When you are designing a website, most likely you are starting the project in Photoshop to get a better idea of what you want but eventually you are going to have to dive into first the structure of the page (HTML) and then the styling details (CSS). The task of [...] Read more »
Tiered Links About to Take a Hit? Why co-citations matter more
We’re also looking at some ways to go upstream to deny the value to link spammers–some people who spam links in various ways. We’ve got some nice ideas on trying to make sure that that becomes less effective and so we expect that that will roll out over the next [...] Read more »
Revisiting “Content is King” and Virality
Content is NOT king. It never has been. Your network is king. I’m not saying that your content shouldn’t be good. What I’m saying is that in a foot race, someone’s network can out hustle the greatest content in the world. It’s why we have always had mediocre music on [...] Read more »
How to Create a Unique Navigation Button in WordPress with CSS
Creating navigation is pretty cut and dry and straight forward. You can adjust the navigation wrap and colors and add a customized menu in the menu settings. But this is global. Every one of the navigation tabs will look the same. So what do you do when you want one [...] Read more »
How to Get Clients for your [Blank] Online Business When You Have None
It’s a catch-22. You provide a service for clients but your clients want to see past work…of which you have little to none. What do you do? I don’t know what others do but I do know how I have managed to get clients when I first started out and [...] Read more »
Do Exact Match Domains in Local Search Work?
Theory – Google reduces rankings for EMD’s with poor user metrics & leaves/increases EMD’s with good user metrics. — Se▲n (@s_rvll) April 26, 2013 Let’s not kid ourselves here. Exact match domains still work and will continue to work until the end of time. The reason is plain and simple. [...] Read more »
WordPress Frameworks vs. Child Themes for Freelance Web Design?
I recently came to an epiphany about design and work last week working with my latest client. Typically, when it comes to design, I have a protocol that I go with that looks something like this- Get a “feel” about what the client wants, design wise – This is usually done personally [...] Read more »
It’s About Taking the Right Shots.
Now this is very telling. Kevin Durant is arguably in the top 3 as far as best current NBA players goes and some would even say that he is the BEST player out there. He has 3 scoring titles under his belt and is as good of a closer as [...] Read more »
How to Add Google+ Comment Functionality without a WordPress Plug-in
My mantra is if you can easily do something without a plug-in on a wordpress website, it is probably a good idea not to. There are a lot of reasons why you shouldn’t…security being probably the most important reason. Anyhoo… With that said, Google+ quietly added the ability to use [...] Read more »
When a Page Turns, It Turns Fast
I gotta credit Lefsetz with the clue in here as I probably would have missed this quote through a quick scan. To put it into context, it’s about 50′s pop star, Paul Anka and his struggles when music was transitioning between the 50′s pop hits of Buddy Holly and [...] Read more »