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A Good Web Site
A quality web site is clear as to what products or services it offers. It sets apart its service from other similar services. A successful site must have information, knowledge and entertainment (broadly speaking). A customer who feels he/she has obtained something of value from a site will eventually follow with their money
A Hobby Now a Successful Business
Model Express of Castlegar has been supplying the modeling community with quality scale automotive products since 1993. The company carries a large selection of model kits including tractor trailers, pickups, rods & customs, classics, muscle and race cars. It also carries selected accessories from some of the most well known after market people.
Freeware; what is the "real cost"?
Has you computer noticably slowed down since you installed high speed service? Do you wonder where all those "pop-up" or banner ads come from? Most likely, you have sons or daughters who have "discovered" the benefits of a high speed connection and have downloaded "cool MP3 music files", "radical free games" or free software.Morpheus, Gator, Bonsie Buddy which have been most sought after and now reside on your home machine. Other more unitarian, but free, programs such as: Eudora (free version); free Microsoft options to "enhance your Internet experience"
Verisign and ICANN agreement guarantees You Will pay a Lot for your Domain name!!
ICANN and Verisign recently announced a proposed ettlement of their pending litigation. I believe that the current terms of this settlement will have a direct and negative impact on domain name ownership cost.
Verisign and the Domain Name Price Hike
The problem with the pending agreement between ICANN and Verisign is that it "allows VeriSign to arbitrarily increase domain fees up to 7% per year. Additionally, the registrars' concern is that VeriSign can implement the price hikes without justification and web hosts and registrars would be forced to pass on the fee increases to individual domain registrants." ( webhosting.info Nov. 30 2005)
Internet Auto Buy
My car transmission needs to be replaced. I have to buy another. The AOL auto decision guide at aol.com/webcenters/autos/usedcars.adp can help me decide what car I need and what I can afford. The necessary parameters entered; 10 cars of 8,512 are recommended for my needs, yours of course will differ. The suggestions are: 1994 Chev Caprice, 1994 Ford Crown Victorias, 95 Buick Le Sabre, 94 Mercury Grand Marquis or 95 Pontiac Grand Am. (any body got those models out there?)
General Guidelines for Good Web Sites
Are you a businessman/woman who wonders if your business would benefit from a web site? If so ask yourself these questions: Do I know what objectives I want from my web site? Does my overall marketing plan include use of an Internet web site? Can my customers communicate with me on the Internet site? Am I prepared to spend money to maintain and update the site? How will I promote my web site address?
here is a new site up and running, all about Castlegar. It features great local content, is locally owned, operated and in Castlegar: http://www.castlegarbc.ca features local news items and is an innovative way to keep you abreast of our local sport celebrities, team standings and sports news
Making the Internet work Locally
Can a "home town site" work? Can a group of people such as a local council, Chamber of Commerce, Board of Education work together? Yes and No. The major problem is aligning various parties to make a long term commitment to maintain, and update an integrated web site. Each organisation needs to commit themselves to updating their section of the site, or selecting a co-ordinator to gather information, integrate it into the site then post it.
Quality Measure of a site
A quality web site is clear as to what products or services it offers and sets them apart from other similar services. For example: there are a large number of accountants offering similar services but if you offer your service as a "Christian Orientated accountant" you have set yourself apart from others. Being a Christian accountant infers that you have a unique set of values that you share with other Christian (i.e. new potential clients) as to business practice and philosophy A quality web site offers a direct benefit to its customers, and is more innovative then a traditional business approach, only lacking face to face contact with customers.
Spyware Who is Watching you?
With the introduction of "always on" higher speed Internet service our private matters have become more public. Many of the "free software" programs you downloaded in the first flush of a faster service may be deleterious spyware passing loads of personal/private information to unscrupulous market researchers and spammers. The result: you are inundated with hundreds of emails selling everything from illegal software to pornography.
Web Site Considerations
Even though Internet users are a small percentage of the total population it is in this group, which 92% of senior executives of large corporations and government belong. They are representative of 24 different countries. All have education, money, and disposable income and are prepared to spend large sums of money on luxury items, travel or investments.
What web statistics can tell you
Most web site hosting services offer a stats package that you can study. If you're not sure where this is, call up your hosting service and ask them. Statistics are a vital part of measuring the effectiveness of your web site. If your present hosting service can't or won't provide you with a statistic package change to one that will such as virtualcommunity.ca. Without a statistic package your will never know how well your web site works!
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