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•The Top 6 Website Sins
 by: Niall Roche They say the eyes are the windows to the soul. Your website then is the window to your business. What would a passerby think of your window? Would they want to stop and maybe come inside for a few moments? Or would they just pass by without giving it a second glance? The goal of any website is to make the visitor stay. The desired visitor response might be that they make a purchase, sign up for a newsletter, enter a competition or simply complete a survey. The end result...

•Website Survival Guide
 by: Niall Roche In the big, wide online world there are millions of websites and billions of webpages. In the increasing sprawl of this virtual jungle there must be an evolution. Some of these webpages must grow stronger and thrive whilst others will weaken and die. There are 3 types of websites in this jungle. It's important that you ask yourself which category your website fits into. Your website survival may count on it. The Poster Site A stunning work of art with intricate graphics...

•The 7 Truths of Being An Affiliate
 by: Niall Roche In November 2002 I found myself bored and online one night. I decided to have a look on the web for a way of making some extra cash. I found something called an E-book (no idea what that meant back then) called 1000 Ways to Make Money. I devoured this book. I found myself more and more excited from the ideas I was reading. The final money making idea in that book was Start a website to promote this book and make 40% commission for doing so. Great! A business for me to start...

•5 Tips For the Perfect Domain Name
 by: Niall Roche What is a domain name? A domain name is the location of your website on the Internet. Your domain name will be what you become known by online so it's important to get it right. Each website on the Internet is labelled with something called an IP address which is the actual address of the website online. A typical IP address looks like this: 159.134.27.64. Remembering a string of numbers like that is difficult so a domain name translates all those numbers into something like...

•The Truth About Free Inkjet Cartridge Recycling
   by Niall Roche In a recent stand-up routine, comedian George Carlin suggests that maybe man’s reason for existence is because the Earth wants plastic. The comedy team, Penn & Teller, assert in their cable show “Bulls**t” (bullpucky?) that recycling isn’t really all that useful and maybe not necessary. Whether the Earth wants plastic or not, recycling of inkjet cartridges is useful in many different ways. However, before you choose where to recycle your inkjet cartridge, do a little research...

•Search Engine Rankings for Beginners
 by: Niall Roche Search Engine Ranking for Beginners Search engine optimization is best left in the mystical land of the Intenet Marketing Guru right? Good Search engine rankings are tough to achieve. Understanding search engine marketing takes years of studying and only people with true insider knowledge and secret tools rank well in Google right? WRONG. Pure crap as a matter of fact. Ranking well in the search engines is not difficult. In fact search engine optimization is relatively...

•Social Networks Computer Virus Playground
Social networks are websites like Facebook and Bebo which have become incredibly popular with kids, teens and adults all over the world. They give you a great way of catching up with old friends or even just staying in touch with your current group of friends and co-workers. This type of website has moved from being what some saw as a passing fad to being multi-billion dollar businesses that companies like AOL are fighting to buy up. Putting it simply - Social Networks are in. These sites have...

•Data Backup for Beginners
 by: Niall Roche It's 10pm. Do you know where your data is? Data. Small bits of information clustered together to make Word files, documents,pictures, MP3s, HTML etc. We work on our computers every single day never sparing a thought for all those millions of chunks of data spread all over our hard disks. The data is there and it does it's job. Until of course the data is not there anymore. 72 hours ago I suffered from massive data loss. There were no hackers involved. No power surges...

•Internet Security Basics 101
 by: Niall Roche The explosive growth of the Internet has meant that thousands of people are today experiencing the joys of being online for the first time. With growth there always comes pain. Be it your growing pains as a child or the growth and development of this part of our culture called the Internet. Firstly we need to quickly explain what the Internet is and where it came from. The Internet is the offspring of a military project called Arpanet. Arpanet was designed to provide...

•Maximize Sales and Minimize Returns with Learning Styles
 by: Niall Roche In the day-to-day operation of an online business we can sometimes lose sight of what we want to achieve as opposed to how we actually go about achieving it. For us to achieve our goals of financial independence and time freedom we need to have customers. Most peoples understanding of customer acquistion stops at this point. One of the key factors in getting a customer to buy (literally) into what you're selling is engagement. You must engage their minds, engage their...