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A 404 error message is a type of Internet web server error message. Many times this web service error can be frustrating as generally there is not an error with your computer but rather an error with the Web server. A 404 error message means that your server is not able to find the file that you requested. The file you are looking for may be moved or deleted altogether and if either of these is the case than a 404 error message appears on your computer screen. Read the rest of this entry »


Have you written some text for your web site which is appealing to search engines? Do you publish interesting information that is sought after by a lot of people? Well, you better make sure that your competitors are not copying your intellectual property for their own use.

Copyright infringement has happened more than once to us over the years. Large cooperations to small companies and single entrepreneurs have copied our copyrighted content and put it online on their own sites.

In this article we’ll give you some ideas what to do when you discover that somebody copies your content… Read the rest of this entry »


Patents and Copyright laws a great to protect your intellecual property. However many companies try to make some quick money by abusing those laws.

I read an article on News.com about a legal dispute concerning some patents covering the creation of dynamic web pages (Nos. 5,894,554 and 6,415,335,). From what I understand, those patents where filed in April 1996 and January 1999. Read the rest of this entry »


If you want to know who’s visiting your web site and which pages they look at, then you should start looking at your log files or use some of the free visitor tracking services mentioned in this article.

Now that you’ve optimized your site and started the online promotion work, it’s time to measure the results.

The best way to see if there is an increase in visitors is to look at the log files of your site. Your web hosting company should be able to give you access to those files and maybe even run some daily statistics on them. Read the rest of this entry »


You’ve got a web site but nobody cares. Nobody knows where your site is and what’s you’ve got to offer. It’s about time to start promoting your content to the world. I’ll cover a few basic tactics in this article.

After the optimization of the site (see my previous article), it’s time to promote it more thouroughly to get more visitors to your site.

If you’ve got an online marketing budget to burn, then there are several options that I can recommend. This will bring in results quickly, however it requires you to run your campaign for a longer period as you’re basically paying for visitors to come to your site. However there are also some free alternatives. Read the rest of this entry »