There are a lot of things to do when you've got a new site, and you want to be found. Start with good, relevant content. Well structured code. Link to other sites and have them link back to you. These all help getting your site found on Google. Submitting your site to 1,000+ search engines? Not so much.
Dan's Web World - Blog
Sharing what I know on web design, search engines, technology, hosting, and more.
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Sep
02Submitting to Search Engines
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Aug
18Using Plain Old Text
Read More »When putting together content for your site, try to present your written words in plain old HTML-based text. This would seem to be the obvious choice, but it’s not always the case.
When gathering content together for a new or redesigned website, information is often created and/or found inside a variety of proprietary formats (e.g. Word, Power Point, Publisher, etc. ) and exported for the website as a PDF. Choosing the PDF format allows users to keep the same page layout documents were created in, without having to recreate it in a web page. It’s a quick and easy method to publish information online.
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Jul
20Software Roundup
Read More »Time for a quick roundup of some of my current favorite tools, starting with software. In future posts, I'll showcase some online tools and other useful utilities.
The overriding theme to these tools is that they are useful, cheap or free, and accessible wherever you go, by phone app or computer. You may have never heard of these, or they may be so obvious you've already moved on to the next thing. Let me know if you find them useful, have other suggestions, or comments on what I've found.
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May
26Is Dot-Com the only domain that matters?
Read More »When choosing a domain for your website, the first consideration is the name itself. Finding a domain name you want to use that's not already taken is a difficult task. One study has over 110 million domains registered as of 2009. More often than not, you will find that "yourdesireddomain.COM" is taken.
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Apr
26Is Font-Face Ready for Primetime?
Read More »After listening to this month's presentation at TC Web Pros, I was inspired to start using @font-face on my websites, to start using custom fonts. Typekit.com is one source help you get started, and even better, the Minnesota-based Kernest.com.
