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The Proper Way To Use The robot.txt File
When optimizing your web site most webmasters don’t consider using the robot.txt file. This is a very important file for your site. It let the spiders and crawlers know what they can and can not index. By Jimmy Whisenhunt

What Constitutes a Complete and Effective SEO Campaign?
Unfortunately, not many Search Engine Optimization companies know what this involves. You may see a "one size fits all" package, link popularity development in the form of submitting to link farms, or even the dreaded "Submit Your Site to 1000's of Search Engines" scam. By John Metzler

Why Optimize Your Site For Search Engines?
Sometimes a search engine optimization company will miss that glaring question posed by potential clients and assume the benefits of search engine optimization are obvious to everyone. By John Metzler

How to reach #1 in Yahoo! Part 2
KEI - Keyword Effectiveness Index. The value of a keyword or keyword phrase that helps a web site reach the #1 position in search engines by comparing how often the keyword or keyword phrase is used and comparing it to how many web sites are using that keyword or keyword phrase to market their site. By Michael Rock

How Does Your Website Make Me Feel?
When people think about the Internet, they think about technology. When people hear that I am a Website strategy expert, they see me as a "techy type". By Philippa Gamse, CMC

Password Protection with PHP, MySQL, and Session Variables
One of the great promises that actually came true when our Internet-enabled world reached the twenty-first century is efficient customer-to-business interaction. By Dan McConkey

Accessibility... The Basics.
An accessible website is one that allows as many people as possible to access the infomation contained within it. By Alan Cole

Web Site Content Ideas for Webmasters
Many years ago I began creating web sites that began as photo albums for friends and family and then turned into travel guides for trips I took to Jamaica , Napa Valley and the Black Hills of South Dakota. Soon I created web sites related to cars, dogs, and motorcycles. By John Gall

Questions to Ask when Designing a Website for clients
Questions to ask when designing a Web Site for your client (s). “Excerpt from the book: Graphic Artists Guild, Handbook Pricing & Ethical guidelines Written by: Brent Parker By Brent Parker

The Proper Way To Use The robots.txt File Update
In my last article about the robots.txt file I had spelled it wrong. It should have been robots.txt instead of robot.txt. The article should read like this: By Jimmy Whisenhunt

Do-It-Yourself Web Design
Twisting your handle-bar mustache, you think to yourself.... By Walt McClure

Rethinking Linking - Link Exchange Back to Basics
In the old days of the internet, links were the primary communication path between web sites. Search engines were not as sophisticated as today, and search results rather crude. By Kai Virihaur

You Too Can Have an Amazing Website
It is a well-known fact that a successful business depends greatly on how it is marketed. With an ever increasing dependence on the web, the use of a professional website is not only a necessity, but a priority. By Cal Hyslop

How Much Bandwidth Does Your Web Site Need?
One of the most common concerns people have when deciding to host a web site is figuring out how much bandwidth they’ll need. Get too little bandwidth and you might be hit with overage fees or have your web site shut off altogether. By Marc Eberhart

Content Management
More and more businesses are recognizing the importance of content management when it comes to their websites. Website content is more important than ever before, and as the Internet matures and changes, it is likely be become even more important. By Barry Stein

CSS – Site Design Basics Part One
When it comes to designing a Website, there are several modern programming techniques that can make the designer’s task much easier. Once the content and focus of the Website is decided, layout should become the focus of development. By Michael J Medeiros

Logo in the Browsers Address Bar - Favicon
Several people have asked me about logo branding with an image that appears in a users address bar. While I personally removed the Favorite Icon from most of my hosts (In the process of creating a more presentable graphic), it is an important factor for establishing a branding for your Website. By Michael J Medeiros

Monitoring Website Availability
Monitoring Server Uptime to Avoid Revenue Reduction By Pete Prestipino

Testament to Testimonials
Should You Use Testimonials on Your Website? By Cal Hyslop

Make Your Navigation Highly Visible
Effective navigation stands out. It's clear, obvious, and highly visible. By Jamie Kiley

Choosing a Right Hosting Solution
You have done all the hard works for developing your website but when it comes selecting your host you may face trouble that it does not have all the features which is required by your site. It is important to do some research before choosing a right hosting solution. By Arun Tibrewal

Hosting Your Own Web Server: Things to Consider
Are you disgusted or disappointed with your current web host? Have you switched web hosting companies too many times? Have you thought of hosting your own website(s)? Do you have the ambition to control and manage your own web server? By Ant Onaf

The 8 Most Important Website Design Principles
Building an Innovative and Effective Website, by making full use of available technologies, is crucial for the future success of your current or future online business. By Brian Basson

Selling Merchandise On Your Website
A viral marketing tool and a potential money-spinner. Suzanne Power looks at the options and believes Spreadshirt can take over the Cafepress mantle By Suzanne Power

Why Web Hosts and ISPs Need Web Site Monitoring
If you have spent much time earning a living on the Internet, few things will surprise you. However, I am always amazed with how many companies and individuals make astounding claims without backing them up. By David Leonhardt

How to Choose a Web Host - Frequently Asked Questions
In this article you’ll be provided with helpful information about how to choose a web host. There are several things to look for when choosing a reliable web host. Below, you will be provided with frequently asked questions and the answers to common questions. By Martin Smith

Choosing your Meta-Keywords
Introduction By Alan Cole

The Google Sandbox Explained
Introduction By Alan Cole

Most Effective Search Engine Marketing
Most effective search engine marketing strategies consider a few key aspects of search engine optimization. By Debbi Cunnington

What is Good Content?
I’ve read that a good web site is all about content, content, and oh yes content. Now if you’ve managed to design your site so that you can fill it with great content, what next, how do you know what good content is? By Kelly Paal

Keep Your Navigation Simple!
Navigation must be simple. Since it's the backbone of your site, it's imperative that visitors be able to understand it. Here are two tips on how to make simplicity a reality in your site: By Jamie Kiley

Book Review: The Non-designer’s Design Book, Second Edition
One of the books I strongly recommend for non-designers like me is Robin Williams' "Non-Designer's Design Book". It is a must for dummies who want to have a career on graphic designing even without the formal education. By Granny's Mettle

Combined Hot Multimedia Practical Tips
In the site, http://webmonkey.wired.com/webmonkey/99/26/index1a. By Lala C. Ballatan

Virtual Death Memorials
On March 27, 2005 at the Big Easy’s charmingly bizarre Barrister’s Gallery, artists will experience what afterlife will be in a virtual death memorial group show – Hydriotaphia: New Orleans Artists Design Their Own Funeral Urns. By Lala C. Ballatan

Streaming Media: Why It Works
Isn’t it more interesting to pay attention on a kind of medium that is complete with valuable data and presented on a creative way with audio-video quality to match? That’s the kind of media we sometimes look for before becoming compelled enough on certain products or service offers. By Lala C. Ballatan

An Editor Spins Her Thoughts about Web Content
A glossy magazine placed an advertisement on its Web site, targeting the publication’s upscale subscribers. The expensive ad emphasized how perfect the tiniest detail would be for guests who stayed at a certain, very fancy hotel. By Linda Jay Geldens

Blogging Advice - Give Your Readers What They Want
Web gives a lot of exposure; weblog stabilizes the exposure with a profound purpose. The purpose of a Weblog is to complement e-newsletters, serving readers in a way that extends a blogger's expertise and leadership in the market. By chris hickman

Make Your E-Commerce Website More Than An Electronic Catalog
Everyday thousands of people are purchasing products on-line from the comfort of their homes. This “arm chair” shopping has become the most popular way for thousands and thousands of consumers to purchase everything from vitamins to luxury automobiles. By Gregg Kell

Set up Your Online Portfolio
Planning to set up your very own online portfolio? Very well, then you have to know first what’s an online portfolio and its uses. Of course, you also have to know how to take lay out you portfolio online in order to take advantage of it more. By Lala C. Ballatan

What’s a Design Dinosaur
Are you fond of applying and scrambling old and new design clichés in one helpless web page? Are you one of the thousands not yet enlightened that ‘too much of a good thing is bad’? Are you too engrossed in improvising other designs and not coming up with your own? By Lala C. Ballatan

Review: Swish
Are you in a busy office and need to get web design jobs with complex text effects done immediately? Want to speed up your productivity but avoid working until Saturday afternoons breaking up text and hand tweening? Then, SWiSH, the new standalone tool that creates great font effects and more by By Lala C. Ballatan

Keep Your Navigation Consistent!
One of the single most important aspects of effective navigation is consistency. Why? There's a simple reason. By Jamie Kiley

Tools of the Trade: Photo Editing
With digital cameras becoming a hit not only to professional photographers, it is understandable that creations of digital image files are also increasing. By Lala C. Ballatan

The Modern Day Search Engine
The first task most netizens do when they log on to the internet is to visit their favorite search engine to find information on various topics. Over the past few years the search engine has evolved to do more than list available websites on an entered subject. By Thaddeus Collins

The New Google Ad Links
You know about Google Adsense, now it's Google Ad Links for Google Adsense publishers. By Subhendu Sen

How to Create an Enjoyable Web Page Design
Novice and professional designers alike – you may probably be skilled enough of any one or all of the techniques in creating a Web page and designing them. However, not all designs, even those made by authorities in the field, prove to be enjoyable and entertaining enough for the users. By Lala C. Ballatan

On Copying and Stealing Designs
The notion on the great artist, Pablo Picasso’s quote, "Bad artists copy. Good artists steal" is lost on many. And revolving around the graphic designer circles is the quote “Good artists copy, great artists steal” known as Picasso’s quote, still. By Lala C. Ballatan

Understand Your Color
Any design on a web application involves the effective input of color scheme in order to impress web surfers, instill a certain image or identity associated with the kind of web site it represents, and add impact to the web pages. By Lala C. Ballatan

The Psychology of Color in Web Design
Persons engaged in website design, here’s a scoop for you! Would you just like to know that by understanding the basics of cognitive psychology around color and patterns, we could further improve our Web design! By Lala C. Ballatan

How To Write Web Articles
Since online articles can be an additional source of contract leads, it is important that you write them in such a way that they are "web friendly"-and thus more accessible to your readers. By Dale DeHart

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