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Increase the Power of your SEO Efforts
Writing by Nick Stamoulis on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Comments (4)
If you have been conducting search engine optimization efforts for your website for some time and you are wondering why things just are not working out like they should you might want to take a step back and take a look at some other factors that could be holding your website back from climbing in the rankings.

Here are a few important areas to consider when marketing your online business:

• Proper Steps? – Did you dive into link building or did you take the proper steps to optimize your website first? If you’re trying to build links without taking the time to focus on your website first you will never see the results you are looking for. Link building before on-site optimization is a lot like putting the buggy before the horse.

• Brand Power – Have your tired to increase the power of your brand? Strong branding elements often times will get a website visitor to reconsider things when they make it to your website. Try either re-branding or branding your business website even more to get people interested what you have to say. Branding is playing an even more important role in today’s market place than it ever has before. Website traffic wants to see your logo and company info in many different places so make sure that you are branding your business actively.

• Website Structure – This is very important, have you taken them time to make sure the layout of your site is completely ready for your business goals. If your goal is online sales on your online store than you should have many ways for that website visitor to make it to your online store. If you want leads your lead form should be visible on every page of your website. You want to make sure your URL’s to all your web pages are clean and optimized and all content is clearly visible on all your web pages.

• Age of Website – Did you just launch your website a few weeks or months ago? If you just recently launched your website you will have to diversify your marketing approach until you start ranking in search results. Rankings are given to websites who have been around for some time and you have to have your expectations in order when launching a recently new website.

Search engine optimization requires a unique and carved out plan that requires some patience and time to get right. It is more than just building relevant inbound links to your website. It is building a business and on any platform building a business brings its own challenges.

SEO

Increase the Power of your SEO Efforts

If you have been conducting search engine optimization efforts for your website for some time and you are wondering why things just are not working out like they should you might want to take a step back and take a look at some other factors that could be holding your website back from climbing in the rankings.

Here are a few important areas to consider when marketing your online business:

• Proper Steps? – Did you dive into link building or did you take the proper steps to optimize your website first? If you’re trying to build links without taking the time to focus on your website first you will never see the results you are looking for. Link building before on-site optimization is a lot like putting the buggy before the horse.

• Brand Power – Have your tired to increase the power of your brand? Strong branding elements often times will get a website visitor to reconsider things when they make it to your website. Try either re-branding or branding your business website even more to get people interested what you have to say. Branding is playing an even more important role in today’s market place than it ever has before. Website traffic wants to see your logo and company info in many different places so make sure that you are branding your business actively.

• Website Structure – This is very important, have you taken them time to make sure the layout of your site is completely ready for your business goals. If your goal is online sales on your online store than you should have many ways for that website visitor to make it to your online store. If you want leads your lead form should be visible on every page of your website. You want to make sure your URL’s to all your web pages are clean and optimized and all content is clearly visible on all your web pages.

• Age of Website – Did you just launch your website a few weeks or months ago? If you just recently launched your website you will have to diversify your marketing approach until you start ranking in search results. Rankings are given to websites who have been around for some time and you have to have your expectations in order when launching a recently new website.

Search engine optimization requires a unique and carved out plan that requires some patience and time to get right. It is more than just building relevant inbound links to your website. It is building a business and on any platform building a business brings its own challenges.

Nich Finder

I have been promoting Micro Niche Finder for two years. There is so many crap and garbage software that promise people the world and fail to deliver. Micro Niche Finder is not one of these products. Micro Niche Finder will NOT fail to deliver.

The software has a cost of $97. That may seem like a lot of money to you… then again, maybe not. Whatever you feel, I can tell you this… purchasing Micro Niche Finder is totally worth the money. And because of that, here are 20 reasons why:

Micro Niche Finder works.
It comes with free lifetime updates… I started with version 2. Current version is 4.6.2.
You get a free license to install MNF on a second computer.
You get a free copy of the software on a USB Flash Drive.
It comes with life time SUPPORT. James literally answers emails so quickly I often wonder if he has cloned himself.
You get a bonus Squidoo eBook.
You get a bonus AdSense page generator tool.
You get a bonus PLR profits eBook.
You get a Yahoo! Answers traffic guide.
It shows you if domain names are available.
It shows you the number of backlinks needed to rank in Google.
It shows you which keywords get the most traffic.
Mirco Niche Finder shows you which keywords are worth building blogs or websites about.
It shows you which keywords have too much competition.
The software shows you which keywords have the least amount of competition.
The software will change how you research keywords.
The software will change your views about SEO.
Micro Niche Finder will teach you more about SEO.
Micro Niche Finder will give you a clearer understanding of SEO.
The software will not make you rich overnight… instead, give it six months after you’ve successfully launched your 100th site.
Need a bonus reason… My Friend Mark Mason can provide that in a video presentation he just launched on his blog and YouTube. Check it out below:

Meaning of Flowers

Meaning of Flowers:
Amaryllis Lily pride and beauty
Azalea temperance
Bachelor's Buttons celibacy
Begonia beware
Camellias Red: unpretentious excellence
White: exquisite loveliness
Carnations: Red: my poor heart
Pink: I'll never forget you.
Yellow: disdain
White: sweet and lovely
Chrysanthemum: Red: I love
White: truth
Yellow: slighted love
Crocus abuse not
Spring: youthful gladness
Cyclamen diffidence
Daffodils regard
Dahlia changeable
Daisy innocence
Forget-me-not constant love
French Marigold jealousy, discontent
Gladiolus I'm really sincere
Hibiscus rare beauty
Hyacinth sporting
White: discreet loveliness
Hydrangea Thank you for understanding
Iris communication; faith; hope
Lilac Purple: first love
White: youthful innocence
Lily of the Valley increased happiness
Lily White: purity
Mistletoe kiss me
Narcissus ego
Nasturtium loyalty
Orchid love; beauty; refinement
Pansies consideration
Peony bashfulness
Ranunculus radiant charm
Rhodadendron danger
Roses Red: love
Yellow: friendship
Pink: young love, romance, first love
White: pure, innocence
Snapdragon presumption
Sweet William bravery
Tiger Flower befriend me friend
Tuberosa illicit pleasures
Tulip fame
Red: declaration of love
Yellow: unrequited love
Violet modesty
Blue: faithful devotion
Zinnias thoughtful recollections

Google

Google

Get Quote: GOOG Financials: Latest Results

Rank: 4
What makes it so great?
Tech powerhouse marked tenth birthday in 2008. While the company still attracts 777,000 applicants a year, hiring has slowed, and Google recently cut frills like afternoon tea and an annual ski trip.
Headquarters: 1600 Ampitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
2007 revenue ($ millions): 16,594
Website: http://www.google.com

100 BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR

Top 100
Rank Company Job
growth U.S.
employees
1 NetApp 12% 5,014
2 Edward Jones 9% 34,496
3 Boston Consulting Group 10% 1,680
4 Google 40% 12,580
5 Wegmans Food Markets 6% 37,195
6 Cisco Systems 7% 37,123
7 Genentech 5% 10,969
8 Methodist Hospital System 1% 10,535
9 Goldman Sachs 2% 14,088
10 Nugget Market 22% 1,536
11 Adobe Systems 9% 4,255
12 Recreational Equipment (REI) 11% 9,780
13 Devon Energy 11% 3,752
14 Robert W. Baird 4% 2,184
15 W. L. Gore & Associates 5% 5,481
16 Qualcomm 19% 11,932
17 Principal Financial Group -1% 13,343
18 Shared Technologies 12% 1,568
19 OhioHealth 7% 11,858
20 SAS 5% 5,381
21 Arnold & Porter 3% 1,296
22 Whole Foods Market 22% 51,967
23 Zappos.com 39% 1,655
24 Starbucks -6% 146,700
25 Johnson Financial Group 4% 1,300
26 Aflac 1% 4,493
27 QuikTrip 33% 10,159
28 PCL Construction Enterprises 24% 4,420
29 Quicken Loans -41% 2,890
30 Bingham McCutchen -2% 1,605
31 CarMax 14% 16,107
32 Container Store 4% 3,286
33 JM Family Enterprises -1% 4,577
34 Umpqua Bank -4% 1,707
35 Kimley-Horn & Associates -8% 2,190
36 Alston & Bird 7% 1,718
37 TDIndustries 7% 1,713
38 Microsoft 15% 55,237
39 Paychex 5% 12,207
40 EOG Resources 30% 1,803
41 Camden Property Trust -1% 1,849
42 Plante & Moran 4% 1,558
43 Rackspace Hosting 59% 1,992
44 NuStar Energy 23% 1,319
45 King’s Daughters Medical Cntr. 4% 3,041
46 American Fidelity Assurance 10% 1,509
47 DreamWorks Animation SKG 18% 1,614
48 Mattel N.A.% 5,552
49 Intuit 0% 7,637
50 Burns & McDonnell 16% 2,840
51 Ernst & Young 0% 26,090
52 Booz Allen Hamilton 9% 19,243
53 Stew Leonard’s -2% 2,219
54 Erickson Retirement Communities 18% 10,871
55 Salesforce.com 24% 1,958
56 KPMG 7% 24,442
57 Novo Nordisk 11% 3,053
58 PricewaterhouseCoopers -2% 29,144
59 Scripps Health 6% 10,374
60 Scottrade 25% 1,946
61 Deloitte 7% 38,903
62 Griffin Hospital -2% 1,143
63 Mayo Clinic 3% 41,955
64 Milliken -6% 8,150
65 Texas Instruments -4% 14,379
66 MITRE 6% 6,420
67 Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 8% 5,850
68 Southern Ohio Medical Center 4% 2,188
69 National Instruments 8% 2,527
70 Stanley 65% 4,590
71 Men’s Wearhouse -1% 16,477
72 Nordstrom -8% 49,236
73 Chesapeake Energy 23% 6,850
74 Alcon Laboratories 5% 7,160
75 Atlantic Health 2% 6,968
76 Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Network 6% 8,897
77 Northwest Community Hospital -3% 3,372
78 Marriott International 2% 124,247
79 Baptist Health South Florida 9% 10,641
80 Bright Horizons -1% 14,437
81 S.C. Johnson & Son -1% 3,368
82 Perkins Coie 3% 1,696
83 eBay 9% 9,089
84 Juniper Networks 15% 3,743
85 Arkansas Children’s Hospital 6% 3,527
86 CH2M HILL 14% 19,011
87 Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe 8% 1,609
88 Publix Super Markets 3% 141,314
89 Herman Miller -7% 5,646
90 FedEx -1% 233,457
91 Gilbane 12% 2,169
92 Four Seasons Hotels 4% 13,401
93 Valero Energy -4% 16,881
94 Build-A-Bear Workshop 2% 4,886
95 Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants 4% 6,298
96 T-Mobile 12% 39,822
97 Accenture 7% 32,318
98 Vanderbilt University 5% 21,041
99 General Mills -1% 17,018
100 SRA International 21% 6,266Top 100
Rank Company Job
growth U.S.
employees
1 NetApp 12% 5,014
2 Edward Jones 9% 34,496
3 Boston Consulting Group 10% 1,680
4 Google 40% 12,580
5 Wegmans Food Markets 6% 37,195
6 Cisco Systems 7% 37,123
7 Genentech 5% 10,969
8 Methodist Hospital System 1% 10,535
9 Goldman Sachs 2% 14,088
10 Nugget Market 22% 1,536
11 Adobe Systems 9% 4,255
12 Recreational Equipment (REI) 11% 9,780
13 Devon Energy 11% 3,752
14 Robert W. Baird 4% 2,184
15 W. L. Gore & Associates 5% 5,481
16 Qualcomm 19% 11,932
17 Principal Financial Group -1% 13,343
18 Shared Technologies 12% 1,568
19 OhioHealth 7% 11,858
20 SAS 5% 5,381
21 Arnold & Porter 3% 1,296
22 Whole Foods Market 22% 51,967
23 Zappos.com 39% 1,655
24 Starbucks -6% 146,700
25 Johnson Financial Group 4% 1,300
26 Aflac 1% 4,493
27 QuikTrip 33% 10,159
28 PCL Construction Enterprises 24% 4,420
29 Quicken Loans -41% 2,890
30 Bingham McCutchen -2% 1,605
31 CarMax 14% 16,107
32 Container Store 4% 3,286
33 JM Family Enterprises -1% 4,577
34 Umpqua Bank -4% 1,707
35 Kimley-Horn & Associates -8% 2,190
36 Alston & Bird 7% 1,718
37 TDIndustries 7% 1,713
38 Microsoft 15% 55,237
39 Paychex 5% 12,207
40 EOG Resources 30% 1,803
41 Camden Property Trust -1% 1,849
42 Plante & Moran 4% 1,558
43 Rackspace Hosting 59% 1,992
44 NuStar Energy 23% 1,319
45 King’s Daughters Medical Cntr. 4% 3,041
46 American Fidelity Assurance 10% 1,509
47 DreamWorks Animation SKG 18% 1,614
48 Mattel N.A.% 5,552
49 Intuit 0% 7,637
50 Burns & McDonnell 16% 2,840
51 Ernst & Young 0% 26,090
52 Booz Allen Hamilton 9% 19,243
53 Stew Leonard’s -2% 2,219
54 Erickson Retirement Communities 18% 10,871
55 Salesforce.com 24% 1,958
56 KPMG 7% 24,442
57 Novo Nordisk 11% 3,053
58 PricewaterhouseCoopers -2% 29,144
59 Scripps Health 6% 10,374
60 Scottrade 25% 1,946
61 Deloitte 7% 38,903
62 Griffin Hospital -2% 1,143
63 Mayo Clinic 3% 41,955
64 Milliken -6% 8,150
65 Texas Instruments -4% 14,379
66 MITRE 6% 6,420
67 Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 8% 5,850
68 Southern Ohio Medical Center 4% 2,188
69 National Instruments 8% 2,527
70 Stanley 65% 4,590
71 Men’s Wearhouse -1% 16,477
72 Nordstrom -8% 49,236
73 Chesapeake Energy 23% 6,850
74 Alcon Laboratories 5% 7,160
75 Atlantic Health 2% 6,968
76 Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Network 6% 8,897
77 Northwest Community Hospital -3% 3,372
78 Marriott International 2% 124,247
79 Baptist Health South Florida 9% 10,641
80 Bright Horizons -1% 14,437
81 S.C. Johnson & Son -1% 3,368
82 Perkins Coie 3% 1,696
83 eBay 9% 9,089
84 Juniper Networks 15% 3,743
85 Arkansas Children’s Hospital 6% 3,527
86 CH2M HILL 14% 19,011
87 Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe 8% 1,609
88 Publix Super Markets 3% 141,314
89 Herman Miller -7% 5,646
90 FedEx -1% 233,457
91 Gilbane 12% 2,169
92 Four Seasons Hotels 4% 13,401
93 Valero Energy -4% 16,881
94 Build-A-Bear Workshop 2% 4,886
95 Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants 4% 6,298
96 T-Mobile 12% 39,822
97 Accenture 7% 32,318
98 Vanderbilt University 5% 21,041
99 General Mills -1% 17,018
100 SRA International 21% 6,266

IMP TERMS

Acronym Key and Glossary Terms

API
application programming interface

BPM
business process management

composite content application
formerly “content-enabled vertical application” (CEVA)

CMIS
Content Management Interoperability Services

DAM
digital asset management

DoD
Department of Defense

ECM
enterprise content management

EDMS
Enterprise Document Management Suite (Xythos Software)

EMEA
Europe, the Middle East and Africa

IAP
Integrated Archive Platform (HP)

Java EE
Java Platform, Enterprise Edition

JSR
Java Specification Request

MoReq
Model Requirements for the Management of Electronic Records

MOSS
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server

ODMA
Open Document Management API

OEM
original equipment manufacturer

RSS
Really Simple Syndication

SaaS
software as a service

TNA
The National Archives

UCM
Universal Content Management (Oracle)

VERS
Victorian Electronic Records Strategy

WCM
Web content management

WebDAV
Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning

WSS
Windows SharePoint Services

IPv6

IPv6 Certifications

Welcome to the Hurricane Electric IPv6 Certification Project. This tool will allow you to certify your ability to configure IPv6, and to validate your IPv6 servers configuration.

Through this test set you will be able to:

Prove that you have IPv6 connectivity
Prove that you have a working IPv6 web server
Prove that you have a working IPv6 email address
Prove that you have working forward IPv6 DNS
Prove that you have working reverse IPv6 DNS for your mail server
Prove that you have name servers with IPv6 addresses that can respond to queries via IPv6
Prove your knowledge of IPv6 techonologies through quick and easy testing
You will also demonstrate that you are familiar with IPv6 concepts such as:

the format of IPv6 addresses
AAAA records
reverse DNS for IPv6
the IPv6 localhost address
the IPv6 default route
the IPv6 documentation prefix
the IPv6 link local prefix
the IPv6 multicast prefix
how to do an IPv6 ping
how to do an IPv6 traceroute
common IPv6 prefix lengths such as /64, /48, /32
and more!
Users say that the Hurricane Electric Free IPv6 certification service is both entertaining and educational.

We aim to provide you with something to do after your first IPv6 ping.

IP checker

. Converting an IP address to an IP Number

IP address (IPv4 / IPv6) is divided into 4 sub-blocks. Each sub-block has a different weight number each powered by 256. IP number is being used in the database because it is efficient to search between a range of number in database.

Beginning IP number and Ending IP Number are calculated based on following formula:

IP Number = 16777216*w + 65536*x + 256*y + z (Formula 1)

where
IP Address = w.x.y.z

For example, if IP address is “202.186.13.4”, then its IP Number “3401190660” is based on the Formula 1.

IP Address = 202.186.13.4

So, w = 202, x = 186, y = 13 and z = 4

IP Number = 16777216*202 + 65536*186 + 256*13 + 4
= 3388997632 + 12189696 + 3328 + 4
= 3401190660

To reverse IP number to IP address,

w = int ( IP Number / 16777216 ) % 256
x = int ( IP Number / 65536 ) % 256
y = int ( IP Number / 256 ) % 256
z = int ( IP Number ) % 256

where % is the mod operator and int is return the integer part of the division.

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2. Retrieving the Country Name and Country Code from the IP Number

Search the IP-COUNTRY TABLE to match a unique record that has the IP number fits between From IP Number and To IP Number.

For example, IP Address “202.186.13.4” is equivalent to IP Number “3401190660”. It falls in the following range of IP number in the table because it is between the “From IP number” and the “To IP number”.

“3401056256”,”3401400319″,”MY”,”MALAYSIA”

From the IP range, the Country Name is Malaysia and Country Code is MY.

IP-COUNTRY TABLE

From IP Number To IP Number Country Code Country Name
3400892416 3400925183 HK HONG KONG
3400925184 3400933375 TH THAILAND
3400941568 3400949759 AU AUSTRALIA
3400957952 3400966143 AU AUSTRALIA
3400982528 3400990719 HK HONG KONG
3400990720 3400998911 ID INDONESIA
3400998912 3401003007 PH PHILIPPINES
3401007104 3401011199 IN INDIA
3401023488 3401056255 TH THAILAND
3401056256 3401400319 MY MALAYSIA
3401408512 3401416703 HK HONG KONG
3401416704 3401420799 KR KOREA, REPU
3401441280 3401449471 PH PHILIPPINES
3401449472 3401515263 MY MALAYSIA
3401531392 3401539583 IN INDIA
3401547776 3401580543 MY MALAYSIA
3401580544 3402629119 CN CHINA
3402629120 3404464127 JP JAPAN
3405774848 3406434303 AU AUSTRALIA
3406436352 3409969151 AU AUSTRALIA
3409969152 3410755583 TW TAIWAN
3410755584 3410780159 AU AUSTRALIA
3410788352 3410796543 HK HONG KONG
3410796544 3410800639 LK SRI LANKA
3410812928 3410821119 AU AUSTRALIA
3410821120 3410853887 TW TAIWAN
3410853888 3410862079 HK HONG KONG
3410870272 3410874367 IN INDIA
3410878464 3410886655 ID INDONESIA
3410886656 3410887679 TW TAIWAN
3410894848 3410898943 HK HONG KONG
3410903040 3410911231 HK HONG KONG
3410919424 3410927615 IN INDIA
3410944000 3410952191 PH PHILIPPINES
3410952192 3410960383 TW TAIWAN
3410968576 3410984959 NZ NEW ZEALAND
3410984960 3411017727 TW TAIWAN
3411017728 3411018751 HK HONG KONG
3411034112 3411051519 HK HONG KONG
3411058688 3411062783 AU AUSTRALIA
3411066880 3411083775 HK HONG KONG
3411087360 3411091455 CN CHINA
3411091456 3411095551 SG SINGAPORE
3411099648 3411107839 MM MYANMAR
3411116032 3411124223 IN INDIA
3411132416 3411136511 PK PAKISTAN
3411147776 3411149311 HK HONG KONG
3411156992 3411161087 PH PHILIPPINES
3411165184 3411173375 MY MALAYSIA
3411181568 3411189759 JP JAPAN
3411197952 3411202047 BD BANGLADESH
3411213312 3411215359 HK HONG KONG
3411230720 3411247103 HK HONG KONG
3411247104 3411255295 AU AUSTRALIA
3411278848 3411296255 HK HONG KONG
3411312640 3411313151 HK HONG KONG
3411329024 3411337215 PH PHILIPPINES
3411337216 3411341311 AU AUSTRALIA
3411345408 3411411967 HK HONG KONG
3411435520 3411443711 IN INDIA
3411443712 3411460095 HK HONG KONG
3411475456 3411476479 HK HONG KONG
3411476480 3411509247 AU AUSTRALIA
3411509248 3411517439 PH PHILIPPINES
3411525632 3411529727 SG SINGAPORE
3411533824 3411543039 CN CHINA
3411558400 3411566591 AU AUSTRALIA
3411574784 3411582975 IN INDIA
3411591168 3411595263 HK HONG KONG
3411599360 3411607551 AU AUSTRALIA
3411607552 3411608575 CN CHINA
3411623936 3411632127 AU AUSTRALIA
3411640320 3411648511 PK PAKISTAN
3411656704 3411673087 AU AUSTRALIA
3411673088 3411674111 CN CHINA
3411689472 3411701759 IN INDIA
3411722240 3411726335 PH PHILIPPINES
3411730432 3411738623 HK HONG KONG
3411738624 3411739647 CN CHINA
3411755008 3411763199 AU AUSTRALIA
3411771392 3411779583 HK HONG KONG
3411795968 3411804159 AU AUSTRALIA
3411804160 3411805183 CN CHINA
3411820544 3411832831 SG SINGAPORE
3411836928 3411845119 MY MALAYSIA
3411853312 3411857407 IN INDIA
3411861504 3411869695 AU AUSTRALIA
3411869696 3411943423 CN CHINA
3411951616 3411967999 LK SRI LANKA
3411968000 3411984383 AU AUSTRALIA
3411984384 3412000767 IN INDIA
3412000768 3412002815 CN CHINA
3412017152 3412025343 SG SINGAPORE
3412033536 3412066303 TW TAIWAN
3412066304 3412213759 NZ NEW ZEALAND
3412213760 3412221951 AU AUSTRALIA
3412230144 3412246527 HK HONG KONG
3412254720 3412262911 NR NAURU
3412262912 3412273151 NZ NEW ZEALAND
3412279296 3412281343 NZ NEW ZEALAND
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Important steps for web designing

Quick Guide to Web Design

As a small business owner, creating an appealing website is just as important as maintaining the quality of the products and services you offer. Today’s shoppers are very visual and like to view the image of the product before making a final decision on purchasing it. Businesses that showcase their goods and services on a viewable website are able to attract new customers and lure them into making a purchase. As a business owner, it’s important to look into your options for professional website design and speak with a professional about the best way to attract your targeted audience.

Web design companies offer a wide variety of options and styles. There are three general options when it comes to a business web design. An information sharing website is generally based on a template and can portray up to six pages. Your company logo will be displayed, along with text about your company and product will be displayed. A showcase website are use flash based web design services to add a little glitz to your web design and are aesthetically pleasing to the average shopper. These sites can be customized to meet any of your needs. Finally, an e-commerce website allows for your website customers to view products offered and make a purchase over the Internet. These types of websites also allow for inventory control.

If you are looking to create a new site or are seeking website redesign services, it is important to shop around for different web designer prospects. Consider how long they have been in the business, ask about client feedback and reviews and compare their customer service skills with other potential candidates. Creating your business website is an exciting time and provides you with a creative way to notify others of your business and all of its offerings. Make sure you can easily communicate your needs and wishes for the site to your chosen web designer so you can finally be part of a website that you’ve always envisioned.

How to Choose a Web Design Company
If you just started looking around at various web designers in your area or on a national level, you are probably surprised to see how many web designers are available to offer their services. From template based websites, to full multimedia e-commerce sites with streaming music and video, your options are endless when it comes to a professional website design. Determine how much information you want your website to expand on, and then find a company that can carry out these web design services.

Before contacting a designer, study their personal portfolio of previous projects. Note if a designer’s portfolio of sites includes misspelled words, corrupt links, or over pixilated images. Make note about the different techniques and styles you like from each designer.

Once you find a few web design companies that suits your taste and website needs, see if there’s a way to contact their previous clients to assess how well the design company worked with the client. Take note of any given feedback about how well they worked with given timelines, how easy they were to get a hold of in times of need, and how knowledgeable they were about design. If possible, find a client with a similar business web design as the one you envision, and ask them about their speediness and efficiency during the design process.

If you are a novice when it comes to website redesign or web design in general, it may be in your best benefit to look for a company that offers all inclusive services. Ask your web designer if they can provide web hosting services to secure the domain of your page and perform any necessary maintenance. Once your site is completed, see how well the company can assist you when it comes time for website updates and additions. If you plan on selling products through your website, ask the designer if they can set up a merchant account or shopping cart program to make purchasing simple for your client and your business. Lastly, if you plan on using online marketing skills to attract new customers, see if the web designer has a specialist in house that can perform optimization and customer tracking.

Remember that your website is a direct reflection of your company and product. If a potential customer is comparing your company to your competitor, they may go with the company with a more appealing website. Keep this in mind and be creative with your web design to attract your current and future customers.

Steps to Make for a Professional Website Design
Professional website design is imperative for any type of business if they are looking to use the Internet to exhibit their brand or service. Because a website can be used as a direct reflection of your company, many business owners tend to shell out all of the bells and whistles when it comes to their business web design. However, your website doesn’t have to be entirely flash-based and chock full of information. The most effective website redesign will simply address all of the necessary information that customers should be interested in learning more about, links to contact information and correlating images to go along with the services and products you offer.

The first step for a professional website is to determine what type of information you want listed in your site. It’s important not to bombard readers with too much text because they can quickly get bored and move on to one of your competitors to seek products and/or services. Instead, include the basics and write content in a way that your readers will want to learn more about each item. If applicable, you may want to provide a link further down the page that a customer can click on to read more about a specific item. Don’t forget to spell check your content and make sure grammar is correct before sending it off. Various web design services are also available to optimize your content to make them more search engine friendly.

The next step is to provide appropriate imagery to correlate with your content. Today’s online consumers are greatly affected by visually stimulating images. Let’s say you sell gift baskets during the holidays. Have your baskets photographed by a professional to show all of the items included, and make sure the correlating text will provide enough detail about what comes inside the basket. These two factors, as simple as they seem, may attract a large amount of consumers that may have otherwise shopped at your competitors for a similar product. Web design companies will be able to handle images, their size and placement.

If you plan on using your website as a model for Internet marketing, you will want to implement the most appropriate techniques to attract more visitors to your site. The most common online marketing strategy is optimization and email marketing, and you can include more complex strategies such as social media and pay per click campaigns. It’s important to have a professional business web design to represent your company on the World Wide Web. Creating a professional look is simple, as long as you have the right resources to use.

What to do When you Need a Website Redesign
As a seasoned small business owner, you’ve probably tracked your sales since the inception of your business until today. You’ve probably watched market trends to best dole out a new service, or conducted surveys to best suit the needs of your current customer base. For many business owners, they have noticed that a website redesign is all they needed to jumpstart their business revenue and attract another market of interested customers. Some start up business owners opt for a more basic website when they first open their business to save on costs and effectively analyze how well their website affects their revenue.

If you were happy with your previous business web design services, you may want to contact them and ask about their services regarding updates or additions to your current site. At the same time, there is nothing wrong with working with newer web design companies to completely revamp your website. Companies do it all the time and their customers also enjoy a change of scenery when viewing their website.

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Web design services have advanced over the last several years and there may be design options out there that weren’t readily available the last time you were in the market for web design services. If you are looking to change your current site to a more image based website, seek a professional website design team that specializes in flash and multimedia.

Another factor that leads online business owners seeking a website redesign is the addition to a merchant account so they are able to sell products over the Internet to their customers. Do some preliminary research about ecommerce before you begin speaking with designers so you understand the basic terminology and transfer processes. You can also review sites that cater to designers to see the latest trends and topics. If your business has grown exponentially over time and you are getting requests from visitors all over the nation for the ability to purchase your company’s offerings, now is the time for a shopping cart application on your website. Speak with a qualified web design professional about your options and how to determine your needs for an effective website redesign.