How Not To Do SEO
It seems that everyone is getting into the SEO business these days. I do a good bit or research on the subject and try to give simple advice that can be used by most any webmaster to improve their search engine standings. The information that I provide you I believe to be accurate current and […]
Using Keywords To Be Found
There has always been a great debate about exactly how keywords should be used on your pages. Should I use them in my headlines and how many times should they be on a page? How many times does repeating your keyword on a page does it take before your page will be considered Spam? When […]
Starting A Website On A Shoestring
What would you do if you wanted to start a new website and had pretty much no money to do it with? When I decided to begin this business that was pretty much my case. I thought at the time that I can try to work for myself and all that I really have to […]
What Are Your Company Colors?
When designing a new site for a customer one of the first things that I ask them is if they have a logo and company colors. Because I’m dealing with mostly small and sometimes new businesses many times they say that they do not have them. I usually suggest that they visit my favorite new […]
Promote Your Own Website
I subscribe to several Craigslist (computer gigs) feeds for many cities that are within about a five hour drive from here in Pittsburgh. It helps me keep up with people who are advertising for my kinds of services. I use Thunderbird for this and that lets me view these ads just as if they were […]
Help With CSS
CSS can be a wonderful thing. It can take a plain ordinary page and turn it into a beautifully styled work of art. You can also change all of the pages on your site by simply editing one file. It can also drive you nuts. You go back and forth trying to get an effect […]
More Newsletter Help – HTML Email Tips
I have written before about how hard it is getting to get HTML emails through to your readers. The way email readers are today, especially on line readers like Hotmail or Yahoo Mail are very restrictive as to what they will allow their users to see. I have several customers who like to send HTML […]
What Are Web Standards?
I have written many times about how important it is to use Web Standards when designing a website. If you are wondering exactly what are web standards or where do I find them it may actually surprise you to know that there aren’t any Web Standards, only Recommendations. Until recently the web has been the […]
More Favorite Designs To Check Out
I quite often hear from people who are looking for good ideas to help them design or redesign their websites. I try to help by publishing my own section of favorite new sites on the web. Smashing Magazine has just published their list of “60 Elegant and Visually Appealing Designs” for this year. You’ll find […]
Sensible and Practical SEO Advice
Jennifer Laycock of Search Engine Guide is very sensible and practical in her advise about SEO. her new article “SEO Basics: “Click Here” is Evil” is just that again. Her advise it to never use Click Here as a link. Where ever possible you should be descriptive with your text links and use things like […]
