A recent national poll indicated that only about 60% of Americans thought that young people should be encouraged to work hard and study diligently. One writer commenting on this finding attempted to portray it in a positive way by disclosing that the figure was lower than 40% in Europe. Of course, there is one group of people today where support for hard work and hard study is nearly unanimous. This is the group of people who have decided to learn computers through online training.
With the advent of the “virtual world” of cyberspace since the early 1990s, a whole parallel world has taken shape, except instead of wood and cement the “buildings” are constructed of bits and bytes. Throughout the 1990s and the maturing of the World Wide Web, the grocery store on the corner, the movie theater in the mall and the bookstore down the street all ended up in cyberspace. It didn’t take long for educational institutions of all kinds to make the move, too. Today people of all ages have a choice of driving to a campus for one, two or four years or studying in a more flexible way, from home and/or office, to get online computer training.
Lower-cost alternative
Getting up to speed in a new discipline is not an easy thing to do, online or on campus. Research indicates that people who goes to online sources for training, whether it’s for a degree or not, are less likely to drop out, miss fewer sessions and assignments, and get higher grades. Interestingly, these were the same findings some 35 years ago when educational researchers analyzed junior college (JC) student bodies. Because they were somewhat older, more determined and knew what they wanted in life, JC students, like today’s online students, were more focused, more motivated and, ultimately, more likely to achieve their educational goals.
Both economic and practical reasons make getting online computer training a very popular option these days. Lower-cost online alternatives help many people overcome the high cost of a traditional college education. Mothers (and, increasingly, fathers) of young children that had no time available for traveling to a campus can now study online, from home. People who had to keep working to support their families are now able to arrange online classes on evenings, weekends or other available times.
Public benefits of online training
Online trade schools, training institutes and colleges perform a true public service by bringing the opportunity of learning, in the form of online training, to more people. Computers are used in every industry, by every company and for every business goal imaginable, so online computer training can help prepare people for a wider choice of careers than almost any other curriculum. This new source of education is seriously expanding the talent pool (the “human resources”) available to American business. Computer-savvy employees will help American industry continue making technological advances, and the training clearly raises worker productivity, which will ultimately lead to improved economic forecasts and an increase in gross national product.
Despite polls that claim to show that some 40% of Americans no longer respect the value of hard work and lifelong study, there are plenty of people who do. To keep our country going and growing, as many people as are interested should be encouraged to enroll in online computer training. People who work through personal hardships and adversities to start or finish their compute education online are, in fact, the same kind of people who work hard, continue to learn, act as great role models for others and, by so doing, make a difference in this world.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
Do This or Risk Losing Everything: Strategy for Backing Up Your Computer
It doesn’t matter if you are a lightweight, home computer user or the head of a large company. You need to safeguard that data on your computer(s) or, as the title says, “risk losing everything.” In the Information Age, of course, information is gold.
It could be family photos and correspondence, or marketing plans and accounting files, but if it has value and resides on your computer system – one PC, several or a whole company network – it needs to be backed up. Here is a solid introduction to backing up your computer that you can modify and customize to your particular needs.
Planning prevents poor performance
To clarify your plan, make it understandable to yourself and everyone else involved, and have a roadmap to follow now and in the future, you should develop a written backup plan. Whether it’s a one-person home office or a corporate hierarchy, a written plan will keep things under control.
You need to answer a few preliminary questions:
1. Exactly what needs to be backed up, from what computer(s) or device(s)?
2. Where will it be backed up to?
3. How often will backups occur?
4. Who's in charge of performing backups?
5. Who determines the success of these backups?
Before starting, remember that there are many things on your drives that do not need backing up. You do not have to back up the applications for which you have the installation discs, for example, and the same goes for your core OS (Operating System), whether Macintosh, Windows or Linux.
Some home and business users who use a “cloning” backup method (discussed below) do, in fact, backup applications and the OS. The advantage to this is that any special additions to the OS – application plug-ins, dictionaries, etc. – are saved right where they are. That is, they would not have to be restored from CDs or other installation files.
First things first
In business, of course, databases and accounting files are the most critical “data assets.” Since they should be backed up both before and after any sort of significant alteration or use, most companies are backing up these files every day. Databases should probably be backed up after any substantial data-entry session.
Both Mac OS X and the latest Windows OS’s create, by default, “Documents” folders, which are often the major (but not the only) location for important work. These should be backed up daily, as well as e-mails that are “mission critical.”
In addition to accessible on-site backups, businesses in particular should store a copy of its backups off-site. This will protect your critical data in the event of a fire, flood, theft or other such occurrence. You should consider storing backups in a safety-deposit box or a secure storage location, using the “2x2x2 rule” – two sets of backups stored by two different people or companies at two separate locations. If disaster does strike, this will not sound like a paranoid idea at all.
Don’t forget that there is data on your laptops and handheld devices that also contain valuable information. In your backup plan, you should specify how and when laptops and PDAs should be backed up, and whether those backups should be integrated into a particular computer’s backup schedule or just backed up independently.
Hardware overview
Any number of solutions can work for you, whether you are a simple home user or the IT manager of a large firm. The strategies are the same, but the scale is different. You need to figure out how much data you need to back up, from each individual computer as well as any networked, shared drives. Allow for “mission creep” and for the addition of new employees or systems through the upcoming year (or month, or quarter).
The backup device(s) you choose should have a storage capacity of double the amount of data you just calculated as needing to be backed up. This allows sufficient space for growth. Larger organizations find that tape drives are a good choice, bringing together reliability, reasonably fast read/write speeds and large capacities. In fact, in businesses with a solid IT infrastructure, tape drives have become the de facto standard for backups, and with definite, defined procedures in place they are both reliable and efficient.
Adding additional internal drives is a good solution for the home user and small businesses. All Macs and PCs have extra, built-in, internal drive connections, although there are now several standards. Older IDE drives have connections called PATA, for Parallel ATA, while the newer standard is SATA (Serial ATA). Make sure you determine compatibility when buying internal drives.
Ultra-wide SCSI is the fastest external standard, but it is expensive and not as popular now except for large firms that can afford it. Most external hard drives use the USB and IEEE 1394 (FireWire) connections, making them usable with all modern PCs, of all kinds. High-end server-class hardware, on the other hand, is outfitted with built-in SCSI or the newest standard SAS (Serial Attached SCSI).
Finally, there are CDs and DVDs, too. You can back up to these media, and store data for many years without any degradation. However, the storage capacities are low (650-700MB for CDs, 4.7-9BG for DVDs) unless you opt for the latest, more expensive BluRay technology. The BR discs hold 25-50GB of data, but the discs are still costly and the drives are, too. As prices come down, this option will be more viable for home offices and small businesses. However, the downside of disc storage is low volume (even 50GB is small compared to a low-cost 1TB hard drive) and the read/write times involved in backing up and restoring.
Backup software
Both Mac OS X and Windows (all modern flavors, particularly XP and Vista) have their own backup software. In Windows, you will find it under Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Backup, while the Mac OS has TimeMachine for automated use. These are more than adequate for individual users, and even small businesses.
There is also software that handles backups in an entirely different manner, by cloning (making a perfect, bit-by-bit copy of) your hard drive. The rationale for doing this is that it keeps a perfect, working copy of your current hard drive stored externally. The backups can even be used to boot up your computer if the current drive’s OS gets “scrambled” or you lose functionality for some physical reason (failed drive head or motor).
Finally, you can even perform backups with no software at all by simply copying your important files. Whatever approach you take, you need to be realistic and understand that, if you do not perform regular backups, you will regret it – maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but someday. Like buying insurance, backing up your data is not something you can wait to do until you need it.
Don’t let it be “too late” for you and your important data. Set up a good backup plan today, institute it now, follow the plan assiduously and allow yourself no excuses. With all of the help available, online and off, there is no reason you cannot get yourself properly set up. Now would be a good time to start.Media Recover is a leader in data recovery software and photo recovery. You don't have to lose that important file or treasured memory. Visit us online today for more information on our image recovery and data restoration services.
It could be family photos and correspondence, or marketing plans and accounting files, but if it has value and resides on your computer system – one PC, several or a whole company network – it needs to be backed up. Here is a solid introduction to backing up your computer that you can modify and customize to your particular needs.
Planning prevents poor performance
To clarify your plan, make it understandable to yourself and everyone else involved, and have a roadmap to follow now and in the future, you should develop a written backup plan. Whether it’s a one-person home office or a corporate hierarchy, a written plan will keep things under control.
You need to answer a few preliminary questions:
1. Exactly what needs to be backed up, from what computer(s) or device(s)?
2. Where will it be backed up to?
3. How often will backups occur?
4. Who's in charge of performing backups?
5. Who determines the success of these backups?
Before starting, remember that there are many things on your drives that do not need backing up. You do not have to back up the applications for which you have the installation discs, for example, and the same goes for your core OS (Operating System), whether Macintosh, Windows or Linux.
Some home and business users who use a “cloning” backup method (discussed below) do, in fact, backup applications and the OS. The advantage to this is that any special additions to the OS – application plug-ins, dictionaries, etc. – are saved right where they are. That is, they would not have to be restored from CDs or other installation files.
First things first
In business, of course, databases and accounting files are the most critical “data assets.” Since they should be backed up both before and after any sort of significant alteration or use, most companies are backing up these files every day. Databases should probably be backed up after any substantial data-entry session.
Both Mac OS X and the latest Windows OS’s create, by default, “Documents” folders, which are often the major (but not the only) location for important work. These should be backed up daily, as well as e-mails that are “mission critical.”
In addition to accessible on-site backups, businesses in particular should store a copy of its backups off-site. This will protect your critical data in the event of a fire, flood, theft or other such occurrence. You should consider storing backups in a safety-deposit box or a secure storage location, using the “2x2x2 rule” – two sets of backups stored by two different people or companies at two separate locations. If disaster does strike, this will not sound like a paranoid idea at all.
Don’t forget that there is data on your laptops and handheld devices that also contain valuable information. In your backup plan, you should specify how and when laptops and PDAs should be backed up, and whether those backups should be integrated into a particular computer’s backup schedule or just backed up independently.
Hardware overview
Any number of solutions can work for you, whether you are a simple home user or the IT manager of a large firm. The strategies are the same, but the scale is different. You need to figure out how much data you need to back up, from each individual computer as well as any networked, shared drives. Allow for “mission creep” and for the addition of new employees or systems through the upcoming year (or month, or quarter).
The backup device(s) you choose should have a storage capacity of double the amount of data you just calculated as needing to be backed up. This allows sufficient space for growth. Larger organizations find that tape drives are a good choice, bringing together reliability, reasonably fast read/write speeds and large capacities. In fact, in businesses with a solid IT infrastructure, tape drives have become the de facto standard for backups, and with definite, defined procedures in place they are both reliable and efficient.
Adding additional internal drives is a good solution for the home user and small businesses. All Macs and PCs have extra, built-in, internal drive connections, although there are now several standards. Older IDE drives have connections called PATA, for Parallel ATA, while the newer standard is SATA (Serial ATA). Make sure you determine compatibility when buying internal drives.
Ultra-wide SCSI is the fastest external standard, but it is expensive and not as popular now except for large firms that can afford it. Most external hard drives use the USB and IEEE 1394 (FireWire) connections, making them usable with all modern PCs, of all kinds. High-end server-class hardware, on the other hand, is outfitted with built-in SCSI or the newest standard SAS (Serial Attached SCSI).
Finally, there are CDs and DVDs, too. You can back up to these media, and store data for many years without any degradation. However, the storage capacities are low (650-700MB for CDs, 4.7-9BG for DVDs) unless you opt for the latest, more expensive BluRay technology. The BR discs hold 25-50GB of data, but the discs are still costly and the drives are, too. As prices come down, this option will be more viable for home offices and small businesses. However, the downside of disc storage is low volume (even 50GB is small compared to a low-cost 1TB hard drive) and the read/write times involved in backing up and restoring.
Backup software
Both Mac OS X and Windows (all modern flavors, particularly XP and Vista) have their own backup software. In Windows, you will find it under Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Backup, while the Mac OS has TimeMachine for automated use. These are more than adequate for individual users, and even small businesses.
There is also software that handles backups in an entirely different manner, by cloning (making a perfect, bit-by-bit copy of) your hard drive. The rationale for doing this is that it keeps a perfect, working copy of your current hard drive stored externally. The backups can even be used to boot up your computer if the current drive’s OS gets “scrambled” or you lose functionality for some physical reason (failed drive head or motor).
Finally, you can even perform backups with no software at all by simply copying your important files. Whatever approach you take, you need to be realistic and understand that, if you do not perform regular backups, you will regret it – maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but someday. Like buying insurance, backing up your data is not something you can wait to do until you need it.
Don’t let it be “too late” for you and your important data. Set up a good backup plan today, institute it now, follow the plan assiduously and allow yourself no excuses. With all of the help available, online and off, there is no reason you cannot get yourself properly set up. Now would be a good time to start.Media Recover is a leader in data recovery software and photo recovery. You don't have to lose that important file or treasured memory. Visit us online today for more information on our image recovery and data restoration services.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Is an Inkjet Printer Right For Your Home Office?
Your New Year’s resolution was to get your home office organized, updated and well, whipped into more of an office and less of a mess. Among the things you’ve decided to do is replace that old printer that eats more paper than it prints with a new, sleek model. With so many choices available, where do you start to look? How do you know which one is right for you? This article will discuss major issues, things that all inkjets, regardless of brand name, have in common. We’d rather educate the consumer to the pros and cons of owning an inkjet printer than to tout the superiority of a model that may be tomorrow’s dinosaur.
Let’s look at few things to take into consideration when making your decision, shall we?
*Quality – Inkjets are supposed to be far superior at printing graphics, and better able to handle different kinds of documents, than laser printers. Laser printers, on the other hand, are far superb at printing text. So, consider which kind of printing do you do most. If it’s mostly black and white text or spreadsheets and the like, you may want to rethink your decision to get an inkjet printer. Inkjets are better able to handle color printing than lasers, though. They produce a wider array of colors, making them ideal for printing graphics. Some models can produce almost lifelike, natural hues, especially important when printing photographs. Bottom line - If you’re looking for something that will handle your new resume’, Junior’s school report complete with photos and charts, and Mom’s recipe cards with the cute little spoon people on them, an inkjet may be exactly what you are looking for.
*Quantity – Consider your needs. If you only print every now and then, or print less than a dozen or so pages a day, an inkjet is a better choice than a laser. Toner cartridges can clog if left unused over long periods of time, making laser printers a poorer choice for the casual printer. Lasers, though, can handle more volume faster than inkjets are capable of producing. Some inkjets can handle large amounts of printing, but are usually much slower than their laser counterparts. If you produce a large amount of printed material every day, look for a model with a high yield capability. Speed may need to take a back seat to print quality, especially if you do print a great deal of color documents or graphics. Bottom line – how often you print and how much you print will determine which kind of printer you need.
*Price – What’s your budget? Inkjet printers tend to cost less than the typical laser printer. They tend to be more expensive to operate, though. They use more ink, or use it faster, than laser printers, requiring more replacement cartridges. Laser cartridges cost more upfront, but last longer and produce more printed pages. Some inkjet models are pricier than others, especially the “all-in-one” multifunction models. If you go with a multifunction model, consider the costs of the various paper supplies you will need – photo paper, brochure paper, cardstock, and whatnot. Do some price comparison of the ink cartridges your prospective model needs. Some models perform well with “generic” or store-brand cartridges, which tend to be less costly than the brand name. Other models are picky – only high-test brand name ink will do. (A note about multifunction models – Consider how often you really need to fax something, versus scanning to email. A fax model will require a phone line, dedicated or otherwise, which can lead to another possible expense. Some multifunction models come with card readers for digital camera memory cards, too. If you already have a card reader, or don’t yet own a digital camera, consider whether or not the other functions are worth the added price.) Bottom line - Don’t pay for features that you don’t need and won’t use! Do your homework to find the best model for your needs, as well as for your budget.
*Availability – Consider your location. Inkjet cartridges are more readily available than most laser toner cartridges. You can find many of them at your local super-retail-center along with the bread, milk and eggs, rather than going to the business supply specialty store. This may be very important for those of you who live in those less-than-rockin’-metropolitan areas. You can also order most inkjet refills inexpensively online nowadays. Shipping and handling charges are usually less for inkjet cartridges than laser cartridges because they are smaller, lighter and more easily mailed. Laser toner cartridges can be more difficult to find, as well as more expensive to ship. Inkjet cartridges can be more easily recycled in most cases, too. Where toner cartridges often need to be sent back to the manufacturer, you can recycle most inkjet cartridges through programs in schools, churches and other community organizations such as scouts and even local government offices. Bottom line – buying a printer is a little like buying real estate – location, location, location!
*User friendliness – Now, there is no hard and fast rule that inkjet printers are easier to use than lasers. Some models are, some aren’t. What you want to do is make sure that whatever model, and whichever type, of printer you purchase is right for you. Can you easily and efficiently change the cartridges? Can you find the power switches? Can you read the LCD screen and/or the control buttons? What is the energy efficiency rating? Will it fit in the space you’ve allotted for it? (Don’t laugh. More people have purchased oversized equipment than you’d think.) What is the service rating like – does it tend to break down, jam up, or conk out? How about customer service ratings – can you get help when you need it? Bottom line – Carefully check out your chosen model. Don’t let price or function be the only determining factor in making your decision.
Overall, whether or not an inkjet is the right printer for your home office will ultimately depend on you and your needs. Bottom line – Take your chosen model for a test drive before you buy. Check under the hood. Kick the tires. You’ll thank yourself for it later!
John Pickering is the owner of EezyTrade.co.uk – an online retailer of new and refilled printer cartridges for Brother, HP, Canon, Epson, Lexmark and Xerox printers. Visit us online today for hp ink cartridges and more and begin saving.
Let’s look at few things to take into consideration when making your decision, shall we?
*Quality – Inkjets are supposed to be far superior at printing graphics, and better able to handle different kinds of documents, than laser printers. Laser printers, on the other hand, are far superb at printing text. So, consider which kind of printing do you do most. If it’s mostly black and white text or spreadsheets and the like, you may want to rethink your decision to get an inkjet printer. Inkjets are better able to handle color printing than lasers, though. They produce a wider array of colors, making them ideal for printing graphics. Some models can produce almost lifelike, natural hues, especially important when printing photographs. Bottom line - If you’re looking for something that will handle your new resume’, Junior’s school report complete with photos and charts, and Mom’s recipe cards with the cute little spoon people on them, an inkjet may be exactly what you are looking for.
*Quantity – Consider your needs. If you only print every now and then, or print less than a dozen or so pages a day, an inkjet is a better choice than a laser. Toner cartridges can clog if left unused over long periods of time, making laser printers a poorer choice for the casual printer. Lasers, though, can handle more volume faster than inkjets are capable of producing. Some inkjets can handle large amounts of printing, but are usually much slower than their laser counterparts. If you produce a large amount of printed material every day, look for a model with a high yield capability. Speed may need to take a back seat to print quality, especially if you do print a great deal of color documents or graphics. Bottom line – how often you print and how much you print will determine which kind of printer you need.
*Price – What’s your budget? Inkjet printers tend to cost less than the typical laser printer. They tend to be more expensive to operate, though. They use more ink, or use it faster, than laser printers, requiring more replacement cartridges. Laser cartridges cost more upfront, but last longer and produce more printed pages. Some inkjet models are pricier than others, especially the “all-in-one” multifunction models. If you go with a multifunction model, consider the costs of the various paper supplies you will need – photo paper, brochure paper, cardstock, and whatnot. Do some price comparison of the ink cartridges your prospective model needs. Some models perform well with “generic” or store-brand cartridges, which tend to be less costly than the brand name. Other models are picky – only high-test brand name ink will do. (A note about multifunction models – Consider how often you really need to fax something, versus scanning to email. A fax model will require a phone line, dedicated or otherwise, which can lead to another possible expense. Some multifunction models come with card readers for digital camera memory cards, too. If you already have a card reader, or don’t yet own a digital camera, consider whether or not the other functions are worth the added price.) Bottom line - Don’t pay for features that you don’t need and won’t use! Do your homework to find the best model for your needs, as well as for your budget.
*Availability – Consider your location. Inkjet cartridges are more readily available than most laser toner cartridges. You can find many of them at your local super-retail-center along with the bread, milk and eggs, rather than going to the business supply specialty store. This may be very important for those of you who live in those less-than-rockin’-metropolitan areas. You can also order most inkjet refills inexpensively online nowadays. Shipping and handling charges are usually less for inkjet cartridges than laser cartridges because they are smaller, lighter and more easily mailed. Laser toner cartridges can be more difficult to find, as well as more expensive to ship. Inkjet cartridges can be more easily recycled in most cases, too. Where toner cartridges often need to be sent back to the manufacturer, you can recycle most inkjet cartridges through programs in schools, churches and other community organizations such as scouts and even local government offices. Bottom line – buying a printer is a little like buying real estate – location, location, location!
*User friendliness – Now, there is no hard and fast rule that inkjet printers are easier to use than lasers. Some models are, some aren’t. What you want to do is make sure that whatever model, and whichever type, of printer you purchase is right for you. Can you easily and efficiently change the cartridges? Can you find the power switches? Can you read the LCD screen and/or the control buttons? What is the energy efficiency rating? Will it fit in the space you’ve allotted for it? (Don’t laugh. More people have purchased oversized equipment than you’d think.) What is the service rating like – does it tend to break down, jam up, or conk out? How about customer service ratings – can you get help when you need it? Bottom line – Carefully check out your chosen model. Don’t let price or function be the only determining factor in making your decision.
Overall, whether or not an inkjet is the right printer for your home office will ultimately depend on you and your needs. Bottom line – Take your chosen model for a test drive before you buy. Check under the hood. Kick the tires. You’ll thank yourself for it later!
John Pickering is the owner of EezyTrade.co.uk – an online retailer of new and refilled printer cartridges for Brother, HP, Canon, Epson, Lexmark and Xerox printers. Visit us online today for hp ink cartridges and more and begin saving.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Key Tips for IPTC: How to Find TV on the Internet
The acronym IPTV stands for Internet Protocol Television. It is a system in which digital television service is delivered using the networks, equipment and “protocols” (a fancy word for “certain specified procedures”) that are used for computer networking over the Internet.
IPTV requires a broadband connection, whether cable, satellite or DSL (a telephone company’s Digital Subscriber Line). A savvy computer user can get IPTV in a number of ways, but the more technologically-challenged may need it to be simplified and packaged by a third party. Companies are being founded every day, it seems, to help bring IPTV to the masses.
IN “package deals,” IPTV can be provided (or “bundled”) along with VoD (Video on Demand) as well as standard Internet services including web access and VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol, as used in digital phone services like Vonage or Skype). In the marketing language that is developing in and around this growing technology, the combination of Internet access, IPTV and VoIP is referred to as a “triple play.”
The “how” and the “who”
There are any number of websites that offer a way to get IPTV. Certain sites stream the programs themselves, and/or offer you optional links to other “content aggregators” based on what you’re looking for. There is a wealth of viewing material out there, but don’t look for the latest NBC series or an NFL game, as most of IPTV material is independently produced for now. However, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and all the other major high-tech “players” are watching this technology as it develops, and it should accelerate soon.
IPTV sites, like multiple choice “stations,” offer various programs. Some could be from the “public domain,” programs whose copyrights and other protections have expired. You might find old TV series and even some Hollywood movies this way. But the strength, and the future hope, of IPTV is that it will provide strong, creative and ultimately popular new offerings across a wide range of topics and tastes.
The “where” and the “when”
There are various public service, not-for-profit and educational websites that are designed to familiarize new IPTV users with the changing landscape of digital entertainment. Of course, there are many other for-profit sites that can be visited in order to gather information on how to watch IPTV. Sometimes you pay a fee, sometimes you don’t, and there is a lot to be worked out in the competing business models.
However, there is one particular website, ConnectTV.ca, that heralds IPTV as a “Future Tecnology” [sic] and exists to provide “Information and resources for IPTV services, solutions and technologies developed for IPTV.”
The site provides definitions, explanations of services, lists of links and a user forum where visitors can ask questions and get answers from IPTV boosters around the world. IPTV seems to be carving out its place in the entertainment industry, if the discussions (and rumors) at this site are any indication.
One thing is clear: IPTV is definitely the wave of the future, and with all of the major media companies backing it up a critical mass of interest and progress will build quickly. At the end of 2007 IPTV already had over fifteen million users, and It is predicted that by 2008, 20 million homes worldwide will subscribe to IPTV services. There is little doubt that the numbers will keep on climbing.
Into the future
You may a few important choices to make in the near future when it comes time to set up your IPTV. Some companies are going to go with the “set-top-box” model vs. a direct computer connection. In the set-top-box, you will receive your signal via a broadband data feed of some kind, which is then fed to the “box” to interpret the signals and provide the proper interface for the monitor.
Once that occurs, your TV can be configured to handle multiple inputs. This means you can use a TV tuner on the monitor to get (old-style) over the air broadcasts, a cable box to get cable TV and a new “IPTV box” to bring in this latest kind of digital programming. It will be a true all-in-one solution, and even your TV guide listings will be on-screen.
It’s hard to say what the future holds for IPTV. Perhaps one day it will converge with all the other incoming signals, and it will all arrive through one huge conduit or cable. This has the potential to change the way everyone views the world, as it will open up access to broadcasting to many more people and organizations, since the “cost of entry” will be dramatically reduced. One day, and perhaps not long from now, television, cable, IPTV, graphical web browsers, e-mail and VoD – separate entities today, entailing different interfaces, technologies and costs – just might end up being siblings in one, big, happy family.BestRussianTV.com is one of the Internet's best sources for Russian TV online. They provide a variety of programs in high quality and with fast connections. Visit them today for more information about IPTV and how it's making the world a smaller place.
IPTV requires a broadband connection, whether cable, satellite or DSL (a telephone company’s Digital Subscriber Line). A savvy computer user can get IPTV in a number of ways, but the more technologically-challenged may need it to be simplified and packaged by a third party. Companies are being founded every day, it seems, to help bring IPTV to the masses.
IN “package deals,” IPTV can be provided (or “bundled”) along with VoD (Video on Demand) as well as standard Internet services including web access and VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol, as used in digital phone services like Vonage or Skype). In the marketing language that is developing in and around this growing technology, the combination of Internet access, IPTV and VoIP is referred to as a “triple play.”
The “how” and the “who”
There are any number of websites that offer a way to get IPTV. Certain sites stream the programs themselves, and/or offer you optional links to other “content aggregators” based on what you’re looking for. There is a wealth of viewing material out there, but don’t look for the latest NBC series or an NFL game, as most of IPTV material is independently produced for now. However, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and all the other major high-tech “players” are watching this technology as it develops, and it should accelerate soon.
IPTV sites, like multiple choice “stations,” offer various programs. Some could be from the “public domain,” programs whose copyrights and other protections have expired. You might find old TV series and even some Hollywood movies this way. But the strength, and the future hope, of IPTV is that it will provide strong, creative and ultimately popular new offerings across a wide range of topics and tastes.
The “where” and the “when”
There are various public service, not-for-profit and educational websites that are designed to familiarize new IPTV users with the changing landscape of digital entertainment. Of course, there are many other for-profit sites that can be visited in order to gather information on how to watch IPTV. Sometimes you pay a fee, sometimes you don’t, and there is a lot to be worked out in the competing business models.
However, there is one particular website, ConnectTV.ca, that heralds IPTV as a “Future Tecnology” [sic] and exists to provide “Information and resources for IPTV services, solutions and technologies developed for IPTV.”
The site provides definitions, explanations of services, lists of links and a user forum where visitors can ask questions and get answers from IPTV boosters around the world. IPTV seems to be carving out its place in the entertainment industry, if the discussions (and rumors) at this site are any indication.
One thing is clear: IPTV is definitely the wave of the future, and with all of the major media companies backing it up a critical mass of interest and progress will build quickly. At the end of 2007 IPTV already had over fifteen million users, and It is predicted that by 2008, 20 million homes worldwide will subscribe to IPTV services. There is little doubt that the numbers will keep on climbing.
Into the future
You may a few important choices to make in the near future when it comes time to set up your IPTV. Some companies are going to go with the “set-top-box” model vs. a direct computer connection. In the set-top-box, you will receive your signal via a broadband data feed of some kind, which is then fed to the “box” to interpret the signals and provide the proper interface for the monitor.
Once that occurs, your TV can be configured to handle multiple inputs. This means you can use a TV tuner on the monitor to get (old-style) over the air broadcasts, a cable box to get cable TV and a new “IPTV box” to bring in this latest kind of digital programming. It will be a true all-in-one solution, and even your TV guide listings will be on-screen.
It’s hard to say what the future holds for IPTV. Perhaps one day it will converge with all the other incoming signals, and it will all arrive through one huge conduit or cable. This has the potential to change the way everyone views the world, as it will open up access to broadcasting to many more people and organizations, since the “cost of entry” will be dramatically reduced. One day, and perhaps not long from now, television, cable, IPTV, graphical web browsers, e-mail and VoD – separate entities today, entailing different interfaces, technologies and costs – just might end up being siblings in one, big, happy family.BestRussianTV.com is one of the Internet's best sources for Russian TV online. They provide a variety of programs in high quality and with fast connections. Visit them today for more information about IPTV and how it's making the world a smaller place.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
What a Company MUST Excel at to Thrive Today
“We’re All Customer Service People Now”
In September 2008, the Forbes 400 List of the richest Americans saw Warren Buffett and his bridge partner Bill Gates swap the number 1 and 2 spots again. But there are two new additions to the top 5, a couple of Sam Walton’s boys, S. Robson and Jim.
There are two other Walton sub-clans: Alice Walton, and the apparent familial holding company, “Christy Walton & family.” That is how it always appears, almost as if the ® sign were accidentally left off. At any rate, if Sam were still alive, with his fortune in one piece and his young’n’s still waiting for their inheritances, he would be as rich as Gates and Buffett combined.
The fact is, 2007 was the first year since 1989 that not a single Walton placed in the Top 10. Now they are almost 50% wealthier than a year ago while so many other gazillionaires are being downgraded to plain old zillionaires and the economy is tanking. It sends a clear message: When the going gets tough, the tough go to Wal-Mart.
Customer as king
Wal-Mart’s down home success, occurring at the same time that those New York sophisticates Stearns and Lehman are getting bailed out or going broke, is a ringing endorsement of several working class principles. The first, of course, is having “the low price, always.” But close on its heels is, “Customer is king.”
While Buffett lost $12 billion and Gates took a beating, the Walton family surged ahead on the strength of, to put it simply, being a little bit country and a little bit rock-and-roll. Hip enough to bring in teens’ all-important entertainment-related brands (from iPods to fashion), the store took early stands against certain magazines and “gangsta” rappers, earning them points from parents.
But the thing that put Wal-Mart over the top? The greeters. Believe it or not, the greeters at the door are second only to “low price,” and way ahead of “quality,” in the internal customer polls conducted by the company for four decades. A key marketing insight gleaned from the polls was that people don’t do business with companies. They do business with other people. Commerce is really quite personal.
Service at every step
We believe in the customer service model. After the great eruption of advertising sophistication (some would say manipulation) in the postwar era, and the rise of The Salesman, many companies took on a new mantra of sorts. “We’re all sales people now,” they would intone. Every clerk, every janitor, every accountant was expected to sing the company’s praises and cultivate business with their relatives, neighbors and PTA-mates.
As they say, that was then and this is now. The fact is, we’re all customer service people now. And we should be. Our customers, in fact, pay our salaries, so it only makes sense to excel on their behalf. From the first contact through a continuing relationship, we have a single overriding concern, which is making sure our customers get all the facts, understand all the features, have a few options and learn enough to set up and operate their new equipment.
It may be a simple Cube duplicator, or we may tailor a duplication/printing system to your precise needs, with any of several kinds of disc printers. Some printers employ the bright and clear inkjet technology, others the rich and smudge-resistant thermal printing that literally “heat bonds” the dyes to the disc surface.
New solutions: cleaner, greener
Then there are the new LightScribe CD/DVD recorders, internal and external, for personal use without the expense of ink of any kind – flip the special disc over after burning your media, and the lasers will “etch” a crisp, monochromatic label. A variety of graphics programs can manipulate typefaces and images for many kinds of unique, artistic “virtual labels.”
These new solutions are not just cleaner, but they’re also greener. Since there is no paper or plastic being printed and pasted, there is no shredding or sticking to foul up the drive. The drive thus lasts longer, and during its long, productive life it will neither drink ink nor eat paper. That’s quite “eco-beneficial,” and a unique selling point. Lightscribe is simple, smart and safe.
And that pretty much describes our attitude right there: We stay up on the latest and greatest so we can offer you the most possible alternatives, and we keep things simple to understand. We help you make the smart moves, and help you navigate the technological territory if it’s new to you. With our expert assistance, you will be safe, the solution will be sound and you will know exactly what is going on. We will not “geek you out” but we will explode the myth that doing your own CD/DVD duplication requires a degree in electronics or engineering.
Stop paying the duplication and replication companies’ bloated prices. Take control of your own media, your own manufacturing, your own distribution, your own QC and your own marketing. If you are spending into four figures for these services, you need to become an owner, not a renter. Ask us any question you have, even about a duplication job you’re doing or a certain piece of equipment. We won’t charge you for advice and we won’t pressure you into a purchase.
After all, we’re all customer service people now.
Vin Power Digital.com provides a CD, DVD and blu-ray duplicator by Xerox that makes exact digital copies of your media for any size project. Featuring LightScribe Disc Duplicators as seen in Tradeshows and has offered office solutions to business around the world.
In September 2008, the Forbes 400 List of the richest Americans saw Warren Buffett and his bridge partner Bill Gates swap the number 1 and 2 spots again. But there are two new additions to the top 5, a couple of Sam Walton’s boys, S. Robson and Jim.
There are two other Walton sub-clans: Alice Walton, and the apparent familial holding company, “Christy Walton & family.” That is how it always appears, almost as if the ® sign were accidentally left off. At any rate, if Sam were still alive, with his fortune in one piece and his young’n’s still waiting for their inheritances, he would be as rich as Gates and Buffett combined.
The fact is, 2007 was the first year since 1989 that not a single Walton placed in the Top 10. Now they are almost 50% wealthier than a year ago while so many other gazillionaires are being downgraded to plain old zillionaires and the economy is tanking. It sends a clear message: When the going gets tough, the tough go to Wal-Mart.
Customer as king
Wal-Mart’s down home success, occurring at the same time that those New York sophisticates Stearns and Lehman are getting bailed out or going broke, is a ringing endorsement of several working class principles. The first, of course, is having “the low price, always.” But close on its heels is, “Customer is king.”
While Buffett lost $12 billion and Gates took a beating, the Walton family surged ahead on the strength of, to put it simply, being a little bit country and a little bit rock-and-roll. Hip enough to bring in teens’ all-important entertainment-related brands (from iPods to fashion), the store took early stands against certain magazines and “gangsta” rappers, earning them points from parents.
But the thing that put Wal-Mart over the top? The greeters. Believe it or not, the greeters at the door are second only to “low price,” and way ahead of “quality,” in the internal customer polls conducted by the company for four decades. A key marketing insight gleaned from the polls was that people don’t do business with companies. They do business with other people. Commerce is really quite personal.
Service at every step
We believe in the customer service model. After the great eruption of advertising sophistication (some would say manipulation) in the postwar era, and the rise of The Salesman, many companies took on a new mantra of sorts. “We’re all sales people now,” they would intone. Every clerk, every janitor, every accountant was expected to sing the company’s praises and cultivate business with their relatives, neighbors and PTA-mates.
As they say, that was then and this is now. The fact is, we’re all customer service people now. And we should be. Our customers, in fact, pay our salaries, so it only makes sense to excel on their behalf. From the first contact through a continuing relationship, we have a single overriding concern, which is making sure our customers get all the facts, understand all the features, have a few options and learn enough to set up and operate their new equipment.
It may be a simple Cube duplicator, or we may tailor a duplication/printing system to your precise needs, with any of several kinds of disc printers. Some printers employ the bright and clear inkjet technology, others the rich and smudge-resistant thermal printing that literally “heat bonds” the dyes to the disc surface.
New solutions: cleaner, greener
Then there are the new LightScribe CD/DVD recorders, internal and external, for personal use without the expense of ink of any kind – flip the special disc over after burning your media, and the lasers will “etch” a crisp, monochromatic label. A variety of graphics programs can manipulate typefaces and images for many kinds of unique, artistic “virtual labels.”
These new solutions are not just cleaner, but they’re also greener. Since there is no paper or plastic being printed and pasted, there is no shredding or sticking to foul up the drive. The drive thus lasts longer, and during its long, productive life it will neither drink ink nor eat paper. That’s quite “eco-beneficial,” and a unique selling point. Lightscribe is simple, smart and safe.
And that pretty much describes our attitude right there: We stay up on the latest and greatest so we can offer you the most possible alternatives, and we keep things simple to understand. We help you make the smart moves, and help you navigate the technological territory if it’s new to you. With our expert assistance, you will be safe, the solution will be sound and you will know exactly what is going on. We will not “geek you out” but we will explode the myth that doing your own CD/DVD duplication requires a degree in electronics or engineering.
Stop paying the duplication and replication companies’ bloated prices. Take control of your own media, your own manufacturing, your own distribution, your own QC and your own marketing. If you are spending into four figures for these services, you need to become an owner, not a renter. Ask us any question you have, even about a duplication job you’re doing or a certain piece of equipment. We won’t charge you for advice and we won’t pressure you into a purchase.
After all, we’re all customer service people now.
Vin Power Digital.com provides a CD, DVD and blu-ray duplicator by Xerox that makes exact digital copies of your media for any size project. Featuring LightScribe Disc Duplicators as seen in Tradeshows and has offered office solutions to business around the world.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Adding banners to your sites
Most popular web sites today have rotating advertisement on their pages. Why not your site too? With the Ad Rotator component it is easy to add advertisement rotation to your pages. However, the functionality you get is very basic only – if you are really serious about making money with banners, you must get a full - blown banner management software.
The Ad Rotator component automates the rotation of a preset group of advertisements on a page (or group of pages). The component automatically place a new image on the page every time the page is opened or reloaded. The information about which ad to present – and therefore which image and link – is taken from the Rotation Schedule file.
Adding Ad rotation to a page is very simple. Besides the line for creating an instance of the Ad Rotator object, there is only one line you must add to the script code of your page, which is the second line.
Set adrot = server . createobject (“mswc.adrotator”)
Response . write (adrot.getadvertisement (“adrotfile.txt”)
The method getadvitisment inserts the image for the ad and the hyperlink. Therefore, the definition for this stuff must be in the rotation schedule file. Although this is correct, I am showing off the three properties that can be used for the Ad Rotator component prior to presenting the syntax for the rotator Schedule file.
The Ad Rotator component automates the rotation of a preset group of advertisements on a page (or group of pages). The component automatically place a new image on the page every time the page is opened or reloaded. The information about which ad to present – and therefore which image and link – is taken from the Rotation Schedule file.
Adding Ad rotation to a page is very simple. Besides the line for creating an instance of the Ad Rotator object, there is only one line you must add to the script code of your page, which is the second line.
Set adrot = server . createobject (“mswc.adrotator”)
Response . write (adrot.getadvertisement (“adrotfile.txt”)
The method getadvitisment inserts the image for the ad and the hyperlink. Therefore, the definition for this stuff must be in the rotation schedule file. Although this is correct, I am showing off the three properties that can be used for the Ad Rotator component prior to presenting the syntax for the rotator Schedule file.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Here’s a Quick Way to Choose the Right Printer for You
In 1985, an entry-level black-and-white (b&w) laser printer cost upwards of US$2000. Inkjet technology was just coming to the desktop at that time, with Canon and Epson leading the way with affordable color printers, starting at a mere US$300 or so.
At today’s prices – starting as low as US$19 – color inkjets qualify as impulse buys. In fact, if they break down after the warranty expires, it doesn’t make sense to fix them, as the repairs would cost more than a new printer. And today’s laser printers can be had for under US$100, or less if you catch a sale or send in a rebate coupon.
Still, if you are a serious computer user – student, hobbyist, artist, engineer, writer and so on – you should never buy anything computer-related on impulse. Always do some research, always shop around and always get good, neutral advice if you are confused or undecided. This article will give you the basics of print technology, and a quick way to choose the right printer for you.
What’s the job?
Because of the varied strengths of laser printers and color inkjets, and some users’ need to print in large formats, some homes and offices will have several different printers. However, most people (and even most businesses) do certain kinds of work regularly and may need just one printer. Therefore the first question would be, “What will you use the printer for?” Answering this first query will determine whether you need color or b&w printing, and laser or inkjet technology.
First, let’s consider the average family computer usage. Dad needs to do some office work at times, balance the checkbook, print some photos taken with his digital camera and so forth. Mom wants to make fliers for her book club, and the kids have plenty of homework with charts, maps and such. This situation demands color, certainly, and color inkjets, as we’ve already learned, are quite inexpensive.
Of course, the printer manufacturers don’t expect to make their profits on the printers. They make their money on the ink. Even no-name cartridges, or refill-them-yourself kits, are an ongoing expense that you must consider. If you expect to do a considerable amount of color printing, you should seriously consider spending a bit more for color laser technology. Luckily, your overall per-page cost will be perhaps an eighth or tenth of what it is with inkjet color.
On the other hand, there are home users and small offices that don’t need color, but do need to print so much that the black ink cartridges alone would become a large expenditure. For under $100, you can get a b&w laser printer whose “starter” toner cartridge even yields 1500 pages. A standard one, costing between US$50-75, will output 5000+ average pages (considered to be 8-12% paper coverage). This would be the wise choice for a writer who needs to print a chapter or even a whole book, engineers doing one-color schematics and others who will be printing upwards of 40-50 pages per day.
Laser-like precision
The first laser printer – Apple’s b&w LaserWriter, long since discontinued – was a $4000 investment in 1985. Today, color lasers can be had for as little as US$200 (less on sale) and there are a spate of models in the under-US$400 range from such top manufacturers as Samsung, Hewlett-Packard and Brother. If this sounds like more than you want to pay, you need to factor in the consumables before making the decision about what is “affordable.”
As stated above, a standard toner cartridge for a consumer laser printer will yield 5000+ pages, at a cost of from one to three cents per page, per color. A b&w page, from either a b&w or color laser, therefore costs up to three cents, while a color laser’s four-color printing increases the page cost to perhaps 10-12 cents. Over time your savings on toner versus ink will more than make up for the greater initial cost. If you are deft with accounting and figures, you can make the calculation yourself based on your regular workload.
At the office
All of these considerations apply in the corporate world, as well. And other factors come into play, too, like the added efficiency of networked printers, which means added expense for the Ethernet port. In addition, many offices find that multifunction devices that also copy, scan and fax can save both time and money. Centralizing the functions helps reduce operational overhead by limiting the number of cables and lowering the power consumption of the office peripherals.
Another factor in the business environment is output size. If you need large-format printing, you will pay considerably more for the printer you choose. Past a certain point, usually the 11x17 tabloid size, lasers thin out in the product offerings and high-resolution, “proof quality,” large-format inkjets take over. With the right kind of paper and the proper settings, these devices produce stunning color images that are quite lifelike. Design agencies, newspapers, magazines and commercial “quick printers” will often have at least one high-resolution inkjet on site.
The “quick” decision
You may have invested just a few minutes in reading this article, and you might want to continue your research if you are unclear about the relative merits of the different printer types and technologies. However, if you know what you want to do with your printer, you probably know right now which one is right for you. Or you may decide, as many home computer users and small businesses have, to get an entry-level b&w laser printer for all the letters, reports, chapters and verse you want to output, and a solid, mid-range inkjet (US$100 gets you a fabulous one) for your photos, images, artwork and flyers.
Some industry prognosticators believe that inkjet technology will evolve into pro-level pre-press devices for printing precise, color-matched proofs of magazines and such. Laser technology, b&w and color, will power the printers used by most everyone else. But no one knows when this will occur, so in the meantime, you have some choices, and can get great printing technology of both kinds for a modest sum.
John Pickering is the owner of EezyTrade.co.uk – an online retailer of new and refilled printer cartridges for Brother, HP, Canon, Epson, Lexmark and Xerox printers. Visit us online today for Canon ink cartridges and more and begin saving.
At today’s prices – starting as low as US$19 – color inkjets qualify as impulse buys. In fact, if they break down after the warranty expires, it doesn’t make sense to fix them, as the repairs would cost more than a new printer. And today’s laser printers can be had for under US$100, or less if you catch a sale or send in a rebate coupon.
Still, if you are a serious computer user – student, hobbyist, artist, engineer, writer and so on – you should never buy anything computer-related on impulse. Always do some research, always shop around and always get good, neutral advice if you are confused or undecided. This article will give you the basics of print technology, and a quick way to choose the right printer for you.
What’s the job?
Because of the varied strengths of laser printers and color inkjets, and some users’ need to print in large formats, some homes and offices will have several different printers. However, most people (and even most businesses) do certain kinds of work regularly and may need just one printer. Therefore the first question would be, “What will you use the printer for?” Answering this first query will determine whether you need color or b&w printing, and laser or inkjet technology.
First, let’s consider the average family computer usage. Dad needs to do some office work at times, balance the checkbook, print some photos taken with his digital camera and so forth. Mom wants to make fliers for her book club, and the kids have plenty of homework with charts, maps and such. This situation demands color, certainly, and color inkjets, as we’ve already learned, are quite inexpensive.
Of course, the printer manufacturers don’t expect to make their profits on the printers. They make their money on the ink. Even no-name cartridges, or refill-them-yourself kits, are an ongoing expense that you must consider. If you expect to do a considerable amount of color printing, you should seriously consider spending a bit more for color laser technology. Luckily, your overall per-page cost will be perhaps an eighth or tenth of what it is with inkjet color.
On the other hand, there are home users and small offices that don’t need color, but do need to print so much that the black ink cartridges alone would become a large expenditure. For under $100, you can get a b&w laser printer whose “starter” toner cartridge even yields 1500 pages. A standard one, costing between US$50-75, will output 5000+ average pages (considered to be 8-12% paper coverage). This would be the wise choice for a writer who needs to print a chapter or even a whole book, engineers doing one-color schematics and others who will be printing upwards of 40-50 pages per day.
Laser-like precision
The first laser printer – Apple’s b&w LaserWriter, long since discontinued – was a $4000 investment in 1985. Today, color lasers can be had for as little as US$200 (less on sale) and there are a spate of models in the under-US$400 range from such top manufacturers as Samsung, Hewlett-Packard and Brother. If this sounds like more than you want to pay, you need to factor in the consumables before making the decision about what is “affordable.”
As stated above, a standard toner cartridge for a consumer laser printer will yield 5000+ pages, at a cost of from one to three cents per page, per color. A b&w page, from either a b&w or color laser, therefore costs up to three cents, while a color laser’s four-color printing increases the page cost to perhaps 10-12 cents. Over time your savings on toner versus ink will more than make up for the greater initial cost. If you are deft with accounting and figures, you can make the calculation yourself based on your regular workload.
At the office
All of these considerations apply in the corporate world, as well. And other factors come into play, too, like the added efficiency of networked printers, which means added expense for the Ethernet port. In addition, many offices find that multifunction devices that also copy, scan and fax can save both time and money. Centralizing the functions helps reduce operational overhead by limiting the number of cables and lowering the power consumption of the office peripherals.
Another factor in the business environment is output size. If you need large-format printing, you will pay considerably more for the printer you choose. Past a certain point, usually the 11x17 tabloid size, lasers thin out in the product offerings and high-resolution, “proof quality,” large-format inkjets take over. With the right kind of paper and the proper settings, these devices produce stunning color images that are quite lifelike. Design agencies, newspapers, magazines and commercial “quick printers” will often have at least one high-resolution inkjet on site.
The “quick” decision
You may have invested just a few minutes in reading this article, and you might want to continue your research if you are unclear about the relative merits of the different printer types and technologies. However, if you know what you want to do with your printer, you probably know right now which one is right for you. Or you may decide, as many home computer users and small businesses have, to get an entry-level b&w laser printer for all the letters, reports, chapters and verse you want to output, and a solid, mid-range inkjet (US$100 gets you a fabulous one) for your photos, images, artwork and flyers.
Some industry prognosticators believe that inkjet technology will evolve into pro-level pre-press devices for printing precise, color-matched proofs of magazines and such. Laser technology, b&w and color, will power the printers used by most everyone else. But no one knows when this will occur, so in the meantime, you have some choices, and can get great printing technology of both kinds for a modest sum.
John Pickering is the owner of EezyTrade.co.uk – an online retailer of new and refilled printer cartridges for Brother, HP, Canon, Epson, Lexmark and Xerox printers. Visit us online today for Canon ink cartridges and more and begin saving.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Automatically Linking Content Pages
In the past, if you wanted to link together pages with previous and text page functionality. You had to in insert links manually for this work. Whenever a page was added or inserted. You had to adjust links in two more files. This is tedious work, and can introduce errors in the order the pages are linked together as well as with the table of contents. You still must write it on your own how pages are linked together sequentially. The content linking component makes life easier. It has a supporting text file in which all page links are stored together with a descriptive text in the order the pages are linked together. You simple insert the URL and description once, and you can create the table off content and the links between the pages automatically. If you change a link in the supporting text file, the changed are immediately reflected in the table of contents and link order. There is no need to update files manually. The format for the supporting text file, the Content linking List file, is very easy. First comes the URL, followed by a tab separating the URL from the description.
There is noting more to say about the format of the content linking list file. The first task is now a create a table of contents for the linked content, Before you start using any component, you should always take a look at the documentation, in which functionality is provided to ensure that you take the most direct route to achieve your goal.
There is noting more to say about the format of the content linking list file. The first task is now a create a table of contents for the linked content, Before you start using any component, you should always take a look at the documentation, in which functionality is provided to ensure that you take the most direct route to achieve your goal.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Getting High Quality Links
The easiest way to get high quality links that will be well regarded by Google and the other search engines is to perform a search on the major search engines for your targeted keyword phrases. The supplied results will provide you with a list of those sites that the engine rates as the top sites for that phrase. If the engines believe this to be of value for searches looking for a particular phrase then likewise, they will view it as a valuable link to your site, which obviously deals with the same subject.
You don’t have to stick to your main targeted keyword phrase either. In this stage of link building you can run searches on all the keyword phrases that you are targeting and request that they link to your site. You will have to obey the above-noted guidelines and this will mean that there will be many sites you will have to skip, as they are competitors of yours.
You don’t have to stick to your main targeted keyword phrase either. In this stage of link building you can run searches on all the keyword phrases that you are targeting and request that they link to your site. You will have to obey the above-noted guidelines and this will mean that there will be many sites you will have to skip, as they are competitors of yours.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
SEO Conventions
You're paying for the placement of this content so you want it to be good. In the eternal quest for successful link bait, you also want the content to be ranked by search engines because it provides real value to the reader and is hosted on an authoritative site. Now comes the most important part. As you write the article, carefully place links to topically relevant pages on your own site within the body of the article's text. These are high value links that will improve your SEO. However, it's also important to place your articles on sites that are topically related to your piece (and probably already rank for related topics). The authority of the site hosting your content, the relevance of the site (topically speaking) and that back link make your site look stronger as far as search engines are concerned. Also, remember that the quality of the content to which you link also matters. Read more....
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Promotion and Optimization
Once you've gone live with your site, you've only just begun. The world of ecommerce is fast-paced and cutthroat. And if you don't promote your site to search engines and to potential buyers your chances for success diminish accordingly.
Today, site success depends on promotion - search engine promotion and eyeball promotion. You can promote on a shoestring or you can launch a pedal-to-the-metal campaign with banner ads, Google Adwords, links building and opt-in cultivation. If you aren't SEO-experienced, you'll be best served by professionals who can track site activity, develop useful metrics and devise and implement a strategy for improved site performance.
The same goes for the process of optimization. Sites must be search engine optimized and conversion optimized - two very different things. Much of SEO takes place behind the scenes. That's why it's essential that you use SEO pros to actually build your site. This is not where you can cut a few corners.
Today, site success depends on promotion - search engine promotion and eyeball promotion. You can promote on a shoestring or you can launch a pedal-to-the-metal campaign with banner ads, Google Adwords, links building and opt-in cultivation. If you aren't SEO-experienced, you'll be best served by professionals who can track site activity, develop useful metrics and devise and implement a strategy for improved site performance.
The same goes for the process of optimization. Sites must be search engine optimized and conversion optimized - two very different things. Much of SEO takes place behind the scenes. That's why it's essential that you use SEO pros to actually build your site. This is not where you can cut a few corners.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Finding The Links And Getting High Quality Links
Since you’re looking for links to boost your search engine placement, the best place to start is… the search engines. A few searches should produces hundreds of potential links. There are a few tactics that work better than others. The first tactic provides the best links for their relevancy and for their Page Rank. The second provides the best results for getting many links quickly and easily.The easiest way to get high quality links that will be well regarded by Google and the other search engines is to perform a search on the major search engines for your targeted keyword phrases. The supplied results will provide you with a list of those sites that the engine rates as the top sites for that phrase. If the engines believe this to be of value for searches looking for a particular phrase then likewise, they will view it as a valuable link to your site, which obviously deals with the same subject.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Reciprocal link exchange service
Reciprocal link exchange service can provide great source for any website to increase traffic and ranking. This partnership with other relevant web sites that are closer to your site's theme or category will rapidly increase search engine positions of a web site.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Data Access Basics
Go a step ahead and use database to manage information. To do so, you will learn how to use the Active X Data Object (ADO), which provide the interface between database and Active Server Pages. (ASP). You can use every database in ASP that can be accessed through OLE DB (Object Linking and Embedding Database) or ODBC (Open Database Connectivity). If the terms OLE DB or ODBC are new to you.
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Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Webhosting
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Outsourcing SEO servicesInternet Marketing Solutions India is outsourcing company provides Organic Search Engine Optimization Services.
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