Web authoring books or tutorials

In-bound links from other web sites to yours provide two avenues to success for your site. First, the number of quality in-bound links pointing to your web site are a major factor that the search engines (including Google) use to rank web pages in their databases. Lots of high-quality in-boun...

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 ...

As a website owner, getting your site listed and placing well in the search engines can turn into a full time job. Search engine optimization is the process of altering your site so it appears in the top listings of the major search engines. You can hire someone to do it for you and pay out th...

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 ...

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...

It was bound to reach this point, and now I've firmly put my foot down as of this past week and have begun to tell all potential future link partners I won't "swap links." I will link, but I will not "swap links" with anyone now. I require content in the form of articles, press releases and n...

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...

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...

Once your Web site is up, you must maintain it. Maintenance means changes, and each time you make a change, you may make a mistake. If your visitors get a link that doesn't work or incomplete instructions, or if your copy is lackluster instead of passionate, they will leave your site and not boo...

SEO or search engine optimization strategy now becomes widely popular among online business operators. Nothing strange about it as it allows to substantially increase your gross income, as a result of growing traffic or visitors flow. That is why one point should be stressed out - your busine...