Agents of Value

2012 will probably give the internet world new things yet again. This year, if Google+ is mentioned, people might say, that’s so 2011! Because some genius might invent another social networking medium that will aim to be the next Google+, or better yet, one that will bring down Facebook. Let’s also consider web designs. What should you expect for web designs in 2012? Business.com writer, Amanda DiSilvestro, wrote her predictions for web design for 2012. Some of her predictions include more 3D effects, mobile browsing of websites, CSS3 and HTML5 to replace flash and typography. Her predictions echo the same trends that other websites like Cprenterprisesonline.com and Seoptimise.com also wrote about. Let me go over some of the web design trends for 2012, what they are and how a particular site will look like using those designs. Our web designer, Ian, created some design samples for Agents of Value using some of the design trends for 2012. 1. Oversized Headers, Logos and Footers. The headers or logos in this design trend can take up the [...]

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With link building, it helps to have a variety of tools at your disposal. Lot of current research shows that, having a wide diversity of root domains linking to your site correlates to stronger rankings. So, that means, if you’ve already built up social media profiles for your site, and you’ve already done a few rounds of article submissions and link directory submissions for your site, you should probably consider how to add some more diversity into your incoming links. One technique that’s less popular these days is reciprocal link building. It still works if you do it right, but it can be a slow and painful process. But, the benefit of gaining these kinds of links is that they will be completely different from the kind of links that you get through your other link building techniques. What is reciprocal link building? Reciprocal link building, is basically link exchange or link trading. In exchange for giving a link on a site that you control, another webmaster will give a link back to you on [...]

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Tips for buying dropped domains. Most people that want to buy domains just go to GoDaddy and start typing in different combinations of domain ideas. They get frustrated when all of the obvious domain names they want to register are already taken, and end up settling for a name that they don’t really love for their new website project. It’s true that millions of domains have already been registered. But what a lot of people don’t realize is that lots of domains expire every single day. In fact, as of January 2012, about 70,000 domain names drop every single day. This means that a great name that you might want may suddenly be available one day, after having been registered for years. Here are a few tips about buying dropped domain names: Dropped domain names will have a new registration date after you register them. That’s different from prerelease domains which can be back-ordered through a service like NameJet. This has some advantages and disadvantages. It means that the domain has a fresh new life, [...]

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