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Until recently, there were five major players in the search engine world: Google, MSN, AOL, Ask.com, and the Yahoo! search engine. These top Internet search engines quickly could be narrowed down to four, however; AOL uses the Google algorithm and will yield nearly identical results. Further narrowing is rapidly occurring — Ask.com seems to be […]

I have lived in Texas all my life, so I think I know a thing or two about the second biggest state in the union. When it comes to Web design, you can think of your Web site as a lot like any state out there today. When I first describe Web design […]

It is a question that every webmaster must ask him or herself. Should I be running ads on my Web site or not? Well I am not going to tell you ads are evil and stay away. I am also not going to tell you to sell your soul and make as […]

A good FAQ (or otherwise known as frequently asked questions) Web page can help you from having to answer a lot of general questions about yourself or your online business. I like to think of them as the first line of defense in customer service. Along with any help site that you might have, the […]

Content plays a big part in Web site design and development. Without content, you would just have a lot of Web sites linked to other Web sites with nothing interesting of different on each one. As much fun as link clicking is I think if we took content out of the picture, people’s interest might […]

Since starting my podcast on and about the Web hosting world almost two years ago, one of the biggest complaints I get is that there are too many Web hosts out there to choose from. Everybody wants to know who is the best, or if the company they are looking at is any good […]

Now I know here we cover a lot of the technical ways of making your Web sites or projects better. Have you thought of all the social aspects that might make your Web site a little more popular? Nobody can argue with the fact that it takes people to make a Web site […]

Have you reached that point with your Web site or online project to where you think you have done everything you can do? Maybe you are not out of content ideas. Maybe you just need to look at spreading yourself out into more directions. Now I am not talking about covering more […]

One of the oldest and most tested content creation tools in the history or mankind is the ordered list. For millions of years people have been making lists, and sharing these lists with others. I have a feeling that even the cavemen probably made lists; although they might not have been very long. […]

Now when it comes to creating content, no matter what type of Web site you have, there are a few tips that you should at least consider before you put your fingers to the keyboard. I would not consider myself a guru on the topic, but I have done my fair share of […]

Is blogging truly as American as apple pie? Some might argue this, others… not so much.
Corporations are growing increasingly conscious of the power, and potential pitfalls, of blogging. A favorable review from an influential blogger can help generate the kind of buzz around a new product that traditional advertising struggles to achieve. A negative write-up […]

I agree that people who use IE need to start using Internet Explorer 7 immediately. Seriously, this whole IE 6 thing is getting out of hand.
Tucked away in Microsoft’s Digital Life news was the announcement that the company plans to launch its Internet Explorer browser “within the next two weeks”.
Microsoft desperately needs a new browser, […]

OK, this is is a cool extension, but do I really need this? Some might say yes, I on the other hand am not so sure.
The MozEx Firefox extension lets you define external applications to handle common in-browser actions.
For example, you can edit textareas with your […]

AOL is still reaching it seems. Unfortunately it does not look like anyone is interested in biting their latest offer.

NEW YORK - Ever since I discovered I could check AOL e-mail accounts using a regular Internet browser, I’ve […]

Looks like the folks at Weather.com have been busy. Apparently weather vacations rentals have come to meet in the middle?

OK, tell me this doesn’t just sound cool? A Web Services Software Factory? Wow, simply wow!

Well now, it appears that Opera’s home page has been given a bit of a face lift. Actually, it’s not all that bad.

You have to wonder, does the EU simply have a “thing” out for Microsoft? Or are they being totally reasonable?

Ah yes, these are some mighty big questions you might need to ask yourself. Just because you can code something a certain way does not seem to lead to whether it should be done nearly often enough…

There is an ongoing question that many website designers are simply not willing to tackle: who do they insist on ignoring disabled users when it comes to web design?