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		<title>Get All the Scope on using Personal URLs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Rogers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are looking to get the public's attention and gain greater exposure for your business, you'll find that you'll have a much easier time getting your content noticed using a personal URL. A personal URL (or PURL) is a URL which you can send to a client with their name included in the URL itself. PURLs offer a number of advantages to you and your business.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style='italic;' class='uawbyline'>by Jim Rogers</div>
<p>If you are looking to get the public&#8217;s attention and gain greater exposure for your business, you&#8217;ll find that you&#8217;ll have a much easier time getting your content noticed using a personal URL. A personal URL (or PURL) is a URL which you can send to a client with their name included in the URL itself. PURLs offer a number of advantages to you and your business. </p>
<p>When you use PURLS in conjunction with direct marketing software, you&#8217;ll have a much more positive reception from prospects. The personal touch offered by a PURL will make a good impression of your business on the prospective client. There are a lot of opportunities open to you in personalized direct mail, but you need to stand out from your competition and leave your prospects with the perception that you are speaking to them personally.</p>
<p>With PURLs, you will find that you can easily customize content for each client, if you should so choose.  With this in mind, you will be able to both target your clients, and learn more about their needs.  This make for a significantly more powerful experience for your customer, and one where they will remember you and what you provide.</p>
<p>Response rates are greatly increased by using personalized URLs. Studies show that people are much more likely to click a link which has their name included and will also be more well disposed to the message you are trying to convey. You will have a chance to see what your prospective customers are interested in and use this data to market your products and services better to your target market.</p>
<p>PURLs when used with a personalized direct mail campaign provide a great tool for tracking prospect response to your message. You can see what your contacts are doing with these URLs and use this information to develop ways to retain their interest. Remember, personalized content is a powerful tool.</p>
<p>Use your PURLs to make sure that your experience are getting the treatment that they need.  When customers need to deal with an impersonal landing page, they feel like one face in a hundred, but when they have their own, complete with VIP treatment and personalized content, you will find that you will get a great response.  Use audio to make sure that your clients connect with you, and to speak with them directly.</p>
<p>Before deciding on a company which provides PURL services, shop around. You should opt for a company which offers a flat rate rather than a per-URL charge. This affords your business the flexibility it needs to build on your personalized URL campaign as you need, instead of being limited by having to pay for each and every PURL.</p>
<p>Take some time and make sure that you think about what a powerful PURL program can do for you; this is a marketing campaign where you do not want to be left behind!</p>
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<div class='uawlinks'>Jim Rogers - <a href="http://personalizemarketing.com/indexmain.html">PURLs</a> are used to increase response rates and get the attention of the recipient. This advanced <a href="http://personalizemarketing.com/indexmain.html">Personalized URLs</a> software is doubling and even tripling response rates on postcards and email.</div>
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		<title>The Top 3 Deadly Mistakes To Avoid When Emailing Your List</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Zeng</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When you decide to have an email list, it is not just a matter of sending your subscribers your promotional ads. There are many things to consider in avoiding many complications. While there are so many ways you can encourage people subscribe to your list, there are also some things you must do to avoid subscribers from wanting to get off from your list.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style='italic;' class='uawbyline'>by Henry Zeng</div>
<p>When you decide to have an opt-in list, it is not just a matter of sending your subscribers your promotional ads. There are many factors to consider in avoiding many complications. While there are so many ways you can encourage people subscribe to your list, there are also some things you must do to avoid subscribers from wanting to unsubscribe from your email list.</p>
<p>It is essential that you keep your list clean and manageable. Arrange it by using the many tools and technologies available for your opt-in list. Do not worry; your investment in this marketing strategy is well worth it with all the coverage you will get which will likely be converted into sales then to profit. As a tip, here are three things to avoid when emailing your list. </p>
<p>1) Not take notice of your bounces. These are the e-mails that bounce. Bounced emails, also known as undeliverable messages, are those messages that, for some reason, were not successfully received by the intended recipient.</p>
<p>There are bounces that happen or occur due to user unknown, closed mailboxes, services unavailable. There are those bounce messages that are simply undeliverable ever. Some other reasons for this can be an invalid email address, a misspelled email address, or an email address that was abandoned and erased already. </p>
<p>Manage your list by putting markings on those that bounce. Erase an email account from your email list so that you have an accurate statistics and records as to how many subscribers are actually receiving your mail.</p>
<p>2) Not provide an unsubscribe link in your mails. When someone in your list requests to be unsubscribed, always take that request seriously. If you don&#8217;t take them off your list and keep sending them your e-mails, you are now sending them spam mail. </p>
<p>When you are reported as a spammer, you and your business can get into a lot of trouble. You can be reported to the authorities and maybe blacklisted by many internet service providers. You will lose a lot of subscribers this way and many more in potential subscribers.</p>
<p>3) Provide pornographic or shocking and disturbing content in your newsletters. It is sometimes hard to decipher the age of the recipient and you may get a lot of complaints. Stick to the nature of your site and business.</p>
<p>Always remember these tips in this article so that you can have a healthy relationship with your subscribers as well as be kept within the boundaries of what is allowed in sending mails to an opt-in list.</p>
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		<title>How To Pick The Best Keywords For Your Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Billings</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Choosing the best keywords for your website has several advantages, the most important one being traffic (visitors). If you don't target the right keywords, people won't find the information on your site even if it's the best information available.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style='italic;' class='uawbyline'>by Theo McLanahan</div>
<p>Choosing the best keywords for your website has several advantages, the most important one being traffic (visitors). If you don&#8217;t target the right keywords, people won&#8217;t find the information on your site even if it&#8217;s the best information available.</p>
<p>Keywords play a part in the way your site is ranked on search engines so you&#8217;ll want to make sure you are using the right keywords to get those rankings up and bring those visitors in.</p>
<p>Here are three tips for choosing the right keywords:</p>
<p>1. Using a tool such as WordTracker.com will help you to determine what keywords people are actually searching for, how stiff your competition might be for certain keyword phrases and can even reveal hidden gems that you may not have thought about originally.</p>
<p>2. Just because a term is searched frequently doesn&#8217;t mean you should always focus on that keyword. If you have lots of competition for a really hot keyword phrase, the likelihood of you making it to the top of the ranks in the search engines drops dramatically.</p>
<p>Think about your competition and looks for keywords that may have less searches, but will be easier to get top search engine rankings for.</p>
<p>3. Include variations of your keyword phrases in more than one way on your site. Don&#8217;t overdo it by stuffing your site with keywords. People want quality content and if you have an article on your site that has your keyword phrase in it every other sentence they won&#8217;t stick around and what good is traffic if it leaves and never comes back?</p>
<p>These tips will get you started on the right foot with your keywords. There is plenty of other helpful information on sites such as ArticlesGoneViral.com that will help you really optimize your site effectively.</p>
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		<title>SEO Methods used by Texas Web Designers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan FeRoss</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Website Design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Link building is a great way to increase traffic to your site both naturally and through increased search engine rankings.  The greater the number of links that point to your site from other websites the better your site ranks with top search engines like Google or Yahoo!.  Texas Web Designers are the top experts in link building and know exactly how to put this innovative tool to use for your website.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style='italic;' class='uawbyline'>by Jordan FeRoss</div>
<p>Link building is a great way to increase traffic to your site both naturally and through increased search engine rankings.  The greater the number of links that point to your site from other websites the better your site ranks with top search engines like Google or Yahoo!.  Texas Web Designers are the top experts in link building and know exactly how to put this innovative tool to use for your website.</p>
<p>The success of your website depends on many factors. One thing is true of all websites, however, and that is the more people who know about your website the more traffic and potential customers you will receive. You will need to employ many marketing methods to bring traffic to your website as well as make sure the content on your website is interesting for your visitors. Texas web designers ca help you market your website and develop quality content.</p>
<p>Think of link building as another way to get your name out there. If you increase the number of people who see your site, you will increase the number of potential customers you have, and be able to target them more easily. By utilizing link building, you are placing your site, and as a result, your name out there for more people to see. By building off of links that are related to your line of work, you are targeting the customers you would like to reach. There are several methods the Texas web designers can employ to increase the amount of traffic to your site.</p>
<p>Texas Web Designers know that one of the most popular methods of link building is to use reciprocal links. Reciprocal links are mutual links between two related sites. For example, if Bob and Nan both have a website with content that is similar, Bob will want to link to Nan&#8217;s site, and Nan to Bob&#8217;s. This will insure both Bob and Nan that they will be more likely to receive mutual traffic to their sites. </p>
<p>That way, when someone visits Bob&#8217;s site, that person will be likely to click on Nan&#8217;s and vice versa. This is also an important part of SEO, as search engines like Google use the number of important links to a particular site when figuring out where it ranks in the list of search results. Consult with the Texas web designers for more information on how you can benefit from this method.</p>
<p>One-way links are also a great way to market your website.  Texas Web Designers know how to place the most effective one-way links on other web pages to get the most highly targeted traffic to your website and increase your search engine ranking because of the high number of links to your site on the internet (one of their ranking criteria).</p>
<p>One of the ways that one-way links are effectively generated is through the use of article distribution sites and article directories.  Articles that are content-rich and extol the benefits of your products or services without sounding like advertising are distributed with a link to your website in the author&#8217;s box or resource box.  This is an example of one-way links that help increase your traffic and get you a higher search engine ranking.  Texas Web Designers are knowledgeable in the use of article distribution and can create exceptional content to this end so that you can increase your traffic and become more profitable.</p>
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<div class='uawlinks'><a href='http://www.reachaweb.com/seo_web_design_portfolio.html'>SEO Web Design</a> techniques that will mean significant results for your business are Keyword density, placement, and Meta Tags, according to <a href='http://www.reachaweb.com/index.html'>Texas Web Designers</a> at Reach A Web.</div>
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		<title>Texas Web Designers Offer Competition Analysis</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan FeRoss</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[An online business is a difficult type of business to be successful with. There are millions of websites online today and depending on your market you could be competing with thousands of them.  A competition analysis can help your website succeed and Texas web designers can provide a complete analysis that will help you find out where you stand with your competition. Finding out what makes your website unique and different will help you stand out from the rest.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style='italic;' class='uawbyline'>by Jordan FeRoss</div>
<p>An online business is a difficult type of business to be successful with. There are millions of websites online today and depending on your market you could be competing with thousands of them.  A competition analysis can help your website succeed and Texas web designers can provide a complete analysis that will help you find out where you stand with your competition. Finding out what makes your website unique and different will help you stand out from the rest.</p>
<p>If you were running a local brick and mortar business, your business would likely be competing with just a few other businesses and you would know exactly who they are and what they are doing.  When your business in online, though, you are competing with countless other businesses and you may have no idea how many of them and who they are.  Simply creating a website, no matter how good it may look, is not enough to ensure your success online.  Texas Web Designers can give your business the edge you need to compete in the global marketplace and succeed.</p>
<p>A competition analysis provided by Texas web designers is going to look at where you stand in the market.  They will lay out all of your competitors and show you where you stand with them.  The analysis will include all of your strengths with what you can provide and even your weaknesses.  They will define for you the opportunities you have with the online marketplace and set goals for your business to achieve.  A baseline will be set where you are today and as you work with the web design company repairing the weaknesses you will be able to watch as your business progresses over time.</p>
<p>Good Texas web designers will find out how your business can differentiate itself from the rest when they do a competition analysis of your business.  They will help you to create am image for your business and a brand that will work well for you.  They will figure out what sets your online business apart from the rest of your competition and focus on developing these strengths.  They will also prove the right online communities for you to market your business to so that you attract interested customers.</p>
<p>Good Texas web designers provide more than just a competition analysis.  The analysis creates a baseline for you to build your business off of.  It allows for you to know who your target audience is and what is the best solution for targeting them.  </p>
<p>Even a successful online business can benefit from allowing Texas Web Designers to do a competition analysis for them.  Keeping your edge is vitally important in today&#8217;s economy and letting your guard down is the worst move you can make.  Falling asleep at the wheel will give another business the opportunity to sweep in and steal your market share.  Your business could disappear virtually overnight if you don&#8217;t stay on your toes and keep your eye on what the competition is doing.  Competition on the internet is tough and it is likely to get tougher as more people seek alternate forms of income because of losing their jobs.  You must take every step possible to ensure your online business comes out on the top of the heap.</p>
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<div class='uawlinks'>The <a href='http://www.reachaweb.com'>Texas Web Designers</a> at Reach A Web are some of the few companies that actually take the time to complete a proper Competition Analysis and for the fraction of the price that the competitors charge. Before getting your <a href='http://www.reachaweb.com/seo_web_design.html'>SEO Web Design</a> completed, call them at 1-888-699-3233.</div>
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		<title>Utilizing The Texas Web Designers To Create A SEO Designed Site</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan FeRoss</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEO is an often used acronym for Search Engine Optimization which is the crux of internet marketing today.  SEO consists of a variety of techniques that are used in the design of a website in order to get it to rank well with search engines.  The higher your search engine ranking, the more people visit your website and the more money you can make.  Good SEO is the difference between having a website and having a viable internet business.  The people at Texas Web Designers are experts at creating websites with good SEO design that help their clients achieve financial success with their websites and they can do the same for you.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style='italic;' class='uawbyline'>by Jordan FeRoss</div>
<p>SEO is an often used acronym for Search Engine Optimization which is the crux of internet marketing today.  SEO consists of a variety of techniques that are used in the design of a website in order to get it to rank well with search engines.  The higher your search engine ranking, the more people visit your website and the more money you can make.  Good SEO is the difference between having a website and having a viable internet business.  The people at Texas Web Designers are experts at creating websites with good SEO design that help their clients achieve financial success with their websites and they can do the same for you.</p>
<p>Texas web designers are a reputable company known for their quality work. They provide many services for search engine optimization, all of which are the latest and most effective techniques. It is important to have an understanding of SEO and how it can help your website, and it is equally important to hire someone who can properly optimize your website so that your website receives the greatest amount of traffic and the highest ranking possible.</p>
<p>Business owners know just how important advertising is for the success of their business. There are many effective ways of advertising and marketing online. The internet has opened up a whole range of new possibilities, as well as competition from thousands of other websites. Texas web designers know which techniques work the best and will make your website stand out form the competition.</p>
<p>Another reason you may want to consider utilizing the Texas web designers is the vast number of services they provide. Because of their knowledge and experience building optimized sites, they have access to valuable tools you may not know how to use. By employing them, you can free up more time for yourself so you will be able to place proper attention on other important tasks. </p>
<p>With all the many ways to optimize a website and with the ever-changing rules used by the search engines, it is nearly impossible for a novice to achieve noticeable results on their own.  Texas Web Designers are experts in putting all the latest techniques to work for you and are always aware of the latest changes to the way the popular search engines rank websites so their clients are always ahead of the curve.</p>
<p>SEO is an important part of any online business and should be the focus of your marketing methods. Your businesses&#8217; web presence is just as important as your physical presence and can attract many more customers and increase your revenues. Texas web designers are dedicated to providing you with quality optimization services that will get you the traffic your website needs to attract customers.</p>
<p>A well optimized website means a higher search engine ranking and more traffic. The more potential customers you have the more your business can grow. Texas web designers will provide you with the best information on search engine optimization and help you to implement it.</p>
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<div class='uawlinks'><a href='http://www.reachaweb.com/index.html'>Texas Web Designers</a> are reputable SEO Pro&#8217;s in the industry.  Their techniques in implementing <a href='http://www.reachaweb.com/seo_web_design_portfolio.html'>SEO Web Design</a> strategies is bar none the top in the industry.</div>
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		<title>What Can Texas Web Designers Do For Me?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan FeRoss</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Many web designers have an online company that is not achieving the results they want.  Their website may look fantastic to them but they can't figure out why they do not have the traffic they expected.  Texas Web designers can provide the perfect advice for making a website successful and offer solutions to help any website succeed on the internet.  Their services can include an evaluation of ways to improve your website, get more traffic, and higher search engine rankings.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style='italic;' class='uawbyline'>by Jordan FeRoss</div>
<p>Many web designers have an online company that is not achieving the results they want.  Their website may look fantastic to them but they can&#8217;t figure out why they do not have the traffic they expected.  Texas Web designers can provide the perfect advice for making a website successful and offer solutions to help any website succeed on the internet.  Their services can include an evaluation of ways to improve your website, get more traffic, and higher search engine rankings.</p>
<p>An evaluation is the first step Texas web designers will take when working on a website.  They will examine all of the web pages in a site and make sure they function properly.  They will make sure the website is easy for visitors to navigate and determine if the site&#8217;s content is confusing or easy to understand.  They will check the links on the website to make sure they are not broken and that everything points to where it should.</p>
<p>Consistency is an important part of web design.  Texas web designers will check that that every page throughout the website is consistent and implement necessary changes.  Each webpage should have a consistent design and color scheme so they look unified and not confuse visitors.  Too many style changes will make visitors think they have left your website when they are still on it.  A business logo is also an important part of consistency and should be displayed on every page. </p>
<p>There are several common mistakes that cause website owners to fail.  The absence of good website content is one of the major causes of poor website performance. Texas Web Designers can provide a lot more than just advice about your site&#8217;s design; they are also able to provide high-quality content.  The quality of your website&#8217;s content actually has more to do with your financial success than the appearance of the site does!  Good content gets you higher search engine rankings which means more visitors.  Visitors that get good content are more likely to make a purchase, so you can see how this whole chain generates more income for you.</p>
<p>Texas Web Designers provide much more than just website design.  They are able to diagnose and treat major website problems, provide superior content and improve the site&#8217;s performance with major search engines in order to bring more visitors and make more sales.  They work diligently in order to help websites improve their marketing and achieve true and lasting success for their businesses.</p>
<p>If you think your website doesn&#8217;t need Texas web designers to help you build your online business, it is important to consider all the things they can do for you. There are many aspects of a website which makes it successful including functionality, navigation, design, marketing, and content. The right web design company will provide more than just web page design and will also include quality content that helps retain customers and boost search engine ranking, articles and announcements to spread the word about your business, a higher site ranking, and more.</p>
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<div class='uawlinks'>The <a href='http://www.reachaweb.com'>Texas web designers</a> can assist you save money with their free SEO  as well as their inexpensive web design and seo packages.  <a href='http://www.reachaweb.com/seo_web_design_portfolio.html'>Seo Web Design</a> can only be accomplished by the right professionals for the right results.</div>
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		<title>Texas Web Designers Keep SEO in Mind</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan FeRoss</dc:creator>
		
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<p>When you consider your website, it is important to remember the various factors that must be present in order to insure you will receive web traffic and attract new customers on a regular basis. You want to be sure your site is differentiated from others of its type, and the Texas web designers can help you do just that.</p>
<p>Over the last several years, it has come to the attention of web developers that website success depends solely on something called SEO, or search engine optimization. SEO is the process of optimizing a website and its content so that search engines can find it when computer users type in keywords related specifically to the site or topic at hand. The Texas web designers possess the know how to employ the various SEO tactics and methods necessary to insure your site will rank high in the number of available results.</p>
<p>If you have ever run a keyword search for terms that relate to your business you probably realize that there are hundreds, thousands or even more pages that come up with those words.  The websites that show on the first page have the greatest probability of getting clicked on and making the sale.  Texas Web Designers are able to build the SEO right into your website to ensure you get a high ranking.</p>
<p>Texas web designers use many SEO techniques when designing your website which will insure your website has a higher ranking. One of the most important things is the content on your website. The keywords you use in your website&#8217;s content should relate directly to the type of business you have and products you offer. Think about what potential customers search for when they are looking for a business like yours. You web pages need to be content rich, or contain content that is relevant to your business and adds value to your website and is interesting for the reader. </p>
<p>Optimizing your page titles is another important aspect of SEO that Texas Web Designers can help you with.  Page titles are important because they let readers know what content to expect on your page.  A page called &#8220;About Us&#8221; would let readers know where to find information about your business.  The page title is also used to help search engines index and rank your site.  Page titles should contain keywords relating to your business and should be concise, usually with about 50 characters or less.</p>
<p>Keyword repetition is also another crucial factor. It is important to remember to do this in a way that is logical, otherwise, the search engines may see the content as spam. When you utilize the services of Texas web designers, you can rest assured your keywords will be arranged in a logical way that will facilitate higher rankings and traffic to your site, not the other way around.</p>
<p>When the Texas web designers build your site, they will pay special attention to the factors listed above. The layout of a page is just as important as its content because in order for people to read it, it must first be aesthetically pleasing.</p>
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<div class='uawlinks'><a href='http://www.reachaweb.com/seo_web_design.html'>SEO Web Design</a> is a huge job in itself.  Finding someone that can accomplish your goals in Web Design and SEO at the same time is very difficult.  The <a href='http://www.reachaweb.com/index.html'>Texas Web Designers</a> have mastered the art of SEO Web Design.  Give them a call at 1.888.699.3233</div>
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		<title>Top 3 New Features in Dreamweaver CS4</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Whiteman</dc:creator>
		
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<p>1. Related Files</p>
<p>HTML is a notoriously sparse environment which relies on files created with other technogies to add functionality to web pages. Typical examples of related files are server-side includes, CSS, JavaScript and XML. Dreamweaver now includes a feature called &#8220;Related Files&#8221; which enables you to edit the content of such files, without having to open them separately, and to instantly see the effect of your changes on the main file.</p>
<p>Photoshop images are can be inserted using the same techniques as inserting any other image file: Insert - Image; dragging from the Files panel; dragging from the Assets panel; or using the Insert toolbar. A Photoshop-style Optimise window automatically appears and you can choose the settings appropriate for that particular image usually GIF, JPEG or PNG.</p>
<p>2. Photoshop integration</p>
<p>The fact that the image is a smart object means that if we resize it in Dreamweaver, it will automatically be re-optimised and a new version of the image will be generated with the new dimensions. (In previous versions, resizing an image would mean that the browser was responsible for resizing leading to poor image quality.</p>
<p>Photoshop images are can be inserted using the same techniques as inserting any other image file: Insert - Image; dragging from the Files panel; dragging from the Assets panel; or using the Insert toolbar. A Photoshop-style Optimise window automatically appears and you can choose the settings appropriate for that particular image usually GIF, JPEG or PNG.</p>
<p>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 &#8220;Style1&#8243;, &#8220;Style2&#8243;, 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.</p>
<p>The fact that the image is a smart object means that if we resize it in Dreamweaver, it will automatically be re-optimised and a new version of the image will be generated with the new dimensions. (In previous versions, resizing an image would mean that the browser was responsible for resizing leading to poor image quality.</p>
<p>3. Related Files</p>
<p>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 &#8220;Style1&#8243;, &#8220;Style2&#8243;, 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.</p>
<p>Whenever you open a file which contains linked files, Dreamweaver displays each of the linked files in the Related Files Bar. To access a related file just click on its name. If you make any changes to a related file and asterisk appears next to its name in the Related Files Bar to remind you to save your changes. When you do, the impact of the changes is immediately visible in the main file.</p>
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<div class='uawlinks'>The The writer of this article is a trainer and developer with <a href="http://www.macresource.co.uk">Macresource Computer Solutions</a>, a UK IT training company offering <a href="http://www.macresource.co.uk/courses/dreamwvr.htm">Adobe Dreamweaver training courses</a> in London and throughout the UK.</div>
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		<title>Texas Web Designers Say Social Bookmarking Is In</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan FeRoss</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Social bookmarking is a way for internet users to store, organize, share, and manage their favorite websites on the internet by "book marking" them and storing this list in a database. Bookmarks can be saved privately or saved for public viewing and sharing. Through the public viewing method website owners can share their websites with large audiences draw more traffic to their sites. Texas web designers will help you determine how to utilize social book marking for this purpose.]]></description>
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<p>Social bookmarking is a way for internet users to store, organize, share, and manage their favorite websites on the internet by &#8220;book marking&#8221; them and storing this list in a database. Bookmarks can be saved privately or saved for public viewing and sharing. Through the public viewing method website owners can share their websites with large audiences draw more traffic to their sites. Texas web designers will help you determine how to utilize social book marking for this purpose.</p>
<p>Social bookmarks are most often organized with tags instead of folders, as is the browser-based tradition. The idea here is to share information with others while gaining access to relevant resources. There are several advantages of utilizing this type of service. Upon designing your site, the Texas web designers will help you determine what sites and services to use in order for you to gain the attention you desire for your business.</p>
<p>A major advantage of social bookmarking is that the tags are entered and created by live people.  This is far superior to the way search engines use bots to classify and rank your pages.  Using tags creates more precise organization and permits people to exchange information and experiences in a productive fashion.  Texas Web Designers have a unique understanding of social bookmarking and can help you use it to its fullest advantage in promoting your website.</p>
<p>Another advantage to utilizing a social bookmarking system is that a resource can be ranked according to the number of times it has been bookmarked by users. This can be a more useful method for users than systems that rank resources based on the number of links pointing to them. While the Texas web designers will certainly strive to get your site ranked through the links method used by search engines, you may also find social bookmarking to be a very useful tool. </p>
<p>There are, however, a few drawbacks to utilizing social bookmarking systems in terms of website ranking. One is the lack of keywords used. This lack of a controlled vocabulary can make it more difficult to achieve rankings and in some cases, for people to find your site. Since the Texas web designers work hard to optimize your content and build your site according to the standards in place, this may not be too much of a concern.</p>
<p>There is also no standard for the structure of tags on social book marking websites and this lack of control may cause confusion among users. Some tags can have more than one meaning or be unclear to users as to what they stand for. Texas web designers can determine what the best tags for your website are and how to properly use them.</p>
<p>While social bookmarking can be a very powerful tool, it is recommended that it be used in conjunction with an optimized site. The Texas web designers can help you utilize both these tools so they may work together to provide you with higher visibility. The more a page is tagged, the more visible it becomes.</p>
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