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Easy Way To Get High PR Backlinks

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Here’s an easy trick to get high PR backlinks. This will only work if your website has a good design. There are many web design galleries, and just mass submit your website to them. If it looks even remotely good, you’ll get several good backlinks.

http://asiteaday.org/

http://bestcssgallery.com/

http://bestwebgallery.com/

http://boxedcss.com/

http://ceeses.com/

http://creative-pakistan.com/cp-home/

http://css20.com/

http://css20.com/submit/

http://cssartillery.com/

http://cssbag.com/

http://cssbahcesi.com/

http://cssband.com/

http://cssbased.com/

http://cssbeauty.com/

http://cssbloom.com/

http://cssbrigit.com/

http://cssburst.com/

http://cssclip.com/

http://csscollection.com/

http://csscontainer.com/

http://csscreme.com/

http://cssdaddy.com/

http://css-demo.com/

http://css-design-yorkshire.com/

http://cssdrive.com/

http://cssdump.com/

http://csselite.com/

http://cssem.com/

http://cssexchange.com/

http://cssflavor.com/

http://cssgaleri.com/

http://css-gallery.co.uk/

http://cssgallery.ro/

http://cssgallerylist.com/

http://cssglance.com/

http://csshazard.com/

http://cssheaven.com/

http://csshive.com/

http://csshowdown.com/

http://cssimport.com/

http://cssimpress.com/

http://css-inspirace.cz/

http://cssleak.com/

http://cssloggia.com/

http://csslove.net/

http://cssmania.com/

http://cssprincess.com/

http://cssreboot.com/

http://cssremix.com/

http://csssmoothoperator.com/

http://csssnap.com/

http://cssstar.com/

http://csstux.com/

http://cssvault.com/

http://css-warfare.com/

http://css-website.com/

http://csszone.org/

http://dailyslurp.com/

http://dark-i.com/

http://designcreme.com/

http://designersource.net/

http://designexpanse.com/

http://designscreme.com/

http://designshack.co.uk/

http://designsnips.com/

http://fantasticss.com/

http://fullsingle.com/

http://genuinestyle.net/

http://happycodr.com/

http://hostpattern.com/

http://hotwebber.com/

http://inspirationfolder.com/

http://inspirationking.com/

http://lightondark.com/

http://lookom.com/

http://mabucplus.com/

http://moderniweb.cz/

http://my3w.org/

http://netcocktail.com/

http://nicestylesheet.com/

http://onepixelarmy.com/

http://onestargallery.com/

http://per.fectio.net/

http://portfoliobase.com/

http://professionalontheweb.com/

http://prowebart.net/

http://screenalicious.com/

http://screenfluent.com/

http://siti-web-design.com/

http://strictlycss.com/

http://stylecrunch.com/

http://stylegala.com/

http://submitcss.com/

http://thebestdesigns.com/

http://thecssthesis.com/

http://thehorizontalway.com/

http://unmatchedstyle.com/

http://urbantrash.net/cssgallery/

http://w3csites.com/

http://wakeupgallery.com/

http://webcreme.com/

http://webdigity.com/cssGallery/

http://webgallery.dimix.it/

http://website-gallery.com/

http://websitedesignawards.com/

http://webtest.sk/

http://welldonesites.com/

10 Fantastic Color Design Tools

Monday, August 17th, 2009

http://www.cymbolism.com/

iMacros for Firefox

Monday, August 17th, 2009

If you’ve ever worked intensively with Microsoft Word or Excel or any other productivity software, you’ll know that sometimes the most useful tool is Macros, which allows automation of a repetitive task.

I just discovered this nifty tool for Firefox called iMacros, and pretty much it does what it says – it’s a macro tool that records actions in Firefox for your automation pleasure

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3863

10 Random Web Design Tricks

Monday, August 17th, 2009

1. Add the “nofollow” attribute to all links on a page

<meta name=”robots” content=”nofollow”>

5 Reasons to Choose Eco Friendly Hosting

Monday, August 17th, 2009

Every day over 80,000 acres of land is deforested and temperatures continue to rise from global warming. Many of us may never have considered the impact of how our computers and servers could be affecting the environment. As web professionals, becoming environmentally conscious can start with choosing eco hosting. Choosing an environmentally friendly host such as ThinkHost can be economical and good for business.

1. Reducing Environmental Impact

In 2005, the amount of electricity consumed by data centers globally was equivalent to the production of 14 coal-fired 1,000-megawatt power plants. When considering the huge growth in that sector since then, the impact is even more severe today, and that much of the energy is supplied by dirty coal fired power plants. This does not even factor in all the paper and other resources consumed by a typical business. An eco friendly host can lessen your impact on the environment dramatically, as many of these are paper free, powered by renewable energy or have environmental improvement programs.

2. Improve Brand Image and Respond to Customer Concerns

Today, more and more people are becoming environmentally conscious and it is very much mainstream. Many customers will consider the environmental impact of a product or service when comparing it with an alternative and go out of their way to choose an ecofriendly friendly web host. An environmentally friendly host will go a long way, and show that your organization is socially responsible. By hosting with a green provider such as ThinkHost, you can get ahead of the curve and have a distinct edge over your competitors.

3. Boost Sales and Fulfill Client Needs

A great part of offering eco friendly hosting is that many customers are specifically looking for such offerings. A great aspect of hosting on a server powered by 100% renewable energy is that you can advertise this fact on sites you develop for your clients. It will help those clients boost their own sales ? a great selling feature for your own services you can highlight in proposals. According to Michael Bloch, ThinkHost’s Business Development Manager, the green aspect is one of the major draw cards for the increasing number of web developers who choose to use ThinkHost’s services.

4. An Economical Choice

While at one point, eco friendly hosting might have meant a costly premium with few features, most green hosting nowadays is full featured and comes at a price equal to or less than that of traditional hosting. For example, ThinkHost offers full-featured unlimited domain hosting for under $10 a month and solid reseller options at economical prices.

Choosing an Eco Friendly Web Hosting Provider

Quite a few web hosts have jumped on the green bandwagon in recent years, which is wonderful to see. Unfortunately, with some it’s just a token gesture, a marketing tool, and eco-savvy consumers will recognize this and consider it greenwashing.
When selecting a green web host, dig into the company’s background and see what else they are doing about lightening their environmental footprint. ThinkHost is not only powered by 100% renewable energy, but their staff telecommutes, saving thousands of gallons of fuel each year. Additionally, the company sponsors the planting of a tree for each new account and puts 10 per cent of their revenue value back into the community on projects relating to positive social change and the environment.

If you are interested in environmentally friendly web hosting, ThinkHost is offering an exclusive $25 discount on their unlimited hosting package. Just use the code THINK25BUCKS.

Search Engine Optimization – The New Advertising Battlefield

Friday, July 31st, 2009

The internet is a valuable advertising medium for all businesses. Even the least net savvy business owners are aware to some extent of the value of creating a website for their business. However, many of the websites that businesses create do not actually help the business at all, and are in fact losing them money because they do not generate customers.

This is in fact a rather significant misconception on the part of the business. Once created, a website does not simply begin to generate customers. The way a website is designed can have a huge impact on its ranking.

So why does ranking matter at all?

Suppose you’re a plumber located in Plano, Texas. Head to Google, the number one search engine and search for something a customer might search, say “plano plumber”. Does your plumbing website rank on the front page? Only a small fraction of people ever click to the second page of results on a search engine, so if your website is not ranked on the front page, it’s losing you money.

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As the graph shows, if you are ranked first for a term, your website will get over 40% of the clicks. If you’re a small business, that means you are seen first by targeted customers.

Getting your website to rank high is much more effective than traditional advertising methods, which are very untargeted. A traditional direct mailing campaign might send out thousands of fliers, but chances are many of those people are not interested, which means wasted money.

With search engines, people are actively looking for solutions. If someone’s toilet has sprung a leak, they will head straight to Google and search for “plano plumbers”. What this means is that ranking for these terms will deliver targeted customers that are highly likely to result in more customers for your business.

So how can your website rank high in the search engines? That’s where search engine optimization comes in. Efex Studios offers search engine optimization that will send your website straight to the front page, so you get more business.

Javascript Injection Techniques

Friday, October 31st, 2008
javascript:document.body.contentEditable='true'; document.designMode='on'; void 0

This technique turns on the editing and design mode and allows direct editing of web page’s contents. It can be useful for testing new designs and layouts.

5 Great Resources to Get Free Fonts

Friday, October 24th, 2008

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Urban Fonts

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1001 Fonts