http:// http:// If youd like to create and publish your own web site on the Internet your first step should be to decide what type of web site you would like to create and what web design language you would like to use. Although there are several web design languages to choose from make sure you take some time to research your options to ensure youre making the best choice for your project. Hypertext Markup Language HTML The easiest and most popular web design language is Hypertext Markup Language better known as HTML. This language is so simple you can type the syntax into a text editor such as Notepad save it with an .html extension and instantly have a web page. You can learn more about HTML here httpwww.w3schools.comhtml Although HTML will enable you to create simple web sites if you want something more dynamic youll need to look into using other languages PHP Hypertext Preprocessor PHP PHP Hyp Selecting_the_Best_Web_Design_Language_for_Your_Project.html Understanding and using web analytics. In recent years website marketers were concerned with increasing hits and the stickiness of their sites. They were concerned with increasing page views and the amount of time spent on the site. This is definitely a hold over from the paper based businesses of the past and has proved to not be of much use in the fast moving internet world. As a result hits and views are no longer considered useful metrics for evaluating website success. They simply dont provide the right kind of information needed by online marketers. Now they look at conversions dropout rates return on investment and revenue per visitor. Internet marketers of today want to make more money. To do this they must understand their visitors their motives where they came from what they were looking for and how they found the site. And most important of all what made them make the decision to buy or what made them abandon the purchase. In order to accomplish Web_Analytics_-_Getting_it_Right.html Google Sitemaps enables Webmasters to Directly Alert Google to Changes and Additions on a Website and thats just one of 7 Benefits. Telling search engines about new pages or new websites use to be what the submission process was all about. But major search engines stopped using that process a long time ago. Google has for a long time depended on external links from pages they already know about in order to find new websites. For webmasters and website owners Google Sitemaps is the most important development since RSS or Blog and Ping to hit the Internet. Using RSS and Blog and Ping enabled webmasters to alert the search engines to new additions to their web pages even though that was not the primary purpose of these systems. If youve ever waited weeks or months to get your web pages found and indexed youll know how excited we webmasters get when someone discovers a new way to get your web pages found quicker. Well that new way has just arrived in Google Sitemaps and it Google_Sitemaps_7_Benefits_You_Cant_Ignore.html How To Design A Search Engine Friendly Website There are many websites that fail to target their required traffic even if theyve had some search engine optimisation work done. One of the main causes for this is simply because the website isnt search engine friendly. This is a basic essential that needs to be incorporated into the design of all websites at the outset think of it as the foundation to establishing your search engine optimisation strategy. This article aims to highlight the areas a web designer should think about and incorporate into their design for search engine effectiveness 1. Search Engine Friendly Pages It is important that when you design your website you not only bear in mind what your website requirements are but also what the requirements are for search engines. Best way to approach this is to remember that search engines dont really care about how nice or complicated your graphics or flash movies are or how snazzy your javascript is. Instead searc How_To_Design_A_Search_Engine_Friendly_Website.html The Importance of Page Content The content of a page is probably the most important consideration when building traffic to your web site. Other techniques do gain more traffic but page content and content of your web site in general is most important when producing a good quality site that will naturally build traffic. 1.1 General guidelines for a page For a page to rank well with the search engines the page should be optimized and have sufficient text that is of relevance to your visitor. Ideally the page will be written and presented to be easy to read. It will have a good use of white space and placing of text blocks and pictures graphics. The text you write should be warm and compelling. It should flow well so it is easy to read and be in short paragraphs so interest is easy to maintain. The content you place on the page should be reflected by the page name title the H1 heading description and meta tag keywords. 1.2 Page Content As the number of pag The_Importance_of__Page_Content.html Pictures are worth a thousand words. So are illustrations and images on any web page. Your illustrations will either make your visitors stay and read on or make them decide to skip and click on another web site. For best results you could apply the following tips for illustrations in your web pages Use colors from a typical web palette for your illustrations. If you use solid colors for your illustrations try to stick to the standard 216 colors of the web palette. The colors will have the same look on any type of computers and web browsers. If you want to use color gradients or blends try it out first on your screen set to only 256 colors. This is to avoid having your colors look very muddied unattractive and hard to distinguish. If it doesnt look good at this resolution try a different color blend that is not as harsh. Furthermore the colors in your illustrations should also match those used in other graphics of your web site layout. This includes the masthead Web_design_illustration_tips.html An important question to answer when creating or revising a Web site is What are my visitors needs? The answer will drive your site design and marketing decisions. Customer Decision Making Process One way to understand visitor needs is to think in terms of the customer decisionmaking process. Visitor needs vary depending upon their stage in the decision making process. Karon Thackston copywriter and proprietor at Marketing Words httpwww.MarketingWords.com explains by breaking the customer decision making process i.e. buying process into at least four stages NeedWant Recognition Information Search Evaluation and Purchase. If a visitor has already made the decision to purchase a product or service for example she needs easy ordering options. If the customer is early in the decision making process however she needs more general information. Information or Sales Oriented Content? Dee Kreidel owner of Dax D How_to_Match_Web__Site_Content__to_Visitors_Decision_Making_Stage.html The definition of the phrase Content Management depends on what the organization may need or a vendor may offer. There is no general purpose or standard content management system that can satisfy todays diverse business needs across the board. And so factors for successfully implementing a content management system vary depending on individual business needs. Conducting a thorough assessment of an organizations specific business application or processes prior to installation is one of the keys to implementing a successful content management system. The use of content management systems or CMS could help businesses optimize their business in a way that costumers respond positively to the site. This could ensure the proper handling of costumers correspondence documents online insurance claims processing accounts payables processing or other business processes specific to your business. This serves best to medium and large business with big sites that contains thou Let_Marketing_Manage_Your_Website_Content.html Webmasters are always looking for ways to increase their traffic and exposure. This is natural and will never change. No one is ever content with their traffic levels. But problems arise with this reality as well. While it is good to be motivated to get as much traffic as possible it is tempting to try and cut corners and use tactics that are temporary rather than permanent solutions. And there are myriad tactics that can take your entire business down the tubes as well. The trick is not to be tempted with shortterm gain over longterm income from your web business. Many webmasters are aware that content is king and that you have to brand your site to make sales and build credibility. But most people only take these facts at face value and only as they pertain to the search engines. Big mistake. Your content is your lifeblood for more reasons than search engine placement. This is your face on the net. So if youre using new strategies to bring in Is_Your_Website_Content_Worth_Reading_or_Obvious_Search_Engine_Bait.html Visitors and search engines love contentrich web sites but just having a lot of content on your web site is not enough. It all has to be relevant to a main topic with each page or section of the web site having a specific theme And yes this includes any resource or links pages the site may have. Each page should have its own topic and content should not stray to a different topic. If you are promoting your graphic design business and have a page on business card design stay on the topic and refrain from using a page title such as Graphic Design company in Vancouver Canada business cards logos letterheads. Your want the business card design to be the most important key phrase. There are two main reasons for content relevancy. The first is so that visitors have an easy time understanding the flow of your web site. Visitors who have to search through multiple pages to find the information theyre looking for wont be visitors much longer. The average web site u Keep_Your_Web__Site_Content__Relevant.html How do you decide on the content products and or services you will promote on your Web site. Or should I go back one step further and ask why did you decide to create a website in the first place. Just thought I would ask to see if you are still on track or if your Web site has strayed away from the original reason product or service you started promoting. We all know of the importance of owning a Web site and having the ability to promote our business on the Internet. Many business people working from home require their own Web site to promote more than one company or product so creating your own Web site makes good sense. 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In the face of a declining trust in the Internet theres definitely value in creating a website which can be trusted by your visitors. But how do you do it? Thats what this article is all about. But first the research According to a recent major study Ten Years Ten Trends conducted by the Center for the Digital Future httpwww.digitalcenter.org a leading authority on the im How_to_get_your_customers_to_trust_your_website.html One of the biggest mistakes you can make when creating a web site is to take large chunks of copy from your existing marketing materials ads brochures sales letters etc. and cut and paste them onto your web pages. What you have to understand is that the internet is different from the world of print and its a medium that web visitors are still getting used to. For most people reading from a computer screen is not an enjoyable experience and some find it downright uncomfortable. No wonder users are impatient and skim on a whim. 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