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[2003-08-29] 2 tips on effectively organizing your navigation
Not all links are created equal.
While all of your links may be important, you must sort and prioritize to come up with an effective navigation scheme.
[2003-08-29] How to Create a Custom 404 Error Page and Get Your Lost Visitors Back
One thing that's certain on the Web is nothing stays the same for very long. This is especially true when it comes to pages of your website. When you first create your site you may think you'll never need to alter the structure. But as your site grows, chances are there will come a day when you need to move or change the names of existing pages.
[2003-08-29] Understanding your Website's Performance
One of the most under-rated aspects of any Website business is in its statistical data, or more accurately, it's owner's ability to interpret that data.
[2003-08-28] Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and Search Engine SPAM
With Search Engine Optimisation and Marketing set to be one of the hottest sectors in the Internet Marketing industry in the year 2004 it is wise to assess the playing field cautiously.
[2003-08-28] GOOGLE Secret Revealed
Sherlock holmes said "You see but you don't observe". This article is based on observation and deduction, no one from the google had said the secret to me. And I understand some of you user are going to say that it isn't so, but what's the game, try it and I guarantee you will get top page ranking at google.
[2003-08-27] What's a BLOG and Why Would I Want One?
If you haven't heard about a "blog" already, you will soon. Here are some Q&As about this great new communication tool.
[2003-08-27] How Do You Score on the Marketing Emotional Intelligence Test
Remember that email rounding the Internet recently: "If we could shrink the Earth's population to a village of 100 people, this is what it would look like: There would be 57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 North and South Americans, and 8 Africans. Seventy people would be non-white; 30 white. Seventy would be non-Christian; 30 Christian ...."
[2003-08-27] When Bulk E-mail is OK To Use!
Hold the firing squad for just a minute. :-)
I am 1000% against SPAM and I have been for many, many years. I even state it on my web site and in my FBCN newsletter publications.
[2003-08-26] How to Boost Your Chances at Having a Successful Web Site Part 4
Web site design (Continued with a real estate site example)--
If you use a picture of a house on the main page of your site, use a picture that has a happy, smiling family in front of the house.
[2003-08-26] How to Boost Your Chances at Having a Successful Web Site Part 2
(Continued from Part 1)
Purchase your own domain name (Continued) --
Did you know that you can purchase a domain name for $21.95 a YEAR?? That's it! From there, you'll want to use a professional hosting company, which will provide an address for your Web site.
[2003-08-26] Jumbled Wires
I dare you... look behind your computer. My guess is that it's a big, ugly, horrendous-looking jumble of wires. Looks complicated, doesn't it? How could that possibly make sense to anyone? How would you ever figure it out if you had to?
[2003-08-26] A Key to the Windows Fortress: The Registry
What is the Registry?
In the days of Windows 3.x programs used to put their critical data on .INI files. Every program had to create its own .INI file where it stores its relating data.
[2003-08-25] Digital Photography: Avoid Too Much File Compression
For users of digital cameras, file compression is an issue you must be aware of if you want to be able to view and share your images.
[2003-08-25] Tips on Avoiding Scams
One thing I think we ALL agree on: There are way too many scams out there. Both online and off. Things like:
[2003-08-25] Save Promotion $: Attract the Right Audience to your Web Site
To attract your targeted audience to your Web site, you need to know your preferred audience.Then you'll spend less promotion time and money.
In everything you send out, think about your audience before you write.
[2003-08-25] 3 Under-Used Traffic Generators!
1) Viral Communities
Create your own chat room. Allow other related web sites that don't have a chat room to link to yours. They'll get use of a free chat room and you'll draw extra traffic to your site.
[2003-08-25] Website 101
Are you one of the many businesses that don't have an Internet presence yet? Is it because you don't quite understand all the technical jargon? Websites, ISP's, servers -- what does it all mean? Then read on and learn the basics of what it means to having your own presence online.
[2003-08-25] How to build a website
That is a good question. How do you build a website? Where does one start that has no clue about web page design? First we assume that you have access to a computer and to the internet. Once that goal is accomplished. You have open reign. There are literally thousands of ways to create a website.
[2003-08-25] Four Easy Steps to Establishing a Website
Are you ready to establish a web presence for your organization or business, but overwhelmed by what appears to be a process that is complex and expensive? Unfortunately, this process does indeed seem confusing, given the variety of companies selling their services and the
inconsistency of pricing from vendor to vendor. But establishing a web presence can be simplified if you follow these four steps.
[2003-08-25] The Contrast And Similarities Between A Web Designer And Web Programmer
The concept of web designing based on the nature and rapid growth of the Internet is nothing to boast of any more. This is because of the large number of web sites published to the Internet everyday, so as to showcase one's presence and dominance on the World Wide Web. You may ask why this is so, well, the so simple answer is the rate at which technology is evolving.
[2003-08-22] Watermarks with Cascading Style Sheets
In the print industry the sign of quality paper is a company watermark or brand emblem. This same effect can be achieved for your company's web site using CSS. This effect is compatible only with MIE4+ and NS6.1+. Older browsers will simply not render the watermark.
[2003-08-22] How To Use a Message Sequence to Increase Your Sales
If there's one thing I've learnt in over 3 years of web marketing, it is this: you *must* follow up with your visitors.
The statistics are very clear about this: the 1st contact produces 2% of sales, the 5th to12th contacts produce 80% of sales.
[2003-08-20] My First Commission Check!
Finally! -- I have researched Internet Marketing for six months. I have analyzed everything that has come down the CyberSpace Turkpike. Some are zippy little sports cars which zip on by in a flash -- never to be seen again. Some are expensive gas-guzzlers that meander down the road. Some are Mac Trucks filled with lots of products. And...I'm still on my bicycle...
[2003-08-20] Making Bar Graphs in HTML
The visual presentation of information is often far more effective than simply stating the facts. Want to show how much your customer base has grown? Looking to compare apples to oranges? Have a frequency distribution of any sort to display? Perhaps a bar graph will do the trick.
[2003-08-20] Create a Simple, Effective PHP Form for Your Web Site
If you have been struggling to set up forms on your web site using cgi, then definitely read this article. Installing a simple PHP form is much easier and faster than installing a cgi form and doesn't need any programming experience.
[2003-08-20] Top Five Sins of the Startpage Exchanges
Right now, these exchanges are generating more traffic to my site than any other single method ever has. They are a great tool, as any, in the right hands. They may not work next week, who knows, but that's the nature of the Internet.
[2003-08-20] How to link to yourself to get repeat visitors!
What do I mean? OK, assuming you have a website with some very useful reference material on it. You do, don't you? Content is king. And you get lots of visitors ... (OK, that's a whole other article.) Well, your visitors might wish to save that information for later.
[2003-08-20] The Little Web Site That Could
Promoting even the best opportunity on the Internet is tough... ... unless you have a responsive list of open-minded opportunity seekers interested in building a profitable on- line business.
[2003-08-20] How NOT to Appear Like a Spammer
You've probably received something that is called SPAM. SPAM is unsolicited email commercial. Many people harvest other people's email addresses on email and web forums and send them info that they didn't request. This is very frustrating because you loose your precious time deleting those unwanted messages. In this article I will try to explain how NOT to appear like a spammer.
[2003-08-20] Maximize Site Visits With Bullets and Bolding
When people come to your site - they want to know immediately what is in it for them - how will they benefit? Use bulleting and bold text to tell them right away what they will find - will it help them afford that vacation they want? Will it stop their toilet from leaking and wasting water - thereby saving on the water bill? Will it give them confidence in having a beautiful acne-free face in time for prom?
[2003-08-20] How Available Are You?
The internet can be pretty scary at times. Do you realise how easy it is to access your personal information? Your phone number, name, address? Even get driving instructions on how to get to your location (if you`re in the USA)??
[2003-08-19] Finding reciprocal links for your site
Links help your popularity with the search engines. They should also bring you more visitors, if the sites that link to you are relevant, and have high traffic themselves.
[2003-08-19] Effective Search Engine Submission Strategies
Now that you've got a website it's time to start thinking about promoting it. Search engine listings are the number one way to generate traffic to your website. The following information will help you effectively promote your website through search engines.
[2003-08-19] How To Keep Pace With The Rapidly Changing Internet
The noose keeps tightening on publishers and email marketers. We're caught between the "Slim Shadys" who believe that if you have email, you're fair prey and the powers that be who feel that we're just collateral damage in their war with "Slim Shady."
[2003-08-19] KEYWORD POWER! Generate A Flood of Qualified Traffic Now!
If you had to take a stress test right now - while someone asks you how effective you are at selling a product online?
[2003-08-19] 8 Hot Tips For Search Engine Success
I was worried. "With a hundred million web sites competing, how on earth can I get anyone to my site?
"Search engines," said my friend Dave.
[2003-08-19] Don't Fear The Search Engines!
Step 1: Positioning (a.k.a. search term selection)
[2003-08-19] How to Buy, Test and Use a Mailing List!
I just bought 2,500 leads from an opt*in mailing list vendor. They sell each record only twice, advertise a "penny per lead" guaranteed, have average 25% "bounce" so included an extra 1,000 names -- 3,500 names for $25.00.
[2003-08-19] Internet Tip of the Week
Best Hundred Bucks
Did you know there is software available for about a hundred dollars, which will allow you to automatically submit your ads to web sites that accept free ads, and to newsletters that do likewise? This software will submit any number of ads you wish, in any frequency you desire.
[2003-08-19] A Clever New Linking Strategy!
One day I was surfing the internet and suddenly came upon one of my articles - there on someone else's web site!
[2003-08-19] How to Overcome your Computer? Part #1
Is your computer giving you a headache? Are you struggling to practice every new tip you learn? But it is just useless because it's impossible to recall.
[2003-08-19] You Need More Than Just a Sales Page And a Website To Sell On The Internet
Everybody wants to make money on the internet--and of course that includes you.
[2003-08-18] A Simple Trick To Boost Your Traffic 8%
I ground myself to death in the office day and night... until my wife said she forgot what I looked like!
[2003-08-18] Is Your Web Site Ready for Traffic?
Did you ever go to a store looking for a particular product and can't find it because the store is messy, unorganized and the representatives are not helpful? Chances are - you won't return to that store. Well, the same holds true for web sites. Your web site is your virtual storefront.
[2003-08-18] The Secret Key For Any Offline Business To Profit From The Internet... Even Without a Website!
The secret key I am talking about has been used by top internet marketing specialists to generate profits for years, but is just now taking hold in mainstream American business. From major corporations to the local restaurant, pioneering companies are finally beginning to learn how they can truly profit from the internet.
[2003-08-18] Five Surefire Ways to Win Auctions with Lower Bids
If an item in an auction gets fewer people looking at it then it will get fewer bids and hence go for less money. So all you need to do is find these items that people are not looking at.
[2003-08-18] Keep it credible
One factor in keeping visitors on your site - and getting them to return, is undoubtedly the credibility factor. The more credible your site is - and by extension, your company - the higher the chances of a visitor visiting for long enough, or returning often enough, to do business with you.
[2003-08-18] Web Site Software Interface Design Consultant
The key to creating graphical images for the World Wide Web and software applications is keeping the image file size relatively low and creating images that are optimized and display correctly in the browser window. By obtaining the knowledge of when to apply the proper image format to a given situation and how to properly optimization images to decrease download times, developers can assure themselves that graphics used in their projects will be optimized for success.
[2003-08-18] Why Most Law Firm Websites Don’t Work --- And How to Improve Them
"You never get a second chance to make a first impression." This maxim is true for many things in life, none more so than a website. While most law firms are professional in their day-to-day business operations, many still haven't learned that a website that's poorly designed can damage the firm's credibility and impair its image.
[2003-08-18] Fonts: Choosing Wisely
Choosing a font is something that most of us give little thought to. After all, most fonts are more or less the same, right? Let's face it, most writing is presented in a stock-standard font like Times New Roman or Arial.
[2003-08-15] Let Your Visitors "Print This Page"
A fantastic way to remind your site visitors to come back and visit you is by offering them a quick way to print a page that they can read offline later at their convenience. I personally do this printing process myself, when I am limited to the amount of time I have to read information on a web site thoroughly.
[2003-08-13] Tread towards a successful “Internet Research”
Internet is a terrific resource containing billions of web pages dedicated to thousands of topics. Since the amount of information available on the Internet is so vast and mind baffling you may feel lost.
[2003-08-13] How To Speed Up Your PC Today... Without Upgrading Any Component!
Is your PC behaving strangly?
Are you experiencing a slow down in the performance of your PC?
[2003-08-13] How To Triple Your Banner Click-Through-Rates
Have you noticed that your banner ads rarely get clicked on? Banner ads used to be a very effective method of advertising, but the web has become bloated with banner after banner. As a result they're largely ignored today.
[2003-08-13] Why Aren't You Using Audio?
As use of the Internet continues to grow geometrically, we see an increased demand for information to be provided by a variety of media. Viewing options can range from simple text to PDF documents to video clips.
[2003-08-13] Turn Benefits Into Sales with Streaming Media
The "Wow" factor that accompanied the introduction of streaming media on the Web has long passed, and the technology now has to prove itself to marketers. Its' acceptance by advertisers, in conjunction with other rich media technologies, is on the upswing, but it's still not widely used to enhance commercial sites.
[2003-08-13] Generating Website Traffic with Sub-domains
Sub-domains are websites that are located within a directory of your main site and have their own domain name. Because they use the same resources as the main website, they are normally much cheaper than getting another hosting account. The low cost and flexibility of sub-domains offer virtually unlimited traffic-generating potential that won't break the bank. With a little creativity, you can dramatically improve your search engine ranking, bring in more visitors, and expose your site to entirely new markets.
[2003-08-13] Spinning Text Meets Same Fate as Skip Intro
Practical Applications of 3D in Flash
The early days of Swift 3D sort of remind me of the early days of Flash. People were so excited to finally have a great new tool to create cutting edge Web content, but were often struggling to find the best uses for that content.
[2003-08-13] Intensify Your Viral Call To Action
In this article I'll show you a simple but effective way to increase your reader's psychological motive to forward your newsletter or e-zine.
[2003-08-13] Google Ranking WITHOUT submitting to Google
A while back, I read an article that explained how to get a good google rating without ever submitting your site to their submission forms. Like you, I was kind of shocked by this statement so I decided to give it a try.
[2003-08-13] Get Top Search-Engine Ranking Using Keyword Strategies
Keywords and META tags can dramatically improve your search-engine ranking. Your prospects use keywords and key phrases to find you in the search engines. They give your web pages a chance to come up in the search results when your prospects type in words into a search engine that match the keywords in your META tags and web content.
[2003-08-13] How to Create and Send HTML Email
Until recently text-based email was the most popular way to communicate, however with the advent of html email you can now create and send beautiful graphics, create clickable links and use interactive forms.
[2003-08-12] Crossing the Great Graphics Barrier
One of the first hurdles in learning Web design is understanding the use of graphics. The greatest of programmers can come up against the graphics barrier and sometimes just fall flat. Even professional desktop publishers when faced with a "design for the Web" task, can make critical errors.
[2003-08-12] Book Selling Is Not A Dirty Word
Selling--a word that strikes terror in writers and professionals. We love to write. We love our work. We love to speak. We hate to SELL.
[2003-08-12] Create Printer-Friendly Web Pages
Reading from a computer screen is uncomfortable, so users may often want to print the page they're viewing. The problem is that web pages don't usually lend themselves to print.
[2003-08-12] Optimizing Dynamic Pages - Part I
You are the Widget Queen. You eat, breathe, and live widgets. You sell more widgets than anyone. You want to reach more widget customers, so you have decided to sell widgets on the web. You have spared no expense in designing and building the ultimate widget website. You have widget descriptions; you have widget specifications; you even have widget movies. The only thing your widget website does not have is visitors.
[2003-08-12] Optimize Your Graphics for the Web
Heavy graphics cost you money and traffic. They cost you money because heavy graphics require both significant storage space and bandwidth.
[2003-08-12] How to Get Massive Exposure for Your Site at Low to No Cost
As much as I hate to use "marketing language," using these four simple tactics will "light your traffic on fire" ... immediately. I guarantee it. And even better for you, each one of them can be used at absolutely no cost whatsoever.
[2003-08-12] Marketing Your Website: Domain Names 101
Any new website venture online will include a domain name. Sometimes the domain is purchased from a domain broker - someone who specializes in reselling domain names. The majority of the time, however, it will be registered through a domain registrar. No matter how it is purchased, in all cases, the domain name (or names) for a website should be carefully considered. The basis of the marketing for the website will be the domain name chosen.
[2003-08-12] Prevent Computer Downtimes
You can add longer life to your computer by practicing preventive maintenance, in the same way you do preventive maintenance on other equipment or on your house. Take care of problems before they begin, and you might avert other problems from starting.
[2003-08-09] Adding Search Funtionality To Your Site
Having your very own search engine for your site will enable your visitors to quickly and easily find just what they are looking for, without having to navigate through numerous menus or wade through long lists of options. Your users can just type in a few keywords for what interests them, and within seconds they are shown to the exact pages on your website that are relevant.
[2003-08-08] To Grow Your List Feed and Water it Daily
One of the biggest questions I hear online is "How do I grow my newsletter list?" If you publish an ezine, the name of the game is growth. What good is writing an ezine, if no one reads it?
[2003-08-07] Marketing Tips for Steady, Long-Term Traffic & Sales
Marketing an internet business requires consistent effort to be effective. "Consumable" advertising is that which needs to be constantly repeated, such as placing newsletter ads. While this type of advertising plays a role in your overall marketing plan, there are other methods which can yield a steady flow of traffic and sales over time, even if you were to take a break from your marketing efforts. These include:
[2003-08-07] Good Web Design: The Importance of Navigation
A well-designed website has many facets: gorgeous graphics, cool animations, drop-down menus, and of course, relevant content. Another important feature, often overlooked, is a good, solid navigation scheme.
[2003-08-06] Search Engine Optimization – What is it? Why does it work?
If you build it, will they come? That depends. Can your potential clients find your business' web site when they search for it online? If you haven't thought about optimizing your site for search engines the answer is probably no. By 'optimizing' your site for search engines, you can cost effectively direct targeted traffic to your web site, which leads to increased sales.
[2003-08-06] Stopping and Directing Web Spiders
Not all agents, (otherwise known as crawlers, bots, robots and spiders), that visit your site will be of benefit. Even the "good" spiders such as the ones Google sends out to index your site may visit places that you don't wish them to.
[2003-08-06] Optimizing For Search Engines
Optimizing a page for search engines requires various steps for different engines. Getting into the specifics for each engine would take volumes, because different engines use different factors in their algorhythm when they "rank" a site. The specific items you can tackle for any page of any site are the following: keywords, title tags, copy writing, meta tags, alt image attributes, hyperlinks, and headings. Here's a brief explanation of each.
[2003-08-06] Your Piece of Cyber Real Estate
In a landmark case, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals has just stated that domain names, despite their virtual nature, should be treated exactly as a "plot of land" would be. This is a huge victory for all domain name registrants, not just for Gary Kremen who can now continue his lawsuit against Network Solutions for allowing the theft of his Sex.com domain name. NSI had argued that domain names are intangible property and therefore they could not be held liable for damages. (Kremen vs. Cohen Case #01-15899)
[2003-08-06] 6 "Killer Ad" Secrets That Draw Traffic
My friend David tried to tell me. But I kept struggling on, treading water, spending my money. No traffic.
Then I started listening. And it changed. And oh, the pain I could have saved myself, had I just learned earlier, these 6 tips for getting traffic faster.
[2003-08-01] Are These Really Scams?
There have been many articles that tell you to be wary of a scam if certain information isn't readily available - namely a street address and testimonials you can verify. This is ridiculous, because people need more privacy in light of spam and all types of scammers. Another problem concerns those phone messages and emails you sent, that go unanswered - but there might be a good reason for that.
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