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Fact - Google is the biggest search engine now with more than 200 million searches PER DAY. Suffice to say you're losing out big time if your websites are not listed in Google. Of course your web pages must be indexed by them in the first place to guarantee any rankings. Note you'll not ...

The rules for search engine directory submissions are very different than the rules for getting listed in the search engines. Therefore please read the general submission guidelines in my previous article (Part 2), before proceeding with the more detailed explanations below for each search engin...

Hosting of web sites has essentially become a commodity. There is very little distinguishing one hosting company from the next. Core plans and features are the same and price is no longer a true determining feature. In fact, choosing a host based on the cheapest price can be more expensive in t...

You know the scenario. You get an occasional click from Google for a certain keyword. You go to find out why you aren’t getting more clicks, and you find out that you’re ranked in the 30's, 50's, or heaven forbid, the 300's. “Great”, you think, “I finally get ranked for a good keyword and it’s a wor...

nto your bank account and take the money back. They just reach in and take it. At this point you don't even know who is charging you back. In a few days the chargeback material will come in the mail. It's usually very sparse, not giving a lot of information. You then have to spend hours figh...

Getting your web site listed in the major search engines is an absolute necessity. Why? Because 85% of all people on the Internet use them when searching for information. When they type the keyword or keyword phrase in a major search engine, up pops your web site, or at least you hope so. The...

What is crontab? Crontab is a unix program that acts as a task scheduler. It serves one purpose and only one. It runs programs at the times or dates that you tell it to. A lot of people seem to get confused whenever the word crontab is mentioned. While the usage may seem somewhat difficult,...

What makes a good domain name? Well, it's a subjective issue, of course, but here are ten tips to point you in the right direction. 1. Good domain names are easily memorable and easily typed. Generally this means keeping them short. 2. Hyphens should be avoided if possible. When I chose ...

It's tempting. There are so many companies offering cut-rate hosting - loaded with astounding post-futuristic techno-gizmo features ! - that it just makes sense to save a few dollars, right? Think again. First, consider how much you would be saving. If you run a business site, saving $5, $10 ...

I see people daily preaching about how web site owners need to pay upwards of $7,500.00 or more for a marketing consultant who also practices search engine optimization. The reason given for this is that any SEO can get you top rankings, but that will not help you sell your products. They pr...

Writing for your web site is not the same as offline writing. The fonts used for print media are different than web fonts. This is because it's harder to read text on a computer screen and visitors tend to scan your web pages rather than read them word for word. When deciding on what web font to...

What are pay per click engines? Pay per click engines as the name suggests, webmasters have to pay a fee for each click coming from search engine results. Depending on how much the person bids for a keyword over his competitor his website will be positioned in the search engine results. Ho...

The purpose of analyzing your web site statistics is to look for trends and to research the success level of your marketing campaigns. The numbers themselves can be misleading, as statistical packages count "hits" in different ways. If someone visits a page on your site doesn't mean that they r...

1. Start a content driven site. Slashdot, Ars Technica, and PlanetSourceCode are all great examples of sites that do not explicitly sell products or services, but make money anyway. They are all about a certain subject that the authors are familiar with. The authors, although they might not g...

A completed website that is listed in search engines, hosted on a reliable server, and ready for action is a great thing. It holds nothing but promise and potential for greatness. I remember looking at the first version of auctiontrainer.com with pride. Eventually, however, that pride turned t...

If you're like most Web site owners, you're constantly looking for ways to attract quality traffic without it costing you advertising dollars you can't afford. One major problem is the continually increasing pay-per-click bids, making it impossible for the "little guy" to compete. Are there a...

If you don't create a successful strategy for marketing your web site, you can't build a profitable online business. It's therefore imperative to drive thousands of visitors to your web site, then convert them to paying customers. How do you accomplish this? Use several marketing strategies...

Does your website make you money? My website does. I've built several successful websites, actually, and this 2-part article shows the steps I take when creating a profitable website. I can't guarantee *your* success, obviously, but the article's based on the checklist I use to create my...

ess popular but relevant keywords. If you take the time to bid on a few words a day, you'll have a powerful, inexpensive campaign running within a few days. Don't forget to try it out at more than one PPC Search Engine as well. 8. TRACK YOUR KEYWORDS AND YOUR ENTIRE MARKETING CAMPAIGN. You c...

One of the most common needs of online business owners is traffic. Without traffic, your web site barely exists, and is unlikely to make any profit whatsoever. With traffic, you stand a much greater chance of success - but not just any traffic. As the owner of a network of web sites receiving...