Archive for September, 2009

The About Us Page for Small Business Websites

What did we do before the advent of the Internet? How did small businesses survive? How did they get noticed? How did they advertise? The Internet has created a level playing field for big and small businesses alike. Online any…

What is an RSS feed?

RSS stands for “Really Simple Syndication”. RSS is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. It is a way to easily distribute a list of headlines, update notices, and sometimes content to a wide number of people. It is used by computer programs that organize those headlines and notices for easy reading. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.

What is Google Page Rank?

PageRank is Google’s technology for rating the importance and quality of a web page. It is one of the variables used by Google to determine how high your site will be placed in the Search Engine Results Page when a particular search is actioned.

Promote Your Website With Your Knowledge!

In my past I have worked for a BIG UK company in the IT department. Over a number of years I built up a fair bit of IT knowledge. Most related to the area I worked in specifically, such…

How to Spot a Fake SEO Company

So you think you need to hire an SEO consultant. Your website simply is not getting as much traffic as you would like. Well beware, there are some dodgy people out there who will promise you the world for a…

Shared versus Dedicated Web Hosting

A successful web site depends on choosing a good Web host and the right type of web hosting account. Are you willing to share space on a server with other sites or do you need a server of your…

Blogging To Help Search Engine Ranking

Blogging for Search Engine Optimization

It makes absolute sense to blog to improve your search engine ranking and get traffic to our site. We all know that the more pages we have out there on the Internet the more chance…

What is Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)?

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a form of website marketing. Search Engine Optimization is the process of making your site appear at the top of as high as possible on search engine results, preferably on at least the front page, for your specific keywords and phrases. The higher your website ranks in the results of Google, Yahoo, MSN etc., the greater the chance that your site will be visited and found by potential user/customers.