Hostway Issue 94 / August 2009

Good News! One of the best ways to connect %%$url%% to customers online just got easier. Much easier! (And free!) In the old days, to get listed in Web directories you had to register your site with Google Maps, then register with Yahoo Local, then register with Yellowpages.com, etc. etc. Who has that kind of time? Hostway's created one form; you fill it out, and we submit it to 10 top directories. In addition to Google Maps, Yahoo Local and Yellowpages.com, we'll submit your info to Bing, Ask.com, Yellowbook.com, Local.com, Superpages.com, Exactseek.com, Target.net. One form instead of 10. We handle submission. And free with your current Hostway Web hosting account! Got five minutes to broadcast your business to millions of potential customers online? Click here.

No site yet? No problem. If you fill out the form, we create a mini profile that pops up when your name shows up in these directories providing basic info on your company. Click here to learn more.

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The Power of Your Email Signature

So Obvious...but Don't overlook it

What appears below your name on your emails? In one study, the Georgia Institute of Technology observed a site where 35% of visitors were brought to the site via the signature files on email messages they received. So add your website address!

Customized signature files are a feature of most email programs (even free ones). Look under "options." Be sure to include "http://" before your Web address so a link will be created for people receiving plain text emails.

Don't have anywhere anytime access to email yet? Click here.  

 

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Monitor Your Competition's traffic

Interested in what kind of traffic your competition's site is getting?  Compete.com just might have that answer for you.  For no charge, you can enter multiple Web addresses and compare visits and unique visitor count, over various time periods. Also helpful is the subdomain information provided.  It's always good to know if your competition's got a subdomain or page with content that's hot and getting great traffic. News you can use!  

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Ask the Expert

Are you linking your ads to your Home Page? Might want to rethink that. Create a unique Landing Page for each specific promotion. To learn more about Landing Pages and how to use them, click here.

Brain Teaser

In 1969, the first email message was sent via ARPANET, the Defense Department's predecessor to to today's Internet.  What was the one-word message?

a. Hello

b. Testing

c. Login

d. ARPANET

 

Answer

c. Login. The "L" and the "o" transmitted without a problem, but then the system crashed. They successfully sent the full word, login, about an hour later.

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