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Archive for October, 2007

Too many website owners do NOTHING to improve their search ranking. Is this you? This never ceases to amaze us!

FACT: EVERY HOUR THE INTERNET GETS BIGGER and at least 80% of traffic comes through search engines – So every day it is more difficult to get better search ranking & the on-line competition gets fiercer. So you simply gotta try harder. He who dares wins !! There is no gain without some pain !! So get real people or your website is a waste of cyber-space. Read the rest of this entry »

Q. What market share do the big search engines enjoy across Europe?

Good Question. If you mainly target a particular geographical area of the world, Europe, etc, then it would help to know which is the dominant search engine for that area.

Google is Tops in USA and Europe

Our friends at Axandra (SEO and LinkBuilders) have a recent article that gives the numbers / percentages for Search Engine Market Share in the main EU countries.

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A well-known (in I.T. circles) website design consultant once said Flash websites are “99% Bad !!”. His name is Jakob Nielson (see useit.com)

He argues that Flash animation and design works against the user; encourages a ‘bells and whistles’ approach to web design; is bad for people who cannot use a mouse or who have poor/no eye- sight; is bad for people with low-spec’ computer equipment and is poor for search engine listings.

We actually agree (most of the time) with all those… want to know more???

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Which keywords should you use in your site?

Without the right keywords in your web pages the chances of on-line success are very small. Most hits come from Search Engines. So basically you need search engines to match up search queries with your web page keywords / content. Do you know what keywords are best for your web site ??

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Get 250 Free Color Business Cards

Psst! You can get 250 high quality business cards from VistaPrint online. This is a genuine opening offer and one we have used ourselves! Choose from 42 designs.

We used VistaPrint when we started this company and we recently designed a business card template for a client who uploaded it to VistaPrint and Hey presto !! You can try the service for free… Read the rest of this entry »

It can take a while for Google (and other search engines) to list and rank your site. Why?

The basic answer is ‘TRUST’. Google search engine ‘watches’ your site closely until it makes it’s ‘mind’ up wether to trust your site and that it has bona-fida content. Many sites are a vehicle for Spammers, Hackers or trying to trick Google into ‘Black-Hat’ techniques to make a quick $ or two with adverts or pornography.

So a new site in particular has to build up it’s reputation over time. Google will give a new domain a page-rank of zero (0 out of 10) until it ‘trusts’ the site. Read the rest of this entry »