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GIMP is what i found most effective for all banner, logo and header works.

Photoshop is complicated and suits artworks more

thanks TopDogger

and yes i agree with you too on the above point and moreover

@ anna2020 - the name should be something that makes you comfortable to work along as your own brand because...

by reverse SEO what i understood is that the sites are not optimized for SE's but for readers and because of more member-base automatically site gets more potential in SERP

at least that's what i...

well as from a graphic designer's point of view i am just mentioning certain things that will make your visitor think of staying on your site

1) The idea of only text as banner with that...

yeah we both are right that way :)

- Loading time is good.
- Graphics are average in my opinion and not eye-catching like some other gaming sites.
- The two nav-bars doesn't fit in quite well with the rest of the site in size.
-...

1) name should be unique (not copyrighted and preferably not used anywhere)
2) name should sound catchy and attractive (kind of rings a bell when we hear it)
3) name must suit your niche
4) if...

as per indian nomenclature the three most popular & common surnames are

singh
sharma
verma

^^

maybe he wanted to show how irritating the use of wrong colors can go in the field of graphic designing

orkut has more userbase than facebook in india but majority is of students who have made it a chit-chat network

facebook has lesser but sincere userbase than orkut so better option for driving...

one can definitely learn and master the use of pen tool in a sohrt duration (i did in 30 minutes practice after a 2 hour lecture on the subject)

but from the point of view of an artist one can be...

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bot permissions - this will set up the permissions for SE bots and spiders and if they can see the content of your forum then it will be indexed in search engine

guest...

yes nearly always i listen to my fav. songs while working because it keeps out of disturbance and tension of other things :)

using other location then your target place is not a big drawback but using a CCTLD that is different from your target country would deal you bigger damage in search engine ranking.

so go for...

"highly informative simple content focused on the topic and with healthy keywords"

i agree with corey on this point

i don't do much of freelancing but usually for the first project i get from clients it's like just a 20-30 minutes work so i don't mind doing it for free (it...