Archive for Web General

How Your Analytics Program is Misleading You

Web analytics.  Is there anything that causes more excitement and frustration for website owners? How much traffic are you getting? Is it more or less than the traffic you were getting a month, or even a week, ago? What keywords are visitors using when they find your site? This information is invaluable, but you might [...]

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Custom Site or Template?

Should you build a completely customized site, from the ground up? Should you rely on a template that can be easily customized? If you’re trying to decide between these two options, there are a few things you need to think about.

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Bing vs. Google

When Bing was first released, a lot of people thought that it had been designed as a “Google Killer”, the first real competition the search giant has had since taking over the search industry. Bing offered blended search results (videos, pictures and content), and you could search by the type of site you wanted in [...]

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29 Worst Practices & Most Common Failures: SEO Checklist Part I

Many consider search engine optimization as a sort of black box. But once the essential features of a search engine optimal website are laid out in a concise list, SEO is not nearly as mystifying.

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Google Tools for Websites

If you’re looking for some of the best webmaster services for your website, the answer may be only a search away. Google is more than just a search engine. They offer several tools just for website owners and developers, with new services being released on a regular basis. Here’s a brief explanation of some of [...]

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Copywriting Advice for Your Website

If you have a website for your business, your goal is probably to sell something, whether it be goods or services. In order to convert site visitors into customers, you need to give them a compelling reason to spend their hard earned money.

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How to Pick a Domain Name

One of the most intimidating steps in setting up a website is picking a domain name. A lot of new website owners feel like they get one chance to pick the perfect name; that’s a lot of pressure to get it right. Picking out your new domain name doesn’t have to be that hard. Here [...]

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What You Need to Start a Website

Before you start to build your website there are a few simple, and not so simple, things you need to think about and plan out. The more planning you do before a project starts the more time and money you will be saving in the future. Here is a checklist of what you need in [...]

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