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A chart/infographic I created and posted on my personal blog. It displays the income disparity in America in relation to historical capital gains tax rates. It also points out a few major economic events that have happened between 1916 and today.
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Not too long ago I was asked to look over Google Reader and evaluate it from a usability perspective. I noted a few areas that could be improved and also came up with an added functionality to enhance user experience.
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Blog Commenting is one of the best ways to build quality backlinks for increased search engine rankings. Not all backlinks are created equal, so here are some tips to help along your quest for commenting supremacy.
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I’m taking a quick break from writing about web design and SEO to post a few of my picks from the Charleston City Paper’s “Best of Charleston” poll. It has 290 different categories and ends January 25, so don’t forget to vote. To shorten the overall length of this article I have limited myself to only posting 30 picks. I’ve also added additional links and resources for each in case you’re interested in more information.
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It’s the time in the year to reflect, make adjustments, and look forward to what 2011 has to offer. Changes to the online landscape seem to be larger and happening more frequently than ever before. There’s no better time to reevaluate then right after an announcement that shifts the fundamental core of SEO.
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Every person who has ever built a website falls into one of two categories. We may all call ourselves web developers, but it’s time to come clean with the truth. Each “developer” knows that deep down they’re either a designer or a programmer…
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When a user comes to your website, they must feel that it is comfortable and usable. Designing for usability means that you will do everything within your power to make it simple for your customer to part with their money. This includes making it navigable, consistent, and searchable. Here are ten guidelines for increasing a website’s usability and help boost your conversion rate.
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If there’s one thing I’ve learned about web development, it’s that there is no such thing as a finished website. Companies change, people change, styles change, and search engines change. Thinking it’s possible to succeed with a website that stands still is a mistake.
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By now I am sure that you have heard that the story of Mark Zuckerberg and how he started Facebook hit theaters October 1st. You probably have also heard “Greed is Good” coming from your TV and seen that Michael Douglas has reprised his role as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. But you probably haven’t heard about all 7 Upcoming Social Media and Business Movies you should know about.
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There’s a scary place that many webpages go that people aren’t familiar with. This is a dark lonely place that is far from any search engine results page and rarely crawled. This place is called the Google supplemental index and it should be avoided at all cost.
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Thesis 1.8 is officially rolling out. If you are not familiar with Thesis I am happy to help explain it and offer up a review of the new features. Thesis is a theme for Wordpress that is optimized for maximum SEO benefits. Normally I don’t write about software updates, but when I looked through the changes from 1.7 to 1.8 it was enough to catch my attention.
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We all know that social media is incredibly important in the world of internet marketing. The grey area arises when we try to figure out the role social media plays regarding search engine optimization. With a majority of social media networks implementing nofollow tags to all outgoing links it is easy to be confused.
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Believe it or not, I still run into many people who don’t believe in the power of Twitter. The general consensus from non Twitter users and some new Twitter users seems to be that it’s only for nerds, groupies, or people who have too much time on their hands. I know these arguments very well because I used to believe them. I just didn’t get it. Why would I want to hear a constant stream of what random people were doing? But now I have seen the light.
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FeedBurner is Stealing Your CommentLuv Backlinks
by Brian Rogel on September 3, 2010 · 208 comments
CommentLuv is one of the best plugins available for Wordpress. It allows any blog owner to reward the people who comment with a direct link back to one of their own blog articles.
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