Apart from the design and development of your website, you need a domain name and a hosting account to publish your website to the web. The domain (yourname.com) is the address you associate your website with. This is what your visitors will type in to locate your website. The hosting account is the physical web […]
That is a very good question. In fact, I think a lot of people have misconceptions about what a freelancer actually is (designer, developer, writer – it all applies). Obviously every freelancer is going to have a different take on what they consider themselves to be but I’m fairly confident that certain key elements remain […]
I’ve found that many of my clients aren’t really sure what to expect from a website designer. It can be difficult to say for sure as many designers offer their services to varying degrees. A quote from one designer may or may not include the same services as a quote from another designer. I’ve made […]
I usually don’t do this, but in my un-thwarted conquest for “blogdom” without WordPress, I’ve lost the ability to do trackbacks. I was never big on them anyway, but I came across some great advice today I wanted to share. This is not my own advice, but the advice of Seth Godin. Here are principles […]
One of the most important factors in SEO, especially in things such as Google PR, is the amount of link backs you are able to acquire. In previous posts on this blog you can read about how to gain link backs by using Blogs and Forums as well as Social Networking websites. I’m going to […]
You may have noticed the recent increase in social bookmarking sites, tools, and those that use them. There are a reason they are so popular. Websites like Digg, Technorati, and Del.icio.us (to name a few) are providing a means to mass distribute your links, keywords, and content free of charge. Even better, getting your information […]
There are many ways to drive traffic to a website. One very effective means of doing so is using others peoples websites for link backs. It’s not always easy to get high ranking websites to link back to yours, especially if your site doesn’t really offer them anything (no offense of course). Using this method […]