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Now after Google has stated that a web pages load time could affect its ranking in the near future, webmasters have been sent scrambling to optimize their Wordpress loading time. While there are a large number of things a webmaster can do and a number of Wordpress plugins that can be installed, it can seem overwhelming at first. Take a look at these simple designing best practices and four fast-acting Wordpress plugins that will give you an immediate reduction in your web pages load time.

Are you ready to establish a firm presence on the web? Whether you're planning to launch an online store or a service-related website, things are both simpler and more complex than they were in years past, and you'll need to take this into account as your site moves toward live status.

HTML5 has gotten the green light. XHTML2 is officially dead in the water and HTML4 needed to be improved upon. There is a number of differences between HTML4 and HTML5, most notably addition of 26 new elements. Fortunately, XHTML fans will have little problem adjusting to HTML5. Many XHTML users have been able to update their sites within a mater of 5 – 10 minutes. HTML5 has been designed to be extremely backwards compatible and goes a long way in fixing some of the “sloppy” coding that could be done with HTML4. It has handed over some of the responsibility to CSS while strengthening itself internally. It no longer matters if we want XHTML2 to become the “big dog” because HTML5 is already here and ready to be implemented today.

No matter how superb you believe the writing skills that you have developed to be, when you write for an online audience, you need to be prepared to make some adjustments. The online audience is a bit different than traditional audience of a written piece of material. As a website visitor, you can likely understand the reaction of a reader when they encounter an article or other informational piece online – it has to really catch your eye (quickly) in order to draw you in long enough to read it.

Web designers have battled for years about the benefits and drawbacks of using both fixed and fluid website designs. Unfortunately, this battle doesn't look to be ending any time soon. Both design strategies have their own strengths and weakness which make each them the best choice for different designers. It has almost become as controversial as, “what came first the chicken or the egg?” Here is your opportunity to finally decide for yourself.

Negative keywords have been proven to be an effective tool in your AdWords arsenal, However, if you do not choose them carefully and according to the correct match types, then you can end up doing much more harm than good. Only by understanding the relationship between your negative keywords and their match types can you effectively increase your ROI. You can do this by zeroing in on your target audience which will increase your clickthroughs and decrease your cost-per-conversion.

As webmasters start to look forward to 2010, website speed stands out as a primary focus. Google has hinted that website speed may become part of the algorithm that ultimately decides your fate in the search engine world. Users are also growing more impatient as the internet and speed are becoming synonymous. Fortunately, both Google and Yahoo have great tools that have been designed to help webmasters optimize their website for speed while maintaining a content rich website. These tools are based off a set of predetermined best practices that every webmaster needs to be aware of and follow.