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Re: Web Design for Next to Nothing

benivolent — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:28:54 -0000

hello and thanks for your sharing,I just want to share my knowledge here.

Always use "flash" at introduction with rich content/animations.(not more than 20%).
Always use Breadcrumbs at each page for simple website browsing.
create a logo that purely identifies your brand/product/business.
Use moderate sized images.
Use the 80% or less of the page size for layout.
Update every 6months

Re: Is Google Evil?

carlstrohmeyer — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:39:07 -0000

I have to disagree with the premise that if we quash Google, the internet will be less innovative. While this may be true, at what cost is innovation worth the way Google treats small business and the dishonest and illegal use of Adwords on plagiarized websites (such as I am constantly battling with). Google is very arrogant and will not even answer to such illegal use of this content.

As an extreme analogy to this comment about innovation over morality, I will site WW2 Germany; many innovations came out at this time, but at what cost? Personally the evil that came out of this regime was far worse than the innovations.
Admittedly this analogy is a bit extreme, but tell that to my family for which Google is literally taking food from their mouth and to which I have to work 16 hour days to make up for the time lost defending my articles which a source of income and a way of driving business for me.

http://american-aquarium.blogspot.com/2009/07/g...

Re: Visualization is very important… if not as important as SEO as a whole

ravm — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:47:29 -0000

Whiteboard Fridays are always great with SEOmoz. The best line from this video is: "There's this whole, sort of visual porn around products. And that product porn is really big in the online world, for just about anything." Really...? Hmmm...what was Rand doing before he shot this video?

Anyway, I wouldn't feel too bad about talking to the camera. One of the things I've heard for video is to skip the flashy intro. It took 22 seconds to get into this video, and with people's short attention spans, that might not cut it. So SEOmoz is guilty of breaking a few rules too.

Re: Jason Calacanis on Robert Llewellyn’s podcast Carpool

goldsteinmedia — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:52:17 -0000

Huge fan of yours and Red Dwarf so it was my pleasure. I love your idea of doing interviews. Very creative.

Re: Jason Calacanis on Robert Llewellyn’s podcast Carpool

Robert Llewellyn — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:04:51 -0000

Thanks very much for the plug.

Re: Visualization is very important… if not as important as SEO as a whole

Monika — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:25:04 -0000

Very nice Article !!
I feel Imagination and crative visualization are the tools of success. Visual learning is always fun, simple and actionable.

- Monika

Re: Bookmarks for June 26th through June 28th

ginocarpio — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:44:34 -0000

Thank you for this article. now google helps us or discipline us on how to practice ethical optimization!

Re: Links are the key to getting higher up in the rankings in the search engines

Susan White — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:02:40 -0000

Hey Seth,

Great video. We are struggling with getting the "good" Google links. We have around 1,400 listed by our IBP program software for Yahoo links, but only 7 for Google. Does this mean that Google does not recognize the quality of our other links? Thanks.

Re: Which is Better CSS-based Layouts or Table-Based Layouts? Google’s Matt Cutts says doesn’t matter… but…

goldsteinmedia — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:56:35 -0000

I agree. CSS is the way to make Websites to standard and a way to ensure usability. Until email is able to fully use CSS, keep tables to email newsletters is about the amount of Tables someone should be using.

Re: Which is Better CSS-based Layouts or Table-Based Layouts? Google’s Matt Cutts says doesn’t matter… but…

Michaelangelo — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:03:48 -0000

Casting aside the simply fact that search engines shouldn't have to revisit their algorithms to accommodate archaic and deprecated markup, there are so many reasons not to use tables, I can't bring myself to do so - not for a website.

Tables might make some sense on the level of linear, single-channel thinking but that's pretty much the only benefit. Even then, the people who'd most obviously choose to tables are doing so through a WYSIWYG.

The deprecated use of the the table family of tags is flawed on every level besides simply SEO. Flexibility, extensibility & accessibility all suffer.

Despite table-based design having the small benefit of having a reasonably intuitive build-structure, they're a huge pain to add/edit/modify. Extensibility? Deciding on table-based design is actively choosing to go down an archaic path. Table-based design promotes a dirty mix of content & deprecated html tags used to modify visual/look feel. That means your markup is all mucked up with unnecessary garbage and pulling down the pure content later on for some sort of redesign will be ever-more difficult.

I believe in the pure separation of markup (HTML) and CSS. Design and information should be live apart.

Now on the level of accessibility, text readers and devices aside from your standard web browser pretty much throw fits when you're using tables, simply put. This is something web designers really need to be more considerate of. We're designing not just for screen resolutions, but we should also consider mobile devices, text readers and also create print style sheets.

All things considered, do we always have time to build our sites in a scalable manner so that one day we know we can scrap the CSS and not worry about it? Do we know if our markup can standalone and survive a back-end re-platform? Do we really have the time and budget to consider mobile devices, text readers and printing? Seldom, if ever. However, I'd rather do it safe and do it right the first time around.

Leave tables to email newsletters.

Re: PPC vs. Organic SEO

pay_per_click — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:37:14 -0000

I don't think either is better. I think that if you're at the top for both it adds a lot of credibility. In the long run you're going to pay for it either way. To get a top 3 ranking with an seo company you're going to spend at least $1000 depending on the competition. You'll get more traffic with organic, but you'll have more control with ppc.

Re: links for 2009-05-20

Management College In Indore — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:18:40 -0000

really like the idea of comment luv since it is a way to return the web back to being a collaboratives place. I think when you first put up your site you are excited and feel like your content will take over the world then you quickly realize that the only way to keep up there in search rankings is by building relationships with other webmasters.

Re: WAYS TO INCREASE WEBSITE TRAFFIC

sarah mcginty — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:06:32 -0000

thanks for the helpful advice

Re: Is Twitter a Black-hole and Dangerous?

ErisDS — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:39:33 -0000

There's always http://tarpipe.com slowly coming to the rescue.

I believe it will eventually be the way to manage your communications across multiple platforms, but they need to get in gear.

Re: Bookmarks for March 4th through March 5th

Adam Arzoomanian — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:51:36 -0000

This is the REAL Adam Arzoomanian. HOW dare you call me a CYBER CRIMINAL I am a victim of identity theft and Dont even own a computer!! Sanford Wallace is a covicted criminal . I have never been charged nor convicted of any crime!!! He Stole my identity and has destroyed my reputation. I need help fighting this because I have neither the ability not the resoures to do ANY of what i have been alleged to have done.What makes more sense? Someone with no formal computer training or criminal history with a unblemished history in property, resort and nightclub management was a MASTERMIND of and elaberate world wide computer scam. Or the SPAM king stole his identity and did it without his consent or knowledge? MMM use your head people I have been destroyed by this man. I cant even take care of my stage three cancer ridden wife becasue I cant get a job. If by some chance some kind good person out there can help me to clear my name I would be greatfull.

Re: links for 2009-02-17

Eli the Link Builder — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:54:02 -0000

I just wanted to thank you for linking to the post I wrote about reciprocal link exchanges. When I wrote it I wasn't quite sure how well it would go over since so many people probably disagree, but so far it's looking pretty good! Thanks again!

Re: TechCrunch: Japanese Girl Sensation: Virtual Boyfriends (Webkare)

online dating — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:22:31 -0000

i think those girls would be better off trying some online dating sites! At least they'd be meeting real men and might even end their loneliness in the real world.

Re: links for 2009-02-17

coffee — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:37:12 -0000

sounds like Facebook made the same mistake that Google made with their Chrome (web browser) end user license agreement

Re: No one ever said SEO and SERP ranking was easy | Seth Goldstein Online

Traffic Geyser — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 03:41:22 -0000

for video submission tool, I uses traffic geyser, it mass submits videos to over 60 websites in minutes, its pretty helpful to gain SERP and also linkbacks.. and other methods such as social bookmarking is one of my favorites.

Re: Facebook users own their content, Facebook’s Zuckerberg writes after chaos

monicaw — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:45:03 -0000

That’s fairly common language in terms for various sites such as Facebook. While it gives Facebook some far-reaching and scary possibilities, the basic idea is that things you upload may end up residing on servers outside of Facebook’s direct control. These broad rights make it so that you can’t sue Facebook for some cached content on some other server, but yes, it also means they can sell your photos or use them in advertising with no recompense to you.

Re: Sex, Lies and Texting: Decoding Your Girl - Guides - Cell Phones.Org | Seth Goldstein Online

Grant — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:50:06 -0000

hey man my girl and i have been dating for 9 months and she has teased the idea to me a couple of times but i got a txt from her saying... "now i have "lets talk about sex baby" stuck in my head" what does it mean?

Re: Paid Links: A Black Hat/White Hat Discussion

diane0719ac — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:10:09 -0000

this is an awsome blog

Re: No one ever said SEO and SERP ranking was easy | Seth Goldstein Online

Software — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:31:56 -0000

I might be way off here, but in Google Webmaster Tools you can check your most popular rankings.
Besides from that I use about 10 WP plugins and Google Analytics.

Re: The Micro-Site Mistake - SEOMoz

DominateIM — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:30:25 -0000

So which is better, a single link from a highly ranked site or several links from a bunch of smaller sites?

Re: Paid Links: A Black Hat/White Hat Discussion

DominateIM — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:22:26 -0000

If the links are contextually relevent to your site, I don't see why you shouldn't be able to buy links.