Custom web site design directory: WebmastersLookup

Weve all run into them, the dreaded 404 File Not Found error page. When you land there, there are a few things that you can do next. On average, what do you usually do first when you hit one of those pages:

By: Anton Cheranev
Algorithm. A set of rules that a search engine uses to rank the pages contained within its index in response to a particular query. No search engine reveals exactly how its algorithm works, to protect itself both from competitors and from those who wish to spam the search engine.

By Wim Hoogenraad
People ask me: 'Why do you show Page Rank bars on our profiles?
The bars are a part of the portfolio section, let me explain.

By: Ric Raftis
It’s an unfortunate thing, but the internet certainly has its share of unscrupulous people. In my opinion, the worst amongst these are those that deploy software robots to roam the web and harvest email addresses from web pages. These addresses are then collated into huge databases and sold for the purpose of spam.

By Wim Hoogenraad

People are calling themselves Webmaster since internet started 15 years ago. A wide variety of tasks are scaled under the Webmaster flag but nobody knows what it exactly means to be a Webmaster. Some 4 - 5 years ago I recognised this problem and since then the idea for WebmastersLookup.com was growing in my mind. This article will convince every web professional to join WebmastersLookup.

By: Paul coulter
The easiest way of improving your ranking in the search engines is to let them know that your website is important. How do you do that? Well, the best way is through the process of link building. Link building is the practice of encouraging other websites to link to your own website. If other websites are linking to your website, your “link popularity” will increase, search engines will deem your website important, and in turn, you should receive more traffic. Link building is a time consuming task, and it is for this reason that most all websites rank so poorly in the search engines. Many website owners are unaware that link popularity can have such an effect on their search engine rankings. This is good new for you. Start building your links now and establish your “web cred”.

After all the efforts you put into designing and developing a web site, it is nice to know that you can qualify and win an award for the effort. If you have not yet been awarded for your efforts and design, its time you competed for one. To receive an award, you need to apply for one. Apply to participate, as in most beauty contests or the Miss World contest, you have to apply.

By Wim Hoogenraad

There are a lot of articles on the internet about websites that were banned because they spammed search engines. Obviously they intended to get a higher position but what if you just accidentally used a technical solution that is considered to be spamming?

By: Lakhya
Recently I found an interesting case study from one of my clients. His site was getting sued for copyright infringement for linking to content on another site.