In this day of automated search engine compilation and indexing it is almost impossible to find a large collection of closely related Web sites through popular search sites. That is because the search engines rely too much upon link data and not enough upon on-page data. By examining a Website’s content, a human editor can do a much better job of classifying the site than any search engine. This is why we should not yet give up on Web directories.

Some people might have a need to find expositions and trade shows, for example. Have you tried using a major search engine to do that? You won’t find nearly as many listings as if you use a trade show directory to browse thousands of listings for trade shows. Specialty directories definitely make a difference when it comes to determining the quality of search results these days.

There are other directories which serve a general purpose where the typical search engine optimization tricks are not permitted to cloud the quality of the results. For example, some small Web directories still contain thousands of useful listings that provide searchers with good alternative content to the autogenerated and user-generated low-quality sites that often dominate search engine listings.

But if you’re still unsatisfied with the quality of Web directories you find you still have the option of building your own. It can be as simple as creating a Yahoo! link directory. There are many free services and tools that now allow you to create your own Web directory. You don’t have to be satisfied with just the usual old-fashioned directories.

Part 1 of this article (www.isitebuild.com/organizedemail) discussed how to efficiently organize your email so you can spend more time on building a profitable business.

One of the most annoying aspects of dealing with incoming email is spam mail (unsolicited email). It fills up your email box, takes up your precious time, and seems to only get worse. You may even delete your personal or business email that was mistaken for spam mail.

This could result in lost business to you.

In Part 2 of this article you will discover solutions to help you stop spam mail. This allows you to spend more time building a profitable business.

Apart from just hitting the delete button each day here are some timesaving solutions:

1. Use the filters or the message rules of your email client.

a) In outlook express (since it is the most popular email client) go to tools - message rules - mail - mail rules - new

b) Under “select conditions for your rule”, check “where the subject line contains specific words”.

c) Under “select the actions for your rule” check “delete it”.

d) Under “rule description” click on “contains specific words” - enter words or phrases that you never wish to receive again.

e) Under “name of rule” provide an appropriate name for the rule ie JUNK.

f) Click OK

Creating this JUNK rule will automatically delete emails containing the specific words or phrases you entered.

There are many other rules you can apply (ie move certain messages to specific folders automatically), depending on what you need.

Here are a couple of web sites that list phrases and keywords frequently used in spam mail:

http://www.sv-cs.com/spam.html http://www.wilsonweb.com/wmt8/spamfilter_phrases.htm

2. Use anti-spam software.

You can install software either on your computer (client side) or on your web host (server side).

a) Client Side - software that resides on your computer.

Mailwasher (www.mailwasher.net) - provides an easy way to check and manage your emails before you download them.

There are free and paid versions of mailwasher.

Spamkiller (http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/msk/default.asp)

Features:

*Block emails using both lists and preset filters *Update internal filters automatically *Filter MSN/Hotmail, POP3 and MAPI email *Create custom filters *Quarantine spam mail outside of your inbox *Import “friends” automatically into your safe list *Monitor and filter multiple email accounts *Fight back against spammers

Paid version only.

b) Server Side - software that resides on your server. This means the spam mail will be deleted before it makes it to your inbox.

Ask your web host what spam mail software they carry and how to implement it. My web host uses spamassassin.

Spamassassin (www.spamassassin.org) this is a mail filter widely used by ISPs to identify spam mail before it reaches your inbox. Check with your web host if it is already installed.

The spam-identification tactics used include:

header analysis - identifies spammers using tricks to mask their identities in the email header.

text analysis - identifies characteristic styles used by spammers in the body of the email.

3) Get a free SpamCheck Report

Here is a FREE test you can do to make sure your newsletter gets through to your subscribers and is not stopped by spam software. Just send your newsletter to spamcheck-webselling83@sitesell.net and you’ll get back a full SpamCheck Report in seconds.

Make sure TEST starts the subject line or it will be ignored.

Now your readers can stay out of the “Junk Mail Folder.”

Use these techniques and tools to remove spam mail before it gets to you. You will gain more time and be able to concentrate more effectively on your business.

There are not many complaints about the Apple iPod, merely one complaint often is oftentimes cited by iPod users is the lack of ability to transfer iPod music from their iPod to a different pc. Though the iPod has no problem transmitting content from your personal computer to iPod using iTunes, the opposite is not allowed. If you don’t use iPod to Computer Software Package, you cannot move your iPod music to an extra machine. This consequence often happens when people get a new PC or have to install the operating system on their existing machine. Apple prohibits this action because it doesn’t want unauthorized sharing of bought audio and video from the iTunes marketplace. Still yet, there are a plethora of honest circumstances that iPodders want the power to transmit from iPod to PC. If a PC goes kaput and you need to reinstall the system files, you could need iPod to PC transfer software to retrieve your valuable files. Differently, the clean installment of iTunes will erase your iPod, possibly costing you hundreds of dollars in lost files. Another common scenario customers necessitate these types of programs is when they buy a new computer and want to move their existing library of iPod music and videos on the new personal computer. Once More, if you do not install this type of software package, you could potentially lose your worthful iPod content. You can find many companies that provide software applications to carry out this chore. A quick visit to software download websites will reveal a bunch of choices. You could also just type in ‘iPod to PC copy software’ into the search engine of your choice.