Comments for Small Business Websites http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com The knowledge you need for a successful business website. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:00:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 Comment on My Webmaster Offers Hosting. Is This a Good Idea? by Ulla http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/08/12/my-webmaster-offers-hosting-is-this-a-good-idea/#comment-159 Ulla Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:37:54 +0000 http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/08/12/my-webmaster-offers-hosting-is-this-a-good-idea/#comment-159 <p>Hi,<br /> I would like to give thanks for your good information that so many are in need of. I am grateful for what you share. Everyone that is new to the internet should have read your information before they start and avoid road blocks in the future.<br /> Warm Regards,<br /> Ulla</p> Hi,
I would like to give thanks for your good information that so many are in need of. I am grateful for what you share. Everyone that is new to the internet should have read your information before they start and avoid road blocks in the future.
Warm Regards,
Ulla

]]> Comment on Who Else Wants a Website Headline That Makes Them Rich? by Michael Weir http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/12/who-else-wants-a-website-headline-that-makes-them-rich/#comment-157 Michael Weir Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:59:32 +0000 http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/12/who-else-wants-a-website-headline-that-makes-them-rich/#comment-157 <p>Agreed. There's so much info on the Internet and people have short attention spans, so something needs to reel them in, in a matter of seconds. A good headline can do just that (followed by quality information).</p> Agreed. There’s so much info on the Internet and people have short attention spans, so something needs to reel them in, in a matter of seconds. A good headline can do just that (followed by quality information).

]]> Comment on How Long Should I Register My Domain Name For? by Brennan Kingsland http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/07/30/how-long-should-i-register-my-domain-name-for/#comment-111 Brennan Kingsland Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:49:36 +0000 http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/07/30/how-long-should-i-register-my-domain-name-for/#comment-111 <p>Thank you for the valuable info. See I figured I'd go on the year to year plan and see how my sites worked out. Guess Google takes a "wait and see" attitude also.<br /> Good to know, especially about emphasizing the .com, rather than having to bump up all the others that I've "cornered".<br /> Thanks again.<br /> Brennan<br /> http://setourteachersfree.com</p> Thank you for the valuable info. See I figured I’d go on the year to year plan and see how my sites worked out. Guess Google takes a “wait and see” attitude also.
Good to know, especially about emphasizing the .com, rather than having to bump up all the others that I’ve “cornered”.
Thanks again.
Brennan
http://setourteachersfree.com

]]> Comment on How Do Search Engines Find My Website? by aashish http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/30/how-do-search-engines-find-my-website/#comment-103 aashish Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:46:47 +0000 http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/30/how-do-search-engines-find-my-website/#comment-103 <p>Nice. This helped me a lot.</p> Nice. This helped me a lot.

]]> Comment on What Puzzles You The Most About Understanding Websites? by Do http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/25/what-puzzles-you-the-most-about-understanding-websites/#comment-101 Do Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:00:12 +0000 http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/25/what-puzzles-you-the-most-about-understanding-websites/#comment-101 Gini, Excellent questions. I will write an article defining these words you see thrown about regularly and may not know what they mean. As soon as it's up, I'll add a link in this comment directly to it. Gini,
Excellent questions. I will write an article defining these words you see thrown about regularly and may not know what they mean. As soon as it’s up, I’ll add a link in this comment directly to it.

]]> Comment on What Puzzles You The Most About Understanding Websites? by Do http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/25/what-puzzles-you-the-most-about-understanding-websites/#comment-100 Do Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:58:01 +0000 http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/25/what-puzzles-you-the-most-about-understanding-websites/#comment-100 Teri, I agree that the inner workings of WordPress are not particularly easy for beginners. Even as a webmaster, it took me some time to figure it all out. However, WordPress is highly recommended and versatile in the world of blogs. It offers numerous plugins, widgets and is supported in a variety of different ways. Unfortunately, I don't recommend anything in its place although there are a lot of options out there. Now for editing websites that aren't blogs, I recommend Contribute and have several of my clients using it. Basically, it's a scaled down version of Dreamweaver and can easily be used after an hour of training. Dreamweaver is the program of choice for most web designers, but it is quite difficult to learn for the novice and has far more features than you'd ever need. Many people use FrontPage, which I think is a horrific program. Yes, it's easy to learn and fairly easy to create a website with, but it generates faulty code that creates all kinds of problems you'll be unable to fix. Whenever I have to update a site that was created in FrontPage, I spend hours banging my head against the wall, asking myself "Why?!" and trying to clean up the code. Code is the HTML and other programming languages on the back-end (and invisible to the user) that make a web page look the way it does. Teri,
I agree that the inner workings of WordPress are not particularly easy for beginners. Even as a webmaster, it took me some time to figure it all out. However, WordPress is highly recommended and versatile in the world of blogs. It offers numerous plugins, widgets and is supported in a variety of different ways. Unfortunately, I don’t recommend anything in its place although there are a lot of options out there.

Now for editing websites that aren’t blogs, I recommend Contribute and have several of my clients using it. Basically, it’s a scaled down version of Dreamweaver and can easily be used after an hour of training. Dreamweaver is the program of choice for most web designers, but it is quite difficult to learn for the novice and has far more features than you’d ever need.

Many people use FrontPage, which I think is a horrific program. Yes, it’s easy to learn and fairly easy to create a website with, but it generates faulty code that creates all kinds of problems you’ll be unable to fix. Whenever I have to update a site that was created in FrontPage, I spend hours banging my head against the wall, asking myself “Why?!” and trying to clean up the code. Code is the HTML and other programming languages on the back-end (and invisible to the user) that make a web page look the way it does.

]]> Comment on What Puzzles You The Most About Understanding Websites? by Gini http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/25/what-puzzles-you-the-most-about-understanding-websites/#comment-96 Gini Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:39:05 +0000 http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/25/what-puzzles-you-the-most-about-understanding-websites/#comment-96 <p>Terminology differences - web designer, web master, optimization, page ranking, key words, etc.</p> <p>Thanks!!</p> Terminology differences - web designer, web master, optimization, page ranking, key words, etc.

Thanks!!

]]> Comment on What Puzzles You The Most About Understanding Websites? by Teri http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/25/what-puzzles-you-the-most-about-understanding-websites/#comment-95 Teri Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:47:36 +0000 http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/25/what-puzzles-you-the-most-about-understanding-websites/#comment-95 That is the best question I have been asked, about websites and more importantly how to remain topical on what people are really searching for, on our own websites. The inner workings of Wordpress are not exactly easy for a beginner, can you suggest a better program to adminster a website without having to learn code? That is the best question I have been asked, about websites and more importantly how to remain topical on what people are really searching for, on our own websites. The inner workings of Wordpress are not exactly easy for a beginner, can you suggest a better program to adminster a website without having to learn code?

]]> Comment on Who Else Wants a Website Headline That Makes Them Rich? by Philip http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/12/who-else-wants-a-website-headline-that-makes-them-rich/#comment-94 Philip Sat, 22 Sep 2007 15:13:29 +0000 http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/12/who-else-wants-a-website-headline-that-makes-them-rich/#comment-94 Hi Do: Great article, you're right on, you could have the best body copy but if your headline doesn't grab the reader you've lost a reader for your body copy. I am learning the hard way about attracting and keeping eyeballs. Thanks Philip Hi Do:

Great article, you’re right on, you could have the best body copy but if your headline doesn’t grab the reader you’ve lost a reader for your body copy. I am learning the hard way about attracting and keeping eyeballs.

Thanks
Philip

]]> Comment on Superb Tool Fights Global Warming From Your Desktop by Teri http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/18/superb-desktop-tool-saves-energy/#comment-93 Teri Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:31:20 +0000 http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/18/superb-desktop-tool-saves-energy/#comment-93 This is a great idea, as my desktop uses alot more energy these days as I am using it alot more. Its good to know the exact figures of what you can do to save energy. Thanks for the tip. This is a great idea, as my desktop uses alot more energy these days as I am using it alot more. Its good to know the exact figures of what you can do to save energy. Thanks for the tip.

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