Left or right? No, this is not a political discussion but a serious usability question. Customers are used to seeing the checkout button on the right side of the screen, and crutchfield.com moved the buy not button to the left. Is it a good idea to buck convention and try something new to stimulate your…
I just downloaded Ecto and I have seen the future and arrived at the promised land. This desktop software allows you to create blog posts with software that reminds me of a simple version of Adobe Pagemaker. It allows for easy text formatting in blog posts but the real power of this blogging software is…
Domain name masking is a really cool feature of the DNS system. It allows you to use a vanity domain name on an external third party service. One example of Netpaths SEO using domain name masking is on our search engine optimization job board. The jobs are hosted on a server that is completely disconnected…
As a web designer and online marketer you have 1 goal when you create websites: get your users to convert. Creating conversions can include a newsletter signup, subscribing to an RSS feed, filling out a contact form, or making a purchase. Any of these actions would me a mark of success to a diligent search…
On Friday Microsoft purchased Razorfish webdesign company for 6 billion in cash. This is their largest acquisition ever, and it was done with cash not stock so this means they actually have to pay for it. I cant believe it, 6 billion dollars for a company that saw its fortunes mirror the internet craze of…
Be careful your webhosting company doesn’t block search engine spiders. Companies such as Dreamhost.com has been found guilty of blocking Googlebot for some web accounts. Dreamhost claims this is for your benefit, and recommends blocking googlebot from your site. Here is a copy of the Dreamhost.com email: This email is to inform you that a…
Users appreciate clean URL’s and search engines will rank your site higher if you have easily understandable filenames. Rewriting URL’s is one of the skills that separates average webmasters from ninja webmasters. You know, the guys who work on cutting edge web 2.0 projects and utilize viral traffic from social websites. Rewriting a site page…
The W3 Schools has an in depth report of user browser stats. This is an important read for all web designers. The statistics show that Internet Explorer 6 is the most common browser, XP is the most dominating operating system, and most users are using a display with 1024×768 pixels or more, with a color…