Blogs

What Is A Bot?

January 19, 2009 by dashaver

A bot, short for Robot, is just a program that runs on a web server. They can also be called spiders or crawlers. This name is used when they are accessing web sites to gather information. By accessing millions of web sites in a short time much information can be gathered.

Search engines use spiders to gather information about web pages in a process called indexing. This information is added their index that is used when people search for an item. When a person submits his web site to a search engine he is asking that his web site be indexed. -> Read more

What Is A Computer Program?

January 19, 2009 by dashaver

A computer program is a series of instructions that must contain sequence, selection, or repetition.

Sequence, Selection Or Repetition

Sequence is when the instructions are read in list fashion. Selection would be when some condition is specified such as if a given field is equal to a number or other given field. Do this if. Repetition is when a given instruction is repeated over and over again until a given condition is met such as do this 100 times. Do this until. -> Read more

ISP

January 17, 2009 by dashaver

What Is An ISP?

The Internet is a network of millions of computers around the world connected to each other by phone lines, fiber optic lines, coaxial cable, satellites, and wireless connections. An Internet Service Provider (ISP) connects to this network and allows users to use their connection. ISP’s provide Internet service to your home or office allowing your computer to connect to the Internet. This could be a local or nationwide company. This Internet connection will be either cable, DSL, or dial-up. Dial-up is the slowest and cable is the fastest. Usually and ISP will also offer email and sometimes websites. -> Read more

Search Engine Optimization

January 16, 2009 by dashaver

Search Engine Optimization is the process of getting search engines to send visitors to your website. Because there are so many web sites there is a great deal of competition. There many opinions about how to get to the top of these listings as these are the ones that get the visitors. Google gives the highest ranking to web sites that are updated frequently, are older, have a lot of content and several inbound links. In the opinion of Google in bound links are a vote of confidence in the authority of the web site as an information source. The title is the most important part of the page and it should describe the contents accurately. Subtitles can also help. -> Read more

Make Sure You Own Your Domain Name

January 15, 2009 by dashaver

All domain names I register for clients are registered in the name of the client and not my agency. If I register a domain name for you then you will be the owner and I will be the administrative contact. I subcontract a third party domain registrar. If you are registering a domain somewhere else this something to check on. A domain name is an important part of your business and your business should be the owner of it. -> Read more