Topic Category: Web Development
As the category title implies, here you will find articles that are related to web development. From a search engine optimization (SEO) perspective, there are a number of best practices that should be observed when designing a web site. Read the articles below to learn how to design search engine friendly web sites.
April 08, 2008
3 Resources for Your Search Marketing Tool Box.
By Scott Goodyear
Often when you sign up for an email account, blog account, or other service, a "captcha" is used to verify that you are setting up a real account. In regards to blogs, it is often a great way to avoid getting tons of automated, spammy comments that do little to add to a conversation. However captchas can often be humorous in their own way.
November 28, 2006
Web Site Usability: Increase Your Site's Effectiveness with Good Design
by Richard Drawhorn
A recent post on Google's blog about Usability Day inspired me to further explore web site design best practices. In this post, I'll review some of the essential ideas behind web site Usability that webmasters should consider when creating a web site.
August 25, 2006
Implementing AJAX? SEO and Accessibility Considerations
By Curtis Friedl
Is it time to clean up SEO? Ok, that top selling cleanser is not what I am referring to here. Instead I am talking about the slick language that is appearing in code all over the web. Windows Live (live.com) and several regional search engines have begun implementing this language to display search and ad results.
July 21, 2006
A Review of Web Site Accessibility Guidelines
by Richard Drawhorn
When creating a web site, it's important to consider how the site content may appear to those that may not be able to view the site in the standard way. Some people have disabilities that limit sight, hearing, or information processing. Others may simply not have access to the latest web browser, or be limited in some technological way. In this article, I'll review a few things to consider when designing web pages to ensure that they are accessible to all users.
July 11, 2006
Creating a More Search Engine Friendly Flash Web Site
By Scott Goodyear
Most SEOs and many web designers know that Flash based web sites are a challenge not only to get indexed but to even get the site or pages to rank well in the search engines. This article will explore a few of the challenges and provide a few tips that may come in handy if you are asked to work on a site or pages that include Flash based content.
January 27, 2006
Google Presents Results of Study on Web Authoring Statistics
by Richard Drawhorn
Google recently analyzed over a billion documents published on the internet, to gain some insight into which web authoring techniques are most widely used. One thing discovered in this study is that errors in the formatting of meta elements is quite common, a fact that underscores the importance of HTML code validation.
September 30, 2005
New & Cool IE Developer Toolbar
Microsoft recently rolled out a very cool and useful IE Developer Toolbar (Beta) that provides several helpful features for exploring and understanding Web pages.
June 08, 2005
Four HTML Reference Sites You Should Not Miss
By Scott Goodyear
Whether you are new to creating HTML web pages or if it's old hat for you, it always helps to have a few great HTML reference sites in your bookmarks. These sites often have free tutorials, tips, and more which can give you a jump start in updating or building your web site.
May 15, 2005
SEO Compass: Site Map and 404 Error Pages
By Kent Lewis, President of Anvil Media Inc.
These days, it's much easier to get lost in search engines, than to be found. As the Web grows and evolves, many sites are redesigned, leaving orphaned or "dead pages" in their wake. While site visitors appreciate improved content and features a new site can offer, they get frustrated by clicking through to blank white 404 error pages on the old site. Building a custom 404 error page is an elegant solution to this problem.
