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Greenville Luxury Real Estate Site

2007-03-31T22:57:00.000-07:00

An agent in Greenville, SC, Drew Nichols focuses mostly on the high end Greenville, SC Real Estate market. He spends a lot of time monitoring the market and tells us that there are now almost eighty high end properties listed in Greenville for over a million dollars. Neighborhoods such as Montebello Greenville and even the surrounding suburbs like Simpsonville, where Kingsbridge Simpsonville and Kilgore are picking up in listing and selling activity. Please check out the ourgreenville.com site where you will be able to learn about high-end luxury real estate in Greenville SC.

Publisherforums.com - $1,000 awards. Come, get and offer your services for free and for money.

2007-03-31T02:27:00.000-07:00

Admin of Publisherforums wants to build a website monetizing forum and to encourage intelligent webmaster discussion. He's set up a bit tougher demands on posting quality as usual but he is offering $1,000 (in total) to top quality posters. Publisherforums contest rules.
Everyone invited to join.

Maximal amount one person can earn is $575. Prizes are given away every 45 days.

Another idea is to have quality free services on a forum. Currently you can get extensive free website review about design/content/SEO...and hopefully free
programming support will be available soon.

Especially wanted: web designers, hosting experts, and all who have ever earned online with their own and smart work.

Honey, we shrunk the Google

2007-03-30T02:58:00.000-07:00

By and large, big companies have gotten the word: offering good search is good for business. Customers are happier (and more likely to buy something) when they can quickly find the right information on a website. Employees are more productive when they actually find what they need on their networks. They don't have to reinvent the wheel, bug the IT department (or their colleagues), or sift through directories and files.

Having good search used to be a bit out of reach for small and medium-sized businesses. So, we shrunk Google into a new blue box. Smaller than the original Google Search Appliance, the Google Mini looks like this ... Official Google Blog: Honey, we shrunk the Google

Blog Hosting Services

2007-03-27T00:00:00.000-07:00

In the age of gadgets the most popular in web 2.0 are blogs. Anyone who wants online presence starting a blog is the best option for him/her. You can start a blog with zero cost free blog hosting companies will do it for you a panel is setup immediately as you sign up along with our own distinct username you have your personalized url which you can share with your friends and family members.

Blog hosting companies like Blogger, TypePad, Wordpress and BloggerTeam also provides templates so you choose the design which you think fits your personality. The companies name give above only BloggerTeam provide you with an option to edit your template so if you have some knowledge of html you can design your own custom template.

In early 2002 blogs started to get popular among companies that want to share their experience with customer or employers. In the modern world big cooperate companies have admitted that they have increased their customer base by sharing knowledge on their company blog. Whether you run a small business or individual you should start a blog that help you get close with your clients and build loyalty.

Don’t left behind while your competitors get advantage. Start your Free Blog Now.

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Difference between UK and USA Hosts

2007-03-26T23:59:00.000-07:00

The one main difference I have noticed between the UK and US hosting firms, is that the United States’ firms expect for the user to purchase everything and really do make the burden of the online business primarily on the back of the business owner, while the hosts of the UK tend to take a little of that load upon themselves by offering services and not just products to the consumer. The UK sites are primarily service based and once one has purchased or somehow acquired the rights to their site, it is then that the UK companies give their greatest qualities to the consumer and offer the best in consultation, website design assistance, templates, domain names and much more. The US sites are much more capitalistic and really do only sell products.

If there is the rare United States site that offers some kind of assistance over the web, it really isn’t worth it to the consumer because of the high cost for such low quantities of help and service. It can also be noted that the UK hosts are primarily concerned with the task at hand and do not offer any extraneous products or services to the consumer, while the US budget web hosting sites use any other product to segue into an ad for something else, that may not even have to do with hosting one’s own site, or may not have anything to do with the internet altogether.

The sites of the UK just seem to be of greater service to the consumer and are really there for the consumer, while the United States sites seem to thrive off of the free market and charge as much as they deem suitable for any product remotely related to web hosting.The first thing one will notice when viewing the web hosting sites of the UK are the phrases relating to what can be done for the people looking to have their own space via the internet, while the first thing noticeable on the US sites are the prices.

Free Flash and Addictive Games

2007-03-26T23:58:00.000-07:00

It is always fun to play games people like to play games when they are free. You will find many online flash gamming sites. The games are so addictive that you will find that an hour past in the blink of an eye.

Whenever I get bored and want to relax I spend my time playing free online flash game. The only drawback I found is to find a clean site that is not cluttered and have no or less ads. I hate pop-up banners that pop-up every time I start a new game or change page I get annoyed and leave that website.

Free Flash Games and Addictive Games are the two sites that I like most. These sites are designed specially keeping in mind to provide the best possible flash games. No pop-up ads no annoying smiley ads they are best flash games sites I found. Other then this I have experienced that games loads and don’t have to wait much to load any of the games.

My personal favorite games on these sites are: Gold Miner, Street Fighter II, Blob Wars and Flash Chess 3D.

Pakistani Music Show Case

2007-03-26T23:58:00.000-07:00

Pakistani music is quite interesting and has its own style just like Arabic and Indian music. When the tremendous growth in Pakistani music industry, force media giants to start dedicated music channels. MTV also started its dedicated channel for Pakistan named MTV Pakistan.

Music industry in Pakistan has produced many great artists and bands like Junoon, String, JAL and artists like Atif Aslam, Ali Zafar, and Natasha. Pakistani Songs have their own taste and classify into many genres that is famous among all ages.

Today the most famous music site I found which is operated by local boy having 5000+ Songs updated as soon as new album released is pakimp3.org not only famous among people but recognized by artists themselves. According to the webmaster of pakimp3.org I receive direct request from artists/bands to upload their music on the site which is the clear sign of site popularity.

Hope you people enjoy Pakistani Music!

Mobile Videos

2007-03-26T23:56:00.000-07:00

Entertainment site are getting quite popular specially featuring celebrity or some rock stars. With the advancement in the technology we see a new trend that leads to mobile videos. The sites offering mobiles videos are the latest trend in the industry as 3GP (3^rd generation mobile technology videos) can be shared easily people having latest gadgets with 3G technology easily share and play 3GP Videos on mobile phones.

Mv3gp.com is the nice example of that updates regularly and contain latest mobile videos with top download of video of Shakira Hips Don’t Lie download over 100,000 times which makes it extremely popular site.

So next time you want some entertainment stuff for your mobile phone don’t waste searching just logon to mv3gp.com you will find all the latest mobile music videos.

Online Games Business

2007-03-17T02:38:00.000-07:00

The online games business is very thriving nowadays. There is a lot of offer for puzzle, arcade, action games. And now they have started to offer even some good mac games. But what about other kind of games? for example, niche games like could be boxing games or soccer games?

It was an hard search, but finally found this website called Winter Wolves, that offers a very good selection of games not related to casual market. The free trials are small to download and install, and the purchase system is very fast and secure. Very recommended!

5 Reasons to Redesign With CSS

2007-01-26T21:41:00.000-08:00

Many small business owners have a hard time seeing the value of a website redesign. They believe "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." And this is understandable. Unless you are eating, breathing and sleeping technology and staying up to date with the moving target of Internet business, you're not likely to know intuitively if your site needs a redesign.

And as a small business owner, you may be concerned about the up-front costs of a website redesign. But once you understand how a redesign can help you drive traffíc to your site, convert more users and even save monëy, you'll feel more positive about making the investment in your business.

Old School Web Design - Tables-Based HTML

Not long ago, fax machines were the best way to deliver business documents fast. But now it's so easy to scan and email documents, and even capture digital signatures through email, the fax machine is quickly going the way of the typewriter. With email, recipients can choose to read and archive the message online, or print it out themselves on their own desktop printer. No need for individual telephone lines for the fax machine, taking up desk space, replacing toner, uncurling fax paper and listening to screeching fax machine tones!

Tables-based HTML websites are like the fax machine. At one time tables were the best way to render information on the Web. But like curled paper and fading ink, tables left something to be desired. Designers were constrained by tables that allowed data to be rendered only in tabular förm. The clean, professional and creative layouts today's best designers create with Cascading Style Sheets could nevër be achieved with tables-based HTML.

New School Web Design - Cascading Style Sheets

Cascading Style Sheets separate the presentation elements of a website (code) from its content (words). CSS allows web designers and developers to format the layout and style (fonts, spacing, text size, colors and so on) of multiple Web pages using one file, rather than entering the code to each individual page. Making changes to styles and layouts is much quicker and easier with CSS as well, as updating one file "cascades" the changes to every page on the site. There is less room for error, and the website maintains a professional consistency.

But web designers and developers are not the only ones who benefit from CSS. You as a business owner benefit even more. How?

5 Solid Reasons To Redesign Your Website With CSS

1. Branding and Aesthetics

Consumer behavior experts tell us that, presented with many similar product or service options, and little prior knowledge and experience with these brands or companies, consumers will rely on mental shortcuts to make purchase decisions. The way your website looks compared to your competitors has a large influence on how a visitor perceives your company's professionalism and goodwill. If your website looks modern, crisp and clean, you leave a positive impression on your visitors about your company.

2. Better Usability

CSS also reduces the amount of HTML code a website requires. Tables and extra tags for fonts and colors cause pages to load slowly. The longer it takes for your page to load, the more likely a visitor will hit the back button. Even though the majority of people use a broadband connection, many are still using dialup. And others may be using a high speed wireless network which, depending on how many others are sharing the same wireless channel, may experience fast or slow connections.

3. Accessibility

Rapid advances in wireless communications have made it easy to surf the 'Net using PDA's and cell phones. Tabular page layouts simply don't display properly on small screens. A business that wants to be accessible to anyone, anywhere now and in the future needs to have a website that can be viewed on mobile devices.

CSS design also greatly improves the user experience for the visually impaired, as they cause fewer problems for screen readers and Braille programs.

4. Search Engine Benefits

It has been estimated that up to 80% of all purchases online begin with a search engine. And an entire industry is dedicated to helping businesses rank highly for specific search terms to take advantage of the power of search engines.

Although the relevance of a webpage to a search term is determined by HTML elements like title tags and heading tags, content is still "king" because visitors are looking for content, not code. When you have a high code-to-content ratio, your keyword density (the relative frequency of your targeted keywords on your page) is diluted by HTML instructions for how tables, fonts, styles and colors should be rendered. With CSS, there are no tables, and formatting information is contained in one style sheet. So search engines see more keywords and less code.

Search engines are more and are more likely to index deeper pages of your site and send you more referral traffíc.

5. Bandwidth

Cascading Style Sheets can save you money and increase the number of eyeballs that see your page in other ways. "Bandwidth" refers to how much website traffíc your hosting company will allow you to have each month. Because every time a user lands on your site, he or she must load your pages in his or her browser. Not only visitors, but search engine spiders consume bandwidth too. The more code your pages have, the more bandwidth you use.

If you exceed your bandwidth usage, your site will be suspended until you buy more bandwidth or reach end of the month. Suppose your site receives a sudden surge of traffic shortly after a popular magazine features your company. That would be the worst possible time for your website to go offline! CSS makes for a more efficient use of bandwidth, and reduces the chances of such problems.

So Are Tables Taboo?

Absolutely not. There are bona fide reasons to use tables to display certain types of content. The beauty about CSS is that you still can use tables when you need to, but you don't need to use tables for everything which significantly reduces your "code load."

How Do I Know If I'm Already Using CSS?

A quick test to see if your site is using CSS is to load your website in your browser (any page will do). Right click anywhere in the window, and a menu box will appear. Click "View Page Source." You should see keywords like rel="stylesheet" or type="text/css" near the top of the window that pops up to view your source code.

If you're already using CSS, there may be other ways your business could benefit from a website redesign. Driving traffic, improving the customer experience, making your website more accessible to users and saving time and monëy on webmaster updates make it well worth the investment. Whether you choose to redesign now or in the future, make sure that your web designer and developer are skilled in CSS.

Thanks to Linda Bustos (Marketing Director for Image X Media, a Vancouver web design and Internet Marketing firm. She also blogs about social media and business).

Choosing a Web Designer the Easy Way

2007-02-20T22:13:00.000-08:00

When you choose a web designer, there are many things that you need to be aware of and that need to be taken into consideration before you make a decision.

To some extent, the ability to work successfully with your web designer is sometime as important as their actual skill in being able to deliver the project.

A web designer that is skilled in what they do but is a pain to deal with can make the whole process frustrating and not worth the money being spent, especially if you have an emotional attachment to the project (which you should have being the one supplying the money and motivation)

That relationship can be worth a large proportion of the contract.

However, there are some key things you need to consider.

Be careful in what you get for your money. Some possible pitfalls you may want to check on:

Obviously what do you get for your money

What is included? Design, Content, Search Engine Submission, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Graphic Design, Updates? You need to get these details so you can compare your quotes against each other. You also need to quantify some of these things in terms of quantity, hours, numbers search engines submitted to etc.

What are the ongoing costs?

All websites have ongoing costs. Web Hosting, Domain Names and updates are the main three. Make sure you know the total cost of your investment. Some companies offer lower up front costs to lock you into higher ongoing costs that end up costing you more. Some other things are SSL certificate costs, more bandwidth and web space.

How easy is it to incorporate your branding

Some template sites are hard to blend a logo or colours into them, be wary of template driven website companies, some of these people are skilled enough only to change the text on a template. Some designers design their sites from the ground up incorporating all of you design elements in their design. These companies offer the most flexibility.

How reliable is the services provided

With hosting and email, too much down time can make the whole experience unworkable. You don't want to have to change hosts after six months because your designer has provided you with a poor host. Some people rely heavily on email and these are the people that need to choose carefully so their business inst impacted.

What are the costs for making changes later on?

Updates and maintenance on your site is something that will eventually happen, even if you don't change the content frequently (see the Making Your Site Super Sticky Article for the benefits of this) you will eventually change some content and so you need to know what it will cost over a year.

Hidden costs

Make sure common things (like search engine submissions) are either not included or are an extra cost. Some key things can be omitted to keep the price down. Make sure you don't get sold short. An important one...is the web designer doing the job part time Are your web designers doing this as a full time job? Some designers are working during the day and then web designing at night. A lot of designers started out this way, but it can cause issues when you need something done and they don't do the job from 9-5.

If all these things check out then you have found someone who you can work with and provide you with a service that will get you your desired result.

Remember; choose a designer with the right skills, but also one you believe you can work with on an ongoing basis. Build a working relationship that will benefit you both and your web project will benefit as well.

Thanks to Steven Gardner runs DeepWeb Web Design, a web design business that caters to all businesses looking to get an edge with their presence on the Web, providing web design, maintenance and consulting services. You can find him at www.deepweb.co.nz.

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2004-01-01T22:57:00.000-08:00

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Create an RSS Feed for Your Website Step-by-Step

2007-01-10T21:05:00.000-08:00

Syndicating your own website content is a great way to provide information to your readers with little or no effort. Using RSS, your updated content is delivered to individuals who have subscribed to your feed automatically. In this article, I'll briefly explain RSS and show you how to syndicate your own website content - even if you know very little about RSS feeds.

RSS Defined
According to Wikipedia, RSS is a simple XML-based system that allows users to subscribe to their favorite websites. Using RSS, webmasters can put their content into a standardized format, which can be viewed and organized through RSS-aware software or automatically conveyed as new content on another website.

A program known as a feed reader or aggregator can chëck a líst of feeds on behalf of a user and display any updated articles that it finds. It is common to find web feeds on major websites and many smaller ones. Some websites let people choose between RSS or Atom formatted web feeds.

Feeds are typically linked with the word "Subscribe", an orange rectangle , or with the letters RSS or XML . Many news aggregators publish subscription buttons for use on Web pages to simplify the process of adding news feeds.

Choosing the Content you want to Syndicate
Okay, so you're interested in syndication but aren't exactly sure what you should be syndicating. There's really no hard and fast rule here. Howerver, keep in mind that anything you plan to syndicate via RSS should be unique, of value to a given audience, and something that gets updated on a regular basis.

Some individuals syndicate their content by placing an RSS feed on their home page. As the website is updated, and a new feed is produced, content is sent directly to subscribers. Others choose to provide a feed of specific content pages on their site. The choice is yours.

So How do you Create an RSS Feed?
All RSS feeds are written using a code type called XML. If you're not familiar with XML, don't let that scare you off. I'll provide the specific code you need and instructions on what to do with it.

To begin, you'll need to create an RSS file that contains a Title, Description, and Link URL. This information will be used by the RSS reader when individuals subscribe to your RSS feed. Follow these simple steps.

1. Go to your "Start Menu" in the lower left-hand corner of your computer screen. Clíck on "All Programs" and navigate to Accessories. There you'll find an option called "Notepad". Notepad is a simple text editor that you will use to develop your RSS scrípt.

2. Write the RSS scrípt which contains information about your website or content page and information about the content you'll be syndicating. To do so, click the below link and copy the code into Notepad.

http://www.premierdirectory.org/feed.xml

When your done, save your file by selecting File, Save as, from the top bar in the Notepad window. Warning: name your file with a .xml extension but save as text.
(example: http://www.yourwebsite.com/feed.xml).

Be sure not to use any ampersands or quotes in your code as this may cause an error. XML requires ampersands to be replaced in the code with "&" and quotes with "" whatever is included in your quotes. The best advice I can give is just don't include quotes or ampersands and you won't have any coding issues.

3. Save, Upload, and Validate your .xml code. After saving your RSS file via notepad, the next step is to upload your .xml file to your web server. This file should be placed in the same directory as your homepage or the directory of the page you've selected to syndicate.

Now that we've created and uploaded your RSS feed, we must validate it. By doing so, we know that the feed is active and will work when individuals subscribe. To validate your feed, visit http://validator.w3.org/feed/ and enter your feed URL. The URL of your feed is simply the URL of the .xml file you just uploaded to your server. So, if your file was saved to your website's main directory and was called "rssfeed", then simply enter your website's URL, followed by /rssfeeds.xml. Once validated, your RSS feed is ready to be syndicated.

4. Place your RSS code on your website. The best way to do this is to copy the RSS button and include a link to the RSS feed you just created. You can grab the RSS or XML image by simply visiting a website like MarketingScoop.com and right mouse clicking the image. Save the image (give it a name like RSS.gif) and copy it onto your server.

Be sure to replace the information above with your own feed link and image link.

5. Subscribe to your own feed. After you've uploaded all of your pages to your live site or testing server, open Internet Explorer and clíck on your own RSS button. You should be taken to a dialogue box that asks if you'd like to subscribe to your feed. Subscribe and confirm that the feed has been added to your líst of RSS feeds (it should appear in a dialogue box on the left hand side of the page).

Note: If you're using Firefox, you will only receive a text page when clicking on your RSS button. Those using the firefox browsers can clíck on a small icon that resides on their browser nav bar to add your feed. Additionally the text file contains your feed URL which can also be used.

6. Ping aggregators to let them know that you've created an RSS feed. In order to let the world wide web know that your feed is up and running, you must give them a Ping. This is very easy to do - just go to http://pingomatic.com and choose the appropriate sites to inform. Select blog related sites if you're a blog and non-blog related sites for other content. Complete the information and Ping.

Another site you should Ping is Yahoo! Simply visit the Yahoo! RSS submit page and add your feed URL. This will let the big boys know that your syndicating.

A final note. Whenever you want to syndicate new content, you will need to update your .xml file with a link to the content and a revised description. Once you've done so, upload the file to your server, replacing the existing .xml file and the code will do the rest.

Thanks to Michael Fleischner ( an internet marketing expert with more than 12 years marketing experience. He has appeared on The Today Show, Bloomberg Radio, and other major media. For more free marketing articles like this one, visit www.marketingscoop.com).

Choosing Web Designer for Your Website

2006-12-12T06:12:00.000-08:00

After reading this topic on web designing you are left clueless and confused about finding a web designer that can realize your business online.

But do not worry my friend I have few tips to help you find the right web designer who can understand your needs and will revolutionize your business by constructing an impressing website for you.

It's not that difficult if you clearly know what you are looking for.

Finding a web designer?

Let me tell you that choosing a web designer is like choosing an ideal girl. Nature, understanding, romantic taste are of concern in this case. And just like in a relation, what you do not know about your fiancé can hurt you a lot. These are some qualities you want in both your mate and your web designer.

Good communication skills Interested in your business and admires your ideas

Sincere, honest, straightforward communication style Sound technical expertise In nutshell you want a designer that will listen to you and care about your wishes, but who is not afraid to disagree with you and ready to explain you the reasons. You are looking for a designer who will explain you reason behind what he is designing, and then ask for your advice and comments after finishing it off.

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