The Netsetter: Legitimate Ways to Get Backlinks
SEO can be made as complicated as quantum physics, but the reality is much simpler. While there may indeed be the oft-cited ?200 ranking factors,? anyone with experience knows deep down that backlinks are the lynchpin to scaling the heights of Google. However clever your keyword selection and copywriting are, there?s no getting around the fact that you need more links, stronger links, or more relevant links pointed back at your content than the next guy?s.
I never know what I?m going to write until I actually sit down to write it. Actually, the less I think about it, and just allow myself to relax into the flow, the better the writing usually takes shape.
My state of mind has everything to do with the quality of the final result. Thus, the lack of writing produced in the first 10 months of 2010 ? as I was recovering and overcoming post-partum depression.
Falling for HTML5: Finding Love in the Little Things
I?ve lost count of the number of posts that have been written about the big features of HTML5: amongst the most anticipated being rich media (video, audio, canvas) and JavaScript APIs. However, call me a woman of simple tastes, but this is not the sort of thing that gets me swooning. What does? The small additions to the spec that will make the world of difference to the way I code day-in, day-out. This is the stuff fairy tales are made of.
Are you considering starting a blog? Maybe your blog isn?t working for you? Blogging is one of the hottest ways to build business online.
It?s changed considerably from the early days of ?dear diary? and ?angry conspiracy theorist? blogs. Even Time Magazine has started honoring their ?Best Blogs? of the year.
Accelerated Design: Streamline Your Workflow
Two weeks ago, in Part One of this article were tips on how to assess a rush job and when it might be a good idea to turn one down. Some of this season?s Layer Tennis contestants also shared thoughts about how they work under the strain of a tight deadline. In this half of the article are some tips for how to work quickly without completely abandoning your creative process.
What to Ask a Client Before You Start Their Project
We all know the importance of fact-finding before starting any web design project.
We can?t really get started on a project until we know exactly what?s needed, what the client wants, and who the site is aimed at. In fact, in most cases we can?t even create an effective proposal until we know those things.
There are plenty of pages-long web design questionnaires out there. Some have forty, fifty, or even a hundred questions on them.
5 New Social Networking Trends for Freelancers to Explore
Social media is here to stay. Twitter, Facebook, and Foursquare are a vital part of many freelancer?s marketing efforts.
But, just because these social media tools are popular today, doesn?t mean that they will always be effective marketing tools for freelancers. What?s popular today may be forgotten tomorrow. The shrewd freelancer will be constantly exploring new social media marketing alternatives.
Get Going With Sync.In for Real-Time Collaboration
Would you like a better way to edit documents and collaborate on ideas? Emailing notes back and forth is a mess and wikis can be complicated to use. Plus, neither of these let you see your team?s document changes in real time. Google Docs now allows collaborative editing, but it makes it hard to get a sense of what was added and when.
Five Things That Will Keep Shaping The Web in 2011
Last time, I discussed the things that shaped the web design industry in 2010. Now, let?s look forward to what?s ahead this year. I won?t be making crazy, outlandish predictions; instead, I?ll be talking about things that will likely continue to exert an ever-increasing influence on our industry this year.
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