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