Blog
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Improving your RSS feed
09 January 2006 by
Recently, we changed the RSS feeds on this blog to the Feedburner versions. So far so good. We'll report back on our experiences in a few months.
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Does Google have a spellcheck?
06 January 2006 by
One of the best methods (we think) for getting to the top of Google is to write good website content on a frequent basis (let’s say, update your website once a week). Does Google reward websites that are well-written with good punctuation and no spelling errors? Does Google have a spellcheck?
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CSS showcase websites
03 January 2006 by
Interested in looking at other CSS website designs? There are several ‘showcase websites’ that do the job.
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Don't make me think! Common sense web usability
22 December 2005 by
Don't make me think. It's a great title for a book – and the contents are good as well. Some simple but fundamental guidelines about website usability written in an easy-to-read style.
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Create a simple sitemap page
16 December 2005 by
You’ve just implemented a nice website JavaScript dropdown menu that consolidates all your webpages under specific categories. It looks real neat, you launch the website, the Googlebot visits – and 2 months later, none of your pages are indexed except for the homepage!
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Streamline your website code
11 December 2005 by
One reason for moving to a CSS-based website layout is to streamline the website code. This has a number of advantages….
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Why use web standards?
06 December 2005 by
Roger Johansson at 456 Berea Street has published Ten Reasons to Learn and Use Web Standards.
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Search engine optimisation and website stats
17 November 2005 by
It’s often difficult to measure the success of any website search engine optimisation. Whilst you can implement conversion tracking tools for ecommerce websites and for search engine Ad campaigns, this is not always applicable for brochure-type websites.
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Website design choices can be crucial
08 November 2005 by
What makes a website work? How do I increase sales through my website? These are questions that all business website owners are interested in.
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Using IE conditional comments for CSS
03 November 2005 by
Web designers using CSS need to be aware of browser differences in CSS implementation. In particular, Internet Explorer has various CSS ‘bugs’ compared to Firefox – and this can be a real headache. It would be great to be able to define specific styles only for IE. Well, that’s possible using IEs conditional comments feature.