Sep 06

I read a news article today about Bing It On, Bing’s blind test of its own search results versus Google. Their claim is that people choose Bing’s results 2 to 1 over Google when they don’t know what engine is returning the results. In their words, “People are surprised because of how deeply the Google habit is ingrained in most searchers—they are responding based on their habits rather than the facts.”

I decided to go ahead and give it a try to see if my own experience agreed with theirs. Certainly before the horrid Penguin update I would never have said that Bing’s results were better than Google’s. But now, after that miserable slap to Google’s credibility… how would I choose?

The Bing It On challenge has you run five queries, then shows two sets of results (with no name attached). You can pick which results you think were better, or call it a draw. You can try here:

Bing It On

Aug 26

Game Tonight?

Developed by Alex King

A veteran of the Silicon Valley boom days, Alex relocated to Denver, Colorado in 2004. He has been developing for the web since 1996 and has designed and developed enterprise web applications and web sites for Fortune 500 customers.

Alex is also well known for his open source projects and contributions; in particular as an original contributor to the WordPress Open Source project and for his ongoing work in the WordPress community.

 

Aug 25

Have you ever visited a website and asked yourself how they could have made it so great? From layout to graphic design, there are many elements which turn a website from good to great. This article will help you to learn many tips and tricks which the pros are already using. Read on to find secrets you can only learn here!

Keep your page sizes to a minimum. Not all internet users have fast connection speeds, and the longer your site takes to load, the less interest they will have. You do not want your page viewers to be stuck waiting for every page to download, or they may end up abandoning your site.

Before you meet with a website design company you should take the time to get an idea of what you want your website to look like and what information you want it to contain. The company bases their web design off of the information that they are given and will stay within the guidelines that you give them. You need to have the information readily available to them.

Always utilize media and content that is both relative to your site’s goal, but also interesting to the potential consumers who will be viewing your site. A site that has relative info, but that is not interesting, won’t captivate its audience. A website that uses fun, but non-relative information, will captivate the wrong audience. Both methods equal profits that you are losing.

To help you design a website that is optimized for search engines, do not include frames. Although users like pages that include frames, the information inside does not show up in search engines. If certain important information on your site cannot be seen by search engines, then you will not have a high ranking. When that occurs you do not get many visitors.

The secrets have been revealed and you should now have the knowledge you need to get started on your website. Start your rough draft and make a list of all the elements that you loved on those other awesome websites so you can work them into your own. Get creative and have fun!

Aug 25

PageRank is a link analysis algorithm, named after Larry Page[1] and used by the Google Internet search engine, that assigns a numerical weighting to each element of a hyperlinked set of documents, such as the World Wide Web, with the purpose of “measuring” its relative importance within the set. The algorithm may be applied to any collection of entities with reciprocal quotations and references. The numerical weight that it assigns to any given element E is referred to as the PageRank of E and denoted by PR(E).

The name “PageRank” is a trademark of Google, and the PageRank process has been patented (U.S. Patent 6,285,999). However, the patent is assigned to Stanford University and not to Google. Google has exclusive license rights on the patent from Stanford University. The university received 1.8 million shares of Google in exchange for use of the patent; the shares were sold in 2005 for $336 million.[2][3]

http://infolab.stanford.edu/pub/papers/google.pdf

 

Jun 30

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Jun 12

Someone who designs websites for eye, call them artist. The smart webdesign are done by webdeveloper the website who not only looks good, but also works. Using the latteral process here I subscribe the evolution to design great website.

1. Ideas

a. Product, service, work

b. Goals

c. Setting budget

d. Writing plan

2. Offsite marketing ideas

a. Offsite marketing

b. E-mail campaign (to old clients, friends, family with questions for likes & opinions)

3. Good web-developer

a. Developer with SEO background

b. Web-master

c. SEO company

3. Material

a. Keywords

b. Context

c. Hook (opt-outs to generate leads)

d. HD pictures

Check those 14 points you have to have on your website

– home

– about

– info

– contact

– footer

– call to action

– search

– site map

– logo

– privacy policy

– Google analitics

– GEO TAG

– language

– H1 title

Mar 29

Mar 28

Many people may have questions about blogging and why it has become so popular these days. If you are one of those people and don’t know exactly what blogging is about and what the benefits are, the tips laid out here will help you to build a blog that is enjoyable for readers.

In order to help readers understand what your blog is all about, have a "top 10 list” that features your best work. This provides a quick way for readers to determine whether your blog interests them, and it may improve your blog’s ranking on search engine results pages, too.

Choose a topic for your blog which you are passionate about. You will sound better and more natural, when you write about topics that interest you. That way, you will be in tune with your readership and achieve real blogging success.

Search engine optimization is just as critical for a blog as it is any web site. The whole point of a blog is to get people to read it, so you need to ensure that your site appears high in the search results for relevant keywords. Use key phrases which match your content and use them throughout your blog, in titles, ALT tags and the content itself.

Find ways to make your blog stand out among the common crowd. The more unique your content is, the more likely readers are to choose you over the competition. Providing information that is difficult for people to find will also draw readers. Write about a hobby or experience that is different. Provide detailed instructions regarding how to build a widget. You need to give readers a reason to visit your blog if they are searching for information.

Utilize graphs, statistics and polls in your blogs whenever relevant. By doing this, you will enhance your blog’s overall quality while making the content more interesting to your readers. These little additions make a big impact on your blog readers.

Choose keywords to put in your blog that are unique and not widely used. Using the keywords that other sites use will get your site buried under a morass of other results. To increase the number of reader’s views, be unique.

Social sites are a great way to promote a blog. Ask them if they can share your information so that you can reach a much wider audience. Your social networking account will show readers that you care.

If you use back links appropriately, you will attract readers who are interested in your blog topic, as well as raising your search engine rankings. Back links from reputable sites make your site appear more credible and authoritative. Search engines, such as Google, will list your site higher if you have back links from such sites. The way to appear well-known is to have good sites and blogs link back to your site. This is known as back linking. It is important to have a variety of backlinks from different websites rather than just the one.

By using the information from this article, you will know how to make a blog and maintain it. Think about everything you’ve read. It’s a lot of information; instead of overwhelming yourself by trying to process it all on the first try, reread your article as necessary.

Mar 23

Many people who know little about computers or the Internet have been able to start successful businesses, and so can you. This article contains useful advice for anyone that wants to create an Internet business.

When designing a website, focus on creating comprehensive and high-quality content. You need to give your customers the information they need so that they can make informed decisions about their purchases. Stay away from repetitive descriptions and information that is not useful.

An excellent strategy for operating a profitable online business is to look at your competition. Check out the websites of your competition to see what ideas can be used to help improve your business. If you have a particular service other websites seem to be lacking in, make sure to highlight these on your site in an effort to beat the competition.

There are many free marketing resources for people who cannot afford consultants. Instead of spending a lot of money look into free options for advertising your business like business communities, blogs and various networking opportunities.

Keep focused and have goals when you first start working with internet marketing. Don’t give up before you see success. You may be close to achieving a successful internet marketing campaign when you stop. If you are designing a website, make sure you have done your research and are confident about the direction you are taking it in. This may take a lot of hard work. Remember that this intensive work will be well worth it in the long run.

You should set aside funds to purchase your URL. It is likely that you will not be able to find a perfect match between your domain name and your business. If you have $1000 to $2000 to burn, you can likely find a domain that will work for you.

Internet marketing is about staying up to date and looking for new ways to market your products. If your company fails at using technology, your customers will notice and may begin to not trust your company. Make sure that you are updated on new technologies, and your customers will respect your products and the decisions that you make.

Compiling glossaries of terms is a good way to show off your expertise. This will help your customers, prospective customers, and competitors. You will gain a lot of traffic and trust if people that are looking for these definitions stumble on your site.

Ask for opinions from people who don’t choose to buy from you by adding a simple feedback form after your sales pitch. There are a variety of things they may have disliked about your approach.

Put a link to your website in every signature area you can. If you participate in forums, place a link to your site in the signature of your posts. All emails should have your website’s address in your signature. This ensures that your website address is out in public areas for all to see. You never know who may stumble across it, and your rankings by the search engines could also possibly increase. Make sure to include a line of catchy text that encourages viewers to follow the link.

Do everything you can to ensure your site’s ordering system is safe and secure. Opening a Paypal account or using some similar service which allows for safe transactions is a good idea. In addition, you should require customers to set up a password-protected account prior to providing you with their personal data and payment information.

Understandably, it may take some time to learn a new career, but the only way is by actually trying. Use this advice to reach your ultimate goal.

Mar 02

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