So you need a domain name for your brand new internet business. You may even have some cool ideas for a new domain name combination that will really impress your friends. Question is, is your new domain name going to help your business or hurt it? What could be simpler than choosing a domain name [...]
Link popularity has been written about ad nauseum, but most articles address the subject from a perspective circa 2001. The available information usually focuses on topics such as reciprocal linking or the current price of a PR6 link. But following outdated link building advice is more likely to get your Web site penalized than it [...]
So you need to check your IP address, for whatever reason. Maybe you’re playing an online game with a friend, or you need to access your PC remotely. Whatever the reason, there are a number of different ways you can check your IP address. One of the easiest ways is to run an “ipconfig” command [...]
There are those that get on the computer one night and find that all of their Web pages have disappeared from Google. While, others are still in the search engine index, but don’t rank high for nothing, not even for their Web site’s name. It’s a Web site owners worst nightmare, getting kicked out of [...]
Google doesn’t only exist at http://google.com/ – Google also has local versions, such as http://google.ca/, http://google.com.au/ and http://google.co.uk/. Each of these has a selection below the query entry field that allows the user to select either ‘search the web’ or ‘search pages from ‘. If the visitor selects ‘search pages from ‘ they will only [...]
Once you’ve got some visitors, the chances are that you want to know more about them. How many are there? Where are they from? What web browser do they use? Luckily for you, there are plenty of ways to find out. Server Log Analysis Most web servers keep a log of every file they send, [...]
The most recent paranoia involving websites is the thing called PageRank. Most webmasters and site owners are going crazy over it. PageRank determines how well your site is. PageRank values may vary depending on your site’s performance. In order to see your site’s PageRank values, download the same from Google. Marketing analysts and administrators want [...]
1. Upload robots.txt file in to your root directory and include the folder name where you set your downloads. More information on how to set robots.txt: http://www.webmasters-central.com/wp/se/robotstxt.shtml 2. Set the permission of the download folder to 711 OR upload an index file to that folder. This makes that folder web inaccessible. For example create a [...]
A Web site hosted with a “dedicated IP” never changes location. The advantages of having a dedicated IP number is that dedicated IP’s tend to lend themselves much better to advanced web development, they are much easier to work with and they are more compatible with server side applications. So why don
Sometimes having it shorter is better. At least that is true when it comes to your web site address. Have you ever joined one of the many affiliate programs that creates a web site address, URL, for you to promote them that is longer than even the best stretch limousine in town? Even though all [...]
