Category: You and the Internet

Panda, Penguin: What’s Next?

Panda, Penguin: What’s Next?

If you own a website, you have probably heard of the Google Algorithm Updates Penguin and Panda, that according to some are meant to make your life much more difficult. The goal of these updates is to penalize sites that use spammy black-hat methods in order to boost their search engine rankings.

10 of the Most Unique Internet UK Startups to Watch in 2012

10 of the Most Unique Internet UK Startups to Watch in 2012

In today’s tough economic climate, it is more difficult than ever to accomplish the always-challenging job of founding a business. So if entrepreneurs want to give themselves a chance at success, they have to find innovative and creative ways to stand out from the crowd. Here are 10 start-ups that have done just that, and are sure to be turning heads in 2012.

How Internet Technology Has Changed Society

How Internet Technology Has Changed Society

Before the invention of the internet, conversations between people were often in local groups and most often, in person or over the phone. Today, the invention and innovation of the internet allows us to fully gain control over the way we communicate, regardless of our location and who we are speaking with. The internet has changed the way we communicate as a whole society, while also opening up various industries and subjects of learning to advance us simultaneously with intelligence.

Do You Have A Backup Plan?

Do You Have A Backup Plan?

Chances are, over the years, you’ve experienced at least one major loss involving one of your computers. If you haven’t, you should be thankful, but mindful that everyone’s luck runs out sometime. What’s your backup plan if you do find yourself with this dreadful dilemma? Do you have one? If not, we’ll make it easy for you – your backup plan is to backup to prevent it from happening in the first place.

Why branding is necessary for your business?

Why branding is necessary for your business?

Brand is a word on which half of the world’s businesses are earning handsomely. However, it is very difficult to establish your brand among people. First, we understand the term “Brand.” Branding means that you have formed a cognizance, an image, and an awareness of your business. Branding is a way of your business success. It shows what it possesses and what it can provide. To attain a brand of your company you must follow some rules.

Too Much Ads Will Kill You: Tips for Proper Product Promotion

Too Much Ads Will Kill You: Tips for Proper Product Promotion

One of the biggest challenges that you will be facing as a blogger is how to draw as many viewers as you can into your site. The more viewers you have, the bigger is the possibility that you can get customers. Encouraging individuals to take a peek at your page and read some of the contents that you have displayed is the biggest move that you have to make. However, this may not be as easy as you think it is.

The importance of having Website Monitoring Services

The importance of having Website Monitoring Services

Launching your website is not enough to get traffic into it. Sometimes, online marketing is also not enough because it has a limitation on the targeted location and time. Increasing the amount of your visitors to your website can be a daunting task if working alone. One more thing is that your website’s contents should be creative, as well as, original, unique, and informative. Website that has significant information tends to attract traffic, but if your website loads slowly, it decreases your visitors. The main attraction to any websites is its credibility, accessibility, user-friendliness and reliability. These factors are key to make or break a business.

What Can You Watch with FTA Satellite?

What Can You Watch with FTA Satellite?

As they say, “Anything that is free is worth saving up for.” The implication is, of course, that you get what you pay for! Is this the case with free-to-air satellite television? It is free of monthly bills and equipment rentals, but after you purchase your equipment, do you see a “return on investment” in terms of entertainment? Some potential FTA users are skeptical that they will be able to find programming that meets their needs, or that fills the void left by commercial satellite or cable packages. If you do tune in to FTA, what will you be seeing?

The Pros and Cons of Drop Shipping: Is It for You?

The Pros and Cons of Drop Shipping: Is It for You?

Thinking of drop shipping as a business? Drop shipping can work for some motivated entrepreneurs, while others may find it difficult when it comes to dealing with customers. If you are wondering what drop shipping is, then keep reading. Drop shipping is a business where an individual sells products from their online store to buying customers. Unlike other retail businesses, the seller does not keep a large warehouse or storage facility full of retail products.

Best Ways to Track Your Traffic

Best Ways to Track Your Traffic

Tracking your website traffic is very important, but it can be difficult to do without an analytical program. Some people rely on the number of comments their posts receive to judge traffic, but there are many popular posts that just receive one or two comments. Other people check their server for the number of hits. This doesn’t work because a hit is registered whenever someone downloads an image, style sheet, text or anything else. It’s common for one visitor to register over 100 hits. If you want clear results, then you need to use one of these analytical programs.

Getting a Job in the Tech Industry

Getting a Job in the Tech Industry

We all have our passions and hobbies, whether it’s playing football, reading books, riding motorbikes or trying to come up with the next global phenomenon like the iPad, but not many people take advantage of their skills and interests and turn them into careers. There are so many people all around the world who are currently unemployed or in jobs they don’t enjoy, but they don’t know how to get into a position where they can feel as though they enjoy going in each day as opposed to going in, getting through the day, collecting your pay packet at the end of the month and doing it all again next month.

8 Elements Of A Successful Web Design Business

8 Elements Of A Successful Web Design Business

Every business needs right planning, right strategies, and right execution to meet success. The virtual world has introduced new business types, but the success ingredients are the same. Web designing is the most demanding service type required to run any online business. In fact, it has become a successful business type as many web design experts and companies are offering designing services to the prospective clients. What elements are needed to start a web designing business? This writing will revolve around this topic.

The Post-Penguin State of Domain Names

The Post-Penguin State of Domain Names

The past 15 months have been tumultuous for all of us in the internet world,enduring the unexpected aftermath of Google’s Panda and Penguin updates. Post-panda, parked domains stopped ranking in the search engines. No doubt, if you venture out into digital world, you accept the roller coaster ride offered up by the ever-changing landscape of the search results. We unknowingly face hundreds of algorithm changes each year without much ado, but the latest Penguin update represents a new era in Google bombs for most website owners.

Plagiarism and other forms of copying

Plagiarism and other forms of copying

Plagiarism has been with around since the formation of ideas. Before the dawning of computers, information technology, and the internet, people got away with plagiarizing. Today, plagiarism and other forms of copying can be detected and in some cases, even punishable by law.

4 Awesome Personal Health Websites

4 Awesome Personal Health Websites

The internet offers a wealth of information about every subject imaginable, and this is no different when it comes to information and education about health related issues. People tend to be very curious about their health, and sometimes very paranoid about their health as well. While the internet can be a helpful resource for basic information, it should never be used as a self-diagnostic health tool of some kind. Just because a web site may say that your symptoms are in line with a rare form of cancer, it does not mean you have cancer. Only a professional medical technician can tell you that information with any kind of accuracy. So, always keep in mind that personal health web sites are only meant to inform, not to diagnose any illnesses or cause people fright from the information that they provide.