RainRain Website Help Blog


Jul 26

I want my site to rank high on Google.

Published 26 Jul, 2010 in web.designtipsSEOmarketing by rainrain | Comment (0)
This is a very common request. There is at least one important word missing in the above statement however .. and that word is the word ‘FOR’. This is a very important concept to get if you want to compete in Google searches ( or in the searches of any other search engine such as Yahoo, Bing, Etc. ).

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Jul 12

Blueprint for small business.

Published 12 Jul, 2010 in Untagged  by rainrain | Comment (0)
Essential video for any business developing a website. Deals primarily with basing a site on "Wordpress" however lots of issues touched on are of univeral value. ( click the youtube icon if you want to watch it full screen)

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Mar 15

Company Email Via Google Docs

Published 15 Mar, 2010 in googleemaildomaining 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 usually

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Nov 02

Google Calendar Tip

Published 02 Nov, 2009 in tipsgoogle 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....

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Oct 05

What effect do Keywords have on my Google Placement

Published 05 Oct, 2009 in web.designSEOadvertising 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.

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Sep 29

Help - Someone already has my domain.

Published 29 Sep, 2009 in marketingdomaining 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.

Some country specific domains ( including Ireland's dot.ie ) are available for purchase only if you can show that you have a rightful claim to the name, wheras dot.com's for example are on a first come first served basis.

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Sep 29

Adwords explained in 3 minutes

Published 29 Sep, 2009 in SEOmarketingadvertising 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

 

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Sep 15

Domain name : dot.com or dot.ie

Published 15 Sep, 2009 in marketingdomaining 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.

 

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May 27

Content Management System Use on Business Websites

Published 27 May, 2009 in web.designcontent.management.systemC.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.

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May 24

Is a Website worth it ?

Published 24 May, 2008 in web.designmarketingC.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.

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