Tag: Big Boys

Release from Google Sandbox Only to Search the Playground

Posted on Jul.08, 2009, under Web Traffic No Comments

The Google Sandbox Effect has been discussed at length in our case study of a new website first crawled in May by Googlebot. We can now further the case study with indexing comparisons and discuss interesting Googlebot crawler behavior after release, at the 75 day mark, of the study website from that very confining Sandbox.
This case study is not for the faint of heart – those just launching a new web business on a new domain name with hopes of [...]


Imagine if Everyone Working In Your Office Was In Synch?

Posted on Jun.27, 2009, under Computer and PC Tips No Comments

Microsoft-Outlook is a pretty amazing program. So much more than simply an e-mail client, it provides a task list, a powerful calendar with recurring scheduling capabilities, wonderful electronic sticky notes, mail-merge capability with MS-Word support and so much more.
The problem is, it is a little stingy with its data and doesn’t like to share it with any of your employees unless you’re willing to invest in the expense and headaches involved with running a Microsoft Exchange Server.
Wouldn’t it be nice [...]


Know Your Audience

Posted on Apr.20, 2009, under Web Design No Comments

Designing a web site is hard enough. You spend countless hours working on how it is going to look and what cool specials effects it is going to have. You even spent hours picking out your site colors. So now what?
Now you have to promote it. But how? There are many ways. You can submit them to search engines, join a pay per click advertising program and link exchanges. Of these link exchanges are the ones most picked, mainly because [...]


Small Business Website Design Strategies

Posted on Apr.15, 2009, under Web Design No Comments

For a small business a website can have a massive impact on whether that small business thrives or dies out. There are several very important differences between a website built for a large business and a website built for a small business. Its important that a small business and the website design company who builds the website for that small business are aware of those differences so that the website has the greatest positive impact.
First of all dont try to [...]


The Monster Garage of eLearning

Posted on Apr.13, 2009, under Web Design No Comments

Have you seen Jesse James on the Discovery Channel’s Monster Garage? Each week Jesse and his handpicked team create a customized vehicle to dazzle and amaze you. So what does this have to do with eLearning? Read on…
Big boys like big toys
Did you see the episode when the:* Cadillac Escalade becomes a tailgate party? * DeLorean is transformed into a hovercraft?, or the* Scary monster Santa float as it makes it debut in a parade?
WOW they were great… and it [...]


Search Engines: The Alternative Way

Posted on Mar.02, 2009, under Web Design No Comments

Hate them or love them, but we still have to face the fact that
over 80 per cent of all traffic that websites receive comes from
the direction of search engines.
As infuriating as it is there is really nothing much you can do
when the all-powerful search engine wake up one morning and
decide to suddenly change the rules without any warning, causing
your agonizing hard work in terms of SEO to be flushed down the
drain. Nobody seems to care that you spent months and [...]


Small Business Website Design Dos And Don’ts

Posted on Feb.18, 2009, under Web Design No Comments

For a small business a website can have a massive impact on whether that small business thrives or dies out. There are several very important differences between a website built for a large business and a website built for a small business. Its important that a small business and the website design company who builds the website for that small business are aware of those differences so that the website has the greatest positive impact.
First of all dont try to [...]


Choosing the Right Web Server – Part 3 of the How To Build Your Web-Site Series

Posted on Jan.21, 2009, under Web Design No Comments

In my previous articles in this series (Part One & Two on How To Build A Web Site both available here at EzineArticles.com) I began to outline just what is needed for the “real” web-site to succeed. In this article we are going to discuss the first important decision that you will have to make and which most people do not understand the far-reaching consequences that can affect and effect your web site way down the line as you get [...]


HTML Editors 101 – Smaller Is Better

Posted on Dec.12, 2008, under Web Design No Comments

Microsoft FrontPage and Macromedia’s Dreamweaver aren’t the only
HTML editors on the market. In fact, niche HTML editors from
various independent developer offer a number of advantages over
the big boys.
SiteSpinner
SiteSpinner is a user-friendly web site development tool that
includes many advanced features such as drag-and-drop
positioning, built in FTP to publish directly to your web site,
an image editor and graphics creation all in one. With
SiteSpinner, objects can be placed wherever you want them with
your mouse. Not only that, you can place objects so they [...]