Content

Ooh, that is sticky

Content makes your site sticky. Stickiness is a measure of how long a visitor stays at your site. The absolute worst thing that can happen is for your visitors to nose around for a minute and then head over to Yahoo! It's hard enough to get people to your site, you don't want to lose them because it is not interesting.

Don't let it get stale

If you want people to come back more than twice, you will have to spend a lot of time keeping your content fresh. Imagine this: a visitor is so impressed with your site that she tells several friends about it after her first visit. The next week she returns, only to find that there is nothing new to look at. That will probably be her last visit.

Content providers

The reason you go to Yahoo! regularly is because it always has something you want: directory, search, news, weather, stock quotes, sports, yellow pages, and maps.

There are content providers that will help you add these things to your site, and most for free.

• Free Newsfeeds - news
• EyeWire - stock photography, fonts, video, audio, clip art, and graphics
• Moreover - news
• AccuWeather.com - weather
• Meteorlogix - weather
• The Weather Channel - weather
• Weather Underground - weather
• WX.com - weather
• All the Web - search
• Content Providers - From DMOZ
• HotBot - search
• 7am.com - news
• Yahoo! - search, weather, news, maps
• Anaconda - ODP directory, search
• Atomz - search your site
• Host Board - discussion forum
• The Free Site - graphics, fonts, email, clip art, stock quotes
• Infopop - discussion forum
• vBulletin - discussion forum
• Digital Windmill - ODP directory
• POD - ODP Directory
• Gossamer Threads - Web-based email, link directory, database manager, and a file manager
• storesense.com - Online store and credit card acceptance

Help with Scripting

Add functionality to your site with the help of Hot Scripts.com. It has loads of scripts and a useful forum.