Archive for November, 2009
Black Friday Promotion
Posted on 27. Nov, 2009 by Dave.
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Today as you know is Black Friday! And this in turn means you’re not leaving without an exclusive Black Friday Deal. We’re offering a nice 20% discount that you may use for any product at Foamers during two days – Friday and Saturday. So hurry up to Foamers and paste the following promocode at checkout: 9T49ul6bx3oB4POsr5VQ
Wait, BUT!!!! thats not all; today you also get 20% off on all our custom web design, custom landing pages, custom Craigslist ads, and template customization services + get the template FREE. All you have to do to get the discount is mention this exclusive Black Friday Deal.
FREE when you order customization before Monday 30th
FREE when you order customization before Monday 30th
FREE when you order customization before Monday 30th
FREE when you order customization before Monday 30th
Here’s What Else You Get For FREE… but remember, sale will end Sunday at midnight (Sunday the 29th of November).
*** BONUS: We are throwing in 2 years free hosting for the complete site. Never worry about transfer headaches or monthly fees; we’ve got it all covered. You’ll never have to pay one cent to host this site. You will be free to run it on our servers for 2 whole years — and we’ll take care of any technical issues that arise.
*** SPECIAL BONUS: But even that’s not all! We’ll renew the domain name for another 12 months for you, so nothing to worry about for another year.
Chat with a template customization specialist now to ensure you get the site you want for the best possible price.
Sale ends Sunday at midnight!!!
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GENERIC CIALIS on my website? I think my site has been hacked!
Posted on 26. Nov, 2009 by John Mueller.
How to use "Fetch as Googlebot", part 1Webmaster level: IntermediateHas your site ever dropped suddenly from the index or disappeared mysteriously from search results? Have you ever received a notice that your site is using cloaking techniques? Unfortu...Continue Reading
Hard facts about comment spam
Posted on 26. Nov, 2009 by Maile Ohye.
Webmaster Level: Beginner It has probably happened to you: you're reading articles or watching videos on the web, and you come across some unrelated, gibberish comments. You may wonder what this is all about. Some webmasters abuse other sites by exploi...Continue Reading
Update on what is going on
Posted on 24. Nov, 2009 by veerle@duoh.com.
Here is a little update on what is going on over at Duoh! HQ. The new blog is coming along slowly and I am almost at the stage of adding content. Currently I need to work on the archive page and my about page. Those are still two big pages that I need ...Continue Reading
7 Tips To Get The Best Results From Your Website Template
Posted on 23. Nov, 2009 by Dave.
1- Keep it simple - Keep your template simple and easy to use so that the search engines can read it and assess its suitability each time your keywords are used.
In a frantic effort to deliver the latest technology we can never miss sight of the user’s perspective. The fact is, unless web users are able to understand, use and navigate quickly through a web site, it will probably not achieve its objectives. I am not suggesting that all web design solutions are simple. A lot of web sites actually deliver very complex online solutions, however, no matter how intricate the web design, the interface with the user must always be simple and clear.
2 – Curb Your Enthusiasm – while it maybe said that a picture speaks a thousand words, then by the same logic too many pictures can overlap a conversation, moreover, the right use of white space can improve comprehension for the viewer by indicating the relationship between objects or groups of objects – forcing the eye to the center of interest and reinforcing continuity.
3 – Use common-sense - Common-sense is sometimes said to be the least common among the senses, so take some common-sense steps to ensure that your website helps users find their content easily. Ask yourself this – is your content organized in an easy-to-read hierarchical layout? Are you using HTML links on every page, and does each page provide internal links in the text to help the search engine crawler find its way around? Does your site offer a site map and do you include a link to the site map somewhere on each page? And last but certainly not least. Do your pages contain relevant information that clearly and accurately describe your content and is that text clear, crisp and legible?
Part B: Once the site goes live
4 – More than your usual regular maintenance - Check your site often to get its search engine ranking and do research with your keyword to see what the search engine results are.
5 – Who Done It? Check out sites that are in the same niche as yours and try to determine why they are ranked higher than you. Perhaps they have higher keyword density or maybe it’s a simpler layout, or whatever the case might be.
6 – Your site has to have regularly updated content - nobody likes stale news; similarly, your sites content needs to stay fresh in order to continually hook and delight your primary audience. This kind of regular website maintenance may require a little bit of planning – be aware of seasonal trends for your business and feature relevant news articles, special promos, tips or tutorials that draw attention to your particular niche. In addition, your plan should provide a checklist with specifics “to do” items throughout the year, essentially you’d say, I’m doing x many newsletters this month or x number of post this week and keep a regular publishing schedule…
7 – Get a grip! – Nothing worth doing or having comes without effort, but it doesn’t necessarily have to cost and arm and a leg either. There are plenty of low-cost solutions out there, however you don’t want to leave loose ends or end up with a whole bunch of uncertainties, so if you’re unsure or unable to make your site fully functional and capable of being index by all major search engines on your own, then let a template customization specialist help you!
Should you wish to acquire more information about our template customization services simply get in touch and tell us what you think.
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Ask the Experts: How Can I Get Video Thumbnails in Google?
Posted on 23. Nov, 2009 by Gravity.
Q: We have tons of great videos on our website. How can we get those little video thumbnails that sometimes show up in Google search results? A: When Google understands that there is a video presented on a web page, it will often display a special thum...Continue Reading
Popular Home Page Designs Deconstructed
Posted on 23. Nov, 2009 by Smiley Cat: Christian Watson's Web Design Blog.
TechCrunch home page as viewed in Notable TechCrunch is the most recent recipient of a home page critique by Zurb, using Notable, their visual feedback tool for design teams.Zurb have also reviewed the home page designs of other popular sites, such as...Continue Reading
Freelancers: Invoice your clients
Posted on 23. Nov, 2009 by Oli.
Create invoices and manage account receivables online using one of these 9 web apps. You’ll save time and maybe even earn more money. The ability to successfully run a freelance design business, requires more than just graphic skills. You’l...Continue Reading
‘New software version’ notifications for your site
Posted on 20. Nov, 2009 by Maile Ohye.
Webmaster level: AllOne of the great things about working at Google is that we get to take advantage of an enormous amount of computing power to do some really cool things. One idea we tried out was to let webmasters know about their potentially hackab...Continue Reading
Running desktop and mobile versions of your site
Posted on 19. Nov, 2009 by Maile Ohye.
(This post was largely translated from our Japanese version of the Webmaster Central Blog )Recently I introduced several methods to ensure your mobile site is properly indexed by Google. Today I'd like to share information useful for webmasters who man...Continue Reading
Getting Started In Internet Marketing
Posted on 19. Nov, 2009 by AQ.
When you hear the term “internet marketing“, what do you think of? For many, that term conjures thoughts of websites or spamming or search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing. For others, it’s all about graphical design, writing fancy co...Continue Reading
Lawn Care Business – 5 Important But Not Urgent Things To Focus On
Posted on 18. Nov, 2009 by AQ.
If you’re familiar with Stephen Covey’s best seller ‘7 Habits of Highly Effective People’ then you’re familiar with the idea of ‘important but not urgent’. These are the things we can do that help us reach our ...Continue Reading
How to make a website for a Restaurant
Posted on 18. Nov, 2009 by Dylan.
You can visit sample website to see the final result or compare your code. The theme I choose for today becomes very tasty for owners of all kind of restaurant. As you guess this time I teach you how to create an inviting website which perfectly repre...Continue Reading
Pros and cons of watermarked images
Posted on 17. Nov, 2009 by Maile Ohye.
Webmaster Level: AllWhat's our take on watermarked images for Image Search? It's a complicated topic. I talked with Peter Linsley—my friend at the 'plex, video star, and Product Manager for Image Search—to hear his thoughts.Maile: So, Peter... "wat...Continue Reading
Prize Draw: Win 500 Free Business Cards
Posted on 17. Nov, 2009 by Smiley Cat: Christian Watson's Web Design Blog.
The kind folks at Overnight Prints — purveyors of fine printed products such as business cards, postcards, greetings card and flyers — are offering one lucky reader of my blog 500 free business cards (free shipping included too).How to Win ...Continue Reading
7 Top Resources to Download Free Website Templates
Posted on 16. Nov, 2009 by Dave.
Whenever we talk to a prospective template customization client we always get asked some of the same questions such as, how much for just a basic website, how long do the customizations take? – probably the one question we hear most is: What if I didn’t buy my template here do you work on other people’s templates? Not as easy to answer as you would think, without knowing more about from whom or where you got your template. But typically, we can customize any template weather it be ours or not. In addition template customization is always delivered on time and we make sure that you have the most standards compliant web sites possible. With that said, I’ve put together for you a list of the 7 top resources to download free website templates, plus a special bonus.
1 – Style Shout
2 – Six Shooter Media
4 – Custom Word Press Themes
5 – Template Monster
6 – Free Website Templates
7 – Free Layouts
*** SPECIAL BONUS: Bring us one of your own for customization, and get 2 years free hosting for the complete site, plus a 10% discount on all template customization. You’ll never have to pay one cent to host this site; we’ve got it all covered. You will be free to run it on our servers for 2 whole years — and we’ll take care of any technical issues that arise.
Should you wish to discuss a template or if you need a quote, or anything else, please drop us line - be as specific as possible, to help us better understand your needs.
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Twitter Saturday Night Special
Posted on 14. Nov, 2009 by Dave.
We don’t know if you noticed (some of you surely did) but today we gave out a discount code on our Twitter account. It was a 20% discount for everyone who wanted to use it, no limitations – except for the fact that it’ll expire Saturday night . BUT! Tomorrow we’ll be giving out another sweet discount, even a better one. So you might want to follow us on Twitter – in case you still don’t for some reason – in order to be able to use the discount code tomorrow.
Plus, if you still haven’t, check out these FlashMoto CMS templates… this product is so amazing, you can edit your content right on the web page and you don’t have to know Flash or anything – everything is basically drag and drop, which is techy for cut and paste. Plus, SEO and deep linking features and even a Google Analytics tool that lets you measure your customers click path, so you really should check it out….
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Help Google index your mobile site
Posted on 13. Nov, 2009 by Maile Ohye.
(This post was largely translated from our Japanese Webmaster Central Blog.)It seems the world is going mobile, with many people using mobile phones on a daily basis, and a large user base searching on Google’s mobile search page. However, as a webma...Continue Reading
FlashMoto CMS Where Simplicity Meets Multimedia
Posted on 13. Nov, 2009 by Dave.
One thing that I hated about developing with Flash is how everything might be just fine one minute and suddenly it just decides to shuts down the next. Though I must admit that Flash is always very cordial. It will say something like, “Flash has encountered a problem and needs to close,” that it is very sorry for the inconvenience, and that it is nothing personal but there’s no time to waist, it must relieve itself at once. And, me being the agreeable person that I am, will simply click “OK” and watch desperately as all my work just disappears, never to be mentioned again. Of course, we no longer have to worry about any of that with FlashMoto.
(its easy, try it)
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FlashMoto is the content management solutions for your website. Flash Moto CMS is more than just a nice website editor, FlashMoto delivers an intuitive user experience for content authors and editors, and it is designed to simplify the publication of Web content to Flash websites.
There are no limits in animation and interactivity, no effects lost as you usually might see in the other manageable Flash websites. Flash websites developed with FlashMoto CMS are interactive, effective and attractive for visitors. FlashMoto allows you to edit your content right on the page and you don’t have to know Flash or be technically savvy.
Besides, FM’s browser base WYSIWYG interface is so intuitive that you can easily update text, images, animation, video and their properties and appearance right on your website. All changes can be seen right after the click. Add images, videos and even pre-built interactive features like galleries, news and contact forms simply by using the tool bars.
That’s freaking amazing! Plus, it has a simple drag and drop interface with which you can quickly create and update page layouts without needing a code or having to pay anyone again and again even for the smallest modification. Tasks that once took hours will now take minutes.
All media files can be easily managed by a built in media library. You can upload your clip art, photos and videos there, and you can do everything right from your browser.
You can easily add new pages and pop-ups to your website and then link them to the menu images or just to the links and text.
Best of all is that all the pages have their unique URL title tags and indexable content. This will make a huge difference from an SEO perspective because you can continue to provide that entire rich media without the trade-off of a loss in search indexing and the like.
Plus, the Google Analytics integration tool and search engine friendly URL structure will help you to measure your customers click path. It will also allow you to test and quickly update your content and layout to drive marketing results. With the image editors, you can resize, rotate, crop or just upload photos, so there is no need for an external image editing software.
Here are even more features in FlashMoto CMS that we think some of you just might raise an eyebrow about:
Unlimited number of pages and pop-ups.
Versatile drop-down menu.
Intricate widgets, such as news widget, photo gallery, music players, video players and form creator.
Multilingual user interface support.
SEO and deep linking features.
You don’t need external software to use FlashMoto.
You don’t need developer skills.
You don’t need to install anything.
Sit Down (try the demo first!) Then Tell Us What You Think!
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Post-Halloween Treat: New Keywords User Interface!
Posted on 11. Nov, 2009 by Sagar Kamdar.
Our team had an awesome Halloween and we hope you did too. Yes, the picture below is our team; we take our Halloween costumes pretty seriously. :)As a post-Halloween treat, we're happy to announce a brand new user interface for our Keywords feature. W...Continue Reading
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