Posts Tagged ‘web pages’

Firefox:Faster Page Load

Friday, June 27th, 2008

A redesigned page rendering and layout engine means you see Web pages faster—and in the way they were meant to be seen.

Organic SEO

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a term associated with web pages and their rankings. It is a technique incorporated into web pages to improve their rankings in the major search engines. An effective SEO technique when implemented can list a web page earlier or higher in search engine listings, thus increasing the traffic to your web page with users who are searching with a specific keyword, phrase or topic. Various algorithms are implemented to catch the attention of major search engines such as Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft’s Live Search. One such optimization technique is the organic SEO.

SEO professionals use different optimization techniques with web pages such as text optimization, image optimization, flash optimization and geographic optimization. Flash optimization works around recoding HTML codes in flash to get pages with majority flash content to be search engine friendly. This is one of the latest optimization techniques in SEO. Earlier it was difficult for search engines to read and index pages with flash content. Geographic optimization is aimed to include web pages in search listings for users who are searching for services in a particular county, city or state.

SEO services can be implemented either as a stand-alone service or as part of online marketing. The strategy often involves adding specific keywords and meta-tags to pages. SEO professionals can embed these tags within HTML codes in such a way that they will be indexed by crawler programs used by search engines to list pages.

Two major approaches in web page optimization are the white hat SEO (Organic SEO) and black hat SEO. The white hat SEO implements algorithms in an ‘organic’ or ‘natural’ manner according to the ethical standards in coding. These algorithms are designed to maintain the higher search rankings and will be effective for a long period. On the contrary, the black hat SEO employs fake techniques aimed at getting an immediate ranking, but the rankings will be temporary and will have a shorter life span.

A good SEO consultant team can review and recommend modifications to be made in existing design and content. They can also design and implement pages from scratch, with search engine optimization techniques incorporated. Quality copywriting services along with unique design, easy navigation aids and marketing services are all part of effective SEO.

All major search engines are supporting organic SEO methods implemented in web pages. The majority of web pages being listed in major search results are those which have implemented effective SEO services. A small investment in effective Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques will eventually make your web page more conspicuous and operate in a highly competitive and profitable manner with great returns guaranteed.

Search Engine Optimization Ethics

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Ethical SEO should be a technique that:

1. Does more good than harm.
2. Remembers the dignity and rights of everyone who is involved.
3. Treats everyone who is involved fairly.
4. Looks out for the overall benefit of everyone who is involved.
5. Enhances the participant’s experience.

With this in mind, it is also important to clearly understand what is expected of both the Search Engines, the users and both the web page and its owner alike.

Some of the things that are expected of Search Engines include:

1. Return the most relevant resources based upon the keywords that are entered by the user.
2. Index and maintain an index of all of the different web pages that are online today.
3. Be honest about the links that they sponsor on their search results pages.

Some of the things that are expected of web pages and site owners include:

1. Provide relevant content for the user’s search.
2. Remain honest whenever changing the content or keywords.
3. Adhere to the Terms and Conditions that various Search Engines have laid out.

Some of the things that are expected of the users include:

1. They should only use those search engines that return relevant results on their results pages to do their web searching.
2. They should be at least somewhat aware of what is taking place on the Internet.
3. They should be fair whenever a case of minor mismatches in search results takes place. This should always be their attitude unless these mismatches appear to be done with malicious intent.

SEO : Nomenclatures

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Whenever possible, you should save your images, media, and web pages with the keywords in the file names. For example, if your keyword phrase is “golf putters” you’ll want to save the images used on that page as golf-putters-01.jpg or golf_putters_01.jpg (either will work). It’s not confirmed, but many SEO’s have experienced improvement in ranking by renaming images and media.

More important is your web page’s filename, since many search engines now allow users to query using “inurl:” searches. Your filename for the golf putters page could be golf-putters.html or golf_putters.html. Anytime there is an opportunity to display or present content, do your best to insure the content has the keywords in the filename (as well as a Title or ALT attribute).

Bandwidth

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Bandwidth is a term that has several different meanings depending on the context. When talking about bandwidth in terms of Web Hosting it refers to the amount of data that transfers into and out of your web hosting account. Incoming data can include requests for web pages, email, FTP requests, and FTP uploads, while outgoing data includes file transfers, web pages, and email. Each hosting account is allocated a certain amount of bandwidth per month. Common figures for bandwidth range from 3 GB for small personal sites up to 200 GB for large business systems.

How much bandwidth do you need? This depends on the amount of traffic your website receives as well as the content. Web pages made up of text and a few pictures are very small in size but if you get thousands of visitors each day you may need a lot of bandwidth. On the other hand website content consisting of downloadable files such as software, music or video is much larger in size, so even if your traffic is fairly low you may need extra bandwidth.

The best way to calculate the amount of bandwidth you need is to calculate the size of your downloadable content and multiply by the number of visitors you receive each month. Add to that the number of emails sent and received and other content such as FTP uploads. The figure you come up with should be pretty accurate because it is unlikely that every visitor to your site is going to download every file or view every page. This will give you a bit of margin to play with.

As your web site grows and as you receive more traffic you may have to increase your bandwidth allotment accordingly. It is better to plan ahead and arrange with your web host for a larger hosting package rather than wait until you go over your limit. Check with your host to see what their policy is in regards to exceeding your bandwidth. Some will allow you to go over by a certain amount while others will shut down your site and demand that you upgrade your account before resuming service. It is always best to keep track of how much bandwidth you are using and anticipate when you need to upgrade.

If you feel that you have sufficient bandwidth and would prefer not to upgrade you may be able to ‘throttle’ traffic if you are approaching your monthly limit. Some hosts offer this service as a way to limit incoming requests or to exclude requests once a certain number has been reached.

There are several throttling options. You can limit the number of incoming requests by specifying an idle time between requests. This causes incoming requests to be delayed by a specified amount of time if too many are arriving at once. Other options are to impose a limit on data transfer within a certain time period or to limit the number of requests for a certain file. The speed of transfers can also be capped at a certain level. Throttling may not be a good idea if you depend on web traffic for your business. If your pages are slow to load or if users can’t access files they are looking for they may give up and move on to another site. If you have a lot of free content, though, throttling can be useful for keeping your hosting budget within a certain amount.

Web Hosting and Databases

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Most web hosting packages include one or more databases. What can you use them for? How will they help your website?  Read on for the answers to these questions. A database stores data, but more importantly, allows that data can easily be accessed. Data can be product information, customer names and addresses, sales records, or even the information that appears on web pages. Using a database to retrieve that information can allow you to better serve your visitors and provide them with a more interactive experience.

The most common use of databases in an Internet environment is to serve information dynamically as it is requested. In a large eCommerce site, for example, the actual product information is maintained in a database so that updating the site is a simple matter of changing the data. Without this system, website managers would have to create static pages for each product. When dealing with hundreds or thousands of products, this task would be almost impossible to manage in an efficient manner.

Dynamic pages use a template for the static content of the site such as headers, menus and footers. The contents of the database are inserted into the template by the server software before the page is sent to be viewed in a browser. Any content from the database can be placed anywhere on a dynamic page. This allows you to set up visually appealing pages which include text and pictures and also add shopping suggestions like: ‘Customers who bought this also bought…’

Databases can also be used for storing and accessing customer records. This allows you to tailor your pages according to your customer’s previous purchases. Each page could have a personalized greeting (Welcome back Peter) and when they make another purchase all their personal data including address and credit card number could be pulled from the database so they don’t have to fill in the same form again.

Another use of a database is mailinglists. Many websites send out information to their visitors to remind them about the site and encourage them to visit again. Email addresses can be stored in a database for the purpose of sending out announcements and newsletters. Also the newsletters can be archived in a database so that visitors can browse or search through previous mailings.

Each database can be divided into tables which are a complete set of data, so one database could be used for most of your website information by setting up a number of tables.The number of databases that your site needs depends on how many applications you are going to run.

It’s one thing to have a database, it’s another to access that data. There are several ways to retrieve information from a database so that it can be usefully applied to your website. One of the most popular combinations is PHP along with MySQL. PHP can be used to create dynamic web pages that pull data from a MySQL database. The programming language is quite straightforward and can be used to set up complex interactive forms. Other database applications include MySQL with ASP, MSSQL with ASP, and PostgreSQL with PHP.

Improve Web Designs - What You Must Know About Graphic Design to Build Web Pages

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Ultimately, the goal of any Web page is communication. You are trying to communicate through words, pictures, and layout your site or company’s goals. This might be information or it might be to sell something, but you have to communicate to be successful.

Design is all about communication. When you’re a designer, you’re not an artist first and foremost (even if you thought you were), you’re a communicator. Sure, it would be nice if you could create works of art for your Web pages. But most of us don’t have the time or the need. Instead, what you need are concrete rules to follow so that your pages look good and get their message across.
Basic Rules for Design

1. Every element on the page needs a purpose. If you put an image on the page or a block of text or a line, there should be a reason for it to be there. If the reason is something like \”because I like it\” take it off. Your design elements are part of your design to communicate the message of the page. Anything that doesn’t contribute to that message should be dispensed with.
2. Don’t make your customers struggle. Your fonts should be a legible size and a reasonable scan length (no more than 7-10 words on a line). If your customers have to struggle to read your page, they won’t. And they won’t be your customers.
3. Make it obvious what’s important on the page. Use styled heading tags to call out the important sections of your pages and use images to highlight important features.
4. Use the best images possible, the fewer the better. One awesome image will do more to enhance your message than three mediocre ones. And simple styled text will go further than one poor image.
5. Visual aids communicate more quickly than blocks of text. Tables, charts, and graphs are easier to grasp quickly than a block of text. And readers of Web pages are typically in a hurry.
6. Don’t be afraid to be bold. Hesitant design, whether it’s colors or layout, makes the customer feel hesitant as well. Make your sites stand out so they’re memorable.
7. Simple designs have more punch than complicated ones. A one- or two-column layout is easier for your customers to grasp than multiple columns.
8. Sometimes you need to hire a professional. If you’re creating something that needs to last a long time, hiring a professional designer, brand manager, or marketing guru will help make sure that you get the best possible site.

JavaScript Forms

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Being able to successful create JavaScript forms isn’t a difficult process but it may be one that you are unsure about. The common misconception that creating web pages takes an expert computer programmer just isn’t true. While you will use HTML to create JavaScript, you need to realize that they aren’t exactly the same.

With JavaScript you will have several different handlers that the user can click on to perform the necessary actions. This is very important because the easier your web pages are to navigate the more interested consumers will be in them. Some people are very new to using the internet and others are experts so you want to be able to appeal to the level of skill of everyone.

The various JavaScript forms that you create will have coding inserted behind the scenes where the consumer can’t see them. For example your site may have an opt in form for the user to complete. At the bottom they simply click on the form that says SUBMIT. The codes you have entered behind the scenes work to process the information that they have provided.

In order to have a successful JavaScript form called a widget, you need to have several elements in place. They include the form name, the action you want the user to be able to perform, a method for that information to be processed, and a value for each of the JavaScript forms.

There are many different ways in which you can set up JavaScript forms on your web pages. While a simple box that they click is the easiest you may want to offer a radio box or drop down menu if there is more than one option they can select from. You can also offer a text box if you want the user to be able to type in various information.

Before you put your web pages up for consumers to look at, you want to take the time to validate all of the information you have placed into the various JavaScript forms. The goal is for everything to work exactly as it should on the first try. If you come across JavaScript errors you should check each field of entry again. It is going to take some time to master JavaScript but once you do it will become one of the most valuable tools you have to offer.

Does a Domain Name Help with Higher Rankings?

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Based on the latest patent filing from Google the answer to this question is yes. Google states that how a site is hosted and the length of time that a domain name has been paid for does help in how a web site ranks. Google considers a domain name that has been paid for, for more than one year a more credible domain since throwaway domains are rarely used for more than one year. Google looks at the following information:

* how long has the domain name been paid for in years
* how long has the hosting company been around
* how many web pages the web site has (one page is not good)
* who the owner, admin and contact names are in the registrars records

Google keeps track of bad name servers and can tell whether or not a spammer is running a domain.

Following the steps above could make your rankings improve!

Convert Text Webpages E-mails RSS Feeds into mp3 or ipod book for free with spokentext

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

SPOKENTEXT is a web based free text to speech service that Converts PDF,Word,Ppt,Text ,e-mails,web pages and rss news feeds into mp3 file or ipod book.Many of you may have important files or documents that you want access while you’re away from computer,spokentext helps you convert them into audio format and let you carry them on your ipod or mp3 player wherever you go.Of course there are many text to speech converters online,this is one of the best free service i have tried out till now.It is really clean and handy with plenty of choices to record.Except the promotional link we hear while playing the audio everything goes fine with it.