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Update
Your Site Yourself...Easily!
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At last there's an inexpensive product that allows
you to safely update your own site from any browser. No HTML knowledge
is required, multiple users can be given different privileges, and it's
virtually impossible to wreck your pages.
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Add
Your Voice to Your Web Site
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Adding the sound of your own voice has many
benefits for the web owner. And now it's as easy as making a phone call!
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How
to Hide Your Site from the Search Engines So You Can Play More
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If you have way too many customers trying to buy
your products and services, you may want to make your web site
invisible. Follow these tips and never worry about having too much
traffic! :-)
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Should
You Spend $39 for Search Engine Traffic?
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Buying your way into MSN Search may be a good
idea. It's the third most popular search engine, but because of the
smaller number of sites in its database, you might not have as much
competition for your keywords.
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Update
Your Site Instantly with SSI
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In a large site, updating identical information
(such as the copyright date) on every page is a time-consuming task.
Make short work of it using Server Side Includes (SSIs).
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Branding
Basics
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Branding is the process by which you try to become
the first business a person thinks of when they consider buying goods
or services in your category. If you can "own" a word in the public's
mind, you have a huge competitive advantage.
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A
New Way to Protect Yourself Against Spam
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Whenever a problem gets big enough, you can be
sure an entrepreneur will come up with a solution. If you're tired of
all the spam you're getting, you might want to check out SpamArrest.
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12
Steps to Creating Your Own Ezine
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Once you've decided to publish your own
newsletter, you may wonder where to start. This article will give you
some guidance on all the steps necessary to create a quality product.
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Six
Reasons You Should Publish a Newsletter
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Here are my top six reasons why the effort you put
into an ezine will pay off in spades. Check these out and start making
your list of topics!
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How to
Get Quality Sites to Link to Yours
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One way to improve your site's ranking in the
search engines is with quality incoming links. Learn about a new system
that will take a lot of the work out of accomplishing this important
task.
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Start
Selling Online with No Investment
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Once you set up an online store with Cafe Press,
you will be able to sell a variety of branded products from the web.
They take care of all the details from manufacturing the goods to
delivery to payment. All you do is select which products you want to
sell and upload your graphics.
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Is Your
Web Site Paying for Itself?
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Your web site is part of your marketing budget,
and therefore an important business expense. But are you getting a good
return on your investment? Make sure it's paying for itself before you
decide to keep it up for the next year.
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What
You Can Do to Protect Your Site
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Learn a simple way to discover if someone is using
your material on their site, how copyright can help you, and a few
things that probably won't work.
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This is a cautionary tale for our times. It
describes how I discovered my web site had been stolen, and what I did
about it.
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Make
Your Site a Search Engine Magnet
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To create a home page that will rank well in the
search engines and attract new visitors once they arrive takes some
advance planning. Knowledge of a few key points can make all the
difference in the success of your site.
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Tools
to Track Your Site Visitors
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Site Meter and WebTrends are two tools that can
help you learn more about your site's visitors. Track your most popular
pages, discover what terms are being typed into search engines to find
you, find out where your visitors live, and lots more.
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Getting
Your Newsletter or Ezine Past the Spam Filters
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Honest internet entrepreneurs are getting caught
in the web of anti-spam filters that have been set out to block
unwanted emails. Now there's a free tool you can use to make sure your
newsletter or ezine doesn't contain material that will get it blocked.
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Analyze
Your Server Logs to Improve Your Web Site
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Server logs are an incredible source of
information about your site's visitors. You can use this data to judge
the effectiveness of your offline marketing, find your most (and least)
popular pages, learn what terms people are using in search engines to
find you, and more.
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Let
Other Sites Improve Your Search Engine Ranking
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Search engines will improve your ranking if you
have quality sites that link to yours. Learn several ways to make this
work for you.
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Optimize
Your Site for Search Engines
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If you're trying to get your web site a high
ranking in the search engines there are several easy steps you can take
that won't cost you a thing. This article shows how to create a list of
key words and describes where to place them for maximum effect.
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Create
the Perfect Web Menu
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As your web site grows larger it becomes more
important to have a clear, intuitive navigation system in place for
your visitors. This article discusses several different menu types to
include on your site and some advice on making sure ALL your visitors
can easily get to every page.
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Create
Your Logo in Six Steps
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Your company logo is a critical component of your
business identity. Here are six easy steps to help you create your own
or work with a designer.
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Optimize
Your Images!
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Computer monitors can't show photos or other
graphics with anywhere near the accuracy you get with print. Sending
your web designer the highest quality graphics to work with will allow
them to look as good as possible in this medium.
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Your
Site Looks Different!
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Although you send the same code to every computer
that pulls up your site, it may look quite different to different
users. This article explores a few of the major factors that affect the
way your site looks on different systems.
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Make
Your Site Accessible
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If you're not aware of accessibility issues on the
web, you may be preventing many visitors from understanding the content
of your site. This article points out a few ways to be more inclusive.
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Using
Style Sheets in Your Site
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Cascading Style Sheets can reduce the amount of
code in your web site, and at the same time make it easier to update.
Learn why you should use this valuable tool.
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Revise
Your Old Site
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After you've had a site for a couple of years,
you'll probably want to completely revise it. But how do you begin?
This article gives you a few pointers to get you started.
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Compress
Those Photos!
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Photos should be compressed with JPEG to reduce
the download time of a web page.
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