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Having a website isn’t beneficial if it lays stagnant. Search engines detect freshly added content and reward websites that do so on a regular basis.

Adding quality blog posts to your website offers more for search engines to index. Showing up on Google page one could potentially give you more customers, so writing a lot of posts can be advantageous to online promotion.

When writing on your blog, focus on positive aspects of your business and what makes you stand out over your competition.

Most small business owners don’t always have time to write on their blog or website due to the busy schedule of running a company, so I offer blog writing services to promote SEO for many websites online. I speak a language that your target market wants to hear and give your readers a reason to return on a regular basis.

This graph below demonstrates a steady increase in traffic for one of the websites I write for. The website visitor statistics steadily increased partially due to my blog writing service starting in July 2010 to now. Notice the impressive peak of over 1600 page loads in one single day just recently.

If you are interested in adding professional blog posts to your small business blog or website, contact me today for more details! If you don’t have a blog or website, I can make that a reality for you as well! Keep posted on my blog for more news, tips and advice concerning website design, blogging, and the internet in general.

An algorithm is an ever-changing formula developed for search engines which decides the order that websites are indexed upon searches. This constantly evolving algorithm uses data collected by actual human ratings of what makes websites trustworthy.

Thousands of websites were rated by experts on the basis of many factors. Some questions that were considered include whether the articles are duplicated, if the content is original and whether the author seems to be an authority on the topics written about.

Grammar and spelling errors are even taken into consideration upon the rating of these websites by the panel of experts. The computer’s program then bases rankings in search engines on these factors.

The Panda Algorithm is the most recent of these formulas that Google depends upon to form the website page ranking order. First developed in February 2011, there have been many more additional tweaks made for search improvements. Taking into consideration what makes a website trustworthy now can help your website achieve better search results.

From a website design standpoint, the new factors taken into consideration gives a basis on which to create website content for my clients. I give thought to the trustability of the content, providing topics that readers would have genuine interest in, and whether I would trust the website with my credit card information. The algorithms are not just beginning to think like website critiquing experts, but have been for a long time now.

Happy Thanksgiving, happy holidays and warm wishes to your family! Bookmark my blog for news, tips and advice in the computer world, and contact me for details on starting a small business website of your own today!

Any of the comments that you make on fan pages or public posts with the Facebook Comments social plugin can now be indexed by Google. Will this affect how you post considering that your comments may be indexed? Although Google isn’t violating any privacy laws by doing this, we may see more censoring on the social media website.

If your profile is private then the Googlebots won’t be able to index your comments, however postings in fanpages can be traced back to you by Google. The content was already public, Google just made it much easier to find.

Had you been cautious of your postings and do not mind having them tied to your name, you probably don’t have a problem with the change.

Not only is Facebook is being watched by Google, but Google can now index AJAX and JavaScript content on websites with Facebook comments built in. This means anything posted in a forum or public page can now be easily found with Google’s search engine.

What this means from a website designer’s perspective is that I see the potential for more non-deceptive means of advertising using social media to promote one’s business. If Google is indexing content from Facebook and other websites forum posts, this is an opportunity to gain more website visitors just by being more active in these online communities.

Google’s all seeing eye is peering into the far corners of the internet, so be careful what you comment and watch what you say. Make some postings about your business and now you just may get indexed for them.

A few months ago Google introduced the Google+ project, a new social networking and real-life sharing website. By keeping up with social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter and Myspace, Google is staying on the cutting edge of social media.

Since yesterday, the Google homepage has had an arrow in the top left corner pointing to the new “You” tab at the very left. If you create a Google+ account and are signed in, that “You” would become your user name.

In order to make a Google+ account you can either sign in with your existing Google account or simply create a new one. Google+ is still in Beta, so concerning the new features that are still in development, you may run into technical issues from time to time.

Once a member, update your public Google+ profile by uploading a photo to help friends recognize you and send them invitations to join your circle. Google Plus connects with Picasa™ Web Albums for uploading entire albums of photos, which is a website somewhat resembling Flickr.

With Google+ you can create circles of people to share with then add more people to your circles by connecting with MSN Hotmail, Android and Yahoo! By creating “social circles”, Google+ allows users to organize their friends into groups. Google+ lets you start a hangout and have fun with all your circles using your live webcam as well.

Take the Google+ project tour, and stay posted on my blog for news, tips and advice concerning internet related topics.

Google Earth 6 now has enhanced features that you just can’t afford to miss. Get the up to minute temperature in any region in the world with a quick zoom. See conditions, precipitation and weather patterns around the entire planet. Google Earth is a great way to explore your world without having to leave the comfort of your computer chair.

You can search the entire world with and locate just about any landmark or location on the planet with ease. Become a world traveler and have access to cities across the globe with Google Earth. Dive into the depths of the ocean, explore remote islands and even fly away to faraway galaxies.

With Google Earth you can locate any businesses such as restaurants, hotels, airports and other attractions by name, address or city with one click. View roads, buildings, oceans and even weather from street view or from up above. With a 360 degree street view, Google Earth makes you feel like you’re right there standing on the road with the ability to look in any direction.

Recently Google Earth had added some long awaited updates to their software. These updates allow the user to experience Google Earth in a way like never before such as a “drive around” ground level view where you can literally tour cities by moving your mouse roller forward and backward. These same software updates allow the user to go back in time on map views as far back as 1995.

Now you’re not limited to just exploring the Earth. Without a download you can use Google Moon to see the moon’s surface and Google Sky to view the many stars and planets of our solar system up close.

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The photos on the left are originals of myself and father and grandmother, taken up in China, Maine near the cottages we were staying in during our stay from August 6th through the 20th. The photos on the right side are richer and more vibrant due to adjustments of some color options with Irfanview. (For larger view click on photo)

For Irfanview, located on the ‘Image’ tab below the ‘color corrections’ option should be a series of color related functions including contrast, brightness, gamma correction, saturation and color balance. Raising the saturation gives photos much more vibrant color. Adjust each function independently in order to get the desired effect. Different photo editing and viewing programs have unique options to apply to the original photo, so discover what effects are available by exploring yours.

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A clean computer is the key to an efficiently running system. In order to keep your computer running smoothly and speedy, follow these cleanup tips and advice.

One of the most common problems for a computer is the accumulation of dust around the internal fans. It is very important to eliminate any dust because it could be blocking fans, shorting out your circuit board or even be a potential fire hazard. If you don’t keep up on the physical maintenance of your computer you could be forcing it to work harder than it needs to, and risk damaging it in the process.

Before cleaning your computer from dust, be sure to unplug the system from power sources. The last thing you want is to get electrocuted or fry your system by touching the wrong components.

Don’t ever work on an electronic device while it is plugged into the wall.

Opening the tower should be easy in most cases, using a screwdriver and simply sliding the case off. You should see that the majority of dust will be found around the fans inside. Clumps of dust can be easily grabbed with tweezers, and you should wipe down the flat surfaces with a dry rag where needed. Blowing the dust out with a canned air duster works great to do detailed job, but remember to protect yourself from breathing any dust in.

Not only does your computer need physical care, but maximizing free memory is important as well. Your computer can run faster if you delete unnecessary files, including temporary files and cookies. A registry cleaner is particularly helpful with deleting temporary files and cookies your computer’s desk cleanup options just won’t catch. Follow the instructions I provide on the page.

I suggest having a look through Useful Computer Maintenance Tools for more options to keep your system in great shape such as a registry cleaner and desktop cleanup tips. Contact me today for any website design project ideas or more ideas to keep your website content fresh.

To keep your customers involved in your business online, simple website navigation is an important factor. Imagine a natural flowing positive website experience, and consider these tips for a web design that is easy to navigate your way through.

The sections of your small business website that you want your websurfers to naturally land on should stick out like a sore thumb. Think about which parts of your website you want visitors to be sure not to miss. When someone cannot locate their particular topic of interest, chances are they could bounce off to another website. The object is to keep them digging for more, and eventually bookmark you and refer you to others.

In order for your website visitors to navigate easily, it may be a good idea to add a sitemap to sections with numerous pages. When a single tab grows large enough you may even want to make a short guide list for reference. On my website I created a Resources Sitemap which covers everything under my “Resources” tab on one page.

Consider having tabs across the top so your potential customers can find what they are looking for quickly and easily. Make the custom website design intended for function so everything is simple to find.

Group your most important links together on a sidebar at the left or right. Highlighting the links you think are the most important and using bold appropriately can easily guide your website visitors where they need to go as well.

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The communication evolution began in primative times with smoke signals. Soon with the invention of electricity, morse code and telegraphs became our primary forms of communication. Letters in the mail took a very long time until the telephone’s invention in 1876.

The telephone’s become a mainstream way to talk to people so far away, even to this day. From the telephone we added electronic mail, or e mail replacing envelopes and postage, currently referred to as “snail mail”.

The way we communicate is constantly changing. The primary form or communication used to be the telephone, although it still is very popular, video chatting is the growing alternative. With video chat on instant messenger, Skype, and even chatrooms such as Stickam and Tinychat, we’re becoming more comfortable with seeing who we’re talking to.

Smartphones have video and microphone capabilities built right into them and give the user the option of video conferencing at any time of the day. We use social media like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter to keep in touch with every detail about each other’s lives, up to the minute. Communication with people isn’t the only factor, but now we even have the need to communicate with robots and programs.

With online shopping, banking and even remotely controlling lights and appliances in your home, we’re seeing communication go beyond the realm of just people. We have gadgets to communicate with other gadgets around the home and office, from the TV remote to the bluetooth on your cell phone.

How many more hours will we spend on the phone with a computer voice prompting us through a neverending path of virtual menus just with the hope and intention to instead have someone to whom we can explain our needs? Our evolution in technology has taken away the personal touch of talking to an actual person in the customer service department.

Now anyone can get in touch with anyone else with ease. I see 5 year olds with cell phones and his grandpa is checking his hotmail online. Grandma’s bluetooth is connected to her iPhone and my older relatives are reuniting and connecting on Facebook. It’s a great time to grab the communication revolution by the horns and see what it has in store for you.

I do website design to the latest standards in either a custom CMS content management system, or smaller, static websites for small business. Whether your needs are simple or of epic proportions, I can help you get the web design you’re looking for. Bookmark my blog and website for tips and advice in the world of web design, and contact me by phone or email today to discuss any of your small business website design needs.

Test drive the new Firefox 4 Beta and let the designers know what you think. Giving feedback to software design companies is a great way to offer your input about any bugs or defects in the programs they release.

As a web designer, I test code in many different browsers, and there’s nothing wrong with testing out a beta and replying to them with your opinions. Let them know what games work, how fast pages and videos load, and whether your favorite add-ons are compatible with the new version of Firefox. Let them know what websites have problems and if everything functions normally. My experience indicates no problems with the new Firefox 4.0, and my add-ons, including the webmaster toolbar, all work just fine.

You can even take Firefox 4 with you on your Android phone or Nokia N900 and enjoy all your favorite features such as add-ons, Sync, and the Awesome Bar anywhere you go.

Test drive the new Firefox 4 Beta and let them know what you think. From a web designer’s perspective, Firefox is probably the most useful website browser available. Keep posted on my website and blog for news, tips and advice in website design and other internet related topics.