Cluster Maps – A Cool New Widget

This is a cool widget you can use anywhere; blog, website, MySpace, Facebook. Click our post title or visit Cluster Maps to check it out.

This widget shows a map of the location of your site visitors. Click the map and you can see a bigger map with more information. It is cool to see just how global most websites are when you have a cluster map installed

Installation is very simple, grab a snippet of code and install it in your source code and you have a map. If you hate the ads on the inside page when the map is clicked you can get rid of them for $2 a month.

This is a fun widget. You can see one we have recently installed on the www.SternEnvironmental.com website, just look for it on the left sidebar at the bottom.

Google AdWords on Yahoo?

Oh this is big news, but big and bad news for advertisers on both Google and Yahoo. You’ll want to read our post on Blog-World Watch to find out why.

This limited time test is an effort to flow cash into Yahoo to stave off the hostile takeover planned by Microsoft.

I think that this forges a path for a Yahoo acquisition by Google which would really kick Microsoft in the teeth. Read our post to find out more about this very important test and why it is bad for web advertising.

New Pricing For Blog Set Up

We want everyone to try out a blog and in an effort to help you get online with a blog, we have adjusted our pricing for blog set up. For now, you can get WordPress, Blogger, or
Blogspot set up for $150 on your hosted server.

WordPress and Blogger are open source applications meaning that they cost nothing to use, but many clients find the set up and configuration intimidating. Here is our value to you, we know what settings are best, we understand how to implement the programs and what extras to recommend to you that are best.

If you have been holding off starting your blog up, now is a good time to consider our new program for blog set up which even includes 15 minutes of online blog training.

If blogging on your new blog becomes tedious, yet you want the benefits, consider our blog writing services to keep your blog fresh and up to date with interesting content.

Spidey Glasses to See Your Site With

Now you can put on spidey glasses and see just what the search engine spiders see when they look at your web page with this online tool.

This tool is valuable as you will be able to see if the code you have in a show-hide layer is visible, if you have the spacing set up properly in your navigation, and what a spider sees right when they hit your page. If you did not think that keyword density was important, you will after you review your results.

All a spider sees is text! Now here’s the test, what does the spider see on a Flash site? Nothing! Enter in http://www.katybar.com in the tool. Then visit the site, you will see that all the spider has indexed is the text that has been added below the Flash image.