On Feb 1, 2010, Google officially announced the discontinued support of Google Apps for older browsers.

Google sent an email to all Google App users:

Dear Google Apps admin,

In order to continue to improve our products and deliver more sophisticated features and performance, we are harnessing some of the latest improvements in web browser technology.  This includes faster JavaScript processing and new standards like HTML5.  As a result, over the course of 2010, we will be phasing out support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 as well as other older browsers that are not supported by their own manufacturers.

We plan to begin phasing out support of these older browsers on the Google Docs suite and the Google Sites editor on March 1, 2010.  After that point, certain functionality within these applications may have higher latency and may not work correctly in these older browsers. Later in 2010, we will start to phase out support for these browsers for Google Mail and Google Calendar.

Google Apps will continue to support Internet Explorer 7.0 and above, Firefox 3.0 and above, Google Chrome 4.0 and above, and Safari 3.0 and above.

Starting this week, users on these older browsers will see a message in Google Docs and the Google Sites editor explaining this change and asking them to upgrade their browser.  We will also alert you again closer to March 1 to remind you of this change.

In 2009, the Google Apps team delivered more than 100 improvements to enhance your product experience.  We are aiming to beat that in 2010 and continue to deliver the best and most innovative collaboration products for businesses.

Thank you for your continued support!

Sincerely,

The Google Apps team

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Keep in mind, Google Apps will continue to support Internet Explorer 7.0 and above, Firefox 3.0 and above, Google Chrome 4.0 and above, and Safari 3.0 and above. Although this may affect many users and corporations dependent upon older browsers, the innovation of new technology only calls for updates. We can view this as a great step forward for the virtual world.

With millions of publishers now, Google Adsense’s banning techniques are mostly automated, banning a vast majority of users that may or may not have broken their rules.

Of course there are alternate publisher programs that offer similar services to Adsense, but they are either hard gain entry (high limitations) or they do not provide the same CPM rates as Adsense. The only way to reinstate your Google Adsense Account is by contacting Google Adsense directly.

Before doing anything, visit and review their Online Appeal Form.

This will give you an idea of what types of information they will be asking you for.

There are a few steps when Applying to be Reinstated.

1. Learn from your mistakes. Whether you have done something to aggrevate the Google Banning system or not, Google expects you to understand why your account is banned and that you have learned from the mistake. (You may have no clue why you were banned. In this case, it is best to read their Terms and Conditions.) Try to explain that you are willing to comply 100% to the Terms and Conditions and such an incident will not occur again.

2. Provide Proof. It is best to back up all of your statements with as much proof as possible. For example, if you were banned for using Google Adsense with another ad publisher that Google does not allow, explain that you are not using any ad publishers and would like to focus all of your visitors towards Google Adsense.

3. Overall Points. In a broad perspective, make your appeal polite and honest. Fill out as much information as you can. Try to provide some information about your traffic. (Example: Targeting certain users through Search Engine)

4. Follow up and reply. Giving up mean loosing all potential chances of being appealed. If you do not receive a reply, you cannot wait Google Adsense to one day send you that “Welcome Back” email. You must send Google another appeal. This is not the same as spamming them. If you do not receive a reply in 2-4 days, try sending another one that is written differently (your revenue is at stake).

By following these pointers, your Google Adsense Account has a very high percent chance of being Appealled.

Hope the best of luck!

DailyWebDev.com

How To Make A Website

This guide is designed to (in a user friendly way) teach new webmasters how to create a website. The world of website creation is limitless. If you you want to make your own website you’ve come to the right place. Making a website isn’t extremely difficult and it’s certainly not as expensive to make a website as people would lead you to believe.

Creating a website involves a few simple steps outlined below. By following all these steps you will be able to bring your first website online. Features include:

• Your own @yoursite.com email
• Search Engine Submission
• Premium (No Ads) Web Hosting
• Your own Domain Name
• Your own store
• A shopping cart for your store
• And many other features can easily be added on once you have started!

Step 1 - Register A Domain Name

A domain name is the first step. Before registering a domain name, you must think of one that will fit your topic/subject matter. You a domain name that is relevant to your website content and be easy to remember. Once you’ve decided on an pursuing a website idea you must register a domain name.

Domain prices have come down in price recently and can be found for as little as $1.95 with a reputable domain registrar. Some companies run upwards of $35 per year and there is no difference the quality of the domain. The only difference you’ll find is a few of the free benefits from certain registrars. (Private Domain Name registration, email accounts, and other addons)

There are many domain name registars out there. We recommend TopGrabs.com because they provide quality domain name features with a low price. They are now holding their $.195 Cheap Domain Name Sale! With TopGrabs.com you will receive a free website starter page, online photo sharing, blog software, email forwarding accounts among a few other things for only $1.95 per year. 

WWW.

.com .net .org .biz .info .us .mobi .tv .ws .cc .name .jp .be .co.uk .me.uk .org.uk .cn .com.cn .org.cn .net.cn .tw .com.tw .org.tw .idv.tw .jobs .eu .fm .ms .nu .tc .vg

Step 2 - Choose How You’re Going To Build Your Website

There are a lot of different options when it comes to making a website. Do you hire a web designer or do you build it from scratch or do you use an online website builder?

All options have their pros and cons. If you have HTML or other web coding knowledge, building it from scratch would be best. If you have no experience and are looking for a professional upstart, a web designer would be best (they are expensive). If you are looking to just try out some features and not worry about costs, using an online website builder would be ideal (topgrabs.com gives you one for free when you register a domain from them).

Using an online website builder is easy and inexpesive. The only problem is that you lose some flexibility in regards to the site.

If you’re wanting to make a website from scratch or use a website template you will need experience in web coding.  Web coding will give you the flexibility to do pretty much anything you’d like to do (add on any features you like; proper experience is required).

Lastly is a web designer, it’s going to cost you more but you’re free of all of the knowledge to get a professional website online. No matter which path you take, you must have a web hosting provider.

Step 3 - Find A Web Hosting Company

Once you decide how you plan to create your website you will need to find a company that serves as your web host. This company provides the space on their servers to publish your website online.

There’s no reason to pay a lot for web hosting.  There are companies out there taking advantage of people’s lack of knowledge about web hosting and charging $20 and $25 per month for very basic hosting that offers no help (web building tools) for beginners.

When looking for a web hosting company you want to pay attention to the following:

1. Price (for a beginner, only look at plans from $3.00-9.00)
2. Space (range from 3gb-10gb would be ideal)
3. Features (mysql, cpanel, fantastico are all useful features to look for)
4. Support (A hosting provider with 24/7 phone support can be trusted because you know they are an established business.)

You can find options for as little as $3.99 per month and offer more space & features that you’ll ever need. We trust TopGrabs.com because they are an established website selling webhosting and domain names for many years now. They also offer affordable web hosting and 24 hour support. Their hosting plans provide you with a free domain name as well.

Making Money Online

Ultimately I’m assuming the purpose is to make money online and eventually be able to work from home. Earning money is not a one day thing. It takes months or even years to establish a well known website.  Everything you earn, especially at the beginning is going to be earned through hard work.

Using ads is a great way to boost revenue. Google Adsense provides a secure, easy to use, interface that can earn you your first couple of bucks to get you started.

If you are not looking to make money, there are also several other routes you can take to optimize your content. Forums, blogs, and other interactive features are great for drawing users and making them come back.

The web is a treasure chest of information. You must dig your way through it and find what you are looking for. Dailywebdev will be updated with more tips on money making and website creation. Stay updated!

Adsense has recently announced (through email) that they are removing their Adsense Referals program. We will update this post with more recent new.

More info on their adsense blog: http://adsense.blogspot.com/

Here is the email we received.

Hello,

Thank you for participating in the AdSense Referrals program.
We’re writing to let you know that we will be retiring the AdSense
Referrals program during the last week of August. We appreciate
your patience during this transition and here are some alternative
options to consider:

* Google Affiliate Network: As part of the integration of
DoubleClick, the DoubleClick Performics Affiliate Network will now
operate as the Google Affiliate Network for advertisers targeting
users located in the United States. Similar to the AdSense
Referrals program, the Google Affiliate Network enables publishers
to apply for advertiser programs and get paid based on
advertiser-defined actions instead of clicks or impressions. For
further details, please visit:
www.google.com/ads/affiliatenetwork.
* AdSense for content ads: If you have less than three AdSense
for content ad units on a page, you may wish to replace the
referral ad units with standard AFC ad units.

If you currently use referral ads, either to promote Google
products or offerings from AdWords advertisers, AdSense Referrals
code will no longer display ads beginning the last week of August.
We encourage you to take the following steps before the product is
retired:

* Remove the referral code from your site(s): Please take a
moment to remove all referral code from your sites before the last
week of August, so you can continue to effectively monetize your
ad space.
* Run and save all referrals reports on your desktop: Create
and save all reports related to the referrals program on your
desktop, so you continue to have access to your valuable campaign
information

Why is this happening?
We’re constantly looking for ways to improve AdSense by developing
and supporting features which drive the best monetization results
for our publishers. Sometimes, this requires retiring existing
features so we can focus our efforts on the ones that will be most
effective in the long term.  For this reason, we will be retiring
the AdSense Referrals program. If you have any additional
questions, please visit our Help Center:
http://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/topic.py?topic=14882

Sincerely.

The Google AdSense Team

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Search Engine Optimization can be a long hard process of generating links, creating a nice page, and get listed in search engines. These tips should help you understand the concepts and the ideas on SEO better.

1. Exchange. Exchange links, articles, etc. with other related websites. I recommend exchanging articles because it is the most effective way to allow a search engine spider to “realize” your website. Article exchanges are similar to link exchanges, except two websites will create their own articles, but link to each other within the article. As the search engine spider reads the article, it will be sure to note your page. The links are good quality because they are surrounded by content.

2.  Article Submitting. Submitting your article to any notable publisher or ezine will give your links a boost. The article may stay active for a few years which will surely help your SEO.

3.  Site Mapping. A map of your site is like a road map to a search engine crawler. It lays out the entire website and lets it scan each one with significant importance. Your site map should link to every page on your website and should be linked to by every page on your website.

4. Link Titles. Add a title to your link that is relevant to your targeted keyword. It gives search engine spiders a better idea of your website before even arriving to it. This may also help your incoming traffic gain a better feel for where a specific link may be taking them.

5. Use Different Anchor Text. Anchor text helps your website build its keywords, but building the exact same keyword phrase is not a good idea. It gives the search engine spiders a sense that your links are automated and repetative. It is helpful to scramble and ad other keywords to your anchor text.  You can even use your domain name as an anchor text. (Ex. Daily web development, Webmaster Development, Search Engine Websites, etc.)

6. Layered Links. If your website is armed with links going to all different pages, it gives search engine spiders a feeling that your website is filled with rich content. Versus, if all your inbound links point towards your homepage, it seems like your website is very shallow and empty.

7. Multiple Directories. Use as many directories as you can to gain traffic. Many users think they must target Google.com for all their traffic. This is not true. Many users from other countries use so many different directories. Getting a substantial listing in them will drive your traffic globally. (Try UK and Canadian Directories)

8. Use of text. The way your web pages are built influence your SEO hugely. Find your targeted keywords and add them to your website pages. Bold and italics should also be used on them to emphasize that they are of importance and relavence. Be sure to only do this once or twice every page.

9. Website Order. Many webmasters have their pages ordered in a very SEO unfriendly way. Try your best to revise your pages so that your links and keywords show up before anythng else. Then followed by images etc. Your partners and affiliates should be shown last because you want the search engine spiders to view your targeted keywords first. (They do put more weight on items they see first in your source code)

10. Domain Name Usage. Using more then one domain name may come to an advantage. You can create a nice link exchange with your own site as well as target two different topics. This allows each page to focus on one topic more which will help you do better in your SEO. When searching in search engines, a web page will only be shown once or twice. Having more then one domain name can ensure that you claim a better spot on rankings.

These tips are ways you can enhance your website SEO in a costless and effective way.