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Cricket videos have joined the online world. You can now find a vast range of video clips, live matches and cricket highlights online, to complement traditional VHS and DVD video. So, what???s the advantage of all this choice? It???s so easy to drown in the sea of video products. So, if you want to enjoy more cricket or inspire your junior cricketer, you???ll need to be selective.

VHS tape and DVD cricket video are still popular, and don???t have internet related transmission issues. So, it???s worth considering them for your collection, but consider the picture quality of archive TV footage before you part with your money.

Remember that colour TV has only been around since the late 1960???s, and that earlier black and white footage has variable quality. However, it???s still worth considering archive material, to see some of the all time greats at work. For example, Sir Donald Bradman???s 1993 video on how to play cricket includes footage of the master batsman at his best in 1934.

Picture quality improved through the VHS era in the 1980???s. Good quality cricket video tapes are still available from around 1990, but the best quality pictures are on DVD. These formats are great for compilations of rare cricket occasions. For example, the 1960 tied test match between Australia and the West Indies at Brisbane was one of the all time great matches, and you can re-live the tension on a video from ABC TV sport.

Want to know what VHS and DVD titles are available? The top specialist retailers are listed in Google under ???cricket video???. But, with such global suppliers, beware of the ???compatibility trap??? for both DVD and VHS. You???ll need to make sure that the rare video product that you ordered from 10 time zones away, is actually playable on your own hardware.

The world is divided into eight "DVD Regions", numbered 1 to 8. So, for example, a Region 3 DVD is only compatible with DVD players sold in Region 3. However, ???Region Free??? DVDs are the exception, and are compatible with players from any Region.

TV picture format is another complication. NTSC is the standard North American TV picture format and differs from the European PAL system. So, if you???re in the USA or Canada (DVD Region 1), make sure that your TV can read the PAL signal before buying a European (Region 2) DVD.

Video tapes have the same issue. There are 3 global recording formats for commercial videos, NTSC, PAL and SECAM. If you???re ordering a VHS tape from a far flung country, make sure that your TV can display it.

The internet takes cricket videos onto another level. Live international cricket and cricket highlights are now available online, and large volumes of archive material are available as cricket clips. As a coach, I???m particularly interested in the brilliant online coaching resources.

Free cricket clips and videos are abundant in the cricket sections of Google Video, You Tube and Metacafe. These range from beach cricket to events from classic test matches. You can have a fun time browsing through these, but finding exactly what you want in the maze of video offerings is less easy.

You need enough computing power to view online videos ??? broadband is essential, as is good PC performance. Your machine needs sufficient processor speed, enough RAM and a suitable video card to display videos quickly, smoothly and with good quality. You could test it on the BBC highlights or one of the samples on Google Video or You Tube.

You will also need a javascript enabled browser, and a suitable media player. Windows Media player is suitable for some online videos. Real Player and Flash are commonly used and are available as free downloads. The BBC Sport player is based on Real Player, and is available free from the BBC web site.

This rough guide to cricket videos highlights the main choices of product, where to find them, and some of the key technical issues involved. Of course, there???s far more detail than this, but I hope that it gives you a start on finding a way through the video maze.

No man is an island. And when you are working for people, you will eventually need people to keep it up and running. There are many advantages to outsourcing. First, you get to have more time on your hands. Second, you learn to be part of a team, and spearheading it, for that matter. Third, you get more input and expertise from people.

You can't just know it all and be a one man band. At the beginning you might be able to do that, but you will eventually need to expand, grow, improve and let people in that big vision of yours.

When you are in the Internet marketing business, you can actually outsource a lot of people, both for things you can or cannot do, but mostly for the latter. You may have the ability to email people individually or write your own articles, but if you feel that you want more quality time to yourself, these are responsibilities you can delegate. Of course, you cannot delegate your life's work to just anybody.

This comes with the assumption that you are already in the position of outsourcing. You must be able to afford maintaining your work force and be stable enough with what you have done. If you are really looking for people to outsource, here are top qualities you must look for before you do outsource and delegate your business to them.

They must be an expert in the field with which you are getting their services.

Be it a programmer, a writer, a web designer or even a personal assistant, they must be experts. Experts do not really require a degree, although that may be an advantage. Years of experience in what they do and how they love what they do will give you an idea of their potential to help you expand and uphold your business visions.

Outsource the best in the field, and be willing to pay to keep them. After all, they will help you bring in the profit and keep the business running.

They must be reliable.

The people you hire may be talented, but if they flake on deadlines and are not able to deliver as they promised, you will be at a losing end. You will also find that while other people are good at making first impressions, they do not have the capacity to maintain the good impression.

As a potential employer, informal as the setting may be, you must have a bit of psychological knowledge and be able to determine which people are worth outsourcing and which people are worth thanking for their time.

They must be available.

This is also very important. If the person you are intending to delegate your task to is not available for the job, then you will just have to find another person. There are a lot of people on the lookout for jobs, and while you may not always find the best in the field to be available at your disposal, there will be people who are willing to be trained to become on your best fulltime workers.

They must be trustworthy.

This is the most important aspect of outsourcing. Can you trust the person you are hiring? At a certain degree, you must be able to trust them. They must have professional work ethics and not have any personal interests that will conflict your business and their work with you.

Today I was talking to a customer about why your Business needs Internet Marketing Strategy? We had a very interesting conversation. He said....

"I don???t want to be number 1 in Google, I already have clients and I am doing well for B2B, so I don???t expect to be top rankings in search engines. But I wanted to know how the website can be user friendly"?

Here is the interesting part. ???How the Website can me made user friendly"? Don???t Google and other Search Engines expect the same too? Yes that is what all the search engines expect. The easier and useful for the users, the most importance it gives for ranking too.

Lets see some of the Guidelines by Google
Google Says:

Make a site with a clear hierarchy and text links. Every page should be reachable from at least one static text link.

Why Google says that?
So that it is easier for the users to have a clear hierarchy and text link, all users should be able to read. Text links helps everyone to view. No matter what browser, what version the user use. The text makes everyone to access.
Users don???t want to have trouble finding other pages, text link makes it easier to access other pages. If I want to buy something online, I want to know more about the company and their history, so I like to go read more about them. So make all the pages reachable from at least one static text link

Google Says:
Offer a site map to your users with links that point to the important parts of your site. If the site map is larger than 100 or so links, you may want to break the site map into separate pages.

Why Google says that?
Users don???t want be lost exploring the site, they like to easily navigate your website like a shopping complex. In case even if they were lost they can go to the maps and find their destination. And once they view they view the map, It should be easier to find their destination, so organize your site maps

Google Says:
Create a useful, information-rich site, and write pages that clearly and accurately describe your content.

Why Google says that?
User wants to find useful information that is the reason they go online. To find information. Give visitors useful, valuable information. Give more links, tips and write articles about your expertise. Give some value to the users, they will come back to your site. Describe the content, not everyone using the internet is an expert. Help them to understand what the content is about.

Google Says:
Think about the words users would type to find your pages, and make sure that your site actually includes those words within it.

Why Google says that?
Keyword. The words users??? type to find your site. Have that word in the copy so that users know that this site is about that particular keyword. Make it easier for search engine to find your website and index it.

Google Says:
Try to use text instead of images to display important names, content, or links. The Google crawler doesn't recognize text contained in images.

Why Google says that?
No all users can view images. It might not be compatible in all browsers. Not only the users can???t view even the crawlers doesn't recognize image.

Google Says:
Make sure that your TITLE and ALT tags are descriptive and accurate.

Why Google says that?
Give a Title and describe the alt tags. Alt tags are used to show what the image is about. Everyone needs a Title to recognize. Giving a title is giving a name. Help others know what this site is about by seeing the Title.

Google Says:
Check for broken links and correct HTML.

Why Google says that?
Nobody wants to view a bad URL or Error when they visit a site. When a user clicks on the links, they expect to go that page to view that page. Correct HTML helps and gives a standard to your website.

Google says:
If you decide to use dynamic pages (i.e., the URL contains a "?" character), be aware that not every search engine spider crawls dynamic pages as well as static pages. It helps to keep the parameters short and the number of them few.

Why Google says that?
If you have a dynamic page make is easier for users and search engines to navigate and find out. Don???t confuse the users and the search engines

Google says:
Keep the links on a given page to a reasonable number (fewer than 100).

Why Google says that?
Don???t fill the page with link, Limit your links, again don???t confuse your users