Fixing Duplicate Content Issues
Not all webmasters are aware that search engines view each URL as a different page, even it has the same content or is different from the other URL by ending with a slash or if it preceeded by a www or not. To serve only one version of the page to get the deserved traffic, you’ll need to remember a couple of things about fixing URL issues.
Are You Communicating Properly?
Even when you think you’re communicating properly, you may not be. If you’re anything like me (and honestly, let’s hope you’re not!) you find yourself getting frustrated from time to time because some people are not following your directions. You couldn’t be any more clearer, right? Well, maybe you could!
Your Content: Does it Demand to be Passed On?
No matter what you sell, the cheapest way to get your message out there is to get your customers to do it for you. But how do you create content that practically compels readers to pass it on? What makes someone decide to take the step of introducing your content to someone who trusts them?
Blogging & Preferences
When I worked for the man one of the things I learned was that everyone had a preferred method of communication. It could have been email, phone, fax, or even face to face. If you wanted to make the sale, close the deal, or solve the problem you not only had to figure out what that method was, but overcome your own bias and be willing to work in the medium your customer preferred.
Web 3.0 (the Semantic Web)
Innovation in making data relevant to the one or two words that we type into a search engine is Web 2.0. Adding to the plethora of data is the advent of social networking, Ajax; shared apps across the back end internet cloud, there are already frameworks that are proposed in making Web 3.0 and reputation 1.0 reliable in the greater context of the internet.
Ask Goes To The Tubes
A swiftly-outed faux guerrilla marketing campaign in London by the Ask search engine has drawn positive and negative responses from observers.
News Article Design: 20 Tips For Good Web Copy
Clean is better. Eye-tracking studies say so. Web copy should be bulleted, concise, easy. Photos should be informative, not decorative. White space is good. And guys like looking at George Brett’s protective cup.
You weren’t expecting that last part were you?
I wasn’t either. But this post on effective news article design proves it.
Newspapers have had trouble transitioning from print to the Web. They’re used to doing things differently.
Gmail Storage To Increase Through 2012
Amidst concerns (and excitement) about what Gmail might do on its April 1 birthday, confirmation has come that the service’s storage quota will continue to increase beyond that date.
Government Agencies Ban Windows Vista
In the past, large organizations have been reluctant to switch over to a new Microsoft operating system due to factors of cost, new training, and the possibility unknown bugs still lurking about in the software. In this case, however, reluctance has given way to outright refusal.
OneCare – Why You Can’t Sync Your Mobile Device
I’ve been going crazy for months, unable to sync my Windows Mobile device (the T-Mobile MDA) with my computer, or even connect it via USB to move files over (thank god for MiniSD). Turns out there’s a known reason for it: Windows Live OneCare.