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Why Most Bloggers Fail as Webmasters?

Internet, SEO - Patrick - June 7, 2020

People create and fill pages upon pages of content; some of it is great, some is good but there is also plenty of plain and pure crap. But this is not what this article about.

As bloggers develop they begin to learn about link popularity, search engine optimization, and perhaps the main driving force behind it all – a chance to earn via an advertisement or affiliate links. It becomes a never-ending circle – to earn more you have to develop blog popularity and to develop popularity you have to create content loved equally by readers and search engines. DynamicsDigital.co.uk is what you can check out as you get into this business. They will help you with the creation of content that is optimized for search engines. 

Unfortunately, most bloggers are not webmasters and while optimizing a blog for Search Engines a bit different than regular sites, basic principals still apply. Principals that apply to every single piece of content published on the internet. Principals that are timeless, no matter how much algorithms that search engines use will change and even if they will become semantic. Principals that will guarantee your content will not only be entertaining and interesting to readers but also easily found through search engines.

These are the basic principals, following which you can easily ensure your blog content is well-positioned for search engines in their current development stage as well as for the future:

Before writing your new article find the most relevant keywords or keyphrase for the topic.    Make sure to include that keyword in your article title and if at all possible make it the first word of your title.    Make sure your keyword or keyphrase is included in the first and last paragraphs. In the opening paragraph, it should be within the first 200 words and it is best if your keyword or keyphrase integrated into the last sentence of your article.    

Include your keyword into article content. Try to shoot for a ratio of 1% minimum but if you can manage to get 2-3% it will be even better.    

While integrating your keywords be tasteful. It is important to have your article loved by search engines but if your content is overloaded with keywords out of place – you will simply lose your readers.  That is it. Simple isn’t it? And yet easily forgotten by so many. Once you get used to following these basic guidelines it will become second nature for you and each and every post you create will become not only readers’ delight but search engine bait. And believe me, your efforts will be greatly compensated by the free traffic you will receive from search engines.

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The Simple Art of Shaping Perfect Eyebrows

Beauty, Fashion - Patrick - June 7, 2020

Having perfectly shaped eyebrows is essential for women of all ages in order to look polished, youthful and bright eyed at any time of day or night. With a few simple steps anyone can achieve model worthy eyebrows that look natural yet professionally done.

How you shape your eyebrows will greatly depend on the natural thickness and length of your brows as well as the shape of your face, however, there are some general rules of thumb that we can all follow in order to get great brows.

The first thing that you want to do is invest in a good pair of tweezers. Tweezerman makes an excellent collection of tweezers in several styles and sizes, and in the lower price ranges, Revlon also makes a couple of great tweezers that are easy to use. Once you have your tweezers and are ready to use them, stand in front of a well lit mirror. If you can use natural light, then all the better. Natural light will show even the lightest stray eyebrow hairs that you may miss if under flourescent or other lights.

When you are looking at your face in the mirror, have a pencil handy. An eyebrow pencil or even your toothbrush will work if a pencil is not conveniently available. You want to place the pencil vertically to the side of your nose and up towards the starting point of your eyebrow. Do this on both sides. If your eyebrow naturally starts where the pencil is laying then you are good to go ahead with the next step. If your eyebrows tend to creep past the pencil and towards the top of your nose, you will want to pluck those hairs in order to avoid a monobrow look. Make sure to repeat this on both sides.

You then want to take the pencil and angle it so that it meets the outer corner of your eye. This is where your eyebrow should end. If your eyebrow overextends this, you will want to remove those hairs. If your eyebrow is shorter then this, use a soft eyebrow pencil or powder in a shade that matches your natural brow color to extend your eyebrows out until they reach the end of the pencil. If you are still uncomfortable and unease in using pencils for your brows, you can check some of the tutorials at microblading in Brooklyn NY. This will help you to learn essential things about the proper ways on how you can get your brows done.

Once you have perfected the length of your eyebrows, you will want to work on the curve, or arch of your brows. Beautifully and naturally arched brows will open your eyes and give you a wide awake and youthful look. Overplucking the arch can leave you looking unnatural and severe. The arch of your eyebrow should optimally fall over the back third of your eye. If you have stray hairs in this area, then you’ll want to remove them with your tweezers.

The line of the eyebrow from where it begins to where it starts to arch should be straight, so you will want to leave that area virtually untouched. The arch of your brow should never start where your eyebrows begin. This type of immediate arching looks completely contrived and unnatural. Another important tip is In order to avoid flattening the way your eyebrows look, try to avoid plucking hairs that are on the tops of your eyebrows, unless you have some unruly strays.

With these few, simple, tips you can achieve red carpet ready eyebrows in a matter of minutes. Eyebrows are frames for your eyes and can change your look dramatically. Make sure that the dramatic change is a good one by knowing how to keep those brows in line!

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Ten Great Movies You’ve Never Seen

Arts and Entertainment - Patrick - June 6, 2020

After a long delay, I shall now continue my series of highlighting hidden cinematic gems that deserved to be seen by more people. In a sea of Hollywood hype, more often than not films are often underseen and underappreciated. This is just my way of making these remarkable films less so. Want to watch free movies online? You can visit this link here and catch all these great movies for free. 

SPIDER (2002, David Cronenberg) – Director Cronenberg is widely known for his shocking horror films “Videodrome”, “The Fly” and “Dead Ringers” but he made this quiet, subtle but rather twisted psychological drama about a mentally-disturbed man named Dennis “Spider” Cleg (Ralph Fiennes, who gives a quiet yet powerful performance) who checks himself into a halfway house and there we witness flashbacks to his childhood.

Together with him, the audience goes into a journey to the past of a deeply troubled man. The film itself plays like a spidery web slowly but surely unraveling facets of what made “Spider” who he is today. In addition to Fiennes, Miranda Richardson also gives not one but THREE knock-out supporting performances that have to be seen to be believed. Despite the lack of exploding heads and disgusting metamorphosis, this film will haunt you for days on in with its haunting imagery.

GASLIGHT (1940, Thorold Dickinson) –

No, not the 1944 Hollywood version where Ingrid Bergman won her first Oscar. The first version of the play hails from Britain and stars Anton Walbrook and Diana Wynyard in the roles played by Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman respectively in the Hollywood version. As much as great the Hollywood version was, the British version still deserves to be seen nevertheless since Wolbrook outdoes Boyer in the villainous husband role.� Thankfully, the DVD of the 1944 version also includes this version will score more viewers.

A WOMAN OF PARIS (1923, Charles Chaplin) –

This is Chaplin’s first purely dramatic film. It is also the first film he directed which does not feature him or his famous “Tramp” character at all. His appearance in this film consists

of only a 5 second barely noticeable and utterly unrecognizable cameo as a dock worker.

Edna Purviance plays Marie St. Clair a woman who experiences the joy and the tragedy of love involving her artist fiance and being a mistress to a wealthy but boorish aristocrat. The drama involved is almost worthy of Shakespeare. The film was a box-office disappointment upon release, but thankfully, renewed interest in Chaplin has kept it alive and is now respected as one of the Tramp’s most underrated directorial works.

THE NAKED KISS (1962, Samuel Fuller) –

This film opens with a hooker murdering a man who owes her money. Yes, this movie was ahead of its time and pretty daring. It concerns a prostitute (Constance Towers who gives an outstanding performance) who hides out in a small town where she plans to go straight but finds her past is making it difficult for her to do so. Directed by maverick director Fuller, the film’s themes still hold relevance and resonance even after over 40 years.

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (1943, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger) –

The duo of Powell and Pressburger are most famous for their masterpieces “The Red Shoes” and “Black Narcissus” but this film is their first Technicolor masterpiece and is one of their best. Made during World War II, this film is about the life and loves of a good-natured distinguished army colonel Clive Candy (Roger Livesey).

The film’s funny, romantic, and heartbreaking particularly during the scene where Candy’s German soldier friend (Anton Walbrook, another great performance from him) relates why he fled Germany for America. This scene is particularly affecting because you know that when this was shot, World War II hasn’t ended. Another film that simply must be seen.  

SPIES (1928, Fritz Lang) –

German director Fritz Lang is a pioneer. He revolutionized the science-fiction genre with “Metropolis”. He virtually invented the serial killer movie with “M” but did you know he also invented the spy genre? This silent film has all the new cliches of the genre: beautiful duplicitous women, gunplay, chases, betrayals, disguises, etc. Fans of James Bond and “Mission: Impossible” have a lot to be thankful for this film.

DON’T LOOK NOW (1973, Nicolas Roeg) –

This film is probably most famous for the steamy sex scene between lead stars Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie that is so steamy that there are rumors that it was real. But the film is much more than that. The film is a twisty, disturbing supernatural thriller about a couple who recently lost their young daughter. The husband (Sutherland) keeps getting disturbing visions and dreams about her death which intensifies when they meet a clairvoyant woman while working in Venice. It all culminates in a shocking denouement and a whopper of an ending that’ll surely haunt you for days.

MYSTERY TRAIN (1989, Jim Jarmusch) –

Before Quentin Tarantino made the non-linear, multi-storied narrative famous with “Pulp Fiction”, Jim Jarmusch has already done a film with a similar structure. A young Japanese couple (Masatoshi Nagase and Youki Kudoh) obsessed with 1950’s American music (Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley) check in a seedy hotel in Memphis. There they encounter various other quirky characters who have their own quirky story to tell. The film in addition to being funny and perceptive also has a killer soundtrack.

DAMN YANKEES (1958, Stanley Donen and George Abbott) –

The Broadway musical is quite famous. But oddly enough the movie version is by and large not as famous. It may not be perfect but the film version has a lot of things going for it. The Faust tale set to music and America’s national past time has something for everyone including Bob Fosse’s superb choreography and Gwen Verdon’s knock-out of a performance which she originated on Broadway. Her number, “Whatever Lola Wants” is alone worth the price of the rental.

KWAIDAN (1964, Masaki Kobayashi) –

This film is a quartet of ghost stories based on the writings of Lafcadio Hearn, a Greek-born American who lived in Japan. The first one is “The Black Hair” about a man who divorces his true love to marry for money but his first wife has something unexpected up her sleeve. The second is “The Woman in the Snow” about a man who is saved by a mysterious woman under the condition he never tells anyone about her but let’s just say something happens years later. The third is a disturbingly gory tale and my personal favorite called “Hoichi the Earless” about a blind musician who is so good a ghostly imperial army wants him. The fourth, “In a Cup of Tea” is about a man who keeps seeing a mysterious face in his cup of tea. Creepy and imaginative, this is a film you won’t soon forget.

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Which Detox Diet Should You Choose?

Health and Fitness - Patrick - June 6, 2020

Are you trying to do a detox diet? Then you’ve come to the right place. You should read these first so you’ll know what you are looking for.

If you go to google now, and search “Detox Diet” you’ll be bombarded with a lot of information about what to eat and what to do. However, if you’re a starter, that would be too much and would only chase you away. Nonetheless, you can click here to have a background on detox diets.

What is a detox diet?

Detox diet is an eating pattern where you get to eat healthy food to eliminate body toxins from your body. A common detox diet is most likely to be a fasting for a period of time, followed by a strict choice of food, like fruit, vegetables, fruit juices, and water. There are times when detox diets include herbs, teas, and supplements that help boost the process of detoxification.

What you should look into in a detox diet?

Since detox diet is known for its effectiveness, a lot of people have been creating different methods. Below are some of the pointers you should look into when you want to start a detox diet:

  • Cleanses or Detox that use juicing as a primary method.

Although juice cleansing is effective, you should now follow a method where the main way of cleansing the body is through fruit juices. Yes, they have benefits such as  vitamins and minerals from fresh fruits, most fruit juices are high in sugar and do not contain enough fiber for the body. For people who are having an imbalance level of blood-sugar, a fruit juice cleansing is never enough for them to sustain throughout the day, since fruit juices lack protein, fiber, and healthy fats. 

  • Cleanses or Detox that uses supplements as a main substance

Just like the one above, supplements do help in cleansing, however they shouldn’t be the main substance to rely on when trying to cleanse the body. You should really be careful and know what kind of supplements you are gonna intake when you are planning to do a supplement-based detox diet as these might do more harm than good. Do some research and never solely trust salesmen that are trying to sell these supplements. There are supplements that are considered professional-grade in the market that use high-quality ingredients that are tested and proven to be effective in cleansing. However, a lot of supplements that are sold in the market are not regulated and mostly done by small-scale companies.

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  • Cleanses that does not have any nourishment

Mostly people who do detoxes are people who are working. People who are busy and trying to cope up with their unhealthy lifestyle. For this main reason, people like these should avoid consuming low levels of calories during cleansing. You will know that a cleanse or detox diet has enough nutrients if you are not feeling hungry all the time or if you feel energetic. By eating food with few calories, the body can go to starvation, which will cause the body to store a lot of fat when the cleanse is over.

In a detox diet, one of the most important things to remember is to stay hydrated as possible. This is your top priority when trying to do a detox diet. You will know that the cleansing is effective when you feel that your body is in better shape than ever.

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My Favorite Flavored Coffees

Review - Patrick - June 5, 2020

Anyone who knows me can tell you that I am a coffeeholic. They tell me that they seem to never see me without a cup of coffee in my hand. However, like many people I am on a tight budget so, instead of going to the several coffee shops located in my area I make my own flavored coffees. It is a big savings to a persons budget. Here are my top five favorites that if you are a coffeeholic too you may want to try.

The first step to making any type of excellent flavored coffee at home is too begin with a freshly brewed cup according to your taste. However, there are many people that say that they are not able to get a perfect cup of coffee out of a traditional coffee pot. Its not that the more traditional coffee makers are difficult for you to use it is the fact that it is hard for someone to perfect the overall flavor. Trust me however, it can be done.

Now my all time favorite coffee would have to be ice coffee. All you simply need to do is to brew 4 cups of coffee or more depending on if you have company or making it for yourself. Once the coffee is brewed you will then need to refrigerate it until it is cool. While the coffee is cooling you will want to be sure to bring ¼ cup of hot water to boil( double for bigger batch). Once it reaches a good boil add ½ tsp vanilla, ¼ cup sugar than stir until the sugar is completely dissolved. Then you want to refrigerate this mixture as well till it is cool. Once both the cream mix and the coffee mix are cool fill a glass with ice then pour equal amounts of coffee in each cup. For those that want to add the cream mix let them add it to their particular taste. Your friends will be shocked that you can make ice coffee just like those expensive coffee shops.

Another one of my favorites that is a once in while treat is Kahlua and coffee. All you need to do is add a little bit to your hot coffee and you will have a nice relaxing drink with just a touch of liquor. It is to die for. You have to try it.

Other great choices for flavored coffee are the International Coffees. These are a great way to sit back and relax. My favorite is the Swiss Mocha but, I also drink the Irish Cream and French Vanilla. All you basically need to do is heat a coffee cup of water in the microwave till hot then add 2 or more teaspoons of your flavored coffee choice and sit back and enjoy.

Finally the creamers are also a great way to add some great flavor to your coffee. There are a wide variety out there and each one adds their own unique taste. I love the Caramel Mocha it makes your coffee taste so rich and creamy.

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