Archive for November 19th, 2008
A Website That Allows Us To Get Away From It All
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I was just visiting the a truly beautiful and inspiring website, that makes me want take off and enjoy a vacation away from the stresses of daily life.
When you have a few minutes, I’d encourage you to visit the Florblanca.com website, and consider a visit to their Costa Rica resort. Don’t worry, they offer internet access, so you’ll be able to email home and let everyone know what a great time you’re having. Really though, I doubt you’ll have time to even think about the web with all the luxuries and amenities there are to enjoy.
The villas offered at Florblanca are remarkable, and I know that a quick visit to their website will have you aching to take a trip as well. In fact, wouldn’t a Costa Rica vacation make for a great gift this holiday season?
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If you’re a Canadian, you may have heard of this. If not, you’re sure to find it interesting anyway, as internet traffic shaping is something that, if allowed, could eventually effect all of us.
Tomorrow (Thursday) an important decision is to be made by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, in regards to net neutrality. You see, this past April, it was alleged that Bell Canada was purposely slowing down the connection speed of of certain users, based on their web activities. Ex. smaller ISPs that lease space from Bell.
Bell’s explanation, is that they are doing this in order to combat those that engage in peer-to-peer down downloading, so that their entire network is not slowed down for regular users. The question to be answered is: what is the truth, and should any type of traffic shaping be allowed? Well, we’ll find out one very important opinion on this tomorrow - the CRTC’s.
Some Web Traffic Tips (For Newbies)
We all want more people to visit our websites, and view our content. This is true whether you operate a personal hobby blog, or an e-commerce store. I think about web traffic on a regular basis, and wanted to offer a few tips today. Be forewarned, these are mostly geared toward newbies.
Probably the most important factor in creating traffic to your website is the building of relevant inbound links. One way to do this is by publishing your content on article directories. While you may receive a little traffic and recognition when your article is posted somewhere, the real value comes in the form of the link it will include. You see, most article directories require the publisher to provide credit in the form of a link back to the original author’s website.
Google looks at how many links point to each site, and ranks them based on the number and quality of links. This ranking comes in the form of Google PageRank, and higher search engine rankings.
It’s also important to understand your visitors and deliver what they like. Do you notice certain posts or pages on your blog are much more popular than others? Study these pages and try to deliver similar (but original) content in the future. This approach may not bring in much new traffic, but will create reoccurring visitors and a loyal reader-base.
These are just a couple of thoughts I had in my head today. If you found them interesting, take a moment and subscribe to my RSS feed, so that you’ll be sure to catch future postings.