained it, but the principle is the same.
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March 19, 2009 at 4:16 pm · Filed under Video Gaming
Apart from being in charge of ensuring taste quality at the Guinness plant or the guy responsible for making sure the girls of the playboy mansion have sufficient amount of sun cream, being a Video Games Tester is right up there with some of the dream jobs.
Getting paid to play video games all day? Its not as outrageous as it sounds. Its actually quite a specialist job and the salary levels of video game testers vary from $600 a week to more than $1700 per week for more established game testers.
So what are the requirements for becoming a games tester? One would think that all you need is a passion for playing video games, which of course you do but you need to be able to have fast and accurate typing skills, knowledge of office programmes in order to submit reports and have the ability to communicate with others because being a video games tester is not a solo job, you will usually be part of a development team.
Like most jobs, being a video games tester requires attention, focus and hard work and the better you are at games testing then the more recognised you will become in the field which results in greater rewards.
In order to earn the Video Game Tester Salary towards the top end of the wage bracket, you need to hone those extra office and communication skills and at the same time keep up with the latest games.
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March 17, 2009 at 5:31 pm · Filed under Travel
Argentina is a vast country rich in culture and with its Latin roots it’s no wonder that thousands of people from all around the world choose to study abroad in Argentina every year. GIC Argentina allows you to go beyond classroom learning and provides many typical cultural activities allowing you to immerse yourself into the spirit of Latin culture where you will make friends, have fun and learn Spanish.
GIC Argentina provides excellent accommodation options including student residences, home stay, shared apartments or non shared apartments. You can choose from a wide selection of study programmes in Buenos Aires, Mendoza and Patagonia each offering flexible dates and affordable terms.
Another method of learning Spanish is to become a volunteer abroad with one of the many charities, foundations and organisations that exist in Argentina. The team at GIC can help you arrange your next volunteer project and you can submit your questions to the GIC coordinators online who are more than happy to respond to your questions.
Amongst their array of services, GIC also offers TEFL/TESOL certification if you are interested in teaching English in South America as a second language, however being an Internationally recognised qualification, you can use your teaching qualification anywhere. GIC will also assist with job placement, resume construction, interview techniques through to arranging interviews for you.
So whether you are just setting out on the road to learning Spanish, wish to volunteer in Argentina or simply looking to improve your resume with an internationally recognised teaching qualification, GIC can assist you.
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