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Go get the Cherry Picker Software beta for absolutely free. This is a program that analyzes keywords, much like Google Adwords tools, analyzes the top 10 Google competition for that keyword, kinda like you'd have to do by hand if you weren't using some software, and more.

I, personally, downloaded this then uninstalled it, but that's because I have a far more comprehensive program that I paid actual money for - and let me tell you, Market Samurai is worth every shiny penny I spent on it. But I'm not here to talk about Market Samurai, let's talk about Cherry Picker.

First off, it's a huge joke to suggest that this software is anywhere close to worth $10,000. If that's what Ryan Deiss, the creator of Cherry Picker, paid for something similar then, boy, you got had! Market Samurai is more comprehensive and costs just $149. In its infancy - when it had abilities similar to what Cherry Picker currently has - it was around $34 if I remember correctly.

As far as I can tell, this Cherry Picker program is basically a rip off of another free software called WebCEO that is an equally good program, older and as far as I can tell, more accurate.

Cherry Picker currently only analyzes the United States Google competition rather than the worldwide competition. While this might be useful if that's all you want to rank in, who wants to give up worldwide niches when they could easily get into one? Also, Market Samurai analyzes worldwide, US and anywhere else you want if you just specify what you're looking for.

Cherry Picker also has some inaccurate information. I did some comparisons for keywords I rank highly in and was told I had a 0 page rank on a page, when I know that page has a PR4. It also claimed some of these have no backlinks when they have at least 20 that I set out into the Internet on my own, not to mention any others that may have cropped up.

All in all, Cherry Picker is an okay little program for being a beta. As long as Ryan Deiss updates it and gets it working based on the complaints he's now receiving it will probably become something that rivals WebCEO - but only wishes it could grow up to be Market Samurai.

If you have the money, I'd recommend buying Market Samurai for its accuracy alone, nevermind all the dozens and dozens of extra features Cherry Picker will probably never offer.

If you don't want to spend money, I totally understand, as I waited until just this year to purchase Market Samurai. Previous to that I was using WebCEO and good old fashioned leg work and that's what I would recommend over Cherry Picker. The program is older, seems more comprehensive and already has all the bugs and kinks worked out.

If you just must have Cherry Picker then good luck and I hope the beta version gets ironed out fast. Really, I think my biggest aversion to it this whole 'it's worth $10,000 and I'm such a nice guy I'll give it for free' when many companies give away similar tools and tools with way more capabilities are sold for very cheap.

I really wish people wouldn't use such dirty marketing tactics.

You may think eHow doesn't have a future for you because they are closing down the WCP forever. But you'd be wrong. Don't pack up your articles and take them to another playground just yet.

Old articles on eHow may continue to earn, but eHow won’t be accepting anymore user generated content. Everything will now have to go straight through Demand Studios. Don’t let yourself get caught up in the doldrums about the eHow and Demand Studios merger. If you were or weren’t accepted to Demand Studios, if you will or will not miss eHow itself, none of that matters. What you need to focus on right now is your own bottom line. Demand Media is doing it so why not you!?

First, you need to publish all you can right now. Don’t just pump out crap, but if you have half finished articles laying around now is the time to make the time. Finish those up. Set aside any other projects that are not absolutely vital and finish any half written how to articles or write up some that you have had in mind for a while and just never got around to. You have until April 13 to get in as much content as possible before eHow closes the publishing door forever.

But what about when that publishing door closes?

Edit, edit, edit.

I always wanted to go through my articles - and I did with a few - and fix up keywords, rewrite murky areas, etc. The ones that I did fix up saw improved earnings in just a month and most have become steady earners.

If you’re going to have all of a lifetime - or at least the lifetime of eHow - to edit articles then why not take advantage of it? Get the most out of what you already have published. Looking at first written articles is usually very helpful. This is content that many people used to cut their teeth; they didn’t know about SEO, about keywording, about backlinking, etc. Well now you do. Go put that information to good use.

What are you planning to do to get the most out of what’s left of eHow’s WCP?

With the recent problems at eHow, from the UK scam to the new Demand Studios merger, you may be thinking the eHow ebooks and websites are obsolete. You'd be wrong. At least about some of them.

For example, Anthony Delgado's ebook, which is very SEO heavy, has not gone out of style.

If you've always been interested in Anthony's book, now may be the time to get it. Not only is eHow's amazing ranking (no matter what keyword you chose for eHow you were probably going to rank well), but you can get 10% off the ebook right now. Until midnight tonight you can enter GEORGE WASHINGTON on the purchase page and receive 10% off the price of Anthony Delgado's ebook. Learn to optimize your articles for the next freelance writing site you get to.

You can get the 22 Day Internet Bootcamp for just $22. That's $1 a day and you get 22 Video tutorials that cover niche and keyword research, wordpress optimization, traffic generation, salespages, conversions, and a whole lot more. (Want a secret? I just paid twice that much for just one month of access to the same type of information - and they want to charge me that amount every month for continued access to the information. One guess who I'm demanding a refund from.) On top of that, there are 22 case studies that look at specific websites around the web and give all kinds of information about them.

Better yet? You can get the first day of Bootcamp training absolutely free just to see if you think it's right for you. If you do nothing else, get the free first day of Bootcamp just to get some additional information under your belt. On top of that one free day of bootcamp, you also get to hear the top 10 marketing mistakes being made by newbies - and even some oldies.

To get that free 10 marketing mistakes you just need to put in your e-mail address. You do NOT need to verify the e-mail account or anything. The top 10 mistakes is just on the very next page waiting for you. So enjoy. If you don't like how that's done, then just move on without confirming your subscription.

Google has made some changes to their system - and really, when are they not constantly tweaking and poking at themselves? If you've noticed a drop off in some of your site's traffic, or if you've even noticed a spike - and if you have then good for you! - then the new Google SEO and backlink changes may be what's affecting you.

Take a look at this video to learn what the changes are all about and what you can do to get started raising your PR rating and search engine ranking.

This video is by Michael Roberts, one of the creaters of Traffic Bug. I've been using Traffic Bug for about 4 months now and I have to say I love it. It's a program that does all your backlinking for you and it does it in a slow, methodical way so that it doesn't appear to be being done by anything but a human.



Need backlinks - especially after watching this video? Try out Traffic Bug.

I just downloaded this last night and am giving it a whirl. It'll take a while for me to get the hang of it, as I'm busy with college classes right now, but WebCEO is free for forever so I'm not worried about time running out. There are, of course, upgrades available (and they can get really powerful which also means really pricey) but for now I'm good with fiddling with this free one.

So far, this thing is doing the work that it used to take me three programs to do effectively. Go take a look. I don't think you'll be disappointed.