In addition to news, the site features an online store which offers fishing lures, rods, reels and related equipment. Also featured are fishing collectibles and accessories such as t-shirts, sweatshirts, coffee mugs, stickers, buttons, calendars and other gift items.

Freshwater Fishing News was created specifically to serve the online freshwater fishing community. Expansions are planned to will include guest posts and reports from guides, travelers, tackle shops and other service providers.

The site is located at: www.freshwater-fishing-news.com

The resource was created in response to the growing need for information about travel to the Commonwealth city. In recent years Virginia Beach has gained recognition for being among the best family beach resorts of the Mid-Atlantic coast.

Long known for its fair weather, sandy beaches, boardwalk, shops, seafood and art community, the city has become a year round attraction with events available for every season.

Virginia Beach is also acclaimed among the fishing community by the outstanding saltwater fishing opportunities for species such as striped bass, cobia, flounder and croaker. Its winter fishery for striped bass, known locally as “rockfish” has made the state a nationally known destination for saltwater fishing enthusiasts.

Virginia Beach Va was created specifically to serve a growing community of local and transient enthusiasts. A long term blueprint of the news portal and blog will include guest posts and reports from local travelers, shops and service providers.

The site is located at: www.virginia-beach-va.com

The 2009 roundup was the first time this famous event was captured by aerial photography. The pictures were taken after an extensive permitting process by the National Park Service and Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge.

The wild ponies are the property of the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company whose famous “saltwater cowboys” round up the horses annually during the Pony Penning on the last Wednesday and Thursday of July. The ponies swim across Assateague Channel at slack tide on Wednesday, then auctioned off on Thursday. This “pony swim” is the highlight of the summer season on Chincoteague Island.

Each image shown in the gallery is available as a high quality print. The photos are offered in a variety of sizes on high quality paper and permanent vibrant inks. Each print will be signed by the photographer and are certain to retain their value for many years to come. Highcamera Aerial Photographic Service offers these images as well as images for real estate, construction progress and advertising on demand.

Visit highcamera.com to view aerial photographs of the 2009 Chincoteague Pony Roundup.

Our market research clearly showed a online interest in Virginia Beach and the the Hampton Roads region. We decided to put together this site which is a one stop resource for visitors, residents and small businesses.

Business owners will find a variety of services available on the site. Basic features include press release and article submissions, as well as standard listings in the site’s directory. In addition to basic free tools, the site offers paid advertising and an array of other promotional tools. For businesses that lack a website but want to get listed in the directory, special pricing is available for custom websites. This service enables small businesses to have an online presence and full use of the directory’s features.

All of the free tools created for the business community are also available for non-profit organizations. The directory has categories for civic groups, charities, government agencies and other non-profit organizations.

Another feature of the site is an online store which includes a collection of Virginia Beach books, maps, art, gifts, t-shirts, sweatshirts, tank tops, raglans, jerseys, golf shirts and other apparel.

To follow is the sister site, www.tidewater-virginia.net which serves the Tidewater – Hampton Roads communities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Chesapeake, Hampton, Virginia Beach and Suffolk.

For artists the site has a variety of services. Basic features include press release and article submissions, as well as standard listings in the site’s directory. In addition to basic free tools, the site offers paid advertising and an array of other promotional tools. For businesses that lack a website but want to get listed in the directory, special pricing is available for custom websites. This service enables small businesses to have an online presence and full use of the directory’s features.

The site features an online store which showcases an extensive collection of fishing, seafood, waterfowl, sailing, birdwatching and nature t-shirts, sweatshirts, tank tops, raglans, jerseys, golf shirts and other apparel.

The site uses a software platform that allows for simple navigation, user friendliness and offers advertisers more options. We use a proven design which works well for both art enthusiasts as well as the artists that need to promote their work. Our goal is to provide an easy to use resource that brings together artists and art lovers.  This platform allows artists to get exposed to traffic from specific market niches.

New to the site for 2009 is an online store which includes an extensive collection of commercial fishing, seafood and saltwater fish T shirts, sweatshirts, tank tops, raglans, jerseys, golf shirts and other apparel.

The site also received enhancements to the layout which improves navigation, user friendliness and offers advertisers more options. Several of the software changes were implemented by an associated design company. “We used O’Hare Sites for some of the restructuring because of their reputation for expertise in content management” explained Craig Banks of Daybreak Web Designs.

Added features for 2009 are a continuation of the overall mission of the site. Banks stated “Our goal has always been to provide members of the commercial fishing and seafood industries with the tools they need to improve their business, all in a single package. For example, commercial fishermen can read about the latest regulations, learn about upcoming events, visit forums and participate in political or industry discussions, buy or sell boats or equipment, post job openings for crew and even submit pictures of their boat, catch or home port. Our site stands out by providing those features in an efficient and easy to use format.”

For businesses that supply the commercial fishing and seafood industries, the site features a several important tools. Free features include press release and article submissions, as well as standard listings in the site’s business directory. In addition to basic free tools, the site offers paid advertising and an array of other promotional tools. For businesses that lack a website but want to get listed in the directory, special pricing is available for custom websites. This service enables small businesses to have an online presence and full use of the directory’s features.

These improvements to the site come at a critical time for many businesses. According to the site owner, “The last 2 seasons have been devastating to the commercial fishing industry. Fuel prices have skyrocketed while market prices have remained constant or dropped. Here in the USA, fishermen are faced with more and more restrictions, many of which have a stranglehold on their ability to turn a profit. We are hoping that people continue to use the site to promote and improve the commercial fishing industry, worldwide and here in the USA.”

On December 16, 2007 Commercial-fishing.org overtook several important websites to gain the Google search engine’s # 1 spot in the American market for the term “commercial fishing”. While Google is known for fluctuations in its search engine results and ranks are likely to change again, the upward shift in rank was an important benchmark for the site. The site has dominated the #1 spot since late 2007. In addition the site ranks highly for several other search terms that impact the industry.

Banks explained why this is so important, stating “Our search engine rankings remain a vital asset to our members. Anyone that needs to be found thru web searches or exposed to a wide range of audiences can benefit from our search engine rankings.”

Virginia towns featured in the gallery include Chincoteague, Accomac, Wachapreague, Onancock, Painter, Parksley, Saxis, Deep Creek, Exmore, Tangier Island, Willis Wharf, Cape Charles, Cheriton, Oyster and Eastville Virginia.

Other images in the collection provide aerial views of Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay and coastal barrier islands. Among the images are Tangier Island, Chincoteague Island, Assateague Island, Hog Island, Cedar Island, Wachapreague Inlet and Hog Island Inlet.

Prints of the images are offered in a variety of sizes on high quality paper and permanent vibrant inks. Each image purchased will be signed by the photographer and are certain to retain their value for many years to come. In addition to the collection of Delmarva aerial photos, the Highcamera website offers several Washington D.C. aerial photographs.

The Delmarva  aerial photo gallery was released just in time for Christmas and customer response was higher than expected. Highcamera owner Patrick Hendrickson remarked, “As soon as the gallery hit our website, the phone started ringing. A lot of people wanted aerial photographs of the area as gifts or for their own use.”

This is another case of a small business owner diversifying and using their website as a marketing tool. Daybreak Web Designs constructed Highcamera’s Delmarva Aerial Photography Gallery with search engine friendliness as a priority. The project paid off as the page got indexed right away and was highly ranked for search terms such as “delmarva aerial photographs”.

Highcamera is known regionally for high quality aerial photography for real estate, construction progress and advertising on demand.

Visit highcamera.com to view sample aerial photo galleries of Delmarva, Washington DC and coming soon will be more aerial photos of Virginia and Maryland.

The Chesapeake Bay impacts residents of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia as well as the millions of visitors that flock to the waterway each year. Included in the list of bay users are boaters, recreational anglers, charter boat operators, commercial fishermen, aquaculture workers, seafood lovers, bird watchers, nature lovers, artists, hunters, sportsmen, environmental groups, scientists, eco-tourism providers, beach goers, tourists, land owners, small business owners, government agencies and others.

The project comes at a time when the Chesapeake Bay region is under intense scrutiny and change. Known worldwide for its history as a vibrant estuary where oysters, crabs, fish and wildlife resided in enormous numbers, the bay is now threatened with pollution, over-development, declining stocks of its wild inhabitants and other critical problems. In addition to the marine life and wildlife affected, the people that live and work around the bay are also struggling to adapt to these changes.

The site features a number of tools that support interactivity by the people and organizations involved with the Chesapeake Bay. For example, organizations can submit press releases, news items, announcements of events, articles, digital photos, book submissions and other forms of information. Visitors can also submit comments in response to articles.

The resource is the next in a series of outdoor-related websites from Daybreak Web Designs. Being part of a family of related resources is one of the strengths of the site, as several groups of users can be made aware of the project, offering a higher level of diverse audience participation. The interaction and information sharing of the various bay users was a fundamental goal of the site blueprint.

John Banks, of Daybreak Web Designs explained the concept, saying, “Our sites include www.fresh-seafood.net, www.commercial-fishing.org, Maryland – Virginia Saltwater Fishing, Worldwide Charter Boats and Guides, www.chincoteague-island.net and others. The Chesapeake Bay site was the next logical addition to the family and has potential to be a very strong asset to both our business and to all the users of the Chesapeake Bay. This allows everyone that loves the bay to visit and find the information that pertains to their unique needs. The site also has an array of tools for organizations, small business owners and others that need to reach these audiences. The built-in interactivity is the real strength of the site. Thankfully, we have a strong team of technical personnel that support the technology.”

In phase II of the project, the site will offer reasonably priced online advertising for small business owners that need to reach audiences within the bay region. Other aspects of the second phase will include expansions of the photo galleries, articles and other resources.

Daybreak Web Designs is proud of the progress made by www.commercial-fishing.org. The goals for the website was to create a resource that hat would benefit commercial fishermen as well as businesses and organizations connected to the commercial fishing, seafood and aquaculture industries.

The site officially opened in January of 2007, offering the commercial fishing sector with tools such as a business directory, web forums, news, articles and other resources.

Tools on the site allow members to directly contribute information and discuss issues facing their industry. The site also accepts press releases, articles, business directory listings and other content from the commercial fishing and seafood industry.

Our emphasis has always been on the site being interactive. The idea was to give people that are connected to the commercial fishing industry a variety of tools that allow them to share information, promote their business and learn about industry changes.

Daybreak Web Designs, specializes in analyzing the behavior of search engines such as Google, Yahoo and MSN. This experience was in place at a critical time for the commercial fishing industry

For the last 12 months we have worked to present content that is of benefit to the industry. Having the tools in place to allow others to contribute content was a vital component for us. The quality and quantity of the site’s content helped us during the Google re-alignment and much of that content came from the commercial fishing industry, so everyone benefited.

Search engine results change daily but commercial-fishing.org stands a good chance of staying in the top results for a variety of key phrases not only with Google but with Yahoo and MSN. These ranks allows the us to offer some of the best online advertising values available to those businesses that provide commercial fishing-related services and equipment.