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The Secret to Generating Traffic in Online Forums
Posted by: | CommentsThe internet has made the world a smaller place. It allows people from different countries to communicate with one another to share ideas and opinions. One of the best places to generate more traffic for someone who has an existing website is through Online forums. By just following some simple tips, more people will visit one site in no time.
1. For this to work, the person should be online most of the time. Since frequent users do the same and always have questions to ask, a great idea will be to give an answer that can help that individual.
The person has to remember that there are also other people who will answer the posted question but if one offers the best answer that is a plus to that individual. It will establish credibility on the part of the person and that user will likely visit the website to see what else can be offered. This will also allow that person to refer the site to other people creating more traffic.
2. Some people believe it pays to be nice and this is true. Forums are also a place where debates occur. By giving an answer in a nice way though one disagrees with the other person, it establishes a sense of respect.
If people see how friendly and courteous one is, this will also entice the users to see what one has to offer in the website.
3. Being an active contributor to the Online forum is a great way of getting noticed. There are a lot of things people want and need to know and by looking for it and informing the person how to also get it, this will make the person a handyman in the web. It will be better if one can write something short about it so the user will have a brief idea if this is relevant in the personís search.
4. Everyone has a certain calling card in getting something done. By putting it in whenever posting an answer in the forum, this will make people know who the good Samaritan is and will want to know more about the website and the services one can offer.
Most people post the name of the person which could be real or fictitious, the email address and the website address so one can easily be reached.
5. Whenever one posts something that is needed by a user, it is advisable to think of a way to make the person go back and visit ones website. If one needs advice on how to pick the right diving equipment, the person can give a short answer then for that person to get more information, that individual has to visit ones website.
The technique to creating more traffic by finding a way to make people visit ones site is called in-context linking. This is also how search engines rank how well ones site compares over others. As more people click on it and are guided to the site, the more important it is. The best way to do this is being active in the web and posting a lot of relevant material for other users.
By following these simple 5 steps, a person will always have a good number of people visiting ones site. Generating more traffic and earning money can be made if the person is willing to give it a great amount of effort. If that person is too lazy to keep the site updated and giving it regular maintenance, then someone can be hired for that job. The individual should just be sure to pay the person well for doing all the hard work.
Making ones website user friendly is essential in making people refer it to others. This can be done by letting friends and family try it first then ask feedback about the site. The most important thing to remember before launching it to the various websites is making sure that ones website is fully operational and will not have problems for users when logging on to it. It is very embarrassing for people to experience problems the first time which will surely discourage one from referring it to others and visiting it again.
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The Quick and The Net
Posted by: | CommentsQuick loading web pages – a must for website optimization and a good policy in search engine optimization.
Why Quick Loading Web Pages?
Unless you rely ONLY on users with high speed Internet connections, you must take into consideration the quick loading issue for your web pages. According to statistics, a first-time visitor will not “waste” more than 5 seconds until seeing the content of your web page or, at least, until he/she gets an idea about what the web page is about. This means that for an average transfer rate of 3 Kbytes per second your web page must take maximum 15 Kbytes of disk space.
If we understand this as being the size of all the displayed elements (page’s script + graphics + content), then 15 KB doesn’t seem so much, right? Let’s see what we can put into 15 KB:
* one graphic element (your web optimized logo) with a disk size around 1Kb
* 1000 words of content (you should have content-rich pages)
* 3 KB of script (HTML, CSS)
* another graphic element of, let’s say, 2 KB (your linking partner’s banner etc.)
It is not so bad, is it? Of course, if you need to have pictures on your page, you will not be able to keep size within 15Kb. But even so, if in 5 seconds from click your logo and your content are displayed on your visitor’s screen, then it is OK. If the visitor is interested, they will wait another 5 seconds or more for your images to load.
How to minimize the “disk size” of a web page and how to make it load quicker
1. Minimize Scripting
Try to stick with plain HTML when designing your web pages. Do not abuse of text formatting and/or excessive special effects. Use CSS to define the behavior of the links on your web pages. If you use a WYSIWYG-type HTML tool, make sure that you delete all unnecessary blank spaces this tool inserts in your HTML code.
2. Keep Content to the Point
Keep your content simple and easy understandable. Use short and eloquent sentences. Do not use “high-tech” terms, unless your readers are of academic level. Use HTML Heading Tags to emphasize what’s important.
3. Minimize Graphics Size
Because graphic elements are critical when it comes to the size of a web page, you must pay a lot of attention to the graphics optimization issue. Carefully choose what type of image format you choose (GIF, JPEG or PNG) and make sure that you find for your graphics the limit point of the “screen size / quality / number of colors / detail level” ratio. If possible, keep the size of your small, simple graphics below 1 KB. It will load almost instantly due to the way the TCP IP protocol transfers data.
4. Split Website into Sections
Split your website into more small-sized sections (web pages), instead of single pages with large amounts of information. Especially if you have to display a lot of pictures on your pages.
5. Minimize use of Graphics
Try to have no more than 4 graphic elements on each of your web pages. Replace, when possible, image-buttons with simple text links towards the other sections of your website or towards your linking partners’ websites.
Interlace GIF Images
When saving big graphics in GIF format, make sure you check the “interlaced” box in your image processing software’s “Save As” box. This will not minimize the size of the GIF file, but it will tell the browser to load the graphic in two phases and quickly put something on your visitor’s display.
Is quick loading an advantage in Search Engine Optimization?
I can tell you for sure that it is not an inconvenience. In terms of Search Engine Optimization it is also recommended to have quick loading web pages. At least at their first visits, the search engines robots will spend little time crawling your website. If they can easily access the content of your pages they will be able to gather more information in less time and this is a good thing, isn’t it?
Bottom line: In terms of Website Optimization and Web Efficiency, we must make sure that we do what we can to ensure our web pages will load as quickly as possible on our visitor’s display. There are more chances for The Quick to survive on The Net, than for The Slow.
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