McCalley interview on UT Web site
Moultrie Observer, GA - 21 hours ago McCalley s Jan. 27 interview on ESPN2 s Cold Pizza, it is available on the University of Tennessee web site. McCalley, the Colquitt

Secure RSS feeds from SimpleFeed
CNET News - SimpleFeed said it will on Monday begin offering companies the ability to send RSS (really simple syndication) feeds that are safe from phishing, spam and viruses. The company was set to launch new features to its service used by corporate custmers

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US web phone firm Vonage to float 
BBC News - Feb 08 2:07 PM
Broadband phone firm Vonage says it plans to float its shares in the US, the first company of its kind to do so.Save to My Web

Dalven launches web to print facility 
CIOL - Feb 08 5:55 AM
HYDERABAD: Dalven Printers will launch the web to print facility. The service will use EFI technology wherein individuals and companies can place their orders online.Save to My Web

Bill would force Web sites to delete personal info 
ZDNet - Feb 08 1:48 PM
Proposal before Congress would require sites to delete data about visitors if it’s no longer needed for “legitimate” business purpose.Save to My Web

Super Bowl ad watchers make a run for Web 
The Arizona Republic - Feb 07 8:21 AM
A growing number of advertisers are measuring Super Bowl ad success by the number of day-after hits on their Web sites - and the number of times their commercials are watched or downloaded via computers, iPods or cellphones. Save to My Web

Web site dishes local nightlife 
The Cincinnati Enquirer - Feb 08 2:49 AM
Think there’s not enough to do around here? These guys won’t just tell you you’re wrong - their Web site will prove it.Save to My Web

Creating Web albums with shalbum 
NewsForge - Feb 08 1:15 AM
Almost no site seems complete these days without an image gallery, which displays thumbnails of many images in on a single main page. When you click on any image, you bring up a page with a larger version of the image. My favorite way to create image galleries is by using shalbum, an elegant shell script that uses ImageMagick to generate Web albums.Save to My Web

Secure RSS feeds from SimpleFeed
CNET News - SimpleFeed said it will on Monday begin offering companies the ability to send RSS (really simple syndication) feeds that are safe from phishing, spam and viruses. The company was set to launch new features to its service used by corporate custmers

IFC to Air Short Movies on Its
ABC News - LOS ANGELES Feb 8, 2006 (AP) Budding filmmakers will have a new outlet for their work when the Independent Film Channel begins airing short movies initially produced for its

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Opera CEO on Devices, Linux, and Web 2.0 
Slashdot - Feb 08 1:34 PM
An anonymous reader writes “LinuxDevices has an interview with Jon S. von Tetzchner, co-founder and CEO of Opera Software, on the growing importance of device computing, Linux in the device space, browsers as an interface platform for Linux devices, and how future WHAT standards like WebForms 2.0 and Canvas will make the Web more usable on mobile computing devices of tomorrow.” Save to My Web

BIZ-FRIENDLY CITY WEB SITE 
New York Post via Yahoo! News - Feb 08 3:00 AM
The city plans to establish a “Business Express” Web site to allow small-business owners to get permits and licenses they need from multiple agencies at the same time, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday.Save to My Web

New World Systems Hosts a ‘2006 Available Grant Funding’ Web Seminar 
SYS-CON Media - Feb 08 10:51 AM
New World Systems, a leading provider for 25 yearsof enterprise-wide software solutions for the public sector, is hosting afree ‘2006 Available Grant Funding’ web seminar February 17, 2006.Save to My Web

Cartoons prompt spike in Danish Web hacks 
Linux World Australia - Feb 08 1:29 PM
The furore over a Danish newspaper’s publication of cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed is being felt on the Internet, where hackers have struck down and defaced hundreds of Danish Web sites over the past week, according to a Web site that tracks digital attacks.Save to My Web

MNI Launches Marine Web Portal 
RedNova - Feb 07 7:21 PM
By Rupinder Singh MALAYSIA National Insurance (MNI) is optimistic of doubling its marine cargo insurance business by the end of its fiscal year to June 2007 with the introduction of its Marine web portal, said acting chief executive officer Mohamad Salihuddin Ahmad.Save to My Web

Panel turns to Web site for budget help 
Gloucester County Times - Feb 08 3:38 AM
TRENTON — Members of the Assembly Budget Committee are pinning their hopes for balancing a $6 billion shortfall in part on the World Wide Web.Save to My Web

New Pixel Advertisement Web Site Offers Advertisers a Chance to Win Sports Car, Prizes 
[Press Release] PR Web via Yahoo! News - Feb 08 4:00 AM
Paris, France, (PRWEB) February 8, 2006 — A 28-year-old businessman from France has come up with the latest twist in the highly volatile, crazed, and increasingly competitive market of pixel advertisement Web sites — prizes.Save to My Web

Google Says BMW Manipulated Search Rankings
E-Commerce Times - It is surprising that the ruse lasted as long as it did, given that BMW was running “completely obvious search spam,” said Loren Baker, editor of Search Engine Journal . “If the Google Guidelines were the Ten Commandments, the rule that BMW broke

Web Site Offers One-Stop Real Estate Data 
NPR - 1 hour, 35 minutes ago
Michele Norris talks with Rich Barton, founder and CEO of zillow.com, about the launch of a new free Web site that claims to offer free, accurate and neutral real estate information to the everyday consumer. It gives users the home’s estimated value, maps and aerial photos.Save to My Web

Boundless Corporation Announces New Linux Web Terminal Product Lines 
RedNova - Feb 08 11:22 AM
FARMINGDALE, N.Y., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ — Boundless Corporation, a leader in Desktop Video Display Products, is proud to announce the new additions to the line of Linux Web Terminals. The ADDS 5600 Terminal is a replacement for the ADDS 5500 series Web Terminal.Save to My Web

Web Host Oxyte Adds to Packages 
Web Host Industry Review - Feb 08 11:13 AM
February 8, 2006 — Web hosting and domain registrar provider Oxyte announced on Wednesday that it has increased the disk space and bandwidth included in all its shared Web hosting packages.Save to My Web

Really Simple Syndication (RSS) has taken off in a big way. Just as satellite television beams more channels into your home than you can watch, RSS allows to you display an endless amount of other peoples content. Whilst RSS XML feeds are plenty, there’s not as much in the way of clear, simple instruction when it comes to making use of those feeds.

If you’re one of the webmasters who uses a content management system that makes using RSS XML feeds as simple as specifying a feed URL then you’re fortunate in that respect. For others, the options available tend to be offered by developers of the software and the usage instructions provided can often be riddled with technical jargon. Many cry, “Use my feed”, but fewer tell you how.

One of the best and easiest ways I’ve found to show the content from an RSS XML feed on one of my websites is to use a ready made PHP parser. Now, don’t worry about what that means, just think of it as somthing that someone has already created; a blackbox that makes it easy for you to use content from RSS feeds and display it on your website.

For this guide, I’ve used MagpieRSS because it’s compact, works well and is distributed under the GPL, which basically means it’s free for you to use. Now, MagpieRSS is written in PHP so you’ll need a compatible hosting account that allows you to execute PHP scripts.

For the purposes of this guide, I’m assuming you’ve some level of basic knowledge about websites e.g. you know how to FTP, change file permissions etc. Covering the basics of running a website is beyond the scope of this article.

Instead, let’s cover what are probably the most difficult steps; displaying the content from an RSS feed on your website.

1. Download the latest stable release of MagpieRSS.
2. Extract the contents of the ZIP file onto your computer.
3. The core files you need from the ZIP package are rss_cache.inc, rss_fetch.inc, rss_parse.inc, rss_utils.inc. You’ll also need the extlib folder together with the Snoopy.class.inc file inside of it.
4. Create a new file to display your RSS feed. I’ve called mine, index.php. Inside this file, copy and paste the contents of the file referred to below and save it.
5. Upload all of the files and the folder mentioned in steps 3 and 4 to your hosting account. Put them into the desired location, but ensure that the Snoopy.class.inc file is still within the extlib folder.
6. Then visit the file you created in step 4 using your web browser.

That’s the basics of it. Once you’ve got this far, customising the way you present the content of the feed is relatively easy. Just refer back to the MagpieRSS website for guidance on how to do this.

About the Author: William Lee is the Internet Marketing Fool. The MagpieRSS website is http://magpierss.sourceforge.net/. The code to copy in step 4 can be found at http://snipurl.com/example_code.

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If you own or maintain a website or intend to own one, wouldn’t it be great if you get frequent visitors who find satisfaction in getting exactly the information they need from your page?

While that satisfaction largely depends on the contents of your website, how you get to be accessed by website users is the most critical factor of website development. For if your website can’t be reached universally, you defeat the very purpose of the internet: that is, to make information available to any website user from across the world.

How you get to be accessed is actually a matter of presentation style, organization, and most importantly, how fast and extensive search engines get to lead users to your website. Unless your pages are indexed in the search engines they can’t send you the free visitors you are all looking for.

Fortunately, the search engines want your content too and there are a number of ways you can help them, which they encourage you to do - by creating sitemaps of your website. Sitemaps created for the various search engines will enable these search engines’ spiders to crawl faster, more systematically, and more extensively into your website’s pages.

By doing so, you get the maximum exposure you can. Such exposure will boost your pride in having your pages viewed, read, and used by more and more visitors the way you intended them to. On the financial aspect, the more visitors your website gets, the higher your website’s potential advertising value.

Now with the vast expansion of websites on the internet, it has become necessary to create different types of sitemaps, each having its own complexity in setting up.

HTML Sitemaps

Creating an HTML sitemap linked to and from your home page is something savvy webmasters have been doing for years and perhaps is the simplest to create. This sitemap is simply a list of pages contained on your site and enables the search engines spiders to easily find your pages, especially the ones that are linked deep in your website that they may have trouble finding otherwise.

TEXT Sitemaps

A text sitemap is simply a list of the URLs of your site in the form of a text file. These can then be submitted to search engines such as Yahoo! to notify them that all the pages exist and by doing so invites their spider to visit.

XML Sitemaps

Google launched Google Sitemaps as a way for webmasters to give them information they could use to better crawl their sites. This involves creating an XML Sitemap for which they provided their Google Sitemap Generator. This can be the most complicated to set up using the tools provided by Google as you need to be running Python on your server. It’s perhaps the most important one too given the current dominance of the search engine.

Setting up all three types of sitemaps may seem a daunting task but luckily there are websites that take the strain out of this and you can create all three within a matter of minutes.

XML-Sitemaps.com is one such site. Originally developed to easily create Google sitemaps for webmasters without an understanding of Python, it has evolved through demand for new features.

It offers the Sitemap Generator that lets you build your sitemap online in four simple steps, for free! The Sitemap Generator is easy to use and user-friendly even for average computer literates. Just type in your URL and other parameters (e.g. frequency of change or update that your website will likely undergo, the priority of a specific URL relative to the other pages on the same website, etc.) and follow the ensuing instructions until you get to add your URL to the Google Webmaster account. You will then be given the options to download your websites sitemaps in XML, HTML and TXT format. If still you get stuck with a step, you may enquire and get assistance from its technical support.

Go check xml-sitemaps.com for more details or better yet, to get started!

The only limitation of the free sitemap Generator is that it allows only up to 500 pages per website. Still, this limit is high. Statistics show that out of the more than 64000 sitemaps generated using this service, the average website size was only 155 pages, way below the 500-page limit. This figure is represented by 78% of all webmasters who have used the Generator.

However, in case your website falls beyond this limit, you may check out the PHP Sitemap generator script. Offered at a very reasonable price, this stand-alone script is intended for unlimited-sized sitemaps, which is beyond the capacity of online services.

Whichever search engine or for whatever search purpose, sitemaps are clearly the fastest and most efficient way to navigate this digital highway. The best thing about it is, with these easy-to-use sitemap generators, you don’t have to be a computer geek to help keep this internet traffic moving.

About the Author

Philip Nicosia is the webmaster of <a “http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/”>XML-Sitemaps.com, a site specialising in sitemap software that generates XML, HTML and TXT sitemaps for webmasters.

XML Server can be a Web Server that stores the XML files in it and serves them on demand. The XML Server would have processing capabilities with an XML engine and to transform the XML document to other forms. Basically a server which hosts and serves the XML documents is called a XML Server.

There are many commercially available XML Servers in the market. The popular among them are the Tamino Server, the Sonic Server and the FDX XML Server. Though the basic functions of these servers are same the way they are implemented and the features that they support varies.

The Tamino XML Server is from Software AG and is used to publish and exchange all kinds of data especially the XML documents in the native format. It handles open standards. Leveraging on the XML technologies will improve an organizations data access.

Exchange of data between different applications on different platforms is possible using XML technologies. Hence organizations are moving on to store their data in XML format to take advantage of the XML technologies. Storing the data in XML format improves the performance of delivery and scalability of your applications with low operational and administrative costs.

In traditional relational databases, data is stored in rows and columns which can be too complex. But in the case of an XML Server such complexity is avoided and any data can be stored which includes even multimedia files and even relational data. These data can be easily retrieved at lightning speed using a Tamino XML Server.

To retrieve data that is requested by any application, XQuery is used in Tamino XML Server. This server implements the XQuery specification draft. Hence queries on the server can be issued using the internet and data can be returned in any format by using XSL style sheets. Thus the customers can manipulate the format of presentation of the data that is presented using style sheets. High speed retrieval of data is possible in XML Server.

The Tamino XML Server is robust, reliable, and scalable. It is used in mission critical environments and there is almost no failure and loss of data. It is reliable in the sense it supports backup of data that can be stored in external devices or remote devices and used in clustered environments. The number of users can be increased and the load on the server can also be increased.

The document structure can take additional elements without changing the entire structure of the data store. These characteristics of the XML Server help it to be used in mission critical environments. Developers can develop XML applications very faster by using Tamino XML Server. It can be easily integrated with application servers.

FDX XML Server is another XML Server available in the market. This product is created by Snapbridge. This server is also used to create and deploy sophisticated XML applications. XSL, XSLT and scripts are supported in this server so that data can be transformed to any format requested by the user or any other application.

Sonic XML Server is another product from Sonic software which is built upon the native XML processing engine. This helps in pipelined processing of XML documents which eliminates the need for generating intermediate xml text file for processing. This improves the speed of the transaction dramatically.

This pipelined processing of the document helps in very large and complex processing tasks to improve the speed of those tasks. The in-built engine in the Sonic XML Server enables a user to store any size of XML document in it and to query, retrieve and update that data.

We have seen that an XML Server is any server that gives an XML document as an output so that the other applications can use it for processing. The document can be delivered in any format using XSL and XSLT engines. It is possible for us to write some code in ASP which will serve an XML document to the user when they view that ASP page. We can store this code in a web server and this code can be said to be a very simple XML Server since it serves the user with an XML document.

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XML encryption classifies a course of action for encrypting plain text data, generating ciphertext, and decrypting the ciphertext to retrieve the plaintext data.

XML encryption classifies a course of action for encrypting plain text data, generating ciphertext, and decrypting the ciphertext to retrieve the plaintext data.

Both the and are optional i.e. the sender and receiver may agree on the encryption method and key in advance. Several elements use the definitions from the DSIG.

If the recipient does not know the decryption key in advance, then the sender generates and sends it. The key can be protected in transit by encrypting method or key agreement.

If the plaintext data to encrypt is an XML element or content, you encode it using UTF-8 and perform any necessary transforms to it, otherwise, if it is an external resource, you simply consider it as an octet sequence. You then encrypt the data, creating CipherValue, which you place in EncryptedData.

Care must be taken when signing content that may later be encrypted; clearly; the content must be restored to exactly the original plaintext form for the signature to validate properly. To restore the plaintext in the signed content, use the decryption transform method for XML signature defined by the XML encrypt joint W3C and IETF working group.

This transform also allows specifications of XML fragments that were encrypted and then signed with rest of the document and, therefore, are not decrypted to validate the signature. Often, encrypted fragments are removed from the signed information by using the XPATH transform in the reference element, since the meaningful information is the plaintext.

We can sign the plaintext version of an encrypted element by including the appropriate reference element pointing to it. When the signed document is confidential and encrypted after being signed, you should also protect against surreptitious forwarding in which the recipient forwards the signed confidential document to a competitor, encrypted by the competitor public key, trying to make it look as if the sender sent the confidential information. To prevent surreptitious forwarding, the signer should append the recipient identities to the document being signed.

If the recipient does not know the decryption key in advance, then the sender generates and sends it. The key can be protected in transit by encrypting method or key agreement.

If the plaintext data to encrypt is an XML element or content, you encode it using UTF-8 and perform any necessary transforms to it, otherwise, if it is an external resource, you simply consider it as an octet sequence. You then encrypt the data, creating CipherValue, which you place in EncryptedData.

Care must be taken when signing content that may later be encrypted; clearly; the content must be restored to exactly the original plaintext form for the signature to validate properly. To restore the plaintext in the signed content, use the decryption transform method for XML signature defined by the XML encrypt joint W3C and IETF working group.

This transform also allows specifications of XML fragments that were encrypted and then signed with rest of the document and, therefore, are not decrypted to validate the signature. Often, encrypted fragments are removed from the signed information by using the XPATH transform in the reference element, since the meaningful information is the plaintext.

We can sign the plaintext version of an encrypted element by including the appropriate reference element pointing to it. When the signed document is confidential and encrypted after being signed, you should also protect against surreptitious forwarding in which the recipient forwards the signed confidential document to a competitor, encrypted by the competitor public key, trying to make it look as if the sender sent the confidential information. To prevent surreptitious forwarding, the signer should append the recipient identities to the document being signed.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Learn from them

Approaching retirement age I was made redundant last year and decided to create my first web site, initially knowing little about it. I hope that, by reading about my experiences, I may save you both time and money if you ever find yourself in the position of wanting to build a site with little initial knowledge.

eBooks I bought five or six ebooks on how to make my web fortune from the one-page web-sites that you see on the web. The prices ranged from $9.95 to $29.95. It would be unfair of me to say that they were of no use, as you can always pick up the odd pointer, or contact. However, with the benefit of hindsight I would not have purchased any of them. Instead there are free, better written books which give you at least the same pointers, and often have more substance. You can download from my web site, for free, two excellent books by Ken Evoy, which will provide you with a good basic knowledge to move forward. Don’t get carried away with the sales hype contained in some of these “get rich quick” single page sales letters that offer huge free bonuses and an imminent price increase.

Universities and colleges There are various colleges and universities on the web which promise you the ultimate in web creation, site marketing, search engine optimization and much more, “all under one roof” They usually have libraries of “how to” books and membership is by monthly subscription with some offering a lower fee for the first month. Have a look, by all means, I looked at three and claimed my refund within the stated period. I found that I could obtain similar information offered for free with a little searching, and that what they really offered was convenience.

Web Design software I initially purchased a web site building package for $69.95 and was soon disappointed by its lack of functionality. I then looked over the shoulder of a friend whilst they showed me the workings of a top-end product costing nearly $400.00 but I found it to be too complicated with too steep a learning curve too be quickly productive. I posted a request for help on the Warriors forum and there were more recommends for a particular product than any other. So I decided that my first web site would be a review of that product, which I would create as a trial, before I went on to build a site that would aim at generating income.

What should the web site be about? Several of the books that I read suggested that the subject matter should be about something that you enjoy doing and therefore you will create your site with more passion and enthusiasm. Whilst this is sound advice I found that the need to create a trial site, which would force me to learn the basics, was more than a sufficient driving force.

Domain name & Web hosting Go for a dot com registration and pay no more than $10 per annum. Don’t go for free hosting, you get what you pay for. I looked at hosting sites that offered complete package with hosting, autoresponders, SEO and linking software and much more. Whilst everything was conveniently in one place they failed to convince me that each product would stack up well if they were competing in each niche market. I therefore opted for the best of breed approach and a little less convenience.

Search Engine Optimization This was probably the subject that I was most worried about as I new that it referred to making a web site as easy as possible for the search engines to find, but I had no clue as to how to go about it. I have a free ebook that you can download entitled “Search Engine Optimization Made Easy” which will give you the basics to carry out this process. The book is really a plug by the author of SEO software for his excellent product. I was fortunate in that the web design software I selected also, somewhat unusually, held my hand through this process, carefully pointing out page, by page, what I needed to do.

Article Distribution I was aware that, in order to succeed, I should submit articles to the numerous Article Directories present on the Internet. There are two ways to do this. By purchasing one of the two major pieces of software to assist me in doing it myself, or to use a company to do it for me. I looked at each way and found that, whilst both software solutions cut out some of the tedious manuals tasks of submitting to over 150 directories, it was still time consuming. Having examined the market place carefully, discounting any company who charged for a fixed number of submissions, I opted for one who for a fixed quarterly fee would submit any number of articles.

Link software Again, so that I would get more site traffic, I new that I should get other sites to link to mine and that I would have to manage those links and the emails back and forth etc. I initially started to design an Excel spreadsheet linked to Microsoft Word but decided that I would still have to create the links pages by hand. My advice is to obtain software which houses all your links in a searchable database, handles all of the emails, including template housing, and that automatically creates the HTML link pages for you.

About the Author

? Paul Lewis 2006. Paul Lewis is the author of an in-depth review of web site design and building software, XSitepro.

You can see detailed functionality, and much more, by visiting the XSitePro full review at http://www.reviewxsitepro.com. He is also CEO of Demovision Systems who specialise in Talking Heads. Examples can be seen on the About Us page at http://www.reviewxsitepro.com

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If you want to design a web site, you should follow nine rules of thumb.

1. General Impression

Your web site is like a window display of your business. If the impression that it creates is not good enough visitors will simply leave.

Your site must be:

Neat Organized Attractive Professional

It is better if your site shows less than too much. Over crowded websites, with too many flashy elements, create a negative effect on your visitors.

2. Message

The first question that visitors ask themselves when coming to your site is “What can I gain from here?” Visitors are not impressed that much by promotional offers of free goods and services. They are looking for ways in which your site can be useful to them. If your site should offer one or more of the following:

Entertainment Information Advice Helpful tips

Contact with people who share same interests, links to other interesting sites. Your corporate site should provide information about your business and products and services. A business site should be simple to navigate and offer products and services that located in a simple way and ordered quickly.

3. Fast download

Your site should load as quickly as possible. Market research shows that the average surfer leaves a site that fails to load in 7 seconds. For a dial-up modem that means a maximum of 56 kilobytes. So avoid large graphics and flash animations. The opening page of your site should not overwhelm your visitors with too much information or you risk loosing them. Many Internet sites offer advice on how to increase the download speed of your site. Look for such articles read them and follow the suggested advice.

4. Graphics and Design

The graphical design of a website is crucial for a positive first impression. Every graphic element should help present the main idea of your site. Funny images are not appropriate for a business site, but they can be a good choice for an entertainment one. Graphics load slowly so use them sparingly and efficiently. Try to keep the overall size of your web pages around 30k. Individual pictures should be about 6-8k. Additional 2k adds about one second to download time. Right-click on an image and check its properties to find out its size. The choice of colors is also significant since different colors provoke different feelings. The warm colors like orange and red increase the pulse rate and stimulate the senses. Cold colors like blue and green have the opposite effect. Yellow is considered a happy color because it reminds us of the sun. Select the right colors for the emotion that you want to create. People read a text from top left down to bottom right. Place your images accordingly. Images that have a directional aspect should point to the most important part of your page. If you use the image of a bird its beak should point to inside the page and not outside. This is valid for all images: Faces should be turned to the center of the page. Cars should face the center of the page. Neckties, roads and other prolonged objects should point from left to the right and from top to bottom. You should put your navigation bars down the left side of your page, as well. This will keep them visible for your visitors.

5. Readable texts

Here we do not consider choice of words (we will deal with this later on), but rather the appearance of words on a page. To impress word should be surrounded by sufficient white space. Use dark texts on light backgrounds (preferably white). Dark backgrounds make visitors feel confined and depressed. Bright backgrounds make texts difficult to read and red, orange and purple backgrounds can be dazzling. The text color you choose is equally important, different browsers interpret colors in different ways. A text that looks fine on your browser may be illegible on a different one. Divide your text in columns to make it simpler and faster to read. It is easier to follow a column than a large chunk of text that stretches across the whole page. Choose fonts that are available on all computers and that are easy to read like Arial, Times New Roman, Garamond and Courier. Exotic fonts like Gothic, Script, Westminster, or Cloister look attractive in headings, but not all users have them installed on their computers. In this case, your visitor’s browser will render the missing font with a system one and ruin the effect that you are aiming at.

6. Easy Page Flow

Most people do not handle well large pieces of information. We have already suggested that you divide your page into columns that would separate the text vertically but you should also use headings and sub-headings that separate it horizontally. Write short statements for the key facts on your page and use the statements for headings. Examine each section to check if you can break it into smaller pieces. Write a short statement for each of these pieces and use these statements as sub-headings. Use the same font for all your headings and subheadings. Make them bold and increase the font size for headings. It will make simple to spot the large and bold headings and subheadings that are the same size with the text but bold. If you follow this advice, your visitors will be able to see the key points of your page at a glance. Write your headings carefully, because if you grab your visitors’ attention with them they will stay and read on. If you want to attract your visitors’ attention to other parts of the text you can make some sentences bold or change their color. Use this approach carefully, because some colors are difficult to read even on a white background.

7. Navigation

There are two reasons why you should put your navigation bar on the left side of your page -

People read from left to right and from top to bottom. Web surfers expect to find navigation bars on the left of web pages. It is a good idea to put a button at the bottom of a long text that would allow the visitor to return to the beginning of the text. When you create a page design that you like use it on every page of your web site, it will make your web site predictable and will help your visitors find the information they need. Save a blank page with the layout, columns, logos, standardized graphics, alt tags and navigation bars built in. Use this page as a template for all pages that you create for your web site and just fill in the content that you like.

8. Privacy and Customer Opinions

It is invaluable to get prospective customers to trust you, if you run a corporate site. Tell your visitors how you are protecting their private information. Set a privacy page that explicitly lists how and what information you collect from your visitors, how you keep their e-mail address, how you accept and process their orders, who has access to this information and what precautions you take with information collected from minors. People like to know what your customers think of your products and services. Invite your customers to share their opinion, they would love to know that it is appreciated. Make a dedicated page with the opinions of your customers. Offer links to their web sites in exchange of their opinion. This can be beneficial for both parties involved.

9. Spelling, Grammar and Word Choice

These are of crucial importance. If you are not careful here, all your efforts are in vain. Poor spelling and careless grammar and punctuation are the easiest way to lose visitors. Spelling and grammar mistakes tell that the site owner is lazy, careless, and unprofessional. Your visitors would not like to do business with you. What can you do? Take steps to polish your own writing. Hire somebody to check and edit your writing. Hire somebody to write the text of your pages for you.

About the Author

Arnab Ghosh has 4 years experience of internet, web development & web design. Now he runs his own webdesign & web development company named Mod Studio India at Calcutta,India which can be viewed at http://www.modstudioindia.com.

For your website to be successful, it has to contain the proper web design. This isn?t too hard if you?ve been designing websites for years and have had the time and experience to perfect your technique, but for everyone else, web design can seem somewhat daunting. Don?t worry, though, it doesn?t have to be. Just remember that using common sense, and applying your own taste are the best things that you can do for your web design strategy.

For your website to be successful, it has to contain the proper web design. This isn?t too hard if you?ve been designing websites for years and have had the time and experience to perfect your technique, but for everyone else, web design can seem somewhat daunting. Don?t worry, though, it doesn?t have to be. Just remember that using common sense, and applying your own taste are the best things that you can do for your web design strategy.

However, just because you think your site looks good, doesn?t mean that your visitors will read it. Nor does it mean that they will come back a second time. Therefore, web design only starts with your own taste, and must also include other techniques that will ensure continued success.

There are five basic things that you need to look at to develop your web design strategy. They are as follows:

1. Your Website Title ? Every successful website must first have an excellent title. A truly great title needs to be interesting, catchy, and applicable. ?Bob?s Website? isn?t exactly the most attractive way to make a first impression. The title is, after all, the first words that will catch the visitor?s eye. If the title doesn?t work for your readers, they won?t click it on the search engines, and they won?t stick around if they arrive at the site. Give yourself time to brainstorm great website title ideas, asking friends and family for inspiration, and using a thesaurus for some dazzling words.

2. Columns ? The number of columns used within your web design will alter the entire perception of your website. The standard first website will usually have a rather plain layout, consisting of only one column, however, the majority of readers actually prefer two-column pages to allow for written content in one column, and navigation links within the other. This web design is much more attractive, and makes navigation throughout your website much easier. Though the three-column website does have its fans, it is not necessarily any better than the one- or two-column web designs. However, if you have a great deal of complexity to your website and you need additional navigation options, or if you need additional writing space, then the extra column might work well for you.

3. Colors ? Although it might seem that colors are among the simplest decisions that you need to make for your web design, once you get started, you may find that it?s more challenging than you first thought. Colors are very important to the overall appearance of your website, and will influence people?s decisions to find out what your site has to offer, and their decision to return. If your website design is bland, it will make people believe that your website is dull. If the colors are too bright and are hard on the eyes, staying at the website will feel unpleasant. If the colors are warm and comforting, making the customer feel at home, they are more likely to feel that they like your site, and will stick around and return more frequently.

4. Navigation ? When building your web design, don?t forget that navigation will be key to allowing visitors to properly benefit from your site. The key is consistency and easy access. Every page on the website should link back to the homepage so that visitors don?t get lost among the different pages of the site and finally give up and go elsewhere. You?ll also need some sort of index which appears in the same way on every page, so that users will always know where to look when they want to head to the next page of interest.

5. Content ? When it comes to web design, content is among your most important features. If your content isn?t good, nobody will have any reason to visit your site. Among other site-specific pages, your content should include a minimum of a homepage, which tells visitors what your site is about, and why they?d want to visit. An ?about us? page is also advisable, telling visitors who you are and why you?ve got the website. Use this space to show people that you know your stuff, and they can trust your site for reliable information and resources. When visitors understand you better, they?ll feel more comfortable visiting your site.

Most importantly, don?t just follow a template, do something new, and keep it fresh. People won?t want to keep visiting a site that never changes. They want to see updates, or they won?t have any reason to return. The more often you update your site, the longer people will spend visiting your site in order to keep on top of things. Once a week is ideal, but once a month should be your bare minimum. When it comes to web design, you have to be up to date!

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In the world of web design, there are plenty of mistakes you can make, and in this article, I’m going to look at what I believe to be the top 10 biggest. You need to check your site for these mistakes right now, and fix them if they’re there - otherwise you’re going to be annoying your visitors and driving them away from your site.

1. Too Many Ads. When you’re trying to make money from your website, it’s all too easy to try to fit in more ads than you really should, or start using ad formats that are too intrusive. If you’ve put a new ad on your site, go to the site as if you were a visitor, and ask yourself honestly: is this just too much?

2. Plugin Overload. You’ve got to keep media that uses plugins to a strict maximum of one per page: that means that if you’ve got Flash, then you can’t have a media player, or if you’re using Java then you can’t have Flash. It’s not as bad to use the same plugin twice, however.

3. Flash Intros. Please, don’t use a Flash intro on your website. You’d think everyone would realise they’re a bad idea by now, but every web designer still gets clients who just don’t seem to realise that Flash intros are universally mocked and hated. Don’t be one of those people.

4. Unclear Layout and Navigation. Many websites, especially business sites, seem to suffer from some kind of disease where even the very simplest task takes ten steps to achieve. If people are emailing you to ask you how to do things on your site, then you need to improve your layout and navigation. Remember: if there are certain tasks people seem to want to do more often, put them on the front page.

5. No Marking for External Links. There are two kinds of links: internal (to other parts of your website) and external (to other websites). For the benefit of your visitors, though, it’s best if you mark external links, either by making them a different colour or using some kind of a symbol (a box with an arrow is the usual one). It’s also good to make the external links open in new windows, so people aren’t leaving your site altogether when they click them.

6. Unclear Linking. You might think it looks better to only show links when people put their mouse over them, or not make their colour stand out too much from the rest of the text, but it’s not - while it might make the design look nicer, it makes it far less usable. Use a clearly contrasting colour for links, and preferably underline them.

7. Unlabelled Email Links. It’s a very bad idea to ever use a link that will send email (a mailto link) without clearly marking it with the word ‘email’. If you just make clicking people’s names send email, you’ll annoy visitors who just clicked wanting to find out more about the person.

8. Broken Links. You’ve got to check all your links regularly to make sure that they all still work. There’s nothing worse than finding a site that looks useful, only to find that it hasn’t been updated in years and none of the links work any more. Yes, a website does mostly run itself after a while, but that doesn’t mean that you should neglect the essential maintenance it needs from time to time.

9. Strange Fonts. Stick to the most common web fonts: that’s pretty much just Arial, Georgia, Tahoma and Verdana. If you’re using more obscure fonts, then most visitors probably won’t have them - and the ones that do will find your text hard to read. The only time you should use non-standard fonts is in your logo or in headings, if they are displayed as an image.

10. Badly-sized Text. It’s important to keep your text around the standard size (preferably just below). Making text too big or too small makes it hard to read and annoying for many visitors. The best thing you can do is use relative text sizing (not pixels) that allows the browser to respect the user’s preferred text size. You might also consider offering buttons on your site to decrease or increase the size.

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Information supplied and written by Lee Asher of Eclipse Domain Services
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Web Design and Development: The Right Tools for the Right Job

As any webmaster knows, designing and developing a website can be a daunting proposition. There are millions of websites out there to compete with, and whether your site’s purpose is to promote your business, inform, or entertain; web design is an important consideration if you want traffic. It’s tough to attract visitors and even tougher to keep them on your website once they arrive.

Fortunately, there are many tools out there for webmasters to make the tasks of design and development easier. Wading through the sea of web tools can also be a time-consuming process. In designing your website, you should be aware of all the components that go into successful development and how to use them to your best advantage.

The first step, other than developing great informative content for your visitors, is to put everything together in an attractive, user-friendly format. If you need a little help in manipulating HTML coding or CSS (cascade styling sheets), you might visit www.xhtmlandcss.com for advice and tutorials regarding these components. CSS in particular is an invaluable tool for webmasters; these are the programs that control the set of styles for your fonts, tables and many other attributes of your website. The ability to manipulate CSS allows you to customize sites such as web forums and blogs and create a website that stands out and gets noticed. You can also amplify the attractiveness and user-friendly attributes of your websites with e-mail and forum signature generation tools from www.needasig.com and brighten your format with free smilies from www.thesmilies.com. Internet users love extras, and adding customizable interactions such as signatures and smilies will help keep visitors coming back.

Once your site is developed, you must then undertake the task of optimizing your website for search engines. There are many ways to do this. One is to use relevant keywords throughout your content and page tags–without overusing them–that will help visitors find your website when they’re looking for information. Using a keyword generator such as the free tool at www.keywordmine.com is an easy way to find plenty of relevant keywords and phrases. When incorporating keywords into your content, you should make sure the text reads well. The practice of keyword stuffing to boost search engine ranks not only endangers your listings with search engines, it also turns visitors off to your website and will keep them from coming back.

Another component of website optimization is getting your website listed with search engines. If search engines can’t find your website, neither can visitors! After you have created great content with relevant keywords and lots of user-friendly extras, you should then begin the process of getting your website out there for people to find. You can submit your website URL and descriptions manually. Major search engines such as Google, MSN and Yahoo include links to their submission process for manual submission. However, these links can be difficult to find. You may want to consider using a search engine submission service to submit to several search engines at once; there are many good, free submission services that cover multiple search engines. It is important to remember that submitting your website once is not enough to get it noticed on the Internet radar. You should carry out the submission process on a regular basis. However, you also must realize that submitting your website too often can get your URL banned from some search engines. It is a good practice to submit to search engines every 30 days.

Beyond search engines, you should also list your website in as many relevant directories as you can find to increase your site’s exposure. Strive to find directories that don’t require linkbacks to your website for listings, because reciprocal links carry far less weight with search engines than strictly inbound links. One excellent directory service that doesn’t require linkbacks can be found at www.submiturlhere.com. You can find many directories for your website; just make sure they are relevant to your content.

If you have multiple websites or long website URLs, another great tool for you to use is URL redirection. You can get a short, easy to remember and easy to post URL for your website that will sit well with search engines and make it simpler for you to advertise your websites on forums and in e-mail messages and signatures. Free URL redirection tools are available at www.smoothredirect.com. Once you have more experience with URL direction, or if you are already an experienced webmaster looking for more ways to optimize your website, you should consider making use of tools like URL cloaking, path forwarding and frame killers. The website www.kingofurl.com offers free advanced redirection tools without those annoying, visitor-detracting banner ads you want to avoid.

Tracking visitors to your website is another important aspect of running a successful site. You should install a web counter that is invisible to visitors, but allows you to find out where your traffic is coming from so you can concentrate your promotion in effective areas. For example, a good web counter will not only tell you how many hits your website receives, but whether they are new or returning visitors and how they found your website, whether through a directory, a search engine, or an e-mail promotion. You can find free web counters with excellent tracking tools at www.webstatservice.com for your website.

There are many components that figure in to web design and development. Today’s webmaster is fortunate indeed to be able to find free tools for optimization and integration. Make your website interesting, interactive, and accessible to search engines through submissions and directories, and the visitors will come. While you’re designing and developing your site, be sure to bookmark comprehensive web tool repositories such as www.webmasters-cavern.com for easy access to great information. The more you know about web design and development, the easier you will be able to navigate the complexities of the Internet and find cyber-success for your business, informative or entertaining website. Making use of free web tools is a great way to get ahead of the competition!

About the Author

Praveen owns a number of successful websites including Webmasters Cavern, Free Smilies, Submit URL here, Free Web Counters, Dieting Tips and many others.

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There are many reasons why people visit some websites frequently than others. Increase your website,??s traffic using these tips:

1. Improve the quality of your website,??s content. Provide information that can help people in their daily living. Share interesting facts that most people do not know but still can be useful. Be informative and entertaining.

2. People will visit your site more often if they can use with hassles. Have a site map that is easy to understand. 3. Make your website compatible to most softwares and computers in the market. Also consider easy downloadability even with the earlier versions of web browsers, slower internet dial-up connections or limited computer memory.

4. Update your websites information as often as possible. Set a regular schedule in updating your website and improving content.

5. Provide incentives and hold contests. Individuals will visit your website if they get something out of it other than the information your share. Make their visit gratifying by giving a prize.

6. Link with other websites that people usually visit. There are a number of other sites that offer link partnership among which are news.google.com or download.com

7. Use the most advance technology available.

8. Add online games to entice your visitors to comeback to your website.

9. Allow your visitors to shop online for some of the products that you offer. Make the items easy to pay using payment method like credit cards or checking account. Keep in mind that people always want the most convenient way to do things. If they can shop online through your site, they will visit you more often. 10. Make the content of your site customizable. Use an uncomplicated database and link it to your site. Let each guest personalize the content and experience of your website according to their needs or interest. Allow them to familiarize with the site and make it their own.

11. Interact with your guest by using message boards or discussion forums. You can share ideas and listen to guests,?? comments. This will help you improve your site when needed. Remember to get your visitors,?? e-mail addresses. Also take note that you need to reply promptly. Waiting to long to reply might cause you to lose needed website traffic.

12. Make it fun by adding jokes or quotations. Simple but proven tips on how to do things easily can attract more guests. Brighten up their day through jokes. It is just like reading a newspaper. There are some people who read the Comic Section more often than paying attention to the headlines.

13. Don,??t forget to give out freebies. Give free item to visitors in return for referring other people to your website. 14. Be direct and say it! A simple link that says, ,??Bookmark this Site,?? can help guest to remember and return to you.

15. Use a catchy title for your website and make it easy for search engines to pick-up. Using keywords such as ,??guide to,??, ,??tips,?? or ,??secrets,?? can make your website more attractive. Take note that people browsing your site are looking for something. Make sure that your site has what they are looking for.

16 Advertise your website using eBook set-up. An eBook or ,??electronic book,?? is a book that you can download and study using an electronic tool such as note pad computer. eBooks are versatile, portable and convenient.

18. Set your eBook to be downloadable by clients for free incentives when they refer your website to 5 or 7 contacts.

19. Generate an index of websites in eBook structure. Record other individuals,?? websites in the index who approves to promote your site on theirs.

20. Consider sponsoring a competition on your website so that people have the chance to win your products.

22. Boost your website subscribers by offering eBooks to people who subscribe to your e-zine.

23. Offer the incentives to people who sign up for your partner list.

24. Allow your people to write articles for your website and give them incentives. It is a proven strategy to enhance your traffic and sales. Give them topics that suit their interest and provide special incentives for writing an article for your website.

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Daegan Smith the owner of Net MLM Articles and the leader of the fastest growing team of successful home business enterpernuers on the net. Find out how we’re creating financial freedom all across the globe and how to get in on the action FREE =><a target=”_new” href=”http://www.comlev.com”>http://www.comlev.com

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In every business, marketing is the most important part of their existence. It is considered as the means to their end. Every entrepreneur knows that without this income-generating technique, the whole business will definitely fall short.

That?s why online businesses consider article marketing as the very core of their organization. It?s their way of promoting their business. It?s the bond that ties their business to their would-be customers. Without it, they know that they can never generate traffic to their site and they could never achieve success.

However, the problem with most entrepreneurs who fail to maximize the potentials of marketing is that they associate marketing with sales. That?s why when people create marketing tactics; their primary focus is on how to generate sales at once.

This should not be the case.

The thing is that sales is just a part of marketing, which, on its totality, should never be considered as the main content of marketing.

For this reason, article marketing should be made in such a way that people will be gratified just by reading the article. It should not focus more on selling the product but more on how the article can solve the people?s problems.

Therefore, if you want to know more about the advantages of incorporating article marketing into your business, here is a list of the benefits that you can get:

1. It?s one form of free advertising

Through article marketing, you can advertise your product freely. This is because the article that you send to the ?article distribution sites? are not only posted for free but can also generate income for your business if they were patronized by the market.

This form of advertising through article marketing is not the typical form of advertisements. It?s more on exposing your article to different websites, with your ?signature? placed at the bottom of each piece of writing. In this way, you partly promote your site without having to resort to advertising techniques that will only cost you money.

2. It makes you proficient in you line of work

The fact that you appear to be an expert on your field through your articles is enough to create confidence among your potential customers. With this, more and more people will have the confidence to buy your products.

Keep in mind that with article marketing, you are not directly selling or promoting your product but building your name and character. From here, your business is recognized in the business world.

3. It?s a great source of content for your website as well as for your ezine

With article marketing, you can also use these articles in your website or ezine. This means that you don?t have to spend more just to have informative articles in your site. It is the best way to keep in touch with your customers as you provide them with daily, weekly, or monthly information that they can use to solve life?s simple problems.

After all, that?s basically the main reason why people browse the Internet, right? So if you feed them with information that they need, then, they will find your site very useful.

4. It generates a give-and-take relationship in the world of business

Article marketing is primarily based on a give-and-take relationship. The valuable things that you give will also reap valuable things in return. This is because the ezine owners or website masters that need quality articles benefit from your write-ups. In return, your exposure in their site generates traffic for you.

That is through the ?signature? that you have placed at the end of each article that you have submitted. From there people will have the tendency to respond to your link because of the fact that they want to gain more information from you.

5. Builds a link to the ?affiliate marketers?

You can attract affiliate marketers, who are searching for some articles that they want to use on their own website. Hence, through article marketing, the affiliate marketers will be able to find you. In turn, they will find your article useful in their site and they will try to collaborate with you.

In turn, you will be able to generate more traffic to your site because other websites make use of your write-ups, too.

The bottom line is that article marketing is definitely a free traffic generation tool, which means you don?t have to spend extra costs but reaps more money instead. That, indeed, is what marketing all about.

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Daegan Smith the owner of Net MLM Articles and the leader of the fastest growing team of successful home business enterpernuers on the net. Find out how we’re creating financial freedom all across the globe and how to get in on the action FREE =><a target=”_new” href=”http://www.comlev.com”>http://www.comlev.com

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Websites are fiercely competing with each other to gain new visitors. For any ecommerce site to succeed, it must capture the interest and the trust of its visitors. It is not enough that your site is perfectly designed or has the latest in animation of content but you should build traffic that is coming back regularly. You should focus your efforts not only in attracting visitors but also in leading them to make a purchase. Here are some tips you can use.

Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process by which website owners utilize strategic copy to improve their website’s status. It is certain that the internet has grown so fast over the years and the competition for the best search engine position has created an enormous market. Therefore, understanding the fundamental elements of Search Engine Optimization is vital for an online business success. It is also important in getting a good rank in all the search Engines.

Making use of effective search engine optimization techniques will improve the page rank of your website. There are many tricks that can be used to increase page rank; the most effective method is to provide high quality content consistently. This seems like a simple concept but there are many websites that fails to provide content that visitors find interesting. Sites which provide content that are interesting, well-written and regularly updated create highly engaged visitors who are more likely to return to the website in the coming days. So, if you can set your website apart from those boring, lifeless sites then do it. You’ll surely have a step closer to achieving high page rank through search engine optimization.

If you are willing to pay some money in advertising your website then I bet google adwords can help you in getting traffic. Either you can use keyword-targeted ads which will appear in google search results or in content sites which are part of google network or both.

Writing good articles in various Ezines will help you in getting traffic. People are always on the lookout for good content and they need information. If you are write an Article in an Ezine or a newsletter you also associate your link with it and users downloading your article are most likely to pass that onto others promoting your link.

Another way to build website traffic is to maintain an opt-in list. When a person visits your website, you can offer some free product or suggestion and have the user sign in to your newsletter. In that way, you will build a huge list of users who are interested in your website or product you offer. And by periodically sending them some tips or articles you can make sure the user will be coming back to your site. You can do this by using an AutoResponder service. Autoresponder services allows you to send thank you letters, newsletters, product information, brochures, orders etc. to hundreds of clients almost immediately and simultaneously.

About the Author

Balaji V, is the webmaster of Free Articles site http://articlesite.fortuneinfo.com. A site With Focus on No Cost Web Site Promotion Secrets , Affiliate Marketing, Mortgage, and Credit Repair.

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What is vital in an online business and should be remembered by all internet marketers, merchants and advertisers is the maintenance of their website traffic through continuous promotions.

More has been discussed about various ways of exploding website traffic, but from those discussed, what are those you really consider effective and worth to implement? Learn that there are two broad types of website promotion, aside from the paid and unpaid advertising usually used to classify these promotional means: PASSIVE and ACTIVE.

Passive website promotional methods are those which do not involve much interaction from the outer side of your site. But instead you draw attention to your site. This is also referred to as the ?PULL? methods. You pull visitors to your site.

Passive Website Promotional Methods include:

? Grow and build information pages in your website. These may appear as a collection of content-rich articles, blog site, discussion forums and reports.

? Search Engine Optimization

Active website promotional methods, on the other hand, are obviously the opposite. These methods require interaction with the other sites in the worldwide web. Oftentimes, you ask the services or help of other Internet sites to do some promotions for your site. These are called as the ?PUSH? methods. You push people to your site through the ads you placed in other sites.

Active Website Promotional Methods include:

? Free Classified Advertising ? you can post your ads for free in the web, which works until today. These are the little advertisements you post ? Make use of Viral Marketing ? this is effective because it points back to your products and services with the contact information and web address attach or included in every viral tools you sent out. Examples are ebooks (you can write a short ebook that features your products or services), videos, animations and music clips. ? Distribute your articles in different websites. Articles, especially those very useful and informative ones, are good baits to generate visitors to your site. But why wait for people to sniff your baits. You should post them in strategic locations and push people to your site ?not so obviously.? Caution: most article directories do not want blatant advertising articles. Be sure to have good, informative ones to submit. ? If you have financial means to invest, try using paid advertisements such as:

Banner ads ? these ads are posted to other sites and you pay for them whether the visitors click them or not.

Pay-per-click ads ? are the most cost-effective ways to promote your site because you only pay for how many click your ad or site gets.

Ezine ads ? submit articles to where you have to pay for your articles to be posted.

? Tap businesses which hold the attention of your target market through different ventures. Usually, sites of these businesses have profile pages for members. When you are a member you can create your own profile where you can introduce your site, product or services to other member and those who visit the site.

? Reciprocal links or link exchanges. You can contact webmasters of different sites and ask them to swap links with you.

? Engaging in teleseminars ? these are seminars done by phone specifically about Internet Marketing or maintaining your online business. You can also offer courses like this as a special package to your customers

? Offline Networking ? simply telling your contacts about your site and products. Business through ?word-of-mouth.?

? Be active in forums, group discussions and message boards. Always have attached at the end of your posts your name, email and web address. Offer advice to people if someone asks for queries.

? Offline Media Advertising ? like TV/radio plugs, newspaper and magazine ads, etc.

All of them, active and passive methods, have their own strengths and weaknesses depending on your marketing plans, needs and demands.

But if you want to increase your traffic in no time, you can use the active web promotional methods for faster results. The passive methods are best for long term building of your site popularity so you cannot just neglect its effectiveness in promoting.

Another great way to maintain site popularity is to write articles for ezines and distribute them collectively. Remember, quality in writing should be practiced. You do not want to be branded negatively. It would not be good for your website promotion.

Your visitors will constantly come back to your site if you offer them great and valuable information. Practice all methods and your website will surely have the traffic it needs.

About the Author

Daegan Smith the owner of Net MLM Articles and the leader of the fastest growing team of successful home business enterpernuers on the net. Find out how we’re creating financial freedom all across the globe and how to get in on the action FREE =><a target=”_new” href=”http://www.comlev.com”>http://www.comlev.com