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How can you improve your website with Google Analytics?

Anyone who operates a website uses different strate­gies to attract visitors—through ad­ver­tis­ing, backlinks, or engaging content. Google Analytics helps determine whether these measures are effective by tracking user behavior and pre­sent­ing the results in clear reports. But what…

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What is log analysis and what does it reveal about your visitors?

How many pages do users visit while on your website, and which link or search query brought them there? Answers to these questions can be found not only in tools like Google Analytics but also in the log files that your web server au­to­mat­i­cal­ly creates. This guide outlines the…

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What are the best Skype al­ter­na­tives for free video calls?

Video chats and con­fer­ences have become in­dis­pens­able in both personal and pro­fes­sion­al daily life for many people. While Skype was once con­sid­ered a pioneer of digital com­mu­ni­ca­tion, numerous modern al­ter­na­tives have now taken the stage. Many of these tools offer not only stable…

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What are the best website traffic checkers? An overview

A website traffic checker quickly provides an overview of how many visitors a website attracts and how they get there. This is crucial for answering questions like: How suc­cess­ful is a site? Is a col­lab­o­ra­tion worth­while? Es­pe­cial­ly in the context of com­pet­i­tive analysis, a…

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What’s the best split app for managing expenses and sharing bills?

Whether splitting the bill at a restau­rant, managing a shared household budget, or tracking expenses on vacation with friends, bill splitting apps help you share costs, calculate expenses, manage bills, and settle debts. These apps can sig­nif­i­cant­ly ease financial co­op­er­a­tion.…

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What is a thumbnail? Small images with great power

Thumb­nails help users get an overview of web content such as photos or videos and select what might interest them. Thumbnail images are therefore teasers in a com­pressed image format. Website operators use these miniature images to capture attention and generate clicks. But what…

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What are the top Zoom al­ter­na­tives for video con­fer­enc­ing?

Al­ter­na­tives to the well-known Zoom platform now offer equally con­ve­nient solutions for modern video con­fer­enc­ing. Many of these tools already stand out with extensive features in their free versions. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, providers have steadily expanded…

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Which are the best Discord bots for your server?

Discord bots are available for a wide range of use cases and needs. They range from practical sta­tis­tics tools and virtual pets to music bots, trans­la­tors, and mod­er­a­tion helpers. We’ve put together a list of the best Discord bots for your channel to help improve or­ga­ni­za­tion,…

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Facebook account hacked? How to get your account back

Rising cy­ber­crime is also becoming in­creas­ing­ly evident on social networks. Platforms like Facebook are deeply in­te­grat­ed into both personal and pro­fes­sion­al life, making them at­trac­tive targets due to the large amount of personal data they contain. Learn what to do if your…

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Instagram hacked? Here’s what to do

As social networks grow, so does the risk of hacking. With so many private photos shared, Instagram hacked cases are in­creas­ing­ly common – often because attackers try to blackmail account owners. This guide shows you how to recover an Instagram account that’s been hacked and how…

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Online marketing

The IONOS Guide to Online Marketing: tips and expertise for all

There are many options and strate­gies for marketing content, products, and services online. In addition to tra­di­tion­al outlets (like banners or videos), e-commerce also lends itself par­tic­u­lar­ly well to gen­er­at­ing customer attention: methods like search engine, affiliate, and social media marketing are all part and parcel of a good online marketing mix. In our guide on the topic, we’ve compiled important in­for­ma­tion on the basics of online marketing and have also included plenty of expert-level tips.

Who should use our Online Marketing Guide?

From beginners to ex­pe­ri­enced pro­fes­sion­als, this guide offers in­di­vid­u­als of all com­pe­ten­cy levels relevant tips for suc­cess­ful online marketing. And online marketing basics are just as much a part of this guide as expert-level topics (‘Cloaking–an SEO blackout’ or ‘Canvas fin­ger­print­ing–web tracking without Cookies’). Readers looking to set up e-commerce platforms or become online marketers stand to gain a lot with this content. Small and midsized companies aiming to enter the online market or expand their marketing skills will also find useful resources here (e.g. ‘Creating a business plan for your online store’, ‘8 tips for suc­cess­ful online store marketing’, or ‘Suc­cess­ful social media marketing’).

How the guide is struc­tured

The articles are divided into four different sub­cat­e­gories. Under ‘Online sales’, you’ll find texts on how to construct and operate an online shop. In addition to the fun­da­men­tals of online marketing, there’s a lot of in­for­ma­tion on how to upgrade your web store located in this section. The sub­cat­e­go­ry, ‘Social media’ provides tips on how to win over customers and create campaigns within today’s con­ven­tion­al social media networks. Here, you can find out how to execute different strate­gies in varying levels of com­plex­i­ty. Under the keyword, ‘Social media marketing’, there are articles on search engine op­ti­miza­tion (SEO), search engine ad­ver­tis­ing (SEA) as well as useful online marketing tips for relevant tools and tech­niques. The fourth and final sub­cat­e­go­ry, ‘Web analytics’, covers different ap­proach­es and tools for gathering data on visitor behavior and how to create web sta­tis­tics (e.g. with Google Analytics). IONOS’s Online Marketing Guide is a one-stop shop for clear and com­pre­hen­sive in­for­ma­tion on online business and online marketing.