Archive for October, 2010
October 31st, 2010 | 
Author: Simple Scripts – Adding Features To Your Website Made Easy
Have you ever wished your website had a forum a blog a photo galley or maybe even a shopping cart? And you were so excited to get that all set up until you realized you had no idea how to do it and quickly became so frustrated trying to find an easy solution you just gave up?
What if all you had to do was click one button? If only it were that easy you say? Seriously it’s now that easy or so claims the team at Simple Scripts. We’re putting their singleclick script installation system to the test and comparing it against their competitors Fantastico and Installatron.
Simple Scripts VS. Fantastico VS. Installatron
Round 1 Just How Simple is Simple Scripts?
A quick overview shows us that Simple Scripts has made a solid initial entry into the competition. It clearly has an edge over Fantastico and maintains a slight edge over Installatron in a few key areas. The first and probably most important is in the ease of deployment for the end user. To install a feature you quite literally click one button. Simple Script Upgrade Page. For example we wanted to upgrade our Word Press blog to the latest stable build 2.6.1 so we went to our control panels Simple Script page saw that next to our Word Press icon there was an upgrade link. We clicked that and the next screen looked like the one here. Clicking on the upgrade button brought up a bar which showed us what was going on and in a few moments we were at the completion screen which included some really exciting notes. Simple Script Revert Version Page Notice the links to view your site and even go back to the old one if something went wrong. Maybe it’s just us but that seems really slick. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve upgraded software to find that it’s destroyed something and I’ve been left with no way to revert the process. But the question remains how did it do?
Selecting the link to view the site we noticed our custom image on the top was gone. I guess we’ll have to replace that with each update maybe we edited it improperly. It should be an easy fix but for fun we decided to revert back to the old site and see what would happen. Clicking the revert button gave us a list of backups we could use so we chose the most recent one and hit the Submit button. A few moments later and the blog was back to it’s old state. Ultimately we really did want to upgrade so we went and performed the upgrade quickly added our image back to the top and we’re now fully updated. Pretty impressive.
With Fantastico and Installatron things aren’t alwasy so quick and simple. Fantastico for example requires you to wait for the host to upgrade to the latest version which could take weeks. Installatron does a bit better but still could often leave you out of date for several days.
Round 2 The Overview
The following chart shows a breakdown of the core differences between the three script installation systems. Notice that Simple Scripts has the best option in each category except for it’s lack of support for DirectAdmin. Regardless we have to give it props for being the best all around package.
A table with the feature comparison can be viewed on the author’s original site
Round 3 Script Support
Each of the systems also comes with a host of ready to go scripts. In this category Installatron has a small lead with Fantastico coming in at a close second but for most users Simple Script still has a solid initial offering covering all the key areas you’ll be interested in. In our evaluation we couldn’t find anything we really needed that wasn’t available. Several of the extra scripts you’ll find for Fantastico and Installatron are really specific and not overly useful to most people. It remains undecided though how all three will continue to support new scripts.
A table with the scripts for each system can be viewed on the author’s original site
Conclusion And The Verdict Is?
There’s definitely a new competitor in town and a very solid one at that. While Simple Script support is currently only found on a few web hosting services we’ve been told negotiations are taking place and we’re expecting to see its use expand significantly. When it comes down to it Simple Scripts really is a very simple easy to use system and we expect it to be received very well by the web hosting community. If you’d like to check out Simple Scripts you can visit their website at www.simplescripts.com. If you’re currently a Bluehost user you already have access to Simple Scripts and really should give it a try.
About the writer: Ed Grier is a writer for Best of the Web Hosts a webmaster’s news reviews and resource hub.
New Google Needs New SEO Tips
Search engine optimization is a continuous process and there has been some new updates and revisions in the Google SEO ranking policy known as algorithm. The task of attaining a good rank with Google is no longer an easy task and now that the trend has changed so we must also mend our ways to set the task right.
The changes which Google has come up with have affected the all over rating of many of the websites but the three major areas which are tremendously affected by the shift are:
1 Website history
In todays scenario the website history is playing an important role for its webmaster. The history of the website mainly concerns with the date or the duration for which the WebPages of the website exist on the web. In short the longer your website has been online the higher are the chances that your website rates higher with Google. So you need a lot of patience for your website to rank high with Google however the first thing you can do is to choose a decent or an appropriate keyword and key phrase and get good original content for the website whereas by the time you are finished with doing the optimizing the site will have gained some seasoning online.
In the beginning your concern should be just to gain a fair amount of ranking and a decent traffic while looking for relevant links to increase the inbound links and allow them to stay with you till they get old.
2 Backlinks can make a difference
The link popularity can make a difference to your rankings only when you have had links that have existed with you for a long period of time. Websites with newer links are likely to face the brunt of the new Google SEO policy. So if you have just launched a website and are looking forward to a good Google ranking you just need to wait. What is significant here is that you must make links that are relevant and can stay with you for a longer period of time. The answer to the question as how to make them stay longer is that you choose links that are relevant to your business because not any unrelated website link would do. For example a designer whole website having a link with a designer apparel retail house is meaningful as they are related to each other even though they might not have the same keyword or keyphrase.
The next thing that must not go without notice is the natural links which have been gaining a lot of importance since the past few years in Google SEO ranking Algorithms.
Natural links are the ones which gain a place in the content of the website. Natural links are always rated higher than unnatural or the links that are mentioned in the website directory. So it is advised to that you should place the links with the descriptive pattern or rather content of the website. What is also advisable here is that better not create links with similar website or anchor. Such an attempt will be quickly discovered by the search engine. So better if you anchor different links with your website and place them somewhere within the content of the website.
3 Structure and the content
Unlike the earlier trend the importance of the keyword density has declined a lot and that there is more emphasis on the site based key phrases. The important point here is that Google has been scrutinizing the relevancy of the key phrases also with the content of the site. This hints towards the basic or rather the core process of the website development which should be well planned to get a good SEO ranking. The website structure should be in relevant with purpose and that content should bear a relation with the purpose of the site. Nonetheless the relevancy or the relation of the keyphrase to the content of the website articles is also very important. So if in the past just a specific amount of keyword got you a good SEO ranking this time you need to change your strategy.
During the development of the site make sure you have specifically conveyed the purpose of the website all through the content of the WebPages. While link building had been significant forum formation is also important. Google lays a lot of importance to websites that have created a well planned user friendly compelling useful content. To conclude the last word here I would only say that Google give preference to the websites that are there to help users and make web browsing a healthy experience.
About the writer: Moe Tamani is an Online Marketing Services consultant specializing in Organic Search Engine optimization.
Top 5 Reasons Why People Give Up!
I thought of sharing with you guys some of the things I faced while I was trying out my journey on Internet Marketing.
I coached and teach people on setting up online business but I realized some of the common problems people faced while trying to make money from Internet Marketing.
1. Too Much Work To Do
Most people who are really new to business or have never started a business will tend to feel its a real headache to start an online business. 70 of the people I know who tried Internet Marketing always tend to complain it is a lot of work or they find it hard to continue.
So what would I do to over come this problem? Doing Internet Marketing Business is like a real business example if you own Starbucks and you decided to open your 1st chain of store in locally. Do you think your business will automatically have business? Its not that simple you have to market your business! And that goes the same for Internet Business you must know how to market your business which is your website. Formula to success in online business is actually Marketing! The more you market the more people will be aware of your business.
2. Lack of Confidence and Planning
I have a friend who used to tell me this when I first started my Internet Business he quoted this There are so many competitors online how are you going to compete with them. Then this is what I said Out of hundreds of people that start online business everyday 90 of those people would give up in 3 months! So my way of thinking was in the 10.
How to be in the 10 never give up and plan for success. Continue to always innovate and find ways to build your traffic for your website and products. If you can’t do any product or write content then pay someone to write for you. I been in business for almost 4 years and I been through all the pain and suffering that no one sees. But I know a fact that in order for me to be successful I MUST failed more!
Planning is a very important key point in your business you have to actually plan what you want to write on your blogs. And also have a plan in mind to create products your viewers or customers want.
3. No Results
It very common among people to always complain they are not getting results from what they are doing. Always either blaming the trainer is not good or the materials are just not good.
But when I started to ask these people what they did you will be amazed they only spend less then 3 hours a week on their blog or business. Do you expert to see a magic grown for your business if you are only working 3 hours a week for your business?
There is no fixed amount of time to see results but what I can say is work till you see the results! Some people can do it in 3 hours while some take 20 hours a week to see some results. But as time goes by it will get easier and you get smarter you will realized spending those hours on your online business would be much easier later on.
4. Don’t Know What To Write
80 of the students I taught are always afraid to post on their blogs having a fear that people may not like what they write about. But what they did not know is that maybe out of 10 people who visited your blog there will be chances that at least one or more people will find your information very valuable.
How do you know if you content is valuable you will often see them commenting on your blog and you know that content you wrote about is valuable to your customers.
5. Afraid No One Will Read What You Write
Many people are always afraid to write their heart out but from my experience writing from the heart is something you should be doing if you are writing in your blog. The great thing about blogs is that its actually an online diary of yours you can write any topic you wish as its your website. There are so many people online and sure will be people who like to read what you wrote.
So thats it guys I hope you find this article useful and hopes to motivate you further in making your online business a success! Do drop your comments and your thoughts on my blog.
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