27th December 2004
How to Use Meta Tags for Search Engine Optimization
Copyright 2002 Herman Drost
Statistics show that only one of every four Web Sites have
Meta tags. However using these tags can give your site
an advantage over other sites that do not. Meta tags...
21st December 2004
Increase Search Engine Rankings
- 17 Highly Effective Strategies
Copyright 2002 Herman Drost
Search engines are still one of the most effective ways to drive traffic to your web site. This is because it is highly targeted traffic. A person searching...
21st December 2004
How to Improve Search Engine Rankings
Copyright 2002 Herman Drost
You finally got your web site listed in the major search
engines, however it is buried amongst millions of others and you
still have not seen an increase in traffic to your web site....
21st December 2004
How to Increase Link Popularity and Improve
Search Engine Ranking
© 2003 Herman Drost
If you want to improve search engine ranking of your web site,
you need to find a large number of high quality links from other
web sites. These are called inbou...
21st December 2004
How to Analyze Your Web Site Traffic
Copyright 2002 Herman Drost
Getting traffic to your web site without analyzing it, is like
being blindfolded in a crowd. You hear voices, but you don't
know which direction they are coming from or who they are.
...
20th December 2004
Spice Up Your Web Site With An Image Rotator
© Herman Drost
Normally I don't like moving objects when I arrive at a web
site. It distracts visitors from getting to the content.
However, many web sites can enhance their visitor's
experience by c...
20th December 2004
How to Test Your Web Site Usability
Copyright 2002 Herman Drost
When designing a web site, you are never sure how it appears to
all people. This is because people use different browsers,
resolutions, computers and connection speeds to the Internet...
20th December 2004
How to Create an Effective Web Site Navigation Structure - Part 1
Copyright 2002 Herman Drost
A ship captain traversing the open seas without a good navigation system will surely get lost. Maybe he'll strike sharp rocks and his ship will sink. A vi...
19th December 2004
How to Prepare Images for Your Web Site – Part 3
Copyright 2002 Herman Drost
Image optimization significantly improves your site's effectiveness. Whether your success is measured in revenue per user, page views, unique visitors, or pure profit, acc...
19th December 2004
How to Prepare Images for Your Web Site – Part 2
Copyright 2002 Herman Drost
When surfing the Web, you will have noticed web sites where the images load very slowly whereas other images don't match with the theme of the site or appear blurry. Prese...
19th December 2004
How to Prepare Images for Your Web Site – Part 1
Copyright 2002 Herman Drost
You are staring at the your monitor waiting for the image to
download. It finally appears but it has blurry edges. You go to the next page but can't read the text because...
19th December 2004
7 Effective Ways to Build Your Own Web Site
Copyright 2002 Herman Drost
Running a business without building a web site, is like a fish
swimming in a small pond. The fish needs a vehicle to reach
the ocean. If you are a small business person who wan...
19th December 2004
Web Site Redesign – from stagnation to rejuvenation
Copyright 2002 Herman Drost
When surfing the Web these days, you often come across web
sites that suffer from stagnation – they look old, obsolete or
appear to have been designed by an amateur....
19th December 2004
How to Update Your Web Site Using Server Side Includes (SSI)
Copyright 2002 Herman Drost
Recently a person asked me if I could replace 125 web pages of
her web site with a new drop-down navigation system. If she had
to do this manually, she would h...
19th December 2004
Improve Your Web Site Design with a Fancy Font
© 2003 Herman Drost
Have you ever tried to design your web site with a beautifully
selected fancy font, only to realize that most folks don't have it
installed on their computer?
This means your we...
