April, 2008
Database Driven Websites
Submitted by Glenn on Sun, 04/20/2008 - 18:16PHP and MySql websites comprise most of what we've talked about when it comes to blogs and cms systems. With both of these systems the overhead on the web server becomes and issue. If the site should become very large and have lots of visitors simultaneously making request it will slow down the entire system.
Combination Static - Blog
Submitted by Glenn on Sun, 04/20/2008 - 17:57What do I mean when I say, static - blog? Since you can install blog software like wordpress into a subdirectory or into a folder making it part of your original website. This allows you to use one domain name which you may already have good ranking with.
Content Management Systems
Submitted by Glenn on Sun, 04/20/2008 - 17:38CMS or Content Management Systems are something that is kind of new but really it's not new. Generally before you would pay an exorbitant price for a CMS system as they truly are scalable from a simple one person website to large enough for a corporate or news website.
What is CSS
Submitted by Glenn on Sun, 04/20/2008 - 17:01CSS or cascading style sheets really make for some very clean code. With search engines now looking at not only on page factors and off page factors, they are also looking at load times as well. CSS allows us to keep the look and feel of the site consistent and offload this code to a separate sheet.
The Source I recommend for initial learning about CSS is:
What is Html?
Submitted by Glenn on Sun, 04/20/2008 - 16:05Hyper Text Markup Language is instructions give to your web browser so that instead of seeing ones and zero's you see this page that your viewing. Learning html can really drive you crazy especially when things go wrong and trust me they will.
Blogs & Software
Submitted by Glenn on Sun, 04/20/2008 - 15:58Can A Blog Be Your Primary WebSite?
This is an emphatic yes it can. Todays blog software has really progressed in a rapid fashion as to it's capabilities. Setting up a blog website can range from simply easy to well lets say don't try this at home, yet we should not be afraid of it.
Static Websites
Submitted by Glenn on Sun, 04/20/2008 - 10:51What is it?
A static website is just that, you write your material just as you would in any word processor upload it as a .html or .htm webpage. Creating pages has it's advantages and disadvantages. The majority of websites found on the internet fall into this class.
Building WebSites
Submitted by Glenn on Sun, 04/20/2008 - 10:33Do you really need A WebSite?
If you plan to market both online and offline the answer to that question is an emphatic yes. The next question is should you use someone else's system or your own? I believe this is where most people run into trouble.
The World's Most Innovative Companies
Submitted by Glenn on Fri, 04/18/2008 - 23:57When I first read this, it really made a lot of sense why they will continue to do well in a down market - recession while other companies with cut and slash as much as possible. Read the story.
Which Computer For SEO Work?
Submitted by Glenn on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 21:36I had an interesting discussion today about which computer to use when doing SEO work. I guess the question should really be which software do you need to run? This is what dictates which operating system to use.