Archive for August, 2008
network-tools.com
Posted by cherished in Web Design on August 27th, 2008
Go to network-tools.com to trace a domain or IP
Plug & Play Shopping Carts
Posted by cherished in Shopping Cart on August 25th, 2008
Shopping carts that handle the cart design and the back-end
getshopped.com
fastcommerce.com
WP Plugin
http://www.instinct.co.nz/e-commerce/ (can we use this with 1shoppingcart? – who knows. . .)
Tips: Improve Ranking
Posted by cherished in Web Design on August 25th, 2008
Below are some tips that will help you improve your ranking with the major search engines:
1. Title lines – Make sure that your Title Line, Meta Tag Description and Meta Tag Keywords (These are embedded into the HTML script of your website) have the main keywords that you want people to search for. We can help you with this.
2. Home Page Keywords – Prominently list the main keywords on your home page starting at the top left-hand side of the page in a text format. The search engines look for these keywords starting at the top left hand side and move down line by line, reading from left to right. Words that are part of an image will not be recognized.
3. Keyword Frequency – A search engine will also look at how often a keyword is listed on your page. The keyword needs to appear naturally in the text. You can’t just put a keyword 20 times, right after each other. The search engine eliminates those.
4. Links – Find other websites, that you would consider to be a support to your website and not a competitor, to link to your site. The more popular sites that link to you, the greater the ranking you’ll receive to your website.
wordle
Posted by cherished in Design, Software/Tools on August 17th, 2008
If you haven’t had a chance to play with this little online program, you might want to put down your mouse and have some fun typing keywords into Worlde.
This little program will automatically generate designer-looking word clouds of any words that you enter. The more your enter a word, the larger it will appear in the grouping. Looking at a group of words together can really convey a message all its own and give you a greater appreciation for the language you employ.
Try your family members names, your mission statement, your favorite poems, quotes, speeches, blog posts, website categories, friends . . . the list of possibilities goes on and on.
Shake it up by letting it randomize the fonts, colors and positioning. Try customizing the settings too for even more control. Perhaps it will inspire you on a design you are working on that needs a little extra push.
This sample is from somethingtocherish.com. Now it’s your turn to worlde: try it out at : wordle.net.
The Amazing YouTube Tools Collection
Posted by cherished in Multimedia, Scripts, Software/Tools on August 16th, 2008
From Quick Online Tips
This is a collection of the best Youtube tools, hacks, mashups and top ways to download Youtube videos. YouTube is the most popular site to share your favorite videos. Recently YouTube was acquired by Google for a few billion dollars. Here is a collection of several YouTube third party tools which enhance your YouTube experience.
Import RSS Fees onto Your Site
Posted by cherished in Web Design on August 16th, 2008
As seen on Daily Opt
Bloggers, Developers, SEM’s,
I wanted to inform you of a new RSS feed tool that Google has launched to help website owners and developers import RSS feeds on their websites. This tools is fun and easy to use and the best part is that Google “once again” makes development easy for the common user to import dynamic content immediately within a web page.
This custom RSS feeder will import content from other blogs of interest straight into your site. The feed is derived from XML data then generated through Javascript. All you need to do is install a simple line of javascript code to make the gadget work. You can also customize this RSS feed to match your site by text color, padding, link design, and borders of your choice and colors.
Well, this is certainly exciting, but there is a downside to using this tool. For all SEM’s and SEO experts when you import this tool into your site your ability for Google to crawl new content, links, and data is non-existent. The feeds are generated by a javascript code that is not converted to HTML code once the page loads. Therefore, the Gadget for SEO purposes and link building is strickly irrelevant.
All in all if you do want to import your favorite blog entries onto your site easily then I would suggest using this tool. Most of all for the fun of it…”
Here is the link to the Google Gadget – Custom RSS Tool
Empty Cache
Posted by cherished in Software/Tools on August 8th, 2008
On a MAC: If you are using the Safari Web browser, choose “Empty Cache…” from the Safari menu.
Tips & Warnings
- The cache keeps copies of recently viewed Web pages on your hard disk. Instead of reloading a page every time, the browser just uses the cached version, which is very fast. (However, it also won’t include any material added to the page since you last viewed it.) When the cache gets large, it can cause performance problems. But if you delete the cache completely, your computer will have to reload every Web page in a session, which might also slow things down. (from ehow)
E-Junkie – the “FAT FREE” shopping cart
Posted by cherished in Scripts, Shopping Cart, Software/Tools on August 8th, 2008
If you are shopping around for a new shopping cart, I encourage you to take a serious look at E-Junkie.
I love the fact that you can use it with your existing website and it implements creative solutions to keep buyers focused thereby decreasing shopping cart abandonment.
I also like that you can sell actual product AND digital downloads in the same cart and it takes care of everything in the back end with the utmost professionalism. I have personally tested over 20 shopping carts, and I really like this one the best – especially since their services start at only $5/month and they have a free trial.
Web Hosting Info
Posted by cherished in Web Design on August 5th, 2008
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