What are Your Internet Connection Solutions?Written by Ray LaFoy
What are Your Internet Connection Solutions?Of primary concern to all internet users is their actual connection to internet. A user needs to look at all factors and weigh benefits and costs 1. Reliability - is connection available 24/7, or do you get a busy signal? 2. Speed - at what speeds can a user upload and download files? 3. Costs - what are setup and monthly costs for internet connection service? 4. Support - is support available 24/7 and is it free or is there a cost associated with it? 5. Availability - is desired service available at your location? Available options with good and bad features include: Local dial up with phone company (local isp) - While this many times is simplest, often times, they are most costly and support can be an issue. Speeds are typically slowest at 26k to 56k connection speeds. Software file compression- If you only have 26k dialup isp connections available to you or you want to speed up your DSL connections, this is an important option you should take a look at. With this type of software you can increase your internet connection speeds by as much as five times for very little money. Popular software products that accomplish this are ActiveSpeed, PropelAccelerator, Dr. Speed, and SuperSpeeder, Highly recommended solution to increasing your browsing experience. Local dial up with national firm - This is by far most popular with companies like AOL, People PC, Juno, EarthLink, and Netzero providing this service to millions of users. These certainly are most cost effective and provide excellent 24/7 support. With high speed upgrade options you can approach 112 k speeds. If company has a local or toll free number available in your area, then this alternative provides lowest cost isp internet connection.
| | Search Engines and PPCWritten by JP McDonald
Pay-Per-Click - Just words send a chill up and down my spine. It used to be that this PPC feature was an end-all to cure any search engine listing woes, to get ranking we felt we were denied, and to finally gain that respect that we felt we were due in this harsh reality they call Internet. Now it has gotten completely out of hand.The days of so-called 'smart advertising through PPC' is all but gone. The 'Big Boys' of Internet (i.e., Google, Yahoo, MSN and rest) have driven market to new heights and basically made it impossible for anyone smaller than IBM or Microsoft to make it in this realm. Are we stuck in an impossible web of banner exchanges, fruitless 'safelist' emails, or even (gulp!) to lower depths of SPAM itself? I say NO! No, no, no!! We need to open our eyes to little guys. There are other search engines out there, engines that are desperate for our eyes to look upon them and say, 'Hey! Let's try this one!' Most, if not all, of so-called 'little search engines' are hooked up to receive massive amounts of search engine results. Do we really need Google or Yahoo's return rate of 15,000,000+ search results when we barely have enough stamina to get past first three pages of listings?
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