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Author: Bradley Hess As you sit down to write a blog you need to ask yourself - who is going to be reading this and how can I help them? As I have mentioned in several of my blog posts the trick is not to create something with the intent to "make" it go viral. The trick is to create a blog that contains valuable information and is well written and then it will go viral. This same principle applies when looking to add to your readers'' interaction. Interaction increases continued readership.

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Author: Patrick McCord The most significant and perhaps the hardest part of website optimization is link building. Website promoters beat the bushes trying to discover the blooming valleys of premium quality links to pick up some juicy links there. However, it isn''t that easy and quite often all efforts may be in vain.

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Author: Beth Hrusch Are you thinking about launching your business blog? You''re not alone. A recent study by GuideWireGroup revealed that approximately 89 percent of businesses polled use blogs as a way to communicate with their customers. In another survey, Burson-Marsteller found that 15% of Fortune 500 companies have blogs. A successful business blog can generate tens of thousands of dollars in revenue each year, with figures for large corporations typically much higher.

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Author: Titus Hoskins Is it just me but didn''t Google recently put everything on its main homepage except for Google Buzz? What''s up with that? For heaven''s sake, they even put the PacMan game in their logo for two days running... you would think some of the brightest minds on the planet would have figured out by now if Google truly wants to try to win on the new memeyouyou web, they simply have to fully integrate all their programs into one homepage or at least place Buzz right there along side the Gmail button.

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Author: Sharon Housley Growing subscribers of your RSS feed will expand your reach. Put the appropriate effort into marketing your RSS feed, so you can increase adoption and spread the message contained in the RSS feed.

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Author: Titus Hoskins No less than CNN is reporting rumors that Google does indeed have a social networking site in the works which could give Facebook some competition. This new social site/program is supposed to be called GoogleMe or Google Me. Only Google knows the truth.

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Author: Debbie Everson Search engine optimization consists mainly of on page activity and off page optimization. Building backlinks is a part of off page optimization strategy. High quality backlinks have the potential to improve a website''s ranking in the SERPs. Backlinks Are Considered Valuable When They:

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Author: Titus Hoskins Recent changes to Google make it seem like Google is no longer just one search engine but a combination of 6 or 7 different search engines all rolled into one. Your SEO efforts should now be geared to ranking high in these search engines as well as in traditional organic search.

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Author: Julie Ann Ross Video SEO is an underutilized search engine marketing strategy. Even as videos continue to gain significant traction in the search engines'' natural listings, most companies either ignore them, or remain completely unaware of their potency. That oversight represents a valuable edge your company can use to leapfrog your competitors in the organic rankings.

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Author: Mike Small Every major search engine provides hints and tips about how to optimize your pages for improved rankings on their sites. But when you read these guidelines you quickly see that most of it is just their own wish list. Things like ''Write for humans not search engine bots - or - do not hide keywords with a font matching the background color.'' It is all good advice but kind of general and already well known (for the past decade.)

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Author: David Richards With the demand of smart phones like iPhones and Google''s android, the demand for mobile apps development has grown manifolds. The interface of iPhone/Android application development is ground breaking. Today, many computer manufacturers have adopted the same interactive technology for handheld Pc''s and laptops.

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Author: Demi Nemo Do you still remember the first time when you lost your Windows 7 administrator password? How did you deal with in order for logging on to PC again? Reset the Windows OS or with the help of some Windows 7 password recovery tools? But it really takes a big risk if you reinstall your computer, while your almost valuable data could hard to survive. So is there any effective and safe way to rescue lost Windows 7 admin password? Undoubtedly, it is.

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Author: Kabir Bedi Design is a critical component of anything on the web. Whether it is a personal blog, a corporate website or an online retail store, design is what determines how it will be perceived on the world wide web.

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Author: Sharon Housley There are many, many things that separate a "good" podcast from all the rest. Here are a few to consider. Recording Quality The quality of the recording is probably the most critical component of a podcast. A good podcast is easy to understand, and should be recorded at a volume level that makes it easy for listeners to hear all that is said.

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Author: Wendy Suto When you begin your SEO campaign, it can be difficult to separate myth from truth. It seems everyone has different ideas of what works and what doesn''t, and even someone who''s been in the business awhile can get confused as SEO trends, tactics, and techniques change over the years.

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Want to do more with Google Alerts? Alyssa has a few easy-to-implement tips for getting more out of the service.

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Smiley Cat Weblog Web design thoughts and . commentary Home About Portfolio Elements of Design Contact 06 Sep 2010 Icon Design Patterns for Website Navigation A couple of recent posts showcasing icon use in navigation menus got me thinking again about icon design for the . web Back in 2007, I wrote a post questioning the value of using icons in site navigation My main rationale was that icons are useful when they provide meaning . If they don't provide meaning they are just embellishments eye candy , if you . will However , in order for icons to provide meaning , usage conventions have to arise so that designers use them consistently and appropriately . For desktop and web applications , icon conventions are well followed the floppy disk for save , scissors to represent cut , a blank sheet

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If you run a social network or any kind of online publishing service, you will be hit by spam, if you haven’t been hit already, and Akismet wants to help. When most people hear about Akismet, they often think about WordPress, but Akismet is actually available for over twenty additional systems and platforms, including Movable

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If you know of someone, or are yourself a blogger on Vox, you should know already that Six Apart has announced plans for closing the service. Users have until the 30th of September to get their data our of Vox and into other blogging and/or CMS platforms if they so choose. Mark Jaquith has a

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Getting ready to kick-off an email marketing campaign? Alyssa shares the top 7 items on her email marketing checklist.

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Are you ready to start freelancing full-time? There's no magic formula for freelancing readiness, but as Georgina explains, there are some clear signs that suggest you're ready to go it alone.

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Now you can watch free Hindi Movies online and watch Bollywood movies online on Youtube legally. If you visit the Youtube movies section, there is  dedicated Bollywood movies section there...

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Thinking strategically can make you more confident, improve your leadership skills, help you problem-solve, and give you the tools you need to make better decisions. Alyssa guides you through analyzing your strategic thinking ability.

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What happens when you're sick and you can't take a sick day because you work for yourself? Alyssa has a few suggestions for limping through successfully until you resurface healthy again.

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Today is August 31, its Blog Day 2010! The blogosphere is discovering new, unknown Blogs, and celebrating the discovery of new people and new bloggers. “BlogDay was created with the...

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Gmail Priority Inbox is Google’s answer to fix Email Overload. Is your Gmail inbox cluttered with useless emails while important emails are missed in the email flood? You need this…...

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Google encouraged Googlers to create amazing Googley Art Wall  and decided to awards the contest winner a nice dinners and a donation to the charity of its choice. So Googlers...

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Momentum can be a great way to prevent falling into a rut. Alyssa shares a few of the ways she builds and maintains momentum in her business. What works for you?

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Guest post by Hector Cuevas. Ever wanted to create more blog content in less time? I often hear, “writing blog posts takes too much of my time…” or “I don’t...

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Smiley Cat Weblog Web design thoughts and . commentary Home About Portfolio Elements of Design Contact 28 Aug 2010 Great Collection of Free Social Media Icon Sets I found this large collection of attribution free social media icon sets to be a very useful resource , with some great . designs Posted on : August 28, 2010 8 Comments Recent Entries in Tools Resources Supercharge Your Website Maintenance with Xenu's Link Sleuth Design Pattern Collections Instant Placeholder Image Generator 8 Comments Posted Add Yours Thank you very much for the tip Christian . I will diffidently use of the icons in future or even current . projects 1 Posted by Ayman Aboulnasr on August 29, 2010 these are great icons , thanks for pointing them . out 2 Posted by Evan Skuthorpe web designer on September 01, 2010

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ShareThis adds a new analytics feature to their standard sharing button. Alyssa looks at the new functionality and asks: "Will you use ShareThis for the social media analytics?"

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ShareThis adds a new analytics feature to their standard sharing button. Alyssa looks at the new functionality and asks: "Will you use ShareThis for the social media analytics?"

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Guest post by Sophie Williams. Here are some blogging tips for beginners and new bloggers. A blog is an online journal where you can share your ideas and thoughts easily....

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Alyssa shares her must-have services, tools and apps for managing the day-to-day activities of her business. What's on your must-have list?

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Its time to remove Google.com as your homepage. Switch to Google Realtime Search which lets you see up-to-the-second social updates from Twitter / Facebook, breaking news articles and buzzing blog...

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Alyssa continues her focus on market research with 21 tips for conducing effective market research and making sure the time, energy and money you're investing is well spent.

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Smiley Cat Weblog Web design thoughts and . commentary Home About Portfolio Elements of Design Contact 25 Aug 2010 Break Down Your Website Traffic with a Stacked Area Graph I recently enjoyed a post on SEO moz about presenting web traffic stats in a more meaningful and useful way I found this to be a great way to visualize how traffic to different sections of a site compares over . time I'd been wondering how the different sections of my Elements of Design site had been performing and so thought it would be useful to do the same analysis for . it Here's the chart that resulted covering the most popular sections of the site Elements of Design of total page views by section click to view larger It was interesting to see what a large and consistent percentage of overall traffic the Login

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Market research is a necessary part of business, even for freelancers. Alyssa gives us a few tips for gathering useful information through market research that we can easily do ourselves.

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Alyssa shares five of the tools, plugins and extensions for Tumblr that she recently checked out. Do you have a favorite app you use with Tumblr?

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Smiley Cat Weblog Web design thoughts and . commentary Home About Portfolio Elements of Design Contact 22 Aug 2010 Mystery Meat Navigation Surprised to see that mystery meat navigation is still alive and kicking on an otherwise very nicely designed site Hull Digital Live website navigation menu Posted on : August 22, 2010 7 Comments Recent Entries in Usability What's the Best Search Box Size To Click or Not to Click Round Up of Low Cost Usability Tools 7 Comments Posted Add Yours their site is nice but likewise , im not a fan of the top nav . 1 Posted by Evan Skuthorpe on August 23, 2010 Great looking site , but why would you want to make your users and search engines guess where your pages are is beyond me Thanks for posting . though 2 Posted by Web Design Leeds on August 23, 2010 If I

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October 15th is less than two months away and Change.org wants you to vote on this year’s Blog Action Day topic. Currently, the selection includes the following topics, but they will continue to take suggestions until the poll closes. Water: The UN recently declared water to be a human right, but millions around the world

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Smiley Cat Weblog Web design thoughts and . commentary Home About Portfolio Elements of Design Contact 20 Aug 2010 Metacritic Redesign Brings Out the Hate Movie review aggregator website Metacritic underwent a complete redesign last week , much to the dismay of its regular users Although the new site sports a more modern design though it is arguable how attractive it is the feedback overwhelmingly reports that the site is now harder to . use Here's how the new site : looks New Metacritic design click to view full image Compared with the old site which you can still access temporarily Old Metacritic design click to view full image As a regular user of the site , I too find the new version less usable . Although this may be partly due to my unfamiliarity with the new design , it does take

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Productivity through getting organized, using a schedule, setting up standard systems? Nope. Alyssa offers up five unconventional alternatives for boosting productivity.

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Alyssa shares a few Facebook apps and Facebook-extending tools that recently launched, focused on helping you maximize your use of fan pages and personal profiles.

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Facebook Dislike button scam making the rounds.

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Smiley Cat Weblog Web design thoughts and . commentary Home About Portfolio Elements of Design Contact 13 Aug 2010 Breadcrumb Trail Design Showcase The Glasgow Collective breadcrumb trail Breadcrumb trails can be a useful secondary navigation tool for large sites such as online stores . They facilitate easy navigation back up the hierarchy of a website as well as providing a location indicator for visitors who may have arrived directly at the page via search or a referring link without navigating to . it I thought it would be useful to look at some of the better and more visually interesting implementations of breadcrumb trail design . View the breadcrumb trail showcase Further Reading Breadcrumbs In Web Design : Examples And Best Practices Breadcrumb Navigation Examined : Best Practices

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Smiley Cat Weblog Web design thoughts and . commentary Home About Portfolio Elements of Design Contact 11 Aug 2010 How to Use Seven Types of Headlines to Drive Traffic This post from Performable on writing catchy headlines is a good . read In particular , the concept of these seven basic types of headlines is useful not only from the perspective of driving traffic but also as a basis for developing the content in the first place . Here's the list in : brief The Know-it-All The Teacher The Gossip The Instigator The Nay-Sayer The Campaigner The Connector I , for one , should start mixing up my own headlines a little more . I think I rely on numbers one and two a little too . much Posted on : August 11, 2010 5 Comments Recent Entries in Writing for the Web Ecommerce Copywriting : 11 Product

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Are you gripping the edge of your seat in anticipation of the upcoming WordPress mobile app releases? Do you have an insatiable desire to follow the development teams’ every move? Well, you’re in luck! The WordPress mobile app teams will be sharing the latest news, status updates, beta team instructions, and random quips in 140

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