I love January. Not for its weather, mind you (I live in New Jersey, after all). I love it because it means a reboot of all of my digital media…
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Your competitors are doing SEO
Building an enterprise website is a lot like building a cathedral: you need to start renovating before you’ve completed construction. Cathedrals historically have taken a hundred years to construct, enough…
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How do you test your website’s names?
I was recently riding on the Washington Metro and noticed a new station name: NoMa-Gallaudet. I had never heard of NoMa, but a quick Google search told me that it…
Read MoreEight ideas for building a website that works
Your website needs to work. That’s obvious. But what does “working” really mean? Well, probably just as obviously, that will depend on what your website does and how it fits…
Read MoreSearch and replace will change your blog forever
If you’ve been blogging for a long time, your life has probably changed a number of times. You’ve developed a history that has been, until now, etched in stone. But…
Read MoreYour website sucks
I am going to rush through some of the most obvious ones that pop up to me. These are general mistakes, concerns, and issues—I haven’t the time nor the impulse to collect and shame all of the perpetrators and perpetuators of this sort of thing, probably because I don’t make my money from web application development. So, without further ado, here’s my list of web application disasters and mistakes
Read MoreWhy marketers need to embrace responsive design
Ever visit a website on a mobile device, and find it virtually unreadable because it’s a desktop website and everything is too small to read on your little screen? That…
Read MoreWhy is website search so hard to do well?
I’m starting to see a lot more companies working on improving their website search. It’s always made sense to me, but for some reason, most companies haven’t focused on it….
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Why it takes time to see SEO results
If you learn nothing else about Search Engine Optimization (SEO), know this: SEO is a long-term process. It’s a marathon and not a sprint, which means it can take time…
Read MoreWhy is your website search lousy?
Most websites have a lousy search facility. As a web user, you probably agree with that assertion. You’ve tried searching websites and you hardly ever find what you are…
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