Website Design Feedback With FiveSecondTest

If you ever wanted to know what others think of your site’s design, then here’s a new place to find out. It’s called FiveSecondTest.com and I have tried them out. And so far, I’ve gotten some good feedback, about my SmallTimeMarketer.com site.

You can conduct a couple of free test types, the Memory Test, which [...]

Using Color For Better Results

Colors aren’t as clear-cut as words, but there is a loose meaning for most. And while color usage isn’t an exact science, color definitely can influence the outcome of how people are attracted to a product, webpage, etc.

So when choosing, be conscious of the message you want to convey and how you want customers [...]

Shrink And Track URL's Video

I’ve been trying out a very cool tool, BudURL.

Just think of the kind of power would you have if you could not only shrink a long URL. but also add tags and notes along with track detailed analytics like you have on your blogs and websites? Detailed statistics is marketing nirvana, but your website [...]

Contrast Text For Better Readability

Contrasting Text

The images below are from a previous article I wrote, where I discussed radio controlled cars.  Both images have the same information.  However, by creating titles, body text, bold text and underlines, along with some color highlighting, I’m able to organize the information and provide better readability. Without more than a few design [...]

Google Docs as an HTML Editor

I was ask the other day, if I knew a quick way to produce HTML. So I created a video on the way I do this, using Google Docs. This is the FREE document creation tool that comes with a FREE Gmail account. Notice I keep saying FREE. This is because a Gmail account cost [...]

Hosting Step by Step

I host with many hosting companies, but in this article I will be showing a hosting service called HostGator. The reason being, is that HostGator has been one of the better services that I have used for my hosting over the years, and they have shown me that they have a good service department, when [...]

Duplicate Content Google Slap, Fact or Fiction?

I ran into this the other day, when I read several articles, and then later on that day, wrote an article and submitted it to EzineArticles. It’s true, they do look and freeze your account! Of course I was not doing a copy and paste, which you should NEVER do. I was just pulling from [...]

Get A Domain Name Fast And Easy

OK, getting a domain name is pretty easy these days, you can just go to a domain registrar and search for a name you would like to have. I like using a company called GoDaddy.com, I use them because their pricing is good, and they have an easy to use dashboard, that makes working with [...]