It just came as a thought to me today, how much value do we get out of a website? Or how much impact does a website have on business?

First, we have to understand the preferences of the Visitors. In my readings, we always have a liking on quick loading of pages, appealing home pages, and a clear information on the company conveyed by the website. Somehow, experts say we only have 10 seconds to load up a page or else the visitor shall disengage. It's because the home page is the showcase, and the one that retains the most impression on a first time visit. With this as a fact, the home page should have a brief description of the company and the offerings, clear enough that the interests of the visitor is captured quickly.

It is good to understand and be conscious as well on the internet speeds available to the visitor. As technological capabilities improve, if it is capable of loading up graphics and better designs to entice an egagement, then this shall be a guide on how the website should be created. The features and the formats for the website can't be without a clear understanding of these factors.

Knowing the technical and preferences of the visitor leads us to a detailed design of the website that allows quick and easy transfer of information to the visitor. If we can express what we wish to say within their attention span, and easily imparting the messages and distinct elements into a well planned broadcast, then the engagement should be half way to completion.

Once engagement and interest has been established, Navigation is now essential. A good navigation plan is a further step towards the fulfillment of the visitor to be totally impressed. There is no point to an aesthetically and techincally awesome site when visitors can't get to the right pages that provide the best satisfaction. It is somehow a rule to put them within a few clicks of the information that matters to them.

The most important success factor, is how concise and effective the content and information is communicated. Here we make sure we established credibility. Ensure everytime a visit is made, that security and confidence is preserved and is at par with expectations. The more relevant it is to the visitor, the higher will the engagement be which leads to a good value for money experience.

In general, to provide best impact on your business, the website should be well planned. Focus on the visitor and what the expectation is. Develop the website always within the technical bounds of what is available to them. Make sure they get what they want and that you alone can provide it.

I'm observing the people here in our community clubhouse, all with their tabs and laptaps; and I only can conclude that they are surfing the net as I do.

A couple by the corner near the main entrance chats and smiles peering into the tab on top of the table. It seems they're checking out a good site or perhaps is watching a good video. A lady at the table by my left side has an ear phone and is speaking by herself intensely looking at her laptap screen, with a facial expression that of someone engaged in a serious conversation. As I am writing now, they seem not to notice me.

I wonder whether the internet captures these realities in our lives as we share and communicate with other netizens. It is quite amazing that the emotions are expressed through the connection already available through this technology. It doesn't only allows us to be with people so far from us, but also connects us in the same space and time. Everything to be as it happens, when we like it.

A lad, maybe about 16 years old now, has just sat across the hall and plays a loud Gotye song. Sets a mini speaker and slightly moves his head to the beat and the refrain. Music has evolved to video and many kinds of format, creating for us numerous ways to enjoy.

The capability to connect transformed the way are entertained. It provided us a new way of living. The internet made us all converge in one place, creating an avenue of people, events, and shared creations. And just by looking at these people now, I know they are with me in this cyber world.

I noticed last Sunday how much time my kids spend on the internet. To my surprise, I watched them wake up and turn to their laptaps until before noon. They eat their lunch then there they are again!

In the internet with all kinds of information, harmful and entertaining as they are, seems to catch my kids attention. I saw youtube videos being watched from pop music to crazy personal videos from some deranged person or otherwise worse kind! I asked my boy why he watches those videos and who introduce it for him to click on, and he said he just was attracted at the number of views done on it.

It made me think that popularity is not good always. And I know from his answer that he was merely trying to surf and was attracted to it, without any kind of discerning sign on the quality of the experience. It made me think further, how can I secure his internet experience or perhaps direct him at least on his searches?

So I best thought maybe I need to have some good idea on how they are doing in their internet experience. I am not into restrictive ways when it comes to educating my kids, so I am planning to do the following:

1) Ask them on his favorite sites and try to get his reasons in liking them. This maybe will provide me a glimpse of what is going on in his head.

2) Instruct them on how to discern good stuff and bad ones. In my case, if I get nervous on what I see and experience, then I know that is not for me. I believe these kids are not as different as we are, so I would have to instill this basic sign of when to avoid a site or not.

3) Never allow them to give any information of where they are, neither through the social sites or even on the phone. Best security will always be Anonymity.

And lastly to totally eradicate my fear that they get harm is 4) to make sure that they clearly know what is right and wrong in real life.

That no matter how anonymous you are or the netizen you are interacting with, the morality in cyberspace should be the same in real life. Do unto others what you want others to do unto you (of course without exposing yourself too much, than what they have revealed to you). Right? Fair is only fair when you are comfortable about it. :-)

We usually see a 404 error message if we wrongly typed an address. I sometimes don't mind the error message and simply re-type the address of the site i wish to go.

These 404 message is not just an ordinary prompt when we couldn't find our destination. In fact, this 404 message error means that you located the server but the exact resource location is not available at the time of your visit. It shouldn't be confused with the server not found message, which is explicitly saying that the location or site is truly non-existent. This type means you couldn't connect to the server you requested.

The 404 not found message and the similar ones are actually recognisable standard response codes. The first digit the number 4 indicates a wrong address or a URL. The next digits number 0 and 4 indicates the specific error encountered. Various numeric codes are followed with readable language such as "not found" in this case. Several codes like 204 - No Content, 301 - Moved Permanently, 401 - Unauthorized and many other Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) response status codes, is part of a world wide web standard.

All these are parts of the world wide web protocol, that is being followed by users of HTTP/1.1. This platform allows building of independent systems separate from data being transferred. It is actually set up to manage objects, links, and sub-links to organise multiple systems in the world wide web. When your browser sends a request, the server response by any status it is design to do like display content or files and other resource available to the requesting browser.

So whenever you see some HTTP response code, it tells you a specific problem in the server, the browser, and the non-existence of the site you are looking for. It's not just someone's funny idea to confuse us further in our searches, but actually a good guide if we understand the coded messages.