10 things visitors will dislike on your website
10 things visitors will dislike on your website 1. Bridge pages – that have big graphics & say enter- these pages were the norm 10-15 years ago. Nowadays web users are savvy & want to access content immediately. They also slow page loading time & google will punish your site2. Flash intros – Avoid using […]
Google’s new social network site
Google has unveiled its own social network known as Buzz. It is integrated with Gmail – allows users to post status updates, share and read and comment on friends posts. This is pitching Google directly against Facebook, which has nearly 400 million users. Buzz will try to capitalise on the number of Gmail users, which […]
Pay-per-click
One of the fastest ways to get traffic to your site and see some sales is through pay-per-click or PPC. All 3 top search engines have pay-per-click programmes. Google is the best and you see instant results. It is very easy to open an account with Google. What is pay-per-click? PPC ads are the ones […]
How to market your E commerce website
Organise and optimise your keywords and keyword phrases These search terms the exact ones that people are will to use to look for the products or services that you sell on your e-commerce website. Do this well ahead of launch of your E commerce website – at least two months before you promote your website. […]
WordPress as CMS
Finally I switched pixels website to WordPress. I am using WordPress as Content Management System. It is fantastic as WordPress has an inbuilt pinging facility (broadcasting) to let everyone know that I have posted fresh content. Great way to get some free traffic. It is so easy to use even for someone who is not […]
Secure Passwords
How secure are your online passwords? Not at all. Last week gawker- an online gossip site got hacked & 1.3 millions user accounts was compromised. Their passwords were published online! Millions of web users are being asked to reset their passwords as concerns spread over a major hacking attack. Yahoo, Twitter and LinkedIn have asked […]
Tips to Be Found Online
I have not posted for a while. Been busy designing websites for small businesses. One trend i found is that a lot of my traffic comes from New Zealand Business directories. And the searches are very specific like- small business web design. Web design for small business or wordpress sites wordpress design etc. Last year […]
Website Redesign
Redesign your website for the right reasons The Wrong Reasons to Redesign your website It’s been a few years since we updated our website and it needs to be freshened up Our logo changed – so we have to redo the website.All the above are note the right reasons to redesign your website My competition […]
WordPress sites
A few days ago I wrote about using WordPress as a content management system. I shifted to WordPress from HTML for pixels because of the plus points given below: To integrate a blog into my site To update & add articles regularly into my site To access it from anywhere (HTML site I need laptop […]
A Blog Adds to Your Site Traffic
I was at Linkedin today. There was a question from a user. Should I keep my blog separate from my professional site or mash it up into one site? The majority of the answers were “keep it separate” Very few – mostly the web desginers & SEO experts said to keep it together. My take […]