Here are our top five WYSIWYG web builder programs. WYSIWYG interface makes it ideal for beginners and novices, but you must be careful as to which program you choose. Remember, as your skills become better (and they will), you’re going to want more features and some of these programs won’t allow you to do what you want. It is also important to know that WYSIWYG and other programs are not always ideal for creating larger content based sites like blogs or this site (BeginnerWebs.com); for that you should look at Content Management Systems (or CMS). For more on WYSIWYG software, see What’s a WYSIWYG. Some of the sites we’ve linked to below will allow you to test out their software for free. It’s always good to “try before you buy!” Continue reading “Top 5 WYSIWYG Web Design Programs 2012” »
Best Secrets to Promoting Your Business Blog with Social Media
If you’re a small business then the best way for you to interact with customers and attract more attention is to start a business blog. And the best way to promote that blog is with social media. Using conventional advertising is useless for long-term content based sites (like your blog). Remember – especially if you have a business blog – that it is meant as a device in itself to capture an audience and attract more visitors. The idea of a blog is to have readers; and those readers will naturally have an interest in your business. A business blog is like free targeted advertising for your company or product. The first thing you have to do is promote your blog. Continue reading “Best Secrets to Promoting Your Business Blog with Social Media” »
Easy & Free Advertising Methods Often Overlooked
Some of the easiest ways to advertise your website, blog, social pages, etc. are free and often go unnoticed by many publishers and webmasters.
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If you are a small business owner and have a website or blog, then these ideas may shock you by how simple they are, but you’ll be sorry if you’re not using them. Start by adding links to your website or blog on anything electronic such as emails and invoices. If you have social media accounts, put their usernames and URLs everywhere. Continue reading “Easy & Free Advertising Methods Often Overlooked” »
Search Optimization is a Scam, Advice from the Experts
Few people know that there is an entire group of websites and businesses that are heavily invested into making you believe that your website needs to have expertly crafted SEO. Yes, that’s right… They want you to think that SEO is some unobtainable goldmine of success for your site. And if you pay them enough, they’ll make the seemingly impossible become possible. As a general rule in life, you should know that there are two main types of business ideas: the first is solving an existing problem and the second is creating a problem and then selling the solution. You guess what’s going on here. Continue reading “Search Optimization is a Scam, Advice from the Experts” »
Expert Advice: 5 Time-Saving Tips to Keep Your Site Content Fresh
Whether you own a business site or personal blog, it’s important to keep it updated constantly with fresh content. Doing so helps attract and maintain attention as well as keeping the search engines busy. We know that website maintenance can be challenging because it’s hard to find time and content. The only thing easier than buying your visitors (bad idea) is to make sure your website is rich in content and keywords accurate to the site. Continue reading “Expert Advice: 5 Time-Saving Tips to Keep Your Site Content Fresh” »
Do I Need to Copyright My Website? How?
We get lots of legal questions but we’re not a law firm so it’s hard to give advice about certain issues. The most common question we get is about copyrighting a website. Continue reading “Do I Need to Copyright My Website? How?” »
BW Special Report: The Top 10 Secrets of Google Page-Ranking You Need To Know
We all know that Big ‘G’ (Google) is the most dominant search engine service out there… Period. So it would be in your benefit to master the right SEO techniques, right? Well the main keyword to focus on is Authority. Google measures your pages’ importance and usefulness to a search by looking for how much of an authority your website has over others. Google loves to look at this, especially branding. This guide/report is designed to help you figure out the best way to develop your site according to how Google looks at it. As a visitor of BeginnerWebs.com, you are granted exclusive access to this special report (because everything here is free). Continue reading “BW Special Report: The Top 10 Secrets of Google Page-Ranking You Need To Know” »
Best 'How to Build a Website' Books
Building a website with no experience can be difficult, but we’ve all got to start somewhere. The best way to begin this endeavor is with a book. Books can provide more images and professional insight into web design. We’ve picked out a few that we think are the best books for beginners and for specific niche help. After lots of research and analysis, here they are with their descriptions and links.
NOTE: Most of the information in these books can be found here at BeginnerWebs.com, but some people like to have a hard copy in front of them, and that’s okay. Continue reading “Best 'How to Build a Website' Books” »
Google Updates Search Algorithm – Is it good or bad?
So with the announcement of Google’s search algorithm update comes good news and bad news. You see, the change currently affects different sites in different ways.
The decision is supposed to benefit sites with good original content. Webmasters with sites that offer what Google considers to be “quality”, original content are supposedly going to benefit from this. Google’s aim is to cut down on what some call “content mills”. These are sites that hoard content to be optimized for the older algorithm, which would have placed them on the top of the results.
This is important because the top position usually averages around 25-35% of the click ratio compared to the other nine results. When sites like these are knocked off the top spot, their traffic drops like a rock. The second place click ratio is much lower, at fewer than 15%. If a page drops to the second page of results, then it gets practically no traffic. Continue reading “Google Updates Search Algorithm – Is it good or bad?” »
Using Blogs for Backlinks Can Get You Better Search Rankings
Have you ever noticed that when you submit a comment on a blog or forum, that there is almost always a field for you to enter your website? The truth is that most webmasters overlook this and lose out on hundreds or even thousands of potential visitors per day. Continue reading “Using Blogs for Backlinks Can Get You Better Search Rankings” »