Archive for February, 2009
Leave no stone un-turned when building links to your website
Posted on Feb.28, 2009, under Web Design No Comments
It’s easy to get into a rut when it comes to building links. In
many ways, link-building is the most frustrating part of the
search engine marketing business. You can’t afford to ignore the
work, because it’s just so important to your overall success,
but it can often be frustrating, tedious, and time consuming
work. If you only use one method of link building, you are
extremely vulnerable to an algo change by the search engines.
For this reason, you need to ensure you get links to [...]
The 7 Best Methods to Find Keywords for Your Web Page
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Search engine traffic is the best Traffic a web page can get. By finding and Optimizing for Highly relevant Keywords you can insure a constant stream of Laser Targeted Visitors to your web Page
1 – Brainstorm
Brain storming is a popular method where you simply rack your brain to try and find keywords. Seat down at a desk with a pen and legal pad and write down every keyword phrase you can think of. Don’t judge how [...]
How to ‘Force’ Your Visitors to Order Immediately!
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This may comes as a surprise to you but, if you’re using popups on your website (which you should), then chances are you’re using them all wrong. Almost everybody is.
Did you know, for example, that top marketers are using HIDDEN techniques that make any given popup VASTLY more effective on their sites than the VERY SAME popup would be on yours!
In fact, Stephen Pierce has actually admitted that one of these hidden popup techniques increased his profits by a whopping [...]
How to use Flash in your site and still be search engine friendly
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Do you want to have a feature rich web site with animations,
sound, and an opening splash screen?
Do you want to use Flash extensively on your site but you are
afraid of hurting your search engine positioning?
Do you require an opening splash page but were told that the
search engines could not index your site if you had one?
Well there are ways to have the benefits of Flash on your site
and still be attractive to search engines. It is all in how [...]
Keep Your Navigation Consistent!
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One of the single most important aspects of effective navigation is consistency. Why? There’s a simple reason.
Visitors want familiarity.
They are more comfortable and more trusting if they know things are going to remain the same from page to page. They have a certain sense of confidence from knowing what to expect.
If a visitor can quickly become familiar with your navigation, it’s much simpler to actually navigate. And of course, that’s the whole purpose of navigation, right?
Besides familiarity, there’s a second [...]
Designing with C.R.A.P.
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How do you decide where to place elements on the page? What
colors should you use? How do you get people to notice your
content. Believe it or not the answer resides in C.R.A.P.
Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, Proximity. These basic elements
of design can be found everywhere design is present. By
following these four basic princiapls your designs will improve
immeasurably and immediately.
Contrast
Why is most of the text you read black while the background is
white. It’s an example of contrast. Through the use of contrast
various elements [...]
How to save time with effective web page building software
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Have you ever been wondering why it takes a webmaster so long to
make changes to your existing site? Do you want to have the
ability to make your own changes and be in control of your own
time? Well the answer to that question is be using a web
building program where you have no technical skills and do the
work yourself. What is more valuable having the knowledge or
paying someone who might not even be doing a good job for you?
The search engines [...]
Navigate With Ease – Why Easy Website Navigation Is The Key To Repeat Business
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Although there are many experts who claim to know what makes a website successful, upon researching one would find that almost every expert would agree that navigation has a large part in the formula. Easy website navigation is the key to repeat business. There are thousands of websites out there floating around. Not every one of these websites is successful and that is mainly due to the website structure itself. If you want to create a website that is structurally [...]
Are you ready to be in the limelight?
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Press releases have the potential to create incredible exposure. Looking beyond the linking benefits, a well written press release may land you in newspapers, TV, and radio.
Quite often the top results are press releases or news articles feeding from those press releases. Some of these releases inspire me; others are empty promotion with nothing of interest to me or my site visitors. Here are some tips on the making of a great press release.
Know your reader.
Balance between writing [...]
Website Templates – Who Benefits?
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Are templates the shortcut of your dreams, or a complex design nightmare in the making? Find out what’s really required to effectively use most website templates.
Some new to the world of website hosting may find it easy to come across sites that offer the ultimate short cut to a “professional” website. Usually this shortcut will be a template. On screen the template will look great with its images, placeholder text, and unbranded graphics. The lure of the template for the [...]
