Top Ten Things to Ask Yourself About Your Website
1. Does it download fast?"Most website crafters are in T1s, LANs and DSL, yet only 7% of the market has broadband and that's leveling off," says Bryan Eisenberg, in "Future Now." "Most customers surf at 56k or slower and roughly 60% still surf at only 28.8k." So the magic time is 8-10 seconds at 28.8. 2. Copy writing for the internet must be inclusive, immediate, and consumer-oriented. Is your copy written in such a way that the consumer feels included and welcome? 3.
Are you talking more about the consumer and less about yourself?4. Have you done the proper market research to discover how your particular consumers like to be talked to?5. Is it user-friendly? Is it easy to navigate and consistent?6. People buy from people they like and trust. This has never changed.
Does your website make people like and trust you/your business?7. Have you viewed your website from as many other browsers as possible? It can save you a lot of grief.8. Do you provide many opportunities for the visitor to contact you and the webmaster?9. Do you provide an urgency for purchase?10. Do you have interactive opportunities--places for feedback, polls, quizzes, forums and the like?.
ForeThought.net Launches PerfectFone - Residential Broadband and Telephone Bundle
With broadband speeds up to 5mbps (five megabits) and aggressive pricing on telephone service, PerfectFone provides some serious competition to both cable internet and Qwest - the local incumbent phone company."We believe that our service package, made possible by advanced new DSL technology, will set a new bar in Denver for residential and small-office communications. No other company is providing the speeds that we are, bundled with telephone service," foreThought.net CEO Jawaid Bazyar said. "In addition to the fastest DSL around, we bundle in full-featured local and long-distance telephone service with all the bells and whistles - caller ID, voice mail, and so on."PerfectFone is available in configurations up to 5mbps (five megabits) of broadband, and up to 4 (four) telephone lines. Long-distance service is available, in both unlimited and very inexpensive pay-per-minute options.About foreThought.net:Founded in 1995, foreThought.net is one of the largest locally owned ISP's in Colorado....
ForeThought.net Launches PerfectFone - Residential Broadband and Telephone Bundle
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Do I Need a DSL or Cable Connection?
If you spend most of your time on the internet waiting for large files to download or if you are a webmaster that uploads tens of thousands of files onto your web sites each day, a DSL or cable connection might be the answer.
Taking into consideration the speeds of Dial-Up, DSL, and Cable connections, a DSL connection averages around ten times faster than a Dial-Up connection and Cable is around three times faster than DSL. The differences may or may not sound very spectacular. But, as the sizes of the files you are downloading increase, the more noticeable it will be.
Here are some calculators you can use to test the download times of various file sizes on Dial-Up, DSL, and Cable connections..
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Santa Taking Requests LIvVE Online!
King of Prussia, PA (ContentDesk) December 17 2003--LIvVE, Inc., a Live Interactive Voice & Video Entertainment community serving as a premium content partner to Verizon DSL and Comcast high-speed cable Internet subscribers, will bring Santa Claus to Internet users on the three days leading up to Christmas. On December 22, 23 and 24 at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. EST, jolly ole St. Nick will appear on the voice and video chat service to read Christmas stories to children of all ages, as well as hear the Christmas wishes of Verizon and Comcast broadband subscribers.The service is currently available free to Comcast and Verizon users.
Comcast subscribers need simply to log into their accounts, go to Games or Entertainment, click on the link and download the free software after creating a member name. Verizon subscribers can find LIvVE on the DSL Live page located at http://dsllive.verizon.net and follow the same instructions.LIvVE has...
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Eliminate Adware and Spyware
Everyone should eliminate spyware and adware from your hard drive for your computer privacy protection. Spyware and adware programs also slow down the speed of your computer by cluttering your hard drive with annoying programs. Once you eliminate adware and spyware, your computer speed will improve immediately. Spyware compromises the security of your personal information because the creators of these hidden programs can get access to your desktop even while you are offline.
Adware creates annoying pop ups while you use the Internet.
It can change your home page and even hijack certain pages to display their own messages, which are sometimes obscene. One of the most effective ways to stop spyware and adware is the use of computer firewall protection. These programs eliminate incoming spyware and adware that is attached to the legitimate data that you download when surfing the web.
Some computer firewall protection programs display the number of attempted 'hacks',...
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