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    What is Search Engine Marketing (SEM)

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    Search Engine Marketing (SEM) is term that describes marketing a Web site using various techniques to make it more visible on search engines. Search Engine Marketing techniques include search engine optimization (SEO), buying Pay Per Click (PPC) ads, Paid Inclusion or using a combination of these options. […]

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    What is Robots.txt File, Creating and Using Robots.txt

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    It is great when search engines frequently visit your site and index your content but often there are cases when indexing parts of your online content is not what you want. This can be achieved by creating a simple text file on the root path of your server and naming it to exactly […]

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    What is an IP Address, IP Address Lookup

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    In the most widely installed level of the Internet Protocol (IP) today, an IP address is a 32-bit number that identifies each sender or receiver of information that is sent in packets across the Internet. The IP address is usually expressed as four decimal numbers, each representing eight bits, separated by periods. […]

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    HTML Tags, HTML Code, HTML Elements

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    Hypertext Markup Language tags are part of the language that powers web pages and delivers instruction to your web browser to display the page information in more than just plain text. […]

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    Types of DNS Records, Domain Name System Resource Record

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    The DNS stands for Domain Name System is a database system that translates an IP address into a domain name. In other words you can say its is a system of servers located throughout the Internet that handle Internet connections and the routing of email. Also known as Domain Name Server. […]

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    SMTP Status Codes, SMTP Error Codes, SMTP Reply Codes

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    SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. This document provides the brief explanation about SMTP reply or error codes. […]

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    Types of Proxy Servers, Transparent and Anonymous Proxies

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    A proxy server is a computer that offers a computer network service to allow clients to make indirect network connections to other network services. A client connects to the proxy server, then requests a connection, file, or other resource available on a different server. The proxy provides the resource either by connecting to the specified server or by servin […]

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    Web Safe Color Codes, Colour Chart, Color Palette

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    Web Safe palettes consist of 216 colors that display solid, non-dithered, and consistent on any computer monitor, or web browser, capable of displaying at least 8-bit color (256 colors). […]

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    What are Three Way Link Exchange, Three Way Linking

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    As the name reflects, a three-way link exchange is a specific kind of reciprocal link exchange among three domains instead of two. Beside this, another popular link exchange methods that are common and popular among webmasters are known as two-way linking. […]

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    What are Meta Tags - MetaTags in HTML

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    These are HTML or XHTML tags that provides information about the web page. Meta tags may contain information about what the page is about (keywords and description), language, author, when it was write and much more. Many search engines use this information when indexing pages, because these tags help the search engines to understand the contents of a site. […]

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    SEO Terms and Glossary, SEO Definitions

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    List of search engine optimization or SEO terms and glossary widely used in the on page and off page optimization of a website. […]

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    How to enable cookies in Opera

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    Check to see how to enable cookies in Opera 9.0 and Opera 8.x. Check the browser and IP information of the browser and see if the cookies are enabled or disabled. […]

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    How to enable cookies in Firefox

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    Check to see how to enable cookies in Firefox 2.0, Firefox 1.0 and Mozilla. Check the browser and IP information of the browser and see if the cookies are enabled or disabled. […]

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    How to enable cookies in Internet Explorer

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    Learn how to enable cookies in your Internet Explorer. These instructions are good for enabling cookies on IE5, IE6 and IE7 […]

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    PageRank Tool - Check my Page Rank

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    Page rank is one of the methods google uses to determine a page's relevance or importance. It not only measures the number of links to a website, but also the quality of the sites providing the links. […]