6. 100.000s of coders and idea 100s of coders, some idea
providers providers/project managers
doing their work out of doing their work to earn
passion money
contributing ideas from ideas regionally limited
around the globe
Open Source Software Commercial Products
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8. Who Is Your Audience?
Pay attention to demographics, gender, and regional or national issues
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9. Translate!
Your website is accessible to 1,2 billion potential customers – not only from your country
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10. Less Is More
Don't be verbose yet keep the option for those that like to read details
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11. People Are Different
Some digest information best when reading. Others need diagrams to understand your point
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12. Be Transparent
Provide several ways to contact you. Direct access is important to some people
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25. Meta Tags
<title>
<keywords>
<description>
CONTENT
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26. Meta Tags
<title> AB
<keywords> A, B, word, another word
<description> A and B are the primary products
of our company
CONTENT Website content in which A & B
are mentioned again
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27. Meta Tags
<title> AB
<keywords> A, B, word, another word
<description> A and B are the primary products
of our company
CONTENT Website content in which A & B
are mentioned again
Don't forget the <address> tag for regional searches!
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30. Once Your Website Has Gone Live
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31. PageRank
Democracy On The Web – The number & relevance of links to your site determines your PR
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32. Proper Linking Of Your Website
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33. Proper Linking Of Your Website
Social Networks (XING, LinkedIn, ...)
ICRA (www.icra.org)
Blogs (Blogger, Wordpress,...)
Directories (DMOZ, other web directories)
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34. Proper Linking Of Your Website
Social Networks (XING, LinkedIn, ...) Banner Farms
ICRA (www.icra.org) Unrelated / Off-Topic Websites
Blogs (Blogger, Wordpress,...) Unspecified Linking
Directories (DMOZ, other web directories) Unrelated Linking In Directories
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35. Cross-Selling
MARY sells pasta. JOE sells pasta plates. WHY haven't they exchanged links?
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