For many companies it takes a lot of time building links with suitable companies, that really make a difference. www.drachsi.com/website-directory.htm has just launched a Directory which is suitable for companies specialising in Website Design, Graphic design, SEO, Internet marketing and website promotion.
It is recommended to apply as soon as possible as the effort can make a difference.
Posted in: on Saturday, December 25, 2010 at at 1:14 PM 0 comments
Many companies still have not opened a Google Places account. This is considered a vital step in promoting your business on-line. Most people purchase from a local supplier if possible, so you need to be listed to maximise any vistors searching locally for your product or services.
We have help some companies do that and they have seen benificial results ina short time.
Drachsi
PS if you want to do it yourself here is the link to get you started. Google Places Guide
Posted in: Google Places on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at at 8:36 AM 1 comments
As part of our upgrade to our UK website promotion site, we offered a free website review of other people's websites. The results are now available at http://www.drachsi.com/ We plan to offer something else free from the Drachsi website when time permits.
Drachsi
Posted in: on Monday, November 1, 2010 at at 8:46 AM 1 comments
We have been running an offer, limited to UK companies of a free website review, during October. The results will be on-line first week of November, and show a range of results found. We were not surprised, but you might be.
Our next free offer will be listed on the main page of our website shortly. Stay tuned for details.
Drachsi
Posted in: on Sunday, October 31, 2010 at at 9:46 AM 0 comments
I have been receiving many emails which originate in India, offering website promotion services, and website development. Whilst these companies often have enough staff and resources, they don't have the local culture and knowledge that is so important for successful website development.
If you need to hire a company to work for you, it is better if they are based in your country, and can show they talk the same language.
Drachsi
Posted in: website development, website develper on Saturday, October 16, 2010 at at 11:16 AM 0 comments
You might like to read this excellent article on SEO in the Small Business online community If you need assistance with any form of SEO or Internet Marketing Support, just follow the contact link in the menu bar.
Drachsi
Posted in: on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at at 12:50 PM 1 comments
There would seem to be an excellent opportunity to build customer relationships, spread details of your brand, support customers and make recommendations using the Amazon Customer Communities. Check it out worth the time and effort. Come back and make a comment if you have any problems.
Drachsi
Posted in: on Monday, October 4, 2010 at at 9:03 AM 0 comments
We have finally completed much of the new website designh and have launched our new brand image. You should now see this on Squidoo, Blogs, Forums.
Posted in: on Sunday, October 3, 2010 at at 10:25 AM 0 comments
As one of our range of customer services, we have added a customised newsletter facility. If you already have an existing Newsletter template, we can use that, and integrate into the process. Fees are very reasonable from $0.014 cents, €0.012 cents or £0.01 penny per email address, plus small campaign fee.
Full reporting on the effectiveness of your Newsletter are available. You can also register with us and do everything yourself. Don't let that collection of customer emails go to waste. To view more information please visit Newsletter Login
Drachsi
Posted in: on Friday, September 3, 2010 at at 9:29 AM 1 comments
The updated http://www.drachsi.com/ website now has working examples of a ticketing system, a Blog feeding a webpage, and how to load a YouTube video into a webpage.
Many small companies do not fully understand the possiblities for sales and growth when using a wide range of Internet technology. Hopefully the examples will give you some ideas. Drachsi is available for companies needing a virtaul Webmaster, without most of the costs.
Posted in: on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at at 5:20 PM 0 comments
The re-designed website for Drachsi is now open. This will be updated over the next few weeks, stay tuned for more.
Posted in: on Sunday, August 22, 2010 at at 8:38 AM 0 comments
Long overdue
I have been extensively involved with a companies existing website and on-line services. This has delayed the update. There are still resources to add, but as it is designed to explain the type of customer support services I provide, the basic structure should work ok. Any comments?, please use the contact form. The full address will been announced on launch day.
Drachsi
Posted in: on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at at 9:57 AM 0 comments
Many webmasters use Google Analytics, but if you are like me, you would like to know how many people download certain pdf files. This answer is applicable to the latest version of Analytics.
Your normal code will look like this,
< script type="text/javascript" > (spaces added)
var _gaq = _gaq []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-XXXXXXXX-X']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); < /script >
This should always be but just above the < /head > (spaces added)
On the page with the link to the pdf put this in the main body text,
< a href="yourlink/20-297.pdf" onclick="javascript: _gaq.push(['_trackPageview','yourlink/20-297.pdf'])"target="_blank">Download as a pdf file< /a > (spaces added)
When you access your Google account you will start to see the page info after 24 hours.
Drachsi
Posted in: on Monday, July 19, 2010 at at 1:35 PM 0 comments
Visitors and customers expect more from a modern website. You may have a wide range of data or text which can be turned into an infographic using a free tool hosted by IBM. The link to get you started is at Infographics, have fun, let me know if you use this solution on your website.
Drachsi
Posted in: infographics on Saturday, June 26, 2010 at at 7:30 AM 0 comments
Posted in: on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at at 1:00 PM 0 comments
I use the pseudonym Drachsi, the reasons are listed at Drachsi. One of the problems is how to locate sites that find your comments and views interesting. There is a way which I found very useful. It's free, simple to use and very effective. SocialMention The other well known alert service is provided by Google Alerts.
Hope it helps
Drachsi
Posted in: on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at at 7:57 AM 0 comments
A simple method to help customers and visitors ask questions, make comments or send a private email is to use a Feedback Widget. You can see the version I have integrated into this Blog, this can also be used on normal websites.
This creates a better visitor experience and shows you are interested in them. Here is how the ideas and comments looked when posted by the feedback widget. Community-powered support for Europe This is using the free BTTradespace service.
Posted in: on Thursday, May 13, 2010 at at 7:10 AM 0 comments
Building a Global Internet Brand is mainly for large companies, but that should not stop you from building your very own infrastructure. If you own one or more Blogs, a great resource for adding your Blog information can be located at http://www.postrank.com/ First step is to add your Blog url, when this has been indexed, you can then claim it as your Blog, and add the Meta code supplied. Just another small step to building your internet brand. Here is another great resource Link exchanges Linkorado is a link exchange directory where you can find websites related to your site and request link exchanges
Regards
Drachsi
Posted in: on Saturday, May 8, 2010 at at 7:45 AM 0 comments
Most people are familiar with pdf files, and many programs are capable of turning an existing document into a .pdf version. A number of different readers, like the ubiquitous Adobe Reader and Foxit Reader are available. There is a current security issue with pdf files that could run executable code. So always be careful which file you read. A fix maybe available soon, so always get the latest versions. What I like about a pdf file is that it is cross platform and widely accepted as the standard for Internet documents. Whilst .pdf is open source, the very basic root coding is still managed by Adobe. For more information on the security issue check out The Register
For my customers, I like to convert any existing document, and turn it into a useful pdf document, that is easily index by Search Engines. This is just another part of SEO work. Setting the correct Metadata in a pdf ensures it is indexed correctly, and increases your overall Page Ranking. Sound, video, interactive forms can be included
Posted in: pdf on Sunday, April 4, 2010 at at 8:12 AM 0 comments
One of the problems of creating a professional video for YouTube is the cost. But many companies already have images, photographs and existing copy. Now there is a professional way to turn this into a YouTube video and show a link back to your existing website. You can also create a Flash file which allows for interactive buttons and much more. Worth considering if you are a tight budget.
Here is a link to a Squidoo page called Your YouTube or get yourself this software Software Download (Opens in a new window). Trusted and safe software from a major software company. A YouTube video contains, a Title, Description and Keywords, so make certain these are set, so that search engines can easily index the information. Great for your Page Ranking. No video? use text and images, here is a simple YouTube environmental message.
Posted in: page ranking, YouTube on Monday, March 15, 2010 at at 7:11 AM 0 comments
Cloud computing basically refers to the technology of using resources hosted by service providers. But Cloud computing can also refer to the use of multi resources for Search Engine Optimisation. Nowday's it is not enough to format the web page correctly for Bing, Google etc, to get a higher page ranking. I have assembled some information how to use Cloud Computing in your company.
Posted in: on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at at 7:56 AM 0 comments
Posted in: on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at at 12:04 PM 0 comments
I have been looking at a large number of international websites lately, and have noticed many of the pages are years out of date, copyright dates from as far back as 2002, menus that don't work, images which do not exist and email addresses which do not work. Then firms and organisations wonder why there is no business.
On a recent trip I visited a small company and was impressed with their product. On arriving back home I went to the website and sent an email, and nobody has bothered to reply. Do the management know this is happening? or do they just don't care.
My advice is to get an independent person, with web experience, to go through the site and make a report, so that things can be updated. If you own a shop, would you leave it full of rubbish and no lights on?, well you should take care of your website, which is your shop window to the world.
Posted in: on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at at 4:54 PM 0 comments
A good example. Tradespace is international, and there are many users from all over the world. But now, if you are located, i.e. Miami, Paris, Berlin, all are listed as in the UK, because that is the only choice available. So at the moment I would not recommend anybody from joining.
Why have the company considered pilot testing with a small number of users? This definitely hurts the companies reputation.
Drachsi
Posted in: on Monday, January 4, 2010 at at 1:56 PM 0 comments
