http://silentavatar.com/blog Speaking Up About All Things Internet Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:41:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://silentavatar.com/blog/2009/11/04/the-importance-of-social-media-sites-for-your-business/ http://silentavatar.com/blog/2009/11/04/the-importance-of-social-media-sites-for-your-business/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:50:34 +0000 the silent avatar http://www.silentavatar.com/blog//?p=659 The only way to make the maximum of the social media advantage is to line up an account with all three social networking sites, particularly Facebook. Facebook is one of the swiftest growing social networking web sites in the world, so you are going to be able to draw in clients outside the U.S, which is particularly ideal if you are running an internet business. You may use the 'notes' section of Facebook to explain the function and goals of your business. You can include as many folk in the note as you want, so that prospective partners and backers can find out more about your company.]]> http://silentavatar.com/blog/2009/11/04/the-importance-of-social-media-sites-for-your-business/feed/ 0 http://silentavatar.com/blog/2009/11/01/the-abc-of-essential-web-design/ http://silentavatar.com/blog/2009/11/01/the-abc-of-essential-web-design/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:05:25 +0000 the silent avatar http://www.silentavatar.com/blog//?p=656 Contrary to popular belief, building a website is not just about uploading a website to your web host. More important than many people realise is to ensure the information you present on your site is appealing to both real visitors and search engine spiders. It goes without saying then that you’ll need to educate yourself about the basics of what goes into e-commerce web design. The most important factor which is bandied about the internet with wild abandon (and rightly so), is the premise that content is king!]]> http://silentavatar.com/blog/2009/11/01/the-abc-of-essential-web-design/feed/ 0 http://silentavatar.com/blog/2009/08/17/does-dlguard-do-what-it-claims/ http://silentavatar.com/blog/2009/08/17/does-dlguard-do-what-it-claims/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:36:14 +0000 the silent avatar http://silentavatar.com/blog/?p=589 So as far as I am concerned, this little piece of script that works behind the scenes to secure downloads is a real gem. I can set the download time and the number of attempts before those accessing the download link are "locked out". The beauty of DLGuard assigning the number of download attempts goes a long way to stopping files being passed on during the access time. DLGuard won't stop those who pass on the download to their friends, but it does offer a first line of defence against pirated downloads.]]> http://silentavatar.com/blog/2009/08/17/does-dlguard-do-what-it-claims/feed/ 2 http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/12/06/website-finished-now-what/ http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/12/06/website-finished-now-what/#comments Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:23:46 +0000 the silent avatar http://silentavatar.com/blog/?p=252 've always said that a website is nothing more than html code stuck in cyberspace unless you dive traffic to your site. Given that there are over five and a half billion websites on the Internet and growing at an exponential rate, this figure is enough to scare the pants off any would be Internet merchant, or home entrepreneur.]]> http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/12/06/website-finished-now-what/feed/ 0 http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/09/27/internet-marketing-consultant/ http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/09/27/internet-marketing-consultant/#comments Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:15:54 +0000 the silent avatar http://www.silentavatar.com/blog//?p=115 First, you will want to check that people can find your order form easily and hassle-free. You can write a clear, concise paragraph to direct your prospects to your order form so that you can minimize the chances of them getting lost. You can also reduce the chances of losing prospects by putting a prominent link to your order page from every other page on your site.]]> http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/09/27/internet-marketing-consultant/feed/ 0 http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/08/20/robots/ http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/08/20/robots/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:24:14 +0000 the silent avatar http://silentavatar.com/blog/?p=88 Many search engine spiders routinely look for the robots.txt file as they arrive on a site and many Search Engine Optimization (SEO) experts agree that including this file makes good sense because it acts as an invitation to crawl and to index your website's content. ]]> http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/08/20/robots/feed/ 0 http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/07/16/your-own-website-or-an-ebay-store/ http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/07/16/your-own-website-or-an-ebay-store/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:43:26 +0000 the silent avatar http://silentavatar.com/blog/?p=83 No doubt taking a business online is a decision which shouldn’t be taken lightly. It’s easy to get caught up in all the hype of the Internet, but the bottom line is “will you see a return on your investment”? One of the biggest headaches can be getting traffic (aka customers) to your site, and eBay already has that covered.]]> http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/07/16/your-own-website-or-an-ebay-store/feed/ 0