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The Web Designer's Toolbox
When you're a web designer, there are lots of little programs
that you'll gradually accumulate to make your life that little
bit easier. When you've spent hours doing something by hand and
you're dreading ever having to do it again, it can be a...
The Website that Had 5 Hits A Day
I guess this is my chance to start something similar to a blog
to keep some kind of a personal record of my professional
journey. During my school days in the National University of
Singapore, I never thought I would be making a living...
Web Site Design: Pulling Them In Deeper
Good web sites take full advantage of the features of HTML (and the various client- and server-side scripting languages), which allow pages to be linked together at will. You need to remember that your web site is not a book, a poster or a...
What an Automated Web Site Can Do for Your Business
As your Internet business grows, your free time will dwindle. Site changes will become time consuming and stressful. Automate your site and you can use your time for better purposes.
Automating
Automating a web site can cut out tedious tasks...
Your Web Site - Do It Yourself? or Get Serious!
FACT: Your web site appearance can make you thousands of dollars OR it can kill your business - DEAD! Why is it so crucial? Given a choice of restaurant, which one would you enter? The one with the entrance under construction, the bizarre color...
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How Not to Start a Website
Are you planning on making your first website? Then please don't do it this way !
- Buy yourself a web editing tool like Dreamweaver, Frontpage -cost: $150
- Get a web hosting provider that supports 100G storage, SQL database, PHP, and anything else you can think of.-- cost: $100
- Find out that Dreamweaver isn't so easy after all so you buy a book. cost: $30
- Still can't get the hang of it so you go on a course --cost: $300.
- Decide you need to learn HTML so you buy another book --cost: $10
- Now your really getting going and you start making the website.
- After a few weeks you have written a few pages but you're having a few doubts as it really isn't as easy as you though it would be at the start.
- You manage to get the pages on the web- You're really proud!
- You've submitted the site to the 2,500 search engines- it only cost $30 but the nice ad said that's all you need to do!
- A few weeks go past and no one visits you're site. You try to find yourself in the search engines but no luck. You're upset!
- You see an ad promising to get you on the top page in Google and Yahoo only $200. That's just what you need- You're happy again!
- The nice man at the SEO company starts talking to you about "keywords" and "optimization" and "SERPs" and you get a nice warm glow. But you're not really sure what it's all about and it's starting to give you a headache anyway. Not to worry - he knows what he's doing!
- He tells you it's no problem he'll get you on the first page in Google, Yahoo and MSN for the following searches.
"belly button jewellery", "Gold plated belly button jewellery" etc.
- But you want to be found for --jewellery. Because that's what you sell.
- He says that's not possible and you become angry!
- You've had enough of this website nonsense- It doesn't work anyway!
- But then you get a nice email from someone- don't know him though- he can get you 1000s of visitors. Now you're in business! It's a bit expensive but not to worry you've come this far!
- Just as the ad said, the visitors start coming- This web stuff is easy! Now you're smiling.
- Oh! you think- no one is buying- Now you're upset again.
- But wait- You remember that other email that came the other day about emailing you're ad to millions of people.........................
About the Author
Stephen Cope is a freelance trainer and the Webmaster at - making a website and The Niche Website Guide.
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