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Guide to Internet Business - Website Setup

After planning the design and content of your website, it's time to actually physically set up your website. This is the step where you put all your designs and plans into action, creating a website that will attract visitors and earn income. a) WEBHOSTING A webhost is a company that stores the pages and pictures and other files of your website. When a person visits your website, they will request these files from your webhost's server so they can view the website. When choosing a webhost, be ...
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Review

Our corporate intranet is a non-framed environment with both Lotus Domino and IIS (.Net and classic ASP) applications and content. We have between 300,000-500,000 pages of web content and documents across more than 1200 'sites' on approximately 30 unique domains. We used to have Inktomi's UltraSeek Server 3.0 as our intranet search engine which was beginning to look like its age (purchased in 1998). The Inktomi product did not handle attachments well (DOC, PPT, PDF, etc.), would not crawl ...
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Web Design for the Professional Magician Part I - Selecting the

b>Selecting the Perfect Domain Name The first issue I have with magician web sites is the improper use of domain names. Examine the following list of URLs and select the most professional one:
  • www.freewebspace.com/users/losers/reallosers/Hire-me.html (Example 1)
  • http://www.Kooool-Magic-2day4U2.tv/ (Example 2)
  • http://www.WebToastyHosty.com/234asdkjfd/No-hire-me.html (Example 3)
  • http://www.TikiMagic.com (Example 4)
Example 1 Unfortunately the first site is too common today. It is too long to be ...
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How to create a website; the do-it-yourself way

So you have a product, service or information that you feel the whole world should know about. But you aren't quite sure how to tell them? Fortunately, for you it's the 21st century and we have the internet. By using this short article as a reference we will have you creating your own website in a matter of hours. The first thing you will need is a website. There are many options for getting a website, some expensive and some are even free. Depending on whether you are selling a product, ...
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One In A Million - Make Your Site Stand Out

"One in a million". What do I mean by that? Well, for those of you who have dabbled in internet businesses such as affiliate programs and network marketing businesses, you would know that these programs generally provide an entire website for you to market their program. That's great isn't it? Your very own website to promote the business, and it also tracks your referrals and commission! For example, the popular program $1.67 A Day provides all subscribers with their own website, which looks ...
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Make your site quick to load!

The time it takes to load your site can make or break a visitor's first impression of your site. If your site takes too long to load, the visitor will click 'Stop' or 'Back' and leave your web site. If you are a business and offering people important information, it is critical to have a nice design, with a quick load time. You may want to check out the load time of your page, to indeed see if your site loads quick enough for the average user. A great site tool can be found ...
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Importance of Having Your Own Domain Name

A question that I frequently hear is "Do I really need to have my own domain name?" The one word answer is "YES.". If you put up your site with some of the free web hosting services, the only company who benefits is the web hosting company. The last person who benefits is you. There are a number of reasons why having your own domain name is a must: 1) When you have your own domain name, the address of your web site will be of the form http://www.yoursite.com. On the other hand, if you put up ...
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