Blog sites turning into Websites
This has been a growing a trend with what starts off as a blog, maybe a single person airing their views about any subject that takes their fancy. But as a little bit of money comes rolling in, the whole aspect of the blog begins to change, they become more professional more like a website.
However [...]
Some useful Webmaster tools
As a webmaster sometimes its nice to get a little help, occasionally it is nice to get a lot of help, but we just cannot have everything that we want.
The Links Factory has put together some great tools for a Webmaster to use and make their life a little easier and the Website that they [...]
Page rank and your site
Page Rank has dominated some webmasters lives for years now, and yet Page Rank is one of those things that is totally out of your hands, sure you can work towards gaining a higher Page Rank, but when Google change the parameters of what is needed to get an increase in Page Rank, what can [...]
August 23, 2007Your questions about links
As a Webmaster the question of links and linking would inevitably come up at some time, but as the search engine optimisation skills and even the search engine themselves change what they see as a good link, it is great to find somewhere that can answer your questions.
SE Roundtable has been a major force in [...]
What is Obsessive Webmaster Syndrome?
Well it is exactly what it says on the tin, a Webmaster who has his or her eyes stuck to the monitor checking every slightest movement that relates to their Website.
If you are not sure whether or not you suffer from OWS then check out the list of the main symptoms:
Traffic obsession syndrome.
Money Infatuation.
Page Rank [...]
Website templates make sense
Using Website templates can make sense for small to medium businesses; as they have come a long way since the early days of DIY Website building.
The savings in time, money and hassle are obvious, once a design is chosen it is easy to integrate the content into the design, once that has been done updating [...]
Do broken links matter?
When you place a link on your Website to another Website, you may think that is the end of it. But you could be wrong, because broken links tell people that the site may not be properly maintained or that you do not care about your users. Even if you do and most Website owners [...]
August 16, 2007Getting other webmasters on your side
This may sound easy, but its not. Everyone found this out in the Link Building era. However there are better ways of making friends with another webmaster, and hopefully you will get a link or even a write up about your site, if you are lucky.
Emailing directly very rarely works, again this comes from the [...]
Get help from Google, with Webmaster Tools
If you own or run a Website, getting your site on the first page of the search result for your chosen keywords. But there is little help out there that is any good, especially for free.
But what about Google webmaster tools, which consist of these tools, Submit a site map, see diagnostics of your site, [...]
Study into the cause of Parkinson’s disease
Dr. Lynn Bedford of the School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Nottingham. Has been awarded £400,000 from the Parkinson’s Disease Society to research the causes of the disease. The award comes from the Career Development Awards Scheme; this has been set up to fund some of the countries most talented researchers in the [...]
August 13, 2007Is your SEO working?
If not it could be down to making some common mistakes. SEO is not really an exact science, there is an element of trial and error. But if you make any changes, and they fail, you can quickly change it back and that should rectify the problem. This is why attention to detail is essential; [...]
August 10, 2007Webmasters can make money
Some people say that making money on the net is hard, while there are some that say the opposite. Well in reality both scenarios are right, how a Website makes money is done by several factors.
Subject matter, a site that provides a great service or information, will get visitors if the content is up to [...]
Getting a new site spidered fast
It seems almost impossible; there could be a way of getting those spiders crawling through site, earlier than you would have thought.
Use online book marking websites, like stumble, delicious, furl and blue dot, there are quite a few more, but get your pages on these sites. All of the main book marking sites are so [...]
Firefox has some great tools for webmasters
For a lot of people, once they have used Firefox it is hard to go back to Internet Explorer or whatever other browser they use.
The reason has to be that there are many tools and extensions that can be added, these are normally completely free of charge and really enhance the user experience.
But what about [...]