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What
types of payments do you accept? We accept
PayPal, E-Gold, IntGold and all major credit cards, checks,
e-checks and money orders. NOTE
- with an e-check or personal check payment, we will have to wait
until check clears to begin your project [usually 1-2 days].
We no
longer accept Stormpay for any of our services!
note:
Paypal™,
E-Gold™ and IntGold™ payments are accepted
for internet advertising only. For bands who rehearse at Spyder
Studios
locally, we accept;
checks, money
orders or cash.
I
don't have PayPal™, E-Gold™ or
IntGold™,
can I use my credit card? YES!, Even if you
do not have PayPal, E-Gold or IntGold,
you can still purchase from us with a major credit card. Use the
PayPal option [you do not need a PayPal account] you can still use
your credit card, and there is no fee. Credit cards accepted are
as follows; Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express.
Design Clients -
On orders of 300.00 or more, we will require confirmed payment
of
50% before
starting your project, if your purchase is design or script related.
I want to pay
with an e-check thru PayPal™,
is this ok? YES!, we
do except E-Checks thru PayPal, however - there is a time period
[usually 3 day] for your e-check to clear. We will contact you after
your purchase to let you know we received your e-check, then we will
send you the proper submit forms to submit your banner or website
URL information to us after your e-check has cleared. Many of our
customers have used e-checks before, feel free to use this payment
method if you prefer.
Does
my site’s design really
matter? Yes! Site design can be a determining factor
in whether your sell site
will make money
or not. I cannot stress this enough. Any successful website always
begins with a pro design, that's a fact! It's also extremely important
to make sure your website is SEO [search engine optimized]. Many
people don't even know what this means, but trust me - it's important.
That is, if you like people visiting your websites.
What’s
a design theme? A design
theme is a general feel and color scheme for any website, usually
there
may be certain main images
which appear on every page, sometimes in the header or logo, usually
the intro page, main site, banners and all adverts are the same design
and color theme.
How
can you make all these designs so inexpensive? We
can make a static banner in about 20 minutes for any customer
in
the highest
quality possible. We use these low priced banner orders of 14.95
and so on to keep our designers busy and to show our new customers
how
fast and professional our service really is. Sure - we are not getting
rich making banners and designs at these rates, but we do design
full time, and we are doing what we love, and we have had hundreds
of satisfied banner and design logo etc, clients who have come back
to us time and time again to build them an entire website, it all
works out in the end. Because of our low rates and fast professional
service we have been able to successfully remain in business for
over 10 years now. We are trying to fill the gap inbetween the ultra
high priced designers which nobody can afford, and the other option
- no design or poor design, which we consider totally unacceptable.
We are here to help bands get a great design, not to make bands
broke.
I
want something designed, but I dont see any examples of it
on your website,
what should I do? Contact customer service, we
can do almost any type of design or script work, and if we cannot,
we
will point you to somewhone who can! We have extensive experience
in website design, planning and creation, as well as script installation
and more.
How Web Design Can Affect Search Engine Rankings
By John Metzler
Uniquely built
web sites can create unique issues when being promoted on the
search engines.
From a basic 3 page brochure site to a corporate
site with hundreds of dynamically generated pages, every web site
needs to have certain design aspects in order to achieve the full
effects of an SEO campaign. Below are a few points to take into consideration
when building or updating your web site.
1. Size Matters. The size of a web
site can have a huge impact on search engine rankings. Search engines
love
content, so if you have
only a few pages to your site and your competitors have dozens, it's
difficult to see a top page ranking for your site. In some cases
it may be difficult to present several pages of information about
your business or products, so you may need to think about adding
frëe resources for visitors. It will help in broadening the
scope of your web site (which search engines like) as well as keep
visitors on your site longer, possibly resulting in more sales.
2. Graphics-Based Web Sites. While web sites that offer the visitor
a more esthetically-pleasing experience may seem like the best
choice for someone searching for your product, they are the most
difficult to optimize. Since search engine robots cannot read text
within graphics or animation, what they see may be just a small
amount of text. And if we learned anything from point #-1, small
amounts of content will not result in top rankings. If you really
must offer the visitor a graphics-heavy or Flash web site, consider
creating an html-based side of your site that is also available
to visitors. This site will be much easier to promote on the search
engines and your new found visitors will also have the option to
jump over to the nicer looking part of your site.
3. Dynamic Web Pages. If most of your web site is generated by a
large database (such as a large book dealer with inventory that
is changing by the minute) you may find that some of your pages
do not get indexed by major search engines. If you look at the
URL of these pages they can be extremely long and have characters
such as ?, #, &, %, or = along with huge amounts of seemingly
random numbers or letters. Since these pages are automatically
generated by the database as needed, the search engines have a
tough time keeping them up to date and relevant for search engine
users. One way to combat this problem is to offer a search engine
friendly site map listing all your static pages just to let them
know that you do have permanent content on your site. If search
engines see links going to and from these dynamic pages within
a good internal linking system, this may also lead to the pages
getting indexed. The link popularity of your site may carry more
weïght in this case as well, so if you can't offer as much
static content as your competition, make sure you have an aggressive
link campaign on the go.
4. Proper Use of Html. There is quite a bit of sub-par web design
software out there. Word processors usually have a way to create
html documents which can be easily uploaded to a site via ftp.
However, in many cases the code that the search engine robots see
is mostly lines and lines of font and position formatting, not
relevant content. The more efficiently written web sites usually
achieve higher rankings. Our choice for web design software is
Macromedia Dreamweaver, as it is an industry standard. It also
makes using CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) a breeze, which can drastically
cut down on the amount of text formatting in html code. Hand-coding
html to design sites is also a good method if you are proficient
enough. There are some no brainers too: Web sites with abnormal
amounts of hyperlinks, bold or italicized text, improper use of
heading, alt, or comment tags can also expect to see low rankings.
5. Choosing a Domain Name. The golden rule to web development of
any kind is to keep your visitors in mind above all else - even
search engine optimization. When choosing a domain name, one should
pick either your business name (if you have a high-profile business
name such as Chapters or Coca-Cola) or a brief description of your
products. Domain names can always help with search engine optimization,
since it is another area of your web site in which important keywords
can appear. Forget about long-winded domains such as www.number-one-best-books-on-earth.com.
No one will ever remember it and it will be hard to print on business
cards or in ads. If you need to change your domain name for any
reason you obviously don't want to losë existing rankings.
An easy way to do this, and one that is currently supported by
most search engines, is the 301 redirect. It allows you to keep
your existing rankings for your old domain name, while forwarding
visitors to your new web site instantly.
6. Using Frames. Don't use frames. Frames are a thing of the 90's
(and in the Internet world that is eons ago) and are not even supported
by some search engines. The search engines that are able to index
your site through frames will most likely frown upon them. Whatever
you are trying to accomplish by using frames can usually be done
with the help of PHP includes or CSS (Cascading Style Sheets).
Some browsers are not frames-compatible, so there is the danger
of some visitors not being able to see your site at all. Bookmarking
of individual pages within a frame becomes difficult without lengthly
scripts being written.
7. Update Your Information. Not only does information printed two
or three years ago reflect badly on your organization when it is
read by a visitor, it is also looked down upon by search engines.
Web sites that continuously update and grow their web sites usually
experience higher rankings than stagnant sites. When the trick
to SEO is offering visitors the most relevant information, you
can bet that the age of web pages is taken into consideration by
search engines. Consider creating a section of your site devoted
to news within your organization, or have a constantly updated
resources area. Many shortfalls of web sites can easily be attributed
to designers who just don't keep the user or search engines in
mind. Search engine algorithms are quickly improving to try and
list the most user-friendly sites higher, given that the content
and link popularity are there to back it up. So first and foremost,
know your target market and make your web site work for them before
focusing on search engine optimization. If you build it (properly),
they will come.
What
is copyright all about?
A Copyright
is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States
to authors of "original works of authorship," including
literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual
works.
This protection is
available to both published and unpublished works. Material not
protected by copyright (or otherwise protected) is available for
use by anyone, without the author's consent. On the other hand,
an author of a copyrighted work may prevent others from copying,
performing or otherwise using the work without the author's consent.
Copyright is a form
of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title
17, U.S. Code) to the authors of "original works of authorship," including
literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual
works.
This protection is
available to both published and unpublished works.
How much
new art is truly original? Author(s):
Michelle Kaminsky
A new song we're listening
to or a new book we're reading often reminds us of something we've
heard or read before. In the case of so-called "appropriated
art," our cases of déjà vu are right on. Appropriated
art is when an artist "borrows" another artist's copyrighted
work to create something new.
But, is this legal?
A federal district court in New York had to battle with this very
question. The source of the controversy was a work by feminist
artist Barbara Kruger. Kruger is famous for her collages that combine
photographs and words. The work in question is a cropped image
by the German photographer Thomas Hoepker. Hoepker's photo of his
friend Charlotte Dabney shows her holding a magnifying glass over
her right eye. Kruger added her signature red block lettering over
the image: "It's a small world but not if you have to clean
it." Hoepker's original photograph was entitled "Charlotte
As Seen By Thomas." The photograph had been published once
in 1960 in the German magazine "Foto Prisma." Kruger
created her untitled work in 1990.
She then sold it to
the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. The museum featured
it as part of a larger Kruger exhibit. The exhibit then showed
for three months at New York's WhitneyMuseum. In 2000, Hoepker
sued Kruger, her dealer, and the museums that had shown the work.
The basis for his claim was copyright infringement. Dabney joined
Hoepker in his suit and sued Kruger for violation of privacy. The
court dismissed both claims. However, the court also explained
both decisions. Under the law at the time, Hoepker's copyright
on the photograph was for 28 years. This meant the photo of Charlotte
fell into the public domain in 1988. Kruger's 1990 creation was
therefore lawful. Then, in 1994, Congress extended copyright protection
to foreign works that had come into the public domain. This law
offered 95 years of protection from the time of creation. Under
the revised 1994 law, Hoepker's photograph is copyrighted until
2055. This seems to move Kruger to the guilty side of the ledger.
Well, not quite. In the legislation, Congress anticipated those
like Kruger who had relied on the old public domain law. Kruger
was only subject to infringement actions if the copyright owner
(Hoepker) notified her that the protection is reinstated AND she
continued to use the copyrighted piece after one year. And Hoepker
never notified Kruger about his restored copyright. So, the court
ruled that he had no claim against her. Kruger's case is a well-known
example. The bulk of potential copyright infringements about images
and photographs probably occur on a more basic, everyday level.
Thanks to the internet
and image-manipulating software like Adobe Photoshop, the art of
appropriating has gotten much easier. Even major museums that want
to digitize their collections must consider copyright ownership
before reproducing images. To battle infringement, many museums
encrypt images. This allows users to view the images but not to
download them. Other common prevention measures include the use
of low-resolution images, the "burning" of contact and
copyright information directly onto the images, the use of watermarks,
and software that disables the right-click or fragments downloaded
images. With the passage of the Digital Millennium Act of 1998,
the net of potential copyright infringers has widened.
Now, you can sue the
infringing individual and the internet service provider if it fails
to immediately remove the offending material. The Kruger case involved
special copyright circumstances. However, there are some basic
things to keep in mind about copyrights: An original work is protected
for the life of the creator plus 50 years before it enters the
public domain. For older works, rules differ, so check to see what
law applies to the time of copyright. Copyright protection is automatic.
The advantage to registering a copyright is that you may be able
to sue for damages exceeding monetary loss. So don't treat unregistered
copyrights as part of the public domain. The test for copyright
infringement is "substantial similarity."
Basically, would another
viewer recognize the work as a partial or entire copy? This is
shaky ground, so don't rely on this for a defense. The fair use
doctrine allows borrowing another's copyrighted work "for
purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, scholarship
or research." But there is no magical percentage for acceptable
use. Keep in mind that using someone else's work for commercial
purposes tends to be unfavorably received in the courtroom
If you're thinking
about using someone else's copyrighted work, you might want to
protect yourself by consulting an intellectual property attorney.
Few artists (and no
judges) will accept the defense that "imitation is the sincerest
form of flattery."
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Legal Notes:
Spyder-Studios, Graphic Design by Spyder, Wicked Website Design or
any other related entity does not assume responsibility for content
of
your
or any
of your affiliates websites due to connection thru our banner or
traffic/link exchanges. WWD simply provides a means of advertising
and design services for thousands of websites and users, but in no
way assumes any responsibility for website content. Banners will
be screened for innapropriate content, so this should not be an issue.
WWD reserves the right to remove any banner or user from the system
[without refund] for any of the following reasons: Users website/banner
contains innapropriate content, to see what is deemed innapropriate
please read FAQ. - Users banner or website is not loading or has
been edited to contain innapropriate content after joining. - for
guaranteed hit's sales, we will just set your site to [waiting] so
you will not loose all your purchased hit's if your server goes down.
For banner clients - If your server goes down, your banner will show
as a dead image/alt link, if this is not corrected within a few days,
we will suspend your account. This can be avoided by not moving your
banner from its location on your server during your campaign. for
featured ad purchases, this will not be an issue, because we host
your banner/image, so it will show all the time, until the campaign
time limit has expired. All sales are final, if your website was
declined by surf-blaster or your banner was declined due to content
or any other reason, this does not obligate Traffic-Grabber to refund
all or any payment to any person[s]. Traffic-Grabber.com, Traffic-Grabber.net,
Surf-Blaster.com, Premium Promotion, Graphic Design by Spyder, Professional
Design, www.rodneydubbs.com, and all other related entities are part
of Traffic-Grabber Inc. all rights are reserved, and we own and retain
all rights related to content of our pages, all images, artwork,
flash and all other created and maintained by said entity. All images,
artwork, templates, flash etc. are property of Traffic-grabber Inc.,
and may not be copied, saved, downloaded, embelished, reproduced,
borrowed, leased or used for any purpose without strict consent of
Traffic-Grabber Inc. These images and articles in discussion are
related to and created by Traffic-Grabber Inc., this does not include
added material to site thru scripted links, banners or any other
member added content. We [meaning all related entities as stated
above] do not take any responsibility for any content which we did
not create, whether it shows on this wqebsite or elsewhere in our
network, any similarity is coincidental and we hold no liability
of said which may pertain to any image or other type of data used
within the realm of our services.
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Notes 2:
Custom Banner Creators, Graphic Design by Spyder,Wicked Website Design or any
other related entity does not assume responsibility for content of your or any
of your affiliates websites due to connection thru our banner or traffic/link
exchanges. CBC simply provides a means of advertising and design services for
thousands of websites and users, but in no way assumes any responsibility for
website content. Banners will be screened for innapropriate content, so this
should not be an issue. WWD reserves the right to remove any banner or user from
the system [without refund] for any of the following reasons: Users website/banner
contains innapropriate content, to see what is deemed innapropriate please read
FAQ. - Users banner or website is not loading or has been edited to contain innapropriate
content after joining. - for guaranteed hit's sales, we will just set your site
to [waiting] so you will not loose all your purchased hit's if your server goes
down. For banner clients - If your server goes down, your banner will show as
a dead image/alt link, if this is not corrected within a few days, we will suspend
your account. This can be avoided by not moving your banner from its location
on your server during your campaign. for featured ad purchases, this will not
be an issue, because we host your banner/image, so it will show all the time,
until the campaign time limit has expired. All sales are final, if your website
was declined by surf-blaster or your banner was declined due to content or any
other reason, this does not obligate Traffic-Grabber to refund all or any payment
to any person[s]. Traffic-Grabber.com, Traffic-Grabber.net, Surf-Blaster.com,
Premium Promotion, Graphic Design by Spyder, Professional Design, www.rodneydubbs.com,
and all other related entities are part of Traffic-Grabber Inc. all rights are
reserved, and we own and retain all rights related to content of our pages, all
images, artwork, flash and all other created and maintained by said entity. All
images, artwork, templates, flash etc. are property of Traffic-grabber Inc.,
and may not be copied, saved, downloaded, embelished, reproduced, borrowed, leased
or used for any purpose without strict consent of Traffic-Grabber Inc. These
images and articles in discussion are related to and created by Traffic-Grabber
Inc., this does not include added material to site thru scripted links, banners
or any other member added content. We [meaning all related entities as stated
above] do not take any responsibility for any content which we did not create,
whether it shows on this wqebsite or elsewhere in our network, any similarity
is coincidental and we hold no liability of said which may pertain to any image
or other type of data used within the realm of our services.
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