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Some are skeptical, some impressed, we are preparing. Microsoft unveiled Bing yesterday and is positioning it as a decision engine that is supposed to help users deal with the information overload. It certainly will give Google at least some competition at least in the short run, if only because Microsoft is spending about four times as much as Google spent on marketing last year, according to Ad age. Bing also has a better visual presentation. It also has features that will reduce the amount of clicks a person has to make when searching. It seams that is particularly good for transactional searches.

Bing will bring new challenges to the SEO community. This new decision engine will add a whole new layer to the search marketing industry, but being used to constantly adapt to and embrace new technology, we welcome it. Bing will replace Live Search on June 3rd, so we will find out soon enough how well the market recieves and adopts it, and how it will affect search marketing.

Certain websites just feel financial, don’t they? Sometimes you can tell you are on a financial site before reading any text - the design and layout give you a certain feeling that you are used to with top financial sites. They are professional, sleek, and come across as sophisticated.

When people are at you financial site, they should feel like they are communicating with a gentleman in a Bernini suit in a fancy Wall Street office. To get that feel, you need to hire a web design and development company that knows how to create it, a firm that has done it before. Be sure to look at their portfolio and in particular the financial sites they’ve done. Make sure you use a company like Magid Computers that give your financial site the sophisticated aura it needs.

Years ago, corporations that did not do business online did not need websites. That was long ago, now clients expect any professional business to have an online presence, and a lack of one is viewed with suspicion.

But its not enough to just have a website - you need a good website. Your website communicates a message about your company whether or not you intend it. If you do not take the time or spend the money for a professional website, why should clients think you will spend the time/money on anything else?

Visitors will assume that your website is an accurate reflection of your company. Unless you are a pro at web design and development, you are advised to use a professional firm. When choosing a firm, the most important thing to look at is their portfolio.  Use a firm like Magid Computers that has done top-notch corporate websites and offers complimentary services such as Search Engine Optimization. Do not gamble with something as important as your company’s online presence.

By: Ethan Cohen, Web Researcher and Developer.

After the hype and promises that the new Google browser will be faster than the other browsers available to us now, we installed the new browser and tested it, here is what we found;

Background

The objective behind the development of the new Google Chrome browser is to have an high end browser that can handle the changes and demands of new web technologies such as Ajax, Java, Flex , technologies that with the current browsers slow the performance and reaction time of the website you are browsing.

Installation

The install process is quick and very automotive, so automotive to the point where you can’t control even the location of the directory where the browser will be installed. Although the installation is quick the down side of not having any personal optimization seems to be a disadvantage.

Google Chrome install

The browser also picks up the favorites list depending on the browser you have downloaded from.

Initial Look

Right after the installation and the first use, the browser give a very Googlie feeling, meaning very simple look and with easy navigation.

So what’s new ?

The new features all relates to the way the Google browser remembers your behaviors online and users you web history to make common site easily accessible. The other cool features are the auto complete in the URL box and the most visited feature.

Should you start using Google Chrome?

It depends, If you are a web development company of a web design freelancer than yes, you should start getting use to the browser and learn how to adjust so your HTML and CSS will look great on Chrome browser. But if you are an end user than don’t, it’s simply because this is still in the make and not that reliable (crashed 3 times as we were loading more than 10 tabs). I would recommend waiting until the final version is ready.

Ajax
Ajax stands for “Asynchronous JavaScript plus XML.”

Ajax is an term for a mix of Dynamic HTML, JavaScript, and XML. It is used to reduce the need for Web clients to reconnect to a Web server every time they attempt to download information.

The idea is for sites to update their contents in a background cache so that the next piece of information is ready to display. This means that the page itself doesn’t have to reload, only the portion with fresh data actually changes. Less data needed to be transferred makes for faster downloads, which makes for a better user experience.

Microsoft and Ajax
The approach is proving so popular that Microsoft had integrated an Ajax tool-Atlas- into its Visual Studio programming environment. Atlas is designed to ease the admittedly complex development of Ajax-style apps.

One of Ajax’s prime appeals is that is a home made approach that goes back to the Web’s early days of experimentation and creativity. It gives developers a chance to be creative and play around with different tools.

More to the point, users of Atlas apps will have to download a Web browser add-on, something that Ajax does not require. And because Ajax relies on existing technologies, there are legions of developers who already know how to use them.

Ajax Challenges Web Publishing
While most observers focus on Ajax’s threat to commercial Web development environments like Microsoft, Flash, and Java, it may pose an even bigger challenge for Web publishers and advertisers and for the Web analytics industry. That’s because Ajax shatters the metaphor of a Web “page” upon which much of Web publishing and advertising is based.

Most content management systems, for example, separate design from content. But this can’t be done with Ajax, you would need to find a solution and solve those problems because people use the web differently.

The tracking of websites would need to be changed as well because most tracking tools (such as Google Analytics) measure site traffic by the amount of pages visited. With Ajax this can no longer be done because the users are on one page that reloads within itself, never actually reloading the website.

If sites track traffic and sell ads based on page view impressions, everything changes because users start interacting with the site without ever refreshing a page. Does all of that count as a single page view? We might need to start counting the amount of clicks if Ajax takes over.

For Web publishers page views have long been the accepted way to measure traffic and sell advertising space. If Ajax applications continue to gain ground, Web publishers, advertisers, Web analytics companies, and everyone else affected will just have to figure out another way.

Who Needs SEO?
If you are the owner of a company and you want to cash into the Online market then you NEED SEO. SEO Services will allow you to get your product(s) out to the public, thus increasing your sales by a larger portion. The Internet is becoming one of the largest grossing markets, this can be seen through websites like Amazon and Ebay.

As the world becomes more digital, people start to realize that shopping online is more convenient because everything is easier to find and there are multiple retailers selling the same product. These sites compete with each other by getting higher rankings on Google and other search engines.

How Do I Get Optimal Results?
Keywords research:
People always use keywords to find what they need when they search through search engines. So keyword research is vitally important. If your site is targeting the right keywords, which are the most popular words your potential customers are entering when they are searching  for the product or service you offer, the search engines and your customers could easily find you.

Website Optimization
We will incorporate the keywords and phrases in each page of your new or existing website. They also need to appear in the page’s code in certain ways to make sure the search engines index your page for the correct keywords, which makes your website fully optimized for all major search engines and directories. We will also make sure your site load quickly and fully compatible with all major internet browsers.

Link Building
In order to rank competitively in major search engines, your site needs to gain ‘trust’ in your industry. By increasing your link popularity with relevant directory links, contextual article links, and social network links, your search engine rankings will increase for the keywords of your choice. We will also establish blog and forum for your website, through which you will earn reputation, of course the popularity of your website.

Website Submission
Our professional service is designed for a complete submission of your website to hundreds of search engines. We will also manually submit your website to top search engines to ensure that your website gets indexed correctly

Monthly SEO update
Search engines often change their algorithms and methods for determining page rank. It is important to monitor results on keywords to make sure your site is still doing well.  We will always be active to make modifications on a regular basis to maintain your ranking. Determining new keywords and phrases is also key to reaching additional searchers.

How can I track the progress?
We will provide weekly ranking reports across the major search engines and monthly analysis of your competition and market position.

How do I start SEO services for my website?
Step 1: Inspect the entire website, including keywords, link structure, link density and link popularity before optimization and prepare a pre-optimization report.

Step 2: Analyze the competition and get the top keywords and phrases that your competitors target

Step 3: Research on the keywords. You will review a suggested list of keywords, select those that are most appropriate and approves the targeted keywords for your business.

Step 4: Physical optimization of website: website optimization, website submission, link building etc

Step 5: Keep tracking the ranking in search engines and make modifications as needed to improve performance and create weekly reports.