I have only been heavily involved in SEO for the past 2-3 years, so only recently has my soul been consumed by checking rankings for my various keywords on a daily basis. I still remember clearly when Google’s algorithms were but a dark, and mystical mystery. After discovering various webmaster forums, I quickly began to… [Read more…]
August 23, 2009
Part of my work as a freelancer is search engine optimisation. This coupled with running my own business, I spend a significant amount of time submitting to directories, classifieds, article websites etc. It means repeatedly filling in forms with various pieces of information which generally bores me to death at the best of times. One… [Read more…]
August 15, 2009
I was contacted last week by a company requiring an all-singing-all-dancing auction-style website. The company seemed a little in despair, after disclosing that they had effectively wasted 2/3 of their budget on foreign suppliers. They had less than £5000 left to play with. I’ll let you figure out just how much money went down the… [Read more…]
August 12, 2009
This is an interesting one – what do you get when a multi-million dollar company with over 15,000 stores worldwide gets an online presence? Well you get a shoddy, dated website of course! Upon first entering the Starbucks website, you are presented with a rather rustic looking, coffee-coloured design (see what they’ve done there?). There’s… [Read more…]
August 10, 2009
After spending many-an-hour wondering whether the piece of work in front of me is actually any good whatsoever, I decided to create a design community specifically for web designers to share thoughts on each other’s unfinished work. I intend it to be used for this purpose so that designers can gain feedback from their peers… [Read more…]
August 9, 2009
Bounce rate is one of those website stats that often either gets ignored or remains misunderstood. The definition of bounce rate can be explained by a user exiting a website on the same page they entered, without navigating to any other pages within the website. Essentially, your visitor entered the website but didn’t explore any… [Read more…]
August 5, 2009
A friend and I were chatting the other day about the web design industry and how it has changed over the 8-9 years we have each been involved with it. Entwined with the musings of technological advancements, how the web is seen by society, and how it performs in business, we began to consider how… [Read more…]
August 1, 2009
Recently I was invited to join an application on Facebook that apparently allows you to see who is “stalking” you. I have a history of never accepting invites to rate movies, throw tomatoes at people and generally participate in any of the annoying apps that so many people seem to love. But this one was… [Read more…]
August 31, 2009
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