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- Harnessing the Power of Robots.txt
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Design] Once we have a website up and running, we need to make sure that all visiting search engines can access all the pages we want them to look at. Sometimes, we may want search engines to not index certain parts of the site, or even ban other Search Engines from the site all together.
- Accept Online Credit Card Payments - The Easy Way
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Ecommerce] We all take the Net for granted these days, especially when it comes to booking a holiday or ordering a bunch of flowers, but the ability to accept credit cards online is still relatively new; we take it for granted but a great deal relies on this now. No online business would survive if it's determined to restrict payment methods; lost custom is practically guaranteed.
- The Secret to Getting a Home Remodeling Loan
[Finance:Loans] Adding an extra room in your loft or just carrying out routine maintenance on an aging property is expensive and will need financing; a home remodeling loan (sometimes also called a "Home Improvement Loan") is probably the only way this will become possible. Home remodelings can be costly, involving contractors, supplies, and tradesmen such as carpenters, plumbers, roofers, and electricians. Two types of remodeling loan exist; secured loans which are based on the equity in the property and those that require no security at all. Fortunately loans that do not require the home itself as equity are even available to brand new homeowners. Finance organized to improve a home is normally arranged to run for up to fifteen years when equity is not required.
- How to Select The Best Home Improvement Loan
[Finance:Loans] When you want to improve your home, to make some repairs, renovate, or decorate, the only thing that can stop you is if you are short on cash; this is the purpose of a home improvement loan. Not many homeowners have the confidence to attempt home improvements on their own so they need the services of tradesmen which are a costly part of the plan.
- Why "Deep Linking" is Very Important to Your Website's Success
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Deep linking refers to links pointing to other places than the index page itself. Let's take an example: a link to somesite.com will direct to the index page, while a link to somesite.com/somestuff/morestuff/neverknewthispageexisted.htm would be considered a deep page and linking to it would be considered deep linking.
- Reciprocal Linking - How to Do it Properly
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Link-Popularity] Reciprocal links are one of the most controversial topics in the linking business today. The opinions usually range from those who are huge fans of this technique to those that condemn it because it tends to bring penalties from search engines. What is actually the truth? As usual, the answer is somewhere in the middle.
- Website Linking - The Secret Behind Good SEO
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] The Internet is a "network" of isolated sites joined together by hyperlinks.
If no other website ever linked to your site, then no-one would ever know that your website existed.
So links (proper terminology is hyperlinks) are the "glue" that tie websites and therefore the Internet together.
- Is that Used Car a Lemon or Not?
[Automotive] Most car buyers these days knows very little about cars and are definitely not mechanically minded, so buying a used car can be a very worrying experience. The purchase of a car is often regarded as one of the biggest purchases we will make in our lives and the worry that we will end up with a lemon run deep in people's minds. So how you go about choosing a car that has the least probability of being a lemon?
- So what is an MP3 File?
[Computers-and-Technology:Personal-Tech] If you have ever listened to music on your computer or on your via a iPod, then you have almost certainly used an MP3 file.
Most people have no idea what an MP3 File is.
Basically, an MP3 is a format for compressing audio files suitable for use on a computer or personal audio device.
- The Easy Way to Hide Your Affiliate Links Using Your Site's HTACCESS File
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Development] The .HTACCESS file is on just about every single installation of the Apache web server and can allow you to quickly and easily hide your affiliate links so that they not only look more attractive, but they can stop "affiliate thieves" from steeling your "hard earned" affiliate commissions.
- The Mysterious .HTACCESS file
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Development] Globally the Apache web server software is installed on almost two thirds of all servers, and with Apache come the incredibly powerful but very mysterious .HTACCESS file.
Most people only use the file for simple password protection, but it can be used for much more than that.
This article will help to show some of the possibilities that lie within your site's .HTACCESS file
- 5 Different Website Linking Strategies
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Search-Engine-Marketing] Website linking can come in many forms and each one has a different strategy.
Each strategy has its own unique strengths and weaknesses. Learning these different strategies can definitely help a webmaster obtain better search engine rankings and even more importantly, increased website traffic.
- Linking Is The Secret Behind Good Search Engine Optimization
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Traffic-Building] The Internet is a network of isolated websites joined together by links.
If no other site ever linked to your site, no one would ever know that the site ever existed.
So links are the "glue" that binds websites together.
Obviously though not all links are of equal.
- How to Register a New Domain Name
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Domain-Names] Registering a domain name is seen by many newcomers to the web as a really complicated, highly technical task that the average mortal cannot do.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
- The Do's and Dont's of Using Other People Articles on Your Site
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Development] Just about every website owner on the Internet is currently looking for fresh relevant content for their website and one of the best sources of new content, apart from writing it yourself, is to use articles written by other authors.
- The 7 Best Free Web Tools You Need To Know About
[Computers-and-Technology] As more and more new users sign up for Internet access for the very first time, most are completely over-whelmed by the huge array of web services and tools available. Most of these new users then sit back, scratch their head and ask themselves "what are the 7 best free web services and tools available".
- Avoid Losing Thousands of Dollars From Your Website
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Design] You've just released a new product onto the web.
You've sent out all the marketing material and you've signed up as many affiliates as possible. So you sit back, grab your favorite beverage and wait for the dollars to roll in.
But nothing happens..
- Installing A Blog ( Wordpress)
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Blogging] Wordpress is a fantastic piece of software and what is even more amazing its Open Source. That means you can get to use it for free!!
Although Wordpress is not one of the easiest software packages to learn to navigate, it sure packs "heaps of power under the hood" and once you start to learn some of the basics of Wordpress and blogging in general you will begin to appreciate these features more and more.
- Free Webmaster Tools that Need To Know About
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Development] If money is a bit tight, or you are just starting out, then making full use of tools freely available on the web is a MUST.
There are plenty of FREE tools out there, you just have know where to look.
- Put a Mini Salesman in Every Client's Pocket
[Business:Sales] When was the last time you took a long critical look at your business card?
I'd bet you haven't really thought about it since you initially got them printed.
Let's stop for just a moment and ask, what is the point of your business card?
- Creating a Custom 404 Error Page
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online] Every web surfer has encountered the dreaded 404 page not found error message.
The generic error page is horrible to look at and it does not encourage web visitors to explore more of your site.
Imagine being able to setup a custom error message page that looked good, told the visitor what had gone wrong and then suggested some alternative links to other locations on your site, such as the home page, sitemap or even a search page.
- Redirecting Web Traffic to a New Location
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Hosting] If you have to move a website from one domain to another, it will mean that all the links pointing to your old site would now be lost and would generate the dreaded 404 error when visitors came in via old search engine listing or links.
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