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Web Page Tagging

December 4, 2009
A great and effective way to make certain that your small business or company’s website appears on the result pages of search engines, such as Google and MSN, is to use site tags. Even though Pay-Per-Click campaigns and keywords are just as important, HTML tags tend to do a ...

When it comes to online content, more niche usually trumps more masses

December 3, 2009
It’s hard not to cave into potentially fleeting fame by integrating some flash-in-the-pan, sensational stories into your stream via blog, twitter etc. If you aren’t staying with the content that GOT you to where you are now, then you’re leaving the door cracked open...

Ten Tips for Better Website Content Writing

December 3, 2009
I see this everyday: websites that provide great information, are updated regularly, and designed with the utmost of care but are lacking the essential: search engine optimized content! Just putting up a website and crossing your fingers that it’s done the job to get indexed by...

Creating seamless content

December 2, 2009
A couple interesting posts this week concerning content. The first, from WeAreMedia concerning social content strategy. First of all, what actually is meant by “social content strategy”? WeAreMedia defines it as three things: 1). Website content, 2). Social Outposts, and...

B2B Corporate Web Sites Need to be Cut from the Marketing Budget

December 2, 2009
Does “remove the corporate website from a marketing budget” sound counter-productive to an online marketing strategy? Yet there are a number of reasons why getting a corporate site off the payroll would encourage more differentiation and innovation.

Do Your Clients Use Their CMS?

December 2, 2009
If you spend time building and installing a content management system for a company or client, only to have it go unused, it can be frustrating for you and them. It’s important to understand the reasons why many customers don’t end up using their CMS systems and how...

Blog your way to better health

November 26, 2009
With so much buzz on blogging this week, I’m a little surprised I didn’t see the above claim, although there probably statements to that effect somewhere! This was definitely the week to take note of blogging tips. There was a little bit of something for everyone, from...

Think Tank Study Shows Top Web Trends Are Security Risks

November 26, 2009
Recently-released studies show security concerns among governmental IT leaders. Policy makers are being told that the applications we know and love are dangerous and pose gaping security loopholes for cyberterrorism. Is a Big Brother overprotective meltdown?

Popular Home Page Designs Deconstructed

November 25, 2009
Ever wondered how some sites just have “it”? That somewhat un-definable factor that makes them look sharp, as well as easy to navigate? Of course there are a number of elements that go into a good site strategy, but here we attempt to uncover a few of the reasons why our...

Great web sites mix art and science

November 25, 2009
The more I research Web sites—and I’ve checked out many thousands—the more I realize that the best ones unite many important factors in a way that is difficult to describe. They just feel right—as if the creator of the site…