Virtual Cocoon

See me in Skyrock

2008-05-02T19:54:00.002-05:00

Skyrock.com has just launched a new site for Canada!

It's full of fresh content! Here are the advantages:

☆ Grace the Canadian homepage,
☆ Get immediate access to the 300,000+ and growing Canadian blogs and profiles
☆ Check out local content and events reserved for Canadian members

You all have an invite to see me at:
http://eslincanada.skyrock.com/

PS: For your Francophone friends, Skyrock Canada is also en français.

http://www.skyrock.com/

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http://virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com/

Link to see our list of USA, Canada, School, Education, and personal Blogs

The social network for English speakers and learners

2008-05-01T19:35:00.002-05:00

The social network for English speakers and learners.

Everybody is welcome.
http://eslsn.com/

Come and see my profile
http://eslsn.com/profile/Ross

Join our Group ESL in Canada
http://eslsn.com/group/eslincanada

You can participate in our discussion
"How to speak English with Native Speakers"

See you there

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http://virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com/

Link to see our list of USA, Canada, School, Education, and personal Blogs

Expanded Sentence Master Grammar Summary

2008-04-26T16:14:00.002-05:00

Grammar Summary CD Index

You can order the complete Sentence Master Grammar Reference CD for additional English sentence construction explanations and examples.

Chapter A: Introduction to the Eight Parts of Speech

Chapter B: Introduction to Sentence Structure and Punctuation

Chapter C: Intermediate Sentence Structure

Chapter D: Intermediate Nouns and Pronouns

Chapter E: Intermediate Verbs and Verb forms

Chapter F: Intermediate Adjectives

Chapter G: Intermediate Adverbs

Chapter H: Intermediate Prepositions

Chapter I: Intermediate Conjunctions

Chapter J: Intermediate Present Tenses

Chapter K: Intermediate Past Verb Tenses

Chapter L: Intermediate Future Verb Tenses

Chapter M: Intermediate Articles, Determiners, and Quantifiers

Chapter N: Intermediate Modals and Modal Forms

Chapter O: Intermediate Conditionals

Chapter P: Intermediate Phrasal Verbs

Chapter Q: Symbolic and Figurative Expressions

Chapter R: English Collocations

Chapter S: Intermediate Grammar Glossary "A to L"

Chapter T: Intermediate Grammar Glossary "M to Z"

Chapter U: Most Used 1000 English Words

Vocabulary Chapter 1: Second 1000 English Word Families

Vocabulary Chapter 2: Third 1000 English Word Families

Vocabulary Chapter 3: 3000 EAP Words by Subject

Vocabulary Chapter 4: High School Mathematics Vocabulary

Vocabulary Chapter 5: High School Music, Art, Drama, Dance Vocabulary

Vocabulary Chapter 6: High School Science and Technology

Vocabulary Chapter 7: High School History, Geography, Social Studies

Vocabulary SAT TOEFL IELTS Words "A"

Vocabulary SAT TOEFL IELTS Words "B"

Vocabulary SAT TOEFL IELTS Words "C"

Vocabulary SAT TOEFL IELTS Words "D"

Vocabulary SAT TOEFL IELTS Words "E-F"

Vocabulary SAT TOEFL IELTS Words "G-H"

Vocabulary SAT TOEFL IELTS Words "I"

Vocabulary SAT TOEFL IELTS Words "J-K-L"

Vocabulary SAT TOEFL IELTS Words "M-N-O"

Vocabulary SAT TOEFL IELTS Words "P"

Vocabulary SAT TOEFL IELTS Words "Q-R"

Vocabulary SAT TOEFL IELTS Words "S"

Vocabulary SAT TOEFL IELTS Words "T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z"

To order the Grammar Summary CD by Mail Order:

$35.00 USA Dollars by American Express Travelers Cheque

Payable to: 797519 Ontario Ltd.

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All shipping and handling fees are included.

All international orders are GST and PST exempt.

For additional English writing tips and examples go to the following links

How to write English Sentences - Introduction

How to write English Sentences - start with a basic thought

How to write English Sentences - choose one of the six basic sentence constructions

How to write English Sentences - choose one of the four sentence types

How to write English Sentences - choose the correct English verb tenses

How to write English Sentences using Nouns

How to write English Sentences using Noun Phrases

Regular Sentence Master game playing will help you choose the correct English words and how to use them accurately when constructing English sentences. You can also order the complete Sentence Master Grammar Reference CD for additional explanations and examples.

Take the Sentence Master Challenge

Take the Sentence Master Challenge it's FREE and it's FUN just click on this next link.

The Sentence Master English Writing Challenge will operate several divisions for students: girls, boys, by age (0 to 10, 11 to 15, 16 to 25, 25+), by city, by region, by nation by first
language. The Sentence Master English Writing Challenge will operate one division for teachers.

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Introduction to My Search Warp Articles

2008-04-10T11:02:00.002-05:00

Introduction to Search Warp

What is the purpose of SearchWarp.com?

Our Mission is to foster intelligent discussion from diverse viewpoints while providing useful information. We pledge to do what we can to use our small corner of the World Wide Web to make the Internet a better place.

Does SearchWarp publish all articles that are submitted for publication?

No we do not. All articles go through a review process before being promoted publicly. The most common reason for an article to be rejected is when an article appears to have a "primary focus on advertising or promoting a specific business, web site, person, or other entity" which makes the article an advertisement.
We also routinely reject articles which contain many grammatical or spelling errors, defamatory information or just simply do not fit within our mission or purpose.

Does SearchWarp endorse the articles on SearchWarp.com?
No we do not. We may allow many different articles with many different themes in line with our mission statement, but we do not endorse any articles which appear on SearchWarp.com.

Advice and information found on SearchWarp.com is of general nature and can not be applied universally. For this reason, we strongly advise anyone seeking advice or information to find a professional who can assist with their specific situations.

To find My articles on search Warp

Link to My search warp articles

11 Articles Total

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How to Get your Articles Reprinted by Publishers I want to reprint articles on my blogs and most article writers want their writing re-printed. Everyone wants to benefit with high quality links pointing back to their blogs and websites bringing both visitor traffic and higher search engine... ( added 19 days 15 hours ago.)

How to Study English Conversation Skills There are several dictionary definitions for "Conversation". Conversation: an informal talk with somebody, especially about opinions, ideas, feelings, or everyday matters. Conversation: noun, an informal spoken exchange of news and ideas between... ( added 89 days 14 hours ago.)

Internet Evolution driven by Technology and User trends In 2003 communications accounted for 46% of consumers' time. In 2007 consumers now spend 47% of their time with content and only 33% with communication. Four-Year Summary Internet Activity Index Share of Time Online 2003 to 2007 Content 34% to 47%... ( added 122 days 21 hours ago.)

How to Write English Sentences Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the... ( added 317 days ago.)

Teachers as Professional Baseball Players It always amazes me to hear about "Teacher Performance Ratings" especially when you consider the criteria used, the questions asked, qualifications and or the agendas of the evaluators. I like to use professional baseball statistics as a basis for... ( added 347 days 2 hours ago.)

How to Learn English Vocabulary The mathematicians that study language and have lots of computing power are forming English language databases. These databases can be used for machine language translation, formulas to rank collocation, most used priority word lists, word... ( added 1 year 60 days ago.)

English Skills and Standards for University Admission To enter University in Canada, USA or the UK students require English levels and skills equivalent to (new) Level 4 OAC, LINK level 8, or Toefl 550 and the graduate schools require Toefl 600. This is a detailed description of skill levels that... ( added 1 year 77 days ago.)

The Canadian National Exhibition The world class performers and spectacular air shows are the really big draws every year at the Canadian National Exhibition. Everyone in Toronto knows when the Canadian International Air Show is on at the "Ex" as the loud, fast and spectacular... ( added 1 year 217 days ago.)

How to Recognize Education Fraud Frauds are created using false information or omitting certain factual details. Fraud can occur with one lie or a series of misrepresentations designed to deceive. The most usual fraud results in a financial loss - for example: paying for a... ( added 2 years 27 days ago.)

How to Learn English Study Plan First step " Choose your Goal" for learning English Goals are your motivation, what do you wish to accomplish with English? Sell and market your products to English speaking countries Be able to operate a business completely in... ( added 2 years 33 days ago.)

How To Score High On Toefl, Toeic, Ielts, Cael Students fail because they do not understand the test requirements. Students fail because they underestimate the large volume of work necessary to pass. Students fail because they have limited English vocabulary. Students fail because... ( added 2 years 169 days ago.)

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Xing Network for Business

2008-03-28T08:24:00.005-05:00

I was refered to XING as a good network and set up a personal page for free.

This is the link to my XING page

In the XING "about us page" they have lots of info about the company and services.

With the successful IPO of XING as the first Web 2.0 company to go public, XING AG is creating an impact on the social networking trend amongst professionals.

XING makes networking an active part of your life - XING enables members to discover professional people, opportunities and privileges through its unique discovery capability and advanced contact management tools.

XING is based on the theory that “No two people are more than six degrees apart”, and enables members to grow networks by making their contacts’ contacts visible to them.

With XING you can:

• Find decision makers and experts fast
• Open doors to thousands of companies
• See your contacts' contacts
• Market yourself in a professional context
• Open up new sales channel
• Find old student friends and former colleagues
• Let other people find you
• Manage and expand your network

XING has a paid premium service - their latest news - XING reports over 400,000 paying members Hamburg, February 28, 2008 – Started the new year with a burst of activity.

So if you are on the XING Network come and visit me - so far I have 2 contacts - and am starting to feel lonely

This is the link to my XING page

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Virtual Cocoon Blog URL
http://virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com/

Free ESL in Canada Directory of Canada universities, colleges, schools, Canadian ESL English as a second language schools, programs, classes, teachers, tutors, instructors, lessons, homestay, education coaching, consulting services, student resources, information and advice across Canada, North America.

Link to see our list of USA, Canada, School, Education, and personal Blogs

Ezines Article Author Extended Bio Pages

2008-03-26T21:49:00.005-05:00

The extended bio page is an added resource that allows article authors the opportunity to list their blogs or websites and lists all of their articles.

This is an example on ezine articles.

Articles by Ross Mcbride

Displaying Articles 1 - 17 of 17

How to Get Your Article Re-Printed by Publishers Writing Articles

How to Correct English Writing Errors Languages

How to Write English Sentences Using Verb Tenses Languages

How to Improve Your English Language Conversation Skills Languages

How to Write English Sentences Languages

Learn From Your Own Blackjack History Casino Gambling

Learn English As A Second Language With An Organized Efficient Study Plan Languages

How to Become a Professional ESL English Teacher Languages

1000 Most Used English Words - Learn them First Languages

How to Understand Symbolic and Figurative English Expressions Languages

War Between English Language Education Agents & Schools Languages

How to Learn English with Maps Languages

Understanding Lottery Statistics Casino Gambling

Teachers as Professional Baseball Players Languages

The Canadian National Exhibition is an Excellent Field Trip to Learn English Languages

Fraud In English Language Education - Keep Your Money Safe From Criminals Languages

How to Score High on English TOEIC, TOEFL, IELTS, Cambridge Tests Languages

Link to the extended author Ezine bio page - come and visit me

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Free ESL in Canada Directory of Canada universities, colleges, schools, Canadian ESL English as a second language schools, programs, classes, teachers, tutors, instructors, lessons, homestay, education coaching, consulting services, student resources, information and advice across Canada, North America.

How to get your Articles Re-Printed

2008-03-21T18:19:00.005-05:00

I want to reprint articles on my blogs and most article writers want their writing re-printed. Everyone wants to benefit with high quality links pointing back to their blogs and websites bringing both visitor traffic and higher search engine rankings.

Unfortunately most article writers sabotage the article's reprint value and their marketing attempts with avoidable errors and mistakes. Many writers can dramatically increase the number of article re-prints by eliminating some simple errors and mistakes.

The first sets of writing errors and mistakes are English spelling and grammar. When a publisher sees too many spelling and grammar errors they simply dismiss the article. We all look at information and try to place a value judgement on the information. When an author has simple spelling and grammar mistakes the common action is to think - "why should I read this information?" or "why should I trust this explanation when the author can not even write properly?".

The second set of writing mistakes is the structure. Many article writers just jump all over the place with a description, then a point, then a call to action, then another description or story or example and misplaced references. Many stories are hard to follow because they are not organized and have no structure. These hard to follow and hard to understand stories are also dismissed by the publishers.

One example of a writing structure is the five paragraph essay. The five paragraph essay starts with the "hook" and introduction paragraph. The second paragraph is the most important point or most important item about your topic. The third paragraph is the second most important item and the fourth paragraph can be a third item or conclusion. The fifth paragraph is the summary and includes the conclusion (or restated conclusion) and call to action.

The third set of mistakes are too many links or promotional items in the article. Publishers want a simple author reference and one link to the original post or the author's blog or website. Publishers do not want 3 or 4 links to various unrelated products or services. Publishers earn their money with ads and will not publish articles that are link farms and compete with the publisher.

My one link is in my resource box - this is all an author needs after the copy. On the author Bio page I have links to my website and blog. I do not have to mess up my writing with too many links or too many re-printing terms and conditions.

When a reader reads my article and likes it - they can go to my Bio Page and see all my articles and my other links to blogs and websites. The same event occurs with publishers. If a publisher sees one article they like, then with the one link to my Bio page they can see all of my articles. Maybe they will re-print 2 or 3 of them.

As a summary: proper spelling, grammar, structure and simple links will increase the chances of your article being published.

Check out my Bio page. Comments are welcome.
http://ezinearticles.com/?expert_bio=Ross_Mcbride

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ESL in Canada Newsletters

2008-03-09T16:17:00.003-05:00

Join the ESL in Canada NEWS newsletter.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eslincanada2000

For ESL English-as-a-Second Language students, teachers, homestay providers, agents and ESL service providers. ESL teacher training news, events, services, complaints, bargains, neat stuff, good ideas, activities, jobs, advice and recommendations. There are definitive opinions expressed in this newsletter.

News is assisted by ESL in Canada teachers, students and interns. Canada is one of the best places to practice English and tour many of the natural wonders of the world.

Join the Jobs in Canada Newsletter.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Jobs_in_Canada

FREE Newsletter for international professionals interested in working in Canada. Jobs can be permanent, temporary contract or internships. Information will include visa news, job openings, criteria for work permits, criteria for health and medical clearances, criteria for language proficiency, personal history of criminal activity requirements, employment standards within Canada, education requirements, work experience requirements, skills and technical ability requirements.

Join the Toronto Internship Program Newsletter

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/toronto_internship_program/

Toronto_Internship_Program_NEWS will provide information to apply for and understand the qualification criteria for the various work experience internships that are available to students. Toronto internship opportunities will be created and or promoted for students to obtain work experience in Canada. Announcements will be sent to members as internship opportunities become available. Many international students with intermediate English skills that do not qualify for Internship placements with a Canadian company can apply to a new Internship Training Program. This program provides supervised work skill training in a real work situation and will increase business
English skills and provide work experience.

Join the FREE ESL Lessons Newsletter
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Free_ESL_in_Canada/

Free ESL English Grammar and Vocabulary

Parts of Speech: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions,
conjunctions, interjections

Introduction to: phrases, clauses, sentences, punctuation

Verb Tenses: simple, continuous, perfect

Intermediate Grammar: modals, phrasal verbs, verbals, idioms, conditionals

Join the ESL in Canada Teacher Tours, Tour Leader Newsletter.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/teachertours

Teacher Tours and Tour Leader programs are designed for NNS English teachers that have to maintain or upgrade their English skills and internationally located native speaking ESL teachers. Tour leaders receive free air flights, meals, accommodation and small honorarium in exchange for their assistance. Due to Canadian work permit regulations this is not considered a job and no salary is provided. We want the international tour leaders and their students to enjoy the camp, improve their English and teaching skills, gain some international teaching experience, meet new friends and fellow teachers from around the world.

Join the Study English in Toronto Newsletter.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Study-English-in-Toronto

There are excellent ESL English tutors in Toronto for private English or business English classes, mini-group lessons and regular language classes.

There are budget, average, good and excellent English language schools in Toronto. Students can choose schools based on budget and the quality of instruction.

Join the TLC Network Club Newsletter.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TLC_NetworkClub/

The Travel Language Culture Network Club is the new name for the ESL in Canada Social Club that has operated in Toronto, Canada for seven years. The new name reflects the expanded functions of the club. The TLC Network Club will still arrange language exchanges and organize educational meetings, culture events and activities. The TLC Network club will work with high quality suppliers to offer special group travel trips and tours.

Original Post
http://www.eslincanada.com/yahoonewsletters.html

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Free ESL in Canada Directory of Canada universities, colleges, schools, Canadian ESL English as a second language schools, programs, classes, teachers, tutors, instructors, lessons, homestay, education coaching, consulting services, student resources, information and advice across Canada, North America.

Canada School Blogs

2008-01-24T11:47:00.005-05:00

New USA School Blog Directory

2008-01-24T11:21:00.004-05:00

University in USA

There over 300 universities in the USA. There is a mixture of private universities,
public universities, corporate sponsored and church sponsored universities. We will
present information for prospective university students interested in USA universities.

ESL in the USA

Free ESL in USA Blog of US universities, colleges, schools, ESL English as a second language schools, private institutes, charter schools, private academies, university programs, college classes, private English classes, English teachers, ESL tutors, instructors, professors, ESL English lessons, ESL education resources, homestay, educational coaching, education consulting services, student resources, information and advice across the continental United States, North America and Hawaii.

English Schools in USA

English Schools in the USA includes university English departments, English as a second language departments, college English departments, college ESL programs, college academic preparation programs, college bridge programs, public high school ESL education programs, private high school ESL education programs and private ESL English language schools.

College in USA

Students have over 3000 College in USA choices available. USA college programs offer one, two, three and four year diploma, certificate and associate degree programs that are the finest college programs in the world. USA College programs include technical, administration and trade skill programs.

Career Training in USA

Career Training in USA for professional and technical jobs that prepare students for
well-paying jobs in the USA and other countries throughout the world. These programs
offer instruction from industry professionals that offer true industry experience,
current techniques and may include work study cooperative placements.

Blogs in USA

Blogs in USA will include personal blogs, company blogs, education blogs, activity blogs, event blogs, blogs of interests, blogs about hobbies, lifestyle blogs, reference blogs, article and ezine story reprint blogs, travel blogs, diary blogs and other blogs we like.

Internet users spend 47% time visiting Content

2007-11-18T15:35:00.001-05:00

Internet Evolution driven by Technology and User trends

In 2003 communications accounted for 46% of consumers' time.

In 2007 consumers now spend 47% of their time with content and only 33% with communication.

Four-Year Summary Internet Activity Index
Share of Time Online 2003 to 2007

Content
34% to 47% up +37%
Content - news, information, resources, articles, lessons.

Search
3% to 5% up +35%
Search - scanning prioritized results using criteria from users.

Commerce
16% to 15% down -5%
Commerce - shopping online

Communications
46% to 33% down -28%
Communications - messages directly between individuals or groups.

Many who study media and population activity trends have noted the primary role of the Internet has shifted from communications to content.

Some of the major players in the industry are fearful that the widespread availability of self created video content on the Internet will threaten traditional TV and film audiences. This increased popularity of video is leading to more time being spent with online content.

Some of the major players in the industry see the trends as potential to increase ad revenues through a variety of new business functions which includes streaming, downloads, subscriptions and online rentals.

The technological efficiency of IM as a more efficient communications vehicle than email has been a factor in communication's reduction in share of time.

We know the Top 10 Search Providers by Search(%)June 2007
Google 52.7
Yahoo 20.2
MSN/Windows Live 13.3
AOL 5.5
Ask.com 2.1
My Web Search 1.0
My Way 0.5
BellSouth 0.4
Comcast 0.4
Dogpile 0.4
Other 3.6

The goal of ecommerce sites is to drive shoppers to the site, convert visitors into buyers then close the sale. The new security procedures and faster shopping carts has reduced the long periods of time spent on an ecommerce site.

The best ecommerce websites build content featuring their products and build a community using product interest and product innovations and customer's experiences.

The best ecommerce websites will enjoy superior sales and customer loyalty by creating a place where buyers can find information, read about the products and product performance with current owners.

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http://virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com/

Free ESL in Canada Directory of Canada universities, colleges, schools, Canadian ESL English as a second language schools, programs, classes, teachers, tutors, instructors, lessons, homestay, education coaching, consulting services, student resources, information and advice across Canada, North America.

Testing writing game in the Social Networks

2007-11-17T17:04:00.001-05:00

Take the Sentence Master Games Challenge

Do you like to write?
Do you like a challenge?
Do you like doing new things?

Is Free OK ??

We have exactly what you want!

Direct Link to Sentencemaster Challenge Page

Sentence Master Games Blog
http://sentencemaster.blogspot.com/

Like the Sentence Master Blog
Add to technorati Favourites
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Do you like to Digg Stories
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Challenge_It_s_Fun_and_It_s_Free

Sentence Master Challenge on Delicious
http://del.icio.us/eslincanada

Sentence Master Challenge on Bebo.com
http://www.bebo.com/eslincanada
link to challenge on whiteboard

Sentence Master Challenge on MySpace.com
http://www.myspace.com/eslincanada

Sentence Master Challenge on Facebook.com
Go to the Group ESL in Canada
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2348104820

Sentence Master English Writing Challenges

Take the Sentence Master Challenge it's FUN, it's EASY, and it's FREE !!!

Players can use one word from each of the 13 cards to total 13 words.

Scoring is one point for each word used in a complete sentence and a penalty of one point for each word not used.

Players are allowed one entry for each challenge. If you create a second sentence that is better, you can enter it as a replacement entry. Email and write: this is my replacement entry.

The winner will be determined by the number of points earned by the completed sentence.

Players can email their entry

Players must provide their gender, age, city, nation, region, first language and their status as a student or teacher in their email.

Example:
Alessandro Scapol Garcia, male 25+, Sao Paolo, Brazil, S America, Portuguese, student

The Sentence Master English Writing Challenge will operate several divisions for students: girls, boys, by age (0 to 10, 11 to 15, 16 to 25, 25+), by city, by region, by nation by first language.

The Sentence Master English Writing Challenge will operate one division for teachers.

Winners will get a free Sentence Master Game and Sentence Master Certificate of Merit.

Your emails will not be disclosed, sold or given to any third parties.

Good luck with your entry!!

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Virtual Cocoon Blog URL
http://virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com/

Free ESL in Canada Directory of Canada universities, colleges, schools, Canadian ESL English as a second language schools, programs, classes, teachers, tutors, instructors, lessons, homestay, education coaching, consulting services, student resources, information and advice across Canada, North America.

Promoting Education Articles

2007-11-15T11:07:00.002-05:00

Education articles are supposed to accomplish two goals.

1. provide education content of value to the reader
2. provide marketing links back to the author's website

There are a variety of formats that authors can use to achieve the two goals of education article marketing. Here are just a few of the many available.

1. use a web page to post the article
2. use a blog to post the article
3. use article distributers to post the article
4. use press release services to post the article
5. use article directories to post the article
6. use collected emails to post the article
7. use a newsletter to post the article
8. submit to existing news wire services,
9. submit to magazines or other print media
10. submit to information portals

Authors should use a variety of the services to build readers and increase traffic to their articles and websites. This process takes time and requires some trial and error experimentation to improve the value of educational article marketing results.

Here are some links and examples of what we do for our education articles.

Ezine Articles

SearchWarp Articles

Virtual Cocoon on Blogger

WordPress Weblog

Yahoo Newsletters

ESL in Canada Education Articles

How to Write English Sentences

Promoting Education Articles takes a lot of work and the results do not happen immediately. Some patience is required. Good luck !!

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Virtual Cocoon Blog URL
http://virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com/

Free ESL in Canada Directory of Canada universities, colleges, schools, Canadian ESL English as a second language schools, programs, classes, teachers, tutors, instructors, lessons, homestay, education coaching, consulting services, student resources, information and advice across Canada, North America.

Link to see our list of USA, Canada, School, Education, and personal Blogs

ESL in Canada Group in FaceBook

2007-11-03T19:55:00.001-05:00

Our Group in FaceBook is called: ESL in Canada

The URL Link is
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2348104820

Group Type is:

This is an open group. Anyone can join and invite others to join.

The Group Description is:

ESL (English as a second language) in Canada will provide English language learning information, access to ESL teachers, learning resources, reviews and comments about learning ESL in Canada.

Topics in ESL in Canada Discussion Board

How to Write English Sentences1

How to Write English Sentences2

How to Write English Sentences3

Come and visit our group - join and add to our wall

Go to FaceBook and Join in - http://www.facebook.com

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http://virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com/

Free ESL in Canada Directory of Canada universities, colleges, schools, Canadian ESL English as a second language schools, programs, classes, teachers, tutors, instructors, lessons, homestay, education coaching, consulting services, student resources, information and advice across Canada, North America.

Rating the Blog Directories

2007-10-21T14:20:00.002-05:00

This is our experience with the Blog Directories

Blogdigger actually lists blogs
http://blogdigger.com/search?q=%22ESL+in+Canada+News%22&sortby=rel

Bloggernity actually lists blogs
http://www.bloggernity.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?query=%22ESL+in+Canada+News%22&Submit=Search

Icerocket actually lists blogs
http://blogs.icerocket.com/search?q=%22ESL+in+Canada+News%22

Blogbib actually lists blogs
http://www.blogbib.com/index.php?q=eslincanada

Blogcatalog actually lists blogs
http://www.blogcatalog.com/search/ESL%20in%20Canada%20News

Bloghop actually lists blogs
http://www.bloghop.com/search.htm

Blog Directories that are so disorganized you cannot find your Blog

lsblogs
yourwebloghere
globeofblogs
bloggingfusion

Blog Directories that DID NOT list our Blogs
(Sometimes after 3 or 4 Blog Submissions)

blogsearchengine
blogrankings

So just in case you can not find our blog

How to Add RSS to MyYahoo

Go to the yahoo sign in page and log in.

1. Go to your "My Yahoo page".
2. When your MyYahoo Page is open click on "Add Content".
3. Click the link at the right "Add RSS by URL"
4. Paste the URL into the form and click "Add"

This is an example URL for an atom RSS feed.
http://eslincanada.blogspot.com/atom.xml

5. Click on back to "My Yahoo" - your page should reopen.
6. Click on the new RSS Feed Link with the Blog Title and Story title.
7. That is it - success - you can read RSS Feeds

Yahoo has made the process of reading Blogs very easy by bringing the recent posts to your MyYahoo page.

AND

How to Add a Blog RSS to your MSN Sympatico MyPage.

Log in to MSN Sympatico or Hotmail account

1. Click on the MyPage link at top left to open it.
2. When your welcome page is open click on "Add Content".
3. A MyPage - Change Content - Web Page Dialog pops up.
4. Click on the tab labeled Search
- this opens a Search for Content form.
5. Paste the URL or blog title into "search for content" form.

This is an example blog URL for an atom RSS feed.
http://eslincanada.blogspot.com/atom.xml

6. click on the green arrow to the right.
7. A confirmation box lists the Blog title and feed
- click OK at the bottom of page.
8. My Page re-opens
- check to see if your RSS Feed is listed
9. Click on the new Blog Title and Story title.
10. That is it - success - you can read RSS Feeds

MSN has made the process of reading Blogs very easy by bringing the recent posts to your MyPage.

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Virtual Cocoon Blog URL
http://virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com/

Free ESL in Canada Directory of Canada universities, colleges, schools, Canadian ESL English as a second language schools, programs, classes, teachers, tutors, instructors, lessons, homestay, education coaching, consulting services, student resources, information and advice across Canada, North America.

Youtube Myspace Facebook Wordpress Social Network Groups

2007-10-04T15:48:00.001-05:00

Youtube Myspace Facebook Wordpress Social Network Groups

Youtube is the video magnet that attracts amateur and professional video creaters, and the world wide audience that can be excited, wowed, amused, or bored, tired and critical.

Many of the videos are created and displayed to earn fame, exposure, display talent or lack thereof, display commercial products and services, expose criminals, idiots or simple revenge.

Our Youtube Group is called ESL in Canada the URL is:
http://www.youtube.com/group/eslincanada

Tell us about any good learn English as a second language videos.

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Word Press with 1,408,872 blogs says We’re not fancy-pants marketers, just a group of geeks who are passionate about enabling people to publish on the web.

The Word Press Weblog is called ESL in Canada the URL is: http://eslincanada.wordpress.com/

Look for our weblog entries about ESL in Canada.

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Facebook is a social media group that connects people with friends who work or study study around them. Facebook is used to keep up with friends, share info, organize activities, and learn more about the people they meet.

Our Facebook group is called ESL in Canada. To sign up for our group log into facebook at http://www.facebook.com and search for our group ESL in Canada. Join our discussions.

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No social network is complete without the 199,211,826 members of Myspace. Myspace profile is at: http://www.myspace.com/eslincanada We have a small group in Myspace called ESL in Canada and can be found at: http://groups.myspace.com/eslincanada

ESL in Canada News, information, reports, opinions, observations, warnings, alerts, specials, events, gossip, explanations, memos, statements, diaries, announcements, recommendations, advice, stories and just plain talk for ESL students and teachers.

Add to our group information files.

Come and visit us

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Virtual Cocoon Blog URL
http://virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com/

Free ESL in Canada Directory of Canada universities, colleges, schools, Canadian ESL English as a second language schools, programs, classes, teachers, tutors, instructors, lessons, homestay, education coaching, consulting services, student resources, information and advice across Canada, North America.

ESL in Canada on BlogScope

2007-09-06T21:19:00.000-05:00

BlogScope is an ongoing research project at the University of Toronto.

BlogScope is a search engine for the blogosphere with advanced analysis and visualization technology and is being developed as a research prototype at the University of Toronto.

BlogScope is currently tracking over 12.14 million blogs with 100.71 million posts.

BlogScope can assist users in discovering interesting information from the millions of blogs using unique research tools such as popularity curves, identification of information bursts, related terms, and geographical search.

I started my search function with "ESL in Canada" you can see the results:

http://www.blogscope.net/?q=%22ESL+in+Canada%22&startid=0&scoring=enhanced&index=standard&max=10

Searched for "esl in canada" in 0.0 secs. Total 2727 results, showing 1-10.

I then compared ESL in Canada and ESL in USA

http://www.blogscope.net/comparecurve.jsp?q1=ESL+in+Canada&q2=ESL+in+USA&Go=Compare

comparison curve explained

This curve compares the popularity of queries esl in canada and esl in usa in blogosphere. Two terms closely related during some time period have smilar looking popularity curves in that time interval, and hence these curves can be used to analyze relation between two topics. To analyze any of the two queries, view its popularity curve and zoom in relevant portions.

For more information about the University of Toronto BlogScope Project go to:
http://www.blogscope.net/about/

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Blog URL
http://virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com/

Blog Feed
http://virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com/atom.xml

Blog Disclaimer
This blog uses original and reprintable articles in whole or part. Posts can be edited for spelling, grammar, accuracy, fairness or to meet ever changing legal publishing standards. We post one link to indicate the original post or source. We rely on the accuracy of the sources. This blog is not responsible for errors or omissions or any liability for any posts or any real, imagined, fabricated, current, past or subsequent damages. For additional info: eslincanada (at) gmail (dot) -com-

Learn Mandarin Chinese in Toronto

2007-09-01T17:07:00.000-05:00

Hello Mandarin Students

We have new Mandarin Chinese lesson prices for September 2007.

September 2007 Price is $180 for 12 hours (one month).

One-to-one private Mandarin Chinese language class is $35.
Special Mandarin Chinese language class prices for groups and longer term study programs.

For additional information please go to our registration page at:
http://www.eslincanada.com/mandarinregform.html

As everyone knows we are planning for 2008 Chinese language study camps in Tianjin, China.

Jun travelled to Tianjin this summer and we plan to offer a Chinese Language camp during the 2008 summer vacation with trips to the Beijing Olympics.

Some of the Tianjin Pictures
http://www.eslincanada.com/tianjin.html

Please call 416 455 8890 to talk to Mandarin Teacher June Liu

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Blog URL
http://virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com/

Blog Feed
http://virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com/atom.xml

Blog Disclaimer
This blog uses original and reprintable articles in whole or part. Posts can be edited for spelling, grammar, accuracy, fairness or to meet ever changing legal publishing standards. We post one link to indicate the original post or source. We rely on the accuracy of the sources. This blog is not responsible for errors or omissions or any liability for any posts or any real, imagined, fabricated, current, past or subsequent damages. For additional info: eslincanada (at) gmail (dot) -com-

Truveo is an Excellent Video Search Engine

2007-08-18T20:36:00.000-05:00

Excellent Video Search Engine

I tried the re-launched Truveo Video Search Engine at:

http://www.truveo.com/

I used the search Term: ESL in Canada
http://www.truveo.com/search.php?query=ESL+in+Canada

Videos that match your query: ESL in Canada

I found 26 videos - almost all actually involved ESL

It was the best video search results of all the search engines.

They even linked to the original video post - they did not scrap the video and then play it in the search frame - this is excellent for video contributers that do not want their videos coppied and distributed willy nilly all over the web.

Have fun finding your videos

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Blog URL
http://virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com/

Blog Feed
http://virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com/atom.xml

Blog Disclaimer
This blog uses original and reprintable articles in whole or part. Posts can be edited for spelling, grammar, accuracy, fairness or to meet ever changing legal publishing standards. We post one link to indicate the original post or source. We rely on the accuracy of the sources. This blog is not responsible for errors or omissions or any liability for any posts or any real, imagined, fabricated, current, past or subsequent damages. For additional info: eslincanada (at) gmail (dot) -com-

ESL in Canada Group on MySpace

2007-08-12T14:46:00.000-05:00

Setting up a MySpace Group

Yes the group has been started as ESL in Canada.

The URL is:
http://groups.myspace.com/eslincanada

This is the description:

ESL in Canada News, information, reports, opinions, observations, warnings, alerts, specials, events, gossip, explanations, memos, statements, diaries, announcements, recommendations, advice, stories and just plain talk for ESL students.

Category: Schools & Alumni

Type: Public Membership

Founded: 15/08/2006

Location:: Toronto, Canada

Members: 5

You can join and comment on the latest Forum posting:

How to Score HIGH on the NEW English Tests

See you there!

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Blog URL
http://virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com/

Blog Feed
http://virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com/atom.xml

Blog Disclaimer
This blog uses original and reprintable articles in whole or part. Posts can be edited for spelling, grammar, accuracy, fairness or to meet ever changing legal publishing standards. We post one link to indicate the original post or source. We rely on the accuracy of the sources. This blog is not responsible for errors or omissions or any liability for any posts or any real, imagined, fabricated, current, past or subsequent damages. For additional info: eslincanada (at) gmail (dot) -com-

Your Search Engine Ranking Report

2007-08-04T20:22:00.000-05:00

MikesMarketingTools.com has tools that every webmaster should use regularly. The Search Engine Rankings Tool will show you where your site ranks in several of the top search engines for a specific word or phrase. You can save time by using this tool instead of visiting each search engine and clicking through the search engine results pages to find your website.

Search Engine Rankings offers instant, online reports of web site rankings in 9 top search engines and web directories, including Google, Yahoo! Search, MSN, AOL, AltaVista, AllTheWeb, Yahoo! Directory, Open Directory (Dmoz), and LookSmart - FREE!

Link to Mikes
http://www.mikes-marketing-tools.com/ranking-reports/

Your Search Engine Ranking Report by Mikes-Marketing-Tools.com
Keywords: Virtual Cocoon

Google #1
Yahoo!Search #12
MSN #1
AOL #1
AltaVista #17
AllTheWeb #17

Have fun reviewing how your site ranks

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Blog URL
http://virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com/

Blog Feed
http://virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com/atom.xml

Blog Disclaimer
This blog uses original and reprintable articles in whole or part. Posts can be edited for spelling, grammar, accuracy, fairness or to meet ever changing legal publishing standards. We post one link to indicate the original post or source. We rely on the accuracy of the sources. This blog is not responsible for errors or omissions or any liability for any posts or any real, imagined, fabricated, current, past or subsequent damages. For additional info: eslincanada (at) gmail (dot) -com-

Playing with Google Page Strength Tool

2007-08-04T19:41:00.000-05:00

The inventors label it as a search engine optimization metric.

This is the link to the VC page strength summary
http://www.seomoz.org/page-strength/www.virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com

Virtual Cocoon Summary INFO

Although not a considerable presence, your site/page is making inroads online. Visitor traffic and search engine visibility is within your grasp.

Yahoo links: 0
Position at Google for first four words of title tag on target URL: 1
Links from domains with .edu or .gov TLDs: 0
Alexa Rank: 15
Domain name visibility: 34
Number of links according to Technorati: 4
DMOZ: 0
Del.icio.us: 0
Wikipedia: 0
Google Page Rank: 3

They have a checking tool that indicates page ranking.

For More info on their SEO Tools
http://www.seomoz.org

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Blog URL
http://virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com/

Blog Feed
http://virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com/atom.xml

Blog Disclaimer
This blog uses original and reprintable articles in whole or part. Posts can be edited for spelling, grammar, accuracy, fairness or to meet ever changing legal publishing standards. We post one link to indicate the original post or source. We rely on the accuracy of the sources. This blog is not responsible for errors or omissions or any liability for any posts or any real, imagined, fabricated, current, past or subsequent damages. For additional info: eslincanada (at) gmail (dot) -com-

Creating a Lens on Squidoo

2007-08-02T21:20:00.000-05:00

My Squidoo Title

Learning English as a Second Language in Canada

Good News about Learning English in Canada

Some of the best English as a Second Language teachers in the world are Canadians and they teach English in Canada.

The professional English language teachers have an excellent proven curriculum, use a variety of educational materials, integrate computer CALL programs and audio-visual formats into the teaching process.

Professional ESL teachers are experienced, certified and have a Ministry of Education rating based on education and experience.

The professional English schools who employ the professional Faculty of Education graduates (BEd) provide orientation, homestay, activities and field trips for students. Students can improve their English skills and enjoy their participation in these excellent programs.

My Squidoo URL
http://www.squidoo.com/eslincanada/

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Blog URL
http://virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com/

Blog Feed
http://virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com/atom.xml

Blog Disclaimer
This blog uses original and reprintable articles in whole or part. Posts can be edited for spelling, grammar, accuracy, fairness or to meet ever changing legal publishing standards. We post one link to indicate the original post or source. We rely on the accuracy of the sources. This blog is not responsible for errors or omissions or any liability for any posts or any real, imagined, fabricated, current, past or subsequent damages. For additional info: eslincanada (at) gmail (dot) -com-

ESL in Canada on Digg

2007-07-28T15:19:00.000-05:00

Digg is a combination bookmarking and social voting site which allows members to post the links to stories, videos and podcasts and have others vote for them with diggs.

The link to the stories ESL in Canada has posted is:
http://digg.com/users/eslincanada/news/dugg

Story Titles are:

Dark Side of teaching Overseas

Symbolic and Figurative expressions

Referral of ESOL learners for LD should NEVER happen!

English Skills and Standards for University Admission

How to Score HIGH on NEW TOEFL TOEIC English Tests

War between agents and schools

Digg has categories for members to post links:

Digg News
http://digg.com/news

Digg Videos
http://digg.com/videos

Digg Podcasts
http://digg.com/podcasts

If you like the articles then you can Digg them.

More later from Virtual Cocoon

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Blog URL
http://virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com/

Blog Feed
http://virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com/atom.xml

Blog Disclaimer
This blog uses original and reprintable articles in whole or part. Posts can be edited for spelling, grammar, accuracy, fairness or to meet ever changing legal publishing standards. We post one link to indicate the original post or source. We rely on the accuracy of the sources. This blog is not responsible for errors or omissions or any liability for any posts or any real, imagined, fabricated, current, past or subsequent damages. For additional info: eslincanada (at) gmail (dot) -com-

Setting up a MySpace page

2007-07-16T14:04:00.000-05:00

I have set up a MySpace page.

MySpace URL
http://www.myspace.com/eslincanada

So far my only friend is Tom. Tom was a guest on "The Hour" a TV show out of Toronto Canada. I can honestly say that I now know a little more about Tom.

I have three Blog entries on Myspace Blog

How to improve English Language Conversation Skills
How to Write English Sentences
Teachers as Professional Baseball Players

The link to MySpace Blog
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=190073785

MySpace picture is lighting the campfire in Cheong Pyeong, South Korea. John is in the front and I am in the Brown shirt and Shorts.

If you use the MySpace Searh Function for "ESL in Canada" you can find everything

http://sads.myspace.com//Modules/Search/Pages/Search.aspx?fuseaction=advancedFind.results&searchtarget=tms&searchtype=myspace&t=tms&get=1&websearch=1&searchBoxID=HeaderWebResults&searchString=ESL+in+Canada&q=ESL+in+Canada

Go to MySpace page and suggest what can be done to my page.

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Blog URL
http://virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com/

Blog Feed
http://virtual-cocoon.blogspot.com/atom.xml

Blog Disclaimer
This blog uses original and reprintable articles in whole or part. Posts can be edited for spelling, grammar, accuracy, fairness or to meet ever changing legal publishing standards. We post one link to indicate the original post or source. We rely on the accuracy of the sources. This blog is not responsible for errors or omissions or any liability for any posts or any real, imagined, fabricated, current, past or subsequent damages. For additional info: eslincanada (at) gmail (dot) -com-