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Honesty Is Still The Best Policy

Print ads seem to have already used every nooks and turns in the advertising style to make people stop and stare and get the message. Every imaginable subject lines had been used in the banners, catalogs, postcards and even in business cards. One of the more common and overused tactics are misleading and otherwise untrue promises with the intention of leading the readers into something that the. . .

Golden Section Ratio Design Tool From Atrise

From the earliest times, human cultures have striven to define beauty. A study of nature, architecture, and art reveals that a common principle - that of pleasant proportion – is an universal characteristic that contributes to defining beauty. The proportion that is pleasing to the eye is the Golden Section, or simply the ratio of one relationship to another, or 1 to 0.618.It is well known, tha. . .

Benefits Of Starting A Forum Community On Your Website

Forums and online communities are excellent additions to websites that make them interesting and informative. Forums provide a means for your website's visitors to interact with one another to discuss about anything they wish, or about products and services you are offering. With human activity on your forums, visitors are more inclined to stay and interact with other members. What your forum m. . .

Web Hosting Affiliate Programs – The No Brainer!

Web hosting affiliate programs give webmasters the opportunity to earn commission by referring their website visitors to a web hosting company site. When a person signs up for a web hosting package and has been referred by an affiliate, commissions are usually paid in a lump sum ranging from $30-$60.This provides a great opportunity for webmasters with community and web development driven sites. . .

Using Free Content to Keep Visitors Interested!

If you don't want people to loose interest in your website quickly then you will have to spend some time focusing on your content. Unless you offer a service(such as web design or webhosting ect...) your audience will demand that there be new content updated every day for them or they will stop returning to your website. The truth is that to offer your visitors an abundance of great material is. . .

Jump-Starting Your Forum Community

Forums are an excellent addition to a website to attract visitors to interact with the site and to return to the website freqeuently. While there are many other website additions that can retain visitors and have them coming back for more, forums are perhaps the most engaging for visitors to your website and offer the most benefits to both the website's owner and the visitor. Unfortunately, hav. . .

Streamline Your Website Pages

Squeezing the most efficient performance from your web pages is important. The benefits are universal, whether the site is personal or large and professional. Reducing page weight can speed up the browsing experience, especially if your visitors are using dial-up internet access. Though broadband access is the future, the present still contains a great deal of dial-up users. Many sites, ecommer. . .

The Basics Of Search Engine Placement and Keyword Selections

Article: "The basics of Search Engine Placement and Keyword Selections."Steps in this article.1 – Finding your target keywords and implementing them.2 – Understanding where your site stands in the search engine world.3 – Link exchanges, Outbound/Inbound links anchor text and Page Rank.4 – Maintenance and Upkeep of your site and its search engine rankings.It is very important to have a target wh. . .

Does your Website Sell or Smell?

Your website does not stand much chance of selling anything if it pays scant regard to the user.In other words your Site Visitor’s experience, in terms of the following, is what will make your site sell or smell!The following 7 guidelines are all equally important and will determine the success of your website.1. Functionalitya) Functionality is a double-edged sword in that the site must fulfil. . .

Turn Harmful 404 Error Pages Into Helpful 301 Redirects

It's a fact, Page Not Found, known as a 404 error, can harm your website Ranking with Search Engines as well as being a Turn-Off for Visitors.A search engine that repeatedly gets a 404 error will de-list the page from its index. Too many 404 error pages on your website and its ranking with the search engines will suffer.Visitors are always just one click away from clicking to another search and. . .