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Many, many folks who contact us are seeking re-development of their website. When Matt doesn't have the time to put together one of his gorgeous designs for them, it's been very tough for me to point people in the right direction to hire a talented designer who can use CSS effectively and create a standards-compliant site (I don't recommend it as much for t...
When it comes to the search engines and country-specific content or searches, there are several obvious variables the engines use to determine the geography of a particular site or company:
TLD (.com or .co.uk or .ca for example)
Hosting (Is the site hosted in the UK, the US, Canada?)
Inbound links (Are they primarily from US sites, UK ...
You may already be familiar with eye tracking, a technology used to conduct marketing and usability tests for websites by examining the vision patterns of users as they view a page... but have you seen it in use? Etre, a company specializing in usability, offers an eye tracking service for clients, and feat...
I'm looking to contribute to an IRA account for the first time this year. Since tomorrow is the deadline for paying into these funds, I thought I'd seek the advice of other small business owners and self-employed folks.
Who do you recommend opening an account with?
Roth IRA vs. Traditional - good resources/articles on how to choose
Investment ...
I can't believe I missed it, but as of last Friday, the SEO world's chief authority on KW Research, Dan Thies, has joined the blog ranks. His format is slightly different than most industry bloggers, providing tips and advice about the SEO process itself on a daily basis. From a recent post on ...
There's thousands of design portals on the web, but when you need advertising inspiration (or just want to enjoy the creative minds of the global, relatively un-PC) Ads of the World is a pretty good source.
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Pat at ConversionRater has a hilarious post on the similarities between some Web 2.0 business models and the underpants gnomes of South Park (pictured below).
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Still typing one-handed, but I had a very interesting conversation today about the future of linkbait and the advantages/disadvantages of being one of the only companies in the world offering the service as part of consultancy. As of now, a good AJAX programmer, a clever idea and a talented PR person are all that's required to make a piece of content that can draw thousands of links and vi...
Like most people in the web industry I got several personal eternity projects waiting for execution. As unlikely as it may seem my recent 3 week sick leave (due to frontal sinusitis) provided me a change to finally tackle a project I had been planning for several years. And since I u...
Oh come on! Saying stuff like that does not help me fly under the radar people!Not to mention I really don't think I'm all that advanced. There are plenty more people I know that are better than me.G-Man...
I came across this post on Forrester's technology brand report from Ted Schadler (the author) and feel it's worth sharing. Ted's research is showing where weaknesses and gaps exist in major technology brands, and who's having success leveraging their brand with consumers. Some of his notes:
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I promised a friend that we've have the data related to SEOmoz's Web 2.0 Awards posted today and I'd hate to dissapoint. I'm providing statistics from launch in the early morning of Tuesday, March 28 to today - a total of 10 days (8 weekdays).
Traffic (unique visits):
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Darren Miller, a network security consultant, has written an easy-to-grasp piece on exactly how password cracking is done. Although his example uses social engineering to bypass the first few layers of security, it's the type of breach that could happen to anyone. For t...