HTML5 Templates. About Pages: Good, Bad, and Missing. Users rarely begin their relationship with a company through its About page. More often than not, they learn about us based on what we do, the product or service that we offer. Why, then, should they want to learn more? About pages help users discover who lives behind the websites we create. Users seek reassurance. In the humblest of ways, they want to check that ours is a real company. That real people are on the other end of that website—with a real address—that can really provide the service that they want. Users want to know that our organization’s values and priorities match theirs.
Who are you? A good About page answers these questions directly by providing contact information (including a physical address), displaying photos of real people, and explaining what the organization is currently doing. Examples Speaking of perspective, here are some examples I’ve collected of About pages in the wild: The missing About Missing about page Some companies go without—notably, apple.com.
How I Got Published on Forbes.com – and How You Can Too | Men With Pens. Seeing your name on top sites and in big publications is a pretty hot feeling. I know that feeling personally. And many freelance writers want to know how they can get their work right in the spotlight. Well, Kelly Watson’s here to tell you just how easy it is – and exactly how to get your work published by some really big names. Go for it! To date, I’ve had my work published twice by Forbes.com.
As a freelance journalist, seeing my name in print was nothing new. But each time I announced the Forbes posts on my Facebook page, friends and colleagues reacted with awe. “How’d you do that?” You don’t need a magic wand to have your articles and blog posts published by top media outlets. Here’s how I did it: Know your publication There’s no faster way to ruin your credibility than to pitch editors a topic that’s completely irrelevant. What topics it covers Who writes the articlesWhat style articles are written in How long articles are Craft your query Send the pitch Follow up Review the contract. How to Build a Rabid Following on Twitter to Help You Promote Your Blog Posts. [FYI] For Your Inspiration. Visit Spain (Espana) Through Stunning Photographs. Spain – or officially, The Kingdom of Spain – is an extremely mountainous European country. The climate is very diverse and according to region – and the rain in Spain does NOT fall mainly on the plain, it falls mainly on the northern mountains.
Spanish territory also includes the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands. Spain has a wide diversity of architectural styles and landscapes. There are numerous local languages spoken in Spain, the national language is Castellano – basically, traditional Spanish, other languages include Catalan, Valenciano and Basque. (Image source: el silencio) Because of its location, Spain was subject to many external influences throughout early history.
Let’s take a trip down to Spain via some stunning photographs. Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city in Spain, although probably one of the smallest autonomous regions. Madrid, Spain (Image source: isayx3) Parque Natural de Penalara, Madrid (Image source: Luis_Carrasco) Madrid – Parque Juan Carlos I. Young Entrepreneur Advice: 100 Things You Must Know! | Under30CEO. We wanted to create an article addressing some of the problems start-up companies and young entrepreneurs have. So we asked! “What do you wish you knew before you started a business?” 1. I wish I would have known how unpredictable things can be at ALL times. I read a lot before starting my business and realized unexpected things happen, but never did I realize the frequency in which they do. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72.
How To Optimize Your Site With GZIP Compression. Compression is a simple, effective way to save bandwidth and speed up your site. I hesitated when recommending gzip compression when speeding up your javascript because of problemsinolder browsers. But it’s the 21st century. Most of my traffic comes from modern browsers, and quite frankly, most of my users are fairly tech-savvy.
I don’t want to slow everyone else down because somebody is chugging along on IE 4.0 on Windows 95. Google and Yahoo use gzip compression. A modern browser is needed to enjoy modern web content and modern web speed — so gzip encoding it is. Wait, wait, wait: Why are we doing this? Before we start I should explain what content encoding is. Browser: Hey, GET me /index.htmlServer: Ok, let me see if index.html is lying around…Server: Found it! Of course, the actual headers and protocols are much more formal (monitor them with Live HTTP Headers if you’re so inclined). But it worked, and you got your file. So what’s the problem? And what’s the plan when a file’s too big? Analysis: What are the Web's Top Sources of Referral Traffic? If there's one thing we know about Web authors it's that they are constantly seeking new sources of traffic for their content. It doesn't matter if you're a blogger, a marketing manager or a small business owner, there is simply no reason to invest time with content creation and Web design if no one is coming to read it.
For this reason, it's important to figure out where to actually invest time for the greatest ROI. As a blogger I routinely asked myself the same question, until I finally realized that I (as the CEO of Woopra, the Web analytics company) had access to all the data I needed to make an absolute determination about which areas deserve the most attention. Guest author John Pozadzides is the CEO of the Web analytics company Woopra, organizer of the open-source blogger and developer conference OpenCa.mp, and the man behind OneMansBlog.com. Follow him on Twitter @johnpoz. The Methodology Top Referrers of Traffic Social Network Referrers Social Bookmark Referrers Search Referrers. A parent's guide to Linux Web filtering. Having converted quite a few people to the world of GNU/Linux, I am often asked by parents, "Can I set up parental Web filters for my children using Linux?
" The answer is yes, and here's how. A Web filter is a software that can filter the type of content a Web browser displays. The filter checks the content of a Web page against a set of rules and replaces any unwanted content with an alternative Web page, usually an "Access Denied" page. The type of content to be filtered is usually controlled by a systems administrator or a parent. Web filters are used in schools, libraries, and homes to safeguard children from obscene content on the Internet. Before you begin, you should be familiar with some basic networking concepts: A server, as in "Web server," is nothing more than an application that runs on a computer and listens for incoming requests. Getting the software The only software you need to set up parental filters under GNU/Linux is iptables, DansGuardian, and Squid. Configuring Squid.