This is a common question I get from a lot of clients. Oddly enough, the question is never “Will my site be down?” but instead “How long will it be down?” It’s as if it is generally expected that a site has to be down to move it from one place to another.
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The above usability critique covers SaxStation.com. A friend of mine runs the site, Neal Battaglia. He has been looking for ways to improve the site and decided to add a “Start Here” section. I’ll go over some ideas for making a start here section as well as a few additional areas of improvement that I [...]
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W3C is in it’s basic form an organization that sets the “standards” of the online web language. It’s basically the rules in how to format your code. But is being 100% compliant important for your SEO? Will you end up at the bottom of the SERP’s for not being compliant, and number one for been 100% compliant?
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If you believe in your business, it might be wise to consider offering visitors with the ability to print pages of your website. But how do you do this? Do you need to create those little printer icons on your pages so that people can go to a special version and print? Is there an easier way?
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I am a big fan of A/B Split testing. You never can tell when somewhat minor changes and tweaks can really make a difference. When the overall design is destined to stay the same, but you want to squeeze every ounce you can out of your traffic, this is where A/B Split testing can help.
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You are browsing the internet, doing searches in Google. Visiting websites, researching your topic. And you click a link that looks promising. It’s exactly what you’ve been looking for, this is the answer to your question. And you end up with the most ridiculous message ever . . .
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This week is extremely busy for me with an upcoming convention and speaking engagement that I have to prepare for. And as such I’m only posting a couple of short Quick Tips. I hope you find them useful.
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In this article I discuss a few of the Myths around using Google Analytics compared to Log File Analytics. Any system you choose is potentially going to be inaccurate to some degree, so choosing the most accurate, precise method should be your goal. In addition, what are you really trying to track?
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Everyone that is online needs a place for their website to live. But we need reliable hosting that is going to be online when you need it, and support that is going to help you when you have a problem. How do you really balance reliability, support, performance and value? Especially if you may not understand hosting to begin with?
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If you’ve read my previous article on “3 Reasons Not to Use Tables for Layout”, you might be left with a question rumbling around in your grey matter. How do I layout content on a website if not with Tables?
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