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by Michael Braganza, Mic

Both are wrong. Well, search engine optimization in competitive circumstances requires considerable expertise, but in non-competitive circumstances it is just the basic if applied smartly fetches the results. If the business is solely depends on marketing (of products and services) and has plans to grow in future then long-term search engine optimization strategy is a must. And that's no child's play!

Let's discuss what search engine optimization or SEO is and its relationship with web marketing.

Search engine optimization or SEO is a subset of Search Engine Marketing that improves the volume and quality of traffics to a website. It can target specialized searches like, image search, local search and industry specific searches.

Short term SEO is easy and the result can be quick as it looks for temporary search engine algorithms and web practices. But for long term the scenario is quite different. Search engine optimization in a long term basis might involve paid advertising, building quality-rich web pages and addressing the technical issues of the back-end. Moreover, it's long-term SEO is a continues. You have to optimize as long as you are in the business, as long as search engines change their criteria and as long as there is the competition. It's imperative to assume SEO as a long-term investment for your site. Here are few tips for long-term Search Engine Optimization.

Select your relevant search keywords and key phrases.

• Give individual attention to each page and allocate the search keywords and phrases to different pages. Split pages, if required.

• Work your best to make the keywords, phrases, meta, title, alt and different heads and subheads contextual. That is they should go with the existing content. If they don't match, ask your copywriter to redraft the content. The idea here is to make the page as much human as possible.

• Build and organize the internal links and link text to suit the target search keywords and their pages.

• Get external links to your website. Organize the links to suit the target search keywords and their pages.

• Organize all the on-page elements to suit each page's target search term.

• Use paid keyword analysis tools for research. Tally the search results with your business. Achieving high rankings for the keywords nobody is looking for is just wastage of your time and effort.

• Don't fill the website only with glitz – graphics, junk scripts and animations ward off the crawlers.

• Use natural, easy-to-understand language and never the abstracts. Ensure your Title tags and link anchor text all
are in sync with the visible website content.

• Sit back and watch your ranking improve! It takes a little time to rank.

• Plan a weekly schedule for your search engine optimization activities. To be in business, you need to update your website regularly. The updation includes article and blog posting, link exchanges and forums as well as the web internals.

One of the Veteran Administration's best-kept secrets, which is an excellent potential source of funds for long-term care (either at home or in an assisted living facility) are veteran's benefits for a non-service connected disability. Most VA benefits and pensions are based on a disability which was incurred during a veteran's wartime service.

There is another benefit, however - a pension program - available for individuals who are disabled due to the issues of old age, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, and other physical disabilities. For those veterans and widows (ers) who are eligible, these benefits can be a blessing for the disabled individual who is not yet ready for a nursing home.

There is a specific portion of the pension program which is of particular importance. This program is "Aid and Attendance" (A and A) and is available to a veteran who is not only disabled, but has the additional requirement of needing the aid and attendance of another person in order to avoid the hazards of his or her daily environment (in other words, someone needs to help you to prepare meals, to bathe, to dress and otherwise take care of yourself).

Under this program, a veteran can receive a maximum of $1,801.00 per month in benefits and a widow or widower can receive up to $976.00 as a maximum benefit for A and A for the year 2007. The applicant must be determined to be "permanently and totally disabled". The applicant does not need to be helpless - he/she need only show that he/she is in need of aid and attendance on a regular basis. Someone who is housebound or in an assisted living facility and over the age of 65 is presumed by the Veterans Administration to be in need of aid and attendance.

This particular program has limitations related to the income and assets that are held by the applicant. However, in computing the income of the applicant, certain items can be deducted. Specifically, unreimbursed medical expenses (UMEs) paid by an individual may be used to reduce the applicant's income. Home attendants or aides are an allowable medical expense deduction, as long as that attendant is providing some medical or nursing services for the disabled person. The cost of an assisted living facility, and even part or all of the cost of an independent living facility, can also be an allowable medical deduction to reduce your gross income to a much lower net countable income that may qualify you for veterans' benefits.

Simplified Example: Bill Robert is a 66 year old veteran and, due to his health needs, has caregivers coming to his home for several hours each day. His income is $1800/month and he is paying caregivers $3300/month. Rather than deplete his savings of $45,000, he applies for a service pension through the VA. The VA considers the $3500/month he is paying to his caregivers unreimbursed medical expenses and "subtracts" the amount from his income. In other words, when calculating his pension, the VA considers his income to be negative $1500. He applies for benefits and is eligible for $1500/month to help him with his bills!

To file a claim for this benefit, it is wise to seek the involvement of a trained veteran's service officer. A Veteran's Service Officer is critical to the filing of an application with the local VA regional office. It is also important to seek the guidance of an experienced elder law attorney who is familiar with estate planning, disability, Medicaid and veterans' benefits. An attorney skilled in elder law can provide a veteran and the veteran's family with appropriate pre-filing consultations to determine the appropriate steps that must be taken to be able to determine if it would be right to apply for this VA benefit.

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