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Templates: Replacing Designers? I’ve seen articles (and websites) that suggest you can buy a website template and skip the expense of hiring a professional website designer. Recently, I read several testimonials from the very satisfied customers of a website template vendor that mentioned how quickly they were able to get their sites done. The template vendor commented that he/she had known people to complete their websites in around two hours. ... continue Web
usability: The basics What is web usability & why is it important? Web usability is about making your website in such a way that your site users can find what they're looking for quickly and efficiently. A usable website can reap huge benefits on to your website and your business. ... continue What
are Usage Statistics? Usage Statistics are very important to have. They give you endless amounts of data that you can use to shape the future of your own Web site. With a few clicks of the mouse, you can find out if your latest idea is working or what you might need to do to get more visitors to your Web site. Anybody who wants a successful Web site Online needs usage statistics about their visitors. ... continue What
Can Lots Of Content Do For Your Site? Today there are so many web sites on the web, but so few of them have good content and there are even fewer web sites that have large amounts of content. Why is the web like this? For one most webmasters are trying to make a quick buck and others don't know where to begin or are too lazy to do the work. ... continue What
Do Your Site Statistics Mean, Anyway? What Do Your Site Statistics Mean, Anyway? The purpose of analyzing your web site statistics is to look for trends and to research the success level of your marketing campaigns. The numbers themselves can be misleading, as statistical packages count “hits” in different ways. If someone visits a page on your site doesn’t mean that they read it completely. ... continue What’s
In A (Domain) Name? Choosing a domain name is a very important first step for anyone starting a business on the Internet. This name is the first impression that strangers are going to have about you and your business. You are going to need to give this decision some real thought. ... continue What
is Disk Space and Bandwidth? When shopping for a Web hosting plan, more often than not you are going to run into a few phrases that confuse and bewilder you. I ran across just about every question a person could be asked during my days in the Web hosting world. The two most often asked Web hosting questions were, "What is bandwidth?" and "What is disk space?"... continue What
is Blogger.com? In the late 1990’s three San Francisco based web developers came up with the idea of being able to share information about anything on the web. The terminology they used was called blog. It's use was considered a mix of web page / personal journal. It's original usages were vast and wide, but more and more people came to use them as a personal tool that is available anywhere the Internet is. ... continue What
is PageRank? What is Pagerank? - Pagerank is based on how many links to one website. PageRank is a value that represents how important a page is on the web. Robots or Spiders figures that when one page links to another page, it is casting a vote for the other page ... continue What
is Virtual, Reseller and Dedicated Hosting? In the past I have graced upon the topic of, "What is Web Hosting?" and for some that was enough. Others though saw that the Web hosting world is divided, broken into three parts. Virtual Web hosting, reseller Web hosting and dedicated Web hosting are all three different types of the same thing. You guessed it, Web hosting. ... continue What
is Web Hosting? Before you can own your own stake to Internet glory, you must know what runs the backend of it. For the most part, Web hosting plays the biggest part in how the Internet has been shaped in the past and shall be shaped in the future. Before you can own your own Web hosting account, you must first know what Web hosting is. What is Web hosting and how does it impact you yourself someday starting up your own Web site? ... continue What
is Web Mail? E-mail is something we all get and soon we will not be able to exist without it. In the time we live in today it is becoming more and more important to have a place to be reached on the Internet. At one time, being able to check your E-mail through a client, like Outlook Express, was enough. ... continue What's
Wrong With My Website? I ask myself that question about once a month. My website looks fine to me, but what are other people seeing? And what are the Search Engines seeing? Here's a checklist of 10 ways to optimize your website for peak performance: ... continue What
to avoid to make your website design effective? The effective design is this one, which is maximum simplified, conformable to your users because they are your main purpose. This one, simply and clearly announcing what is your website about. ... continue What
to Look for in a Web Hosting Company The Internet is one of the largest sources for information in the world, so why shouldn’t you become a part of it? There are millions of company, resource and personal web sites opening up every day. You deserve to come join the party and see what all the fuss is about, right? ... continue Why
a CSS Website Layout Will Make You Money Although CSS layouts have been around for years, they haven't become so commonplace until recently. This was basically due to limited browser support (especially from Netscape 4) - nowadays though, CSS 2.0 (which introduced positioning) is compatible with over 99% of browsers out there (check out the browser stats over at www.thecounter.com/stats/2004/August/browser.php). ... continue Why
Choosing Form Over Function Kills Your Site Never put form over function. Why? Because it's crucial that visitors actually be able to USE your site. Everything you do must be designed to be as easy for the visitor to understand as possible. Everything should be functional first. ... continue Why
Dot-Coms Fail - a Webmaster's Perspective Everyday we hear that another company goes out of business. When and why does a dot-com become a dot-bomb? After checking few dozen defunct companies, I think the main reasons for dot-coms failure are: ... continue Why
Re-Design? My site is working fine. The links work. Content is added regularly. We have new features. Why does my company need a re-design? Those are all great things. Sites should be updated regularly, have new features added, and by far have working links. However, as the site grows it soon outgrows its foundation. Leading to an unorganized use of content, poor usability, and eventually chaos. A re-design is a perfect opportunity to take an inventory and put things back on track. It will also allow for a better user experience. ... continue Why
Should You Care About Your Web Site Colors? **How Colors are Used in web design:** Demarcates screen elements into groups- You can put a blue background for your navigational bar and white for rest of your page. This tells the visitor that the blue area has different elements and grabs his attention. ... continue Why
Stock Photography is a Great Resource for Web Business A picture is worth a thousand words. And it still is today. With the media changing everyday photography has changed along with it and as a result is still a valuable resource for web business. ... continue Why
You Need A Web Site "I have a small business with just a couple of employees and I don’t think my product can really be sold online. Do I need a web site?" ... continue Why
You Want to Include an FAQ In Your Site Congratulations! You've got a brand new site and it's doing pretty well. You check your statistics every day and the hits and page views keep climbing, your links are all in order and everything looks very good. On top of that, your guestbook is filling with great comments and you're getting a few emails now and then with praise and perhaps a question or two. ... continue Working
with Royalty Free Music When creating Multi-Media Content, Flash or Video Clips for a client's web site or CD Rom Project, the last thing you want is to get him in trouble with the law. If there's a need for music in a project, using royalty free music is essential. ... continue Writing
Benefit-Driven Web Copy – 4 Steps to More Sales You've 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? Recently I wrote an article explaining how to identify the benefits you offer your customers (www.divinewrite.com/benefits.htm). That article challenged business owners and marketing managers to think in terms of benefits rather than features when writing their web copy. ... continue
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