Comments on: What Puzzles You The Most About Understanding Websites? http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/25/what-puzzles-you-the-most-about-understanding-websites/ The knowledge you need for a successful business website. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:18:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: geno sanders http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/25/what-puzzles-you-the-most-about-understanding-websites/#comment-267 geno sanders Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:55:43 +0000 http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/25/what-puzzles-you-the-most-about-understanding-websites/#comment-267 I recently had someone try and help me build a website,and she did,but that is as far as we got,we used a site builder called homestead to build it,and that is about as far as I got,I own a towncar/taxi business and specialize in airport p/us with travelers coming into town on business etc..I have serveral account customers such as oil companys etc. and I would like to get to more people,as of now its only been word of mouth,I know nothing about computers and the internet,infact i'm sitting here typing this with one finger,I only went to the 9th grade,not highly educated.I want to know how to make the website work for me ,where do I put it,if I do,to get the attention I want?Please help me,Thanks "GENO" I recently had someone try and help me build a website,and she did,but that is as far as we got,we used a site builder called homestead to build it,and that is about as far as I got,I own a towncar/taxi business and specialize in airport p/us with travelers coming into town on business etc..I have serveral account customers such as oil companys etc. and I would like to get to more people,as of now its only been word of mouth,I know nothing about computers and the internet,infact i’m sitting here typing this with one finger,I only went to the 9th grade,not highly educated.I want to know how to make the website work for me ,where do I put it,if I do,to get the attention I want?Please help me,Thanks “GENO”

]]> By: Megan http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/25/what-puzzles-you-the-most-about-understanding-websites/#comment-112 Megan Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:17:41 +0000 http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/25/what-puzzles-you-the-most-about-understanding-websites/#comment-112 Hi Do :') I have 3 questions: Are you aware of other free traffic driving tools that don't take hours of tedious mail box cleanup or clicking to implement....? Also, is SEO still relevant? If so, any suggestions? How important are statistics to track and also, where can they be tracked easily? Thanks a bunch!!!! Hugs, Megan http://www.thelawofattractionstation.com Hi Do :’)

I have 3 questions:

Are you aware of other free traffic driving tools that don’t take hours of tedious mail box cleanup or clicking to implement….?

Also, is SEO still relevant? If so, any suggestions?

How important are statistics to track and also, where can they be tracked easily?

Thanks a bunch!!!!

Hugs,
Megan
http://www.thelawofattractionstation.com

]]> By: Do http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/25/what-puzzles-you-the-most-about-understanding-websites/#comment-101 Do Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:00:12 +0000 http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/25/what-puzzles-you-the-most-about-understanding-websites/#comment-101 Gini, Excellent questions. I will write an article defining these words you see thrown about regularly and may not know what they mean. As soon as it's up, I'll add a link in this comment directly to it. Gini,
Excellent questions. I will write an article defining these words you see thrown about regularly and may not know what they mean. As soon as it’s up, I’ll add a link in this comment directly to it.

]]> By: Do http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/25/what-puzzles-you-the-most-about-understanding-websites/#comment-100 Do Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:58:01 +0000 http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/25/what-puzzles-you-the-most-about-understanding-websites/#comment-100 Teri, I agree that the inner workings of WordPress are not particularly easy for beginners. Even as a webmaster, it took me some time to figure it all out. However, WordPress is highly recommended and versatile in the world of blogs. It offers numerous plugins, widgets and is supported in a variety of different ways. Unfortunately, I don't recommend anything in its place although there are a lot of options out there. Now for editing websites that aren't blogs, I recommend Contribute and have several of my clients using it. Basically, it's a scaled down version of Dreamweaver and can easily be used after an hour of training. Dreamweaver is the program of choice for most web designers, but it is quite difficult to learn for the novice and has far more features than you'd ever need. Many people use FrontPage, which I think is a horrific program. Yes, it's easy to learn and fairly easy to create a website with, but it generates faulty code that creates all kinds of problems you'll be unable to fix. Whenever I have to update a site that was created in FrontPage, I spend hours banging my head against the wall, asking myself "Why?!" and trying to clean up the code. Code is the HTML and other programming languages on the back-end (and invisible to the user) that make a web page look the way it does. Teri,
I agree that the inner workings of WordPress are not particularly easy for beginners. Even as a webmaster, it took me some time to figure it all out. However, WordPress is highly recommended and versatile in the world of blogs. It offers numerous plugins, widgets and is supported in a variety of different ways. Unfortunately, I don’t recommend anything in its place although there are a lot of options out there.

Now for editing websites that aren’t blogs, I recommend Contribute and have several of my clients using it. Basically, it’s a scaled down version of Dreamweaver and can easily be used after an hour of training. Dreamweaver is the program of choice for most web designers, but it is quite difficult to learn for the novice and has far more features than you’d ever need.

Many people use FrontPage, which I think is a horrific program. Yes, it’s easy to learn and fairly easy to create a website with, but it generates faulty code that creates all kinds of problems you’ll be unable to fix. Whenever I have to update a site that was created in FrontPage, I spend hours banging my head against the wall, asking myself “Why?!” and trying to clean up the code. Code is the HTML and other programming languages on the back-end (and invisible to the user) that make a web page look the way it does.

]]> By: Gini http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/25/what-puzzles-you-the-most-about-understanding-websites/#comment-96 Gini Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:39:05 +0000 http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/25/what-puzzles-you-the-most-about-understanding-websites/#comment-96 <p>Terminology differences - web designer, web master, optimization, page ranking, key words, etc.</p> <p>Thanks!!</p> Terminology differences - web designer, web master, optimization, page ranking, key words, etc.

Thanks!!

]]> By: Teri http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/25/what-puzzles-you-the-most-about-understanding-websites/#comment-95 Teri Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:47:36 +0000 http://smallbusinesswebsitesguide.com/2007/09/25/what-puzzles-you-the-most-about-understanding-websites/#comment-95 That is the best question I have been asked, about websites and more importantly how to remain topical on what people are really searching for, on our own websites. The inner workings of Wordpress are not exactly easy for a beginner, can you suggest a better program to adminster a website without having to learn code? That is the best question I have been asked, about websites and more importantly how to remain topical on what people are really searching for, on our own websites. The inner workings of Wordpress are not exactly easy for a beginner, can you suggest a better program to adminster a website without having to learn code?

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