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WordPress vs Blogspot What Should I Use

December 14, 2022April 10, 2023VH AustraliaDigital Marketing, Website Development

In the modern world of the internet, more and more people are starting to write their own websites and personal blogs every single day. While WordPress remains the most popular website creation platform, with over 25% of the internet built on it, other, smaller sites like Blogger are still used by millions of people.

If you are thinking about starting your own website or blog, the question of which platform to use will come up. While there are plenty of options out there, WordPress.org (self-hosted WordPress) and Google’s Blogger are definitely two of the most popular. Discover more about them both below:

WordPress:

WordPress is the world’s largest website building platform, and is used by millions of people throughout the world. It is reported that over a quarter of the internet’s websites run on WordPress, and many of these are among the world’s largest. There are a lot of reasons why people love WordPress, including it’s customizability and full ownership:

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Affiliate Marketing With WordPress – Is It Worth It?

July 7, 2021April 10, 2023VH AustraliaDigital Marketing, Website Development

Affiliate programs are becoming increasingly popular in the digital world as businesses try and gain a majority share of their industry. Creating affiliate sites using WordPress has become a niche industry which – for some – is extremely financially rewarding. However, like everything in the digital world, affiliate marketing with WordPress isn’t for everyone. Is it worth it for you?

What Is Affiliate Marketing?

Basically, affiliate marketing involves you promoting someone else’s products or services and receiving a commission on every sale or conversion that you make. Affiliate marketing has existed for decades in the physical world, but it’s very different in the digital space.

On the internet, affiliate marketing can be completed by pretty much anyone. For example:

Owners of existing websites might choose to include affiliate banners or affiliate links throughout their website, making the most of space that they would have been using anyway.
High-profile social media influencers use affiliate marketing regularly, promoting certain products or services in order to make a profit.
Dedicated affiliate marketers create affiliate-based websites designed to generate affiliate income.

For the rest of this article, we will be assuming that you want to create a dedicated affiliate website with WordPress.

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Innovative Web Designing Ideas For Beginners

May 8, 2016October 15, 2019VH AustraliaWebsite Development

If you are new to web designing, you should know that web designing is not about flashing images and loads of irrelevant material in varying fonts and colours. A website design with text swooping from all sides can actually distract your visitors. You need to keep your website design as simple as you can without losing sight of what you want your subscribers and online communities to see when they access your website.

Having said that, make sure that you use graphics in your website to spruce it up. You can add life to just about any website by adding images. Images play a major role in breaking the monotony of your text, though proper use of graphics is crucial. With graphics, you can greatly enhance the appeal of your web pages and thus impress your visitors. Outlined below are some quick web page layout ideas to incorporate graphics effectively in your web design.

Use JavaScript to swap images
Swapping images is a simple but powerful technique that can be done using JavaScript. With this technique, you can swap graphics if the cursor passes over any web object. For instance, if you are into interior decorating business and you wish to include some of your latest designs in your website, this technique would be of great use to you. So, if your visitor passes over a button that says ‘living room’ while the current graphic is a bed room design, then a living room design would be displayed in place of the bedroom design until the cursor remains over the living room button.

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Common Elements In Website Layout

January 19, 2015October 15, 2019VH AustraliaWebsite Development

Whenever you want to have a winner website, then you must follow winning formulas that are used by thousands of websites all around the world. This is absolutely essential, as this is the only way in which you can make sure that your website will be interesting and appealing. There is no simple way to design a website, but some common elements must be in your website layout in order to be considered successful.

One common element that is found on all website layouts is of course a “user friendly” navigation menu. This is actually the backbone of many successful web sites as your users must be able to navigate through your website with ease. You can find many websites all over the Internet, with problematic user menus, which often leave the visitors stranded at a certain page. This can turn off many people and they will leave your site right away instead of trying to find the right way to get back to the main page. Time is an important commodity on the Internet and it is important for you to minimize the use of time with smart menus that allow for simple navigation. Slinky Web Design believe Your visitors must be able to go to their interests really fast within your website or chances are that you will lose them.

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Common Web Design Myths

January 30, 2006November 8, 2019VH AustraliaWebsite Development

Have you ever wondered why some Websites look and perform better than others? It is because many web designers are caught in a web of myths, and cannot manage to produce the desired effects and results. Here are some common web design myths that can have an adverse effect on your Website.

Myth – Only Good Content Can Determine A Good Website: While good content does indicate a high quality website, it is not the only criteria. Your visitors need not only to be educated, but also entertained at the same time. No one would like to look at endless pages of high quality content if it is does not contain presentable graphics, images and interactive menus. The key is to find the right combination of content, graphics, and images that enable your Website to run at optimum speed as well as provide the information required to your visitors. If your Website targets mainly the younger generation, then they are not be attracted by good content but will instead, be more impressed by high quality graphics, video and images.

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Web Design – Top Design Strategies For a Great Web Site

July 17, 2005November 8, 2019VH AustraliaWebsite Development

Keep it simple

The business web site is there for the customer. Keep your customer in mind at all times. Don’t become so enchanted with showcasing your company that you lose sight of the reason your visitor came to your site. If you lose him once, you are not likely to get him back for a second chance.

Update often

Good web sites have changing content and changing design. If your site looks like it has not been updated lately, can your customer actually depend on the information he finds there? Well designed web sites allow for easy updating within the structure of the site. The best designs offer a dynamic site which has something different each time the visitor returns. Talk to your designer about options for automating your web site content.

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Blogging for SEO Success

April 10, 2005November 8, 2019VH AustraliaBusiness Advice, Website Development

Blogs are great for helping to boost your search engine rankings. You can use a blog to get a new site ranked quickly and ahead of your main site if you post on a frequent basis.

While the main goal of your blog may be to express your thoughts, talk to your customers in a more personal way or as a method to promote your product or services, there is another significant part to blogging.

Search Marketing

Because of the frequency of active blogs the search engines have put a lot of weight on blogs that are purposeful and those that tend to stay on topic.

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A Few Web Layout Tips

February 2, 2005November 8, 2019VH AustraliaBusiness Advice, Website Development

• Navigation should always be simple and easy. Websites with unfriendly navigation miss the traffic. A navigation key should help you easily browse through web pages without any difficulty. If your navigation system is vague, the visitor will get frustrated and leaves the site never to come back. All successful websites use simple navigation keys.

• A web layout helps you decide what content comes from the first page until the end page. It lets you know where exactly you want to use graphics and where and how many pictures you want to insert. It will also help you decide on which font color, background color and the text color to use.

• You can make use of templates as well, and edit it to upload on your website. However if you do not wish to be a part of the herd make sure you go for less popular templates.

• There are many layout tools that help you look at the website before you can upload it, so that you can amend the required things.

More Web Layout Tips

February 1, 2005November 8, 2019VH AustraliaBusiness Advice, Website Development

• There has to be a flow in your website. You just cannot place any content or text anywhere. The content and the graphics used should have a meaning and it should in connection to the previous content.

• Make sure that the content you use is correct and beneficial to the readers. The language should be simple and words easily understood. Always use pleasing fonts and colors.

• Always use limited file size that makes the website easy to be viewed.

A well-planned layout is a foundation of every website and thus should be careful in drafting it. A simple and easy to understand layout will help you generate a better website. Seek a professional web design help so you know you are on the right track.

Css And Your Web Design

August 9, 2003November 8, 2019VH AustraliaBusiness Advice, Website Development

Web-designers use CSS or Cascading Style Sheets for separating page content like paragraphs or images from the stylistic elements of the page. These stylistic elements may comprise of colour, fonts, layout etc.

The term generally used for this is ‘Separation of Content from presentation.’

CSS represents a breakthrough in web designing as it equips web developers with the ability to control styling and layout of multiple pages all at once. Web designers can choose a style for every HTML element and apply it to multiple web pages at per their requirement. To effect changes globally, the style needs to automatically update all elements in the web.

However, many people refrain from using CSS just because they lack a proper understanding of it. It nevertheless is worth investing time to learn CSS, as the advantages gained through its use are tremendous.

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