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Novice needs basic webpage advice
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| I am running an accounting service business. I have a 1-page webpage (I used
template given by the hosting company and juz change the text becos that's
all I know)
I want to put a counter so that I know the how many people visited it. How
to do it?(free if possible)
I heard that it's useless to have a website if nobody visits it. So how do
I direct people to my website?
Thanks
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| Dylan Parry 2005-05-24, 7:47 pm |
| Using a pointed stick and some pebbles, Happy scraped this into the dirt:
> I want to put a counter so that I know the how many people visited it. How
> to do it?(free if possible)
http://tinyurl.com/dq7mk
> I heard that it's useless to have a website if nobody visits it. So how do
> I direct people to my website?
Put your URL on everything! Stick it on letters that you send from your
business, put it on your business cards, write it into the dirt on white
transit vans, everything :)
--
Dylan Parry
http://webpageworkshop.co.uk -- FREE Web tutorials and reference
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| Gandalf Parker 2005-05-24, 7:47 pm |
| "Happy" <kris8ang@singnet.com.sg> wrote in
news:d6vhdr$a2j$1@mawar.singnet.com.sg:
> I want to put a counter so that I know the how many people visited it.
> How to do it?(free if possible)
SOmeone else already gave a good answer. But you should have access to the
"web logs" which is can be much more informative than a counter. Check into
it with whoever hosts your page
> I heard that it's useless to have a website if nobody visits it. So
> how do I direct people to my website?
The first thing you should do is create a "signature" that goes onto your
posts with your site listed in it. Use Google and groups.google to search
for conversations where it would be appropriate for you to jump in. Not
spamming your business but making comments and letting them see your sig
Gandalf Parker
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| Dylan Parry 2005-05-24, 7:47 pm |
| Using a pointed stick and some pebbles, Gandalf Parker scraped this into
the dirt:
> SOmeone else
<snip/>
*sob* you're always calling me "someone else" :(
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Dylan Parry
http://electricfreedom.org -- Where the Music Progressively Rocks!
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| William Tasso 2005-05-24, 7:47 pm |
| Forging a path through the Usenet jungle, armed only with a rusty
Dylan/1.0, Dylan Parry stumbled into alt.www.webmaster and said:
> Using a pointed stick and some pebbles, Gandalf Parker scraped this into
> the dirt:
>
> <snip/>
>
> *sob* you're always calling me "someone else" :(
Look at it from a different point of view. From where I sit (can't speak
for others) you /are/ someone else.
--
Whatever you do - do something.
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| Gandalf Parker 2005-05-24, 7:47 pm |
| Dylan Parry <usenet@dylanparry.com> wrote in news:3fh3cvF7hskcU2
@individual.net:
> Using a pointed stick and some pebbles, Gandalf Parker scraped this into
> the dirt:
>
> <snip/>
>
> *sob* you're always calling me "someone else" :(
>
Im sorry. Its laziness on my part. The right, proper, knowledgeable Guru
Dylan Parry has granted the knowledge (to which I humbly add my meager
comments)... Hmmm that was supposed to be a giggle but it comes off too
sarcastic. Not at all what I meant it as. *sigh* When we are all jacked-in
then we wont have these problems because we will be able to attach the
proper emotion to what we type. :)
Gandalf Parker
--
HURRY UP! I know technology is moving fast but I'M GETTING OLD!
I refuse to check into an old folks home that wont let me jack-in to my
favorite game worlds.
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| William Tasso 2005-05-24, 7:47 pm |
| Forging a path through the Usenet jungle, armed only with a rusty
Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180, Happy stumbled into
alt.www.webmaster and said:
> I am running an accounting service business. I have a 1-page webpage (I
> used
> template given by the hosting company and juz change the text becos
> that's
> all I know)
That's ok - text is King, Queen and the gaddamn Jack of spades all rolled
into one when it comes to web site building.
> I want to put a counter so that I know the how many people visited it.
> How
> to do it?(free if possible)
In addition to the splendid answers from the someone-elses ...
ok - sounds to me like you're getting close to outgrowing that service.
So, time to stop and think what you want from the page. A 'call to
action' for your visitor. What do you want them to do as a result of
visiting your page?
For a site such as you have described, it is common for the call to action
to be ...
o call us - publish a specific telephone number to handle web generated
enquiries.
o mail us - publish a specific email address to handle mail from that
page.
Incidently, I have one customer with a dozen or so sites, each with maybe
30 pages. Each page has a contact thingie with a separate mail address.
Must be a nightmare to administer, but it's his way of keeping in touch
with how well each page is performing.
> I heard that it's useless to have a website if nobody visits it.
you heard right.
> So how do
> I direct people to my website?
Seach the archive (currently @ http://groups.google.com) for posts by Sam
(nic: Fat Sam) on the subject of guerrilla marketing for domain names.
--
Whatever you do - do something.
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| Matt Probert 2005-05-24, 7:47 pm |
| Once upon a time, far far away "Happy" <kris8ang@singnet.com.sg>
spluttered
>I heard that it's useless to have a website if nobody visits it. So how do
>I direct people to my website?
A large picture of Sam Fox, topless, does it for me.
Matt
--
The Probert Encyclopaedia - Beyond Britannica
http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com
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| Matt Probert 2005-05-24, 7:47 pm |
| Once upon a time, far far away Dylan Parry <usenet@dylanparry.com>
spluttered
>Put your URL on everything! Stick it on letters that you send from your
>business, put it on your business cards, write it into the dirt on white
>transit vans, everything :)
>
Don't forget, pens, t-shirts, sweatshirts, frisbees and lapel badges!
I never did get around to the condoms....
Matt
--
The Probert Encyclopaedia - Beyond Britannica
http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com
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| GreyWyvern 2005-05-24, 7:47 pm |
| And lo, Matt Probert didst speak in alt.www.webmaster:
> I never did get around to the condoms....
Any particular flavour?
Grey
--
The technical axiom that nothing is impossible sinisterly implies the
pitfall corollory that nothing is ridiculous.
- http://www.greywyvern.com/ringmaker - Orca Ringmaker: Host a web ring
from your website!
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| Matt Probert 2005-05-24, 7:47 pm |
| Once upon a time, far far away GreyWyvern <spam@greywyvern.com>
spluttered
>And lo, Matt Probert didst speak in alt.www.webmaster:
>
>
>Any particular flavour?
>
Not of any flavour. Nor design nor colour.
Matt
--
The Probert Encyclopaedia - Beyond Britannica
http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com
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| Thanks Gandalf,
I envisage my potential clients will go to Google/Yahoo and search for
"accounting" or "bookkeeping" etc.
I want the webpage to be in 1st or 2nd page of search results. What can I
do??
"Gandalf Parker" <gandalf@most.of.my.favorite.sites> wrote in message
news:Xns96606041CCD03gandalfparker@208.201.224.154...
> "Happy" <kris8ang@singnet.com.sg> wrote in
> news:d6vhdr$a2j$1@mawar.singnet.com.sg:
>
>
> SOmeone else already gave a good answer. But you should have access to the
> "web logs" which is can be much more informative than a counter. Check
> into
> it with whoever hosts your page
>
>
> The first thing you should do is create a "signature" that goes onto your
> posts with your site listed in it. Use Google and groups.google to search
> for conversations where it would be appropriate for you to jump in. Not
> spamming your business but making comments and letting them see your sig
>
> Gandalf Parker
>
>
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| Dylan Parry 2005-05-25, 8:14 am |
| Using a pointed stick and some pebbles, Gandalf Parker scraped this into
the dirt:
> Im sorry. Its laziness on my part. The right, proper, knowledgeable Guru
> Dylan Parry has granted the knowledge (to which I humbly add my meager
> comments)...
That's better!
> Hmmm that was supposed to be a giggle but it comes off too
> sarcastic.
Hey wait! Oh pooh sticks :\
--
Dylan Parry
http://electricfreedom.org -- Where the Music Progressively Rocks!
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| Thanks Gandalf,
I envisage my potential clients will go to Google/Yahoo and search for
"accounting" or "bookkeeping" etc.
I want the webpage to be in 1st or 2nd page of search results. What can I
do??
"Gandalf Parker" <gandalf@most.of.my.favorite.sites> wrote in message
news:Xns966064279526Dgandalfparker@208.201.224.154...
> Dylan Parry <usenet@dylanparry.com> wrote in news:3fh3cvF7hskcU2
> @individual.net:
>
>
> Im sorry. Its laziness on my part. The right, proper, knowledgeable Guru
> Dylan Parry has granted the knowledge (to which I humbly add my meager
> comments)... Hmmm that was supposed to be a giggle but it comes off too
> sarcastic. Not at all what I meant it as. *sigh* When we are all jacked-in
> then we wont have these problems because we will be able to attach the
> proper emotion to what we type. :)
>
> Gandalf Parker
> --
> HURRY UP! I know technology is moving fast but I'M GETTING OLD!
> I refuse to check into an old folks home that wont let me jack-in to my
> favorite game worlds.
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| Matt Probert 2005-05-25, 8:14 am |
| Once upon a time, far far away "Happy" <kris8ang@singnet.com.sg>
spluttered
>Thanks Gandalf,
>
>I envisage my potential clients will go to Google/Yahoo and search for
>"accounting" or "bookkeeping" etc.
>I want the webpage to be in 1st or 2nd page of search results. What can I
>do??
>
Pay lots of money.
Matt
--
The Probert Encyclopaedia - Beyond Britannica
http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com
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| William Tasso 2005-05-25, 8:14 am |
| Forging a path through the Usenet jungle, armed only with a rusty Forte
Free Agent 1.21/32.243, Matt Probert stumbled into alt.www.webmaster and
said:
> Once upon a time, far far away "Happy" <kris8ang@singnet.com.sg>
> spluttered
>
> Pay lots of money.
suddenly, you have my complete and undivided attention :)
--
Whatever you do - do something.
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| Gandalf Parker 2005-05-25, 7:58 pm |
| "Happy" <kris8ang@singnet.com.sg> wrote in
news:d71fe4$hev$1@reader01.singnet.com.sg:
> Thanks Gandalf,
>
> I envisage my potential clients will go to Google/Yahoo and search for
> "accounting" or "bookkeeping" etc.
> I want the webpage to be in 1st or 2nd page of search results. What
> can I do??
Well the search engines used to keep things simple in their efforts to
put the best answer near the top. But people abused it each time to put
their stuff near the top whether it deserved to or not. So the formula
for deciding the top site got more and more complicated. Im afraid that
Im against those tactics so Im not going to be very clear about how you
can do that.
Use metatags hidden in the code to make sure that words people might
include in their search can lead to you. The number of sites which link
to that site also figures in on "popularity". Pay for ad placement in
Google and Yahoo.
You might also want to explain what benefits there are in doing
accounting business with someone in Singapore since to me it sounds like
something to be avoided
Gandalf Parker
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| William Tasso 2005-05-25, 7:58 pm |
| Forging a path through the Usenet jungle, armed only with a rusty
Xnews/5.04.25, Gandalf Parker stumbled into alt.www.webmaster and said:
> ...
> You might also want to explain what benefits there are in doing
> accounting business with someone in Singapore since to me it sounds like
> something to be avoided
Unless the searcher/visitor is actually in Singapore when I imagine it
would make perfect sense.
--
Whatever you do - do something.
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| Matt Probert 2005-05-25, 7:59 pm |
| Once upon a time, far far away "William Tasso"
<SpamBlocked@tbdata.com> spluttered
>Forging a path through the Usenet jungle, armed only with a rusty Forte
>Free Agent 1.21/32.243, Matt Probert stumbled into alt.www.webmaster and
>said:
>
>
>suddenly, you have my complete and undivided attention :)
>
Not since the last time, which if I recall was in the pub when I asked
"what's yours?" <g>
Matt
--
The Probert Encyclopaedia - Beyond Britannica
http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com
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| Roseb44170@aol.com 2005-05-25, 7:59 pm |
| I didn't see a web address for your site (unless I missed it
somewhere). You may want to put the webpage address here so that
others can see it.
There are quite a few free counters that one can put on their website
and you can just do a simple search to find some of them. Adding the
code for a free counter is a simple "cut and paste" kind of thing but
you have to be careful - depending upon your html knowledge - because
one mis-typed code and your whole website can be unreadable.
How do you direct people to your website? You tell them about it.
There are lots of sites where you can post and announce your website.
You should also have some business cards and literature with your
webpage (and regular) contact information. How many people have you
met and then thought afterwards - dagnabbit! I wish I would have had a
business card that I could have given to them?
Number 2 - who is your target market? Who is most likely to need your
services? When you answer that question - that answer will be the
target market that you should be going after.
Rose
http://members.aol.com/Roseb44170/home.html
"How in the heck did I ever get talked into this?"
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| Roseb44170@aol.com 2005-05-25, 7:59 pm |
| I didn't see a web address for your site (unless I missed it
somewhere). You may want to put the webpage address here so that
others can see it.
There are quite a few free counters that one can put on their website
and you can just do a simple search to find some of them. Adding the
code for a free counter is a simple "cut and paste" kind of thing but
you have to be careful - depending upon your html knowledge - because
one mis-typed code and your whole website can be unreadable.
How do you direct people to your website? You tell them about it.
There are lots of sites where you can post and announce your website.
You should also have some business cards and literature with your
webpage (and regular) contact information. How many people have you
met and then thought afterwards - dagnabbit! I wish I would have had a
business card that I could have given to them?
Number 2 - who is your target market? Who is most likely to need your
services? When you answer that question - that answer will be the
target market that you should be going after.
Rose
http://members.aol.com/Roseb44170/home.html
"How in the heck did I ever get talked into this?"
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