Relevant links from other websites are the foundation of any decent ranking in the search engines. Finding those links, however, can be a daunting task at first. These three strategies are the basic stuff for helping newer web sites gain one way links.
If you’re not quite sure how to go about beginning to build up […]

What is the Robots Text File?
Robots.txt is used to control search engine spiders’ access to pages on your site.
Why would you want to do this?
You may have created a personnel page for company employees that you don’t want listed. Some webmasters use it to exclude their guest book pages so to avoid people spamming. There […]

Sweating it out on the treadmill or lifting weights in a gym is fine for the first few days of an exercise programme, but after that who can stay motivated with the same old boring routine? Not to mention, on the days that it’s rainy and grey outdoors, or when you’re just knackered, your fitness […]

One of the hardest parts in web design is creating a unique, effective color scheme. Not only will your site’s colors give it personality, it will create a lasting impression on your visitors.
Contrast
Pick colors that provide enough contrast to make your text stand out. Stay away from using light on light or dark on dark. […]

A common misconception about web design is that people want a bunch of “stuff” on web pages. Take it from the most successful website in internet history – Google. People don’t want clutter. They don’t want web portals with every possible topic of content on one page. They don’t want a bunch of crazy Java […]

Is it possible to get your website listed on Google and other search engines in under a week? I set out with the mission of seeing just exactly how fast I could get listed.
To my surprise, my site was indexed by Google in 5 days! These are the steps I used.
1. Manually submit to Google, […]

Is installing mod_rewrite on a database-driven site necessary to improve search engine rankings?
If you have ever managed a web-forum or other database generated system, you’re probably familiar with the long URLs. It seems that there’s a lot of misunderstanding about it due to the fact that search engines are constantly evolving (for the better). The […]

How does one come up with the ideal color combination for a site? The first step is to consider the nature of the site. Colors can say a lot about your website and trigger different responses from visitors.
How do you want to present your website? The first choice is between a dark or a light […]

After the 90’s .com bubble, many web-hosting providers fell short of customers and were forced to try new techniques to lure people in. One technique is providing free, ad-less hosting.
Sounds good so far, almost too good. After all, the bandwidth bill has to be paid some how. There are a number of methods that free […]

Installing Linux on your iPod from Windows wasn’t possible in the past. This simple guide will get Linux running on your iPod nano within minutes.
Before you can start installing Linux on your nano, you will have to make some changes to your iPod’s system. In short, Apple wants iPods to only work with iTunes.
Before you […]