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