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    SEO vs. PPC - Which is Better ?

    Mike SmithComments

    The online community is definitely a large market place that you cannot ignore, especially if you have an internet business. There are thousands if not millions of consumers that you can tap in the internet. […]

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    5 Ways to Keep Visitors Coming Back to your Website

    Mike SmithComments

    A lot of successful websites depend on returning visitors to account for a major part of their traffic. Returning visitors are easier to convert into paying customers because the more often they return to a site, the more trust they have in that site. The credibility issue just melts away. Hence, keep your […]

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    How to Create a Search Engine Friendly Website

    Mike SmithComments

    There is no point in building a website unless there are visitors coming in. A major source of traffic for most sites on the Internet is search engines like Google, Yahoo!, MSN, Altavista and so on. Hence, by designing a search engine friendly site, you will be able to rank easily in search engines and obtain more visitors. […]

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    How to Promote Your Website for FREE

    Mike SmithComments

    Can you ever avail of free website promotion? Is that even feasible? Of course yes! Nowadays, your baby website can amass huge traffic in no time thanks to free website promotion. […]

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    Free Website Promotion Ideas, Tips and Tricks

    Mike SmithComments

    You have finished making your own website. You have introduced your company and presented your products and services. You have added propositions and promos to catch your target audience's attention. You have achieved the dos and don'ts of building a company web site. But why isn't your website a major success? […]

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    How to Increase Website Traffic - Free Methods

    Mike SmithComments

    Putting up a company would of course require a lot of things, to get straight to the point, you need a capital. To make money requires money as well. But of course, with the versatility the internet offers, there are many ways you could find that could help optimize the potential of your site or business in generating traffic. […]

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    What is RSS? About RSS Feeds and RSS Readers

    Mike SmithComments

    RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is an XML feed that streamlines content syndication. Also know as Rich Site Summary, it is used to publish latest or frequently updated contents like; news headlines, blog entries, new audio or video streams etc. in an industry standard format. In simple words it's a way to subscribe to websites, the contents of which you […]

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    Black Hat Search Engine Optimization - What is Black Hat SEO?

    Mike SmithComments

    he term black hat SEO (also known as spamdexing or search spam or search engine spam) refers to using deceptive or unethical techniques that do not follow the search engine guidelines, in order to get high rankings in search engines. The following methods are generally adopted for black hat SEO purposes. […]

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    What are Sitemaps and How to Create an XML Sitemap File

    Mike SmithComments

    A site map or sitemap is a list of pages used by webmasters to inform search engines about URLs on a website that are available for crawling. The structure of site map file is generally in XML format and the contents must be UTF-8 encoded. It allows webmasters to include additional information about each URL like when it was last updated, how often it changes et […]

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    How to Install a Font on Mac OS

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    Mac OS X has native support for Type 1 and OpenType fonts, which can be installed just like other font types on OS X. Check out the methods of adding or removing a font in Mac OS. […]

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    How to Add or Remove Classic Fonts in Mac OS X

    Mike SmithComments

    For adding fonts in Classic environment, first you must restart the Classic environment so that the fonts will be available to Classic applications. In case of removing font from Classic System Folder, you must first shut down the Classic environment. […]

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    What is Cloaking in SEO - Types of Cloaking Methods

    Mike SmithComments

    Cloaking generally means to present different version of web page contents from of search engines to search robots and human visitors based on their browser's user agent or IP address. It's a deceptive method used to cheat search engines in order to rank well for desired keywords. […]

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    How to 301 Redirect a Web Page - 301 Redirect Methods

    Mike SmithComments

    301 redirect is the most efficient and search engine friendly (SEO) method for webpage redirection. One of the biggest advantage is that it also pass on the PageRank value and hence preserves the current search engine rankings for that particular page. It is the best and safest way in case of renaming or moving files to […]

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    What is WHOIS Record Information - WHOIS Lookup Details

    Mike SmithComments

    WHOIS (who is) is the aptly named Internet function that allows one to query remote WHOIS databases for domain registration information. By performing a simple WHOIS search you can discover when and by whom a domain was registered, contact information, and more. […]

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    What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

    Mike SmithComments

    Search Engine Optimization is the process or practice of designing web pages so that they rank as high as possible in search results from search engines. Typically, the earlier (or higher) a site appears in the search results list, the more visitors it will receive from the search engine. […]