You probably heard about the dude from England who came up with an idea to sell individual pixels on his Web site. He made a million bucks.

Others have hit the jackpot by coming up with a unique idea and marketing it, whether on the Internet or otherwise.

Well, today’s Family First site is a tip of the hat to some bright mind who came up with the concept of 500words.com. Here’s its mission:

Words mean things. And when you own a word on 500Words.com, it means that your word of choice belongs to you and you alone! Why waste money on an image pixel ad that provides no search engine benefit to your Web site? A word link on 500Words.com provides you with a direct hyperlink to your Web site.

In other words, you pay a few bucks to grab a word. That word links back to your Website. And in the world of search engine rankings, that means something.

You see, most search engines (including Google) place a high premium on strategic links to your site. Here’s how it works:

A highly rated site chooses to put a link to YOUR site. In the eyes of the search engine, that means that site is recommending your site as a good place to visit. That means that your site benefits with a higher ranking, essential for getting traffic from the aforesaid search engines.
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