Images consume more space

re used on web and intranet sites for many reasons: branding, highlighting, navigation, providing supplementary information, division, humour etc. Images consume more space than text, however, and thus take a longer time to download. On an intranet, this additional time is usually within accep...

The votes are in and everyone agrees to the fact... I knew no one was really willing, just because someone has developed that doesn't mean that we have to use it! All the experts finally agreed on the fact that one shouldn't get overwhelmed using HTML Code Encryptors. In recent times ther...

In part1 of this article I covered defining the purpose of your website and planning it on paper. In this second part I will cover designing the page elements of your site. The look and feel of a site is very important, and it must convey what your site is about. A site for an artist would ...

There are 5 elements that every page of every Web site must have. They are standard, and expected by Web users. When one of them is missing, it screams to a viewer that it's an amateur site. If a few or all of them are missing, don't expect anyone to linger for very long. These 5 elements mak...

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...

A good looking and user friendly website is an extremely important asset to your success on the Internet. However without traffic, even a well designed site will not produce results for you. The best websites are those that are both attractive and easy to use by your human users, and at the same...

Designing a professional looking web site involves much more than simply displaying text between your body tags. In order to organize your page, you must use tables. A table is an HTML element, also referred to as a "tag," and is used to display your web page content in an organized fashion....

Like many other useful toolbars out there so is the Google Toolbar. I consider this toolbar a must have for any serious search engine optimizer and anyone who searches the internet on a regular basis. Here's why… The Google Toolbar has grown significantly in features since inception. It now f...

Do you have marketing objectives for your Web site? With objectives to help overcome your main online challenges you can work smarter, not harder. Think of your Web site objective as the "big picture". It is the basis for a marketing plan and, in general terms, answers the questions: "How ...

This is one of the most frequently asked questions by small business owners. They are feeling the pressure from their customers and competitors, yet for many business people it is a daunting task, as they don't understand the whole process. In fact, many people are even asking the question wh...

So you were just at a website and were so impressed with their navigation bar you want something just as cool for your own site. No problem. If you know where to look you'll find plenty of generators that will allow you to easily pump out some very slick menus. Let's take a look at some: ...

Source code optimization. {title}...{/title} This tag is to be a winner. This is a primary spot to include our keywords for SE spiders, bots or crawlers ("spider" hereafter). {title} tags are the best "dainty dish" for SE spiders. They eat them as cakes, so make title tags to be tasty for ...

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...

Over 31 million domain names have been registered worldwide, with 10,000 names reportedly being registered each day. Out of all this competition, how do you make sure that your web site is one of the successful ones? The good news is if you're building or running a business on the Internet to...

Are you having difficulties in selecting an internet affiliate program to join and promote? Too many opportunities to sort through? Uncertain of your next step? Guess what – you are not alone. Join the crowd! You will probably find the road full of potholes in your research, review and selection...

An HTML email form is often used in email marketing to generate a greater response from potential customers. However their is not much information on how to actually create an interactive html email form or template to achieve this. Part 1 (http://www.isitebuild.com/html-email) of this article...

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...

Some words about Internet marketing... It doesn't stop with search engines. As a matter of fact, search engines may be the vehicle that brings the least amount of traffic to any given site. An increasing number of people are frustrated with search engines. For one thing, finding the correct ...

The headline read, "A funny thing happens when you don't promote your website... NOTHING." Experience has taught me that that's a fairly accurate statement. If you are not promoting your website, you're not building your web business. However, there is one thing you need to focus on MORE than...

When you design a website how do you start ? Do you start with the banner graphics at the top, or the order page or maybe the sales letter ? All of those are areas that have to be created but they're really not the place to start. The place to start is by answering one simple question abo...