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January 11th, 2010 | Author: admin
No surprise to anyone – the Internet is an almost all-American experience. To some of nations and cultures around the world, the fact that they can’t use a native script in a URL, to write in non-Latin characters, really gets them sore sometimes. One such country would be the hulking former superpower, Russia. Russian is written in their native script of Cyrillic. For a culture with such a long and proud history, to have to set down every single online representation in a foreign script, is understandably humiliating. For sore audiences like these, the Internet mechanism has just recently gained the ability to recognize and allow foreign scripts in URLs; and the government of Russia, is leading the charge in setting off the shift the world over, towards local language scripts to use in basic URL addresses for every local web domain.
So does the common Russian on the street rejoice at the prospect that the Russian Internet experience might be more user-friendly now that local web domains are in Russian script? Well, it depends on where you look. Russia’s most popular search engine Yandex reckons that no more than one in ten Russians would welcome the ability to type in their web domain addresses in Cyrillic. That seems like a disappointing level of support. But if you would think about what it must have been like to be Red Russian for years, to live under a former KGB chief even today, you would understand. This is a nation that was forced by a communist one-party government to shun the world, and focus inward, for something like 50 years. There was nothing about the rest of the world on TV, and in the papers, that was not run through the communist propaganda machine. The media isn’t entirely free there even today. But the Internet is, and the people of Russia consider this freedom a precious gift. Anything that the Russian government proposes to do with the media, fills people with extreme suspicion. They believe that the government is merely proposing this native language web domain business, to begin some kind of way by which to waylay the Internet too.
Russia has a population of nearly 150 million; and only about a fifth of them get to use the Internet. The other 80% live outside the cities, and have very little exposure to English or have a conscious need for anything not Russian. There are more than 2 million web domains registered with the Russian .ru suffix, and they could be interested in this for no reason other than to avoid the humiliation of typing in their proud .ru suffix in a foreign English. The more the Internet is available to them in their own language, the more it would help them use it too. Businesses oppose this plan, that they believe will come in the middle of next year; they fear that native language web domain names are going to make the Internet slower, make websites more difficult to set up and run, and more difficult to protect from threats. There was even some controversy that having Cyrillic script for a Web domain name could make it more difficult to fight international Russian crime, like the one that bilked Citibank in New York recently.
The world is watching Russia’s experience in deploying native script inWeb domain names; India, China and other large nations with their own specialized scripts, have had a long and breathless wait for this day, that they could place their own language front and center, and not look westward for a language script handout. That day is here.
January 9th, 2010 | Author: admin
There are many reasons why you would want a website. You may want to have an online presence which may prove to be a really effective tool, you may need to offer support services to your clients or you may have realized that having a website can save you money especially in our current economy. Whatever the reason or reasons that prompted the move, hosting a website is not rocket science, at least if you are not the one going to figure out such things as bandwidth usage, scripts incorporation and other server related activities. On the other hand, most web host companies will expect you to have done research and know exactly what you want in a web host package.
Before hosting a website, there are a few things you have to keep in mind. One is that there are a variety of web hosting technologies and has its own advantages and disadvantages. The two most common choices in the market are Linux and Windows hosting services. If you were to ask for my opinion, I would suggest that you go for Windows Hosting. This is because Windows platforms have an entire market of web products that are compatible with their server technologies. Even some Linux server features and other open source platforms like PHP and MySQL have been incorporated into Windows 2003 and 2008 server as add-ons enabling you to have a complete web hosting package. What is more, these add-ons do not come at an extra cost, sort of like an incentive.
Consider also the ease of use. Windows server technologies have a very user friendly interface that any novice user can easily use. When hosting a website, you may also want to take advantage of such technologies as Microsoft.NET platforms that offer an advanced web and application management capabilities. If you will be designing your website using an application like Microsoft Frontpage or Active Server Pages or ASP, then you will find that a Windows host offers a better solution to your hosting requirements.
This is however not to say that hosting a website on a UNIX hosting spells doom. Linux technologies have improved over recent years and have started to offer support for ASP and ASP.Net while also offering native support for PHP and other database management platforms. There is not clear hard line that you can use that favors one hosting service above another. However, before hosting a website, take time to consider your needs and make an informed decision.
January 7th, 2010 | Author: admin
In this basic SEO tutorial, we demonstrate cover the basics of keywords – what they are, how they are used by search engines, and how to find keywords which have both many searches, and minimal competition. This is what we mean by effective keywords. We also explain some of the terminology used in web design / webdesign.
View full search engine optimisation tutorial at www.mutinydesign.co.uk
Duration : 0:4:12
January 7th, 2010 | Author: admin
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January 7th, 2010 | Author: admin
You know that someday you will need a web site and you have probably wondered how much it will cost you to set one up. You may also probably have heard people who built their own web sites and others who spent thousands of dollars to have one set up for them. It is also true that some web sites are pleasing while others are not exactly worth a second look. In any case, it costs money to set up a site. So what are the facts about web design prices? How much should you pay to have a sight set up and have it up and running?
Of course not all web sites cost the same. In order to determine the cost of a web site, let us consider some parameters that have a direct bearing on the price tag. One of these is the domain name. The domain name is the name that people will use to locate your web site. Some common domain names are Amazon.com, Yahoo.com among others. Sometimes, you may need more than one domain name if you have a lot of content. The more the domain names you want, the higher the cost. Consider also the server space that you will be offered. A commercial hosting company will offer a price tag based on how much space you require for your web site. Generally though, 50 MB or less of storage space is considered the standard and will cost you anywhere between $20-$50 if you will be using e-commerce services such as credit cards and other e-commerce services. The above two elements sometimes come bundled as the part of the web design prices that you will be expected to pay your developer.
Another element that determines the web design prices is the design itself. A professional web site designer can produce original designs and save you valuable time, at a fee. In order to capture your vision, he will need to work with you and transfer your feel and look to the site. Depending on the kind of web site you want, web design prices will range from $250 per page to $500 for a basic page. If you want an E-commerce page, it will cost you more. Top designers will usually start at no less than $1000. As your business changes, updating your web site will be necessary to reflect the latest changes. This will also cost you, say $100-$200 a month. For an aggressively marketed and maintained site, web design prices for this can go up to $1,000. The costs of content maintenance depend on the number and difficulty of the required or requested changes. From the above, you now have a rough estimate of the web design prices you should expect in order to have an attractive, fully functional web site.
January 7th, 2010 | Author: admin
Are you using a website submitting software to submit your web or blog url to search engines and directories ,FFA pages,link pages? Did you got good results? I mean did you got more hits to your site after using that software?.
Instead of software, here’s the definitive resource for obtaining high page ranking.
The most effective way to advertise on the Internet is
to first set up a website and publish its domain name
on major search directories such as Google.com,
Yahoo.com [at http://www.google.com/addurl/?...... and
MSN.com since 85% of Internet shoppers rely on these
search directories to provide them with goods and
services. In a sense, these search directories are a
very large Internet Yellow Pages.
Nevertheless, should your website or opening webpage
fail to contain "generic" keywords, then anyone using
such "generic" queries will not be able to discover
your website. Your domain name [URL] of your website,
in a sense, will be invisible, undiscoverable.
You may want to consider some simple algorithms which,
when observed and committed in designing of a website
with placement of various critical metatags that can
surely achieve a high search engine presence and
increase Internet traffic to your website. These
metatag strategies work well with published webpages
at Google and Yahoo.
Design: Should you create an extensive Flash-based
website, make sure to fill-in the property entries
such as the Title, Description and Keywords. Failing
to do so, leaves no hard HTML or ALT resource that can
be readily indexed by search robots. Also consider the
Internet audience and their incoming setup. For
example, if they are on analog/dialup, Flash webpages
take too long to load up and therefore analog users
will likely lose interest and discontinue entering the
Flash site. On the other hand, anyone on hi-speed DSL
lines, will welcome Flash pages which load quickly. So
before designing a pure Flash websitge, ask the simple
question, "Who’s my end user – is he on dialup or
DSL?" And if you had to choose between these two users
for maximum marketability, then select analog users
since 80% of most resident users are still analog
Internet subscribers and pure HTML designed webpages
is best for them.
A non-Flash-based website which relies on hard text,
is far easier to be indexed by search robots. Limit
the use of stylized text saved as .gifs since as a
graphic, they are not indexable by search robots.
Avoid use of frames since any number of search robots
are unable to properly classify textual material.
Placement of Metatags:
A ranking or search order does take place with Google
and Yahoo and it begins with the "Title" metag which
should consist of no more than 65 characters separated
by commas. The "Title" should describe in generic
terms, the goods and services, followed by a location
from which the resource is located, i.e., city, state.
The placement of a domain name which is not generic
within the "Title" is not appropriate, unless your
domain name is a major recognizable brand name.
The second metatag is the "Description" which is
usually 25-30 words to form a complete sentence which
best describes one’s goods and services.
And the very last category – "Keywords" are also
somewhat limited to 15-16 words which can be plural
and compound in nature. Again, avoid multiple entries
which could be mistaken as "spamdexed entries" which
is defined as the loading, and submission of
repetitive words into a particular metatag category.
"Spamdexing" when discovered on a webpage and reported
to Google’s spamreport.com can result in the
elimination of your website from their search
directory.
Good luck!
January 7th, 2010 | Author: admin
Any recommendation? affordable and quality seo company. thanks
You can try www.adsph.com
They offer SEO (search engine optimization) service and internet marketing, they have affordable seo package or they can create / customize an seo package for you according to your budget.
They also offer web design service, they can re-design your site for a very affordable price.
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January 6th, 2010 | Author: admin
PHP is a programming language that is hugely popular and rightly so. This language runs on web servers and is used to design dynamic websites that change each time a page is loaded. If you are looking to learn this language, you will find it to be flexible and easy to learn even if you have never written a line of code in your life before. If on the other hand you have been working with code and probably know another language, then you will almost certainly come across similarities with other programming languages. In fact if you are familiar with such languages like C, Java and Perl, you will find it pretty easy to adapt your existing programming skills and style to PHP with very little effort. So let us see what you find come across as you go through your PHP training.
One of the things you will need to do if you will be running locally on your PC, is to install a web server. Like we said, PHP only runs on the server and displays the formatted results through your browser. Through your PHP training, you will first get acquainted with the basics of PHP. These include learning about the Variables, data types and the control statements that will form the core of the PHP language. Variables in PHP are simply containers that store values and are declared using the symbol $. For example, to declare a variable called �name� that stores the value �David�, the following code is used.
$name = �David�
Here, we have declared the variable and given it a value. In your PHP training, you will learn that a variable name is always prefixed with the $ sign. Once declared, you can also display the results of the variable using �echo� as follows
$name = �David�
echo �Hi there, �;
echo $name
the output of this line of code is
Hi there, David
Your PHP training will also introduce you to PHP tags. We use the to tell PHP that every line of code between these 2 tags is PHP code rather than HTML and should thus be executed on the server and the results displayed on the browser. Thus our earlier code would look something like this on a .PHP file:
$name = �David�
echo �Hi there, �;
echo $name
?>
When this script is run from a web server, the results; �Hi there, David�, are displayed. You have just finished your basic PHP training. See how easy it is?
January 5th, 2010 | Author: admin
Web analytics refers to the measurement, collection and analysis of internet data for the purpose of optimizing and understanding the use of the web. Web analytics can either be on-site or off-site web analytics. On-site web analytics involves the analysis of your own website in order to determine how visitors navigate through your site. This usually involves an analysis of landing pages, drivers and conversions of the site towards a purchase. In the commercial context, this kind of analysis provides performance indicators of a web site or a marketing campaign. Off-site analytics involves a look at the internet as a whole and the potential as well as the visibility of a website to the internet community. Historically though, the term web analytics has come to refer to on-site measurements of a particular web site.
The use of web analytics technologies involves either collecting data stored in logfiles on the web server or by use of page tagging where JavaScript is used to notify a server that a page request by a browser has occurred. This data can then be collected to produce web traffic data. These are the main ways of collecting data. There are other ways which include e-mail response rates, lead information, click heat mapping among others. Web log analysis software is used to collect the data from web logs and generate extensive statistics. The emergence of search engines means that log analyzers have to ignore requests from spiders and track cookies from visits instead. Page tagging helps to resolve some inaccuracies of log file analysis by use of web counters.
Assigning of cookies is also another important element of present web analytics services. Cookies help to uniquely identify a visitor and any subsequent visits. Due to their varied uses between web sites, the quality of data collected and reported from them is affected. Alternatively, data may also be collected by a third-party server by use of DNS look-ups to identify IP addresses. This method however has the risk of losing data if DNS look-ups fail or are delayed for too long.
Today, commonly available web analytics third-party software provides highly customizable enterprise-level analysis of systems by offering real-time and historical data that can even be visualized with graphs and charts helping marketers and site designers to optimize their business web sites. Depending on which web analytics software you choose, this method of analyzing your web site can help you to improve conversion rates.
January 4th, 2010 | Author: admin
Hi friends I’m planning to do Search Engine Optimization can anyone give me some suggestions
Well, i think that search engine optimization is something which needs a huge capital. There is no doubt whether it is gonna work out. This SEO is not worth the money we pay. We should pay a considerable amount for the service to be rendered. Being a Web Designer and a freelancer on web i can frankly and clearly say that this is utter foolishness. But you can do something better than this which involves low costs only. You can try out Google AdWords. Poat your Ad in Google AdSense services through Adwords. Don’t get confused. You can try AdWords. You should pay for it monthly and the rate is less than the SEO standard rates. It can also increase your website hits. So then your money is worth. You can also try out some websites like http://www.linkreferral.com/ and also http://www.weblog.com/. Post the website link there and i assure you that you can increase the site traffic. I do not say that SEO is a bad option but you won’t get good results as you have expected.
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