Check Out Their Site First
A couple of years ago I was approached by another website “designer” because he supposedly had too much work and wanted to outsource some of the overflow. I had just started my business and sure needed the work so I agreed to look at what he had. The first thing I did was go to […]
Friday Just For Fun Site – Amazing Origami Art
Here’s something just for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) Origami has always interested and fascinated me since we spent our first couple of weeks of seventh grade geometry using it to express points, lines, angles and planes. Here are some amazing examples of some of the […]
Words Or Pictures Of Words?
I answered a question the other day from someone who was wondering why they were not getting any traffic from Google. When I looked at their first page I could see right away what the problem was. The entire page was one big picture. It was chopped up into smaller slices to help it load […]
Make Sure That Your Content Is On Your Site
I noticed a discussion on LinkedIn today about whether you blogs URL should look like this www.myblog.blogspot.com or like this www.mydomain.com/blog. Some people couldn’t understand the difference and others didn’t think that it mattered. Well, there is a difference and it does matter. The Difference… When you are looking to see who owns a website […]
How To Be Found On A Local Search
There are many businesses that don’t benefit much from visitors that are far away finding their site. Things like pizza shops or car dealers who may get a tiny percent of their sales from a thousand miles away, but the vast majority come from a mile or two radius. In addition any business will benefit […]
Let’s Help Norway Give IE6 The Boot
One of the things that I do when I design a site is that I look at it in many different browsers. Your site can look much different in each one. One of the worst has always been Internet Explorer. When I am browsing the web for work or pleasure I prefer Firefox, which is […]
Friday Just For Fun Site – Bloxorz
Here’s something just for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) Bloxorz is a really cool Flash game where you roll a block over a maze and drop it into a hole. Sounds simple, right? Is is pretty simple, but keeps getting harder and is incredibly addictive. You […]
Another Made Up Holiday – Open That Bottle Night
I just answered a question the other day on LinkedIn that asked “What Is Your #1 Favorite Shoestring Marketing Strategy?” I answered that one of my favorite strategies is to invent a new holiday or align with one that is not very popular. I have been celebrating Talk Like A Pirate Day for a couple […]
Great Free Tool, 224 Pure CSS Layouts
Here’s a wonderful page with a collection of 224 full Grade-A browser supported CSS layouts. That means these layouts will look the same in almost any browser. This is a wonderful tool for anyone who is making a website. They are free for you to use and I highly recommend them. These layouts are done […]
How Good Is Your Password?
I always advise my clients to pick a good password for hosting their website. I tell them that their password is the “Key To Their Store”. Because of that they need to pick a fairly secure password, I tell them that they should not use a popular word, they should mix lower case and capital […]
