SEM and Pay Per Click Advertising

SEM and Pay Per Click Advertising

   March 28, 2013       Unknown

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The growth of the internet and its penetration into the everyday lives of people around the world has made it a growing marketing channel. And since search engines are used by most to find information on the internet, search engine marketing or SEM has emerged as among the most targeted, measurable and effective channels of marketing your business online. From ecommerce to social networking, and blogging to publishing, it has emerged as the most preferred means for websites to increase visibility in the online world.

There are various ways to advertise your business online. For marketing in search engines, SEO and PPC (pay per click) advertising are two of the most powerful channels. This article provides an overview of pay per click advertising, its uses, limitations and more.

Uses of SEM and Pay Per Click Advertising

• PPC is targeted: Lets you decide on the geography, time and user segment to advertise to

• PPC is measurable: You can see which ads worked, which didn't, and refine your campaign based on this information

• Get eyeballs: PPC helps you increase the visibility of the website in search engines, and by extension helps you popularize it in the industry

• Quick results: With PPC, there is hardly a time lag between starting your campaign and getting visitors, generating leads, sales and business growth

Advantages

The growth of competition has made it essential for businesses to advertise and market their businesses online. When you have a good PPC campaign, there are many advantages it lends to your business. These include:

• Since PPC ads appear at the top of search results, chances of someone clicking on them and visiting your website are high

• If a company is willing to spend money on a PPC campaign, the perception of reliability increase

• It also helps you establish credibility and seriousness if you manage your campaign intelligently

• It is among the most potent channels of building awareness about your business

• Even a short PPC campaign can generate noticeable results quickly

• PPC allows you to decide where you want to advertise (down to a city), what time of the day, to which target groups, etc. This gives you a high degree of control over who sees your advertising and minimizes advertising wastage

Drawbacks

While it is an extremely powerful online marketing channel, PPC has certain limitations and drawbacks. These include:

• For the first time advertiser, starting a PPC campaign can be confusing and you may end up spending on ineffective advertising initially

• If your campaign does not immediately result in an increase in sales, then PPC can prove to be an expensive marketing channel, especially for someone with small advertising budgets

• Depending on your strategy and its effectiveness, PPC can result in wasted money if it doesn't get the desired results

• Where to place your ads can be a daunting decision at times

• Unless you outsource, managing and optimizing the PPC campaign can be time consuming

In spite of its disadvantages, PPC cannot be discounted. It continues to be a very important element of marketing and you should consider some PPC advertising while developing your marketing strategy. The more you read about online marketing, practice and refine your campaign, it will help you improve your quality score with search engines, bring down advertising costs and improve the success rate of your campaigns.

Yet another powerful search engine marketing channel is SEO. With SEO, you do not pay a search engine for every visitor to your website. This can often make it a very cost effective marketing channel as compared to PPC. You can even consider partnering with a cheap SEO services company to get your online marketing started and build on your SEO successes by complimenting the efforts through targeted PPC campaigns.

There is no formula for online marketing success. There is no right or wrong marketing strategy. What works for one business may not for another. This is where working with specialists can be helpful. You can learn from the experience of an agency and minimize errors. Especially for first time advertisers, it is wise to consider working with a good online marketing partner to kick start your online marketing, SEO and PPC campaigns.

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IPL - 196 players get contract extensions

IPL - 196 players get contract extensions

   March 21, 2013       Unknown

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UPDATE: A total of 196 players have had their contracts extended as on January 30, 2013.

The tabular structure below has the updated list of initial squads. The date for the Pepsi IPL Player Auction is Feb 3, 2013.

MEDIA RELEASE

The nine IPL franchises have confirmed their initial squads for Pepsi IPL 2013.

The squads are mentioned below-

Under the terms of their IPL contract, the Franchises had the option to extend the agreements with their players for the 2013 season on the same financial terms. A total of 179 players have had their contracts so extended.

The Hyderabad franchise owned by Sun TV Network exercised its option and retained over 20 of the players who represented Deccan Chargers in IPL 2012.

"The Franchises have clearly focussed on performance in the IPL in making their decisions as to which players will form part of their respective core groups for the 2013 season. Each Franchise has room under the Salary Cap to be able to sign additional players, either by trading or in the auction or, in the case of uncapped Indian players, by direct agreement with the player in question," Rajeev Shukla, Chairman, IPL, said.

Each franchise has a Salary Cap of up to $12.5m to spend on their 2013 squad of upto 33 players, of whom a maximum of 11 can be from overseas. Only four overseas players can figure in the starting XI for any match.

Chennai Super Kings				Sunrisers Hyderabad
	Player	2012 Matches			Player	2012 Matches
*	Albie Morkel	16			A Jhunjhunwala	5
*	Ben Hilfenhaus	9			Akash Bhandari	0
*	Dwayne Bravo	19			Akshath Reddy	5
*	Francois Du Plessis	13			Amit Mishra	14
*	Michael Hussey	8			Anand Rajan	4
	MS Dhoni	19			Ankit Sharma	9
	Murali Vijay	14			Ashish Reddy	9
*	Nuwan Kulasekara	5			Bharat Chipli	5
	Ravichandran Ashwin	19			Biplab Samantray	1
	Ravindra Jadeja	19		*	Cameron White	13
	Shadab Jakati	15		*	Chris Lynn	1
	Srikkanth Anirudha	4		*	Dale Steyn	12
	S Badrinath	15			D Ravi Teja	2
	Suresh Raina	19			Ishant Sharma	n/a
	Wriddhiman Saha	4		*	Jean-Paul Duminy	9
	B Aparajith	n/a		*	Juan Theron	2
	Vijay Shankar	n/a		*	Kumar Sangakkara	12
					Parthiv Patel	14
					Shikhar Dhawan	15
					Veer Pratap Singh	9
	Salary Cap Spent	9,368,913			Salary Cap Spent	5,496,304
	Balance of Salary Cap	3,131,087			Balance of Salary Cap	7,003,696
	No of Players	17			No of Players	20
	No of Overseas Players	6			No of Overseas Players	6
Kings XI Punjab				Kolkata Knight Riders
	Player	2012 Matches			Player	2012 Matches
*	Adam Gilchrist	7		*	Brad Haddin	n/a
*	Azhar Mahmood	11		*	Brendon McCullum	12
	Bhargav Bhatt	5		*	Brett Lee	10
	Bipul Sharma	5			Debabrata Das	15
*	David Hussey	16		*	Eoin Morgan	0
*	David Miller	6			Gautam Gambhir	17
*	Dimitri Mascarenhas	4			Iqbal Abdulla	9
	Gurkeerat Singh	5		*	Jacques Kallis	17
	Harmeet Singh Bansal	7		*	James Pattinson	n/a
	Mandeep Singh	16			Lakshmipathy Balaji	8
	Nitin Saini	10			Laxmi Ratan Shukla	11
	Parvinder Awana	12			Manoj Tiwary	16
	Paul Valthaty	6			Manvinder Bisla	7
	Piyush Chawla	16			Pradeep Sangwan	1
	Praveen Kumar	16			Rajat Bhatia	17
	R Sathish	n/a		*	Ryan ten Doeschate	3
*	Ryan Harris	5			Sarabjit Singh Ladda	0
*	Shaun Marsh	13		*	Shakib Al Hasan	8
	Siddharth Chitnis	6			Shami Ahmed	0
	Sunny Singh	0		*	Sunil Narine	15
	Manan Vohra	n/a			Yusuf Pathan	17
	Salary Cap Spent	5,627,174			Salary Cap Spent	10,316,304
	Balance of Salary Cap	6,872,826			Balance of Salary Cap	2,183,696
	No of Players	21			No of Players	21
	No of Overseas Players	7			No of Overseas Players	9
Delhi Daredevils				Mumbai Indians
	Player	2012 Matches			Player	2012 Matches
	Ajit Agarkar	4			Abu Nechim Ahmed	1
*	Andre Russell	4			Aditya Tare	0
*	David Warner	8		*	Aiden Blizzard	1
	Irfan Pathan	17			Ambati Rayudu	17
*	Kevin Pietersen	8			Amitoze Singh	0
*	Mahela Jayawardene	16		*	Dwayne Smith	7
	Manpreet Juneja	0			Dhawal Kulkarni	2
*	Morne Morkel	16			Dinesh Karthik	17
	Naman Ohja	18			Harbhajan Singh	17
	Pawan Negi	8			Jalaj Saxena	n/a
*	R van der Merwe	3		*	James Franklin	12
*	Ross Taylor	12		*	Kieron Pollard	14
	Shahbaz Nadeem	12			Rishi Dhawan	n/a
	Umesh Yadav	17		*	Lasith Malinga	14
	Unmukt Chand	2		*	Mitchell Johnson	n/a
	Varun Aaron	8			Munaf Patel	12
	Virender Sehwag	16			Pawan Suyal	0
	Yogesh Nagar	13			Pragyan Ojha	9
*	Gulam Bodi	0			Rohit Sharma	17
	Kedar Jadhav	n/a			Sachin Tendulkar	13
	Siddharth Kaul	n/a			Suryakumar Yadav	1
	Sujit Nayak	n/a			Sushant Marathe	0
	Venugopal Rao	10			Y Singh Chahal	0
	Salary Cap Spent	11,084,022			Salary Cap Spent	10,158,261
	Balance of Salary Cap	1,415,978			Balance of Salary Cap	2,341,739
	No of Players	23			No of Players	23
	No of Overseas Players	8			No of Overseas Players	6
Pune Warriors India				Rajasthan Royals
	Player	2012 Matches			Player	2012 Matches
*	Alfonso Thomas	4			Ajinkya Rahane	16
	Ali Murtaza	1			Ajit Chandila	4
*	Angelo Mathews	9			Ankeet Chavan	8
	Anustup Majumdar	4			Ashok Menaria	15
	Ashish Nehra	13		*	Brad Hodge	12
	Ashok Dinda	7		*	Brad Hogg	9
	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	11		*	Kevon Cooper	6
	Dheeraj Jadhav	0			Rahul Dravid	16
	Eklavya Dwivedi	0			S Sreesanth	n/a
	Harpreet Singh	1		*	Shane Watson	7
	K Upadhyay	1		*	Shaun Tait	6
*	Luke Wright	1			Shreevats Goswami	11
	Mahesh Rawat	0			Siddharth Trivedi	14
	Manish Pandey	10			Stuart Binny	8
*	Marlon Samuels	8			Dishant Yagnik	n/a
*	Mitchell Marsh	n/a			Harmeet Singh	n/a
	Mithun Manhas	10			Owais Shah	13
	Murali Kartik	11			Samuel Badree	0
	Rahul Sharma	11
	Raiphi Gomez	0
	Robin Uthappa	16
	Shrikant Wagh	0
*	Wayne Parnell	6
	Yuvraj Singh	n/a
	Ishwar Pandey	n/a
*	Steve Smith	15
	T Suman	n/a
*	Tamim Iqbal	0
	Udit Birla	n/a
	Salary Cap Spent	9,195,870			Salary Cap Spent	4,798,696
	Balance of Salary Cap	3,304,130			Balance of Salary Cap	7,701,304
	No of Players	29			No of Players	18
	No of Overseas Players	8			No of Overseas Players	7
Royal Challengers Bangalore
	Player	2012 Matches
*	AB de Villiers	16
	Abhimanyu Mithun	1
	Abhinav Mukund	n/a
*	Andrew McDonald	4
	Arun Karthik	1
	Cheteshwar Pujara	3
*	Chris Gayle	15
*	Daniel Vettori	9
	Harshal Patel	12
	K P Appanna	7
	Karun Nair	0
	Mayank Agarwal	16
*	Muttiah Muralitharan	10
	P Parameswaran	3
	R Vinay Kumar	15
	S Aravind	1
	Sandeep Warrier	n/a
	Saurabh Tiwary	15
	Sunny Sohal	n/a
	Syed Mohammad	2
*	Tillakaratne Dilshan	10
	Vijay Zol	0
	Virat Kohli	16
	Zaheer Khan	16
	Salary Cap Spent	9,973,478
	Balance of Salary Cap	2,526,522
	No of Players	24
	No of Overseas Players	6

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DD swap Taylor with PWI Nehra - IPL6

DD swap Taylor with PWI Nehra - IPL6

   March 21, 2013       Unknown

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DD swap Taylor with PWI Nehra - IPL6

Delhi Daredevils have made a swap with the Pune Warriors India, exchanging Ross Taylor for Ashish Nehra, in the ongoing IPL Player Trading Window.

The Delhi-based franchise had acquired Taylor, the former New Zealand captain, from his previous team, Rajasthan Royals, ahead of the 2012 season.

The Pune franchise will be Taylor’s fourth IPL team – he represented Royal Challengers Bangalore in the first three IPL seasons, before playing a season each for Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Daredevils respectively.

“We are elated to have a batsman like Ross Taylor in our ranks. He will add muscle, panache and of course, experience, to our middle order in the forthcoming season,” Sushanto Roy, Managing Director, Sahara Adventure Sports Ltd, said.

Ashish Nehra, the India speedster, was part of the Delhi Daredevils squad in the 2009 and 2010 seasons. His best IPL performance was in 2009, when he took 19 wickets from 13 matches for DD. He had earlier represented Mumbai Indians in the inaugural season in 2008. He was bought by Pune Warriors India in the 2011 Player Auction, but missed the 2011 season due to injury. He played for PWI in 2012.

“Ashish Nehra will constitute an integral part of our bowling attack in the 2013 season. We were the best team at the league stage in 2012, and with a player like him around, we are confident that we will go the distance,” T.A Sekar, Head (Cricket), GMR Sports, said.

The only other player transfer to have taken place this season is that of T. Suman from Mumbai Indians to Pune Warriors India.

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DD hire Snape as new Performance Coach - IPL 6

DD hire Snape as new Performance Coach - IPL 6

   March 21, 2013       Unknown

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Delhi Daredevils has appointed former England cricketer Jeremy Snape as the team’s Performance Coach for the Pepsi Indian Premier League season. Snape, who is acknowledged to have helped South Africa in its journey as the top Test-playing team, will work with the coaching and support staff.

DD hire Snape as new Performance Coach - IPL 6

“We are happy to welcome Jeremy as Performance Coach,” said GMR Sports’ Head (Cricket) TA Sekar.

“We believe he has the right credentials to help the Delhi Daredevils achieve its goals. We are sure he will bring in fresh ideas and help the coaching staff bring the best out of the players in a high performance environment.

“At GMR Sports, we want to leave no stone unturned and help the team in its quest to be competitive through the IPL season,” he said.

“We are sure that Snape will enable the players be on the edge of their comfort zones as they deliver high performance through the coming season.”

The 39-year-old Snape, who founded one of Britain’s leading Performance Coaching companies, said he was delighted to be joining Delhi Daredevils for the 2013 IPL season.

“The mental side of T20 is both fascinating and vital and I look forward to supporting the players and coaches to achieve their ambitions,” he said.

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Pests in winter

Pests in winter

   January 05, 2013       Unknown

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Contrary to what many people believe, pests do not disappear in winter. What is certain is that no longer seen in many places but this does not mean they've exterminated but simply took refuge from inclement weather.

The winter pest cockroaches and rodents

When winter comes the cold, snow, rain and low temperatures especially, rats, mice and cockroaches leave the streets and drains to seek refuge inside our homes, where they are given the necessary conditions to live and reproduce .

Keep in mind that within our homes, using heating are creating an artificial climate conducive to the development of such pests. That is why despite suffering from cold waves, snow, rain, etc.. People still have problems with cockroaches and rats or mice.

Pests in winter usually take refuge in the roof air chambers

Rodents overcoat will try shelter inside the air chamber roof. This occurs due to the escape of drains, can find a rabbet (elbow downspout connection between our house and the drain collector general) that is defective or broken, accessing the slot that has the false column constructed that pass the riser pipe, so rodents enter our inner tubes, using them to nest and breed.

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Plagues of rats, know your enemy

Plagues of rats, know your enemy

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The rats and / or mice travel around the world, and trust are resistant to heat and boats have become the best means of transportation for them.

The adaptability of the rats and their attraction to waste, become assiduous visitors and inhabitants of landfills and sewers, but also of gardens and countryside.

Although there are rodents that cause rejection of the collective unconscious with just name them, are not created exquisite ... prefer sweets, dairy, meats and grains away ... so you are a frequent presence in homes.
Not only transmitted diseases but, and this is an aspect that is not commonly known, the rats produced the deterioration of housing, rodents are destructive .

And if, as we mentioned, droppings and debris left in its wake, to contact people carry diseases that can be of high severity.

If we determined that we have the invaluable visit these rodents, the best we can do is keep household cleaning, use disinfectants and seals for food sources and of course for trash

The best way to prevent rats nest in our homes is to be very careful with the trash, always covered and insulated.

Similarly, special attention to the gardens , where they feel at home so the invites to proliferate, which make very frequent, avoid careless herbs, bushes and shrubs too big and lush and the accumulation of waste they are attractive to rodents.

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Plagues of rats and mice: associated diseases and recommendations to combat

Plagues of rats and mice: associated diseases and recommendations to combat

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Plagues of rats and mice: associated diseases and recommendations to combat

Just 22 days gestation are necessary for the reproduction of rats and mice, give birth between 8 and 10 pups more and they can reproduce once a month.

Rats are starting to be annoying at night when everything gnaw at your fingertips , leaving traces of excrement wherever he goes and having fun especially where there is food.

Rats and mice are very dangerous and harmful to health , due to gravity and lack of treatments for the diseases they transmit, they are considered a major pest to treat.

DETECTION rats or mice

If you find that you have a plague of mice or rats, do not hesitate to consult a specialist, who - after carrying out a study on the type of rat or mouse that has invaded their space methods applied are there in the industry today and its new technologies, Clamps, electronics, etc..

And meanwhile ... routinely disinfect spaces that may have traveled a mouse, keep children away from infected stays and, if possible, do not forget the "Grandma's advice" par excellence, put a cat in life ... the presence of felines repels rats and mice.

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Control of a plague of rats

Control of a plague of rats

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Control a rat infestation is no easy task, and in most cases require the assistance of a qualified, specialized companies.

Control methods of a plague of rats are varied. We can distinguish two groups: chemical methods and chemical methods.

Non-chemical methods include the classic traps for rats and mice, trying to block any access to the affected area, use ultrasound to scare away rodents, etc..

Chemical methods focus on the use of poisonous substances for rats and mice, rodenticides, rats or kills the known rodenticides. There are many products rodenticides in different forms: liquid, granules, blocks, etc.. Their effectiveness varies from one to another, but always be more effective slow acting those products. An example are the rodenticides, rat poison, anticoagulants. This product affects the blood coagulation resulting in the death of the rodent bait far, and therefore, without the rest of the animal arrives at death associated with the presence of said bait. Some products of this type are: Brodifacoum and Flocoumafen. Baits should be placed in the walkways, driveways usually busy, and anywhere near nesting.

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EXTERMINATE Rats and Mice

EXTERMINATE Rats and Mice

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We used warfarin sometimes a poison that kills rats, but for genetic reasons some are resistant to the substance and after being exposed to it survive, multiply and transmit that gene to other generations. Therefore be investigated in new substances that rats do not generate this resistance.

Rats have a negative responsiveness to unfamiliar foods.

To control pests is very useful to use snap traps and glue boards baited helping to exterminate rodents. The bait mousetraps are made permanent with anticoagulant baits, begin to take effect from the 4th day, but from ingest the bait there is a loss of vitality perceived movements in rats. These products contain the trap are less harmful to humans (children) and pets, toxicity is related to the weight of consuming it, are made with a bitter substance that makes it unacceptable for humans, leading a special ink that stains the mucus of children and pets in case of ingestion is discovered visually and combat with vitamin K. 

 The trap of glue boards continuous tray adhesive is a non-toxic, rat where the tread is retained, may be used in bait depositing half of the tray. Place the trap on the road regularly used by or near rodent nests or mousetraps. It is known that in some places, Rats tend to drag their food into the corners, where they eat, they are forced priming points.

 Is important to ward off rats eliminating sources of food and garbage inside the home, pet store food and seeds in airtight plastic and hard. Put screens on windows and doors open normally, whenever mansard roofs are not allowed to plant vines or trees access to the roof.

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Keep the house clean

Keep the house clean

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The average profile of the client requesting the services of pest control companies corresponds mostly to young women living in cities. They are more concerned with household disinfection, especially if they are pregnant or have young children.

Dogs, cats or other pets are prone to attack by fleas, ticks and chiggers. Use specific shampoos, collars change regularly so assiduous or mow the bushes and lawn are effective remedies to prevent pests. The food and animal feed must be packed in tightly closed metal containers stored at some point and never outdoors.

To prevent pests should take extra hygiene measures, ventilate the house, throwing spoiled food or expired and not leave food scraps on countertops or scattered around the house. It should also observe the waste accumulation areas, weeds or debris near the home and give notice to the cleaning services to be picked up.

Tips to keep the house clean

To prevent pests must be taken to keep the house clean, neat and airy. To do this, at least once a month, should do a thorough cleaning.

A house is not a store, so it is convenient to throw everything that is not used or not used.

Save boxes clothes, shoes, books and other supplies that are not used often.

Pass the vacuuming and dusting every corner (baseboards, door frames, lamps, curtains, carpets, and even mattresses) to kill the mites.

Clean the glass windows and mopping the floors.

Disinfect with diluted bleach baths (especially, the toilet and bathtub) and kitchen (with special attention to the oven, the microwave and the hood).

Empty the refrigerator and clean it thoroughly inside (shelves, racks and freezer) with warm water and mild soap.

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Key actions for eliminate a pest

Key actions for eliminate a pest

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Disinfection

Sanitation is a technique to destroy pathogens (bacteria, virus and fungi) by spraying and spraying chemicals. This is to maintain the levels of microbial contamination within the limits considered acceptable from the point of view of health.

The household disinfection is often chemical agents that are toxic to microorganisms, but have minimal impact to humans and the environment. Microdifusor by an apparatus, the disinfectant is emitted fragmented into very small droplets which are distributed uniformly through all the points of the house.

Disinsection

Disinfection companies gradually replace chemical pesticides (biocides) by other methods with equal effectiveness, but low impact on the environment and health. Disinsection aims to eliminate insects, for which we must take into account several factors:

Recognize the type of arthropod.

Determine their distribution, life history, behavior and estimate their density.

Choosing a specific pesticide and perform the treatment at the place where the pest is more sensitive.

Always attempts to use the least amount of chemical insecticide to kill insect pests and, if possible, and gels are used pheromone traps, with respect to the environment and the health of people.

Deratting

Before treatment, the homes are subjected to detailed inspection to find possible ways of entry of rodents. The aims deratting removing rats and mice from a particular place to minimize the impact on the man. It can be understood from two different aspects:

Deratting passive defense is the technique that prevents rodents enter, live and proliferate in the home.

The active rodent control: integrated by physical, chemical and biological. Your goal is to control rodent populations.

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Eliminate a pest at home

Eliminate a pest at home

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Disinfection can save considerable time healthcare costs, economic and environmental

Pest, disease-carrying

All pests are potential contaminants and, in many cases, can transmit diseases to the inhabitants of a house. A clogged drain, a bad crack sealed , accumulation of garbage and spoiled food or poor hygiene are often the gateway for insects and rodents from entering the home . If you consider that these animals carry in your digestive tract, skin and paws, pathogenic, which may be deposited on food and everyday objects, the risk to the health of the people is more than evident.

A clogged drain or a poorly sealed crack can be the gateway of insects and rodents

In a globalized society, where physical boundaries are no obstacle to the expansion of harmful species, it is essential to control pests effectively. Increased tourism and international trade liberalization in recent years have allowed many pathogens crossing continents as easily as people. The work of companies disinfection and pest control is critical because timely action can save substantial healthcare costs, economic and environmental.

How to act

Professionals in the field of disinfection of houses argue that to achieve the effectiveness of a pest control must take into account three aspects:

They should make a diagnosis of the area affected by the pest to identify and classify the species to be fighting.

They have to identify the factors conducive to their development and inspecting critical control points.

We need to establish the necessary remedial measures:

Physical measures to prevent the entry of insects and rodents and an optimal level of cleanliness to prevent the spread of the pest.

Biological measures: use products that ensure biological pest control.

Chemical measures: use different compounds which are chosen according to the characteristics of the surface in question, the plague that is to combat the conditions of temperature and moisture, etc.

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Rules to prevent pests at home

Rules to prevent pests at home

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Ants and their sweet tooth 

The most common species, the garden ant, not usually carry diseases. Anyway, as it is impossible to know where they've been looking for food before going into our kitchens, it is important to follow a series of steps to prevent their walks pantry. We should note that most ants come into our homes in search of food, attracted by the sweet, therefore we must avoid letting them leeway to get it. This is achieved by covering all food, cleaning up any spills immediately or leftover food and especially well by sealing garbage bags. Furthermore, it must collect food scraps from pets end up as dinner. 

Bedbugs move using our pockets 

This pest is becoming a major problem in many developed countries, given their rapid expansion and difficult treatment. Your access to homes is usually produced using clothing or furniture inside as transportation, so we must take special care not to facilitate their movement. Another of the most common ways to sneak into our homes is through the cavities that may be on the wall or the floor. So, the neighbor has bedbugs will have to be very careful and avoid letting any gaps that invite to enter. 

Cockroaches, carry disease 

This is one of the most common pests in homes and also may cause more diseases like salmonella, gastroenteritis, typhoid fever or asthma. As if this were not enough, emit an unpleasant smell that contaminates food and objects with which it comes in contact. 

His playing is so fast and resist both the need to act as swiftly as possible to prevent it from colonizing everything. First, seal all holes well that may be a gateway to home for these insects. But if there is one in the best way to kill them is to prevent access to food or water. So, it will be convenient to store food in airtight plastic containers, clean any food and be careful with storing dirty clothes. 

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Recipes to clean the house without chemicals

Recipes to clean the house without chemicals

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While the companies that manufacture cleaning products denials, several studies have suggested a connection between these products and certain health problems . So many people prefer to buy organic or green, but unfortunately these tend to cost more money and sometimes do not perform well. But cleaning does not have to be toxic or expensive: almost the whole house can be cleaned (and disinfected) with three or four common and inexpensive ingredients.

Floors

Dissolve three tablespoons of baking soda in two quarts of warm water. Add half a cup of vinegar and two teaspoons of pine essential oil. The combination of vinegar and baking soda is disinfectant and pine essential oil. If you need an antifungal solution, you can also add a teaspoon of essential oil of citronella and other essential oil of lavender . If you find it more convenient, you can make a larger quantity to bottle the mixture, you can save up to three months in a cool dark place. Shake the mixture well before using. The amounts of oil can be adjusted to your tastes, keeping at least 10 drops of each.

Bath and shower

Use the same mixture as flooring. To wash a tub or shower tiles moldy, wet the surface with the floor cleaner and then cover it with baking soda or borax, leave a few minutes and scrub with a sponge or brush.

Windows

Instead of buying a chemical cleaner for windows in your house, you can use water and sheets of newspaper. Dip a piece of newspaper and scrub the glass, then dry it with another sheet of dry newspaper.

If the glass is very soiled, you can use a sponge with soap or baking soda and water and then clean with newspaper.

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Domestic natural pest control - Rat

Domestic natural pest control - Rat

   January 05, 2013       Unknown

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Thoroughly clean the spaces where you keep the food as cabinets or stores. Also keep spaces clean under the stove, refrigerator, dishwasher, etc.. Keep garbage in tightly covered jars, if you feed birds or pet store it in containers that can be tightly sealed. Wash the dishes (including the pets) and kitchen surfaces (bar, stove, sink) before bedtime to get everything clean, so food is not tempting for roaches and mice, which are nocturnal. Pulling a little sugar or honey in the day, clean it immediately to avoid attracting ants, flies, wasps and other bugs that look sweet things.

In places with very high or low temperatures, insects and rodents can also enter your home looking for a more comfortable place where not too hot or cold.

Sella well your home, so you eliminate the places where they can get insects and rodents. That can be quite difficult, considering the size of ants, for example, and the fact that a mouse can fit through a hole an inch or less. So it may be better to go to an expert to do it effectively.

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