Saturday, January 31, 2009

Ten Tips to Optimize Your Website Video Content

By Marcus Richard

We all have seen the research that has been pouring out all over the internet with regard to the growing popularity of online video content. Internet users are consuming online video content at a rate greater than previously predicted. And, consumers all over are learning to produce and share online video content. Video can often be a more effective means for a producer to get a message across than typical offline or online content. In order to take advantage of the opportunity that exists today with regard to online video, one must learn the tips and techniques that can be used to allow for greater discoverability of online content - this is called Video SEO or video search engine optimization.

1) In order to have your video more easily discovered, one very popular technique is to submit a text transcript along with your video for users and for the search engines to understand and index your video more easily. Use a keyword rich title for the transcript and be sure to include an introduction or summary that describes the video content in text form.

2) Keep in mind that when users search for videos on search engines, often time they use the word "video" in their search. For example, "car racing video." Therefore, in addition to the keywords that you are targeting, also be sure to include the word "video" or "videos" in your description, text, title, meta data, etc...

3) Off-page SEO, or, the techniques that one uses outside of the actual coding of the site itself (links, etc...), is just as effective for online video content as it is with any other webpage. Therefore, do your best to develop inbound links to your videos with the keywords that you are targeting in the anchor text of those links.

4) Create a video sitemap exclusively for your online video content so that engines can find all of your videos and understand the structure of your site more easily. This helps the web crawlers to locate your video files speedily and effortlessly.

5) When hosting video content on your own, keep in mind that flash is next to impossible for search engines to read and understand. Try to work with a format that is not flash. However, the simplest way to enable video on your site is via the popular flash players. That being said, do your best to take advantage of the other tips for SEO so that search engines can easily understand what it is your video is about.

6) Create search engine friendly keyword URLs for your video pages. To do this, you can use mod-rewrite function or htaccess file so that the URLs are freely assessable and readable by the search engines.

7) Various video search engines use to capture thumbnails of your in different manner. Some of them take the first frame of your video, while others try to take from the middle or end. It is better to experiment with each site individually to make sure they are displaying the right thumbnail for your video. A video thumbnail is always crucial when it comes to decide for a viewer which video to watch.

8) If you are hosting videos on your own site, use the sitemap that we mentioned earlier and keep your videos all in the same directory folder so that search engines can more easily locate all the videos you are publishing.

Beside the above mentioned points there are few more points relevant for the optimization:

9) Always make sure viewers are searching for your targeted keywords regularly. If not, try to find the closest related keywords being searched.

10) Viewers who offer feedback are most likely to take the desired action on your video. This could be a good opportunity for you to submit fresh content, if the most popular videos were included months ago, it really helps.

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Friday, January 30, 2009

One of the Most Powerful Home Based Businesses is GDI

By skysuccess

On the Internet your address is your domain name. This is the part of an Internet address that comes after the www. Before you can start up a any business, customers need to be able to find you. The tremendous growth of the Internet has dot com domain names selling like hotcakes.

There are more than 20 million dot com domains, and over 34 million total domains registered worldwide. Industry experts forecast that more than 500 million domains will be registered in the next ten years. Reliable sources from companies like Intel are predicting that every personal computer in the future will have its own domain name. WS domains work exactly the same as a .com domain

GDI is one of the most powerful home based businesses available today. Can you imagine building an explosive organization that spans the entire globe? Click here to see the GDI Opportunity and sign up for the free seven day trial.

Would you like to learn how to succeed with methods that are effective, easily teachable and easily learnable. Even if you don't like to leave your home office, GDI has a method that will work for you.

Your own website that you can design yourself. A personalized address on the world wide web and up to 10 custom email accounts. URL forwarding, Site Hosting, email addresses and much more. Wow! Click here to visit my Lens on squidoo.

GDI sells itself. It is easy, simple and profitable. There is no inventory to buy. No selling involved. Age is no barrier. Part time work, full time pay.

If you're sick you get paid, if it's a holiday you get paid, if it's raining you get paid! Full time income working just part time from home. Sound like something you might be looking for?

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10 Of The Best eBook Design Tips Every Designer Should Know!

By Kieren Moran

If you are looking to increase the number of conversions that you can garner in the sales of your eBooks, then there are a number of eBook design elements that you need to be sure to implement. Your eBook cover design is one of the most important elements of your eBook, because not only does it indicate to potential readers what your book is all about, but it also gives them an indication of how professional your eBook really is.

Good eBook design also needs to occur within your eBook, because your eBook should be easy to read and professional in all ways.

Effective eBook Cover Design

Three core values that your ebook cover design should present include a high degree of professionalism, enhancement in the viewer's level of perceived value, and an artistic and presentable appearance.

To keep the ebook design visually enticing, you should make sure that the font style and sizes of text used in it are very clear and easy to read, even when the ebook cover design has been downsized. You'll also need to search out appropriate images which you can use in conjunction with the concept of the ebook design. If you're the ebook creator, you should also make sure that the final ebook design does not look too cluttered in appearance. It is not advisable to race into creating your ebook cover design without first considering these vital design points.

Readers will be much more inclined to trust your ebook content when you have used a visually attractive and authoritative ebook cover design. If they believe this about your ebook, and the information inside is written well, you will certainly attract many more sales and conversions for the product indefinitely.

eBook Design

The inside eBook design on the other hand has a different set of requirements. You should include images in your eBook design, but they should be proportionate to the written content rather than overwhelming it.

You should only choose a couple of primary colors in terms of fonts, because readability is extremely important when creating an eBook design that promotes better conversion rates.

To save you ebook reader from the trouble of scanning for pages and sections manually, it is recommended that you make your table of contents clickable and easy to navigate with related page numbers displayed clearly.

Your ebook design should be viewed both in printed format AND on the computer screen to ensure that it is very easy to read in each case. Many people don't like to read a whole ebook from their computer screen, so you need to make sure that the font colors, styles and sizes are all suitable for whatever method of reading you customers choose.

While images shouldn't be placed on every page of your ebook layout, you should try to have only around 300 words per page which will allow for assorted images and chapter titles to be placed wherever necessary.

If you have any ebook layout concerns when creating your next ebook design it is often good practice to see what a part of it looks like when printed out. Seeing the design on paper will give you a new perspective and help you to make any needed improvements.

Having a well designed ebook will often help you attract higher conversion rates and sales online. If it is easy to tell that you have put much time and energy into your ebook then your customers will appreciate your efforts... leading to them telling others about your attractive and helpful ebook.

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Thursday, January 29, 2009

To Drive Traffic To Your Website, Using The Power Of The Blog

By Don Bethune

The power of the Internet their thoughts, passions and to effectively run the business for a forum to express to the people of the world has given. This, however, is not sufficient just a website and hope that people will read it is to start. If you make it to the context of pop culture, "in contrast, they" do not come without a reason!

People need to have the interest or incentive to visit a Web site. If you are running a business, you can attract people to your Web site, through the special treatment of products and advertising, magazines, television, radio or any other site. If your site is only a reference to the role of the non-profit-making or otherwise, you can use similar means to attract traffic or alternative measures.

One alternative measures to attract more Web site traffic is through the use of blog. Blog page, people can post ideas, books and any other relevant themes; the blog itself is usually around a specific theme. An example of this is on-line procurement of medicines, here, you may hear a "Committee to increase the flow of Internet pharmacy sites."

Driving more website traffic is a key strategy in the 21st century, especially for businesses operating online. It is important to not only lure the average web surfer to your website but also the apower usersa, those who operate blogs or their own websites and can bring more website traffic for you. This concept is similar to the ayou tell 10 friends and they tell 10 friends and etceterasa approach of word-of-mouth advertising.

Depending on the nature of the site you are operating you can bring either a mixture of children and adults to your site or strictly adults, where in the latter case you would be focusing on increasing adult website traffic for businesses such as alcohol, dating services and others.

There is also a way to increase the use of the blog as the number of visitors to your site. Visit a number of related blog for your Web site and put up you will be provided by each of the final drive traffic. Do you think you will not be 100 percent all the support you have to put up the Blog, it can cover a better chance to increase your visitors.

Blog is another way to release the contents of a short pulse of the target audience. If you have linked to the blog, or unique, unique audience of more than blog, you can easily copy / paste the same information a number of blog to capture a wider range of people. In the "short" the blog concept is important because studies show that covers the attention of the modern human becoming shorter and shorter.

Finally, it is important to note that no one, only the use of blog will not be enough to ensure that the largest Web site traffic. It is a very good low-cost solutions in order to attract more site traffic, however, its use should be combined with other technologies give people to your site. A multi-level approach, including advertising, printing or other non-blog sites will lead to a higher chance of success in the increasingly busy traffic.

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Looking for a Photoshop Teacher?

By David Peters

The spot healing brush made its debut in Photoshop Elements 3, but now an enhanced version of it is available in Photoshop CS2. The spot healing tool is different from the existing patch and healing tools in that it does not require you to make a selection or define a source point before using it.

CROPPING. Select the "Crop" tool icon from your Tools bar, then drag it downward diagonally from the upper left corner to the bottom right corner. Release the mouse and then use it to manipulate the image size with the crop "handles." Hit "Enter" or "Return." RESIZING. Go to "Image" in your top menu, then choose "Image Size." Enter the dimensions you need and hit OK. (You can radically change the outer shape of the image by unclicking "Constrain Proportions" at the bottom of the page and entering different dimensions, then clicking OK.)

Strike a balance The Gradient Editor automatically places a midpoint between each colour stop to create a smooth linear blend between colors. You can tweak the effect of this blend by moving the midpoint to offset the mix between the colors. Using this technique you can create tight, dramatic blends between colors instead of gradual ones. The opacity stops run along the top of the preview bar. A black opacity stop indicates 100% solid, a white opacity stop indicates that that part of the gradient is 100% transparent and grey stops indicate values in between.

Layer Management: Who needs to click icons or pull down menus when layer control is just a shortcut away? - Show/hide Layers palette.........Press [F7] - New Layer........................[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[N] - New Layer (from copy of selected layer)...........................[Ctrl]+[J] - New Layer (cutting selection from existing layer)...........................[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[J] - Group with previous layer........[Ctrl]+[G] - Ungroup from previous layer......[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[G] - Merge Down.......................[Control]+[E] - Merge Visible Layers.............[Shift]+[Control]+[E] - To hide non-selected layers......Press [Alt] and click on the layer's show/hide Eye icon. - To cycle between layers..........[Alt]+[ [ ]&[Alt]+[ ] ] - To bring a layer in the layers palette forward.........[Ctrl]+[ [] - To send a layer back.............[Ctrl]+[ ]m - To jump from the top to the bottom layer in the Layers palette..........................[Alt]+[Shift]+[ [ ] - To bring a layer to the top from any location......................[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[ ] ]

To experiment with advanced Photoshop layering, you'll need something to work on. So first bring up a photo inside Photoshop, then create another layer with something on it. On the bottom of your Layer Style box, you will find the "Blend If" settings. Choose either gray, red, green or blue inside the drop-down Blend If menu, then use your slider bars to control the opacity of the layer you highlighted or the layer underneath. Dragging the "white" slider left will diminish the whites or highlights, and the layer underneath will show through. You will quickly see how blending each color affects the image. You can use this versatile feature, for example, to replace a washed-out sky with a nice blue sky, blending the transparency to a gnat's eyebrow.

Hoping to get a jump on Google and other competitors, Adobe Systems plans to release a hosted version of its popular Photoshop image-editing application within six months, the company's chief executive said Tuesday. The online service is part of a larger move to introduce ad-supported online services to complement its existing products and broaden the company reach into the consumer market, Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen told CNET News.com. Chizen said Adobe laid the foundation for a hosted Photoshop product with Adobe Remix, a Web-based video-editing tool it offers through the PhotoBucket media-sharing site.

Your "Color Balance" and "Channel Mixer" are also valuable tools for transforming colors in an image. Find them both by clicking Image, then Adjustments. Inside your Photoshop Tool Box are all the icons you need to polish up an image to perfection. (If you don't see your Tool Box, click "Window" and select "Tools.") Almost every tool provides other hidden options, which become visible upon right-clicking. If you hover over the tool icons a message appears describing their function. Midway down on the right-hand column is the Dodge-Burn-Sponge tool. Try opening the "Sponge" function (you will probably have to right-click to find it). Under your top menu, you'll see the sponge icon appear, with various options. Click on the pull-down Mode menu and choose "Saturate.

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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Free Advertising for clickbank Affiliates

By Brent Sweet

Did you know that if you can submit enough articles you can make a great income with clickbank for next to nothing in advertising costs?

I like to use Article Marketing for Clickbank products because:

You get a whole page to write and convince people to go to the landing page as opposed to 3 lines tops at Google Adwords.

For manual article submission the cost for advertising is zero.

People actually read them, and if you write a good article you can draw a bunch of traffic.

People click through because you build trust with them, and then they buy your product.

You can use articles to build up your search engine rankings at the same time you promote products if you have a website.

If you want to be a serious affiliate then you need a good strategy. I will share mine. I write an article about a new affiliate program every day. Then I submit it with a service to over 7000 directories.

This will give you a diversified portfolio of products to sell and if your articles are good and you convert, several advertisements out there to bring you revenue all for a cost of next to nothing.

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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Basics of Website Hosting

By Anand Maheshwari

In today's times, a trustworthy website hosting service has become a very important criterion of an online business. That is why, as a Webmaster, you should know all the important features of a website hosting service provider before selecting one:

Disk space: One of the most pivotal concerns that any Webmaster always has is the disk space. It makes sense because larger the disk space, you can definitely have more information in your website. With a space of only 20 MB, you can only have text in your site. But to make the web site more entertaining, and to add graphics and animation, more disk space is required. One should make sure that he is promised a disk space of at least 1GB which equals 1024 MBs to have a desirable website.

Bandwidth is also another important factor that that can have an impact on the online presence in the long run. It determines the data transfer or downloads that your website can allow to its visitors. Usually all web hosting service providers supply a monthly supply of bandwidth to their users. Ask for a bandwidth of more than 5GB if you want to have an enormous amount of visitors on your site.

File transfer protocol is another facility that can be extremely useful when you want to upload your website to the host's computer. With unlimited FTP, it would of quite convenience to you upload your website easily.

Technical support, offered 24/7 is a must if you want your website to be continuously present on the net. It can be quite hassling if you are not able to avail any troubleshooting help, in a case if a server crashes down. In a situation, without any help, you would be losing all the important prospective customers.

One should always have a record of the site statistics so that there is a continuous track of how any people is constantly surfing your site. These numbers merely give you an idea of how well your site is faring and an idea of the efforts that have to be put in further.

Provision of email addresses is also important for the success of a site. Always look for a service provider that is able to provide you with the maximum number of multiple email addresses. In my opinion, all the above-mentioned features can guarantee that your site scores well with the users. There can also be more important addons like use of the right scripting languages like (PHP, PERL, CGI, SSI) to go well with your site.

In the end, reliability of the service provider is a very crucial determinant that ensures the success of your site. All that needs for a high traffic is a site that is present all the time and behind it a web host that keeps it running ad infinitum. A site that has a high uptime has higher chances of winning customers. Always look at the uptime guarantees of website service providers, that should not be less than 99.9%, before picking up one.

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Monday, January 26, 2009

How to make your pagerank spike in 60 days

By Brent Sweet

I have written a specific blue print on how you can get your website to at least a pagerank of 2 within 60 days. You read it right, you can move from a PR 0 to PR 2 in less time than all the guru's say it can be done. I am living proof, my site was brand new at the end of November and I am a PR 2 on January 11.

Step 1 - Start as soon as possible, if your site is not complete, it does not matter, you want to start promoting now so you have the traffic when the site is complete.

Step 2 - You have to give people a reason to visit your site. Write ten articles that describe what your site will do, what your product does, things about your industry, etc. Once you get 10 articles, rewrite them each 2 more times and make them different.

Step 3 " Subscribe to a service that will submit unique articles to all of the directories that they can. This will build one way links to your site.

Step 4 " Submit the 3 versions of each of the ten articles to the site. Let the submission service take care of the submission.

Step 5 " Repeat this process about every 3 weeks to keep thousands of articles about your website being released each day.

Step 6 - Keep an eye on your rankings in the search engine results. You should begin to move through them fast. You can also watch a site called URLFAN. This site tells you how often your website is talked about.

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Why Your Website Stinks

By Matthew Henage

Here is a list of possible reasons why your website stinks.

No Planning

The most common reason for not planning is to save time. Not planning your website when you start creating it is like having someone build a home without any blueprints. Without blueprints or a website plan, you'll end up with results that stink. The best reason to plan out your website before having it built is to save time and money.

Your Budget Wasn't Well Rounded

If you didn't budget out your website, you've made an awful mistake. It is better to scrimp a little on your web design so that you actually have resources to get targeted traffic to your site. If your budget is small, start small but keep it well rounded build some sales and build up each portion evenly. You need to budget for web design, content, web development, SEO, Internet marketing and public relations.

Your Website only works with FireFox

Did you know that your web design might look different than the browser your using right now? Well it might, and if didn't know this you might be losing traffic as your reading this. Always check your design in different browsers, epecially Internet Explorer, FireFox and Safari.

Your Lacking a Singular Voice or Direction

You thought you could create a site with no thought to what you wanted to accomplish with it. As the cat from "Alice in Wonderland" said to Alice when deciding which road to take, If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there." If you have no end destination, it means your website has no purpose; so congratulations, you've wasted your money. One of the most lucrative steps you can take in creating a website is to determine the prime purpose of your website and gear every effort towards accomplishing this goal.

Your Website is Worthless

When it comes to pleasing web site visitors and search engines, there is one thing in common: content. But the value of your content is what makes your visitors stick around. The best way to get a visitor to stick around is to give them what they want. To do this, you must know who your customers are and what they want. Fail to know your customer, and it just becomes that much harder to provide value to them.

You Make Your Targeted Traffic Impatient

Either you chose a poor hosting service, have terrible programming for your backend or decided to do your website with media intensive flash; so it's slower than snails and you are losing your audience. Making your audience stand in line so you can pitch your business ideas to them is a poor start. If you must use the search engine enemy Flash, make sure it loads quickly or you'll lose your audience's attention and interest.

Your Web Design Needs Direction

Form follows function, and if your website is for your business the function of your website is to make more money. If you focussed on how good your design looks, over a design that persuades your visitors to make a profitable action your running a risk. Your web design should tell a story about your company. But first you need to create a story that influences your audiences to do what you want them to, and then you need to tell that story through your web design.

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The Better Alternative to Article Submitter Pro

By Brent Sweet

Article Submitter Pro submits to 150 directories and Ezines with a bunch of email subscribers which do nothing for SEO. Article Submission Express submits to 7000 directories and ezines which help your SEO.

Article Submitter Pro allows you to create and modify your article just like you can do in Microsoft Word. Article submission express does the exact same thing, and if you want to do it in a seperate application and then upload it to Article Submission Express then you can do that as well.

If you want to submit a bunch of duplicate content, you can pull an article right off your website with Article Submitter Pro. I supposed you could do that with Article Submission Express, also, but it won't help your site because the search engines won't count the duplicate articles.

Article Submission Pro is not big and bad because you can have unlimited bio boxes. The fact is Article Submission Express allows the same thing, and they take it a step further. They submit random resource boxes so that the search engines don't think it is the same article, because it is not.

Article Submitter pro will store your login information to 150 article websites, and log you in automatically. Article Submission Express doesn't even need you to have a login to article directories, let alone store it.

Each article directory you want to submit to has to be selected with Article Submitter Pro. With Article Submission Express they select the directories based on your articles keywords so you don't need to tell it where to submit.

You can actually watch real time while Article Submitter Pro takes up memory on your system browing from directory to directory submitting articles. You can submit an article once with Article Submission Express and you don't have to run anything on your computer, or watch anything work.

You can stop yourself from submitting duplicate articles with Article Submitter Pro's spam filter. Article Submission Express will just not send duplicate articles to the same directory, nor will it send duplicate articles to different directories.

Article Submitter Pro makes you register at each of the 150 directories and confirm registrations. Article Submission Express registers you automatically and you never receive emails from directories.

Article Submitter Pro will submit the exact same article over and over again to 150 directories. Google will count 1 of them and disregard the rest as duplicate content. Article Submission Express, on the other hand, will submit a unique article to up to 7000 directories for you.

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Secret Exit Grabber to Funnel Your Exit Traffic For Profits

By Henry Zeng

If you have a deep look at your site traffic stats, you may have noticed a shocking truth about your site visitors. Yes, you're right, most of your visitors weren't even reading your web pages!

The fact: 75% of the visitors spend 10 seconds or less on web pages on average.

Anyway, even if your visitors decide to move on without buying any products, they are still valuable as potential customers, to you or to someone else.

I see exit traffic as a way for you to offer your surfers something else that they might be interested in, if they did not find what they were looking for in the first place, and it is a way for additional site income.

Many marketers just redirect their exit traffic to another site or a affiliate link by popping up a small browser window, which allows them to get another chance to monetizing the visitor before he is out of control.

You've probably seen them before, but there really aren't much of them any more because most people think they were simply too annoying. All kinds of software is available nowadays with a feature which automatically detects any kinds of popups and blocks them before you see them.

But a FREE software called Psychic Pops perfectly deals with this problem:

http://PsychicPops.info/

After I made some small changes on one of my sites using this smart software I found the result was shocking! I got 412 new subscribers to my list and quite a few sales with no extra effort on my part!

Psychic Pops is a really smart desktop software that can grab your visitors back when they try to leave your web site.

When it detected that they are thinking about leaving this page, it displays a unblockable pop-up hover to show a message of your choice to remind them "Don't leave to fast!"

You can have them join your list, fill out an exit survey or simply direct them to another site.

Now I just made this software available for everyone to download here (some websites even charge 80 bucks for similar software), and it also comes with a master resell right that anybody can sell it for 100% the profit:

P.S You have a chance to get the much advanced version plus a few bonus for $14 only at the one-time-offer there.

And I'm also offering instant affiliate commissions to your Paypal account to make you recoup your investment as quickly as possible. Give it a look.

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Saturday, January 24, 2009

Website Design Principles

By Kevin Kielty

Most people begin their website project with a search for a professional web designer or web developer and don\'t even realize that there is a difference between the two. However, they are very different types of people and they both come to your project with their own points of view. Deciding what type of site you need will be the first step in determining what type of person you need for the project.

The Type of Website you Need: Static or Dynamic

The first place to begin when choosing who to build your site, is to decide whether you are going to need a static or a dynamic website. A static website is sometimes called a \"brochure website\". On a static site, once all the information has been uploaded to the server, it stays the same. It only changes when a webmaster goes out to the site and makes updates. Therefore, all users see the same thing. It\'s much like handing out a traditional business brochure. All of your customers see the same thing until you have your brochure redone.

With a dynamic website, what the user sees will change, based on their input and thus is a more complicated and costly type of website. A dynamic website requires advanced programming to operate correctly. The programs must execute different results, based on what the user requests. A \"search\" feature is one dynamic element contained on most websites. Any ecommerce site is an example of a dynamic website.

Form - The Web Designer

The web designer\'s job is to focus on the layout and look of a website. They choose the color scheme and make decisions on how the text and graphics are displayed. They are concerned with the impression the site gives the visitor and how the visitor will navigate around the site. They are usually skilled in Photoshop and other graphic software. Many web designers begin their careers as graphic artists and are skilled at getting the site to have the \"look and feel\" that you want. They create your image on the Internet. Web designers usually have the skills needed to create static websites on their own.

Function - The Web Developer

Web developers, on the other hand are programmers. They usually handle more complicated sites and know various scripting languages. Their focus is on the interactive features of a site such as the shopping cart for an ecommerce site or a survey form or an order form. You will need the services of a web developer for a dynamic website. Which to Choose

Knowing what kind of site you need in the beginning is important because if you hire a web designer to build your website and you did not factor into the requirements that you were going to need, for example, an advanced multiage form, you will end up with a very nice looking website that does nothing for you. If you go the other way and have a web developer build your site, you could wind up with a very functional site that looks terrible. Design is always going to be secondary to a developer. If you need a dynamic website and the person you\'re considering is more of a designer, the project can still be successful. Just be sure to have them show you some websites with some dynamic functionality that they have built to make sure that can handle your job.

If the person you are considering is more of a developer, check their portfolio and make sure that they have the resources to partner with designers to produce a high quality website.

If you\'re still not sure which way to go, web designer or web developer, you would be better off leaning towards the web designer because the designer deals with that all-important first impression. Most Internet users decide within the first 3 seconds, whether or not they are going to stay on a site. Your project will be successful with a web designer as long as they have good web development resources as their disposal.

Usability - Where Form and Function Meet

Usability refers to how quickly and easily users can accomplish what they want to do, on your site. If your site is difficult or frustrating, they will quickly leave. You need your website to achieve your business objectives and if it\'s not, then it is not a design problem, it is not a development problem, it is a usability problem. Usability is the common thread that binds form and function together. .

When considering who to hire to build your website, a web designer or a web developer, be aware that they both have their strengths and limitations. A web designer will give you the right colors and the right look for your site and they understand what people respond to. The developer will give you the interactive elements for your site such as a shopping cart, a sign-up form or other dynamic functionality. However, design and development must work together to get your customer to buy your product or to contact you about your services.

If your site is visually appealing, allows the user to quickly and easily do business with you, then you have hit on the perfect marriage of form and function to produce a site that excels in usability, which translates into success!

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Friday, January 23, 2009

LJ James talks about The FX Show "Sons Of Anarchy"

By LJ James

I have just finished reviewing the 2nd episode of the new FX show "Son's of Anarchy". I have been a fan of the FX Show "The Shield" for years and I have to say, I have enjoyed "Sons of Anarchy" so far. The show has great bikes and lots of action!

As a Member of an Outlaw Motorcycle Club, I have already seen many mistakes in the show. One thing that's really surprising to me is how people have reacted to the show and me personally. People who know I'm a member of a Motorcycle Club are asking me, "You guys aren't like that, are you?" Some of these people have known me for years! Now after a couple of episodes of "Sons of Anarchy" their wondering if I'm leading some kind of double life.

Can you imagine if a show about criminal killer Florists came out? How many people would ask the local florist if they where really like that? One fact of life about being a Biker I have come to except is, it's real easy for people to think of Bikers as the bad guys. It has always been and probably always will be that way. I wonder how many Cops had people ask them the same question when the Shield came out? I also wonder how many Police Officers who watch the Shield and know that show is fiction will watch "Sons of Anarchy" and think that's how Motorcycle Clubs really are! The FX show "Sons of Anarchy" is fiction and it is way over the top.

Son's of Anarchy is going to shine a lot of light onto the Motorcycle Club world. Where as the last 10 years have been all about Motorcycle Builders and has led to a lot of people getting into Motorcycle Riding, I believe the next 10 years will be all about Motorcycle Clubs. Now this show could be a good thing for Motorcycle Clubs if, in-between all the fictional action, it also focuses on the bond of Brotherhood Motorcycle Clubs are based on.

Although there is opportunity for "Sons of Anarchy" to make a positive statement about Motorcycle Clubs, I have a feeling the show will have a negative impact on Clubs, Independent Bikers, and the Motorcycle Community in general. By highlighting the good Motorcycle Clubs do and the positive impact that they have on their communities, I don't think that is the way the program is going.

All the Motorcycle Clubs out there are going to need to keep their eyes wide open and watch any new prospects. MCs need to make sure that new prospects are there for the Brotherhood and betterment of the Club and the community. You don't want prospects to live out some misguided fantasy they may have seen on TV or in some Movie. Another big concern of mine is people who will just go out and throw on a set of patches and think they are the "Sons of Anarchy". The Motorcycle Club world is all about Respect and there is a serious protocol that is followed by all Clubs. I would not recommend violating that protocol in any way.

Motorcycle Clubs have spent the better part of the past 20 years working hard to shake the old biker gang stereotype of the 60's and 70's. Now that we have come close to accomplishing our goal, shows like "Sons of Anarchy" and the upcoming HBO show 1% are here to drag our image back into the gang world. How far will these shows set us back? 20-30 Years? I would ask the producers of these shows, there sponsors, and everyone else out there to please remember that Brotherhood is what the Motorcycle Club world is truly about.

Your Bro, L.J. James AmericanBikerX. com

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Thursday, January 22, 2009

Valuable Tips for Online Success

By Jordan FeRoss

Dallas Web Design combines many elements to create success for your website. The internet has evolved and many of the things that used to create results don't anymore. It used to be that all you had to do was set-up a website and submit your site to the search engines. Things are a whole lot more complicated these days. A Dallas SEO Company can get your website started in the right direction with help for things like keywords, optimized website content and good marketing techniques.

Learning how to attract enough of the right people to your website is essential for making money online. The right Dallas Web Design can provide exceptional content with the right keywords and keyword density. A good Dallas SEO Company can assist you with any fine-tuning of your articles to ensure you are getting a good search engine ranking. You need to do an abundance of research about the keywords that people will use to find your products or services.

You want your website to look good and function properly so that visitors will enjoy their experience at your site. This can be accomplished by a good Dallas web design company. You also want a website that makes it easy for the search engine spiders to find their way around it so it can be indexed. This is another thing that your Dallas SEO company can take care of. In addition to that, you want to be sure that your pages load quickly, for the sake of the customers and the search engines.

The most important things today are keywords in your content. You might have paid for keywords in the past so you can rank with a search engine. The great things about a Dallas SEO Company are that they will show you how you can eliminate payments to search engines and rank naturally with the right content. Proper Dallas Web Design will have the right amount of keywords so you can no longer pay for keywords.

If your endeavors for marketing are not working the best thing you can do is hire a Dallas SEO Company to help you. You may know the ingredients for success but they might not work for you if you don't know how to implement them. Dallas Web Design can help you.

Your website not only needs to be attractive and easy to use for customers and function well for the search engines, but your Dallas web design company needs to get it noticed in the search engines, something that the Dallas SEO company will be able to do with ease.

There are many ways you can be successful when you hire Dallas Web Design to help you with our online company. By providing the right mix they can help you. A Dallas SEO Company will do the research required to determine what you need to do in order to be successful. They will write excellent content that includes keywords to rank you well with the search engines. They will also drive a ton of traffic to your site which will help you generate as much revenue as possible. If you want to be successful today online you cannot just build a site and walk away.

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Is it Worthwhile to Work with Dreamweaver?

By Marlowe Graeme

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.

When you are designing your page and you are editing the code, Dreamweaver has many tools that can help you with the editing and this is really where Dreamweaver stands out with other 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.

Professional Web Designers wouldn't consider using Dreamweaver Dreamweaver's code view because it generates the XHTML / CSS code for you, this results in coding that is at best sufficient and at worst overstuffed and over-complicated.

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

Dreamweaver is like a toy tool - it's useful for starting out into web development - new developers might find the layout view intuitive. And even the drag-and-drop widgets/controls for hooking up to a database might be useful for basic tasks. But if you need to do something that's not out-of-the-box catered for by Dreamweaver, you work your way thru the codes written by Dreamweaver. On the plus side, though, the FTP client in Dreamweaver which mirrors local and remote copies of a site's files is quite cool. Certainly the product is handier than using other famous software for uploading changed files to server.

Dreamweaver is incomparable with any web designer product out there. Adobe Dreamweaver is unparalleled and in a class of itself. It's the ideal software that you use before you learn how to code properly.

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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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Promote your Home Business Websites with the Unique Wizard System

By Unique Article Content Man

Welcome to my Promote your Home Business Websites with the Unique Wizard System Blog. I have knocked myself out in the past writing many articles after articles and spending a considerable amount of money to get my articles about my Home Business Websites on the web. One thing for sure, I needed more traffic. Traffic that finds eager customers, sends them straight to my site, and explodes my Home Business Websites revenue almost overnight. Click Here to visit the Unique Article Wizard Website.

Just recently I discovered the Unique Wizard. It is a perfect way to sell a product, promote affiliate programs, or display Adsense or other advertising. You won't believe how easy it is to get your Home Business Websites to the first page on Google. It works for any type of online business.

All you have to do is write an article about the benefits of your Home Business Websites, submit it and repeat. How hard is that? Also, I might mention that there are links, correctly formatted links, that point back to your website. Hundreds of links! Hundreds of links become thousands and tens of thousands over time. Will the search engines love you? You bet!

If this is going to be a long term advertising strategy, you need an inexpensive service to promote your Home Business Websites online. I have found it with Unique Article Wizard. Can you tell me any better strategy that can produce these kind of results?

Do you want your Home Business Websites article on as many sites as you can. Unique Article Wizard currently submits to more than 3,000 directories, blogs and websites, with many more being added all the time.

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Reasons Marketing is Everything for Your Online Business

By Jordan FeRoss

Every year thousands of online businesses fail due to problems with the way the build their site or because they do not hire a Dallas SEO Company for a marketing campaign. It is common for a business to think they can just build a site and take it live without doing anything further. The Internet really doesn't work this way if you want to be successful. When you hire Dallas Web Design they can provide the right techniques and campaign for your business.

A good Dallas Web Design company makes your site user friendly and attractive to the viewer's eye. A good Dallas SEO Company takes the needed steps to get your site a good ranking with the search engines so people will come to your site in the first place. There are so many things to consider: keywords, keyword density, headlines, links, backlinks, and so much more. The average person is completely unaware of all the things that go into properly building and promoting a website.

One of the things that marketing does is to create excitement for your website. A good Dallas SEO Company will create an air of excitement about your site so that people will want to click your link and buy your products. There are millions of web sites on the internet and thousands of them are competing with your business every day. Letting a good Dallas Web Design company go to work for you will help to make your site stand out and get noticed.

The majority of internet marketing techniques can be done at a fairly low cost, but it can be tricky to know exactly how to do them for maximum results. A good Dallas SEO Company knows exactly which techniques to use for your site and your circumstances. A good Dallas Web Design will create a site that looks good, creates a positive image for your company and gets results.

The best technology should be used with your website, something that your Dallas web design company understands how to use. Companies that do not use the right techniques and a found to be artificially manipulating the search engines are often blacklisted. A good Dallas SEO company knows the right way to use this technology that will increase your rankings in the search engines naturally, without abusing the keywords that can end up severely backfiring on you.

When you use a good Dallas SEO company to raise your ranking in the search engines they will make sure that they do not use techniques that can get your site blacklisted on the search engines due to activity frowned upon online. It does not pay to break the rules online. Your Dallas web design company will be able to get you the recognition that you deserve by following the rules and letting you rise naturally in the search engines.

In order to make more money on the internet you need to get more people to your website. The right Dallas SEO Company will put the best SEO techniques and strategies to work for your site to maximize your traffic and thereby your profits. They will usually also have the best Dallas Web Design staff on hand to design a website that works and gets results. This is the combination it takes to succeed online today.

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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Secrets to Making Money on the Net

By Jordan FeRoss

When you choose a good Dallas web design company, they can make sure that you make the maximum profit from your website by increasing the amount of traffic to your website dramatically. Figuring out which Dallas SEO team to use for content, the type of content that you want on your site and other marketing factors are all a part of making money from your website.

In addition to selling your product or service, there are additional ways that you can make money with your website. Your Dallas web design company can help you with getting other revenue from your site such as affiliate advertising, pay per click ads and search engine ads, all of which can generate some additional income. When you use a good Dallas SEO company, they can help you increase the traffic to your website that can benefit you a number of different ways and increase your website revenue. You can increase your search engine rankings, get more customers and generate more traffic and revenue from your site when you use a professional.

A Dallas SEO Company will create content on your site that will maintain the interest of your users. The content is what your traffic is going to look at. If you have the wrong content it could list you under the wrong searches through the search engines. Proper Dallas Web Design will ensure the content on your site is relevant to the types of products and services you sell.

If you are concerned about making more income through your website it is vital that you find an outstanding Dallas Web Design company in order to provide the best marketing techniques for your business. A Dallas SEO Company can lend a hand with a targeted internet marketing campaign that is calculated to create excitement and publicity for your site.

Tools such as ad banners, search engine boxes and link exchanges are some of the ways that the Dallas web design company can help you generate even more income for your site. They can put these tools on your website so that people want to use your site. The Dallas SEO company understands the right procedure for using these tools so that you can get the best results possible from the search engines.

You do not even have to have a product that you are selling in order to make money online. Your Dallas web design company can create a website that can make money from affiliate programs and your Dallas SEO company can teach you how you can make the most money from these programs.

There are many ways you can make money on the internet. A Dallas SEO company will do their best to drive as much traffic to your site as possible so you can make as much revenue as possible. With the proper Dallas Web Design you can make a passive and an active income through affiliate programs, pay per click ads and selling your products and services. You don't even need a product or a service to make money on the Internet with a site on the Internet today.

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Adobe Dreamweaver And Client-side Content

By Andrew Whiteman

Adobe Dreamweaver is a widely-used web development tool aimed at inexperienced and experienced users alike. It allows developers to work visually and behind the scenes, it uses standard web technologies such as HTML CSS and JavaScript. Web pages can be introduced into a Dreamweaver site at any time without the danger of the program modifying your code. In the same way, pages that you create in Dreamweaver can be taken out of the Dreamweaver environment and used elsewhere.[V:1]

The program does not rely on its own custom solutions which will only work in the Dreamweaver environment. Although Dreamweaver is not necessarily the best software tool for creating all types of website, it is not an environment which one easily outgrows. It is suitable for creating both static content consisting of client-side pages as well as more sophisticated dynamic content including server side pages. In other words, it is suitable for developing the type of content found on the majority of websites. So, let us examine this content in more detail.

Most web sites are hosted on web servers run by specialist hosting companies. A large website may have a dedicated server or even servers, whereas most typical websites will be sharing space on a server with other sites. Visitors to a website are sometimes called clients.

Clients gain access to the content on web servers using a variety of different operating systems and different browsers. They normally find this content either by clicking on links from search engines and other locations or by simply typing a URL into the address bar of their browser.

The content that clients access on websites can be divided into two main categories: client-side and server-side. The term client-side refers to web content which is compatible with the user's browser, material which the browser software can actually open, display or execute (in the case of scripts).

The main element in client-side content is HTML, or as it's known in its current incarnation, XHTML; a stricter and more consistent version of the original HTML specification. HTML is a fairly simple markup language which is used to describe the content of web pages for the benefit of the client's browser. CSS and JavaScript are used in close conjunction with HTML.

CSS pages contain information describing the layout and presentation of web content. JavaScript is a simple scripting language which can be used to add interactivity to web pages. For example, when you are filling out a form on a website and information entered into a field is inappropriate, JavaScript can be used to notify you that the content must be changed.

All modern web browsers are fully capable of digesting HTML, CSS and JavaScript. With the addition of extra software utilities known as plug-ins, other technologies can be included in web sites. Two of the most popular plug-in technologies are Adobe Acrobat PDF files and Flash. All of this content is completely compatible with the client's browser; hence the term client-side content.

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How to get traffic to your web site

By Rick Lomas

Since fast and affordable broadband internet connections are now commonplace, it makes sense to use the power of video to get traffic to your website. Statistics indicate that people, especially the younger crowd, spend more time online than watching TV. Video on the internet is not new, but it was traditionally just for entertainment. Now video is used widely for entertainment, instruction and to increase traffic to a website.

When making a video to drive traffic to your website think of it as a commercial. Commercials used on television are very effective sales tools. Pay attention to the TV commercials and borrow ideas from them.

Producing a video with tools that are accessible to the average person has made the process easy and cost effective. Making a video to drive traffic to your website can also be a lot of fun. Just take care not to spend your entire marketing budget on the production of the video. Keep it simple.

Since you are using the video to get traffic to your website, be sure to show your URL at both the beginning and the end of the video clip. It is also possible to watermark your URL into your video. Once the video is produced, it is time to get it to the masses and use that video to increase your website traffic.

To realize the maximum benefit from your video you should consider posting your clip to mutiple video hosting sites. Some of the hosting sites provide a revenue sharing option. Posting your video to all of these available sites can be time consuming, but it is very effective.

Since you are using the video to get traffic to your website, be sure to show your URL at both the beginning and the end of the video clip. It is also possible to watermark your URL into your video. Once the video is produced, it is time to get it to the masses and use that video to increase your website traffic. Now is the time to get started. Jump in and produce a video that will effectively promote your site. Using video will increase traffic to your website, especially if it is picked up by other webmasters, and goes viral. Using video to get traffic to your website is effective and fun.

One of the easiest ways to make a video now is to make a slideshow, but they do look boring. Animoto is a service that can turn some music and a few stills into fantastic music videos. Once the video has been made you can download it and submit it to video hosting platforms all over the web. I find that with carefully chosen keyphrases you can get a number one in Google in less than 2 hours. The Animoto Software is online and free to use if you are only doing short videos, but I recommend getting the 'All Area Pass' which is very cheap and even cheaper if you use this Animoto referral code: 'xklrsoeg' which gets you a $5 discount

The quickest and most cost effective way to get your videos online to multiple video hosting platforms, automatically converted into podcasts and well distributed to multiple podcast directories, social bookmarked and automatically blogged is by using the awesome online service, Traffic Geyser, which has enabled me to get a Google number one very quickly.

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Monday, January 19, 2009

Creative Ways To Make Use Of Odd And Even Numbers In PHP

By Chris Channing

Using an odd number function in PHP has allowed web designers and web developers to acheive many innovative things. Trends of this are seen, for example, in alternating color schemes, interfacing with date functions, and of course to sort and organize arrays according to a set plan. Clearly, there is great reason to learn about these functions.

It may seem somewhat far fetched, but PHP itself doesn't have a function that can determine if a number is odd or if it is even. This has led PHP developers to get creative in making their own functions that accomplish the job regardless. Whether using a simple IF statement, function, or even usign bitwise operators, there are plenty of options to undertake in order to determine if a number is odd or not.

Alternating styles in web design is the number one application of an even number function in PHP. No doubt Internet users who read blogs have seen that many blogs will alternate comment styles to make them easier to read. This is achieved in PHP by creating custom functions to determine if a comment number is even or odd, and then styling it accordingly to ensure maximum readability.

Databases are vital part of PHP, so of course odd or even number functions have their role in interfacing with them. Databases can be queried in a hefty amount of ways- and sorting the information is made possible with an odd number function in PHP. Whether building arrays from the data or outputting it directly to a table, even or odd number functions have much use.

Odd or even number functions are also used in arrays to organize data. This may only work for certain occasions, but it can help cut down on the number of arrays declared. By making odd numbers a certain value and even numbers another, you can essentially "stuff" another array inside an original array to save space.

Date functions are also heavily used in PHP. Dates are used to timestamp data, give the current time, or even to calculate age restrictions (and everything in between). A date function may be paired with an odd number function in order to display information at certain times of the day, for instance. It can also be more creatively used by limiting connections to a certain website service to reduce load, hacking attempts, or several other things in addition. As can be seen, PHP developers can get quite creative in how they use such functions.

Final Thoughts

Web design and web development are quickly melding, as we can see with odd and even number functions in PHP. Alternating styles or even using such functions to display information at certain times during the day are two examples of the sheer power that comes as a result of the two fields of expertise.

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Making Money with Your Online Business

By Jordan FeRoss

Have you been searching for ways to increase your income potential from your website beyond just selling more products? Maybe it is time to let Dallas Web Design professionals show you how. They have access to unlimited resources and by perfecting your site you can make more money. A Dallas SEO Company can show you how to get a top search engine ranking and make use of numerous techniques to boost your website's revenue.

Certainly you have noticed the various advertisements that are along the sidebar or top of just about every web page you visit. You might also notice that certain keywords in the webpage content are hyperlinked to other websites. Affiliate marketing is a great way to make more money from your website and a Dallas Web Design Company can optimize your website to maximize affiliate income opportunities. Affiliate marketing allows you to partner with other online business and get a cut of the profit. A Dallas SEO Company can get these links set up in such a way that will drive more traffic to your programs and put more money in your pocket.

You can also put ads on your website that will pay for each impression. When you use a Dallas Web Design company, they can help you acquire these ads to increase the revenue for your site with a design to encourage distribution of these ads. Using a Dallas SEO Company will allow you to get the optimal use out of your website, increasing traffic as well as bringing extra revenue to the site with ads.

The Dallas SEO Company can also help increase your revenue with pay-per-click advertising. In this type of program the Dallas Web Design team would focus their energies on creating a relevant webpage and content that will encourage people to click on your links so you make more money with your website.

In some cases, you can get a pay per lead program for your website that the Dallas Web Design can recommend. In such cases, you will get paid each time you refer a person on website to make a purchase on a referred website. This can greatly add to your business revenue and your Dallas SEO company will be able to tell you if this is right for your website and, if so, will optimize your site so that you gain the most in referral commissions.

While the Dallas Web Design company cannot make any guarantees about how much revenue or increased traffic you will experience with their services, they can use the same techniques used by the Dallas SEO company for other successful websites similar to yours.

Using a Dallas SEO company can help you make a lot more money online in ways that you have probably never even considered. These include per impression, per click and per sale advertising as well as affiliate setups. Let your Dallas Web Design company help you earn the most that you can from having your website online, including the sale of products, ads and even commission based referral sales.

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Saturday, January 17, 2009

Promote your business online with your own website

By Poppy

There are many ways of benefiting from starting your own website. The benefits you gain will depend on the type of business you are running. For musicians a website is a good way of allowing a wide audience to access your work. You can place MP3 files or videos of yourself on the site and allow a wide range of viewers to see and hear your work. If your music is aimed at a younger audience, make full use of the social networking sites.

Many people suffering from medical conditions feel isolated. You may feel you are the only person with the problem. Start a website. Talk about your condition, find links to treatments, medical resources or forums. Other people with the same condition will find your site. Give them a means to contact you - you will make friends and find yourself less isolated. For anyone with an interest in family history a website can be a useful way of allowing others doing similar research to contact you. Allow others to contact you to share your research.

If you want to make a bit of extra money, starting a website gives you an opportunity to earn from adverts or affiliate sales - of course you will have to work hard to ensure that visitors find your site.

Small business owners will find a website is an invaluable tool. If, for example, you run a bed and breakfast business you can tell potential clients all about your facilities. Include photographs of your rooms and sample breakfast menus. Your prices can be clearly displayed and you might even consider an automated booking system.

Increasingly these days people expect to find all the information they need on the web. If your business doesn't have a website you will be missing out on potential customers or clients.

For businesses selling a range of products or services, a website can be a quick and easy way of promoting your products and services to a wide audience both at home and at a distance. These days more and more people use the Internet to find information on a wide range of subjects and Internet shopping is becoming ever more popular. Don't miss out. Use the Internet to promote your business to the widest possible audience.

Staff recruitment can be done cheaply and effectively through a website. Job details and application forms can be posted online. Applicants can download them and return them electronically, saving time and money.

There are costs involved in setting up a website - monetary and time - but these are minimal compared with the benefits of starting a website.

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How And Where To Get Inexpensive Yet Effective Web Marketing

By Don Bethune

With all of the places to visit on the internet, how are visitors going to find your site? If you're putting all of your advertising budget into new designers and expensive ad placements, it's not going to work. With careful thought, you can get very effective advertising and increased traffic.

If you want to market on the web for the least cost possible, try a popular blog or video sharing site. Most of the time these sites are free for users to post on, but they're high traffic and extremely effective.

Make your message stand out from the crowd and show your unique style with a video broadcasting site. Modern computers can create all of the expensive styles and formatting of video production for minimal cost and you can post it for free. Unfortunately with all of the videos on these sites, it's possible your video may not get noticed as much as you would like.

Blogging websites are another great way to get cheap website traffic. However they are never really as detailed and unique as broadcasting a video or actually paying for an advertisement. They will get your message out and enable those using search-bars for something related to your website to be directed to the blog - meaning they will visit your site. They also have the same downside as video sites; they might not get noticed as fast.

If you try one of the above methods, you'll definitely get more traffic. Beware of posting adult related content on these types of sites. If you have an adult site and post advertising on video or blogging sites you may be punished or banned.

If you want to try something else, how about a pop-up? Make the ad different and creative. Users are used to these ads being annoying, so they are surprised and happy to see one that is likable and will click on it.

Another great option that like pop-up ads are a little more expensive than simple videos is advertising on web pages themselves. This often requires you to pay the website to post your ad on their website. However, posting an ad on a very popular site will definitely result in an increased website traffic rate for you.

So if you are looking for increased website traffic for yourself or your company; do not fret. There are many options out there for every type of site, just pick one wisely. The more money you put in the better results you will likely get; but if you bring your creativity and use your imagination in the ads there is no limit to how far the word of your website can be spread.

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Friday, January 16, 2009

Common Mistakes to Avoid in Attempt to Get Better Site Rating

By Irmin J. Roybal

In a process of Search Engine Optimization (SEO), i.e. when humans are flirting with robots, some caution could be a plus. Young and restless webmasters tend to make site rating better than it really should be, and, as a result, the rating instead of increase cab get a sudden reduction. Several common errors of this type are discussed below.

Graphic Header It is standard and tasty to have a bitmap with a nice graphics on top of your page view. Logo, smiling faces or something else really eye-catching depending on the nature of the site is always nice to have there, your visitors would like it and expect it to be there. Unfortunately, SE robots has a different point. They assign highest value to all words at the top of the page, especially to those which are set under h1 tag. Best tactics: before giving this valuable space to wordless pics (words within graphic file are still graphics), to post h1 heading with crucial keywords above the graphic header.

Hidden Text In the process of placing keywords in their site many beginners eventually are getting the same "bright" idea: to place a large number of keywords invisible to visitors (using background color for the text, stuffing large number of keywords in no script areas of the code, and so on). It looks like a cool thing, but in reality it is very uncool! SE can catch it and will punish the site. In general, it is worth to remember that search engines do not like spamdexing (cheating with SEO) and their robots are specifically trained for recognition of such tricks.

Excessive use of h1 tag All text under heading 1 (h1) tag is getting higher rating, so one may tend to use text under h1 excessively. Better approach is to use h1 tag only once, a repetitive use of h1 is punishable. For the rest of the headings h2 and h3 tags can be used repetitively, the limitations on usage of these tags are much less restrictive.

Final Tip. The advice given here is for SEO only. So, please, dont forget that your site is supposed to serve people (hopefully), not web spiders. Besides, SEO is one of the major, but still not the only way of making your site visible. It is not a good idea to base your traffic on SEO only: a change in SE algorithms can cost you a substantial part of traffic. It is much better and safer to combine all possible means for attracting visitors to your site.

Good luck!

How to get a Pagerank of 2 in 60 days

By Brent Sweet

Here are my specific instructions on how to get to a PR2 on Google in less than 60 days. Yes that is right you can easily get a PR2, maybe higher if you just put in some work over the next month. The first month of your website is really important.

Step 1 - Start as soon as possible, if your site is not complete, it does not matter, you want to start promoting now so you have the traffic when the site is complete.

Step 2 - You have to give people a reason to visit your site. Write ten articles that describe what your site will do, what your product does, things about your industry, etc. Once you get 10 articles, rewrite them each 2 more times and make them different.

Step 3 " Subscribe to a service that will submit unique articles to all of the directories that they can. This will build one way links to your site.

Step 4 - Submit each of your three versions of the article to the service. Then the service will finish off the job and promote your site automatically.

Step 5 - Repeat this entire process about every 21 days or so. This will keep thousands of articles being published about your site.

Step 6 - Keep an eye on your rankings in the search engine results. You should begin to move through them fast. You can also watch a site called URLFAN. This site tells you how often your website is talked about.

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Getting Traffic To Your Website - What You Must Know

By Ferdinand Mekino Ferdinand Dubem Ferdinand Okeke Ferdinand Emy

In a nutshell, companies ride on the idea that if people like the content of a media they will pass it on to their friends and family. They sponsor the certain media, such as a cool flash game, funny video, amusing story and such, which one may pass on to another with the company brand or logo or the products description or any other content to help promote the company or its product.

If you can part with some money, there are many sites in the internet that can help you in search engine optimization. There are many sites that help in tracking keyword phrases that can help your site. There are also some content writers that have lots of experience in making good keyword laden content for your sites that have good quality.

You dont have to do this if you dont really have their resources. There are many ways to generate low cost website traffic without having to spend what you dont have or cant afford. Many people have banked on high cost methods and have ended up losing their shirt over it.

Join Online Communities and Forums:This only requires your time and nothing else. You can share your knowledge and expertise with many online communities as well as your website. You can get free advertising when you go to forums that have the same subject or niche with your site.

2) Exchange or Trade Links with other sites:With exchanging links with other sites, both of you will benefit from the efforts both of you do to enhance your sites traffic. When one site features another sites link, they could provide one another with the traffic one site generates. The efforts are doubly beneficial because it would seem like both of you are working to generate more traffic. The more links traded with more sites the more traffic could be expected.

How sweet it is to have more traffic for your site without spending a single cent. Now its a sure thing that many sites have articles that offer tips and guidelines in how to generate traffic using only free methods. Because it is possible, you dont need to speed a single cent, it may take time, to say honestly, Im not going to beat around the bush with you. You get better chances by paying for your advertisements, but at least you get a fighting chance with some of these free methods Im about to tell you.

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Web Site Design for your MLM Business

By MLMAbsolute

If want to have an online presence, you will need to have a website. A website is like your home, People identify you by your website. So naturally, You need to have a nice home in order to retain your visitors ans make them want to come back again.

Step 1: Naming your Website

You should choose a domain that is relevant to your business. You should use domain that consist of high search keywords. Google will rank them better when people search for the keywords.

Step 2: Use colors appropriately.

In your website, you can use certain tactics to catch readers' attention to certain important words. You can use bright colors and bold lettering to catch the attention of skimmers and to create emphasis.

While trying to create emphasis, try to refrain from creating too many emphasis areas. Don't use too many bolds and colors. Too many bolds and colors will confuse your readers, ultimately you only need readers to read areas and information that may contribute to a sale.

Step 4: Structure of Content

It is also very important to ensure easy reading through your website. Consider the flow of information. Structure your content in a smooth flow and ensure smooth transition between parts.

Step 5: Opt-In Form

Consider adding an opt-in form to collect email address to follow up with future product launch or information. Offer a free trial or free download to entice them to leave their email.

From my personal experience of building websites, it is a trap of all owners to try to perfect their website too much. They end up adding too many fancy gadgets and applications to impress their visitors. Sometimes they end up neglecting other core functions like traffic building.

One other test you should do before you can say your website is successful is testing. You need to test the conversion rate of your website. Do a A/B testing of your website to see which website design works better in converting

Your main object is to get people to visit your website, not sending your website into a design and creativity competition.

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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Website Management Made Easy with a Content Management System (CM

By Angie Sandy

Theres no denying the plain and simple fact that content boosts website traffic. It provides value for recurring visitors. Carefully optimized content also boosts search engine traffic. More traffic means more sales, which is the ultimate goal of any internet business.

Content management systems or CMS not only save you tons of time, they simplify the process of creating content and automate your site submissions to the search engines thus improving your website traffic and ultimately your profits. Because content is essential to the success of any online business, many entrepreneurs turn to a CMS.

What is a CMS?

A content management system is defined quite simply as a system used to manage the content of a Web site. It displays the content, creates linking and provides a uniform design for the site.

A CMS offers two main functions:

1. CMS offers two main functions. It makes it easy for you, the user, to manage the creation modification, organization and even the deletion of content with a simple interface. The creation of content operates much like other basic word processing tools and allows you to format your content as you see fit " all without HTML knowledge.

2. It delivers the content, it basically updates your website once youve added, modified, or removed your content.

Benefits of CMS

CMS offers a number of benefits for the busy internet entrepreneur. These benefits begin with the ability to create, store, and manage a ton of content without HTML programming skills.

- CMS also makes it easy for website owners to have multiple authors contributing content. Content providers can be given limited permissions to prevent them from editing content which they are not authorized to change and make it possible for them to write, upload and manage their own content.

Splashy, eye catching content " no HTML required. Are you familiar with WYSIWYG? It stands for What You See is What You Get. This is a web page editor which allows for copy and paste formatting. It gives you the ability to format your content however you desire. You can underline copy, change font and font size, bold copy and even embed text links without having to know HTML.

Convenient access. Unlike many systems, you dont have to be at your very own personal computer to make changes to your website. A CMS based website is accessible from any computer with an internet connection. Just logon to your account and youre able to make any changes or additions.

- A CMS makes improving your search engine rankings much easier. Users are able to upload relevant content on a regular basis, which is perhaps the best way to appeal to Google, Yahoo, and MSNs ranking algorithms.

Intuitive. In addition to offering a user friendly control panel, its important to be able to have security features, which make it easy to password protect certain areas of your website and make certain information available on a limited basis.

For example, if you offer a free report when people sign up for your newsletter a CMS system enables you to simply send subscribers a password via autoresponder to give them access.

A good content management system makes being an internet entrepreneur a much simpler and more profitable experience. Not all CMS systems are created equal. If youre looking to utilize a content management system into your business website, make sure youre getting a user friendly, secure product which offers good customer support and all the features you need to continue growing your business.

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Domain Parking

By J. Kim

If you are considering becoming involved in the online industry of domain parking then you need to understand a little more about it. If you don't then the chances of you actually succeeding and making an income from this industry will be greatly reduced.

Just as with any online business today if you don't do your research first then the chances of you being scammed are high. Unfortunately there are plenty of people around who offer you the chance to make money without really trying but all they are doing is taking money away from you. In this article we offer a few tips to help you when you decide to get involved in domain parking.

Tip 1 - There a wide variety of great domains that you can purchase but if you can don't go for those who have more than two words in them. Remember many people when searching for items online tend to limit the words they use for their search criteria and the shorter and snapper the names then these will be found more easily. If you do want to succeed and earn an income from domain parking avoid buying those which are longer than two words if at all possible.

Tip 2 - You need to be wary when buying domains, although they may look good now they may not do so in the future. The problem is it may be too late before you actually realize the domain you brought is a dud and getting the purchase cancelled and your money refunded is going to prove difficult. Even though you may see a domain name that you think is great you need to think what those searching for it may think.

Tip 3 - When selecting domain names to park remember that people will be typing these in manually. So you need to remember that search engines are not going to be of any use to you as they won't even acknowledge a page that has been parked. So you need to be asking yourself if the name chosen is one that someone is really going to be typing into an online search engine.

Tip 4 - You could if you want spend thousands of dollars purchasing a wide array of domains in the hope of making money from them once parked. However, you need to remember that you then need to take care of these domains and track what is happening with them. Although you may make some money from them it won't cover the amount you initially invested so it is far better to select some really good ones.

Tip 5 - You may think that purchasing domains that are already popular but you need to consider how long it will take you to then get a return on the money you initially invested in it. If suppose you brought a domain for $20,000 and each year it made you $1,000 then it is going to actually take 20 years before you even recuperate what you initially invested in it.

With domain parking in order to succeed you need to have a shrewd mindset and be willing to dedicate to looking at the various domains available. But if you are unsure of what types of domains are suitable then there are plenty of places online that can offer advice and information. Also if you keep the above tips in mind then making some income from domain parking should not prove such a problem.

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