Webmaster tutorials

Find the best webmaster tutorials and guides

Webmaster tutorials are the best way to get you started with web development. This site brings you only the best web design tutorials and web developer guides to help you learn the skills required to become a successful webmaster. We also provide you with web marketing tutorials as well as teach you how to make money from your web sites.

How to check your backlinks

Posted on July 8th, 2010 by Michael M.

Despite the numerous changes in the entire World Wide Web and, specifically, the search service, links are still the foundation of most search engine ranking algorithms. No matter how good your web design is, no matter how strong your content is and no matter how many features your site has, if people aren’t well-linked to your site, you’re still empty handed. You need links to get visitors and only then will you be noticed. Research on backlinks is the keystone of every successful link building operation.

Why do we need to check the backlinks? There are several reasons why you’d want to. One reason is that you need to check the quality of the incoming links to your site. Alongside the quality, you also check the number. Once you obtain this data, you then check the other competition and weigh yourself against them. Find out if it is practical to try and fight back. (more…)

3 Effective SEO tips

Posted on July 5th, 2010 by Michael M.

If you are reading this, chances are you have a website and are looking to get more traffic to it. SEO or search engine optimization is the answer to your problems. It will get natural traffic to your site or blog without any cost. In this article, you will be introduced to many simple but effective methods of turning your site attractive to search engines, thus giving you the traffic you require. (more…)

Increase your sales with SEO

Posted on June 8th, 2010 by Michael M.

Increase web sales using SEOAre you one of the many companies that aren’t having much luck in internet marketing? Did you try different solutions to no avail? If you have, there is one simple answer to your problem. There is one internet marketing strategy that is slowly gaining recognition. It is called search engine optimization or SEO.

Everyday, sites are being published at a very fast rate. As such, there is a lot of competition in the internet market. Lots of people are facing this problem. That is why if you want to get a lot of traffic to your site, you have to exploit the benefits of SEO. This will ensure that you get more views and proportionally, more orders. High revenue is the main goal of all enterprises and with SEO, it is easier. All you need to do is to strategically place your keyword across all your website pages so that you are easily located by customers. (more…)

The Importance of a Professional SEO Company

Posted on June 5th, 2010 by Michael M.

Importance of SEO CompaniesThis type of company has a unique way of operating. Other companies that want their websites “pimped” visit professional SEO companies. They are pimped in the sense of being made more optimized and more efficient at garnering the attention of visitors. These consultancies take on full time jobs or part time consultation depending on the customer’s needs. Either way, SEO companies ensure that websites are well taken care of and all facets of the site are improved. The method of operating or modus operandi of professional SEO companies is rather straightforward.

They will either accomplish the task head on at a full time basis or work on it by segments and giving consultations occasionally. This way, the enterprise also gets to learn from the service provider and both are mutually satisfied. (more…)

Design a stylish CD icon in Photoshop

Posted on June 5th, 2010 by Michael M.

For this Photoshop icon tutorial we’re going to create a stylish CD icon using only Photoshop. This Photoshop icon tutorial is quite short and should be very easy to follow making it ideal for beginners. By the end of the tutorial we will have created this.

CD Icon Photoshop Tutorial (more…)

Force trailing slash with .htaccess

Posted on June 3rd, 2010 by Michael M.

htaccess Force Trailing SlashForcing a trailing slash onto your URLs using a .htaccess file is a simple and useful way of ensuring that your web sites pages are accessible only via a single URL meaning there’s less chance that Google or any other search engine will see them as being duplicate pages. The problem is that having two URLs – one with a trailing slash and one without means that Google and others will treat the two URLs as completely different pages. This means that you may be penalised for having what appears to be duplicate content.

This can be fixed with a few lines inside your .htaccess file placed at the root of your web site. The lines required to force a trailing slash onto your web site URLs using .htaccess looks like this. (more…)

WordPress 404 redirect

Posted on May 30th, 2010 by Michael M.

By simply adding a file called 404.php into your WordPress theme directly you can quite easily create and customize the page shown when a visitors tries to access something which isn’t there. But what if you wanted to automatically redirect this user to your front page (or some other page on your site) instead of showing them a 404 error page? Well, the solution is quite simple. (more…)

5 SEO things to avoid

Posted on May 27th, 2010 by Michael M.

5 SEO things to avoidWhile SEO providers look at page optimization as a science, it is in fact a sort of website promotion.

Processing websites is both an art and a science. People who are able to grasp this idea and implement it are aware of the wonders it does. Those who are not aware of this can surely learn a lot from this article. Listed below are the 5 things that would make search engines most likely think twice about your site. (more…)

Create the HTC Hero phone in Photoshop

Posted on May 20th, 2010 by Michael M.

In this Photoshop tutorial we will be creating a very realistic copy of the HTC Hero phone. This Photoshop tutorial will teach you all sorts of useful techniques which you can apply to other graphics you may be working on. This is what the end result of this Photoshop tutorial will be.

HTC Hero Photoshop tutorial
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What SEO can do for your business

Posted on May 12th, 2010 by Michael M.

What SEO can do for your businessEver wonder what search engine optimization can offer you? Nowadays, it pays to have a website that can generate traffic on its own. Gone were the days when you could just spam the entire page with your keyword just so you can have a good ranking. Companies now are aware of this and know how to combat this tactic. Knowing this, you need to have good content from which visitors can learn from. In time, your reputation will improve if you employ Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques.

Grow your company’s reputation in a certain field. If you are just starting, you need not focus on writing articles that might fascinate your customers. If possible, find a company that can market you. When you are already established, that is when you can create your own advertising department to further your needs. (more…)

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