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In May 2007, Boracay Philippines was ranked #7 in the ten Top Beaches in the world by both the Chicago Tribune and the New York Newsday, based on user ratings from Yahoo! Travel.

Is there really a secret to Boracay, you may ask?

Ask any traveler who has been invited to a Filipino home in the countryside before. They will tell you about the red-carpet treatment they received from their hosts while there.

Filipinos are noted for their unique brand of warm and loving hospitality. They look after their guests with unrivaled care and affection. They love to pamper their visitors -- to a fault.

Therein lies the secret to Boracay: the Filipino hospitality.

Nowhere else is this more evident than in Boracay. And that is the reason why visitors keep going back to this enchanting island paradise.

The Filipino hospitality is a unique trait among Filipinos. There is this unusual desire to please the guest, no matter what the outcome. Filipinos know this, but foreigners who have never associated with Filipinos before are unaware of this distinctive Filipino character.

Of course, to a visitor, this Filipino custom is something desirable and appreciated because it is but natural for a person to enjoy special treatment.

To a Filipino, there is no such thing as an uninvited guest at a Filipino home, no matter how humble it is. If someone turns up unexpectedly during meal time, whatever food is on the table is shared with the visitor, even if it means not having enough for the rest of the family.

There are so many exciting things to see and do in Boracay, Philippines that this alone is enough reason to visit the place. However, the one exceptional advantage that Boracay has over the rest of world is -- the Filipino hospitality.

When you travel to Boracay, you do not go there just for the beaches. You visit the place because of its appealing holiday atmosphere. You go there because Filipinos treat you as someone special and not just as a tourist out for a good time.

Here's what TaRits, a recent visitor to Boracay has to say about this tropical oasis:

"Boracay is such a great place that when you stay there, you would want to stay longer than you have to....

I guess that's how you feel when you are from a busy stressful place and you come to see paradise, you'll know that everything you do there will be full of fun, full of light. LOTS OF LIGHT, LOVE AND LIFE."

TaRits

Now is the time to go to Boracay, Philippines. Experience this wonderful feeling of being looked after as someone special.

Here's what you can do there:

Go on day trips island hopping and snorkeling with Capt Joey on his Red Pirates sailboat.

Play recreational frisbee or compete with more seasoned players on Boracay's white sand beaches.

Enjoy scuba diving in Boracay's exotic coral gardens with their colorful tropical marine life.

Test your beach volleyball skills against other visiting players along Boracay's White Beach.

Visit the Butterfly Garden and marvel at the rare collection of exotic tropical butterflies.

Experience the thrill of kiteboarding -- the adrenalin sport -- in Boracay's Bulabog Beach.

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One of your ultimate goals when creating your small business website will be to ensure that the website can be found by clients and prospects using Internet search engines (for example, Google, Yahoo!, and so forth). But there's not a lot of understandable information available about what the average small business owner can do to improve the number of search engine "hits" their websites get. So, here are some tips that you can use to improve your site's ranking:

- Site coding language: The content of your website should be coded in HTML so that the search engines can read it. If you create your site in Flash or include PDF documents on it, then the search engines won't be able to see the text-which means that they won't understand what your site is about.

- Keywords: When planning your site, consider the words and phrases that your prospects are most likely to use when running a text search for your products or services. In many cases, it will be easiest for a small business to optimize for a keyword phrase instead of a single keyword. Most keywords are used to frequently by too many sites for you to easily rank well. And most serious prospects search using keyword phrases. Instead of optimizing for "psychotherapist", for example, you will have more success optimizing for "San Francisco psychotherapist".

- Headlines: The headlines on a website are one of the most effective places to put your keyword phrases. Make sure that your headlines are coded using "H1" headline tags in HTML, not images. This will limit the fonts that are available to stylize the headlines, but the sacrifice is well worth it in exchange for the results that you'll get.

- Title tags: Title tags control the text that is displayed at the very top of the web browser itself. A lot of websites just have the company name or the name of the page you're on up there-but I suggest placing your keywords and keyword phrases up there.

- META keyword tags: These tags are no longer used for rankings by search engines. In fact, their current main use is for your competition to spy on you-they can view the source code of your site to discover the keywords that you're optimizing for! However, the META description tags are still used-and they are essential to your search engine strategy. The search engines display those in the search results.

- Website copywriting: When you write the text for your website, make sure to repeat your keywords a few times in the body copy, and use them in the headlines. Don't use them so much that it the writing sounds unnatural to someone reading your site, but do try to use them a couple of times per page. You can include a keyword phrase on an average page about three times without looking silly.

- Valuable content: If you make your site information-rich, then the search engines will have more content to index. And if you're writing articles, posting tips, or adding information to your site about your area of expertise, there's a good chance that it will be full of keywords, which will help your ranking.

If your website includes these basics, you'll have a head start on getting a good ranking from Internet search engines. As more people find your website, you'll have a greater pool of interested leads to work from. Since these people found you with their own search, then there's a good chance that they're on their way to becoming a qualified prospect. A good search engine strategy paired with a strong website can convert those prospects to sales for you!
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By: Erin Ferree

Erin Ferree is a brand identity designer who creates big visibility for small businesses. As the owner of elf design, Erin is passionate about helping her clients stand out in front of their competition and attract more clients. One of the best ways to do that is with Search Engine Optimization, which you can learn about in her eLearning product, Raise Your Ranking, which is available at www.howtoraiseyourranking.com .

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