(ts) Articles » Google Chrome https://www.templatesold.com/articles Web Design / CMS Tips, Guides and more. Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:00:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Firefox, IE and Google Chrome Themes https://www.templatesold.com/articles/web-design/firefox-ie-and-google-chrome-themes/ https://www.templatesold.com/articles/web-design/firefox-ie-and-google-chrome-themes/#comments Sun, 17 Jul 2011 09:18:55 +0000 Anum http://www.templatesold.com/articles/?p=1523 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> You can now totally customize your web surfing experience, thanks to Brand Thunder. Brands can now reach their intended audience by using a medium, which they are using for hours every day. Using the internet is now a much easier thing to do, thanks to the custom themes that you can get.

You can obtain customized themes for use with all of the most popular platforms, such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. If you want to see what you can do with themes, you should check out some examples online.

Firefox

Miami Heat internet browser is a good example of a theme that you can use with Firefox. The browser has the initial appearance of an ordinary fan page. The Miami Head logo as well as all of the colors used for this theme. Everything, ranging from the tabs to the buttons, follows this theme. After further inspection of the theme, you will see how convenient it can be to use themes. You can easily access a range of links, ranging from team page to the twitter accounts of the team. There is also a quick link for purchasing tickets and using the fan made forums. If you are a Heat fan, you should definitely consider checking out this theme. It makes it easy for you to interact with your passion. This is a great example of how well a theme can build brand recognition for businesses.

Internet Explorer

If you are a fan of IGN, you can now access their official theme for Internet Explorer. The features, design and colors are all styled after the IGN home page. There is also a useful side bar that gives you easy access to new stories and also reviews.

IGN can now give users the experience of using their website, no matter what site they are actually looking at. Imagine what this could do for your brand. People could access the information that is on your site, without actually visiting it.

Google Chrome and Brand Thunder are working together as partners. The themes that they make are available on the Chrome e commerce website. A very popular theme that they have brought out is the CollegeHumor site’s theme.

When you first start up your browser, you will be greeted by the CollegeHumor logo. If you visit the CollegeHumor website on a regular basis, you will love this theme. You can access the latest news, articles and stories, which are posted on the website.

Each of the above mentioned browsers have a great number of themes, which are available by using Brand Thunder. They also have a theme builder on offer, which is called BT:Engage. It is easy to make your own customized themes using this tool. If you want to offer people a better way to interact with your website, without having to actually visit it, custom themes are the way to go. Every time a user surfs the web, they will have access to the core content on your site.

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]]> https://www.templatesold.com/articles/web-design/firefox-ie-and-google-chrome-themes/feed/ 0 Other SEO Metrics besides Google Page Rank https://www.templatesold.com/articles/web-design/other-seo-metrics-besides-google-page-rank/ https://www.templatesold.com/articles/web-design/other-seo-metrics-besides-google-page-rank/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:45:06 +0000 Anum http://www.templatesold.com/articles/?p=420 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> While Google’s Page Rank metric is used most often for search engine optimization ranking, in reality, it is not very clear or helpful.  It is supposed to be a way of measuring a web pages popularity, and degree of power when compared to other websites, but does it?  First of all, there is no decisive way of figuring out how and why, a web page is ranked as it is.  Additionally, it is assumed that a page rank of seven would mean that a website has a high ranking, but that isn’t always the way it is.  There are some exceptions, actually quite a few.
To begin with, the page rank data may not be current.   It can be up to 12 months old.  Popularity is based on when a web page was last ranked.  There is no decisive way of knowing exactly when that was.  Just because a website was at the top five months ago, does not mean that it is still a true reading. Furthermore, if a web page has a high rank it does not mean it is more valuable or domineering than one that is not ranked, or has a low page rank.
Due to lack of tangible evidence, search engine optimization experts are turning to other means of measuring the metrics of a web site’s effectiveness.

•    Social Media:


No matter what the page rank, there are those that believe, how popular a website is on social media, is indicative of how much people like your web site.
•    Back links:

The number of other websites that link back to your web page demonstrates popularity.
•    Domain Authority and Trust:

The amount of inbound links that point to a web page and the age of the domain are factors that determine how authoritative the domain is.  The trust associated with a domain name demonstrates the amount of trusted sites that lead to it.
•    Indexing:

If a web site is not indexed, this means Google is not aware that it exists, or that a website practiced inappropriately with search engine optimization.  If a web site is indexed it is important to see if in addition to the domain URL, that other pages are indexed, as well.  If they are, it is a good indication that a post on the web page will stay indexed.

•    MozRank:

Is the same as Google’s Page Rank.
The following tools are a great way of measuring effectiveness of a web pages search engine optimization.
•    SEOmoz Toolbar:


Is a free of charge tool bar extension that can be loaded onto Firefox or Google Chrome.  It offers many search engine optimization metrics for you to use.
•    Open Site Explorer:


Measures URL popularity as well as back links.
•    Majestic SEO:


Provides information regarding back link history, distribution of anchor text, back links, and referring domains, etc.
There are a lot more elements than page rank that decide the success of a website search engine optimization.  These other methods are more tangible and provide more in depth information.

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]]> https://www.templatesold.com/articles/web-design/other-seo-metrics-besides-google-page-rank/feed/ 0 Can Open Source Make You Money? https://www.templatesold.com/articles/webmaster-resources/can-open-source-make-you-money/ https://www.templatesold.com/articles/webmaster-resources/can-open-source-make-you-money/#comments Sat, 25 Jun 2011 12:29:52 +0000 Anum http://www.templatesold.com/articles/?p=187 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Open source has nurtured innovation in the web development community for a long time. It can reduce the cost of software, and help beginning designers and programmers to get some experience. Popular languages such as Rails, PHP and Python are open source. Many well known platforms that are built using these languages, such as Drupal and WordPress, are also open source. This is great because it allows people to access software for free, as well as contribute themselves.

Although open source platforms and languages are free, there is a lot of money being made from developers of services and products, which use open source software. This includes things such as premium themes and development frameworks, such as Ruby on Rails and jQuery.

Open source is symbiotic and allow the use of software that would not otherwise be in the market place. The commercial extensions of these sources create a self sustaining economy, while adding versatility and competitiveness. Open source software has two different sides. which are commercial and free. Each brings something unique to the table and people benefit from them both.

Open source: the commercial side

 

WordPress, Joomla and Drupal and three of the biggest open source CMS platforms available. They are each made using PHP, which is also open source. There are many other management systems out there, which are not as well known.

Out of the three platforms mentioned above, WordPress is probably the best known. It is open source and free, just like the others. However, if you would like to get more out of your usage, and you are willing to pay fees, you can upgrade to a premium service. Dupal is also open source and free, but there are premium services available. By selling these products companies can be competitive and earn money through open source platforms.

Developers can create plugins and modules for use with open source platforms, like the above mentioned Drupal, WordPress and also Joomla. These give greater functionality beyond the scope of the basic packages, and give users a more versatile experience.

Trying to make money through open source development has its pros and cons. Companies are able to release extensions for existing platforms, utilizing forums to make their work usable by thousands, or even more, people. However, unless you have a team of marketers that know what they are doing, it can be difficult for your work to reach the masses. Small time developers are constantly trying to make their work known so that they can actually make some money.

Following is a list of software market places where you can pick up some modules and extensions that are available.

Chrome web store

 

This site has themes, apps and extensions available for use with the open source browser, Google Chrome.

Android Market

 

This site has thousands of free and paid apps, which are all on offer through the open source mobile platform, Andriod.

WP Plugins

 

WP Plugins is a software market place that distributes WordPress plugins. They have premium plugins which can extend the features of WordPress, such as e-commerce plugins.

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