Author - sicksens

Haminal

Haminal.com is on the cusp of its re-release to the world.  Currently the site can be reached at haminal.com, but will be down shortly for maintenance.  We encourage all who have a supportive idea to voice it here.  While we don't work in any way off of public opinion, we also find it imperative to interact with our fellow artist in the community.  The site will be up at for a few days more, and its blog can currently be found here... http://sicksenses.com/haminal/ hidden linkshidden linkshidden links consham
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Marishi 10

This is currently being built for a longtime friend of Brett.   Marishi 10 is driven by martial arts instructor Derek Thompson, also known for his work on Futurama.  This site is in the process of being revamped through Wordpress, and the domain brought back to life.  In the mean time, we ask that you visit frequently and let us know your thoughts.  Until domain security is completed, the beginning stages will only be viewable through his free wordpress blog, but this should be fixed within a few days.hidden linkshidden linkshidden links guitarshade2
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Search Engine Optimization

process-seo In recent years, the claims have been maid that a company can place you on the first page of search engines with a fair amount of ease.  If such a day did exist, it has long since passed.  Presently, SEO is a complex and time exhausting process.  It does not have to be a pained task, but there is a requirement for time to be invested into it.  Fortunately, blogs and CMS have become the favored manner of boosting productivity and traffic to ones site. Becoming connected through other sites on line, along with key words tend to remain the only strong SEO theories that have true power above others.  It's not to say that other methods do not work, but I personally try for the notion of free before anything else.  A great article on SEO and Site Traffic was written by CNN Money HERE. There are also various outlets of ideas in boosting SEO and Site Traffic.  One group known as HubSpot utilize a website grading tool.  The results and tips given after running your domain through this program are quite beneficial to the basic output of ones site.  It would be highly suggested to begin small with steps like these.  Anyone who's conducted your site build should have included Meta Data, Alt Tags and Key Words for at least your main page.  It should be noted, if you have a Flash Based (Not Flash Included) website, you may be hurting on real optimization.  Because of its layout, flash player sites have very little if any text to be indexed by search engines.  They also take forever to load... Something the average visitor to your site may not be willing to wait through.hidden linkshidden linkshidden links One posting a week will be geared toward site developement, SEO or Wordpress. Thank you
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Why RSS?

rss_what_it_is_480hidden linkshidden linkshidden links RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, is an XML-based format for content distribution on the Internet. It’s an excellent pipeline for Internet users to get updated news content and online articles -- the stuff you want -- without having to search for it.hidden linkshidden linkshidden links When a new article is posted or a change made to a webpage, RSS keeps track of the changes and delivers them to you. RSS feeds are most often attached to text, images, podcasts and video, but they can be used with any document (word processing and spreadsheets) that has content that changes. If there are web pages you visit daily or regularly – let’s say you always read the front page of The New York Times and your best friend’s weblog – RSS eliminate the need to check for updates. Every time something changes on the page, it comes to you. RSS always shows the most-recent changes. One of the original uses for RSS is the ability to create a unique newspaper with new content waiting for you every morning. Beyond that, on the short list of things RSS can do is make it easy to search for and organize information about a particular topic, keep up with your kid’s homework, track packages, find cheap airfares or follow e-Bay auctions and sales. You can get your horoscope, search for jobs, read your favorite comics, get software updates, keep up with other people’s schedules and follow calendar listings for your favorite clubs and venues. You can see what others are saying about your favorite sports teams or keep up with what others are saying about your favorite (or least-favorite) celebrity. All without surfing through pop-up ads, slow downloads and poorly navigated sites. RSS saves time. It’s as simple as that. With Wordpress, RSS functions are automatically built into the page.  Having a feed available to your viewers makes the page more responsive to them and search engines.   This is on of many tools available to help bring more traffic to your site. -site- whyrss.com
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Quilts By Karen S Musgrave

I create art. I connect. I play. I share. Process and education are important for me. Creativity involves process and process involves change. For me, the energy that drives my creativity is process, rich with the unexpected. I have discovered how thirsty I am for exploration, to play with fabric, texture, color and message. So much of my work these last few years is not planned, but evolves. It is important for me that my work draws people in, creates understanding, and hopefully, change. I have been truly blessed by the path I have followed and the changes that have occurred not only in my work but in my life. I feel strongly at home in a place I cannot define, but I am so glad to be there. Total Advertising NetworkGenerate Targeted Website Traffic With The Worlds Newest Set And Forget Technology!
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Why We Love WordPress

For years, Joomla has been the web, industry standard for the Western Suburbs of Chicago.  With its deep archetecture and powerful functionality, Joomla has held off many of the most formidable Content Management Systems(CMS) to be promoted within this region. While we respect the programing and developing power that Joomla offers, we also believe in placing the power in the customers hand.  It is our belief that once you have purchased a website, you should be able to then easily update your content. Recently a series of reviews were made comparing Worpress and Joomla.  While both are powerful programs, we wanted to post an excerpt to show our customers why we choose to build in Wordpress. The original article can be found here here " To WordPress or not to WordPress WordPress is basically a very user friendly blog system but it can be used as a regular site which you can update without any knowledge of html (the same goes for Joomla). You can create pages and posts, and with plugins, you can add a lot of functionality included standard in Joomla, except that all code is web standard.  And because WordPress is web standard, Google really loves it.  So, from a marketing standpoint, WordPress is hard to resist. The interface is easy to understand, you won’t need a book for it, although buying a “WordPress for Dummies” - book will save you some time if you have no experience with blog management at all. Adapting the look requires some knowledge of CSS, the style sheet language. Like with Joomla, if you select a template close to what you want, adapting the colors, logo etc.. is not that complicated but if you do not want to get involved with CSS, and you would like to re-arrange navigation elements as well, you might consider hiring a web developer. Since WordPress has a logical structure, it is easy for a developer to change things around, place ad banners etc…Again, give preference to a specialized developer used to work with WordPress. It is setup very quickly and you can be listed in Google within 2 days.  I haven’t seen any other system doing that so far. A normal site takes up to 2 months to get listed in Google, so this is something to take into account.  Anybody can learn enough in 2 hours to create content with WordPress right away, including using categories and sub pages. WordPress can handle tons of visitors.  It will not break down easily." 2
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