Apple has announced that the company will be releasing a Software Development Kit (SDK) for their much hyped iPhone and iTouch models. Up until now, the two latest releases that feature an iPod have relied on software designed specifically to run online, or through the Web 2.0 platform.

Criticism met Apple with the release of the iPhone in June when it was announced that all software that could be designed for the mobile device could only be designed and accessed online. Mobile software developers all over the world were stunned and remained puzzled as to why the restrictions were set, this coming from a company (Apple) that was supposedly opening slowly to third-party applications developers, particularly for the iPhone itself.

Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Inc. has now announced, however, that fill support for third-party native applications development for the iPhone will be arrive in February of 2008. The SDK has already reached the hands of some chosen developers (not specified) and Apple has announced that "they are taking the time to do it properly because we're trying to do two diametrically opposed things at once -- provide an advanced and open platform to developers while at the same time protect iPhone users from viruses, malware, privacy attacks, etc."

More on the iPhone / iTouch SDK here.

Optimizing a web page so that it gains high rankings on major search engines like Google, Yahoo, or MSN Search takes a lot of hard work and patience. If you have a new website, simply submitting it to a few search engines and hoping that people will see it just isn't enough. What you want to do first is optimize its web pages.

Here is an example for optimizing a sites webpage. In this case, let's look at a site called http://www.carleasingsecrets.com. Running it through a tool such as this one, we can see that some of the best keywords might include cheap car leasing, leasing guide, car leasing quote, car leasing guide, etc. Let's use car leasing guide as a sample.

A web page must include a Page Title. Therefore, the words "car leasing guide" must be included in that title, only if it is one of the main keywords. Remember that only main keywords should appear on the page title. You should also avoid using a bunch of other words with the keyword "car leasing guide". So what is a good keyword title? The best would be one that uses the least amount of words and includes the main keyword. So it should look something like this:

Car Leasing Guide - Leasing Guide Special

The tip here is to cut down on the words that are useless, such as the "and's" and "or's" so that you maximize on the car leasing guide main keywords. You may have notice the words "Leasing Guide" in the title as well. This is a keyword combination with another generated keyword (car leasing guide and leasing guide) that can help optimize your site even further.