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		<title>Safety of Cell Phone Search-Dangers of Driving While Talking</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Developers of cell phones and Internet search are trying to improve our experience on the web. Google Googles is a new feature (iphone app) that allows people to take a picture of something and search with the image rather than having to use their cell phone keyboard. There&#8217;s no doubt that these improvements will reduce [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-1103" href="http://homesteadwebsitebuilder.com/safety-cell-phone-search-dangers-driving-while-talking/google-googles-cell-phone-app/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1103" style="margin: 5px 10px;" title="google googles cell phone app" src="http://homesteadwebsitebuilder.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/google-googles-cell-phone-app-300x188.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="150" /></a>Developers of cell phones and Internet search are trying to improve our experience on the web. Google Googles is a new feature (iphone app) that allows people to take a picture of something and search with the image rather than having to use their cell phone keyboard. There&#8217;s no doubt that these improvements will reduce the dangers of using cell phones while driving.</p>
<p>Although this new type of search is in its infancy, it does have amazing potential. Below are a few of the current items that will return accurate search results when a photo is taken and presented to the Google Googles Iphone application.<br />
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<li>Landmarks</li>
<li>Books</li>
<li>Wine</li>
<li>DVDs</li>
<li>Artwork</li>
<li>Logos</li>
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<p><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="600" height="380" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ezc108DTaug?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>The <strong><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-mobile-app/id284815942?mt=8" target="_blank">Google Googles Iphone application</a></strong> is a feature can be downloaded and installed from the Itunes store.</p>
<p>Even though the voice command and image search features can make the use of cell phones while driving a little safer, it is still a very dangerous thing to do. The risks associated with cell phone use while driving automobiles are great and our U.S. government is taking action to make our roads safer.</p>
<p>Many states have placed strict laws in place when it comes to talking, texting and driving. The authority on highway safety is the Governs Highway Safety Association (GHSA). They have a chart that shows what the <a href="http://www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/laws/cellphone_laws.html" target="_blank">cell phone laws</a> are for the individual states across the United States.</p>
<p>Everyone is asking what the future or search looks like. What&#8217;s the next cell phone app going to be? I would love to hear your thoughts on the use of cell phones will driving. Where do you think that search is headed? What is the next outrageous thing to be invented that will captive our attention?</p>
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		<title>Website Design- Important Things for Making Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a few very important things that we must have on our Intuit/Homestead website pages if we are going to make money online. Your page design must have these things in order to have a chance at achieving a fair level of Internet marketing success. The key to making sales is providing something that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are a few very important things that we must have on our Intuit/Homestead website pages if we are going to make money online. Your page design must have these things in order to have a chance at achieving a fair level of Internet marketing success. The key to making sales is <span id="more-641"></span>providing something that searchers are looking for and also keeping them on the website.</p>
<p><strong>Important Homestead Web Page Design for Making Money </strong></p>
<p>•	<strong>Your website page must have a “hook.”</strong> It’s necessary to have something that really catches the eye of the visitor to make them want to stay on the page. This can be an image, a catchy phrase or possibly a video. This is something that must be planned and strategically placed above the fold of the Intuit web page.</p>
<p>•	<strong>Bullet points will grip the reader’s attention quickly.</strong> What I have discovered is that when I visit a web page, if the title is interesting and I see bullet points, I will skim them. When people make it to our sites we only have a short window of opportunity to get them to click on our products. If the content on the website is easy to follow and skim over, we may be able to grab their attention long enough to get them to explore our Site Builder pages a little deeper.</p>
<p>•	<strong>An email optin form is important to have on the web page.</strong> Very much of my online revenue has come through using email marketing. Check out this article on setting up an <strong><a href="http://homesteadwebsitebuilder.com/sending-email-with-the-aweber-automated-system/" target="_blank">automated Homestead email  system</a></strong>. Getting traffic to visit and revisit our websites is what the use of email marketing is all about. It doesn’t hurt to have some things on your website that you are giving away in exchange for email addresses. Having a newsletter sign-up feature set up is great website design for making future money with an Intuit site.</p>
<p>•	<strong>Interesting article links leading to affiliate offers</strong>-Here is where the rubber meets the road. When you can get your visitors to click through your links that go to your affiliate offers, then you will have success.</p>
<p>•	<strong>Have something that establishes trust on your page.</strong> Now we couldn’t possible establish trust by having one thing on our site, but if we can offer enough stuff for free that will keep them searching our pages, we can begin to build trust. The use of videos, offering eBooks and free reports is a huge way to get people to begin to trust us. Our potential customers really just need to see that we are real people behind the sales scenes of our Intuit/Homestead Site Builder web pages.</p>
<p>We should make sure that our Homestead website builder design is clean and professional looking. This sometimes can take a few tries to find something that works. I have had affiliate offers that did not convert any sales or made very little money. When I changed a couple of things around on the page, the sales increased tremendously.</p>
<p>This is what successful affiliate marketers do to make money online. They understand how important it is to have things constantly being tested to see what is producing the best results and making the most money. If you will take these important money making website design tips and put them into practice, it won’t be long before your Intuit web page designs will start bringing in a few dollars.</p>
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		<title>Designing Web Pages Above The Fold</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you heard of the term that Internet web designers use called “above the fold?” This phrase is used to describe everything that a visitor sees on their computer screen, at first glance, when they open a web page on your Homestead website. It is in this area that the most important product or information [...]]]></description>
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<p>Have you heard of the term that Internet web designers use called “above the fold?” This phrase is used to describe everything that a visitor sees on their computer screen, at first glance, when they open a web page on your Homestead website. It is in this area that the most important product or information on your web page needs to be creatively placed.<span id="more-534"></span></p>
<p>When people scroll down and new information enters the computer screen that is what’s referred to as the content that was below the fold.</p>
<p>Internet marketers will place the most valued information on their affiliate websites above the fold.</p>
<p>When a visitor comes to our website, we literally have a couple of seconds to capture their attention. If we do not immediately grip them tightly with something intriguing, they will fly away as quickly as they came.</p>
<p>What are some of the things we see above the fold that seem to work well for arresting some ones attention?</p>
<p><strong>Above the fold attention grabbers:</strong></p>
<p>•	Photos<br />
•	Videos<br />
•	Automatic audio messages<br />
•	Click Here buttons<br />
•	Orange colored items seem to attract the eye<br />
•	Large amounts of white space</p>
<p><strong>White Space</strong><br />
Using large amounts of white space above the fold is an amazing attention grabber. I don’t know about you, but if I log onto a website that is filled with clutter, it doesn’t take but just a moment for me to click off the page. Google is the king when it comes to designing website pages with white space. Just look at this Google doodle of the Sesame Street Cookie Monster at the top of this page. Notice how your eyes are drawn to the bright colors in the center of the page, above the fold.</p>
<p><strong>Photos</strong><br />
A photo is worth a thousand words. It’s the ones that you just want to stare at forever that work well above the fold. I always review the content of a page which has an image that grabs my attention.  If you decide to add a large photo, reduce the file size to below seventy two dpi.  This article on <strong><a href="http://homesteadwebsitebuilder.com/how-to-optimize-images-without-them-getting-blurred/" target="_blank">optimizing homestead website images</a></strong> will give you pointers on how to reduce the file size of a photo.</p>
<p><strong>Videos</strong><br />
With the present Internet age, using videos to capture people’s attention is an ever increasing method for getting visitors to stay on a website. Some people will have the videos start automatically. If you want to have a video self-start above the fold when a visitor enters your website, there are several free tutorials online that give the method for making an auto play Youtube video.</p>
<p><strong>Click Here Buttons</strong><br />
I mentioned the use of the color orange above the fold as an attention grabber. Many Internet marketers are creating their click here buttons using the color orange. I’ve even seen really large optin email forms decorated in this particular color. The main thing is that the attention grabber gets placed above the fold.</p>
<p>Take a few moments to think about your Homestead website design. What things do you have above the fold?  Are your website pages designed in such a way that people are drawn to stay? Because the SiteBuilder is so easy to work with, making changes above the fold will take a minimal amount of time. If you are not having much success getting people to stay on your website, perhaps you should consider redesigning what is above the fold. If you are selling products think about what you can do differently to get them to buy.</p>
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		<title>Cheaper Domain Name for Your Homestead Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can I buy (or, “purchase”) a cheaper domain name and use it with my Homestead website? Yes, finding one that is at least half the price of what you will pay through the Intuit Company is possible. The process is rather simple too. I started purchasing all of my website names through Godaddy.com. They are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can I buy (or, “purchase”) a cheaper domain name and use it with my Homestead website? Yes, finding one that is at least half the price of what you will pay through the Intuit Company is possible. The process is rather simple too.<br />
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I started purchasing all of my website names through Godaddy.com. They are less than half the cost of buying an extra one with the hosting plan that comes with the SiteBuilder program.</p>
<p>How do I set up a domain name from another company with my Homestead website? Getting things done correctly is easiest when you ask for help.  I always contact the company where I made my purchase and have them walk me through the process of setting it up correctly.</p>
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 <strong>Setting Up Your Cheaper Domain Name</strong><br />
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1)    You will need to contact the technical support team at Homestead.com first before calling your new domain name provider. The technician will direct you to the place in your main account where the DNS numbers are. Take note of all three numbers.</p>
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2) Contact your new provider and tell them that you want your domain to be hosted at another location where you have built a website. Make it very clear to them that you are not transferring your domain to a different company.</p>
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3) The technician at your new company such as Godaddy will then direct you through their system and show you where to enter the three DNS numbers that you copied from your main Homestead website account.</p>
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4) You will have to login into your main account with Homestead and go into your domains area and associate the new domain name with an existing website. Tech support can walk you through this process too.</p>
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<a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-3687430-10388361" target="_top">Domain Sale! $7.49* .com at GoDaddy.com</a><img src="http://www.ftjcfx.com/image-3687430-10388361" width="1" height="1" border="0"/></p>
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Once you discover how easy it is to get them set up correctly, consider transferring existing domain names that are costing you a lot of money to have through Homestead websites to a different account. Doing this will cost you several dollars, but in the long run you will be saving a lot of money by transferring the domain names to a different hosting company. You will have to once again invest a certain amount of time in getting it switched over, but the savings will be worth it. Every dollar counts, right?</p>
<p>Finding a place to get domain names cheaper than what you can buy them with Homestead is as easy as searching Google, Yahoo or MSN. Godaddy seems to be the preferred place for people to purchase and register their domain names.</p>
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