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Web Design & Development 
by C O'Malley & Associates LLC
Powerful Web Design - JUST RIGHT!
1-517-548-3437
Merry Christmas from O'Malley Web Design! December 2009 Newsletter |
12 Last Minute Web Gifts to Give this Christmas
Sign up, sign a card.. easy, fast Christmas gifts from the comfort of your desk chair. Most also make great business to business gifts as well.
1. Web Hosting - Give a year of web hosting for a song. 24/7 Phone support, 99% guaranteed uptime, and more.
2. Website Gift Certificate for anything that can be put on a website. If you know someone that needs a website, or a feature their website should have - why not get them started.
3. A domain name...the good ones are going fast - better snap it up now or it may be gone.
4 A certified Domain Name - Visitors will come back again and again knowing a site is legitimate and backed by a Certified Domain.
5. A wedding or personal website Gift Certificate. Surprise a new Bride with her very own wedding gallery online. Surprise a friend with a small business website. The possibilities are endless.
6. A Hot n' Ready - superfast custom website 48 hours, 3 pages, a year of hosting for free. Gift Certificates also available.
7. Business Registration - for just $8.98/yr. it's one of the most affordable advertising investments you can give.
8. A Secure Certificate - If a Web site doesn't have an SSL Certificate, visitors may leave before making a purchase, creating an account or even sign up for a newsletter. But you can change all that with an SSL added to any website. Great gift for anyone with a current website!
9. Know someone that complains their website isn't being found? Get them Search Engine Visibility and hear complaining no more. Increase customers. Get a site listed on major search engines. Includes a Contact Manager (CRM) too.
10. Logo Gift Certificate - Give the gift of a brand new logo!
11. Fax Thru Email Account - Giving a fax machine is expensive - but giving a Fax through email account is more convenient and affordable.
12. Domain Alert - Hoping to snatch up a domain someone else has? This service will constantly monitor everything about a domain and will get yours the instant it's available. You'll be a hero when the recipient gets that long desired domain name!
We can update any existing website, or build you a new one. Our rates are reasonable and we work fast and accurately. Give us a call today at 517-548-3437.
This newsletter brings you interesting tips about the web, web design, search engines and more! We try and include something for everyone. We're hoping that you'll think of us when your web site needs redesign or updating, and recommend us to friends and colleagues. We do Maintenance on existing websites too.
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Make your Christmas photos look great!
Don't forget to backup your home computer AND website. Carbonite offers easy, automated backup of any kind of files. Once you tell it what to back up, you don't have to do anything - it's automatic.
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Ok, it's a little early, but you should never wait until the last minute and before long it will be time to start searching...meanwhile why not a break from hectic Christmas shopping for some .....Unusual Scholarships:
Scholarship for Left-Handed Students
The only scholarship for left-handed students is the Frederick and Mary F. Beckley Scholarship of up to $1,000.
Little People of America Scholarship
by Little People of America (LPA) association
Tall Clubs International (TCI) Scholarship
Tall Clubs International (TCI) offers a $1,000 scholarship for tall people|
Duck Brand Duct Tape Stuck at Prom Contest
The Duck Brand Duct Tape Stuck on Prom Contest is open to students age 14 years or older who are attending a high school prom in the spring.
National Make It Yourself with Wool Competition
The National Make It Yourself with Wool (NMIYWW) competition awards $2,000 and $1,000 scholarships for knitting wool garments.
J.D. Salinger Award
The J.D. Salinger Award at Ursinus College is intended to recognize and support "oddball geniuses" in the field of creative writing.
Zolp Scholarships
The Zolp Scholarship is restricted to students at Loyola University in Chicago who are Catholic and whose last name is Zolp.
Patrick Kerr Skateboard Scholarship
The Patrick Kerr Skateboard Scholarship awards one $5,000 and three $1,000 scholarships to skateboarders who are high school seniors with a GPA of 2.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale.
US Bowling Congress Scholarships
US Bowling Congress sponsors several scholarships for bowlers.
National Marbles Tournament Scholarships
The annual National Marbles Tournament awards $5,000 in scholarships to mibsters (marble shooters) aged 8 to 14.
American Welding Society Scholarships
The American Welding Society Foundation offers several scholarships, fellowships and loans for students enrolled in a welding-related educational or training program.
Mycological Society of America
The Mycological Society of America offers several graduate fellowships for students who are studying mycology (spores, mold and fungus).
TAPPI Scholarships
TAPPI awards several scholarships relating to the pulp and papermaking industries.
Eileen J. Garrett Scholarship
The Eileen J. Garrett Scholarship is restricted to students attending an accredited college or university who are studying the science of parapsychology.
Klingon Language Institute Scholarship
The Kor Memorial Scholarship is awarded by the Klingon Language Institute. Familiarity with Klingon or other constructed languages is not required, but creativity is preferred.
Starfleet Academy Scholarship
The Starfleet Academy Scholarship offers several $500 scholarships for active members of the Starfleet Academy.
Illustrators of the Future Contest
The Illustrators of the Future Contest is open to artists from all nations.
Chick and Sophie Major Memorial Duck Calling Contest
The Chick and Sophie Major Memorial Duck Calling Contest awards a $1,500 scholarship to the winner.
American Society for Enology and Viticulture
The American Society for Enology and Viticulture awards several scholarships to students studying grapes or winemaking.
Students for Organ Donation Youth Leadership Award
The Students for Organ Donation Youth Leadership Award is available to full-time high school or undergraduate college students.
Tupperware Home Parties Scholarship
Tupperware offers a scholarship to independent Tupperware dealers, managers, franchised distributors and their dependent children.
Coven of the Sacred Waters
The Coven of the Sacred Waters offers two scholarships for Pagan and Wicca students.
Hood College's Grandma Scholarship
Hood College offers a heritage scholarship in which selected incoming freshmen pay the same first-year tuition as their alumnus parent or grandparent.
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We are a small web design company based in Howell, Michigan for over 11 years. We provide web design and development services for small businesses and non-profits everywhere.
Our rates are reasonable because we use open source software in tandem with a choice of reliable, economical hosting providers and we give a generous 20% discount to qualified 401(c)(3) non-profits.
Our custom designed websites are standards compliant and use modern design methods to give you the best search engine advantage.
We offer free online worksheets and information to help you make the best decisions when building your web site.
We offer FREE phone estimates and would love to talk with you about your anticipated web project. We'll build you a website that's JUST RIGHT ---Cindy |
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- Prioritize. Put your most important information first. Remember the top half of your page will get the most attention.
- Use active verbs. They raise the energy level of your web page.
- Use white space effectively.
- Use .PDF's for easy & quick content uploads
- Convert PDF's to editable text for faster viewing and to edit into HTML
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Why compliant code is mportant for your website...
Most web pages are rendered using HTML. As with any language there are rules/standards that should be followed. When the rules aren't followed, bad things happen! Browsers crash, search engines hate you, the site does weird things...standards change all the time, and over time are replaced with new standards. If your website is a couple of years old, it's probably no longer compliant and needs a facelift! So what are the costs of non-compliant code?
- Lost sales. If the page doesn't work, the visitor moves on
- Lost visitors. Pages take too long to load, visitors move on.
- Good code is more efficient so more visitors can be on your site at the same time.
- Search engines do not index non-compliant pages because the spider can't read it.
- Too many resources to maintain - old code uses more bandwidth so your hosting may go over it's limit.
- Rebuilds are more expensive - basically the site news a new engine - not just some spit and polish!
- You start seeing strange errors, or pages that used to load fine no longer work.
- The design "breaks"...with new, wider monitors, things can spread out too much or overlap.
- It's not accessible - not a problem for most of us, but if you're sight impaired and need a screen reader it matters.
We specialize in creating spider-friendly HTML code. We are familiar with the standards between HTML, XHTML, XML, and the proper use of CSS, PHP, Javascript and other languages. Sites built only 2 years ago were often done using "tables". If it was built using Front Page or Word that's even worse - the code is so bloated with extra useless stuff the search engines will never find what they need to index you (not to mention sleepy load times). We'll make you compliant...give us a call. |
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I've been having fun checking out some cool Flash sites this week...and thought I'd share. Some are really fun and game like! If you like Flash, we build Flash interactive websites as well..keep watching, I have a really awesome one planned for next year!
www.watarigraphic.com - nice music
http://www.cheeseandburger.com/ - makes me hungry!!!
http://www.jimcarrey.com/ - strange but fun, yes THE Jim Carrey |
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Don't forget - even if you don't need a website yourself, you can refer a friend! Earn up to $100 cash for each referral that becomes a new customer. Register your referral here
It doesn't matter where you or your friend is located, we can work with clients wherever they are - by email, phone and fax. We are in Michigan, and have satisfied customers worldwide. We accept cash, check, Paypal and most credit cards. Visit our website at http://omalleywebdesign.com. |
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