CaribMedia ta informabo - what's going on this month.
Welcome to the CaribMedia newsletter! We plan to maintain it
regularly with information that will keep you informed about new
trends, projects, opportunities, as well as important tips and stats.
We welcome your feedback at any time!
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Recently completed work for these new
CaribMedia clients:
New websites / redesigns were completed for:
Currently we have several projects soon to be completed. Read more
about this in our next issue.
In the spotlight
El Gaucho has a very
popular site, and a very popular restaurant. From the outside the
website looks like any other Aruban Restaurant site, but the gift certificate ordering system
is one of a kind. It is fully automated, and accepts regular secure
credit card payments. Any amount can be filled in on the form! It will
be instantly available through a secure web page, that can be printed,
and given as a special gift. So, if you're late for someone's birthday,
here's an excellent idea...
If you are interested in having online payments for your website,
please contact our sales department.
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Web Security Guide
Google tells us about what happened in the spam world last year:
In November 2008 a large source of the world's spam, the McColo
network, was taken offline. Prior to that, spam levels had been holding
relatively constant. But when McColo went offline, we saw spam drop by
70% compared with previous levels. However, spammers are recovering
with vigor.
read more
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Facts and Figures
Statistics of your website can show you how much your effort of putting
your products and news online is paying off. If you don't have google analytics
yet, let us help you install it on your site. And while you're at it,
you can have us do some SEO, which can help your Google and other
search engine positions rise. If your site is costing money, not making
money, you're doing something wrong!
You may have noticed: tourism is on the decline. If you're in the
tourism business, now is the time to invest in your marketing and
online presence. The pond is getting smaller, the competition fierce,
and the tourist will make up his mind while browsing the web on which
apartment, hotel, restaurant or shop to visit. Make sure they find you
and feel invited by your website.
If you have newsworthy articles about your (tourism) business, feel
free to send us pictures and text, and we will be happy to give you
some extra exposure on the news section of visitaruba.com. This is a free service for all clients of VisitAruba.com.
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Did
you know?
How to market your business online
- Start with an excellent website. This means showing products,
prices, FAQ, contact us, an address. Also have some interactive
features for people to return, like a gallery or a forum.
- Make sure to regularly update your site with news. Place it on a news page, and send it to us for inclusion on VisitAruba.com news (a free service). Make sure to use keywords and phrases for search engines. If you have a CMS (e.g. WordPress or ContentXL), it costs you nothing but a little time, you can update the site yourself.
- Place ads on VisitAruba.com. VisitAruba.com is a high traffic website, targeted at tourists.
- Get some other websites to link to yours, the more the better, but
beware of scams, such as many 'internet directories', which sometimes
even send fake bills. The best links are exchange links, usually for free, as long as the other site has comparable traffic and is on topic.
Contact
us for more information!
New on VisitAruba
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Aruba Newsbits
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A Tourist's Experience
Due to booking congestion we had two stays at Paradera
with a couple of days in one of the high rise hotels...
read the rest of the trip report
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Meet
our team
Hello everybody, my name is Jessica Curie and I'm a member
of the technical team here at CaribMedia. This is my story in a nutshell.
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