Over the years, I've received many calls from business owners wanting to start a website and not knowing where to begin. This is common. The internet can be a daunting place and a keyword search for web designer returns more than 4 million results in a given city. But choosing a designer is not your first step. So, what is your first step? Read up on basic design rules for your website

Graphic Designers are expected to deliver great design every time. In fact, this ought to be true most in almost any case because there are basic rules that are taught and followed and produce great designs. These design rules can most time supersede bad taste and veer any kitschy design toward a well balanced layout. But if you come across bad designs, then either it was not put together by a professional graphic artist or you've fallen upon a graphic designer with no regard to design rules. So what are some of the basic design rules? Read up on basic design rules for your website

People seem to either love Flash or hate Flash. Designers and programmers hate Flash. Steve Jobs, Google and other fans of fast loading, open source pages hate Flash. So who loves Flash? Advertisers, marketing groups, gamers, animators and any business owner who knows he has only 3 seconds to capture attention. If done right, Flash is a powerful way of capturing and retaining information. So how do you Flash right? Read up on using Flash for your website

Just recently, a business owner asked me what was SEO. Having owned a business for more than a decade and investing so much time and effort into SEO, needless to say, this took me by surprise. This particular business man was successful and versed on technology but had no knowledge of SO or even what it stood for. Rather than assuming everyone understands SEO, let's get to the basics. Read up on the basics of SEO

You've done everything right. You've started a blog, you've submitted your articles and technical papers to several web sites across the internet, you've activated accounts with different social networking sites, you've exchanged links with other relevant site and you've gained some status with Google. What's next? What more can you do in regards to link building? What is the most important aspect of link building above all else? Read up on the value on website content

There are so many ways of increasing your web site popularity on the internet. It can be very daunting for any layman to go through the list of link exchange requests that you may start receiving in your e-mail box when you start your SEO efforts. How do you choose where to link and who to ignore? Can you tell the different between linking up to a spam site or a legitimate site? There are a few simple rules you can follow to effectively build your link popularity. Read up on increasing your website popularity

If you want an instant understanding on how the internet has evolved just over the last few years, consider this: The White House has a blog. Most CEOs have blogs. Designers, writers, singers, artists across all disciplines for that matter, all have blogs. Even Google has a blog. Yes, search engines have their own blog. Feeling left out? Think you may want to reconsider the type of knowledge you possess that you can contribute? Read up on blogging well

Oh boy has Flash attracted some big bullies lately! You know you're in a lot of hot water when both Google and Apple stop acknowledging your existence. We all know, thanks to overplayed PSAs that bullies are full of insecurities and projecting their fears onto what they perceive as weaker entities. So why does Google and Apple hate Flash when most marketing and advertising companies still deliver Flash as marketing solutions for their online campaigns? Read up on adding Flash to your website