I used to work with a self-confessed “geek” who scorned File Transfer Protocol (”FTP” programs, such as FileZilla. He used to use the DOS Command Line to upload his stuff to a web server!
I’ve known a few people who build web pages the hard way - using Windows Notepad. Not for them the ease of [...]

Our “guest writer” slot returns after an absence with an new article from a well-known marketer and copywriter - Jo Han Mok.
“Video blogging” is not entirely a new idea, but it’s one which is rapidly becoming more popular. Jo Han Mok says:
“Video blogging is the next generation of posting ideas and products over the internet. [...]

“Article Marketing”, sometimes known as “bum marketing”, can be a very effective way of getting backlinks to your site - and a few extra visitors. The principle is simple.. write an article, add a “resource box” (a few lines about yourself and a link to your site) and submit it to the numerous article directories.
The [...]

Even if you’ve already downloaded “PPC WebSpy”, which I told you about last week, don’t skip this article; there’s some important news for you. If you haven’t got this software yet, then you ought to - it’s free!
It’s a superb keyword research tool It’s a Firefox browser plugin, and when you do a Google search, [...]

This report is a blatant plug for a spin-off from the very expensive “StomperNet” - a training course in which I have no interest. It’s too expensive for me to purchase, and so I can’t endorse it, either.
The product being plugged is “Formula Five”. This gets its name from, as the report says:
“.. there are [...]

With everybody going on about video on websites, it might seem a little out-of-date to talk about website audio.
But, in fact, audio is still a powerful marketing force on a website - and it’s a lot easier to implement than creating videos.
I was going to create a new article for my Webmasters Tricks website:
http://www.WebmastersTricks.com
But then [...]

Regular readers of “Update” will know me as a seller of software and training, related to internet marketing in general, and webmastery in particular.
What many readers don’t know is that I also have a wide range of niche websites that have nothing to do with internet marketing. They cover subjects such as travel, yoga, self-improvement, [...]

I learnt recently about some really neat software. It’s a great keyword research tool. It’s a Firefox browser plug-in which installs really easily. And it’s completely free
It’s easier if I show you what it does with just a couple of screen shots:
http://www.marketing-drive.com/ppc-tool/
You” find it a fascinating and useful tool to work with. You [...]

“Sticky” is the word used to describe ways of keeping your visitors on your website. The longer people stay on your site, or on a particular page, the more they are likely to do what you want them to do.. make a purchase, sign up to your newsletter, hit an AdSense link, and so on.
I’ve [...]

YouTube, the massively popular video posting site, makes it very easy to embed any video shown on YouTube on to any web page or blog. You can embed a video that you made or any of the other millions of videos posted on YouTube.
But what if you’re “video challenged”, and, although you’d like to make [...]