DIY NEW MEDIA: Creating a WWW Presence

3. SEO, Tracking, Marketing

Copyright/Copyleft
Record Keeping
  • Collect Your Statistics, aka 'stats tracking' – who’s coming to your site, from where?
  • Page titles/file organization
  • Keep track of your accounts, login/passwords, etc.
  • Accounting
Search Engine Optimization [SEO]:
  • Metatags: Keywords, descriptions put in the <head> of a page.
    • Why? This is what Google ‘searches’ use;
    • How? Try a free online metatag generator.
Making Money?
  • PayPal [no adult content], Cafepress
Marketing: Do You Need A Strategy?
  • The Buzz: New reviews, websites where you are mentioned, overall increased visibility
  • How you portray yourself visually affects the type of people that will contact you

1. Basics   2.Tags/HTML   3.Records/Details   4.Web 2.0   5.Multimedia