Experiments – Page 2

CSS or Table Layouts more SEO Friendly?

This is such a common question (from other web developers) that Google’s Matt Cutts weighed in. Although we don’t usually disagree with Matt, in this case we ABSOLUTELY do! For those of you who don’t know the difference, CSS-based layouts use a Style Sheet to set widths, heights, alignment and more for a series of …

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Creative Business Card Inspiration

Even in a digital world, business cards are a must for sales and marketing. Get inspired with these wonderful business card examples.

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Calculating an Adwords Budget

First off, I heart Google Adwords — big time. After all, it’s this cash cow that pays for the Google party. However, while working with a new client recently, we found their super-handy tools a bit lacking when it came to a simple and common question: “How much should I budget for Adwords?” So we did a little mathematical experiment with some surprising results.

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Google: The Relationship Algorithm

Often I find myself explaining SEO and ‘visibility’ to clients in terms of a relationship. It’s a pretty useful analogy, so I thought I’d share it. Feel free to take credit for it if you like. We won’t tell. Google Is My “Other Girlfriend” I’ve made peace with the fact that I’m in a relationship …

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Hide the WordPress Update Nag

Sometimes in developing themes and really cool functionality for clients’ Wordpress websites you’ll find yourself in a situation where updating Wordpress automatically is a REALLY bad idea. Maybe you toss and turn at night just thinking about what would happen if they click that little upgrade nag link at the top and it takes the whole site down–for hours. Chill. Here are two ways to hide the Wordpress update nag.

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RE-MARK Evolves Web Tech Production

RE-MARK stands for remarkably, repurposable markup and it means we’re working with codes, algorithms and other technologies we’ve developed, tested and upgraded over the years to combine to produce top quality web technologies quickly and on budget.

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W3C Validation Nuances

Is there an argument to be bade against W3C valid markup? Some insist perfectly valid markup is a requirement. We’re not sure that’s true.

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I hate passwords!

These days, it seems that everybody has some sort of online client portal they want to manage you through. Currently, I’m maintaining a list of over 350 different usernames and passwords for all the various portals I’m supposed to be using. Worse, my company has been working on a client portal too. Et tu, JDM?!

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The 5 Second Focus Group

Traditional focus grouping, eye path mapping, and split tests are all valuable tools, but they’re cumbersome, expensive and slow. Enter “FiveSecondTest.com.”

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