Wild SEO Claims
I was reading this post and thought, I have had almost the same experience. A client who had a site built by someone else proudly showed it to me and wondered why it wasn’t getting any help from the search engines. Their site used JavaScript for navigation, not Flash, but the idea was the same. […]
Friday Just For Fun Site – Whitney Music Box
Here?s something for some fun on any day. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) I know it’s not Friday, but this one was just way too cool to wait. Really hypnotic. Be sure the sound is on. More…
No Fly List
What looks to be a good story about the “No Fly List” will appear on 60 Minutes tomorrow night. I believe that this kind of thing doesn’t work to prevent terrorism and never will. “The most feared words in the English language ‘I am from the government and I am here to help’.” – Ronald […]
The Growing Role of Open Source
Here is one of the most comprehensive surveys on Open Source Software that I have seen. According to Dr. Anthony Picardi, senior vice president, Global Software, who analyzed IDC surveys from over 5,000 developers from 116 countries, “The use of open source beyond Linux is pervasive, used by almost three-quarters of organizations and spanning hundreds […]
Friday Just For Fun Site – Create Your Own Labels and Stickers
Here?s something for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) Create Your Own Labels and Stickers at Says-It.com. They have all kinds of fun stickers that you can customize and print my favorite is the Mobster Threat Generator. There is even a print your own concert ticket section. […]
Google Gadgets
Google is now offering over 1,100 different “Gadgets” that can easily be added to your website with cut and paste code. Of course these won’t count for original content in their site rankings of your site, but they may prove useful and entertaining for your visitors. This way, you can enrich your web page with […]
Is there a “Best Way” to build a site?
When designing a new site one of the questions asked most often is “Do I design my site for human visitors or the search engines?” I have always believed that if you build your site for the human visitor first the search engines will find you and reward you. There may be some things that […]
11 Best Practices for URLs
Here’s a good idea to help both your human visitors as well as the search engines spiders. Your page’s URL (Uniform Resource Identifier) is your pages address. It’s what you link to or what your visitors can type directly into their address bar to get to your page. It used to be that I didn’t […]
Friday Just For Fun Site – Jackson Pollock
Here?s something for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) Jackson Pollock by Miltos Manetas, 2003, original flash animation by Michal Migurski.New style fingerpainting. More…
Google’s technology playground
Google Labs has been a playground for search engine optimizers and marketers for a long time. Google Labs offer a wide variety of searcher toys that are not quite ready to be unveiled on the main Google site, and some developments eventually become a significant part of Google. Some of the not-quite-ready-for-prime-time players here are: […]
