Dukan Diet coming to America. Keep the olive oil in the cupboard

The Dukan Diet is the new twist on the Atkins Diet. It's rumored that Dukan is currently the diet choice for the next princess of England, Kate Middleton.

Created by the French nutritionist, Dr. Pierre Dukan, like Dr. Atkins' famous diet, the Dukan Diet is high-protein, low-fat mixed with oat bran and lots and lots of water. Controversially, fruit is verbotten for the first two steps, as is olive oil. However, and this is where the diet shows its French pedigree, wine and dessert are d'accord.

The Booster Shots blog laid out the four steps of the Dukan Diet that must be approached in order.

-- Attack phase: Eat only pure proteins in lean meats, lean cured meats, seafood, eggs, fat-free dairy products.

-- Weight-loss phase: Add vegetables to the protein choices.

-- Stabilization phase: Add fruit, bread, cheese and even pasta.

-- Eat whatever you want, whenever you want. You’ll never be fat again.

The 69-year-old doctor and author claims he was paid an advance of more than $1 million for the North American rights to his book. The author of 19 books that has already sold 3.5 million copies in French and has had his work translated into 14 languages.

And about the comparisons to Dr. Atkins? Dr. Dukan told the New York Times that he has "a lot of respect for Atkins. He was a legend in his time." But nowadays "Atkins is dead."

Ooh la la!

-- Tony Pierce

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NCAA Tournament Scores: 2011 March Madness Round 1 Recap

Day 1 of the 2011 NCAA tournament is in the books (Click HERE for printable bracket). There were some incredible finishes, buzzer beaters and shocking upsets. No. 6 St. John's fell. Tom Izzo and his Spartans made an early exit. Jimmer Ferdette led BYU to a tough first round victory. Scroll down to see a recap of the first round.

EAST REGION

No. 3 Syracuse 77 - No. 14 Indiana State 60
No. 7 Washington 68 - No. 10 Georgia 65
No. 11 Marquette 66 - No. 6 Xavier 55
No. 2 North Carolina 102 - No. 15 Long Island 87
No. 1 Ohio State 75 - No. 16 UTSA 46
No. 8 George Mason 61 - No. 9 Villanova 57
No. 5 West Virginia 84 - No. 11 Clemson 76
No. 4 Kentucky 59 - No. 13 Princeton 57

WEST REGION

No. 5 Arizona 77 - No. 12 Memphis 75
No. 1 Duke 87 0 No. 16 Hampton 45
No. 4 Texas 85 - No. 13 Oakland 81
No. 8 Michigan 75 - No. 9 Tennessee 45
No. 3 UConn 81 - No. 14 Bucknell 52
No. 6 Cincinnati 78 - No. 11 Missouri 63
No. 7 Temple 66 - No. 10 Penn State 64
No. 2 San Diego State 68 - No. 15 Northern Colorado 50

SOUTHEAST REGION

No. 1 Pittsburgh 74 - No. 16 UNC-Asheville 51
No. 8 Butler 60 - No. 9 Old Dominion 58
No. 5 Kansas State 73 - No. 12 Utah State 68
No. 4 Wisconsin 72 - No. 13 Belmont 58
No. 11 Gonzaga 86 - No. 6 St. John's 71
No. 3 BYU 74 - No. 14 Wofford 66
No. 7 UCLA 78 - No. 10 Michigan State 76
No. 2 Florida 79 - No. 15 UC Santa Barbara 51

SOUTHWEST REGION

No. 9 Illinois 73 - No. 8 UNLV 62
No. 11 VCU 74- No. 6 Georgetown 56
No. 3 Purdue 65 - No. 14 St. Peter's 43
No. 1 Kansas 72 - No. 16 Boston University 53
No. 10 Florida State 57 - No. 7 Texas A&M 50
No. 2 Notre Dame 69 - No. 15 Akron 56
No. 13 Morehead State 62 - No. 4 Louisville 61
No. 12 Richmond 69 - No. 5 Vanderbilt 66
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Keyword atau kata kunci yang paling banyak dicari orang di Google Search

Untuk membuat blog atau website menjadi populer kita harus mengisi dengan topik yang menarik dan populer untuk blog atau website tersebut.

Untuk mengetahui kata kunci/keywords yang paling populer saat ini kita bisa menggunakan layanan yang disediakan oleh Google. Google menyediakan tool Google Keyword Tool External dan Google Trends untuk mengetahui keyword apa yang paling banyak dicari orang saat ini.

Google Keyword Tool External

Fasilitas ini sebenarnya digunakan untuk mencari keyword yang paling efektif dalam Google Adwords, yaitu program di mana kita bisa memasang iklan di halaman hasil pencarian Google atau di Google Adsense. Namun tool ini juga dapat dimanfaatkan untuk mencari keywords yang populer dan keyword-keyword lain yang berhubungan. Silakan klik di sini untuk membuka Google Keyword Tool External. Akan muncul halaman seperti di bawah ini.

Dari gambar di atas terlihat bahwa keyword laptop battery sangat populer (lihat bar hijau pada bagian Search Volume), dan google menyarankan keyword yang berhubungan dengan laptop battery adalah sony laptop battery, notebook batterries, dan sebagainya. Informasi ini berguna jika Anda memilki sebuah toko yang menjual laptop atau notebook dan memiliki sebuah web / toko online:

• Keyword laptop battery sangat populer, masukkan keyword ini dalam web/blog Anda
• Selain menggunakan keyword/kata kunci laptop battery, sebaiknya juga menggunakan kata kunci notebook battery dan kata kunci lain yang populer.
• Merek tertentu (misalnya Sony) lebih populer daripada merek lain (misalnya Fujitsu).

Dalam keyword tool ini, kita juga bisa mengatur setting dari bahasa dan negara mana. Iseng-iseng, dimasukkan keyword “cewek” dengan setting pengunjung google dari Indonesia, maka inilah daftar keyword yang paling banyak dicari orang (top keywords) yang berhubungan dengan cewek:

• artis bugil
• foto artis
• cewek bugil
• cewek seksi
• gadis bugil
• video mesum
• foto telanjang
• gambar hot
• dan sebagainya

Terserah Anda menafsirkan data di atas, tapi memang realnya seperti itu.


Google Trends

Tool yang kedua untuk mengetahui top keywords atau kata kunci yang paling banyak dicari orang adalah Google Trends . Silakan buka google trend, maka akan muncul jendela pencarian dan daftar 10 kata kunci yang pupuler hari ini (berlaku di USA).

Anda juga bisa klik di sini: More Hot Trend untuk melihat 100 buah kata kunci (keywords) yang paling populer hari ini. Anda juga bisa mengganti tanggal dengan tanggal kemarin atau waktu-waktu yang lain.

Di bagian atas halaman ada box yang digunakan untuk memasukkan keyword. Misalnya kita masukkan kata berikut: AMD, intel maka akan muncul grafik seperti ini.

Keterangan gambar

1. Kata kunci yang dimasukkan bisa 1 atau lebih dari satu
2. Grafik jumlah orang yang mencari kata kunci tersebut di google (dalam contoh ini, intel - garis merah, dan amd = garis biru)
3. Jumlah berita sehubungan kata kunci
4. Titik di mana berita dipublikasi (misalnya pada titik A, harga stock Intel turun)
5. Daftar berita.

Dengan melihat gambar di atas dapat disimpulkan:

• Intel lebih populer daripada AMD

Anda juga bisa mengeset agar Google Trends menampilkan data pengunjung google dari negara mana dan tahun berapa.

Semoga bermanfaat.

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10 tips to increase Alexa ranking

Alexa is a service that ranks websites based on information gathered from the web. For webmasters, it is very important to improve Alexa Ranking. Topyaps is presenting a list of 10 easy tips to increase the rank of your blog/website.

10. Participate in forums:

Participating in a forum is the best medium to publicize your blog/website. You can register there and put up your reviews and queries in front of other members. One thing which you should remember that posting bulk of links can ban you initially as it is considered as spam. It is not required to shoot your url here and there because in the control panel your user name manifestly represents the link of your home page. Participate sincerely on regular basis and see the magic in your alexa ranking.

9. Comment on other blogs/websites:

Make a list of high-profile blogs/websites, matching with your category. Visit them on a regular basis and post genuine comments on their running topics. There are some blogs which can give you hundreds of visitors on your single comment. Do not use filthy words or unnecessary links while commenting on a post otherwise your site can be red-flagged by major search engines. A simple and admiring comment can help in increasing your backlinks which is one of the most major factor for enhancing your alexa rank.

8. RSS Feed Submission:

When you publish a blog, RSS feeds are great ways to get your message out and connect with readers in your target market. RSS feeds allow you to broadcast out your messages, bring in new readers to your blog with an interest in your chosen topic, and build-up a committed reader-base, all at the same time. In addition, RSS feeds are a great choice of a variety of tools which can help in increasing your alexa rank dramatically.

7. Write about alexa and search engine optimization:

Indeed, when someone enters in blogosphere, he googles to increase the alexa ranking and page rank. So, it is strictly recommended to write contents regarding alexa and seo on your blog/website which can help other bloggers. You can draw a lot of traffic as well as can increase your own alexa rank, but you should have substantial information on your web page.

6. Submit blog/website to search engines and directories:

Web directories have been around since the beginning of the World Wide Web in the early 1990’s and are still recognized as an important channel for advertising businesses online. Having a listing on a popular, high traffic website directory can also bring you website traffic. You can usually judge whether a web directory receives much traffic from looking at its Alexa rank.

5. Expand your social networking:

This usually brings good numbers of visitors to your website and it will have a positive impact on your Alexa Rank. Naturally, you’ll need to develop a link worthy material. Try Digg, Reddit and Stumble Upon. Some webmasters have suggested that East Asian web users are big Alexa toolbar fans, judging by the presence of several Asia-based websites in the Alexa Top 500. I suggest trying this only if you have the time or capacity to do so.

4. Post frequently:

The more frequently that you post, the higher your Alexa ranking will be. I haven’t found concrete data as to whether this is because Alexa actually scans post frequency or because more frequent content updates generally lead to more visits. I will caution though – updating content just to increase traffic is not always a benefit; many users view this as a type of spam. If you are running a blog or other personal site, best practices typically indicate you should refrain from posting more than once daily.

3. Use Alexa rank widget:

This is one of the most essential step to do on your Blog/Site. If you feel that this will be a big one then you can also place the rank widget alone in the Blog/Site. This can help you to improve your Alexa rank with a good quick hype. Every single click on this widget is counted and this gives a real boost in the ranking.

2. Install Alexa toolbar:

The greatest way to boost your alexa rank because all of your visits to your website will be reflected in your rank. For added effect, be sure to set your website as your homepage. It includes a popup blocker, a search engine entry box, a link to Amazon.com, a link to Alexa, information about the current Alexa ranking of the website that the user is visiting, and links relevant to the site the user is browsing.

1. Write quality content:

When it comes to enhance your alexa rank, your strongest weapon is using your own unique content. Having authentic and good quality content will help you in making your links and other marketing activities. Don’t fall prey to the temptation of plagiarizing a fellow webmaster and start with an empty canvas where you can write all of your fresh ideas and your site will begin to reap the benefits.

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