Web Site Development and Promotion

Web Site Development and Promotion

Development

Setting Up a Web Site - Article by the "Webmaster" of Darkness to Light Web site.

Bobby - "a web-based public service offered by CAST that analyzes web pages for their accessibility to people with disabilities as well as their compatibility with various browsers."

Builders - Loads of information for Web site developers. By C|net.com.

Christ Links - "Resources to help Christian Webmasters to develop, improve and market their sites."

Digital Producer Magazine - "The premier resource for information on Digital Video, Animation, Effects, Design, Imaging and Technology."

Lighthouse on the Web - "steers you towards good Web design. It aims to throw light on the structure and aesthetics of Web sites, on ways to help and delight your Internet visitors. It points to the best-presented sites on the Web."

Verio Web Hosting Services- is the Web host for this Web site. I have tried several Web hosts, and Verio has proved to be by far the most reliable. I highly recommend it!

Web Design Resource - "Here you will find HTML tutorials, JavaScript tutorials, and many other web design resources for your web site. Also, you will find free graphics, CGI information, and other resources."

Web Site Garage - "Tune up your Web site for free!" Plus more detailed for fee services.

Promotion

AddMe - "Submit your page to 34 popular sites for free, using one form!"

All In One Christian Submit All - "submit your site to 100+ Christian indices." Also, submit to Christian searchers. Along with Site See Submission Service, I used the links on this site when Darkness to Light moved to its its own domain in July 1998.

Award-It! - "the one-stop award registration service. Submit the completed form below to have your website reviewed by all of Award-It!'s participating members. We can't guarantee your website will qualify for an award, but you'll never know unless you try. This is a free sevice."

comp.infosystems.www.announce Works (FAQ) - Information on this moderated Newsgroup which is used to announce new World-Wide Web resources and sites.

HIS-Net Christian Banner eXchange - "CBX promotes your web site across other Christian web sites for FREE. Your banner is displayed once for every two times your web site displays another CBX member site's banner. Each web site advertises each other for FREE. The best thing, is that all web sites are pre-screened to make sure that they are Christian-owned!"

Jesus Banner Exchange - This Christian Exchange provides free advertising to those having a Christian website in accordance with our agreement. By choosing a banner exchange that specializes in Christian websites, you increase the effectiveness of your banner because it is appearing before a Christian audience.

Pittsburgh Online-Now - "Mini-Directory Add a Link OnLineNow!"

Promotion 101 - "Web Site Marketing and Promotion Info Center - Free Articles, Resources, Tools, and Links to Help You Promote Your Site."

RankThis! - "a free online tool to help you determine your 'ranking on different keyword sets in 10 of the major search engines.... Just in case your site isn't in the top 200, we've included a guide to improving your rankings and a discussion group to post questions and share advice."

RSACi - "Recreational Software Advisory Council on the Internet - The RSACi rating system is an open, objective, content-based rating system designed to provide a blocking capability through the web browser. The RSACi rating categories of Sex, Nudity, Language and Violence are based upon specific definitions that guide the rater through a checklist of possible content levels."

SafeSurf - "The Original Internet Rating System."

Search Engine Watch - "Most visitors to Search Engine Watch fall into one of two groups. There are webmasters, web marketers and others involved with creating and promoting web sites. Then there are search engine users, everyone from researchers, librarians and general web surfers who want to know how to find things better using search engines."

Site See Submission Service - "will effectively promote your site using the Keywords and Categories you specify to over 370 Search Engines, Directories, News and Link Listings and the list is growing. Site See Submission Service charges a fraction of what the competition charges: $9.95."

I used this service when Darkness to Light moved to its own domain in July 1998. Since it primarily submits to secular searchers, I also used All In One Christian Submit All.

Submit It! - "Announce your Web site to your choice of more than 400 search engines and directories. Prices: •$60 for 2 URLs. •$125 for 5 URLs. •$200 for 10 URLs. •$300 for 20 URLs." Or "Free: Announce your Web site to about twenty search engines and directories."

TrafficMagnet - Automatically submit any URL to more than 300,000 search engines and directories worldwide, ensuring online visibility and accessibility in order to drive traffic your site. Within a few weeks after this writer submitted Darkness to Light to TrafficMagnet the traffic to this site increased noticeably.