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2 of the Best (and Easiest) Types Of SEO-Focused Content
Dec 8th
There are a number of different techniques that you can use to create content that goes “viral”, or is shared across many mediums to many audiences. This is what we are all hoping for right? To gain better SEO value for what we create on the web, and to spread our message to many different potential customers, clients, donors or contributors. Here are two opposing techniques you might want to consider…
The Manifesto
The Manifesto is the web content equivalent of “preaching to the choir”. Write a passionate, eloquent, or well-researched argument that your niche will wholeheartedly agree with. Since you’ve already got an army of believers who agree with you, they’re already primed and ready to share your argument.
Such As: “Why I’m a Vegetarian, Dammit” an essay that was posted on a vegetarian recipe blog, received over 14,000 mentions within StumbleUpon (one of the second tier social bookmarking sites) alone.
The Controversy
The opposite of the Manifesto, the Controversy is all about stirring up some dissent in your niche. Write a well-written rebuttal to another argument, challenge a popular opinion, or spark a controversial discussion and watch the reader comments fly.
Such As: Warren Buffet wrote an August 2011 op-ed piece in More >
SEO is Most Important Marketing Method For Any Website
Dec 4th
The importance of good SEO (search engine ranking) for your website – built upon a foundation of well-written, high quality content – can’t be overstated or overlooked by your company if you want to be found when customers Google search for a business just like yours…
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3 Mistakes Web Programmers Need to Stop Making
Nov 22nd
Sometimes as programmers, we forget that 99.9% of the population doesn’t care how a piece of text, a button, an image or a video ends up onscreen. Most people just care that it’s fast, easy to use and gives them the content they want. Otherwise, they get upset — and rightfully so. Here are three common mistakes we programmers make, and what we can do to fix them.
1. Forgetting About Conventions Ever since they started using the Internet, users have been trained how to interact with a website. Therefore, they often get frustrated when websites don’t meet their expectations. Here are some examples.
- They hover over an object they think is clickable, but become confused when they see an arrow instead of a hand pointer. - They click on blue, underlined text, but find it’s not a link. - They click on the logo in the top left, believing it will return them to the homepage, only to find it takes them nowhere.
Web design doesn’t always meet our expectations. However, developers and designers should always maintain certain rules to avoid user confusion. Here are three.
Clickable Elements Should Have the Pointer on Rollover Everything clickable should switch to the hand pointer when a More >
