There are a lot of websites nowadays that provide a service to test the broadband speed. Some of those websites are better then others. One of the better sites is USwitch.com which provides a FREE broadband speed test…

How do broadband speed tests work

First of all it is required that you to stop your computer from running other tasks or downloading anything else. This is to make sure you will get the most accurate reading on the broadband speed test. Because if the computer is downloading a file already then your broadband connection won’t be able to use the full resources giving you an accurate reading.

Once you are totally certain that the computer is not performing any internet activity, it is time to start the speed test. Most services just ask you to simply click a button to start the test. At this moment a file will be downloaded and depending on how quickly this is downloaded this will determine the speed of your broadband connection.

Once completed the next step is to perform an upload speed test. This basically means how fast the connection can upload information from your computer. Just keep in mind that the upload speed is a lot slower than the download speed. The reason for this is that in most cases people download more then they upload.

So now we know how a speed test works let’s look at why we should be testing the speed of our broadband connection…

3 Reasons Why Everybody Should Do A Broadband Speed Test

1) A lot of broadband providers in the UK offer connections that never deliver the promised speed. Most people will have seen or read the “up to…” statements. Basically they advertise that they provide a broadband speed ‘up to 8 Mb or 12 Mb’, but most of the time the speed people get is only half or even less of that.

It is used by broadband providers to tempt new customers. But on the other hand it is for these companies also a way to avoid the awkward question of why most broadband connections rarely deliver the advertised speed.

In other words it is no good paying for a connection speed if you can’t get that where you live!

2) Before you decide on the package that you need or want to buy, think about what you need it for. If you are an occasional ‘surfer’ on the internet then a basic package will do. But if you like to stream for example BBC iPlayer over the internet you will require a faster connection speed, especially if you prefer to watch it in HD (high definition).

Or maybe you are a bit of film lover and love to stream movies live or even download films on a regular basis. Having a package that provides better speed (and unlimited downloads) is a must have. As I said make sure what your needs are and then research what the best deal is out there for those needs.

3) A speed test is also great for those who are unsure what connection speed they get. Or for those who feel their broadband speed is not what it should be.

Hopefully you have a better understanding now of the ‘what’ and ‘why’ of a broadband connection speed test. Maybe you are looking around for the best deals or what package you should be getting but are still left with further questions.

Go and visit one of the better sites like USwitch.com for a free broadband speed test find the best deal for your area and get the package that suits your needs today. Happy surfing…

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Tips for promoting dating sites

1. Guest Blog Posting. Try and get yourself accepted as a guest poster at some of the leading dating blogposts, you get powerful links and residual traffic that way. So dating blog you may want to contact includes Top Dating Websites.

2. Dating Forums. This is another effective way to build traffic and residual traffic. Contribute to online dating forums.
3. Blog Commenting. Contributing to a blog as a guest poster is not the only way to benefit from blogs, commenting ca be as effective as well as long as your comments are sensible and contain decent word count, I will say about 150 words will qualify as a good blog comment.

4. Social Media. You would think by now ever business on the net has a Facebook page, a staggering number of businesses don’t. If you dating site is one of the few businesses without Facebook page, you should establish one without delay. It will not just provide you with some traffic but it will also boost your SEO ranking.

5. Your Own Dating Blog. You should have aa blog attached to your dating site. Having the blog as a part of your site works better than having it hosted by third party such as WordPress or blogspot. You should just create a sub folder called /blog/ and install WordPress in it. Post articles that relates to your dating niche in the blog for example if you dating site is for single parents, post informative articles about single parents and dating there. Over all, it will improve your site ranking and potentially it could bring you new sign ups.

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Without a doubt, search engines are the number one source of traffic for any business online, social media such as Facebook are the second and web directories such as UK web directory Jimac come a poor third, in the not to distant past, web directories play a significant part in traffic generation for small websites, that is still the case but in a much reduced scale. However if you compare the cost of acquiring traffic from a web directory with the cost of acquisition from a search engine PPC or a social media, the cost of acquiring traffic from web directory is almost negligible, that is why web directories should be used as part of any websites marketing mix.

When continuing with the argument why web directories should be used as a major part of your marketing mix, you will find out that adding your site to a web directory is extremely much easier than setting up say a Google AdWords account or a Microsoft Bing PPC campaign using Microsoft AdCentre, with web directories, you just go to the submission page and suggest your site for listing. In the case of the particular directory used on Jimac, you need to drill down to the sub category you are looking to suggest you site to, say your site is a dating site, you need to go to relationships and dating, click on the suggest your site link and you are almost done.

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