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Digg it UP - What to Look For In a Web Host
“Submit to 10,000 Search Engines” or “Submit to over 200,000 Search Engines”. This kind of ads should attract customers. It looks great to submit to so many search engines. Submission software is offered that helps to submit hundreds of websites to hundreds of search engines during several hours. What is a realistic, possible result of all these nice tools? The achieved link popularity is near Zero, but the mail box is filled by the autoresponders from the mass of FFA (Free for all) search engines. Which Search Engines count? Only a few of the many search engines really count! 99,9 % of all those who go on-line to find something use one of the 18 top search engines. Scrub The Web provides this information in it’s member area. Yahoo, MSN Search and Google are the top three search engines according to Alexa Ranking. Alta Vista and AllTheWeb – also famous search engines - belong to Yahoo and are supplied by Yahoo. If Link Popularity of a website is measured by the services that provide this information, only the Link Popularity of a website at Google, MSN, Yahoo, AllTheWeb, Alta Vista or Hot Bot is displayed. This shows that only a few search engines really count for Link Popularity. It is not necessary to submit to thousands of search engines, but to the few important search engines in the right way. Manual work instead of automated submissions Yahoo search demands that a submitter of websites has to be logged in a Yahoo email address before the submission can start. Submitting to MSN is only possible after typing of a code that is presented in a wi
4. Will I need to install and run special scripts? For example, opt-in mailing lists, calendars or help desk software? If so, are they operating system specific (Windows or Linux)?
5. What am I comfortable paying each month for service?
Once you have answered these questions you are ready to begin your assessment of different web
A reader of my weekly newsletter approached me with a question which is common to many small businesses. Here was his problem and how I thought he could tackle it.“I am a one man business in the labour consulting field, I have a small regular clientele who are more personnel friends. However every month I struggle to get my payments from them. I obviously do not want to get too heavy handed due to the risk of losing their custom but on the other side the lack of payment or the late payments is creating a cash flow problem for me. How do I get through this one?Your suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated.”Sound a familiar problem? Well, here is how I think he and you could address this sort of commons issue.You are dealing with an issue facing many start up businesses – your first customers are sometimes friends or family and therein lines a number of problems:1. You can feel that you should be eternally grateful for they help and support in assisting your start up2. You can feel obliged to stretch that gratefulness to the point where it hurts your businessAs you are finding out the time has to come when you must break away from the original terms of business and put dealings on a more firmer, business-like arrangement. The trick of course is how to do this without thinking you may lose not only their business but their friendship.So the first step is to acknowledge the fear that you have in the back of your mind about the potential loss of business. Having acknowledged it, accept it as a possibility – welcome to the real world! During your business life you are go
A recent Google search for the term “website hosting” returned back 36,100,000 websites. Although we’re living in the information age, there is such a thing as information overload! Once you have collected your hosting referrals or selected a handful to pick from, how can you compare all the different plans, their features and pricing to decide who the best match for your business is? The task may sound daunting, but I will provide you with the information you’ll need to make an informed decision and select the best hosting plan for your budgeted dollar.
Assess Your Needs
Shopping for a web hosting provider without understanding what you need is like shopping for a new car with no idea of the features it needs to have: Do you need to haul with it? Does it need to seat more than two people? Does it need to have power windows, doors, locks? Etc.
The first thing you need to do is asses your needs. Here is a small set of questions to ask which will help you brainstorm:
1. How much disk space do I need? A 5 page website may only require 50mb, but a 200 page site may require 500mb to store all the pages.
2. How much bandwidth will I need?
3. Will I need access to utilities such as databases, chat rooms, forums, blogs or other medium where information can be stored and clients can connect with me?
4. Will I need to install and run special scripts? For example, opt-in mailing lists, calendars or help desk software? If so, are they operating system specific (Windows or Linux)?
5. What am I comfortable paying each month for service?
Once you have answered these questions you are ready to begin your assessment of different web
If you are like most internet based home business entrepreneurs then marketing your product and driving increasing traffic to your web page is essential to increasing sales. The challenge is to market your products and increase your traffic and to do it affordably or even for free.Fortunately, this is an option for home based businesses, and all it takes is a little creativity combined with dedication. And for those home based businesses with advertising budgets, there are even more advertising options available. Here are some suggestions that should help your product marketing plan significantly.One of the best ways to get your web page noticed is by writing and publishing articles. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of ezines and newsletters that are constantly looking for new content. First, you need to find some ezines and newsletters that target your niche market. You can search for them on your favorite search engine by searching for "ezine directories" or "newsletter directories". Then, write an article that can be submitted to a variety of these ezines and online newsletters, just make sure you retain the copyright. You may not think that you have the ability or creativity to write articles, but it can easily be done with a couple hours of effort and some commitment. The key part of marketing your home business is by creating a resource box at the end of your article that contains your URL and some brief information about you and your company. Doing this will get your web page out in the public quickly and will result in many hits and free product marketing.Another way to market your products
Assess Your Needs
Shopping for a web hosting provider without understanding what you need is like shopping for a new car with no idea of the features it needs to have: Do you need to haul with it? Does it need to seat more than two people? Does it need to have power windows, doors, locks? Etc.
The first thing you need to do is asses your needs. Here is a small set of questions to ask which will help you brainstorm:
1. How much disk space do I need? A 5 page website may only require 50mb, but a 200 page site may require 500mb to store all the pages.
2. How much bandwidth will I need?
3. Will I need access to utilities such as databases, chat rooms, forums, blogs or other medium where information can be stored and clients can connect with me?
4. Will I need to install and run special scripts? For example, opt-in mailing lists, calendars or help desk software? If so, are they operating system specific (Windows or Linux)?
5. What am I comfortable paying each month for service?
Once you have answered these questions you are ready to begin your assessment of different web
So I’m on a tight deadline and I get this guy’s voice mail, "Hi. I’m either on the phone or away from my desk. Leave a message and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can." I'm sure you've heard it. You probably have it on your machine or know someone who does. I hate it."I'm either on the phone, or away from my desk" is the same as saying, "Leave a message and have fun twisting in the wind until I call you back." Even worse is, "I’m either out of the office or away from my desk." Yep. That’s helpful. Reaaal helpful. About the only thing that overused, trite and cliche outgoing voice mail message tells me is that you're not really sure where you are. And it certainly doesn't give me any indication of when I can expect you to call me back. I'd like some predictability.Today, the technology exists so that we don't have to leave people twisting in the wind. Giving customers, clients and prospects some idea of when they’ll hear from you, shows them that you are mindful of their need or want to get a hold of you. Here’s how I handle it.About 9 years ago I discovered a little thing called busy call forwarding. If I’m talking on the phone the call is forwarded to a message that says, "Thank you for calling. I’m in the office but I’m on the phone. Please leave a message and in most cases I’ll call you back in 20 minutes." I get lots of compliments on my 20 -minute message. And, it impresses people when I do in fact, call them back in 20 minutes.If I’m out of the office the call goes to my regular answering machine that says, "Thank you for calling. We’re out of the office, but please leave a message. W
The first thing you need to do is asses your needs. Here is a small set of questions to ask which will help you brainstorm:
1. How much disk space do I need? A 5 page website may only require 50mb, but a 200 page site may require 500mb to store all the pages.
2. How much bandwidth will I need?
3. Will I need access to utilities such as databases, chat rooms, forums, blogs or other medium where information can be stored and clients can connect with me?
4. Will I need to install and run special scripts? For example, opt-in mailing lists, calendars or help desk software? If so, are they operating system specific (Windows or Linux)?
5. What am I comfortable paying each month for service?
Once you have answered these questions you are ready to begin your assessment of different web
Listed here you will find the five of the most important points to remember when optimising your site and individual pages for the search engines.If you optimise your pages by working through these points one by one you will see a significant rise in your search engine rankings.1: Buy the right Domain names! The best way to increase your rankings in the SE's(Search Engines) and for the least amount of effort is to choose the right domain name for your site from the start. The SE's give a domain name the highest prominence and score when issuing a ranking. So it's a major priority to have your domain name contain keywords relevant to your site content.The other point to remember is that domain names can have up to 67 characters in them including the extension(.com, .net etc) now as opposed to the original 23. So you can load your domain name with a number of keywords to boost your ranking, just remember to use a hyphen to separate them out.This also means that if a really great domain name has gone you can get something close and in fact better because you could simply add another keyword. Eg say exercise-equipment.com wasn't available, I could register best-exercise equipment.com or cheap-exercise-equipment.com.I have a number of clients using this technique very successfully, and of course if you check out the address bar above this very site does the same thing. ;-)For the cheapest domain names online with the best control panel online try www.123-reg.co.uk I highly recommend these guys I've used them for years now a
1. How much disk space do I need? A 5 page website may only require 50mb, but a 200 page site may require 500mb to store all the pages.
2. How much bandwidth will I need?
3. Will I need access to utilities such as databases, chat rooms, forums, blogs or other medium where information can be stored and clients can connect with me?
4. Will I need to install and run special scripts? For example, opt-in mailing lists, calendars or help desk software? If so, are they operating system specific (Windows or Linux)?
5. What am I comfortable paying each month for service?
Once you have answered these questions you are ready to begin your assessment of different web
Operating a small business can be a lonely venture especially if you’re doing it from your home based office, and doubly daunting if you’re involved in an on line selling venture. I know this to be fact as I’m one of those entrepreneurial spirits venturing into cyberspace and working where thousand have gone before – The Internet. (And you thought I was on the USS Enterprise with Captain Kirk, didn’t you?)Here I sit, day in and day out, with very little contact with the outside world. There are times when the ringing of my phone startles me, as I’m so immersed in proofreading or editing a chapter for an author, that the sound literally makes me jump three inches off my chair. If it weren’t for my trusted network of Virtual Assistant buddies and coaches, I’m sure I’d feel as isolated as a mountain climber stranded at the top of Mount Everest would. Yet it doesn’t have to be so and I’ll share some secrets with you on how to maintain your sanity while working in (and traveling through), cyberspace.Use Instant Messenger and Get a Buddy System Going.Using an instant messenger service to chat with other like minded business owners is invaluable in my humble opinion. Not only can I chat ‘virtually’ with other Virtual Assistants, I can also check in with my clients if they too are using the same system I am. It saves valuable time for me as I don’t have to look up my clients telephone number, stop what I’m doing, and physically pick up the phone and call them, only to get their voice mail saying they’re out of the office at the moment. With one click of my mouse, I open either MSN Messenger or Skype, and with a
4. Will I need to install and run special scripts? For example, opt-in mailing lists, calendars or help desk software? If so, are they operating system specific (Windows or Linux)?
5. What am I comfortable paying each month for service?
Once you have answered these questions you are ready to begin your assessment of different web hosting providers. If you are unable to answer some of the questions above, or would like additional assistance determining your needs, please contact Krista Garren for a complimentary consultation.
Assessing the Web Host
The next step is to begin to examine the different key areas of website hosting which will affect your decision:
• Disk space
• Bandwidth
• Scripts and utilities
• Dedicated/Shared servers
• Customers service/Support
• Uptime/Reliability
• Price
• Free Hosting Providers
1. Disk Space
This is the amount of storage space the provider is allotting you to store your website. Hosting plans will range anywhere from 25MB to Gigabytes in order to accommodate all range of needs. If your site is already constructed you can generally determine how much storage space is needed by totaling the file sizes of your pages and images. This is the minimum amount of space you will need for your website. A general rule of thumb is to purchase a plan which may have more resources than you currently need, but that provides you the ability to grow; after all, the overall goal is growth right?
2. Bandwidth
What is that anyway? Bandwidth is a measurement of how much information (data) can be transferred from your website and is calculated over a set period of ti
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