HTTP is the language web clients (a browser) and web servers use to communicate with each other. When computers communicate with each other they use a protocol, an agreed language or medium of communication. HTTP, Hypertext Transfer Protocol is the fo…
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History of Worldwide Web Design and Development
There have always been things which people are good at, and things computers have been good at, and little overlap between the two. I was brought up to understand this distinction in the 50s and 60s and intuition and understanding were human characteristics, and that co…
10 Ways to Improve Website and Web site Design
These suggestions are in no particular order: what may be useful for some will be either obvious or irrelevant to others.
Web Site Design, Website Style Guide
In the long run men hit only what they aim at. — Henry David Thoreau
THE FIRST STEP in website design is to define your goals. Without a clearly stated mission and objectives the project will drift, bog down, or continue past a…
Web Site Design, Mulder’s Website Stylesheets Tutorial
Cascading stylesheets are a new-ish web site design technology that promise to make the Web a better place by allowing you to control website design layout like never before, to make smaller, faster pages, and to easily maintain many pages at once.
Google Bowling Can Bowl Over Your Web Site’s Search Engine Ranking
Have you heard about the latest “sport” in dirty online business? It’s called Google Bowling and it represents a gaping flaw in Google’s system that allows your competitors to sabotage your site to the point of getting it banned or penalized.
Google Library
Google is being sued because of copyright wrangles centering on its Google Print online library project.
Frequent Web Site Changes Impact on Search Engine Ranking
If you are making changes only for the search engines and waiting for them to appear, you will drive yourself crazy trying to figure out why this or that happened when it did. There are a ton of factors you can’t control: algo changes, new competitors, changing competit…
High Search Engine Rankings in Google
It’s not difficult, it does sometimes take time, but it’s not difficult. Just make sure your site has good content and follow the guidelines for adding a URL. Try to get your index page listed at least. I say at least because although ODP claims onl…
Search Engine Optimization Discussion
Pagerank™ is as the name suggests a ranking system of pages. It works on the basis that if a website ABC.COM has been linked from a website XYZ.COM, abc.com must have some good content and therefore Google will count the link from XYZ.COM as a vot…