IT Newsletters Fall 2010

• Contest - Help us improve and you could win
  
• Five Windows Tips
  
• New Google patent: How to judge the value of a link
  
• Higher Ranking in the Search Engines with Website Link Tactics
  
• SCORE WORKSHOPS - Internet Marketing
  
• Annual Computer Tune Up for Individuals
  
• A New Look for your Web Site - Special
  
• Links to our other websites
  

Let us know what you think about our services and/or our store at 3 High St. in Lebanon. Give us your comments, suggestions for improvement, praises or complaints by filling out our comment form and submit it on-line.

We value your opinions and will do our best to accommodate your suggestions. To show our appreciation for your participation, we will randomly select three winners from the submitted forms. The prizes will be:

• 2 hours of computer services & virus protection (value of $200) or a $75.00 gift certificate from a restaurant of your choice.
• $45.00 gift certificate from a restaurant of your choice.
• $25.00 gift certificate from a restaurant of your choice.
Go to Feedback Form to complete our survey and become eligible to win. Thank you in advance and we are looking forward to receiving your feedback.

 • Show Some Hospitality
If you ever plan on letting anyone else use your computer, create a guest account for them. That way they won't have to deal with your cluttered desktop, and you won't have to worry about them changing something they shouldn't. In Windows 7, right-click Computer, and select Local User and Groups, and then Users to enable guest access.  • See Your IP Address with ipconfig /all
When you're setting up a home network, playing LAN games, or troubleshooting a faulty Internet connection, you often need to know information like your local IP address, local gateway, and DNS servers. These can all be found in Windows' networking properties, but the power-user way to scope out your network stats is to open a command prompt and enter the following command: ipconfig /all.  • Use CMD and Explorer.exe Together
You probably already know that you can open a command prompt from the explorer in Windows 7 and Vista by holding shift and right-clicking, but did you know you can also do the reverse? To open an explorer menu at your current location in the command prompt, simply enter the following command (including the period): start.  • Access the Resource Monitor
You've probably used the Windows Task Manager, but did you know that there's a more advanced version available in Windows Vista and 7 called the Resource Monitor? To access a ton of extra information about your CPU, RAM, disk, and network usage, click the Resource Monitor button in the Task Manager's Performance tab.  • Enable Check Boxes
Holding the CTRL key lets you select multiple files in a folder window, but you can also use check boxes to make selecting multiple files a one-hand task in Windows Vista and 7. To enable check boxes, launch Folder Options from the Tools menu of any Explorer window. Go to the View tab and check the "Use check boxes to select items" setting.

Google has been granted a new patent with the name "Determining quality of linked documents" some days ago. The patent might give us further insight on how Google judges the influence of a link on the search engine positions of a web page.

What is the patent about? Here's the official abstract:
"A ranking component ranks documents, such as web pages or web sites, to obtain a ranking score that defines a quality judgment of the document. The ranking score of a particular document is based on the ranking score of the documents which link to it and based on affiliation among the documents."

According to the patent description, Google could rank the backlinks to a web page differently based on the relation of the pages to each other. READ MORE

Would you like a cost-effective way to boost your search engine ranking without the expense of Pay-per-Click or other costly Search Engine Optimization?

Website Link Tactics enables you to achieve this without having to add to or edit your current web site because everything is done off-site. We all know how tough it can be to get links to your website. With Website Link Tactics you can get keyword-based text links to your website. This will help boost your position within search engines over your competitors.

We set up pages and paragraphs with text relative to your business on many sites around the internet. These paragraphs have your keywords in them with links back to your website.

Visit www.WebsiteLinkTactics.com for more information or contact us.

A few months ago, the Office of Upper Valley SCORE contacted us to conduct the Introduction and Advance Internet Marketing Workshop. We accepted the invitation and worked with Gary Horsman from Marketing at WSI Global Reach and Sean Bossie from iGrOOps, LLC to develop the material for the workshop. We invite all of you to register and attend this event.

 • An Introduction to Internet Marketing
When: Thu Oct 14, 2010 from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Where: Citizens Bank Building, Room 316, Lebanon, NH 03766
This workshop covers the process and steps of creating a successful website and the associated internet marketing for your business. Included are: research, planning, design, content creation, going live, getting visitors, maintenance and content creation planning, and finally steps to take to be found by search engines. (More Info)

 • Advance Internet Marketing
When: Thu Oct 21, 2010 from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Where: Citizens Bank Building, Room 316, Lebanon, NH 03766
Building on concepts developed in introduction to Internet Marketing, this workshop will cover online advertising, linking from other websites, Pay-per-Click (PPC) and the power of Social Media. It will also cover concepts related to article marketing and e-mail marketing. (More Info)

We car owners take our car(s) for service multiple times a year. Our car is a very important part of everyday life, and for many people, computers are getting to be just as important. We want to keep up with computer maintenance so we have a smooth running computer.

When you bring your computer in to be repaired, it can be costly. We are introducing a "Computer Service Package". This package is for individuals. With this package, we will clean the machine for Virus, Spyware, Trojans, and other unwanted items on your machine and install a protection program that works. Normally this would start at $200.00. You pay only $150.00 with this package. Just mention our Fall 2010 Newsletter.

Contact us if you would like us to update your virus protection or clean-up any existing virus or problems with your PC or Mac.

Time for a new look to your web site? Keeping your web site up-to-date with new images and text is crucial in today's world. You can either update your existing site or re-design your site with an entirely new look. You may contact us to discuss the best solution. Act now and receive a 20% discount off the design rate - offer good until December 15, 2010.

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