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  • How to View Your Web Site as Search Engines See It

    For many who start out in web site management, they learn quickly from the experienced webmasters about search engine optimization. Such things as layout and keywords are usually discussed with many tips and tricks offered to improved a web site’s earch engine ranking. There are many web sites that are made up mainly of flash or images which can cause problems with search engines since they have difficulty reading either format.

    One of the biggest tips is good unique content with lots of text. The text is what search engines use to rank a web site. In this post I will show you a quick method of viewing your web site as search engines may see it. This will allow you to determine if what the search engines see is how you expect them to see your web site.

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  • Review: The Orange Paper

    While most blogs regarding money are about making it online, some are focused on more saving and investing. These types of blogs usually provide tips on playing the markets and how to invest for the greatest return. As always, however, it is still better to consult with a financial advisor.

    The blog I am reviewing this week is about saving and investing money. The catch, though, is that the blog is more focused on investing in India than any other country. This makes the blog more unique than other blogs I have reviewed.

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  • One Year Later: Lessons Learned

    Technically Easy is my first attempt at blogging. I had designed web sites in the past, but never took up the task of blogging, especially on a regular basis. I have learned many lessons over the past year, and now know what it takes to make a better blog.

    I have written posts in the past about what not to do with regards to web sites, but this post will share my experiences of what I have learned over the past year as well as provide a few resolutions that I will try to achieve in the future..

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  • Blog Traffic Stats – One Year Later

    In my previous post I talked about how Technically Easy evolved over the past year, as well as discussed the name, domain and logo. In continuing with my one year of blogging, I will now discuss the traffic Technically Easy has received over the past year.

    For those new to web sites or blogging, you may have seen similar traffic stats to your site. Although the numbers aren’t huge by some standards, they are still good for a one year old site.

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  • One Year Later

    A year ago I decided to get into the world of blogging. I had thought about it for some time before, but never really sat down and tried. Then on June 23, 2007 I decided to give it a shot, and started a blog on Blogger. Today marks one year since I started Technically Easy and like many others who have started blogs, I have learned a lot about managing a blog.

    This week I will publish the three usual posts, but all posts will discuss how I managed Technically Easy, the mistakes I made and the successes I found. This post will focus on the name, logo, and design of Technically Easy and how they have changed over the past year.

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  • Using Mozy for my Online Backups

    Using Mozy for my Online Backups

    Recently I wrote a post titled My Introduction to Online Backups where I discussed two of the more popular online backup services. The two I discussed were Carbonite and Mozy.

    I decided to choose Mozy as my online backup service mainly because of its ability to backup data from an external hard drive. Since all of my data is on an external hard drive, this was a major point in my decision. In this post I will outline my experience with the service so far.

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  • What is a NAS Device?

    I have talked about archiving photos in past posts, and I have been thinking about using a NAS device for archiving the photos. Last week I talked about beginning my adventures of online backups to the cloud.

    Recently, however, I have been thinking about how I access my digital photos. I currently have a laptop and desktop, and would like to be able to view and edit the photos on either machine. This has got me thinking more about getting a NAS server. For those that don’t know what a NAS device is, I will explain what it is in this post.

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  • Review: Internet Business Guide for First Class Progress

    I have reviewed a few money making blogs in the past, and I can honestly say that I am not a fan of that niche. It seems there are more blogs in that niche than in any other niche, and they all contain the same information.

    Needless to say, as I read the title for this blog I immediately thought about the money making blogs. When I read the blog I realized there was much more to this blog than just making money, in fact this blog is missing some of the elements that are commonly found in the “make money online” blogs.

    Internet Business Guide For First Class Progress

    Web Site: Internet Business Guide For First Class Progress

    Description: This Internet Business Guide For First Class Progress provides you with step-by-step tutorials, marketing strategies, and techniques to shorten your learning curve and boost your online success so you, too, make money online.

    Design 4.5 stars

    The blog has a simple design to it – the content on the left and the navigational links on the right. This keeps the blog clean and makes reading the posts and finding links easy. The background of the blog contains an image, however, the image is simple and doesn’t distract from the content in any way. The background is a nice light colour, and with the dark font provides a nice contrast for easy reading.

    The header is nice and simple with the title of the blog, an easy to locate search bar, and two clearly labelled links. The subscription information is located in the top-left, which is one of the first things you will notice.

    The content section contains nice large fonts for the title and includes a line separating the posts. The font face and size chosen makes reading the blog very easy for those that have trouble reading smaller text.

    The right navigation sidebar that contains the links is well done and very nicely grouped. The links included in the sidebar are minimal but contain the important links such as categories and archives. The only advertising I noticed is under the “Products” section in the sidebar. The lack of advertising is what separates this blog from the ordinary “make money online” blogs, and that makes this blog better.

    Secondary, not important, links are located out of the way in the footer. If you choose to use these links the author has provided them below the main content.

    Overall I like the simplicity and spacious layout of Internet Business Guide for First Class Progress.

    Focus 4.5 stars

    The focus is mainly on helping you increase your online presence for those looking to make money online. As I said before this is much different that those “make money online” blogs. The posts in the blog definitely fit the niche very well, and clearly stay on focus.

    A few posts here and there may stray from the focus, but those posts are rare and still provided great information for anyone looking to better their online success.

    Content 5 stars

    The content is one of the best parts about the blog. The content is really well written and the author makes it very easy to understand what he is trying to say.

    Many of the posts also include an image that is appropriate for the topic of the post. Although many of the images appear on the home page, the author has taken the time to resize the images so they are small in both size and bytes. This will allow those with slower connections load the pages quickly.

    On Sundays the author has included inspirational videos. These videos provide you with even more information about succeeding online. The author, however, hasn’t posted the latest video as of this post.

    I enjoyed the content provided on this blog and read many of the posts offered.

    Spelling and Grammar 5 stars

    It is rare to find blogs that have almost perfect spelling and grammar, but this blog comes close, very close. It is apparent that the author takes the time to read and check for spelling and grammar errors in each post. This makes the blog much easier to read as you don’t need to reread a sentence twice.

    Overall 4.5 stars

    This is a great blog for those that are looking to help succeed online. The posts are well written and provide great information for success. The simplicity of the layout, and the colour chosen definitely are a nice change from those blogs that include many pictures and small fonts.

    If you are just starting out online, or have been online for many years, you definitely want to check out Internet Business Guide for First Class Progress.