Improving Search Rank by Optimizing TTFB

Now a days, everyone is in a great hurry and no one waits for turtles. Studies have shown that the search ranking are affected by how fast the web page loads. The simple logic behind this is “ A website which takes too much time to load provide poor user experience, today's user would quickly shift to next search result and you will end up loosing one“. The big search engine giant, Google search uses large number of parameters for determining search rankings which are mostly related to the content on your website, URL , social metrics, quality, quantity, SSL certificates, etc. In 2010, Google added one more factor in search ranking which is websites speed. TTFB (Time To First Byte) provides a clear way to determine how fast/slow there web page loads. Hence, here I'm focusing on improving website search engine ranking by applying various techniques to optimize TTF

Developing Web Applications

Building applications for the Internet is a complex and fast-moving field which utilizes a variety of continually evolving technologies. Whether your perspective is from the client or server side, there are many languages to master - X(HTML), JavaScript, PHP, XML and CSS to name but a few. These languages have to work together cleanly, logically and in harmony with the systems they run on, and be compatible with any browsers with which they interact. Developing Web Applications presents script writing and good programming practice but also allows students to see how the individual technolog

Using Firefly Tools to Enhance Archive Web Pages

Astronomy web developers are looking for fast and powerful HTML 5/AJAX tools to enhance their web archives. We are exploring ways to make this easier for the developer. How could you have a full FITS visualizer or a Web 2.0 table that supports paging, sorting, and filtering in your web page in 10 minutes? Can it be done without even installing any software or maintaining a server? Firefly is a powerful, configurable system for building web-based user interfaces to access astronomy science archives. It has been in production for the past three years. Recently, we have made some of the advanced components available through very simple JavaScript calls. This allows a web developer, without any significant knowledge of Firefly, to have FITS visualizers, advanced table display, and spectrum plots on their web pages with minimal learning curve. Because we use cross-site JSONP, installing a server is not necessary. Web sites that use these tools can be created in minutes. Firefly was created in IRSA, the NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive (http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu). We are using Firefly to serve many projects including Spitzer, Planck, WISE, PTF, LSST and others

Bloomer : a magazine promoting sustainable fashion

"Seasons” in the fashion world have little to do with temperature. Fashion’s increasingly rapid turnover is meant to boost producers’ profits and respond to consumers’ desire for novelty. On the down side, “fast fashion” comes with grave environmental and social costs. Bloomer is a magazine and an online platform that aims to slow down the conversation around fashion, and offer a platform for reflection and appreciation. In a throwaway culture, what does it mean when someone rebels by keeping and cherishing a garment for years? What makes people value some garments more than others? Is it the labor value in its creation, or sentimental value gained through lived experience, or the status value in its brand identity? The aura of a garment is a complex intersection of market forces, cultural ideals, and metaphysical subtleties. Rather than scolding or guilting people into adopting more sustainable wardrobes, Bloomer takes a positive approach to sustainability by featuring glamorous Austinites wearing their own clothes, sharing their stories of sustainable consumption, and promoting local thrift shops and sources of high-quality “slow fashion.” The first issue of Bloomer features a series of photos documenting how a variety of people practice sustainable fashion. Using the visual and written language of advertising and fashion, is it possible to cultivate an appreciation for the garments we already own, and for sustainable wardrobe practices? The goal of Bloomer as a magazine about sustainable fashion is to show pictures and tell stories of people who have unique and meaningful relationships with their clothes, and encourage the rest of us to ask ourselves “What is my relationship with my clothes?”Desig

On-line design firm - Designsharing.com: Non-profit collaborative design community web site

One of the most amazing inventions in the history of humankind is the internet. Nowadays, the internet environment is changing so fast that it is almost impossible to keep up with advancing technologies. It also is growing so quickly, that its use is spreading to involve almost all aspects of human life, from online banking to job searches to finding directions to researching material for children\u27s school projects. Without the internet, many people would feel totally impotent, unable to function for a single day. The burgeoning role of the internet, in turn, has resulted in almost unlimited growth in the possibilities of website design. Moreover, virtually anyone with access to the internet, minimal resources and perfunctory knowledge of how it works can design a website. The range of web \u27designers\u27 extends from the layperson creating a website to feature family photos to professional web designers creating multi-page electronic markets. The results of these designs are evident for everyone to see... with a simple click, one person almost immediately can view what someone else has designed, but not necessarily how. Nonetheless, by placing your work online, you are sharing your own amateur or professional design with an endless number of people you do not even know. Designsharing.com is a web resource to which experienced designers can go to share web design ideas and practices; and a place where inexperienced designers can go to get ideas for how to start. In this thesis, I will discuss the workings of Designsharing.com and how this site may become an important player in the worldwide web design theatre. By researching the site, anyone can extract concrete ideas about new design processes in the cyber design environment. This can reduce both the time required for and costs of designing a new site or modifying and upgrading an existing one. This new design process also has an educational function for inexperienced designers. Designers can share design concepts, including design trends, new ways to present information and design issues specific to a given country. A wide variety of designers can become registered members of Designsharing.com where they further may become involved in real design projects. Moreover, this system can serve as a real job market for those interested in futuristic cyber-space design. Designsharing.com enhances communication between inexperienced and professional designers, a process which is mutually beneficial. For example, under most circumstances, new designers have had relatively limited exposure to E-marketplaces, so that their ideas, though fresh, are vulnerable to inefficiency and ineffectiveness. On the contrary, as years go by, most professional designers become stereotyped. They may have tremendous experience in their field, but their ideas may have become stale and out-of-date. To prevent this, they need to maintain steady exposure to fresh ideas from the outside. As a result, this cyber design space has the potential to become a lively design community. Many less skilled designers create design projects without researching design trends or the newest advances. Designsharing.com will feature a section on new technology and design trends, called Design News. All members may share in this information and even respond to it or make suggestions of their own. Even guests will have access to some of this information. Design committee members are entrusted by Designsharing.com to decide on the validity of proposed projects via on-line conferences and voting with public members in each design process phase. This process is a good strategy for determining the quality and suitability of new design concepts. Clients also have an opportunity to let their finished ideas be reviewed by the Designsharing.com membership community. Their new sites can be displayed in a simulated cyber market, in advance of their launching into the real market. Although this design community site is a non-profit business, each design project brings with it our member\u27s valuable ideas, skills and resources. One crucial issue in web design has been the lack of protection for images, pictures and trademarked material, an issue that has soured some developers from entering into the Web or expanding their Web presence. Security and copyright issues become a most important factor in a new online design firm. Designsharing.com will research copyrights of tangible ideas with various experts in each country. If Designsharing.com can determine how to distribute profits fairly to all members, this unique design process will be a valuable challenge to influence the current design process. Thus, Designsharing.com is not only a design community, but also the first cyber design institute in the world. Because the web site design process is not only an issue for designers, everyone can be a member of this community site, without restrictions. This community is totally open to everyone, because purchasing is one of the design activities. You can join this design community freely and share your ideas with anyone

The Broadband Difference

Presents findings from a survey conducted in January and February 2002. Examines how online Americans' behavior and level of satisfaction with the Internet changes with high speed Internet connections at home

Constant Training: New Normal or Missed Opportunity?

This report was based on an online survey fielded in July of 31 newsrooms nationwide ranging in staff size from 20 to 150. Overall, roughly two-thirds of the journalists surveyed they have received training in the past 12 months. The leading category of training was social media. A full 88 percent of the journalists surveyed said they are able to absorb more training. The most desired form of training? Social media, followed by digital tools and video skills. The percentage of journalists reporting training in the past 12 months varied greatly from newsroom to newsroom. In one, only 17 percent of the journalists said they'd had training in the past year; in two others, it was 100 percent

The NEBLINE, May 2003

Contents: Grasshoppers Thrive in Drought Conditions Grasshopper Identification Reducing Energy Bills for Irrigation 2003 Pesticide Container Recycling Dates Latest U.S. Drought Monitor Map Buffalograss - The Other Green Grass Careful Spraying is a Key to Preventing Foliage Damage Squirrels Cause Spring Frustration Weather & Climate Information on the Web Weed Control Essential for New Seedlings How to Fill Up, Not Out! (Part 2) Healthy Eating: Enjoy Nebraska Foods Fitness For You! Web Resources of the Month Lines from Lynn Household Hints: Storing Garments   Family Community Education (FCE) Council Meeting Sizzling Summer Sampler When Times are Tough: In the Aftermath of War Easy Ways to Have Fun with Your Child This Summer Respect Recognizing Hazardous Trees 2003 Perennial Plant of the Year Garden Guide Ant Identification: Why is it so Important? Termite Control Workshop May 22 Clopyralid and Compost Products Registered in Nebraska Containing Clopyralid Discover 4-H Theme Night at Saltdogs June 20 2003 Lancaster County Fair How to Exhibit at the County Fair Quality Assurance Training Livestock Affidavits Lamb Tagging Pre-District Horse Show June 7 Wanted - 4-H Livestock Judgers FCS Judging Contest Replaced with Life Challenge Event Premier Animal Science Events (PASE) Coming Soon Two Sewing Seminars Scheduled Sara Morton Lancaster 4-H’ers Win Medals at District Speech Contest Clover College Spotlight on a Neighborhood: Clinton Lancaster Event Center Receives Donation From Dorothy Wiechert Memorial Fund Credit Users Should Avoid Scams Arlene Hanna Receives Continuing Service Award The Nebraska LEAD Program (LEADERSHIP EDUCATION/ACTION DEVELOPMENT) Are you a candidate? New Biking Bound Camp June 9-12 - The Ultimate Experience for Youth! Junior Leader Weekend at Eastern Nebraska 4-H Center, June 20-22 Virtual Camp Blends Learning, Fun and Technology 4-H Camps Are Filling Fast! Ag Awareness Festival Teaches Youth Importance of Agriculture Extension Calenda

Spartan Daily, March 17, 2004

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Users' trust in information resources in the Web environment: a status report

This study has three aims; to provide an overview of the ways in which trust is either assessed or asserted in relation to the use and provision of resources in the Web environment for research and learning; to assess what solutions might be worth further investigation and whether establishing ways to assert trust in academic information resources could assist the development of information literacy; to help increase understanding of how perceptions of trust influence the behaviour of information users