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Outsourcing IT Services Will Save Your Company Money

January 5th, 2010

If you are in business, you have certain technology needs. Computers, phones, software, and maybe even a file server or a billing server. Then comes the question who runs all of this for you. What do you do if your computers break, your network goes down, or your server crashes? Do you hire a person to manage all of this for you in what could be a very costly salary position? Or do you out-source your needs to a technology company like Delaware.Net.

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Google does not use the keywords meta tag in web ranking

September 22nd, 2009

Many professional website developers have known this to be true for quite a while now but, today it is official. Google no longer uses the keywords meta tag to rank your website.

Please enjoy this video from Google’s search guru Matt Cutts.

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Posted in Content Management System (CMS), Customers, Information Technology, Internet Marketing, Municipal Website Design, Online Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Store-Logic Ecommerce, Team-Logic CMS, Using Google, Web Developers, Web Site Design, Web Standards, Website Conversion

Tags: Data development Google Keywords Meta Tags Website

404s, 301s and You (Oh My!)

October 23rd, 2008

Ever accidentally mistype a URL for a website and found yourself staring at the wonderful brick wall that is a 404 Page Not Found error? Have you ever removed a part of your website and wondered how you need to let the search engines know that those pages have been removed? Have you ever wondered “Hey, 404 and 301 are really cool numbers, I wonder what they do for us on the internet?!” ? Custom error documents like 404 & 301 are the keys to preventing these things from hurting a web users experience and the SEO for web administrators.

Custom error documents are many, but today we will focus mainly on the 404 and 301 documents. A 404 is an error document that informs the browser or web spider that the page is no longer there. There are a few different ways that it can be done. IIS has a standard built in page that is kinda ugly and uninformative. Or you can create your own. It is recommended that you include all your normal header and footer information as well as navigation and site map.

rent a car bulgaria301 error documents are permanent redirects. Basically they tell people and SEO bots that the page doesn’t exist and redirects to the proper url. So if your in your browser of choice and type delaware.net you would get redirected to www.delaware.net. This helps web administrators make sure that their websites are found properly and allows web users a little bit of flexibility in how they surf. Typing www over and over again would get annoying.

So what does all of this mean to you? A cleaner web experience for users and better search engine results for web administrators. Stay tuned for our next installment where we show you how to create these custom error documents within both apache and IIS.

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Third Annual 2008 Delaware Expo Trade Show

October 16th, 2007

Delaware.Net is proud to announce that we are a premier sponsor of the 2008 Delaware Expo Trade Show to be held at the Dover Downs Hotel and Casino on March 5th, 2008.

The Delaware Expo Trade Show is a Business-To-Business (B2B) show where businesses from across the state meet to market their services to each other, and to participate in seminars that help them with sales, business management, IT issues, and personal development. The majority of the proceeds go to area chambers of commerce.

Chamber Partners Include:

The Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce
Delaware State Chamber of Commerce
New Castle County Chamber of Commerce
Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce
Milford Chamber of Commerce
Seaford Chamber of Commerce
Rehoboth-Dewey Chamber of Commerce
Lewes Chamber of Commerce
Georgetown Chamber of Commerce

There will be over 100 booths sold online for the show, and they will go fast. You can see the trade show floor and order your booth at www.delawareexpo.com

The show is accepting speaker applications for the seminars, so if you would like to make a presentation, email your presentation idea through the Delaware Expo web site.

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Posted in Delaware Expo Trade Show, Information Technology, Out and About

Writing Better Web Site Content

August 30th, 2007

Every day I come to work knowing that I will be working on multiple projects. I can easily say that I have seen a multitude of different problems and solutions. One of the biggest visual problems that I encounter is content and the quality and/or the complete lack there of. The web is all about communication, and in a world where communication is everything, web content is key. Think about it, more and more people today are getting their news and information from news websites, blogs and search engines. So why shouldn’t the content of your website be created with the same attention to detail as more traditional forms of media.

“The content is the heart of the website. I can’t build you a body until you give me a heart.” (Simmons, 2007) This couldn’t be more true. The content of your website is the basis for the entire user experience. Without it, a website cannot be constructed properly. Content can’t just be a few paragraphs someone wrote at the last minute so that there is something in the website. It needs to carefully planned and written with the utmost care. “…if the words aren’t meaningful, the sleekest design in the world wont compensate for it.” (Simmons, 2007) » Read more: Writing Better Web Site Content

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How to add Google Analytics to your website.

August 15th, 2007

What is Google Analytics?

In March of 2005 Google announced the purchase of a company most web developers know very well called Urchin, they were the worlds leading company in web analytics and Web Statistics Reporting. Urchin is used by more large corporations than any other form of web site tracking software so it was a natural fit for Google, they purchased the company rather than creating their own solution because they needed a better way to prove traffic reporting and results to their main customer base, web site advertisers. Google Analytics helps you find out what keywords attract your most desirable prospects, what advertising copy pulled the most responses, and what landing pages and content make the most money for you.

In this article I am going to show you how to add the Google Analytics “code snippet” to your web page. » Read more: How to add Google Analytics to your website.

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Posted in Customers, Information Technology, Internet Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Site Maps, Store-Logic Ecommerce, Using Google, Web Site Design, Web Standards

Web Site Image Resolution

August 13th, 2007

There are two ways we describe an image:
Low Res - Low resolution, 72 dpi (dots per inch).
High Res – High resolution 300+ dpi

Most websites are designed with low res images. It helps them run faster. High res would just slow down the website and cause things to take forever or not load at all. The only time high res images should be used is with print design. If you print with the low res images, you will have a blurry or pixelated image. » Read more: Web Site Image Resolution

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It takes a village plus YOU to build a website!

August 13th, 2007

Some of the comments I hear from a client after finishing their project are “wow, thanks for the great website… you have thought of everything”, “You did a great job.” I usually say, “We thank you as well and I will share that with the team”.

Many clients don’t know what is involved in building their website or even care. They just want a site and want us to help them get there. So I want to provide a little insight to what is involved, what a client can expect from us and what we expect from the client. Yes, you! » Read more: It takes a village plus YOU to build a website!

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Having problems with Email?

August 8th, 2007

Have you been having trouble with your email lately? You are not alone. Spam and virus mail volume has reached an all time high this summer. July has seen the largest virus attack in over two years with the attack continuing to escalate into August.

These attacks are perpetrated through bot-nets. The concept is simple: A user opens an email containing an attachment, (lately in the form of a pdf or zip, but any attachment can work.) The attachment executes the virus code, and the users computer becomes part of the bot-net. These bot-net infected computers can lay dormant for days or even months before being called into action by the spammer controlling the bot-net. Once called into action, the user’s pc becomes a spam and virus sending zombie. Infected machines can send thousands of emails per day using legitimate credentials. This traffic causes mail servers across the Internet to become bogged down slogging through all this junk. You could be infected right now and not even know it.

What can you do to protect yourself? » Read more: Having problems with Email?

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Web Site Design Pricing

August 7th, 2007

One of the most common questions I hear is “what do you charge for a web site?”. My answers to that question have varied over the years and I often find myself wanting to give a dollar figure like the sales person does at Bestbuy when asking a price for a shiny new gadget that my wife will disapprove of.

I found an interesting article today while doing some research on this topic:

There is an old joke I saw once where a ship’s captain needed work on a boiler. He called a boilermaker who went down into the ship’s hold and tapped on the boiler in some different spots with a hammer. He said he was done and presented a bill for $1,000. The captain was upset and demanded an itemized invoice. Here is what he got…

Tapping with hammer: $1.00
Knowing where to tap: $999.00

I think too many of us in this trade are focused on the hammer tapping part (which is the actual coding) and not the part of knowing where to tap (which is the planning, experience, education, etc.)

» Read more: Web Site Design Pricing

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