Drawing on the Web

There’s a lot of noise (oops, that’s say “discussion” and “rants”) in the internet marketing world right now. The recent ebooks “Adsense Is Dead” and “Adsense Is Alive” take the opposite ends of the spectrum in their premise. What’s behind it all? Google, home of the number one search engine, first made its money by [...]

Have you ever visited a website, but typed in the wrong url after the domain name? What did you see? Chances are you saw a generic page that said something like, “The page cannot be displayed,” or “Not Found,” or “The requested URL was not found on this server.” This is what is more commonly [...]

While there are ways to jumpstart your web site’s traffic flows, many web site owners don’t have the resources that others have to generate more visitors their sites. Well, you don’t have to spend a cent; all you need is the proper mindset and a lot of eagerness. You also must have the drive and [...]

Do I Need A Web Site? Should I create one? Web sites have become a necessity for almost every kind of business. Companies, businesses, and individuals need a web presence to show that they are “up to date.” Sometimes, the web sites are designed for e-commerce, the selling of goods via the web site. Other [...]

All my other blogs are running the blog software Serendipity, rather than WordPress, which Drawing on the Web uses. Both Serendipity and WordPress are free for use. WordPress is released under the GPL. Serendipity has its own custom license, which also allows free use and redistribution. As I started configuring and posting to Drawing on [...]

Why do we build a web site? Sometimes, we’re selling products on the web. Other times, selling products in brick-and-mortar stores. We may be providing a membership-based information source or a free information source. We might have advertising income or not. The web site may even be a hobby.

But, there is one crucial factor to all of these scenarios…