From the monthly archives:

April 2010

Search Engine Optimization or How to get Noticed by Google Part 2

April 30, 2010

Here are a few simple steps you could follow to increase your Google PageRank, and to actually start making money with your online business. Without any hits to your website, you’re not going to generate any money. There is an overwhelming amount of text, media, and god knows what out there on the internet, so [...]

Tagged as: links, search engine optimization, tips

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How the Google PageRank Algorithm Works, or How to Get Yourself Noticed on Google

April 30, 2010

How did Google collect such a thorough knowledge of what a person may be looking for when he or she types in a small phrase to a Google web search? Especially when you consider what little knowledge Google has of that specific person. I mean the person is completely anonymous, the only thing that is [...]

Tagged as: Google PageRank, Page Rank, search engine optimization, SEO

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Google Maps Extensions

April 29, 2010

The first Google Maps “mashup” was created by a developer named Paul Rademacher. A mashup is a term meaning an extension to the usability of Google Maps beyond just satellite images and street maps. Rademacher envisioned that housing ads on Craigslist could be linked to Google Maps.  His idea was whenever anyone searched for a [...]

Tagged as: Google Streetview, privacy, virtual tourism

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Google Maps and Google Earth Creation

April 22, 2010

When Google decided to take on these projects, it was already a well established web search company, one of the heavy-hitters in the internet world. However, no one else decided to tackle such a large project because Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Google’s cofounders , would never be satisfied until they fulfilled their mission from [...]

Tagged as: Google Earth, Google Maps

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Domain Names

April 5, 2010

What is a domain name? A domain name (aka a url) is both your name and address on the internet. It is the equivalent of reserving the right to have a company name in the business world when a company is being incorporated. If you are building a company website, I’d recommend getting your own [...]

Tagged as: Domain Names, URL, Web Development

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Web Hosting

April 5, 2010

One of the first things you need to do to start a webpage (if not the first thing) is to get a web hosting service. What is a Web Host? This is a company that stores all the files that you will load onto your website and broadcasts it to the world via your domain [...]

Tagged as: JustHost, Web Development, Web Hosting

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8 Must Have WordPress Plugins

April 4, 2010

Akismet: This Plugin already comes with your initial wordpress site. It is absolutely essential because it makes comment and trackback spam a non-issue. Basically it means that you won’t be receiving 10 or 50 or 100 daily spam comments from hackers. This is another reason why you have to make sure comments are not posted [...]

Tagged as: Akismet, Recommended, Wordpress Plugins

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Choosing a CMS: WordPress

April 3, 2010

If you’ve gotten as far as choosing a web host and domain name, you must decide on what is the best way to get your content out there on the web, and the way many people do this is with a content management system. There are countless content management systems (web design platforms) out there, [...]

Tagged as: Web Design Platform, Web Development, Wordpress

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