I haven't updated this in a while, but I just HAD to let you guys know about this special. My favorite keyword research tool WordZe just emailed me (literally about 5 minutes ago) a $4 for the month of July special. Not only do you get an insane intro price, but you get a DISCOUNT after the first month to $38.98. Special offers like this are rare (maybe once or twice a year) so I encourage EVERYONE to sign up and try it out.

I was excited to find out that Google has released Google Sites, their on-line collaboration system aimed at helping teams work together. This site is a great starting point, but has a few serious flaws that keep it from being truly useful for team collaboration. I'm going to go over my analysis after a few hours of playing with the site, and discuss my thoughts for actual day to day business use.

I like to help people. I discovered long ago that teaching people the basics of promoting their sites saves a lot of work and headaches down the road. There are a lot of people who spend a lot of time promoting their sites the old fashioned way. Well I'm here to tell you that there are better ways to promote your site, and you've probably never heard of them. That’s why I've decided to share one of my newest backlink secrets with everyone who reads here for free.

Jaco, Costa Rica January 7, 2008 – Costa Rica's amazing atmosphere and people grab people's business and attention world wide. Web development and SEO firms flourish in this hot technology climate.

Why are so many big technology companies, such as Intel and Hewlett Packard, moving resources to the small tropical country of Costa Rica? It could be for the amazing climate, but it is most likely due to the amazing people. Costa Rica has the highest educated and most technology inclined populace in Central America. The promise of a well educated and trained work force has brought many big name companies here and more coming every day.

Unparalleled growth in the real estate market of Costa Rica's central pacific coast has brought small businesses a burden with its boom. Businesses that were competing in a small town environment before are finding that they have to deal with a major market shift. None of this is new, and businesses large and small all over the world have been dealing with market shift for years. Small businesses everywhere have numerous resources at hand to compete in these rapidly growing environments, but often times these simple things are overlooked.