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Web Design Articles
Web Accessibility: The Basics
What is web accessibility & why is it important
Tried and Tested Tips to Improve your Website - Part 1
1. DO NOT use excessive graphics or banner images on a single web page. They tend to slow the loading of your Web page. Impatient surfers might close their browser and move on. If you have many images on a single page, consider deleting few of them or moving them to a new page.
Content is king
Introduction
How To Get Repeat Visitors To Your Site
When you have a website online it is important for you to try and get new visitors to your site, but it’s also important to take care of the visitors that you actually already have. This is because you will want your existing visitors to keep returning to your site again and again.
The Top 15 Essential Ingredients of Every WINDOWS HOSTING Plan Package
First things First. Why would you like to have Windows Based Hosting when there are Linux packages for cheaper rates The answer is – it depends on what application you are looking to use for your hosting. Consider the tools and scripting languages you plan to use – if you use PHP, Perl or MySQL, Linux is the way forward. If apps are Microsoft-specific, then Windows is what you need. Clear…
5 Essential Traits Of A Home Business Website
So you’ve decided to start an online work at home business and are just beginning to build your website. You probably have a million different ideas for what you want the site to look like. You will want to take into consideration that your idea of a great website may differ drastically from what a website designed to make sales should be like.
Working with Royalty Free Music
When creating Multi-Media Content, Flash or Video Clips for a clients web site or CD Rom Project, the last thing you want is to get him in trouble with the law. If theres a need for music in a project, using royalty free music is essential.
Web usability: The basics
What is web usability & why is it important
Beyond Web usability: Web credibility
Web usability: Its old news
Writing Benefit-Driven Web Copy – 4 Steps to More Sales
Youve identified the benefits you offer your customers, but how do you turn a list of benefits into engaging web copy which converts visitors into customers
7 Key Points to Consider When Choosing a Web Host
With literally thousands of web hosting companies in the industry all vieing for your business, carefully consider these key points to ensure you make the most well informed decision possible.
iKobo Review - Part 1
The Initial Discovery
iKobo Review - Part 2
Attempt 1 Conclusion
What Hosting Companies Dont Tell You, Could Hurt You
Did you know that hosting companies overcrowd their servers despite all the issues caused by servers running hundreds of accounts Are you aware of what happens if your website is hosted on a server thats overcrowded Youre probably thinking to yourself, what do you mean overcrowd their servers Overcrowded servers mean big money for your hosting company, but also big problems for your website.
Building Web Sites Using Web Templates
Gone are the days when you had to rely on a web-designer to design your websites. New technologies with innovative ideas have brought out a new variant to this trend in the form of ready to use website templates.
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Facebook, the company devoted to making the world "more open and connected," finally opened its financials to the world today when it filed for an initial public stock offering.
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Uncle Sam's top cops want a new app for peering into social media to see what people are saying that might involve illegal activity or pose threats to national security.
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©Tumblr's menu makes it easy to do quick multimedia posts across multiple platforms and networks.
The social blogging movement continues to gain momentum as a newer generation of blogging tools add more social networking features. In case you're wondering, social blogs are a cross between a blog and a social network. The software programs creating them are often called microblogging tools because they encourage short or "micro" posts analagous to status updates on Facebook. ... Read Full Post
The annual Consumer Electronics Show typically showcases prototypes and technology that are months, if not years, from hitting the market. So it's an early barometer for winds of technological change.
And when it comes to social media, one big wind at the 2012 CES last week was integration with technology of all kinds, suggesting it will be another newsy year for social networking and related services. In particular, social TV and connected cars were two areas where social media made plenty of news in Las Vegas. ... Read Full Post
The new search system Google rolled out this week incorporating more social networking content and contacts into search results has stirred quite a backlash from privacy advocates and competitors. It represents perhaps the most advanced type of social search the Web has seen so far. ... Read Full Post
It's a ritual to look back at each year when it ends, and there was plenty to look back on in social media during 2011.
So for all you social media news hounds, here are two lists of noteworthy trends and news in the 2011 social mediasphere. ... Read Full Post
An obscure blog called PhoneDog burst into the media limelight after the New York Times ran an article last weekend about its legal spat with a former employer over a Twitter account and its followers. ... Read Full Post
Pinterest has sky-rocketed into the ranks of the top 10 social networking sites, illustrating the growing popularity of visual bookmarks.
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This guide to visual bookmarks on the Web lists 10 of the most popular tools for organizing and sharing images on the Internet. ... Read Full Post
Shares of Zynga Inc., the leading maker of social games on Facebook, tumbled 4 percent on Wall Street in the first hour of trading today, signaling what appears to be fading interest in the once-hot social media sector among investors. ... Read Full Post
Some Twitterholics are going through withdrawal as the social messaging service rolls out a major redesign, as explained in this comprehensive guide to changes ushered in by the new Twitter.
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Create your own Audio studio for under $100.
Creating your own audio studio has never been easier. There are so many great products around today that will allow you to produce high quality audio for a fraction of the price it used to cost.
Optimizing for Visitors not Search Engines
Most people feel that optimizing is to target the search engines alone. In my opinion, this is not the only case. Optimization requires a balance of traffic enhancements and a user friendly atmosphere that provides clear navigation. Most will agree it would be much better to have people accept offerings from a Site, rather than masses of people who do nothing. Here are some general tips and thought to make pages user-friendly.
Website Theft - Part 1 of 3 ~ What exactly is Copyright
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Does your website make a good first impression Is the navigation intuitive Is the content appropriate for your audience Youve had your website up and running for a while now but youve always had a nagging suspicion that your website is lacking effectiveness and you just cant put your finger on it. Youve dabbled with colors, added/removed images re-written the text but it still feels as if everything just isnt working together. Wouldnt it be nice if you had a way to sort things out Well now you do!
Marketing Your Web Site
Congratulations!Your Web Site is finished!Now whatYour first instinct is to submit to every search engine possible and leave it up to them to bring traffic to your site.Despite what you may have been told, it doesn’t happen quite that way.Yes, you will need to submit to the search engines, and they will eventually bring traffic your site.It will take anywhere from 3 – 6 months for a search engine to even get you listed.After that another year or so to make it to the top of the listings, that is, if you are extremely diligent in promoting to them monthly and following all the different rules for each search engine.
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