RainRain Website Help Blog
I want my site to rank high on Google.
Published 26 Jul, 2010 in web.design, tips, SEO, marketing by rainrain | Comment (0)Blueprint for small business.
Published 12 Jul, 2010 in Untagged by rainrain | Comment (0)
Company Email Via Google Docs
Published 15 Mar, 2010 in google, email, domaining by rainrain | Comment (0)Get your company email on multiple machines using the Gmail interface
Consider the scenario, you have a company domain name, like yourcompany.com and you've got your email address(es) on this eg you@yourcompany.com etc. To get your emails you either use a client ( Microsoft office, Euroda, Thunderbird, etc ) or use webmail. The main problem with using a client is that your mail must be on one and only one computer, (except in the case of relativly expensive exchange servers where your mail is usually limited to computers within your business) ...... so if you want to get your mail in an internet cafe, or share mail between the desktop that you use at home and the netbook that you use when travelling, things can get slightly complicated. The obvious answer is to switch to using webmail, but there are problems here as well, the biggest of which is that you are limited to the space available on your web server, which is usuallyGoogle Calendar Tip
Published 02 Nov, 2009 in tips, google by rainrain | Comment (0)Do you use "Google calendar". I use "Google calendar" and wanted to display 5 weeks instead of the maximum 4 in the display. Here's the trick....
What effect do Keywords have on my Google Placement
Published 05 Oct, 2009 in web.design, SEO, advertising by rainrain | Comment (0)
The keywords metatag was invented as part of the www in the early 90's. The abuse began almost with webmasters "stuffing" it full of non related keywords in an attempt to drive traffic to their sites. May websites put popular terms like "britney spears" etc into their keyword meta tag in effect misdirecting searchers.
Help - Someone already has my domain.
Published 29 Sep, 2009 in marketing, domaining by rainrain | Comment (0)As you probably know if you are reading this, domain names are like telephone numbers - that is, they are unique and you cant just have any domain you like.
Adwords explained in 3 minutes
Published 29 Sep, 2009 in SEO, marketing, advertising by rainrain | Comment (0)I came across this 3 (and a half) minute video today and thought it was a good quick explanation of Google Adwords
Domain name : dot.com or dot.ie
Published 15 Sep, 2009 in marketing, domaining by rainrain | Comment (0)
Dot com domains are less than half the price of dot IE domains so why would you go for a dot ie.
If you have a choice between the two then it really comes down to branding. You are saying you have a uniquely Irish product. It also adds a little extra class to your site and reassures people that you are Irish.
Content Management System Use on Business Websites
Published 27 May, 2009 in web.design, content.management.system, C.M.S. by rainrain | Comment (0)Being able to change the contents of a business website ‘in house' can be a major advantage depending on the area of your business. Take for example a publican. He might want to run an events list on the pub's website, and change the food menu's occasionally.
Is a Website worth it ?
Published 24 May, 2008 in web.design, marketing, C.M.S. by rainrain | Comment (9)While large multinational companies may not concern themselves a lot with the relatively small cost of a website; SME’s and sole traders usually need to be more sure of a return.
A marketing executive at Pepsi apparently remarked once that half of the money spent on advertising at Pepsi was wasted ... "the only problem was they could never work out which half !"
And that is exactly the problem. Unless you run an online shop or own a B&B that takes online reservations, you really can only estimate the value of a website to your business.
