Best Web Development Tips

One of the best teachers that any of us can have is the voice of experience. Over the years, the tips that I have learned from others has been invaluable to me. When it comes to learning web development skills, the little bits of information we pick up here and there can make all the [...]

Using Testimonials Effectively
People seem to have a need to know what others think before they place an order for a product or service. They tend to ask everyone they know, both offline and in forums. They will often even research the net for reviews and testimonials. Unfortunately, testimonial letters have gotten a bad rap because of all [...]

Small Town Redneck Country Girl
There was a small town country girl who had a passion for making gifts and giving them to anyone who wanted them. She didn’t do it for the attention. She handed out the gifts in a private area, outside of the public eye. She did not give the gifts to hear words of thanks or [...]

Are You the Biggest Difference?
Are you the biggest difference for your business? Many years ago, a motivational speaker told me that the surest way to financial success was to find something that I absolutely love doing and then find a way to get paid for doing it. This is probably the best advice that I have ever received, and advice [...]

Your 10 Most Highly Viewed Articles
EzineArticles expert author Ed Howes mused in a recent blog comment: “Maybe instead of all this speculation about what readers want, we should all analyze our ten most published articles.” My gut opinion is that it seems very intuitive to want to draw conclusions by analyzing your most successful 10 articles; but the reality may be that [...]

Shopping Carts and SEO
True shopping carts (those that are added to your already existing website) do not need to be SEO friendly. Other than the buy now or add to cart buttons, which lead to the actual payment page, they only come into effect once your customer decides to make a purchase. Unless a store is selling literally thousands [...]

The Pure Tungsten Interview
Recently, EzineArticles expert author Phillip Davis (also the President of Tungsten Brand Marketing: PureTungsten.com) interviewed me on article writing & marketing insights for the bright minds of his newsletter readership and today I wanted to share that interview with the bright minds of the EzineArticles newsletter & blog readership. :-) Begin Interview: Founded in 1999, EzineArticles.com [...]

14.2 Percent January over December
Let’s discuss traffic today: Traditionally, it weakens around Christmas time and has for the past 3 years before it bounces back up in January. Last night I took the first 20 days of traffic stats for December 2004, 2005 and this year. I did linear trend line & daily delta analysis to try and determine [...]

The Next Google Update
I would venture to guess that one of the most common questions on any webmaster forum involves someone asking, “When is the next Google update?” Although they are probably asking about visible PageRank updates in the Google toolbar, the answer involves a bit more than that. Visible PageRank is what you see in your Google toolbar. [...]

Pages Removed From Google
Why are so many websites having a large number of pages removed from Google’s index? They are discussing this topic in every SEO and webmaster forum on the internet. As always, everyone has a different opinion as to why this is occurring. The only clear indication of what is truly going on has been answered [...]

Tips for Buying a New Computer
If I would have only known then, what I know now. How many times have we all said something like this when our computer is giving us trouble, or just isn’t designed to do what we want it to do? Making mistakes when we are learning to run an online business are inevitable and a normal [...]

The Risk of AdSense Revenue
Generic advertisements such as Google AdSense absolutely do not belong on a professional business website. No matter how you look at it, it will not help improve your business and may very well have a devastating impact. Is it really worth the risk? Those people who have no clue what Google AdSense is, will likely become [...]

Aggregate Your Thin Content
Marc writes to me: I have a website with over 1,300 origional handbag reviews that I would like to submit to you, but many of the reviews are small, around 80 words. Is there any way I can get past the 200 word minimum? Id be happy to pay for an upgraded account if that lets [...]

Throwing In The Towel
I believe that the number one way to find financial success is to first find what you love doing, and then find a way to get paid for doing it. I see people that spend weeks asking everyone they talk to for online business opportunities that they can make money at. It never crosses their [...]

Twas The Knight Before Christmas
‘Twas The Knight Before Christmas, EzineArticles Style By EzineArticles Managing Editor, Wally ‘Twas the night before Christmas, at EzineArticles.com, Not an Expert Author was submitting, the servers were calm; The bandwidth was ready, should an article appear, Perhaps from an International Author, perhaps from Tangier. The editors were nestled all snug by their desks, While the dev team was sleeping, algorithms in [...]

EzineArticles in 43Things
This is a kind of neat and unusual thing to find: Turns out that EzineArticles expert Neil Walker had actually put down submitting an article and getting it accepted as one of his 43 Things that he wanted to accomplish. Neil, we’re happy EzineArticles.com could be one of the 27 things you’ve accomplished so far on [...]

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Keeping Group Email Straight
People often ask me is how I go about keeping group email straight. The truth is that I really do organize email using the same methods that I teach the members of my online groups and classes to use. By setting rules to make sure that every email goes straight to the folder it belongs in, [...]

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Expression Web Designer Beta
I had been anxious to check out Microsoft’s new Expression Web Designer, not because I had any issues with FrontPage 2003, but because I like playing with new programs. I was thrilled when I received the download notice for the initial private beta, which they have since offered to the general public. I am probably not [...]