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Finding a shopping cart that is search engine friendly was never a reality… until now. If you are in the market for a new shopping cart check out these guys:
Shopping Cart Software Ecommerce Solution by SearchFit.com

Google Toolbar 2.0
If you are a Google Toolbar fan you might check out their latest edition. It has some pretty nice features like:
Popup Blocker: Make surfing the web easier by stopping annoying popups.
AutoFill: Automatically fill in a form with the click of a button.
BlogThis: Create a weblog post pointing to the page you are visiting.

Impatient web searchers measure web sites’ appeal in seconds
Web users are picky and impatient, typically visiting only the first three results from a query, with one in five searchers spending 60 seconds or less on a linked Web document, according to Penn State researchers.

Google AdSense

Google AdSense is for web publishers who want to make more revenue from advertising on their site…

In a nutshell, you agree to put some banners and/or skyscrapers on your site that are relevant to your content, and Google will pay you on a per click basis. Pretty sweet deal, huh?
Here’s a link to the Overview page:
Google AdSense - Overview

FindWhat.com Partnering with Espotting

June 18, 2003. The board of FINDWHAT.COM (NASDAQ: FWHT) announced today an agreement to merge with privately-owned ESPOTTING MEDIA INC. The merger will create an international leader in performance-based Internet marketing with combined operations in 11 countries across America and Europe

This merger will be interesting in how involved they allow advertisers to be in where their ads are placed. Will FindWhat.com advertisers be forced to advertise in Europe? I suspect not. But you never know for sure.
Either way, we won’t likely see any real changes until the end of the year.

Google Advertising - Premium service level for large advertisers

Let us take care of the advertising so you can take care of everything else. Google’s client service team is dedicated to providing each large advertiser with the highest ROI Internet advertising. We’ll help you manage your campaign from launch to successful finish, freeing you up for other things that need your attention. Why worry about advertising? That’s our job.

If you are spending $5000/month at Google, this service might be for you.

Once you get your keyword density all setup, it’s time to submit those pages to the engines. There aren’t that many these days. So just hand submit them.
Here’s a page on our site that sends you directly to the submission pages of the major engines:
Submission Pages of Major Search Engines

Understanding how often to use a key phrase in a particular page can often give you some insight as to how a search engine ranks web pages. These are called “on the page” criteria. Now, engines like Google really look at “off the page” criteria as well. But that’s a whole other can of worms.
Here is a search page at Google that lists a bunch of places you can learn more about keyword density:
Google Search: keyword density
GRKda is one I’ve used before that is very comprehensive.
But check out the others on that search page. There are a wide variety of them.

Unethical SEO Companies - Preying On Your Inexperience

Sadly, unethical SEO companies are still out there selling contracts. There are two big areas of SEO that can inspire fraud — undefined work ownership and undefined services. Don’t let vague contracts and simple marketing packages lure you into an SEO relationship that’s ripe for abuse.

UK Search Engine Relationship Chart