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SketchPlus.com - Domain for sale
SketchPlus.com is the ideal name for (Architecture, design, drafting, illustration, Art, art gallery, Graphics, photography) business
Google: about 4,190,000 for Sketch Plus
Yahoo: about 4,240,000 for Sketch Plus
Appraisal Certificate - $26,000
http://www.allfordomains.com/appraisal.asp?Domain=SketchPlus.com
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www.Sketch-Plus.net
Sketch-Plus.net - Domain for Sale
Sketch-Plus.net is the ideal name for (Architecture, design, drafting, illustration, Art, art gallery, Graphics, photography) business
Google: about 4,190,000 for Sketch Plus
Yahoo: about 4,240,000 for Sketch Plus
www.Sketch-Plus.org
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For more info:
info@Sketch-Plus.com
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Sunday, December 04, 2005
How to optimize your website for Google’s top 10 ranking
Search engine optimization is the process of choosing targeted keyword phrases related to a website, and ensuring that the website places well when those keyword phrases are part of a Web search.
ON-PAGE OPTIMIZATION FACTORS:
The Major Factors Are:
Meta Tags, Header Tags, Text-body tag and Alt image tags:
1- META TAGS:
Meta Tags are code in your HTML that is invisible to the visitors of your web site but are read by some web spiders and search engines.
Meta tags used by a large percentage of the top search engines as one of the main guidelines on how they will index your site
The Main Meta Tags are:
· Title Tag
· Description Tag
· Keyword Tag
Targeting the right keywords:
Do keyword research- it is very important in building traffic
To do your keyword research visit this website http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/
Select a short list of 3 to 4 keywords
Title tag:
The page title should include ONLY your main keywords. The least amount of words you can place in the title, the more weight Google will give to each of the keywords and the higher you will rank.
The title is the most important piece of information search engines use to index Web pages. Include the title of your page and 3-5 important keywords. Format your site title as follows: Site title, keyword1, keyword2, keyword3
You may use your URL, or the name of your company as your site title.
· Make sure it specifically describes your product or service,
· Makes proper use of 3 or 4 keywords,
· Use between 10 and 80 characters long.
Tips:
· Taken out all of the "ands"
· Replaced one of the "ands" with a "" character
· Always Combine Your Keywords In The Page Title
Description Tag:
The Meta description tag describes your site's content, giving search engines' spiders an accurate summary filled with multiple keywords.
· Use a descriptive paragraph or sentence that is relevant to your page.
· If possible, use a sentence or paragraph that is present in the content of your page
· Use up to 500 characters, including spaces.
Keyword Tag:
Use a list of keywords that are relevant to the content of your web page. Use your url as the first key word and separate the keywords with commas. Format the key words as follows:www.sketch-plus.com, keyword1, keyword2, keyword3, …..
Add 5-10 Keywords
· For best results a tag sized between 50 and 250 characters.
· Note that keywords should be separated with commas.
Free Meta Tag Analyzer:
This Meta tag analysis tool will help you analyze your web pages and check for search engine compatibility.
http://www.hypergurl.com/form.html
More Sites for SEO:
http://www.submitnet.net/
http://www.submitexpress.com/
2- HEADER TAGS:
Headers are used to break entries up into logical sections.
Add h1 header tags- (Place your most important keyword) it's best to place your h1 header tag on the top left hand or top/middle portion of your page.
When Google reads a webpage, it views the text from the top left hand side of the page to the bottom right hand side of the page.
Add h2 header tags- (Place your 2nd most important keyword) should be placed somewhere towards the top half of your webpage.
3- TEXT- BODY TAG:
The body element defines the documents' body. It contains all the contents of the document (like text, images, colors, graphics, etc.).
· When writing the content, try to evenly sprinkle your main keywords throughout the copy. Don't overdo it though.
· Try to mention each keyword in a natural way as you are writing
· Include at least one of the keywords per 1-2 paragraphs, depending on how large your page is.
· Make sure to mention your main keyword at the very top left and the very bottom right hand side of the webpage
· Bolding, italicizing and underlining...Once we've finished writing the copy, we should go through and bold, italicize, or underline some of the keywords only 1 time each, maximum.
· Any keyword must be used 4 times or more in your site's HTML body. This is highly recommended for best ranking results.
· Avoid Excessive Keywords- No word to be used more than 30 times throughout the page.
4- ALT IMAGE TAGS:
ALT tags are images' descriptions.
· Place your keyword 1 in the alt image tag of the very top image in your webpage.
· Place your other 2 keywords plus an extra word like "picture" or "image in the alt image tag of 2 more graphics throughout your webpage.
LOAD TIME ANALYSIS:
If your Web site does not load in 12 seconds or less with a 56k connection, statistics show that about 45% of visitors will leave the site.
· Optimized you site for 56k modem users- Load time 12 second or less.
· Try to keep your homepage under 50k and your other pages under 40k.
Here's a great free tool to help you check your website's load time:
http://www.1-hit.com/all-in-one/tool.loading-time-checker.htm
SEARCH ENGINE GUIDELINES:
Always remember this general rule when building your site: “Search engines do not like to be fooled”. Do not try to manipulate your listings through sneaky methods. Provide useful, relevant content, and you will never have to worry about search engine guideline violations.
· Hidden Text - you never hide text.
· Excessive Keywords-Use keywords naturally in sentences and paragraphs.
· No word to be used more than 30 times throughout the page.
· Repeated Keywords- No keywords to be repeated multiple times in a row. We recommend using keywords naturally in sentences and paragraphs.
· Doorway Pages- Doorway pages are discouraged by most search engines.
· Harmful Redirects- Redirecting pages have a hard time being indexed by search engines.
· Frame Issues- It is recommended for sites that use frames to implement a descriptive NOFRAMES tag with relevant text content.
· Macromedia Flash Issues- Don't create all-Flash pages for any content you want to get indexed - instead, put that content in the HTML portion of the page.
Enjoy!
Faraj Balousha enjoys giving tips on how to design, develop, publish and promote your website. Do you want more web development tips? Well visit http://www.SiteFB.com today!
ON-PAGE OPTIMIZATION FACTORS:
The Major Factors Are:
Meta Tags, Header Tags, Text-body tag and Alt image tags:
1- META TAGS:
Meta Tags are code in your HTML that is invisible to the visitors of your web site but are read by some web spiders and search engines.
Meta tags used by a large percentage of the top search engines as one of the main guidelines on how they will index your site
The Main Meta Tags are:
· Title Tag
· Description Tag
· Keyword Tag
Targeting the right keywords:
Do keyword research- it is very important in building traffic
To do your keyword research visit this website http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/
Select a short list of 3 to 4 keywords
Title tag:
The page title should include ONLY your main keywords. The least amount of words you can place in the title, the more weight Google will give to each of the keywords and the higher you will rank.
The title is the most important piece of information search engines use to index Web pages. Include the title of your page and 3-5 important keywords. Format your site title as follows: Site title, keyword1, keyword2, keyword3
You may use your URL, or the name of your company as your site title.
· Make sure it specifically describes your product or service,
· Makes proper use of 3 or 4 keywords,
· Use between 10 and 80 characters long.
Tips:
· Taken out all of the "ands"
· Replaced one of the "ands" with a "" character
· Always Combine Your Keywords In The Page Title
Description Tag:
The Meta description tag describes your site's content, giving search engines' spiders an accurate summary filled with multiple keywords.
· Use a descriptive paragraph or sentence that is relevant to your page.
· If possible, use a sentence or paragraph that is present in the content of your page
· Use up to 500 characters, including spaces.
Keyword Tag:
Use a list of keywords that are relevant to the content of your web page. Use your url as the first key word and separate the keywords with commas. Format the key words as follows:www.sketch-plus.com, keyword1, keyword2, keyword3, …..
Add 5-10 Keywords
· For best results a tag sized between 50 and 250 characters.
· Note that keywords should be separated with commas.
Free Meta Tag Analyzer:
This Meta tag analysis tool will help you analyze your web pages and check for search engine compatibility.
http://www.hypergurl.com/form.html
More Sites for SEO:
http://www.submitnet.net/
http://www.submitexpress.com/
2- HEADER TAGS:
Headers are used to break entries up into logical sections.
Add h1 header tags- (Place your most important keyword) it's best to place your h1 header tag on the top left hand or top/middle portion of your page.
When Google reads a webpage, it views the text from the top left hand side of the page to the bottom right hand side of the page.
Add h2 header tags- (Place your 2nd most important keyword) should be placed somewhere towards the top half of your webpage.
3- TEXT- BODY TAG:
The body element defines the documents' body. It contains all the contents of the document (like text, images, colors, graphics, etc.).
· When writing the content, try to evenly sprinkle your main keywords throughout the copy. Don't overdo it though.
· Try to mention each keyword in a natural way as you are writing
· Include at least one of the keywords per 1-2 paragraphs, depending on how large your page is.
· Make sure to mention your main keyword at the very top left and the very bottom right hand side of the webpage
· Bolding, italicizing and underlining...Once we've finished writing the copy, we should go through and bold, italicize, or underline some of the keywords only 1 time each, maximum.
· Any keyword must be used 4 times or more in your site's HTML body. This is highly recommended for best ranking results.
· Avoid Excessive Keywords- No word to be used more than 30 times throughout the page.
4- ALT IMAGE TAGS:
ALT tags are images' descriptions.
· Place your keyword 1 in the alt image tag of the very top image in your webpage.
· Place your other 2 keywords plus an extra word like "picture" or "image in the alt image tag of 2 more graphics throughout your webpage.
LOAD TIME ANALYSIS:
If your Web site does not load in 12 seconds or less with a 56k connection, statistics show that about 45% of visitors will leave the site.
· Optimized you site for 56k modem users- Load time 12 second or less.
· Try to keep your homepage under 50k and your other pages under 40k.
Here's a great free tool to help you check your website's load time:
http://www.1-hit.com/all-in-one/tool.loading-time-checker.htm
SEARCH ENGINE GUIDELINES:
Always remember this general rule when building your site: “Search engines do not like to be fooled”. Do not try to manipulate your listings through sneaky methods. Provide useful, relevant content, and you will never have to worry about search engine guideline violations.
· Hidden Text - you never hide text.
· Excessive Keywords-Use keywords naturally in sentences and paragraphs.
· No word to be used more than 30 times throughout the page.
· Repeated Keywords- No keywords to be repeated multiple times in a row. We recommend using keywords naturally in sentences and paragraphs.
· Doorway Pages- Doorway pages are discouraged by most search engines.
· Harmful Redirects- Redirecting pages have a hard time being indexed by search engines.
· Frame Issues- It is recommended for sites that use frames to implement a descriptive NOFRAMES tag with relevant text content.
· Macromedia Flash Issues- Don't create all-Flash pages for any content you want to get indexed - instead, put that content in the HTML portion of the page.
Enjoy!
Faraj Balousha enjoys giving tips on how to design, develop, publish and promote your website. Do you want more web development tips? Well visit http://www.SiteFB.com today!
Thursday, November 24, 2005
How to draw traffic to your website- More steps
Web site traffic refers to the number of times your site is viewed by the users. It is the most important point to be made for the success of your online business.
STEPS TO INCREASE THE SITE TRAFFIC:
STEP 1: Submit Your Site to Search Engines:
Major Search Engines:
Yahoo ,Google , AOL Search, AltaVista, Ask Jeeves, Direct Hit, Excite, FAST Search, HotBot, Inktomi, LookSmart, Lycos, MSN Search, Netscape Search
Manually Submission:
If you want to submit by hand, be aware that each Search Engine has it’s own set of rules for determining relevancy and ranking.
Paid Submission:
Where you pay to be listed.
Good Submission Sites:
· CoffeeCup- http://submitfire.coffeecup.com/
· Actnowdomains- http://www.actnowdomains.com/
· Submitexpress- http://www.submitexpress.com/
· Submitnet- https://www.submitnet.net/login/default/
· Submit-it- http://www.submit-it.com/
· Submitshop- http://www.submitshop.com/
STEP 2: Update Information:
Put fresh content and update the existing content of your website.
STEP 3: Pay for clicks:
Receive targeted pay per click traffic from all major search engines. People will see your site in the sponsored links section of the search results when they search for keyword phrases related to your products or services.
Major pay- per- click search engines:
· Overture from yahoo- http://www.content.overture.com/d/
· AdWords from google- https://adwords.google.com/select/Login3
· Search 123- http://www.search123.com
· FindWhat- http://findwhat.com
· Enhance Interactive (formerly ah-ha.com)- http://www.enhance.com
· Kanoodle- http://kanoodle.com/
STEP 4: Get published:
Write articles for publication on other websites. The author profile will link to your site.
· http://www.articlecity.com/
· http://www.site-reference.com/
· http://ezinearticles.com/
· http://www.goarticles.com/
· http://searchwarp.com/
STEP 5: Publish yourself:
Write articles for your own site regularly.
STEP 6: Get links to your site: (link exchange)
Get people with other sites to link to yours. Links lead to clicks onto your website and help to improve your search engine rankings.
STEP 7: Classified Ads:
These are generally simple text line ads, advertising a product or service. All your classified ad needs to do is to get a visitor to your web site. Your web site becomes your sales letter!
The Grandfather Of All Links FREE Advertising Directory which has over 10,000 + places to advertise for free. Contact them at:
http://www.ecki.com/links
STEP 8: More steps:
· Buy links to your site: Buy text links on other websites.
· Buy banner ads: Buy banner ads on other websites.
· Participate in a banner exchange program: It won't cost you anything, and will lead to a few extra visitors.
· Set up an affiliate marketing program: With affiliate marketing, you can either pay per click or pay per customer acquired.
· Use off-line marketing: Do anything and everything to spread the word about your website around your city.
· Give away free stuff: Offer free information or/and free downloads and update them regularly.
· Auctions: Sell your product online using one or more of these auctions:
http://www.ebay.com
http://www.ubid.com
Enjoy!
Written by:
Faraj Balousha
Civil Engineer, Architect, Webmaster
Sketch-Plus Inc.,
http://www.sketch-plus.com/
http://www.SiteFB.com
STEPS TO INCREASE THE SITE TRAFFIC:
STEP 1: Submit Your Site to Search Engines:
Major Search Engines:
Yahoo ,Google , AOL Search, AltaVista, Ask Jeeves, Direct Hit, Excite, FAST Search, HotBot, Inktomi, LookSmart, Lycos, MSN Search, Netscape Search
Manually Submission:
If you want to submit by hand, be aware that each Search Engine has it’s own set of rules for determining relevancy and ranking.
Paid Submission:
Where you pay to be listed.
Good Submission Sites:
· CoffeeCup- http://submitfire.coffeecup.com/
· Actnowdomains- http://www.actnowdomains.com/
· Submitexpress- http://www.submitexpress.com/
· Submitnet- https://www.submitnet.net/login/default/
· Submit-it- http://www.submit-it.com/
· Submitshop- http://www.submitshop.com/
STEP 2: Update Information:
Put fresh content and update the existing content of your website.
STEP 3: Pay for clicks:
Receive targeted pay per click traffic from all major search engines. People will see your site in the sponsored links section of the search results when they search for keyword phrases related to your products or services.
Major pay- per- click search engines:
· Overture from yahoo- http://www.content.overture.com/d/
· AdWords from google- https://adwords.google.com/select/Login3
· Search 123- http://www.search123.com
· FindWhat- http://findwhat.com
· Enhance Interactive (formerly ah-ha.com)- http://www.enhance.com
· Kanoodle- http://kanoodle.com/
STEP 4: Get published:
Write articles for publication on other websites. The author profile will link to your site.
· http://www.articlecity.com/
· http://www.site-reference.com/
· http://ezinearticles.com/
· http://www.goarticles.com/
· http://searchwarp.com/
STEP 5: Publish yourself:
Write articles for your own site regularly.
STEP 6: Get links to your site: (link exchange)
Get people with other sites to link to yours. Links lead to clicks onto your website and help to improve your search engine rankings.
STEP 7: Classified Ads:
These are generally simple text line ads, advertising a product or service. All your classified ad needs to do is to get a visitor to your web site. Your web site becomes your sales letter!
The Grandfather Of All Links FREE Advertising Directory which has over 10,000 + places to advertise for free. Contact them at:
http://www.ecki.com/links
STEP 8: More steps:
· Buy links to your site: Buy text links on other websites.
· Buy banner ads: Buy banner ads on other websites.
· Participate in a banner exchange program: It won't cost you anything, and will lead to a few extra visitors.
· Set up an affiliate marketing program: With affiliate marketing, you can either pay per click or pay per customer acquired.
· Use off-line marketing: Do anything and everything to spread the word about your website around your city.
· Give away free stuff: Offer free information or/and free downloads and update them regularly.
· Auctions: Sell your product online using one or more of these auctions:
http://www.ebay.com
http://www.ubid.com
Enjoy!
Written by:
Faraj Balousha
Civil Engineer, Architect, Webmaster
Sketch-Plus Inc.,
http://www.sketch-plus.com/
http://www.SiteFB.com
How to build your own website- More steps
To build a website, there are four methods to choose from:
FIRST METHOD:
Get a professional designer to build the site for you:
It is expensive in creation process, site maintenance and development.
SECOND METHOD:
Designing the site with free website hosting:
In this case, just sign in the website that offers this service, and start building your own website.
Free Hosting Sites:
http://geocities.yahoo.com/
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com
http://www.tripod.lycos.com/
http://www.freeservers.com
Disadvantages of this method (Free Web Hosting):
· Small size-Limited web page space
· Can't create interactive features (message boards, online ordering, etc.)
· Advertisements-May have banners and/or pop ads on your homepage
· Long and hard to remember web address (instead of yourdomain.com)
· No branded email addresses (you@yourdomain.com)
· Weak technical support-Poor help and support options
· May not be free forever
· No seriousness to the site
So it is better to choose a cheap Hosting sites with reasonable prices, you will get a better quality and a higher credibility.
THIRD METHOD:
Professional Web Hosting:
Design the site by a web page designer program (computer software) and use one of the hosting sites.
Web Page designer programs:
There is a lot of computer software available to help you build and manage your website, you may use one or more of them:
Microsoft FrontPage
Macromedia Dreamweaver/Fireworks Studio
Adobe GoLive/Adobe ImageStyler
Flash & Swish
FrontPage program is the famous and most important one.
Sites to learn Front Page:
· http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/frontpage/
· http://www.bhsu.edu/university_comm/web_services/FP_tutorials.html
· http://www.electricteacher.com/tutorial2.htm
Sites for Domain Name:
Yahoo - http://www.yahoo.com/
Godaddy - http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/default.asp
EV1Servers - http://ev1servers.net/
Stargate - http://stargate.com/
Actnowdomains - http://actnowdomains.com/
Sites For Web Hosting:
Yahoo - http://www.yahoo.com/
Powweb - http://powweb.com/
Ev1servers - http://ev1servers.net/
Stargate - http://stargate.com/
UCVHost - http://ucvhost.com/
Servermatrix - http://servermatrix.com/
Infinology- http://infinology.com/
Because this method needs to learn a new program with the knowledge of HTML, so it is not our recommended method.
FOUTRH METHOD: (recommended method)
Build the site with SiteBuilder and choose the Hosting package:
This method is the easiest and fastest way to create a website without any previous knowledge of web site building and without any HTML experience.
You can start right now and build your website immediately.
If you can point and click with a mouse, then you can build your own website right now!
Web Hosting with Site Builder:
Yahoo! SiteBuilder - http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/index.php
The Yahoo! SiteBuilder (as an example) opens with a Welcome Screen that provides links to built-in tutorials titled “Getting Started with Yahoo! SiteBuilder”
The Getting Started Tutorial covers subjects like:
How to Start a New Page
How to Add Text
How to create tables
How to Place Images
How to add links
How to use templates
How to publish and upload web pages
and much more!
More Site Builders:
Actnowdomains- http://www.actnowdomains.com
Site Build It - http://buildit.sitesell.com/main/home.html
EasyHost - http://www.easyhost.com/
Fasthosts -http://www.fasthosts.co.uk/
Interland - http://www.interland.com/
BlueVoda - http://www.bluevoda.com/
SiteRightNow - www.SiteRightNow.com
ipowerweb - http://www.ipowerweb.com/
CoffeeCup- http://www.coffeecup.com/bigcup/
Enjoy!
Written by:
Faraj Balousha
Civil Engineer, Architect, Webmaster
Sketch-Plus Inc.,
http://www.sketch-plus.com/
http://www.SiteFB.com
FIRST METHOD:
Get a professional designer to build the site for you:
It is expensive in creation process, site maintenance and development.
SECOND METHOD:
Designing the site with free website hosting:
In this case, just sign in the website that offers this service, and start building your own website.
Free Hosting Sites:
http://geocities.yahoo.com/
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com
http://www.tripod.lycos.com/
http://www.freeservers.com
Disadvantages of this method (Free Web Hosting):
· Small size-Limited web page space
· Can't create interactive features (message boards, online ordering, etc.)
· Advertisements-May have banners and/or pop ads on your homepage
· Long and hard to remember web address (instead of yourdomain.com)
· No branded email addresses (you@yourdomain.com)
· Weak technical support-Poor help and support options
· May not be free forever
· No seriousness to the site
So it is better to choose a cheap Hosting sites with reasonable prices, you will get a better quality and a higher credibility.
THIRD METHOD:
Professional Web Hosting:
Design the site by a web page designer program (computer software) and use one of the hosting sites.
Web Page designer programs:
There is a lot of computer software available to help you build and manage your website, you may use one or more of them:
Microsoft FrontPage
Macromedia Dreamweaver/Fireworks Studio
Adobe GoLive/Adobe ImageStyler
Flash & Swish
FrontPage program is the famous and most important one.
Sites to learn Front Page:
· http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/frontpage/
· http://www.bhsu.edu/university_comm/web_services/FP_tutorials.html
· http://www.electricteacher.com/tutorial2.htm
Sites for Domain Name:
Yahoo - http://www.yahoo.com/
Godaddy - http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/default.asp
EV1Servers - http://ev1servers.net/
Stargate - http://stargate.com/
Actnowdomains - http://actnowdomains.com/
Sites For Web Hosting:
Yahoo - http://www.yahoo.com/
Powweb - http://powweb.com/
Ev1servers - http://ev1servers.net/
Stargate - http://stargate.com/
UCVHost - http://ucvhost.com/
Servermatrix - http://servermatrix.com/
Infinology- http://infinology.com/
Because this method needs to learn a new program with the knowledge of HTML, so it is not our recommended method.
FOUTRH METHOD: (recommended method)
Build the site with SiteBuilder and choose the Hosting package:
This method is the easiest and fastest way to create a website without any previous knowledge of web site building and without any HTML experience.
You can start right now and build your website immediately.
If you can point and click with a mouse, then you can build your own website right now!
Web Hosting with Site Builder:
Yahoo! SiteBuilder - http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/index.php
The Yahoo! SiteBuilder (as an example) opens with a Welcome Screen that provides links to built-in tutorials titled “Getting Started with Yahoo! SiteBuilder”
The Getting Started Tutorial covers subjects like:
How to Start a New Page
How to Add Text
How to create tables
How to Place Images
How to add links
How to use templates
How to publish and upload web pages
and much more!
More Site Builders:
Actnowdomains- http://www.actnowdomains.com
Site Build It - http://buildit.sitesell.com/main/home.html
EasyHost - http://www.easyhost.com/
Fasthosts -http://www.fasthosts.co.uk/
Interland - http://www.interland.com/
BlueVoda - http://www.bluevoda.com/
SiteRightNow - www.SiteRightNow.com
ipowerweb - http://www.ipowerweb.com/
CoffeeCup- http://www.coffeecup.com/bigcup/
Enjoy!
Written by:
Faraj Balousha
Civil Engineer, Architect, Webmaster
Sketch-Plus Inc.,
http://www.sketch-plus.com/
http://www.SiteFB.com
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