Thursday, December 25, 2008

The Best Way To Gain Website Traffic

By Don Bethune

Generating website traffic is not as daunting as one might think. It just take well thought out ideas, and common sense. There are many points we can examine, but here are a few example to help the popularity of your blog.

Evaluate your blog and ensure that you are running an exciting, yet organized site. Navigation between pages must flow easy and pages must be linked by no more than three clicks. Your design must not be overdone, cluttered or cause the reader confusion.

How much is too much? Your first instinct is to flood your blog with ads. The more ads you have the more money you make, right? Wrong. In fact readers are turned off to a page that is covered in ads. Some ads contain harmful adwares that can harm computers. It is better if you are choosey about the ads you use.

Finding a niche and sticking with it is important. Write about a subject that you are knowledgeable about. If you stay on topic, others will come to you when they are looking for information. If you write about something you know, sounding like an expert wonat be hard.

Keep up to date on current news and trends pertaining to your subject, and breaking news will always keep readers returning to see whatas new. Everyone loves to be ain the knowa, so the more relevant information you can provide the better.

Letting people know your blog exist is essential to your popularity and your website traffic. You can post link to your similar sites, though you should be careful that you donat get associated as a spammer. Donata be that poster, itall make you loss more traffic than itall ultimately generate.

Social networking sites can be a great tool for generating traffic. Some sites allow users to vote on articles and the one with the most votes takes its place on the front page. If your readers post your links to social networking pages, your site traffic can increase dramatically. Ensure that your server can handle the traffic.

Once you have increased your reader base, it is up to you to keep them interested. Stay positive and upbeat. The majority of people enjoy reading positive articles and stay away from bloggers who are negative about everything. You want your readers to be uplifted, not bring them down.

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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Sales Web Hits and Leads for Global Domains International

By Sonja Schuyler

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Thursday, December 18, 2008

Top Mistakes Made When Shopping Online

By Amy Nutt

Shopping online is something that has grown in popularity throughout the years, especially since websites have become more secure and the shopping as a whole has become a much easier experience. As a matter of fact, many people are finding that it is simply easier to just sit at their computer and plug in a credit card for the items they want. This is opposed to hopping in their car, driving to the shopping mall, and standing in lines all evening long. In other words, the online method of checking out is much more efficient than standing in a cashier?s line.

However, there are mistakes that people make when shopping online. It is very important to know what these mistakes are so that you don?t make them the next time you buy something online.

The mistakes

Now, you might be wondering what these mistakes could possibly be because the Internet is safe, right? Well, it is true that there has been technology put in place that allows the Internet to be safer when carrying out transactions. People have worried about identity theft and stolen credit card numbers for years when it comes to the Internet. But these new and improved ways of shopping online have changed.

But some things have not changed, which is what contributes to these mistakes:

? Shopping from a site that doesn?t have https:// in the address bar. You are used to seeing http://, but the https:// means that the connection is secure. This is very important when entering personal information such as a credit card number.

? Shopping from an unfamiliar site. Although someone may have said, ?You have to shop from this site.? You need to ask them if they have actually received the item. You also need to ask them if the charge was carried out correctly on their credit card. Again, make sure that the site is secure.

? Entering too much personal information is another issue. If you have a merchant asking you for your social security number, you need to hit your browser?s back button because there is no need for that. If they say it is for ?verification? purposes, that is not so. They shouldn?t be able to compare your social security number in the first place because they don?t really have access to any part of it.

? Make sure you keep an eye on the shopping cart. There are some instances in which it does not distinguish between adding something to the cart and checking out. You need to be careful because you might find yourself checking out instead of adding more items to your cart. This could result in you having to go back and do another transaction, which means additional shipping charges if you choose to use the same merchant.

These are some of the basic mistakes that can be made. In a nutshell, always be mindful of what it is you?re doing on the Internet.

Consequences

If you are wondering about the consequences that could be suffered from these mistakes, you?re looking at possible identity theft, theft of credit card numbers, money taken for an item that you never receive, and the possibility of having to pay more than what you really have to pay.

Fortunately, these consequences can be avoided by ensuring that you?re doing business with a reputable site and one that is secure. This means that you can have confidence in the company that you are doing business with. You shouldn?t have to be afraid to carry out a transaction on the Internet. By taking the right precautions you can do just that. You can have the confidence that you are going to get exactly what it is you ask for.

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

The Best Website Reviews In One Location

By Joyce M. Stuart

I found a really grat website last week, and thought I should spread the word, because it was so great. The website is filled with reviews of other online sites, and provides some excellent information on what each one offers, and what sets it apart from the crowd.

From music to news, and everything in between, the internet is full of websites dedicated to andless variety of topics. Social networking is currently popular, as one example. As another, your favourite print publication is probably available online, if you only knew how to find it. And just because the print version is great, you still don't now about the quality of the online version.

The global community combines people from all over the world in groups linked by interests and beliefs, likes and dislikes. Through the use of reviews on website like this one, which are objective and helpful, you are able to find exactly the kind of information you want, and make new discoveries. That's why I wanted to tell you about this site, after all. You'll be surprised by some of the sites you listed on it, and the scope of information available.

Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, so it is said, and the internet makes the sharing of individual expression through music as easy as finding just the site to do it. I can't make you visit this site I keep talking about, but it really was informative, with reviews of sites I've known about for years, but including innovative ones music, and a plethora of easy and affordable online shopping.

The reviews were really excellent. Not only did they cover a wide range of websites, but they were also very informative, offering all of the key information about every site I was interested in. Those I wasn't interested in as well, but I undertandably spent less time looking at the reviews. In all, this is the best website review site I've visited, which is why I am suggesting it to others.

To me, it's important to know what a site is going to be like. If I'm shopping, I like to go straight to the products, and if I'm looking to socialize, I want to know how to find the chat and message forums. These reviews were that good, that I was completely familiar with what to do when I clicked the link. And the image of each site's home page in the review was the final kudo for a job well done.

Maybe I'm over-reacting, but I don't really think so. This was the best website review spot I've seen. But don't take my word for it, take a look for yourself, and you'll see the wide variety of information it offers. And then you'll believe me next time I make a suggestion.

To find some great websites, try visiting a website review site like this one, and you'll be telling others about it, too. From furntiure shops to online music, it had something for almost every style. It is indeed a great place to find the latest website reviews, and have a clear idea of what is currently hot.

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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

UK Companies - How To Turn The Search Engines Into Find Engines

By Mary R Stewart

Designing and building a UK website can be a thankless task. You spend hours of your time planning, designing and creating the whole site, carefully assembling it into a work of digital art. Having lovingly pored over every word and put heart and soul into a decent navigation system and a well thought out layout, you eagerly publish your site and hold your breath for the torrent of visitors. It is somewhat disappointing, therefore, to find that days can go by without a single hit. You know that it can take a while for the search engines to identify and crawl your site, but as the days crawl by it can become very disheartening.

After some time you will, almost certainly, start to welcome a few visitors to your site, and maybe a few of them will spend their hard earned money there as well. But you'll probably find that you get terribly excited if you have a few visitors, and a little dejected when you start to work out how much the current rate of visitors will earn you, and dreams of the Mediterranean cruise next month might have to be put on hold. If this sounds familiar, ask yourself what you have actually done to ensure that your site does become a success? Other than a slick design, nice graphics and a catchy address, what practical measures have you employed to ensure success?

You may have spent some time thinking about the keywords used throughout the pages of your site, since you are almost certainly aware of the fact that these will help the big search engines locate your site and evaluate its relevance. Clearly being listed on Google is a significant step, but this in itself is in no way going to guarantee a flood of eager customers desperate to part with their cash. What matters more than being listed, is where you are on the list.Thats why UK search engine optimization is so so important.

The rank of your site refers to how far up the list of results your website is when someone searches the internet. If your website sells left handed calculators for example, then you will expect and hope that if someone enters the keywords 'left handed calculator' in a search engine that your website is near the top. If it is at the top, that is fantastic, but you really need to be in the top ten, on that first page, to be a success. Unbelievably, only 3% of people who search online ever look past the first page of results that a search engine brings up. That means that if they search for 'left handed calculators', which brings up almost 400,000 results in Google, you need your website to be high up the first page to stand any chance of someone finding it. Even being in 11th place out of those 400,000 will mean that you're missing out on 97% of visitors.

So what is it that helps you get to the top of your keyword search rank? Is there a single big secret that many SEO companies are aware of, and will only tell you for a huge fee? Certainly many companies do seem to suggest that they alone have the answer, and that only by going through them will the Golden Secret be revealed to you, and suddenly your site will rocket to the top. In fact, there are three things wrong with this. Firstly, there is no single solution - it's a combination of many varied factors. Secondly, no one single company can ever offer guarantees, promises or assurances that your site will be at the top, or near the top - they can try, and almost certainly your site will rise, but this depends on other factors beyond anyone's control. This might, for example, be because your website is in a mass market, such as insurance. With hundreds of thousands of keyword competitors, getting near the top is a huge endeavour, whereas if you're selling rainbow coloured light bulbs then there is likely to be much less competition, and so more chance you'll rise more quickly, and further. The third thing is that any rise is never going to be overnight, and any progress can take weeks, if not months or even years.

Be very wary of those sites that suggest that the best way of getting your site noticed is to use keywords. Although this is certainly true, search engines now take the number of keywords as only a minor factor in judging a site's rank. Search engines got wise to the fact that many website owners were simply cramming great blocks of keywords into the code of a page just to get attention. They get attention now all right - and the result it that they lose their rank position very quickly. There are many other ways now which the search engines use to judge how good a site is, one of which is its popularity. This is measured in several ways, but the most significant is how many other websites are linking to yours. The more links, the more popular, and this in turn implies more relevant and useful.

There are many free things available on the internet, and many good services that cost money. I rarely come across a good service that I'd recommend, which also happens to be free, but if you're a website owner like me, and are interested in knowing how your site's doing as far as the search engines are concerned,it's great to find a free service that offers interesting and valyable information on how you're website is ranked in the major search engines. As the work is done manually, the results are very thorough. Of course, they'll offer to do the work for you, but if you've already built your site, the chances are that you'll be quite happy making the changes they recommend.With so many companies out there, to get one who actually put their money 'where their mouth is' is a bonus.Actually and to be fair, they were really down to earth to deal with and explained it all in simple english.

Once you understand what can be changed about your site to help improve its position, it's obviously up to you what you do. Picking and choosing at features that you can easily apply will certainly help. Over time, you can start to implement more of these suggestions, and little by little you should see a difference. I've done this myself - I used to be a keyword freak and just include as many as I could think of, but it started to make no difference. I'm trying things now such as amount of text per page, position of text on the page, number of links I include and so on, and I can see the increase in rank each day. My advice to any website developer is to keep a tight grip on your wallet and don't pay companies to fob you off about magic solutions. Try a valuable free assessment today, it will pay dividends in the end.

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Sunday, December 14, 2008

How To Find Great Online Website Reviews

By Russell R. Hughes

As the worldwide web becomes more and more popular, finding the sites that interest you the most becomes a more difficult task. Luckily, there is a great website that specializes in providing reviews of other websites. I discovered it accidentally, but thought that I could save you the trouble of finding it for yourself.

There are an endless number of websites, each one catering to a particular topic, or designed to achieve a particular purpose. There's no doubt that your favourite topics are contained on a site, but you still have to find that site. And in the process, you may even find a few others that are just as interesting which you had never even considered before.

Finding a great site in your favourite niche is a fast way to get involved in online community. People who share your interests, shops that have your favourite brands, and exactly the kind of music you prefer. And the first step is to know where to look, which is the beauty of a website with objective and informative reviews.

From the world famous to the community artist, music has found new avenues to reach an eager audience. Online shops offer everything from furniture to-- well, to just about anything you might be interested in. The trick lies in using a site that provides helpful and interesting reviews, so you'll know where to go, and what to expect when you've decided that is the website for you.

I was really impressed by the quality of the reviews this site offered. They told me everything important about the sites being reviewed, including their main focus, and what to expect on visiting it. There were even some quick tips to help me navigate around, which was a tremendous time saver when I finally visited one of them.

One way to describe these reviews would be to say that they are accurate. I learned a lot of useful information, and it was always exactly what I found when I visited the websites, no matter what type, from online shops to social networking and music sites. These reviews never had it wrong, and i can appreciate a place that takes the time to do the job right.

This is a truly remarkable website reviews location. They don't just concentrate of the most popular sites, but mix up the content between things we've all heard about, and subject that we have been missing out on. I liked being presented with reviews of website that are a little outside of the ordinary.

Don't underestimate the power of website reviews. You can learn a lot about the website, free of needless advertising and easy to read. Save yourself some time, and let a site like I'm talking about do the footwork for you. Unless you would rather spend as much time looking for a great site as enjoying the ones you've found, this is a good idea.

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Thursday, December 11, 2008

So What Is A Blog?

By Don Bethune

With the popularity of the internet has come a new way for people to communicate with each other. Besides email, instant messenger, and chat, some individuals are even taking up a form of journal keeping that allows everyone to read and participate in their writing. Blogs are becoming increasingly popular, and are starting to be maintained by celebrities, and even businesses. But really, what is a blog?

Your blog is whatever you want it to be: it can be a personal diary that you share with the world, or your outlet for your political views. It can keep track of stories in the media, or connect a company to its customers on a personal level. Blogs are even being kept by family members to keep other family members who live too far away involved in their daily lives.

And what is the purpose of a blog? First, it gives the author a mechanism to share his complete thoughts on topic without censorship of any type. Many blogs give their readers a way to comment on their topics. Still others are created solely to create debate or generate discussion.

Blogs allow their owners to share personal pictures or actual videos of their daily activities. Other blogs have postings by other people who want their thoughts to be visible to a wider audience. Bloggers commonly link to other web sites that they appreciate, or sites owned by their friends, and even web sites owned by visitors that leave comments on the blog.

Blogs can be insanely popular, and garner a lot of website traffic. Some of the most popular web sites on the internet are strictly personal blogs of individuals who we would otherwise have never heard of. People can gain celebrity status just from creating a popular blog.

Blogs can generate income for their owner. The main way of making money using a blog is advertising. Many blogs allow inexpensive advertising. There are advertising management programs that allow the applying blogger to post content-targeted ads, generating money for each view.

There are multiple ways that bloggers use to increase their web site traffic, such as having online competitions, or giving their visitors the opportunity to view content unavailable elsewhere. Some bloggers even shell out money for web site traffic in order to increase their perceived popularity and thus, perhaps, generate more money from advertising.

So the next time you wonder, really, what is a blog? You know itas now more than just a random collection of someoneas thoughts; it can be informative, entertaining, or thought-provoking. It can create extra income for the author, or if it gets popular enough, even become a full-time job.

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All about - Importance of a Sitemap

By Lara Crevena

A sitemap is often considered redundant in the process of building a website, and that is indeed the fact if you made a sitemap for the sake of having one. By highlighting the importance of having a well constructed sitemap, you will be able to tailor your own sitemap to suit your own needs.

The needs of navigation: a site map, literally acts as a map of your site. If your visitors visit your site and get lost among thousands of pages of your site, they can always refer to your site map to see where they are, and navigate through your pages with the greatest ease.

Conveying the theme of your site: When you have visitors to your plan charge, they will receive the bulk of your site in a very short period of time. It is not necessary to get the "big picture" of your site by reading through every page, and by doing that you are going to save your visitors.

Site Optimization purposes: When creating a site map, which are in fact the creation of a single page that contains links to every page of your site. Imagine what happens when robots search engines hit this page - follow the links on the site map, and of course, every page of your site gets indexed by the search engines! It is for this purpose that a link to the site map that has been highlighted on the front page of its website.

Organization and relevance: A sitemap lets you have a bird's eye view of the structure of your site, and every time they need to add new content and new sections, you may take into consideration the existing hierarchy only look at the site map. As a result, you will have a perfectly organized site with everything sorted according to their relevance.

From the above reasons, it is very important to initiate a site map for the site with projects of a substantial size. Through this course, you will be able to keep your site easily accessible and well organized for all.

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Spam Protection: PDF Spam and Protecting Your kids

By Mary Maseko

For a spammer, the use of PDF files is advantageous because PDF files are so commonly used in the business world. In fact, several companies allow or even require their business email systems to deliver these documents to the recipient. This makes it very likely that this PDF spam will reach the user's inbox.

The upside to the use of image and PDF spam is that so far, there is no hard evidence that either one can be used to embed malicious software on the recipient's computer. The only harm is done to those who do what the message says. Spammers have also begun to experiment with attachments in different file types such as excel and zip files.

Protecting Your Kids

Today, many children have an email address that they use to email their friends, submit homework, etc. It is a fun, inexpensive and instant way to keep in touch. However, as the volume of spam keeps rising, the need to protect children from the dangers of spam is a growing concern.

Spam Blocker - Your email service may come with a spam blocker. If it does not, it may be worth your while to invest in one for your child's computer. Where-as your email filter filters incoming email into folders, the spam blocker blocks spam from going through the system. It checks your mail server every 10 minutes, where it deletes the spam and destroys any viruses it finds. Legitimate email is let on the server and downloads to the inbox when you log in.

Spammers tend to direct the dictionary attacks at the large email companies, which have a large number of customers, which can be your kid.

It is very important to educate your children on the dangers of spam and how to handle it if they do receive any in their inbox.

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Monday, December 8, 2008

Finding Good Dedicated Web Hosting

By Johnson

Whether you are a newbie or an experienced webmaster one thing which you will need to have your websites online is a web hosting service which is necessary for every website owner or webmaster. Only those people should preferably opt for a dedicated server who have a serious website and who wants to run a successful business. There are various webs hosting services each of which are useful in different ways. By using the advanced web hosting services all the clients can create many email accounts along with many mailing facilities which assist them for proper managing of the mail account. And for that you need to make sure that your company website has a user friendly interface.

The plan is simple and similar to the real life comparison of passengers sharing a same cab and paying a relatively lower fare to reach their destination. The unmanaged server requires you to run the server entirely on your own. And among the several webs hosting services "shared web hosting" is by far the most popular type of web hosting, and are ideal and economical options for most websites to keep overhead cost minimum. Many people find it a bit difficult for it requires a certain amount of technical expertise.

It proves to be the most popular and cost effective choice for businesses, organizations, or people looking to host a website. The amount of data transfer that you host gives per month is the network bandwidth. It should be manageable for your website and scripts to function properly. Check the offered control panels and try a demo to make sure you are comfortable with it. When you opt to rent the entire server for your own use, and then it can be termed as a dedicated server. Also monitor the web stats. Count the number of FTP, email, databases, sub domains, parked and add-on domains they offer.

A dedicated server will give you special freedom with regard to web hosting as you don't have to worry for shared or limited resources of any server like you deal in shared hosting as in case of dedicated server you own the whole machine for your business website thus full server with its complete capacity works for you and your business website only.

If you have a dedicated server then you don't face any hassles involved in the case of sharing with other websites. You can even look for some money saving coupons on net. For the servers to be made available in their data centers, web hosts even offer data center space and internet connections.

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Thursday, December 4, 2008

Is it Rewarding to Work with Dreamweaver?

By Dirk den Besten

The rewards of using Adobe Dreamweaver over simple html coding from start are gigantic. Adobe Dreamweaver generates a lot of the coding for the user ready to us, which makes it extremely practical for beginners, for those who have no inspiration on what they want to make, but also for people who do know how to code html, they can always insert it to the written code a lot simpler.

You can switch between code view and the design view and Website Design Company can even have both in the same window to keep tabs on any changes that you have made. Also, when you save your site, you can view your page in a web browser just to see what it would look like on the internet. For this you do not have to be on the internet to view it, as you can view it without your computer being online.

If you do edit any code, there are tools on Dreamweaver that help to correct any mistakes in the syntax. There are so many great features in Dreamweaver that you would not get in ordinary html editors.

Adobe Dreamweaver has another fantastic tool which is the layout tool. This tool will assist you in placing you your navigation, menus, images, etc. Overall, Adobe Dreamweaver is worth learning if you are considering building your own web site, so why not start today and show others your capabilities.

The bigger part of qualified Web Designers wouldn't think of using Adobe Dreamweaver Dreamweaver's code view because it generates the complete code for you, and this results in code that is the best sufficient but bloated and over-complicated.

The best is to learn working with Dreamweaver and to get a good understanding of standards-compliant XHTML / CSS.

Adobe Dreamweaver is also very useful for the beginner in web design. Beginner designers might be slightly overwhelmed but they will find the layout view highly insightful. But also the somewhat advanced functions are amazing; Adobe Dreamweaver has tools that will able you to easily connect to a database and Adobe Dreamweaver also has a build in FTP client which can synchronize the remote files with your work folder.

You can't really compare Adobe Dreamweaver with any product. Dreamweaver can be put into a class of itself as a kind of application you use before you learn how to code properly. Drag & drop interfaces for coding just don't feel right for me - if you can't build the system yourself, then you don't know how it will actually behave when it goes live.

The benefits of using Dreamweaver over plain html coding from scratch are endless. Dreamweaver can be put into a class of itself as a kind of application you use before you learn how to code properly. There are so many great features that you would not get in ordinary html editors. Dreamweaver really outstands all other HTML editors.

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Web Design 101 for Businesses

By Dirk den Besten

Nowadays if you want to stay ahead of the completion you cannot lack in your web presence. A professional designed website can keep you ahead if the competition. It can make the customer aware of serving the client's needs.

The internet is here to stay and it is a medium that can't be forgotten. The internet is an information source used by more and more users to help them in the pre-buying decisions. But the Internet is more than an information source. The number of online buyers is just growing everyday and companies need to be organized for this flow of internet shoppers to stay ahead of the competition.

Professional Web sites should note the following key factors in the play a key role in attracting online clients: Site compatibility with multiple browsers, use of valid CSS codes and proper HTML codes. These factors will ensure that the prospective client does not leave a Website in a huff due to Webpage loading errors or prolonged loading times.

A Professional Web Design firm should be engaged when you decide to get a Website done for your organization. Your Website is the first component that makes an impression on Internet visitors and it is prudent to make the first impression the best impression.

It is absolutely necessary that a web design company understands the value of a professional looking website. A good first impression is only obtained if the web design company conforms to the key factors mentioned earlier.

You may be wanting an online presence or maybe seeking more business for your firm - whatever it be your objective, the success or failure of your endeavor is determined by the quality that your Website possesses.

For you as a business owner it is critical to find a professional web designer who can meet your business requirements. After all, you do not want to find out that your new designed Web site is sending potential clientele to the competition just because of a bad designed website.

Forrester Research has done research and discovered that a badly Designed Web site is likely to result in a loss of about 50% of repeat visitors because of the negative impression received initially.

You should look for Professional Web Designers for your online success. These Web Design companies make sure to have an extended discussion with their clients in order to get a good picture of their needs in terms of business objectives, aesthetic preferences and customer profiles. This is done even before any work is commenced on the technical side.

Do make sure that the web design company you've selected can provide additional services like Search Engine Marketing and quick support. Will it be easy for them to quickly implement changes to your website so that you are always up-to-date with future web developments? Expanding your online business is more than updating a few online pages; the web design company of your choice should realize this.

The whole objective of expending your online presence is to bring your site to the attention of online surfers. A professional website is essential and goes hand in hand with the marketing assistance of your Web site developer. If he is competent of providing that service you've got a winner and are you ready to tap into the huge potential of the internet.

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Sunday, November 30, 2008

The internet is full of websites offering various products, services and information. If you are planning to put up a website, it is important to do proper keyword research in order to find out what your potential customers, visitors or readers are looking for, so they may find your website quickly. WebComp Analyst does this for you.

WebComp Analyst is a keyword research tool that analyzes keywords that you want to investigate and returns to you very comprehensive data that will help you make an educated decision as to what keywords to optimize your website for.

WebComp Analyst shows you your competition for the keywords you want to target, and will reveal where they are getting their links. This powerful information is something you can use to build more quality links and defeat your competitors in the ranking game.

WebComp Analyst is available at only $67.

Saturday, November 29, 2008

The Hottest Trends in Web Designs

By Juan Hines

Are you a business owner that doesn't know anything about web design? You probably have a good idea of what you want to say to your customers, but when it comes to putting all of that information on the page in a way that is going to be easy for your customers, you fail. The reason is usually because it is your first or second try at designing a website and you just need a bit more practice. If you have a new business or if your website is on the verge of failing, here are some things that you might want to keep in mind.

The first step is to write down a blueprint for your website. Most people find that writing something down on paper makes it easier to follow and change than figuring out how it should look on the computer. Plus, when you have a hard copy of something, you can show it to others, ask them for advice and to proof it for any mistakes. It isn't essential that you put in every detail and every word of text in this mockup, just put in the basics of what will go where.

In the past, a lot of website design was to get your website to the top of the search rankings. Sure, it is still important to get your website to the top, but you are going to want to do it in a more subtle way. Before, there was a lot of keyword stuffing with a lot of nonsense and rubbish pages out there, and your website could be high up in the rankings, but no one would want to look at it. Now, getting your website SEO optimised is going to be done more stealthily, and it's going to end up being better for both you and your customers. Remember that web design isn't just about getting your website to the top of the search engines; it's also about it looking nice and being easy to use.

Finally, don't forget about your tags. If you don't know how to navigate HTML like a pro, you might want to ask a professional to do this step for you. Not forgetting to use page descriptions and meta tags as efficiently as possible and for each page is an absolute must.

Getting the best website design for your business is going to depend really on what you are selling. Keeping it clean, simple and easy for consumers to use is going to be your number one priority. If you want, a web design company can help you out and will probably give you some excellent advice, but most people should be able to do it themselves with little trial and error and a lot of hard work.

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Monday, November 24, 2008

Spyware, Things You Must Know

By Ricardo d Argence

Most people may not be aware that they have spyware on the computers and laptops. The spyware lurks in the background doing it deeds within the shadows of their computer's hard drives. The majority of people are unaware of the potential damage and measures you can take to protect yourself from spyware.

First, the article will define what spyware is. Second, it will explain how you can use it for yourself.

Computer programs that exist on your computer's hard drive are cald Spyware. They come in a variety of types and flavors. There are some spyware programs that will secretly stay in your hard drive, keeping track of every website that you visit, and taking notes.

When you visit a financial service website, some spyware watch and take note of your keystrokes. The spyware that sends your sensitve financial information such as your username and passwords to other parties across the internet is known as "keyloggers."

Most often, spyware is downloaded through the internet. The download can occur if a user click to some other software where spyware is attached and it will download to your hard drive. Other times, spyware can be downloaded by visiting websites. "Drive By's" are downloads that happen when a user simply visits a particular websites, without the permission of the user.

Spyware has an element of risk associated with it, even if some of them are harmless. Your financial livelihood can be compromised by spyware that monitors your keystrokes when you visit financial websites. Your banking information, your loan accounts, and your investments can all be accessed by these people if this happens. This could happen without you knowing about it or giving permission. Naturally, a situation like this could cause you a tremendous amount of distress and trouble.

There are additional kinds of spyware that can take control of your computer and give that access to other parties. Consequently, anonymous individuals could possibly get ahold of all the sensitive information contained on your hard drive.

Computers need protection from spyware. The most effective way to protect you and your computer is to research and use a program that is designated specifically to identity and get rid of such bus and viruses. Such programs include Search and Destroy software. Spyware creators are always becomming more savvy, so these kind of programs are helpful.

Some of the harmful spyware are disguised and stored in your hardware as if they are anti spyware programs. It is that item that causes the difficulty in identifing and removing them. Spybot and similar programs are updated on a regular basis. These updates contain the latest in spyware technology. This system will allow the program to easily acknowledge new spyware, and remove it from your computer.

If you have never scanned your system, there is a good chance that you have a spyware program lurking on your hard drive. It could be relatively benign, content to simply exist, or, it could be maliciously communicating your sensitive data to outside parties. Use a dedicated spyware removal program to get rid of these bugs before they cause any significant damage.

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3 Simple Ways For Buying And Selling Domain Names

By Dr. Kang-pang Chan

There are plenty of online businesses one can get involved in but many involve some risk and quite a bit of capital investment. But if you don't want the risk or don't have the capital to invest then you should consider buying and selling domain names. The cost of registering a good domain name is around $9.25 and to purchase them may only set you back a few cents. But by selecting the right ones within 30 days or less you could have made quite a substantial profit on them. Below we look at 3 simple ways to buy and sell domain names that could help you to make a profit from those you invest in.

1. Research Search Them Before Registering

If you choose to register a name that is poor then the chances of you being able to sell it in the future is greatly reduced. You may well find that you can sell it but often for the price that you paid for it and to register it only.

You should carry out as much research as you can into the domain names you are considering and keep the following factors in mind.

a. The domain name needs to be marketable so go for ones in specific niche markets. b. It has to be a name that people are going to easily remember. c. You need to use a generic one so it should be one that uses English words used every day and which are popular. d. It is important that these are free from infringement so there are no trademark violations against them. e. The words that you use should be short as again they will be easier for people to remember. f. Make sure that it is keyword or phrase rich as this will help it to rank higher in the search engines pages. g. Wherever possible purchase those that end in dot com but if not the go for those ending in .net, .org or .info.

2. Market Them Properly After They Are Registered

Each day there are thousands even millions of domain names being registered. It is crucial that you make sure the ones you are selling stand out from those of your competitors. The only way to do this is through marketing yours aggressively. It is going to cost but by placing your information in prime locations on auction sites and featured listings is the way to go. Through you creating awareness of your product you are creating the desire in others to purchase them from you.

3. Sell The Domain Name Following Its Appraisal

The best way of making sure that you get the best price possible for the domain names you are selling is to check out how much similar ones have sold for. If you don't have the time then use the services of an appraiser instead. They charge around $15 to $50 for this and you will then get a better more realistic idea of just how much you are likely to sell it for when you do.

Above we have looked at 3 simple ways to buy and sell domain names which in the future could ensure that you make some very wise investments. However, don't expect to start seeing returns immediately, it may take some time before you are able to market your product properly. But once you do you will begin to wonder why you didn't start buying and selling domain names online before.

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Promote Your Website To Increase Traffic

By Don Bethune

If you have recently constructed a website, it is important to promote it well and have a plan to make it succeed. It is pointless do have a developed website that virtually nobody knows about. Look into the good sources and techniques that will promote your site to increase traffic to it.

Good advertising does not have to cost a lot of money especially if you are someone who knows a little bit about websites. During construction of your website it is necessary to include Meta tags on the header of the HTML that you are using. This way if your site sells a product, when people search for that product they will be able to get good results.

Meta tags will provide more people to get your site as a result when they do searches in major search engines. In order to know what people are searching for it is good to look in the trends section of the search engines. This way you will have a good idea of Meta tags that will be effective for your website.

The rapid expansion of online videos is another good tool to use to make your site known. By using one of the many available free video websites, you can upload an instructional video, testimonials, or other relevant information and incorporate them into your website also. Using a lot of links between your website and these videos can draw in a lot of traffic.

RSS feeds are also beneficial to keep thing up to date and relevant on your site. This way of promoting is a fairly new technology and is sure to bring business. It simply allows current clients and visitors to keep up with current news on your site and will draw in more traffic to see your products.

Another beneficial program to use is those that are pay per click. This will also bring in traffic to your site because they are easy to use and join. This allows you to create more links with other websites that are bringing in a lot of traffic, in hopes that you can draw traffic from each other. This will also provide an alternative and beneficial source income.

While these suggestions are great, you might find yourself asking, how do I get website traffic that is targeted to my business? That has an easy answer. Online bartering networks are a great resource to find and share ideas with other business owners. If you are in widget sales, and you find a partner who sells widget accessories, creating a strategic alliance can help you pool together two sets of customers that you can prompt to by with your sister company. Pooling from their customer base, and lead base can mean a lot more traffic for you.

The answers for how to get website traffic might seem easy, but promotion does take a lot of hard work. Being dedicated and treating the promotion of your business just as seriously as you treat your business itself is extremely important to the success of driving traffic to your website. Using these tools and some ingenuity, you will be a widget millionaire in no time.

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Saturday, November 22, 2008

Getting a Web Design that Gets Great Results

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A lot of web site owners are looking for a web design that is going to get them a lot of traffic. However, having a lot of traffic does not necessarily mean that you are going to get results and close the sale. Web design is a really complicated topic because there are so many different opinions and so many different companies that are willing to help you out, but are going to recommend doing totally different things to improve your site. Here are some things you should look for if you want to get your website designed so that it is going to get results, not just a lot of traffic.

The first thing you want to ask yourself is what results you want and write down the answer. Some web owners are just going to want to increase traffic, but other results that you might want to have are getting people interested in your product, getting them to buy your product, getting the word out about a service that you offer or just making money through advertisements on your site. If you know what you are after, you are going to be able to tailor your web design for that and you are going to have better (and faster) results.

Next, you are going to want to talk to a web designer. Only those who are sure that they know how best to design websites are going to want to do the web design themselves. A professional is going to be able to get a clean layout and edit the copy so that it gets picked up by the search engine bots and ranked higher in the results. Also, don't forget about search engine optimization at this point when designing your web site.

The third thing to do in getting a result oriented website is to keep it clean and simple. By keeping everything as simple and as orderly as possible, you are going to be able to change your website often. A website that changes often is going to look like it is active to the search engine bots, which means that it's not just going to look like an abandoned website and go down in the search rankings over time.

The final thing you want to do is to make sure that you track your results. If you are after results and you change your existing website, you should be able to see the results within a couple of months. If you don't see the results, make sure that you go and do some more changes and keep tweaking your website until it's perfect. Eventually you will get there.

When you are planning how your website should be, remember that you should plan it to get results, not just people to click on it. Sure, web traffic is important, but if the majority of surfers only stay for a couple of seconds, it isn't going to matter too much that you have a lot of them coming. By focusing on results, you are going to boost your profits and allow your business to grow.

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Web Design And How It Is Used To Create Successful Websites

By Chris Channing

Many people own websites nowadays. Many of these sites are just personal sites that do not need major improvements to keep up with the big dogs. For everyone else that owns a website that competes against others, you may find that you need to keep on edge with the many new features and services the web provides. Anyone that understands the dynamics of great web design will agree, that upgrading is inevitable.

Web design is a constantly evolving set of options that make a website successful. The aesthetics of a website can be designed by a web designer. Many other web designers focus on the functioning of the website's many links and how well everything works within the site. Not everyone will use the same browser or operating system and some web designers specialize in broadening the spectrum of the people you can reach.

Many websites have special elements added to them. These can be media in the form of flash, video or image data and special scripts to make the website work in order. These elements take time to develop and are generally not made by a single person. Many websites tend to copy others in an effort to look like they offer the same or better services.

Some requirements for some websites in terms of resources may be very intense. A lot of companies even upgrade their servers or choose a different hosting solution to get what they need out of their web design elements. Even if you used media and other elements hosted on other sites, your website has to be optimized so that the end user can use the elements easily.

Web designers love to make sites that will have renewing content. Visitors to your site may want to see something new each time they sign on and many users will check your site frequently. If you just need a plain static site to display your company history and whatnot, you may not need to focus too much on content. Websites that offer content that renews should be optimized to allow for easy updates for that content.

Many coding languages are evolving to include more features and have more complex functions. Sometimes a website will need an entire overhaul to keep up with the newer systems. Many web designers will be able to transition between these types of setbacks quite easily.

Closing Comments

Web design contains many special elements that can make any website successful. You really need to find out what type of site you want before you build it, otherwise it may be hard to use and become less popular.

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Friday, November 21, 2008

Web Hosting and Membership Sites

By Lin VanFleet

Starting a membership site is impossible if you do not have a hosting company that offers you the right tools to run your web site. At minimum the hosting company should allow you the ability to create forms, set up an ecommerce site, community development tools, recurring billing modules and access level controls. But that's not all you will need to build and run a successful membership web site.

While browsing through the prospective hosting company's site, look for a few additional necessary tools such as MySQL, PERL, CGI, SSI, CRON, Curl, FrontPage, PHP scripting tools, Python, GD and ImageMagik, which allows you to create streaming videos and music.

Everyone needs email - and especially membership sites. You will need one for the admin, support, information, etc. So don't overlook your email needs. Your hosting package should also come with auto responders, mailing lists, mail forwarding, web mail, Spam control, POP3, IMAP, and SMTP.

Does the hosting company provide you with a control panel? These control panels (often referred to as cpanels) usually offer you many tools and features such as hotlink protection, Fantastico, management of Search Engine submittals, and error pages. If Fantastico is provided you have at your fingertips access to instant blogging software, portals, PHP, Nuke, Instant Chat, Forums, counters, FTP, and so on.

Membership sites are private, so you simply must have password protection for your folders. Check to see if the hosting company's cpanel package has password protection; additionally, you will want .htaccess privileges.

The ability to track your website's statistics is very important Tracking statistics often include raw log or other access such as Awstats. Error logs and analogs are provided as well.

If your goal is to run a successful membership website, you really should consider purchasing the plan that offers ecommerce features, as well as Shared or Private SSL (this affords the consumer protection), Shopping Carts, Joomla, Mambo and other free membership scripts that are usually available if you have the Fantastico feature.

In addition to the basic tools listed above, you will also need to consider a few marketing tools for your site once you get setup. These will vary depending on they type of site you are building. In fact, there will be things you will need, but you won't even know what they are until you run into a problem or two. Just head on over to the search engine and start searching.

Whatever you do, don't give up your dream of owning a membership site. With the tips in this article you know how to find a good webhosting company. The time for hesitation is over. Just build it.

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Thursday, November 20, 2008

Dedicated Hosting for Beginners

By Amy Nutt

Dedicated hosting is different from shared hosting in that it resides on a server by itself. Shared hosting means that several websites are sharing the same server, but when there is a problem with that single server, all of the websites residing on that server will fall victim to that problem. That is why more and more people are turning to dedicated hosting.

A business can purchase their own dedicated server or they can lease it. There are other options available for those who choose a dedicated server and that is to have their hosting managed. That is why dedicated hosting is frequently referred to as managed hosting. Nevertheless, dedicated hosting is more flexible than shared hosting.

Return on investment

In many ways, dedicated hosting can result in a larger return on investment. This is due to the fact that there is very little overhead involved. If a company were to have their dedicated hosting in-house, they may be facing some pretty steep costs. However, employing the hosting company to take care of all of the administrative responsibilities can prove to be quite profitable.

For those who may not have the IT staff or be able to afford a staff to take care of the server, having the hosting company take care of technical issues and routine maintenance is going to be something you might find quite handy. Basically, that allows you to concentrate on those things that are important within your business. Not that your hosting isn't important, because it is. It's just that your hosting won't do you any good if you don't do the marketing activities that are needed to draw people to your business. It also won?t do you any good if you get a reputation for not being able to handle consumer needs because you?re too busy concentrating on your hosting.

A must for your business

So if you're not too sure about what to do as far as your Internet presence goes, dedicated hosting is a good place to start. You can get all of the assistance that you need to ensure that everything goes smoothly. This means that you don't have to have technical expertise about data centers and you don?t have to have knowledge of a lot of the technical turns. Your hosting company will explain things to you in ways that you can understand so that you know what it is you're getting. They will also not do anything drastic unless they let you know what it is they are doing, so you don't have to worry about some sort of unauthorized action being carried out.

If you're not on the Internet yet because you are not sure what it is you need to do, this is a great place to start. Once you figure out your hosting options, you can then work on getting a website built for your business. Many businesses find that they profit more on the Internet because they can reach a global audience. Reaching a global audience means global sales, if it is possible for your business. You'll notice a considerable difference in the amount of revenue that you bring in. What's great is that dedicated hosting does that for you.

So don't worry if you're a beginner or you know nothing about the world of Internet because you'll definitely catch on. You'll be able to learn as you go as someone else does the work. All you have to do is find a reliable company. Look at Internet reviews, talk to other businesses, and check out what businesses similar to you are using. Compare price plans and options. By doing this, you'll find the best dedicated hosting plan for you.

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Blogging Basics

By Blog Coach

Beginning to learn about blogging largely consists of learning the terminology used by bloggers. You'll need to understand these terms: blog, platform, domain and web host. Once you understand these essentials of blogging, you'll be able to talk about blogging as if you've done it for years. Once you know exactly what a blog is and how it works, you'll be ready to pass your blogging 101 exam with flying colors.

Blog is a short form of the word weblog. A blog consists of a series of posts which are organized by date. A blog is something like an online diary, but of course your blog can be about anything you like. While the majority of blogs are only text, you can see a lot of video and photo blogs out there as well. You'll need to know a bit about the technical aspects of setting up your blog to get started.

First, let's address platform. Your platform is a piece of software which lets you write your posts and upload them to your blog. Platforms will also include design tools to customize the look of your blog.

Next are web hosts. A web host is the server which your blog resides on; think of it as a file cabinet. Your computer will talk to the host every time you edit a post or upload new content to your blog.

The last term is domain; this is simply the website address of your blog, which usually ends in .com.

Now that you've learned these three important terms which all bloggers need to become familiar with, congratulate yourself- you have completed blogging 101.

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