Archive for September, 2009
Google Says Buh-Bye to Meta Keywords
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Jacqueline Sinex Have You Heard? After years of speculation, it’s official: Google’s Matt Cutts stated that Google’s indexing formula ignores the ‘keywords’ meta tag. What does this mean? The meta keywords tag does nothing for your position on Google. However, they are still used by many other search engines and directories, so don’t be too hasty and [...]
Read moreTech Tips: Put a Twitter Badge on Your Page
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Bobby Martinez Twitter is one of the hottest trends on the internet right now. For those of you not in the know, it’s what is called a microblogging service. It’s basically a page that stores any number of text updates, limited to 160 characters maximum. It’s almost like uploading SMS messages for everyone to see, allowing you [...]
Read moreSocial Media: Not Just a Fad.
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Morgan Fads of the decades: 1960′s: tie-dye, lava lamps, and ouija boards 1970′s: tetherball, pet rocks, and Farrah Faucet hair 1980′s: parachute pants, Rubik’s cube, and Jazzercise 1990′s: Tamagotchi, chat rooms, and spandex 2000′s: Crocs, Hannah Montana, and… social media?? Consider the following (adapted from Erik Qualman’s article, Social Media: Fad or Revolution?): By 2010, Gen [...]
Read moreOnline Mascots
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Jacqueline Sinex As more of your competitors venture onto the Web, you may be searching for ways to stand out from the crowd. One way that companies are connecting with their audiences is through a “mascot”. Your mascot may be a completely fictional character illustration that represents your product or service. Many well known organizations from Jack-in-the-Box [...]
Read moreHow to tell if your website server is down
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Bobby Martinez Are you asking yourself “Is my website down?” There are many, many different things that can cause a connection error between between you and your website. Just because you can’t load your website, it doesn’t mean that your web hosting server is actually down. If your web browser is displaying a connection error, try these [...]
Read moreHow to Make a Website: 3 Easy Step-by-Step Instructions
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Bobby Martinez You don’t need to be intimidated by the internet. It’s merely a collection of interconnected websites, and websites are actually very simple things. They are files that people can access through Internet Browsers such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome. See? It’s not so scary when you break it down to its simplest [...]
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