Tuesday, November 21, 2006
100 Million to One
Now that there are more than 100 million Websites on the Internet, how do you get search engines to find yours?
What if you have more than one website that you manage? Wouldn't is be efficient if there were just one process to help streamline the task of having the major search engines find the most current information on the websites you manage?
Google has such a process and Yahoo! and Microsoft have agreed to support it. It's called Sitemaps. Google's Webmaster Help Center provides an introduction to Sitemaps and links to other webmaster tools.
The process is fairly simple:
To learn more access Search Giants Find Common Ground for Webmasters from NewsFactor.com.
NOTE: Approximately 85% of all searches are processed through Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft search engines.
What if you have more than one website that you manage? Wouldn't is be efficient if there were just one process to help streamline the task of having the major search engines find the most current information on the websites you manage?
Google has such a process and Yahoo! and Microsoft have agreed to support it. It's called Sitemaps. Google's Webmaster Help Center provides an introduction to Sitemaps and links to other webmaster tools.
The process is fairly simple:
- create an XML file
- place it on your Web server
To learn more access Search Giants Find Common Ground for Webmasters from NewsFactor.com.
NOTE: Approximately 85% of all searches are processed through Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft search engines.
// posted by Gene Babon @ Tuesday, November 21, 2006 
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Boston Market -- November
Monster.com released its Employment Index for October and reported a three-month upward trend in job postings indicating "continued strong demand for IT professionals across the country". The Index including design professionals also participated in the three-month upward trend.
While this report confirms a strong job market for technology workers, not all technology workers are valued the same. For example, a new free salary service from CareerBuilder.com called CBSalary.com provides an insight into pay scales for workers with Internet and database skills. Check out the following average salaries in the greater Boston area:
What about the demand for these skills? Once again a similar trend emerges.
Listed below are several skills typically associated with Web Design [ along with the number of jobs listed for that skill at BostonWorks.com ]:
Listed below are several programming skills that are more typically associated with Web Development:
In addition, here are a few skills typically associated with Database Administration:
The demand trends and the compensation trends track each other as follows:
While this report confirms a strong job market for technology workers, not all technology workers are valued the same. For example, a new free salary service from CareerBuilder.com called CBSalary.com provides an insight into pay scales for workers with Internet and database skills. Check out the following average salaries in the greater Boston area:
- Web Designer | $40,000
- Graphic Artist / Designer | $43,000
- Senior Web Designer | $55,500
- Web Programmer | $63,250
- Web Developer | $63,250
- Webmaster | $63,250
- Database Administrator (DBA) | $80,000
What about the demand for these skills? Once again a similar trend emerges.
Listed below are several skills typically associated with Web Design [ along with the number of jobs listed for that skill at BostonWorks.com ]:
Listed below are several programming skills that are more typically associated with Web Development:
In addition, here are a few skills typically associated with Database Administration:
The demand trends and the compensation trends track each other as follows:
- Web Designer [ lower demand → lower pay ]
- Web Developer [ moderate demand → moderate pay ]
- Database Administrator [ higher demand → higher pay ]
// posted by Gene Babon @ Thursday, November 02, 2006
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from early October]