Archive for January, 2008
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
No you didn’t misread the title. MSN traffic blew away Google traffic for me yesterday on two separate domains as shown by the traffic screenshots below. Although the MSN traffic was short-lived, it was nice seeing a few thousand visitors from MSN in one day. I’m sure you’re wondering how did I get so much MSN traffic? I not only had one search term but two search terms listed on MSN A-list Searches which is linked to from the MSN homepage and both search terms appeared within Today’s Hot Topic. (more…)
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Thursday, January 10th, 2008
Whether you choose to design a website from scratch or use a free Web template to design a website for your online business, there are many things to consider and ask yourself from the start:
1. Is an e-commerce solution / shopping cart needed on your website?
2. Does it need to allow enough room to easily display articles?
3. Do you need to plan for on-site advertising space in the website design?
4. Does the website design need to be interactive for site visitors?
5. Do you want to run your website through a content management system (CMS)?
6. Does the website need to include an audio or video player?
7. Would your target market appreciate a flashy design, or something simple? (more…)
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
YahooSmallBusiness has web hosting plans starting at just $8.96. Mo. 1st 2 months and YahooSmallBusiness has merchant ecommerce plans starting at just $25.97 Mo. 1st 2 months. YahooSmallBusiness uses the same reliable infrastructure as YahooSmallBusiness uses for all of Yahoo websites so you can feel safe and secure knowing their will be virtually zero downtime with using YahooSmallBusiness to host any website. (more…)
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Monday, January 7th, 2008
Bravenet web services are second to none. How can I make that bold statement? I’ve personally been using Bravenet Web Hosting since March 2005 after using other web hosting companies, e.g. Go Daddy, and they all fail in comparison to Bravenet Hosting. In fact, this very web site is hosted with Bravenet Web Services (See whois nameservers for proof) as is all my web sites. (more…)
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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
When starting an online business, it’s essential to conduct your online market research prior to a website’s launch. The Web offers many opportunities for conducting inexpensive or free online market research, which you can do independently. Online market research makes competitive analysis and marketing plan development a cost-effective reality for online business owners. Market research is important for several reasons: (more…)
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