Mobile Accessibility - Your website in the year 2005

Written by Philip Wylie


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When building your website I recommend that you use a top header with a horizontal menu underneath - preferably not made from images asrepparttar user may have selected not to view images. If you must use images for navigation remember to add alt tags. If your content area uses columns be sure thatrepparttar 132361 main contents are onrepparttar 132362 left. The “fit to screen” function will moverepparttar 132363 text torepparttar 132364 left hand side savingrepparttar 132365 visitor from having to scroll. The footer should contain a link torepparttar 132366 top ofrepparttar 132367 page inrepparttar 132368 form of an anchor tag. A link to your sitemap is important as it allows visitors to reachrepparttar 132369 information they want quickly.

Optimize your images as usual in GIF/JPEG formats. Testing your website is vital before you fully launch torepparttar 132370 public, try viewing your site with a number of different devices. Ifrepparttar 132371 browser is able, use "fit to screen" and viewrepparttar 132372 page without images. It doesn't have to be perfect just as long as you can easily navigate all your pages and viewrepparttar 132373 content without scrolling.

Philip Wylie is the CEO of PWnet, a company offering web solutions to all types of business. For more information visit www.pwnet.org.uk or to contact him email philip.wylie@pwnet.org.uk.


Creating Your First Web Site, Part 2

Written by Lisa Maliga


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When one has reached a page rank status they will usually not welcome newcomers which is what someone with a new web site is – a 0 page rank. But all sites begin that way and here you’re learning what Google looks for when it ranks pages so your PR can start moving up. PR is determined by many factors including links coming from other sites to yours, longevity of site, quality of information and keywords found withinrepparttar site, andrepparttar 132358 number of pages your site contains. In other words, Google’s search engine [or any major or minor search engine or directory] will spot a 100-page site sooner than it will a single web page.

Many web masters create a links page and add anything that comes along. That’s not alwaysrepparttar 132359 best idea and Google doesn’t list more than 100 links per page anyway. Others will separate their links page into subjects so that a gardening web site is grouped in an appropriate category, as would a financial site being with others withinrepparttar 132360 same category.

A better way to add links is to have them on appropriate pages that can be reached from your main page. For example, if you’re designing an eCommerce site that caters to cat care products and have an entire page devoted to selling vitamins, it would be a good idea to add links to that page for such related items as vitamins for children, vitamins for dogs, pet shampoo, health care products, and other topics that are both closely and somewhat-closely related. This would be helpful for both you andrepparttar 132361 other company’ site you are linking with. It will also ensure that your vitamins page will get more visitors than if there were no links listed there.

While it’s more advantageous to have others linking to you, this is more difficult to do when you’re an unestablished online presence.

Announce Your Web Site When you have a new web site that you’ve spent a long time working on and think it’s a significant addition torepparttar 132362 WWW, you want others to know it’s out there. First, have it analyzed at http://www.sitereportcard.com Keep statistics on a weekly or monthly basis to monitor your web site’s progress. 1. Press Release - Writing a press release is a great way to increase your web site traffic and generate more interest in your web site and any products or services you might be selling. Below you’ll find four links to major free press release sites. Additionally, they provide information on how to write effective press releases. Your press release will be seen by more people, get put intorepparttar 132363 search engines faster, and you can followrepparttar 132364 statistics and upload photos if you pay forrepparttar 132365 service. Here are four places where you can send out your information for free. http://OpenPress.Com http://PRBot.Com http://express-press-release.com http://www.prweb.com

2. Write Articles - Getting your web site noticed by writing articles is another effective method for announcing your web site’s arrival. Of course you must be able to write well, or be able to hire someone, about your chosen topic. Another candlemaking company online will not provide tons of enthusiastic response, but if you have been handcrafting candles for 20 years and can provide some helpful tips for those just starting out, you will increase your audience and hopefully your customer base. Additionally, writing articles establishes your online credibility.

3. Submit to Search Engines & Directories - This is a way to make sure more than your immediate family and friends see your site. When providing information about your site to these directories, you will oftentimes have to include a reciprocal link on your site. There are paid search engines and directories that will get your web site indexed within a matter of days, but many of them will also dorepparttar 132366 same service, only taking weeks or month, for no charge.

The efforts you make to get your web site designed in a professional manner and put ontorepparttar 132367 web, whether it’s to show your business as an online catalogue or your personal site as an inspiration to others. For those of you launching an eCommerce site, followingrepparttar 132368 above steps will get you more traffic and sales.

http://www.lisamaliga.com ~ Lisa’s Library of Writing offers advice on publishing, adult figure skating, aromatherapy, web design, and Internet promotion. This is the home of fiction and nonfiction writer Lisa Maliga.


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