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• Applying fade effects with Fireworks

  19 February 2006 by Clive Walker

  Macromedia Fireworks (now part of Adobe) is a sometimes underrated programme but we think it’s great for creating sliced web layouts and for image manipulation. One of the tools available is a quick and easy way to apply fade effects to a bitmap image or image object.

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• A better search engine - part 2

  15 February 2006 by Clive Walker

  An earlier post described Del.icio.us and how it can be used as a search engine. In the article, it was interesting to speculate about user bookmarks as a way of rating website search results

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• BMW blacklisted by Google

  07 February 2006 by Clive Walker

  The BMW group has been blacklisted by Google for using 'doorway' pages in order to influence search results. Naughty.

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• A better search engine than Google?

  06 February 2006 by Clive Walker

  Del.icio.us is a well-known website that enables its users to post and share websites that they like. It’s a public bookmarking service or “a collection of favorites – yours and everyone else’s”. In some ways, it’s a better search engine than Google.

• Where to put AdSense on your blog

  31 January 2006 by Clive Walker

  Google has published an article called Blogtimize which provides information about the best AdSense placements for blogs.

• New CSS web standards book

  31 January 2006 by Clive Walker

  There are some good CSS web design books out at the moment and another one is about to hit the shelves.

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• Website layouts for maximum profit from AdSense

  26 January 2006 by Clive Walker

  How to make the most money from your website with Google AdSense is a question that is often asked by AdSense publishers.

• Are websites more difficult today?

  24 January 2006 by Clive Walker

  At the start of the Internet era (~1996), web designers charged lots of money for websites. Some businesses made a success of their website and some did not. Hey, it was all new. Therefore, prices were high and websites were perceived as difficult/technical.

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• Impressions count

  16 January 2006 by Clive Walker

  The BBC reports that web users make up their minds about website quality in a fraction of a second. Blimey, not much time to make an impact!

• Validate HTML with a Firefox extension

  13 January 2006 by Clive Walker

  Have you ever wanted to validate your HTML whilst previewing web pages on your PC? Are you curious about the HTML validity of other websites? Now you can do both using this Firefox extension.