Archive for the 'Design' Category

Bloglines Perks for Everyone - Part 2

Last post we discussed Bloglines’ perks for ordinary bloggers. This time we’ll be touching on the perks it offers to developers.
According to their website there are different uses for the Bloglines Web Service especially when it comes to developing applications. Some of the uses include:
*Desktop aggregator developers can use these calls to sync aggregators across […]

Metrics for Success Part 4

Last installment!!
5. Entry Pages - Keep a close eye on your entry pages. This will reveal which pages are contributing much to your site. You will see which ones attract the most number of visitors, which of the pages actually get visitors that stick, and which pages visitors usually leave as soon as they get […]

White Hat SEO

There is a saying that goes ?The good guys always finish last.? Perhaps that is why there are people who resort to black hat methods to get their page rankings up. Yet there is such a thing as ethical SEO, as featured in a previous post. Ethical SEO does not mean you […]

Black Hat Methods

SEO is meant to get a website to the top of SERPs. There’s nothing wrong with SEO at all and is in fact a good thing. The only time SEO becomes unethical, which I’ve warned about in a previous post, is when supposed “SEO experts” use black hat methods.
Black hat methods are simply techniques used […]

How Far Will SEO Take You?

Last post I said that I’ll be discussing some ways wherein you can SEO for directories. However, I decided to put that off till next time and tackle the important subject on SEO and your expectations and its limitations.
It is true that SEO plays a vital role in web design and that if you do […]

SEO in Perspective

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is all the rage with website owners and developers. However, more and more website owners are going overboard and forgetting what SEO is really supposed to be about. In the pre-search engine era people had to remember website URLs or use directories to go to the website containing the information they […]

The JPEG Advantage

As vital as the content in any website are the graphics that web developers use. In creating a website, the trick is to use small graphics meaning just the right size- not too big and not too small. This should be so to enable the graphics to load more quickly when users open a certain […]

Fonts Do Matter

With the internet growing at an enormous rate every day, websites are indeed in stiff competition. Most businesses now opt to go online hoping to raise public awareness of their products and services and improve sales as well. It is, therefore, of utmost importance to give attention to the details you put in in your […]

Title Tag Optimization

As with all aspects of web site design don’t forget your visitors needs, some keyword phrases aren’t descriptive enough to use alone as a title, what you put in the title element is the text searches will see when they see a listing for your page in a Search Engines Results Pages (SERPs).
If it doesn’t […]

Apple Now On Your TV

Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled a plug-in device that will stream music and video wirelessly between televisions and computers. Dubbed iTV for now, the hardware will be released in early 2007. Apple also launched a new service allowing users to download movies ($12.99 for new releases, $9.99 for older films), and has distribution deals with […]