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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - Meta searching: the good, the bad, & the ugly
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First, a definition. Meta Search - A search tool that queries several search engines and/or web directories simultaneously and returning the results in a single merged list without the duplicate links.
Confused? Let me give you an example. Let's say there is a meta search engine you have recently found that searchs two engines, say Google and Yahoo. It searches both ...
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - Know your competition: how to transfer business skills into the internet marketplace
- One of the first things to do before starting up any business is to investigate the competition. Any business owner knows this is crucial; to determine how to position a business in the market, who to target, what prices to set and who to keep an eye on. The same is true of the internet marketplace.
However, this understanding is rarely transferred when a business decides to ÃÂÂ...
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - Keywords, competition and being number one- uncovering the algorithm
- By following these steps you will see that most closely guarded secret-- the search algorithm. Remember the movie "The Matrix?" The Matrix is there, you just can't see it. So is the search algorithm.
It's easy to pay a Search Engine Optimizer to give your pages some ranking power. Unfortunately, given the inherent time factor involved in climbing the ranks, your money may be long go...
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - Internet tutorials are the teachers of the future
- I know some people don't even believe that the Internet or World Wide Web exists. They think that it is an abstract concept and that if asked to show it to someone they would fail miserably. Well, whether or not it exists I think that the collective consciousness of humanity is evolving everyday because of the sharing of ideas on the strange boxes called computers and the electronic network that c...
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - How to use a wysiwyg html editor to make stunning ebay auction listings.
- What kind of browser are you using for online surfing? Explorer, Netscape, Firefox, Opera?? Sure, all are good programs but I want to talk about an excellent program called Netscape. If you use Netscape, do you know that you also get an amazing WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) web design program called Netscape Composer for free? Basically you don't need expensive HTML editors anymore. The l...
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - How to register your domain
- When you launch a new website you must register a unique domain name with an authorized registrar. When the internet was first starting, all domain names and IP addresses were registered through one organization, Internic. Eventually Network Solutions took over the role as ?keeper? of the internet domain names. Today, there are hundreds of websites where you can register your domain name but Netwo...
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - How to hire a web developer
- Today, most businesses want a website. Some already have one. Others want one. They don't want to hire IT staff and probably can't afford any. And in most cases, an in-house IT staff, especially for your typical small business, just isn't necessary. But, that doesn't mean that you have to go without or will be forced to use some cookie cutter website or a personal Frontpage experiment gone awry. Y...
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - How to create photorealistic post-it pop-up
- Have you seen one of those post-it pop-up? The one that looks so realistic, with awesome shadow effect. If you don't know what I am talking about, try opening the following website:
http://myhobbybooks.com/wowpop
They look awesome don't they?
And something like this is always ...
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - Google's seo advice for your website: content
- The web pages actually at the top of Google have only one thing clearly in common: good writing. Don't get so caught up in the usual SEO sacred cows and bugbears, such as PageRank, frames, and JavaScript, that you forget your site's content.
I was recently struck by the fact that the top-ranking web pages on Google are consistently much better written than the vast majority of what ...
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - Google's good writing content filter
- The web pages actually at the top of Google have only one thing clearly in common: good writing. Don't let the usual SEO sacred cows and bugbears, such as PageRank, frames, and JavaScript, distract you from the importance of good content.
I was recently struck by the fact that the top-ranking web pages on Google are consistently much better written than the vast majority of what one...
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - Email communication is dying. what's next?
- Currently there are 3 main types of broadcast Internet messaging systems that you can use to deliver newsletters, e-zines and other informational materials to your customers.
I'm not going to cover here internal or intranet messaging systems, the main focus of this article is on the virtual world outside your local/corporate network.
The main Internet Broadcasting Sys...
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - Ecommerce hosting considerations
- Website hosting can be a complex undertaking. Determining how much space you need, how much transfer, finding a reliable host, and getting everything online is no simple task. Add ecommerce to the mix and things become even more complex. This article will deal with some of those additional complications to finding a host for an online store. All of the same considerations to finding general hostin...
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - Disappointing designs
- Fred Showker catches a line from a Pete Seeger classic, ?Where have all the flowers gone?? His flowers are the web designers that he thinks are going extinct. He laments on the seeming ?decay? in the art of web designing and says gone are the designers who made a difference in the making of web designs and who provided quality sites for the people to visit.
Showker argues that he ha...
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - Designing your site for the search engines
- When you design a website, it's easy to focus on what your visitors are going to see. What you have to realise, though, is that you're going to have another kind of visitor with a completely different agenda: they're not going to be looking at your pretty logo and they're not going to be passing judgement on your background colour. What they're looking for is the content and structure of your page...
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - Design vs. seo: can my site look good and rank well?
- Do you have to sacrifice all of the creative and artistic elements of your web site to rank in the search engines? Later in this article I'll show you a real case scenario and the design and SEO approach used.
Thanks to the birth of professional search engine marketers the top ranks are saturated with the pages of companies that can pay for such insight. That said, it's certainly po...
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - Creative ways to gain links
- Creative Methods for "One Way" Links
Everyone knows the importance of getting other sites to link to you and the most common way is for a reciprical link. That is the kind of link that Click Sentrys reciprical tools address. These are great links and should always be sought after. However, there has been much discussion about Google giving less weight to a link that is recip. One of...
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - Creative suite - the underlying integration
- Are you an Acrobat user and needs a complete tool for your print or web design projects? Read on.
A few months ago, Acrobat launched its main creative design packages including Photoshop/ImageReady, GoLive, InDesign and Illustrator. After a long period of silence, it came up with a much better package.
Adobe's Creative Suite now comes in two new packages, the Standard...
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - Computer learning center for kids is committed to the federal "no child left behind" law
- We would like to assist the educational community in meeting those goals by providing a small classroom environment, with a focus on individual student and adult learning at affordable prices.
Hiram, GA (PRWEB) February 23, 2004 -- Computer Learning Center for Kids exists to respectively serve as a highly valued resource for this regions educational, economic, social and cultural ad...
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - Choosing a web designer: a plan to guide you through the minefield
- Choosing a web designer can seem like a daunting task. They come in all shapes and sizes ? from freelancers working at home to glossy new media agencies, and there is as much variation in prices and service as there is in size.
So how do you choose the right one for your business?
Select Your Marketplace
Firstly, decide what market your would like to se...
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - Building websites for charity
- (ARA) - Learning doesn't just happen inside a classroom. For The Art Institutes, learning is also creating opportunities for students and faculty to take their talents and skills outside the classroom, into the community, to help others.
This year, The Art Institutes will hold its second national ?webraising? event, with schools throughout North America participating. Based on the A...
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - Build websites easier with premade templates
- To most people the process of building a web site remains somewhat of a mystery. This confusion probably stems from the fact that there is a cornucopia of web sites on the Internet. Even with wide variety of sites, every single one can be divided into two sections: front-end and back-end.
The front-end is the first thing that it is designed. It encompasses the look and feel of a web...
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - Breaking the myth about page rank (pr)
- The most difficult challenge most web designers face is getting traffic to your site. There are plenty of companies who promise to send traffic your way. Sadly, most of this traffic is not qualified. Yes, your hit counter will move higher, however, if its not qualified, you may find you have unhappy visitors to your site. Unhappy visitors will not click on your ads or purchase your products....
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - Blending colors
- When you are familiar with software applications such as Adobe Photoshop, Flash and other drawing programs, I know you are also very much familiar with the swatches. Swatches contain selection of different colors that you can use during the creation of your web design, graphic design, and animation. Know what, we have a new innovation in these swatches. This is the so-called Color Blender.
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - Big business web design disasters
- When you think of the world's most successful businesses, what names come to mind? Most likely, consumer-oriented giants such as Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Sheraton, Disney, IBM, and General Electric. Not only have they spent billions on advertising to buy their way into your head. They offer convenient products and services that have made them a part of your life.
But when you think of...
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - Affiliates need to read their newspaper.
- Millions of people check the news everyday-- in the morning paper, online, and on the nightly news. But far too often affiliates do not find out what has occurred in affiliate marketing that day; this is important because affiliate marketing changes daily. There are many resources for affiliate marketers to learn about the day's happenings. The best way to learn about the changes in affiliate mark...
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - A review on ?power shortcuts for adobe photoshop cs?
- If you want to produce outstanding and award-winning movies instantly, you can count on Adobe Photoshop CS software and its integrated web production application software. Photographers, graphic artists, web designers, and video professionals can take advantage of its indispensable features such as new design possibilities, improved file management, a more intuitive way to create for the web, and ...
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - 90s web design: a nostalgic look back
- A nostalgic look back at 90s web design, and a warning to anyone whose website is an accidental anachronism.
Remember the days when every PC was beige, every website had a little Netscape icon on the homepage, Geocities and Tripod hosted just about every single personal homepage, and "Google" was just a funny-sounding word?
The mid-late 1990s were the playful childhoo...
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - 7 fisherman's tips to avoid losing money on your web site design
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Web site design to hook a customer is very like fishing. Try these seven tips to make money.
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Step 1. Research.
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What - you don't think a fisherman starts with research? How does he know not to fish in the bathtub? How does he know not to fish for do...
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - 5 ways to get your website noticed
- Your website is just one of the billion sites parked on the World Wide Web. Chances are, you don't think yours will ever get noticed.
We hear your cries for cyber attention. Here are five ways to get people clicking on to your site.
1.) Make sure it's professional looking.
No one likes looking at website that reminds them of a book report they wrote back in school. Inv...
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- 2007-04-06 22:43:42 - 10 tips for web success
- The webmaster's biggest job is to get their traffic up and keep customers/visitors coming back. Building the site is one thing, but simply building and posting a website does not guarantee traffic. In fact, a website could be beautiful and an example of all the latest technology and still not attract a single visitor if not promoted correctly. Here are 10 tips to guide you to success with your web...