Posted July 2nd, 2009
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Currently a new kind of message has been virally transmitted through the Web: Protect your Web site by using the Internet law compliance system. Doomsday messages prophesize you certain bankruptcy if you fail to make your Web site Internet law compliant. What is this Internet law compliance, do I need it, and how can I break the law by posting a Web site?
First of all, there is no Internet law per se. It is impossible to make your Web site “bulletproof” like some advertisers claim, by simply subjugate your site to an Internet law that actually does not exist. Internet follows laws of the country where your Web site is being hosted; therefore the applicable law would be the local law regulating that country’s telecommunication and internet jurisprudence. Is this Internet law compliance set a scam?
Not quite. If you are running a e-business, a community forum, a bulletin board, a Web site, or have Internet presence in some other way, perhaps as a blog, then the site where the whole stuff is located needs to have somewhere a link to the terms of use, terms of service, disclaimer, privacy policy and similar legal mumbo jumbo. Why? There are 50% of all worlds’ lawyers sitting in the United States, which prides itself of inventing the Internet (only partially true, the World Wide Web was invented by a Brit) and these lawyers don’t have enough to do. Ambulance chasers, slimy neighborhood brawl litigators, the guys you see in these ridiculous TV commercials, like “Have you been in a car accident?” guys, together with the people who actually hire them, they just look for the opportunity to sue someone. If you run an e-commerce Web site and don’t have the necessary legal paperwork uploaded on your Web site, then, yes, these guys will sue you if you are a day late with delivery, if your photograph of the item is not 100% accurate, if you charge separate for shipping and handling, there are actually a lot of possibilities where a lawsuit can be construed from and you don’t want to be a part of it. In case your Web site, or the location of your business is not in the United States, you really want to make sure that the jurisdiction is properly displayed, otherwise such a lawsuit may happen for instance in Poughkeepsie, New York and how do you properly and in timely manner respond to such claims, furthermore, where do you find a suitable lawyer to protect you?
Although there is no actual Internet law, the Internet is regulated by many local, international and multinational laws and treaties. Protecting yourself is just good common sense.
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Posted July 2nd, 2009
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Wordpress is arguably the best open source content management platform there is today. It has benefitted not only the blogging community and big time blog addicts but also business persons who have used the idea to make profit for themselves. Even top celebrities and entrepreneurs have opted for a piece of this wonderful platform to express and market themselves or their products in varied ways. The good thing about wordpress is that being open source, it has the backing of an entire community of developers and coders who are constantly innovating and enhancing the functionalities of the platform. Whether you are a writer or a business developer, the content that you publish needs to be complemented by the theme or layout that you use on your wordpress blog or website. There are thousands of customizable wordpress business themes that you could use to promote your website.
Finding the right theme for your website could make it alluring to visitors who often tend to be attracted to catchy themes. Once they are hooked onto the wordpress business theme that you used, you can feed them the right content to spur your business goals or to market a product or engage in entrepreneurship activity online. The wordpress theme you use could help you brand yourself or your business in whichever way you choose to. It also helps you to attract and retain viewership and thereby prospective customers.
One thing that business users need to keep in mind is that while using wordpress as a possible domain for marketing or selling your product or business, it is always advisable to use the right theme that is aligned with your business subject matter. Go a wordpress business theme that looks professional or is plain and simple. Using whacky themes can go against the grain of what you are trying to accomplish and makes you look whimsical, unless of course the kind of business that you are engaged in requires you to sport such themes.
The main businesses that actively engage in marketing on wordpress are usually internet based. The content is suited to draw the audience and to coax them into knowing more about the product or service. Some even offer goodies and samples to grab the viewer’s attention. Using video blogging as part of your marketing strategy is also a good idea. There are hundreds of free wordpress business themes that you could choose from to install on your webpage or blog space. There is also the option to change the themes periodically to suit each phase of marketing for each different product or service.
It is advisable to preview or demo the wordpress business theme that you intend to use before you actually settle for it. Although free business themes are available for download, most of them would not be of the same quality that premium themes offer. The things to keep in mind while opting for the right theme are the design compatibility, the layout and the ease of navigation that it offers. The theme has to go easy on the viewer’s eyes and should not be too colorful or gaudy since it would end up exuding an unprofessional quality.
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Posted July 2nd, 2009
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Stay original, unleash your creativity and build your identity in blogosphere with some of the best Wordpress themes that don’t necessarily come in the premium category. Free doesn’t meant pedestrian when it comes to the Wordpress-theme range and the customizable limit for each is not limited either. As lists come, you can choose from ‘Best Wordpress themes of 2008′ pegged by bestwpthemes.com or choose according to utility based themes like those for freelancers, small businesses, the nerd etc. Or, best theme-lists come for style statements like for the gal/guy on the go, the gypsy, the artist etc.
It was only by the end of 2008 that Wordpress themes could be customized by the user via the administration panel. This widened the canvas for both the premium and free theme segment making the task of listing the ‘Best Wordpress themes’ a tough one. However, some themes that found place on the list included Revolution White Christmas, Elegant Grunge, Equilibrium, Typebased, Andrea, Charade, Vintage, Folio and Over Easy. One of the major problems of setting up a blog is being pat on target with the theme. The ‘top list’ surely helps users in choosing right from the mind-boggling range of Wordpress themes available.
Wordpress may have opened the cosmos of creativity for the individual blogger but, unlike most other blogging sites, it has beamed affordability straight to the small business owner’s desktop with a specific genre for him alone! An Internet presence with a website is a vital necessity for any small business but most cannot afford a site. Specific Wordpress themes with a little tweaking from the custom panel can give professional results to match any website. Some of the best Wordpress themes for the small business include Vibrant CMS, Thesis, Revolution Pro Business, WP Remix, Notepad, Market and Ecommerce.
Wordpress has been a boon for the freelancer wanting to display his portfolio. Uploading work whether it is of audio-visual nature or text in a seamless, uncluttered manner is virtually impossible with a regular blog. However, spending a fortune on a website is not possible for freelancers. The best Wordpress themes in this category include Proud Portfolio, Linquist, Sharpfolio, Monotone and Videographer.
But freelancer or not, free Wordpress themes like Brightness and Lightning can be appropriate for absolutely any purpose from recreational, frivolous to a serious one. Structured themes with a range of skins for a web presence are the highlight of all Wordpress themes. The free theme segment has lately proved to have some offers that even beat themes in the premium category. Regular programmers are offering Wordpress themes to clients with a low budget for site-building even as individuals are learning to give website-feels to their blogs. Then, Wordpress themes are available across the Internet and not just from the parent directory. Thus, choosing some of the best Wordpress themes can be mindboggling to suit particular needs but then, the best part is themes can be easily switched too. Stay with one for a while and then, reinvent yourself. So, got a Wordpress address yet?
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Posted July 1st, 2009
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To define the Internet law, many lawyers and legal experts released books and pamphlets with more or less pertinent and extensive description and listing of all the references where the applicable law is buried. But the simplest answer may not be so hard to find.
Internet law is a extremely fast growing part of the criminal and civil law, whereby the applicability is limited to the interaction through and with a computer conducted over the Internet and the World Wide Web.
Every single aspect of human life has been legally regulated and therefore it is only logical that the Internet and every aspect of communication over the internet, business by means of internet, shopping, chatting, browsing, everything Internet has to offer and even not yet offers is being regulated or has already written and practiced law stipulations.
Mostly the legislative provisions are being implemented with the goal to protect people, goods, businesses, governments and everything connected or existing or the Net. But many of the implemented laws are being used to control, manipulate and spy on the public. To some extent there are heated discussions regarding the Internet laws and the implementation of the same, mostly regarding the freedom of speech, government control and censorship.
Defining exactly how and where to find the Internet law is not easy. There is no single law book with the title “Internet Law”, parts of the Internet law are spread out throughout the law books and in addition to this, in the US only every State has their own bylaws, the whole world has own laws on the Internet and beyond, whereas Internet laws are mostly derived from or out of existing laws. To make the mess even greater, the jurisdiction is never easily determined, so international disputes will remain complicated, costly and lengthy in duration.
To define the Internet law as one law is currently impossible. There are regulations in existence which are applied cross border, but a unifying law applicable wherever Internet is present is not available and a universal agreement on creating one will probably not be easy. United States of America insist that, since they invented the Internet, the American law should be applied. The British argue that, since the World Wide Web was invented by a British national, British or at least the Internet law as defined by the European Union should be relevant. Most Muslim countries will not apply any of such laws, but their own, similar reaction is available from the Chinese. The situation will most likely remain chaotic for the time being.
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Posted July 1st, 2009
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The only difference between installing Wordpress yourself and going in for a Wordpress auto install is that if you do the latter, the depth of understanding that you might gain about the software will be forfeited. Self install makes you aware of more functionality and gives you a thorough feel of the platform. Though in both cases you are free to use the various functionalities such as uploading capability that lets you upload and modify themes and plug-ins.
Self installation is not so complicated that a user would want to go for a Wordpress auto install. All that happens in the self installing process is that you download the Wordpress software and then using an FTP application, upload the Wordpress files onto your host server. That’s all there is to it. However there might be newbie’s who are not used to the idea of servers and FTP’s and might just want to go along with an auto install by the host. Most servers that offer hosting services are willing to do so and can install Wordpress through the control panel and can even provide the same updates that are available on the official site.
For most small business users who are hard pressed for time and resources or those who are not familiar with installation procedures and lack the expertise to install the advanced online publishing system that Wordpress is, auto installation is the ideal solution. Those who are scared out of their mind when they think about HTML codes and scripting and things like that are also ideal candidates to use Wordpress auto install. There are many online resources that even coach users on how to go about it through tutorials and such. Whatever the complexity involved might be, Wordpress being the best option available many would rather stick to this popular publishing platform than go elsewhere.
Wordpress auto installing is quite easy. It can be done within a few clicks even if the user is a dummy when it comes to having knowledge about PHP, MySQL and HTML codes. The first thing is to select a host that supports Wordpress auto install feature. There are lists of such hosts that can be found online by doing a simple Google search. Automatic installation is usually done through the control panel that your host provides. Once you log in to your control panel and select Wordpress to be installed, you can move on and find your domain name. Once you login into your domain using the admin name and password, the install process is just a click away. Clicking on the install Wordpress button would be enough. It is quick and easy and takes about 5 to 10 minutes depending on how fast you are on your mouse or keyboard.
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Posted July 1st, 2009
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Wordpress has so many advanced features and comes with so much flexibility when compared to other blogging and web site creating platforms that it is possible to create virtually any kind of website with either static or dynamic webpages on the internet that a user wants to have using Wordpress. Although the initial recognition that Wordpress received was as a unique open source blogging platform, it has advanced into the realm of content management and even e-commerce websites are using the Wordpress platform. It is fairly simple to create a static page in Wordpress or even a website. Laid down below are basic requirements that you should compulsorily be aware of in order to know how to create a static page in Wordpress which if you follow correctly will help make a better page for yourself.
The first thing of course is finding the right template for your website. The choice needs to be based on what content you are looking to post on your site, what the website or page is intended for and the kind of vibe that you want your website to give off which may be whacky, humorous and colorful or professional & business like. There are thousands of templates available for download to be used in Wordpress which makes the choice more difficult. Giving a Google search would reveal hundreds of websites that offer free templates and theme downloads for Wordpress. Once you choose a template you are done with the first step in learning how to create a static page in Wordpress.
The requirements for most static websites do not include those features that bogs usually have like calendars and archives. There is need however for design simplicity and navigational freedom which is sometimes curtailed by the blog pages. The solution is to use your administration panel on Wordpress to find widgets. You can then add widgets to the page or remove some to give the page the exact look that you intended. This is really helpful for those who do not have knowledge about html or php coding and still want to know how to create a static page in Wordpress.
The third most important thing to know about how to create a static page in Wordpress would be adding plug-ins for your Wordpress site or web page. There are some basic plug ins that any user would find advantageous to install. These include SEO plug-ins which would help increase the traffic flowing to your site by optimizing it for search engine identification and listing. Adding a privacy policy plug in is always recommended to avoid any kind of legal hassles that may arise unwittingly. The inclusion of a registered Google sitemap plug in helps search engines to locate and list from all the content that you host.
In addition to all those plug-ins that you add, you could also make some money by learning how to create a static page in Wordpress and adding ad sense and affiliate banners to your page. An ad manager plug in would be what you need to get this done. Ad managers are very flexible and give you the option to add all kinds of banners to your page apart from ad sense using the admin panel. Once you create a page using all this. The next step is to write content that suits it and publish your page.
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Posted June 30th, 2009
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Having a quality Wordpress blog or website alone is not a precondition for success. There is no guarantee that your blog or website would be visited by users and that its ratings would take off on popular search engines. In addition to having a well structured and well rounded page or website that sports a good theme, has quality content and is easy to navigate and has all the makings of an A-grade resource on the internet, it is essential that it is optimized for search engines. There are many plug-ins available that offer to optimize your page using keyword tags so that the maximum users are drawn from search engines. Wordpress 2.7 SEO plug-ins are available for download all over the internet. Doing a simple Google search with the right keywords would give you access to them.
There are close to 60 million blogs out there on the information superhighway and if there is nothing unique about it or even if there is, your website would stand out only if it is SEO compliant. The first second of a visitor’s attention is most critical; drawing those visitors who would not find the content on your site relevant is not advisable. This practice is engaged in my many unscrupulous bloggers to attract traffic. The most searched for keywords are included in the optimization so that they get more users who take one look and scoot. The main traffic be directed to the posts and articles on your blog, users adding comments to your blog topics helps immensely too. The more number of articles you post each day and the more number of visitors that read your content spirals your popularity to the top. Wordpress 2.7 SEO plug-ins could probably get you into that position.
The Wordpress 2.7 SEO themes are already well designed and structured but you can still tweak them to extract maximum optimization for search engines. The other best way to optimize your blog than using SEO Plug-in is to rely heavily on the backlinks to your blog that you need to post on social bookmarking websites or places which get a lot of traffic and where users would at least give the link you posted a try if you present it attractively. The best way to get user visits is through natural recommendation which comes from other bloggers or even websites.
In order to avoid duplicate content and to boost Wordpress 2.7 SEO there are something that the blogger has to keep in mind. Wordpress 2.7 has included something called comment pagination which creates multiple pages within comments so that they tile up. This makes it very awkward for optimization. The problem is that many pages will be there with the same content and metadata which would not be considered a single page by the Google search engine. This can be alleviated by using a plug in to display the title on each page along with the page number, and to also include the page number in the met data description.
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