Category: Website Design

Add a Search Engine featured site search engine providers >>> One of the key elements in effective site design is ensuring that your visitors are able to easily navigate your property, in its entirety. The goal should be a design that is intuitive, where guests can locate their needs, and be exposed to your products, with as little thought as possible. One key feature to allow this essential ease of access is an on-site search function. A site search tool allows your visitors to avoid the frustration of reviewing multiple pages in their quest for knowledge. Instead, they key in a simple phrase, and choose the area of specific interest to them. There are a number of tools available to assist the internet business operator in incorporating this technique, and each has its own area of application. Standard options include the following: Search tools that compile listings from within a site Search tools to utilize listings from both within a site, OR the web in general, depending on the visitors request Search tools that compile listings from ONLY outside your site, generally from a specific source engine The application you select depends strongly on the goals of your operation. Sites interested in exposure of their product will generally select a search engine that functions within their site only, in the hope that they will maintain the visitor’s attention for as long as possible. Sites that are information based often select the combination tools to allow their visitors the opportunity to further explore the web for the data they seek. Others will choose the outside only engines which often pay the site operator a small fee for each search processed through their site. Online has assembled a directory of search engine tools to assist you in assist you in bringing your site to the intuitive level, helping to ensure your online success: AtomZ Atomz.com provides one of the most powerful, free for use in-site search tools available on the market. Outside advertising is not currently applied to your search results pages. There are a variety of strong customization tools that allow for complete design control over your results pages. Upgrades are available to allow for additional control over results, password protection of restricted areas, and more. Bravenet Web Services Bravenet provides an in-site search engine easily installed and configured to meet your needs. The search tool is customizable, and free of charge. Results pages will feature a banner advertising Bravenet’s services to your search users. Google Google is one of the largest internet search engines, compiling information on millions of sites around the world. Google offers a free tool that can be configured for either in-site, web based, or combination searches. With access to the world’s largest database of online information, designers interested in providing their clients with the best of the web will be very pleased with Google’s service. Pay for service upgrades also available. Overture.com Overture provides off-site only search tools that earn the hosting webmaster referral funds for each search conducted. Search tool is restricted to off-site results generated from the GoTo directory. Sitelevel Offers a in-site search tool that is entirely customizable, manages password protected areas, all free of charge. Sitelevel will place external advertising on the results pages. Much like Overture, many of the pay for placement sites offer free, or referral income based search tools for use on your site. These generally achieve results from the pay per click site in question, but can be a means of income for the webmaster willing to explore external results. Visit our Pay Per Click page for a complete listing of pay for placement engines. Related Subjects: Add a Bulletin Board Add an Affiliate Program     top of site search software page

Add a Poll Using Software featured poll providers >>> An increasingly popular catch-phrase in the world of online success is site "stickiness" – the ability of your site to maintain its visitors long enough to expose them to your product in a meaningful way, while creating sufficient interest to generate either a referral, or return visit. Achieving this level of loyalty requires planning from the outset, and a thorough understanding of your visitor, their needs, and their preferences. The addition of a regularly changing poll to your environment creates a sense of community, the idea that the visitor is involved in the generation of information that may or may not change the face of the site, or the internet as a whole. This type of interactivity creates interest on the part of the visitor, and may draw them back for results, or to participate in future polls. As an online entrepreneur focused on repeat visits, these add ons can take a run of the mill site to a new level, with repeat visitors allowing for continued exposure to products and services, a scenario entirely necessary to your site’s end success. There are a variety of services available for the implementation of polls on your site. Online has compiled a sampling of these services below:   Bravenet.com Bravenet offers a free polling package with good customization ability, and easy installation. A link back to Bravenet will be featured in the poll area. Bravenet’s other website development services include add-on forums, java based chat, messenger, and mailing list management. Sparklit.com Formerly known as Pollit.com, Sparklit offers a very popular polling package that allows the site designer to easily customize background and text colors to match their site. Polls can be displayed on the page or in a pop-up window. Sparklit also offers additional services, including surveys, counters, and advertiser management packages. Webaga.com Providing a range of services designed to improve site stickiness through enhanced interactivity, Webaga’s polling platform is highly customizable, professional in appearance, includes installation, and is affordable for even the smallest e-business. Webaga also offers a suite of message board, and mailing list managers. Related Subjects: Add a Bulletin Board Add Live Customer Service   top of poll software provider page

Add a Bulletin Board featured bulletin board services >>> The creation of site interest is an aspect of design that can make or break one’s potential for success. With return visits playing an integral role in overall traffic, and product exposure potential, interactivity is a tool receiving significant attention in today’s online business medium. Bulletin boards, or forums as they are sometimes referred to, are a means of involving your clientelle in your site, and if done correctly, can draw your visitors back again and again, through their interest in participating in the community your site has to offer. Bulletin boards come in all shapes and sizes, and are available through a variety of providers. Options can vary from free services that allow integration of your own site’s headers and/or logos, with outside advertising often utilized to pay the provider for the service, to pay for service models that meld seamlessly with your site’s design. Many hosting providers also include scripts with your package that offer a basic model at no cost. The option you select will depend largely on the level of professionalism you wish to project, as well as the potential of such a community to grow within your area of expertise. Online has assembled a sampling of available services below: Bravenet.com Bravenet offers a free forum package with good customization ability, and easy installation. Outside advertising will be featured in the forum area to cover the cost of the service. Bravenet’s other website development services include add-on polls, java based chat, messenger, and mailing list management. EZ Board Ranked one of the top 100 sites in the world, EZBoard.com provides a variety of services in the area of community forums. Their basic bulletin board is free, and does incorporate outside advertising as a means of funding. The boards are highly customizable, and can meld well with your current site design. Low cost pay for service models without advertising are available. VBulletin VBulletin offers a robust pay per license bulletin board software that can meld perfectly with your site design. Requires installation on your server, but assistance is available for a fee. A quality product targeting medium to large sites whose intent is a completely professional and integrated design. Webaga.com Providing a range of services designed to improve site stickiness through enhanced interactivity, Webaga’s message board platform is highly customizable, professional in appearance, includes installation, and is affordable for even the smallest e-business. Webaga also offers a suite of polling, and mailing list managers.   Related Subjects: Add a Poll To Your Site Add Search Capability     top of bulletion board information page