Yahoo Web Hosting Upgrades Web Hosting Plans

By Russell Blanc

Yahoo Web Hosting has recently launched a new service offering unlimited web hosting that gives small businesses unlimited room to grow online for one low price. It's the first "unlimited" offer of its kind in the shared web hosting space, and it creates a simple, easy path for small business owners to launch and grow their businesses online.

The unlimited Yahoo Web Hosting plan benefits website owners and small businesses by allowing them unlimited disk storage and transfer and reducing their online problems. With the new and improved Yahoo Web Hosting, site owners and small businesses now have access to unlimited disk space, data transfer, or email storage which should allow for web site expansion!

Now, because of the unlimited hosting, there is no need to be concerned about the size of a website or the maximum number of visitors that site can support. Webmasters can concentrate on creating a clean-looking design and targeting visitors. Also with a great set of web authoring tools, anyone can follow a guide with easy, step-by-step process in creating their site. The new Yahoo Web Hosting upgrade offers valuable benefits that no other web hosting provider can compare to.

The new changes to Yahoo Web Hosting are: Yahoo Web Hosting has combined three web hosting plans into one plan to all new customers. The new plan includes: - Unlimited disk space, allowing you to create as unlimited web pages - Unlimited data transfer, allowing as many visitors to your site possible - Unlimited email storage The web hosting plan comes with a 30-Day Satisfaction Guarantee.

The new and improved yahoo web hosting is available now and is available through http://www.website-hostingco.com. Yahoo Web Hosting price is $11.95 per month for unlimited web hosting, and requires a minimum 3-month period which renews every 3 months.

Yahoo is making this change with the website owner in mind. Yahoo is committed to helping website owners succeed online. The new web hosting service offering helps meet that objective by eliminating a key worry for webmasters and site owners, and giving them unlimited capacity to grow their businesses online. With no limits on the size of their web sites, customers are free to focus on what's really important: building and marketing their web sites to attract customers.

Yahoo is a leader in helping entrepreneurs and providing web hosting solutions to small businesses and website owners. Yahoo! is the No. 1 Internet brand globally and reaches the largest audience worldwide - 196 million unique visitors per month. Over the past eight years, Yahoo has developed into the Internet's leading global business services company!

The new Yahoo Web Hosting unlimited service offering is the first of its kind among the major providers of shared hosting services for small businesses and webmasters. Other providers offer tiers of service, with varying prices and limitations on disk space, data transfer, and email storage. We believe the new Yahoo! hosting service model is unique and compelling, greatly simplifying one of the most important and confusing aspects of choosing a partner to get a business online.

The 30 Day Guarantee allows customers to access a refund within 30 days without any penalty fees. Customers who cancel within this 30 days will receive a refund of the first three months web hosting fee.

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Accepting Credit Cards on your Website

By John Neyman

If you are building an online shop, you will need to address the question of taking payments for orders. You can, of course, request that a check payment be sent to you in the mail. Most shopping basket software allows you to select this option when you are setting it up. If you already have an offline, bricks and mortar business, you may simply wish to accept credit card payments over the phone.

However, there are some basic problems with these solutions and it all comes down to the way people shop on the internet. Customers expect to be able to add items to their basket and proceed to the checkout to pay. If they then find they must telephone you or print out and send their order, they may simply abandon their order and hop over to another website. Shopping online is all about convenience and if you are unable to provide this, you may be losing customers without even being aware of it.

So, what are your options and what is it all going to cost? Well, the good news is you can do it all very simply and cheaply. Paypal does not have a set-up charge and is a large and trusted online payment processor servicing 78 million accounts worldwide in 56 countries. Your only cost is a small percentage on each sale; a transaction charge. Payments from your website go straight into your Paypal account from where you can transfer amounts to your bank account with the click of a button.

Once you sign up with a payment processor, you can either link to their secure server from your shopping basket facility or build 'add to basket' buttons via a simple web query form. The html generated is then pasted next to items on your web page and your customers will be transferred to a secure server when they go to checkout.

Traditional merchant accounts are normally set up through your own bank and will become integral to your business account. Having your own merchant account gives you the choice of many different online payment gateways. Most, however, do charge a set-up fee, monthly fee and transaction charge. Just as you would offline, do make sure you research any company you sign up with on the internet. Print out and read their terms and conditions. Take particular notice of where they are operating from, their fees, when and how you will receive your money into your account.

Another point to consider is the question of chargebacks. This happens when a buyer requests a refund of an amount already paid to you. Reasons include not receiving goods ordered or items arriving faulty, damaged or not as described. Sometimes requests are made if the buyers card was used fraudulently.

If the chargeback request is successful, your merchant payment processor will charge you a processing fee. However, some companies will now provide you with insurance against chargebacks inclusive in your monthly fee. It's certainly worth shopping around for the right solution for you but knowing you have done your research will give you some peace of mind.

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WordPress Specific Webhosts: Are They Worth They Money?

By Chris Channing

WordPress, perhaps one of the most popular blogging platforms to date, isn't exactly the first priority of every webhost around. Many webhosts are too general to provide optimal support for a specific product like WordPress. But if you value your blog, and are serious with its development and growth, looking for a webhost with WordPress-specific options would be in your best interest.

Features To Look Out For In WordPress Hosting

First and foremost, WordPress users want a platform that is easy to install. This means that advanced editing of configuration files is out of the question- and webhosts know it. Even general webhosts give access to auto-installers for WordPress, so the initial installation shouldn't be what worries bloggers.

One big downfall for normal webhosts is their lack of support for recent upgrades. When an important security upgrade comes out, WordPress users need to upgrade their blogs as soon as possible. If they don't, they may run the risk of losing their entire blog to hackers. With normal webhosts the upgrading can be delayed, since they aren't specializing in any single product.

When a blogger needs to upgrade a blog, he or she will soon find that the "one-click" upgrade feature most webhosts have is very dangerous. These installers write over previous files: meaning that old themes, plugins, and other content can be lost for good. In this case, WordPress-specific hosts take the win as they allow for better upgrading options.

WordPress users will attest that blogs take up a nice amount of bandwidth. This is because blogs use databases to store the vast majority of their information, meaning multiple connections to the database could overload the backend of a blog. In this scenario, WordPress users need a host that allows for flexible bandwidth plans. The host should also have a sturdy hardware setup so that a bottleneck performance issue is not created at the database level.

Bloggers Get Added Bonuses

Whenever it comes to the normal webhosts, there aren't many extra features they can offer for WordPress users. But with the WordPress hosts, there are usually a myriad of extra features to enjoy. This can range from special plugins and themes to other WordPress-specific services.

Interestingly, Wordpress hosts have an overlooked benefit: their exclusivity of their WordPress themes. Free WordPress themes are popular, but it seems that everyone has them. But thanks to the exclusivity of WordPress themes from webhosts, the problem of having a unique design is easily solved.

Custom designs for WordPress blogs can easily run hundreds of dollars. As compared to the low fees of a WordPress host, it's no contest as to which route every WordPress user should take in regards to themes.

In the end, webhosts that specialize their services for WordPress users have some of the best deals around for blog fanatics- or anyone just looking to maintain their own website without the hassle!

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How To Properly Adhere To Web Design Practices

By Chris Channing

Building the best design out there isn't going to be easy. But in the process of practice and adhering to common design principles, web designers can get a good start on making their own unique designs. But before this can be done, there are guidelines in making a generally sound web layout.

Before all sorts of colors, tables, and shapes are created- the concept of the readability of a website needs to be learned. The reader of the website is the target here, and how well they can read the content is the goal that needs to be achieved. Common practice states that a 10 pixel font or higher is sufficient, but going for bigger fonts is always appealing to Internet users.

Being able to read a website may be the number one goal, but navigation is a close second. Navigation is an essential in today's standards, since it gives the Internet user an idea on what they can do and where they can go within the website they are viewing. Nifty little CSS menus with even niftier rollover effects can be created, but the average top or left navigation menu seen on most properly designed websites is usually sufficient.

Next is the factor is accessibility. Not everyone has the same tastes in web browsers. And in some cases, older computers will only run certain older versions of browsers. Because of this unfortunate aspect, designers need to code their web design layouts with multiple browsers in mind. Popular browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, and Opera- and it's generally best to make a website standardized in each and every one of them.

Once all the basics in standardization and readability are maintained, the act of being creative and reestablishing the norms becomes the next test. Using different palettes of colors, using new forms of shapes and blocks (The rounded rectangle box is a current favorite for web designers), and ultimately thinking of new ways to display information has become the measuring stick in how a web design project is rated.

Popularized web design tactics are still good to make use of, in spite of the fact that creativity and inspiring designs are important in obtaining. Most web design features that have become popular are popular for a reason, and keeping a few of them around won't do any harm. Most notably, the rounded text box and gradient usage of recent years is always a nice addition to any design.

In Conclusion

Coding and designing layouts is quite a profitable skill to have, but it will take time and effort to get to the skill level needed to do so for actual clients. And if the web design process is more of a personal gain situation, even more emphasis on creativity and inspiring designs is needed to make others take notice of one's creations. Either way, web design is a fun industry and learning more on the subject is highly recommended.

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Do You Struggle Creating Website Graphics?

By Ian Traynor

I'm a professional webmaster and in this job I have to cope with many different types of tasks involving website design and maintenance. Quite frankly, a webmaster has to be a "Jack of all trades", and naturally, some of the jobs I find more difficult than others.

One Major Skill Problem

Of all the jobs associated with developing and running websites, the one which I find most challenging is the creation of graphics for my websites. Like many people, I am not particularly artistic. Also, some of the top-end graphics programs, such as PhotoShop, have a very steep learning curve, as well as being relatively expensive.

The general lack of graphics skills is very evident when you look at the many websites built by amateurs. They really haven't grasped the importance of having a well-presented website. If they are selling something, they are unlikely to gain the confidence of potential customers. Would you buy from a person who cannot present a professional appearance on their website? Probably not!

The Importance Of Website Graphics

For a site to be easily readable, the text needs to be broken up with appropriate images. These make a web page much easier to read. And it doesn't matter whether your website is a sales page, a blog or a content-rich site aiming to make money from advertising - if your site isn't easy to read, people will leave the site quickly.

Good quality images are also important to give a clear picture of something that it being sold on a website. Even if it is a digital product, delivered electronically, an image of a book cover or a software box can greatly increase the chance of making a sale.

When Should You Use A Graphic Designer?

If you need some really high-quality images, and you don't have good graphic design skills then you should use the services of a professional graphic designer. Yes, it could be expensive. And yes, you may have to wait a while for the work to be finished.

Finding a good graphic designer can be a challenge. You need to ensure that they have the skills to produce website graphics, not just off-line graphics. And look carefully at their style. Does it appeal to you. Every designer has their own style and you need to find one whose style you like. Check the sort of work that they have done. And check, also, that they can do the work in time for you. Some designers are very busy and they could end up delaying the launch of your product or site.

What About Ready-Made Website Graphics?

There are plenty of resources of ready-made graphics on the web. It's not difficult to find collections of icons, banners, buttons and good quality royalty-free photos.

The trouble is that the same graphics get used time and again on different websites, and people will soon realise that you are a "cheapskate"! Not a good impression to make! Of course, you can use your graphics software to modify pre-made graphics. If you want to make certain that your website stands out, you need to have access to valuable content that is relatively unique. But again, changing graphics takes time and skill. Like many people, I am short of both of these!

Also, it can be quite hard to track down the good sources of ready-made graphics. A lot of the stuff on the web is pure rubbish!

How I Solved The Problem Of Creating Website Graphics

I've spent a lot of time since starting as a webmaster in 1996 locating good website graphics resources on the web. But I've been excited recently to locate a growing number of services on the web which are far more sophisticated than the old collections of pre-made graphics and photo collections.

These website graphics services are amazing! With no graphic design skills you can build banners, buttons, badges and icons. You can change the appearance of existing photos. You can use the online equivalent of high-end graphics programs to work on existing images. And I've been impressed with the sites which help you design, from scratch, both website and blog templates. Almost daily I come across a new website graphics service online, and they are becoming more and more powerful.

Best of all, they don't cost you anything!

At first, I simply kept a list of the services I discovered. Then, for my convenience, I packaged them into a little piece of software I designed. I made it so that I could slot in new services as I found them

I passed a few copies of this software out to a few close friends to see what they thought of it. Their reaction was "Wow!! You could make a packet selling this". Well, I didn't particularly want to make "a packet" because I wanted to make it affordable to most "graphically-challenged" webmasters. So, when I added it to my "Webmasters CheatKit product range, I kept the price low, and it's become hugely successful.

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A Responsible Approach to Online Marketing

By John Neyman

When a person comes online, they are generally looking for information and resources. Many people are searching for a way to make money online and therein lies the setup for an unhealthy partnering of newbie and Internet savvy scam artist.

Everyone that has been online for a while and has set up a business needs to market that business to pay their bills and to grow their business. However, the Internet seems to be in need of growing a "conscience" when it comes to the ebooks, the software, and the tools that are offered to new people and those that are still searching for a method to better their life. Whether retail marketing or sponsorship program, each requires a lot of the person's time and resources to market to the new client.

Every day there are emails offering the newest marketing blitz, the most cherished system that a person cannot live without, the only method to making thousands of dollars as evidenced by the checks the marketer has received. Granted, there are disclaimers, but it is like saying something in a courtroom. Once the word is out, it is highly unlikely that the jury is going to forget what was mentioned. The same goes for claims to wealth.

Receiving an email with a product that seems legitimate and is followed with a heart-felt sales offer will encourage many people to continue and become a representative. The story behind how the marketer got to his position, how he felt during the start-up phase, and how he managed to obtain the goals set is much more interesting than how much he received in his last check. There has never been anyone that could spend that marketer's check but himself, so there seems to be no real reason to be showing checks in a sales solicitation.

After a person becomes a representative or purchases a product from a marketer, that marketer has a responsibility to help or lead the new person to obtain their goals. To keep retail sales from being cancelled, a follow up email on how to use the product or some of the benefits not mentioned previously or some general knowledge of how the product has helped others will be most welcomed. The follow up lets the new representative know that the marketer has his best interests at heart and that he is not just another notch in his sponsor's printout sheet. Knowing there is a caring person behind a great product or program is more than enough motivation to a new person. This can be an inspiration to them to do well and to continue to try knowing that they have someone in their corner should a problem or questions come up.

Many marketers send out multiple solicitations to join their respective companies and, honestly, just wait to see who takes the bait and runs with it. That is one method of marketing, but it seriously lacks a sponsor's responsibility. A marketer should help a new person as much as that person wants to work.

Giving ideas, helping them through hard and easy times, and sharing methods that seem to be working and letting the everyone takes what they need and leave the rest seems to be a responsible attitude. Everyone is different and new people have fear of failure on their mind and so trying to make everyone fit one mold is not a workable method. What works for one may not work for another, but it is helpful to the new person to know what the options are and to count on their representative to guide them.

To sum it up, if you are working programs or products that require sponsoring, then make sure that you retail products and that you spend time with those you bring into the program.

To do anything other than guide and share with those that you sponsor is irresponsible marketing and should be reconsidered.

Online marketing can be a great source of friendship and business profits that last a lifetime if promoted properly. Do your part to make the Internet a more responsible and caring place.

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How to Find An Affordable Web Hosting Plan

By Ahsan Mirza

Searching the exact web hosting plan is a must for grate businesses or well-known businesses that are on a financial statement. Of course, as with mainly effects, this is much simply said than ended.

There are hundred or thousand of hosting companies out there that claim to offer free or cheap web hosting, but many of them have hidden fees or low quality services. An apparently rational web hosting plan can rapidly turn into a valuable nightmare if you aren't wary. This is why it is crucial that you do your homework and study a number of hosting companies before making any ultimate decisions.

Evaluating Expenditure if you are looking for cheap web hosting, then you will apparently need to evaluate the expenditure that is charged by different hosting companies. Precise costs to look at when searching for a reasonable hosting plan include site set up fees, monthly or annual maintenance fees, and any other fees that may be connected with the plan.

It should be well-known that several hosting companies offer free set-up. If you can find a web host who is offering this in addition to low monthly hosting fees, you will of course be much enhanced with this host against another who makes you pay for the same service.

Features Things to compare in addition to the cost when looking for cheap web hosting services include the sum of storage space received with the plan, the programming languages supported by the web host, and the sum of customer support obtainable. Some hosting companies will bid all of these features in their basic or most reasonable plan, and others will not.

Final, but not least, you need to make sure that you will have all of the sustain you need if you want the most reasonable web hosting plan that is being offered to you. Precise things to ask about include technical support response time and customer service representative accessibility.

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How To Overcome Problems In Creating Website Graphics

By Ian Traynor

I'm a professional webmaster and in this job I have to cope with many different types of tasks involving website design and maintenance. Quite frankly, a webmaster has to be a "Jack of all trades", and naturally, some of the jobs I find more difficult than others.

One Major Skill Problem

For many webmasters like myself, one of the most difficult skills to master is the development of website graphics. Many people like me are not particularly gifted in this area. We are also faced with the problem that good graphics programs, such as PhotoShop, are both expensive and difficult to learn.

You only have to visit websites designed by amateurs to see how bad some people are at creating website graphics! Quite frankly, a badly presented website can destroy that site's credibility. If the site is selling something, would you want to pay someone who clearly is not a professional - or even a good business person? I think not!

The Need For Website Graphics

It is important for the content of a website to be easily read, and this can partially be achieved by breaking up the text with well-placed and appropriate images. This is as important on blogs and content-rich sites as it is with selling websites. People will soon leave if the site cannot be easily and quickly read.

Also, presenting an image of whatever is being sold on a site will increase the conversion rate. This applies equally to digital products such as eBooks and software.

Hiring A Graphic Designer

If you need some really high-quality images, and you don't have good graphic design skills then you should use the services of a professional graphic designer. Yes, it could be expensive. And yes, you may have to wait a while for the work to be finished.

You have, of course, the problem of finding a qualified graphic designer. You need to make sure that they can produce the quality that you need and that you like the sort of designs they can produce. Each graphic designer has his or her own style, and they will not all appeal to you. Have a good look at their portfolio - and check how long they are likely to take to produce the finished work. You don't want to delay the launch of a new site or product because the graphic designer works so slowly.

Why Not Use Existing Artwork?

All over the web you will find sources of pre-made graphics, such a banner headers, bullets, buttons and royalty-free photographs

One problem with ready-made graphics is that, because they are freely available, many people will use them on their sites. So if you use the same ones, experienced visitors to your site will recognise that you are using free resources. This can create an image which is less than professional. With the right skills and graphics software it is possible to modify these ready-made images to give a more unique look to your website. But I find that this is both challenging and time consuming, and I guess that other people will as well.

And it's not always easy to find good online collections of pre-made graphics. Quite frankly, much of these free graphics collections are of very poor quality.

My Solution To Creating Graphics For Websites

I've been a professional webmaster since 1996, and so I've spent a lot of time tracking down good web-based sources of graphics. And in recent months, I've found web-based services which go a long way beyond just providing clip art and royalty-free photographs

I've been amazed at what you can do with some of these web- based services. You can design things such as banner headers, badges and buttons without difficulty. You can apply all sorts of effects to photographs. You can manipulate existing images as if you were using a top-end graphics program. You can even design templates for both websites and blogs. There's a lot more - and I'm regularly finding new online services of this kind

The great thing is that there is no charge for these services!

For my own convenience, I took the best of these graphics services and wrapped them up in a bit of software which I can easily access. And the software can be updated easily, so that I can add new graphics services as I find them

I passed a few copies of this software out to a few close friends to see what they thought of it. Their reaction was "Wow!! You could make a packet selling this". Well, I didn't particularly want to make "a packet" because I wanted to make it affordable to most "graphically-challenged" webmasters. So, when I added it to my "Webmasters CheatKit product range, I kept the price low, and it's become hugely successful.

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Ian Traynor is an experienced webmaster who has been helping less experienced webmasters for many years. His inexpensive "graphics in a box" software can be found at http://www.IanSays.com/WebmastersCheatKit/GraphicsWizard

Tips For Excellent Web Design Practice

By Chris Channing

One of the biggest online industries right now is the web design industry- with its many demands to create the newest and biggest thing in awe inspiring websites. Web design may be a big industry, but it isn't the easiest to get a foothold in. In order to best "wow" the competition, there are a few practices to keep in mind.

The first concept to understand in web design standards is readability. This is something too many beginners forget about when trying to make an overly stunning design. Font sizes are generally accepted to be 12 pixels in height for maximum readability, and going higher never hurts. A contrasting font color that is readable against its background is also important for keeping visitors free of frustration.

Navigation is an aspect of web design that is a very close second to readability. Without proper navigation, a website will not provide the average Internet user with proper information on what they can access on the website. It isn't the 1990's anymore, and that just isn't acceptable! Pretty rollover effects and menus aren't a necessity, and the average navigation box is more than sufficient for most applications in web design.

How accessible a web design is to the user is another important factor that dictates how many Internet users can even access the website at all. Different web browsers use different engines to read how a website is coded. This means that how the website appears in one browser may be totally different in another. In some cases, it might not even render at all- meaning extra work needs to be done to standardize the design among multiple browsers.

How well one's creativity can flow is another important aspect that dictates how well a design is received. Using a wide range of colors, shapes, and different types of fonts can do wonders for a design project. Try to keep colors contrasted orr supplemented nicely, as "loud" and gaudy layouts are usually very good for readability as they are quite distracting. This remains to be a decision to the designer, however.

Lastly, it's a good idea to make use of previously popular web design tactics. Newer and better forms of web design options are great to engage in, but the popular forms of web design options have been made popular for a reason- they are visually appealing and they just work. Thus, it's always nice to conform to certain web design trends even if a unique look is desired. It isn't always so much as trying to create a unique design as it is trying to create a unique experience for the Internet user viewing it.

Final Thoughts

Web design is a very tough industry to get into. There are many aspects in design and coding that need to be learned, and much of it isn't something that's going to be learned overnight. Thus, aspiring web designers should try to strive and mimic other designs and coding principles before trying to make the next big thing in web design. We have to walk before we can crawl- and patience is definitely a virtue in the concept of web design.

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Looking for Cheap Web Hosting

By Johnson

The best part of cheap web hosting plans is that setup fees, monthly fees or any other extra charges are almost negligible. In cheap hosting packages no doubt, prices are very cheap but you have to live with limited resources like CPU time and other server related resources. You also have to keep in mind that you are sharing servers with other customers so you are at the mercy of the performance of their sites as well.

Look for a web hosting company which has earned a good reputation from years of operations among its user base is considered reliable. Cheap web hosting companies and services must score well on the criteria of reliability, package value, customer service, and control panel, user-friendliness and server uptime.

Cheap web hosting service providers must give a sufficient space to store the data or files that structure your website as this industry is very competitive. A good low cost web hosting provider will also offer a relatively high bandwidth so that you website can be fairly busy before you hit any limits.

The best cheap web hosting companies provides 24 hours technical support. More advanced web site developers can make use any specialized software like a content management system, web log, customer support, discussion board or a shopping cart system in order to get the most out of the hosting package features. Most of the web hosting companies are offering user friendly website designs and editing tools like FrontPage, Dreamweaver or Coffee Cup support.

A quality cheap web hosting provider will support all the big programming languages and offer you a liberal programming environment so that you can develop your business using state of the art tools. Other reason is that cheap hosting providers adopts diverse business structure in comparison to older companies. Certainly, Web hosting business is severely competitive. Recently, the basis of competition is the tools and features provided to the user.

When one talk about this sort of strategy the major drawback is that every user doesn't require all the features provided by the concern hosting company. Several hosting providers deliver free backup services for all their clients without any biasness. Off course, Backups are expensive, and it is not required by everyone, but every user is compelled to pay for it due to concerned package offered to them.

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Mastering Website Graphics: Problems And Solutions

By Ian Traynor

A professional webmaster such as myself has to have a wide range of skills involving website design. We are expected to be able to cope with all the tasks needed to maintain websites. Naturally, some of these skills are more easily mastered than others.

Lack Of Expertise

Many webmasters such as myself find that the creation of website graphics is one of the hardest tasks to do well. Artistic ability is something you are born with, not something you can easily acquire. Yes, the best graphics software makes the job a little easier but software such as PhotoShop is both costly and not easy to master.

The general lack of graphics skills is very evident when you look at the many websites built by amateurs. They really haven't grasped the importance of having a well-presented website. If they are selling something, they are unlikely to gain the confidence of potential customers. Would you buy from a person who cannot present a professional appearance on their website? Probably not!

The Importance Of Website Graphics

A major reason is to make the web pages more readable. A big block of text is harder to read than one where the text is broken up by good-quality, relevant images. This applies to blogs and content-rich sites as well as those aiming to sell something. People will not stay on a website if it is difficult to read.

Also, presenting an image of whatever is being sold on a site will increase the conversion rate. This applies equally to digital products such as eBooks and software.

When Should You Use A Graphic Designer?

If you need some really high-quality images, and you don't have good graphic design skills then you should use the services of a professional graphic designer. Yes, it could be expensive. And yes, you may have to wait a while for the work to be finished.

Then there's the question of how to find a good graphic designer. They will need to have the skills to produce graphics for the web, which are different in some respects from the skills needed for off-line graphics. Also, since each designer has a different approach to design, you'll need to ensure that you like their particular style. Have a look at the work which they have done - and make sure that they can do the work for you to meet your own deadlines. You don't want to be waiting for the designer to complete the work before you launch your site.

What About Ready-Made Website Graphics?

There is no shortage of freely available images on the web - such as buttons, bullets, headers, icons and photographs.

However, because these pre-made graphics are so readily available, you will find the same graphics on many different websites. If you use such graphics unaltered, people will know that you're building your website on the cheap! This is not the image you want to portray! Naturally, if you have the skills, you can take such graphics and modify them with graphics software. This will help your website to stand out more from others. But doing this work is not always easy, and it can be time-consuming. This is a disadvantage for me, personally.

Also, it can be quite hard to track down the good sources of ready-made graphics. A lot of the stuff on the web is pure rubbish!

My Solution To Creating Graphics For Websites

I've been a professional webmaster since 1996, and so I've spent a lot of time tracking down good web-based sources of graphics. And in recent months, I've found web-based services which go a long way beyond just providing clip art and royalty-free photographs

Some of these online services are quite remarkable. There are services which let you create your own badges, buttons and banners without needing artistic skills. There are services which let you do amazing transformations of existing photographs. There are sites which let you design your own website and blog templates. The list goes on - and new online graphics services are appearing almost daily.

The great thing is that there is no charge for these services!

I started off by just having a list of these services. Then, I found it easier to bundle them into a bit of software that I built so that I could quickly select and use these website graphics services. I made sure that I could update this software easily as I located new services.

I gave this software to a few of my friends and they were delighted with it! "Why don't you sell it", they asked me? So I did, and it's now become the best selling product in my "Webmasters CheatKit" range.

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The author of this article, Ian Traynor, has spent years struggling with website graphics! He has made his "graphics in a box" software available at a low price from http://www.IanSays.com/WebmastersCheatKit/GraphicsWizard

Most Essential Features for a Managed Dedicated Server Plan

By Amy Nutt

For any corporation that requires dedicated web hosting but doesn't have the expertise to oversee and maintain it, a managed dedicated server plan is the perfect option. To date there are no industry standards to clearly define the management role of dedicated service providers, with hosts offering varying levels of support for a wide variety of prices. Services on offer include operation administration, firewall and antivirus updates, managed security audits, data back-ups, disaster recovery, and general system monitoring.

The choice of managed dedicated servers on the market is vast and it is important for a corporation to feel they trust in the knowledge and integrity of the web hosting provider. After all, a reliable and dynamic website is vital for customer loyalty. There are a number of key essential features to look out for that help ensure value for money and reduce the risk of choosing an under par website host.

Acquisition and installation

Managed hosting should provide a dedicated server package that caters to the client's specific requirements. It is vital to ensure the server provider can offer the kind of scalability and bandwidth the organization requires.

What services are included?

Some services are included in the monthly fee and some are additional. It is also important that a host can react quickly to implement and install new requirements for one-off special projects.

Performance guarantees

The major managed website hosts now commonly offer 99.99% network and data-centre power uptime. This is only possible if the host has an adequate power back-up system in place and a dedicated team of support and monitoring staff.

Help and support

Many of the top managed servers offer 24 hour help and support, 7 days a week, 365 days per year. One way to test the support desk is to search the various review forums online, which have endless customer reviews with honest accounts of their experiences with a provider. An essential consideration is whether the host provides a dedicated support team. If not, it is likely you'll spend ages on hold getting through to a different customer support worker every time. The ideal situation is direct access to a dedicated service representative who only works with a handful of accounts.

Hardware replacement time

The fastest offers on the market are for hardware replacement within 15 minutes of a failure, with more companies offering replacement within one hour.

Premium brand hardware

Hardware failure is still one of the largest causes of IT service failure and use of premium brand hardware is a must with the inclusion of RAID, which provides two or more redundant disks in the event of failure.

Application monitoring

One key feature of a managed dedicated server is the regular monitoring of the website, network, and server to ensure optimum performance.

Regular data back-up

Regular data back-ups are vital to protect website and customer information in the event of crashes.

Security monitoring

The host should be responsible for keeping updated on all of the latest security updates to ensure all reasonable steps are put in place to prevent a security breach. In the case of lost data, the host should be able to react quickly to recover lost information and prevent compromising customer security.

Power efficiency

One final consideration is to analyse the power efficiency of the managed server provider. Nowadays customers judge companies on their ability to minimize the impact they have on the environment. By selecting a server provider which aims to cut its energy consumption as much as possible and use renewable energy sources is a positive public relations exercise for any corporation.

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Avoid These Common Web Hosting Mistakes

By Johnson P. R.

Mistakes aren't necessarily a bad thing, but if you can learn from other people's mistakes it can save you from having to deal with them yourself.

When it comes to web hosting, there are basically two kinds of mistakes - technical and general business.

This makes the site take longer to download, leading to many visitors just moving on and never actually looking at the site. It also makes it more difficult to find what they're looking for if the page is unorganized.

Another common mistake made is following the competition's lead. You'll obviously want to keep an eye on your competitors to see what they're up to, but if you copy everything what they do you'll always be one step behind. Use your creativity and come up with unique ways to stand out from the rest of the websites in your market.

Another mistake is that many people when starting out is to choose a host solely based on price. This is obviously an important factor, especially in the beginning, but if you choose the cheapest host you may be limited in your scalability as the website grows in popularity and traffic.

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When Is a Dedicated Server Needed?

By Ricardo d Argence

You had many choices to make when you made the decision to start your own website. Most likely you were offered many design choices, email addresses, blogging interfaces, and e-commerce choices. Once your decision is made on everything above, it is necessary to decide about hosting and the different kinds you would like for your website. Most of the people start the computer business in a small manner and hence they would not need too much on the hosting server. A lot of people decide to go with basic or deluxe shared hosting.

Shared hosting means that multiple websites are being hosted on a particular single server. Typically the simple and small business owner finds this to be okay, but say your business is gaining momentum, or if your website processes client matters that are top secret. Are you going to be worried if someone hacks into your website that will cause havoc even on your server? Is there a legitimate way to ensure that your server, files and databases are secure from anyone else accessing them? Of course there is. That assurance arrives in the style of a dedicated server.

In contrast to other types of servers, a dedicated server is distinct. Not like a shared server that is not secure. When hosting companies get customers ready to host, the selection of shared servers is used often, hard drive space and monthly bandwidth is shared by each customer on the server. If you use this method, you can have a lot of security issues with people on that server. The complete opposite of this is a dedicated server.

There is nothing on that server but your website and yourself. Having a dedicated server means it is used only by you. A dedicated server would be a good idea if you are running a highly confidential website such as a banking institution, doctor's website, high traffic ecommerce site, and anything with content-sensitive material.

Dedicated servers are popular with financial and medical institutions. Your host company should be able to provide you, at your request, with a dedicated server. But beware, unlike shared hosting, dedicated server hosting can be be expensive, because you have your very own server. No other person or entity will be able to contribute to the cost with you. You can check with your current company to learn dedicated server options that best meet your website needs.

There are many benefits to using a dedicated server. Security is one of the main benefits. You dont have to worry about people hacking your website anymore. The complete server and everything inside is yours. You have maximum storage space, more bandwidth, data transfer, and above all you have your own control panel.

Most control panels use Plesk Cpanel. And with the Cpanel come the many choices in software, for instance: Wordpress, PHPBB, Joomla (CMS), Drupal, Siteframe, phplinks, MySQL databases, phpAdmin, apache, and the list goes on! However, as mention before dedicated servers can get very expensive. Sometimes it's cheaper to get a dedicated server as opposed to renting shared space per month and per year.

Take all these things into consideration and then ponder over them for a while. Before making your choice to switch to a dedicated server or to stay with a shared server, decide whether or not you can risk any compromises in your website's security. It's better to be safe than sorry. If you deal with credit cards and other personal information on your site, you should really consider switching to a dedicated server hosting plan.

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A Reality Check Before Starting an Internet Business

By John Neyman

The siren call of starting a business on the Internet is hard to resist. Work when you want, do it from home, make lots of money (even when you're asleep) - what's not to like, right? You'd be a fool not to jump in and start building that website or writing a blog!

Not so fast. There are more Internet millionaire "wanna-bes" than you might think. And many have spent more than a few years and more than a few thousand dollars in a vain effort to start a profitable Internet business.

It may seem that "everybody" is making money online, but that's simply not the case. And not many people will admit their frustration, partly because no one hates admitting failure but also because perception is everything online. If you are perceived as a failure, no one will buy from you, which makes you fail even faster.

So what are the disadvantages and roadblocks that potential Internet entrepreneurs encounter?

The first is the learning curve - it's steeper than you might think, and there's no single "how-to" process to follow.

Succeeding at an online business requires mastery of several key abilities, not all of which directly correlate to doing business offline. For example, you not only have to build a user-friendly and relevant website or blog, you have to drive traffic to it, all without making any mistakes that cause you to lose credibility in your prospect's mind and cause them to click away from your site.

Not easy!

And though there are countless experts, books, and how-to courses on how to start a business online, it's hard for a beginner to know who to believe, and there are multiple online business models to choose from as well.

The second issue, which was mentioned above but which warrants more attention, is the problem of driving traffic to your website. Novice Internet marketers know they want their site to be found in the search engines, but often vastly underestimate the amount of competition they have for the keywords and search phrases they desire.

The Internet reality is that top-ten rankings for most popular keywords is extraordinarily difficult to achieve - which means that the novice "Interpreneur" will need to master the art of advertising online, which can become quite costly.

The third and final obstacle mentioned here is that it's very easy to become distracted when building an Internet business.

If you subscribe to Internet ezines or visit Internet discussion forums, which are recommended methods to build knowledge and connect with potential customers or partners, you're bombarded almost daily with new ways to make money. New advertising strategies to try. New top-secret, never-before-revealed-to-the-public ways to get more targeted website visitors than you've ever imagined. And so on.

And while some of these strategies may be an excellent fit for a particular online business, many will not. Since inexperienced Internet marketers find it difficult to make that distinction, they waste time and money delving into new income models before mastering the income method they're using now.

Hopefully, if you're considering starting an Internet business, this article will serve as a "reality check" for you. It's certainly possible to make a substantial secondary or primary income online - but it's much more likely if you have a good grasp of the obstacles you'll probably encounter along the way.

Our services at leaders excel include any where from a personal website to an elite Premium business package website. Our premium package features include creating a personal header with your company's logo that communicates your product and/or services.

Check out Leaders Excel Solutions at www.leaderexcelsolutions today for all of your website needs.

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Finding Cheap Affordable Web Hosting

By Johnson

The contents of your website will affect the amount of money you have to pay to your Web Hosting service. Although your website only consists of some web pages, but if you also provide streaming video or audio to visitors, the cost of bandwidth is something you should take into consideration very carefully.

It is highly recommended to opt for a plan that allows you to use bandwidth more than your current requirement so anything you use over it will not cost you extra usage fees. The storage capacity you need depends on the type of website you intend to build.

For instance, if you have a plan to build an article directory where the web space required would grow rapidly you should think about the cost of that extra web space you would need. If your business plan involves the usages of more than one websites, consider to use a web hosting provider which gives you a facility to host all of your domains under one account.

That way it doesn't matter how many domain names you host, you only have to pay for one hosting account. It is also a good idea to thing about the cost of using an add-on domain in case you want to build more websites later. Look at what kind of policies an Affordable Web Hosting company has. Will they charge you automatically when the web space or the bandwidth you use have reached the limit?

Avoiding surprises is a necessity in business, especially when it comes to extraneous costs. Those are some essential rules in finding an affordable web hosting plan. Keep in mind that today the count of Web Hosting providers is endless and most of them claim as the number one company in the world with the very best cheap rates. Before finalizing on a Web Hosting service, do your homework and plan ahead.

Nowadays, because of the competition is getting harder, many Web Hosting companies don't charge you for setting up a new account.

So if you find the one that does it, simply go to other companies. Are there any extra charges for any application or database you might need to make sure that you don't have to spend extra money for setting up databases, putting FrontPage on your site, creating email accounts and using other common applications? They all should be free. Some web hosting providers allow you to build unlimited number of databases and email accounts.

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John is a freelance writer for information about website hosting & best website hosting visit: wefindyouhosting.com

Sell Your Dogs and Cats with Your Own Website

By Ron Ayalon

Are looking to sell cats and dogs through your own website? Then you might be finding this task really challenging. With the advent of new technologies and exposure on the internet, it is now extremely easy to sell puppies, cats, dogs and kittens or any type of pets. Puppywebsite.com is a company which creates and develops affordable, enriching pet websites for those who are looking to sell dogs and cats. Here, you can get various strategies in promoting your pets to loving homes located all over the world as well as enhance the success that you are already experiencing in this industry of Puppy Website.

Having your own website will ensure that you'll be able to stay at the forefront of the numerous competition, as there are many different accessories that dog and cat lovers regularly buy. Of course, advertisements like newspaper ads, business cards play an important role in any business, but it actually dampens your exposure. Hence, if you purchase a professional website from PuppyWebsite.Com paying only once, then success is yours!

You must know and understand the importance of having your own website before you focus your energies on ways to sell pets. The website is a one which presents all your services, your products and all of the pets that you are seeking an owner for. Puppy website creates affordable and enriching website that moreover makes visitors to get attracted with the graphics and user-friendly atmosphere used in the website. You will find an enormous increase in visitors and sales, once you implement the website that is created for you.

When you are in the industry where you sell pet animals, you know that your time is very precious. You have to have time to clean, groom, and feed the animals that you are seeking buyers from. You also know that pets have medical and health needs to be tended to. Your time is extremely valuable, and "Puppy Website" knows this. The professionals that are a part of this business will work diligently to create a website that is tailored to meet your specific needs, quickly and effectively. Now, your time can be free and you can put your focus in the areas that are most important!

You will be recognized as an expert with the assistance from Puppywebsite.com in creating a professional enriching website and visitors will come to respect you as such. You can enjoy service over and over again by just paying only once. Not only you can enjoy professional website, you can increase the amount of traffic that you have at your website, and can lead to more success than you ever imagined.

As previously mentioned, it is important for people to know that you are out there and you want to sell pet animals. Exposure is an essential when it comes to an online business. By employing the use of the services offered by "Puppy Website", you will find that the exposure occurs on many different levels. This is a great way to ensure that you have an advantage over the competition. If you want to maximize your profits and be successful in your pet niche, visit "Puppy Website" now at: http://www.puppywebsite.com/

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Ron Ayalon is a professional web designer and he has been been building websites for the pet industry over last 6 years. He offers you the best service and advice in building your own pet website. Contact him for a friendly, FREE consultation at Puppy Website

A Reality Check Before Starting an Internet Business

By John Neyman

The siren call of starting a business on the Internet is hard to resist. Work when you want, do it from home, make lots of money (even when you're asleep) - what's not to like, right? You'd be a fool not to jump in and start building that website or writing a blog!

Not so fast. There are more Internet millionaire "wanna-bes" than you might think. And many have spent more than a few years and more than a few thousand dollars in a vain effort to start a profitable Internet business.

It may seem that "everybody" is making money online, but that's simply not the case. And not many people will admit their frustration, partly because no one hates admitting failure but also because perception is everything online. If you are perceived as a failure, no one will buy from you, which makes you fail even faster.

So what are the disadvantages and roadblocks that potential Internet entrepreneurs encounter?

The first is the learning curve - it's steeper than you might think, and there's no single "how-to" process to follow.

Succeeding at an online business requires mastery of several key abilities, not all of which directly correlate to doing business offline. For example, you not only have to build a user-friendly and relevant website or blog, you have to drive traffic to it, all without making any mistakes that cause you to lose credibility in your prospect's mind and cause them to click away from your site.

Not easy!

And though there are countless experts, books, and how-to courses on how to start a business online, it's hard for a beginner to know who to believe, and there are multiple online business models to choose from as well.

The second issue, which was mentioned above but which warrants more attention, is the problem of driving traffic to your website. Novice Internet marketers know they want their site to be found in the search engines, but often vastly underestimate the amount of competition they have for the keywords and search phrases they desire.

The Internet reality is that top-ten rankings for most popular keywords is extraordinarily difficult to achieve - which means that the novice "Interpreneur" will need to master the art of advertising online, which can become quite costly.

The third and final obstacle mentioned here is that it's very easy to become distracted when building an Internet business.

If you subscribe to Internet ezines or visit Internet discussion forums, which are recommended methods to build knowledge and connect with potential customers or partners, you're bombarded almost daily with new ways to make money. New advertising strategies to try. New top-secret, never-before-revealed-to-the-public ways to get more targeted website visitors than you've ever imagined. And so on.

And while some of these strategies may be an excellent fit for a particular online business, many will not. Since inexperienced Internet marketers find it difficult to make that distinction, they waste time and money delving into new income models before mastering the income method they're using now.

Hopefully, if you're considering starting an Internet business, this article will serve as a "reality check" for you. It's certainly possible to make a substantial secondary or primary income online - but it's much more likely if you have a good grasp of the obstacles you'll probably encounter along the way.

Our services at leaders excel include any where from a personal website to an elite Premium business package website. Our premium package features include creating a personal header with your company's logo that communicates your product and/or services.

Check out Leaders Excel Solutions at www.leaderexcelsolutions today for all of your website needs.

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For Good Website There is Need a Right Domain Name

By Ashfaq Ahmad

When you are choosing your domain name keep in mind how easy it will be for people to find your website and choose a name that best reflects what your business is all about. Your domain name can be any length of up to 67 characters, which means you are more likely to find a name that you like, it easy to remember and that fits your business. Helen is the web master of Discount Domains, specialists in all aspects of Domain Names.

The domain name that you choose for your website stands in as a more memorable name for your numeric IP address. They allow for any service to move to a different location in the topology of the Internet (or an intranet), which would then have a different IP address.

The domain name system allows you to assign multiple IP addresses to a single domain name or multiple domain names to be assigned to a single IP address. This means that one server may have multiple roles (such as hosting multiple independent websites), or that one role can be spread among many servers.

There is need a good and right domain name for a good web site. When you choosing a domain name, you must have knowledge about web site's data or what's all about your web site. . Your domain name is how people will find your website so your domain name should be one that reflects what your website is all about.

It is important as people are more likely to remember your website name rather than your domain name so when they are looking for your website they will most likely type your website name into a search engine in the hope that your website will show up. This is why you should aim to name your domain the same name as your website; this sounds obvious but despite what it sounds like many people often opt to not name their domain anything to do with what their website is about.

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Finding Value in Web Hosting.

By Matt Hedges

If you're like many small business owners out there using a web hosting company, you probably have a small website that was designed some time ago, but you're probably not entirely familiar with what options you have available to you for web hosting. Once your site has been designed and launched, the work has just begun and it's up to you to make the most of your relationship with your web host.

The good news is that the cost of web hosting is consistently dropping and chances are, your web host probably has a wealth of free resources available for you to use. Many web hosting companies today, like Blue Host, Host Gator and Yahoo! not only offer control panels and free plug-in functionality, they also offer great features like free domain names, merchant accounts and even free marketing money from online advertisers.

So, how do you get these great freebies? First, if you haven't contacted your web host since you either setup your site or had a problem with your website, make contact with them today. Check the website and understand what package you currently have and what packages are available.

At $10 monthly, you should be able to find a host that will offer a free domain, control panel access, free website scripts, 24/7 support and many other free features. If your hosting company doesn't offer these, now standard, features then it is time to find a new host!

"But how do I move my website to a new host", you ask? This is easier than you think. If you use the popular cPanel control panel, the move process is as simple as 1, 2, 3 One, create a full backup of your website within your control panel. Two, create your new web hosting account and select upload your backup files by choosing the restore from backup option. Three, contact your domain registrar and point your domain to your new hosting account.

Domain name registrars have the authority to register and maintain domain name registrations. Companies like GoDaddy and Yahoo! offer both web hosting and domain name registration. Many website owners find that it is most convenient to have one vendor handle both their domain name registration as well as their web hosting.

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This article is published with permission from WebHostingMadness.com, a publisher of hosting company ratings, articles and helpful guides on web hosting.

How to Create Result for Cheap Web Hosting

By Ahsan Mirza

The inside of your website will concern the amount of money you have to pay to your Web Hosting service. Even though your website only consists of a few web pages, but if you also provide streaming video or audio to visitors, the fee of bandwidth is something you should obtain into consideration very cautiously.

It is highly optional to select for a plan that allows you to use bandwidth more than your present obligation so anything you use over it will not price you extra usage bill. The storage ability you need depends on the type of website you mean to build.

For instance, if you have a plan to construct an article directory where the web space requisite would raise rapidly you should think about the cost of that further web space you would need. If your business plan involves the usages of more than one websites, think to use a web hosting source which gives you a facility to host all of your domains under one account.

That way it doesn't matter how many several domain names you host, you only have to pay for one hosting account. It is also a better initiative to thing about the cost of using an add-on domain in case you want to construct more websites afterward. Look at what kind of policies a Reasonable Web Hosting company has. Will they charge you automatically when the web space or the bandwidth you use have achieved the limit?

Avoiding surprises is a necessity in business, particularly when it comes to unrelated expenses. Those are some essential rules in finding a reasonable web hosting plan. Keep in mind that today the count of Web Hosting providers is endless and most of them claim as the number one company in the world with the very best cheap rates. Before finalizing on a Web Hosting service, do your homework and plan ahead.

Nowadays, because of the competition is getting harder, many Web Hosting companies don't charge you for setting up a new account.

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A Beginners Guide to Social Media Marketing

By John Neyman

In the past few years, Social Media and Social Media Marketing have become buzz- words. This is due to the popularity of sites like MySpace, Digg, etc. The social media have two components - user generated contents and the ability to form networks of friends for sharing contents.

In sites like MySpace and Facebook users create their profile pages and use texts, pictures, and videos to embellish the pages. They can then share those contents with others in their friends' network, or the social network

In sites like Digg, YouTube, Flickr users submit a summary of news articles, pictures, videos and they vote on the contents submitted by others. Popular contents are featured on the homepage and it drives massive amount of traffic.

There are many variations of the two models described above, including a combination of the two.

Using the social media sites to promote your product or services (or a website) is called social media marketing. There are two types of traffic you get when your content becomes popular in a social media site.

The primary traffic or the direct traffic comes from the site where it becomes popular. For sites like Digg, it can be huge and your site should be ready to handle the surge in traffic without crashing.

When your site becomes popular in a social media site, people talk about your site and the post that becomes popular. They will put links to the content. The secondary traffic or the indirect traffic flows from those links long after the surge due to the primary traffic is over.

So, what are the benefits of primary and secondary traffic from the social media sites? The primary traffic exposes your site to people who have no other means of knowing about your existence. Some of those visitors will become regulars to your site if you are providing something that they want on a regular basis.

The greatest benefit is the natural links to your site given by others because they want to discuss your offering. Natural links from a large number of relevant sites improve your search engine rankings and organic search traffic.

Social media marketing lets you expose your site to a large group of people. If your search engine traffic has leveled off, shifting your focus to the social media marketing and becoming successful in that will take you to the next level in search engine traffic.

The only other alternative for increasing your search engine traffic is pay per click advertisement. If you are already running a PPC campaign, you can continue your PPC campaign through out the year to sustain increased traffic from search engines at a cost.

Social media marketing is free and making your site popular a couple of times in a year is enough to sustain increased traffic through out the year.

Our services at leaders excel include any where from a personal website to an elite Premium business package website. Our premium package features include creating a personal header with your company's logo that communicates your product and/or services.

Check out Leaders Excel Solutions at www.leaderexcelsolutions today for all of your website needs.

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Why to Have an Affordable Web Hosting Solution

By Johnson

The contents of your website will affect the amount of money you have to pay to your Web Hosting service. Although your website only consists of some web pages, but if you also provide streaming video or audio to visitors, the cost of bandwidth is something you should take into consideration very carefully.

It is highly recommended to opt for a plan that allows you to use bandwidth more than your current requirement so anything you use over it will not cost you extra usage fees. The storage capacity you need depends on the type of website you intend to build.

For instance, if you have a plan to build an article directory where the web space required would grow rapidly you should think about the cost of that extra web space you would need. If your business plan involves the usages of more than one websites, consider to use a web hosting provider which gives you a facility to host all of your domains under one account.

That way it doesn't matter how many domain names you host, you only have to pay for one hosting account. It is also a good idea to thing about the cost of using an add-on domain in case you want to build more websites later. Look at what kind of policies an Affordable Web Hosting company has. Will they charge you automatically when the web space or the bandwidth you use have reached the limit?

Avoiding surprises is a necessity in business, especially when it comes to extraneous costs. Those are some essential rules in finding an affordable web hosting plan. Keep in mind that today the count of Web Hosting providers is endless and most of them claim as the number one company in the world with the very best cheap rates. Before finalizing on a Web Hosting service, do your homework and plan ahead.

Nowadays, because of the competition is getting harder, many Web Hosting companies don't charge you for setting up a new account.

So if you find the one that does it, simply go to other companies. Are there any extra charges for any application or database you might need to make sure that you don't have to spend extra money for setting up databases, putting FrontPage on your site, creating email accounts and using other common applications? They all should be free. Some web hosting providers allow you to build unlimited number of databases and email accounts.

About the Author:

John is a freelance writer for information about website hosting & best website hosting visit: wefindyouhosting.com

Why to Prefer A Free Domain Name is Appropriate

By Ahsan Mirza

You do not have to pay for a domain name because you can find a free domain name. The free services come with different features and you can get to read some of the details on the internet. The free domain name gives you the opportunity to have a name in the most convenient way. There are things to consider while choosing the free domain name so that you can achieve what you wish with the domain.

Customer may want to facilitate the growth of your business by getting a huge web traffic. You may also want to increase your presence and build a formidable brand name. For this customer need to create an attractive address on net for attract many people to customer's site. The first thing he should consider when deciding a free domain name is what message he expect the potential customers to perceive when they see your domain and they should perceive several things.

They should know what kind of business he deals with and know the products and services, they should remember the domain without having to struggle and they should appreciate it for serving a marketing purpose. A good domain name should be short, concise and appealing. It should be able to draw people and make them curious of what you are offering. There are domains that you might see and not get curious and it is obvious that the names are missing something.

If he has a serious business, he needs to have a name that is not goofy. This is because the customers need to take him seriously. If he is in show business, an informal way of presenting his domain will be helpful and this reflects the nature of the business. It is good to take the tips that are usually available on sites. Do not use symbols or abbreviations but instead, he can use hyphens and letters to create his free domain. He must be very careful when companies announce they are offering free services. There might be hidden costs and therefore, before he gets it, he must know what the deal entails. They will also have free registrations and this can provide a very good opportunity for you to acquire a name with ease.

If customer wishes to have his free domain name registered privately, then he needs to find out whether the company offers this service and if they do not, find another free domain with a private plan. If he find that he need to pay for the private policy, it will be worth it because he will be protecting very vital personal information from the scrutiny of the public. Many people continue to abuse this privilege and cause so much harm to businesses and individuals. When he is protected, the people trying to connect to he will be directed to the company that has registered your domain, and they will alert him. It is a helpful way to protect his business. If he does not have a domain name, get one for free and he does not have to start a site immediately.

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High Quality Cheap Web Hosting Plans

By Max Rad

A perfect web hosting is the key to a successful web site. With thousands of web hosting companies available here on internet, it has become so dilemmatic to choose for the one which is cheap as well as the best. Generally the web hosting sites which has a strong back links and high page rank rules up in the market. Even though their price and services may not be as better as some other hosting companies with less popularity, still people do tend to purchase hosting from them. It's just due to lack of proper information about the features provided by the web hosting companies customers are unable to find the right choice for them. 99.9% uptime is the most essential feature any one should look for. Even if for once your site goes down, it may lead to a set-back of your site In terms of potential visitors as well as the image of site.

Disk space is the storage area that has been imparted by the hosting company to your web site. Disk space may vary according to the purpose of the site. It could be 100 MB, 250 MB, 500 MB or even 1 GB. For reseller account you may even go for higher disk space like 1 GB, 2 GB 5 GB 10 GB etc. All your files, data, web pages, downloads, uploads are stored here in this disk space only. It should always be ensured that there is a proper disk space management system allotted under cheap web hosting plans.

A cheap web hosting plans should also ensure the user of accessing multiple e-mail accounts. Generally you should be looking for the one which can provide at least 400 e-mail account linked to your server. Suitable tools to manage the e-mail accounts associated with the domain(s) should also be provided in the control panel of the hosting.

Bandwidth allocation holds the dependency for the traffic of a web site, hence it should always be made confirm prior to purchasing of the hosting under the cheap web hosting plans. Every time a web page of your site is viewed by a user, some portion of this bandwidth is utilized. Commonly a bandwidth of 2 GB per month is given with a 100 mb plan. With the increase in traffic you may also increase your bandwidth allocation by talking to the customer service of your web hosting company.

Most of the cheap web hosting plans provide domain registration. They allow you to register your domain of .com, .net, .org, etc. Some hosting providers even register one free life time domain for your.

Without a proper 24/7 customer service, a cheap webhosting plan is nothing. Make sure and investigate that your hosting gives a top notch customer service, otherwise you will get into a lot of trouble.

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Affordable Website Hosting Plan

By Ade Carone

Before I start talking about web hosting and what you should look for, let me say that I host my own sites with Hostgator. So I'm definitely not just "talking the talk". I actually do use the hosting provider that I sing praises about.

What may be affordable to me may not be affordable to you. Whatever the case may be though, you should look for a company that only charges you about $10 bucks a month for hosting.

As I mentioned earlier, affordability goes hand in hand with reputable hosting providers such as Lunar Pages and Hostgator. They get great reviews every year and that is something else you should keep in mind. A good hosting company will get great reviews.

Other things to keep in mind when it comes to getting your site a suitable host would include disk space, bandwidth, domain limit, database count, PHP, FTP, cPanel, and a variety of other factors. All of these items are crucial to any successful web hosting business.

When it comes to webhosting, all of us have the same thing in mind. We want our websites to be up and running night and day, have the peace of mind knowing our sites are secure from hackers, and also not pay through the nose.

Only use what you really need when it comes to picking a webhosting company. You will see many hosts offer a variety of features that may sound nice, but when it comes down to it, you will probably never use them. Only pay for what you actually need.

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Choosing A Domain Name To Attract Targeted Customers

By Theo McLanahan

The quickest way to getting eyeballs on your business these days is by establishing an online presence and central to establishing a powerful online presence is choosing a domain name that will attract the right customers.

Unfortunately, many people overlook this important step. Let's look at a few tips for getting a domain that will attract the right customers to your site.

1. Choose A Descriptive Domain

What your website offers should be clear from the domain name. Don't make your potential visitors guess at what they'll find on your website.

For example, if your name is Veronica Smith and you own a hair salon, get a domain like veronicashairsalon.com instead of veronicasmith.com. Unless you're famous, or want to become that way, your own name isn't the best option as your domain.

Also, shorter is better because it's easier to remember. It's also easier for them to type, with less chance of spelling mistakes.

2. Get A Domain That Includes Your Keywords

It's becoming increasingly important for business owners to have their websites indexed and ranked well in search engines like Google.com, MSN.com and Yahoo.com. And it helps this cause tremendously if you have a keyword-rich domain name. The reason for this is simple: Your potential customers search using specific keyword phrases to find what they're looking for.

Taking the time to do some research to find your best keywords, and a domain that includes them, is important. Make sure it still meets the first criteria though - short and descriptive.

There are other things you can and should do to get better rankings in the search results, but starting with a good domain sets a strong foundation. Avoid using hyphens in your domain name as well since it's believed they can hurt your rankings. Take the time to find a good domain rather than taking a shortcut and using a couple of dashes.

3. Do You Really Need .com?

Well, the answer is yes and no. There's no reason you can't use a different extension like .net or .biz if that's the only way you can get the domain you want. It's not the best choice however, because everybody thinks in terms of .com. If your site uses something else, it's going to be an uphill battle to get people to recognize your site. If someone else already owns the .com version, they're going to get a lot of free traffic thanks to your marketing.

How would you feel if you spend time and money marketing your website and some of those people wound up on your competitor's customer list instead?

If you're setting up a website for specific types of organizations, a non-profit group for example which should use .org, the best way to go is to stick with .com.

So, don't rush headlong into purchasing a domain name without first taking the time to research keyword phrases that would be a perfect match for your product or service. You can perform this much needed research at websites such as www.wordtracker.com, www.keywordtumbler.com and www.goodkeywords.com. It requires some effort, but acquiring the keyword phrases that are used by prospects and incorporating them into your domain name will pay off handsomely for years to come.

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Providing Affordable Web Hosting Solution

By Johnson

The contents of your website will affect the amount of money you have to pay to your Web Hosting service. Although your website only consists of some web pages, but if you also provide streaming video or audio to visitors, the cost of bandwidth is something you should take into consideration very carefully.

It is highly recommended to opt for a plan that allows you to use bandwidth more than your current requirement so anything you use over it will not cost you extra usage fees. The storage capacity you need depends on the type of website you intend to build.

For instance, if you have a plan to build an article directory where the web space required would grow rapidly you should think about the cost of that extra web space you would need. If your business plan involves the usages of more than one websites, consider to use a web hosting provider which gives you a facility to host all of your domains under one account.

That way it doesn't matter how many domain names you host, you only have to pay for one hosting account. It is also a good idea to thing about the cost of using an add-on domain in case you want to build more websites later. Look at what kind of policies an Affordable Web Hosting company has. Will they charge you automatically when the web space or the bandwidth you use have reached the limit?

Avoiding surprises is a necessity in business, especially when it comes to extraneous costs. Those are some essential rules in finding an affordable web hosting plan. Keep in mind that today the count of Web Hosting providers is endless and most of them claim as the number one company in the world with the very best cheap rates. Before finalizing on a Web Hosting service, do your homework and plan ahead.

Nowadays, because of the competition is getting harder, many Web Hosting companies don't charge you for setting up a new account.

So if you find the one that does it, simply go to other companies. Are there any extra charges for any application or database you might need to make sure that you don't have to spend extra money for setting up databases, putting FrontPage on your site, creating email accounts and using other common applications? They all should be free. Some web hosting providers allow you to build unlimited number of databases and email accounts.

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How to Increase Your Website Ranking

By Ahsan Mirza

Therefore, you have an amazing website and smart content but your website ranking is still low. Little or no ranking means that there is little or no income. So it is crucial that you increase your website ranking to ensure a more successful business.

Structure website ranking is simply marketing your website so that it can market for you. However, website traffic is one thing, but targeted traffic is everything. The easiest way to increase targeted website traffic is to focus each website page or blog post on a specific position in the market. An excellent way is to ask a "how to" question and write about your solution.

Another tactic is to use inbound links to bring in ranking from other sites. Social bookmarking is one more great method to increase links exponentially with little effort. Get in the habit of writing articles, posting them to your site, and submitting them to social bookmarking sites, this mixture will increase your site ranking.

If you are in a place where people like to chat and argue that subject, this can be a great way to increase your ranking. Get involved with the debate - don't just post ads, and your site will get more ranking.

Be sure to contain your URL in your signature. Seriously, post comments around the web that you are starting a forum on such-and-such a matter and they will come.

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