Outside of content, site growth can be directly affected by when, how, and where you market your site. There are all types of forms in which this can achieved: banner advertisements, text link ads, and viral advertisements. Then of course, there are the alternative methods - the so called hit and SEO boosters, or even […]
Running a personal blog can be great. You have total free reign on the topics, you can build relationships with readers and you can express yourself in any way you like.
Running a well read, well visited personal blog is even better. It’s no secret that the best traffic is organic traffic, from search engines.
The reason […]
Traffic is one thing that people strive for. Whether it’s using the pillar technique of building traffic over time, or a spike technique to create bursts of heavy hits for a day or two, traffic rules not only the way your website is seen, but it can affect how likely repeat visitors are.
People are like […]
Whether you’ve been put in charge of your corporate website, or you’re a freelancer who’s been hired on, designing a website for a corporation is never routine. There are turf wars, inner-departmental battles, upper management issues, and precedent that you must deal with.
A topic brought up on numerous blogs over and over again - the battle of full feed vs partial ones. While some argue strongly one way or the other, we felt we couldn’t leave the topic alone without adding our own thoughts to this controversial subject.
Ah, the New Year is here. The first day of a new year always brings in countless promises you make to yourself, in hopes that you can be better person over the course of the upcoming year.
From “I want to quit smoking” to “I want to lose 20 pounds”, New Year’s resolutions fly around like […]
Well, maybe not better design, but certainly more efficient. I recently purchased a shiny new 22″ display to compliment my current set up (gotta love Black Friday’s prices). It is a much larger display than that of my laptop; I can use it side by side with my 13″ MacBook. Not only has it aided […]
When writing for a blog, there are what seems an endless amount of topics to choose from. Bloggers write about design, cars, blogging, technology, gadgets, and more. However, there comes a time when bloggers are running on empty and can’t decide what to write about. During those lull-in-blogging moments, certain bloggers may be tempted to write about topics as useless as making a grilled-cheese sandwich.
Designing for the web is a difficult task. Not only does the designer have to worry about the appearance of the website, but the designer must also worry about how the content will affect the appearance. In other words, you can have the best designed site out there, but if the content is […]
How many times have you found yourself subscribing to the next big web 2.0 applications’ launch mailing list, and then never getting a single email? Or joining a weekly newsletter that is completely disorganized and has more information than a month worth of site content? Just like websites, newsletters can be essential and extremely useful […]
