A well-designed easy-to-navigate website is useless if no one can find it. In this book four experts help you optimize your site for search engine visibility using proven guidelines & cutting-edge techniques for planning & executing a comprehensive strategy. Much has changed in SEO since the first edition of this book including new methods for ranking sites based on user engagement with pages & content. Search engines also have enhanced their ranking results with data from social media. This second edition helps you adjust to these changes with an array of effective tactics from basic to advanced. It's the ideal SEO reference. * Explore the underlying theory behind SEO & how search engines work * Learn the steps you need to prepare for execute & evaluate SEO initiatives * Examine a number of advanced strategies & tactics * Understand the intricacies involved in managing complex SEO projects * Learn what's necessary to build a competent SEO team with defined roles * Glimpse the future of search & what lies ahead for the SEO industry ...

This unique book offers a comprehensive & practical introduction to kung fu & all the other aspects of Shaolin wisdom. An inspirational read it shows how kung fu & other Shaolin arts can bring you health vitality & spiritual joy. It

Includes:: practical exercises & meditation techniques & provides a fascinating history of various styles of kung fu how kung fu patterns & sets are constructed & the strategies for victory developed. The Art of Shaolin Kung Fu is a seminal guide which will be invaluable to everyone interested in martial arts meditation stress management healing & spiritual development.

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The premier guide to modern riding from one of the sports best coaches"
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In this book artwork consists of everything from jewellery & watches to light fixtures. Welcome to the world of Steampunk: a unique fantasy version of nineteenth century Victorian England imbued with today's technology resulting in devices & contraptions that seem to have sprung from the mind of a mad twenty-first century scientist. In this book you'll discover the captivating & dynamic world of this emerging genre through the creative vision of today's leading Steampunk artists all featured in the world's first museum exhibit of Steampunk held at The Museum of the History of Science at Oxford University in Engl&. No longer satisfied with the plastic design of today's mass-produced products these artists are crafting a romantic new standard for modern goods by applying the characteristics of Steampunk. This expanded edition has added artist profiles & a look at what is happening in the world of Steampunk since the exposition. ...

Brilliantly demonstrated in Thinking Strategically" [ISBN 978 0 393 31035 1] game theory is bursting with lessons for us all (" The Observer"). Here the authors provide the long-awaited sequel. Game theory means rigorous strategic thinking. It's the art of anticipating your opponent's next moves; knowing that your rival is trying to do the same thing to you. Though parts of game theory involve common sense much is counterintuitive & it can only be mastered by developing a new way of seeing the world. Using case studies the authors show how nearly every business & personal interaction has a game theory component to it. The authors look at questions such as whether the winners of reality-TV contests are instinctive game theorists or if big-time investors see things that most people miss & what great poker players know that the average person doesn't. Mastering game theory will make the reader more successful in business & life: this lively book is the key to that mastery." ...

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The Croods" takes us back to a previously undiscovered era known as the Croodaceous period when Mother Nature was still experimenting. Trying to find their evolutionary niche are The Croods family. " The Art of The Croods" traces the evolution of the comedy adventure movie with over 400 pieces of concept art character sketches storyboards & digital paintings & key talent interviews." ...

To celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the publication of The Hobbit a sumptuous full colour art book containing the complete collection of more than 100 Hobbit sketches drawings paintings & maps by J.R.R. Tolkien. When J.R.R. Tolkien wrote The Hobbit he was already an accomplished amateur artist & drew illustrations for his book while it was still in manuscript. The Hobbit as first printed had ten black & white pictures two maps & binding & dust-jacket designs by its author. Later Tolkien also painted five scenes for colour plates which are some of his best work. His illustrations for The Hobbit add an extra dimension to that remarkable book & have long influenced how readers imagine Bilbo Baggins & his world. To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the publication of The Hobbit the complete artwork created by the author for his story has been collected in The Art of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. Including related pictures more than one hundred sketches drawings paintings maps & plans are presented here preliminary & alternate versions & experimental designs as well as finished art. Some of these images are now published for the first time & others for the first time in colour. Fresh digital scans from the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford & Marquette University in Wisconsin allow Tolkiens Hobbit pictures to be seen more vividly than ever before. The Art of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien has been written & edited by Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull two of the leading experts on Tolkien & authors of the acclaimed J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator The Lord of the Rings: A Readers Companion & The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion & Guide. ...

The best Hot Rod cars are Art on four wheels & this book is nothing less than a gallery of the best Hot Rods profiling the machines in stunning color top builders with studio portraits of their work & commentary on their most outstanding custom creations. This book celebrates the unique marriage of mechanical know-how & inspired sense of design & style. Built from the ground up pieced together from salvaged parts rebuilt with classic looks & futuristic technology
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From the Acadamy Award-winning studio that brought us Toy Story Monsters Inc. & the blockbuster Finding Nemo comes The Incredibles a hilarious & action-packed story of a family of superheroes banished to a boring suburban existence. Until... Mr. Incredible gets duped into an evil scheme & his family charges in to the rescue. The film is wonderfully graphic bringing an early-60s retro look to the superhero genre. The Art of the Incredibles once again pulls together the fabulous & otherwise never-seen movie concept art with"es from the creative team of artists designers & directors. With an 8-page gatefold & fabulous color art it is a visually stunning book that will appeal to the adult animation audience. ...