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Optimization Tips For The Casual Designer
[2009-06-25] There are multiple places online to get tips for SEO. In fact, some sites pride themselves in giving up to 55 different tips on aspects of search engine optimization. If you're new to the game, or just a small business looking to build SEO into your website, these tips can be overwhelming and jargon heavy. Here are a few basic optimization tips for the casual web designer.
Improve The Performance Of Your Web Pages
[2009-06-09] Google has rolled out a new open source product through Webmaster Central called Page Speed.
Using '503 Server Unavailable' For Extended Periods Can Kill Site Traffic
[2009-05-26] This is a post I am sure the "Andy Beard Haters Club" will gloat over, but as I haven't been able to find a resource anywhere on the effect extended use of 503 Service Unavailable can potentially have on a site, and in particular the effect on search traffic, I thought I should write about it.
Building Site Authority Through Directory Submissions
[2009-05-12] When it comes to building a website for SEO success, link development is an extremely important part of an effective online marketing strategy. Two important questions about link development regarding directory submissions:
Questions To Consider When Developing A Social Marketing Widget
[2009-04-28] This is post two of a three part series on how to use widgets for marketing. Widget development can be costly and time consuming. It is important to ask the right questions before developing widgets. Here is somewhat of a checklist that needs to be answered if you are considering developing a widget as part of your social media marketing campaign.
A Solution To The DIY Or YouTube Video Hosting Debate
[2009-04-15] Suppose for a moment that you needed to advertise something. You could stick a sign in a yard and reach out to people close by. Or you could turn to a radio station and find folks wherever they may be. Or you could embrace both options, and when it comes to hosting videos, this sort of all-inclusive route is the way to go.
Making Your Website Google Chrome Compatible
[2009-03-31] After the launch of Google Chrome in September last year, many webmasters and web developers have raised questions on how to make their sites look good in Google Chrome. As a response to these questions, Glenn Wilson, Product Manager, Google Chrome is giving few tips in his post that will provide a stellar look to your website.
Take Advantage of Your Smart Phone with PhoneGap
[2009-03-10] I stumbled upon PhoneGap while exploring twitter this weekend. PhoneGap is a device independent framework that allows web developers to take advantage of native features (e.g. GPS, accelerometer, sound, vibration) of the iPhone, Android-based devices, and Blackberry devices simply by using JavaScript.
Extremely Effective Tips For A Successful Site
[2009-02-18] Now the time has gone when the number of "hits" a page used to get was enough to determine its success ratio… The Official Google Blog has come up with some simple, yet extremely effective tips to determine the success if your website.
Tools For The SEO Beginner or Professional
[2009-02-03] Recently we talked about the importance of Search Engine Optimization. Today, we will discuss some of the popular and absolute tools of SEO industry. Some of the tools to check your website's keyword rank:
Securing Your Blog From Intruders
[2009-01-16] Keeping your blog secure is extremely important these days. So much so that new installs of WordPress ask the user to create four security keys. These keys help ensure that the cookies placed in your browser when logged in are not easily de-coded by would be hacker sites.
Make Your Websites Completely Compliant
[2008-12-30] I was looking at XHTML and accessibility standards for BlogEngine.NEXT and found something I haven't noticed before in the W3C specs. I came across some rules about specifying the default script and style sheet language when trying out the Total Validator.
Translating Site Ranking Into Traffic
[2008-12-09] Anybody who has been online for any length of time, and has had any success with achieving good search engine placement, knows one thing: Rankings are not cast in iron. In fact they are very fluid. Sometimes you can hold onto a top spot for years, other times you're constantly battling to stay on the first page. That's just the nature of search engine algorithms.
Using Alt And Title Tags Properly With Images
[2008-11-18] A lot of discussion has been going on at one of the threads at the Google Groups as to how one should use the alt attribute and title attribute for the web page images. Google explains that one should use them as per W3C recommendations.
Making SEO Work for You
[2008-11-04] Organizing your keywords into an effective marketing strategy is the most important of the four phases of keyword research outlined in this document. While most often SEOs and keyword researchers focus on the research phases, organizing your keyword properly can truly help you create a vastly more successful optimization and marketing campaign.
SOA Skillset Platform Neutral Developers
[2008-10-20] I have discussed the role of the SOA Evangelist and the importance of the architects. Today I will discuss the different developer roles and the characteristics that make a successful SOA developer.
How To Use Link TITLEs Correctly!
[2008-09-16] A recent post was surfaced in Search Engine Journal by Ann Smarty. According to the post, it was stated that, "Using link TITLE attributes has become more popular since the rise of such widely used scripts as WordPress which by default duplicates the post title link in its TITLE attribute. Still, despite being the common behavior, this method of using TITLE attribute is both not right and annoying.
Google's New Custom 404 Page Creator
[2008-08-26] Google has launched a new tool in their Webmaster Tools suite that allows website owners to create custom 404 pages. 404 pages are those that don't exist and therefore return a "not found" error when users try to view them in their web browser.
Developing Apps For The iPhone
[2008-07-15] Yesterday I visited two iPhone developers to see how things went.
Is Bloated Code Jacking Up Your SEO?
[2008-06-26] There are a lot of little things that can junk up your code, but, for the most part, the search engines don't really care. It doesn't matter to them if your HTML validates or if you keep your code "clean" or not.
Facebook’s Developer Platform Will Go (mostly) Open Source
[2008-06-03] Facebook is going to be offering numerous additions to its developer platform in the coming weeks. First there were the rumors, then the generic confirmation: Facebook's developer platform will go (mostly) open source.
Google Announces its Plans to Launch 'Friend Connect'
[2008-05-13] In an effort to join the field of social network data portability, Google has announced its plans to launch 'Friend Connect'. This feature will enable website owners to grow traffic by taking profile information from social networking websites and putting that information onto third party websites.
Participate In The Open Source Census
[2008-04-22] Just read about the launch of "The Open Source Census". This is the next step in OpenLogic's efforts to get a better sense of which OSS products are actually used in enterprises.
RIA Vendor Curl Shifts To Eclipse
[2008-04-08] Rich Internet Application (RIA) vendor Curl, named InfoWorld's 2008 Technology of the Year in the RIA category, announced that they will be rebasing the Curl IDE on Eclipse.
Open Source BlueDragon
[2008-03-11] In a move that has surprised some folks, New Atlanta has announced plans to create a free open source version of their J2EE BlueDragon product. They will continue to develop, sell and support a commercial version of it, as well as continuing the .NET version and the standalone JX version (neither of which will be open sourced).
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