Techtalk to nontech clients
Sometimes there can be a world of difference between a web designer and their clients, but when someone comes along who wants a website built, but knows absolutely nothing about the technical side, it can be very difficult for the designer to get the message across and more importantly getting the contract.
There are some [...]
Google bombing in use
This practice also known as link bombing is how someone who has a grudge or is just being a bit mischievous and likes to have a bit of fun at some one else’s expense, this can have a detrimental effect on how the chosen site can perform or redirect traffic from a particular page or [...]
February 25, 2008Girls use net more than boys
Despite popular belief it would seem that it is girls rather than boys who are using the internet more, this means that the “Geek” boy is nothing but a figment of our imaginations for today internet users. In a survey it was found that of those that create web content, blog, add images like photographs [...]
February 19, 2008How not to design an icon
Icons are great on a site they add a different feel to how the whole thing works, but sometimes the icons are just plain wrong for the site, these may be because they are not made well or they are just not very well designed. Either way a bad looking icon can make a good [...]
February 4, 2008Complete working freedom
Anyone who works completely via a computer often dreams of just packing up and travelling off to some beach somewhere and working from there, where it warm, dry and just a little bit out of the rat race.
But it’s the practicalities of actually getting down to doing that often stops us from just grabbing [...]
How the web got started
The internet was conceived in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee from the UK but had some of the wrinkles ironed out by him and Robert Cailliau a year later.
From this point things began to take off fairly quickly by the standards of the day with the basic software being completed and ready for action by the [...]
What’s great about Firefox 3?
When a new version of any application comes out users are either fighting each other to get it before anyone else, or there is a little bit of sceptism on why an upgraded solution would be needed in the first place.
But with Firefox there are always going to be takers for an upgrade, so [...]
Great list of Linux services
As the season of goodwill gets into full swing its good get something for nothing, well obviously not entirely free but never the less Linux is booming in its many guises. But for newcomers there can be a problem with knowing exactly what they want or need, compared to what they are being offered.
However there [...]
Police investigation of Pirate Bay ends
The Swedish police are said to have finished their investigation into the Pirate Bay, this follows the raid on the their premises where 180 servers were taken, but as it turns out that would probably not have done them any favours as most of them belonged to other people and businesses who happened to be [...]
December 3, 2007How to get more design work
In order to get a nice lot of work coming in you must first put the hours in and get the skills to be a decent designer. Once you are there then you need to practice your skills until perfected. Now you are ready to go after jobs, here are some tips to keep to [...]
November 30, 2007Software can check on your ISP
A not for profit company the Electronic Frontier Foundation has released a smart piece of software which will show people exactly what is going on with the traffic problems if you are getting any that is.
The purpose is for website owners to be able to see where the traffic, or more to the point if [...]
Freelancers learn from mistakes
As freelancers we have all made mistakes, and we either learn by those or by what other freelancers tell us of there experiences, after all if we do not take any notice of these then being in business is going to be a short career.
So what do other freelancers advise?
1) Can you show [...]
November 21, 2007Google still number one for webmasters
Despite all of the ups and downs with Google, the most famous search engine in the world is still the number one choice for webmasters; they build, and market their websites with Google in mind, while disregarding the rest of the search engines.
The simple question to ask is why? And the answer is as equally [...]
What is great content?
There is a path to follow that will make your website show up in a great place on the search engines results for your desired keywords etc, but in order to get there, it is necessary to make the site conform to certain parameters in order to tick all of the search engine boxes, but [...]
November 12, 2007Googles games means advertising heaven
Webmasters of games and other related sites may find that Google will have some great advertising opportunities soon with the purchase of the ad firm Adspace who place in game adverts; this is a serious advertising opportunity as the ads can be placed to appeal to certain groups of people depending on what the game [...]
November 9, 2007Traffic from search engines
The very first thing that needs to be done is submit your site to the search engines. Sure you can wait for the site to be spidered, but why wait, time is money and you are in business. You can add you site to any search engine that you want, but make sure that it [...]
November 7, 2007Free webmaster tool
Having a counter on the website is a very useful tool, it lets the other users know how busy the site is, and there is no pulling of punches when the exact number of visitors is there for all to see.
But these tools do tend to cost money, but not always, this is a tool [...]
Domain names made easy
Looking for suitable domain names can be a nightmare, you know how it is, you think of a really appropriate name and then check to if it is available and no of course not they never are, but with this tool there is a large field in which you just type your chosen names and [...]
October 25, 2007Petition to bring back TV Links
Zero Paid are launching a petition to save TV Links the site that was closed down by the UK Police. The 26 year old webmaster was arrested, but later released with no charge why? Well it would seem that the site contained no pirated material or anything like it, all it had was links to [...]
October 24, 2007The Google Watchdog returns
A good resource for webmasters has returned with some more information that will inform and educate on the latest developments that are in the pipeline or that may already happened at Google HQ without many people knowing about it.
Its always a great idea to have the heads up on Google, as this can have an [...]