Have you ever ?Googled? yourself? I did and I was dumb-founded! You know that little Google box at the top of your screen? If it's not there, go to Google and download their toolbar. Once it's installed, type your name in there and see what comes up. If you don't want to install the toolbar, just go to google.com and use their search box and type your name in there. I typed in my name and 10 pages came up and put me into shock! This totally proved to me that writing articles and submitting them does get you noticed. You will be surprised at how much it will do for your ranking.



Don't like to write articles? Neither did I, but after I saw how much it helped my website hits, I lost my shyness. Once I get started, I find it gets easier to write an article. The getting started part can be difficult and intimidating, but just go with your feelings and start typing them out. It may not be the greatest article in the world, but it's YOUR article....good or bad. The more articles you write, the easier it gets. If you've got a website, tell people about it; if you've got a product idea, let people know about it. If you've got something you are trying to sell, explain the benefits of it. If the Internet confuses you and leaves you feeling lost in a multitude of websites, tell people about it. There's millions of things to write about and millions of people wanting to read it. Go for it! Don't let the Internet intimidate you.

I'm not an ?Internet Guru?, by any means, it takes a lot of time and money to get that ranking, but I've learned a lot from them. And the majority of the gurus agree: writing articles gets you noticed, and for that, I can definitely vouch for. They may not be right on everything they say, but they sure know their stuff on the article writing thing.

I've got a few websites going and when I checked my hits, I discovered that a lot of them have actually come from article sites I've submitted to, and that makes the torture of writing worth it. If you absolutely cannot write, search on the Internet for someone who will write an article for you. It will cost you some money, but you can put your name as the author and submit it to all the article sites. There are plenty of internet geeks out there that do nothing but write articles for other people. A lot of people make their living by selling bundles of articles that you can purchase the rights to and use your own name as the author.

Then you can ?Google? your name and watch the links come up! Too cool! Makes you feel like you're not totally lost out there. I love typing my name on the Google search bar and watching all the links come up. It's sort of like Steve Martin in The Jerk with the phonebook....I'm Somebody!

To Your Success Online,

Teri Trantanella