Meanwhile, if you already know the answer to this previous question, then you might be wandering quite simple – what does the cloud mean. In other words what does this mean for the progression of technology? And for existing online businesses? Here we will answer both those questions.

What Does the Cloud Mean?

Essentially ‘the cloud’ refers to an abstract collective storage space that exists online. If something is on the cloud, then this means that it is a file with no physical location. Casually we might then simply use the cloud to refer to anything that isn’t on our computer – such as the internet – which instead exists on lots of servers around the world. If you were going to back up your data using online backup services, then this data would be stored on one, or on several servers. Again then you might say you’ve uploaded the files to ‘the cloud’.

More specifically the cloud tends to refer to those files that don’t have any set location – even among servers. These then are files not stored on a single server, but several mirrors. ‘Cloud hosting’ for instance would mean that your website existed on many servers at once, allowing for them to share the bandwidth, and meaning the site will rarely completely go ‘down’ as there will always be at least one server still working.

What Does This Mean?

The reason the cloud is being talked about more and more is because the technology to support this kind of technology is improving. The internet could be seen as existing on the cloud, and that’s always been around, but this is still just a group of pages that load up on the computer.

Cloud computing basically means ‘outsourcing’ computing power, storage and more. And because the speed of internet connections is always increasing, this is more and more possible meaning that less and less actually has to run on your computer at all.

A simple example is Apple’s iCloud – which allows you to upload your files onto their servers and then stream music, videos and pictures from there. This basically means that you don’t need to save anything on the devices themselves – meaning in turn that you don’t use up harddrive space. As this becomes more and more common we might eventually see computers fall dramatically in price, and dramatically in weight and size. They won’t need hard drives you see, because they will be ‘always connected’ and they will stream everything from the cloud.

And when internet connections speed up even more, and servers become more powerful, those devices might not even need to have powerful processors. The reason being that they will be able to outsource that too – and play games and run software directly from the web as ‘web apps’ thus doing away with any need for downloading. Imagine an ‘app store’ where every app can be accessed immediately  – where you pay per use rather than for ‘ownership’ of that software. It literally could change everything, and that’s only the tip of the iceberg.

Jeet is a blogger and internet marketer and loves to write about cloud servers. He has already moved his bigger sites to cloud server hosting.

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When in the process of setting up and designing your website, here are a number of things that you have to keep in mind:

1.    Color.  If your business has a business logo, it is recommended that your use the colors that are incorporated in it.  But if you don’t, you should pick out 2 to 3 colors that look professional.  Avoid using different color schemes from web page to web page.  If you still haven’t decided on what colors to use, you can use readily available templates for the meantime.  You can find a lot of websites that offer templates either for free or at a certain price.

2.    Background.  Your background of your website will also have an impact on your business.  Make sure that your texts are highly visible no matter what your background is.  For instance, a white text is totally fine on a black background, but not maroon, dark blue, or nay color that’s dark.  When posting links, they also have to be visible when they get highlighted or not.

3.    Contents.  When designing a website, you should not only focus literally on the design of your website, but also on the contents that will be posted on all your web pages.  Your contents have to be written excellently and should be well-researched. You are also required to update your website regularly with fresh and unique contents so as to give your readers a reason to keep coming back.

4.    Navigation.  The success of a website has also greatly influenced by its navigation system.  Web users like websites that can be easily navigated.  They become regular visitors of websites that can easily provide them with the information they need.  You do not need animations to do this.  A site map will be more appreciated by web users.

1.    You should be more of a friend that an extremely persuasive salesman.  Many people get irritated by people who are too persuasive, and so you should avoid being one in the contents of your messages.  Rather than convincing them to buy your products or try your services, why not provide them with great information or advices that they may find very useful?  In addition, it is better to send individual messages to particular persons so it would sound more like a personal message coming from a friend.

2.    Offer freebies or giveaways to attract traffic.  It is undeniable that most people are crazy over freebies.  Oftentimes, people make purchases not because they like the products being offered, but they want to avail of the freebies.  However, when offering promotions like this, you have to consider the cost of your freebies.  Make sure that you still gain enough profit.

3.    Let pictures support your contents.  Many people are turned off with long website contents.  They prefer reading contents that are supported by images.  So, as much as possible, include images that will help tell more about the product or products you’re offering.

4.    Include testimonies of your previous customers.  If you have numerous satisfied customers, let other people know about them.  Every time you receive valuable comments about your products or services, post them on your website. When posting testimonies, always include the names and the addresses of the individuals who wrote them.  It is also important that the testimonies have to be unsolicited.

5.    Try to close a sale.  After you have posted valuable contents on your website, always try to close a sale, again, without getting too persuasive.  For instance, you may simply just add buttons in strategic places on your website bearing the words ‘CLICK HERE TO BUY NOW’.  In order for your readers to click on the button, just see to it that your website has great contents.  Great contents mean greater sales and profit, of course.

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When it comes to backlinking it is important that you have a strategy in place.  This is because it is all too easy to get caught up in looking around, plodding through articles rather than doing what you should be doing – creating backlinks!

A strategy means that you can focus on what you should be doing, and do it again and again rather than trying to reinvent the wheel each time you need to create some backlinks.  But what strategies work?

Whilst these techniques are hardly new they ARE powerful – and it is important that you include them in your efforts.  It is amazing how many people know them but don’t do them.

3 Great Backlinking Strategies

1. Blog commenting.  Despite it being so common to know about blog commenting for backlinks it is still only really done by spam bots.  Better to use automated tools to find you blogs in your niche with high PR inner pages and hand place the comment…better chance it will stick, better quality of link and more likely to get you traffic too.It is still possible to use tools to find dofollow comments that can pass on some very useful link juice.
2. Profile creation.  More controversial this one.  Involves the creation of profiles on forums and then using the software to create some links back to your site – usually takign advantage of HTML/BBC coding in ‘about me’ sections.
   
   As ever try not to spam this, ensure you add some useful content to a forum, not just spam it for links.  You could also gain some useful extra traffic that way.
3. Guest posting.  Everyone knows about article marketing – but what if you were article marketing on sites that Google doesn’t consider infested with spam?  Post up useful articles on other blogs by asking if you can do so in exchange for a couple of links back.This gives you links from a trusted domain in your niche that your competitors aren’t getting…and allows you to be able to siphon traffic away from another site for your benefit!

There is actually a lot more to article marketing than many people think – and if you want to make a success of it then it is important that you know what you are doing and plan to succeed with it.

How to do Article Marketing – the Right Way

• Look for alternative places for your article.  Google only gives so much trust to the likes of EZA or GoArticles.  Try looking to guest post on trusted and established blogs – giving you access to targeted traffic and more contextual links.

• Do your keyword research.  I can not stress this enough.  To get traffic you need to be able to found in the search engines, and to do that you need to be able to rank for a keyword that is getting traffic.  So look for what the search numbers are in Google’s keyword tool, look at the SEO of the competition etc.

• Onpage SEO.  Where possible do as much as onpage SEO as you can.  Whilst it may be difficult in some cases (no images in article directories etc) if you are guest posting it gets easier.  Include such things as header tags, alt text for images, keyword density etc.

• Off page SEO.  You are going to need backlinks to the article to allow it to go up the SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages).  By doing so you not only get more traffic but also increase the power of the backlink you are already getting from the article itself.

• Don’t just do one.  Article marketing is a numbers game – the more articles you have the better.  Whilst it is no good just throwing up loads of articles, throwing up loads of targeted articles with keyword research as well as on and off page SEO can make a big difference traffic wise.

Web pages that are filled with plain text are not at all appealing to readers no matter how good the contents are because it implies boredom.  When creating a website, the web developer needs to make use of techniques that can effectively attract web users and make them visit your site regularly.  This will only be possible if you have a well-known, smart and very attractive website.

One of the major elements that must be included in your web design is flash.  Flash can help you attain a lively and interactive website, which is usually what web users are looking for.  Seldom do web users choose to visit websites that are just merely feeding its readers with information and not giving them a chance to comment of the contents.  Using flash is, in other words, a way to avoid creating traditional websites.  

Flash is also very useful when you are embedding video clips, audio clips or graphics on your web pages.  Don’t worry as it will only take a short time to download files.  However, the use of flash has a major drawback.  Posting many videos, graphics or audios will slow down the loading process that is why you also have to control the amount of such files on your web pages.  Otherwise, your website will become annoying rather than appealing.

Having an appealing website can also be effectively used as a marketing campaign.  If your web design will catch the attention of many web users, no doubt that your business will become successful.  Online marketing’s main purpose is to catch the attention of web users through your web design, and getting huge traffic is just secondary, and so it is really important that you also use your web design to market your products or services.

You might have already read or heard that a website primarily have to have quality and valuable contents in order to become successful.  This is so true, but how can you possibly attract web users to read your contents if you have a lame web design?  Isn’t it a fact that first impressions last?

Even before planning to build your website, you should already know the important features that your website must possess.  This way, you would already know exactly how to come up with a website plan and how you are going to implement it.  Without further ado, here are the several steps involved in developing a website:

• Create pages that can help you introduce your business.  These pages include the Home Page, Privacy Policy Page and the About Us Page.
  The Home Page consists of information about the products or services that you are trying to offer on your website.
  Next is the Privacy Policy Page.  This feature is very common on almost all websites.  This page exhibits the terms and conditions of your business and also the privacy plans that you’ll be providing your potential customers.
  Lastly, the About Us Page shows the major tools that may be found on your website. 

• Choose a theme.  Think of a theme for your website that is relevant to your niche.  Choose a design that you think is interesting to your target market.

• Choose compatible applications.  Before installing applications on your website, you have to see to it that they are compatible with the programs of the most highly regarded browsers like Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.

•  Have a site map for easy navigation.  The site map will make it easier for your visitors to navigate or explore your different web pages.

•  Avoid the overuse of scripting languages.  It is alright to make use of java scripts or any other scripting languages on your site, but it is also important that not to overuse it.

•  Have a flexible website.  This means that your website must be able to easily adapt to predictable changes.  For instance, change your business logo during Christmas or Easter Season to make your website more appealing to web users.

•  Your website must be free of errors.  A website that is filled with errors is a complete turn off to web users.  This is the reason why you always have to make sure that your contents have perfect grammar and spelling before posting them on your web pages.