My Top Ten Website Pet Peeves

I do a lot of surfing on the Internet. I’m always Googling something. Sometimes I’m doing business research. Other times I might be shopping, looking for fun stuff, free stuff, product reviews, or news. The Internet is a wonderful thing when it’s done right. When websites are designed poorly, it can be very annoying.

My top ten pet peeves about the design of web pages:

10. Websites with nothing on the home page to identify itself.

You’ve seen them. Nice graphics, artistic, elegant looking home pages with no information. It might say “ BXY Inc.”, with a link for ‘Contact’ and a list of clients. You click on every link, but you still don’t know what the company does. Hmmm - must be top secret … or they are spies … nobody knows.

9. Flashy, sparkly, swirling intro pages.

You click on a link, expecting to get someone’s home page with the information you’re after. What you get is a page with pretty pictures flashing or blinking or swirling around. It does this for several seconds, or longer if you’re not lucky.

Website programmers enjoy playing with these fancy features (ooh, aah!). They look cool, but they waste the reader’s time. They serve no useful purpose, unless you’re selling flashy, sparkly things.

Another kind of intro page that is slightly amusing … you click on the link to a website and you get another page that just says “click here to enter”.

8. Music, or any other sound, that starts up when you click on the home page and you can’t turn it off.

In the first place, I resent it when people assume I want to listen to their choice of music. There should at least be the option to turn it off.

I find a website that has some good content that I’m interested in, so I go to their home page and the music starts playing some sentimental, mushy song like “Feelings”. So I hit the ‘stop’ button on my browser, but the music goes on … and on.

OK, fine, I click on one of their interesting links and thank you God, the music stops. When I’m finished with that page, I have to go back to the home page to get to the next link and guess what happens! That’s right – “Feelings, whoa, whoa, whoa, feelings….” So I quickly hit the next link. They have several interesting links on their homepage so I’m am going back and forth 15 times and the music is going off and on 15 times.

Pretty soon, my husband says, “What the heck are you doing over there?” So I either give up on that website or mute my sound.

7. Excessive drop down menus.

Drop down menus have their place when you have an option of 50 states or 100 countries, but I think they should be avoided when there are only a few menu options. This is another one of those cool features programmers like to play with that isn’t necessarily productive for the user.

One problem I have with drop down menus is that too often they are coded in text about the size of the width of my cat’s whiskers. You have to have the dexterity of a Swiss watch maker to click on the right option.

If the drop down menus have several nested levels – one wrong click on level 5 and you have to start over!

If you have a drop down menu with 100 items, for heaven’s sake, please have them in alphabetical order! I was filling out a form with a drop down menu with about 100 countries listed in random order. I had to read the whole list and I finally found my country near the bottom listed between China and Transylvania!

6. Too many moving parts.

Too many moving graphics on every page make it hard to read the content. I know, it’s fun to have cutesy animated graphics on personal web pages, but they shouldn’t get in the way of reading the content. A little animation is interesting and artistic – too much is annoying and cheesy.

Oh, let’s not forget the most annoying graphics of all – animated banner ads that talk to you! Excessive animated banners are distracting and annoying and they look unprofessional on business pages. If a page has too many of them, I won’t stay there long.

5. Web page that is too long or too big.

Long web pages are too hard to follow. These are the web sites where the first page goes on and on with no discernable structure. It’s like trying to read a 400 page book on 1 very long sheet of paper with no chapter breaks.

Web pages with huge pictures are a problem, especially for Internet surfers on a dial-up connection. Pictures should be resized to no more than 50k-100k and/or compressed. When someone is on a dial-up connection, it can literally take 5 or 10 minutes for a bunch of large pictures to be displayed.

Couple a bunch of large pictures with a web page that never ends and you might as well go watch your favorite movie while the page is loading. People on a slow connection will just give up and go to someone else’s website.

4. Totally invalid search results.

If you spend a significant amount of time researching on the Internet you have probably run into this. You enter ‘cat jewelry’ in the search engine and you get a page that is selling a bunch of stuff, but it has nothing to do with cats or jewelry – and it’s not a rock group called Cat Jewelry either.

This happened because the keeper of that website is using the search keyword phrase ‘cat jewelry’ for their website because they found out it is a popular keyword. This is known as keyword spamming.

What are these people thinking? I guess they think if you throw enough spam against the wall, some if it will stick.

If Google catches you keyword spamming they send a burly guy named Bruno out to stomp on your keyboard. No, seriously, they drop you from their ‘lists’ and act like you don’t exist.

3. Websites that look like they were shot out of a shotgun.

These websites often have the #5 problem also – going on and on with no structure. They have tons of obnoxious banner graphics with no common theme. ‘Save the Orphan Rats’, ‘Best Long Distance Rates’, ‘Are you a good kisser?’, ‘Free Insurance Quotes’. They have all kinds of unrelated text links in different text sizes and colors, with no organization or relationship.

Often these unorganized, unfocused websites use about 15 different fonts, sizes, and colors, giving it the look of the work of a 10 year old.

Somewhere on this website there must be something related to what I Googled to get there, but darned if I can find it!

2. Text size that is too small or too large.

Have you ever seen a web page where the text size is so large you have to scroll down to read 3 words? Does the author of that website think they will get their point across by shouting at the top of their lungs? How smart does that make the author of the 4 inch letters look?

Sometimes the text size is way too small. It must be wonderful to have such great eyesight that you can comfortably read letters the size of the year on a penny from 18 inches away. It’s ridiculous to go to all the work of creating a website with great content, but it’s too hard to read. I know sometimes you can change the text size in your browser, but sometimes you can’t.

1. Content is hard to read because of text and/or background colors.

The purpose of having written content on your website is so people can read it, right? So why make it hard to read by having light pink text that you can barely see on a pink background. Add to this scenario text that is too small (see #2) above and have some butterflies or fairies flittering across the screen, and you have a pretty picture that is impossible to read!

The easiest to read is a very dark text on a very light background. Even white text on a black background is harder to read.

When you create a website or web page, avoid anything that wastes the reader’s time or causes confusion. Too many fancy features slow down the loading speed. If you want people to read your content, make it easy to read. Your structure and design should be straightforward and organized. When you are building a web site, you need to consider what is best for the readers and they are more likely to stay on your website longer.

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How Easy Can a "Bot" Crawl Your Site?

Many webmasters believe that great content is the key to Search Engine Optimization but they have forgotten an even more important factor, how easy can the bots crawl their sites? Making a 100% crawlable site should be the top priority for all the webmasters. There is no point having a unique and fresh content but cannot be searched from the search engine index.

In order to ensure that bots can crawl a site successfully, one must make sure that all pages can be found by going from page to page via the inter linking mechanism. It is recommended to use text links as a form of linking between all the internal pages. Webmasters can also provide a sitemap that lists all the pages’ links in a page to facilitate this indexing.

One point to take note is that if the site has more than 100 links, it is advisable to split the sitemap into several pages with each page containing no more than 100 links. A page with more than 100 links may be classified as ‘Links Farm’ by the search engine. This is stated officially in the Google Webmaster Guidelines.

Google Sitemap is another great tool to index a new site. Creating a Google sitemap is encouraged because it tells the search engine what are the pages in a site and how often the content is updated. This is particularly useful when some pages are not linked to within the site.

Many sites have faced crawling problems because of the way they linked up the internal pages. Search Engine bots have difficulties indexing JavaScript and Flash navigation menus. If it is not possible to remove this kind of navigation in a site, it is advised to implement a text-link navigation system in the footer of a site. This will help the bots to index the site easily.

According to Google Webmaster Guidelines, it is advised to have a static and short HTML link destination rather than a dynamic URL. Dynamic URL especially those with tagged session identifiers will not be indexed because bots will ignore these pages. It is also encouraged to avoid using the ‘&id=’ parameter when passing variables between pages as Google does not include them into the index. If parameters are needed to pass between pages, a meaningful parameter like ‘&count=’ can be used instead.

When the bots conduct a visit, they will crawl the page like what a general user will see in their browser. Therefore, the bots will never index a password-protected page. If the objective is to get the site indexed by the search engine, it is advisable to remove any password-protected pages to allow access for the bots.

A site should always be search engine friendly so that users can locate the content easily. To conclude, search engines like to index simple and content rich pages. A simple and crawlable site with great content is the essential criteria to Search Engine Optimization.

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10 Tips for Killer Website Design

Does website design make a difference in how long people will visit your website or if they'll stay and shop? You bet. You've seen the websites that scream "bad idea" and you know those folks are losing potential customers to their ineffective website design. Whether you are an internet newbie or an experienced marketer, you should understand that good website design is part of the success equation.

So here are my 10 tips on how to create killer website design that will invite potential customers in instead of scare them away.

1. Easy Navigation- The road to success

When people come to your website they are usually searching for something in particular. It might be recipes for a healthy low fat diet that takes less than 30 minutes to prepare or what is the best business to start online. Whatever they want, you need to have the answer. So ask yourself, why do people come to my website? When you know that then you know you should make it easy for them to find it.

I have been on countless websites that make it difficult for me to do business with them. And you know what my first response is? "Next!"
I am onto the next website to see if they can answer my question. People don't want to waste their time hunting for things that should be easy to find.

So, if people come to your website to find widgets, have a button easy to see and locate that says "Widgets". People have been trained to look to the left of the website for the navigation bar.

2. Flashing Gizmos - The exit ramp to a dead end street

You've seen those sites where the elephants are dancing and the poker chips are running across the screen asking you to click on them…the only thing they have ever done for me is give me a headache and to reach the "let me get out of here as fast as I can" button on my computer.

If you are a running a professional site, please don't use flashing graphics. Guaranteed you are encouraging people to leave your site. People have come to you for information. Not to click on an ad or have their brain scrambled.

Make your website a pleasant environment for the customer to be in. Just like a store. Think about when you go to the mall. You want to go in a store that is clean, well laid out, has good customer service and the products you are looking for. Your website should reflect this. If it is what you expect in your shopping experience then does it not reason, your customers are looking for this in your website.

What about music? Well, it depends. On most business sites I would suggest not. But let's say you have a realtor by the ocean who rents out homes for summer vacations. They have music that sounds like the ocean is lapping at the foot of your desk. I think music is appropriate in this venue but I would definitely have it "off" as people log onto your site and give them an option to turn it on. Don't forget many people are surfing in their office environment and don't want the boss to find out. If your music is loud or on as people log onto your site and can't find a quick way to turn it off, they will leave your site faster than a cat that just saw the jaws of a Doberman!

3. Color - Enhancing the highway scenery

Color is an individual preference but studies show that colors have an affect on people's emotions. Look at the top sites like Amazon; their layout is simple and so is their color scheme.

My recommendation would be to go with the flow. If you have a financial investment site then conservative colors seem to follow. If you sell beach items then lots of fun colors apply. If you have a bridal shower website, I would say soft pastels. Think about your audience and you will know the color scheme.

4. Page Links - I-95 to your destination

This is a no brainer but make sure all of your buttons are hyperlinked to a page and the right destination page. No one including Goggle likes broken link pages. It can be tedious but do it anyway. As you hover over the button and look down in the left-hand part of your screen, you will see the hyperlinked page. Just verify that yours are correct.

5. About Us - Is your map reliable?

People usually want to know basic things before they do business with you. Who are you, how do I get a hold of you, what is your product or service guarantee, will you resell my email address, what is your privacy policy, when will I get the product, etc. You need to answer these questions to create trust between you and your potential customer.

6. Sitemap - How do I find my way around this big city?

Let's say you have a lot of products or pages and resources. A sitemap helps people where to find what they are looking for quickly without have to rummage through your whole site like a lost soul. They are not hard to create but are useful for large sites. It also helps the search engines to know what you are about very quickly.

7. Fast Loading Pages - All lanes are go!

There is nothing worse than slow loading pages. You can optimize your graphics for your website. People hate to wait. You can check your page load time and page rank on Alexa.com. Slow pages equal death to an online business.

8. Shopping Cart - Need to buy some souvenirs

If you are selling items or services, you need a reliable and well organized shopping cart. I have seen some websites that have a zillion products listed and to email them for orders. What a nightmare! Yes, the shopping carts will charge you a fee but it is worth it for them to handle the transaction. There are many good shopping carts available and I would research them based on your business' needs.

9. Templates or Original Design- Chevrolet or Porsche

People often think that to have a website designed is going to cost thousands. So they opt for the templates and throw together sites. There is nothing wrong with this approach except I can tell the difference between what I call a "canned" site and one that was created from scratch. While I don't think a website that uses templates will turn off a customer, I just think it may not be as appealing.

Have fun with your online business. You can go to any number of photography sites and download professional photos from cows to race cars. This will make your site look more customized.

Again, I recommend that you shop for a good web designer. I paid around $400 for a basic site to go up. I know others would have charged me $1000 or more. That's why you need to shop and see examples of their work.

10. Customer Service - The Finish Line!

Okay so how is customer service a website design? Well, customer service should be written all over your site. From tips, to free reports, to guarantees, to fast and reliable shopping. People want to know you know what you are talking about and can deliver the goods they want.
Give a little and I guarantee you'll get in back tenfold.

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Use A Web Site Template? – Make It Original!

A lot webmasters go for the ease and speed of using a web site template of some type to get a fast start. And a web site design template, whether you buy it or make it can be a big time saver. But you also always want to make sure that you customize each one enough to stand out from the original.

Especially when you use a professional template bought through the Internet. There are a lot of good designs out there that can fit multiple subject areas. The color and design are well thought out and have a lot of visual appeal. Even if you use a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor like FrontPage, a custom web site template can speed development.

One of the toughest things in creating a web site is to get a good clean design that has good navigation and attractive color schemes. And you don’t want to make any changes that have a negative impact on the user experience. Always keep user navigation in mind.

One of the must haves in any good design is for the user to easily find the information they want fast. Whether it’s details on your product and service or even how to buy, make it as simple and easy as you can for the customer. Many times I tone down the design by removing some illustrations or graphics that aren’t necessary.

I’m not particularly sold on things that make noise (audio is meant to be used sparingly and totally at the users discretion). There’s nothing more irritating to someone in a quiet environment (like an office cubicle or library) when they visit your web site than loud music or weird noises.

Many times I may like one particular element of the web site template and just use that for my current project. For example, a menu design, color combination, or maybe a specific layout. Your content should be the focus, not your design. Most web sites are designed to inform, sell, or communicate with the user.

If you look at the major web sites like Yahoo, Amazon, and Google they all have a very clean and easy to navigate layout and design. No fancy graphics, noises, or special effects like Flash. Now if you are designing a web site for a Multi-Media company, then it might be appropriate but other wise stick to the basics.

You can also use templates to help you come up with new ideas that fit a special design requirement. Position and layout are key factors in keeping the user interested and can help with the flow of information. You normally have about 5 seconds or less to engage the visitor so it’s necessary to grab their attention fast.

So your web site content should be the first thing a user sees, not some twirling illustration. And if you are selling, the headline is the element that will keep the visitor reading, not your design. Graphics are great to illustrate a point, establish a brand, or provide a visual of your product. But if over used, they can destract from your message.

If you want to see how a typical visitor views your website, check out the Google Adsense Heat Map. It shows the natural travel of any visitors eyes and where they often look first, second, and third. The heat map was developed to help Adsense users but the same principal applies to all information displayed. If you keep that in mind while designing the layout, you can increase the visibility of important elements of your message.

You can learn more about the Google Heat Map here: https://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/answer.py?answer=17954

It’s also a good idea to change all the names of any graphics used from a template. There are two reasons, one is it’s a good SEO (search engine optimization) tactic to keep names within subject matter and use alt text feature too, and plus this also keeps your website looking like a duplicate to the search engine bots that review all web sites.

A good set of templates can help both with design ideas and speed up the development process. And this can help you give a client a better product in less time. Always try and add some changes and don’t copy a web site template exactly. Make enough changes to keep it original and insure that the content is the focus point.

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Easy Steps to a Useable Website

Building a useable website can seem daunting. Here is a quick guideline to help you on your way.

It's all about your content
To get your website listed appropriately the content of your website needs to be nested between the tags. This way it gets read by the search engines. Your content also needs to be unique and get your point across.

What is it about your product or service that is better and different from your competitions. This is called your usp or unique selling proposition and should be conveyed clearly and immediately upon hitting the page.

Make effective use of your title and description tags
These are your two most important tags when it comes to referencing your page content. Meta keywords rarely have any impact what so ever on your pages listings.

Make sure content is well formatted
It is very important to break up your content with italics, bold text, bulleted lists, etc. Well formatted content makes your pages more accessible to visitors but the search engines also. Visitors scan across your page rather than read it so it makes sense to format your page so it can be browsed yet still convey your message.

Proper code
Having proper progamming in place is quite simply a must. Web standards have changed substantially over the years and it is important to make sure your pages validate both html and css. Think of it this way. How effective could you get your point across if you were talking swahili. Your code is no different. Why make it difficult for the search bots to index your content.

Do not use Front Page, Dreamweaver, or any other WYSIWYG editor.
While accurate, MS Front Page, for example, makes it easy for just about anyone to throw up a web page it doesn't take W3C compliancy into account. Hence the code it outputs is an absolute train wreck. This is terminal for your website as you need a strong code base (foundation) or your site will never stand up to the competitions.

Don't design in Flash
Seemingly technical in nature or "neat" perhaps flash animation only serves to distract visitors from what they came to your site for in the first place, your product or service. Your services are what visitors are interested in not a blinking, noisy, website. Flash also creates major problems with getting it properly indexed. There is no way for the search engines to extract content from your website as it is all contained with in the swf. If you absolutely must have a flash page it is imparitive to offer an html version as well.

Easy on the eyes
Graphical elements play a huge role in a website design as well. You need to make sure you don't have any extreme contrasts between colors and that you don't use really bright colors as they are quite hard on the eyes. Your logo or brand should be clearly displayed on the home page and in more than one place.

Instill a sense of well being with ease of use
Make sure you have all legal documents in place such as privacy and return policies. It is also important to have all of your contact information pricing etc. displayed in a manner that conveys legitimacy. It should be very easy to contact you for any questions your visitors may have.

Include an opt-in newsletter
A great way to generate return customers is to offer an opt-in newsletter. This allows for direct marketing to people who you know are already interested in your product or service. What better way is there to keep customers abreast of new products or changes in the services you offer.

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Website design guidelines and tips - Just common sense

Here are some design guidelines and tips to help you build a user friendly websites.

1. First, figure out what you want to do and make a plan for it. This may involves some brain storming. Then, translate your ideas and plans onto paper by drawing a diagram or a flowchart so that you can visualize it. Then, ACT on it.

2. Keep your design simple, clear, consistent and user friendly.

3. A simple design, layout makes it easier for you to build your website. The end result will be a website which your visitors will find easy to navigate and easy get whatever information they want.

4. Your content should be simple, complete and direct to the point. It should make clear the intention of your web pages, cover the subject matter thoroughly and convey the messages direct to your visitors.

5. If your design look complicated, redesign and simplify it. Complicated design/layout will only make it harder for you to build your web pages. It may also confuses your visitors if your site is full of complicated mess of information.

6. Be consistent throughout in your design approach. The background, color usage and text format should be carefully chosen and the screen layout for all your pages visibly consistent.

7. Create a simple logo to identity your website. Have a captivating tag line somewhere with the header, and write an About Us page which describes the uniqueness of your website. These will leave an impression for your visitors to remember your website. Make a copyright statement at the bottom of you web pages.

8. Have a clear color scheme based on the theme of your website. Choose carefully a set of colors you use for your background, text, border, tables and cells etc. The color scheme expresses the characters of your website and makes it unique and attractive.

9. Identify who are your target visitors and how you would make your presentation. Decide the tone of language usage and the approach that will best suit your visitors. Whether your language usage should be casual and simple or formal and technical? Whether you should use pictorial or language oriented approach in your website.

10. For ease of reading, the length of a text lines should not exceed certain width within the computer screen. To limit the length of a line of text, use indent text or use a table with the pre-set width.

11. Long blocks of text passages can be tedious and strenuous to read. Try to use short sentences, short paragraphs and bulleted or numbered list form to break them up.

12. The width of you web pages should preferably not exceed that of the computer screen. People viewing your site usually don’t mind scrolling up and down the screen; but will be annoyed when they have to scroll left and right.

13. Font size: use larger size font; Bear in mind that some of your visitors may have poor eyesight; some may have partial impaired vision and some ordinary people who just can’t stand reading tiny script on the computer screen.

14. The text color should contrast well with the background color to be easily read. Likewise, Background image or texture chosen should contrast well with the text color, so that it is easy to read on screen.

15. It looks great on the screen and soothing to the eyes. But it is not recommended to use white text on a dark background. When somebody wants to print out your page for reference, it won't print because the background will not be printed; while the white text is printed on white paper, you see nothing.

16. The images you put in a web page are not there just for decoration. They should be relevant and necessary to use as visual to help to convey the message, or serve to break a long and monotonous text messages.

17. Limit the size of an image you insert in a web page. Large image takes longer time to display, and most visitors don’t like to wait too long to view a certain image.

18. Keep the size of a web page small so that it will open up fast - preferably less than 10 seconds. If the page is too long, have too many items to load and slow to display, you should consider breaking it into smaller pages and link them up.

19. Contents such as video, audio, flash animations etc. are huge in size. They will slow down the display of the page. If it takes too long for to load a page, the viewers might give up and leave. They also use up more of your bandwidth.

20. Ensure that the visitors get around navigating your ,website, with ease. They should be able to find what they are looking for in quickly and get there. Use a menu or image map, a site map, arrows, links and buttons to provide direction to your visitors.

21. Make sure the pages are interlinked for easy navigation. Links should be well organized, strategically placed and easy to detect by using appropriate colors. Use anchor links to facilitate navigation on the same page. Always check for any broken links and fix them.

22. Load all the important and essential information in the first page that the visitors see. Give a quick introduction to your website with brief header, bookmarked lists, short summaries, etc. This will quickly let them know whether your page is what they are looking for.

23. Is your website screen layout look neat and tidy? Ask someone to have a look at it and get her feedback. You will be surprised!

24. The contents inside a table should have a little space between the borders. Set a padding around the table or set indent to your content.

25. Don’t simply add every neat gimmick and animated images you can find just because you think they are cool. In reality they are distracting and confusing.

26. Decide whether to use or not to use pop-up windows. They are great for catching the attention of the viewers; but can be distracting and annoying as well. Some viewers would dismiss pop-up as ads and close it immediately. Pop-up also will not work if the viewers have installed a pop-up blocker.

27. Encourage visitors to contact you by providing a Contact Us page with your email link. It is even better to have an opt-in box that serves to collect visitors’ contact and data.

28. Study other’s website design and set up. See how they layout and organize their header, links, menu, buttons, images and etc. Then choose, adopt and modify whichever design that suits your need.

29. Use website templates if you don't have any designing flair.

30. Make a back-up copy for all your web pages. It will save you a lot of trouble in the event that you have to rebuild your websites.Well, some website design guidelines and tips - It’s all common sense.

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The Psychology of Color

Are you using the best colors for your web site? Many web designers often overlook the issues of color in web design. When choosing colors for your web site there are three main areas that should be addressed.

1) The psychological effect of colors,
2) The effect on the readability of your site, and
3) The complementary choice of colors for your background, graphics, links, and text

These are all areas that must be well satisfied to create an effective and professional web site.

Listed below are a few characteristics of color that should always be considered when designing your graphics.

• Colors have an effect on our emotions within 90 seconds of viewing.
  
• Color choices can motivate, impress, and persuade your prospect to buy from you.
  
• Colors not only intensify the item, they greatly influence our behavior.
  
• The effects of color differ among different cultures.
  
• Color choices alone are sending a specific message to your viewers.
  Given the fact that people respond more to non-verbal cues than verbal cues, it’s all-important that you choose the corresponding colors for the emotional trigger you want to trip.

The following colors are associated with certain emotions or qualities in North American culture.

White - Suggests truthfulness, purity, clean, devotion, mild, and contemporary. White is the best color for a background color on the web. For business it can be refreshing and sterile.

Black – Suggests elegance, boldness, power, authority, seductive, evil, sophistication and classic. Black is the ideal choice for text on a light background. It is hard on the eyes when used as a background on web sites.

Red – Suggests strength, sex, excitement, passion, speed, danger, aggressiveness, and demands attention. In business it is associated with debt. Red is the most emotionally intense color. It stimulates a faster heartbeat and breathing.

Blue – Suggests security, trust, reliability, coolness, faithfulness, belonging, and dignity. Blue is the most popular color. It is the second most popular color. In business it suggests fiscal responsibility and sanctuary.

Green - Suggests abundance, health, fertility, freedom, healing, nature, growth, jealously, and cool. In business it suggests status and wealth. It is the easiest color on the eye.

Brown – Suggests effectiveness, politeness, richness, and helpfulness. Brown is the color of earth, and is abundant in nature.

Gray – Suggests earnestness, authority, and practicality. In business it suggests traditional and conservative.

Pink – Suggests softness, sweet, femininity, well-being, innocence, and nurture.

Purple – Suggests dignity, spirituality, royal, luxury, wealth, authority, mournfulness, and sophistication. In business it is upscale. Purple is favored by the artistic.

Orange – Suggests playfulness, pleasure, cool, warmth, cheer, vibrant, strength, endurance, and ambition.

Yellow – Suggests sunshine, warmth, cheer, happiness, cowardice, and jealousy. In business it is appealing to intellectual types and is good for accents. Yellow enhances concentration, increases metabolism, and is the most difficult color for the eye to take in.

Gold – Suggests expensive, and prestige.

Silver – Suggests cold, scientific, and prestige.

Whenever you begin to choose your colors, think about your target market. What emotions do you want to evoke? Give some thought to the current emotion of your prospect and to the message you want to send. Then choose your colors.

If you are not sure about color palettes for your website you might want to check out www.color.com.

Until Next time!

Arianna :)

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Why Should I Visit Your Website?

If we can't attract visitors to our websites there's little point in having them in the first place. But with millions of sites already available and thousands of new sites being launched daily, ask yourself why would anybody want to visit your site?

To find the answer to that question, turn it around and ask yourself why you choose to visit the sites you visit. Of those same millions of sites, only a tiny percentage will ever be graced by your clicks. Why? What made you land on those and not others?

Here are my 10 reasons for visiting websites.

1. I did a Google search.
Google is without doubt the world's most popular search engine. Make sure your site's listed and learn as much as you can about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) so that your site stands a good chance of getting to the top of the search results list.

After all, if somebody searches for "Green Bananas Rock Group" and that's what your site's about, you don't want to be listed on page 17 do you? Absolutely nobody is going to browse that far to find what they're after.

2. I followed a link from another site.
Contact webmasters of sites that are somehow relevant to yours without being actual competitors and ask to swap reciprocal links.

For the sake of that all important Google placement it would be nice to get one-way links coming into your site without needing to reciprocate but you can hardly ask for those and any link is better than no link at all.

3. I was looking for information
Everybody's heard that "content is king" and as cliché-ed as it's become, it's still very true.

Let's say you have a site that sells underwear. Add some articles about the history of different types of underwear, how they're made, any anecdotes involving undies and anything else you can think of. No matter what your subject is there's always something that can be written about it.

If you can't write yourself you can always find a freelancer and have them either write a few articles for you. Remember, sloppy writing will give a negative impression of your service so make sure anything you write is correctly spelled and punctuated.

4. To meet friends
Discussion forums are great places for people to 'hang out' in and extremely popular.
If the "Green Banana Rockers" have a decent sized following, why not create a forum where their fans can discuss their career, ask questions and just have fun?

Whether you want to host your own forum or use one of the free remotely hosted forums is up to you. Either way there's some great software available.

5. Because I wanted to buy something
If you're selling something, make sure it's easy to find and order. Too many sites make the ordering process more complicated than it ought to be and lose customers simply because they don't want to have to keep clicking.

One click to the product list, one click to the product, one click to put product in basket and one to check out. Possibly one more to go to the secure payment if your payment system is offsite but that's it.

Some webmasters expect visitors go click 4-5 times just to check out AFTER adding their products to the basket. That's just too much to expect. There's always a competitor ready to grab your customers away from you so design YOUR site to be the one that's most attractive to use.

6. A friend recommended the site
Make sure you have a way of letting visitors recommend your site to others.

There are lots of free scripts available that will do the job and most are very simple to set up.

7. I received an e-card
Having attractive e-cards on your site that are somehow related to the subject matter is always a good idea. Customers love to send e-cards.

8. I fell for the lure of a freebie
Sad, but true - it's amazing how a freebie can draw a crowd. It doesn't have to be something super-duper out of this world fantabadistic, either.

If you're knowledgeable on a particular subject you could write an e-book to give away. E-books have the added advantage of being advertisements for your site so whoever gets the freebie isn't going to forget where it came from.

As long as you have a service visitors would normally need to pay for, free membership is another good give-away.

9. I entered a competition
Everybody likes to be a winner so why not give you visitors the chance to be one?

If your site is aimed at the local community you could contact local businesses and ask for them to sponsor a prize. If your targeted visitors are the Internet community you could do the same thing but contact net shops.

If you can't get a sponsor you could offer an Amazon voucher or something similar as the prize. In all probability what the voucher costs you will be a very cheap form of advertising when seen in relation to the increased visitor numbers thanks to the competition.

10. Because I had it in my bookmarks
If your site's regularly updated with fresh, interesting content and/or new products, has a lively discussion forum or gives visitors something else they want, they'll keep coming back for more.

Try running the occasional survey to find out what your visitors want. That way you'll know what you need to improve, what to add more of, what you can forget and concentrate of fine tuning your site to knock spots off the competition.

Very few websites are overnight successes, and those that are have huge corporations behind them plowing vast amounts of money into advertising.

Average Joe, however, will need to use every trick available to make sure his/her site is found on the web. Please do not let anyone tell you it's just a matter of designing a site, putting it on the web and then sitting back waiting for things to happen. It really isn't that easy. BUT don't be put off, either. Driving traffic can be fun and fulfilling and watching your site grow and thrive makes it all worth it.

Until Next Time!
Arianna :)

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Why Good Website Navigation Is Important?

Web surfers are basically an impatient bunch and if a website is hard to figure out because the links are not obvious, they will click away never to return. Website navigation is one of the most crucial elements in determining the effectiveness of a website. This article discuses the basic principle of designing website navigation.

To be effective website navigation must first and foremost make sense to the average person. While there is always room for creativity, well-designed websites tend to have similar navigation layouts.

As a web designer you must always keep in mind the basic purpose of the website and the intended audience when designing navigational elements. Most websites exist to either inform the visitor about a product or service or to actually sell the product or service. Therefore there are some basic guidelines to follow:

Make sure all navigational elements are clearly links by using standard conventions for links such as buttons, menus, underlining the text or changing color on mouse. Resist the temptation to use clever or ambiguous names for links.

When using non-conventional links, explicitly tell the visitor that this is a link. For example, suppose you design a web page where you want to use a map showing several different cities and want to let the user click on the city name to pull up information about that city. Just make sure you tell the user to click on the city name to get more information about that city.

Remember the "Three Click Rule" that most professional web designers use. Studies have shown that most users will not click more than three links to get to the information they want. So every page on your website should be reachable within three clicks.

I do not recommend using a flash movie or other type of splash page on your website. Keep the web page design simple yet attractive. But if you do decide to use one, make certain you use the META REFRESH tag to take the visitor automatically to your home page after a few seconds and provide a clickable, clearly marked button or link so the visitor can skip the entry page and go directly to your home page otherwise a large percentage of visitors will just click away never to return. Remember most visitors are looking for information not entertainment.

Navigation Element Locations

Top Menus - a top of the page menu bar is usually located directly below the page header graphic that contains the site logo. These menu items may be single links, drop down menus, or expanding menus. Each menu item can be represented by a graphic or just text. In ether case a hyperlink is associated with each item that the visitor can click on to get to the information described.

Left Side Navigation - left side navigation is typically implemented as either a column or text area on the left top portion of the webpage. Like the top menu, each item can be a single link or an expanding menu.

Right Side Navigation - right side navigation is not used that often, but when used, it is implemented as a column or text area on the top right side of the webpage. Most designers use this area for advertisements rather than site navigation.

Bottom Menus - bottom menus can be either a menu bar or footer. Menu bars use either graphics or text links while footers almost exclusively use text links.

Important Navigation Elements:

Internal Page Links - Every page on the website should be within two or three clicks from the home page. Important pages should be ONE click away. The type of website will determine which links are more prominently displayed.

Login Boxes - login boxes should be prominently displayed. Common locations are top left, top right or inside the page header.

Shopping Carts - if you use a shopping cart to sell your products, you should prominently display a view cart button on each page. The most commonly used location is the top right side just below or as part of the header.

Order Buttons - if you use individual order buttons they should be large and visible. The fewer clicks it takes to get to your order page, the more orders you will get.

Breadcrumbs - breadcrumbs are both links and a graphical representation of where you are in the site. Breadcrumbs are usually located at the top left of the page just under the header. Each word is a link back to the previous page. They are in the form:

Home-> Articles-> Marketing

External Links - external links can be used anywhere but are most frequently used inside the text areas on a website. They may be references to more information located on another site, to recommended products, or to almost anything else.

Advertisements - advertisements are usually either a graphic or text with an associated hyperlink. Ads can be placed anywhere on a webpage but are usually used just under the header banner, down the right hand side of the page, under navigation elements on the left margin, across the bottom of the page or even interspersed within the test areas of the page.

Studies show that ads "above the fold" are more effective. ("Above the fold" refers to the area of a webpage that is visible without having to scroll.)

Downloadable Items - if you offer downloadable items such as audio, video or pdf files, make sure that you tell the user haw big the file is and whether they need an application to use the file. If they do an application, provide a link to the application. For example, provide a link to the free Acrobat reader if you offer pdf files.

Site Map - A site map is a good way to layout your entire site for your visitor. (Search engine spyders like them too.) It is just a hierarchical listing of every page on your site with a clickable hyperlink to that page.

Summary
A good navigation system can increase the numbers of pages viewed by each visitor. This in turn can increase signups, customers, sales, members or whatever it is your site is designed to do and make your website more successful.

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Remember to Live Life With Passion!!!!

Until Next Time!
Arianna :)




About the author: Warren Baker is an Internet business consultant for WebDesigners123.
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TOP 5 WEB HOSTING COMPANIES ~ PART 5

Today's top Web-hosting Company is called HostMonster.

MonsterHost has services to meet the needs of any client. With a large selection of powerful features included in each account, rock solid server stability, and excellent network performance you can expect nothing short of the best hosting experience in the industry.

Price
In a word - excellent, especially for small businesses and small websites.
HostMonster web hosting includes:

• free domain name
• site promotion
• e-Commerce shopping cart scripts
• SiteBuilder with templates.
  

Their singular plan allows you to host unlimited domains, including international ones, with unlimited email support, forwarding email accounts, autoresponders, add-on domains, parked domains, subdomains, additional FTP accounts: unlimited - all accounts.

You get complete email and e-commerce functionality as well as support for all the most common forms of online multimedia – Flash, Shockwave, Real Networks, streaming audio/video, etc.

Reliability ~ GREAT

They offer a 99% uptime guarantee. All accounts come with an OC-48 backbone connection and customized Apache web server and high-performance Quad Opteron servers with UPS power backups, mirrored storage backups, and a backup generator.

The datacenter where your hardware is stored is monitored by a professional security staff 24/7.

Offers an easy to use C-Control Panel. This icon-based interface is so simple to use, the learning curve is practically a straight line. The functions are categorized into: Account & Domain Management, Mail Management, Site Menu functions (for site publishing functions, ie. FTP), and Advanced Menu functions (like Backups, Cron jobs, databases, FrontPage, and SSL). Then there are the convenient cPanel Wizards (like PageWizard and Shopping Cart Gurus) and assistants (like Search Engine Submit).

Your personal cPanel notes, ToolTips, StartUp Tips and other settings are all stored on a separate MyCpanel page. From here you also read your incoming emails and have the option to publish your traffic stats on your website for all to see.

Customer Support

You'll find nothing but the most courteous and professional customer support, available anytime through a number of venues, not the least of which is department-specific toll-free telephone. There's also a complete self-service center with a searchable knowledgebase and an email query ticket system.

Hosting Plans

Linux/Unix Hosting Plan:20 GB disk space, 500 GB bandwidth @ $7.95/month (host unlimited domains)

Why not check out HostMonster web services to see what they can do for you.

Time sure does fly. Below is a recap of my top Five Favorite Web-Hosting Companies. Simply click on the highlighted links to go to their websites.

1. PowWeb #1 Web Hosting Pick!-
2. Reliable hosting from Yahoo! Web Hosting.
3. StartLogic Web Hosting
4. IX Web Hosting - Click for details!
5. HostMonster

Until Next Time!

Arianna :)

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TOP 5 WEB HOSTING COMPANIES ~ PART 4

My how time flies. We are already up to part 4 of our "Best Of" Web Hosting Series.

My pick for today is a company called IX Web Hosting - Click for details!

IX Web Hosting is a great discount web hosting company that is highly competitive with the top leaders in the industry. Users of both Linux and Windows can find hosting packages that suit their needs.

All IX Hosting plans include website statistics and raw log files, free search engine submission services, professional web design software, an online file manager and WebShell, WorldWide WebMail access, and eCommerce Shopping Carts.


Price Value

They offer huge disk space and add-on features, such as many e-mail accounts, domains to host and extra bandwidth all at one of the best prices on the web. They also feature a 24/7 customer support center with toll-free telephone and live web chat support standing by.

All IX Hosting plans support CGI-BIN, Perl 5, CGI-scripts, PHP 4 scripting, Microsoft FrontPage and Macromedia DreamWeaver, Flash, and ShockWave, Real Media, MP3s, Quicktime, streaming audio, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Webalizer and ModLogan statistics, WAP (Wireless Application Protocol). ColdFusion, Microsoft SQL servers and Active Server Pages supported by only Windows packages.

Reliability

IX Web Hosting vows that uptime is their top priority. Their data-center has been custom designed to run on fault-tolerant systems, to ensure lightning-speed load times using smart-routing, and provide redundancy in every possible capacity, featuring SONET reliability and CISCO 12000 series router to run 750 servers for 80,000 clients.

For extra protection, they offer a 30-Day Money-back Guarantee. They also offer a Price Freeze guarantee that once you join, your fees will never go up again.

Control Panel

IX Hosting's proprietary H-Sphere control panel is unbelievably easy to use, primarily because the interface is all icon-based. Simply click on a little picture icon to use your control panel.

Among its greatest features are multiple domain management, real-time email management (autoresponders included), and a password protected directory manager. What you can't do on this control panel, you probably don't need to do.

Customer Support

Their customer support cannot be beaten. They offer a 1 Hour Response guarantee, promising that a technical support representative will contact you within 1 hour of you sending in an email support ticket. If they fail to respond within that time, they'll calculate a partial refund of that month's fees based on how long they made you wait.

Besides email support they offer a 24/7 toll-free telephone and live web chat support?

This is one company you might want to check out. You certainly will not be disappointed if you do!

Advanced web hosting plans from $3.95/mo + Free Setup. Special offer - Click here for details!

Be sure to check back tomorrow for Part 5 of my top 10 List of Web Hosting Companies.

Until Next Time!

Arianna :)

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TOP 5 WEB HOSTING COMPANIES ~ PART 3

This is part three of our list of the top Five web-hosting companies on the web. Todays top pick is a company called StartLogic Web Hosting

Overview

StartLogic is an excellent hosting company that provides robust customer support and a bundle of features at a dirt cheap price. What's more, you'll be able to host up to 10 websites in one account.

Reliability

They offer a 30 day money back guarantee and boasts a 99.9% uptime guarantee.

Price Value
StartLogic offers some of the hottest web hosting plans in the industry, with a substantial amount of disk storage space and a decent monthly transfer allowance.

They also offer a free domain name, free setup, unlimited e-mail accounts, unlimited e-mail forwarding and much more.

• Control Panel: - StartLogic currently has the vDeck control panel installed on their servers. The panel makes managing a web site easier, and offers tutorials, a help center on a variety of different topics. This panel is also great for the average beginner Webmaster.

• Data Center: - StartLogic operates a data center out of Phoenix, Ariz. The facility provides redundant optical fiber connections through Cox, Qwest, ELI, and a number of multiple Internet backbone providers such as UUNet, Broad wing, and more.

• Web building software: - They provide web building software, making it easier to create your own web site with just a few clicks.
  
• Flash tutorials: - Flash tutorials help you in solving your problems; they help you in creating your accounts and handle many resources on web.
  
• Customer Service/Support
  StartLogic's customer service is always ready to help you. One thing that stands out about StartLogic is the amount of self-help resources they have on their web site. Customers can use a troubleshooter in which a step-by-step approach is taken until the problem is resolved.
  
• The site also features a knowledge-base which lists many frequently asked questions that are categorized which makes it easy for searching. Other guides are also available, including a guide on getting started with your web site.
  
• StartLogic has placed a considerable amount of effort into its self-help libraries and resources, which will definitely save you the time and hassle of writing e-mails to support. But of course if you cannot find your answer in their self-help, or simply choose not to use it, you can rest assured that you will receive quality responses in a timely manner. StartLogic also offers a 24/7 toll-free telephone number, as well as a live chat feature right on their web site.
  

Through their uptime, self-help resources, and server reliability, StartLogic has shown that they are in fact one of the top webhosting companies on the net.

Why not give this company a chance to see what they can do for you. Click on the red link to check out this company....StartLogic Web Hosting

See you tomorrow with part 4 of our best of webhosting series.

Until Next Time!

Arianna :)

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TOP 5 WEB HOSTING COMPANIES ~ PART 1

Have you ever done a Google search for a company to host your website? Well if you have I am sure you found hundreds of companies making all kinds of promises. Well I am going to help you cut through all the clutter and help you pick out a reliable hosting company. For the next Five days I am going to highlight a different Web Hosting company for you. Hopefully by the time I am done you will have found yourself a new webhost.

Well lets get started...


PowWeb #1 Web Hosting Pick!- 12,000 MB, Free Setup, $7.77/month!

Why PowWeb....
Whether you are a beginner or a serious webmaster, PowWeb is the "perfect hosting solution" for all your needs. Here are some key features and highlights about PowWeb.

10 Reasons Why PowWeb Is Right For You!

Best Value For Your Money
Their one plan hosting package offers EVERYTHING you need for only $7.77 per month! Other Web hosting companies charge up to 5 times more. They offer more disk space, bandwidth, and more service features than any provider on the internet.

They even have a free website builder to help you build your website!

A Company You Can Trust
PowWeb has been in business since 1999. They operate out of a real office with real staff monitoring their servers and network 24/7.

Fast Network/Server Backbone Connection
The servers are connected to the internet at lightning speed! Their backbone includes high speed OC12/48 connection for efficient and reliable high-speed performance. They have teamed up with a major connection tier 1 provider to bring you one of the most reliable services on the Internet today.

Load Balanced Servers
Take advantage of the latest technology. Thanks to the "load balanced" servers, your website will experience virtually no downtime during server reboots, server maintenance, and server hardware failure. PowWeb provides the best uptime in the web industry!

They Use their Own Hardware & Proprietary Software
PowWeb uses its own state-of-the-art hardware. All of the servers are company-owned and operated. Most Web hosting companies are just resellers relying on other people's equipment. Their whole infrastructure was built from the ground up by a team of experienced developers. This includes server configurations, billing software, helpdesk, WebMail, Site Manager, and OPS.

Largest Online Community
They operate one of the largest communities on the internet allowing clients to communicate freely and openly with each other. It's a great place for web designers and novices alike to exchange ideas, code, advice, or just hang out!

Build, Grow & Profit!
In addition to providing you with quality hosting at an affordable price, they also provide you with the necessary tools so you can grow and profit from your website. For example...Easy website builder, Domain name Registration, and search engine submission, even how to accept credit cards on your site.

Friendly Technical Support
Your website(s) will be in good hands with PowWeb. They provide 24/7 Email support, Toll-Free phone support, 24/7 Live Chat Room.9. UpgradesThe development team is continuously upgrading their systems with the latest technology, creating new tools and features to make your Web presence as easily maintainable and reliable as possible. All upgrades will be available to you at no additional charges.

Satisfaction Guarantee
The one thing I like about this company is that they offer an unconditional 30-day money back guarantee.

If you would like to check out PowWeb Hosting, simply click on the red highlighted link below:

#1 Web Hosting Pick PowWeb Hosting Only $7.77 Per Month

Please do not forget to check back tomorrow to see the second part of my favorite WebHosting series.

Until Next Time!
Arianna :)


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TOP 5 WEB HOSTING COMPANIES PART 2

Today is Part 2 of my 5 part series to help you pick your new webhosting company.

Well, lets get started...

Today I want to tell you about Reliable hosting from Yahoo! Web Hosting.

Whether you are an experienced web designer or an absolute beginner Yahoo web hosting will have a plan for you.

WHY YAHOO WEB HOSTING.....

Design and Build Your Web Site

They offer easy site building software with 380+ designs or your own third-party design tool to create a professional web site.

• You don't need a technical background to build a professional, ad-free web site with Yahoo! SiteBuilder.
  
• Create a site from scratch or customize one of our 380+ designs.
  
• Get step-by-step help from our built-in Site Creation Wizard.
  Try Yahoo! SiteBuilder before you sign up for their service.
  
• Third-Party Tools
  They support popular third-party design tools like Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe GoLive, and Microsoft FrontPage (2000 and 2002).*
  Support for Flash, Shockwave, audio, video, slide shows, and more.
  

Room to Grow...and Grow!

Get plenty of capacity to build many web pages and support lots of visitors. Web hosting plans start with 5GB of disk space and 200GB/mo. of data transfer.

Capacity.....

Go ahead and grow as much as you want — they've got you covered! Their popular Yahoo! Web Hosting Starter plan comes with:

• 5GB of disk space: With enough space to build 5, 10 — even 25,000 web pages — chances are that Yahoo! Web Hosting Starter offers more than enough storage to get you going!
  
• 200GB of data transfer per month: Plenty of capacity to support anywhere from 1,000 to half a million visitors each month.

Scalability
Easy upgrades: Should you need more capacity, you can purchase more disk space and bandwidth or just upgrade your plan to Standard or Professional. No additional fees, beyond the monthly fee, are charged when you upgrade.

Pricing
Their plans start at $11.95, $8.961/mo. with no annual contracts required, you get a low-risk, high-reward investment!

Yahoo! Web Hosting offers you three plans to meet your business needs.

• Starter: $11.95...$8.961/mo
• Standard: $19.95...$14.961/mo
• Professional: $39.95... $29.961/mo

No hidden setup fees
All plans are billed on a monthly basis, and no long-term contract is required to receive their standard or promotional rates.

Scripting and Database Tools
All plans inclued PHP, Perl, and MySQL with virtually unlimited databases so advanced users can build dynamic and interactive sites.

Blogging
Share your thoughts and opinions in a blog on your web site. Our hosting plans support the professional blogging tools WordPress and Movable Type.

Site Management
Yahoo! Web Hosting simplifies site management, making it easy to update your site, share site access, view performance reports, and more.

User-Friendly Control Panel
Your control panel is your command center to oversee site building, file management, editing, email, and much more.

Web Site Statistics
With Yahoo! Web Hosting's easy-to-read statistical reports, you can gain important insight into:

• How many people have visited your site
  
• How many times each web page has been viewed
  
• Which search engines and search terms were used to find your site
  
• Which sites your visitors came from
  

24-Hour Customer Support
Yahoo! Web Hosting is committed to giving you all the help you need to build and maintain a successful web site.

• 24-hour toll-free customer support
  
• 24-hour email support
  
• Extensive online help
  
• Getting Started guides and videos
  
• Free Domain Name (Will save you money!)

Reliability
Yahoo! Web Hosting offers enterprise-class reliability to help ensure that your site is always available to your customers.

• Consistently delivers 99.9% uptime.
  
• Your data is stored in multiple data centers to help ensure that your site is available.
  
• Extensive back-end connections to the Internet help your site load faster.
  Security
  
• Protect your web site and customer information with safeguards like automatic site snapshots, password-protected access, shared SSL certificates, and more.
  

Well I will not bore you with anymore details, but as you can tell Yahoo offers a complete web hosting service. If you would like to check out Yahoo web hosting or my other web hosting recommendations, simply click the red highlighted links below:

• Reliable hosting from Yahoo! Web Hosting.
  

• PowWeb #1 Web Hosting Pick!

Until Next Time!

Arianna

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