This is an essay assignment that I did in 8th grade on December 4th, 2007. I wrote about my knowledge of domains and websites at that time.

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How to Go Big

big, Big, BIG! These are the words people speak in anticipation of making their site “go big”. When I say site, I mean domain. A domain is the name of the site somebody wishes to own/host. For example, apple.com is a domain name. This name must be bought it in order to own that site and try to make everyone come. How does a site come up first when people search on google? How do people hear of a site? Where are they coming from? Why do certain sites have a higher “google page rank” than others? It starts now.

“Linking” refers to when another person (Owner of another domain) likes a domain/site and wishes to help it out. They go to their database management and puts the site’s link, to help bring traffic to the given site. That is the simplest way of explaining it. Of course, this means there are lots of ways people can “cheat” the system or get away without following the rules for a period of time. A given site can contact the owner of other sites, and tell them that they will do an exchange. “I will link you if you link me”. There are also programs or hacks/exploits that will automatically pretend a site has lots and lots of links from other people. However, google being who they are and how rich they are, they can easily track a site down in a couple months. That site will then be banned permanently from any google access, such as adsense ads, indexing, etc. Thus it is not a very good trade-off, furthermore it is illegal. So, if you wondered why certain sites come up first on google search, this is just one of the many reasons.

Another factor of “going big”, is SEO. This is very similar to Linking, but not quite. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. Depending on what type of site is being run, there are different ways of doing and obtaining SEO. I will give an example with the one that I know best: forums. In a forum, people post threads and reply to others’ threads. Generally this leads to content in a forum. Say there is a forum about politics. People will discuss the regular updates from political parties and other related subjects. What SEO does is it saves those threads and posts that people have generated on the forum, and comes back to Link that site with its own content. This is very helpful, because another factor of getting on the first page of google is a site’s content. If there is a forum about politics, it will want to be on the first page when people search “politics” on google. So SEO really is helpful, because it acts like other political sites are linking it. Consequently it looks very good if other political sites that are competing with it, supposedly think it is an excellent site. SEO is a completely legal process, so therefore there is no harm in it.

The final factor that I am going to mention is the actual domain name that is being used. First off, if a person works very hard and does all the steps correctly, there is always a chance to “go big” no matter what the name of his/her domain is. Now, there is a value in every name, depending on several things. Let’s take this example: High School. So you want to make your site about High School very large and popular so as to bring more students in? The number one rule in my book, and many others, is to never get a domain that is “.net” or “.info” etc. The “.com” is of three times as much worth and easier to get a site prodigious. A person would not want to buy a domain that is cokeisgood.com, because that has no relation what-so-ever to High School. Therefore the person should get something more along the lines of at least schools. So it can narrow down to highschool.com. However, as pleasant as that may sound, that is not the best option if a site truly wishes to make it a big site as quick and easiest as possible. The worth of a one letter name (Such as h.com) is of the greatest worth. Sadly, these are no longer obtainable. So that is out of the picture. Two letter domains are of utmost value and the easiest to get a higher page rank, links, etc. (This is of course, not including names such as kill.com or hello.com, which are very valuable because they are very common words). Anyways, the most favorable domain name would be hs.com, which represents High School. A two letter domain, it represents High School, and not to mention over 200 Million people search “hs” on google every day. Unfortunately “hs.com” would cost over 5 Million dollars most likely, so I don’t think many people can afford that. As you can see, there is a trend in my thoughts. This will continue to three letter domains, four, pronounceable, etc. All I can say, is that this is a tricky business, and the chances of getting a perfect domain name are very slim.

Well, that pretty much tops it off, although there are many more factors in this rigorous process and experience. Linking, SEO, and the domain name itself all play a role in determining who is the #1 site according to google. I do hope people can learn something from this, and I wish anybody to think carefully before entering the portal of domains.

This is an essay assignment that I did in 8th grade on October 4th, 2007. I had to write a five paragraph essay on virtually anything, and I chose to write it on soccer fans.

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Soccer Fans

Ideas:

- Dutch (For sure) Craziness

- Brazil Fans (Good Soccer)

- USA Fans

- Mexico’s Fans (Hostility)

- Best League Teams and their fans

Did you know that fans from different places, and support their teams in different ways? Well I hope so, and besides that, I can show you the extreme cases of soccer addiction. Brazil is famous for having the best team in the world. However did you know that most of their fans only come for the good soccer, and not for support of their country. For the US it’s a completely different aspect. Recently they have come upon the “great David Beckham” who draws people out of popularity. The most extreme case I have ever seen in soccer is the Dutch’s (Netherlands) craziness and complete faith in their team.

The Brazilian International team is great and they have many fans. However they usually only are fans of Brazil because they get to see good soccer. In the last World Cup, and Brazil played Ghana in the Round of Sixteen, Ghana out-played Brazil (Although still losing) and the Brazilian fans started cheering for Ghana! However this doesn’t mean some Brazilian fans aren’t loyal. In fact, some of their fans got arrested for throwing a grenade into a rival teams bus! Basically I think the fans are wanna-bees and they want to see soccer they wish they could do.

In the USA, David Beckham (A player from England) has come to play for the MLS League. This has caused lots and lots of people to be more attracted to soccer, and to attend more games. Although this is mainly because of his “good looks” as girls say, and his chances of becoming an actor, this still is making more people choose soccer as “their sport”. As I said, there are now more screamers and cheerers to make the USA international team win their games.

In the Netherlands, you are either completely serious or the opposite: crazy. In this case, the Dutch fans are totally outrageously crazy in their support of their team. In the last World Cup, they dressed all orange and let it rip. 1000 Fans actually watched a game without trousers on! They went around in an orange car made of cardboard and a lot more!

To me every one of these is a proof of how soccer is the best sport in the world. People support their teams, are drawn to it, and show just how crazy they are about it. Did you know that this isn’t all there is?

This is an essay assignment that I did in 8th grade on September 30th, 2007. It is a five paragraph essay, and I had to summarize some potential arguments in an outline beforehand.

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Playing Soccer Bullet Outline

Pros:

(3) — In-creases strength heart

(3) — Exercise

(2) — Improved Breathing

(3) — Meet new people

— Most of the world likes it the most

(2) — Strengthens muscles

(3) — Leadership skills

(3) — Smartness

(2) — Get out and away from family

Cons:

(1) — Time consuming

(1) — Interfere with school

— If high level you can’t play any other sport

(1) — Lots of running

(1) — Pressure

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Playing soccer can be a great sport, as long as you know how to enjoy yourself, however, if you do not you may not be so happy. In soccer there are many things you can learn: Leadership skills, “smarts”, meet new people, exercise and much more. Sometimes though, soccer is not the best sport in the world. It is time consuming (especially if you are in school) and if you don’t like running, it’s not that fun. As well as at a medium level there is lots, and lots of pressure.

Soccer is a good sport, but sometimes it doesn’t make you the happiest you can be. Soccer is time consuming and you may find yourself thinking its wasting you time, when you could be doing something else that’s important. It may interfere with school-work, which is not a good thing for many people. People who do not like running a lot, would not like soccer either. Soccer games are usually 45-60 minutes for kids. Therefore that would be a lot of running. At a high level soccer can also get discouraging. There is lots of pressure, and messing up would make team-mates mad at you. The coach may also be un-happy and not put you in as much. All in all, soccer can be a discouraging sport.

Soccer definitely has its good qualities, in several aspects. When going to practice, there is the chance to get away from family. They might be getting annoying and to just get out and away may be very refreshing. When practicing, it will strengthen muscles, because of the constant kicking and running. Also breathing will become much easier, as learning to breathe correctly is essential.

There are more things that make soccer an excellent sport. Lots of exercise is included in this. At school you can then dominate people with increased endurance and strength. Running will also increase your hearts strength, which will make you live longer (and everyone likes that). Making friends is also fun, and there will be plenty of that if you play soccer. Most importantly, when playing soccer you develop leadership skills and “smarts”. You learn to command people with ease, and make smart decisions that will influence the whole team. All of these are what makes soccer a very fun game.

Playing soccer is on the whole a fun game, and you learn a lot from it. Even when the game gets boring and not so fun, there is always a way to come back to it.