Even if this is a little over your head the most I think basic website owners could take away from this is a linking strategy.  I watched this video and thought that when making pages of content for clients I could integrate a strong outbound linking document for them.  Most clients I have had are very wary of linking out as this could dilute there results of people contacting them for business.  Yet, I believe Google could reward you for linking out to products, services or even topics of interest in your business area.  So don’t be shy in creating a weblink network as it can also help grow your community online which we should all be actively helping each other.  This could be as simple as having a favorite weblinks page on your website or as complex as having specific OUTBOUND links on every page of your website. Remember, you could be linking to pages within your website also. Creating webpages dedicated to topics on your business area is a great way of professing yourself as an expert.  Thats one core to what blogging is all about.  Just remember to link to it and share it online.

Google’s Matt Cutts | How to Get Better Visibility on Google with SEO

Watch this video by a famous Google Blogger Matt Cutts. He shares some great fundamentals of Search Engine Optimization tweaking for a business website. If you want to rank for a keyword with your target audience, follow these rules.  Subscribe to his Blog here:  Matt Cutts Google SEO Blog.

Search Engine Optimization (also known as “SEO“) is based on the old motto “If you build it they will come”.  But it is a little different with SEO.  You would say, “If you build in RIGHT, they will come!”.   So in a nutshell Search Engine Optimization is about having your website built correctly that covers such things as the programming code,  content on your web-pages, names of your pages, meta tags, and many more little things.   Search Engine Optimization is not marketing.  Search Engine Optimization is about building your website so that it is FRIENDLY for Search Engines like Google, MSNlive, Yahoo to read your content and consider your website relevant to people searching for your topic.  In return if you have your website built to their SEO standards, they will rank you higher in their listings for KEYWORDS your target audience is typing in to find you.

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Ok, a little techie post this time around but want to share this simple technique I use for my clients so they get the best of both worlds for your client websites. This is what I call giving back to my fellow competitors.  In my professional eyes, Wordpress and Joomla are the top 2 Content Management Systems for blogging and business merchant sites. The problem is that both don’t really fuse well with each other. So my hack is to merge them on the same server. Here are the basic steps below.

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The thing about the terms ‘SEO’, ‘SEF’ and ‘SEM’ is that clients looking for web design don’t have a clue what it really means 99.9% of the time. And the sad part is that most web designers don’t either. So this post is about how to tell the difference and how to choose a web designer who will give you the best shot at reaching your business goals on the internet. So, what do these terms mean in the web design world? Read the rest of this entry »

Google tells us there are 4 billion websites- almost one for everyone on the planet. And today you have decided to make it 4 billion and 1. So, do you think- “If I build it, they will come?” Seriously? It ain’t going to happen, unless you build it correctly.   And I don’t recommend just going to your next door neighbors kid because he knows websites which means you will save money.

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WordPress BLOG website system is FREE to download and use ( http://wordpress.org/ ).  WordPress has a easy to use BLOG design template system which you can find and use for FREE many free templates online to get you up to speed quick.   We recommend at the very least changing your logo to give it your company branding.   The latest Worpress 2.7 version has been released and is the best version yet! Read the rest of this entry »

First thing I want you all to do is install and only use FREE Firefox browser for surfing the internet.  Why?  Because it is better for bookmarking and keeping organization of your favorite websites, loading websites faster for viewing, an amazing password manager, and great for keeping your computer free of viruses!  Basically, it is a more efficient web surfing tool then Internet Explorer.  Ohh, and it has a lot of great ADD-ONS or EXTENSIONS/PLUGINS for expanding its capabilities surfing the internet. Download FIREFOX here 1st to your computer if you don’t have it yet: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/, then return to this article.

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Web 2.0 is a term describing the trend in the use of World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to enhance creativity, information sharing, and, most notably, collaboration among users. These concepts have led to the development and evolution of web-based communities and hosted services, such as social-networking sites, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies. The term became notable after the first O’Reilly Media Web 2.0 conference in 2004. Although the term suggests a new version of the World Wide Web, it does not refer to an update to any technical specifications, but to changes in the ways software developers and end-users use the Web. Watch this neat video to give you more of an idea.