Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Firefox SEO Addons


SEOpen
http://seopen.com/firefox-extension/download.php
KGen 0.3
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4788
SEOQuake
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3036
SEO for Firefox
http://tools.seobook.com/firefox/seo-for-firefox.html
MetaTags 2.3.5.2
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1668
Web Developer
http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/

[Photoshop] Doing Your Own Company Logo Design

Having your company logo design done by a professional can be an expensive process. Hopefully this tutorial will give you some ideas on creating your company logo yourself.

If you plan to have your company logo printed on paper at any stage, I would strongly advise making it high resolution (300 dots per inch or more), otherwise your company logo will look pixellated when you print it. You can always create a smaller, lower-quality version of your company logo design for the web.

1 – The company name

Start by using the Text Tool and typing the main word of your company name. Select a darkish or midtone colour, and choose a serif (curly-edged) font such as Palatino Linotype or Times New Roman. Use all capitals, and slightly enlarge the first letter.

2 – Creating the company logo sub-text

Using the same font, put the rest of your company name, or some other descriptive phrase, underneath the main header. Use a much smaller font size, and increase the letter spacing by typing a high number into the "Tracking" box. (Alternatively, you can just put a space between each letter.)

The horizontal lines I've put in help to separate out and highlight the text of the company logo. An easy way to make a line is to use the text tool and type an underscore ( _ ), then press Ctrl+T to transform it into an elongated shape.

3 – Adding a graphic element to your company logo design

With just words and lines, your logo design will look dull.

If you don't already have a small image you'd like to use, you can use the Shape Tool in Adobe Photoshop 6.0 and 7 to draw a shape.

Another option is to use the Text Tool, and type a character in the Wingdings font.

At this point, your company logo design is finished, and will look good both on screen and on paper. However, if you want to embellish it further for the screen, then read on. Embellishing your company logo design will make it look nicer, but it won't be as clear.

4 – Adding a vertical border to your company logo

A black border like this will help accentuate the colours in your logo design. With your background colour set to black, click Image > Canvas Size, and increase the height of the image a bit. The extra space on your logo design will be filled with the background colour (black).

5 – Watermarking your company logo

Choose a very light grey colour, select the Text Tool, and write "jk" in Wingdings font. Make the font size very large. "j" and "k" in Wingdings show up as nice swirly characters, which make a nice watermark. In the Layers window, drag this layer almost to the bottom of the list, so it doesn't cover up any other layers.

6 – Adding some effects

To add some effects, right-click on a layer, then click "Effects" (Adobe Photoshop 5) or "Blending Options" (Adobe Photoshop 7.0 and 6). I added the following effects to some of the layers: Bevel and Emboss (set to Inner Bevel), Drop Shadow, Gradient Overlay (set to Overlay mode.)

I also changed the Comco header's text colour to blue, and made the horizontal lines orange. Feel free to change any of the colours on your company logo to whatever suits your purpose.

Google management chrome

Google also say they’re using a “multi-process design” which they say means “a bit more memory up front” but over time also “less memory bloat.” When web pages or plug-ins do use a lot of memory, you can spot them in Chrome’s task manager, “placing blame where blame belongs.”
If this is true, case management, you see how many resources are consumed in a given browser, labels (including plug-ins!) This is a killer feature 100% of the browser.

She would not have been able to implement the current structure of the browser, which does two things: 1) no problem with the browser, because a lot of rewriting code that will lead to and 2) there is a general agreement that this structure will actually consume more resources than the current structure.

This is very important. In the absence of the need to share transmission between the browser, you can not simply reduce the amount of resources has doubled. For example, in Mozilla's Gecko engine, a large number of reusable code took place, significantly lower memory consumption (and optimize the memory of collecting and sorting garbage).

But the friction here.

The poor performance or failure of memory consumption is no longer a browser, but the Web site.

In implementing the features of the browser is an entirely from memory, or transfer of all criticism of the performance of individual site owners ( "wow, my browser is the use of 300MB of memory! Actually, it is only 290MB of all consumers youtube.com, they should develop their own web pages! "). This will be a major change of responsibility for network development - one of the best website in its entirety.

Naturally, there is indirectly linked to the main browser - but maybe it will be marginalized.

This is an incredible loss (in the best sense), it is a strategy, browser vendors will be forced to react. How will the response occur is another matter entirely.

Once, but two things happened: The browser will start competition, reduce specific memory / performance figures for specific Web site (the current situation - but with the number of users will do well to ask for it) and the browser will attract Located .

Since the browser is the Herald of a new de facto "specific" (he is no longer a window in process management, for example), they must take every opportunity to exaggerate the number of those who own interests.

In many levels, the new feature will change the structure of the browser and how it communicates the user. While the introduction of chromium Google is not just belong to the end of the runway in the fierce blast, the user will be curious, as well as wounds seeds: the browser must find a way to respond.



This is a very small (and apparently very bad), but he seems to be on the details of the three attributes of each label: CPU usage, memory utilization and network.

It will be exciting to see what kind of user-centric user interface to solve the problem. Guide to the use of a large number of CPUs in the red? Consumes a large amount of memory, the more? It seems that there are many ways, the quality of the guidelines as may be appropriate

Pagerank #1

Late last year, dropped some senior economic officials in the world, literally. It was great and if I was in marketing through the Internet, and I realized that. Google PageRank, a significant number of publishers (in this time!), Looking at the belly button in the tool finally took the brunt. Some fell by two points and some up to 5. If you care? Does it matter? What is this site even work? Continue reading to find out.

Google, the site, taking into account the importance of this page .


Google Toolbar


It will also serve as "short" a lengthy analysis of the problem to some extent. Not everyone was hit; proportion sufficiently large to be marked differences. First, I will determine what takes place (we expect an interesting way), then the criticism would be to use the Internet Marketing and SEO professionals.

Some people news contained in this article, is "very" old news. Moreover, in January Google refresh the page again, as often happens once every three months - until they re-enter. It seems as if it were business as usual at the Googleplex, and little or no fear of another major public relations coup was in November last year.

PageRank

PageRank is a patented algorithm written by Larry Page (Page Rank). She is a registered trademark of Google. The numeric value that reflects the importance of the page on the Internet. According to Google "PageRank relies on a unique democratic nature of the network, using its extensive communications structure as an indicator of the value of the individual pages. At the heart of Google interprets a link from one page to another page to vote BA , B, but Google appears in more than a huge number of votes, or links, and receive pages, but also analyzes the page that casts the vote. Votes pages that are themselves "important" weigh more heavily and help make other pages "important."

Anything else we should consider briefly the fact that the site is that most consider (the green in the toolbar) is not an indication of historical changes in real time. Instead, it is updated every three months. He was the sole representative of Google PageRank in real time. According to bloggers, the site is one of those things that everybody uses, but nobody understands.

Do not go into much mathematical algorithm. All stakeholders should look at Wikipedia. However, we will see how the professional SEO and Internet marketing using SEO so that to transform the site into one of the outlets, and how they ultimately create a model to compete against Google pay-per-click ad model.

Web Development #1

Nowadays, most of the companies hoping that the Web site. Some people already a. Others want. They do not want to hire IT personnel, may not be able to afford. In most cases, have their own IT staff, particularly in the typical small business, so long as it is not necessary. This does not mean you're not, or will be forced to use some of the biscuit cutter or personal Web pages of a failed experiment. You can hire a Web development / designer to create professional Web site set up, and then handed over to you, you do what you want. However, you should look for someone else how to do the same? How it should be reviewed? There are tens of thousands of companies / individuals must make a Web site. How do I choose this large group?

What do you want?

The first step is to decide what you want on your site. This is very important because it defines the requirements for which, in turn, what skill set your web developer needs to meet your needs. Here are some questions to ask ourselves:

* What kind of information you want the Web site? About how you envisage the Web site (see page #)?

* What you need to regularly update the site? Do you want to update it?

* I would like to ask you, does e-commerce site?

* What do you need a database?

* How quickly you need to stop working?

* What is your budget?

Start search

Is there a Web search, has the skills you need a Web site will still give you a humongous list of possible choices. Referrals are often the best way to weed people. It suggested that if the developers, because they are happy with their providers. Therefore, it is proposed that, if you are a developer, you should check if the developers and their potential they are needed.

Usually, you're not developers will be able to consider our own city. In modern era, this is usually not a problem. Yes, there are examples of a face-to-face meeting is useful if you really think that this meeting is very important, you should limit your search to developers within driving distance. Otherwise, the system provides telephone and Internet communications are all you need, regardless of distance.

The first thing to do when the developer is considering its own inspection site.

* The site is well designed and attractive?

* Is it easy to browse?

* Is there any links?

* Completeness of information (staff, the company's location, contact information, etc.)?

* Does the site load quickly?

* A briefcase? (Very important. Without the development of a portfolio to demonstrate that it is entirely a question mark. You do not need to know who is good to eat or is Doritos is trying to figure things as they are).

* What skills do not develop it? Have they not only design, or they can do so within dynamic Web site development and database design? In addition, to ensure that they do not own publicity than a page designer, but the main focus of print media. Internet design and print design are different golf course has different requirements. In addition, remember that a good use of Dreamweaver or FrontPage does not do a page designer. Please check their portfolios and to make sure that developers really know. A person versed in the development of the Internet should know that not only created a Web site, but also to maintain, marketing and promoting it. In an ideal situation, web developer has completed all of the above on his own Web site.

* Or not, the site's offer to recommend to customers? They read. In addition, you can contact these customers independently, asked them questions, you can provide.


Small and large companies the freedom to

You'll have to decide whether it is in accordance with the plan, and large enterprises or small businesses, freelance (or even the only developer). Does not increase safety, and a larger customer. They offer a very different skills, because their personnel is so huge that they are often very large portfolio. , Warned that large companies often charge more money. Indirect costs, such as the enterprise is greater, so they are charged more. Furthermore, large companies are often the beauracracy. With so many developers, often communication is not what should be, so the inconsistencies in the project, because a poor communications. In addition, you'll see that in some cases, these companies pay far too attached to a lot of attention, not only to be working.

Free developers will be able to offer better value for money, because they are human beings, mobile communications and their clients are generally much better (one-on-one). If staff members are usually small, which means that the communication is still more closely. This will lead to more consistent coding and coordination. You may also want to know who is responsible for projects and more responsibility. Large companies, nobody is responsible, in some cases. (Or so they say). Freedom to work down their skills to their skills, if you need something, they do not know how to do, it is necessary to study it. Moreover, restrictions on the freedom of the scale. If they have a large workload, they are limited, it can force you have to wait and see. As a result, the size of projects, large companies can ensure that the work will be completed quickly.

Price and guidance

Check-out was the building. Usually, you can not find the rates directly posted on their website. This is usually because they want to raise the issue estimates, as long as those with links to several of their specifications and go back until you get the number of seats. As more and more, it is estimated that it is detailed and precise. Ask questions you have. If you believe your price is too high, ask them. Do not be afraid to counter-bid. They can always refuse.

Developers see the contract. Make sure that the customer protection. To ensure that attention to the response time. You want to ensure that development is for you. Moreover, the search for their policies. Of course, you can not change the specifications of the project is estimated at once agreed not to expect additional costs. They asked about the matter. In addition, the investigation of the contract warranty work. Who will they deal with what they are doing is wrong?

Dialogue with them

What do you think of all development would be a way to reach the phone. And ask them for their personality. Make sure that they are good people who know how to think and to restore it. If you want to see if they treat you right or act like they almost did not have time for you. Good communication is very important for the successful project, if you can not properly convey to you a developer, you should not have to hire him.

Assessment

You assess the development and use of the above, you've probably successfully completed projects with a minimum of frustration.

Search engine optimization - the skills and tactics

King's unique content. Search engines like new, unique and updated. If the production of new content, only a reasonable amount of daily page and other sites of the city, I can almost guarantee that you will be well provided. Keep in mind that the privilege of writing tourists, but far beyond the search engine. If your company into the niche market, and better for you, but access to unique content will remain.

The structure of the page. Search engine robots will sometimes confuse the poor coding of HTML, JavaScript and other Web languages. If you wait too long or the robot can not rely on the Internet language, he would simply enter your website and go to the next, even if he managed to obtain the code often leads to poor search engine index your site. You should also lead to large-scale use of the file extensions such as. HTM,. HTML format. PHP,. Your ASP pages.

Download speed. The speed of loading your site must be minimized, if necessary, more than 5 seconds under 256Kb compounds the loss of viewers - including robots and real estate search engine. The reasons are many pages can be slow to load, you may be the Web server as a code of non-performing PHP code, or as a client of JavaScript code in order to reduce or even stop the download page.

Navigation visitors. This is a more aesthetic aspects of your Web site, aimed at achieving a real home, but there must be a standard navigation is the same as that of the entire site. People can stay in and leave the site as it is difficult to easily view, the search engine robots have missed the contact, if they can not find deep in your site. Many try to link may be found within each page.

The site level. Map level, the density of keywords, your web site. For example, a Web site to level the effective functioning of the site, search engine optimization advice.php. A complete search engine optimization link double-w ww.seoassistance.com / search engine optimization of a dvice.php, this is a very useful search engine site to determine how the value of a specific theme. The use of the domain name folders and files in your favor.

Rui avoid BlackHat. BlackHat SEO is a big problem, there is no real respect for the order as a means of the Web site administrator, to use underhand methods to obtain search engine rankings, although the site is usually quick to prohibit. BlackHat search engine optimization and farms, search engine spam, hide hidden text, or meta tags, the use of false data, to repeat the content and use of the neck of the page. I suggest you stay away from tactics, as the company's long-term goal.

Direct link to the exchange. Link exchange is great, but they should be allowed to work for you. This is not a better you if you are in the top of search engines, such as the use of the exchange link. You must choose specific keywords, such as text link and the title of the text links, to ensure that the exchange of other Web site administrator to increase the specific link the keywords.

To become a professional travel simple lesson

I am focused on the use of large numbers for the first time or inexperienced traveler is responsible for the preparation and confidence in ourselves. A new beginning in traveler's checks can be intimidating. How huge leap Freiberga, the travel and stay alive? You can learn to love delays and long queues?
In order to prepare.

What does that mean? You have to see how you do if you are going and how to reach you. Essentially, this means that for you when you leave the house.
Well, what. Why not? These quick tips:

Tip # 1
Know your destination.
Prepared reading, and that after that. How long does it take to get to know, and time zone. Learn to exchange for money and control of local customs.

Tip # 2
To leave their homes.
Make sure to meet their basic needs, especially for a safe journey. This includes the hidden money belts, and a copy of your passport and credit cards, debit cards, ATM cards and traveler's checks. Not more than U.S. $ 500 in cash. It is true that a visit to his people in emergency situations.

Tip # 3
Travel light.
Group 5 days. Carrying a bag. Your bag must be an aspect of sustainable transport of ballistic nylon bag. It is necessary to sling veiled threw in the back of his mind.

Tip # 4
He had to leave early.
If you lead, no matter what type of transport, before the date fixed for that may leave the station beginning. This means that less. . . More attention to you.

Tip # 5
Like all of your life.
The appearance of things. If the above views, you look like an old traveler checks. Veterans, in fact, are the pros and cons of traveling to a higher level of treatment and services for people working in the tourism industry.

Tip # 6
We hope that it would be a mistake.
Most things work, as well as in the tourism industry. One of the inherent delays and cancellations. After all, this is a dynamic industry, so complex and confusing series of exhibitions of the works of the synchronization of all is real juggling act. If the delay is expected better prepared to deal with. If all goes well, and they usually do not have a good elevate the spirit of his trip. Round of experience, you get the best may be delayed by the general and the plans, or as an attempt to avoid them.

Tip # 7
Caballero.
This is the second and immediately # 5 # 6. If this is your hard-earned money, you pay for your travel is one of thousands of visitors every day in the world of sport. Nearly three-quarters experienced by passengers. He stressed a lot of fatigue, irritability, and rude. If you are polite you will feel better and to improve treatment.