One of the most overlooked, but important components, on your web page is the Meta title. The Meta title is the text or page title found at the top left of your browser window and it is also the title saved when a web site visitor bookmarks your website. Some people will argue that search [...]
If you have a link directory on a website, how do you stop link theft by sites that don’t link back, or trick you into thinking they do? Whether link theft is anything to get concerned about depends on how many links your website has, the quality of those links (Google Page Rank) and how [...]
Did you know that web linkage is responsible for a significant amount of web traffic? Search engines are still extremely important but many of the most successful e-commerce sites claim that linkage programs offer a tremendous source of web traffic. It makes sense. The nature of the World Wide Web encourages serious web surfers to [...]
You have invested your time and money into putting up your website. Your prospective customers are out there, somewhere, and you want to make them aware of your site, what you offer and why they would want to visit. You have some marketing ideas, but you don’t want to waste money. How can you avoid [...]
One of the simplest things you can do to give your site ‘identity’ and to make it stand out from other sites is to use a favicon (favourite icon). They are the little logos that go next to the website listing in your favourites folder, and pop up in other places, (depending on your browser [...]
It seems like most web sites are displaying ads on their web pages these days. Some ads are not too noticeable while others are so annoying that they push visitors away and possibly make them leave the site. Pushing away visitors or potential customers is never a webmaster’s goal so its best to place ads [...]
Web Design is a very subjective process. Your idea of what looks good may differ from the next person’s. While wild backgrounds and flashing text were once considered ‘cool’, unwritten standards have evolved into every web designers inventory. In the following examples I intend to convey a few of those user-unfriendly examples to you. My [...]
As you travel around the web, you’ll notice that most sites now have ads in some form or another. Some of them are subtle, but some of them just aren’t – in fact, after a while, the ads at some sites can annoy you enough that you’ll either block them out entirely or leave the [...]
There’s a craze on the web at the moment, and that craze is named AJAX. What’s that? Well, according to some people, it’s a technology that’s going to redefine the web. Just how many times have you heard that statement. The classic web application model works like this: Most user actions in the interface trigger [...]
Have you ever read any of the following? “Content is King.” “Add Fresh Content Everyday To Get Your Site Visitors To Come Back” “Search Engines Like New, Fresh Content” “Add Dynamic Content To Your Site To Increase Your Site’s Traffic” Are they true statements? Yes. So you look for a site that provides relevant content [...]
