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Plop, Drop, And Flop
The increase in Internet businesses have again brought a wave ofinexperienced marketers. We've all been there at one point or another. By Rod Davis

Learning ASP Series -- Getting Your Hands Dirty With VBScript
I know some people don't like VBScript for beingMicrosoft-Centric, but it's very easy to get familiar with, andonce you know how to create your ASP pages in VBScript, you canmove on to any programming language of your choice. By Amrit Hallan

Learning ASP Series -- Your First ASP Page
ASP pages (Active Server Pages page sounds a bit melodramatic butits easier to refer to them like this) are nothing but web pages.The difference is that they have an extension .ASP and you writethe code in a Server Side Scripting language. By Amrit Hallan

Learning ASP Series - Installing Personal Web Server
Welcome to the first chapter of your Basic ASP Learning Series. By Amrit Hallan

ONE MILLION hits within 3 months..... without using Search Engines.
TRAFFIC Generation.... By Kenneth Doyle - e*Analyst

Is Your Business Running YOU?
I lost a client recently. When I asked why he was making a change he said to me, "Your site used to be in the top three results of all the search engines and now it's not". By Sharon Davis

Sins of The Internet: Para-Site
The other day I was surfing the web as normal, going quickly from site to site. I was looking for a good site to present with an Excellent Site award and I was getting frustrated because nothing was measuring up. You know, more of the say old thing time after time. By Richard Lowe

Real Life Internet Evil: Ezula
Our purpose with this series is to use real life examples ofdeception, fraud and other evil to show how you can betterprotect yourself. The examples cited in these articles areintended to demonstrate best practices and recommendations. By Richard Lowe

Where have all the web content sites gone?
Many web content websites have vanished or stopped in their tracks in the last few months. By Melissa Brewer

Keeping Your Website In Top Condition - 5 Easy tips for maintaining a streamline site
Whether you are the master of your own domain or webmastering for someone else, you want to maintain the most efficient website you can. To achieve this takes diligence and awareness on your part. Here are five ways to maintain that site with minimum effort. By Janet Thompson

Help Your Customers Buy More – Make Them Feel Safe
You have permission to publish this article free of charge eitherelectronically or in print, as long as the bylines are included.A courtesy copy of your publication would be appreciated. By Butch Pujol

"Making Money, Not Excuses"
Making Money in 2002!So You Want to Make Some Money This Year? By Mike Beriault

Search Utilities
Supporting a web site is hard work. I should know, I support sixteen of them, plus two intranets at my day job. If you do everything properly, you (or your staff) have to design the site, prototype it, code it, maintain it, promote it and do any of a hundred other things. By Richard Lowe

PUTTING THE "SERVICE" BACK IN "CUSTOMER SERVICE"
The future of customer service is here. Technology has made seeking out support faster and easier than ever. But, has your digital age company sacrificed true service in the name of automation? By Sean Cohen

"The Most Powerful Skills You Could Have as a Webmaster"
What are the most powerful skills you could have as a webmaster? By Raynay Valles

Beta Testing
I'm sure as you've cruised around the web you've run across the term "beta release" or "beta test version" or something to that effect. You may also have heard "alpha test" or "public preview" and other similar terms. What the heck do these terms mean? By Richard Lowe

Act Now
The Internet overflows with sites containing opportunities, software, books, newsletters, ezines, guides, courses, affiliate programmes, reseller programmes, advice, recommendations, tips, secrets, ads, banners - information in short. And that's it. INFORMATION. By Irena Whitfield

Procrastinate, but Not Now!
Procrastination is my sin. It brings me naught but sorrow. I know that I should stop it. In fact, I will -- tomorrow! --Gloria Pitzer By Mike Banks Valentine

Five Free Graphics Tools
Graphics often need a bit of a tweak before you add them toyour pages. By Dianne Reuby

What is ASP.NET?
ASP.NET is not just the next version of ASP; it is the next era of web development. ASP.NET allows you to use a full featured programming language such as C# (pronounced C-Sharp) or VB.NET to build web applications easily. By Mitchell Harper

Developing Tutorial Courses for Autoresponder Delivery
Developing tutorial courses to offer at your web site is an excellent way to promote yourself, business and your web site. By Jill Black

"Sometimes Having It Shorter Is Better!"
Sometimes having it shorter is better. By A.T.Rendon

What EVERYONE Wants on the Internet!
It does not matter what you are looking for on theInternet because everyone wants the same thing. By A.T.Rendon

How To Track Your Online Ad Response
It is crucial for every marketer to accurately track hisadvertising results. In the direct marketing industry, marketerstrack the responses to their direct mail pieces so that they knowwhich ads work, which headlines are winners and which productssell. By Chee Wee

IT TAKES A LOT OF HITS!
Commonly we hear that a one or two percent CR (ConversionRatio) is good. By this is meant that one or two visitors takethe desired action in accordance with the site purpose. Perhapsthey make a purchase, request further information, or download afile. By Bob McElwain

Optimizing Your Site For The Search Engines
Optimize Your Site For Search Engines, by Margot B So you've built your web site! Don't submit it to the search engines until you've given it a tune-up to make it read for the search engines. With "Net Mechanic" at http://www.netmechanic. By Margot B

Converting Web Site Visitors Into Subscribers
If you publish a newsletter or ezine, you should have a website geared towards getting more subscribers. This should be the sole purpose of this particular website. By Raymond Johnston Jr

What should a beginner do?!
Maybe you have a great idea....maybe you don't. By Chuck McCullough

So you want to run an awards program?
I know you've seen those awards graphics all over the web. Mostweb sites win one, two or a dozen awards and display them proudly on their home pageuntil the page loads so slow that no one visits anymore. By Richard Lowe

Money for nothing?
Not hardly! By Chuck McCullough

Do You Need Help?
What are your strengths? What are your weakenesses? Each of us has talents and also areas where we are not as strong. By Pamela Geiss

GIVE YOUR LINK A FACELIFT
Got a great website? Got a long, drawn out URL link to go with it? By Ron Kimball

Attention to Detail or Learning How to Hate Humble Pie
Having been in the printing & graphics business for the past25 years, I can attest to the importance of attending to details,both in work quality and customer satisfaction. E-commerceis not so much different, especially in principle. By Tom Cornwell

Has your site been crash tested?
Are you absolutely certain that everything on your site works correctly? By Robin Porter

h Webmaster, What Have You Got Yourself Into!?
When you first try to design a small web site youdon't realize what you are getting yourself into. Unless you have specific web design training, I bet you were not fore-warned. Let me brace you. By Ruth Marlene Friesen

Cookies: How to Improve Your Website and Learn From Your Visitors
Question: How can you improve your visitor's experience of your website AND at the same time learn how to improve your website (or learn how to increase sales)? By Steve Nash

Web Site Maintenance Made Easy
Anyone who has maintained a web site with many pages for an extended periodof time knows the nightmare of having to edit a word or date that recurs oneach page, such as copyright information. By Steve Wood

Trust & Credibility: Vital Components to the Success of a Website
When was the last time you ever did business with someone youdidn't trust? When did you last do business with someone thatyou suspected of being dishonest? Never. By Micah Cranman

Ideas For A Successful Website
There are many things to consider when you want to put up a website. Firstyou must decide on the topic for your website. This should be something thatyou are very interested in and passionate about. Building and maintaining awebsite takes time and work. By Terri Seymour

Person-To-Person
This article is going to be a little different than my otherarticles, in that it will be dealing with the person to personcontact on the net. I would like to dedicate this article to allthe business people who are so helpful and willing to go theextra mile to help out newbies and "oldies" alike! By Terri Seymour

Backup Your Site
Imagine the following nightmare: you've worked hard on your site for months, tweaking it until it looks perfect. You've got great content, excellent graphics and a wonderful design. By Richard Lowe

Free Articles For Your Web Site
Do you subscribe to a few ezines? Or are you like me and you subscribe to anobscene number of ezines? More ezines that you can possibly read even ifthat's all you did twenty-four hours a day? If so, have you noticed thatsome articles appear in more than one ezine? By Richard Lowe

Fair Use
Important: This article contains opinions and information about copyrightlaw. Keep in mind that I am not a lawyer and have not been a lawyer in anypast life that I am aware of. If you have specific questions about copyrightlaw you should contact the appropriate legal resources. By Richard Lowe

Awards Programs: Handling The Losers
Sometimes it's an easy decision, sometimes it's more difficult. Occasionallyyou find a site which on the surface looks very good and you spend hourslooking it over, comparing it to each part of your criteria. By Richard Lowe

Awards Programs: Handling The Winners
Someone has sent in their site to be reviewed as part of your awardsprogram. If you've done everything correctly, this should happen severaltimes per week or even per day. You could review them as they arrive, or youcould set them aside and do it once a week or on some other schedule. By Richard Lowe

Awards Programs: Ethics
One of the characteristics of an excellent awards program is thepresence of solid ethics. This is very important as all awardmastersmust understand that they weld a certain amount of power over theirfellow webmasters. By Richard Lowe

Web Site Maintenance
There are many things that all webmasters must do on a regular basis toensure that their web sites remain useful and functional. Some of thetasks you should be performing are listed below. By Richard Lowe

Rules To Problem Solving
I've been working in the world of computers for 23 years, and I've learned alot about problems during that time. I've found a few rules which, iffollowed, make it easier to find, understand, correct and verify problems. By Richard Lowe

Web Site Management: Statistics
Statistics are your most important resource! Used properly, web sitestatistics will tell you who is visiting your site, where they came from,what search engines they used, their browser types and even their monitorresolutions. By Richard Lowe

Awards Programs: Submitting Your Site For Awards
All right, you've got a nice site. You've worked long and hard to make it asgood as you can. Now you want to get a little recognition for your efforts.You want someone to take a look at what you've accomplished and tell you ifyou've done a good job. By Richard Lowe

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