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EGOL pointed me to Russ Jones' (of Virante - new to me, but they've supposedly been around since 1998) new blog, where he's writing on the topic of consensual relationships (I know; it sounds like the title of an "after-school" special, but it's quite good): ...
When cloaking is mentioned, most people start to shiver and shudder. They point to all the nifty doorway pages, Google's TOS and say how horrible and evil it is.But is cloaking really that evil?Take, for instance, a high trafficed site that gets a million hits a day. Serving no ads to the bots as well as other streamlined code could result in significant savings...
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 building out the page-by-page wireframing of a new website, I've been prone to use Macromedia Flash to layout the elements and create the idea that customers and developers can see. A friend recently suggested Axure, software that's specifically designed for wireframing websites and has a lot of built-in functionality to support the task of prototyping....
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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 ...
In the Google (AdWords) search results for "Web 2.0": Somehow, eBay, I doubt it. ...
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. ...
Another short post due to my slow typing. Money magazine put out their list of the top 50 jobs and while SEO isn't on there per se, I think we can make some assumptions and slide onto the list. The job of SEO combines, in my opinion, the following: Market Research Analyst (#6 on the list...
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). ...
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...