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(Continued) The Rank for $ales Weekly Newsletter, Mar. 4, 2006. Page 18 
Well it's about time! I was really happy when I read this piece of news yesterday. More and more today people are trying to use search technology to improve their lives... and help protect our kids and young teenagers.A new site launched by the National Coalition of Victims in Action, Family Watchdog, will use a local map search function to display sex offenders in specific cities or boroughs. By using Family Watchdog, parents are able to enter their address or zip code into the site and the result is a Google powered map marking the addresses of convicted sex offenders and where they are working. The local search service is free and is a Google Maps mashup which is powered by the sex offender registries of 44 states, created by Family Watchdog founder Steve Roddel of Indiana, who began the site in 2005. Family Watchdog has received the blessing of Oprah Winfrey, which helped it grow to achieve over 4 million visitors a month - which may make the service the most popular Google Maps powered mashup online.  “This service exists for one reason, and one reason only,” Roddel explains. “I was tired of reading stories about missing 9 and 10-year-old children killed by registered sex offenders and decided to do something about it". And she continues: "I pray for the day when our service is no longer necessary, and look forward to shutting it down. Until then, I hope Family Watchdog is every family’s best friend.” Family Watchdog also offers a sexual offender notification service which alerts members via email whenever a convicted sexual predator moves into their area. Additionally the service is open to users from all US states except for Nevada, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Vermont. These states either do not provide address data or do not have a centralized registry. My take on all of this So here's a tip of my hat to Family Watchdog. Well, thats it for this week. Have a pleasant and relaxing weekend. I will see you all next Saturday! Serge Thibodeau, Please note that I am available for SEO consultative work or to help you optimize your website for the major search engines. Feel free to contact me for an honest and fair assessment.  All logos, trade marks and service marks on this newsletter are the exclusive property of their respective owners. Note: Although I always try my best to answer each individual question that I receive, there are times when it's just impossible for me to answer every one I get, as the amount of emails sent to me keeps increasing all the time. Also, please note that, for confidentiality reasons, the names of people writing to us are never disclosed. Please send all your questions, comments or general enquiries to: questions@rankforsales.com Subscribe to the free Rank for Sales Weekly Newsletter <<< Previous page Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18  Bookmark the RFS Newsletter by simply clicking here. Search engine industry news corner:  About Rank for $ales Rank for $ales can be reached via email at info@rankforsales.com or you can call from anywhere in the US or Canada, via our toll free number at 1-800-631-3221. Our offices are located near Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Visit our web site at www.rankforsales.com About Serge Thibodeau Pagina+™ is offered by Rank for $ale's parent company: GCIS Inc. Besides serving as editor and CEO of Rank for $ales, Serge Thibodeau currently writes professional search engine optimization articles in some of the following publications:
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