Archive for the 'Web Watch' Category

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006

Finding Real Estate For Sale

Tuesday, August 9th, 2005

Looking to Purchase Real Estate? Naturally, real estate is very location specific. The best places to look on the web is at sites that are managed in your target location. There are also some top national web sites to start at. The main one being the National Association of Realtors web […]

Finding Recipes On The Web

Saturday, July 30th, 2005

Did you know that the keyword “recipes” is consistently in the top 50 keywords searched on the web every week?

Tried-and-tested recipes from magazines, restaurant chefs and home cooks can be found in abundance on the web. While you can probably type in the ingredients or name of a traditional meal into a search engine […]

Interview With A Web Designer

Wednesday, April 27th, 2005

I recently had the opportunity to answer some questions for the local Chamber of Commerce. The questions are those on the mind of small business owners thinking about getting a web site. Here are the questions and my answers. Maybe one of these questions have been on your mind….

How important is it for a small […]

Art History and Collector Resources on the Web

Monday, March 14th, 2005

Want to learn more about that painting you found in the attic or that
old framed print hanging on grandma’s wall?

A simple search at google may turn up plenty of information about famous artists such as Van Gogh, Rembrandt and Monet. But to find information about not-so-famous artists you really need to know where to look.

So, […]

Finding State And Government Web Sites

Thursday, February 17th, 2005

Have you ever wanted to look up information about your state government or that of another state. Or perhaps you’ve needed to find court records or do a criminal background check on someone in your state or another state? Here are some tips to help you find and search through state web sites.

Most, but not […]

Search Engine Optimization De-Mystified

Monday, January 31st, 2005

So, you have a web site now, and you’re doing some searches in Google, Yahoo, MSN or perhaps AOL — typing in words that represent the services or products your web site promotes, but your web site doesn’t show up in the first few links that display in the “natural” section of search results.

You can […]

Google Advanced Search Tecniques

Monday, January 24th, 2005

Do you just plug in a keyword or two and hope for the best? That may be the easiest way to search, but with more than 3 billion pages in google’s index, it can be a time consuming struggle to pare results down and find exactly what you’re looking for.

Here are some advanced tips to […]

Introduction To Blogs

Monday, January 17th, 2005

Blog is short for Web Log. A blog is a web page that is updated on a regular basis, and contains information on a specific topic. Blogs got their start as a place to make journal entries on the web. Some typical uses of a blog are to record personal events, political views and social […]

Shopping Search Engines

Monday, January 10th, 2005

Do you start every web search with a visit to Google? There are many specialized resources out there that offer much better quality search results than you can get with a general purpose search engine, especially when it comes to shopping. Shopping Search sites return keyword search results that include product listings from multiple vendors […]