Over the years I’ve been asked many times over, “why is it that SEO Companies charge so much for their services?”. Truth be told I think if I had a hundred dollars every time I’ve been asked this question I’d probably be making more money (at least in net profit) than an SEO Company. If you shop around the internet, pricing out for SEO marketing services can be a bit confusing as prices tend to have a rather wide disparity. For instance, you might find one company charging $1,500 per month while another charges only $650 per month. Then there are those who claim to charge much less at under $400.  Read more... (720 words, estimated 2:53 mins reading time)

An effective internet message strategy enables an organization to build a leadership brand image and ultimately to attract more clients and customers. Taking the time to develop such a strategy can greatly enhance the return on the investment of time and money your organization makes in its internet presence.  Read more... (818 words, estimated 3:16 mins reading time)

What is the one criteria to become a successful blogger? Avoid mistakes like plagues. While it’s definitely forgivable to make mistakes due to carelessness, it’s wrong if you are not even aware of it in the first place. Recognize these 7 mistakes to avoid falling into the same trap millions have before you.  Read more... (471 words, estimated 1:53 mins reading time)

If you are hoping to use the Internet to promote your company, there are many terms that you may be encountering. It can be hard to tell what the difference between web design and web development are, for example, and how both are involved in the creation of your website. Understanding how both are used to create a seamless and effective website may be one of the most important things you can do to help promote your business.  Read more... (625 words, estimated 2:30 mins reading time)

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The Property Inspector can be used to change the attributes of any element you select on an HTML page. In previous versions of Dreamweaver, changing the attributes of highlighted text would cause the program to create CSS classes with names like “Style1″, “Style2″, etc. in the head area of the current page. This random creation of styles was often responsible for getting new web developers into bad habits.  Read more... (565 words, estimated 2:16 mins reading time)

In the blogging world, content is king. There’s no debating this. Therefore, a good question to ask ourselves are, how can we produce awesome content? Make use of these 10 tips to write your most popular post ever.  Read more... (524 words, estimated 2:06 mins reading time)

HTML is a markup language used to create web pages designed to be accessed across the World Wide Web using browser software such as Internet Explorer or Firefox. The version of HTML in current use is referred to as XHTML, a stricter, rationalised version of the original HTML specification. One important fact to note about HTML and XHTML pages is that they describe the content and structure of the page rather than the position and presentation of the elements on the page.  Read more... (679 words, estimated 2:43 mins reading time)

Search engine optimization, also known as SEO, is without doubt the most important thing any website can invest in, and every year the methods of effective SEO become more advanced and more specific. The search engines are constantly reinventing themselves, moving forward to become pickier about sites that may be spam, and far more accurate in matching the content they deliver to the specifics of user queries. Every website owner needs to review SEO strategies every year to make sure they are still the best available.  Read more... (510 words, estimated 2:02 mins reading time)

XML schema definition languages are derived from the recommendations of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). They use XML 1.0 syntax and their role is to explicit describe the structure of XML documents and constrain the data which they may contain. They offer a distinct improvement on the more limited schema features offered by the Document Type Definition (DTD) recommendation which formed part of the original XML specification released in 1998. The most widely used schema language is the one defined by the W3C in 2001: W3C XML Schema. However, there are alternatives, such as RELAX NG and Schematron.  Read more... (511 words, estimated 2:03 mins reading time)

Working for a company that runs Dreamweaver training courses, I am increasingly finding that there is no longer a typical user of this great web development program. Dreamweaver users now seem to come from all different types of company and from all walks of life: private individuals, financial people, marketing people, people in the health service, academicians It seems everyone needs to learn the basics of web development nowadays.  Read more... (497 words, estimated 1:59 mins reading time)