How’s Your Site looking in Different Browsers?
Just the other day I was checking out my sites in different browsers. It’s something I occasionally do whenever I remember to. (rarely) I noticed a few of them, the site looks different in Internet Explorer and some of my banners were all distorted. I am a Firefox user and pretty much never use any other web browser, so my sites always look fine to me. But that’s not always the case for others who are viewing your site or blog through a different browser. Websites usually aren’t compatible with all of them out there, and may not be functional or shown correctly.
You could be turning a lot of your visitors off, losing money, and not even know it. I’ve now learned it’s a good idea to at least make sure your site looks good in Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Safari. Since they are usually the more popular web browsers. Do this everytime you launch a new site or make any big changes to it.
I did some digging and found a totally free service, BrowserShots that will allow you to perform a web browser compatibility test so you know what everyone is seeing no matter what web browser they use.
Your site may look a little different in each browser, which is totally normal. But if it looks really bad, then you probably have a problem in your coding and you should have a designer check it out for you asap.
How to Tell if a Backlink is Dofollow or Nofollow
When I first started getting into internet marketing, SEO and building backlinks, I had no idea if a link was dofollow or nofollow. I really didn’t know the difference between either one and just assumed every back-link was helping my site out.
I later learned that a Dofollow link means it allows the search engine spiders to follow the link and pass on some of it’s page rank (PR) to the following site. While a Nofollow link tells the search engine spider to not follow it and passes no pagerank to the following site.
If you are trying to build backlinks for your sites and blogs, then you want to be looking for dofollow links. But if you don’t want to pass on any page rank, link love or have the spiders follow a link to other sites, then make your outgoing links nofollow.
So how can you tell the difference?
I installed a handy Firefox Add-on about a year ago and I use it everyday. It allows me to instantly see the page rank, Alexa and Compete stats and much more. Plus it will highlight Nofollow links for you, very handy. You will be able to instantly see the stats and information on any website you are viewing.
Another toolbar I use and have it placed right next to the Firefox add-on is the Alexa toolbar. That way I can see a websites Alexa rating instantly and find out more information about a site with just a few clicks. Not only that, installing the Alexa toolbar yourself on your own computer will also help lower your Alexa rating for your own sites and blogs.
Both the Firefox Add-on and Alexa toolbar are FREE to download and install. Plus you can pretty much position them wherever you want them to be on your screen. I have mine right next to each other on the bottom right of my screen.
If you aren’t using these very helpful add-ons or toolbars already, you might want to give them a try. They save me a lot of time and let me see the stats and information on any site almost instantly.
