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Do You Need a Dedicated Server?

swan480 — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:49:19 +0000

There are a lot of options for businesses who want to build a Web site, but the newbie website owner or small time business owner may find themselves a bit overwhelmed by all of the options.

For instance, you may hear a lot of talk about dedicated servers versus shared servers. A dedicated server is essentially a server that handles only your website’s traffic. As you can imagine, this is a very good options for websites that get a lot of traffic, such as a popular ecommerce website. Having your own server can mean greater reliability — that your website will be there when your customers need it.

Shared hosting, on the other hand, means that your website is just one of several on the same server. For the majority of small businesses, this should be just fine, but be sure to keep close tabs on your website’s traffic as it grows, so that you can move to a dedicated server if it becomes clear that you need one.

It can be a little overwhelming, building your small business website for the first time. Luckily, unless you are expecting a lot of traffic right off the bat, you can probably get away with getting fairly basic hosting, and upgrading later on as your website grows!

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3 Things a Dentist’s Website Should Include

swan480 — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:41:35 +0000

Every business should have a website — even a dentist’s office. Many people search for businesses online these days, and having a web presence ensures that potential patients can find you.

Here are 3 things a dentist ought to have on their website.

Location and hours. This is the most obvious thing, because a website is often how customers find a business. A visitor to your website needs to be able to quickly verify whether you are a dentist in Washington DC, or another area. Be sure to include, on a contact page or another page that is easy to find, your address, phone number, hours, driving directions, and perhaps even a picture of the building from the street or parking lot — to help first-time patients find you more easily.
The services you offer. A potential patient also needs to be able to quickly verify whether you offer the services he or she needs. For instance, if someone is looking specifically for teeth whitening in DC, they will want to know right away whether or not you can provide what they need.
A list of the insurance carriers you accept. Health insurance is a huge deal these days, because the vast majority of people cannot afford health care or dental work without it. Listing the carriers you accept quickly lets a potential customer know whether or not your office will meet their needs.

These things are the absolute minimum your website should have. You may also consider offering an about page with a profile for each dentist who practices out of that office; articles with information for patients on how to brush, floss, care for their braces, etc.; and anything else you think your patients might find useful.

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Promoting my Tampa SEO company through SEO

DigiBi — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:46:13 +0000

When I decided to do some promotion for my new Tampa SEO company, I figured I would simply put my SEO knowledge to work to improve my search standing. It was definitely a case of needing to put my money where my mouth was and using my website to promote itself. But there are quite a few Tampa Internet advertising companies all advertising on the ‘net, so along with using some local search optimization techniques I also thought I should do some advertising on other website along with the more traditional print advertising.

So, in essence I became one of my first customers and I have to say I am very happy with myself! I went all out and got myself the good package that included not only search engine optimization techniques, but also putting ads up on similar sites across the net to improve my visibility and get people over to my site. I also started a blog, which helped immensely in increasing my online visibility and client base.

It was great that I could actually help my business while promoting my skills, something that can often be tricky but is extremely helpful when you are just starting out.

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The Importance of Good Software

Digi — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:39:42 +0000

Good ecommerce software for your website will help you create a good online shopping cart for users to make their purchases. It is very important for people who use the internet for shopping for the many things that people can shop for these days that they are able to easily use the shopping cart feature and, of course, the payment options.

I remember one time I tried to purchase some books while I was in college from a website and it was just so frustrating. I had found a really great deal on all the books I needed for my classes, every single one of my seven classes, which was quite an accomplishment, and they were so much more inexpensive than any deal I could ever hope to get at the bookstore on my school’s big campus. Plus it was so much easier than having to go to different stores trying to find the books in stock, or to see whether I could find the same book in a used edition so that I could save money that way.

By shopping online I was saving time, money, energy and frustration. Until I went to checkout and it said there was an error with my cart and the transaction would not go through. My website will always have the best software, that’s for sure.

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E-Commerce Banks on SEO Online Marketing

Digi — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:44:07 +0000

Getting noticed on the Internet seems to require having a catchy-looking homepage and keyword-based formula. Sometimes it can look kind of standardized, but if you are working on the Internet regularly and click through so many sites, then there’s not much time to stick around long. Services such as offered through Tampa online marketing help in the design of sites, such as those of the Village Candle Factory Store and WiFi Stickers.com. These have an attention-getting design while being straight to the point, even going as far as to place their integral keywords in bold. StarCom Solar is another online presence using the services associated with Tampa custom website design.

Having eye-catching graphics doesn’t seem to be the only element to have a popular site. The search engine and Web marketing strategies of this Tampa Internet marketing site include other elements for search engine friendly Web design. These include having meaningful content, consistent and logical navigation, appropriate usage of Flash animations and presentations, and avoiding the use of strategies with questionable ethical value, such as Spam. When it all comes together, a site’s content and purpose can be easily and quickly understood, since most people don’t spend very long reading site content.

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