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I'll have to admit that I didn't believe all the hype about Google Adwords for the longest time. Then I caught myself clicking on some of the Adwords ads instead of the search results. That made me think. Five bucks. What's five bucks? Lunch at McDonalds. I could skip that for a day. So I surfe...

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,...

Just before the close of business on Wednesday, Google announced that it will be launching Gmail, its new free e-mail service set to offer 1000 megabytes of free space to its users. This announcement comes after a flurry of changes at Google, all of which are geared to securing their place as the d...

Are you ready for a web site? Not sure what to look for? Use this article to help you determine the best hosting company for your site. Growth Is this a company you can grow with vs. having to change companies when you outgrow the service? Customer Service Many people start with a lost co...

Search engines used to rely on webmasters to provide an honest assessment of web site content by simply accepting exactly what was placed in the meta tags of each site. The engines ranked the sites in the beginning by looking almost entirely at those tags and serving results based on whether ...

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...

First of all, what type of keywords should you optimize for? A single word, a whole sentence. The actual question is what are people searching for? Here is a breakdown of the most popular type of searches. Two word searches 29% One word searches 25% Three word searches 24% Four word searche...

Website owners: do you know how many links are out there on the Internet, pointing back to your site? If you're interested in getting free search engine placement for your site, you ought to know. An easy way to find out is to download the Alexa toolbar from http://www.alexa.com. One of it...

I suppose it's a form of flattery. After all, they're admitting that we are better than them. Better writers, better thinkers and better communicators. Of course, we don't really need them to admit it, we're quite aware we're better than them. So it's small consolation for those of us who sla...

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...

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 ...

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...

Pay-per-click (PPC) search engines are a highly effective and inexpensive way to attract targeted traffic to your web site. With the most popular PPC search engines (www.overture.com and www.adwords.google.com) you can often buy this search engine traffic for 10 cents or 5 cents per click. It is...

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...

Listen up if you want an almost instant solution to your traffic problems. I'm going to show you one simple technique to increase the traffic to your websites or affiliate programs, which will make you more money immediately... It's called expired domain names. If you have not even been...

Starting an online business can be as simple as opening a Yahoo Store. And as complicated as building your own dynamic e-commerce web site. But no matter how you go about it, you need 7 key ingredients to ensure the success of your online business. 1. Demand You can have the most awesome...

(Will your website be ready, or will you be playing catch-up six months too late?) November 2003 might go down in history as the month that Google shook a lot of smug webmasters and search engine optimization (SEO) specialists from the apple tree. But more than likely, it was just a precursor...

Let us look at these two options. Assigning a query string value to your link. This method can work in pay-per-click engines, but when working with other engines and links, it can become cumbersome and not always work. By assigning a query string, you are adding a value to your URL that wil...

"Free Autoresponders!" It sounds to good to be true. But is this the right option for You and Your Home Business? There are three sources of free Autoresponders that might be considered when you work at home : [1] Autoresponders offered by your web host [2] Services like Sendfree a...

If you're just beginning to try your hand with the pay-per-click engines, one thing you need to know is the importance of setting up tracking URL’s so you're better able to track click-throughs and sales. Why go to the trouble? Because if you don't set up some sort of tracking system, you'll ...