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Getting Started In Website Marketing

Getting Started With Website Marketing

The Internet is a fantastic way to put a message out to a lot of people and repeatedly present your message automatically without any effort on your part. This is because of the concept of the world wide web and the use of search engines to locate pages of interest. This can be used to an advantage in marketing materials for sale on the internet.

By creating a website, presenting your articles for sale in an attractive and informative nature, and displaying that website to people who are searching to buy what you are selling, you can be successful at website marketing.

It is the challenge of doing both of these things cost effectively that presents the biggest obstacle to selling products on the internet. First, you have to have a website that gives the user some reason to visit it, and second, you have to create it such that when a search engine is used to search for the products you are selling, it finds and displays your website near the top of the list. And you have to spend less amount of mone accomplishing these two things than you receive in the sale of your product.

Website marketing can be broken down into these three steps:

1. Selecting what products to sell

2. Creating a compelling advertisement for those products and placing it on the internet.

3. Drawing visitors to that site where the advertisement is who want to buy that item.

What To Sell

This can be difficult to decide. Choosing something that is in great demand is one strategy, also choosing something you know a lot about is a good idea. On the other hand, if you choose something in great demand, you will probably have a lot of other competitors advertising the same product and will have to spend a lot of money to get your ad displayed before theirs.

A good guide to use in deciding what to sell is Make Your Site Sell 2002 at http://www.store.u-seek-it.com/sales_pages/make_your_site_sell.htm. This guide also gives a lot of tips on how to make your site attractive.

You can decide to sell basically three types of products on the internet:

1. Physical goods.

2. E-books and software.

3. Either of the above which are other people's products. In this case you only place advertisements for the products and receive a commission when a sale is made. This is referred to as being an affiliate.

If you want to sell physical goods, you don't necessarily have to stock them and ship them yourself. You can use a drop shipper. This is a manufacturer who agrees to ship his items for you to your customer when you make a sale. One reference to good sources of drop shippers is The Drop Ship Directory at https://www.worldwidebrands.com/wwb/ordernow_rd.asp.

An E-book is an electronic book, a document, usually in PDF format (See www.adobe.com) that you sell on the internet. A good guide on creating your own Ebook without ever writing one word is Create Your Own Ebook The references table below describes how to obtain this book.

If you decide to sell the goods yourself, you can set up an online store. There are many sources which sell prepackaged solutions including your web hosting and the store itself and tools to manage it. One good provider is Site Build It at http://www.store.u-seek-it.com/sales_pages/site_build_it.htm.

If you decide to sell other people's goods, one good affiliate program is www.clickbank.com. There you can advertise other people's products and get paid a commision up to 60% of the sales price. You can also place your own products on clickbank and have other people advertise your products. To find out about this, go to http://www.store.u-seek-it.com/sales_pages/clickbank_seller.htm.

Placing your advertisement on the Internet

You can either build your own website and put ads for the affiliate products you are selling there, or you can use Google AdWords to advertise on the Internet. The Google search engine (See www.google.com) returns paid search results first before the other results it finds. So you can pay Google to return and ad for the product you are selling when people search for certain key words you choose. You bid on the keywords, like example you bid to pay $.10 if someone searches for e-book and they click on your ad for your e-book. Several good reference guides to using Google Adwords are Google Cash, Google Profits, Google Made Me Rich, and Mastering Google Adwords. The reference table below explains where you can obtain these.

Drawing Visitors To Your Website

Whether you have a website that just lists other people's products for sale or is an online store, you need to have a way of bringing people to visit it on the web. The most common way that people find things on the web is using a search engine, like www.google.com, www.yahoo.com, or www.msn.com.

All of these search engines have ways of finding your website and ranking it to determine how high up on the list of found sites it will be shown. Ways that they find your sites is by finding links to your site from other people's sites. Ways you can get links to your site from other people's sites are by placing your site in online directories, or joining a link exchange program where you place a link on your site to another site in exchange for them doing the same for you.

These are some link exchange sites you can join. Most of them are free.
http://www.linkalizer.net, http://www.linkmarket.net, http://www.simplylinking.com, http://www.linkmetro.com, http://www.gotlinks.com.

Some directory sites you can try are www.linketeria.com, www.abilogic.com, www.searchsite.com, www.siteinclusion.com, www.siteranking.com.

Another way to get the search engine to find your site is something called Search Engine Optimization, or SEO. What this means is building your site in such a way that the search engines consider it a valuable resource for the keywords people search on when they find it. Some good resources for doing this are SEOElite, a software program, Search Engine Fast Start, Little Known Secrets - Search Engines, and Get A Top 5 Ranking on Google. See the references section.

The best way to draw people to your site is to add valuable content to it so they want to visit it. There is a pre-packaged website that contains over 25000 freely downloadable articles called the Article Directory Cash System. See the reference section for how to obtain it.

Free Reference Materials

There are some free reference materials available to help you. Affiliate Masters Course, Service Sellers Masters Course, Business Side of Webmastering, and Make Your Price Sell are all listed in the reference section below.

Resource Web Sites
I maintain the following two web sites that can help you in website marketing: U-Seek-It Free Articles for Website Marketing at http://www.freearticles.u-seek-it.com, and U-Seek-It Website Marketing Forum at http://www.websitemarketing.u-seek-it.com. This first one has 25000 freely downloadable articles to add to your website. The second one is newly created and contains website marketing news feeds, book reviews, software reviews, free software, and a bulleting board for exchange of ideas and questions with others.

References

Create Your Own Ebook
http://www.webstore.u-seek-it.com/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=42

Google Cash
http://www.webstore.u-seek-it.com/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=6

Google Profits
http://www.webstore.u-seek-it.com/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=6

Google Made Me Rich
http://www.webstore.u-seek-it.com/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=6

Mastering Google AdWords
http://www.webstore.u-seek-it.com/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=6

Article Directory Cash System
http://www.webstore.u-seek-it.com/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=3

SEOElite
http://www.webstore.u-seek-it.com/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=5

Search Engine Fast Start
http://www.webstore.u-seek-it.com/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=5

Little Known Secrets - Search Engines
http://www.webstore.u-seek-it.com/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=5

Get A Top 5 Ranking On Google
http://www.webstore.u-seek-it.com/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=5

Affiliate Masters Course
http://www.webstore.u-seek-it.com/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=12

Service Sellers Masters Course
http://www.webstore.u-seek-it.com/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=12

Business Side Of Webmastering
http://www.webstore.u-seek-it.com/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=12

Make Your Price Sell
http://www.webstore.u-seek-it.com/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=12

Author: William H. Yost, sales@u-seek-it.com. http://www.webstore.u-seek-it.com http://www.freearticles.u-seek-it.com http://www.websitemarketing.u-seek-it.com. This article may be freely distributed as long as the author's name and web site references are maintained intact.

About the Author

I am a software engineer who is exploring website marketing as a hobby, possibly a second income. I maintain an online store at www.webstore.u-seek-it.com, and a forum at www.websitemarketing.u-seek-it.com

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Bowman Eastern King Size Metal Headboard - 335-67


Eastern King size only, California King not available.

A traditionally styled design features large cannon ball finials, and a low profile footboard that has a gentle bow shape from post to post. Gun Metal powder coat finish is a dark pewter or treated steel look. Fully-casted construction featuring heavy gauge tubing.

Finish:
Hammer Tone / Smoke Grey

Dimensions:
53"(H)


Price: 241.34



Bedroom Furniture - Overture Oak Bedroom Furniture Set - Wynwood Furniture


Bed includes headboard, footboard and wood bed rails.

Fresh and inviting as an afternoon drive along the coast, this collection delights the senses. Subtle yet stimulating, this collection's features create a sense of balance with a functional contemporary casual look that is sure to please the eye for years to come.

Includes: 1 x Full / Queen Size Poster Bed (1565-944) 1 x Door Dresser (1565-62) 1 x Tri-View Mirror (1565-82) 1 x Entertainment Armoire (1565-77) 1 x Door Nightstand (1565-66) Features: Dresser Features:Nine drawers One door compartment with three drawers Mirror Features:Beveled glass on center panel Entertainment Center Features:Cable accessible Perforated back panel Nightstand Features:One drawer Cabinet with one fixed shelf Shaped columns Forged metal accents Hand-rubbed natural wood finish Dimensions: Queen Bed: 72"(W) x 96"(D) x 67"(H)
Headboard: 72"(W) x 7"(D) x 67"(H)
Footboard: 72"(W) x 7"(D) x 41"(H) Dresser: 70"(W) x 19.5"(D) x 37"(H) Mirror: 57"(W) x 45"(H) Entertainment Armoire: 44"(W) x 23"(D) x 74"(H)
Interior: 37.5"(W) x 18.5"(D) x 34"(H) Nightstand: 28.5"(W) x 17"(D) x 30"(H) Finish:
Overture Oak





Price: 4075.75



Monster Bedroom Swivel Desk Chair - Powell Furniture - 500-668


Where ordinary youth bedroom furniture becomes extraordinary sleep, study and storage.

500-668 Features: 3-1/2" Adjustable height gas cylinder Sturdy 5-prong powder coated black base Ergonomically adjustable padded support arms Rugged powder coated steel frame construction Some assembly required Finish:
Black base with Black mesh back

Dimensions:
23 1/4"(W) x 22 3/4"(D) x 32 3/4-36 1/4"(H)
Seat Height: 16 1/2"


Price: 124.43



Furniture DMI - Cocktail Table in Oak - 4004-40


4004-40 Features: Constructed of oak veneer on MDF tops with wood legs Finish:
Oak

Dimensions:
26"(W) x 50"(D) x 19"(H)


Price: 240.97



Bakers Rack - Midtown Bakers Rack - 4324-850


With warm dark cherry back accent set against a black finish, the Midtown dining is striking and elegant. The Bakers Rack has 4 shelves with a middle glass top shelf for valuable display space. The Midtown dining is the height of modern style.

Finish:
Black / Dark Cherry

Dimensions:
36.75"(W) x 15.75"(D) x 72.25"(H)


Price: 159.00



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Palm TX Handheld

Palm TX Handheld
Created for today's fast-paced mobile landscape, the sleekly lightweight Palm TX handheld keeps you connected to your most important data--from email to files stored on your office PC--while you're away from your desktop with built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless connectivity. It also features a high-resolution 320 x 480-pixel screen (with portrait and landscape orientation modes), a fast Intel 312 MHz ARM-based processor, expansion slot for Secure Digital (SD), MultiMedia (MMC), and Secure Digital I/O (SDIO) cards. The 128 MB of non-volatile flash memory (of which approximately 100 MB is available for files and software) protects your documents and information, even if the device is not charged and the power runs down. And, of course, the Palm TX features Palm's suite of information management applications, the ability to edit Word- and Excel-compatible files, and synchronization with Microsoft Outlook (Windows only).

Built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Wireless Connectivity
Stay connected easily when you're on the go with the built-in Wi-Fi wireless connectivity (802.11b), which enables you to access email and browse the Web at hotspots such as at coffee shops and in airports, or in your office if you have a wireless LAN network. You can even retrieve documents from your main computer with the included WiFile LT software. The Palm TX also comes the following enhancements:

• Added ability for the device to scan for available networks
• Improved connection logic to automatically connect to available compatible networks
• Three steps to easily set up a new network connection
• A free 30-day subscription to all T-Mobile Wi-Fi hotspots

With built-in wireless Bluetooth connectivity (version 1.1), you can synchronize the Palm TX with a Bluetooth-enabled computer from across the room (within a range of 10 meters, or approximately 30 feet). But that's just the start. Using a compatible Bluetooth-enabled phone, you can send and receive e-mail and connect to the Web, send multimedia (MMS) or text (SMS) messages, and even automatically dial any number in your handheld's Contact's application. (You can also synchronize data the "old-fashioned" way via the USB connection at the base of the handheld.)

For mobile professionals, the Palm TX provides all the conveniences of managing email on the road. With Wi-Fi access or Bluetooth technology, you can check corporate or campus email as well as personal accounts; download, read and edit a Word or Excel report on the fly; synchronize Outlook contacts, calendar, tasks and memos; and work with Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, using VersaMail software, to synchronize email and calendar

Expansion Capabilities
The expansion card slot for MMC, SD and SDIO formats lets you insert a memory card from a digital camera and view photos on the large, color display; you can even can add transitions between photos and present them as a slideshow. The Palm TX handheld's compatibility with SD Cards up to 2GB lets road warriors carry a few favorite home videos and be entertained on long trips.

Support for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files
With the included DataViz Documents To Go software, you rehearse your PowerPoint presentation discreetly in an airport, make last-minute changes to a Word document, and check the numbers in an Excel spreadsheet and update them on the spot. The Palm TX comes with support for native Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. And with the included Adobe Reader for Palm OS, you can download and view converted Acrobat files.

Multimedia
The Palm TX comes bundled with Pocket Tunes MP3 player for playing music files or Podcasts, which allows you to create and edit play lists, shuffle songs and navigate by album, artist or genre. The Palm TX also includes built-in software for viewing digital photos and video clips. And with MobiTV software (sold separately), you can view a wide range of television programs, including news, sports and entertainment, directly on the Palm TX handheld.

Operating System and Software
Veteran Palm OS handheld users will immediately notice the new Favorites view, which provides easy access to applications, files, and folders. The installed Palm OS 5.4 also introduces the Files application, which enables easy navigation among folders and files. It uses the intuitive and easy-to-learn Graffiti 2 writing software to input data into the handheld (as well as an on-screen keyboard). Windows users can synchronize their calendar, contacts, tasks, and notes with Microsoft Outlook. The Palm OS features the following organizer applications:

• Contacts: Lets you store several addresses for each contact, and with new fields for more phone numbers, multiple e-mail addresses, instant messenger IDs, and Web sites.
• Calendar: Use the new Agenda view to see upcoming calendar events, tasks due, and important e-mail, and color-code your events to provide an easy way to reference your calendar in the Agenda, Day, Week, and Month views. Take more notes, or synchronize more details from your desktop, in the larger Memos and Notes fields.
• Tasks: Use tasks with alarms and repeating tasks to set reminders for important commients.

Compatibility
The Palm TX is compatible with PCs running Windows Windows 2000 (SP4) and XP (Outlook synchronization requires MS Outlook 2000, 2002, or 2003; sold separately), and with Macs running Mac OS 10.2.8 to 10.4.

What's in the Box
Palm TX handheld, flip cover, USB sync cable, power adapter, 3-step setup poster, Graffiti 2 sticker, Software Install CD-ROM with Palm Desktop, Tutorial, Getting Started Guide, User Guide, and bonus software.

Customer Review: Good Features, Poor Screen Calibration

I bought this as an upgrade from my Tungsten T3 that I had finally given up on due to an issue with the screen loosing it's calibration. The TX model's wifi worked beautifully with my home network (Linksys WT54G) wireless router. The screen was very bright, battery life was average for a Palm device. I purchased a keyboard to go along with this device. I was aiming to reduce the need for a desktop PC and the weight of a laptop as most of my computing is done online and within MS Office applications.



The keyboard and the TX's communication was touch and go at best. I gave up and the keyboard sits in my night stand drawer.



The the screen calibration started to get funky. I removed the screen protector, cleaned under the bevel of the casing as suggested by many internet sites and still no resolution. Other then the screen calibration (which has become unbearable @ 2x or more daily) the device is wonderful.

The speaker on the back is a horrible design IMO.



I've decided to shop for a Pocket PC based PDA and sell this device on auction to recoup some of the cost of the next purchase I make. Research the screen calibration issue online before purchasing this device. If you are Palm loyal, then moving to Windows Mobile may be a difficult decision, but if this is your first PDA, consider a windows mobile device. Granted they crash more often than a Palm ever will, but at least you are used to that with your desktop. A mis-calibrated screen will render this device unusable.

Customer Review: Gotta Love this thing. Couldn't manage without it

I used a a few different Clie (the Sony version of PALM) and always really liked them.



But the PALM T|X I think is better.



Of course, the use of calender and address book is intuitive and the

WI-FI works great (which I found out during my break on Jury Duty (yeah! they have WI-FI in court here now!)



I love looking for new (and usually free) applications to play around with (Tip Calculator, Unit Conversion, Knot Tying displays). My favorite game is Bike or Die. It is great to relieve boredom and not an easy game.



I also find no end to creative uses. I'm a photographer and sometimes shoot archival photos for theater. So, I film the show, vidcap images I want into a memory card & transfer them to my PALM. Then I can go to the photo shoot, show them the pictures on my PALM and say "Get in this scene." It cuts 75% of prep time off each photo.



I would also recommend getting the top flip Rhino Skin. I was running with my PALM in my coat pocket and it fell out onto the sidewalk the first week I had it. Even the sound of the PALM hitting the ground sounded like it wasn't going to be hurt. Sure enough, it was fine.



That's more than I can say for my poor repeatedly cracked cell phone.



So, anyone who doubts switching from Clie (I don't even think they're around anymore), have no fear. Switch over. A Palm store even switched all my info over for free.



Oh yeah! The screen switching to horizontal makes reading documents in the T|X a lot more pleasant. And thank you for making a left handed option!



I do have a few issues.



When I first bought the PALM, it had this application called Addit.

Every time you HOTSYNC, it would give you the days news from Reuters.

Not only was this great when I didn't want to carry a magazine, it also motivated me to HotSync every day.



But Reuters stopped doing it a couple months after I bought the PALM. Now I usually don't Hot Sync more than once a month.



I also don't think the plastic screen covering that comes with the PALM works too well. Often, trying to make a "T" turns into an "l" and a space. But I worked on another persons T|X and it was WAY easier. So I think I need another protective cover.



I suppose I shouldn't expect it, but the videos have tended to run slow if they are too big (and I'm talking YouTube quality). I actually haven't tried to play video on it for awhile, so I might not know what I'm talking about.



Over all. Great Product.

Fist of Fury

Fist of Fury
Customer Review: Donnie Yen as Chen Jen

I know this movie was originally a tv series spanning about 28 episodes. How Tai Seng managed to cram all that into 120 minutes is beyond me. But what I saw made sense, probably because I already knew the original Bruce Lee storyline. I have never seen the original Donnie Yen episodes, only this very editted version, so I cannot be bias and say that this movie [stunk] compared to the tv series. Until I can somehow get my hands on the tv series, I'll have to be content with this movie version. I thought overall it was rather enjoyable, though I did think that the storyline did jump around quite a bit. What I was looking at was mostly the fighting, which I thought was great. Other than some of the fights being ridiculously sped up, I thought it was up to the Donnie Yen standard. Yen blends his own style and Bruce Lee's style, most notably the Hiyaa-wah sounds. Being a big fan of Bruce Lee's "Fist Of Fury" and Jet Li's "Fist Of Legend", Yen's version isn't bad at all. I am hoping to find the 28 episode series soon, so I can better understand the full story of Yen's retelling of Chen Jen and the Ching Wu school.

Tinkerbell - Party Supplies - Birthday Banner

Tinkerbell - Party Supplies - Birthday Banner

This jointed birthday banner is easy to hang on walls, from the ceiling, along stairways, or any other place you'd like to say Happy Birthday.

Data Backup 3 By Prosoft Engineering

Data Backup 3 By Prosoft Engineering
Data Backup 3 is the new update to the simple, automated backup solution. It features a new user interface, the ability to backup to multiple CDs and DVDs (automatically spanning on multiple disks) and other performance improvements. The built-in backups is great for iTunes, iPhoto, system and other important data. It also now offers the ability to "go back in time" to view files and directories, as they were when the backups happened. Synchronization makes two folders identical by copying missing files and replacing older files Automatic compress your data on your computer to save hard drive space

Customer Review: Larry Grinnell's MyMac.com Review

Everyone hates doing backups. I know I do. Like most utility software packages, products like this are ignored until it is too late, and your precious data is gone. It's funny how diligent I was at work (I suppose my job being at stake had something to do with it...), yet I almost never backed up anything at home. I've been playing the odds for a lot of years, and have so far been pretty lucky.



The reality is that because nothing has happened, you get lulled into a false sense of security. When it finally does happen (drive crash, deleted a vital file, etc.), the cries of anguish are deafening. Again, it's never happened to me, but that doesn't mean it won't at the most inopportune moment possible, because that's how these things go. That's why I urge all of you out there in internetland to get yourself some backup software and one of those amazingly cheap external hard drives. There has never been a better time to buy one of these USB 2.0 packages of storage goodness. When you can by a 500 gigabyte drive (that's half a terabyte!) for under $125.00, and 120 giggers for around 50 bucks, there's absolutely no reason in the world not to embark on a solid backup plan right this very minute. Can't afford an external drive even at these prices? Most of your Macs probably have a CD and maybe even a DVD burner. A CD burner can put up to 700 megabytes on a disk, and a DVD burner, around 4.5 gigabytes (almost 9 GB on the double-layer disks). You know, these nice internal and external hard drives are coming down in price for a reason--they're built more cheaply, and are likely to fail more unpredictably than drives of the past. It might last 20 years, or it might go out in a blaze of glory tomorrow.



Data Backup 3.0 from Prosoft Engineering is a terrific backup program. It supports nearly every kind of media: CD, DVD, hard drives, network drives, and I'm sure even more. It's a real bargain at $59.00.



Installation is a breeze. It uses Apple's "package" method of installation. Just double-click the Data Backup.pkg file, answer a few questions, and it installs in a flash.



Help comes in the form of a detailed and well-illustrated 45 page file that opens when you select Help from the Help menu.



I decided to use my dual 2.0 GHz G5 PowerMac tower as my test subject. It has the optional 400 GB drive, so there's a lot to back up, though not as bad as it might seem, because I am not backing up the operating system or applications. I have the original media for those, so it seemed wasteful to back them up too, although you can if you want to.



That said, Data Backup 3.0 also gives you handy pre-written backup scripts so you can back up:







When you launch Data Backup 3.0, this is what the initial screen will look like, though without a volume name where you want to backup your files to.







Setup is pretty basic. I won't dwell on the preferences, as you probably won't need to go in there, and if you do, the Help file will guide you through what you might need to do.



If you want to keep things really simple, you won't even need to do much more than what you see in this initial screen, except for one teeny little thing--you need to tell Data Backup 3.0 where you want your backed up files to go: disk, network drive, or CD/DVD.



If it's a local disk or a network volume, go to the File>Set Default Destination menu item. I have chosen my external 500 gigabyte hard drive, originally named as 500 Gigger. Click the Select button and choose your drive. If you want to back up to a network volume, first you will need to mount your network volume as you normally would from the finder. It will show as an option when you click the Select button. When you have made your selection, click the Set button. The pull-down menu items under Quick Backup get named with your backup volume.







Now, it's just a matter of selecting the Quick Backup option you want. In this example, I am backing up my User files. Select All User Files to /Volumes/500 Gigger, and click the Start Now button. That's all there is to it. Really. It takes less time to just do it than it did to read the description. The screen below is what it looks like when the backup starts.







If you want to back up to CDs or DVDs, Data Backup 3.0 can do that, too, prompting you to insert a new disk when the one in the burner fills up. This is probably the best solution for files you really can't afford to lose, so you can get them onto convenient media, and then move them to a safe place away from your computer (a fire- and theft-resistant safe, a safe deposit box, a data archival center, etc.). Sure, you can do this with external hard drives, but that gets a little more expensive. From the Quick Backup menu, make your backup choice: iPhoto or Document files to CD/DVD.







When you click the Start Now button, the screen below pops up, prompting you to insert a CD or DVD.







You can also schedule when you perform your backups. Click the Schedule (calendar) icon on the main screen. The first screen that appears the one you use to set selected dates for backups. You can also choose an interval (every n minutes, hours, days, or weeks), starting at a designated time, selected events (backup at system startup, or when a destination or source volume appears on the system), or simply which days of the week do you want to back up, at a given time. The more automatic you make things, the more likely you will be to actually use it.



There, easy to do backups that if you did nothing else, you would have safely preserved data from your system to a secondary storage place, so if the unthinkable happened, you'd still have your data.



But wait, there's more! See that Show Backup Options triangle? That's where the real power of Data Backup 3.0 is hidden. Basically, if you don't need to do any more than what I described above, you don't need to go into the options. If you're like me, who has stuff stashed on multiple disks and maybe on network drives, and who knows what else, you will need this power.



Click the little triangle next to Show Backup Options and you will see what I mean.







In this window, you can choose more data sources to back up by clicking the "+" symbol in the Sources part of this window. It permits you to select complete volumes or just some folders on different volumes, or maybe folders not stored within your /Users folder. You can also select multiple destinations for your backed up files by adding more volumes or folders to the Destination field. The Destination Type pull-down lets you select Volumes or CD/DVD for backups.



There are extensive "rules" that can be applied for backing up files, which can be found in the Rules tab (see above). Data Backup 3.0 is also scriptable, using Automator.



Data Backup 3.0 can compress your backup files to make room for more backups and other files on your backup volume, and if you have sensitive information, you can encrypt your backups. There have been a ton of articles in the paper lately about personal information getting disseminated because backup tapes were stolen, and they were not encrypted. Well, here's your chance to protect your backup files (and maybe your job, if you are using this product for business). This program is so smart that a Preferences setting even automatically powers up your computer, performs the backup, and shuts it down again. Speaking of business (or for multi-computer families), Prosoft offers attractive multiuser licenses, too. Check out their product page at http://www.prosoftengineering.com/products/data_backup.php for complete pricing information.



With its default settings, a newer version of a file will overwrite the older version. In the Data Backup>Preferences menu, you can set Data Backup to perform more sophisticated Full/Incremental backups, where only the newer or replaced files are backed up, and older versions of files are retained in the backup archive. The Backup Type pull-down offers many backup methods: Simple Copy, Clone (make a bootable copy of your hard drive), Versioned, Full, Incremental, and Synchronize. Read the excellent online help manual for descriptions of each type and the advantages/disadvantages of each one. You can also download the version 2.1 manual at http://www.prosoftengineering.com/docs/DataBackupManual.pdf.



Depending upon how you configured your backup, restoration can be just as simple as dragging the contents of your backup drive back to your original drive. Otherwise, you can use the easy-to-use File>Restore feature to recover individual files or a complete volume, and if you do incremental backups, you can even restore your data to a specific date. I don't mean to give this feature the short shrift, but you really need to try it for yourself to really appreciate how well it works in your own personal backup/restoration scenario. Again, read the online help file for complete details.



As much as I hate doing backups, this program is as powerful as anything out there, and I come from a strong Retrospect ((http://www.emcinsignia.com/products/smb/retroformac/)) background (I used Retrospect for 10 years in my office and never lost a file that was backed up, but if you want to buy a version of Retrospect that will back up to a network drive, or back up to one of the zillions of different types of tape drives still out there, it'll set you back about 500 bucks). Data Backup 3.0 is strong, yet easy enough for me to set it, forget it, and perform my hated backups without having to think about it. I can't imagine giving higher praise. Gee, about the only negatives I could come up with were that the manual posted to the website was the previous version, but the descriptions of types of backups and program fundamentals were mostly the same, so it isn't a huge negative, and Data Backup 3.0 doesn't back up to non-mainstream devices, but if you have specialized needs like that, you are probably already using Retrospect or something like it already.



MyMac.com Rating 4.5 out of 5

(screen shots and original review at http://www.mymac.com/showarticle.php?id=3049 )

Customer Review: Good features, but a couple of shortcomings

The Pros:

--A comprehensive group of pre-defined backup sets. The software is determined to help you keep good backups. Kudos!!

--Ability to define your own backup sets, very simple UI for this. And the advanced features in defining backups are very good.

--Good scheduling for the backup sets. Can have separate schedules for the various sets.

--Response to email support inquiries has been fast and courteous.



The Cons:

--As reported by other reviewers, the software often asks you to re-enter the serial number. This is anoying at best, and fatal if it occurs during an automated backup in the middle of the night.

--Cryptic log file. You'll get a report that an error has occured during a backup, but the log file doesn't give much help in determining which files were involved.



The Summary:

Buy this software for the good UI and ease of use. But quality and reporting needs to improve before I can give it another star.

NFL - New England Patriots Super Bowl Champs (2-Pack)

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A must-have for Pats fans. Own the Special Edition DVD that celebrates the emerging New England football dynasty. Own the complete NFL Films highlights of Super Bowl 36 and Super Bowl 38, all for one great price. Reference ID:TC01-DVD-1013

Customer Review: dvd nfl- new england patriots super bowl champs 2-pack

this 2-pack, dvd was a really good portrayal of most important moments of both the super bowls, xxxvi and xxxviii. for the low price of this dvd, i am very satisfied with every feature.

Customer Review: ESSENTIAL FOR ANY PATRIOTS FAN

Although sadly there isn't full coverage of superbowl XXXVI, this double pack still has all the glory of the two most amazing moments for any long suffering patriot fan like me. you can relive that joy as we finally won a superbowl (WHAT? NEW ENGLAND? YEAH! IT HAPPENED!) over and over. I was disappointed with the lack of extra's and the incessant music got pretty irritating, but all the same, how can anyone be unhappy with watching the patriots defining times of glory after all the misery and disappointment of losing for so many years? You just got to buy it, you just do.

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