Wide-scale use of the Internet is a fairly new phenomenon in today’s society, but already the technology has grown by leaps and bounds. Today’s Internet is quite different from the one surfed just fifteen short years ago. Today there’s much more content, customization, and use of broadband connections. What seemed nearly impossible fifteen [...]
Almost everyone has seen a website that was packed with too many images and information. The page has so many colorful images laid out that the visitor must scroll down for what seems like days in order to get to the bottom of the page. All of this information seems to be displayed without any [...]
If a user can’t get around a site easily, that user has absolutely no reason to stay. Poor navigation will reduce the number of visitors pretty severely and frustrate the users who do stay. Navigation is the system that the visitor uses to get from one place to the next on a website. Some examples [...]
For those readers with limited experience in website creation, here’s a recap:
1. Design the page or buy a design from somebody else. This is relatively simple to do. If you are good with computers and design, you can probably do this yourself in your favorite software or using your favorite online editing program. If not, [...]
Web 2.0 isn’t any one set of software programs or popular websites. Web 2.0 is actually a term coined by software experts to describe the next generation of software and web interfaces based online. As more and more users end up online, the web has changed to reflect the needs and wants of more people. The [...]
There are plenty of brands that define the Web 2.0 movement: Google, MySpace, Facebook, Flickr, Digg, Wikipedia, YouTube. Each of these brands is different in their approach. For example, Wikipedia remains a not-for-profit company that doesn’t allow advertising on the site. Google, on the other hand, is huge, publically traded company that has redefined online advertising [...]
One element of Web 2.0 applications is their use of folksonomy to help categorize information. Folksonomy ultimately helps save money for the developer when users control the content they read, and also increases accountability. With more users online with greater control, those users will keep incorrect information in check in the interest of accuracy and fairness. Websites like [...]
Sites like Digg, Del.icio.us, and Backflip allow registered users to store all of their bookmarks in one location online, which allows them to access their bookmarks from any place that has Internet access, regardless of the web browser they use. These sites also add customization and interactivity to this feature where users can post and [...]
One of the reasons that Web 2.0 is considerably improving the experience for the user is that the emphasis of Web 2.0 is making content highly accessible. Also, Web 2.0 is encouraging sharing among users, further solidifying the social nature of these new Web applications.
What Web marketers have discovered over the years is that people are [...]
When the term “Web 2.0” was coined, the emphasis of the term wasn’t the Internet or even existing movements on the Internet, but more the software used online that would eventually drive the Web 2.0 movement. Without software, there would be no Web 2.0. New and innovative software is crucial for the development of [...]
Google has created a great free, online tool that can help advertisers see what people are searching for online and the related words that they are also using in their searches. In this exercise, the basics of the Google Keyword Tool will be outlined.
See For Yourself
As a business, if you’re considering using any kind of paid [...]
Website owners that are not using their sites to collect e-mail addresses should start right away. A website has far more visitors than actual buyers, and the site’s objective should be to convert more and more of those visits into purchases. Remember, visitors don’t just stumble on sites. They end up at a website because [...]
Another type of online advertising that doesn’t have much to do with keywords or search engines, but should be noted is cost per impression (CPI) advertising. In CPI, websites that wish to increase their visibility can choose to advertise on various websites. In a CPI relationship, the advertising website agrees to pay the hosting site for ads [...]
The increasing popularity of the pay per click advertising model has led to a new challenge: click fraud. Click fraud is basically a way to make money by causing others to lose money. Click fraud, in essence, is any kind of fraud involving repeatedly clicking on advertising with a malicious intention. There are different types of [...]
Aside from increased visibility and the ability to pay only for users who actually view a website, PPC has several other unique benefits.
Rapid results: Organic SEO practices can take some time to yield results because an improvement in ranking will not occur until after the search engine spiders crawl the website again. A PPC campaign, on the other [...]
The popularity of wikis has grown enormously as more and more users realize the great potential of Wikis to bring people together and get them to communicate. The most famous wiki of all, Wikipedia, is not the only wiki, but just one site that is harnessing wiki software in a large way. Wikis are actually software [...]
One of the side effects of faster Internet connections and more user interaction is viral marketing, a kind of marketing scheme that’s popular with large marketing firms and youth-oriented brands. Viral marketing tends to appeal to the youth market, but can branch out beyond that in some cases. Imagine that a high school student finds a [...]
Another Web 2.0 opportunity comes through social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook. These sites allow their users to interact with each other in many ways, either by sharing pictures, joining groups, sending private messages, and using other constantly-evolving applications. Networking sites are free, used by a lot of different people, and allow websites to market themselves [...]
Sites like YouTube and Flickr are popular, there’s no doubt about that. They’re also a joy to use. By going to YouTube, a user can experience a kind of “YouTube time rot” where they continue to keep watching videos from users all over the world. YouTube’s tagging system ensures that every time a user watches a video [...]
The word “blog” is a shortened form of the phrase “web log.” A blog is a website that uses an array of time-stamped and categorized “posts”, generally placed in date order, to allow users to read a wide variety of articles and other informational posts. Most Internet users are probably already familiar with many blogs [...]
Testing is an absolutely crucial part of any website launch. Without testing, the website could be full of bugs and problems that prevent visitors from using or wanting to come back to the site. The purpose of testing a website is to work out all the bugs within the code of the page before [...]
Links are a large part of the Web experience and are important to websites. Search engines can determine a lot about a site based on looking at links. Search engine spiders look at both the site itself as well as the links within sites. Why do they do this? Isn’t looking at the contents [...]
Viewing HTML code is helpful for understanding the concepts in this section. The screenshot on the following page depicts selected HTML code for the website Amazon.com, the code that’s most important for the purposes of SEO.
See the Code for Yourself
If you’re in Microsoft Internet Explorer, go to View, and then click on Source In Mozilla Firefox, [...]
There are two types of websites that can be found online: dynamic and static. Static pages stay the same no matter what. No user can personalize these sites, nor are there any options to do so. Every visitor to that site sees the same information. In order to find new information on a static [...]
A cookie is a tiny HTML-based document that users download automatically from certain websites just by visiting. Cookies are used generally to enhance the experience of the site’s users. Viewing cookies firsthand is helpful for understanding the concepts outlined in this section.
See For Yourself
If you’re using Internet Explorer, go to Tool then click on Internet [...]
To most people, a press release is something the president, lawyer, or other public figure presents in front of TV cameras on the steps of a building of significance. In reality, press releases come in all shapes and sizes, not just huge announcements. Hundreds of thousands of press releases are issued every day and [...]
Today’s press releases – in addition to direct website access – reach the public through news distribution wires. News distribution wires provide marketing services for press releases. Examples of these distribution wires are 24-7pressrelease.com, U.S. Newswire, PRWeb, PrimeNewswire, Market Wire, and Business Wire. These wires utilize RSS feed, keyword optimization, social media tagging, and [...]
In order to fully utilize the benefits of online press releases, using an online press release service is an excellent marketing tool. These companies distribute press releases to the media in order to maximize the distribution of the information. There are many online press release services, and each is unique in its cost, offered [...]
Press releases, just like modern advertisements, have to compete for the public’s attention. The length of time any form of media has to catch the attention of its viewer has drastically shrunk in the modern era. If an advertisement, newsletter, or press release does not spark an interest in the viewer within a few [...]
One of the most popular forms of email marketing is the newsletter. Newsletters are fun to create and customers like to read them. However, newsletters can’t be all fun and fluff. They have to sell or they aren’t worth the time.
Newsletters should be relevant to readers. They will not keep reading if the content [...]
Pay per click is not a magic bullet. Simply having advertising online doesn’t guarantee more visitors, but PPC advertising will usually increase a website’s visibility. Because of this, websites need to put their best face forward. They want to have the best advertising that they can afford and attract the most number of customers to visit [...]
There are several things a website can do to increase the return on investment (ROI) of a PPC campaign.
Lesson One: Develop a Solid Keyword Strategy
A good keyword strategy begins with an extensive keyword analysis. In the section, “Using Google’s Keyword Tool,” the basics of Google’s free online tool that enables websites to explore what [...]
Pay per click, or PPC, is a type of advertising that compliments SEO practices quite well. Pay per click is an advertising method used on advertising networks, websites, blogs, and search engines in which an advertiser only pays for an ad’s placement when a user clicks on the ad to visit the advertiser’s website. Ads are [...]
There are other aspects of PPC campaign beyond keywords and providers that can affect the success of a PPC campaign, including:
the advertisement’s position on the SERP or website
the website and advertisement’s content, appearance, and usability
the product or service’s price and benefits
Each of these factors can greatly contribute to a PPC campaign’s success – or lack thereof. Placement [...]
Buzz marketing is a rather new word coined to describe the way that word can spread about a new and popular product. Some companies welcome, encourage, and create buzz marketing. Others aren’t as excited to hear about buzz marketing. One example of this is Apple, a company known for creating innovative products and software. [...]
In order to get all the benefits of online press releases, press releases need to provide information that is appealing to journalists and editors when they are looking for article ideas. Building relationships with journalists and editors that are helpful to both parties will benefit a website much more than simply looking to benefit [...]
Really Simple Syndication, or RSS, is news feed that is available in real time and is a ticker tape or pop-up style medium for companies to stream information to the public. RSS is an easy and quick way to stream news into a link on a website. The news can be categorized and organized according [...]
Next to newsletters, eZines are considered to be the cheapest and most effective avenue for online advertising. Basically, an eZine is an electronic magazine. Like editors of a printed publication, eZines creators sell advertising space. Other than the cost of the ad space, eZine ads are free and easy to create – and marketers [...]
The point of any advertising campaign is to return more money than was invested. If advertising costs more than the profits the advertising creates and has no potential to increase, than the wrong forms of advertising are being utilized. Advertising has the distinct benefit of attracting visitors to a website with very minimal effort. Advertising [...]
Like RSS feeds, a press page is very helpful for making information about a company readily available and useful to the media. If journalists and editors can easily access information that is relevant to their needs for articles, they are much more likely to utilize that information than if the data they access is incomplete [...]
While marketers aren’t selling their own products in affiliate marketing, they are still “selling” to their visitors. Because affiliate marketing is all about making the sale, the affiliate’s job becomes convincing people that making a purchase is a good thing. To a very small percentage of people, the ability to sell comes naturally. The [...]
Each affiliate program deals with payments and statistics differently. Paying attention to statistics helps affiliates determine what they are being paid and how well their website is selling products. These statistics should be available through the merchant or affiliate marketing program. In general, affiliates will be receiving a payment for the work they do based on those [...]
Getting Started
Everyone’s an expert at something, and an area that one has some knowledge about is a good place to start when deciding to join an affiliate marketing program. Potential affiliates should start with something they at least partially understand, or something with which they have some expertise. Starting “close to home” has several advantages. [...]
Imagine for a second that Mandy has a moderately successful online business. Her business is doing okay, but she wishes she could bring in more business and more sales. Mandy would like to expand, get bigger office space, and perhaps even some additional storage space for her shipping needs, but unfortunately, she doesn’t have [...]
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