I have used a few keyword ranking checkers to check how well my forum is doing in specific keywords. However, is there any tools that can check how well individual pages are ranking on Google. For example, if I type in a...
Since 2014, HTTPS has officially become a ranking factor and I recently read that Google Chrome will start marking sites without a SSL certificate as insecure. You can read more about SSL as a ranking factor here. As a r...
I am learning php and html at the moment and I thought I will do some work and create something. I created a page called website.php but only put HTML into the file and ran it on my local web server (MAMP). Everything wa...
So recently I tried out FaceBook advertising for my websites and while I have been using FaceBook for a long time, this was my first time advertising there. At first, I decided to pay a small amount of money to test it o...
In CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) you can use both "id" and "class" to select elements to style. For example, you can use: <div id="test">Text</div> and use "#test" on your css page to style the text in betwe...
If I offer a subscription package and I already have customers, what happens to their subscription price when I change my price. For example, if customer A buys my service at $25 and then I increase the price to $30, wil...
When you go to the supermarket, you may find buy 1 get 1 free deals and I love those because I always feel like I am getting a better value for money. Sometimes, when stuff goes on sales like this, I would buy a larger q...
Do you think it is a good idea to provide discounts to your customers after you completed their orders? I personally think this is a good idea because they will more likely to come back if they can get your service fo...
Lots of people resell services and makes good profit. Think about a Supermarket. They get their products from suppliers and effectively, they are reseller their products. Asymmetric information is when one party knows mo...
Do you send newsletters to your members? If you own a forum, then your members are probably registered to receive newsletters. If you own a website, then you can have a subscribe system so you can send newsletters to ...
Is selling text links or banner ads more profitable? If you own a forum or website, then you may earn revenue from selling advertisement on your website. You may sell text links or banner ads but which one is more pro...
What is your plowback ratio for your online business or website? The plowback ratio is the ratio of your income that you invest back into your company. That is a percentage of the income which you give up to grow your...
Do you think offering giveaways or prize draws on your website works? Some websites offer giveaways or prize draws to their members to encourage them to stay active on their website. It may be a blog or a forum where ...
What do you think is the most important asset of a business? I think the most important asset of a business is its people. Every business is run by people and without the people who run it, a business cannot operate. ...
Your user level depends on how many sales, purchases or affiliated orders you make and this is dependent on your classification. For example, if when you join SEO Clerks and you start selling services, then you will be c...
I am sure that if you have watched the news recently, then you would have heard of Brexit. On the 23rd of June, the United Kingdom held a referendum to vote on whether they should leave or remain in the European Union. T...
Networking is interaction between you and other people in order to build relationships and contacts in a professional or social environment. Network is important because building relationships with other people and getti...
A FTP manager can be installed onto your computer which allows you to upload files from your computer onto your web server. The main advantage with a FTP manager is that you don’t have to login to cPanel all the time t...
As a seller improving your communication with buyers is very important because they will more likely to return if you have good communication and provide quality services. Today we will discussion how to provide good com...
Are forums social networks? Forums have both the social and network aspect; forums allows you to socialise with others and is like a network of people who enjoy the same topics/niche. It can be quite easy to add a cha...
Do you think freelancers need a personal website? Some freelancers may think it is a good idea to have a personal website with all the information about you and your portfolio of work. I think this is important if you...
Phpbb is a pretty decent free forum software. The main advantages with it is that it is free and provides everything you need to start your own forum. With its version 3.1 update, they renamed their addons from modificat...
Finding the right partner to start a website or forum is very important because you will be working with them for a long period of time. This is different to hiring staff because if you hire the wrong staff, then you can...
As a freelancer, you will probably need to do a lot of typing on a daily basis. Therefore, having a good keyboard is crucial. What keyboard do you have? Do you think it is worth investing into a good keyboard? I perso...
I have seen people in the past who wants to start their own business but have no money to fund it and often they have a good idea. Today we will discuss two ways of funding your business. The first one is Crowdfunding. T...
WHOIS privacy protection replaces your personal information on your domain with WHOIS contact information. This is useful if you would not like to disclose your personal information but this usually costs a yearly fee. I...
Two Factor Authentication is very useful if you want to provide your accounts with more security. The idea is that you need two pieces of information to log into your account so in the case that someone obtains your pass...
Some people use sub-domains for different parts of their website. For example, they will use forum.yourdomain.com for their forum and blog.yourdomain.com for their blog. Most of the time when they create backlinks, it wi...
A lot of websites offer affiliate programs where you will get paid if you refer someone. Normally, you get paid only when the person you refer buys something but in other cases you can get paid for simply referring someo...
I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 and I had it for nearly two years. Recently, it seems to lag a lot. For example, I have the Skype and Gmail app on my phone and I get push notifications for them. From time to time, it would fr...
Communicating with staff is very important because that is where team work comes into play. As a freelancer and webmaster, I have staff members from all around the world and it is important to maintain good communication...
Many websites offer perks for their members to refer other people to the website and the main method used by members is posting their affiliate links online. A few methods includes, posting on forums, creating a blog pos...
Whether you are an entrepreneur or freelancer, having a team is very important and it is important to help junior staff. As discussed in a previous topic, when choosing staff, it isn’t always about choosing the most ex...
I am learning PHP at the moment and I have a question about printing outputs using PHP. I know the both “echo” and “print” displays an output. For example: echo “Hello World”; print “Hello World”; g...
Flippa is quite good but there are lots of people who try to sell low quality websites for a high price and some even purchase traffic to make their website look active. I have seen people sell websites that look active ...
Having a good antivirus is very important because it will protect your computer. This is extremely important if you buy things online because fraudsters will try to take your card details via putting viruses on your comp...
If a web developer told me that they are a computer science graduate, then it is definitely a plus when choosing between multiple developers. Some people may favour freelancer who has a degree or professional qualificati...
Xenforo is a popular forum software with over 94,000 members in their community forum and has only been released for 5 years. I have been using Xenforo for a while now and would like to write a short review about them. ...
Hi everyone, I have been using an Apache web server for ages and recently I saw a hosting company that offered Nginx web servers. They claimed that the Nginx web server is faster and more lightweight than Apache. I am...
I think the most important transferable skill for freelancers is communication. Good communication can do a lot. If I have a question, I would expect the freelancer to answer my question with excellent communication skil...
