Recommended Tasks
Learn
about Search Engines
Register your URL with the main Search Engines (free)
Infoseek
AltaVista
WebCrawler
Excite
Lycos
Yahoo
Obtain
your own Domain Name
(Costs a little, but makes it easier for the user to remember your page)
Update frequently or on an established schedule
(Fresh information keeps the user returning to your page)
Reduce number of colors to 256
(More colors are flashy if the user has the corret monitor, otherwise the page is illegible)
Connect to your database
(A database can make your page dynamic rather than static)
Keep each page's total size under 50 K
(A 14.4 modem takes 30 seconds to download a 50K page)
Code for a viewing area of 640X480 pixels
(Horizontal scrolling is irritating to all)
Promote constantly
(Your URL should be seen by everyone)
Test on different browsers
(All browsers misbehave in a different manner)
Request user input
(If you do not know the user's interest, your page will fail)
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