Archive for May, 2010

What Are The Most Popular Browsers?

As website designers, we need to know what browsers our audiences are likely to be using. So, here is a review of some of my statistics for my own sites for a time period in May 2010. When building websites we need to know what browsers the site is likely to be viewed in so [...]

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Getting More Free Web Traffic – Part 12, Should I Pay Someone To Write For Me?

Paying someone to write for you is often a way of getting more articles written for you and a better search engine ranking. But is this the best thing to do? If you are only working on a local search term, one that will not benefit much from direct traffic from an article directory, then [...]

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Getting More Free Web Traffic – Part 11, How Often Should I Write Articles?

I’ve been asked many times how often articles should be written, and I’m afraid the answer is “How long is a piece of string?”. Not very helpful, but let’s look at the situation. The answer depends on what you are writing for. Are you just keeping your website fresh, writing for a few links or [...]

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The Numerous Pros And Cons Of Guest Blogging For Extra Traffic

Guest blogging might be the new way of building links, but what is it for and more significantly, what are the pitfalls to stay away from? We take a quick look here. First, when it all goes well, it is a chance for you to expose your best work to potentially thousands of new readers [...]

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What Screen Resoutions Should We Be Designing For?

Long ago the 800 X 600 screen was the norm. Even last year, it was highly prevalent and websites had to be designed for it as well as 1600 pixel wide screens. This meant either an expanding screen to fill whatever size screen is being used, which can be problematic, or a narrow 800 pixel [...]

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