Update Your Site Yourself...Easily! |
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. |
Add Your Voice to Your Web Site |
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! |
How to Hide Your Site from
the Search Engines So You Can Play More |
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! :-) |
Should You Spend $39 for
Search Engine Traffic? |
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. |
Update Your Site Instantly with
SSI |
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). |
Branding Basics |
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. |
A New Way to Protect Yourself
Against Spam |
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. |
12 Steps to Creating Your
Own Ezine |
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. |
Six Reasons You Should Publish
a Newsletter |
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! |
How to Get Quality Sites to Link
to Yours |
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. |
Start Selling Online with No Investment |
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. |
Is Your Web Site Paying for Itself? |
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. |
What You Can Do to Protect Your
Site |
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. |
Make Your Site a Search Engine
Magnet |
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. |
Tools to Track Your Site
Visitors |
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. |
Getting Your Newsletter or
Ezine Past the Spam Filters |
| 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. |
Analyze Your Server Logs to
Improve Your Web Site |
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. |
Let Other Sites Improve Your
Search Engine Ranking |
Search engines will improve your ranking if you have quality
sites that link to yours. Learn several ways to make this work for
you. |
Optimize Your Site for
Search Engines |
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. |
Create the Perfect Web Menu |
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. |
Create Your Logo in Six Steps |
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. |
Optimize Your Images! |
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. |
Your Site Looks Different! |
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. |
Make Your Site Accessible |
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. |
Using Style Sheets in Your
Site |
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. |
Revise Your Old Site |
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. |
Compress Those Photos! |
Photos should be compressed with JPEG to reduce the download
time of a web page. |
