September 2005

Promotion Tip:  Importance of Outbound Links

You probably spend a lot of time collecting links from other sites. If not, you should be! Those inbound links are important because they affect your site's search engine rank and bring in new human visitors.

However, you shouldn't ignore the importance of your site's outbound links. A number of quality outbound links from a Web page can also increase search rank because they indicate that the site is an "authority" on a particular topic.

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Browser Tip:  The Growing Popularity of Alternative Browsers

Are you hoping to use your Web site to access a worldwide market? Plenty of businesses do--from small cooperatives in Southeast Asia to rare book dealers to online music services.

Although you may already expect to encounter language and cultural differences, a more immediate problem is browser compatibility. Do you know how your Web site looks when viewed in Firefox or Opera? It's time to find out!

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CSS Tip:  Design Print-Friendly Pages

Web designers who struggle with browser display issues often forget another common way people view Web pages: many print a page for later reference. Use Cascading Style Sheets to set print parameters for your pages and increase the usability and accessibility for all your visitors.

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